Has your faculty ever asked you to withdraw? If you find yourself staring at an unfairly graded exam, then you need to get up and fight. You need to appeal. To help you along the long dark road of appeals is your number one fan, the Students’ Union Student Rights Advisor, Patti Spady. “I have… Continue reading Know your student rights
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Media evolved, audience subjectified
Last Thu. Oct. 24, John Stackhouse, Globe and Mail foreign editor, spoke at the U of C on the relationship between the public’s disengagement from issues of foreign development and the evolution of media agencies into institutions which rely upon the subjectification of their audience for survival. “The post-modern media sees the world through a… Continue reading Media evolved, audience subjectified
Student club supports Paul Martin
Federal Politics may not have much to do with campus life, but the new Paul Martin for Prime Minister Club sees things differently.“The idea of our group is to present the ideas of Paul Martin,” said club President Bryan West. “Many of us are members of the [U of C] Liberal Association.”The PM for PM… Continue reading Student club supports Paul Martin
Setting sights, raising bars
The President of the University of Calgary is on a mission and he’s taking the U of C with him.On Tue., March 5 U of C President Dr. Harvey Weingarten and Associate Vice-President Student Affairs Dr. Peggy Patterson met with the Students’ Legislative Council to discuss the new academic plan for the U of C,… Continue reading Setting sights, raising bars
U of C keeps CPS busy
Security issues at the University of Calgary kept the city police services busy in January.A 41-year-old construction worker was discovered spying on campus residents by night in early January. The suspect, who was the subject of an existing campus ban, was apprehended by Calgary Police and charged with trespassing."He was in violation of the conditions… Continue reading U of C keeps CPS busy
A new look at medicine
A spoonful of sugar may not be enough to get the medicine down.On Mon., Jan. 28, Dr. Erminia Guarneri, Interventional Cardiologist and Medical Director for the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, California, delivered a lecture on the need for integrative health practices in day-to-day life."This is the typical American meal," she said,… Continue reading A new look at medicine
A new Slant in the battle against racism
An emergent voice is speaking out against personal and systemic racism in an effort to promote cultural awareness in Calgary. Slant magazine, a collective, student-run initiative, is the newest addition to the struggle against ignorance. On Thu., Nov. 8, Slant celebrated the launch of their first issue at the Hop and Brew, featuring readings from… Continue reading A new Slant in the battle against racism
Yes Virginia, there really is a G-spot
Those unfortunates who do not believe in the existence of the G-spot are about to experience a rude awakening. On Thu., Nov. 1, Dr. Beverly Whipple, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University, and co-author of the international bestseller G-Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality, will deliver a lecture focusing on her research of the last… Continue reading Yes Virginia, there really is a G-spot
Faculties fighting for funding
The almighty dollar may soon play an almighty role in student recruitment at the University of Calgary. For the last year the U of C University Enrolment Policy Committee has discussed the development of an "enrolment sensitive" budgeting scheme that could potentially throw faculties into conflict over student recruitment. The UEPC report states that, "In… Continue reading Faculties fighting for funding
A question of ethics
Are we lost? If we were would we care? Dr. Margaret Sommerville, author of The Ethical Canary and founding director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law at McGill University addressed these questions on Tues., Sept. 25 at the University of Calgary. In doing so, she debunked current conceptions regarding individualism and expounded on… Continue reading A question of ethics