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University of Alberta physics professor Roger Moore has a lot to be excited about in the upcoming year. He’s one of a number of researchers at the U of A who will soon be grappling with, and making sense of results from what could be the most important scientific undertaking so far this millennium: the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project.

Counted among the ranks of the world’s oldest scientific academy are Albert Einstein, Ernest Rutherford, Stephen Hawking, and now, as of this May, University of Alberta chemist, Dr John Vederas.

Students’ Council meets every second Tuesday in the Council Chambers in University Hall at 6pm. Council meetings are open to all students. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, 9 June, where free food will be provided for all attendees.

Off-roading
On the evening of 31 May, Campus Security received a report of a vehicular collision on Saskatchewan Drive, just north of the Biological Sciences building. Officers arrived on scene, along with Edmonton Police, to find a Jeep resting on the courtyard of Bio Sci.

Government and university officials gathered on campus Monday morning to announce an infrastructure investment for the University of Alberta and other postsecondary institutions across the province, amounting to $348 million.

The Edmonton Transit System (ETS) opened two new Light Rail Transit (LRT) stations on 25 April, connecting the University of Alberta’s South and North Campuses with speedy, traffic-independent transportation.

The University of Alberta has emerged unscathed from this year’s provincial budget, following the announcement on 7 April that postsecondary institutions in the province will see a six per cent increase to their budgets for 2009.

This comes as good news for the U of A, which bases 67 per cent of its 2009-10 projected operating budget, approximately $555 million on government grants.

The University of Alberta’s development plans for the South Campus may have to be redrawn after concerns were raised that the proposed new buildings would encroach upon the nearby Alberta School for the Deaf’s playing field.

The school is leasing the land from the provincial government, but the U of A would like to use the space for new student residences near the LRT line.

Summer might provide a brief window of green on the University of Alberta’s campus, but the opening of the new Office of Sustainability will soon help push the colour trend to a perennial bloom.

Taking out the trash
Nearing 8am on 1 May, Campus Security officers observed an intoxicated man inside a dumpster near International House, tossing items out of the garbage. He was stopped and identified as a regular dumpster diver who had previously trespassed. He was warned and directed off campus.