i'm alive, don't worry

Hey everyone. I know I've been quiet for the past week or so. That's because there's this little thing called school in my life I've been attending to. Yeah. That thing. So today, a couple of links, before I dive into writing my research paper:

Report from the CFS Task Force on the Needs of Muslim Students (PDF) - As much as I dislike the CFS, I was involved in this initiative in the summer and the fall, and organised the hearing on Scarborough Campus. I felt it was meaningful and worthwhile initiative and I remember being happy with how our hearing went. Hopefully some good comes out of this report.

SCSU in limbo and Editorial: Vote to make the racket stop - Both from the Varsity. Coverage of the decision to hold a new election on April 9 - which is Easter Monday, UTSC "Friday" (a day to make up for the school being closed on Good Friday), and the day before study break. Let's count the number of problems with this.

Agenda for the March 23 SCSU Board of Directors meeting (PDF) - Looks like some interesting motions on the table! I'll have more on this after the meeting actually happens.

What's Wrong With University (And How To Make It Work For You Anyway), by Jeff Rybak: Facebook group, Facebook event invite and publisher's page with a link to the summary. Jeff was SCSU VP Academics for two years and has been really really involved in governance and academics at UTSC. His book launch is March 29 at Bluff's Restaurant in the UTSC Student Centre, so come on by and check it out.

Also, I updated the entry about the letter from the former SCSU executives with some corrections from Jeff.

I'm stepping back from really being involved with the elections drama. As I mentioned, I have a lot of academic commitments at the moment, and there's also some personal life stuff to deal with. So, I'll have more updates about the elections after Friday's board meeting, other than that, just wait it out until April!