Category Archives: Lifestyle

St. Thomas Aquinas Teachers’ Petition Is a Familiar Issue

3 Replies

By Jason Menard,

In trying to hush the teachers of St. Thomas Aquinas, the London District Catholic School Board may have inadvertently drawing much-needed attention to a long-running story.

Administrators across the city should be quaking in their boots as it’s not just at the Catholic high school where the student inmates are running the asylum. And it’s time for school boards to support their front-line workers – the teachers who are increasingly fighting a battle against their students with their hands bound by administrative lunacy.  Continue reading →

Prof’s Pilfered Speech Cooks Up New Student Dynamic

1 Reply

By Jason Menard,

An allegedly plagiarised speech delivered at a recent University of Alberta banquet had some calling for the dean’s head on a platter. But whether it should ultimately be served up should depend solely on how the school would handle a student who did the same thing.

The key to success when it comes to discipline and fairness is the same key to success for restaurants — consistency. If the university maintains its stance on their dean’s plagiarism, then they have to ensure they have the stomach to deal with future students who serve up the same recipe. Continue reading →

Pride Prom Need Shows Most Students Have Precious Little for Which to be Proud

2 Replies

By Jason Menard

Tonight, students from across the city of London will gather together to celebrate the end of their high school years and look forward to the future.

And let me be amongst the first to apologize to them. Continue reading →

Frivolous Kid Rock Complaint Puts Actually Exploited Women at Risk

3 Replies

By Jason Menard

Remember the old story about the boy who cried wolf? Unfortunately, it seems some have forgotten the fable’s message and, through their overreaction, may be putting women at real risk in the future.

There are actual, serious instances of exploitation out there that demand our attention – we don’t need to be wasting our time with a Kid Rock concert.  Continue reading →

Does Oprah Dislike Mean I Don’t Respect Her Enough?

1 Reply

By Jason Menard

I have a confession to make: I don’t like Oprah.

(I’m not sure you’re allowed to say that, actually. I’m inCanada, so I may be safe as I think that statement breaks laws in at least 30 states in theU.S.And I’m sure there are those Oprah-holics who will brand me as a racist, anti-feminist, and anti-fluffy white bunny because of that statement.)  Continue reading →