Canadians in the Spanish Civil War: The Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion
During the Spanish Civil War, Canadian volunteers fought against Franco’s Fascists. The Mac Paps saw combat in the heaviest fighting of the war.
Here s What You Need to Know: After years of social upheaval, political unrest, and violence, Spain erupted into all-out civil war on July 18, 1936, when General Francisco Franco led a junta of right-wing army officers in a revolt against the democratically elected government of the Spanish Republic. Since 1931, when King Alphonso XIII abdicated his throne, waves of reforms by the Republican government had drastically reduced the immense power and wealth held by the landowners, the military, and the Roman Catholic Church. Franco’s cabal wanted to stop the changes taking place in Spain. After the revolt began in Morocco, Franco expected a swift victory. He was wrong.
Dozens of Virginia Tech students are facing potential discipline after police busted at least 10 parties over the weekend, the first of the spring semester.
Tech police received a call about a gathering on campus of more than 10 people, the limit imposed by the governor, said Mark Owczarski, a university spokesman. Officials referred 16 students involved in the party to the universityâs student conduct process, which determines whether and how a student will be penalized.
Blacksburg police responded to another nine calls involving large gatherings of students last weekend, according to Owczarski. From those, another 16 students were sent to the universityâs student conduct office.
BY HENRI GENDREAU
The Roanoke Times
Dozens of Virginia Tech students are facing potential discipline after police busted at least 10 parties over the weekend, the first of the spring semester.
Tech police received a call about a gathering on campus of more than 10 people, the limit imposed by the governor, said Mark Owczarski, a university spokesman. Officials referred 16 students involved in the party to the universityâs student conduct process, which determines whether and how a student will be penalized.
Blacksburg police responded to another nine calls involving large gatherings of students last weekend, according to Owczarski. From those, another 16 students were sent to the universityâs student conduct office.