Posted in Campus on Feb 23rd, 2009
While the storm on the DROP YFS press conference was all over international news, that was unfortunately not the end of it. Things have been getting worse. I recommend that if you didn’t read that article, then you read it now. It provides essential background info on the situation. Anyways, since then, the YFS (York [...]
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Posted in Campus, Canada, israel on Feb 13th, 2009
The wonderful folks at the Hasbara at York student group (which I may or may not be a part of) put together a short but powerful photo journal of the daily happenings at the university. The scenes in these pictures are not rare occurences. Believe me when I say that this is the least of [...]
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Posted in Campus, Canada, israel on Feb 13th, 2009
As I mentioned last night, the Students Against Israeli Apartheid group had a massive anti-Israel rally planned for yesterday. With the anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish hostility on campus coming to an all time high this week, two Jewish student groups, Hasbara at York and Hillel, organized a counter rally to take place at the same time [...]
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Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize winner in physics, speaking at debate entitled “This house believes Israeli actions are justified” at Trinity College Dublin yesterday evening.
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Where do I begin. This conflict is months in the making, and if you don’t go to York, you won’t understand it. So first a little background info. York University, like most universities these days, is a hotbed of radical leftism (see Indoctrinate U for more on that topic). The union representing Teacher Assistants (TAs) [...]
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Posted in Campus, Canada on Feb 1st, 2009
So the strike is over, but that’s just a temporary fix: The Council of Ontario Universities is predicting the economic downturn will hit its schools, helping rip a $511-million operating hole in this year’s budgets. Council president Paul Genest warns the unprecedented shortfall could be enough to cause some universities to close. “We’ve been hit [...]
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Posted in Campus on Feb 1st, 2009
Back to school right in time for Israel Apartheid week @ York! Israeli Apartheid Week will take place on March 1-8 on college campuses in 27 cities internationally, in what has become a growing phenomenon since the annual event was started in 2005. Although the schedule for this year’s version has not yet been released, [...]
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