By Вen Li
What would you do with $1,400 worth of nickels and dimes locked in a safe?According to Students’ Union Vice-President Operations and Finance Robbie White, one or more unknown individuals relieved the Copy Centre of such an item as it sat closed on Sat., Jan. 11. “It wasn’t a hold-up or anything,” said White on Tuesday.… Continue reading Copy Centre safe stolen
By Вen Li
Twice in two days, the Calgary Public Interest Research Group was rebuffed by University of Calgary Students’ Union. A resolution that would have let students vote whether to financially support CPIRG in the upcoming general election was defeated by the Students’ Legislative Council on Tue., Jan. 14 after CPIRG failed to gain support from the… Continue reading CPIRG levy not on the ballot
By Natalie Sit
Professors have a new collective agreement with the university. The arbitrated agreement gives faculty a 3.5 per cent increase in the first year and a 3.75 per cent increase in the last year of the two year agreement. The Board of Governors originally proposed an increase of 3.25 per cent, followed by 3.5 in the… Continue reading Faculty begrudges deal
By Вen Li
Twelve to fifteen thousand dollars will be the cost of the Students’ Union tuition campaign this year, according to SU Vice-President External Nick Vuckovic. Starting immediately, the SU will host activities to raise awareness about differential tuition prior to the University of Calgary Board of Governors’ tuition decision on March 21.“Now is the time for… Continue reading $12,000 tuition campaign
Students witnessed something magical in fall 2002–the rebirth of a grade. With the recent standardization of the Alberta post-secondary grading system, last term was the first since 1975 in which U of C students were able to earn A+ grades. According to the Registrar’s Office, this highest of distinctions accounted for 1,682 out of approximately… Continue reading 1,682 A+ grades awarded
By Nicole Kobie
“We’ve misplaced our VP Academic,” proclaimed Students’ Union President Matt Stambaugh at the last Students’ Legislative Council meeting, on Tue., Jan 14. Rosie Nagra isn’t exactly lost, though, just lost to the SU. On Fri., Jan. 10, Nagra submitted her letter of resignation to Stambaugh, ending her term as VP Academic four months early. Though… Continue reading Nagra resigns, seeks career in dentistry
Hawaii Five 0-2: that’s the line on the Dinos men’s volleyball team after a weird weekend series against Manitoba. The Dinos continued their futility in their first game back from the holiday break against the Canada West powerhouse Bisons, who despite their obvious disregard for good grammar (who’s their rival, the octopuses?) looked like a… Continue reading Zhukov or not, the Dinos lose again
When the Dinos women’s basketball team was swept by the University of Alberta Pandas in Edmonton in mid-November, Head Coach Shawnee Harle mentioned how much she was looking forward to playing the Pandas again in her own gym in January, when the team had more time to gel. The opportunity came last weekend, and the… Continue reading Second time’s a charm
By Todd Penney
After two seasons as the Assistant Coach and Defensive Coordinator of the Dinos football squad, Dave Johnson has decided to hang up his headset and pursue new opportunities. The Abbotsford, BC native joined the Dinos football coaching staff in March 2001 and helped coach the team through two respectable regular season performances and on into the… Continue reading Assistant Coach Dave Johnson leaves his Dinos
After a well deserved holiday break the lady Dinos returned to the hard court on January 3-4 to take on the reigning national champions, the Manitoba Bisons.This match up should have had greatness written all over, after all, this was the rematch of the national finals held in Quebec City last year. Instead the fans… Continue reading Ladies return on fire but extinguish in Edmonton