During an emergency UTMSU Board of Directors meeting that took place last Tuesday, several board members voiced concerns about the recent “midterm de-stressor” event, which was organized and carried out by UTMSU VP Equity and current presidential nominee Vickita Bhatt.
Questions were raised over the role of Bhatt in administrating the event, a role that should [...]
Food Bank pays for face time
Talking with Omar Alghabra
Last Wednesday, Saaliha Malik spoke to Omar Alghabra in the Fireplace Lounge. Alghabra spoke about life after being an MP, his work with the group Students for Omar and about the importance of youth involvement in politics.
Can you tell me about Students for Omar?
After 2.5 years of parliament, there are a lot of things that [...]
Poor excuse
I am pleased to see the UTMSU attempting to address allegations against them as this is rarely done by these individuals, who have had more than their share of scandals this year including mismanagement of proxy votes, a more than generous $1,000 donation toward a legal defence fund, questionable use of student dollars towards a [...]
UTMSU denies a student attendance at CFS meeting
Last Wednesday, the UTMSU executive committee overturned a decision made by VP external Henry Ssali to send UTM student Stefanie Marotta to the Canadian Federation of Students semi-Annual General Meeting that will be held this weekend.
The reasons for rejecting Marotta as a UTM delegate were twofold. Firstly, the executive committee expressed a concern about Marottas [...]
Living the nightlife
Tell me about your new album, Nightlife. What sort of inspiration did you have when putting the album together, and what goals do you have for this album?
The thing is, with my first record, I produced it all myself, the second record, I started collaborating with other producers as well. The third album, I thought [...]
UTM students oppose prorogation
On January 6, two dozen students, community activists and concerned citizens gathered at the UTM Student Centre to help organize a campaign that aimed to ensure Parliament resumes on January 25.
Our troops in Afghanistan dont get to take a couple of months off. Canadas workers dont either. Why does Harper feel he can? said [...]
2010 Olympic Flame lights up GTA
The world will have its eyes on Canada as it hosts the 2010 Winter Olympics next month. Excitement has been building up for the 2010 Olympic Games, and has spread across Canada with over 12,000 Canadians participating in the Olympic Torch relay by carrying the flame in different cities leading towards Vancouver.
In his annual holiday [...]
Tensions run high at UTSU AGM
Last Thursday, the St. George campus student union, UTSU, held their Annual General Meeting (AGM), which saw approximately 75 students in attendance. The union represents approximately 41,000 full-time undergraduate students at both UTM and St. George.
The meeting, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., was delayed for approximately 45 minutes. Students in attendance became impatient and [...]
AGM proxy forms mishandled at UTM
An investigation conducted by The Medium has exposed a mishandling of the collection and distribution of proxy forms at UTM for the 2009 Annual General Meeting of the University of Toronto Students Union, which took place last Thursday at the St. George campus.
Proxy forms allow one student to hold up to as many as eleven [...]
Male students walk five minutes in ‘her shoes’
Last Thursday, approximately 20 UTM male students gathered outside the Student Centre and stumbled about in high heels for five minutes. The annual event, dubbed Walk Five Minutes in Her Shoes was hosted by the UTM Womens Centre for the twelfth consecutive year. The events primary goals were to raise awareness about women’s issues and [...]
