Month: March 2008

By Sarelle Azuelos

Students in Calgary will soon have more options to consider when applying for degree programs. Mount Royal College is increasing the number of degree programs from its first one last year to a total of six. The addition of a bachelor of arts, arts-justice, science, business and communications last month to its previous bachelor of… Continue reading Mount Royal closer to university status

By Cam Cotton-O’Brien

Though drinking bottled water isn’t the same as killing someone, lack of sustainable water practices around the world could exacerbate an already heinous lack of clean drinking water that claims a life, literally, every few seconds. Spurned on by the United Nations International Water Day on Sat., Mar. 22, the Rotaract Club organized Water Awareness… Continue reading Bottling awareness

By Stephen Rudolf

Once upon a time, on the land where it still is now, Lot Ten parking cost a dollar. Just ten years later, rates have more than tripled and, on Thu., May 1, will creep up a quarter more to $3.50 per single entry, with similar increases across campus for per-entry lots and monthly passes. “It… Continue reading Parking rates go up

By Daniel Pagan

Facebook users breathed a collective sigh of relief at universities across Canada after Toronto’s Ryerson University decided against expelling a first-year chemical engineering student over a Facebook study group. Chris Avenir faced expulsion after being charged with academic misconduct due to his administrative role in the “Dungeons/Mastering Chemistry Solutions” study group last fall, where students… Continue reading The line between sharing info and cheating

By Jon Roe

In two years, the University of Calgary could be facing a deficit situation–if the provincial government commits to a yearly grant increase of less than the promised six per cent per year. The university is in the process of developing their four-year business plan and they’re projecting a deficit past the 2008-09 academic year. Currently,… Continue reading The budget turns Dino red

By Katy Anderson

The decision to not use credit cards to pay tuition as of Jul. 1–like most other schools in Canada–has students across the otherwise notoriously apathetic campus up in arms. Students are concerned with the lack of consultation, the timeline, the loss of benefits they receive from using their credit card (like Air Miles) as well… Continue reading No credit for students

By Jon Roe

Six foot four, 285 lbs Mark Dewit was a monster on the mat and on the field this past year. Dewit, a fourth-year student at the Haskayne School of Business, pulled double-duty this past season as an offensive lineman for the Dinos football team during the fall semester and a wrestler during the winter. He’s… Continue reading Double threat rocks CIS this season

By Amanda Hu

It’s really cool, the diversity and the variety with everybody coming together,” says Ron Griffith. “It’s just a really healthy way to meet new people, a healthy way to spend your leisure time and to be part of a bigger community.” Griffith is the director of the Apollo, Friends in Sports’ 26th annual Western Cup,… Continue reading Diversity through sports and socials

By Stewart Pallard

Upsets ruled CIS basketball this year. In evidence of this, CIS men’s basketball national championship went to the Brock University Badgers this past weekend. Brock was a good team and played well to beat the Acadia University Axemen in the finals. Here’s the rub: both teams in the championship finals for this nation’s most prestigious… Continue reading Sportspinions: The real meaning of win and you’re in