August 15, 2011

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SU initiates November symposium to celebrate undergrad research

August 14, 2011 - 6:33pm

The Students' Union is kick-starting its plans to host a symposium to promote and recognize undergraduate research, set to take place mid-November in the Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science.

EPS crime plan misses the point

August 14, 2011 - 5:57pm

Edmonton leads the country with 33 homicides this year, and the city's new plan to combat violent crime is hopelessly lacklustre at best.

The potential of musical messages

August 14, 2011 - 5:44pm

Kae Sun

Open Sky Music Festival
Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28
Hawrelak Park (9930 Groat Road)
Festival passes $40–60 at yeglive.ca and Blackbyrd

Puck Bears search for a golden prospect

August 14, 2011 - 5:36pm

The Golden Bears hockey team are on the hunt for a diamond in the rough.

First spring/summer U-Pass run a success

August 14, 2011 - 6:35pm

More than 75 per cent of graduate students at the University of Alberta have been using the spring/summer U-Pass, indicating that its first implementation in the summer months has been successful.

Power, water, services to be more accessible in SUB

August 14, 2011 - 6:34pm

When students return to school for the fall semester, they may be welcomed with more power outlets, water-refill stations and better located services available in the Students' Union Building.

Influenza treatment study gives hope to transplant patients

August 14, 2011 - 6:30pm

Transplant patients have weaker immune systems than normal, but University of Alberta research has taken step towards helping them combat the flu. The research, done by Dr. Deepali Kumar, has won this year's Gold Medal in Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Diverse student choir earns second place in nationwide competition

August 14, 2011 - 6:28pm

A choir that began in September as 50 strangers, some of whom had no previous chorale experience, recently earned recognition on the national stage for their vocal abilities.

Make it louder

August 14, 2011 - 6:48pm

Standing next to a vehicle as it vibrates so violently its windshield deforms from the pressure is sort of amazing. It’s also terrifying, since anyone sitting inside without hearing protection would most likely be bleeding from their ears and suffer permanent hearing damage — inside the car, massive subwoofer and speakers are pushing the volume past 150 decibels.

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A speck of orange in a sea of blue: the Edmonton-Strathcona riding

April 7, 2011 - 1:29am

It’s a warm day in late March when Linda Duncan starts knocking on doors just south of the university. Slush covers the ground, making life difficult for the four volunteers who have decided to join the NDP candidate in an election ritual — walking door to door to talk to voters where they live.