So according to one of my friends, the university-wide grad student union at my old university had a general assembly during which the following votes took place:
1. A vote reaffirming the legitimacy of the grad student union: defeated.
2. A vote upholding a decision by the university-wide grad student union president to respect the sovereignty of departmental grad student unions: defeated.
3. A vote declaring a general grad student strike: overwhelmingly passed.
So this means that apparently students see their university-wide union as illegitimate but do not want it to respect the smaller departmental unions and are willing to obey its strike order.
W. T. F.
Grad Student Unions are Horse shit.
Horse shit, I say.
And I disagree. Student unions (including at the grad level) provide many useful services and group-bargains for students. I got optical and dental insurance coverage for a pittance of a cost back when I was a grad student thanks to them.
In fact when I graduated and became a contract lecturer at the same university, I lost all my insurance. I literally had worse healthcare insurance coverage as a university employee than I did as a student. Why? No union.
This shit, though, it makes no sense to me whatsoever.
So according to one of my friends, the university-wide grad student union at my old university had a general assembly during which the following votes took place:
1. A vote reaffirming the legitimacy of the grad student union: defeated.
2. A vote upholding a decision by the university-wide grad student union president to respect the sovereignty of departmental grad student unions: defeated.
3. A vote declaring a general grad student strike: overwhelmingly passed.
So this means that apparently students see their university-wide union as illegitimate but do not want it to respect the smaller departmental unions and are willing to obey its strike order.
W. T. F.
Grad Student Unions are Horse shit.
Horse shit, I say.
And I disagree. Student unions (including at the grad level) provide many useful services and group-bargains for students. I got optical and dental insurance coverage for a pittance of a cost back when I was a grad student thanks to them.
In fact when I graduated and became a contract lecturer at the same university, I lost all my insurance. I literally had worse healthcare insurance coverage as a university employee than I did as a student. Why? No union.
This shit, though, it makes no sense to me whatsoever.
So according to one of my friends, the university-wide grad student union at my old university had a general assembly during which the following votes took place:
1. A vote reaffirming the legitimacy of the grad student union: defeated.
2. A vote upholding a decision by the university-wide grad student union president to respect the sovereignty of departmental grad student unions: defeated.
3. A vote declaring a general grad student strike: overwhelmingly passed.
So this means that apparently students see their university-wide union as illegitimate but do not want it to respect the smaller departmental unions and are willing to obey its strike order.
W. T. F.
Grad Student Unions are Horse shit.
Horse shit, I say.
And I disagree. Student unions (including at the grad level) provide many useful services and group-bargains for students. I got optical and dental insurance coverage for a pittance of a cost back when I was a grad student thanks to them.
In fact when I graduated and became a contract lecturer at the same university, I lost all my insurance. I literally had worse healthcare insurance coverage as a university employee than I did as a student. Why? No union.
This shit, though, it makes no sense to me whatsoever.
I don't know why, but if I were to wager a guess my money would be that the government wants to increase tuition costs. The Québec Government, like every other government, faces budget shortfalls, and student tuition in Québec are the lowest in Canada, and students don't vote anyway.
Grad students are used as TAs, so a strike would entail no TAing. They might stop doing their research too. But that would be stupid of them, since they need to finish their research to graduate before their funding runs out and they starve, and the strike will neither magically make them stop spending money on rent and food nor will it magically increase their funding since, as far as I know, the student union doesn't have a strike fund to financially support students during a strike. Then again, the combined result of tonight's three votes can't be described with any word other than "stupid", so maybe they'll do that too, I don't know.
So according to one of my friends, the university-wide grad student union at my old university had a general assembly during which the following votes took place:
1. A vote reaffirming the legitimacy of the grad student union: defeated.
2. A vote upholding a decision by the university-wide grad student union president to respect the sovereignty of departmental grad student unions: defeated.
3. A vote declaring a general grad student strike: overwhelmingly passed.
So this means that apparently students see their university-wide union as illegitimate but do not want it to respect the smaller departmental unions and are willing to obey its strike order.
W. T. F.
Grad Student Unions are Horse shit.
Horse shit, I say.
And I disagree. Student unions (including at the grad level) provide many useful services and group-bargains for students. I got optical and dental insurance coverage for a pittance of a cost back when I was a grad student thanks to them.
In fact when I graduated and became a contract lecturer at the same university, I lost all my insurance. I literally had worse healthcare insurance coverage as a university employee than I did as a student. Why? No union.
This shit, though, it makes no sense to me whatsoever.
wait what
you got insurance from them?
Yes. They negotiated a pretty nice bulk student health insurance plan with minimum premiums from Manulife Insurance. All grad students were automatically signed up (you had the option to opt out at the beginning of the year) and the premiums were bundled with our student union fees.
I just had to explain to my lady friend why "different philosophers have thought different things" doesn't mean "ethics is all just your opinion, man".
I just had to explain to my lady friend why "different philosophers have thought different things" doesn't mean "ethics is all just your opinion, man".
I just had to explain to my lady friend why "different philosophers have thought different things" doesn't mean "ethics is all just your opinion, man".
I just had to explain to my lady friend why "different philosophers have thought different things" doesn't mean "ethics is all just your opinion, man".
So according to one of my friends, the university-wide grad student union at my old university had a general assembly during which the following votes took place:
1. A vote reaffirming the legitimacy of the grad student union: defeated.
2. A vote upholding a decision by the university-wide grad student union president to respect the sovereignty of departmental grad student unions: defeated.
3. A vote declaring a general grad student strike: overwhelmingly passed.
So this means that apparently students see their university-wide union as illegitimate but do not want it to respect the smaller departmental unions and are willing to obey its strike order.
W. T. F.
Grad Student Unions are Horse shit.
Horse shit, I say.
And I disagree. Student unions (including at the grad level) provide many useful services and group-bargains for students. I got optical and dental insurance coverage for a pittance of a cost back when I was a grad student thanks to them.
In fact when I graduated and became a contract lecturer at the same university, I lost all my insurance. I literally had worse healthcare insurance coverage as a university employee than I did as a student. Why? No union.
This shit, though, it makes no sense to me whatsoever.
wait what
you got insurance from them?
Yes. They negotiated a pretty nice bulk student health insurance plan with minimum premiums from Manulife Insurance. All grad students were automatically signed up (you had the option to opt out at the beginning of the year) and the premiums were bundled with our student union fees.
That is slick. Rather too slick for a student union.
I just had to explain to my lady friend why "different philosophers have thought different things" doesn't mean "ethics is all just your opinion, man".
I just had to explain to my lady friend why "different philosophers have thought different things" doesn't mean "ethics is all just your opinion, man".
I absolutely fucking love it when other people put words in my mouth
Just my favorite thing ever
They're only other people's words if someone quickly got onto your account and posted very wrongheaded things about prison rape.
Cause
you know
I posted your quote right there.
And then ignored the post immediately after Jeep's that said "Yes, I consider prison rape real rape and never said otherwise"
So
You know
Fuck off
keep your whatever this is in the Infraction Trap not in chat.
Is that what we are calling those threads now?
That's what I calls em anyway.
And this one has been most productive from what I have seen of the aftermath.
edit: And I rather like the concept. After the first few salvos back and forth, it should be obvious what the result is going to be. And anyone who either can't recognize that or chooses to keep posting anyway deserves what they gets.
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Let's just agree that we should just repeal the Nineteenth Amendment, and leave it at that.
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Let's just agree that we should just repeal the Nineteenth Amendment, and leave it at that.
do you WANT rick santorum in office?
I'm completely against people - especially people who ain't born yet - from sufferin', and "women's suffrage" being in the constitution is absolutely sickening.
i'm so fucking sad that dude carried states in a primary
but both parties are totally the same maaaaaaan
and we totally need to respect the republicans despite everything they've said and done because something something discourse civil wankery echo chamber.
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And I disagree. Student unions (including at the grad level) provide many useful services and group-bargains for students. I got optical and dental insurance coverage for a pittance of a cost back when I was a grad student thanks to them.
In fact when I graduated and became a contract lecturer at the same university, I lost all my insurance. I literally had worse healthcare insurance coverage as a university employee than I did as a student. Why? No union.
This shit, though, it makes no sense to me whatsoever.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
wait what
you got insurance from them?
Ok.
SOME Grad Student Unions are Horse shit.
Horse shit, i say.
I don't know why, but if I were to wager a guess my money would be that the government wants to increase tuition costs. The Québec Government, like every other government, faces budget shortfalls, and student tuition in Québec are the lowest in Canada, and students don't vote anyway.
Grad students are used as TAs, so a strike would entail no TAing. They might stop doing their research too. But that would be stupid of them, since they need to finish their research to graduate before their funding runs out and they starve, and the strike will neither magically make them stop spending money on rent and food nor will it magically increase their funding since, as far as I know, the student union doesn't have a strike fund to financially support students during a strike. Then again, the combined result of tonight's three votes can't be described with any word other than "stupid", so maybe they'll do that too, I don't know.
Just my favorite thing ever
Yes. They negotiated a pretty nice bulk student health insurance plan with minimum premiums from Manulife Insurance. All grad students were automatically signed up (you had the option to opt out at the beginning of the year) and the premiums were bundled with our student union fees.
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
NO!
BAD!
WE DO THAT OUTSIDE!
BAD!
Sometimes I put pizza in people's mouth.
Just like, "Hey, I thought you'd enjoy this."
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
They're only other people's words if someone quickly got onto your account and posted very wrongheaded things about prison rape.
Cause
you know
I posted your quote right there.
My best guess is that this is a story about a gay tree.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
I apologize
That is slick. Rather too slick for a student union.
@bloodyroarxx
Yes, sir. I am.
I love it when you call me big poppa
I understand what you mean in that thread
I'm just not going to touch it with a ten foot pole
Nope. This one is about a gay tree:
(this one's slightly nsfw):
http://i.imgur.com/G1C8G.jpg
And then ignored the post immediately after Jeep's that said "Yes, I consider prison rape real rape and never said otherwise"
So
You know
Fuck off
I've never read that.
What is the ratio of Deleuzian horseshit to Spinozistic awesomeness?
There's a 'tipping thread' joke to be made, but...
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
a just the tip thread
Baby, I'm gonna butter yo bread
And the guy who played Smee in the original Hook movie is playing Smee in this series? Man, talk about being type-casted.
keep your whatever this is in the Infraction Trap not in chat.
Is that what we are calling those threads now?
That's what I calls em anyway.
And this one has been most productive from what I have seen of the aftermath.
edit: And I rather like the concept. After the first few salvos back and forth, it should be obvious what the result is going to be. And anyone who either can't recognize that or chooses to keep posting anyway deserves what they gets.
do you WANT rick santorum in office?
I'm completely against people - especially people who ain't born yet - from sufferin', and "women's suffrage" being in the constitution is absolutely sickening.
but both parties are totally the same maaaaaaan
and we totally need to respect the republicans despite everything they've said and done because something something discourse civil wankery echo chamber.