By Jeff Kubik
Despite their shiny new home in the lower level of MacEwan Students’ Centre, Career Services has seen a decline in the number of postings since September 2000. In 2002, full-time job postings were down 48.9 per cent while part-time postings had fallen by 54.5per cent. On Tues., Mar. 4, Director of Career Services Craig Fortner,… Continue reading Fewer jobs for students
By Вen Li
As students from around the world rallied for peace in Iraq, student protests in at least one Canadian city became less than peaceful according to reports.“Students are currently occupying York University President Lorna Marsden’s office to protest against the university’s decision to use police force to shut down a peaceful protest at York University,” according… Continue reading Day of peace becomes day of unrest
A fire alarm at the Den on Sat., Feb 22 caused some University of Calgary students to worry about their safety. Although about half the crowd left the bar immediately, several people remained in the bar and had to be told to leave by Den staff.Questions were raised regarding the incident, particularly in the wake… Continue reading Den safety questions
America’s Finest News Source has noticed the University of Calgary.A story that appeared in the Mar. 5, 2003 issue of the satirical newspaper the Onion and on its corresponding website theonion.com mentions the U of C.“In an impressive display of the star’s reach, a team of University of Calgary zoologists announced Monday the discovery of… Continue reading Onion notices U of C exists
By Dale Miller
They came, they saw, and they did pretty much what they planned to do. There were no surprises for the track and field team at an unremarkable Canada West Championships with the women and men taking second and third respectively.“We realistically did all that we could,” said pentathlete Samantha Anderson, who got two silvers and… Continue reading Track and field success at Canada West
A roller coaster-like season for the men’s hockey team came to an abrubt end this past weekend when the University of Alberta Golden Bears pummeled the Dinos in two straight games to win the best of three Mountain Division Final and advance to the Conference Final against the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. With 7-2 and… Continue reading Not everyone loves gold
“There’s going to be a war. It’s going to start in two or three weeks and it’s going to be quite bad.” This is what Gwynne Dyer pessimistically views– and he’s only been wrong twice–is an inevitable American-led war on Iraq. He said the war is likely to occur in weeks, not months.On Wed., Mar.… Continue reading Gwynne Dyer
By Вen Li
Students at the University of British Columbia could see more strike action by university staff.The Canadian Union of Provincial Employees Local 2950, which represents more than 1,500 clerical and support staff at UBC served 72-hour strike notice on Wed., Mar. 5 and asked mediator Mark Brown to book out. Job action could take place as… Continue reading UBC labour woes
In the end, it all came down to one match, by any wrestler, from any team.In what was surely the closest Canadian Interuniversity Sport Wrestling Championship ever, Brock University won the men’s team title with 61 points, beating the University of Calgary’s total of 60, and Simon Fraser University’s 59. Any match by any wrestler… Continue reading Dinos lose team gold by a whisker
By Вen Li
Students for a Free Tibet tried to educate students and the public on issues surrounding the disputed region this week."We figure the university is a good place to educate people on human rights and freedom in Tibet," said Stephanie Garrett, Co-executive director of the University of Calgary Students for a Free Tibet club.Garrett encourages students… Continue reading Tibet conference