By Toby White
Student representatives on the University of Calgary Senate have a beef with the university’s accounting practices. All members of the senate and Board of Governors receive universal parking passes in return for their services to campus. While the passes do not directly cost the university, they must be accounted for in the budget. Student passes… Continue reading Student senators question parking pass fees
Chris MorrisonGauntlet StaffIt has been over a week since Jean Chrétien made the boldest step in his career as prime minister and fired Paul Martin, the best finance minister this country has seen in over 50 years, if not ever. Contrary to what many think, this was not a mistake which will split the Liberal… Continue reading Martin from two points of view
By Вen Li
“It’s not so much what you do but how you do it.”In his own words, Jack Perraton summed up his four-year term as the University of Calgary’s Chancellor. U of C Senators wholeheartedly agree."He’s been an excellent, timeless ambassador to the university," said U of C President Harvey Weingarten. "He’s taken the time to know… Continue reading The very long goodbye
By Eric Fung
The University of Calgary Students’ Union has just done their good deed of the day.On Wed., April 10, the Committee of 10,000 presented six awards from $1,000 to $4,000 to Calgary charitable organizations. The funds come from a $1 levy collected from each full-time undergraduate U of C student,totalling $17,500 this year."It’s an honour to… Continue reading 10,000 ways that U of C lends a hand
The sob stories and excuses were almost enough to make me forgive.For two weeks, I ran around the Students’ Union offices hounding my elected and acclaimed officials because I wanted to find out what happened at a Canadian Alliance of Student Associations conference–a conference where five members of our SU attended on our student dollars.It… Continue reading Guess who’s wasting your money?
By Allie Smyth
An otherwise innocuous question sparked a debate at the April 2 Students’ Legislative Council meeting that brought the membership of Students’ Union Operations and Finance Commissioner Matt Stambaugh on SLC in question.Operations and Finance Commissioner Mark Counsell asked Vice-President Op-Fi Natasha Dhillon about Stambaugh’s attendance for the semester."This is the fourth meeting Mr. Stambaugh has… Continue reading Stambaugh on the brink
It’s a debate without a resolution.After two months of discussion, the Board of Directors of the University of Calgary Child Care Centre and many student parents still do not see eye-to-eye on the matter of a fee increase."It was a decision out of a board meeting in January," said UCCC Board Chair Katherine Sheehan. "It’s… Continue reading Child care getting pricey
In a scene reminscent of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Alberta Finance Minister Pat Nelson strode to the podium.Alberta’s most recent provincial budget, released Tue., March 19, was chock full of cuts, increased taxes and had anyone involved in post-secondary education shaking in their boots-but only a little bit."Surprisingly, education didn’t take a hit in the… Continue reading Students left out… of budget cuts
By Eric Fung
Differential tuition was the hot topic on this agenda.University of Calgary Students’ Union executives presented a townhall on Tue., March 26 to discuss differential tuition, which entails different programs charging different amounts of tuition."The SU thinks that there shouldn’t be a differentiation between students of different faculties," said SU President Barb Wright. "The differences should… Continue reading SU tuition townhall
By Kim Stock
Who knows when or why the Senate suddenly became so interesting, but it was enough to get SU star Oliver Ho in the race. Why he wouldn’t run for a more glamorous, better paying position is a mystery, but we shouldn’t fault him for that decision when there’s so much right about him. Experience Though… Continue reading Senate Rep