[The Star] Committee votes to sell 22 TCHC homes

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/996369–committee-votes-to-sell-22-tchc-homes?bn=1#article Oh god, here it goes.. here comes privatization/gentrification With the repair tab for Toronto’s crumbling social housing stock hitting $650 million and rising quickly, the city’s executive committee voted Tuesday to sell 22 single-family homes. The tab, provided by Case Ootes, interim managing director for Toronto Community Housing Corp., Continue Reading

[Soccernet] Race row escalates, chief suspended

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/913569/race-row-escalates-as-french-chief-suspended?cc=5901 Technical director Francois Blaquart has been suspended from his post at the French Football Federation following allegations the footballing body is seeking to introduce quotas limiting the presence of ethnic minority players in the national team. Wow… fucked…  Both racist and self-defeating .. the downward fall of French football Continue Reading

[Chronicle] Paranoid? You Must Be a Grad Student

http://chronicle.com/article/Paranoid-You-Must-Be-a-Grad/127235/ A mild case of paranoia might even help you navigate the tricky path to that terminal degree, says Roderick M. Kramer, a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. It’s an academic cliché that graduate students are paranoid, but Mr. Kramer has actually crafted a Continue Reading

[The Star] Queen’s students rally to draw attention to spate of deaths

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/972047–queen-s-students-rally-to-draw-attention-to-spate-of-deaths?bn=1 Reeling in the wake of six student deaths, including three confirmed suicides, in the past year, a group of about 40 students gathered in front of Richardson Hall at Queen’s University Friday afternoon to challenge the school’s response to the tragedies. Geneviève Rochon-Terry, 20, wrote, “I can’t encourage friends Continue Reading