St. Paddy’s riot in London Late Saturday night in London, Ontario, what started out as simple St. Patrick’s Day fun escalated into a dangerous and violent riot. The riot broke out in the Fanshawe enclave on Fleming Drive, where 82 student homes are found. Around 1000 drunken partiers started and fed many street and vehicle…
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Pharmacy receives $600,000 donation from Ontario College of Pharmacists
In support of building the role and emphasis of pharmacists in Ontario, the University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy recently received a gift of $600,000 in early February. The money is to fund a professorship that promotes innovation and research initiatives in pharmacy. The gift was given to the school to establish the Ontario College…
Funding universities in a deficit future
Commission on public service reform advocates deep cuts to spending From the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services: “Tuition freezes are not in students’ interests.” In an attempt to tackle a large provincial deficit, the provincial government had a report comissioned by Don Drummond (Chair of the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s…
UW gives notice: we need Federation Hall
Administration, Feds debate who can best make use of student-financed building By next April, Fed Hall will be Feds’ no more. In a March 25th memo addressed to the Federation of Students, the University of Waterloo announced its intention “not to renew the Lease Agreement… between the Federation of Students and the University of Waterloo…