A little tearful navel gazing
Education reporters are becoming an endangered species, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. A recent commentary lamented cutbacks to higher education staff at newspapers and makes a case for sparing the beat when facing difficult funding and coverage decisions. The article argues that reporting on colleges is…
Final vote on Oshawa housing bylaw tonight
Oshawa City Council is holding a special meeting tonight where they are expected to pass a controversial bylaw targeting student housing. The bylaw is the result of a rough year of town-and-gown conflicts that culminated in police raids on student houses in the fall. The new proposed bylaw…
So much for being non-partisan
Rachel Heinrichs, when not "representing students" at the University of Manitoba Students’ Union is a member of the governing party’s executive. In a clash between her party and students, which side does she choose?…
Day of Action one year later ….
The CFS wonders why its campaigns have difficulty in succeeding? It may have something to do with them being a lot like a flash, it is all you see for one second, there is a lingering “spot” in your eye for a few seconds and then it is…
Campus Lockdown at Sheridan College
Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario is presently locked down following reports of a gunman on campus. Police received reports of a man with a long gun who was seen ducking into a building on campus. A man was arrested and taken into custody by police but released this…
$19.5 million to University of Waterloo for green products research
The Ontario government announced $19.5 million in funding for research projects at the University of Waterloo on Friday. The funding is split among four projects, one of which is the development of more environmentally friendly, fuel-efficient and cost-effective vehicles. $8.7 million will be directed to the “green car”…
In the news – February 8
CAMPUS PRESS BC-CFS chair downplays leaked campaign document by DAVID KARP, Canadian University Press Security called during raucous RSU debate, The Eyeopener Editorial: Blessed be the qualified, The Gauntlet Proposed Lister Hall changes curbed by protest by NATALIE CLIMENHAGA, The GatewayNapping Your Way to an “A” by CLIFFORD…
Soundwave vs. Dollansky
[](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6klaUw997Qo&rel=1) “We do not inherit this Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from Megatron!” – Soundwave…
Federal government to amend Canada Student Loans Act
The federal government tabled Bill C-40 in the House of Commons Monday. The Bill will amendment both the Canada Students Loans Act and Canada Student Financial Assistance Act to give full-time student status to actively deployed reservists for the purposes of student loans. “Student reservists will appreciate this…
McMaster University Library best in North America
McMaster University’s library has been named the top academic library in North America by the American Library Association. The Association of College and Research Libraries gave McMaster its “Excellence in Academic Libraries Award” for 2008. The award is in recognition of user-centered innovations and services recently implemented by…