News Section
zinia jaswal – news editor
zinia@carillonregina.com
Hello everyone! We’re writing for the second issue of the winter semester and I’ve listed some pitches below. Feel free to reach out with story tips, claim a pitch, pitch a story of your own, or to ask any questions you might have about contributing to the Carillon by sending me an email @ zinia@carillonregina.com
Articles will be due by 5:00 p.m. on the following Wednesday, January 14, early submissions are welcomed and encouraged, and I’m happy to talk about the interviewing, drafting, and the editing process with you at any step along the way.
In your email, include your name, length of story (half page: 550-750 words, full page: 950- 1,150), and angles you would like to take. If you have an idea and don’t know how to execute it, I would be happy to help network, recommend sources and resources, and aid in the writing process to help you build the strongest story possible.
Student access to services
With a new semester underway, go around campus and take a look at student services being offered. Be it mental health services, health services, the student success center, student tuitions, advisors. Talk to these services and to students around you, which services are the hardest to access, are budget cuts making these services harder to access?
Make sure to get the names/ program of study of the people you talk to and gather insights from a diverse group of students.
Carillon’s weather report, in and out of class.
Students who live farther from campus say they mostly rely on city buses, but long wait times, missed connections, and winter delays can make getting to class stressful and unreliable. This story would look at how housing and public transit affect student experiences. Should classes take place in extremely cold weather? Classes get cancelled when the professor can’t make it to class but what if students can’t make it to class? Look at the weather for next week, and talk to students around campus for this.
Make sure to get the names/ program of study of the people you talk to and gather insights from a diverse group of students.
Province Caps Tuition Increase
The provincial government has announced a major funding agreement with Saskatchewan
post secondary education institutions. The agreement also states the government has agreed to the tuition increase limit: the limit of 4% for domestic undergraduate programs will be decreased to 3%.
Write an article about how the funding will affect education in Saskatchewan and how will students benefit from it? Will there be a decrease or increase in scholarships? Are students relieved to hear about this change?
Write about this and talk to students!
Interview student clubs
While union changes and funding debates continue, most student services, clubs, and resource centres at UofR remain operational and funded even as the Engineering Society remains inactive.
Which groups and offices are functioning smoothly (e.g., Women’s Centre, UR Pride, student advocacy)?
What challenges have they faced behind the scenes (delayed budgets, staffing changes, uncertainty).
Has stability due to improved URSU’s end? How are engineering students impacted; no events, no representation, no levy spending?
Carillon on the move!
Carillon on the move is a series for the students, about the students. It gives the opportunity to students to voice their opinions about what’s happening on campus. For example, some ideas for interview topics to ask students on could be: Do students like the food on campus? Ask students about the protective services? Have they ever phoned them? Do they actually help? What more can they do to help students on campus? Where’s the best people-watching or coffee spot on campus? Which food spot do students go to after class? What are your tips for tackling this semester? Do students go to the wellness center? Has it ever helped?
You must speak to three or more students to complete the article. Make sure to ask for their full name, pronouns, program of study, and year of study in their program.
