Drama student’s passing brings hundreds to memorial service
Hundreds gathered Thursday morning in Lister Conference Centre for a memorial service commemorating Tristan (Tian) Mi, a University of Alberta drama student who passed away unexpectedly last week.
Council Forum — January 24, 2012
A recap of the Students’ Union council forum on Jan. 24
Student embezzled $27,000 from Business Students’ Association [UPDATED]
A student embezzled more than $27,000 from a faculty association at the University of Alberta, according to a statement released Monday to Faculty of Business students.
Executive report card
We’ve hit the halfway point of the school year and The Gateway makes an assessment of what the Students’ Union executives have been doing to date.
Transcending the ‘90s boy band image
Although their days in the pages of Tiger Beat are long over, the boy band brothers of Hanson haven’t disappeared quite yet.
Beware the tube’s tall tales
For decades, the biggest liar in your house has likely been your TV, with an increasingly ridiculous stream of scripted “reality shows” and questionable news reports beamed directly into your eyeballs 24 hours per day — and it’s only getting worse.
Cuts and fees reveal a failing institution
The University of Alberta is facing a nightmare scenario, stuck between keeping up appearances and dealing with an increasingly horrible funding situation. There’s less money to go around, but the administration tries to play it down like there’s nothing the matter.
Business students need to fight bad image
The jokes are too easy. A business student embezzled almost $28, 000 during a short-lived term as an executive member of his faculty association. Of course it was a business student — this is what business students do, after all.
Puck Bears up the powerplay for wins over ‘Horns
In a week filled with discussion of head and facial injuries in hockey after the injury of Edmonton Oilers forward Taylor Hall, the Golden Bears’ hockey weekend saw a high stick to forward James Dobrowlski, which came in Friday’s game against the visiting Lethbridge Pronghorns.
Athletes hit best times at U of A track and field invitational
The Butterdome was crowded last weekend with the top athletes in Canada West track and field all striving to reach their personal bests at the Golden Bears Open.
The failed ideas of Blog Hawk Down
01/26/2012
Andrew Jeffrey and Tyler Hein look at some of the rejected ideas offered up by their many admirers and fans over the past semester, and why they never got around to them.
Executive report card
01/25/2012
We’ve hit the halfway point of the school year and The Gateway makes an assessment of what the Students’ Union executives have been doing to date.
Student embezzled $27,000 from Business Students’ Association [UPDATED]
01/25/2012
A student embezzled more than $27,000 from a faculty association at the University of Alberta, according to a statement released Monday to Faculty of Business students.
Budget cuts forces Arts to eliminate 10 faculty positions [UPDATED]
01/25/2012
Despite cutting three vacant faculty positions for a savings of $500,000, the Faculty of Arts is still planning to eliminate a total of 15 support staff positions.
With Important People — The Joe
The Gateway‘s newest podcast, With Important People, sits down for an interview with local music producer and rapper Joe Gurba a.k.a. The Joe..
