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March 30, 2009

Grad assistants vote on strike mandate

Graduate assistants could go on strike, if they vote to approve a strike mandate today. A positive vote gives the CUPE local 3907, the union representing 310 graduate assistants at OISE and U of T, the right to strike if negotiators are unsatisfied with admin’s offered terms of contract. The strike would interrupt, and possibly […]

March 26, 2009

U of T plans to rake in profits from ancillary fees

U of T’s ancillary services are losing money, but the university has ambitious plans to turn a profit in three years’ time. The University Affairs Board met on Tuesday, March 17, to discuss the numbers for ancillary services, which cover residences, food and beverage services, parking, conference services, and Hart House. With a forecasted net […]

March 26, 2009

Flat fees proposed for Arts and Science faculty

All full-time first-year Arts and Science students will have to pay a set fee for five courses starting next September, regardless of their actual course load, if a proposal from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is passed. Current students will pay on a per-course basis for the next five years. “This is the commoditization […]

March 26, 2009

CFS brass accused of interfering in student union elections

Update: The previous version of this article incorrectly stated that the Renew Slate at Ryerson ran in 2009; in fact, they ran in 2008. High-up individuals in the Canadian Federation of Students and its provincial divisions are under fire for recent election controversies. Zannah Matson, who ran for VP Equity on the Change slate in […]

March 26, 2009

WCSA seeks levy increase

Update: The previous version of this article incorrectly stated that WCSA finance director Stefan Etarsky said a car accident cost thousands of dollars. Etarsky quoted hundreds of dollars. Update: WCSA gets a resounding ‘no’ [unofficial results] Question 1: Should the Woodsworth College Students’ Association get a $2.5 more in levies for Fall/Winter and Spring semesters: […]

March 26, 2009

Glass objects dropped from Woodsworth rez windows

Falling glass objects have targeted pedestrians passing under Woodsworth College residences. Though incidents go back to at least January, the case was first reported March 12. Campus police are considering options, such as reducing the width that windows can open. No suspects have been identified. Meaghan Barrett, a fourth-year international relations student, was returning home […]

March 26, 2009

String of indecent sex acts hits VIU

After two indecent sexual acts were reported at Vancouver Island University last Thursday, police have revealed that six similar incidents date back to mid-January. The incidents include indecent exposure and fondling of women. Victims are women aged 20 to 30. In an attempt to catch perpetrators using decoys, VIU and Nanaimo RCMP chose not to […]

March 26, 2009

U Winnipeg bans bottled water sales

Last week the University of Winnipeg became the first Canadian university to ban the sale of plastic water bottles on campus. In a referendum held by the U of W Students’ Association, almost 75 per cent of students voted in favour of the ban. The sale of water bottles will be phased out by Fall […]

March 26, 2009

Q & A with Wayson Choy

Celebrated author Wayson Choy came to UTSC Wednesday to speak about Leadership and talk about the background behind his new memoir Not Yet. Subtitled A Memoir of Living and Not Dying, this latest book talks about Choy’s two near-death experiences and how he discovers the importance of a chosen extended family, luck, and the realization […]

March 23, 2009

Students, staff blast proposed changes to Transitional Year Programme

At a town hall meeting on Saturday, faculty and students criticized U of T admin’s proposed changes to the Transitional Year Programme. TYP is a bridging program for full-time direct-entry students who do not have formal academic qualifications. U of T is proposing that it develop closer ties with a bridging program for part-time students, […]

March 23, 2009

Canada bars Galloway for Hamas support

British MP George Galloway, due to speak at U of T’s Mississauga campus this month, has been refused entry into Canada following a ban imposed on Saturday by Canada’s immigration minister Jason Kenney. A spokesperson for the immigration ministry said the purpose of the move was to “to protect Canadians from people who fund, support, […]

March 23, 2009

Watered-down justice

Eighteen students were shot last Tuesday in front of Convocation Hall. Lucy Barker, a fourth-year human biology and history student, held a water gun to a line of students, who stood shoulder-to-shoulder facing south. “Oxfam says a child dies every 17 seconds from unclean water, so we shot one student with tap water every 17 […]


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