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1966
University of Calgary students in the fall of 1966 protest a
newly enforced rule prohibiting card playing during busy
meal hours in the residence dining room. Students protest by
playing Monopoly and other board games—but no cards.
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1970
Condoms become a new addition to campus bathrooms.
The cost of one cellophaned genuine latex product
was $0.25. |
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1971
Poplar, spruce, elm, birch, and evergreen trees from Calgary
backyards, estates, and nurseries are transplanted onto
university grounds. Several hundred Calgarians jumped at the
chance to donate when the university announced trees were
needed for the campus. |
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1974
The first ATM (or what was then referred to as an automated
teller terminal) in western Canada and the first on any
campus in Canada is installed at the University of Calgary.
The machines accept Campus Bank Cards, which were
provided to students if they demonstrated good credit ratings. |
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1975
In April, what used to be the Arts and Science Faculty
becomes three separate faculties and a college—
the Faculties of Humanities, Science, and Social Science.
William Cochrane made the announcement. |
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1976
The university’s first daycare centre opens on
January 12. Sixty children spend their days in the centre
on the main floor of Mac Hall. |
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1979
The first facility at the University of Calgary to be
built with funds from a private source is the Nickle
Arts Museum. To give back to Calgary and Alberta,
Samuel C. Nickle donates $1 million. |
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1982
The U of C unveils a new mascot—
Dexter—at a cost of $3,000. |
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1987
The 19.88-metre exterior sculpture sitting outside the Olympic
Oval, Spire,
designed by Charles Boyce, is erected. Spire, valued at $130,000,
represents a progression of human movement. The forms of the sculpture
represent crawling, walking, running, jumping, and flying. The outline
of
Spire becomes a spaceship reaching out to explore the galaxy. Spire
consists of 20 tonnes of welded steel. |
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1988
On May 1, individuals can no longer decide on their own if
they can smoke in their private offices. Offices are declared
department spaces, and individual departments decide if
certain offices will be smoking or non-smoking.
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1992
April 7 marks the official campus-wide expansion
of paper recycling. |
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1993
The cast and crew of the Disney film Cool Runnings take over the
Olympic Oval and its adjacent link with the physical education
complex for two days in early February. A 100-person crew and
more than 100 actors and extras re-enact the arrival and
registration of teams for Olympic qualifying rounds. |
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1996
On July 7, alumnus Bob Thirsk returns to Earth after his
first space flight aboard mission STS-78. Thirsk graduated
from the Faculty of Engineering with a degree in mechanical
engineering before going on to become an astronaut. |
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2002
New Mac Hall is finished. This music and conference
venue is worth $9 million, measures in at 50,000 square
feet and can fit 1,800 people. The hall is just a part of the
$13 million expansion of the students’ centre. |
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2005
Red and yellow–striped bikes are placed all around the
university campus in October as a free—and environmentally
friendly—way to travel across campus. |
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2006
The U of C leads development of Campus Calgary Digital
Library. The digital library will offer users unsurpassed
access to digital information. |
