BC reviewing student loan interest rates
Murray Coell, B.C.’s minister responsible for screwing up advanced education, tells theVictoria News that his province is reviewing their student loan interest rates. If BC decides to lower interest rates, it will join Alberta, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland in recently doing so.…
UKentucky cuts land lines; saves $840K
The University of Kentucky no longer includes a land line phone as part of their residence package. The University toldThe Associated Press the move will save the university $840,000 dollars and is preventing an increase to residence rates this year. Interestingly, only seven students requested land lines during…
A domed stadium at the University of Manitoba
The latest planned location for David Asper’s new taxpayer subsidized football stadium is the University of Manitoba. Asper unveiled his latest plans over the weekend. The idea could work. A shared stadium makes a lot of sense in Winnipeg; especially if it includes a soccer component. The province…
An undergrad workers union?
Undergraduate students employed by McGill University are the target of an unionization drive led by fellow undergraduate students reportsThe McGill Daily. The organizers are hoping to obtain union card signatures from at least 35 per cent of undergraduates employed by the university to certify their union. I state…
Was the UToronto ASSU election stolen?
The Varsity has documents that show it may have been.…
This is a CIS football season to watch
This year’s CIS football season is less than a month old, but a year’s worth of history has already been packed in. Both the University of Toronto Varsity Blues and the Simon Fraser University Clan won their first games of the year. In both cases snapping major losing…
Source: Monday’s Varsity “will be big”
I’m being told tonight that Monday’s issue of *The Varsity *“will be big” and that there are multiple articles that will be of interest to all of us campus political junkies. I tried to get more out of my source, but they would not give any details.…
Federal Election III: Could the Dippers overtake the Grits?
The Toronto Star is reporting on a fascinating dimension of the race; the narrowing gap between the NDP and Liberals. Polls are fun to speculate over, especially this early in the race when there isn’t much else worth discussing. Polls also influence elections; if even one poll shows…
UVSS strike continues
United Steelworkers members reject latest offer…
Now that’s entertainment
Admit it, you’re like me and cannot resist watching hurricane coverage to see a reporter go flying or fall on their ass. A regular reporter, no big deal. Geraldo – that’s entertainment!…