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 October 14, 2009

    Quite frankly, I feel downright sorry for U.S. President Barack Obama. Two wars, health care reform, fears that he is a secret communist Muslim Nazi, and now a Nobel Peace Prize.

  • The practical students’ guide to H1N1

    By October 14, 2009

    Here are a few helpful tips to help you survive the scourge known as H1N1, as brought to you by Campus Health and Purell® ”” official sponsor of the 2009 Influenza Pandemic.

  • Snow is here

    By October 14, 2009

    The green ”” not the orange or brown, the colours that usually precede winter ”” the luscious summer green is disappearing under a blanket of snow.

  • Lily Allen’s epic fail

    By October 14, 2009

    In a somewhat surprising move last month, Lily Allen came out heavily in support of proposed U.K. anti-file sharing legislation. The “three-strikes” legislation, which would ban copyright infringers from the Internet after three offences, has been called heavy-handed by many, but Allen believed piracy was a problem too big to ignore.

  • Musical appreciation

    By October 7, 2009

    For me, there are few things as satisfying as going to a record store and picking out a new slab of vinyl for the turntable or a few new CDs and spending my afternoon with headphones and a lyric booklet. Unfortunately, this is something the vast majority of people have grown out of.

  • The price of beauty

    By October 7, 2009

    Let’s face it ”” beauty trumps ugly in most circumstances. It has been proven that physically attractive people have better career opportunities.

  • Thanksgiving’s sordid past

    By October 7, 2009

    When most Canadians think of Thanksgiving they probably think of 17th century pilgrims, turkeys and the harvest.
    Or they, like me, may think of their elementary school days when drawing hand turkeys was the primary indicator that Thanksgiving was fast approaching, all the while never quite understanding why our neighbours to the south celebrate their Thanksgiving a month later.

  • Give it to me straight

    By October 6, 2009

    Constructive criticism tends to be more of a discussion-based conversation, rather than an authoritative one where a person simply states you are wrong. The intention for the advisor is to point out a deficiency seen or heard within one’s work or thought process and illustrate positive examples that can be later replicated or emulated.