By Liv Ingram
Get out your bowler hats and bow ties because cycling in Calgary is about to get a lot more stylish. Taking place May 19, the third-annual Victoria Day Tweed Ride encourages cyclists to don their finest tweed, climb aboard their vintage bicycles and take a leisurely ride through downtown Calgary. Beginning in London in 2009,… Continue reading Tweed Ride brings style back to cycling
By Liv Ingram
A new Undergraduate Science Centre opened in the Engineering Environment Experimental Learning building last week. Housed in EEEL 445, the new centre will offer advising exclusively to students in the faculty of science. The building will house five full-time advisors, with two coming from the Student Success Centre. Cindy Graham, the associate dean undergraduate with… Continue reading New Undergraduate Science Centre
By Chris Adams
Former faculty of Students’ Union arts representative Zainab Malik released the results of her halal food survey in late April. Students were asked where they would like to see a halal vendor on campus, what type of food should be offered and how much they would be willingto spend. 373 students responded. Of the students… Continue reading Results of halal food survey
The University of Calgary moved up to spot 19 on the Times Higher Education’s world rankings, up from number 23 last year. The magazine ranks the world’s top 100 universities under 50-years old. The U of C is Canada’s highest ranking university on the list, with Simon Fraser University, the University of Guelph and the… Continue reading High Times for the U of C
By Chris Adams
Elizabeth Cannon was reappointed as University of Calgary president for a second term by the Board of Governors on April 25. The board unanimously voted to extend her contract to 2020. Cannon’s reappointment will have her see the Eyes High strategy, developed during her first year in office in 2010, through to its conclusion in… Continue reading Elizabeth Cannon rehired
By Chris Adams
A bill proposing controversial changes to public sector pensions, including those affecting University of Calgary support staff, left the Alberta legislature last week and will enter a public hearing process for review over the summer. Bill 9 — also known as the Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act — drew criticism from union workers and… Continue reading Public- sector pension bill removed from legislature
Parking prices for the Art Parkade and three other lots on campus went up earlier this month. Daily parking costs increased from $8 to $10 at the Art Parkade, making it the most expensive parking lot on campus. Students can now expect to pay $7 to park in lots 10, 11 and 32 — up… Continue reading Parking prices in Art Parkade rise by $2
By Chris Adams
The University of Calgary has abandoned its plans to open a privately operated international college. Instead, the Board of Governors approved a new, in-house recruitment model to bring more international students to the U of C. Original plans would have seen a private corporation recruit international students whose English-language skills did not meet the U… Continue reading Plans for corporate college scrapped
By Tendayi Moyo
Elizabeth Cannon makes a lot of money. She was recently reappointed as president of the University of Calgary — a job with a base salary of $480,000 per year.This easily lands her in the top-one per cent of wage earners in Canada. Like in 2010, her contract was posted online to make students reflect on… Continue reading Public servants shouldn’t be in it for the money
By Liv Ingram
For anyone who grew up in the ’90s, the name R.L. Stine is synonymous with monsters, ghosts and, of course, goosebumps. Stine’s children’s horror series Goosebumps has sold more than 350 million copies worldwide since it began in 1992 and has spawned numerous spin-off series as well as a popular television show. Stine was one… Continue reading Reader Beware — you’re in for a scare