Ontario’s ombudsman calls for independent oversight of universities
Ontario ombudsman André Marin released his annual report today, and renewed his call for independent oversight of the province’s universities. Referring to the so-called MUSH sector — municipalities, universities, public schools, hospitals or children’s aid societies — Marin stated these agencies “have become almost a law unto themselves…
First look at enrolment numbers
The first projected enrolment numbers for September are starting to appear. The student newspaper at Wilfrid Laurier University reports 3,192 first year students have accepted admission offers to the Waterloo campus and the university may “convert” single rooms into double rooms to fulfill it’s promise of a residence…
If your reading this blog in the hopes of “getting laid,” please seek help
According to this Canwest News Servicestory by Misty Harris, people read blogs partially to gain conversation starters to assist them in “getting laid.” Trust me, you don’t want to use anything from this blog in an attempt to stir up conversation at a bar. I’ve tried my own…
Congratulations Firefox! I think you set a new record
I believe the record is the most viewed “The connection has timed out” page in the history of the internet! Firefox 3 was released into the wild at 1pm EDT (1700 GMT) and within minutes, the Mozilla servers were overwhelmed by the traffic and became unreachable by the…
Out of work student politician? SCSU has a job for you!
University of Toronto at Scarborough’s students union is looking to hire an interim student union president to fill the position for the remainder of the summer until a new election can be held in the fall. Again this year, there was a great deal of controversy surrounding the…
File under nerdy things to do
This Tuesday is Firefox Download Day 2008. The new Firefox Version 3.0 will be released and the Firefox community hopes to smash the single day record for software downloading. Mark the day on your calendar and if you don’t use a calendar (archaic paper technology, you can visit…
USask student paper looks to increase fee
The University of Saskatchewan student newspaper The Sheaf is hoping to increase their student levy to $6 per term from the present inflation indexed $3.36 per term. This amounts to $12 per academic year from the present $6.72. There is no doubt The Sheaf is one of the…
Dr. Mugabe no more
The University of Massachusetts revoked an honorary degree given to Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe. I doubt Mugabe will care – if any of his advisers are willing to risk telling him – when he finds out. However, the symbolism is important.…
Kangaroo courts (sorry marsupials) have a supporter
This shouldn’t come as a surprise: the man known in student politics circles as a Canadian Federation of Students lawyer, Donald Crane, supports B.C.’s Human Rights Tribunal. Yes, that Donald Crane. The one who argued against students at Simon Fraser University who mobilized in the greatest display of…
This is definitely a campus hazard
The University of the Phillippines – Diliman campus put out an advisory this week warning students about stray World War II bombs in the area of their under-construction science complex.…