The University of Iowa has partially [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h9UQYuWtydwjCgAFJZvY3EEW3puQD932M3RG0] lifted [http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080908/NEWS01/809080323/1079] restrictions on an annual corn eating contest in the corn producing state. Last year, the university’s vice president for student services banned the…
Stephen Harper has decided were going to have an election; the law be damned. I’m not going to hide my excitement about the election; After all, I’m majoring in political science for a reason; I love politics. I’ve already decided which of my local candidates I’m…
John Edwards is going into the embarrassment protection program until after election day and has cancelled [http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2008/9/5/john-edwards-cancels-speaking-events.html?s_cid=rss:paper-trail:john-edwards-cancels-speaking-events] his scheduled appearance later this month at the University of Buffalo. I was planning to take the trip…
The first week of the new academic year is over and the majority of students will have purchased all their required textbooks by the end of the weekend. They will not know if they purchased them in the proper way to receive Dalton McGuinty’s new Textbook and Technology Grant…
Students at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario are definitely testing the old claim that post-secondary students are our best and brightest. The first week of classes at Fanshawe have been a downright liquor-fueled mess marked with senseless destruction and mayhem. Things got off to a horrible start on the weekend…
It’s workers versus employer at the University of Victoria as over 75 members of the United Steelworkers hit the picket line Friday demanding better wages and working conditions. The twist in this labour dispute is that both parties are unions. The USW workers are employed by the University of…
Finally, the poor dancing ends. Next week’s entertainment, all the videos will create from John McCain’s speech in front of the green screen.…
My buddy, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Monte Solberg is not running [http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/09/04/on-the-plus-side-maybe-now-he-can-start-blogging-again/] for re-election. I am just as shocked as everyone else (especially since I make it my business to stalk him). Solberg performed very well in his portfolio. While…