I Love Mackay Cartoons
I always look forward to Mackay’s cartoons in the Spectator. Frankly, it is the best part of the Spectator to me. I always get a good chuckle or am made to think about the subject matter when I see his cartoons. This is his latest:…
Moving My Blogging Activities on Student Politics
Hey Everyone, I am moving most of my student politics blogging over to Macleans where I am now blogging as well. Bookmark the site: http://forums.macleans.ca/advansis/?mod=for&act=dis&eid=54 The RSS feed is: http://forums.macleans.ca/advansis/publish/rss54.xml Now what is this all about? Basically, Macleans launched a brand new University section of their website today. …
The Long Night of Counting Sheep, I Mean Votes
Tonight, at least three students’ union (that I know of) finished voting today and are in the process of tabulating the results: the University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union, Simon Fraser Students’ Society, and the York Federation of Students. All three of these races have some interesting aspects to…
StudentUnion.ca obtains DSU Case Court Documents
Titus Gregory, who blogs at www.studentunion.ca, today posted most of the court documents from the Supreme Court of British Columbia in the matter of Society of the Douglas Students’ Union v. Douglas College. He paid over $300 in photocopy costs in order to obtain these documents which are…
Ontario Budget Today
I will be offline during the afternoon and early evening today. I do not expect to be back online until after 10pm EDT. I will try to post on the budget tonight. I will be speaking to the President of OUSA and the Chair of CFS-O tonight. I…
Did You Know?
There is something called The Québec Federation of Maple Syrup? I watch www.newswire.ca for any stories that may be of interest to The Silhouette and this jumped out at me. It is not a news story or anything but I found it interesting: The Québec Federation of Maple Syrup…
Ontario election budget for students
Today the McGuinty Liberal government in Ontario will be releasing what should be their last budget before going to the polls this October. They may do a mini-budget in the late summer or right after Labour Day but there is a decent chance this will be their election…
Perspectives Magazine – New Issue Available
I just received the following information in an email: Perspectives Magazine: The Powerless Issue — is now out!Pick up your free copy at the Sheep Table in the Student Center tomorrow March 22, Friday March 23, Monday March 26, Tuesday March 27. There will also be copies available at…
McMaster Founded Student Group Branch at Brock Featured in Brock Press
The Brock Press reports on a student group called “Rockin’ in The Free World” in the paper this week:Brock is Rockin’ In The Free World for autism…
CFS Report on the Needs of Muslim Students
Today the Canadian Federation of Students Ontario released a report on the needs of Muslim students at Ontario universities. There are points in it that I agree with and points that I disagree with. I believe that universities should declare academic amnesty for any religious holiday which is…