By Вen Li
Faculty, students and administrators from Calgary discussed post-secondary education issues on Fri., May 10. The CAUT hearing was the latest in a nation-wide series held to solicit input from Canadians about post-secondary education issues."The public hearings are being held to identify and propose solutions to the key issues confronting Canada’s universities and colleges," said Canadian… Continue reading Hearings on the future of post-secondary education
By Вen Li
A month-old virus hoax has been reborn in e-mail this week.Messages "warning" recipients to search for and delete a file named "JDBGMGR.EXE" from their computers have circulated to at least one U of C mailing list and copies of the message received at the Gauntlet indicate that several local businesses and the federal Department of… Continue reading Virus Hoax
By Вen Li
While there’s no shortage of radio broadcasters on the Internet offering everything from m-funk to Bach, consistency is a bit harder to come by. No less than four different Web casting formats exist for Web casting with both live and recorded content from virtually every country and in every genre. The most popular are Real… Continue reading The new wave of Internet radio
By Вen Li
It seems not so long ago when I made my first tentative steps online using my Multimedia PC1-compliant IBM PS/1. There were no home broadband or DSL connections, wireless LANs, or cell phones with ICQ, just Hayes-compatible modems chugging out text at 14,400 bits per second from a downtown server with not much more total… Continue reading The very long goodbye
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“It’s like winning an Oscar,” said Rahim Sajan as he accepted first place at the 2002 University of Calgary President’s Challenge, beating out 44 other contestants. Then President Murray Fraser initiated the annual competition in 1995 to solicit ideas from students, faculty and staff for enhancing the campus experience."My proposal was for a president’s run… Continue reading Presidential prizewinners
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It never fails to amaze me when laymen don’t ask or request but dictate that experts do their jobs in a specific way. Whether it’s a PHB (Pointy-Haired Boss or Philosophiae Baccalaureus) who thinks their degree in management also makes them an expert in computer network engineering, student politicians who think they understand multi-billion-dollar university… Continue reading Everyone’s an expert
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Digital Sugar is neither a traditional art show, nor a motion picture exhibition, but it is interesting nonetheless.Described as an evening celebrating new media artists, the show at the EMMEDIA Gallery and Production Society features digitally-produced and edited videos by various local students at the Alberta College of Art and Design."This presentation is composed as… Continue reading Projecting the future of art in EMMEDIA
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So you want to make beer?The art of beer brewing was once a domain reserved exclusively for those with seven-figure disposable incomes. It once required hundreds of thousands in equipment and building infrastructure, with a similar cost for people to run and look after the thing. It used to be that only substantial beer brewers… Continue reading Brewing by the numbers
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Civility marked most of the Students’ Union Vice-President Academic race and the announcement of the victor. Both SU VP Academic-elect Rosie Nagra and second-place finisher Darby Semeniuk spoke highly of each other after the results were announced on Mon., March 18."I really like Darby," said Nagra. "I feel really wrong about winning over him.""I think… Continue reading Nagra wins Academic
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Students said it loud and clear: no, no, and no.Voters decided emphatically against both the Health and Dental Plan and Career Services levy increases in the Students’ Union General Election."I was surprised by the result," said SU Vice-President Operations and Finance Natasha Dhillon. "A lot of costs are being incurred on the health and dental… Continue reading Students have spoken