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| 11:06 am | 0 CommentBy Ariane Madden Concordia permits use of transgender chosen names Transgendered students at Concordia University in Montreal will now be permitted to use their chosen names — rather than birth names — on school identification cards and other university documents. This comes after a two-year campaign by the campus’s Centre for Gender Advocacy. Birth names will more...
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| 4:15 pm | 0 CommentBy Ariane Madden 60 Montreal students arrested amid continued protests Sixty Montreal students were arrested on April 4 after destroying parts of a hotel and shopping centre, including using a “pyrotechnic device” amid continued demonstrations against proposed tuition increases in Quebec. The provincial government refuses to negotiate on the increases despite more...
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| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy Ariane Madden Instructor strike at Brock causes problems Thirty-eight English as a Second Language instructors at Brock University went on strike last week, causing transit back-ups as they blocked the entrance to campus. Negotiations from a previously-closed labour contract dispute broke down after an error in the contract text was unable to be more...
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| 12:06 am | 0 CommentBy Ariane Madden VCC bans bottled water sales Vancouver Community College voted last week to ban the sale of bottled water on campus starting spring 2013. The college will be the first post-secondary institution in greater Vancouver to ban bottled water sales, citing sustainability as a primary reason for the move. B.C. government pledges for new ECUAD campus more...
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| 12:23 am | 0 CommentBy Ariane Maddena UBC students launch photo dating site Two students at the University of British Columbia launched a different kind of dating website last week, garnering both support and privacy concerns over its execution. The site, called “Peeked Interest” invites university students to take a snap shot of their love interest and post them in the hopes of more...
SF-ood
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After a 50-year food fight, can changes to SFU food services really make the cut? By Ariane Madden Photos By Mark Burnham It's 5:21 p.m. on a Tuesday, and you suddenly find yourself running from Images Theatre to McKenzie Café in the hopes of grabbing a snack to tide yourself over until your evening tutorials are over and you can actually have dinner. Alas, you more...
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| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy Ariane Madden B.C. government to cut higher education funding The British Columbia government announced last week that it will be cutting $70 million in funding from advanced education. The cuts, which only amount to 2.2 per cent of the government’s current funding total, are supposed to come from “administrative savings”. Fire at UBC more...
SSB and Shrum Chem faceoff
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By Ariane Madden Sustainability competition’s goal is to reduce energy consumption by five per cent, which could save up to $24,000 Starting March 5, the South Sciences Building and the Shrum Science Chemistry building will go head to head in a competition to reduce their energy usage and increase sustainability awareness. The competition, an initiative of the SFU more...
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| 12:07 am | 0 CommentBy Ariane Madden Former Calgary student union president charged with robbery The former president of Mount Royal University’s student union was arrested and charged with bank robbery last week, only one month after resigning from her position. She allegedly resigned after a routine review uncovered several unexplained discrepancies in policy compliance. more...
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| 12:45 am | 0 CommentBy Ariane Madden UVic student’s tattoo joke goes viral A joke photo featuring the face of a University of Victoria student on his girlfriend’s arm resulted in hundreds of Facebook posts last week and was reposted to social news websites such as Reddit. The truth that the picture was photoshopped and the girlfriend was made up came out after news outlet more...
