By Fabian Mayer, September 10 2015 —
This year’s Calgary Pride Parade featured more involvement from University of Calgary student groups than years prior.
The Students’ Union marched in the parade as an official organization for the first time. Vice-president … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, September 3 2015 —
The Students’ Union has voted unanimously to begin all of their council meetings with a statement recognizing that they take place on traditional aboriginal territory.
The policy proposal was developed by SU president … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, September 3 2015 —
The Den is set to reopen at the start of the fall semester after being closed for renovations this summer. The Students’ Union, who operates the Den, spent nearly $480,000 replacing the bar’s … Read the rest
By Melanie Woods, September 3 2015 —
The University of Calgary is welcoming thousands of incoming students to campus from Sept. 1–4 as part of annual Orientation Week events. The week is put together by the Centre for Leadership and … Read the rest
By Claudia Wong, September 3 2015 —
A University of Calgary engineering student is studying how technology can motivate people to be more active. Researcher Fadi Botros is linking plant growth to fitness goals.
His system, tentatively named Fitness Flower, … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, September 3 2015 —
University of Calgary student and former Liberal candidate for Calgary Nose Hill Ala Buzreba is speaking out about the way she was treated after offensive tweets she posted as a 17-year-old resurfaced online. … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, September 3 2015 —
Students looking to buy their textbooks from the University of Calgary Bookstore are now greeted by a new store layout.
Textbooks were previously organized into academic sections. Each major had a different area … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, August 6 2015 —
Debates over oil production in the Arctic erupted this spring when oil company Royal Dutch Shell sent two exploratory drilling rigs to the Chukchi sea northeast of Alaska. More recently, a Shell icebreaker … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, August 6 2015 —
Canada’s longest election campaign in over a century got underway this weekend when the Governor General accepted Stephen Harper’s request to dissolve parliament on August 2. The campaign will last 78 days … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, August 6 2015 —
Students returning to classes this fall will notice some changes around campus. The university is taking advantage of most students being away to undertake numerous construction and renovation projects.
Four lecture theatres — … Read the rest
