By Вen Li
“Over 20 years, the absolute amount of money we have coming from the government and tuition has increased. [But] adjusted for inflation, the total amount available to the U of C has declined overall over the last 20 years. We have less money per student now than in 1980.”President Harvey Weingarten took pride in the… Continue reading Weingarten’s state of university address
Staff at Campus Security can now rest easer, after the man who made over 600 harassing phone calls in four years entered into a Peace Bond."We have been working with investigating officers from Edmonton and documenting every incident," said Campus Security Manager Lanny Fritz.The man, a former University of Calgary student, was given non-academic misconduct… Continue reading Campus Security busy in January
In recent months, several day lockers located in the men’s locker room and basement hallway in Kinesiology have been broken into, with all contents removed. The items stolen included sports equipment, cell phones, CD players and money, and were valued at $13,500. "After analyzing the circumstances and times of past offenses, officers were able to… Continue reading Locker theft ends
By GNS
SU General Elections 2003 ResultsPresidentEl-Rafih, Mohamed- 550Gilchrist, Jayna- 1383Gould, Kyle- 563Blatch, Christopher D.- 394 VP Academic Nicolaides, Demetrios- (Acclaimed) VP External Batiuk, Lauren- 1841 Doig, Kari E.- 875 VP Events Bailey, Lawrence- 1038 Bergen, Richard “Krafty”- 1113 Patel, Anant- 720 VP Op-Fi Kotwell, Tanya- 927 Pearce, Brett J.- 807 Preston, Gavin C.- 1064 Academic Commission… Continue reading Election results
By Вen Li
Sadness and disappointment filled the Gildenstern room among scant cries of merriment on Fri., Feb. 14 as election losers made way for jubilant victors. Thirteen candidates tried for executive positions, five did not lose.PresidentCurrent SU VP Academic Jayna Gilchrist garnered 1,383 votes, handily defeating nearest competitors Kyle Gould who received 563 votes, and Mohamed El-Rafih… Continue reading SU Election losers
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By Andrew Ross
An Anti-racism Response Training workshop brought together a diverse group of University of Calgary students and non-students on Tue., Feb 6. The workshop’s focus was to help participants develop active responses to racism occurs. U of C’s Exchange and Study Abroad Advisor, Alex Mowat, and coordinator of the off-campus organization (Reach Out Against Racism) Maryam… Continue reading Anti-racism forum