Let’s overreact!, lest we be seen to not react
It seems that some American colleges are investigating policy changes that will force students to disclose any mental health illness which they are ill with or have recovered from. Arizona State is the latest university that revealed looking into making these changes. Even if universities invade student privacy…
New Chancellor at Dalhousie
Fred Fountain will serve as the sixth chancellor of Dalhousie University. Fountain, a 1974 graduate of Dalhousie’s law school, served as a member of the university’s board of governors from 1990 to 1999. A founding partner of a Nova Scotia law firm, Fountain has been actively involved on…
And this little Tory took the “payoff”
There’s a hilarious picture in the Sheridan College student newspaper last week showing a local federal conservative candidate taking a “payoff “from a “jailbird.” The photo’s just begging for a caption contest: http://sheridansunonline.sheridanc.on.ca/feb_14_2008/news_jailbail.html…
At least it’s better than the sex trade
The Nouse, the student newspaper at UK’s York University, writes about a student who runs a "essay consultancy" firm. Basically, he writes essays for other students. The student in question makes a good point that he’s not breaking any rules – it is the student submitting the essay…
For $600-mil, the towel racks better be heated
The Yale Daily Newsreports that Yale is planning to spending $600-million to create two new residences. For that kind of money, I would expect thermo-heated towel racks and heated tiling to boot.…
Microsoft offers free technical software for students
Microsoft is providing post-secondary students with free copies of its technical software. The software offered is limited to Microsoft’s developer, designer, and platform resource tools. It does not include popular desktop publishing software such as Microsoft Suite. While developer software such as Visual Studio will not appeal to…
No Cockroach at Queen’s this year
The Queen’s Journalreports that the Queen’s University undergraduate students union, the Alma Mater Society, did not hand out the Golden Cockroach this year. It will be interesting to see what this means in the coming year, will landlords be less concerned about getting publicly shamed?…
Alberta Progressive Conservative plan to cut student loan interest
If elected, the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party will cut student loan interest. The party unveiled its post-secondary education platform Monday to a lack of fanfare. Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach, standing in front of 200 Tory supporters Monday, also promised to limit annual tuition increases to the rate of…
This is an announcement I could cover
Ontario’s Minister of Research and Innovation John Wilkinson announced $150,000 in new funding for Hamilton’s McMaster University today. I would have loved to cover the announcement – not because it qualifies as "newsworthy" – because it was in a better climate than Hamilton today. Wilkinson made the announcement…
Environmental studies, math applications jump
The Ontario University Application Centre released its application statistics for February last week. According to the February numbers, few programs are seeing a significant rise in applicants this year. While most programs saw modest rises in applicants, both general education and physical education programs dropped by 18 and…