Imagine being tagged, named and coded by a number. Suppose this single, solitary figure represents your intelligence and your ability. Consider that this number represents years of your work; it is the culmination of hours of study. Picture that number as more important than your very name. This number may even determine your potential career.… Continue reading Worried about performance?
Registration Indignation
By Erin Maduck
There is only one person on this planet who possesses the ability to swiftly alter students’ moods in a matter of seconds. Although she is faceless, you know her, and you hate her. Blessed with insensitivity, selfishness, and an extremely cold heart, this woman is like the devil. The tone of her crisp voice is… Continue reading Registration Indignation
Consulting tuition
By Mary Chan
More is known about the Students’ Union’s decision to pull out of tuition consultation with the University of Calgary. In early December, the Students’ Legislative Council voted in favour of pulling out of the consultation process, citing a lack of results from previous years’ consultations as the main reason. SU President Paul Galbraith offered several… Continue reading Consulting tuition
Fighting for student rights
By Kim Stock
Students’ Union Vice-president Academic Toireasa Jespersen has implemented her own SU expansion project.Scrapping last year’s proposal to have an ombudsoffice for students to seek academic advice, Jespersen has replaced it with a student rights advisor program.Unlike the original idea of having a neutral ombudsoffice (whereby the ombuds would, in theory, favour neither the students’ position… Continue reading Fighting for student rights
Lucky break
Would you be sastified with three out of a possible four points? What if they came in two close games with the worst team in the league?That’s what the University of Calgary Dinosaurs men’s hockey team has been contemplating since their Jan. 15-16 series with the University of Regina Cougars, a 3-2 win Friday and… Continue reading Lucky break
Chicks with sticks
When writing about women’s hockey, it’s hard to think of a lead that hasn’t been written. Most stories about women’s hockey have been about how the sport is finding a foothold or how it has been accepted on an international level, yada, yada, yada.It’s about time reporters recognize that women’s hockey is not a new… Continue reading Chicks with sticks
It’s about time
For all the effort of the University of Calgary men’s basketball team, they finally have something to show for it. While visiting the University of Saskatchewan Huskies this past weekend, the Dinosaurs split the weekend series posting a convincing win on Friday, but dropping Saturday’s game due to poor performance."We played well defensively Friday night.… Continue reading It’s about time
Tuition battle
By Mary Chan
Call it the Winter of our discontent; led by the Tuition Action Committee, the Students’ Union is gearing up for an aggressive tuition fight.“The number-one goal is no tuition increase next year,” said SU President and TAC team co-chair Paul Galbraith. “We are convinced and believe that we can convince others that the university can… Continue reading Tuition battle
YOU FAT!
If you really want to feel like a fat bastard, take a stroll around the University of Calgary swimming pool during Dinosaurs swim team training. Not only will you notice a humbling lack of hairy paunches, but if you happen upon them this week, you’ll find a group of water-bound athletes preparing for the Canada… Continue reading YOU FAT!
Oh yeah?
By Cheri Hanson
I’m sick of hearing about the evils of TV. When people say they never watch TV, it’s always with an air of superiority that implies their precious intellect would be tarnished by contact with that wonder of tubes, wires and satellite dishes. Well, I like to assume that people aren’t stupid. It’s wonderful to read,… Continue reading Oh yeah?