Douglas Student Union put in receivership
According to a comment on my blog: DSU has been put in Receivership. A judge appointed receiver to the DSU yesterday January 10, 2006. Marnie Jensen, a UVIC student union manager, will now become an officer of the court as the receiver, and will be in this position…
SFU Biology Grad Caucus: Hattie Aitken reinstated as SFSS Grad Issues Coordinator
Clea Moray reports the following information: Hattie Aitken reinstated as SFSS Grad Issues Coordinator The following email was just sent to department reps by the SFSS.———————from: Sam Bradd SFSS OrganiserThe Simon Fraser Student Society is pleased to announce that Hattie Aitken has been reinstated with full back pay…
StarPhoenix Article on Manitoba Tax Rebate Mentions USSU Exec Mbr
Alice Collins is a 20-year-old University of Saskatchewan student. Active in student politics and planning a career in law, she’s a promising recruit for employers when she graduates The article is behind a subscription wall: http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=24163607-7ac9-452b-9b3a-ead63fd49c8c…
Young Greens of Canada Elections (Green Party Youth Wing)
The Young Greens of Canada are currently holding their National Executive elections. They have a good election page with information on all the candidates. There are three of the candidates for Male Co-Chair that have blogs: Sean McFee (who links to the other candidates and is the reason I…
Stoney Creek News Editorial Mentions McMaster University
This week, the Editorial of the Stoney Creek News makes mention of how little McMaster University does for the City of Hamilton as a whole: Hamilton’s two other important institutions must also contribute more to rebuilding the confidence and trust of the community – the Hamilton school boards…
University of Arizona Dealing On-Campus Discipline for Off-Campus Parties
The University of Arizona has extended their Student Code of Conduct off-campus as reported by the Arizona Daily Star in a story entitled “UA to start penalties for red-tag students.” The Tucson Fox affiliate also reports the story. According to the Fox report, the Dean of Students Office…
The Sheaf (Student Newspaper at USask) Takes Up Membership in the Canadian University Press
The Sheaf recently (just prior to Christmas) took up membership in CUP.Last year, The Sheaf ran a cartoon called “Capitalist Pig” which generated a great amount of controversy. Membership in CUP will prove to be very helpful if a similar event occurs in the future. This may be a…
Mark Holland M.P. at McMaster
Zac Spicer, a McMaster Student who does a great job of blogging on his blog: Towards A Just Society, posted on Facebook that Mark Holland (M.P. Ajax-Pickering) will be speaking at McMaster this Thursday, January 11th at 7pm for two hours in MUSC 311/313. Wikipedia (naturally) has an…
My Silhouette Column for Jan 5th 2007
I do not know how I feel about this one right now. I think it is meaningful but I also feel that it is not concise. Anyway, here it is: It is often said that knowledge is power or something to that effect. It is said that in…
I Got Fan Mail!
My column in the Silhouette usually generates a lot of conversation. A few weeks ago, I wrote my first column. It was about the pillars of democracy. In it, I mentioned the poor coverage of The Other Press at Douglas College in covering the DSU scandal by not…