Campaign for UWindsor bus passes revived By Sushank Saha
Lance Writer July 8, 2009 The recently ratified Student Environmental Coalition (SEC) is trying to bring the option of a student bus pass back to referendum at the University of Windsor.
 Members of the coalition have had a preliminary meeting with officials from Transit Windsor who have expressed a strong desire for the proposal to be passed by the students. Gabrielle McMillan, Director of Administration at Transit Windsor mentioned that the corporation has approached the students twice in the past without success.
“It is now up to the students to come to us regarding a UPass. We will always welcome student led initiatives and will be open to accepting them if they bear merit,” she said.
The last bus pass campaign was run in the winter of 2006-2007 by then UWSA President Justin Teewuen in accordance with a referendum in which students voted to negotiate a contract for further evaluation. Teeuwen had managed to negotiate a revenue neutral agreement with opt-out option for students living two kilometres outside a transit Windsor bus stop. >> | Basement Pub vastly improved this year By Michal Tellos
News Editor July 8, 2009 After narrowly avoiding permanent closure approximately one year ago, the Basement Pub is now doing much better in all categories, but most importantly financially.
 Citing the growing financial deficit as an example of the pub’s largest financial barrier, the pub was indefinitely closed last summer, but was quickly reopened in September under a new manager, Nic Gesuale, who immediately focused on several key aspects, including a new menu.
“It gives a little bit of variety, because a lot of the students are returning. We do have some new students in the fall, but a lot of them are returning, so if we don’t give them something new to pique their curiosity they won’t come back,” he said.
Also an issue to Gesuale was the customer service at the pub, which had often come under fire from students before, due to the demeanour of staff, as well as the wait-time for food.
“Customer service is the key to anything in this industry. If you can’t provide a quality service with a quality product, you won’t last in this business,” he said. >> | SFU students pay respect to protesters in Iran By James Lin
The Peak (SFU) July 8, 2009 BURNABY (CUP) – In light of the recent political unrest in Iran, SFU students came together last week to hold a vigil in solidarity for students who were victimized or killed in Iran.
 Hundreds of students gathered in the Freedom Square of the SFU Burnaby campus for the Students In Black vigil, which began at noon.
Clad in dark clothing and carrying lit black candles with green straps attached to their wrists for respective symbolic meaning, the event attendees stood in a sombre fashion.
Siavash Rokni, a 1st-year communications student and event organizer, said that “the violence in Iran is a fundamental setback to democracy and humanity.”
The event aimed at gathering students of other nationalities and backgrounds, outside of the Iranian community at SFU.
The vigil began with a short speech from Alysia MacGrotty, external relations officer with the Simon Fraser Student Society.
She said that the Student Society believes in the equal access to information in response to the regimental clamping of social media by the Iranian government. MacGrotty also offered her condolences to the protest victims on behalf of the Student Society. >> |
