By Sara Hanson
This year’s frosh will get an entirely new introduction to the University of Calgary when they arrive on campus in September. Starting last fall, the Office of the Student Experience had been re-designing the university’s fall orientation program–U of C 101–to ensure new students are equipped with the most essential information for surviving on campus.… Continue reading Changes to U of C 101 raise criticism
By Sara Hanson
While all good things eventually must come to the end, sometimes that end comes sooner than expected. Such is true for former Students’ Union vice-president events Eric Jablonski who resigned from his position Wed., Aug. 1, after receiving late admission to the University of Calgary faculty of medicine. Jablonski applied to the medical school last… Continue reading J-blows past SU politics
Canada’s student loans boast some of the highest interest rates in the world and some critics believe it is unfair for governments–both provincial and national–to run their student loan programs as anything but a social assistance program. The Coalition for Student Loan Fairness released a report titled The Canada Student Loans Program: Solutions to Improve… Continue reading Canadian students pay the price
By Sara Hanson
Students are not immune to the skyrocketing rents, expensive new developments and an increasing rate of homelessness that continues to affect a wide range of Calgarians on a daily basis. However, there was some good news for the 114 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology students who were left without a place to live after the… Continue reading 270 secondary suites offered to stranded students
Despite an off-hand remark by Alberta Energy Minister Mel Knight in the Calgary Herald on Mon., Jul. 30, the cap on wind power will be abolished by December. “It will be eliminated by the end of the year,” said Alberta Energy System Operator manager of communications and stakeholder relations Ally Sutherland. “That’s what we’ve committed… Continue reading Wind power increase gusts in
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