| Working to make sure harsh police treatment stays in the past
Editor's note: Thirty years ago, BGSU's Board of Trustees created an ad hoc police review panel following complaints of harrassment from the Black Student Union and Human Rights Alliance.
This column is the last of three exploring the climate in 1977 and the discussion that continues daily. The first two columns in this series are available at www.bgnews.com.
History repeating itself?
Not likely. At least that's the consensus of those involved on the panel of students, administrators and police taking a proactive approach to discussing and trying to resolve problems now.
It's markedly different from the reactive approach in 1977 when the University convened an ad hoc police panel to address student complaints of harassment by campus police.
Canadian economy to get reality check
OTTAWA -- One would expect that the surge in cross-border shopping since the loonie reached and breached parity with the U.S. dollar, and the ensuing price-slashing by merchants in Canada to lure customers back, would result in both lower consumer price inflation and lower retail sales. But that's not what some analysts expect when Statistics Canada on Tuesday releases in consumer price index for October and on Wednesday when it presents its September retail sales report. Scotiabank economist Karen Cordes is projecting that the annual inflation rate, the change in prices from a year earlier, surged to a two-year high of 2.9 per cent, well above the Bank of Canada's two-per-cent target. .
Labour finally admits Scotland 'could survive independently'
LABOUR will today signal a change of approach to the challenge posed by the Nationalists, accepting it must speak for people's hopes as well as fears and admitting Scotland would not "wither and die" as an independent country. The party was criticised during the Holyrood election for running a negative campaign, based on warnings of the risks of economic turmoil if the SNP took power at Holyrood. .
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