Link Dump

I’m working in the morning and have too many tabs open - it’s time for a link dump!

A textbook case of piracy - The Boston GlobeHacker breaks into Carleton students’ accounts - Ottawa CitizenOct. 2 ratification vote set for Ontario college support workers  - NUPGE websiteA sober view of freshers’ week- Don’t blame student unions for binge-drinking - The Guardian BlogsUniversities funding war flares again - The ScotsmanStill no word on tuition increases as Student Union ultimatum expires - Jerusalem PostUniversities Could Be Forced To Up Endowment Spending - New York SunUniversity students want to vote - The Halifax ChronicleHeraldProfessors see salaries rise (strike settled at USudbury) - The Sudbury StarNo student ID? Tough, fork over $118 - The Montreal GazetteWhiz kid makes history at University of Calgary - CBC News UVic fights to reign in bunny bounty - Canwest News ServiceStudent loan companies in settlement talks with NY attorney general to reform practices - Associated Press Unis to get more freedom, says govt - The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)Are degrees worth the paper they’re printed on? - The Independent (UK)Tuitions freeze across the USA - USATodayCutthroat Competition for Textbook Sales Pits UMass Faculty Members Against Bookstore - The Chronicle of Higher EducationPolice investigate ’racist’ National Union of Students seminar - The Telegraph (UK)