Originally published in The McMaster Silhouette on 18 March 2010 ** ** The CASA question gets withdrawn VP (education) changes horses in mid-stream on membership issue The questions surrounding the resignation of Arati Sharma as national director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) are swirling and McMaster’s at the…
Cornell University is trying to cope with two suspected student suicides in the last week, another suicide less than a month ago, and three suicides which occurred earlier in the academic year. With six deaths this year, Cornell is sparing no resource in addressing the situation. The Cornell Daily Sunreports…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper took to YouTube last night to answer questions from Canadians. At 31:29 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5tWSMwhGkc#t=31m29s] in his online interview, Harper received a post-secondary education question. “University students are expected to pay back so much money, plus interest, after furthering…
I went for coffee last week with a person that lived in the same residence as me at the University of Manitoba. During our conversation, we discussed memories of living on-campus at the university. I spoke about how greatly I enjoy my summer trips to the campus each year. I…
Arati Sharma resigned Monday as National Director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. According to a statement [http://www.joeycoleman.ca/2010/03/15/statement-by-canadian-alliance-of-student-associations-on-nd-resignation/] released by CASA she is “pursuing new opportunities in her home city of Toronto.” Other than a brief statement from CASA, a cone of…
Arati Sharma resigned Monday as National Director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. According to a statement [http://www.joeycoleman.ca/2010/03/15/statement-by-canadian-alliance-of-student-associations-on-nd-resignation/] released by CASA she is “pursuing new opportunities in her home city of Toronto.” Other than a brief statement from CASA, a cone of…
The following statement has been provided by the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (www.casa-acae.ca [http://www.casa-acae.com/]): > “This is to confirm that Arati Sharma has chosen to not seek a second term as the National Director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, and is pursuing new…
Tonight, I was finishing up some reading at The Second Cup in Westdale when a young lady caught my eye as she was trying to find seating in the coffee shop. A few minutes before, I was thinking about seating behaviour and how my sitting at a four person table…