The University of Calgary’s Engineers Without Borders club is attempting to make the U of C a fair trade campus. EWB has been holding ‘Fair Trade Fridays’ in a push to promote Fair Trade on campus. “Fair Trade Canada came to EWB with this Fair Trade Campus idea to try to get EWB to implement… Continue reading Fair trade Fridays at the U of C
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A good time to vote
Once again, federal elections are upon us. While federal elections have become an increasingly common sight, this may very well be the first in which many students are eligible to vote. Though Canadian youth may be familiar with the concepts of democracy and voting from high school social studies courses, actually participating in an election… Continue reading A good time to vote
Engineering needs more women
I have a professor who is quite different from my others. No, it’s not the hair or the shoes or the teaching method. She is a woman. And as an engineering student, she is my first full-semester female professor this year. The University of Calgary’s female enrolment in engineering is about 24 per cent. The… Continue reading Engineering needs more women
Online exclusive: “slave” isn’t a six letter word
The release of a new edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain this February is not something one would consider a breaking news story, but in this new edition of an old classic the publisher has tempted fate. The new book replaces all occurrences of the word “nigger” with “slave.” The reason… Continue reading Online exclusive: “slave” isn’t a six letter word
Online exclusive: The freedom to Facebook
The Canadian constitution is supposed to protect our freedoms. This charter, among other things, secures our right to freedom of speech. When a place of knowledge and learning declares itself exempt from the charter, a place that is protected under the charter to assemble freely and deliver information and knowledge to us freely, it becomes… Continue reading Online exclusive: The freedom to Facebook
Trash talk: don’t throw out a good idea
It has been about four weeks, and I am starting to get the hang of university. Shiny floors, automatic flush, motion sensor taps just to name a few features of the U of C facilities. And then there are the trash cans. If not infamous, they should be. Does no one realize that to have… Continue reading Trash talk: don’t throw out a good idea
May the best, not richest, candidate win
Amanda Liu, Bonnie Devine, Dan Knight, Jon Lord, Oscar Fech, Sandra Hunter, Joe Connelly, Gary Johnston, Barry Erskine, Craig Burrows, Wayne Stewart, Bob Hawkesworth, Barb Higgins, Naheed Nenshi and Ric McIver. Know who these names represent? You should have been able to guess by the last few, but these names represent the 15 mayoral candidates… Continue reading May the best, not richest, candidate win