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On 18 March, the provincial government tabled Bill 27, a piece of legislation that will completely restructure the funding system for postsecondary and research institutions in Alberta.

The Winspear Centre for Music was filled with both singing and ringing on 28 March as the University of Alberta Mixed Chorus (UAMC) celebrated their 65th annual spring concert and 65 years of making music on campus.

The evening’s program contained sacred music, several varieties of folk songs, and performances by the Faculty of Education Handbell Ringers.

Windsor warning
Between 11pm on 24 March and 8pm on 26 March, unknown person(s) gained access to a student’s vehicle that was parked on the first floor of Windsor Car Park. There was no evidence of forced entry. Several CDs and personal documents within the vehicle were stolen.

TORONTO (CUP)—The president of the Students’ Union at York University had plans to speak alongside George Galloway on 30 March disrupted because the British member of Parliament was barred from entering Canada.

Professors and students at the University of Alberta have created a prototype of an apartment that, if successful, might lead to a leap in unobtrusive home surveillance technology for the elderly and disabled.

The University of Alberta has brought forth a new proposal to facilitate and harmonize the early identification of “at-risk behaviour” demonstrated by students, faculty, and staff in an effort to decrease the risk of violence on campus.

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, 7 April, where free food will be provided for all attendees.

There are many challenges Dr Philip Baker looks forward to as the University of Alberta’s new Dean of Medicine and Dentistry when he begins his term on 1 September. But there are a few obstacles for which the British native admits he is unprepared.

In a move that has promoted inter-faculty mingling on the University of Alberta campus, science now has a foothold in the Fine Arts Building with an observatory open on its rooftop, allowing students to discover more about the solar system that exists right over our heads.

Wearing only a plain dress and corset and working ten-hour days by candlelight without a sewing machine or regular baths, Carolyn Dowdell, a University of Alberta master’s student in the history of dress, spent the last five months replicating six 18th century British-style outfits while enduring the working conditions of the seamstresses who produced them.