The Eyeopener [http://www.theeyeopener.com/]is reporting that the RSU is cutting its funding for student bursaries this year in favour of putting more money into lobbying the government for tuition cuts. My opinion is that this is a very poor decision. Wasting money on lobbying the government for…
My recent post about the Vice-President (Education), an appointee of the SRA – not elected Vice-President by students, and her placement of an editorial in the Sil has generated plenty of traffic to my website. It seems that someone emailed a lot of people about it. I like to welcome the…
All of these from only two loonies.…
All of these from only two loonies.…
TheWinnipeg Sun is reporting [http://winnipegsun.com/News/Manitoba/2006/10/18/2058942-sun.html] that Gordon Giesbrecht, commonly referred to on campus and around the world as “Dr. Popsicle”, is launching a new book. I think this guy is very cool (actually cold) and I definitely am going to be…
The Argosy has more information on what actions the SU at Mt. A is taking in regards to recent events [http://www.joeycoleman.ca/archives/2006/09/15/universities_and_offcampus_behaviour.html] in Sackville. Link to The Argosy.ca article “SAC launches forum for RCMP complaints” [http://www.argosy.…
Tonight, I received an email directing me to take a look at a new project proposed for downtown Hamilton. I have a picture here of a proposed “McMaster Graduate Residence” that will be located on prime real estate in Downtown Hamilton. The southwest corner of Main and Hughson right across…
The Silhouette published an perplexing editorial written under the supervision of Chris Jaic and Shaheen Georgee about Kyra Machen’s attempt to have a bylaw that dictates who goes to OUSA conferences so that she can guarantee that the OUSA campus coordinator automatically gets to attend the conference. The editorial…