July Adventures: Hiking on the Interpretive Fire Trail

Photo: Reaching the peak at nearly 1,100 metres high following an exhausting 18 kilometre hike up. Summer holiday should be a time which we relax and recover from the draining eight months of post-secondary education we have to endure year after year, right? In my opinion, of course! But one of the best strategies I think to recharge your mind and refocus your priorities is to try something new and stay fit! And that is exactly what I did this...

UASU Councillor Report: June 2015

Photo: Focused and hard at work while at the 2015 Wellness Summit at the University of Calgary. Hello everyone,  With the heat pounding down on the city recently, I hope you all are staying cool and hydrated as you enjoy some of the exciting festivities the City of Edmonton has to offer during the summer! As for Students’ Council this month, there are a few exciting things that I would like to share with you all! As I slowly begin...

UASU Councillor Report: May 2015

Photo: Selfie with President Samarasekera at her last General Faculties Council meeting in May 2015. Dear friends, I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer free from exams and stressful assignments. Once again, I would like to extend my most sincere thank-you for electing me as your Science Students’ Union Councillor and General Faculties Council Councillor for this upcoming academic year. This May has been a busy month for Students’...

The Pleasure of Ambiguity

I must admit I have always hated reading in high school English class—yet I enjoy reading poetry. Every time I am assigned readings in class, I dreaded it because I was basically forced to read books that were boring and were not interesting at all. What made it worst was that I was then expected to reiterate what my teacher thought was the “correct” interpretation of the text in some term paper or creative presentation. Believe me, I felt...