Sweeping changes proposed for A&S
Dean says streamlining will cut costs, enhance undergrad experience. Professors and students are crying foul.
The Faculty of Arts and Science is undergoing sweeping restructuring with the goal of streamlining programs by June, 2011 in...
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Film Review: Gasland
Gas-contaminated water. It’s fracking distressing.
Five more nights of Twelfth Night
Canopy Theatre Company celebrates its 10th year at Philosopher's Walk with classic Shakespearean comedy
The other side of the fence
U of T’s G8 Research Group provides analysis of the recent G8 and G20 summits
U of T student raises over $30,000 for FOP
Fundraiser doubles 2010 fundraising goal of Canadian FOP network
U of T residences used for G20 accommodation
Photos captured of people entering and exiting residence buildings after campus closed for security reasons
It's not all ROSI
Course registration on U of T’s Repository of Student Information is time-consuming, confusing, and unnecessarily stressful
Police, protesters and pandemonium
On the weekend of the G20 summit, thousands of protestors and police congregated in downtown Toronto. What began as peaceful protesting quickly escalated, with the destruction of public and private property, cop cars smashed and burned, and hundreds upon hundreds of arrests. TOM CARDOSO was there to document it.
A new approach to the RCMP
PATRICK BAUD argues the Royal Canadian Mounted Police would be more effective if it split its federal and local policing duties
Race to the top
Looking into how the platforms of the mayoral candidates will affect post-secondary students
Scenes from the Much Music Video Awards
Seasons Change
“Once” stars Glen Hasard and Marketa Irglova talk music, Oscars and remaining “down-to-earth”
Fringe with benefits
Looking to vote for a Fringe candidate? The Varsity polls the theater festival’s best bets.
A splice of DNA, a piece of cake
U of T genetics researchers create computer algorithm to unravel the mystery of human genetic complexity
When food gets political
Café Scientifique talk addresses the social and economical issues behind what we eat
U of T celebrates the memory of Boris Stoicheff
The late Prof. Stoicheff was among Canada’s top researchers in spectroscopy
Blue Jays Blues
ELISABETH LARATTA looks at the slump in this year’s ticket sales for Canada’s only MLB team
The Commodification of Resistance
M.I.A. may write songs about immigrant exploitation and AK-47s, but like all other pop stars, she has become a brand and a product that can be bought.
In the kettle at Queen and Spadina
JOE HOWELL shares his account of being arrested during the G20, for "breaching the peace" by standing on the sidewalk
The Varsity’s Board of Directors: Speaker Needed
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Film Review: Gasland
Gas-contaminated water. It’s fracking distressing.
Five more nights of Twelfth Night
Canopy Theatre Company celebrates its 10th year at Philosopher's Walk with classic Shakespearean comedy
Singled Out: July 9
This week's hot new tracks
In conversation with Bob Rae
The former Ontario Premier and Varsity alum sits down to discuss his time at U of T, Canadian politics, Obama, and Twitter
