By Ryan Pike
Job-seekers should spruce up their resumes, as reports out of Ottawa this week suggest that prime minister Stephen Harper will decline to extend the term of Governor General Michaëlle Jean beyond September. As such, Canada may be on the hunt for its 28th vice-regal representative. Who should Harper recommend to Her Majesty to fill Jean’s… Continue reading Editorial: The hunt for a new Governor General
The Quality money program is a partnership between the University of Calgary and the Students’ Union that allows the SU to direct the use of significant amounts of money coming from tuition towards initiatives that increase the quality of the student experience. This year the SU approved over $1.5 million in proposals from students, faculty… Continue reading Quality money committee allocations
Thirty-nine-year-old Floribert Kamabu vividly remembers awaking from his first night’s sleep in his new home of Canada. “When I woke up I thought I was dead because there were no gun shots in the night, there was no noise. It was so peaceful and quiet and I had a good meal before bed,” said Kamabu,… Continue reading Refugee program success shares his story
Driving to school everyday can be hard on the environment and the wallet. The commuter challenge encourages people to use other transportation options like biking, taking the bus or walking, all with the added possibility of winning. “Individual workplaces and cities get ranked against each other in Canada,” said Justin Brown, sustainability coordinator at the… Continue reading Commuter challenge encourages green transport
By Richard Lam
Controversy and debate arose over a March 28, 2010 Calgary Herald article claiming that the Alberta government was working on biometric ID cards that could include fingerprint and facial scan samples for the homeless in the city. “Those who are homeless should not be treated any differently from those who are not,” said John Graham,… Continue reading Homeless to be able to acquire ID more easily
The Students’ Union presented its first annual report to the community April 5. Throughout the evening, SU president Charlotte Kingston detailed the accomplishments of the 67th Student Legislative Council in working towards their goal of improving accountability and transparency to the community. For 2009-2010, the SU hoped to increase external institutional advocacy, continue to host… Continue reading First annual SU community report
By Amy Badry
As of April 1 the University of Calgary amalgamation of four faculties — Communication and Culture, Social Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts under the banner of Faculty of Arts — is complete. The largest and most diverse faculty on campus, it boasts 20 departments and 13 interdisciplinary programs to offer its 6,500 students. With the… Continue reading Faculty of arts now official
By Noah Miller
Students inspired by the passion and prowess of professors and teaching assistants at the University of Calgary have turned in record nominations for the Students’ Union’s annual Teaching Excellence Awards. Â Since the awards’ inception in 1984, the SU collects nominations every year for outstanding instructors at the U of C. According to the SU… Continue reading Record nominations for teaching award
By Noah Miller
Weeks of anxiety were finally relieved April 7 when Alberta Advanced Education and Technology minister Doug Horner announced the province’s acceptance, and rejection, of various tuition market modifier proposals from Alberta’s post-secondary institution. Eighteen of 24 proposals from Bow Valley College, Olds College and the Universities of Alberta, Calgary and Lethbridge were rejected. Proposed hikes… Continue reading Province responds to tuition proposals
It’s lunchtime in MacHall and hundreds of students are eating. When they are done, they will dump their leftover food into the garbage. From there it will go to the dump. As this process repeats itself day after day, meal after meal, thousands of tonnes of organic food waste ends up in landfills, but it… Continue reading Composting: an intricate tale of rot