The University of Calgary’s seventh annual Undergraduate Research Symposium is giving 84 students a chance to showcase their research to the campus community. Over $20,000 is available to be won by undergraduates from all faculties on Nov. 29 in MacEwan Hall.


Students’ Union vice-president academic Kenya-Jade Pinto said the URS has a diverse range of topics and research that will be presented on.


Embarking on a tough British Columbia road trip from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, the University of Calgary Dinos basketball team is one of the hottest teams in the entire country. The Dinos currently hold a top-10 Canadian Interuniversity Sport ranking. After losing two of three non-conference games in Nova Scotia, the Dinos have won 11-straight games, eight of which have been against Canada West opponents. 


George F. Walker is a playwright known for placing people in impossibly complicated situations that only get worse, while presenting his characters and their choices in a way that forbids the audience from judging them. In the University of Calgary drama department plays Problem Child and Risk Everything, the characters RJ and Denise are in the midst of a battle with social services to win back their baby, Christine, while dealing with the mysterious intentions of Denise’s mother. 


Canadian mental health care is abysmal. On May 8, 2012, Canada’s first-ever national mental health strategy was released by the Mental Health Commission of Canada after five years of research, including consultations with thousands of people. This is a good first step, although long overdue, but Canadians have yet to see the benefits of its release.


Doctors and scientists alike are baffled at the recent spike in hair loss of University of Calgary students. The praecalvustis epidemic reportedly silently hit the campus in late October, but according to doctors, the disease does not flare up for several weeks.


“Many students could be carriers without knowing it,” said Dr. Frank Bateman, a physician at a walk-in clinic near campus. “The bacteria build up for a few weeks to a month in the cranial system. Once a flare up occurs, there’s no stopping it.”