Two weeks ago, Leon Mugesera — a Rwandan man charged with inciting the 1994 Rwandan genocide — was deported after spending 19 years of refuge in Canada. Mugesera is the poster child for genocide suspects hiding in Western countries. Mugesera’s trial is highly anticipated, as he will be the first genocidaire tried by Rwanda’s judicial… Continue reading Rwandan genocide, Canadian complacency
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Canadian protest course offered this fall
This fall, history professor Paul Stortz will offer a course that focuses on understanding how activism and protest occupies our daily living. History 493.47 will examine contemporary activism and protest in Canada, while also taking a historical perspective. “We look at the whole idea of activism and protest. We try to understand how these movements… Continue reading Canadian protest course offered this fall
U of C fraternities react to U of A hazing
Revelations regarding severe hazing at a University of Alberta fraternity have called the bonds of brotherhood into question. U of A’s campus paper The Gateway obtained video footage of sleep-deprived pledges for the school’s chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity eating their own vomit and being locked in a small, urine-soaked plywood box. After… Continue reading U of C fraternities react to U of A hazing
Business class lets students make dreams come true
Senior marketing students in the Haskayne School of Business are gaining real world sales experience in the Selling Smiles 101 program. As part of the course, assistant professor of marketing Derek Hassay requires his students to establish their own independent contracting businesses selling Cutco Cutlery to raise funds for the Children’s Wish Foundation. After five… Continue reading Business class lets students make dreams come true
SU and school work to end couch races
Senior administrative officials at the University of Calgary and the Students’ Union met this summer to work on eliminating the much beloved but often risky annual couch races. Couch races, a notorious tradition that takes place at St. Andrews Heights on Bermuda Shorts Day, was shut down by police last year. Typically, teams of students… Continue reading SU and school work to end couch races
U of C unveils STEALTH ski technology
A top-secret gadget developed at the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering has enhanced the training of the country’s best skiers in preparation for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The Sensor for the Training of Elite Athletes, or STEALTH, is a GPS/GLONASS-based system that helps alpine skiers perfect their technique and route or line… Continue reading U of C unveils STEALTH ski technology
Student refugee program looks to expand
This year’s Students’ Union general election will include a referendum asking students to pay an additional three dollars per year to sponsor a second refugee student to get a University of Calgary degree. Currently full-time U of C students pay two dollars a year to sponsor one refugee student through the Student Refugee Program of… Continue reading Student refugee program looks to expand
Acclaimed U of C prof examines conquest
Navigating the stream of early modern English research, Professor Ken MacMillan makes waves debunking the rhetorical and propagandistic power of the term conquest. MacMillan, a legal, constitutional and imperial historian of early modern England, is an associate professor in the University of Calgary’s Department of History. In the brief period since completing his PhD in… Continue reading Acclaimed U of C prof examines conquest