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By Andrew Barbero

With Bermuda Shorts Day right around the corner, most students are getting ready to reject all things academic for four months. For the many U of C undergrads doing research projects over the spring and summer, the work is just beginning. Whether students have won awards or grants, been lucky enough to land a position… Continue reading School’s not out for summer

By Daniel Pagan

Facebook users breathed a collective sigh of relief at universities across Canada after Toronto’s Ryerson University decided against expelling a first-year chemical engineering student over a Facebook study group. Chris Avenir faced expulsion after being charged with academic misconduct due to his administrative role in the “Dungeons/Mastering Chemistry Solutions” study group last fall, where students… Continue reading The line between sharing info and cheating

By Ændrew Rininsland

It’s a generally-accepted view that university professors are paid more than burger-flippers. However, many students would be shocked and appalled to learn the wages at McDonalds are significantly higher than those received by a full quarter of the university’s teaching staff. Sessional instructors at the university comprise 25.7 per cent of the overall academic staff.… Continue reading Struggling sessionals

By Sarelle Azuelos

While research plays an important role in adding prestige and status to a university, a professor’s responsibilities are divided among the demands of their field­–and of their students. A delicate balance is necessary when students’ academia is in question. Instructors and universities alike benefit from research, but institutions like the University of Calgary have an… Continue reading Shifting focus: downplaying instruction

By Christian Louden

In a university plagued with large class sizes, one professor fought to make his class just a little bigger. In response to overwhelming demand for an oversubscribed psychology class, Dr. Don Kline signed off on 20 new seats for the only section of the course offered this year. Though the university has come under fire… Continue reading The struggle between class size and availability

By Jon Roe

The Students’ Union president will be excused from attending Students’ Academic Assembly meetings for the rest of the semester after a narrow decision Mon., Jan. 14. The assembly voted eight to seven in favour of excusing SU president Julie Bogle from the remaining SAA meetings. SAA represents and promotes the academic interests of undergraduates, meets… Continue reading SU prez to miss bi-weekly meeting

By Sarelle Azuelos

Students might not notice if their professor is a sessional or a standard employee, but the professors that can’t afford to work here do. The University of Calgary hires roughly 900 sessionals every year. Sessionals are hired to teach one or two courses per semester without knowing if they’ll be re-hired in the future. They… Continue reading Sessionals in need

By Sarelle Azuelos

The University of Calgary showed off its best and brightest as the Undergraduate Research Symposium this past week. Students from every faculty presented their hard work with posters in Mac Hall while vying for a chance to win one of four $1,000 prizes. The Students’ Union hosted the symposium, now in its second year, where… Continue reading Undergrads present research at symposium

By Sarelle Azuelos

While students may stress over endless exams and papers, professors confront their own fears when it’s time to face the faculty promotions committee. The Students’ Union recently changed the way in which students participate in this often controversial subject. Each faculty has their own committee on which a student helps decide who should be most… Continue reading Students judge faculty promotion

By Danee Wilson

An undergraduate education doesn’t only have to be about going to class and completing assignments. University of Calgary students will present the results of their research in MacEwan Hall at the Undergraduate Research Symposium Mon., Nov. 19. The symposium, which is co-sponsored by the Students’ Union and the U of C Office of the Provost,… Continue reading Undergraduate research fair