Devan C. Tasa, Contributor Ω People entered the ballroom – some in their best suits and others in casual wear – prepared to perform that dance that takes place between job seekers and potential employers. Around 2,000 people attended the TRU Job Fair in the Grand Hall on Mar. 8 to talk to 45 different … Continue reading
Adrian Miller released from detainment, not allowed on campus after-hours added to bail conditions Cavelle Layes, Contributor Ω Student senator Adrian Miller feels he was singled out after he was released on bail last Friday only to learn about the TRU “lockdown” that was put in place. TRU’s student-elected senator, Miller questions university officials’ right … Continue reading
Devan C. Tasa, Contributor Ω TRU has increased security in the Clocktower Building and near the student services area of Old Main. According to Diana Skoglund, TRU’s Media & Communications co-ordinator, security is being increased to ensure that the university is meeting due diligence and WorkSafeBC requirements. “Staff, faculty and students are not unlike the … Continue reading
Devan C. Tasa, Contributor Ω The TRU senate isn’t looking at reforming its election rules for student representatives to the senate and board of governors to prevent a repeat of the problems faced in the last election. The election was held online from Dec. 8 to Dec. 22, 2011, at the same time as exams … Continue reading
Taylor Rocca, Roving Editor Ω Let’s just face it: university students typically aren’t the poster boys or girls for respectable sleep hygiene. We drink mass amounts of coffee, energy drinks and ingest numerous other stimulants in order to battle our way through heavy workloads, tiring employment and over-indulgent partying. At the time, it probably seems … Continue reading
Cavelle Layes, Omega Contributor Ω TRU student representative Adrian Miller spent the weekend in jail due to another apparent breach of the conditions of his probation. His detainment caused the board of governors to postpone his official swearing-in ceremony Friday afternoon. Miller was elected to the Senate and board in December by TRU students but … Continue reading
Mike Davies, Editor-in-Chief Ω In front of approximately 200 students (admittedly mostly from the faculty of law), Kamloops city councillors and members of the B.C. law community, The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada, gave a talk entitled, “Legal Education and the Challenges of Access to Justice,” in Thompson Rivers University’s Irving … Continue reading
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Taylor Rocca, Roving Editor Ω With more than 1,600 international students from over 80 countries enrolled at TRU, International Days is a truly special week. Running from Feb. 6 to 10, it was a weeklong celebration of campus cultural diversity featuring more than 65 events. “It has basically grown every year,” said Krista Bergmann, event … Continue reading
Brendan Kergin, News Editor Ω Some may have noticed a cooling trend sweeping through the buildings of TRU last Wednesday. Feb. 9 has been dubbed Sweater Day by the World Wildlife Fund, and the TRU Environment and Sustainability Department got the school involved this year. Temperatures in the larger buildings across the campus were turned … Continue reading
