Carleton Club You May Not Have Heard Of: Cossacks Club
People hear about Eastern Europe and only think about Russia, said Yulian Ihnatyuk, president and co-founder of The Cossacks, a new club at Carleton.
He said he wants to educate others and enlighten them about all the other countries found in Eastern Europe.
The Cossacks is a new Carleton University Students’ Association (CUSA)-certified club that has been introduced at Carleton this year. It calls for people of Eastern European decent, and those with a general interest in Eastern Europe, to join and share.
Hot soup and cold dips for United Way campaign
That would be this year’s United Way campaign, for which Carleton has hosted such events as a delectable soup cook-off and a frisky polar bear dip.
The Sprott School of Business held its third annual soup kitchen in Dunton Tower Nov. 11. The event featured more than 20 different soups, chilies, stews and chowders, some donated by local restaurants and others contributed by Sprott faculty, staff and students.
Carleton stays in seventh place for Maclean’s rankings
Carleton placed seventh out of 11 universities in Maclean’s magazine’s 19th annual university rankings in the comprehensive category – a category designed for universities with a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs, in addition to a significant amount of research activity.
Carleton’s rank hovers around average in most categories, with a few notable exceptions.
Carleton placed 10th for operating budget, something Duncan Watt, university vice-president (finance and administration), isn’t worried about.
Wheels in motion for U-Pass
At a meeting Nov. 6, the city of Ottawa’s transit committee voted in favour of creating a subsidized U-Pass for Ottawa post-secondary students at a cost of $145 per semester.
“We would all like to implement the U-Pass as a means of improving service,” said Alain Mercier, head of OC Transpo.
Remembering, past and present
Hundreds of Carleton students and staff gathered beneath the flagpoles outside Azrieli Pavilion to pay their respects for Canada’s veterans Nov. 11.
The ceremony commenced with O Canada, sung by the Carleton University Choir. The flags were lowered to half-mast, followed by two minutes of silence. Representatives of the Carleton community laid wreaths beneath the flagpoles.
Richard Heron, a veteran and shift manager for the department of university safety, is in charge of planning of the ceremony.
