By Natalie Sit
The proposed University of Calgary student-run Public Interest Research Group’s win in the Students’ Union plebiscite has raised questions about their future. A total of 1,889 students approved the plebiscite with a majority of students in favour of a $1.00 levy. Slightly more than 40 per cent of students voted against PIRG. Unlike a referendum,… Continue reading PIRG looks ahead
When the electoral dust cleared, Natasha Dhillon was declared next year’s Vice-president Op-Fi by a clear margin of 1945 votes to Travis Fast’s 605. "It’s totally exciting, but it was a really hard race," said Dhillon after the results were posted. "Jordan [Bonner] and Travis [Fast] both did a lot of work for it, so… Continue reading Dhillon takes Op-Fi to the bank
Student representatives wallowed in MacEwan Student Centre’s food court garbage on Wednesday and Thursday in an attempt to convince students to reduce their daily waste. Seventy-five bags of paper-filled garbage bags and boxes helped onlookers visualize the university’s waste at the Students’ Union Info Blitz and Waste Management Project info days, March 21-22. SU Vice-president… Continue reading Down and dirty in Mac Hall
By Natalie Sit
While the Winter semmester winds down, construction still motors along. University of Calgary Director of Campus Planning Barry Kowalsky says the Information Communications Technology Building is on target and will be ready for classes in the fall. As for the not-yet-started Calgary Centre for Innovation Technology, Kowalsky is fully confident the $18 million project is… Continue reading Construction saga update
By Editorial
From March 14-16, you can vote for your Students’ Union, Board of Governors and Senate representatives. More importantly than that, you can also vote on the PIRG plebiscite. In case you’re the kind of person that only reads the first paragraph of the editorial, we’ll state for the record that we think a PIRG on… Continue reading Send a message, vote for PIRG
By Вen Li
The International Students’ Centre and Disability Resource Centre may have to make way for the Campus Security and Risk Management relocation, since their space is being developed. "As I understand it, there’s a slight change in the direction where the new [MacEwan Hall expansion] building is going to be, and as a result of that,… Continue reading Lack of planning strikes again
A plebiscite question on the upcoming Students’ Union election ballot asks whether students support the implementation of a student-run Public Interest Group through an optional levy. PIRGs, already established in 18 universities across Canada, are non-profit organizations promoting student activism, research and social change. The goals of the U of C PIRG include a resource… Continue reading Promoting change
By Andrew Ross
The University of Calgary Students’ Union is paying for accessibility upgrades around campus, some of which are the legal responsibility of the university. The SU’s budget for accessibility projects is generated by the SU access fee ($1 from every full-time student and $0.50 from every part-time student per session), and unofficial estimates of the size… Continue reading Students pay for university accessibility upgrades
By Rafael Ford
Bad Kitty will never see the light of day thanks to a loophole in the "Name the Stör" contest rules. The University of Calgary Student Union ruled in favour of retaining the name Stör instead of Bad Kitty’s Snack Emporium–the name the "Name the Stör" contest winning entry. "The contest was to name the store… Continue reading Bad Kitty Stillborn
The Students’ Union has passed a motion which will place a referendum question on the next student’s union election ballot. The question will ask whether students are willing to pay a 75 cent increase for fall and winter semesters and a 50 cent charge for spring and summer semesters to Student Legal Assistance. On Tuesday… Continue reading Student Legal Assistance on the ballet