Staffing issues at University of Manitoba Students’ Union
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (Local 103) is having some staffing issues at its student union run restaurant Degrees. The Manitobanreports on these issues this week. The environment is such that employees of the students union required anonymity in speaking to the student newspaper. While I will…
SFSS politics will be interesting this coming year
The Simon Fraser Students Society executive election winners are now posted. This could be an interesting year. Joe Paling, who cast himself as the strongest proponent of independence from the Canadian Federation of Students, is the preliminary winner of the presidency. Natalie Bocking, who is one of the…
CFS-BC vs BC Transit in the Supreme Court of Canada
York University’s Osgoode Hall blog, The Court, offers an excellent summary of the court case argued before the SCC yesterday between the Canadian Federation of Students – British Columbia Component et al.…
Gophers vs Man – round one
Andrew Potter likes to follow the war that monkeys are waging against mankind. He sees this as a threat we are not paying enough attention to. I, on the other hand, believe that gophers pose a greater danger to the True North Strong and Free. You don’t see…
I (heart) Chris Drew
On March 17, I attended the Bob Rae event on by-election day. One of the most popular people in the room was Chris Drew. Drew is the President of the Toronto-Centre Young Liberals and Vice-President Finance of the Ryerson Students Union. One of the most popular items in…
Inside the ballpark – the Everywhere Girl
A bit inside the ballpark for my regular reader who used to enjoy my coverage of the Everywhere Girl. Another blogger has put together a collection of books which use the image of the Eyerywhere Girl. Naturally, this happens with stock photography. It’s just interesting to see how…
Your student ID can double has a "debit card"
Another way that universities make money by selling their students, just wait for this idea to spread.…
Your student ID can double has a "debit card"
Another way that universities make money by selling their students, just wait for this idea to spread.…
Another transit rant
The City of Hamilton is planning to start offering service to a GO Station starting in June. The bus will run to Aldershot GO station from the city of Waterdown. It will be limited to peak hours only. Naturally, the city has missed a slight detail – there…
Why you don’t put photos on Facebook that you wouldn’t show your mother
Cause sometimes they aren’t so private.…