By Emily Senger
Every transit rider who has the unfortunate experience of getting sandwiched between the guy who must have eaten a clove of garlic for breakfast and the 13-year-old who hasn’t yet discovered deodorant knows transit rides are often an olfactory adventure. The Calgary Herald’s front page news story “Perfume gets rider booted to back of bus,… Continue reading Poisoning by putrid perfume
By Emily Senger
A nasty election email sent from the Mount Royal College student president to the University of Calgary Students’ Union president has landed one of the presidents in hot water. Current Mount Royal Students’ Association president Jon Mac-pherson, who was re-elected to a second term Sat., March 7, was punished by the MRC students’ council for… Continue reading Vicious emails bring Mount Royal student president under fire
By Emily Senger
University staff and student leaders across the country are mostly celebrating after the release of the federal budget, which included an additional $800 million in funding for post-secondary education. The $800 million is part of a $3.2 billion government-spending package of investments to create a “knowledge advantage,” announced Tues., March 20. The package includes increased… Continue reading Budget holds promise for students
By Emily Senger
The result of a Students’ Union general election referendum question is before a review board after the Women’s Resource Centre gained 63 demerit points for illegal postering during the week leading up to the election Feb. 13-15. The recently passed WRC levy is at risk. The levy calls for $1 per full-time student and 50… Continue reading Women’s resource centre levy up for review
By Emily Senger
Renovations to three residence buildings constructed for the 1988 Winter Olympics have been delayed, much to the disappointment of students. Renovations to Brewster, Castle and Norquay Halls were planned for this summer, but have been postponed for at least a year due to a combination of factors including difficulty hiring a contractor and an extended… Continue reading Summer residence renovations postponed
By Emily Senger
A University of Calgary international student and his nine-months-pregnant wife are struggling to get their lives back on track after an apartment fire last month left them and approximately 50 other international students homeless. Engineering master’s student Herish Danbey lost everything in a fire in the Suncourt Place apartments the evening of Fri., Feb. 24.… Continue reading Apartment fire leaves international students homeless
By Emily Senger
Student leaders are decrying federal government cuts that could mean 6,000 fewer student jobs across the country this summer. The cuts were part of the Conservative government’s redesign of the Liberal-created Summer Career Placement Program, which allows employers to apply for funding to hire students for the summer months. The redesign–renamed the Canada Summer Jobs… Continue reading Feds slash summer work programs
By Emily Senger
Master Corporal Keith Hodgson has been called a murderer, a baby killer and a waste of taxpayer’s money in his 10 years with the Canadian Armed Forces, but despite his dangerous and often disrespected position, the 27-year-old wouldn’t choose any other career. “A lot of people coming back [from service] get the short end of… Continue reading A soldier’s story
By Emily Senger
Fort McMurray’s growth is seemingly unstoppable. The oil-rich northern Alberta city has almost doubled in population since 1999, resulting in an infrastructure crisis and a substantial environmental footprint, but an agreement between the University of Calgary and the Municipality of Wood Buffalo hopes to remedy some of northern Alberta’s growing pains. U of C president… Continue reading U of C seeks solutions to northern Alberta growth
By Emily Senger
Women around the globe have been celebrating International Women’s Day in some form since its inception in the United States in 1909, and as Thur., Mar. 8 approaches, both male and female critics abound, proclaiming the day has become unnecessary as women’s battles have all been won. It is true that in the last 100… Continue reading Breaking the silence on domestic violence