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It's pitch time!

Hey everyone! Welcome back to another week of writing for The Gateway! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.We've got a few things leftover from our meeting this week. Take a look, and see if anything looks interesting to you. As always, if you want to write about something you don't see on here, send me a pitch email! I love hearing all of your unique ideas.If you want to write one of the articles in this email, great! Just reply with which one you would like and what your take is on it. If you would like to contact me but don't have my information, that's also not a problem! You can email me right here at [email protected] 

Peggy Garritty elected as the fourth-ever female chancellor

Some of you may have already heard that Peggy Garritty was recently elected as the fourth-ever female chancellor of the university. The chancellor's job is to serve as the honourary head of the University of Alberta, and they also sit on the Board of Governors. This story could be taken from many angles, but perhaps the most interesting is the fact that there have been just four women to sit in this position out of 22 total chancellors.

University of Alberta working on a faster test for COVID-19

We've all heard it: COVID-19 (or Coronavirus) is spreading rapidly. However, there are scientists here at the U of A developing a test to detect it faster and with a much lower false-negative rate, which can currently be as high as 50 per cent. This would be a good story for a short marble pedestal about the science department.

Marble pedestal: spaces on campus

With everything going on right now, sometimes we just need a little positivity. I want you to choose your favourite place on campus and write a marble pedestal about it. It can be short and sweet, and all you have to do is talk about a place you love. This is a really good way to practice writing positively.