Voluntary Student Unionism will not be rolled-back by Rudd government
Australia’s government will not be reinstating compulsory student union and athletic fees at the country’s universities. Despite calling the implementation of VSU by the Howard government “the cruellest” decision made by the his government, the Rudd government is not willing to risk the backlash of returning fees that…
It’s time for universities to think about students
Forbes Magazine is the latest US magazine to publish its own college rankings. As put of their 2008 colleges issue, they included an opinion piece by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the ranking member of the US Senate Finance Committee. It’s well worth reading and I found this section…
Protesting the Bills in Toronto
Seriously, some guys are planning a protest of tomorrow’s Bills in Toronto pre-season game. Okay, I’m no big fan of Rogers (the parent company of Maclean’s) latest business venture. I’m not happy that the NFL is coming to Toronto – I don’t think it’s good for the CFL…
It appears the university is offering a real deal
Many universities promise first-year students a residence space and they fulfil that promise by screwing students. If you’ve attended an Ontario university, you may have been in a double or triple room which was originally designed as a single or double. Sure, the university may throw in a…
Too bad for her, she doesn’t live in Hamilton
A lady in Durham Region is raging mad that the region had the nerve to put a bus route in her neighbourhood which passes by her house. You have to read this article, this lady is quite the character! Luckily for her neighbours, the region doesn’t seem to…
Use Wikipedia Coleman!
Working on a lot of edits to an article which will be hitting the print issue in September and I had to ask an engineering students what microspheres and cenospheres were exactly. He replied quickly with a detail answer ending with this quote “It is very well explained…
Tentative deal to avoid strike at UGuelph
570News reports.…
He’s the world’s biggest celebrity
and he now has his own roll:…
Concordia Student Union council member detained in China
Chris Schwartz, 24, who is potentially**** a council member1, according to information in The Montreal Gazette, is a full-time staff member of the Concordia Student Union was arrested in China today after protesting against China’s repression of Tibet in Tiananmen Square. He should be proud of his action.…
UWindsor students get their drink back on
The University of Windsor Students’ Alliance is providing a $55,000 loan to reopen the money-losing student pub. Maybe changing the pub will work, maybe it won’t. At least there is a recognition the current model of business was not working and they will attempt to focus more on…