By Toby White
The number of scholarships and bursaries available to U of C students has increased thanks to nine new awards approved at General Faculties Council on June 6, 2002. Karen Armstrong of the Financial Aid office explained that the awards will make the costs of education for nine more students easier to handle."These awards will improve… Continue reading New awards unveiled
By Eric Fung
This week, the University of Calgary revised its Smoking Reduction Policy, which is intended to provide a safe environment for all students and staff. "Under the direction of the Office of the Vice-President,Finance and Services, campus-wide implementation of this program willbegin to take place throughout the summer months, in full swing by thefall semester," said… Continue reading No smoking
By Вen Li
Who you are may affect how you eat. A new study to be conducted at the University of Calgary may establish links between binge eating disorder and personality traits.Binge eating–frequently consuming excessive amounts of food accompanied by a sense of loss of control over eating–is one of several eating disorders that may affect up to… Continue reading Eating personality
This year’s G8 summit will focus on global economics, fighting terrorism and African development. According to Amnesty International, all three topics have a human rights aspect, which is the major concern of the organization.Amnesty International representatives from all over the world will speak at a day-long workshop on Mon., June 24 at the Group of… Continue reading Amnesty International concerned
Ever since the Gulf War in 1990, the relationship between the United States and Iraq is more than frosty. For a time, it seemed weapons inspections and sanctions would be a temporary stepping stone to normality in Iraq but this was recently proven wrong.Ever since September 11, the sharply divided U.S. government struggled to find… Continue reading Bush miffed with Iraq
It all started over a beer at a pub. University of Calgary students Brodie Boland and Michael Torrance founded the Tidal Thought Network to engage young people all over the world in G8-scale issues. "We began to talk about how we could create a tidal wave of thought where young people around the world could… Continue reading Students foster international discussion
By James Keller
While the gardening season came late this year, the fate of this summer’s Varsity Courts garden has been debated for quite some time.A road planned to accommodate the new Alberta Childrens’ Hospital on the University of Calgary’s West Campus will run through the current garden site outside the Student Family Housing area. The garden will… Continue reading Gardeners upset at road
By Eric Fung
The University of Calgary will enhance its research university status when the first students enter the Bachelor of Health Sciences program in Sept. 2003, if approved by the Board of Governors at its June 21 meeting."We are meeting the demand for highly trained health researchers," said the Faculty of Medicine Assistant Dean Dr. Benedikt Hallgrimsson.… Continue reading New Health Sciences Degree
Call me crazy, but I think the University of Calgary owes something to its students.It was convocation week 2001 and my turn to toddle around the Jack Simpson in a billowing black robe and mortarboard designed to convey immense dignity, even over my outlandish orange-burgundy-gold geometrically patterned dress. I convocated with most of the people… Continue reading Ungreatful, impatient and undeserving
Everybody’s talking about the G8 summit. What lengths will the protestors go to? What lengths will security go to stop them? Will the countryside be destroyed? Will Kananaskis become overrun with tourists and lose its charm as a quiet getaway? Are the organizers being too extravagant? It seems like every angle of the summit has… Continue reading Forgetting the real issues