No note? No sweat
New lax policies concerning health-related absences at the University of Saskatchewan may give students carte blanche to miss mandatory classes, professors say.
The Saskatoon-based university is asking faculty to be more forgiving to students who miss class in light of the ongoing H1N1 epidemic. Professors who typically require doctors’ notes to verify absences are being asked to look the other way.
UWO students concerned about violent campus arrest
Students at the University of Western Ontario in London have expressed their outrage after a video of a violent arrest by campus police on Oct. 14 was posted on YouTube.
The 90-second video shows Irnes Zeljkovic, 22, being held down by at least five campus and city police officers. While trying to handcuff the man, the officers repeatedly kneed, punched and struck the man with a baton more than 20 times.
Sexuality in spirituality
The GLBTQ Centre’s Que(e)rying event challenged students to keep asking questions when it comes to sexual orientation and organized religion, despite the lack of religious safe space.
Mike Wiseman, co-ordinator for the GLBTQ Centre, said: “There is a common misconception that you cannot be spiritual if you’re queer; discussions like these show that we can have that.”
