Pro-choice, pro-life have some things in common
Both have a bad habit of shutting down speakers from the other side. This week, it’s pro-life uninviting a state senator who’s view they don’t agree with.…
Simon Fraser student politics is always interesting
The Peak, Simon Fraser University’s student newspaper, printed its first summer issue last week. I have to admit I’m jealous of the paper, since SFU student politics always offer interesting stories. The new volume has a strong opinion editor, the one and only J.J.McCullough who has been Editor-in-Chief…
The Monday reads
Poor choices in education can make you a statistic by Gwyn Morgan in *The Globe and Mail*‘Practical’ guide to help show when safety trumps privacy by Katie Daubs, *The Ottawa Citizen*New universities a smokescreen by Michael Smyth, The Province (BC)Burlington is wise to wait (before giving McMaster U…
Assaulting police with a M&M
Seriously, a Drake University (Iowa) student is charged for assaulting a police officer with a M&M, no word if it melted in the officer’s hand.…
Assaulting police with a M&M
Seriously, a Drake University (Iowa) student is charged for assaulting a police officer with a M&M, no word if it melted in the officer’s hand.…
Student politicians and Blackberries
I’m interested, how many student union provide their political leadership with blackberries? I’ve noticed they’re becoming more common among student politicians. Most of whom (like me) purchased their own and pay for it themselves. If your student union is paying for blackberries, what is the monthly cost to…
Look …. free stuff
Maclean’s On Campus now has a scholarship contest that’s giving away $1000 each month for six months. Only real condition is that the money must be spent on school expenses*. *Sorry my Eng friends, BEvERages are not a school expense.…
Alex Usher says he will scream
Alex Usher of the Education Policy Institute wrote a great commentary (again) for the Educational Policy Institute’s "The Week in Review" this week. Usher takes issue with Canadian commentators saying "Canada needs to have its own Bologna process" and proceeds to argue why they (I’m included) are misinterpreting…
Centre for the Study of Democracy calls for improved access to education
The Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) at Queen’s University is joining the chorus calling for the federal and provincial governments to improve student financial aid. In a paper released in draft form Wednesday, the CSD lists fifteen suggestions for government to act on. Entitled “Quality and…
Fail students and you’ll fail to keep your job
A Virginia professor is losing his job at Norfolk State University after failing students who did not meet his academic standards and defying pressure from administration to lower those standards. Read the full story online from the Virginian-Pilot. Biology professor Steven Aird handed down a D or F…