I face a dilemma tonight, what shows to download, what order to watch the shows I will download. There are the regulars (Colbert [http://www.colbertnation.com] and Stewart [http://www.thedailyshow.com/]) and there are two season premieres. The Shield is back for its final season tonight on the…
A favourite hobby of mine is to engage in political speculation. I haven’t jump in on the American presidential elections due to concerns that I wasn’t able to think about the race in a manner that was not overly subjective. I’m a huge John McCain fan. I…
Do you remember the draft student code of conduct unveiled this spring at the University of Ottawa? Yes, that code. The one which sparked student protests [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/04/26/u-of-o-students-clash-with-university-over-code-of-conduct/] in the month of April and was criticized from all directions. Turns out that was…
Concordia University’s Board of Governors voted [http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=7ec4c756-2ad6-4206-b882-f2b2fdbb6a58] Friday to raise tuition fees paid by International students. The 10 per cent increase is effective immediately. The increase follows a summer long game of cat and mouse between the university and the…
Back in July, I noted another story in The Cord Weekly about plans by the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union to spend upwards of $165,000 on a new website. I entitled my post “The website better wipe my a@@ for me [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/07/14/…
Okay, bare with me, it’s been a long summer without student newspaper content to blog about and I’m overly excited by the start of the new academic year. The Cord Weekly includes a story [http://www.cordweekly.com/cordweekly/myweb.php?hls=10034&news_id=1901] about WLU…
Yes, I know my blog post is more than eight hours after the story broke. On the weekends, and the odd weekday, I hold down a part-time job. Normally, nothing happens on the weekend. Today was one of those rare times when something does.…
Ontario’s more than 500,000 college students can breathe a little easier following the announcement of a tentative agreement between the province’s 24 public colleges and over 7,000 support staff represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. Today’s announcement follows a marathon weekend session of…