The Gateway

Notes from Council: Single-Source Cold Beverage Agreement plebiscite question approved

“Notes from Council” is The Gateway’s ongoing series of recaps of noteworthy items from Students’ Council meetings. At the December 3 meeting of the University of Alberta Students’ Union (UASU) Students’ Council, the Faculty of Agricultural, Life, and Environmental Sciences (ALES) Undergraduate Association (FAUnA) presented to council a Faculty Association…

More research needed on effects of anti-obesity drugs in children, U of A prof says

U of A political scientist creates online political discourse toolkit

Notes from Council: Tuition increase proposal for 2025–26

U of A alumna counters online dupes with locally made product line

The Oath of Allegiance does more to hurt than help

Some may know King Charles III as the current king of the United Kingdom (U.K.). Others know him as the ex-husband of the esteemed, incomparable late Princess Diana. Interestingly enough, lawyers in Alberta have to swear their allegiance to him. But issues with the Oath of Allegiance go much deeper…

Poilievre’s obsession with control affects more than his own party

Trans athletes aren’t hurting fairness in sports

Top 5: Ways to make finals season fun

Changes to AIMCo are more about spiting Ottawa than Albertans

Play Review: ‘It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play’

I recently attended the second show of the Walterdale Theatre’s 65th season, It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Directed by Tracy Wyman and written by Joe Landry, the production takes a classic story and finds a fun new way of showcasing it to an audience: over the radio.…

Book review: ‘Florilegia’ by Brenda L. Gunn

Book review: ‘An Astonishment of Stars’ by Kirti Bhadresa

Album review: ‘Music is the Answer’ by SHEBAD

Social Intercourse: December 6

What’s behind the cost of U of A residences?

There’s a lot of big choices for incoming university students to make. Choosing what program and what university to attend is one of the big ones. And once students accept an offer from a university, they have another big choice to make: where to live.  For most, that choice begins…

U of A students are experiencing sexual and gender-based violence, survey finds

Can generative AI and academic integrity co-exist?

The never-ending search for a more inclusive health-care system for 2SLGBTQ+ Albertans

The 2023 Purity Test: Glass Onion Edition