THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
By Bryn Becker August 26, 2012
This past year, our website has been a bit… Well, troublesome. Lately it has been truly a sorry state of affairs, and we needed to take drastic measures. Which is exactly what we did. After weeks of planning and another month of hard work migrating and rebuilding the site from (almost) scratch, we’d like to welcome you to the new and improved thesheaf.com!
By Bryn Becker August 25, 2012
The Sheaf was lucky enough to have a chance to get relatively up close and personal — and funky — at the 2012 Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival.
Here’s our super funky video roundup of this year’s festival, featuring the one and only Five Alarm Funk.
By Bryn Becker June 25, 2012
Janelle Monáe brought the thunder and lightning down on the Bessborough Gardens last night, and the warm, soulful rain came with it. Here’s our review of Sunday’s Jazz Fest marathon.
By Bryn Becker June 23, 2012
Last night the 26th annual Saskatchewan Jazz Fest launched with a spectacular, blue-skyed evening of music by Wil Campa and Michael Franti. Decidedly non-jazzy, yes, but still exhilaratingly energetic — and the nine day long festival has only just begun.
By Bryn Becker March 23, 2012
The USSU held a candidates debates yesterday at Louis’ and the Sheaf was there to document the whole event. Every candidate came out with enthusisasm and they each made a solid impression on the packed crowd of rowdy pub-goers. Check out a few photos below and then head over to our Flickr stream for the full gallery.
By Bryn Becker January 26, 2012
Understatement of the century: mapping out your degree progress can sometimes be confusing. Come on. Up until now, making sense of your academic achievements — total credits earned, actual program requirements, and how everything all fits together — has been like trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle with Jenga blocks. Frustration levels have been known to shoot off the charts.
Believe it or not, the university is aware of this. And they’re finally doing something about it.
By Bryn Becker January 17, 2012
Today the Wikimedia Foundation announced that Wikipedia will be shut down for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 11:00 PM Central time.
The black-out is in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), two pieces of proposed American legislation tabled in the U.S. Congress and U.S. Senate respectively.
By Bryn Becker January 11, 2012
The web’s hyperlink structure works kind of like the synapses in your brain, or the blood vessels in your circulatory system. Everything is interconnected, designed to pass information back and forth, sometimes in multiple directions simultaneously. It can be mind-bogglingly complex but it works because there are relatively few blockages. People can traverse the web how they see fit.
But imagine what would happen if massive swaths of these connections suddenly blinked offline. This is the risk posed by the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill introduced in the U.S. Congress in October of last year that is scheduled to be voted on by Jan. 24 this year.