Then There Was Light…

Another one bites the dust… I received this from a friend at Ryerson. It is a letter from Professor Edward Vrscay to Professor Sebastian Fernando, the chair of Mathematics at Ryerson: Dear Sebastian: Sebastian, I regret to inform you that I shall not be able to give the colloquium talk to your Department which was [...]

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I went to last night’s IAW opening event at Ryerson University in Toronto. It featured Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti, confused Jew Naomi Klein, and CUPE Ontario VP Ajamu Nangwaya, a South African who was a victim of South Africa Apartheid so he knows quite a bit about real Apartheid, but obviously has no idea about [...]

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But I obviously have problems with it. The full text is here. First he complains for 9 paragraphs about how hard it is to be the President of the University during the economic downturn that the world is facing and in the post-strike cleanup, as if we’re supposed to feel sympathetic (keep in mind this [...]

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Just to add to blazingcatfur’s report, here’s a copy of the letter that was sent out to Hasbara at York: On Tuesday February 25th, Vice-President Tiffin issued four notices of suspension and fines to the following clubs for various recent academic disruptions in Vari Hall this year.  Each of these groups, like you, have been [...]

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Wow. A retired judge wants two Ontario universities to bar Muslim students from being awarded scholarships he has established, though the spokesperson for one institution says her school won’t support a proposal that “flies in the face of everything we stand for.” Paul Staniszewski said he objects to the “medieval violence” used by the Taliban [...]

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I found this over at blazingcatfur. Shalom Lappin, a Professor at King’s College in London, was scheduled to speak in the Colloquium of the Cognitive Science Program of the Philosophy Department at York, but he sent York’s President Shoukri a letter of withdrawal and has canceled his appearance due to Shoukri’s complete and utter lack [...]

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So I yesterday I was at the Steacie Science Library at York University with my laptop at one of the public study desks. Just for the record I wear a yarmulka. I noticed a fellow who looked like a religious Jew take a seat a few spots down from me and we made eye contact [...]

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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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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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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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