Stanford University has announced that students from families with incomes below $100,000 will no long pay tuition – they will be getting a free ride. Under $60,000 – room and board are free as well. Maybe free tuition will help Stanford attract more intelligent students. Reading their campus paper, it…
I really have to reconsider my career path. Sure, I got to sit in a Porsche – but I think it be cooler to own one instead. (Commerce, here I come!) [http://www.joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/20080214-14631.jpg] Of course, if a sports car is not your thing…
During the recent US college shootings, the campus paper has been the first media outlet on the scene and the first to get substantive reporting out. Last week’s shooting at Northern Illinois University was no exception. The New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/business/media/…
In the original blog post I made on February 5, 2008 I made some false statements about the Canadian Federation of Students. I sincerely apologize for making them, and retract them without reservation.…
The federal and Ontario provincial governments signed an agreement today that will see the federal government spend $1.2 billion dollars over the next six years on skills training in Ontario. The funds will assist individuals, who are not eligible for training under Employment Insurance (EI) programs, to gain literacy…
A college student was arrested for stealing a briefcase containing $140,000 in cash from the home of Tyson Foods Inc. chairman in Arkansas. The briefcase, which belonged to John Tyson, was allegedly stolen during a house party thrown by Tyson’s daughter without his knowing in late December. 19-year-old…
Last week’s shooting at Northern Illinois University seems to have spooked some, with a flurry of false alarms that have led to lock downs. In one case, a report of a person roaming the campus of California State University with an assault rifle has turned out to be a…
The dean of journalism at Northwestern University in Illinois is being investigated for anonymous sources and “the veracity of quotations” in his writings for the alumni magazine. John Lavine cited unnamed students in two introductory letters he wrote for Medill’s alumni magazine last year. He apologized for the use…