Editor’s Note: October
We are now half of a year removed from the reports of abuses in the fast-food industry involving the use of temporary foreign workers. But two issues remain. The first, how we generally treat workers....
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Is it time we objectified men? Hear me out. I’m going somewhere with this if you’ll follow me. Until now we’ve largely concerned ourselves with images of women, both the production and reception of...
View ArticleAn overview on the proposed tuition increases at the U of L
On October 30 the University of Lethbridge Students’ Union and the Management Students’ Society held signs and shouted chants from the Students’ Union building patio. The display was meant to draw...
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What’s the essence of Canadian society? A popular question. The answer haunted Northrop Frye while he searched for it throughout Canadian literature. It’s spectral image appears on the margins, like a...
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I grew up under the reign of a monarch. I didn’t grow up in Qatar or Oman. And I don’t mean that I grew up in Canada under the reign of the Commonwealth’s figurehead monarch. I grew up in Alberta under...
View ArticleNetwork services down temporarily at U of L campus
On January 21, 2015 at 9:50 A.M. there was an outage of network services on the University of Lethbridge campus that included Internet and Bridge services. IT Services identified the issue within an...
View ArticleReports of unsanctioned demonstration in the U of L Atrium
At about 4 P.M. on Wednesday, February 4 students reported to U of L Security Services the mounting of an unsanctioned demonstration, which lasted until about 5 P.M. The demonstration involved a number...
View Article“My Name’s Alberta, and I’m an Addict
Alberta needs to recognize that it has a problem with oil. In fact, it’s more than just a problem; it’s a now a full addiction—one that threatens to consume us if we fail to recognize it. Perhaps now...
View ArticleULSU hosts executive council candidates debate in Atrium
On Friday, University of Lethbridge Students’ Union election candidates answered questions about their campaign platform. The first round of questions was asked by chief returning officer, Cheri...
View ArticleWhen Numbers Speak, He Listens
I’m walking up to the top floor of the university library, searching for an office located in one of the far corners, easy to miss if you don’t know where you’re looking. It’s the office of the...
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