Hillel’s grammar to blame?
Re: York admin comes down on bickering student groups, Mar. 25
May I modestly suggest that perhaps the problem with York is not the clash of cultures as reported by The Varsity, but instead the poor academic standards there.
It is: “If I were a suicide bomber, you’d be dead by now.”
Silly suburbanites.
Ian Ross McDonald
Editor’s note: The article reports that Hillel’s T-shirts read, “If I was a suicide bomber, you’d be dead by now.”
Unions aren’t governments
Re: Mutiny over the bounty: where is ECSU’s money going? Mar. 29
The Varsity this year has repeatedly referred to student unions as “student governments.” However often the administration at U of T chooses to use this term, it remains inaccurate. ECSU and other organization such as the GSU are student unions-it says so right in their name!
They do not govern their members, but rather represent them as a collective voice. Please allow these organizations to choose their own names and don’t buy into U of T administration lingo.
Christopher Collins
Graduate Students’ Union Secretary
Canadian Federation of Students Local 19
Round 2 SAC referendum unfair
I recently learned that the Women’s Centre, Students for Barrier-Free Access, CINSSU and the Bikeshare program have each won new levies, or substantial increases to existing levies in “round 2” of the SAC referendum.
While I support the causes of several of these groups, I feel there was a substantial lack of fairness and integrity in the way the “round 2” referendum was carried out. In my view, neither SAC nor the various “yes” campaigns made a good faith effort to inform the electorate that the referendum was taking place.
SAC made no note of the referendum on their website, campaign posters and flyers were few and far between, and the campus media also bears responsibility for not carrying any pre-referendum coverage of the issues.
Increasing student fees by stealth is unethical. If organizations are going to take students’ money, it is only fair that they clearly ask for it in a forthright manner. The campaigns involved in the “round 2” referendum have failed miserably in this regard.
Paul Bowser
