By Emily Ask
Drinking competitions, playing hockey and building snow sculptures may sound like nice winter break activities, but it’s how engineering students kick-off the second semester of school. Not to mention singing loudly and parading across campus, walking in and out of classrooms until they ultimately end up in the Haskayne School of Business. If you’re thinking… Continue reading Engg week parades into the new year
By Emily Ask
The Vancouver Police Department purchased a Long Range Acoustic Device just in time for the 2010 Olympics. Many, including the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, are concerned about police using the crowd control device as a weapon on protesters. The American Technology Corporation developed the LRAD in response to a request by the U.S. Navy… Continue reading Crowd control device called ‘disturbing’
By Emily Ask
Despite an assurance in the Post-Secondary Learning Act that tuition would only be raised by 1.5 per cent, the provincial government has created a loophole for post-secondary institutions to raise tuition in some cases. The loophole means universities can submit an application to modify tuition costs for various degrees according to market demand. According to… Continue reading Province breaks promise on tuition cap
By Emily Ask
In October men wore pink tights and bras to raise money for breast cancer. This month, men are taking up their own cause by growing moustaches to raise money for Prostate Cancer Canada. This celebration of the moustache is called Movember and its mission is to “change the face of men’s health.” The story of… Continue reading Moustaches matter in Movember
By Emily Ask
Teacher’s assistants and research assistants are on strike at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. The Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3906, which represents 2,700 assistants, set up picket lines Monday at the university, reports the Canadian Press. The union had been in talks with McMaster University for almost 24 hours before rejecting the final… Continue reading TAs on strike at McMaster University
By Emily Ask
While technology is on the rise, many countries aren’t reaping the benefits of the “Information Age.” Leslie Chan, director of Bioline International– a not-for-profit that advocates for open access– thinks this lack of information is the precise reason poverty and disease still ravage developing countries. Chan was at the University of Calgary Friday discussing Open… Continue reading Sharing research online: open access
By Emily Ask
The University of Regina has just instituted a guarantee to its students: they will have jobs within six months of graduating, or receive another year of schooling tuition-free. The university cites their Co-operative Education program as the backbone of their confident claim. The program focuses on hands-on work experience through partnerships with various companies. This… Continue reading U of R guarantees students jobs
By Emily Ask
Comic books, video games, television, professional wrestling — these are not terms usually associated with words like “dissertation,” “PhD” and “intellectual,” but Bart Beaty, a Communications and Culture professor at the University of Calgary, wants to change that. “Certainly I have colleagues in the English department, colleagues I respect very much, but they look at… Continue reading Comics, TV and academics, oh my!
By Emily Ask
While many Canadian students enjoyed sunshine, beer and camping trips over the summer, things turned upside down for Honduras students. What happened? Does this affect Canada? What’s the situation like in Honduras? These questions, and others regarding a variety of topics in the news, were piqued as students settled into the new school year. Enter… Continue reading Examining the Honduran crisis
By Emily Ask
Three months spent in an Iranian prison and Canadian-Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari still hasn’t seen a lawyer. Aside from a few visits from his grandmother and one brief phone call to his pregnant wife, Bahari has been cut off from the outside world. Newsweek correspondent Bahari was arrested June 21, along with several other journalists… Continue reading MP calls on government to act on behalf of detained journalist