Student media and campus shootings
During the recent US college shootings, the campus paper has been the first media outlet on the scene and the first to get substantive reporting out. Last week’s shooting at Northern Illinois University was no exception. The New York Times and Chicago’s Daily Herald both ran stories about…
Retraction and apology to the CFS
In the original blog post I made on February 5, 2008 I made some false statements about the Canadian Federation of Students. I sincerely apologize for making them, and retract them without reservation.…
$1.2 billion for skills training in Ontario
The federal and Ontario provincial governments signed an agreement today that will see the federal government spend $1.2 billion dollars over the next six years on skills training in Ontario. The funds will assist individuals, who are not eligible for training under Employment Insurance (EI) programs, to gain…
College student arrested for stealing briefcase of cash
A college student was arrested for stealing a briefcase containing $140,000 in cash from the home of Tyson Foods Inc. chairman in Arkansas. The briefcase, which belonged to John Tyson, was allegedly stolen during a house party thrown by Tyson’s daughter without his knowing in late December. 19-year-old…
School gun scares turn out to be false alarms
Last week’s shooting at Northern Illinois University seems to have spooked some, with a flurry of false alarms that have led to lock downs. In one case, a report of a person roaming the campus of California State University with an assault rifle has turned out to be…
Student paper reveals journalism dean’s questionable sources
The dean of journalism at Northwestern University in Illinois is being investigated for anonymous sources and “the veracity of quotations” in his writings for the alumni magazine. John Lavine cited unnamed students in two introductory letters he wrote for Medill’s alumni magazine last year. He apologized for the…
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 has a member of the university’s board of governor 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…