Rob Ford fiasco highlights flaws in our political system
MARC W. KITTERINGHAM — THE GRIFF (MACEWAN UNIVERSITY)
We need an impeachment option. Something is definitely wrong with being able to ask a person who they were threatening to kill and how often they smoke crack, and still being able to call them mayor.
Even after...
Does inclusion work?
Inclusion is a debatable topic among the media as it has received mixed reviews. Recently, the Minister of Education Dominic Cardy has been travelling throughout New Brunswick to get feedback from educators and the public on how to improve the public education system. The...
Harry Potter and the #cashcow
Let me preface this article by saying how much I love the Harry Potter franchise. Having read the books in my early twenties, I expected to simply find them amusing as children’s books, but instead, fell head over heels in love with the story....
What to do when “friends” post embarrassing photos online
One of my ‘friends’ just posted a picture online of me spooning a tree – it’s so embarrassing!! What do I do?
There are two issues here: one is that your online presence just got a little more weird and the other is that your...
Op-Ed: Book banning comes to Canada
Earlier this year, Canadians watched as a rampage of book banning occurred all over the US. Now it seems this practice may be coming to Canada as well.
What’s happening:
In a public high school library in Mississauga, Ontario, books such as Harry Potter, The Hunger...
Isn’t it time you did more than just commute? How being involved can change your university experience
As the school year comes to a close I can’t help but reflect on the year that’s passed and all of the great things that have come from my involvement on campus.
I’ve heard UNBSJ be referred to as a “commuter school” so many times...
SRC holds referendum to add pothole fee (April Fools 2017)
The SRC will allow students to vote on whether a “pothole fee” should be added to student’s tuition and fees.
This $50 fee would go towards adding more potholes to the UNB Saint John parking lots and roads.
“We feel like it’s our duty as a...
OPINION: Stop telling Arts students that their degree is useless
Every Arts student has
heard it at least once, that question that seems to be the only response when
telling someone what you are taking in university; “So you’re doing that until
you figure out what you actually want to do?” I’m here on behalf of all
Arts...
Op Ed: International Day of Peasant Struggles: Raising the voices of the silenced
April 17 is the International Day of Peasant Struggles.
The non-profit organization La Vïa Campesina and its allies have headed the campaign to educate the Global North (formerly known as 'first world countries") on peasant struggles and commemorate those who lost their lives in the...