Interpreting failure and success
Failure: lower than 50 per cent on the course, lower than 50 per cent on the final, an inability to complete course assignments, lower than 50 per cent on the lab component,...
Smoking ban proposal is intrusive and unenforceable
Toronto Public Health supports a proposal that would ban smoking from restaurant patios, sports fields, parks, hospital grounds, beaches and entrances to public buildings Waterloo...
David Gilmour should be confronted but not censored
Canadian author and literature professor David Gilmour, who is little known outside of Canada, has received international attention due to comments he made in an interview last...
Healthy cynicism valuable
In the past I’ve been criticized for being cynical No, I’m not angry or overdramatic –I’m fed up Frankly, I don’t think people can blame me, or my fellow cynics for our...
GOP cuts aimed at poor
House Republicans passed a bill last Thursday that cuts about $40 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program, which oversees food stamp...
The Weigh-In: unpaid internships
For - Dani Saad Like most issues portrayed as starkly two-sided, unpaid internships are part of a larger, more complex reality, with nuances that are typically overlooked...
Letters to the editor: September 25
RE: Renaissance 20 I appreciated your inspired article on the extraordinary progress of human beings You’re right, we live in a fundamentally different era, the accessibility...
Letters to the Editor: September 25
RE: Blouw Globe and Mail op-ed Recently Max Blouw wrote an editorial for The Globe and Mail expounding that universities should not be expected to train their students for...
Homecoming legacy is in the hands of students
Homecoming is an exciting time of year for students, faculty, staff and alumni to come together, and enjoy a weekend-long party with breaks for tailgating and football Students...
Students shouldn’t be caught in negotiations
The Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (WLUFA) and the university met to exchange proposals with respect to the negotiation of a new contract for contract academic...