By Emily Senger
Post-secondary shareholders criticized the 2004 federal budget saying it fails to address immediate student financial issues. Education-related highlights in the 390-page budget document released Tue., Mar. 23 include the introduction of a new grant of up to $3,000 for the first year of post-secondary studies for students from low-income families, increasing the student loan limit… Continue reading Feds provide more money for low-income and disabled students
By Emily Senger
Over the next three years, the Graduate Students’ Association will see a 100 per cent increase in their total rental costs. To help offset the rising occupancy costs, the GSA is asking graduate students to vote on a proposed $10 levy over the next three years in the upcoming GSA election. This levy will help… Continue reading University charging GSA more for space
By Emily Senger
What do you get when you take a head of lettuce and cover it with layer upon layer of gesso (acrylic paint)? You get a “Thick Painting,” a highly unique artistic expression created by University of Calgary art professor Eric Cameron, who will receive a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts for his… Continue reading U of C prof wins prestigious award
By Emily Senger
When the results for the Students’ Union Vice-President Academic were announced, perhaps the most surprised candidate was the winner herself, Laura Schultz. Schultz’s strong campaign matched with two years previous SU experience as the Communication and Culture representative made her a qualified candidate for Vice-President Academic. But this did nothing to lessen her agitation upon… Continue reading Schultz tearfully takes VP Academic
By Emily Senger
The Students’ Union’s landlord is looking to raise the rent. Campus Infrastructure wants to increase the occupancy fees in MacEwan Students’ Centre to combat rising utilities costs. Since the SU acts as manager of MSC, they would be responsible for meeting the costs of this proposed increase. “We’ve received a decrease in services but they’re… Continue reading U of C wants to raise rent
By Emily Senger
Imagine a new class that uses all new instructional materials and never-before tested technology. The course description uses phrases like “blended learning” and “inquiry-based.” It has inexperienced TAs as the primary instructors and the lecture material seems unrelated to the information presented in labs and tutorials. In addition, the megalecture format crams 600 students from… Continue reading Ironing out the wrinkles in COMS 363
By Emily Senger
For the average student, finding the funds to attend university amidst soaring tuition rates is a struggle marked by working long hours at menial jobs, wading through debt, and crawling back to your parents for a hand out when the money runs dry. For those students from lower-income families, securing the resources to attend university… Continue reading Finding funding no fun
By Emily Senger
The results of a Nov. 21 plebiscite have brought the SAIT campus one step closer to being smoke-free. Last week, SAIT students and staff voted 62 per cent in favour of making the SAIT campus smoke-free by Aug. 5, 2005. Going smoke-free would entail making smoking off-limits on all SAIT property, including all indoor and… Continue reading SAIT sans smoke
By Emily Senger
A sudden increase in the theft of computer data projectors on campus means someone is getting a good deal on home entertainment equipment. The computer data projectors, located in many classrooms around campus, have a retail value of anywhere from $6,000-$10,000 apiece and have been disappearing with alarming frequency. The stolen projectors are resold to… Continue reading Gone without a trace
By Emily Senger
Students can sleep safely this week, the Students’ Union’s supply of free condoms has been replenished.Students looking to get lucky last week with the aid of a free condom from the SU may have noticed an empty fish bowl and a sign asking students to donate money to the Campus Food Bank. Contrary to popular… Continue reading Sex is safe again