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Queen’s University researchers announced last week they have found the specific brain changes that control impulsive behaviour.

Marked by distinct changes in neuron communication in the pre-frontal cortex, this may open the door to new research concerning drug addiction, ADHD and other compulsive disorders, researchers said.

McGill University’s Arch Café, one of the university’s few remaining student-run eateries, will not re-open after 17 years of business.

“People got really upset,” Arch Café manager Katherine Messina said, recalling students’ reactions when they first heard the café would close.

The university shut the café down, claiming financial troubles, Messina said.

One of the biggest hurricanes ever to hit Eastern Canada left many students at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s stranded and without electricity for days, said Jessica McCormick, director of external affairs at the Memorial University Student Union (MUNSU).

Hurricane Igor hit the province Sept. 21, devastating communities and washing out highways. Access to all communities was only restored five days later, according to a news release from the province’s transportation department.

Late to class? You’ll pay for it.

Starting this year, students at East High school in Salt Lake City who show up late to class will have the option of paying $5 or spending 30 minutes in detention.  

The teachers at the high school have the final word on whether or not a student has to pay.

If the student has a legitimate reason for not being on time, the fee can be waived. Otherwise, the student is marked as truant and will have to spend time in detention, said the school’s principal, Paul Sagers.

To respond to a rapidly increasing population of francophone and bilingual students, Toronto’s bilingual Glendon College will expand its campus with a $20-million grant from the Ontario government.

From 2001 to 2007, the college, which is part of York University, saw its enrolment grow from 1,700 to 2,500 students, according to the college website.

“There’s every reason to expect this [growth] will continue,” said Kenneth McRoberts, the college’s principal.