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Students furious over transit cuts
Full morning buses leave dozens waiting on sidewalk
Students are scrambling to find new ways of getting to class after Regina Transit slashed the frequency of the university bus route.
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Activists want research labs to go tobacco free
TORONTO (CUP) -- Universities across the country are strengthening
their ties to tobacco companies despite protests from anti-smoking activists.
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U of R enrollment stable
Enrollment at the University of Regina is up marginally this fall. However, increased tuition fees may be scaring first-year students away.
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Students subject to ID checks in computer labs
University of Regina students are being asked to carry identification into computer labs in order to prevent misuse of the equipment by the public.
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UBC starts print journalism program
Bleak job prospects have critics questioning university's timing
by Stu Clark
National Bureau
TORONTO (CUP) -- Critics question the University of British Columbia's decision to open a new school of journalism during a period of heavy layoffs in the newspaper industry.
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Indigenous activists protest DNA conference
MONTREAL (CUP) -- The Universite de Montreal is shaping up as the next battleground in the world-wide conflict between indigenous groups and genetic scientists.
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URSU hosting separate orientation
The University of Regina Students' Union is going ahead with an orientation day for students on September 13.
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Profs offer up private universities with a twist
by Stu Clark
Canadian University Press
TORONTO (CUP) -- Martin de Groot wants to open Canada's first private university. But his university will be nothing like the costly private schools that have existed for years in the United States.
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UROC dead; Students still paying fee
A student group that tried to start a campus radio station has officially disbanded.
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CASA interim director may be cleared of alleged embezzlement
OTTAWA (CUP) -- Pat FitzPatrick still hasn't been charged with any crimes eight months after a national student organization alleged he embezzled almost one third of their budget.
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Group claims grocery store wasting food
A Regina goodwill group is concerned that local grocery stores may be throwing away food that could be feeding the city's hungry.
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PQ may increase tuition, slash spending
MONTREAL (CUP) -- The Parti-Quebecois may be about to break the final links to its socially progressive past in the name of deficit reduction. Documents obtained by a Montreal newspaper indicate the Quebec government is planning to cut over one bil
lion dollars from health and education ministries in the next budget.
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PQ may increase tuition, slash spending
It wasn't a baseball game, but with a few balls it could have been. Hot dogs, a grassy lawn, sunshine and familiar faces were the stuff of Sunday afternoon at Luther College's 25th anniversary barbecue.
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1-2-3-4, I DECLARE A THUMB WAR
University of Regina President Don Wells presents one of Saskatchewan's top high school grads with a four-year scholarship at the UR Scholars banquet held last Thursday.
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