An interesting post from a UManitoba student

I will give you a snippet: > …could I not then sue the University of Manitoba for my exhausted, fatigued state and damages to my self-compusure… Go read the whole post over at The Advertures of Bindy Lou Freebush: Can I Sue? [http://bindyloufreebush.blogspot.com/2006/10/can-i-sue.html]…

History repeats itself at SFSS?

Today I came across the following from a 1996 edition [http://www.peak.sfu.ca/the-peak/96-1/issue1/forum.html]of The Peak: > After the summer hiatus, Forum members decided to begin steps to hold a referendum on SFSS membership in CFS. The move was sparked by problems with the…

SFSS Memo to Staff

You can read the full memo on a student website at SFU: http://www.sfu.ca/~yangz/memo.pdf > October 26, 2006 The SFSS has been advised by its legal counsel that the purported special general meeting on October 25, 2006 was invalid. As a result, any resolutions purported to…

derpinsel.com » Szathmary and the International Students

There is some discussion occuring at the University of Manitoba [http://www.umanitoba.ca/] about comments made by the UofM President published in the Toban [http://www.themanitoban.com/2006-2007/0927/111.Governing.your.university.php], and a letter of response published the following week. [http://www.themanitoban.com/2006-2007/…

An interesting Letter to Editor in the Spectator today

There is an interesting letter in the Spec [http://www.thespec.com] today.  Prior to reading it, I did not realize that Cam Jackson and Garth Turner both represent the same riding.  The writer of the letter points out this means the riding could be argued to be effectively without…

T.A. Negotiations at Mac

McMaster’s website is reporting the following: [http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/story.cfm?id=4318] > Update on CUPE vote October 26, 2006 Teaching Assistants, represented by CUPE Local 3906 Unit 1, voted Thursday to conduct a further ratification vote on the University’s offer for a renewal collective agreement. There…