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 April 4, 2012

    To celebrate the centennial year of Huskie Athletics, the Sheaf has compiled a list of our favourite Huskies performances from the 2011-12 sports seasons. Everything from wrestling to basketball and even coaching made our list.

  • Iranian Oscar winner A Separation sheds light on other world

    By April 4, 2012

    If only all dramas were as compelling as A Separation.

    The latest film by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi won Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Oscars, but it should have been nominated for Best Picture.

  • Brown captures historic win: 2012-13 USSU President will be the first aboriginal student to lead U of S undergrads in the school’s 105-year history

    By April 4, 2012

    Jared Brown edged out his competition to become the first aboriginal student to lead University of Saskatchewan undergraduates in the school’s 105-year history.

    Brown, who identifies as both First Nations and Métis, is studying sociology and has spent the past two years as an Indigenous Students’ Council representative on University Students’ Council.

  • Students largely left out of federal budget: despite focus on research and innovation, no new student aid initiatives announced in budget 2012

    By March 31, 2012

    Higher education in the context of research and innovation stole much of the spotlight in the federal government’s latest budget, but students and youth seeking greater financial aid were otherwise left in the dark.

  • Confessions of a Playboy subscriber: I read it for the articles — no, seriously!

    By March 30, 2012

    A little over a year ago, I got into my head a very strange idea. I decided to buy an issue of Playboy.

    The precise reason for this decision is a little fuzzy, but I believe it had something to do with viewing it as a rite of passage. At 21 years old I had never flipped through a Playboy in my life, and it seemed that I was missing out on a big aspect of popular culture.

  • There’s something to The Hunger Games: adaptation of young-adult phenomenon is solid dystopian adventure

    By March 30, 2012

    It’s not everyday that a pop-culture phenomenon occurs, but in the past decade we’ve witnessed three of them.

    First came Harry Potter, largely lauded as reigniting the children’s fiction industry and becoming the biggest pop-culture sensation since Star Wars appeared on the big screen in 1977. Next came Twilight, the definitive romance of this generation that demonstrated the slavish devotion and monetary power of the fangirl. And now we have Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, which has recently reached Twilight and Harry Potter levels of fandom.

  • Copy Central hikes fee: price jumps from 15 to 20 cents per copy

    By March 30, 2012

    The 42 photocopiers on campus operated by the University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union will see a price increase next year, from 15 cents to 20 cents per copy.

    The increase comes after multiple years of decline in the use of the Copy Central copier service, said Reid Nystuen, USSU vice-president of operations and finance.

  • Is digital technology making art better or worse? Computers help us create art, maybe a little too much

    By March 29, 2012

    It seems strange that artists, who are so often inspired by the past, have embraced digital technology so much today. The digital revolution happened almost instantly in art, and now almost every piece of art we encounter was brought to us using some digital technology.