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Substance-free, but amusing: Emily Rowe, a candidate for student government president at the University of Western Ontario, has made a campaign video riffing on the Discovery Channel’s “Boom De Ya Da” promo.
It’s pretty well done. You can watch it below.
(In case you’re wondering, Rowe’s platform calls for establishing a university liquor store, installing more laptop outlets in public campus spaces, and composting dining hall food waste.)
Thanks to Joey Coleman for the heads-up.
A British student wonders what I’ve been wondering: Why aren’t the UK student protests over Israel’s Gaza policies getting more ink?
As promised, thousands of Arizona students descended on their state capitol on Wednesday to protest a planned 40% cut to their state university system.
Bused in by the hundreds from each of the state’s public universities, the students eventually amassed a crowd estimated at as much as 2500. Media coverage was intense, including news pieces, editorials, and even a slide show.
Thanks to the Arizona Students’ Association for forwarding links and info on the protest, including this great piece on how the planning and logistics of the protest were handled.
The Obama Youth Inaugural Ball was a logistical and political disaster, says author and organizer Michael Connery.
The ball was over-booked, ticket-holders were barred from the event or sequestered in side rooms, and the whole event was locked down by police for more than an hour, Connery says. On top of all that the Youth Ball’s emphasis on service projects rather than policy issues left student and youth organizers at the “kiddie table” once again.
It’s a great piece. Go read it.
Another update on the York University strike:
- The strike, in its 79th day, is now the third-longest in the history of Canadian higher education, according to the sidebar to this article.
- Students disrupted a meeting of the York faculty senate executive, demanding to know why the partial resumption of classes announced yesterday hadn’t been undertaken earlier or on a larger scale.
- The new labor negotiator deployed by the Ontario government spent yesterday meeting with the two sides separately. Face-to-face negotiations are slated to resume today.
- YorkNotHostage, a student group, will be holding rallies in support of back-to-work legislation next Monday and Wednesday.
January 24 Update: It looks like the strike may be over. The provincial legislature will be called into session on Sunday afternoon to consider back-to-work legislation, and the Ontario premier is hoping to have students and faculty back in the classroom at York by the end of this week.
studentactivism.net 
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