The University of Calgary has given the Campus Pro-life club permission to exhibit a controversial display equating abortion with historical atrocities like the lynching of blacks in the U.S. and the Holocaust. “The administration at this point has said we can go ahead with [the Genocide Awareness Project],” said CPL representative Drew Brown. “We’re very… Continue reading U of C okays abortion display
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Ten bucks for a crack at conjugal bliss Help curb Canada’s crippling divorce rate. The University of Calgary Counseling Centre and U of C Chaplains’ Centre are offering two considering marriage seminars Fri., Mar. 3 and Sat., Mar. 4. Couples and individuals are invited to develop their relationship skills and to consider the realities of… Continue reading Brief and non-controversial news
Pro-life club still negotiating space
The debate over the University of Calgary Campus Pro-Life Club’s desire to hold an anti-abortion display is continuing on campus. The controversial display known as the Genocide Awareness Project involves a series of graphic images comparing abortion to historical genocides including the Holocaust.Earlier this fall, the club submitted a proposal to hold the exhibit on… Continue reading Pro-life club still negotiating space
VP Op-Fi: Cody Wagner
Cody Wagner is acclaimed for the position of vice-president operations and finance so you’re stuck with him whether you want to be or not. Fortunately for students, Wagner is both qualified and eager to do the job.Wagner has spent the last year as an SU operations and finance commissioner, so he has a solid grasp… Continue reading VP Op-Fi: Cody Wagner
Quality money update
At the Dec. 2003 University of Calgary Board of Governors meeting, the Students’ Union and Graduate Students’ Association successfully proposed they be given $1 million in ‘quality enhancement’ money so students would see benefits in the face of continued tuition increases. In 2004, the initiative continued and the SU and GSA were given $1,645,880. The… Continue reading Quality money update
Den smoke-free by fall
Patrons who enjoy a cigarette and a cold beer after class will have to go somewhere other than the Den by September. The University of Calgary Students’ Union voted unanimously to ban smoking in the popular campus bar effective Sept. 1, 2006–over a year sooner than the City of Calgary’s own smoke-free deadline of Jan.… Continue reading Den smoke-free by fall
CJSW construction on hold
Construction has been halted on a new space for CJSW as disagreements over costs and communication problems between the campus radio station and the University of Calgary Students’ Union have mired the project in further negotiations. The relationship between the SU and CJSW has been strained after CJSW suggested the U of C conduct an… Continue reading CJSW construction on hold
Finding Commons ground
Plans to create a new Student Commons by redeveloping the patio area adjoining the MacEwan Student Centre are slowly gathering pace. Although still in the planning stage, an engineering report has been completed and members of the SU executive are confident ground will be broken by April 30, 2005 before current officials leave office.“We have… Continue reading Finding Commons ground
Sexism sells, but not on my campus
One. As university students, we are familiar with the marketing strategies employed by businesses attempting to squeeze more cash out of our already barren bank accounts. Bulletin boards on campus are saturated with colourful posters advertising vacations, weight-loss miracles and club crawls, where images of attractive females are regularly used to draw the eye. How… Continue reading Sexism sells, but not on my campus
Campus Pro-Life pulls plug
The University of Calgary Campus Pro-Life Club pulled out of a controversial anti-abortion exhibit after the U of C and Students’ Union set “unacceptable” restrictions on the project. The Genocide Awareness Project includes large-scale depictions of the Holocaust, Rwandan genocide and Cambodian killing fields and compares abortion to these and other atrocities. The club’s original… Continue reading Campus Pro-Life pulls plug