Memorial Grad Students Evicted for Their Own Safety
GSU consulted with public health officials who warned them the Feild Hall residence could not be kept safe.
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Memorial University is Hosting a Maverick Political Panel
When a problem comes along, must you whip it? Four outspoken Canadian politicians are questioning parliamentary party discipline at Memorial next week.
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Memorial Students Rejected a Bad Proposal, Not a U-Pass Program
If you’re disappointed with the results of the recent U-Pass student vote at Memorial, don’t be disappointed with the students. It’s good news that 51% of eligible voters participated, and it means that 71% of those students voting “No” is a clear rejection of the proposal by the student body. However, this vote can only tell us how students felt about this proposal. It does not tell us how students feel about a U-Pass in general. Students did not support the specific U-Pass program proposed by Memorial University, Metrobus, and the City of St. John’s because of ineffective communication, inappropriate pricing, and inadequate scope to address the core transit issue: that all true growth opportunities for Metrobus ridership lie outside the current service area. Metrobus and the City have been thinking about U-Pass programs as a means of improving public transit since at least 2011. One of the recommendations in…
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We need solidarity now more than ever
“Power goes to two poles – to those who’ve got the money and those who’ve got the people.” — Saul Alinsky May 1st marks May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, when countless workers across the globe take to the streets to commemorate the sacrifice and struggle of a strong labour movement that faced state-sanctioned violence to bring us the 8-hour work day, wages, benefits, and safe working environments, while continuing to hold institutions and governments accountable in what shouldn’t be an uphill battle for fair working conditions and living wages but often is. As a student at Memorial University for the past six years, I am no stranger to the immense contribution workers on our campus make, to allow students to learn in a safe and supportive environment. Despite the crumbling infrastructure due to years of upper level mismanagement, a profound amount of effort goes into keeping classrooms,…
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Reading utopia to reclaim the University
The university should be a publicly funded place to imagine a better world.
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Trump “has done us a favour”: Gwynne Dyer
One of Newfoundland’s most famous intellectuals argues the U.S. President’s election in 2016 offers valuable insight into American politics and society before it’s too late.
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A future for students
A prosperous economy and society in Newfoundland and Labrador requires affordable, accessible post-secondary education for all.
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Driving women out
How MUN’s reliance on contract labour is creating a hostile environment for female professors.
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The hidden costs of exploiting contract faculty
Universities’ growing reliance on the exploitation of contract faculty erodes institutions of higher learning, and MUN is no different.
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Seize back our University
Faculty members call for MUN administrators and government to renew their commitment to the public university.
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Intersectional feminism does not uphold capitalism
MUN Provost Dr. Noreen Golfman is waving the feminist flag while perpetuating class oppression.
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MUN tuition and the myth of meritocracy
Ahead of Thursday’s decision by Memorial University’s Board of Regents to raise tuition for select students, the school’s provost revealed the fiction on which administrators hold the belief they’re not hurting students.
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The rise of nativism in NL politics
Our provincial and post-secondary leaders are playing with a dangerous idea.
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MUN community must unite against provincial government’s austerity
Questionable strategy, fractured university community means everyone loses.
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No, it does not cost $26K to educate a student
In the fight over post-secondary funding, incorrect math is being used for political purposes.
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Let’s fight for free education
“Education is a fundamental condition of human freedom.”
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Muskrat protests move to Nalcor headquarters, MUN, Confederation Hill
Demonstrators in St. John’s send clear message that major human health concerns with the hydroelectric project must be addressed prior to reservoir flooding, Nalcor should be audited.
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MUN Students’ Union pledges support for Make Muskrat Right
“Students call on government, Nalcor to take action to protect Indigenous lives.”
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Poster campaign at MUN targets government over Muskrat Falls
“It’s absolutely unacceptable. This is human life, this is a traditional way of living,” says student who posted hundreds of posters condemning Liberal MHAs.
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How parking drives automobility and harms us along the way
As the province undertakes climate change consultations, the Pokémon Go craze and a story about a bike-using professional recycler should make us think twice about how parking provision and parking laws underpin a world engineered to isolate people from each other and the effects of our everyday actions.
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