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Haché addresses Laurentian University board SHARE ON: Last Friday marked the last day of work for some of the faculty impacted by job cuts made earlier in the month and to show support for those workers, car rallies were held by the Scholar Strike group in Sudbury, Kitchener-Waterloo, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Photo - yahoo news Laurentian University president Robert Haché says the worst is behind the institution and its insolvency process. Haché made the statement to the board of governors adding two resolutions impacting retirees that were passed last Friday. He says both the Retire...

Article content They were slow, steady and noisy. A caravan of dozens of vehicles paraded down Paris Street and Ramsey Lake Road on Friday, before turning into Laurentian University and snaking its way through campus, past the Parker building, which holds many of the administrative offices, and the hill to the beleaguered federated universities. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Grim rally makes its way to Laurentian University Back to video It was a slow and solemn parade under moody skies and brisk winds. Save for the absence of a hearse and the...

Ole Miss professor sues Mississippi state auditor for defamation Luke Ramseth, Mississippi Clarion Ledger WATCH: Clarion Ledger subscription video Replay Video UP NEXT University of Mississippi professor James Thomas has filed a lawsuit against State Auditor Shad White claiming White defamed him during an investigation into whether the professor violated Mississippi's no-strike law. The suit filed Wednesday in Hinds County Circuit Court centers on several public comments White made alleging that Thomas violated the state's anti-strike law. Those statements were untrue and...

Garrett Felber Inside and outside the University of Mississippi’s history department, scholars are protesting the sudden termination of a respected colleague. Hundreds of supporters have already signed a letter promising not to speak at Ole Miss until he's reinstated. Garrett Felber, an assistant professor of history in his fourth year at Ole Miss, stands accused of failing to sufficiently communicate with his department chair. The chair, Noell Howell Wilson, informed him via letter this month that she was recommending him for termination and that his last day “will” -- not “may” --...