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By Susan Anderson

Changes are in the works for the MacEwan Student Centre, with a committee creating a master plan for the building throughout the semester. “What we’re looking at is a long-term plan to understand what should be in the building, what might be there that would be appropriate to be somewhere else, where things should be… Continue reading Master plan for MacHall in the works

By Susan Anderson

A new interactive online mapping tool has been developed by researchers at the University of Calgary for citizens to help track coyotes within the city. The program aims to address the public’s fear of coyotes by providing education and information on the animals. The tool allows Calgarians to register online and pin-point on Google maps… Continue reading Tool developed for tracking coyotes

By Alyssa Athanasopoulos

The Office of Sustainability and Parking and Transportation Services at the University of Calgary have implemented several initiatives to help reduce car use on and around campus this fall. A carpool program, one of the initiatives, gives a 50 per cent discount on parking for all cars with at least three people. “Currently the carpool… Continue reading U of C hopes to curb campus vehicle use

By Noah Miller

Students heading to MacEwan Students’ Centre to mail taxes or process student loans will face disappointment and have to trek a little further with the closure of the Canada Post outlet in the basement of MacHall. “The closure of the postal outlet was not Canada Post’s choice, it was a request by the [University of… Continue reading University of Calgary post office outlet closes

By Daniel Pagan

Commuter students won’t have to worry about ditching their wheels in favour of mother nature thanks to a new partnership between the University of Calgary and Calgary Alternative Transportation Co-operative, a local carsharing program. The U of C acquired its own car-share vehicle from CATCO, and it’s located south of the Biological Sciences building. Carsharing… Continue reading U of C adopts carshare program

By Chris Beauchamp

Described within a university document as the University of Calgary’s “poor cousin on the lookout for welfare,” the arts at the U of C, and the faculty of fine arts in particular, have long been associated with the worst of what can happen when budgets are slashed, staff reduced and programs cut. Contrast this image… Continue reading The state of fine arts

By Joshua Smith

Checked out the Fitness and Lifestyle Center (a.k.a. "the gym") lately? Been there, done that? Well, this reporter headed out into the vast world of "alternative" health and wellness and came back with some activities to improve not just the body but the mind as well.Taoist Tai Chi: fists of softThose smiling guys in the… Continue reading Fitness Alternatives

By Wendy Maloff

On the night of Sat., Sept. 15, women will take to the street for Calgary’s 20th annual Take Back the Night march. "The premise of the march when it started was that women should be safe to walk the street at anytime without men’s protection," explained Susan Gillies of the Calgary Women’s Centre. "The rally… Continue reading Things that go walk in the night

By Kris Kotarski

Right off the bat it was something different. Finding University of Calgary student Kim Weger on the track of the Olympic Oval was easy enough, but talking to her proved to be a little more difficult. "Just to warn you, Kim is a very special girl and should be treated as such," said teammate Jason… Continue reading There’s a World Cup in Calgary and Weger’s invited

By Kevin Rothbauer

Such familiar names as Catriona Le May Doan, Susan Auch, Steven Elm and Jeremy Wotherspoon will be on the card this weekend as the world’s best speedskaters congregate on campus for the next stop on the World Cup Speedskating tour. "This is the most important World Cup stop, because it’s in Calgary," says Elm. "It’ll… Continue reading Speedskating World Cup stops in Calgary