Posts from March 14, 2011

U of T launches law degree for professionals

The University of Toronto Faculty of Law plans to offer a Global Professional Master of Laws degree this fall, combining business and law. It is the result of law graduates requesting such a field of further study. It has been two years in the making, with more intensive work in the past 18 months, involving […]

USMC staff vote to unionize

A group of about 20 faculty and library workers at the University of St. Michael’s College voted to unionize and are awaiting ratification this week. Although the vast majority of USMC staff are unionized, the group of 20 is an exception due to technicalities in the college’s arrangements with U of T. Michael Attridge, assistant […]

To think or not to think

It seems that scientists have known about the differences between the left and right sides of our brains forever. In fact, hemispheric specialization — the idea that each side of our brain is more suited to different functions — was first discovered in the 1960s by Nobel Prize winner Roger Sperry. Since then, the popular […]

Interview: Tristan Garcia, Hate (English only)

Read the bilingual interview. THE VARSITY There’s a lot going on in this book. When you started writing, was your intent to explore a historical period through a range of themes, or was it more specific than that? What was the spark? TRISTAN GARCIA I wanted to take on the contemporary world. Since adolescence I’ve […]

The peacock gets primed

Phase one of the Robarts Revitalization Project is slated for completion this April. The project, which began in 2009 with renovations on the fifth floor, has a total budget of $24.4 million, funded by a single donor and the Ontario provincial government. Finished renovations include the third-floor Media Commons, as well as overhauled study spaces […]

Candidate cries foul in UTSC elections

Not exempted from its share of electoral controversy, the fairness of UTSC election proceedings and the competence of the university’s Chief Returning Officer, Min Showkat, were questioned by candidate Daniel M. Addams’ alleged wrongful disqualification. Untimely disqualification On February 15, a day before the Feb. 16 – 18 voting period, Addams, who ran for VP […]

And the winner is…

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Judith Butler speaks at IAW