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Butterfly exhibit celebrates 10 years

 

Approximately 1,000 tropical butterflies can be found at the annual butterfly show, on until Oct. 12 (Photo by James Park)

 

Where did all the boys go?

 

A recent national study looked at why girls now outnumber boys in Canadian universities (Photo: Claire Brown)

 

York prof demands fair treatment

History professor David Noble is once again entangled in controversy with his employer, York University.

Noble said he believes York has unfairly penalized him for his past indiscretions by assigning him classes on Friday afternoon, an undesirable time slot. He has taken the issue before a human rights tribunal in Toronto.

Partying it up on Aberdeen Street

Queen’s University’s annual booze-fuelled bender occurred as usual this past weekend despite the fact the university cancelled the homecoming last fall after the 2008 homecoming saw more than 100 arrests and numerous hospitalizations.

But this year’s festivities were tempered by the presence of hundreds of police from the Kingston force, Ontario Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, among others.

When the bedbugs bite

 

(Graphic: Heather Wallace)

 

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