The Young Greens of Canada [http://generationgreen.ca] are currently holding their National Executive elections. They have a good election page [http://generationgreen.ca/candidates.htm] with information on all the candidates. There are three of the candidates for Male Co-Chair that have blogs: Sean McFee [http://seanmcfee.blogspot.com/…
This week, the Editorial of the Stoney Creek News [http://www.stoneycreeknews.com]**makes mention of how little McMaster University does for the City of Hamilton as a whole: > Hamilton’s two other important institutions must also contribute more to rebuilding the confidence and trust of the community – the Hamilton…
The University of Arizona [http://www.arizona.edu]has extended their Student Code of Conduct off-campus as reported [http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/160340] by the Arizona Daily Star [http://www.azstarnet.com] in a story entitled “UA to start penalties for red-tag students [http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/160340]…
The Sheaf [http://www.thesheaf.com]recently (just prior to Christmas) took up membership in CUP. Last year, The Sheaf ran a cartoon called “Capitalist Pig” which generated a great amount of controversy. Membership in CUP will prove to be very helpful if a similar event occurs in the future.…
Zac Spicer, a McMaster Student who does a great job of blogging on his blog: Towards A Just Society [http://towardsajustsociety.blogspot.com/], posted on Facebook [http://mcmaster.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2228042334&ref=nf] that Mark Holland [http://www.markholland.ca/] (M.P. Ajax-Pickering) will be speaking at…
I do not know how I feel about this one right now. I think it is meaningful but I also feel that it is not concise. Anyway, here it is: > It is often said that knowledge is power or something to that effect. It is said that in order to…
My column in the Silhouette usually generates a lot of conversation. A few weeks ago, I wrote my first column. It was about the pillars of democracy. In it, I mentioned the poor coverage of The Other Press [http://www.theotherpress.ca] at Douglas College in covering the DSU scandal…
Wajid Khan [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wajid_Khan], MP for Mississauga-Streetsville [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississauga%E2%80%94Streetsville] left the Liberal Party of Canada today to join the Conservative Party of Canada [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada] and the Government Caucus. This is…