Month: September 2005

By Ændrew Rininsland

You know we’re living in weird times when a group that brags about being the ‘voice of upstream oil and natural gas industry’ invites the Green Party to talk about ways of influencing public opinion to reduce oil consumption. Yet talking with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers was just one of many things federal… Continue reading Greens invade That Empty Space

By Chris Beauchamp

Tree huggers, hippies and the socially aware can spread the good word and pat each other on the back as Environmental Awareness Week comes to the University of Calgary. Organized as a joint project by the Students’ Union and the campus EcoClub, Enviropolluza 2005 will involve a number of events Sept. 26-29.“This will be the… Continue reading Consume less, jerk

By Emily Senger

The majority of youth are not card carrying members of a political party. The majority of youth don’t even vote. But, youth are not lazy or uninformed; they are finding alternate meaningful ways to get engaged. On Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 Canada 25, a national non-partisan policy organization, will hold a series of roundtable… Continue reading The children are our future

By Emily Senger

Yaak Dut has spent 13 of his 24 years in a refugee camp of more than 800,000 people in Kakuma, Kenya. The Kakuma camp became home after he was forced to flee from his native Sudan to seek asylum from a country ravaged by 20 years of civil war. After more than three years of… Continue reading From war to class

By Bretton Davie

When Shinerama event organizers Christie Docking and Emily Wyatt told the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation their goal of raising $20,000, the foundation told them it was too ambitious for the University of Calgary. But as the intense fund-raising campaign nears its end, they are only $600 short of their target, setting a new record for… Continue reading Shinerama 2005 breaks the $20,000 mark

By Emily Senger

More than 30 years since Canada passed equal pay for equal work legislation, female professors at the University of Calgary are still making less than their male co-workers. Two reports outlining gender inequality among U of C faculty were officially presented to female faculty members at a luncheon on Fri., Sept. 16. The results showed… Continue reading Pay equity under fire

By Chris Tait

The gaze of Calgary’s media is focused once more on the University of Calgary Solar Car Team as it cruises through the Australian outback for the World Solar Challenge. Passing another competitor proved to be the most recent highlight on Wednesday’s leg of the 3,021 km race, having already passed the halfway mark on Tuesday.“There… Continue reading World Solar Challenge wraps up

By Chris Beauchamp

A University of Calgary student died this week after losing control of his car and crashing into a light pole.Fraser Thomas Noseworthy, 19, died Mon., Sept. 26 after passing motorists pulled him from the wreck of his Honda Prelude near 37th Street SW. He was heading home from his girlfriend’s house when the accident occurred.… Continue reading Student killed in car accident

By Angee Johal

Imagine moving into residence only to find the smell of rotten food, stained carpets and whatever else was left behind by the last tenants. This scenario is one some students moving into on-campus housing have experienced. “Our objective is to ensure students arrive to a clean room,” explained Director of Residence Services Joel Lynn. He… Continue reading Dirty Rez rooms upon arrival

By Ændrew Rininsland

The consultation phase of the A Learning Alberta steering committee came to Calgary’s Roundup Centre this week. At the invitation-only event delegates including students and faculty converged to discuss and debate a framework intended to guide Alberta’s post-secondary education system into 2025. The framework, created by a steering committee whose members include Calgary-Shaw MLA Cindy… Continue reading Regional input in PSE review