Federation of Students Announces Executive Candidates for 2005 Election

Waterloo: The Federation of Students Election Committee released the names of the candidates for executive positions in the 2005 elections.

Mirko Petricevic of The Record is reporting that UW computer engineering professor Mohamed Elmasry has apologized for his remarks last week on The Michael Coren Show, and has offered to resign as president of the Canadian Islamic Congress. This offer has not been accepted by the CIC leadership.

Wilfrid Laurier Students' Union released a statement today leading up to a presentation tonight that will recommend a restructuring of city electoral boundaries to account for where students live.

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University of Western Ontario has announced that an agreement with University of Waterloo, University of Gualph, and McMaster University they will co-operate in protecting commercializing research.

The Record is reporting on people's reactions to changes in the housing market over the past year. The story suggests that an increase in the supply to accommodate the double cohort has improved the market for students looking for housing.

The Toronto Star is reporting that the Ontario government may allow tuition increases after the two-year freeze with changes to the student aid program.

Parking services has changed the system for issuing and using passes that it started selling on Monday last week, according to the Daily Bulletin.

A U of T student died after an accident in the school's solar car, which he was driving just outside Waterloo according to the Canadian Press story in the National Post. UW has a solar car team, Midnight Sun, whose first car was knocked off the road by a pickup truck during a race in 1990.

Completing the proposed Feds operating budget has been delayed by an unexpected increase in insurance rates and an error.

The Daily Bulletin and The Record are reporting that Kitchener city council approved a $30 million investment for construction of UW's planned health sciences campus with a School of Pharmacy.