Coleman on Campus

Let the mass hysteria about taking the Greyhound start in Southern Ontario. Nevermind this could happen on a plane. http://is.gd/M1jn

The executive director of the University of Toronto Students Union was arrested recently while participating in a blockade of a busy Toronto highway earlier this month, reports The Varsity.

Angela Regnier, a former national vice-chair of the Canadian Federation of Students, was arrested on Mother’s Day as she participated in the blockade of a major Toronto highway to protest against the actions of the Sri Lanka government during fighting against the Tamil Tigers.

Regnier is charged with mischief and “interference with property.”

No surprise as another report says Canada is lagging behind the rest of the world in adoption of e-learning: http://bit.ly/186Oa3

Coke and Pepsi machines co-existing on a campus; I think the North Koreans are going to nuke us!

(Apologies for the poor quality cellphone picture)

Here’s an interesting contrast between America and Canada on the length of study for a standard Bachelor’s degree. While Canada has offered three-year degrees for decades, American universities have loyally stuck with the four-year degree.

Now, Canadian universities (facing the potential of declining enrolment due to demographics) are looking to eliminate the three-year degree in favour of keeping students around for an extra year. Meanwhile, as the U.S. government pressures universities on the high cost of PSE, American universities are looking at the three-year degree as a solution that could lower the cost of a BA degree by a year.

Link: Don’t shorten college to three years

Wish I had the funds to go to Congress this year, this guy would have been interesting: http://tinyurl.com/rx4c6j.

Even more Fugees ♫ http://blip.fm/~73aoh

Cambrian College student charged after purchasing stolen laptop which police traced using installed software: http://is.gd/EkQm

Ont. gov summary of today’s over $1Billion in funding for PSE infrastructure: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/nr/09.05/bg0525.html

Is writing his first “Life” section piece for The McMaster Silhouette. Coleman on Opera, this should be interesting and fun.