UMSU – More Action on the Tuition File
A bit of a busy day for me so far….. so I am just cutting and pasting from the UMSU site to get the word out. Amazing, here at McMaster, the MSU did not oppose the 4.5 – 8 percent tuition hikes imposed on all students. Compare this…
Student Newspapers I Read – The Peak (Simon Fraser University)
Here is another one of my favorites: The Peak at Simon Fraser University.The stories in it are always well written and I always have the opportunity to think about what is being said to me in this paper. The Peak publishes weekly, yes weekly!, over the summer. Thankfully…
Call to Arms: Everyone Out!
The University of Manitoba BoG is about to try to impose fee hikes of up to $460 again this year.Last year we stopped them for the most part. We did get nailed with the $150 Tech Fee of which none of it was spent on Student Computing instead…
History of the Hamilton Street Railway and the Riot Act
I am researching on articulated buses right now as part of a presentation I am going to give soon.Anyway, in a page about the History of the HSR it talks about a time when the Riot Act was read in Hamilton during a labour dispute in 1908. It…
Hamilton's Lister Block
Today’s Spectator has another article about the Lister Block. It seems that it may be demolished and something new put in or not. Who knows?http://www.thespec.com/pdfs/20060519/A2.pdfHere is what I think should be done about the Lister Block and it is an opportunity for the MSU to be a leading…
Hamilton's Lister Block
Today’s Spectator has another article about the Lister Block. It seems that it may be demolished and something new put in or not. Who knows?http://www.thespec.com/pdfs/20060519/A2.pdfHere is what I think should be done about the Lister Block and it is an opportunity for the MSU to be a leading…
Surprise Hat tip: Drew Mitchell, VP Finance MSU
I was on campus tonight at 2230EDT and saw that Drew Mitchell was putting in a late night working on getting the MSU Budget done. This is a bomb that was thrown into his laptop by the old VP Finance who did not do the budget. That is…
StudentUnion.ca – Exposing More CFS Corruption
StudentUnion.ca’s editor has been doing an amazing job of following the trail and exposing CFS’s corrupt practices.Tonight he exposes the Canadian Conference of Student Associations incorporation by CFSers including Amanda Aziz, past president of UMSU. All I can say is that I am extremely disappointed. Amanda did an…
A UofM moment
I am working night shifts this week and keeping busy… decided to take a break and do some surfing.Went to the UofM page and found this. I remember this because I was in this residence for the filming. Sorta cool having two gyms in your residence building eh!http://umanitoba.ca//about/movies/dance.shtmlThis…
MSU Update
I am still banned from all MSU space.Students with Disabilities continue to hear nothing from the MSU in regards to the work that needs to be done to finalize some agreements that I worked on and got agreements sealed, they just are in the final steps. I would…