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Posts from February 2, 2006


February 2, 2006

Editorial: A time to make history

Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., died this week on the eve of Black History Month, which began yesterday and lasts the rest of February. The convergence was heartbreaking: the obituaries wistfully recalled Mrs. King’s lengthy uphill struggle alongside her husband for the basic rights of African Americans, but as Black […]
February 2, 2006

Better together

We both remember taking our first walk down St. George Street as university students-a very intimidating experience. As high school hallways were transformed into campus streets, no longer were there familiar faces at every turn, and making friends suddenly required a lot of effort. But the lecture series “Spirituality and the Student Experience” has proven […]
February 2, 2006

TAs, admin reach tentative deal

A provisional contract agreement for 3,500 teaching assistants was struck late last Sunday night after more than a week of bargaining. “After a long day, we came to a tentative settlement and we will be bringing that forward to the consideration of the [union] membership on February 7,” said Anil Varughese, chief spokesperson for CUPE […]
February 2, 2006

Olivia in charge

It’s no secret that member of Parliament Olivia Chow is popular with the kids. The veteran Toronto city councilor lost in the previous two elections to Liberal Tony Ianno in U of T’s Trinity-Spadina riding, which were held in late spring. This year, when the vote was held while students were in class and on […]
February 2, 2006

Women candidates underrepresented

There has not been a significant change in the number of women who ran in the federal elections since 2004, according to a report on Women and Elections from Simon Fraser University and the Parliamentary Library. Out of 391 female candidates that ran in the 2004 elections, 65 won seats in Parliament. This year, 380 […]
February 2, 2006

Illegal vote was experiment, says Yankee fraudster

An American U of T student seeking to expose flaws in Canada’s electoral registration system was astonished when he was able to register and vote last week. Peter Cunningham, 21, a third-year student from Michigan, said that he presented his T-Card, displaying his name and signature, and a hydro bill, displaying his Canadian address, to […]
February 2, 2006

Fostering spiritual collaboration

“It’s not about agreement or disagreement, it’s about hearing those views which we are not exposed to,” said Nouman Ashraf, U of T’s anti-racism and cultural diversity officer about his office’s mission. As weeks of polemic debate between Israeli and Palestinian campus groups approaches, Ashraf said he’s working to make U of T a more […]
February 2, 2006

Haunted House

Ah, the incestuous local arts scene. Sometimes it seems like one giant game of six degrees of separation. Indie rockers hook up with experimental video directors, fashion designers take their cue from avant-garde painters. The walls between modes of artistic expression aren’t just tumbling down; they’re being gleefully dismantled throughout this town. So it comes […]

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