Publication date: February 27, 2007 Publisher: The Dial Press Rating: 8 When the retail-obsessed heroine of the Shopaholic series returns–working as a personal shopper in London and expecting her first child–It’s no surprise that she’ll be buying for two. And in Shopaholic & Baby, Becky Bloomwood (now Brandon) doesn’t disappoint, and neither does her creator,… Read more »
Hero. The word gets used a lot. There are sports heroes and action heroes, hero sandwiches and superheroes. And now, apparently, there are UFC heroes–but a recent commercial for them only highlighted how far removed they are from what a real hero is. The UFC is the Ultimate Fighting Championship, an entity that, according to… Read more »
If plans go ahead to split Sir Wilfred Grenfell College from its parent university, Memorial, it would not only create a new university in Newfoundland and Labrador?the move would also create ?the most expensive university in Canada? (1). Along with Memorial’s Grenfell campus, the university also comprises the St. John’s campus, the Harlow Campus (in… Read more »
VICTORIA (CUP) ? Homeless people in Victoria have won a small victory in their upcoming Charter challenge to have their rights to sleep outside recognized. A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application from the City of Victoria for a permanent injunction that would have restricted homeless people from setting up another tent city… Read more »
Much of our lives are spent waiting. Waiting in traffic, waiting in lineups, waiting for word, waiting for the perpetually late, waiting for service. Some of us are better waiters than others. We people-watch. We read the latest thriller. We eavesdrop. We catch a snooze. We make lists recapping the day or planning for the… Read more »
Virgo August 23 – September 22 The glyph for Virgo comprises three straight lines with a horizontal line across. The three vertical lines are said to indicate action, harmony, and inertia. Virgo is the sixth sign of the zodiac, occurring at the end of summer and the beginning of fall. It is the sign of… Read more »
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Coalition for Student Loan Fairness AUSU is currently investigating the Coalition for Student Loan Fairness (CSLF) to determine if participation with this group would be advantageous to our members. The group, a grassroots movement of student loan borrowers from across Canada, supports fairness in the loans repayment process. The CSLF notes that Canadian students are… Read more »
In an August 20 news release, the NDP has stated something that student-loan recipients have known for a long time: the system is broken and desperately needs to be fixed. Specifically, Denise Savoie, the NDP Postsecondary Education Advocate, is calling for ?an advocate to deal with the flawed and rigid student loan system.? This release… Read more »
It’s a good, round, solid number that can mean nothing, or everything. See for yourself. 10×10 http://www.tenbyten.org/ ?10×10? (‘ten by ten’) is an interactive exploration of the words and pictures that define the time. The result is an often moving, sometimes shocking, occasionally frivolous, but always fitting snapshot of our world. Every hour, 10×10 collects… Read more »