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Canadian universities need to address sexual assault on campus
March 9, 2015[caption id="attachment_944" align="alignnone" width="940"] Image credit: Talha Qadir[/caption] If you attend a Canadian university, chances are you’re blissfully ignorant about sexual assaults at your school, and the policies in place to deal with them. This may be because your university has no special policy to deal with these crimes. Last year, a study done by the Toronto Star found that a mere nine out of 78 Canadian universities had any sort of special policy to deal with sexual assault. There isn’t even a law in place for institutions to convey the statistics on their crimes. Clearly, Canadian universities are not…
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Universities should market themselves however they wish
February 2, 2015Universities often compete with one another for the brightest students and the best athletes. This has led to an era of university branding, where each school tries to sell you their campus life and academic prestige. Understandably, controversy has arisen…
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University Briefs
January 4, 2015110 million-year-old crab fossil discovered by University of Alberta researcher The fossil of a 110 million-year-old crab was found in the Colombian tropics by University of Alberta PhD student Javier Luque. The species of higher true crab, Telamonocarcinus antiquus, dates…
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University briefs
November 21, 2014Student vote to end pop quizzes and early classes Students at Ryerson University are tired of 8:00 a.m. classes and pop quizzes, and they’re hoping to see the end of both unpopular practices. The Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) passed two…
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University Briefs
October 27, 2014UBC Theatre and Film sells old costumes for Halloween Students looking for unique disguises to wear this October 31 were invited to Freddy Wood Theatre last Wednesday for priced-to-clear costumes, courtesy of UBC’s Film and Theatre program. From vintage bling…
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On the art of group projects
October 14, 2014Now, I trust you’ve all looked over the syllabus and the academic honesty outline I posted prior to this class. Any questions? No? Good, then let’s talk about the group project assignment due in November. I know most of you…
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SFU community consultations address budget cuts
October 13, 2014SFU administrators held a community consultation last Wednesday in the SFU Theatre concerning the university’s budget for the 2015/2016 year. SFU president Andrew Petter explained the challenges the university is facing: “Government decided to cut budgets for post-secondary institutions a…
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Portrait of the Undergrad as a Young Man
October 6, 2014Think of the average college man: what does he look like? Is he the boozy, womanizing frat boy of films like Old School and Animal House? Is he the brazen college football star, whose ego is as artificially inflated as…
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Urban Outfitters needs to re-think its business strategies
September 29, 2014Frankly, I’m not surprised by Urban Outfitters’ decision to sell a blood-stained, bullet hole-riddled sweater that blatantly refers to the 1970 shooting of four students at Kent State University. But, while the clothing company has released a number of offensive…
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SFU graduate says study what you love
September 8, 2014Speaking from personal experience, choosing a degree is hard. It’s perhaps one of the most stressful things you will ever do after high school. Honestly, even if it took longer than I planned, I don’t regret switching from a science-based…
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