CBC News: Ottawa students sue for more teaching assistants

Good Job UOttawa students!   I have to also give a tip of the hat to the courts for not charging these students the filing fee.  I have gain a lot of confidence in the courts just for that.  They are allowing these citizens to seek what they believe is justice.…

CUSA: You Can Have Your Freedom of Speech Somewhere Else

Freedom of Speech is under attack.  The place that it is most under attack is on university campuses.   The most recent example is at Carleton (CFS Local 1) where Council is about to ban completely any debate on the abortion issue.  This instead of promoting debate and letting people decide…

Mention in this week's Toban

I got a mention in this weeks Toban for my work almost two years ago on UMSU Council: I miss my UMSU Council days, great debate, great people I represented (That includes Caleb despite the recall, btw I lost your email man, get in touch), the other members of Council…

Mention in this week's Toban

I got a mention in this weeks Toban for my work almost two years ago on UMSU Council: I miss my UMSU Council days, great debate, great people I represented (That includes Caleb despite the recall, btw I lost your email man, get in touch), the other members of Council…

SFSS Court Case Coverage on SFU Biology Grad Caucus Blog

The SFU Biology Grad Caucus Blog [http://biscgrads.blogspot.com]has an update from one of their leaders [http://biscgrads.blogspot.com/2006/11/sfss-1st-day-in-court.html] on the SFU court case today: > SFSS – 1st day in court I attended the SFSS court hearing earlier today. Don Crane (attorney for the…

The Gazette :: Pushy campaigns help no one

The Green Party campaigned heavily in the recent by-election in the riding of London-North-Centre [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_North_Centre], this included campaigning on the campus of UWO [http://www.uwo.ca].  Credit should be given for at least entering a campus to campaign, however as the Gazette…