By Sara Hanson
Following tragic school shootings at two North American institutions last year–Dawson College and Virginia Tech–the University of Calgary has implemented a new communication initiative to warn students about emergencies on campus sooner. Students are encouraged to sign up for a new text messaging alert system that will be used along with the current e-mail system… Continue reading U of C introduces emergency text messaging system
By Sara Hanson
Before you can lose everything, you need to have everything. But, before you can have everything, you need decide what everything means to you.Maybe everything is having a ton of money, or maybe it’s having a great group of friends. Maybe owning a house in the suburbs is everything, or maybe it’s just being alive.… Continue reading Local boys ready for liftoff
By Sara Hanson
While all good things eventually must come to the end, sometimes that end comes sooner than expected. Such is true for former Students’ Union vice-president events Eric Jablonski who resigned from his position Wed., Aug. 1, after receiving late admission to the University of Calgary faculty of medicine. Jablonski applied to the medical school last… Continue reading J-blows past SU politics
By Sara Hanson
This year’s frosh will get an entirely new introduction to the University of Calgary when they arrive on campus in September. Starting last fall, the Office of the Student Experience had been re-designing the university’s fall orientation program–U of C 101–to ensure new students are equipped with the most essential information for surviving on campus.… Continue reading Changes to U of C 101 raise criticism
By Sara Hanson
Students are not immune to the skyrocketing rents, expensive new developments and an increasing rate of homelessness that continues to affect a wide range of Calgarians on a daily basis. However, there was some good news for the 114 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology students who were left without a place to live after the… Continue reading 270 secondary suites offered to stranded students
By Sara Hanson
Sometimes, the qualities we dislike most about ourselves also happen to be the qualities that everyone else loves us for. This strange human phenomenon holds true for local musician and songwriter Chad VanGaalen, who has been recording his unique pop sounds in his bedroom for over a decade. In 2005, VanGaalen was signed by Sub-Pop… Continue reading VanGaalen has his eyes on the Prize
By Sara Hanson
Alberta is often recognized for its booming oil and gas industry, but praises for the most important natural resource of all will have to wait. According to the government of Alberta’s 2006-07 Measuring Up Report, released Thu., Jun. 28, only two of Alberta’s six river systems were rated “good” to “excellent” on the province’s river… Continue reading Development threatens Bow River
By Sara Hanson
Universities are meant to provide a safe place for students and academics to participate in the creation of new ideas without any restraints. This was the view expressed by a number of Canadian universities in response to the British Union of Colleges and Universities’ recent discussions surrounding an academic boycott of Israeli universities. The proposed… Continue reading Academic freedom needs to come first
By Sara Hanson
Premier Ed Stelmach rode into town early last week to join the sea of cowboy hats that flooded Calgary for ten long, hot summer days. While summer is typically the ideal time for politicians to fill their rest and relaxation quota for the year, Stelmach’s trip down south was about more than showing off his… Continue reading Web Exclusive: More on Stelmach
By Sara Hanson
The University of Calgary is expanding its frontiers westward. The master plan for the development of West Campus was revealed at two open houses, held Thu., Jun. 14 and Tue., Jun. 19. U of C vice-president external Roman Cooney explained the land was given to the university by the province in 1995 and the plans… Continue reading West Campus plans unveiled