Why students aren’t voting: a political scientist’s perspective
Professor Jon Pammett, a political science professor at Carleton who has studied voter turnout in Canadian elections, said there are many reasons why youth...
CUSA plans campaign to educate students about voting process
Maddie Adams, Carleton University Students’ Association (CUSA) vice-president (student issues), said she understands that Carleton students need to be educated on how to vote,...
Ballot blues: why so many youth aren’t voting
The Federal Faux-Pas
Country-wide, there is an epidemic of young people who just aren’t voting.
In a 2013 study, Marc Maryand, Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer, found...
Stop the student presses? The struggle for funding and space for student newspapers
Campus newspapers are the voice of students. Sometimes that voice gets shushed, but rarely is it shut up for good.
In July 2015, the Imprint,...
A brief history of campus press at Carleton
Boxers take hits, football players take hits, and apparently so do newspapers.
Many campus media outlets across Canada have been in jeopardy over the years,...