Tomorrow may be Super Tuesday [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Tuesday], Sunday may have been Super Bowl Sunday – but these will be nothing compared to my Super Thursday! This Thursday, I will be travelling to Ryerson University for the student debate of the decade* – the Ryerson Students’ Union electorial…
I am working on another “nickel and diming the student body [http://www.macleans.ca/education/universities/article.jsp?content=20070709_107134_107134] ” article. I want to focus on fees that have fancy names implying that they are spent on something useful for students but actually are blatant cash grabs.…
I missed a city committee meeting agenda item on public transit this morning because of missing buses on the McMaster lines. I thought that was a bit ironic… then I read the Bloor subway in Toronto had a car derail [http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=n020414A] last night.…
Google Search Term: one giant orgy of corruption [http://www.google.ca/search?q=one+giant+orgy+of+corruption&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:official&client=firefox-a]…
An associate of former Kwantlen University College Student Association head Aaron Takhar (read the story of his corrupt rein here [http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20070910_109140_109140&source=srch]) has been shot dead in what police are describing as a targeted gang killing. NEWS1130 in Vancouver reports…
Statement from St. Thomas University [http://www.stu-info.ca/news_item.aspx?id=2913&recordId=1]: Negotiations between St. Thomas University and the Faculty Association have continued since Wednesday, January 30 with the assistance of a mediator from the Provincial Government. During negotiations, there was a serious impasse on the…
“Yesterday, Matlow said one member of the gallery swore at him and said, “We’re going to shut the Jewish schools.” Another person came down the hallway after him, making the same threat. Anti-Semitic comments were again made during a conversation between Matlow and three others at board headquarters on…
There is a group called “Expel or Suspend Salman Hossain [http://mcmaster.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21795853896]” now on Facebook. The membership primarily consists of UTM students who are, rightfully, angry to be associated with this…