November/December
Volume 1, Issue 1
The Stong Shark
Upcoming Events!
November:
 Sex and Alcohol
 Salsa Night
 Exam Prep & Eating
Pizza
 Girls on the Couch (Girl
Talk)
 Study Relay
 Holiday Movies
 Semi Formal
 Massage Night
December
 Cartoons & Breakfast
 Milk & Cookies
* keep an eye out for more
scheduled events!
York University Strike 2008
As of 12:01am on Thursday, November 6, 2008 York
University is on strike. All classes are suspended until further
notice, as the CUPE Local 3903 union members were unable to
reach an agreement with the university. The members of this
union include the teaching assistants, contract faculty, and
graduate assistants.
The university held a meeting on November 5, 2008 at
4:30pm and the meeting went until approximately 11pm, when it
was announced that there, unfortunately, would be a suspension
of all classes due to the strike.
While academic activities at the University have been
affected, non-academic activities are still continuing. Faculty
offices, university facilities and residences are still open for
business as usual.
If you have any questions or concerns about
university operations during the strike, you can talk to your
Don and also check out the Strike Updates on the bulletin
boards in the Stong Res Lobby. You can also visit the Yorku
website for updates. www.yorku.ca/
More information on backside
Obama as President
On November 4th, 2008 history was made. The 44th
president of the United States of America was elected, and that
man was Barack Obama. Obama is not only the 44th president, but
also the first African American president to be elected into the
White House.
As the leader of the Democratic Party Obama and Biden
campaigned against John McCain and Sarah Palin,
representatives of the Republican Party and successfully came out
above.
If you missed out on Obama’s acceptance speech and
McCain’s concession speech check it out on youtube.com. It was
a very special day for the whole world.
York University Strike 2008 (cont)
Have something
creative you want to
submit?
Send an email to:
[email protected]
Keep an eye out
for the new stong
website coming
this month!
Join the Stong
Facebook group!
Search:
“Stong Residence
2008 2009”
Spirit Cup:
Boynton: 81
Fisher: 75
Kaiser: 49
Iroquois: 63
Hoover: 74
Rock: 65
To help make this strike easier
on the residents who are staying
on campus, Student Community
& Leadership Development in
conjunction with the residences
have planned many events
during the period of the strike.
Please check the schedule of
events posted in the Stong
Res lobby to see what’s
happening!
There are great events
happening everyday at the
JACS Activity Center located
at 112 Bethune College so take
advantage of them.
Special Stong Res Events are
also continuing so come out
and enjoy them!
Stong’s First Murder Mystery
On Tuesday October 28th,
Stong held their first Murder
Mystery. It was extremely
successful and we just want to
thank all those who came out
and participated in the
decoration and the storyline.
House’s Amanda who played
Pamela Penguin, and did a
wonderful job.
The common rooms all
looked amazing and the night
was filled with many surprises!
We hope to make this a
stong tradition and this was a
great first time.
And of course, to Meagan
Gilpin and Adam Opper who
worked so hard to put this event
together and make it a success!
There are many people to
Thanks again to everyone
thank for this outstanding night
who participated.
so, I will begin by thanking all the
dons who participated by being
the characters of the murder
Don’t forget to come out to all
mystery.
the other great planned
events!
Also, a huge thanks and
special mention to Hoover
We want you to submit your stuff!
Submit your drawings, stories, poems, comics, opinions, etc.
Send them in and see them in the Stong Shark!