Argosy Opinion Section Debate on Maclean's Ratings, Universities and if an Undergrad Education is a Commodity
As hyped on the blog of the Argosy EiC’s blog, this week the Argosy had an article written by the Mt. Allison President and one by the Argosy EiC on the subject manner.Regular readers of my blog know where I stand on the ratings and surveys. I am…
My Opinion Piece in the McMaster Student Newspaper: The Silhouette
(TEXT in RED is text that was edited out for space, GREEN is clarifications) Democracy is best described by Sir Winston Churchill: “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” Democracy is the form of government…
Mayoral Candidates Debate at Dalewood Community Centre
As regular readers of my blog are aware, I have decided to support Fred Eisenberger for Mayor. That is who I am voting for. However, I decided to attend the mayoral debate tonight. Probably because I am such a complete politicial geek. I did enjoy Brother Michael Baldasaro…
McMaster University Students = Bad People
At another community debate for Ward One Councillor. The main theme is that students are the most horrible people and we need to find a place for them to live where they are not among us. I am being a little sarcastic. I am greatly concerned with the strong…
MSU Politicans fire Sil Editor-in-Chief (Executive Editor)
To view a detailed post on the bylaws and policies violations by the MSU Board of Directors please click here (Warning it is an extensive post and a long read)The big story I have been working on is the firing of the Executive Editor of the Silhouette by…
Court of Appeal for Ontario rules on matter involving the McMaster Students Union
This came as a surprise to myself and everyone I have spoke to today. No one was aware that the MSU was a party to a case before the courts, let alone a case on appeal.I have not yet had a chance to read and understand the ruling…
Exclusive: Copy of MSU Employment Policy for Regular Employees
I have obtained from an anonymous source the MSU Employment Policy for Regular Employees. Even members of the Legislative Branch of the MSU; the SRA are not allowed to see this document. For reasons that will be clear when I post recent events at the MSU tomorrow afternoon,…
Electronic Textbooks – Good, Bad, or Just the Same?
Reading the news tonight and this is something that I think needs a discussion (BTW, Colbert is hilarious with The Word tonight) among students. It is the subject of Electronic Textbooks. There have been proposals out there about mandatory laptops, mandatory textbooks and the such. Last year, Engineers…
Why the lack of blogging?
I have been extremely busy this week. I am not able to say the exact details yet. I will say, check back tomorrow about 4pm to get the full story.I am working on the story. Today, the MSU Board of Directors gave me a document they thought would…