Room service! U of C gets campus hotel
The University of Calgary has opened a hotel on campus to help cut the cost of hosting guests of the university off-campus and to act as a hands-on training experience for students enrolled in the hotel and resort management program.
The Hotel Alma, housed in U of C’s new Dr. Fok Ying Tung International House, is one of the first on-campus, university-owned and operated hotels in Canada. The building also houses several floors that act as dedicated residence facilities for students.
Taking Quidditch from the air to the field
McGill University was the only Canadian team that competed in the College Quidditch Cup Oct. 25 (Photo: Andrea Hill)
UBC students dig moon dirt
UBC students competed in an American space competition with their robot Miskin SR-1 MoonScraper. The remote-controlled robot is capable of transporting imitation moondust over a half-hour period (Photo Provided)
Calling female engineers
(Photo: Talbert Johnson)
Mistake or Reality: University of Waterloo gets a D+ on being “Green”
On Oct. 7, the University of Waterloo received a D+ on the College Sustainability Report Card of 2010, a survey sent to the top 332 universities and colleges in North America. This report card rates how eco-friendly and “green” campuses are. The U of W’s D+ is the lowest grade in Ontario – problem is, the university said it never completed the full survey.
Michelle Oliver is a first-year student in the recreation and leisure program at U of W who said one of the reasons she was drawn to the university was how “green” it was.
