By Editorial
Your Students’ Union is not a democracy. No, really. You’ve probably seen posters with alien SU members taunting you to run. You may have been asked to sign a nomination package of some hopeful candidate. Heck, you may even vote in the General Election (see, "From the editors"), but make no mistake, your rights are… Continue reading Exercise your right to vote… oh wait, you can’t
"It’s funny, but it’s reality," says actress Devona Reid. "It’s a brutal reality." The University of Calgary’s drama department will soon open its 35th season with Michel Tremblay’s groundbreaking play, Les Belles-Soeurs. Originally written in Joual, Quebec’s working class dialect, and then translated and performed in Enlgish, Tremblay’s play was the first to detail the… Continue reading Humour and feminism in Joual
By Natalie Sit
Having trouble making decisions? Come Mar. 15, your life will be much easier. When the nominations for the Students’ Union General Election closed Fri., Mar. 3, both the Vice-presidents External and Operations & Finance were acclaimed, meaning only one person applied for each position. Duncan Wojtaszek was acclaimed VP External and Matthew Lauzon was acclaimed… Continue reading SU acclamations criticized
Chief Returning Officer Patti Teeuwen’s job just got a whole lot busier with the closing of nominations for the Students’ Union General Election. In total, 37 students submitted nomination forms to run for the elections on Mar. 15-17, according to an unofficial candidates list. The list becomes official on Friday at noon, but until then,… Continue reading SU General Election nominations in
Unofficial acclaimed candidates, SU General Election, as of Friday, March 3rd. VP External: Duncan Wojtaszek VP Operations and Finance: Matthew Lauzon Events Commission: Kent Hawkins, Oliver Ho, Zachary Barton, Christopher Kerr Op-Fi Commission: Peter Yoon, Natasha Dhillon, Travis Fast, Heather Clitheroe SAA Representatives: Social Work: Sunny Shuang Management: Ryan Blize Medicine: Tasha Bienert Fine Arts:… Continue reading Unofficial acclaimed candidates