Off to watch the debate

Tonight is the School Board Trustee’s debate. I am heading out there to see it. I am really going to try to figure out who I am going to endorse in my home ward. The last contested Trustee election in Ward 5 was in 2000. I ran that year.…

CTV.ca | University of Alberta tops Maclean's rankings

CTV repors on the release today of the Maclean’s rankings.   I picked up a copy.   I am very happy to see that the work I started when on UMSU Council continues with Matt and UMSPAR getting mentioned in the Maclean’s issue this year.  It also shows how the…

Chill out!

Gee, I take part of a day off and you bug me about it!  You know who you are.  lol BTW, I love TVUplayer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVUnetworks].  It is a bit of a rage here in the BLUE lounge at Mac.…

Angry at Colbert

I thought there was a Threatdown and there was not!  I wanted to be scared! Okay, I am not so angry at Colbert, he did Better Know A District [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Know_A_District]!  My second favourite segment after the Threatdown [http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/…

Globe and Mail releases Annual University Report Card

This will definitely of interest to a large segment of my readership.  The Globe and Mail has published their annual report card of Canada’s universities.  I don’t get much weight to the ranking because they are unscientific and rely upon the opinion of students who do not really…

Hamilton Spectator - November 2nd Issue

A little nervous right now and having a rough time getting to sleep so I am reading the Hamilton Spectator [http://www.thespec.com] online right now.  Here are the stories that I have read of interest: 1. No room for poppies: Store gives war veteran the boot [http://www.…

Overwhelmed!

I am feeling overwhelmed right now. It is midterm time, that seems to be the main cause. Plus, I am getting an amazing amount of emails. KEEP them coming. I am working on getting through them all. If I do not get back to you right away, I will. I…