Opinion
Letter: Affiliates part of the greater whole
To the Editor: Re: Affiliate agreement hurts everyone, March 12, 2013 To say the 2011–12 University Students’ Council was unaware of the costs associated with the affiliate agreement is simply wrong. The $450,000 budgetary loss was made perfectly clear during ... Read More »
Some traditions okay
For those of you not in the know, the Papal Conclave is currently attempting to elect a new Pope. They will continue to debate until a candidate receives a vote of two-thirds plus one. When this eventually happens, it will ... Read More »
Metrosexuality should be praised, not mocked
I attended a party recently where, in hopes of escaping the clustered and overheated main room, I ducked upstairs and found refuge in one of the host’s bedrooms. Another party-goer had a similar idea and followed me up the stairs ... Read More »
Faceoff: men’s issues and women’s issues
Cam Smith News Editor Recently, the creation of men’s rights groups, often called “men’s issues” groups, has been a vogue topic in the media. Last week, the Ryerson Students’ Union passed a new policy barring groups that preach about misandry, ... Read More »
Two-headed Tuesdays: Admissions – how many is too many?
Richard Raycraft Sports Editor What happened to university? The formerly elite institution of post-secondary education has come under a lot of fire in recent years, criticism that is well deserved, in my opinion. Expression like “degree mills” or “Cs get ... Read More »
Affiliate agreement hurts everyone
Facing an unexpected yearly loss of $450,000 due to last year’s affiliate agreement, the University Students’ Council is scrambling to make ends meet by turning to cost-cutting measures and maximizing service efficiencies. Fortunately, the gaping fiscal hole is an easy ... Read More »
Media literacy often overlooked on campus
Whenever I introduced my program to anyone in my first year, the conversation went as such: “I’m a media student. It’s kind of like other media programs—but from a theoretical perspective. Actually, it’s called MIT.” I hesitate. “It stands for ... Read More »
Study drug blame doesn’t Adderall up
As students in an institute of higher learning, we face standards that often create performance anxiety. When assignments pile up, essays overlap and midterms begin sneaking up on you, students look for additional help. The kind of additional help we’re ... Read More »
Head-to-Head: White under fire over racial slur
Jesica Hurst News Editor At a council meeting on Tuesday evening, Sandy White, Ward 14 councillor for London, gave the city something to talk about after using the “N-word” in a speech that outlined her reasons for resigning from the ... Read More »
What makes Western the best of the best?
With the University Students’ Council elections just off in the sunset, March Preview Day just around the corner and soph applications trickling in during the next few days, I’ve now heard the now infamous phrase “the best student experience” a ... Read More »
Letter: Rebrand causes us to lose image
To the Editor: When I applied to Western back in 2005—I took some time off in between now and then—it would have been preposterous for anyone to consider changing the university’s name, and I had considered my choices carefully, as ... Read More »
Phone companies can go to cell
If I had a nickel for every time I heard a cellphone bill horror story from one of my classmates, I’d have enough to pay my own cellphone bill. It seems many Canadians are dialing PG for price-gouging. Over the ... Read More »
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