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Problems With Reading Week

Dear Editor,
I have a little bit of a problem with reading week. To be honest, the idea of giving the entire student body a week off to “read” is excellent. Whoever came up with it should get a medal. No, seriously. Especially considering that it falls nicely in the middle of “hell week”. Midterms, assignments, [...]

By Mark Shannon | 23 Feb 09 | Posted in Opinion | Comments (0)

Resident costs increasing

The cost of living at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) campus is going up again for the 2009-2010 school year, the result of recently approved budgets by the Erindale College Council. Held on January  29, the Resource Planning & Priorities Committee meeting presented budgets for Food Services Management and Residence Management, as well as for [...]

By Fiona Buchanan | | Posted in Cover, News | Comments (4)

Bush’s legacy

George W. Bush has turned over more than just the presidency to Barack Obama. This past Tuesday, the new President inherited a crippled economy, a war in the Middle East, and the expectation that he will right the wrongs of the Bush administration. As President Obama assumes his role as Commander-in- Chief, it is appropriate [...]

By Matt Sabucco | 26 Jan 09 | Posted in Features | Comments (0)

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    • UTM will burn for nature


  • This spring, UTM will conduct a prescribed burn of a small parcel of land in its northeast section. The event, which will take a maximum of 50 minutes, will occur between March 20 and April 30, weather permitting.
    Shrubs and small trees currently invade the 1.3-hectare flat savannah habitat. According to Professor Nick Collins of the [...]

    • Management class donates to Heifer International


  • Last Tuesday, Professor Ann Armstrong asked her Organiza-tional Design (MGT363) students to bring $2. At the start of the lecture, Armstrong explained that she needed the $2 to run an exercise that would simulate the dynamics of power, politics and conflict within real organizations through a pretend organization formed by the students—the “Toonie Organization.”
    Armstrong gave [...]

    • UTSU picks Stronger Together


  • On March 16-18, students at both UTM and St. George voted to elect the student union that represents over 40,000 U o f T students. Although results were close, Stronger Together has won all five executive positions for UTSU, including Adam Awad as President,  Danielle Sandhu as VP Equity, Zexi Wang  as VP External, Rolli [...]

    • New credit option for UTSU


  • The U of T Scarborough campus recently passed the option of the credit/no credit application to courses. UTSC students at can now have the option of taking a course without it affecting their GPAs and without the added pressures of doing well in it.
    The UTSC administration believes that this option allows students to take more [...]

    • DY-ing for DY at UTM