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The Foodbank’s decline

Foodbank usage has dropped from 1,500 visits per year in 2004, to a mere 100 since last May. Foodbank manager Tara Tran said the move from a more central location on Earl Street to Macgillivray-Brown Hall (due to Queen’s Centre construction) could be to blame for the dramatic drop.

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A suggestion for Earth’s sake

The new Earth Centre is a fantastic idea which encourages students to think about the impact their purchases have on the environment and hopefully students will support it. What the Earth Centre needs to do now is make sure they know where to go.

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To each their own pod

Whatever your reason, iPod ownership ensures that everyone knows you are on the cusp of the most revolutionary and relevant technology today; what’s more, you are a lover of music. I personally hope I’ll always prefer the comfort of hearing a friend say hello on the street to the convenience of music you can rock out to while you walk home. Then again, to each their own pod.

Previously in Editorials

January 16, 2007

Promising guidelines

Although Macmillian, Black and Teuber should be recognized for putting themselves on the line and creating an informal contract with students, it’s disappointing that they are now referring to the promises as merely a “guide”.

January 16, 2007

Khan’s crossing hypocritical

It has now been more than a week since Wajid Khan, a Mississauga MP, left the Liberal Party in favour of a more Conservative political stance. Elected as a Liberal, Khan crossed the floor without the consent of his constituents in the Mississauga-Streetsville riding. What is perhaps even more distressing, though, is that Khan’s report on the Middle East—which was commissioned to the tune of almost $13,000 of taxpayer money while Khan was a Liberal MP, and originally intended to be made available to all parties—is now being restricted to the Prime Minister’s Office alone.

January 16, 2007

Short winter; long underwear

Every year, on Oct. 1, my chic fall clothing gives way to a hooded parka, insulated mittens, thermal knee-high socks and my trusted, full-body coat of armor: Helly Hanson long underwear.

January 12, 2007

Hanging Saddam

As it’s now well known, Saddam was executed by hanging on Dec. 30 after being convicted of crimes against humanity for the killing of 148 Shiites. Although few would dispute Saddam’s guilt, the trial itself was hardly a beacon of justice. Among the trial’s travesties were the open verbal sparring between the judge and Saddam and the assassinations and attempted assassinations of both the prosecuting and defending lawyers. Midway through the trial, the chief judge was replaced.

January 12, 2007

Dossa’s limited freedom

On Dec. 11 and 12, Shiraz Dossa, a professor of political science at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, attended the “Review of the Holocaust: Global Vision” conference held in Tehran, Iran. Although Dossa wasn’t a Holocaust denier himself, several of the conference’s attendees included well-known neo-Nazis and past leaders of the Ku Klux Klan ...