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By Bonnie Leung

The millennium won’t mean destruction for everyone. Students could find themselves with an unexpected financial gain, because the new Canada Millennium Scholarship might be their saving grace. The purpose of the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation is to financially aid undergraduate students who have finished their first year. The fund provides bursaries based on financial need.… Continue reading The end of the millenium means more money

By Robert Wright

With less than a month left before the September housing crunch, the yearly race is on, and students are finding it difficult.Quoting a 0.5 per cent vacancy rate and estimating that more than 10,000 students will seek housing in the next few weeks, the University of Calgary Students’ Union is trying to call attention to… Continue reading The hunting

By Robert Wright

With less than a month left before the September housing crunch, the yearly race is on, and students are finding it difficultQuoting a 0.5 per cent vacancy rate and estimating that more than 10,000 students will seek housing in the next few weeks, the University of Calgary Students’ Union is trying to call attention to… Continue reading The hunting

By Robert Wright

The wheels on the bus go ’round and ’round a lot more of the city than they used to.Calgary Transit has added five new bus routes, and begun direct Northeast to Northwest C-train service to make transportation to the university and Foothills hospital easier for staff and students.“They will be shuttle routes,” said CT Acting… Continue reading Calgary Transit announces new routes

By Mary Chan

Students take out larger student loans and have more trouble paying them back, says a Statistics Canada study released last Friday. The survey examined federal Canada Student Loans in the 1990/91 and 1995/96 loan years. It found one in Þve students had repayment difficulties (i.e., received temporary assistance or defaulted) in their Þrst year out… Continue reading Stats Can Survey says…: we’re in financial difficulty

Credit check? No, thanks, say student leaders.Beginning Aug. 1, the federal government will run credit checks on student loan applicants. Student leaders claim the program will be a barrier to post-secondary education."This would deÞnitely make a lot of people think twice," said University of Calgary Students’ Union Vice-president External Nassr Awada. The Alberta Learning Ministry… Continue reading Government runs credit checks to "protect" students from student loans

By Mary Chan

They gave him something to talk about.The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations met with federal finance Minister Paul Martin and members of the Liberal Caucus Committee on Post-secondary Education last week, getting a head start on the lobbying season.The main topic discussed was core funding for post-secondary education, which CASA says is essential to offset… Continue reading CASA to Martin: more core funding

By Collin Gallant

Student leaders fear their concerns will be unheard under the banner of the hulking new "Superministry" of Learning.Announced at last Wednesday’s Alberta Government cabinet shuffle, the new ministry will amalgamate kindergarten to post-secondary education into one portfolio, with former Minister of Family and Social Services Lyle Oberg (right) at the helm. Oberg’s new Ministry of… Continue reading COVER STORY: New Learning Ministry

By Mary Chan

Starting May 1, Edulinx will administer government student loans with hopes of increasing the number of institutions in the lending business. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has set up the new student loan service bureau to handle administration of government student loans, though CIBC will still oversee its student loan portfolio."The lender (the bank)… Continue reading Edulix established