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discovery" (whatever those are). The cuts were to upkeep, recurring costs (like phones), administrative staff, maintenance, and professorial positions. A quick survey of the U of A directory shows that most professors in the English department haven't gotten their landlines back, so that cut was not remedied by the additional funding.
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have more far-reaching implications. When does something like this become history?? When someone does something so vile and disgusting?? No, the best way to prevent this is to educate and show so that future student can learn from the mistakes that others have done. This is how campus life grows, I await your reply
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Undid revision as though this contains some new links, many are from the University of Alberta newspaper, the Gateway, and this has had far reaching implications for student life. The social media app chillabit which was created by students at the University of Alberta had since had its servers taken
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Hello, I am posting here as requested. The additions I have added are not run of the mill in Canadian Universities, our culture is a lot different here compared to that of American institutions. That being said news shapes the campus life at our University, and the implications of that occurrence
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In the Knowledge (XXG) article about the University of Alberta, it is said that the music to the University of Alberta Cheer Song was derived from the Russian National Anthem. At the time that the Cheer Song was composed, that song would have been "God Save the Tsar" (featured, memorably, in the
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This says to me that the fundraising is going to bursaries and scholarships (again, not paying for maintenance or staff), existing teacher salaries and recruiting (no mention of rehiring laid off professors, or paying for maintenance and support staff), and "programs that foster creativity and
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I just updated the article's lead, as there was no discussion of the university's finances since 2005. A lot has happened, and I think there is enough information out there to justify a new finances section including information on the university's tuition, student fees, budget situation, and
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The sentence implies the fundraising offset budget cuts, but I don't see anything in the source that would lead me to believe the money raised went into the general coffers. The page is promotional and designed to recruit people to the U of A. Its wording is intentionally vague, stating that
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I've been noticing a lot of edits to this page. While the majority of these are changes for the better, please remember to use the edit summary field when posting to let people know what you're up to. Please follow
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It is not a run of the mill news item for our univeristy, ~~~~ please help condense it down to a smaller segment if you would like ~~~~
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That being said, the reference might serve as a decent source for a general finances section, so I've preserved it here. --
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endowment. As it stands, the financial section is now the largest section in the lead. Thoughts? --
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Is there a way to upload a logo (a coat of arms) for this article? I couldn't find anything.
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had this revision description regarding removing the section "Other Occurrences":
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Many thanks to TownsendS for overhauling this article over the past few weeks.
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Their addition was a run-of-the-mill news item, which I deleted.
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