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October 9, 2008

Toronto Centre courts students

“This election wasn’t supposed to happen.” And yet, regardless of what Toronto Centre MP Bob Rae thinks, it’s happening. The Liberal incumbent in the upcoming federal election joined his seven opponents for an all-candidates debate Monday night on campus, at Isabel Bader Theatre. Most candidates agreed in principle on the questions raised by audience members. […]

October 9, 2008

Two-horse race in Trinity-Spadina

Six very different people took the stage at Monday night’s All-Candidates Debate for the Trinity-Spadina riding. The auditorium was packed mostly with residents from the area, as students made up roughly a third. In the 2006 election, Hart House hosted an all-candidates debate on campus. This year, the debate was cancelled when Chow said she […]

October 9, 2008

The Times They Are A-Changin’

The Varsity brings you snippets from last Saturday’s day-long Climate Change Conference, organized by Science for Peace, Students against Climate Change, and UTERN, which supports environmental groups on campus. Climate change and society “Why is nature regulated and degraded under capitalism?” asked York University professor Greg Albo. Politics today is dominated by neo-liberalism, he argued, […]

October 6, 2008

Hello Finland!

This summer, eight students will travel to Finland in U of T’s oldest student exchange. The Hart House Finnish Exchange has been operating since 1951, and has sent 95 U of T students abroad while hosting 108 Finns in Canada. The program runs on a four-year cycle: Canadians and Finns take turns going abroad every […]

October 6, 2008

Party lines

Green Party – Stephen LaFrenie First-time Green candidate Stephen LaFrenie is a performer and teacher of physical theatre. For the past two years he was the Green shadow cabinet’s critic for International Cooperation and the Canadian International Development Agency. LaFrenie is a community volunteer and has experience working with third-world development charities, especially in Haiti. […]

October 6, 2008

Palestinian students under siege

Riham Al-Nahhal is one of the lucky few who have left the Gaza Strip to pursue their education. But for now, university will have to wait. Her original plan was to arrive in Toronto in time to attend Ryerson and pursue her graduate degree in biomedical science. Instead she was held for 26 hours at […]

October 6, 2008

Free tuition for Lakehead nerds

Starting next year, Lakehead University will offer free tuition to undergrads who enter with a 95 per cent average and who maintain an 85 per cent average in upper years. Robert Perrier, manager for undergraduate recruitment at Lakehead, said the scholarships are a move to attract top students from all over Canada to northwestern Ontario’s […]

October 6, 2008

Shock and awe?

The line snaked around the block at Bloor Cinema, but it wasn’t for a classic film or a Hollywood blockbuster. U of T’s chapter of the Ontario Public Interest Research Group played host last Monday to Naomi Klein, author and U of T alumna, in town to promote her latest book. In The Shock Doctrine: […]

October 6, 2008

Colleges get more leeway on ancillary fees

The Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities has released a new set of guidelines regulating college ancillary fees. The new regulations, drawn up in response to a court ruling on the legality of ancillary fees, place fewer restrictions on colleges. Ancillary fees cover expenses that are neither funded by government, nor covered in tuition, […]

September 25, 2008

UTM student to be expatriated by Oct 3

The extent of Saad Alam’s memories of Bangladesh are those of an eight-year old, but he’s looking at rebuilding his life from scratch as a 23-year-old in the place of his childhood. Saad Alam and his parents recently received a deportation notice last month, telling informing them that they have untill October. 3 to leave […]

September 25, 2008

Memorial chair bows out

Faced with criticism over allowing government intervention in Memorial University’s search for a new president, Gil Dalton, chair of the search committee and the university’s board of regents, announced last week his decision to bow out when his term expires on Oct. 15. Memorial’s quest for a new president has been rife with controversy since […]

September 25, 2008

Media ejected from ASSU vote

Current and former Arts and Science Students’ Union executives forced Victoria University camera crew from a council meeting Monday evening, citing non-existent legislation. The open meeting saw the council vote on forming ASSU’s impartial election committee and a panel to review its constitution. According to VUTube president Doug Sarro, Sheila Hewlett, one of the two […]


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