This week

The holidays are over, things are heating up everywhere, and here are some tidbits from different campus papers.

In Brock, a Letter to the Editor:

7) Peace will never come to the Middle East while the Bush regime skews its policies towards Israel.

At U of Calgary, this news brief about an Israeli film series:

"When most people think of Israel, often the first word that comes to mind isn't 'film'. 'Ethnic conflict', 'terrorism' and 'war' are probably more commonly associated with that part of the world. An Israeli film series playing at the University of Calgary the next month may change that. Its primary focus is the human element in the religious conflict between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples. "

At Concordia, the Barak controversy is drawing student comment:

"I am truly embarrassed by such failures in a democracy in the 21st century. I am afraid to ask, but if my fellow students are not interested in free speech and inquiry for all of us on campus, regardless of a speaker's political opinions, than what exactly are we learning at school?"

At McGill, a new Jewish museum is making the daily news:

"It should be a learning laboratory for students who are interested in the history of Canada," he said.

The Montreal Jewish Museum will be part of an existing network of similar museums around the world with whom the committee intends to cooperate, coordinate, and share exhibitions. "

Religious sensitivity is an item of concern at UofT Scarborough:

"No, it's not that I wasn't invited, or that I didn't want to attend the first Megapub of the year. I was at home for the Jewish holiday, Rosh Hashanah, one of the most important religious days of the Jewish calendar.

Since realizing that the first major social event of the year was happening on a religious day, I have been debating just how sensitive the SCSU and other student organizations should be towards significant days of faith. "

Over here in the blogosphere, we are working very hard to put together our team of people who are going to report from their various campuses.

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