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January 25th, 2012 = Issue No. 19 = Volume 102
THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Student embezzled $27,000 from BSA
April Hudson
STAFF REPO=R@ APTRILE_HURDSO N
A student embezzled more than $27,000 froma
faculty association at the University of Alberta,
according to a statement released Monday to
Faculty of Business students.
In their statement, the Business Students’ As-
sociation (BSA) revealed that $27,745 was stolen
from a BSA bank account over the course of the
summer, a fact which the association became
aware of in August 2011.
When asked, the BSA said they could not
comment on the investigation or the identity of
the student, but BSA President Kimberley Me-
nard said that the association is working with Oes e
the Students’ Union to ensure that this does not
happen to any other clubs in the future.
“Our internal controls are pretty tight al-
ready,” Menard said. “We're just making sure
that if an error is made in the future, we’re able
to catch it sooner.”
The BSA statement said the student in ques-
tion acted alone, although all transactions are
supposed to require two authorized signatures.
Menard was unable to elaborate on how the stu-
$27,000
dent was able to act on their own, although their
statement indicated it was due to a bank error.
“Our internal controls are
pretty tight already... we’re just
making sure that if an error is
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: DAN MCKECHNIAEN D ROSS VINCENT
made in the future, we’re able
to catch it sooner.”
Business students need to fight bad image
KIMBERLEY MENARD
PRESIDENT, BUSINESS STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
Students’ Union Vice-President (Academic) crime. The big bad corporations in the real pretending that this is typical business student
Emerson Csorba confirmed that the SU and the world will be clambering over one another to behaviour.
BSA have been working together with the Office slap this student on their payroll before they Unfortunately, a lot of people will. And un-
of the Dean of Students to investigate the issue. even graduate. fair as it may seem, it’s going to be up to the
Ryan
“We've been doing a lot of investigating over But at times like these, when one person honest business students to fight this percep-
Bromsgrove
the last few months, just in terms of looking at takes it upon themself to give in to dishon- tion. Nice as the idea might sound, the incident
OPINION EDITOR
the financial procedures of the BSA,” Csorba esty, it’s worth keeping things in perspective. cannot be ignored and dismissed as merely a
said. One person, so far as we know, is guilty of the regrettable case of one bad apple making them
“The BSA has been handling this well over the The jokes are too easy. A business student embezzlement. The entire executive will be all look bad, even though that’s exactly what it
last few months, and we’ve been working with embezzled almost $28,000 from the Business viewed with a certain amount of suspicion, and is. Instead, students should emphatically de-
the Dean of Students to make sure something Students’ Association during their time there. they can be rightly criticized for waiting until nounce anyone involved, and take back their
like this doesn’t happen again, and at the same Of course it was a business student, people will January to reveal an incident that happened reputation — a reputation already unfairly rid-
time that something like this can’t happen to say — this is what business students do, after over the summer. And recalling the leaking of den with negative connotations and met with
other faculty organizations.” all. They need to get some early practice in dur- personal information of members two weeks scorn from others on campus.
ing their degrees in order to properly prepare ago points to a pattern of incompetency, sure.
PLEASE SEE BSA * PAGE 3 themselves for lives of lucrative white-collar But we shouldn't give in to the temptation of PLEASE SEE EMBEZZLEMENT° PAGE 17
[eunGeTCUTS
Budget cuts forces Arts to eliminate 10 faculty positions
Alex Migdal
to an initiative termed the Administrative Pro- In addition, eight support staff have vol- our endowments, being able to use them a little
NEWS EDI=T@ OALERXE M
cess Review Project (AdPReP). untarily left their jobs, leaving another seven more creatively, fundraising, and the closing of
Through AdPReP, the faculty has found an- support staff positions to cut before the end of those (faculty) positions,” Cormack said.
Despite cutting three vacant faculty positions other $1 millionin savings by eliminating seven February. In addition, the faculty will be offering a vol-
for asavings of $500,000, the Faculty of Arts is tenured faculty positions from professors who Savings for next year’s budget cut will not untary severance plan for both non-academic
still planning to eliminate a total of 15 support have accepted retirement packages, which will be found by eliminating more non-academic and academic staff, as well as a declaration of
staff positions. take effect July 1. Those savings will go towards and support staff, Dean of Arts Lesley Cormack interest for those interested in reducing their
A $1.5 million deficit caused by a faculty- the next faculty-wide two per cent budget cut said. full-time position to part-time.
wide two per cent budget cut last April has left that will eliminate another $1.5 million from “My hope is that next year’s cut, we can take
the faculty scrambling to find savings, leading the arts budget on April 1. with a combination of better management of PLEASE SEE ADPREP * PAGE5
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COMPILED BY Alex Migdal
attended but both males were
Volume 102 Issue No. 19
gone on arrival.
ONE WAY TICKET TO TROUBLE
Published since November 21, 1910
Circulation 8,000 On Jan. 17, University of Alberta SLEEP DEPRIVED
ISSN 0845-356X
Protective Services (UAPS) On the early morning of Jan.
observed a vehicle travelling the 20, UAPS observed an unaffili-
Suite 3-04
Students’ Union Building wrong way on a one way street. ated male sleeping inside a U of
University of Alberta
The vehicle was stopped for the A building. The male has been
Edmonton, Alberta
offence and aticket was issued. previously dealt with by UAPS.
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UAPS issued the male a writ-
Telephone [phone]
SNEAKY CREEPER ten notice of trespassing and
Fax [phone]
Ad Inquiries 780.492.6700 On Jan. 18, UAPS received a com- directed the male off campus.
Email [email protected]
plaint from a HUB resident of
a male trying to open the door EDGE OF GLORY
editorial staff
to her suite. UAPS attended the UAPS received a report of a male
area, but the male was gone on walking along the top edge of
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Alexandria Eldridge
arrival. Stadium car park on Jan. 21.
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UAPS and EPS attended the
MANAGING EDITOR Justin Bell DISTURBIA TIMES TWO area. The area was extensively
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UAPS and Edmonton Police searched, but the male was not
Service (EPS) were called to found.
NEWS EDITOR Alex Migdal
attend HUB to investigate a dis-
news @gateway.ualberta.ca |4 92.7308
turbance on the evening on Jan. LISTER DRUNK
STAFF REPORTER April Hudson 19. The parties were identified On the early morning of Jan. 22,
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anda male was banned from U of University of Alberta Protective
A property. The male returned a Services observed an _ intoxi-
OPINION EDITOR Ryan Bromsgrove
short time later and was arrested cated male vomiting outside
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for trespassing. The incident is the main doors of Lister Centre.
ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Madeline Smith still under investigation. UAPS identified the male as a
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U of A student, and discovered
PEACE OUT, BRO that he did not reside on campus.
SPORTS EDITOR Rebecca Medel
UAPS received a report of two UAPS issued the male aticket for
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intoxicated males at HUB on public intoxication and he wwas
PHOTO EDITOR Dan McKechnie SHOOTING FOR GOLD Caroline Muir , a U of A student and form er Panda, is head- the evening of Jan. 19. UAPS escorted home.
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ing to the 2012 Olympic garnes in London. MATT HIRJI
DESIGN & PRODUCTION EDITOR Ross Vincent
production @gateway.ualberta.ca |4 92.6663 As you may have heard, a student embezzled $27,000 from the
ONLINEEDITOR Jordan Ching Business Students’ Association.
[email protected] |2 48.1509
WE ASKED...
business staff
If you embezzled $27,000,
COMPILED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY April Hudson + Alex Migdal
BUSINESS MANAGER Ashleigh Brown
[email protected] |4 92.6669
what would you spend it on?
AD SALES MANAGER Vikram Seth
[email protected] |4 92.6700
Patrice Yorke ALES Vv
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Vikki Wiercinski
“Tuition. That’s my
design @gateway.ualberta.ca |4 92.6647 Thomas Haennel AS lV
biggest concern right
CIRCULATION PAL Kathryn Dutchak now.”
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BSA points to bank error
in embezzlement case
Student charged under the Code of Student Behaviour and is being investigated by EPS
Pilates Studio
BSA~* CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 for the School of Business’ under- on the BSA student account, which
According to Csorba, the SU graduate program, stressed that the was done without the knowledge
learned about the embezzlement in individuals involved in the investi- of the rest of the students,” Geddes
early December. gation are obligated not to provide explained. “We believe the bank is
“I wouldn't say that the BSA kept any information about the student at fault. Whether or not we're able
this to themselves,” Csorba said. in question. to do anything about that is an open More Than
“When something like this happens, question at this stage.”
it can be a bit startling just because Geddes added that the BSA has
“The bank changed
Just an Exercise
of the magnitude. But we’ve had a rules in place that should have pre-
provisions on the BSA
pretty good relationship in terms vented this from happening.
of working with them — I'd say that student account, which “What they need to do (now) is
Class...
(our) relationship is characterized provide some way of catching mis-
was done without the
by trust.” takes of this kind before they turn
Csorba added that the issue has knowledge of the rest of into what this turned into,” Geddes
remained confidential until recent- said. “But it should never have hap-
the students. We believe
ly because the student had launched pened in the first place, considering View us online at:
the bank is at fault.
an appeal regarding a Code of Stu- the safeguards they already had.”
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dent Behaviour charge. More than half the stolen money
Whether or not we’re
Although she couldn't comment was recovered, but Geddes could
able to do anything about
on the specifics of the case, Debo- not provide a precise amount.
rah Eerkes, the university’s disci- that is an open question “T have been involved in this from
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at this stage.”
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mined that the student violated the sources of students in the School of
ASSOCIATE DEAN, ALBERTA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Code of Student Behaviour. The ap- Business,” Geddes said.
peal board would read over the case “People are criticizing the BSA for “It’s unfair what they’re being re- (Just above The Movie Studio)
and come to a final and binding not identifying this person,” Geddes quired to go through now, because
decision. said, adding that under the Free- they have been victims of a crime,
“There would be all kinds of things dom of Information and Protection and they're being re-victimized all
to take into account, like how much of Privacy Act, the Code of Student over again.”
was stolen, whether the student was Behaviour, and other university UAPS Director Bill Mowbray con-
already involved in paying it back,” regulations, the BSA is not permit- firmed that the student implicated
Eerkes said. ted to do so. in the embezzlement was charged
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“The range of sanctions (begins In their official statement, the under the Code of Student Behav-
with) restitution, but also (includes) BSA wrote that the embezzlement iour, and added that the Edmonton
things like a conduct probation, or was made possible because of a bank Police Service still has a file open for
various levels of suspension. Expul- error in setting up ATM privileges this case.
sion would be the worst that could when the signing authorities were The EPS officer in charge of re-
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happen.” changed for the 2011/2012 year. viewing the case was not available
Elaine Geddes, associate dean “The bank changed provisions for comment as of press time.
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U of Asustainability summit
set to promote social justice
La] UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
GY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Jonathan Faerber newcomers wanting to learn more “Maybe it’s just as a passion, may-
NEWS WRITER about sustainability, according to be it’s a life career path or maybe
Lisa Dockman, the outreach and it’s meeting other people who have
Sustainability and social justice engagement program lead at the similar values and ideas.”
aren't always mentioned in the U of A’s Office of Sustainability Zoe Wagner, the Student Um-
same sentence, but an upcoming and summit planning committee brella for Social Justice co-chair, is
summit at the University of Alberta member. pleased with the way the partner-
is hoping to change that. “One of the goals for the planning ship has helped the U of A re-imag-
“Just sustainability” is the buzz- committee was to attract a diversity ine sustainability on campus.
word at this Saturday’s Student of people,” Dockman said. Wagner explained that the Of
Sustainability Summit, a daylong “It’s not just sciences or social fice of Sustainability decided to
event that will include various well being. It’s also engineering, increase their focus last summer
workshops, panels, a resource fair English students — it’s absolutely from environmental and economic
and presentations by members of everybody.” sustainability to social sustainabil-
the Parkland Institute, Pembina In- The summit’s focus on accessi- ity, as they felt that students lacked
stitute and Edmonton's NextGen. bility is reflected in sessions open awareness of the latter initiative.
to those who haven't registered for “We were really excited, because
“If you really care the summit, including a journal- for the Office of Sustainability and
ist’s take on sustainability and com- Sustain SU to really focus on some-
about your quality of life
munications, and presentations thing that we're interested in, that’s
10, 30, 50 years down on community development and huge,” Wagner said.
social change. Wagner added that the event is
the line, you have to
In one event, titled “Sustainabil- a pivotal opportunity for student
really care about social ity Scholars,” a panel of grad stu- engagement.
dents will talk about their research “If you really care about your
justice and the world as
on sustainability from the perspec- quality of life 10, 30, 50 years down
a bigger picture. Every
tives of their different faculties. the line, you have to really care
little thing helps.” Although the biannual summit about social justice and the world as
is in its second year, Dockman said a bigger picture. Every little thing
this year has seen increased collab- helps,” Wagner said.
oration between the three organi- Dockman added that the sum-
zations co-hosting the event — the mit has long-term value for student
The summit will kick-start with Uof A’s Office of Sustainability, Sus- engagement.
sustainability icon Julian Agyeman, tain SU, and the Student Umbrella “This is part of that train the
who will deliver a keynote address for Social Justice. trainers thing. If you give people
on Friday. “I think this summit has a differ- the knowledge, skills and abilities
Agyeman is a well-known au- ent twist and has a much more tan- to be able to be more sustainable
thor who has played a significant gible benefit to it,” Dockman said. and advocate that sustainability
role in articulating the intersec- “A student who would attend within their own lives, they then
tion between sustainability and this summit would likely be there carry those skills into all the work
social justice. because they feel they could know that they do,” Dockman said.
Agyeman’s recognizable name more or have an interest and are “The institution is the people,
should attract a diverse crowd excited to explore that interest in and when they leave, they’re still a
of both engaged students and sustainability. continuation of that.”
The U of A has twice claimed the Acclaimed professor to shed light
Guinness World Record for
on global sustainability practices
largest dodgeball game ever
played, but the record is
Ravanne Lawday
currently held by UC Irvine. Help should be asking campus-wide and sustainability, said Moore, adding
NEWS STAFF * @RAVIIZAHARKO
globally.” that Agyeman’s lecture convinced
us bring the record back to
Agyeman wants to leave his audi- them to revamp their mandate.
During his tenure as a professor, ence with an open mind and a more “When Julian spoke, it gave words
Canada and earn yourself a spot
editor, and writer, Julian Agyeman curious outlook on what they can to something that I felt already,”
drew an unlikely link between so- do to advance global sustainability. Moore said. “He made everything
in the record books.
cial inequities and sustainability “We will never move towards click together and make sense. The
practices, a stepping stone for his a more just way of sustainabil- lecture was really motivational
upcoming talk on global sustain- ity if we keep doing things exactly for our organization and for our
Friday, February 3rd, 2012 ability practices at the University of the way we've been doing them,” re-development.”
Alberta this week. Agyeman said. The main change Agyeman in-
Universiade Pavilion
Agyeman, who is both chairman spired Moore to implement in Sus-
and professor of urban and environ- “I’m always telling the tain SU took place in the campus
(the Butterdome]
mental policy and planning at Tufts garden. The space, which used to
students | teach to stop
University in the U.S., will be one of focus mainly on organic gardening
Registration at 10 a.m.,
two speakers participating in the U thinking inside the box and composting, has become acom-
game at noon of A’s Sustainability Speaker Series. munity space used by many groups,
and to stop doing things
Agyeman is also the co-founder and including the Campus Food Bank.
5000 players needed!
the way we’ve always
editor of “Local Environment: The “After Julian’s lecture, we've
International Journal of Justice and moved away from statistics,”
done them.”
Sustainability” and has published Moore said. “We still find them
STUDE ALBERTA more than 150 peer-reviewed ar- important, but the most important
ticles and journal entries. thing is our social component and
UNION
Agyeman argues that we must encouraging people on campus to
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consider the social implications of “I hope to get people to ask some act on the values of sustainability.”
[S)] UNIVERSITY OF
sustainability, rather than just the really tough questions, and then we The social approach that Sustain
ey ALBERTA environmental aspect. This includes will have a better chance of provid- SU has taken is ultimately the sort
instances of hate crimes, mental is- ing solutions to those questions and of change Agyeman wants his audi-
sues and gender issues, which he getting new answers. I also want ence to consider.
says indicate the overall health of a people to think not about what is “I'm always telling the students
campus. probable, but what is possible.” I teach to stop thinking inside the
This is particularly applicable to Agyeman’s link between social box and to stop doing things the
Alberta, which is heavily focused injustice and environmental prob- way we've always done them. I tell
on environmental sustainability, ac- lems is one of the main inspirations them to always think about what
cording to Agyeman. behind the U of A's transition from is possible,” Agyeman said. “That
www.ualberta.ca/
“We're obsessed with looking the Environmental Coordination will, in turn, give us great ideas and
for answers to sustainability ques- Office of Students (ECOS) to Sustain great visions.”
alumni/students
tions, but I think the problem lies SU, claims the program’s director Agyeman’s lecture will be held on
in the questions we're asking,” Ian Moore, who attended a lecture Jan. 27 at 5 p.m. in the Telus Centre.
Agyeman said. delivered by Agyeman in 2010. Tickets for the event are free and
“I'm going to talk about what kind Much of ECOS’ programming was can be obtained at InfoLink booths
of sustainability questions students heavily focused on environmental on campus.
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President, staff disagree over impact of funding cuts
ADPREP + CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Samarasekera responded to her
Although she acknowledged comments in the Journal a few days
the situation was less than ideal, later in a written statement by ac-
Cormack said that eliminating fac- knowledging the budget cuts have
ulty positions was ultimately the been “painful” for all faculties, while
best scenario. noting the administration is striving
“The bad news about closing posi- to minimize their impact.
tions as people retire is that it’s not “My point was that prior to the
done strategically. That’s definitely current fiscal squeeze, we were able
the downside,” Cormack said. “It’s to make major investments in the
actually my hope that we will be university that have significantly
able to mitigate a little bit, because improved the teaching and learning
if we have a number of people re- environment — indeed the quality
tiring, we don't need to close all of of the educational experience — at
those positions, which I think is the U of A,” Samarasekera wrote.
a possibility.” “Yes, there are impacts if we must
However, English professor offer fewer sections of some courses
Carolyn Sale said this is the exactly or have a few more students in some
the wrong moment to be eliminat- classes. But there is no other post-
ing faculty positions from the arts. secondary institution in Alberta
“I feel pretty strongly that we and few in Canada that offer the rig-
should not be closing faculty lines orous, research-intensive, incred-
and that this is not the solution,” ible education that our students are
Sale said. “Of course, they’ve moved TOUGH TIMES Dean of Arts Lesley Cormack addressed questions about the AdPReP process at a public forum last week. DAN MCKECHNIE getting.”
towards it precisely because it Tighe also noted the importance
sounds better to the public. These “It’s a very complicated thing Journal last week as saying the bud- Samarasekera’s claim, noting that of looking beyond the arts faculty
professors were already retiring, to try and get at what those po- get cuts were “modest” and would students have a vested interest in in a time of budget crisis, as other
so we're not affecting individuals sitions are and what’s needed,” not have an impact on students. the quality of their education. faculties are sharing similar strug-
directly. It’s going to go over a lot Cormack said. “I don’t buy the argument that the “I think the budget cuts are affect- gles. In the past 19 months, the Fac-
better than what we were hearing in “I think that one could have imag- two-per-cent cut is going to change ing students. When support staff are ulty of Science has eliminated 55
the fall.” ined a much longer process ... but their experience,” Samarasekera laid off, that has a direct impact on out of 600 faculty and administra-
Similarly, a support staff member that would have been much less told the Journal's editorial board. students. When faculty are laid off, tive positions, including layoffs of
in the arts faculty who asked to re- efficient and probably would have “We have not laid off profs, the num- that has a direct impact on students. non-academic staff.
main anonymous said the alterna- taken several years.” ber has increased over the last five When there’s less programs, that has “I think what’s happening in the
tive solutions are welcome news, but Cormack also raised the issue of or six years and now it’s constant an effect on students,” Tighe said. Faculty of Arts is sad,” Tighe said.
have ultimately been implemented whether the budget cuts are dimin- and may go down slightly.” Cormack later told The “I think, however, there are similar
too late in the process. ishing the quality of education for Sale said Samarasekera lost a key Gateway she felt President Sa- stories happening in a lot of other
“It’s unfortunate that it comes too students in the arts faculty. opportunity to shed light on the con- marasekera was in situation where faculties. I think it’s important to
late for some of our admin staff who “Of course, anytime you take re- sequences of budget deficits at the she was concerned about the insti- tell the whole story, when we are
have declined to wait for the axe to sources and people out of the sys- UofA. tution’s reputation. talking about this, and not focus on
fall and found employment else- tem, of course it has consequences “It makes us wonder what has she “T don’t think (Samarasekera) was any particular issue.”
where ... Had this route been taken for those things. I think it would been saying on our behalf? If she right that this is not going to affect Recommendations and imple-
at the outset, alot of stress and heart- be foolish to say it does not,” Cor- loses such an opportunity with the quality, but I would also say we have mentation of the AdPReP’s final ad-
ache could have been avoided.” mack told an audience at a forum Edmonton Journal, what has been a very high-quality institution. We ministrative structure are expected
But Cormack said there’s no way last week. going on behind closed doors?” need to be careful to not overstate to continue until March 31.
to have an efficient process when Cormack’s stance differed from Sale asked. the problems that we have in a way The full interview with Dean of
you're dealing with positions that President Indira Samarasekera’s, Students’ Union President that could cause damage as well,” Arts Lesley Cormack can be found at
7have devSeloped o ver time. who was quoted in the Edmonton Rory Tighe also disagreed with Cormack said. thegatewayonline.ca/news
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SUB abuzz with Spirit Week
The School of Energy & the Environment (SEE) invites you to attend the next presentation in our
Kate Black In addition to enriching the uni- you learn in university. Plus, it’s a “SEE the research at work” seminar series 2011-12:
NEWS WRITER = @BLAHBLAHBLACK versity experience, Brodie added good thing to make new friends and
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that the opportunities presented at meet new people,” Yamagishi said.
Although some New Year's resolu- Spirit Week provide preparation for Yamagishi noted that while the
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tions are doomed to fail, University life beyond post-secondary, a com- weather kept some students at
of Alberta students were able to live ponent that is not always found in home, the Spirit Week events, which see
up to their commitment to get more the classroom. included a free concert at SUBstage
A Whirlwind Tour, of, Oil Sands Research
SCHOOLO F ENERGY
involved on campus thanks to the “(Spirit Week) is important be- on Monday and additional displays & THE ENVIRONMENT
recently rebranded Spirit Week. cause it allows (students) to become set up for residents in Lister Cen-
The week-long event previously a part of their community, and it tre, brought many students out
known as Involvement Week was also provides them with that real from the cold.
Chris Powter Executive Director, Oil Sands Research and Information Network
quieter than usual due to the win- world experience,” Brodie said. “The hardest thing we had this
Amassive amount oft ime, effort and funding is being directed at solving the environmental
tery conditions, but SUB was still “When they’re in class, they don’t year was temperature. When it’s
management issues related to oil sands extraction and processing. Work in this field has
abuzz from Monday to Thursday get to interact with employers.” so cold out, a lot of people would
been going on since the early 1970s, and the scope of work and the players involved continue
last week with students exploring According to Brodie, co-op op- rather just go straight to their
to grow each year. This presentation aims to stimulate your interest in oil sands research by
displays from over 30 student clubs portunities are limited for students, classes then go home right after,”
providing you with a glimpse of the range of work in a variety of disciplines being done on
and volunteer groups. so joining clubs provides the op- Yamagishi said. “We still had pretty campus and elsewhere. Notwithstanding all of the work done to date and ongoing, there
InfoLink director and Spirit portunity to “taste test” different good traffic, though. Most of the remains much to be done and therefore there are significant opportunities for University
Week co-ordinator Hallie Bro- career options. tables had a lot of people coming researchers. One of the key pieces missing in all of this work, and an area where the
University could make a significant contribution, is the integration and synthesis of research
die explained that many students From networking with possible by and the events were really well
efforts.
start looking to supplement their employers to developing real-life attended, too.”
academic life in the second term skills, Brodie explained that the First-year science student Allen Allare welcome. RSVP not required.
after the hype of the first term many student groups at the U of A Mar came into SUB to kill time be-
Date: Wednesday, February 2,2012| Time: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
dies down. all have something to offer the di- fore catching the bus, but left with More information and optional RSVP available at www.see.ualberta.ca
“I think what motivates (students verse student population. the realization that becoming in- Location: Stollery Executive Development Centre, Room 5-40, Alberta School of Business, U ofA
Questions? School of Energy and the Environment (SEE): [email protected]
to get involved) is the fact that, in Students’ Union Vice-President volved was easier than he initially
their first term, they have a chance (Student Life) Colten Yamagi- thought.
to figure out what their courses shi said that becoming involved “I always thought that I would
are like,” Brodie said. “In the sec- with on-campus groups makes never have enough time to get in-
ond term, they are more likely to for a more enjoyable university volved, but now I can tell that the
have their studies under wraps, experience. clubs and stuff are really flexible
and build on that and gain more “It helps develop leadership quali- as far as time commitment goes,”
opportunities.” ties and compliments the skills that Mar said.
U of A roundtable to address rising
cost of textbooks in universities
Bryan Saunders
often comes up is using more digi- the same time,” she added.
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tal textbooks or eBooks. However, Whatever agreement students,
he pointed out that the cost of bookstores, and publishers come
A Canadian Roundtable on Aca- eBooks is still very close to the cost to, Csorba believes that information
demic Materials (CRAM) confer- of paper textbooks. should be disseminated as freely as
ence at the U ofA in February will Acting Chief Librarian Mary-Jo possible.
bring together students’ unions, Romaniuk will also be participating “Personally, I feel that no matter
professors, and bookstores from all in CRAM, and said she agrees with what country you happen to live in,
over Canada in order to discuss the Csorba that eBooks are still not liv- you should have access to as much
rising cost of textbooks. ing up to their full potential. information as possible. With us liv-
“Based on a recent Students’ ing in a very mobile, global world, I
Union survey that we did, students feel very strongly about people hav-
“Students were almost
werealmostunanimousin believing
ing constant access to new types of
unanimous in believing
that the cost of academic materials information so that they can always
is too high,” said Emerson Csorba, that the cost of academic be learning.”
the Students’ Union vice-president Csorba also noted the cost of aca-
materials is too high.”
(academic). “This conference is demic materials ties in with discus-
going to help us work together to sions of pirating and copyrighting
EMERSON CSORBA
help reduce the cost of academic issues recently highlighted in the
STUDENTS’ UNION VICE-PREISDENT (ACADEMIC)
materials.” news.
As Csorba pointed out, there “For a long time, we’ve been buy- “I think for students who do pi-
are lots of ways in which the cost ing eBooks and licensing eBooks rate materials, the rising cost of
of academic materials might be and we understand some of the is- academic materials is certainly a
reduced. sues with eBook licensing and plat- reason. I think if we saw a decrease
“I’m definitely a fan of professors forms. Right now, I think there are in the cost of materials and if more
using online journals that are free multiple issues and multiple prob- materials were open access, like the
The cold sucks, but the Gateway newsies don't, so why not volunteer for us
for students. If a professor is us- lems. With digital textbooks for online university at MIT, you would
ing free journal articles as their re- example, the licensing models that see less pirating.” to beat those winter doldrums (even if that means risking frostbite)?
quired readings, then that is much I’ve seen are largely unaffordable,” There is no cost to participate in
Your gateway to giving the finger to Alberta winters.
better than requiring students Romaniuk said. the conference, but there is a limit
to pay hundreds of dollars for a “I think that publishers recognize on the number of participants. To
textbook,” Csorba said. they need to change but they’re not sign up, contact Csorba at emerson. online at THEGATEWAYONLINE.CA/NEWS
Csorba said another idea that sure how to sustain their revenue at [email protected]
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Student dropout rates a concern in the Maritimes
University of New Brunswick pledging to enhance student experience and boost retention rates through a number of initiatives
Colin McPhail
the program next year?” he said.
THE BRUNSWICKAN
“But they could be completely
different students.”
FREDERICTON (CUP) — The Mari- Duguay said with universities
time Provinces Higher Education exchanging transfer students, the
Commission (MPHEC) reported in numbers can be misleading. He
a recent survey that post-secondary wants to know — what prompted
institutions in the Maritimes lose the transfer? What made them
about 33 per cent of students at the dropout? What can be done
end their first year. Of that, the hu- differently?
manities, arts and social sciences UNB’s own research demon-
faculties endure the lowest reten- strates the most popular factors
tion rate, with only 73 per cent of in students’ decision to leave fall
students returning for a second outside the academic realm. Fi-
year. nancial planning and time man-
It’s a trend Scott Duguay is all too agement top the list of many,
familiar with. Duguay said. However, the need
The special assistant to the vice- for a more in-depth and accurate
president (academic) at the Univer- depiction remains.
sity of New Brunswick has watched “If we can start narrowing it down
enrollment rates etch a consistent to the ‘whys’ and start focusing on
path up and down graphs for the the groups with similar issues, then
past decade — UNB rounding out at that’s when we can start targeting
just over 12,000 for the Fredericton the programs to help students di-
and Saint John campuses. rectly,” Duguay said.
The rates haven’t fallen, but, His team has been mining data
more importantly for Duguay, they from the past decade, following —" 2
haven't gone up. student numbers to see what trends RETENTION CRUSADER Scott Duguay is spearheading the Student Experience Measurement Plan at UNB. ANDREW MEADE/THE BRUNSWICKAN
This is why the university admin- exist. He said it’s important to see
istration has pledged to enhance where transfer students end up UNB experience are students, strategic focus plan moving for- the UNB students’ union, said ad-
the student experience and boost to have a better grasp on what the faculty and staff — those who are ward and communicate back to the dressing the needs of first-year stu-
retention through a number of ini- university's programming might actually getting the experience,” community what our retention pri- dents from the start is paramount in
tiatives falling under the Student be lacking. Duguay said. “So, this program orities and student persistence and producing stronger rates.
Experience Measurement Plan. Duguay hopes to start answering we're launching is getting the feed- that sort of thing,” Duguay said. “It’s very important to have ses-
Duguay, who is spearheading the questions within a year. back back to us.” The need for stable or increasing sions during orientation week to
project, has scoured the MPHEC da- As for student persistence, the Among the various group moni- retention rates is pertinent to the fi- help transition students to univer-
tabase in search of trends anda pos- university enlisted the services of toring situation includes the vice- nancial administrators as well. sity life,” he said.
sible answer to increasing student a firm specializing in survey engi- president groups on student ex- The university uses a predictive The students’ union works with
persistence. However, the figures neering and questionnaire devel- perience, led by Vice-President numbertoaccountforthelevelenroll- the university in planning aca-
only tell part of the story. It’s the opment and assessment to get real- (Academic) Dr. Tony Secco, a col- ment when outlining the annual op- demic orientation, and, despite not
“why’s” that get him. time feedback through new media. lection of administrators analyzing erating budget. Tuition fees account having a specific program dedicated
“If youre looking at retention, Duguay said they would be getting student satisfaction. for roughly 30 per cent of the bud- to student retention, the union has
you could say, ‘How many students the information from “the experts” “The idea is to bring all the good get, anda significant drop could lead several members sitting on various
do I have in a program?’ and then, themselves. work that is happening on cam- to a shortfall. groups dedicated to improving the
‘How many students do I have in “The experts, if you will, on the pus in pockets, if you will, into a Jordan Thompson, president of student experience.
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