In the news - February 8

CAMPUS PRESS * BC-CFS chair downplays leaked campaign document [http://www.themanitoban.com/2007-2008/0206/150.CFSupdate.php] by DAVID KARP, Canadian University Press * Security called during raucous RSU debate [http://www.theeyeopener.com/article/3779], The Eyeopener * Editorial: Blessed be the qualified [http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/12140] , The Gauntlet…

Soundwave vs. Dollansky

[![](http://www.joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/video65470bb4e5f1.jpg)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6klaUw997Qo&rel=1) “We do not inherit this Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from Megatron!” – Soundwave…

Federal government to amend Canada Student Loans Act

The federal government tabled Bill C-40 [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=3242337&Language=e&Mode=1&File=24] in the House of Commons Monday. The Bill will amendment both the Canada Students Loans Act and Canada Student Financial Assistance Act to give full-time student status to…

McMaster University Library best in North America

McMaster University’s library has been named [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/wp-admin/post-new.phphttp:/www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2008/january2008/academic08.htm] the top academic library in North America by the American Library Association. The Association of College and Research Libraries gave McMaster its “Excellence in Academic Libraries Award”…

Mount Allison gets $3-mil for student centre

The New Brunswick government announced Tuesday that it will be giving Mount Allison University three million dollars towards the construction of a student centre. “I am pleased to announce an investment of more than $3 million towards Mount Allison’s new student centre,” Ed Doherty, Minister of Post-Secondary Education said.…

MSU election is a mess - as per usual

The McMaster Students’ Union election has been nothing short of a disaster again this year after only four school days of campaigning prior to voting taking place. (The two days of voting did allow campaigning and one day prior to voting was lost due to snow) The elections committee spent…

Vote for me

“Annoyed with student politicians earnestly trying to convince you that the world will descend into anarchy if they aren’t elected? Does anarchy sound worth a try?” If you agree, you might have wanted to vote last month for the student politician who authored of those words: Fire Hydrant. The…

Laptop containing private student data stolen

Memorial University informed [http://today.mun.ca/news.php?news_id=3531] its students that a professor’s stolen laptop contained private information about students in two classes. The professor returned from an out-of-province trip to discover his private residence had been broken into and his personal laptop stolen. The…