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November 30, 2009

York launches degree verification website

York University has launched “YU Verify,” an online service that will verify whether a person received a degree from York. To use the site, employers, immigration officials, and others need either a student number or basic information, such as a first and last name. Results are instantaneous. A test run using actress Rachel McAdams’ name […]

November 30, 2009

Calling aspiring moguls

John Eckert, the former president of the Canadian Venture Capitalist Association, surveyed the 100 or so students at the Medical Science Building’s MacLeod Auditorium last Wednesday. “How many of you want to own your own business?” he asked. All the hands shot up. Eckert was among the speakers lined up for the opening ceremony of […]

November 26, 2009

Sit-in has students fearing Hotel California

Seventy UC Santa Cruz students occupied an administrative building last Thursday after the university approved a 32 per cent increase in student fees. In June, UC’s board of regents had raised fees by 9.3 per cent effective immediately, after an earlier 10 per cent hike in the same fiscal year. The University of California is […]

November 26, 2009

Alberta students could see massive fee hikes

The Alberta government is allowing cash-strapped universities and colleges to apply for tuition fee increases, despite a 2006 pledge capping tuition rates to the inflation rate for 10 years. Doug Horner, Alberta’s advanced education minister, said tuition hikes will be considered on a case-by-case basis. “I have told the post-secondary institutions that it’s our intention […]

November 26, 2009

Peter Mansbridge, quizzed

Peter Mansbridge brought his distinct baritone voice to UTSC on Tuesday morning. A longtime journalist, Mansbridge anchors CBC’s flagship nightly newscast, The National. He also hosts Mansbridge One-on-One, where his guests include politicians, musicians, and lately, Olympians. This time, he found himself on the other side. Mansbridge was interviewed by Drew Dudley, founder of UTSC’s […]

November 26, 2009

Questions surface over UTM proxies

Proxy votes at last Thursday’s UTSU annual general meeting were subject to last-minute and discretionary decisions. The majority of UTM’s votes at the meeting came from proxies. Proxy forms allow students who can’t attend a meeting to designate a representative. The UTSU website gives the location where forms can be picked up, but does not […]

November 26, 2009

Half-fiends

Caffiends, the student-run coffee lounge at Old Vic, is slated to move to a less spacious room across the hall from its current location. The relocation is due to the ongoing construction of Vic’s new $21-million Goldring Student Centre, which will expand the Wymilwood Building. The construction is slated for the next two and a […]

November 26, 2009

Victim identified in Bay St. shooting

Toronto Police have identified Shane Kelter, 32, from Vancouver, as the victim of Sunday’s shooting at Bay and St. Joseph streets. Post-mortem results determined the cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds to the torso. Detective Graham Gibson told the Toronto Star that investigators suspected the incident was a planned hit and not a typical […]

November 25, 2009

Video: a “flash” mob for climate change

On Monday, with less than two week before U of T’s student delegates head to Copenhagen for the climate change negotiations, a group of campus environmentalists descended on Sid Smith for a surprise “strip mob.” In a press release sent to The Varsity, the group said their intent was “to raise awareness on the University […]

November 23, 2009

Man killed near St. Mike’s

A man was shot and killed early Sunday on the edge of St. George campus, in Toronto’s 53rd homicide. The victim was shot in the back at 3:20 a.m. in front of a condo building at 1001 Bay St., at the intersection of Bay and St. Joseph, the Toronto Star reported. Witnesses said he was […]

November 23, 2009

Colleges fume at UTSU meeting

Tensions ran high at the U of T Students’ Union’s annual general meeting Thursday evening. College council representatives expressed dissatisfaction with UTSU, citing what they regard as inappropriate priorities, lack of transparency, and most importantly, lack of consultation and communication with the colleges. Several St. George students complained of preferential treatment to UTM. So many […]

November 23, 2009

Canada should step up marketing for higher education, group says

International students are worth billions to the Canadian economy. According to a recent report, they contributed $6.5 billion in 2008, surpassing coal or coniferous lumber exports. The report, commissioned by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, found a correlation between increasing numbers of international students and growth in international trade as well […]


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