After seeing the Agenda for this month’s Senate meeting I thought I would post it up for everyone to see what Senate does on a month to month basis. I’ve included a little background on each item that I think is significant. If you have any questions feel free to contact me!
THE THIRD REGULAR MEETING OF THE VANCOUVER SENATE FOR THE 2009/2010 ACADEMIC YEAR – WEDNESDAY NOV. 18 7:00pm ROOM 182 IRVING K. BARBER

Minutes from the Meeting of October 14, 2009

Business Arising from Minutes

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A lot of us students continually struggle with a difficult question: What am I going to do after I graduate?
Well, that search is over for me. I’m going to do a PhD. What changed my mind? This paper.
Ovulatory cycle effects on tip earnings by lapdancers: economic evidence for human estrus?
Abstract

To see whether estrus was really “lost” during human evolution (as researchers often claim), we examined ovulatory cycle effects on tip earnings by professional lap dancers working in gentlemen’s clubs. Eighteen dancers recorded their menstrual periods, work shifts, and tip earnings …

With all the debate going on in the US about ‘Obamacare’ and health reform it is hard for Americans to not make comparisons to other systems. The Canadian system has been used as an example by both the GOP and the Dems as an example of what we shouldn’t or should do. Naturally, as a Canadian I am willing to blindly defend our health-care are being the best in the world; after all, that’s what our politicians have been telling us for eons, right?
Today, the Conference Board of Canada released …