By Nassr Awada
I kid you not folks. After two years of being VP External and making some key contacts, I have a firm commitment from a friend of a friend of a friend who knows someone that this will happen. The Latino pop sensation has joined the student tuition movement and will be protesting along with the… Continue reading Ricky Martin makes live appearance at the Board of Governors meeting Friday
By Nassr Awada
We still need your help to stop tuition increases. Last year we needed your help to show the Board of Governors how important and pressing this issue is to you. They received that message. This year we need your help in sending this message to the province.Why the change of focus you ask? Well, this… Continue reading Show you care about tuition
Yet another smoking space on campus will soon see closure. The Black Lounge will close so that bigger, better, more profitable services can be provided for students. (If you can’t tell by now, I’m somewhat pissed off by this). Let’s take a look at some points from last week’s slc Viewpoint on the Black Lounge:… Continue reading Is it the SU’s responsibility to support your habit?
Yes, you’ve heard correctly. The Black Lounge is closing. When it is going to happen has yet to be determined. As the bearer of this news, I have a responsibility to inform you of the consequences and the options the Students’ Union has.To begin, the operating agreement and financing are now in place to begin… Continue reading Is it the SU’s responsibility to support your habit?
By Nassr Awada
There are 1,200 students on this campus who have cheques coming to them from Ottawa this winter. So, here is the scoop on how to collect your Canada Millennium Scholarship for next year if you’re one of the lucky people who have money coming to them.1. Go to the FEES OFFICE in the MacKimmie Library… Continue reading Keep the baby, I want my money
By Jared Lorenz
We’ve all heard the high-minded rhetoric, but ultimately, the choice to use or not use any substance is an intensely personal one. Authorities on drug use point out that users are generally very well informed about the substances they are using. Most drinkers know they are damaging their liver and killing brain cells. By now,… Continue reading Kick it, kick it real good
By Nassr Awada
If you’re beating your head with a stick for getting that C on your Biology mid-term and still burning the midnight oil trying to finish that 20 page paper due this week, think of the bright side. Be thankful if your stomach is full. Be thankful if you have a place to sleep every night.… Continue reading We get by with a little help from our friends
Amidst a rash of pre-millennium preparations and Y2K preparedness drills, students at the University of Calgary are getting ready for the last teaching evaluations of the century. “The Universal Student Ratings Instrument has been called into action as a evaluatory system,” explained one official. “It has not been tested for its efficacy as a Y2K… Continue reading USRI looms on horizon
By SLC News
Calgary– Recent activities at the University of Calgary have prompted Students’ Union President Rob South to deny allegations that point towards his involvement with academic affairs on campus. "It’s a lie, whatever it is," South claimed. " I have nothing to do with anything academic whatsoever. I did not have relations with the master timetable."… Continue reading SU President admits to alien implant
By Rob South
"The empires of the future are the empires of the mind." -Winston Churchill As both our federal and provincial government grapple with what to do with the huge surpluses they are projecting, questions arise as to what our priorities are as a society. One of those questions is what role should universities and colleges play… Continue reading Federal government forgotten partner in post secondary