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BoG ruling robs students of rightful input on fee decisions
Alexandria Eldridge, Editor-In-Chief
In what Students’ Union President Rory Tighe rightly called a “step backwards” last Friday, the University of Alberta Board of Governors passed a motion to remove a requirement for student referendum on mandatory noninstructional fee increases.
Provincial budget not perfect, but shows promise
Ryan Bromsgrove, Opinion Editor
After three long years of an operating funding freeze, the provincial government is finally turning its attention back to helping pay for our post-secondary institutions.
Brabeck-Letmathe a poor choice for honorary degree
Josh Schmaltz, Gateway Writer
On March 1, the University of Alberta plans to present honorary degrees to three individuals based on their work in advocating the availability of safe drinking water to everyone on this planet. This sounds good on paper, but a closer look at the recipients presents some dicey problems.
Time for some awesome campaign promises
The SU elections campaign period is almost upon is: the perfect time to make sure they know what we want.
Airport art an important expense
Kory Orban, Gateway Staff
Artwork can be ugly, offensive and pretentious, but it’s rarely a complete waste of money. Unfortunately that’s exactly the case made against the Edmonton International Airport’s installation of $1 million worth of artwork as a part of their recent renovations.
McDonald’s breakfast menu: heaven or hell?
Is McDonald’s breakfast a gift from God, or literally Hell?
Council Watch — Late additions
Ryan Bromsgrove, Opinion Editor
Something good happened on Students’ Council this week. Fed up with consistently seeing items on the late additions rather than the main agenda with no plausible justification, Law Councillor Scott Nicol decided that enough was enough.
University meme page needs to be abandoned
Tyler Hein, Gateway Staff
The University of Alberta Memes Facebook page took the community’s fancy very quickly — it was near-impossible to not be bombarded by pictures from the page when it blew up.
Bilingual degree options require improvement
Lola Adeyemo, Gateway Writer
More faculties should consider offering bilingual degrees. Even though the university is experiencing significant budget cuts, these should be made more available to students — or at least be in the works.
Pot legalization a long way off
Joel Aspden, Gateway Writer
Legalize and control, or at least decriminalize, pot. Now that’s out of the way, let’s get down to business. Changing attitudes at the public and the political levels suggest that Canada might be poised to lead when it comes to legalization, but we still have a couple of strong barriers in the way.
Concerns about digital rights doesn’t mean sympathy for child pornographers
02/15/2012
Legislating the internet is comparable to doing brain surgery on yourself while riding a roller coaster: It’s going to go terribly wrong, and even if it does go alright, it won’t be pretty. I don’t know; I’m not a doctor.
Pandas hockey look to win finals for higher seeding at nationals
02/20/2012
A two-win series over the Saskatchewan Huskies last weekend in the Canada West semi-finals means the puck Pandas are headed to Calgary this weekend to face-off against the Dinos for top spot in CanWest.
Opinion Podcast — February 21, 2012
02/21/2012
This week, Vic Toews, mandatory Indigenous Studies classes in university, Americans loving Canada, and a guy who spent seven years digging out a basement with toy tractors.
Opinion Podcast — February 21, 2012
This week, Vic Toews, mandatory Indigenous Studies classes in university, Americans loving Canada, and a guy who spent seven years digging out a basement with toy tractors.
