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Friday, 01 February 2013 04:47
U of T Concrete Toboggan team slides to second place
U of T’s Concrete Toboggan team returned Sunday from Vancouver, content with a second place finish at the 39th Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race (GNCTR) in Vancouver.
Friday, 01 February 2013 04:42
UTSU vs men’s rights group
UTSU has added an item to their general meeting agenda to propose a U of T-wide condemnation of the men’s rights website “A Voice for Men” (AVfM).
Wednesday, 30 January 2013 00:45
Labour tells Liberals “Enough is enough!”
On Saturday, January 26, some 15 000 protesters marched under the banner of the “Ontario Federation of Labour” (OFL) to condemn the Liberal convention and the participating politicians.
Thursday, 24 January 2013 06:18
Green urban economy talk touches social currents
On Wednesday, January 23, the Hart House Social Justice Committee hosted a talk titled “Just and Green Cities.” Former Toronto mayor David Miller and Professor Emeritus Frank Cunningham discussed how cities around the world -- Toronto in particular -- have pioneered the use of green technology to address environmental and economic concerns. Miller discussed environmental…
Thursday, 24 January 2013 06:13
Peace will soon prevail for Palestine and Israel: Finkelstein
Author and academic Norman Finkelstein presented an optimistic, if polemical, argument that expected an end to the Israel-Palestine conflict in the near future. Over one hundred people--mostly Palestine supporters--filled the OISE auditorium Wednesday night to hear the controversial speaker.
Thursday, 24 January 2013 06:04
Despite the weather, hell didn’t freeze over
On Monday, January 21, students from all over the city got to party (mostly) naked at Oasis Aqualounge, a sex club in the downtown core. Hosted by the University of Toronto’s Sexual Education Centre, the event gained notoriety after the website Reddit dubbed it -- somewhat erroneously -- an “orgy.” The description alone evoked a…
Tuesday, 22 January 2013 16:08
U of T scores an academic hat trick: Meet the three new Rhodes Scholars of 2013
Ayodele Odutayo, Faculty of Medicine Ayodele Odutayo first became interested in science as a young boy growing up in Nigeria and the British Virgin Islands. Now a medical student and representative of Canadian med students in the Canadian Medical Association, Odutayo was in “complete shock” when he got the early call that he had been…
Saturday, 19 January 2013 06:51
Governing Council closed to international students, despite numbers
On Tuesday, January 15, nominations closed for upcoming Governing Council elections, but none of the names submitted are international students. According to the email announcing the elections, students are only eligible to serve if they are Canadian citizens in a full- or part-time degree program. Most of those looking to run may fit the bill,…
Saturday, 19 January 2013 06:40
School Board director resigns amidst plagiarism scandal
The director of the Toronto District School Board, Chris Spence, resigned after admitting to plagiarizing an opinion piece he wrote for the Toronto Star. This is not just a one-time occurrence; Spence has been found to frequently “borrow” from other works in his articles.
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