The provincial governments of Alberta and Québec have been working together for several years on an exchange program aimed at post-secondary students. The Québec/Alberta Student Employment Exchange Program goes for 13 weeks every summer, allowing post-secondary students to experience a different culture while making good money. The meaningful work experience is related to students’ field of study while allowing them to enhance their language skills.
Networking and building confidence are just some of the advantages of participation in the program. Transportation to the placements is paid for by the provincial governments, …

The Management Students Society (MSS) is one of the oldest clubs on campus and this year is a milestone since it marks their 30th year of operations. According to the club’s constitution, every student in the Faculty of Management is a member by default.
Unfair advantage, you say, that creates a huge ready-made membership! Maybe so, but considering that the society’s purpose is to apply classroom knowledge to real-life situations, it makes sense. They are “dedicated to enhancing the value of your Bachelor of Management Degree” through fundraising, student leadership and …

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Thursday, January 29
SU Office, all day: de Jourdan’s Photo.graphics returns to campus for graduation portraits. The session fee is only $21 including GST and includes six portraits, the use of a cap and gown and inclusion on faculty composites where applicable. Stop by the SU offices to book an appointment or check out www.dejourdans.com for more info.
SU Ballrooms, 12:00 pm: As part of the CMA Alberta Leadership and Innovation Speaker Series, the Faculty of Management is …

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Thursday, January 29
1st Choice Savings Centre PE152, 7:00 am: A.M. Step is a class with high- and low-impact options for all participants. Focus on cardio conditioning with some core muscle work. Open to all fitness levels. Free for students.
Max Bell Aquatic Centre, 12:15 pm: Drop-in noon hour Aquafit. Free for students.
U-Hall C610, 6:30 pm: The U of L Speech & Debate Society meets to learn and practice how to argue and win, because you can’t argue …

The semi-colon isn’t merely an emoticon signaling a wink; it’s a useful punctuation mark that signals boundaries between ideas within a larger structure.
First appearing in the late fifteenth century, the semi-colon was used to indicate a pause longer than that indicated by a comma, and shorter than that indicated by a colon; however, we don’t attach pause time to punctuation marks as precisely as writers did five hundred years ago.
Today, the semi-colon has two primary uses related to signaling boundaries; the first is in a compound sentence to show where …