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 affilate aslo reports the story. According to the Fox report, the Dean of Students Office will…
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…
Liberal MP joins Conservative Government
Wajid Khan, MP for Mississauga-Streetsville left the Liberal Party of Canada today to join the Conservative Party of Canada and the Government Caucus. This is a major coup for the Conservatives and a major blow to the Liberals.Stéphane Dion has taken a major hit on this. He is…
New York's New Governor Eliot Spitzer Gets to Work Cleaning Up New York Government
Spitzer acted unilaterally yesterday and raised the standards of conduct for New York government employees. He has done the following: Banned Adminstration Officials from accepting corporate gifts, speaking fees, or seeking public office while working for the Governor. Prohibition on Government employees from lobbying the agencies they worked for, for two…
New York's New Governor Eliot Spitzer Gets to Work Cleaning Up New York Government
Spitzer acted unilaterally yesterday and raised the standards of conduct for New York government employees. He has done the following: Banned Adminstration Officials from accepting corporate gifts, speaking fees, or seeking public office while working for the Governor. Prohibition on Government employees from lobbying the agencies they worked for, for two…
WNYC New York City's NPR Station – Well Worth Listening To
I try to listen to a few radio shows on a daily basis. Radio Open Source (ROS) out of UMass Lowell, the Brian Lehrer Show from WNYC, and (sometimes) the Leonard Lopate Show from WNYC. I find that ROS is hit and miss. This is mostly because some topics…
WNYC New York City's NPR Station – Well Worth Listening To
I try to listen to a few radio shows on a daily basis. Radio Open Source (ROS) out of UMass Lowell, the Brian Lehrer Show from WNYC, and (sometimes) the Leonard Lopate Show from WNYC. I find that ROS is hit and miss. This is mostly because some topics…