By Dale Miller
It’s Students’ Union By-Election time once again, with five positions up for grabs. Voting will take place Oct. 19, 20 and 21, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. (7:30 p.m. on the 20th) in the North Courtyard of MacEwan Student Centre and the Social Sciences Building Lobby. The positions being contested are as follows: Events… Continue reading Smelly news briefs
Stör handle debate Fur flew at the Jan. 9 Student’s Legislative Council over the proposed new name for the Students’ Union convenience store. Currently known as Stör, the establishment formerly known as McQ’s may soon be given the contentious moniker “Bad Kitty’s Snack Emporium.” Student Nick Berdusco entered the name in the Name the Stör!… Continue reading News briefs for the new year
By Natalie Sit
September Farewell to the Den One of the University of Calgary’s institutions closed Aug. 26, 2000 when the Students’ Union took over the Den from university administration. "It’s a piece of history, it’s a piece of my school career lost," said social anthropology graduate and former Den employee Jason Corall. "You can go to the… Continue reading News you missed while you slept in class
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
Re: “Spending Request.” An article called “The Joys of Approving Your Own Spending Request” was recently published as the cover story in your Jan. 30 publication. As the two Q Centre (SU Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity) co-ordinators who were interviewed in this article, we were disturbed to see the inaccuracies that were reported.… Continue reading Letters to the Editor
By Chris Adams
After going through two rounds of voting at Student Legislative Council (SLC), the Students’ Union submitted an application to Quality Money requesting $240,000 to move the Conference and Events office to the old Women’s Resource Centre space. This project highlights how the lack of oversight with SU spending can lead to the approval of questionable… Continue reading The joys of approving your own spending requests
By Amy Badry
Science students voted in Jack Siu as their new faculty representative Oct. 28. With 43 per cent of the vote, Siu claimed the position of Science faculty representative. Ola Mohajer was a close second with 36 per cent of the vote and Philip Hanson third with 27 per cent. A total of 238 science students… Continue reading Siu defeats Mohajer in science rep election
University of Calgary students aren’t quite free from voting just yet. The Students’ Union byelection starts next week and students from every faculty will be able to vote on two referendum questions while science students have an extra box to check off. The SU currently charges full-time students a $1 access fee each semester to… Continue reading Students’ Union byelection offers science students the vote
By Noah Miller
Outrage spread like wildfire among students when the Students’ Union disclosed administration’s proposed changes to next year’s tuition in Student Legislative Council on Tuesday. After the first of their meetings with university administration, the SU was handed a chart of figures now in circulation among students. The chart outlines proposed changes according to the province-mandated… Continue reading Proposed tuition, fee increases leaked
It’s been a busy week at 251 MacEwan Student Centre. Not only is the 66th Students’ Union general election heating up, but the 65th Student Legislative Council is dealing with a Black History Month gone wrong and a decision by university administration to charge six of its students with trespassing. To commemorate Black History Month,… Continue reading Cabinet keeps silent