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November 11, 2008

Earth to NASA

A few Toronto students have set their sights high, high in the sky. Four students from Humber College have successfully built a device capable of contacting the International Space Station. The project, called Operation First Contact, pairs a simple-looking antenna with a complex communications device. The effort is the work of 34-year-old Toronto natives Gino […]

November 6, 2008

U of Ottawa investigates email attack

The University of Ottawa wants to know who’s behind a widely circulated email that alleges one of its professors is a prostitute. The university’s concern, say administrators, is not whether or not the rumours are true, but the invasion of privacy. The email was sent anonymously through a Yahoo account over the university’s network. Attached […]

November 6, 2008

Professor slain after death threats

The St. Thomas University campus in Fredericton, New Brunswick, was shut down today in memoriam of the late sociology Professor John McKendy who was murdered last Friday. McKendy died after he was struck with a blunt object. After a brief investigation, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police closed the case after finding the prime suspect, Nicholas […]

November 6, 2008

Obama!

We emerged from watching the election results into the heart of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. A noise from a cheering crowd was audible from around the corner and my friends took off to see what was going on. People had enveloped the street from all sides and brought traffic to a halt. The […]

November 6, 2008

Toronto students march to Queen’s Park to protest tuition fees

Thousands of students from schools across Ontario marched to Queen’s Park yesterday, Nov. 5, to demand lower tuition fees. The annual, province-wide Day of Action was arranged by the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario as part of their Drop Fees campaign. The U of T Students Union and Graduate Students’ Union are members of CFS. On […]

November 6, 2008

Frosh charged with Mac arson

A first-year McMaster student has been charged by Hamilton police in connection with the Oct. 18 fire at Brandon Hall. The residence had to be evacuated in the early morning after smoke and fire alarms roused almost 600 sleepy students. Emerson Pardoe, a 19-year-old resident of Brandon Hall, has been charged with arson endangering human […]

November 6, 2008

Universities feeling stock market lows

Losses to U of T’s stock holdings from the recent market collapse could affect student scholarships and bursaries, and cut into department budgets if the downturn continues. The Globe & Mail reports that U of T lost nearly nine per cent in the third quarter on investment and endowment funds, but the administration is optimistic […]

November 6, 2008

Spray or pay

If you were walking on College Street last week, you might have seen a business owner spray-painting his storefront a solid colour while his employees looked on. It’s a frequent scene on a street where businesses and private homes are regularly the targets of graffiti. This man was following the law—the City of Toronto says […]

November 3, 2008

UTSU hires insider as exec

The University of Toronto Students’ Union appointed staffer Adam Awad as the new VP university affairs on Thursday. In a committee meeting at Hart House, the UTSU board of directors elected Awad over French Club president Antonin Mongeau. The number of votes for each candidate aren’t known, as The Varsity was asked to leave during […]

November 3, 2008

ASSU wiped clean?

A slate led by Colum Grove-White swept the scandal-ridden Arts & Science Students’ Union at its council meeting last Tuesday. In September, the administration withheld funding and recommended a new election after completing a review of their controversial elections.The decision came after The Varsity revealed improper collaboration between the elections chair and former president Ryan […]

November 3, 2008

Quest for students

Quest University Canada, the country’s newest private university, has not yet reached a quarter of its capacity. Designed for 800 students, the school’s current population is 142, of which 40 per cent are international students. Quest was modeled after elite U.S schools, with tuition at $24,500 a year and teaching methods nearly unrecognizable to U […]

November 3, 2008

Tarnished Gold

Toronto-based documentary photographer Allan Cedillo Lissner has spent the last two years documenting mining operations by Canadian companies in Tanzania and the Philippines. The resulting photo essay, Someone Else’s Treasure, contains rare visual evidence of the exploits of Barrick Gold, the world’s largest gold mining corporation,. On Wednesday, Lissner took the podium at Hart House […]


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