Reading the statements, if they can be so called, by Salman Hossain, the former UTM student and Islamic extremist who in 2008 called for the death of Canadian soldiers on Canadian soil, and who more recently (see article on page 3) called for the extermination of the entire Jewish race,
I was tempted not write about [...]
Turning a blind eye?
Politics is always the same
I always thought university campuses are a reflection of the country they are in. Take UTM. Like Canada, it has a small, yet diverse population. Its members like to grumble about things, yet are proud that they come here—how else can you explain their defensive reaction when others look down on UTM?
Moreover, UTM and Canada [...]
Publishers beware—the medium is the message
Growing up in a poor country was not a cool experience for me. Now that I live in a rich country, I am often intrigued by the perspective that my childhood gave me.
Take textbooks, which are pretty rare in many Cuban schools. Students often share them, passing them along as relics. (They cant photocopy them, [...]
Think before you speak
Its official. Far from bei-ng being reduced to zero, the cost of attending UTM is actually going up. Students (see article on the cover page) will now have to pay 5.2% more for residence, 4.1% more for food and 3 % more for parking.
UTM is not alone in rising costs. Calgary officials recently proposed tuition [...]
You can’t handle the truth
Last weeks editorial, as well as the news article UTMSU denies a student attendance at CFS meeting, caused quite a stir: we received over 1,000 hits on our website on Monday alone, had a few students comment on our blog, and were even quoted on the Macleans oncampus site. We also received a letter [...]
Here we go again
This week, I had to make a decision that may on the surface seem unethical. It concerns The Medium and the UTMSU. It also concerns journalism ethics and affirmative action, although the people involved would probably hesitate it to call it that.
For those who havent read the article on page 2, heres a rundown: our [...]
Much ado about harper
Ive long argued, much to the dismay of some of my North American friends, that the leaders of democracies are
not necessarily better human beings than dictators. Democratic leaders do, however, face a powerful, time-honoured system of checks and balances, a generally short stint at the helm of their countries, and an electorate thats free to [...]
Are student’s ideals naive?
That’s it. 2009 is over, and with it, the first decade of the millennium. We’re re all probably coming up with new resolutions. Some of us may even have a plan as to how to carry these out. This year will for sure be different, we tell ourselves, if nobody else, although it’d probably make [...]
Our near future
One January afternoon of my first New Year in Canada, a little over five years ago, at around four oclock, not the busiest time at most gyms and certainly not at mine, I stood in front of a dozen cardio machines and noticed that every single one of them was occupied by enthusiastic patrons. I [...]
Transparency: A forgotten ideal?
When the UTMSU Annual General Meeting took place last November, I thought future AGMs could hardly get more controversial. Yet last weeks events proved me wrong.
At the University of Toronto Students Union AGM, which took place last Thursday, over 20 UTM students, including a few UTMSU executives, brandished proxy forms that enabled them to vote [...]
