Do as I say, not as I do
I wish I had thought of this argument.…
Fanshawe students light fires, interfere with firefighters
Not a good start to the school year in London this weekend with firefighters responding to at least six intentionally started fires. According to a report in the London Free Press, people were tossing beer bottles at firefighters to keep their trucks at bay. Sticking it to the…
Oops ….. Dawson Student Union allows promotion of gambling centre
Sounds like the kind of place a student should spent plenty of time; free food, alcohol and indoor smoking. It’s a well-balanced diet of vice. An ad promoting a gambling centre on the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory appears on the back of the free day planner handed out by…
It was nice knowing you……
It’s official, the world is going to end. A sure sign of the coming apocalypse, the University of Toronto Varsity Blues football team won a football game. Let me repeat that for those of you that are thinking of a more plausible scenario; that the words of this…
Finally, the fall television season begins
I face a dilemma tonight, what shows to download, what order to watch the shows I will download. There are the regulars (Colbert and Stewart) and there are two season premieres. The Shield is back for its final season tonight on the American FX Network. (This was originally…
Random thoughts on the USA presidential race
A favourite hobby of mine is to engage in political speculation. I haven’t jump in on the American presidential elections due to concerns that I wasn’t able to think about the race in a manner that was not overly subjective. I’m a huge John McCain fan. I have…
Do they know that email serves the same purpose?
Do you remember the draft student code of conduct unveiled this spring at the University of Ottawa? Yes, that code. The one which sparked student protests in the month of April and was criticized from all directions. Turns out that was just the University of Ottawa’s way of…
Concordia raises tuition fees paid by international students
Concordia University’s Board of Governors voted Friday to raise tuition fees paid by International students. The 10 per cent increase is effective immediately. The increase follows a summer long game of cat and mouse between the university and the Concordia Students’ Union. The university attempted multiple times to…
$100,000 and it’s not done for September
Back in July, I noted another story in The Cord Weekly about plans by the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union to spend upwards of $165,000 on a new website. I entitled my post “The website better wipe my a@@ for me” figuring that kind of money should include…
WLU food
Okay, bare with me, it’s been a long summer without student newspaper content to blog about and I’m overly excited by the start of the new academic year. The Cord Weekly includes a story about WLU attempts to improve food service at its “Fresh Food Company” cafeteria. Reading…