Thorough examination
Although the recommendation only came down last month, the University's incoming dean of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts has already stirred controversy. Chosen from an applicant pool of more than 100 people, University of British Columbia Dean of Faculty of Arts Shirley Neuman was the LSA Dean Search Advisory Committee's first choice. But former UBC sessional Gary Arbuckle insists that by involving herself in a 1996 UBC investigation regarding research funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, a board on which she served, Neuman ignored a personal conflict of interest.
March madness
For the last few years, University of Michigan students have been subject to the Code of Student Conduct, the Orwellian justice system that allows the University to punish erring students while denying them legal counsel, appealing to precedent or burden of proof. In the wake of the recent riots at Michigan State University, MSU President Peter McPherson announced that he plans to re-evaluate an off-campus code of conduct.
An open letter to the Rev. Jesse Jackson
Viewpoint: Student activists should be wary of the administration
It's an issue of integrity, of trust and of power.
When myself and 29 other students occupied the president's office to demand the humane treatment of workers who make University apparel, we were pleasantly surprised to hear that President Lee Bollinger supported our actions. He said the University should admire our passion and leadership on the issue of sweatshop labor.
Letters to the Editor
Chip Cullen: Grinding the Nib
04-02-99
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