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.

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  • By January 23, 2013

    This article contains a selection of some of the more thoughtful or thought-provoking comments we received in response to our financial survey. We will add more excerpts to this list over the next few days.

  • Learning another language is worth the agony

    By January 18, 2013

    There’s something wonderful about wrapping your mouth around a foreign word. You fumble with the unfamiliar syllables but you eventually produce something, understandable or not.

  • NHL hockey is back, but do you really care?

    By January 17, 2013

    The NHL is back in business. Whoa, calm down! Is the excitement actually seeping out of every pore of your body, or are you nonchalantly shrugging your shoulders at the announcement like I am?

  • On the university budget cuts and the austerity model

    By January 16, 2013

    Much of the commotion and discontent surrounding the University of Saskatchewan’s projected deficit of $44.5 million by 2016 is centred on the salaries of top university administrators.

  • The fitness monster: throw those resolutions away

    By January 10, 2013

    After surviving the commercialized pain of Christmas, we wait for New Year’s Eve with eager anticipation for the great things that are to come — or, in many cases, the looming disappointments.

  • An open letter to feminism: I’m sorry

    By January 9, 2013

    Last September, I wrote an article that probably very few people remember. It was about feminism and its flaws. I was just starting to look into the movement in a nuanced way and was struggling with some of what I saw as unacknowledged problems in the feminist world.

  • Emphasis on profit overlooks the essence of higher education, stumps post-secondary growth

    By January 1, 2013

    Universities are corporations, my friend. Or at least that’s what the University of Regina’s Academic Program Review would have us believe. In its conclusions, the U of R’s review is illustrative of wider Canadian post-secondary trends.

  • Give the gift of public awareness

    By December 7, 2012

    For many of you, it’s that time of year again: it’s the time to start Christmas shopping. Everyone has someone so difficult to shop for that they go straight for the gift cards on their list. Why not give a gift that will make a difference instead?