By Raul Jaime
For the last 10 years, Maclean’s ranked universities across Canada and published the results. Last week, the Maclean’s annual Universities issue hit the stores, and the University of Calgary fell two steps from last year’s ranking. In the category of Medical Doctoral universities, the U of C ranked 12th overall among 15 universities. The number-one… Continue reading U of C falls out of Maclean’s top ten
By Raul Jaime
According to University of Calgary Sociology Professor Robert A. Stebbins, lack of understanding of francophone societies is depriving Canada of different cultural and economical advantages both nationally and internationally. The French Enigma, written by Stebbins, focuses on the survival and development of French communities across Canada and their interaction with the larger anglophone groups. Stebbins… Continue reading Francophone culture flourishes
By Raul Jaime
Though the temperature outside is dropping, the Students’ Union believes there is an unfed slurpee demand on campus. After $29,000 was approved to meet this demand, two slurpee machines were bought and will probably be located at the SU’s convenience store. According to SU Vice-president Operations and Finance Matt Lauzon, the machines were bought to… Continue reading Slurpee Wars
By Raul Jaime
On Mon., April 3, former Reform Party leader and Canadian Alliance leadership candidate Preston Manning visited the University of Calgary campus. The visit’s objective was to convince students to join and support the CA and his leadership bid.“Students and faculty are potential intellectual resources for shaping and telling us where do you think we are… Continue reading Preston Manning comes to town
By Raul Jaime
It’s been 41 years since the Tibetan uprising against the oppression by the government of China occurred. To commemorate this event, Students for a Free Tibet and the Canada Tibet Committee organized a loud, but peaceful, protest in front of the Chinese Consulate in downtown Calgary in the late afternoon on Fri., Mar. 10. "We… Continue reading Students protest for free Tibet
By Raul Jaime
A nother month is gone and, as usual, some interesting stories came from the Campus Security office. One notable incident was the Feb. 4 Board of Governors meeting where tuition was raised. "Numerous student opponents of a tuition increase were in attendance and disrupted the meeting momentarily," read the Campus Security monthly report for February.… Continue reading Machetes and rats