Canadian students received a stirring call to take action against inhumanity and get involved with the world around them in a sold-out visit from the renowned General Romeo Dallaire last Tuesday evening. "I'm here to speak in regards to making Canadian youth, particularly undergrads and high school members, aware of their peers and aware of the catastrophic scenarios in which they find themselves, and light, we hope, some fires underneath our Canadian youth to become activists in changing and evolving the situation of humanity," said Dallaire.
Brock University international graduate students face a hefty tuition increase this year thanks to a vote of approval from the Board of Trustees. At a meeting held Feb. 26, the board accepted a recommendation outlined in a report by Joanne McKee, Brock's executive director of finance/controller that international graduate fees - which are deregulated - should be increased by 15 per cent this year.
A taskforce of Brock students was initiated at a Senate meeting last week to look into alternatives to the use of anti-plagiarism Web sites such as Turnitin.com. Official as of Wednesday, Mar. 3, the Committee on Academic Policy approved a motion suggested by student senator and fourth year student Charles Hill - to form a taskforce to investigate alternatives to the policy of using Turnitin.
For the third year in a row, Brock University's 30 student ambassadors have demonstrated their expertise at showing school spirit by bringing home the 2004 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) - Association of Student Advancement Programs (ASAP) District II Spirit Award.
Canadian Olympian Daniel Igali gets punched in the face, but still managed to defeat Zoltan Hunyady. His win was overshadowed, however, by a record-setting Brock wrestling championship. No story, unless you care to check out Brock's own powerhouse wrestling results below.
Brock University held its first Faith Fair last Tuesday and Wednesday, with more than 15 faith groups that gathered to discuss their beliefs with the Brock community. The fair, organized by Campus Ministries, Aboriginal Student Services, and the Diversity Days team, began in the Thistle Corridor on Mar.
Monday was the deadline for students interested in applying for a seat on the Brock University Students' Union Administrative Council (BUSAC), and like the earlier students' union elections, interest seems to be greater this year than last. Kim Lazenby, Brock University Students' Union (BUSU) vice-president student services, says in the past BUSAC seats were rarely contested.
BURNABY, B.C. (CUP) - British Columbia's women's centres say the provincial government is forcing them to close or drastically reduce their services, and that will make it harder for women in situations of violence or poverty to get help. All 37 women's centres will lose their provincial funding at the end of the month.
TORONTO (CUP) - It will take a school bus, a skateboard and endless days of physical strain for Rob Dyer to achieve his goal of battling cancer across North America. This week, the 20-year-old Newmarket, Ont., native will begin his seven-month mission, "skate4cancer," which will have him skateboarding from Los Angeles, California to his hometown in order to raise money for cancer research.
EDMONTON (CUP) - Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia, a man who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times and survived several attempts on his life for his views on aboriginal rights, told a packed lecture hall at the University of Alberta that denouncing human rights abuses is not enough to prevent them.
