AUCC calls for increased investments
OTTAWA (CUP) — The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) has presented a briefing to the House of Commons standing committee on finance…
2009
Ryerson bleeds six figures over Coke deal
TORONTO (CUP) — Ryerson will lose over $130,000 in funding this year because students didn’t drink enough Coke. An exclusive deal with Coca-Cola required Ryerson…
An open mind in a shrinking world
In the world today, globalization affects peoples’ points of view, attitudes, mentalities, values and perspectives. The world is shrinking as the media, economic interrelations and…
Scrutinizing the American propaganda machine
“It was very much a moment of high drama. [ . . . ] Barack Obama announce[d . . . ] the existence of a…
The need to continue our journey into space
Though I’m not the first one to come to the conclusion that, at the end of the day, we’re screwed if we stick with Earth,…
Simply a politician
I was very pleased to hear that Greg Selinger is “simply a good guy” (“Simply a good guy” Oct. 7, 2009). I mean, really, who…
Thinking critically about pigs
Last March, I wrote a piece on pigs for the Manitoban, following the dispute in the campus center between the Winnipeg Humane Society’s “Quit-Stalling” campaigners…
Plaid! Parkas! Patriotism!
Assume for a moment that there is such thing as a “Canadian identity.” I, perhaps naively, would like to imagine that it is complex, subtle…
Healthy living for a lifetime
As a young person who is very health conscious, I am appalled at Toban Wiebe’s letter of Sept. 30 (“Ask a health and fitness specialist”;…
All your lanes belong to us
Have you ever been hit by a car? I have. In fact, I’ve been hit four times; three times while riding my bike. My most…