Editorial: “The Conversation”
The end of the fall semester can be an unsettling time for Trent students, especially those in their third, fourth, or even fifth or sixth years of their undergrad. With …
Matthew Rappolt
Editorial: Trent (still) deserves better from its foodservice
On January 28, 2013, an article I wrote entitled “Staff struggling over slashes in hours, positions” was published in the pages of Arthur. The article detailed how the management of …
Editorial: Shop local, save money.
As much as it pains me to write this, given that I’m penning this editorial a full five weeks before Christmas, it now seems impossible to deny that the holiday …
Editorial: Remembrance Day – A personal conflict
Remembrance Day always seems to uncover the same predictable public disagreements. Should stores be allowed to play holiday music between Halloween and November 12? Is it insensitive that businesses showcase …
Editorial: SMA a forecast of the higher education’s future
It has been more than two years now since the Ontario government and, specifically, the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities (MTCU) began their province-wide initiative to differentiate the post …
Editorial: Online learning needs an an overhaul
During my recent interview with Trent University’s new President, Dr. Leo Groake (published in our last issue), he discussed at length the arrival of the digital age and how he …
Learning from the past… planning for the future. In conversation with Dr. Leo Groarke
Dr. Groarke, you’re still relatively new to Trent University, having been here as president for approximately four months, could you introduce yourself to the Trent community and briefly discuss your …
Welcome to Arthur’s coverage of Trent’s 50th anniversary
Co-written with Pat Reddick In preparing this issue, and in particular this pullout section, we had the opportunity to pour over numerous volumes of Arthur in search of sources, photographs, …
Editorial: It’s time to talk about Trent’s (non)identity
Over the course of my four years at Trent, one of the complaints that I have heard frequently from students and community members is that this is a university lacking …
Editorial: Student centre project requires meaningful consultation
The Trent University community is certainly no stranger to bureaucratic mismanagement, controversy, and general administrative unpleasantness. From the fiasco that was the 2002 closure of Peter Robinson College, to the …