SIU investigating after 18-year-old student seriously injured by police

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is conducting an investigation after a 18-year-old student was injured in a struggle with police near London’s Fanshawe College. The unidentified 18-year-old suffered a fractured orbital bone under his left eye during a struggle with police as they were trying to arrest him at…

Link Dump

I’m working in the morning and have too many tabs open – it’s time for a link dump! A textbook case of piracy [http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2008/09/09/a_textbook_case_of_piracy/] – The Boston Globe Hacker breaks into Carleton students’ accounts [http://www.canada.…

30 years later and dorm window latch is still broken

A freshman at Michigan State University is really following in his father’s footsteps at the school – he is living in the same dorm room as his father did in 1978. The room has the same floor, wall colour and blinds as it did in 1978. The room also has…

UTSU exec resigns and students won’t get to elect successor

The Varsity reports [http://www.thevarsity.ca/article/4233] the vice-president university affairs of the University of Toronto Students’ Union, Binish Ahmed, has resigned for personal reasons. But students shouldn’t expect to be able to elect their new representative. UTSU bylaws do not require elections to be held for…

Double check your headlines Coleman

The editors have decided to place my blog headlines on the front page and are telling me that I need to double check my headlines. This message will self-destruct in 30 seconds.…