Reading Time: 3 minutesLive from the Archives this week goes back to 2014 when the U of O received a failing grade in the yearly free expression index and a “free speech wall” was erected to try and help the school reputation but subsequently painted over by the Revolutionary Student Movement
Reading Time: 5 minutesMarch 14 General Assembly sees quorum met for the first time.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDirectors are charged with a duty to make reasoned decisions, not blindly follow their ideological viewpoints.
Reading Time: 4 minutesA number of students present at the meeting had concerns over two motions proposed at the meeting, the first of which was to abolish section 3.13.4 in the SFUO constitution.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUnlike some recent scandals and controversies for which voters and “tax payers” have no chance of opting-out (including a weapon’s trade with Saudi Arabia, one that even the new government cannot opt out of), OPIRG has a levy policy that allows every individual student to ask for their levy back.
Reading Time: 3 minutesApart from the general conservative cold-war platitudes and red-baiting used by Mr. Mattinson as arguments to denounce socialism, all the while holding up Canada as a “free” country of “hope and opportunity,” he conveniently omits many issues that one would expect such a strong advocate of human rights would consider.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Sept. 17, the Canadian Association for Equality (CAFE) hosted their first national conference at the Ottawa city hall, where they were met with opposition from the Revolutionary Student Movement (RSM).
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ll be the first to say, communist radicals should continue to enjoy their right to speak about their ideas, no matter how baneful they are. However, their activities must be on their own dime.
Reading Time: 2 minutesContinuing budget issues have led to the cancellation of a long-time institution at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHundreds of University of Ottawa students have camped out on Parliament Hill over the last couple of days in the hopes of bringing about radical calendar reform.
Reading Time: 4 minutesClapping, chanting, and a vuvuzela interrupted University of Ottawa professor Janice Fiamengo and her speech on “men’s issues and feminism’s double standards” on March 28, causing a loud feud between participants and protestors.
Reading Time: 3 minutesYou can change more minds with a debate than with a noisemaker.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa Liberty Society erected a wall of free speech Feb. 5–6 in response to the U of O’s failing grade on a free expression index released in October. The wall was intended to be an exercise in free speech for all students, but was covered with remarks from the Revolutionary Student Movement (RSM), formerly called the Marxist Students’ Association.
