As the BUSU executive elections are rapidly approaching, Brock students are asked to enter the polling stations a little earlier than in previous years for the upcoming referendum. Most Brock students will be familiar with the voting procedure from past referendums, but for new students this will be their first experience.
There are 28 students in a Junior/Intermediate teacher's college counseling group at Brock; two of those students are male. This appears to be standard throughout the province, for there is a significant lack of male teachers. According to Statistics Canada in 2004 and 2005, only 31 per cent of full-time teachers were male, and the Ontario College of Teachers reports that in 2006, men made up only 11 per cent of kindergarten to grade six teachers.
The word 'politics' often has a tendency to leave a bad taste in people's mouths. In a time of such heated political campaigning, it is easy to regard those running for administrative positions as untrustworthy, willing to do or say anything for a vote. Yet there are ways a candidate can run on an effective, honest platform and still win the position.
President Candidates: Name: Shawn Carter Program & Year: Political Science, 3rd year Position you are running for: BUSU President What are the most pressing issues currently facing Brock students? Current level of communication between students and BUSU is insufficient and does not accurately reflect what students want.
Heath Ledger's sudden death, the cause of which still irresolute, has been speculated to be the result of drug misuse, though toxicology reports are still pending. Found lying prone and naked on the floor of a New York apartment with six types of prescription pills for anxiety and sleeping problems, equally viable theories of suicide or accidental mixing of medication are circulating the globe.
The McGill Daily (McGill University) MONTREAL (CUP) - Graham Fraser, Canada's Official Languages Commissioner, urged for national harmony between French and English as he spoke to a small crowd of students for the McGill University students' union's Francofête on Jan.
As students, we experience the aches and pains from working at computers for long hours and leaning over exceptionally large books. But what if we could eliminate that physical strain, improving our overall quality of life? Christy Lelovic has been a Health and Safety Specialist for 10 years, and, according to her, with a little help from ergonomics, protection from aches and pains are a possibility.
A recent study by Statistics Canada claims that Aboriginals in Canada, especially young women, are more inclined to be obese than non-Aboriginals. The study states that Aboriginals are two-and-a-half times more likely to be obese than non-Aboriginals, and that an average of 67 per cent of young Aboriginal women, aged 19 to 30, were considered to be overweight.
Freedom of speech? Salman Hossain is currently being investigated by the RCMP for posting his views on the role of the Canadian military in the war in Afghanistan online. Hossain has been encouraging homeland attacks on the military in hopes that his writings will encourage the Canadian government to pull its troops out of the war.
