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Friday, 05 April 2013 04:42
Undergrad tuition increase capped at three percent per year
Since 2006, Ontario undergraduate tuition has been allowed to rise by five per cent yearly. This year – and for the next four years – the Ontario government has stipulated that undergraduate tuition will be capped at a maximum three per cent increase per year; graduate tuition will be capped at five percent per year,…
Friday, 05 April 2013 04:33
SlutWalk Toronto organizes internet-based day of action
On Wednesday, April 3rd—the second anniversary of the original Slut Walk in 2011—the people behind Slutwalk Toronto organized a day of action on the internet, called International Day Against Victim Blaming. The event functioned as a call-to-arms “to spread the word that those who experience sexual violence are never the ones at fault,” according to…
Friday, 05 April 2013 04:12
defederate this
Trinity College Of the 33 per cent voter turnout at the recent Trinity College referendum, 72 per cent voted in favour of diverting fees currently paid to the University of Toronto Students’ Union (UTSU) to the Trinity College Meeting, the college’s localized governing body. The proposed fee diversion, scheduled to go into effect in September…
Friday, 05 April 2013 04:03
Student Commons coming soon
After eight years of negotiations, it appears as if students will have to wait just over 18 months before they stroll into the new Student Commons. University of Toronto administration and the University of Toronto Students’ Union both agree that they are nearing an agreement, possibly as soon as Friday.
Friday, 05 April 2013 03:57
0% percent down! 0% percent interest!
A substantial paycheck and tenure at a storied university does not appear to be enough to retain top-level faculty, a recent Freedom of Information request suggests. The University of Toronto administration has been offering large, interest-free mortgages to staff members.
Friday, 29 March 2013 05:52
Toronto’s latest athletic frontier features real hits, real heart
At the Bunker in Downsview Park moments before the derby bout gets underway, the bleachers are packed but there are a few suicide seats -- where one sits trackside and risks getting slammed into by downed skaters -- still vacant. Spectators crack tall cans and eagerly anticipate the most cutting edge extreme sport this city…
Friday, 29 March 2013 05:47
Defederation junkies get their kicks in Vic referendum
Polls closed on Monday, March 25, for the Victoria College elections and the referendum regarding the diversion of fees away from the University of Toronto Students’ Union. The referendum passed by a wide margin — 61 per cent to 34 per cent, with five per cent abstaining — but uncertainty remains over the decision’s real…
Friday, 29 March 2013 05:45
OLG on losing streak with new report
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has been dealt a bad hand by University of Toronto scholars this month, as the Martin Prosperity Institute (MPI), a Rotman Commerce think tank, brought an academic critique to the downtown casino debate.
Friday, 22 March 2013 14:43
Pedestrianization plans meander towards progress
Despite a meagre turnout to its St. George Street Pedestrianization Town Hall, the University of Toronto Students’ Union is pushing ahead with the initiative. The forum was intended to be a way of soliciting student input on the proposal and detailing the plan. Anticlimactic though it was, the UTSU laid out its plan in its…
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