| September, 1999. Volume 42, No. 05 | News |
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Peace activists condemn Canada's role
in world arms trade
by Chris Bodnar Ottawa Bureau Chief
OTTAWA (CUP) - Anti-war and peace groups are calling for more public scrutiny of Canada's role in the international arms trade after a military tradeshow was held in Ottawa last week.
Members of the Ottawa-based Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) say most Canadians don't know about their country's involvement in the small arms trade, especially when Canada is viewed as a peaceful nation.
Women graduates dominate U of R
The University of Regina has a disproportionately large number of female graduates.
In the spring semester of 1999, there were 886 female graduates and only 479 male graduates. Though the numbers seem drastic, this is not the first year that female graduates have outnumbered the males.
U of T president takes flight with ONEX
TORONTO (CUP) - University of Toronto president Robert Prichard is intimately involved in the controversial merger of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines.
Prichard has been on Onex Corp.'s board of directors since 1993 - three years after being appointed president of U of T.
Christianity and Feminism?
Luther College, with the financial aid of Lutheran Life Insurance, invited Professor Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen to speak at the twenty-fourth Luther Lecture.
It was attended by over 500 students and members of the community on Thursday, September 30th.
Van Leeuwan's topic was Faith, Feminism and Family in an Age of Globalization.
US anti-abortion group set to sue UBC
VANCOUVER (CUP) - A radical anti-abortion group is getting ready to sue the University of British Columbia.
The Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBC), a US-based organization, intends to file a lawsuit over what it perceives as unfair demands put on it by UBC.
Crowded for business
With 70 companies attending the 4th annual Careers Day, the hallways of the Riddell Centre were packed with businesses looking to hire graduating students.
Regan Wallin, this year's Careers Day co-ordinator said it was a great success.
BC students help
Taiwanese earthquake victims
BURNABY, BC (CUP) - Even though they are nearly 10,000 kilometres away from the crisis, students in British Columbia are helping victims of last month's devastating earthquake in Taiwan.
Taiwanese student associations at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University have collectively raised more than $10,000 to provide relief for those left homeless after the massive tremor.
US court rules against using
race in admissions policies
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (UWIRE) - A three-member U.S. Circuit Court has declared unconstitutional a school admissions policy that took race into account.
The decision declared an Arlington County, Va., kindergarten magnet school's lottery system that gives preference to black and Hispanic applicants unconstitutional.
Clubs strut their stuff
Nineteen clubs and societies from the University of Regina were represented at the club fair which was held by the Students' Union on Thursday September 16.
Meghan Partington, VP Internal Affairs of URSU was in charge of organizing the event.
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