Expelling the messenger
As someone who was hounded by the McMaster Students Union’s attempts to have me charged with “harassment” under McMaster University’s Student Code of Conduct, it should come as no surprise that I do not support these codes. Non-academic codes of conduct have received a great deal of attention…
Allan Rock wins the leadership
It’s official, Allan Rock is the next leader of the University of Ottawa.…
Why I’m not part of the vast right-wing conspiracy
I am planning to attend a Fraser Institute event in the morning. The FI is bringing Norman LaRocque from New Zealand to speak in Toronto on the topic of post-secondary education. (Spoiler Alert: I think he will call for increased tuition) I say “planning to attend” because the…
Suspect arrested for York U sex assaults
Toronto police have arrested and charged a 45-year old male in connection with three sexual assaults. At least two of the three assaults occurred at York University. On March 16, a woman running to catch a city bus was inappropriately touched by a male. The suspect fled on…
Finally a post which combines my two passions: Colbert and post-secondary education
Colbert delivered a speech to graduates at Princeton University in which called on the students to not change the world. "You can change the world," Colbert said. "Please don’t do that, OK? Some of us like the way things are going now." (This post is dedicated to my…
Is Israel the new France?
A stereotype of France is that some large union is always on strike. I’m starting to believe the same can be said of the Israeli education system. It seems there is always a strike occurring. Even when they settle a strike, it only takes a couple of days…
Transferability of credits is problem in the U.S. as well
Jay Mathews, Education Columnist for The Washington Post, wrote an interesting column yesterday summarizing the findings of Louisville Courier-Journal reporter Nancy C. Rodriguez’s investigative report on Kentucky’s community college transfer system. Kentucky, like many states, has legislation requiring universities to transfer credits from the college system into the…
Someone call 911, there’s a douchebag party a happenin’
I am writing a longer post about student codes of conduct at the present time. In my research, I stumbled across this example of an university taking it’s code too far. Seattle University administrators recently sent an email warning a group of students that a off-campus party could…
Saving the career of a new student politician
That’s exactly what this week’s column in The Peak by J.J. McCullough has done. Coles Note version: – Outsider gets elected to student government ousting an insider – Student government insiders don’t like this – Find way to keep ousted insider involved in the student government – Await…
It’s a start
The Canadian Federation of Students gave some student media access to their recent national conference in Ottawa. This is a good first step on their part and a huge leap forward from their position of a year ago. The Student Society of McGill University can be proud. They…