By TREVOR KENNEY
Only once did Priscilla Patel look over her shoulder and wonder if she’d done the right thing. It was then that she relied upon her father’s reassurance to settle her fears.
Now, one semester later, Patel still looks to her father for guidance but fear has given way to excitement, and trepidation has been replaced by a confidence that helps support an entire family.
By STACY SEGUIN
It’s likely your first job did not spawn a career choice.
Whether it was selling lemonade, delivering papers, doing yard work, shoveling snow or repeating the phrase, “Do you want fries with that?”, most first jobs only inspire us to head in a completely different direction. That was not the case for Daniel Buchanan (BA, BEd ’02).
By TREVOR KENNEY
One dimensional, black and white photographs represent much of the aboriginal history we know. While serving adequately as depictions of an era, they hardly tell a story or set a scene.
By ERICA LIND
Religion affects all of us, regardless of our personal beliefs. Lying at the core of human understanding, religion has, and in many instances, continues to both reflect and shape culture, politics and society.
The discipline of religious studies uses a variety of methodologies to try to make sense of what Dr. Hillary Rodrigues calls the “human religious response.”
By BOB COONEY
Whether we like it or not, Canada’s waters are under increasing pressure to support greater economic activity. Be it the energy sector, agriculture, mining or urbanization, our aquatic ecosystems face an uncertain future.
By TREVOR KENNEY
Olympic athletes are on a constant quest to achieve higher, faster, stronger results. University of Lethbridge alumnus Tim Takahashi (BA ’94) helps to make sure they do so fairly.
By AMANDA BERG
Step back into the 1960s! The music, the passion, the era comes to life, Feb. 9-13 when Hair, a cultural phenomenon that defined a generation, appears in the University Theatre.
This colourful rock musical is presented nightly at 8 p.m. on Feb. 9-11 and 13. On Feb. 12 there are performances at 7 p.m. and midnight.
By BOB COONEY
Is your new Facebook ‘friend’ really a friend or someone using a fake identity to get your personal information? How easy is it to convince someone to accept a completely made–up person as his or her friend?
A group of University of Lethbridge Faculty of Management students – all active users of social media such as Facebook – recently tested those two ideas on a group of their peers and found some surprising answers.
By KALI MCKAY
Meet the brave student callers responsible for phoning Faculty of Management alumni as part of a five-week pilot project that wrapped up in early December.
The University of Lethbridge Call Centre, which operated out of the Penny Building downtown, employed 21 students who called over 5,000 management alumni in an effort to update information and raise support for the Faculty of Management Annual Fund.
By TREVOR KENNEY
The University of Lethbridge Art Gallery is on the move – but don’t break out the packing crates just yet. The move is not physical but rather administrative as the gallery, once administered by the Faculty of Fine Arts, now reports to Andy Hakin and the Office of the Vice-President (Academic).
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