Archive for January, 2010

The Dictionary Has Been Banned. Really.

Posted 30 January 2010 | By Sarah Wilkinson | Categories: General | 2 Comments

Earlier this week, schools in Southern California’s Menifee Union school district have had all Merriam Webster dictionaries removed from classrooms because a 5th-grade student found the definition for “oral sex” within the book.
The board has formed a panel that will determine whether or not this ban on dictionaries will be made permanent. “It’s hard [...]

Not a Lost Cause Yet

Not a Lost Cause Yet

Posted 26 January 2010 | By bpeniuk | Categories: General | No Comments

We’ve heard a lot about the devastation wrecked on the island nation of Haiti in the magnitude 7.0 earthquake and subsequent powerful aftershocks of January 12, 2010. An estimated 3 million people were directly affected by the natural disaster. So far, response efforts have been deemed lacking in both efficiency and effectiveness. Almost two weeks [...]

Haiti is Gone

Posted 22 January 2010 | By Amir Eftekharpour | Categories: General | No Comments

Haiti doesn’t exist anymore, as we know it. The major ports are unusable, the airport is down, most of the capitol is destroyed, the government is not in charge, hospitals and schools have collapsed, the penitentiary has broken down and most of the prisoners have escaped, and as many as 2% of the population have [...]

Google vs. China

Google vs. China

Posted 13 January 2010 | By jnguyen | Categories: General | No Comments

Google is in the news once again.
Their announcement demanding that China stop censoring Internet searches or risk a complete pullout by Google sent shockwaves throughout the online world on Wednesday. Google made precedent by standing up to the communist regime, in a move which many are calling the popular website a “champion of free speech”.
It [...]

Another Strike Looms Ahead for Ontario

Another Strike Looms Ahead for Ontario

Posted 11 January 2010 | By eyuan | Categories: General | No Comments

In December, London residents rejoiced as news broke that the month-long LTC bus strike was finally over. Less than a month later, the Ontario DriveTest centres reopened their doors after a four-month long strike. Now, it seems as if Ontario is about to face another strike, one that has the potential to interrupt the education [...]

A Crackdown on Corporate Corruption

Posted 08 January 2010 | By Chris Yeretsian | Categories: 79.9 Headlines, General | No Comments

One of the most contentious topics in examining corporate responsibility is the difficulty that governments face in enacting legislation to punish both government officials and corporate firms that succumb to bribery in the course of their operations. The global crackdown, initiated by the U.S. after a series of questionable business transactions between American and Chinese [...]

Democracy Takes a Blow

Democracy Takes a Blow

Posted 07 January 2010 | By Sarah Wilkinson | Categories: General | No Comments

Stephen Harper has prorogued Parliament the second time in as many years, and it looks like no one appreciates his latest move.
Suspending Parliament until March in the hope that the Olympics would distract the public from the Afghan detainee inquiry does not sit well with the populace, with an EKOS poll revealing that 63%; of [...]

Reading Between the Lines

Reading Between the Lines

Posted 05 January 2010 | By lpigozzo | Categories: General | No Comments

I think the most dreaded period of a university student’s academic year is the beginning of a new term.  It isn’t the revival of learning and the realization of the work that will accompany that I fear, because in all honestly I love the clean slate a new school term offers: new professors, new material, [...]