September 2007

The Archives

• Hockey

  Dean McAmmond: heads down winner for sports quote of the year

  09.28.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment |

  My nomination for best sports-related quote of the year goes to Ottawa Senators’ forward Dean McAmmond:
  “People say I have got concussion problems, but I don’t have concussion problems. I have got a problem with people giving me traumatic blows to the head, that’s what I have got a problem with.”
  McAmmond comments on his third NHL [...]

• Education, Politics

  Students silenced by secret Concordia risk committee: Macleans

  09.24.07 | Permalink | Comment? |

  In an online article published this week, Macleans magazine explores Concordia University’s Risk Assessment Committee, the secretive body that allegedly rejects student events, according to an arbitrary definition of “risk — and the political interests of the university administration. Mentioned in the article is the RAC’s rejection of a film screening organization by Cinema Politica, [...]

• Education, Politics

  Crackdown on Campus Activism: Student Tasered for Querying Kerry

  09.18.07 | Permalink | 6 Comments |

  It’s becoming increasingly difficult to be a progressive on North American university campuses. During an talk yesterday by former US presidential candidate John Kerry at the University of Florida in Gainesville, five campus police officers tackled and tasered UF student Andrew Meyer, who exceeded the one minute quote alloted for asking a question. Sure, [...]