Brock student Robert Phillips was removed from the Brock University Students' Union (BUSU) Board of Directors after being officially charged with breaking the BUSU Student Code of Conduct. As reported by the Ethics Review Committee (ERC) of the Brock University Students Administrative Council (BUSAC) on Nov.
"Let us eat ambrosia," said Joanna Frueh just before the art critic, art historian and performance artist stuck her fork into a peice of vanilla cake. Frueh spoke at the Brock University Philosophical Society's 'The Alphonso Lingis Conference: A Postmodern Ethics of Joy and Coronation of Glory' which featured keynote speaker Alexandre Trudeau.
On what was accurately predicted to be a long night, the election race for the new American president ended with the re-election of George W. Bush when John Kerry conceded defeat mid-day on Nov. 3. As the election got underway, it became evident that the country was pretty evenly divided between the two candidates and that the whole election would come down to a few swing states, primarily Ohio.
Lest we forget, we have a new coin to remind us. This year the Canadian Mint has introduced the world's first coloured circulation coin which features a red poppy in the centre commemorating the 117,000 courageous soldiers who fought and died for our country in the war.
A very common problem for many a movie-loving student are the late charges at video stores. Although many students disregard these charges as "not a big deal" and avoid paying them for months at a time, they fail to understand exactly what happens if they do not pay their film fines.
Don't get too excited, but exams are about a month away. This year's exam schedule was originally planned to run up until Dec. 23, but the first Senate meeting discussed adjusting the schedule by possibly running some exams on Sunday afternoons or in other locations besides the gym.
Brock will be promoting awareness of international issues and free trade in hosting the annual Ten Thousand Villages sale, taking place in the Sean O'Sullivan Gallery during the week of Nov. 8-12. The sale is sponsored by Brock and WUSC (World University Service of Canada), and will be run mostly by volunteers within the university as well as volunteers from the Niagara-on-the-Lake store.
