Private Money Influencing Universities
I just read a blog that links (with a bit of comment prior to the link) to a NY Times article on Private Funding at Public Universities. It makes a good read on its own but especially in light of the debate about Coke that is occuring on…
Wiki Article on Nobua Fujita
Just read about Nobua Fujita on Wikipedia. It is an interesting story about the pilot who flew the only plane to bomb the US mainland during WWII.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Fujita…
Sheaf coverage of the CFS at U of Sask… a good warning for those of us at Mac of what CFS does
From the latest issue of The Sheaf (U of Sask Newspaper) ONLY PDF VERSION ONLINEThese are the articles on the CFS referendum at U of Sask. CFS has been distributing their materials at McMaster during this term and have an quiet but active campaign to try to get…
The Everywhere Girl is now a cover girl … continues travels after leaving UofM
The Inquirer has more on the Everywhere Girl and her latest travels.http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26950…
Student Issue: International Students Working Off-Campus
I have made a point of reading the OUSA (Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance) Blog for the last couple of weeks. It is really interesting and offers some great points of view. Yesterday, the OUSA blog mentioned about the situation with International Students and how they are still unable…
Aramark Fails Food Inspection
Not too surprised when a friend told me this. Aramark was inspected by Toronto Public Health recently and failed.http://www.theeyeopener.com/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2206…
6AM – Awake and bored – doing homework
It is too early first of all. I have been up since 4:45 doing homework. I need to get a life! Actually, I have one – homework.I got a cooling pad for my laptop yesterday, charged it to my student account. Note to self: have to pay off…
Article on the Pepsi Contract at York
The Excal (York University) has an article on the Pepsi agreement at York. This is an issue playing out at McMaster with Coke right now.Read it here:http://www.excal.on.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=926&Itemid=2…
Excalibur (York University) Article on the Tuition Freeze
The Excal has an article about Tuition Fees in Ontario. You can read it here:I will pick out this quote for comment: In an interview with New Democratic Party (NDP) education critic, Rosario Marchese, he affirms that the Liberal government needs to do more.“At the university level, students…
Daily Old News
Today the McMaster Daily News had the following story:http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/worthmentioning.cfm?id=2339 Street lights at Forsyth Ave.Posted on October 12, 2005 at 04:00 PM.Street lights at Forsyth Ave. by the Health Sciences Centre are currently not functioning. The lights are being repaired and should be operational by the end of next…