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February 14, 2008

‘It’s like we flew in museums’

With the South Asian and Middle East galleries opening Saturday, the Royal Ontario Museum inches closer to fully populating its new, massive—some would say monstrous—Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. The galleries share a third-floor pocket in the Daniel Libeskind-designed crystal. The structure opened to mixed reviews last December as part of Renaissance ROM, the museum’s ambitious $270-million […]

February 14, 2008

Ever been in love?

Clockwise from top-left Katherine, 2nd year English There are so many different types of love…I’ve felt passionately before but I have never been sure. I thought I was in love, but I don’t know anymore. I did fall in love with all three male lead characters in War and Peace as I was reading. It […]

February 11, 2008

CFS-BC leak exposes referendum ‘war plan’

Ever sent an email to the wrong person? What about a few hundred wrong people? Imagine that the email lays out your plans for a major referendum campaign with tens of thousands of students’ dollars at stake, and that the unintended recipients were hundreds of student politicians throughout your province, and you might understand the […]

February 11, 2008

Campus food workers dish out dissent

Food service workers are the lowest paid of all staff at U of T’s campuses, and U of T should be held accountable for the company it contracts out to for essential services, says the workers’ union. On Feb. 11 UNITE/HERE, which represents food service workers at U of T’s St. George and Scarborough campuses, […]

February 11, 2008

UBC scared shut—twice

The RCMP has issued a campus-wide warning at UBC and launched an investigation after prank threats twice brought campus activity to a halt, On Jan. 29 the Biological Sciences Building was locked down after someone phoned in a “threat.” On Feb. 6, another threat was made against UBC, although this time no particular building was […]

February 11, 2008

Rental law could leave students homeless

A housing crackdown at Oshawa’s University of Ontario Institute of Technology and nearby Durham College could force as many as 500 students out of their homes. With 5,000 undergraduate students at UOIT, 5,500 students at Durham, and only 1,300 residence spots available, some students have opted to live in the subdivisions surrounding the institute, transforming […]

February 11, 2008

Carleton elections off to a chaotic start

As she prepares to step up as chairperson of the Canadian Federation Students-Ontario, Shelley Melanson is dealing with infighting and accusations of misconduct at her own students union. Melanson, president of the Carleton University Students’ Union, will take over CFS-O’s top job this June. Political tensions at CUSA have run high during her tenure. Carleton’s […]

February 11, 2008

How do you rate U of T’s cafeteria and food service?

Clockwork from top-left Lailah, 4th-year Human Biology There’s a reason I have Chinese food…Burwash food is pretty inedible and this comes from someone who isn’t eating there for every meal. Alex, 4th-year Sociology I was noticing on the way here [Robarts] that there is no food on St. George except for the trucks. I swear […]

February 7, 2008

U of T ‘passive’ on investment picks

A new policy on university divestment has already earned critics, as the administration commits to working with students, staff, faculty, and alumni to overhaul investment ethics procedures. Decision-making power and the role of proxy voting are among critics’ foremost complaints with the new policy. The University of Toronto currently signs its voting power over to […]

February 7, 2008

McDonald’s and three other corporations are now granting valid, advanced high-school credits in the U.K., through privately-run training programs. What do you say to that?

Clockwise from top-left. Aldeli, 2nd-year Women’s Studies It’s a good thing for people who don’t have as many opportunities to finish their high school education, like older people who want to go back to school and go to university. At the same time though, it could be seen as an easy way out. People might […]

February 7, 2008

Herpes email causes flare-up

An indignant article by Globe and Mail columnist Christie Blatchford has raised the hackles of U of T administrators, who are defending their choice not to send a mass email informing female students about the vaccine Gardasil. The vaccine was approved by Health Canada in July 2006 to immunize against four major strains of HPV, […]

February 7, 2008

Dead students still repaying loans

The federal government is collecting on loans to student borrowers—dead or alive. Since 2002, Ottawa has forwarded 100 accounts of deceased students to the Canada Revenue Agency, recovering $14,645.53 from their estates, according to figures obtained by the non-profit group Coalition for Student Loan Fairness under the Access to Information Act. For student loans negotiated […]


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