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.

the money issue

  • By January 30, 2013

    Over the last few weeks, and especially in last week’s “Money Issue” of the Sheaf, significant disgruntlement has been directed toward administrators at the University of Saskatchewan. In reality, administrators at the U of S have done their best to deal with the Saskatchewan Party’s intentional decision to defund post-secondary education in Saskatchewan.

  • Updated: Students get a say in TransformUS

    By January 24, 2013

    After almost an hour and a half of debate, University Council members voted today to include undergraduate and graduate students in the academic task force that will direct program prioritization.

  • Dear University of Saskatchewan, I’m breaking up with you

    By January 24, 2013

    I vividly remember the day when I first laid eyes on you. An early summer morning, the sun shining across your sensuous body. Your figure etched dramatically against the prairie landscape. I knew instantly that there was something special about you.

  • Letter from the USSU: student input necessary in decision-making

    By January 23, 2013

    In this letter from the executive, the USSU urges the U of S to include students in the composition of the two TransformUS task forces.

  • SurveyUS: the results are in

    By January 23, 2013

    We conducted an online survey to gauge where students stood on the university’s cost-cutting measures, what students perceived the financial problems to be and how the university should go about solving its money issues. This article covers a breakdown of some of those responses.

  • With information and action, students can force change on campus — and should

    By January 23, 2013

    There is a widespread but entirely misguided assumption on campus that the university must make drastic cuts right now, so it is our duty as students to accept what administrators decide. After all, don’t they know better? No. They don’t.

  • Don’t rank programs by their financial benefits to the university

    By January 23, 2013

    What worries me the most about TransformUS is Program Prioritization. This process will rank academic disciplines based on their contribution to the university’s success. Highly ranked programs will receive increased resources while those with lower rankings will see reduced resources or be cut entirely.

  • Is this it for cuts to the arts?

    By January 23, 2013

    Constant funding cuts endanger the structural foundations of the arts.[/caption]Belt-tightening as a response to spending cuts is already being felt in the fine arts and humanities departments.