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Phone ban strict, but safe

The use of hand-held phones while driving in Ontario is now a thing of the past. A new law came into effect yesterday making it illegal to use a cell phone to talk or text while behind the wheel of a car.

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Boys’ school misses the mark

Boys who underachieve in the classroom may soon have a school of their own, the Globe and Mail reported Oct. 20. The Toronto District School Board’s new education director, Chris Spence, has proposed the first-ever all-male public elementary school in Ontario.

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The procrastination bug

It’s Saturday night and I have a midterm and two essays due on Monday, an article due sometime tomorrow and a whole lot of reading to finish. So naturally, I’m working on none of the above.

Previously in Editorials

October 23, 2009

Think reduction, not rank

The Copenhagen summit starting Dec. 7, 2009 is a chance to negotiate a new international treaty addressing climate change, columnist Simon Jackson for CBC News reported Oct. 19. According to Jackson, the Copenhagen treaty is poised to effect more change than did the Kyoto Protocol given the rise in public support for environmental issues in the “new, post-Inconvenient Truth world.”

October 23, 2009

Shrewd move for languages

Queen’s German, Italian and Spanish departments may merge into a new modern languages and linguistics department for the 2010-2011 school year if a vote this winter proceeds in favour. Spanish and Italian currently share a department, while German is separate.

October 23, 2009

More than a word

The list of unusable words is long, but getting claustrophobic about my vocabulary won’t help anyone. Derogatory terms are facing the social firing squad, although there’s one that has yet to drop as hard as the others.

October 20, 2009

Leaf a vehicle for concern

Japanese car company Nissan will offer its new all-electric car to Vancouver buyers if the city agrees to fund a network of charging stations, the Toronto Star reported Oct 16. The vehicle, called the Leaf, would hit Vancouver dealerships in 2011 if the government installs a series of 220-volt outlets throughout the city.

October 20, 2009

No threat from Web 2.0

Hallmarks of twenty-first century technology like blogs and social networking sites, known collectively as “Web 2.0,” have placed the once-exclusive tools of journalism into the hands of the many, CBC News reported Oct. 16.