Off to watch the debate
Tonight is the School Board Trustee’s debate. I am heading out there to see it. I am really going to try to figure out who I am going to endorse in my home ward. The last contested Trustee election in Ward 5 was in 2000. I ran that…
CTV.ca | University of Alberta tops Maclean's rankings
CTV reports on the release today of the Maclean’s rankings. I picked up a copy. I am very happy to see that the work I started when on UMSU Council continues with Matt and UMSPAR getting mentioned in the Maclean’s issue this year. It also shows how the…
Chill out!
Gee, I take part of a day off and you bug me about it! You know who you are. lolBTW, I love TVUplayer. It is a bit of a rage here in the BLUE lounge at Mac.…
Angry at Colbert
I thought there was a Threatdown and there was not! I wanted to be scared! Okay, I am not so angry at Colbert, he did Better Know A District! My second favourite segment after the Threatdown.…
Globe and Mail releases Annual University Report Card
This will definitely of interest to a large segment of my readership. The Globe and Mail has published their annual report card of Canada’s universities. I don’t give much weight to the ranking because they are unscientific and rely upon the opinion of students who do not really…
Hamilton Spectator – November 2nd Issue
A little nervous right now and having a rough time getting to sleep so I am reading the Hamilton Spectator online right now. Here are the stories that I have read of interest: No room for poppies: Store gives war veteran the boot: Why is it that every…
Overwhelmed!
I am feeling overwhelmed right now. It is midterm time, that seems to be the main cause. Plus, I am getting an amazing amount of emails. KEEP them coming. I am working on getting through them all. If I do not get back to you right away, I…
Good Article in the Hamilton Spectator – "How Mac students are learning from mistakes"
Susan Clairmont writes a good article in the Hamilton Spectator today about how Mac students are learning from mistakes in the community. Link to Hamilton Spectator – “How Mac students are learning from mistakes”…
Corrections / Clarifications
I wish to make one clarification:In a recent post entitled “My thoughts on the CFS / USSU deciding to appeal.“, I left the expression that the decision had been made to appeal. It has not been made. As reported in today’s Varsity article “Appeal thought possible in lawsuit…
I Received the Following Email
Instead of summarizing the following email, I am just going to put it on my blog raw. It is really that I am way too busy to write a real post about it. This is making the rounds to counter the CFS launch of a new website. This…