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By Kaye Coholan

The garbage bins in the MacEwan Student Centre were replaced earlier this month to include a slot for organic waste, but there is confusion around what rubbish goes where. “There have been students putting composting in the landfill,” said Students’ Union vice-president operations and finance Patrick Straw. The bins, which were custom-designed and constructed for… Continue reading Organic waste bins installed in student centre

By Riley Hill

The University of Calgary’s Students’ Union Sustainability Board has decided to change its direction this year to become more of a “working group,” according to SU vice-president operations and finance Patrick Straw. Moving away from its traditional role of promoting sustainability through events, SUSB has decided to play a more proactive role, pursuing development of… Continue reading Changes to SUSB

By Michael Grondin

MacHall will officially be polystyrene foam free by the end of September. A poll taken in 2009 showed that 93.4 per cent of students were willing to give polystyrene foam the boot and look for a more eco-friendly solution. According to Students’ Union vice-president operations and finance Patrick Straw, the process to abolish the polystyrene… Continue reading Styrofoam gets the boot

By Susan Anderson

Twenty new TVs were installed in MacHall, creating a partnership between the Students’ Union and NUTV. “The new TVs are part of what we are calling The Loop, the electronic bulletin board network,” said vice-president operations and finance Patrick Straw. “The purpose of The Loop is to have a consistent flow of information to the… Continue reading Students are now in the loop

By Patrick Straw

Sitting in Scurfield Hall adamantly discussing who has the nicer pea coat, we began to feel a tremble in the expensive tile floor exclusive to Scurfield Hall. Our interest stricken by this unusual stimulus, we looked up from our Blackberries and over-priced lattes to see a crowd of tumultuous people marching towards us. We knew… Continue reading What the hell is Engg. Week?

By Michael Grondin

“The Hive”, a club space located beside Stör, will be getting a much-needed renovation next summer to increase space and functionality for the 292 clubs that use it. Consultations with U of C clubs are currently underway to ensure the upgrades meet their needs.
 Quality Money will fund the renovation. The proposal was brought forward… Continue reading Club space to receive $38,000 facelift

By Sean Corrigan

The University of Calgary is aiming to become Canada’s second fair trade campus by May — the result of an initiative led by the Engineers Without Borders U of C chapter, in cooperation with the Students’ Union and university administration. The designation, first awarded to the University of British Columbia by Fair Trade Canada last… Continue reading U of C to become fair trade campus

By Gauntlet Editorial Board

When Tolstoy dropped out of university, he might have thought to himself that successful students’ unions are all alike, but that every unsuccessful SU is unhappy in its own way. Student elections in high school occurred annually, if begrudgingly, as students fought with one another to see who was most popular. One editor at this… Continue reading Editorial: The SU gets something right, and wrong

By Amy Badry

Campaigning for the 2012 Students’ Union election has begun. Vice-president student life candidate Hayley Wade’s poster has garnered city-wide attention within the first couple days of campaigning. Her poster was placed in men’s washrooms around the university with the slogan, “Great Dick Bro.” SU Chief Returning Officer Rabiya Mansoor indicated Wade’s posters hanging in the… Continue reading Wade’s controversial poster placed in a no-campaign zone