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Iran embassy closure has big implications for Iranian students in Canada
October 1, 2012International students from Iran are still waiting to find out if they will continue their education in Canada By Erin Hudson MONTREAL (CUP) – After suspending diplomatic relations with Iran, Iranian students studying in Canada are still waiting on directives from Ottawa as to how, or if, they will be able to continue their studies. According to the Canadian Bureau of International Education (CBIE), about 4,000 Iranian students are affected by the government’s decision. The CBIE, an association representing 150 Canadian universities and colleges, is spearheading lobbying efforts to obtain information from the government on future steps for Iranian students…
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Harper’s economic reforms bring about the “dark side of excellence”
July 23, 2012By Edward Dodd — The Carillon (CUP) Photo by Alex Smyth — The Fulcrum (CUP) Twenty-four years ago, Pierre Trudeau warned that for too long, Canada had “experimented with the dark side of excellence.” Rather than building the “just society”…
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KPU senate should not ban recording of public meetings
July 23, 2012By The Runner Editorial Staff At Kwantlen’s June 25 senate meeting, President John McKendry ordered Runner editor Matt DiMera to delete his audio recordings of the meeting and not to publish anything that was said in his reporting. The senate…
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Pills, Pills, Pills: The Growing Concern Around “Study Drugs”
July 16, 2012By Shannon Palus “I hate that people take ADHD medications to study,” says Katie Ellston*, halfway through our first round of raspberry blondes on a late summer’s day. She begins telling me about a side of so-called “study drugs” that…
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Intern-al Relations
July 1, 2012By Jeff Lagerquist TORONTO (CUP) - Internships can put some real world experience on your resume and even land you a job, but some employers see them as an opportunity to get cheap labour. With students desperate to build their…
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Lectures, and laptops, oh my! The changing face of student productivity
June 17, 2012By Sol Kauffman It’s 3 p.m. on a Monday and I’m sitting in my afternoon writing lecture. The professor has been reviewing PowerPoint slides for the past half-hour and my attention has inevitably slipped away from the content of the…
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The kids aren’t alright
January 9, 2012By Cameron Welch KELOWNA, B.C. (CUP) — Teenagers are awful. I have no idea why we as ‘young adults’ would want to be associated with them. Looking back at teen-dom, I don’t really like anything about it. In fairness, I…
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