The University of Windsor is the latest university to release its presidential contract. Not much to report in it. The president, who just took office on Tuesday, gets less than a year in “retirement allowance” and a few other perks. The contract is only eight pages long and can be…
A University of British Columbia student plead guilty yesterday to two counts of making threats and two counts of mischief after plotting against the university earlier this year. Hwi Lee, 19, made separate threats against the university in January and February, which resulted in a partial shutdown of the university…
I have to give Sheena Goodyear props for a good argument [http://bondpapers.blogspot.com/2008/07/sheena-goodyear-casts-critical-eye-on.html] . I disagree with her, but I’m bias – I love a CDS who isn’t a bureaucrat first.…
University of Western Ontario President Paul Davenport will receive hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in retirement and termination benefits, according to details in his contract released by the university today. > Read Davenport’s entire contract [http://www.joeycoleman.ca/files/Macleans/UWO_president_Davenport_Contract.pdf] yourself and…
Prime Minister Harper put a price tag [http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=n070279A] on his alleged personality of $1-million. $1-million? This assumes he has a personality and that it be worth a million bucks.…
It’s a bad idea [http://newsdurhamregion.com/news/article/101863], but it doesn’t actually hurt anyone.…
The University of Lethbridge is recovering from damage caused by 45 millimetres of torrential rain which dropped during a two hour period on Canada Day. The rain caused widespread flooding in low-lying areas of the city of 83,960 people, forcing the mayor to declare a state of emergency. The…
When I received last week’s CUP (Canadian University Press) wire in my inbox, I was a little surprised by their choice of lead story. It was “Student unions join forces for Fight Fees 14,” by Nora Loreto of the Ryerson Free Press.Yes, that Nora Loreto – former RSU president,…