Racism continues to be underlying issue on campus By Andrew Langille Third-year Law November 14, 2007 Last week in The Lance Dr. Clayton Smith, University Vice-Provost, was quoted posing the question: “is this really a one-off issue regarding [the Basement], or is there more of this around the university that we don’t know about?”
Many students have spent more than a year attempting to get the administration to address issues of systemic and institutional racism seriously. I find Dr. Smith’s comments unproductive and reflective of an attitude that fails to take student issues seriously.
Curiously, in the Feb. 21, 2006 issue of The Lance Dr. Smith made another comment: “in Canada we don’t see colour. We don’t identify people based on colour. This university is multicultural and I think we portray that very well.” >> | Upset and disgusted with litter on campus By Ronnie Filby November 14, 2007 I am a retired person working toward my degree at the University of Windsor. I am writing this letter to tell you all how upset and disgusted I am with the litter I see around the campus of this university. I have noticed it many times before, but this time I just could not let it pass.
How on Earth do the students of the University of Windsor allow this to happen? Do you all not realize or appreciate how absolutely lucky you are to have the opportunity to get this education?
Some of you may be wealthy and not need to work. Do you have servants at home to pick up after you all? Others may need to work several jobs to pay for this chance. But clearly, you don’t understand how fortunate the gods have made you and you don’t appreciate the atmosphere on your campus and you don’t care what other students, visitors and family and friends think about how you live and how you treat your environment. >>  |
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| Future cult classic, Weirdsville By Jordan Ferguson Online Editor November 14, 2007 If I may, I’d like to take a moment to talk about Gord. You know who I mean, Windsor, the man who’s had page 3 of the Star in a chokehold since before you knew how to read. I admit, I’ve never been much of a reader of Gord’s, since I prefer to dish out my own frothy hyperbole than read that of others.
Gord’s got issues with your administration Windsor, specifically with its refusal to just do the right thing and build the engineering building downtown. To wit:
Meanwhile, the downtown limps from crisis to crisis while our university, historically disconnected from a host community it needs to embrace, continues to huddle in perfect isolation in its below-the-bridge academic ghetto.
The university is disconnected from its host community? Allow me to sip from Uncle Ross’s Koolaid for a moment. >> |
