It’s only a game, right? Last month’s release of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City revived the controversy surrounding realistically violent video games.Some people, notably parents, are alarmed at the possible influence these games have on young people. Others see this as overreaction. In either case, with the success of its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto 3,… Continue reading Does video-game violence lead to the real thing?
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New courses in innovation
By Вen Li
Innovation will be both the subject and style of two new courses offered at the U of C starting in January 2003. The courses were approved at the Oct. 24 General Faculties Council meeting and will be available to all students as open options.“These are university-wide, innovative courses in innovation,” said Kathleen Scherf, Dean of… Continue reading New courses in innovation
Bringing the world to you
It finally happened–NUTV flipped!Flipped the power on closed circuit television, that is. On Thu., April 4, the New University Television Society officially unveiled the campus-wide closed circuit television system to staff and students in the MacEwan Student Centre food court. The project is the culmination of 10 years of planning and designing."This project was originally… Continue reading Bringing the world to you
Students Union pushes for no tuition increase
By Barb Wright
Tuition consultation is something that happens every year between the Students’ Union and university administration. The purpose of consultation is to make both sides aware of pressures students and the university face in terms of tuition. There is also a loosely stated goal of coming to agreement on an acceptable level of tuition increase to… Continue reading Students Union pushes for no tuition increase
Direct entry coming Fall 2002
By Natalie Sit
Future University of Calgary students will face a myriad of choices in Fall 2002. Currently, there are only five direct-entry faculties: Communication and Culture, Engineering, Fine Arts, Kinesiology and Nursing. But in Fall 2002, all faculties will be open to direct entry. A main reason for the university’s decision was student feedback from focus groups.… Continue reading Direct entry coming Fall 2002
Direct entry coming Fall 2002
By Natalie Sit
Years ago, when the University of Calgary was founded, students entered the Arts and Science faculty, completed their degree and went their merry way. Soon U of C became too large and administration decided to differentiate facultiesÑand the concept of a university college was born. The university college eventually became the Faculty of General Studies… Continue reading Direct entry coming Fall 2002
Are Arts and Humanities underfunded at the University of Calgary?
By Rhia Perkins
Classrooms packed to the gills, lecture sections filled before you even get a chance to register, overworked professors staring at endless seas of faces and wondering if a better teaching experience is to be found elsewhere–all are signs of an underfunded education system. While this trend is clear throughout the University of Calgary, nowhere is… Continue reading Are Arts and Humanities underfunded at the University of Calgary?
News you missed while you slept in class
By Natalie Sit
September Farewell to the Den One of the University of Calgary’s institutions closed Aug. 26, 2000 when the Students’ Union took over the Den from university administration. "It’s a piece of history, it’s a piece of my school career lost," said social anthropology graduate and former Den employee Jason Corall. "You can go to the… Continue reading News you missed while you slept in class
Communication and Culture
By Rob South
Things are changing in the Faculty of Communication and Culture. No longer the Faculty of General Studies, the name change occurred in part because of the University of Calgary’s intention to move to a direct-entry model of admission for first-year students. With direct entry not planned until 2002, Communication and Culture wants to avoid any… Continue reading Communication and Culture
General Studies finds its own identity
By Sonia Sharma
The Faculty of General Studies is changing its name to the Faculty of Communications and Culture. The change was a result of recommendations by the Direct Entry Review and Implementation Committee which received information from faculty members, student focus groups and the Prospective Student Office. The faculty and students find the current name, Faculty of… Continue reading General Studies finds its own identity