By Вen Li
Buses will roll on Thursday, but it won’t benefit students. During morning and evening rush hours, the city has contracted yellow buses to run every 10 minutes between the downtown core and parking lots at the old General Hospital and Stampede Grounds. "We want to reach a negotiated settlement to get our employees back and… Continue reading City plan won’t help students
By Natalie Sit
Undecided students Each faculty has an undecided period for students except the Faculty of Science, which means that most faculties will allow students to take five full courses without declaring a major. Humanities differs because students can take 10 full courses without declaring a major. Management will not have an undecided status, but will admit… Continue reading Direct entry coming Fall 2002
By Natalie Sit
New degrees Along with direct entry, the university is proposing two new four-year degrees: Bachelor of Natural Science and a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science. Neither degree has been approved by APC or GFC, although the Natural Science degree is destined for APC consideration sometime in April. The new science degree will take the… Continue reading Direct entry coming Fall 2002
By Natalie Sit
College transfer students Some students choose to do some of their pre-program at colleges like Mount Royal College. The Direct Entry Implementation Committee will ensure a program will not give all its spaces to direct entry students and reserve some for external transfer students. This also ensures there are spaces for those who switch faculties,… Continue reading Direct entry coming Fall 2002
By Natalie Sit
Years ago, when the University of Calgary was founded, students entered the Arts and Science faculty, completed their degree and went their merry way. Soon U of C became too large and administration decided to differentiate facultiesÑand the concept of a university college was born. The university college eventually became the Faculty of General Studies… Continue reading Direct entry coming Fall 2002
By Natalie Sit
Future University of Calgary students will face a myriad of choices in Fall 2002. Currently, there are only five direct-entry faculties: Communication and Culture, Engineering, Fine Arts, Kinesiology and Nursing. But in Fall 2002, all faculties will be open to direct entry. A main reason for the university’s decision was student feedback from focus groups.… Continue reading Direct entry coming Fall 2002
Whether or not bylaws have been violated in the Graduate Student’s Association referendum is not merely a question of "yes" or "no". Since filing a bylaw violation complaint against the GSA executive, Graduate Student Ray Novak has been identified as leader of a de facto "no" campaign. Neither Novak nor the CFS is registered with… Continue reading Complaints about GSA referendum to join CFS
Graduate students at the University of Calgary may find they cast their referendum votes in vain. Graduate student Ray Novak has filed a formal complaint against the U of C Graduate Students’ Association for a bylaw violation in the proceedings of the referendum on membership in the Canadian Federation of Students taking place this week.… Continue reading GSA referendum may topple
By Mike Carron
For a debut CD, New Killer America is a refreshingly good sounding album. The music flows from one chord to another. The lyrics are not as self-fulfilling as some of the more recent hard rock acts, and the vocals match the music wonderfully. Skrape is a heavy rock group with everything to prove. Their music… Continue reading New Killer America
By Chris Tihor
"Energy Surge," the first track on Solutions to Substance couldn’t provide a better description of the entire album. Moose Jaw’s Layaway Plan come out flying and don’t let up for a second in their third full-length release. Combining just the right amounts of punk and metal, this talented group has successfully made the jump from… Continue reading Solutions to Substance