Student fed up with UWSA and elections By Kirsten Francescone March 19, 2008 It is election time again and I find myself completely enraged when I walk into the CAW. The hallways, balconies, and stairwells are cluttered with posters screaming “the GOOCHfather” or “make our MA proud”. I wonder how much money is spent on the entire student body election process, and for what ultimate end.
I find that the more students campaign and make promises, the more I cynically laugh and turn my head in disgust because I know what it will eventually melt down to. A small amount of students (most with ties in some shape or form to the UWSA) will cast their vote, in favour of their friend or in favor of whose poster tickles their fancy. >> | Lancers need money for hopes of competing By Nick Olynyk Lance Writer March 19, 2008 The recent resignation of Lancer men’s hockey coach, Pete Belliveau, raises an important, unknown issue at our school—Lancer athletics, particularly men’s hockey, are terribly under-funded. I knew committing to the Lancer men’s hockey team would mean making some sacrifices. I didn’t think those sacrifices would be made on the ice.
All Ontario University Athletics (OUA) member universities, except the inaugural University of Ontario Institute of Technology, invest in a full-time coach, paid to manage and recruit for their programs. Our coach works on a part-time basis, throwing our perennial last place team in the basement before the season begins. >>  | | Campus Kiss | | Hits from the Blog: Under the wire, an excessively lengthy post By Jordan Ferguson Online Editor March 19, 2008 To celebrate the seventh anniversary of his blog, noted and respected fantasy author Neil Gaiman convinced his publisher HarperCollins to publish one of his novels online for free, allowing his readers to decide which one via online poll. The results came in and the winner was his breakthrough novel American Gods, which is also his heftiest work to date, probably not coincidentally.
This experiment has caused people to start examining the free model of business again, with outspoken voices coming out both for and against. Those against argue Gaiman is hurting bookstore owners who might barely be getting by as is, given the fact that so few people read for pleasure. Gaiman replies that's exactly why he initiated the experiment... >> |
