Cuppa kindness: paying it forward
The coffee-drinking student population of the Memorial University of Newfoundland has started a new trend — paying it forward by buying coffee for a complete stranger.
The movement entails generous students spending a couple extra dollars to purchase a second coffee “on reserve” for the next person in line.
Although coffee shop employees at the university notice the trend picks up around Christmas and “Kindness Day,” they remarked that many of the students don’t need a special occasion to brighten someone else’s day.
With files from The Muse
Kwantlen opens student brewery
Kwantlen Polytechnic University is introducing a new program hoping to engage students in a growing Canadian industry. A brand new brewery-lab has been constructed at the Langley campus, for the inauguration of KPU’s brewing program.
The two-year brewing diploma program will begin this September, with a total of 35 spots available. The courses will equip students with science and business skills, and hands on experience essential for success in the brewing industry.
SFU also adopted a new science of brewing course just last year and its brewing club, S.F.Brew, went on to win the Home Brew Showdown against brUBC last October.
With files from CUP Newswire
Student officials resign due to facebook scandal
Following a major uproar, four elected student officials have stepped down from their executive positions within the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) after a sexually explicit Facebook conversation was published online on February 28.
The subject of the conversation was the SFUO president, Anne-Marie Roy. The five men involved suggested and encouraged each other — in a very light-hearted manner — to engage in various sexually violent activities with Roy.
One of the men suggested that they “punish her with their shaft,” and they accused Roy of having STIs. Students and staff alike openly condemned their outrageous behaviour, prompting their eventual resignations.
With files from The Fulcrum
