Reading Time: 2 minutesUntil the SFUO is in a better position to have the time and funds to properly manage a student bar, they should take a knee.
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Reading Time: 3 minutesAs a university newspaper meant to ease the access to information and facilitate discussion, releasing staff editorials about why the media should be more biased is an odd choice.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMandatory voting is certainly something to study for the future, but given our current lack of information and resources at the U of O, the discussion should remain theoretical for the time being.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“This might not be enough, the SFUO should seriously consider handing out free puppies and lattes to get students involved at GAs.”—Emily Smith, third-year economics student.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis kind of police spying attacks whistleblowers, and it only serves to maintain an indecent shroud of secrecy that ultimately makes a mockery of our society and the people that the police are supposed to serve.
Reading Time: 3 minutesHaving the SFUO rely on committees staffed only by BOA members is a bad idea, since they work so closely with each other and can face internal pressures that can influence their decisions.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy failing to provide that hammer, the government continues to enable the violent conduct of Canadian mining companies in Latin America.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInstead of complaining about students and evading responsibility, perhaps they should focus that energy on actually doing a better job of promoting the SFUO and its democratic structures.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFiduciary duty must be synonymous with the needs of students, and if there is ever a conflict between the two, the students should prevail.
Reading Time: 2 minutesScandinavian countries have been experimenting with this concept for a few years. A recent study of Swedish firms found that when workdays were only six hours long, productivity and worker satisfaction improved, while turnover dropped.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe construction, however inconvenient, is necessary, and the university should be applauded for trying to improve our campus’ infrastructure.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDebating whether or not the U of O’s decision to cancel these subscriptions is a good or bad idea is really beside the point. The main issue here is the process by which the decision is made in the first place.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSome consensual fun I had with friends is being compared to the sexual violence committed by Donald Trump, all because La Rotonde believes it has a right to report on the sexual activities of its students, and not real issues that they face.
Reading Time: 2 minutesProtests are an inherent part of social change and activism. Women’s right to vote, the civil rights movement, and many other important social movements throughout history could not have progressed and amassed the support necessary for things to change without the power of peaceful dissent.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn case you haven’t heard the news, most cases of campus sexual harassment are committed by university professors. At least, this is the allegation levelled by Angelina Chapin in her Ottawa Citizen op-ed titled “Universities need to focus on harassment, not just on sex assault.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently, the federal government announced that it will regulate e-cigarettes within the coming year. While regulation is an important step, it must be done properly.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNot only is recognizing Ottawa as an officially bilingual city a nod to our French and English heritage, but officially embracing both languages is a symbolic gesture that would come at no additional costs to taxpayers and would not affect jobs.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the end, there just isn’t enough reason to support large increases in the minimum wage. Should there be a minimum wage? Yes. A reasonably high minimum wage? Also yes. But $15 an hour? No.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe thing is, the Ontario government already recognizes that 16-year-olds can understand the issues and can form independent judgments on them. After all, civics class is taught in grade 10, not in grade 12, for a reason.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInstituting mandatory Indigenous history classes would help ensure students are prepared to make equitable decisions as they start the next chapter of their lives.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNormally these segments are designed to serve as harmless comedic fodder, but most of the time they come across as being condescending and mean-spirited.
Reading Time: 2 minutesClubs are an integral part of the university experience, and this is why the SFUO cannot settle for poorly managed clubs going forward.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith obesity rates continuing to rise in Britain, more people than ever will be affected by these new restrictions.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLarge-scale lobbying by private organizations, whether they are collecting profit or not, can have a harmful influence on democratic discourse, and eventually debilitating effects on governance.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the Great White North, most people’s gut reaction to the idea of health care reform is to not mess with the storied system that Tommy Douglas gave us. However, this argument fails to take into account the fact that a two-tier system already exists in Canada.
