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Liquid calories - waisted

Calorie-laden drinks may feel great on your taste buds but they are not good for your waistline. Even though many drinks contain the same amount of calories as a decent sized snack, they don't contribute to your food satisfaction, and therefore likely won't decrease the amount

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Davie a born storyteller

It's easy to picture: a canopy of glimmering stars, crickets chirping in the background, rolling waves lapping against the shore as crisp dry wood crackles in the campfire, and the words of award-winning author and storyteller Michael Davie (BMgt '95) mesmerizing friends with a fantastical tale. "

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Summer sport camps bring an infusion of youth to campus

A youth movement is once again coming to the University of Lethbridge campus – one Frank Huss welcomes with open arms. Huss, the youth and intramurals supervisor for Sport and Recreation Services [http://www.uleth.ca/sportrec], oversees an influx of up to 800 children through the annual summer sport camp

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Fire bell and strobe testing

Those on the University of Lethbridge campus the night of Tuesday, June 15 should be prepared for fire bells and fire strobes as the annual testing program will occur in University Hall and the University Centre for the Arts. Fire bells will be ringing and fire strobes flashing intermittently throughout

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Healthy eating includes healthy snacking

By DIANE BRITTON Healthy eating can be simple if you plan and pack healthy snacks to take with you all day long. It's often a lack of planning that has you in front of a vending machine with the snack monster raging inside. Good snacks should include one

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Kamara presents documentary film

Leaving home is never an easy thing to do, but Desmond Kamara, a recent University of Lethbridge graduate (BA'10), did just that when he travelled from Freetown, Sierra Leone to Calgary, then the University of Lethbridge. Recently, Desmond, or Dez as he prefers to be called, returned to

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Elevator project continues

The continuing Elevator Renewal Project enters a new phase beginning Monday, June 7 with two new elevators taken out of service for upgrades. The project involves replacing 1960s vintage switching systems that control elevator movements. The systems are being replaced with electronic circuit boards. Each elevator in University Hall as

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Library event features music instructors

A talented group of University of Lethbridge music faculty instructors assembles Wednesday, June 2 in the Lethbridge Public Library Theatre as they present Les Nuits d'été/Summer Nights. The 8 p.m. show features performances by Brian Black (piano), Joanne Collier (soprano), Tido Janssen (cello), Stacy Kwak (piano)

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McLaughlin takes on CAUS role

The University of Lethbridge Students' Union [http://www.ulsu.ca] (ULSU) is once again lending its skills and knowledge to the Council of Alberta University Students [http://www.caus.net/] (CAUS). Keith McLaughlin, ULSU vice president academic, has taken on the role of vice-chair for CAUS in the 2010-2011

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Author Hegerat at U of L Bookstore

The University of Lethbridge Bookstore welcomes author Betty Jane Hegerat on Thursday, May 20 as she discusses her works. Hegerat has been a social worker, a teacher and in 2009 was the Writer in Residence for the Calgary Public Library. Newest Press published her first novel, Running Toward Home, in

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Nominations sought for honorary degrees

Nominations are being sought for candidates to receive a University of Lethbridge Honorary Degree. The University seeks to honour those individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the life of our society provincially, nationally and internationally in such areas as the professions, business, public life, philanthropy, the arts, humanities

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Internal Audit can find an easier way

By SONYA VON HEYKING Sunny summer air is sweeping over Lethbridge but many people are struggling to release their worries and bask in the warm optimism of the new season. There have been a lot of changes to our University landscape over the last year and shaking off the frost

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Survey yields a winner

University of Lethbridge student Katherine Tesarowski was drawn as the winner of the iPod Shuffle for her participation in the U of L Communications survey, held recently. Tesarowski was one of 158 students, staff and faculty who responded to the survey and were subsequently entered in a random draw for

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Lasting Images - Eldon Garnet

Eldon Garnet is an internationally acclaimed Canadian artist known for a multidisciplinary approach to his work. Garnet's photographs in the University of Lethbridge Art Collection explore the ideas of life and death in a sincere and surprising manner. While some artists prefer to address mortality indirectly, Garnet embraces

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In The Stillness exhibition opens

The University of Lethbridge showcases the exhibition, In The Stillness, in the Main Art Gallery beginning Friday, May 7. Examining the environment that exists between sculpture and viewer, this exhibition features rarely exhibited sculptural work from the University of Lethbridge Art Collection. Though the works span over 25 years of

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U of L Long Service Awards

The University is holding its annual Long Service Awards and Retirement Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday, May 5, at 1 p.m. in the Students' Union ballrooms. A total of 116 employees who have completed 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 years of service will be honoured, along with

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Max your snacks

Healthy eating can be simple if you plan and pack healthy snacks to take with you all day long. It's often a lack of planning that has you in front of a vending machine with the snack monster raging inside. Good snacks should include one to two food

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Culture Vulture

Culture Vulture Saturdays continue into May this spring with one of the most popular activities of the year-long enterprise on the schedule. "We had so much fun, and this activity was so popular last year, we decided to bring back Portrait Pillows for another year," says Rosalind Jeffrey,

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Feel the Beat features Musaeus String Quartet

A musical stampede thunders its way through Southminster United Church, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, May 18-19, with the final concert of the University of Lethbridge Conservatory of Music's [http://www.uleth.ca/finearts/conservatory] Feel The Beat series. A show for all ages, the program offers a menu

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There might be an easier way

Sunny summer air is sweeping over Lethbridge but many people are struggling to release their worries and bask in the warm optimism of the new season. There have been a lot of changes to our University landscape over the last year and shaking off the frost is going to take

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Loewen ready for challenge

When Dr. Craig Loewen (BEd '84) discusses stepping into the role of acting dean, Faculty of Education [http://www.uleth.ca/edu], he harbours no illusions. "The worst job in the world is following somebody who's been incredibly successful, but there you go," chuckles Loewen,

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Summer program a Spanish expedition

This May, Luz Ospina, academic assistant, Department of Modern Languages [http://www.uleth.ca/fas/mod/], will accompany 11 University of Lethbridge students as they immerse themselves in the language and culture of Mexico City as part of the University's pilot Spanish summer immersion program. "Currently we

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Celebrate Long Service Awards

The University is holding its annual Long Service Awards and Retirement Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday, May 5, at 1 p.m. in the Students' Union ballrooms. A total of 116 employees who have completed 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 years of service will be honoured, along with

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Campus wide fire drills Wednesday

The regularly scheduled campus wide fire drills will be held Wednesday, May 5, beginning at 9 a.m. and rotating throughout campus. When the general fire alarm sounds in your building, occupants will be required to exit that building and follow the instructions of the area Fire Wardens or Assistant

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Modern Languages lecture

Those interested in the study of modern languages [http://www.uleth.ca/fas/mod/] have the opportunity to listen to one of the foremost experts on Michif, Dr. Nicole Rosen [http://zapp.uleth.ca/Applications/CampusDirec/users/nicole.rosen], as she presents a position paper Tuesday afternoon. Rosen, along with