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The list of situations that allow for an exemption from the U-Pass neglects several groups of people with legitimate reasons for not taking the bus.

Third-year Carleton student Zahra Al-Aubiydy competed for the crown at this year’s Miss Universe Canada pageant to expand awareness for the Millennium Promise Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty.

Rideau River Residence Association(RRRA)president Chris Infantry said his presidency has succeeded in actively engaging the residence student body, which was one of his top priorities for the year.

Infantry said this has been reflected in the skyrocketing participation in RRRA meetings,  sitting consistently at around 85 per cent this year.

“One of our chief accomplishments this year has been the increasing participation of students,” Infantry said. “These students have started seeing the RRRA as their own.”

Graduate students voted to pass all three referendum questions in the recent Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) elections.

Almost three-quarters of graduate student voters were in favour of a mandatory universal bus pass (U-Pass) beginning in September, which Carleton’s undergraduate students approved last month.

Voters narrowly voted to support funding The Leveller, with 53.6 per cent of voters in favour of giving the paper $1.50 per semester for each student.

The University of Winnipeg is gunning for a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold certification with its new Science Complex and Richardson College for the Environment.

The lab, which is scheduled for completion in March 2011, is expected to be one of the most energy efficient lab in North America.