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November 12, 2007

Hot Topic: The Toronto District School Board is debating black-focused schools to combat dropout rates. What do you think?

Clockwise from top left Fahima, fourth-year Poli Sci and History: I’m against it, of course! It just resurrects the segregation issue. This is Canada! We’re not a melting pot, we’re a tossed salad! Lea, first-year European Studies: Are you kidding me? Sounds like a pre- U.S. civil war kind of mentality. That’s just reversing the […]

November 12, 2007

In his own words: Micheal Lee-Chin

Born in Port Antonio, Jamaica in 1951 to Chinese-Jamaican parents, Chin moved to Canada in 1970 when he received a scholarship to study civil engineering at McMaster University. He then went on to work at Investor’s Group before, in 1987, buying Advantage Investment Council, which had around $800,000 in holdings. He renamed the company AIC, […]

November 8, 2007

UAB spurns stock plan

U of T’s University Affairs Board voted down a proposed change to the university’s policy for ridding its portfolio of unethical investments on Tuesday, Nov. 6. The revision would have put decisions in the hands of an advisory committee of presidential appointees. Currently, such decisions come from a committee of Governing Council members, drawn from […]

November 8, 2007

A Common denominator

Students have voted to fund a new student centre with a levy starting next summer. Nearly 3,100 votes were cast in the referendum, according to an UTSU news release, which added that the results were awaiting confi rmation of voter eligibility before being ratified. Unofficially, UTSU reported that 1789 students voted “yes,” 1205 voted “no” […]

November 8, 2007

You snooze you win

Toronto high school students might get an extra two hours of sleep in the morning, after research showing that teenagers with more rest are happier, better functioning, and have increased memory retention, and subsequently achieve better grades at school. The plan is part of District School Board Trustee Cathy Dandy’s idea to let high school […]

November 8, 2007

Hot Topic: How do you feel about the positive outcome of the recent Student Commons referendum? Is student space on campus a concern?

Clockwise from top-left Adina, third-year Jewish Studies student Twentyfour hour, multifunctional student space should be a part of our tuition. There are things we pay for that we don’t even know about. There are other things we could be concerned about wasting our tuition dollars on. Rachel, second-year Visual Studies student: It’s all well and […]

November 8, 2007

Talk fights rape

Over four out of five female female rape victims are attacked by someone they know and trust, according to a 2006 report by Statistics Canada. This alarming statistic caught the eye of Jewish Women International of Canada and prompted the organization to host a weekend-long conference dedicated to the issue in Montreal this past weekend. […]

November 8, 2007

Policy wonks woo walkers

On Thursday, Nov. 8 from 7-9 p.m., Toronto’s Metropolitan Reference Library will host the conference “Steps Towards a Walkable City” as part of the third instalment of a series of workshops aiming to make Toronto a “great walkable city.” The meeting will provide a framework for public discussion on the priorities and appropriate resources needed […]

November 8, 2007

A HOT habitat for Toronto

Regardless of how long you stare at your utility bills, your mouth wide open, they will not disappear. However, there is something that might lighten the load. The City of Toronto is moving towards establishing a comprehensive plan to create and maintain affordable housing. Housing Opportunities Toronto, released yesterday, has set upon a goal to […]

November 5, 2007

‘Yes’ choice expected in levy vote

Voting results on the Student Commons levy are expected early Monday, wrapping up a two-week-long campaign. The referendum was conducted by the University of Toronto Student’s Union from Oct. 31, to Nov. 2, with polling stations across campus. According to a news release on UTSU’s website, over 3,100 ballots were cast in the referendum, representing […]

November 5, 2007

Watered-down science spills into court

The water has boiled over between the Canadian Federation of Students and a major scientific research council, who late last week went to court over the fallout of a controversial U of T study. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Canadian Federation of Students are awaiting a federal court ruling over a […]

November 5, 2007

Facebook could save the world

In John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation, the character of Ouisa Kittredge finds the eponymous six degrees both a comfort and torture—the latter because “you have to find the right six people to make the connection.” At Social Networking Week, a conference hosted at U of T by Bell University Laboratories in conjunction with U […]


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