A&E Editor Michael Di Leo picks ten albums you should hear if you haven’t already. At least that way we won’t be held accountable for whatever choices you may make in the future [...]
The UTM Anime Club: Banzai
Drop by the Student Centre presentation room on Friday evenings and you might find Sprited Away flashing on the wall or a crowd of students playing Name That Tune to Japanese pop music. They are members of the UTM Anime Club, which focuses on anime and manga and encourages a passion for any part of [...]
Marc Bressler elected Residence Council President
Elections for Residence Council were held on Saturday, October 24, 2009. The voting period was from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Oscar Peterson Hall and aproximately 200 votes were cast. [...]
Investors Beyond Borders aims to find a G.E.M
With environmental crises happening worldwide, Investors Beyond Borders, a new student organization at UTM, strives to make a difference. According to its press release, the organization seeks to combine education, energy and investments to help societies, especially developing and emerging ones, curb their reliance on fossil fuels.
Investors Beyond Borders is led by former UTMSU [...]
You asked for it.
The Library (I can never bring myself to call it the Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre) announced this Friday that it would resume the 24/5 schedule that it abandoned less than a month ago (see the article on the cover page). We can once again study in the library as late as we wish. (Not [...]
Hart House wraps up world food week
Cheap food is an illusion. The real cost of the food is paid somewhere and if it isnt paid at the cash register, its charged to the environment, its charged to the public person in the form of subsidies and its charged to your health.
- Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food: An [...]
CAN do attitude
On October 20, U of Ts Hart House received Bollywood star Rahul Bose and Solomon Island teenage activist Christina Ora to talk about current issues on climate change.
Voices for Climate Justice Tour sponsored the two-hour presentation, which focused both on the impact of climate change in South Asia and islands in the South Pacific and [...]
The new 2012
Hollywood, some celebrities, and assorted pseudo-scientists with too much time on their hands have cited 2012 as the year the earth will end. According to James Lovelock, earth scientist and creator of the controversial Gaia Hypothesis, the actual date of our doom may not be that far off. According to Lovelock, Europe, China and North [...]
Where are you going with that?
The question comes to every student, usually from a well-meaning relative or perhaps a fellow student: Four years and tens of thousands of dollars buy us all an education second to none, but where does it lead? Many students have high aspirations — plans for graduate schools or professional schools. Others, such as engineers or [...]
