This week's The Charlatan, the Carleton University paper, has a story about the trainwreck that is the Carleton University cheerleading squad.
The team which, and I am a fan of the sport, is the worst cheerleading team in the history of collegiate sports and a bit clued out to boot. In fact they don't even go to games any more.
While the Carleton Ravens were playing the St. John's Red Storm earlier this month the cheerleading team took a pass on cheering for their school's national championship basketball team to run a fundraising car wash.
According to The Charlatan reporter Michael Sawires they have had many car washes over the summer and their most successful one was on September 20th of this year. They raised more than 700$ washing over 200 cars.
That works out to 3$ and change a car wash.
I guess they are as good as washing cars as they are at cheering for their school.
WFDS
Showing posts with label Carleton University. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carleton University. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
909...Why Don't They Do This At Carleton?
You know at Carleton University, my alma mater, Canada's 46th best university by the way, they, they being the Carleton University Student's Association are always whining about high tuition and fees.
Not that they don't have a point, don't get me started, tuition and fees are ridiculously high and that makes it difficult for many who are not either driven, monied or both to experience the joys and benefits of higher education.
But these protests are often futile and tend to blend one into the next.
Not at UC Davis in Davis, California. As reported on CBS13, Sacremento's choice for breaking news, a group of undergraduate students staged a naked rally yesterday in protest of tuition hikes and and budget cuts. A dozen naked students urged students, staff and faculty to participate in a one day walkout scheduled for Thursday.
Would someone please pass this along to CUSA?
WFDS
Not that they don't have a point, don't get me started, tuition and fees are ridiculously high and that makes it difficult for many who are not either driven, monied or both to experience the joys and benefits of higher education.
But these protests are often futile and tend to blend one into the next.
Not at UC Davis in Davis, California. As reported on CBS13, Sacremento's choice for breaking news, a group of undergraduate students staged a naked rally yesterday in protest of tuition hikes and and budget cuts. A dozen naked students urged students, staff and faculty to participate in a one day walkout scheduled for Thursday.
Would someone please pass this along to CUSA?
WFDS
Saturday, September 19, 2009
884...I Love College
Beer bongs.
Thirsty Tuesdays.
Wicked Wednesdays.
Sing it Asher.
I especially like the Carleton University Ravens soccer team.
A bunch of girls who drank themselves out of the season and the season has barely started.
Yes, that's my alma mater.
Go Red.
For those of you not current on the situation, pick up today's Ottawa Citizen and note that initiation night for the '09 women's soccer team involved one young lady going to the hospital coz she was ultra smashed.
And for this athletic director Jennifer Brenning pulled the team off the field for this weekend's matches against Ryerson and the University of Toronto and perhaps for the season.
Balls to the wall Ms. Brenning but good on you.
You are right but Asher Roth was righter.
The only criticism I would have would be that there is not a word about this incident on http://www2.carleton.ca/goravens/teams/soccer-w/.
WFDS
Thirsty Tuesdays.
Wicked Wednesdays.
Sing it Asher.
I especially like the Carleton University Ravens soccer team.
A bunch of girls who drank themselves out of the season and the season has barely started.
Yes, that's my alma mater.
Go Red.
For those of you not current on the situation, pick up today's Ottawa Citizen and note that initiation night for the '09 women's soccer team involved one young lady going to the hospital coz she was ultra smashed.
And for this athletic director Jennifer Brenning pulled the team off the field for this weekend's matches against Ryerson and the University of Toronto and perhaps for the season.
Balls to the wall Ms. Brenning but good on you.
You are right but Asher Roth was righter.
The only criticism I would have would be that there is not a word about this incident on http://www2.carleton.ca/goravens/teams/soccer-w/.
WFDS
Sunday, September 6, 2009
797...Where Were The Carleton U Cheerleaders?
The Carleton Ravens, last year's CIS basketball champions, and winners of six of the last seven championships in the CIS, played St. John's University today at Carleton.
Carleton had a four point lead at the half but couldn't hit a shot for the first ten minutes of the second and ended up losing by 17.
But, but, but, where were the Carleton University cheerleaders?
Cheerleaders, cheer squads, dance teams, mascots: they are all a big part of the university sports experience.
So where oh where were the CU cheerleaders?
Well, never ask a question without knowing the answer is what my dad always said.
They, the CU cheerleaders, who, by the way, are terrible in that Special Olympics way, were at the PetroCan on the corner of Bronson and Gladstone holding signs asking those of us who like cheerleaders to honk.
Bit of dilemma there because the Carleton cheerleaders are to cheerleading what the Washington Generals are to basketball.
WFDS
Carleton had a four point lead at the half but couldn't hit a shot for the first ten minutes of the second and ended up losing by 17.
But, but, but, where were the Carleton University cheerleaders?
Cheerleaders, cheer squads, dance teams, mascots: they are all a big part of the university sports experience.
So where oh where were the CU cheerleaders?
Well, never ask a question without knowing the answer is what my dad always said.
They, the CU cheerleaders, who, by the way, are terrible in that Special Olympics way, were at the PetroCan on the corner of Bronson and Gladstone holding signs asking those of us who like cheerleaders to honk.
Bit of dilemma there because the Carleton cheerleaders are to cheerleading what the Washington Generals are to basketball.
WFDS
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
779...Win Cars, Money, Groceries
By listening to me on 93.1CKCU tomorrow morning from 7 to 8.
I will be talking to Carole Willman from 905, the contest queen she is, and she will tell us all how to win beaucoup de swag by entering contests.
Her web site is http://contestqueen.com/ and her new book, available at better bookstores online and on terra firma is You Can't Win If You Don't Enter.
Also joining me will be my co hosts Candace Hanna and Emily O and on the phone from the other side of the Carleton University campus will be David Kent, P. R. guy for the Carleton Ravens.
Plus you and may be, just may be, Jenn Farr, a pro choice queen from Ottawa.
WFDS
I will be talking to Carole Willman from 905, the contest queen she is, and she will tell us all how to win beaucoup de swag by entering contests.
Her web site is http://contestqueen.com/ and her new book, available at better bookstores online and on terra firma is You Can't Win If You Don't Enter.
Also joining me will be my co hosts Candace Hanna and Emily O and on the phone from the other side of the Carleton University campus will be David Kent, P. R. guy for the Carleton Ravens.
Plus you and may be, just may be, Jenn Farr, a pro choice queen from Ottawa.
WFDS
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
743...Bonus Radio Time For WFDS
Tomorrow morning on 93.1CKCU, moi avec Emily O from 7 to 8.
We be joined by David Yazbeck, CKCU personality, late in the hour to talk about, among other things, my love for Wal-Mart.
And I would like to hope that Taffe Charles will drop by to chat about the women's basketball team who will be playing tomorrow night and Friday night against Vermont and Farleigh Dickinson at Carleton plus, good Lord willing, Doug Hempstead from Super Ex on the telephone.
Plus, he has been invited, tic, the Barnstorm 10 master, has been invited on to promote his event.
WFDS
We be joined by David Yazbeck, CKCU personality, late in the hour to talk about, among other things, my love for Wal-Mart.
And I would like to hope that Taffe Charles will drop by to chat about the women's basketball team who will be playing tomorrow night and Friday night against Vermont and Farleigh Dickinson at Carleton plus, good Lord willing, Doug Hempstead from Super Ex on the telephone.
Plus, he has been invited, tic, the Barnstorm 10 master, has been invited on to promote his event.
WFDS
Monday, August 24, 2009
729...Radio Tuesday Morning CKCU
Let's be honest, radio sucks and it sucks even more in Ottawa and that is the f'ing truth.
With the exception of me, of course.
I am the World Famous Dan Shields and I am on two hours a week, the best two hours of radio in this city, perhaps in the country.
Don't believe me?
Check me out tomorrow, six in da morning, 93.1 CKCU in Ottawa; www.ckcufm.com in the world.
Tomorrow it is me, my co pilot Candace Hanna and you. The three of us will be joined by Taffe Charles, the coach of the Carleton women's basketball team, Doug Hempstead from SuperEx and we will kick off the hour with Ian Morrison, head of the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.
Six to seven.
Short and sweet.
WFDS
With the exception of me, of course.
I am the World Famous Dan Shields and I am on two hours a week, the best two hours of radio in this city, perhaps in the country.
Don't believe me?
Check me out tomorrow, six in da morning, 93.1 CKCU in Ottawa; www.ckcufm.com in the world.
Tomorrow it is me, my co pilot Candace Hanna and you. The three of us will be joined by Taffe Charles, the coach of the Carleton women's basketball team, Doug Hempstead from SuperEx and we will kick off the hour with Ian Morrison, head of the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.
Six to seven.
Short and sweet.
WFDS
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
661...93.1 CKCU Tomorrow At Six A.M.
It is moi on the radio with Emily O and a very serious topic.
As you may or may not know, 23 months ago a woman was sexually assaulted at Carleton while studying late at night.
This month she filed suit against alma mater contending that the school did not do enough to protect her from getting f'd up while studying.
Kimalee Phillips from the Graduate Student's Association at Carleton will be joining me tomorrow along with Julie Lalonde from the Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre for the full hour.
If you have a daughter, sister, cousin, wife, girlfriend, mother, aunt etcetera who could be a victim please listen. And if you are a woman you must listen tomorrow morning from six to seven on 93.1CKCU.
WFDS
As you may or may not know, 23 months ago a woman was sexually assaulted at Carleton while studying late at night.
This month she filed suit against alma mater contending that the school did not do enough to protect her from getting f'd up while studying.
Kimalee Phillips from the Graduate Student's Association at Carleton will be joining me tomorrow along with Julie Lalonde from the Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre for the full hour.
If you have a daughter, sister, cousin, wife, girlfriend, mother, aunt etcetera who could be a victim please listen. And if you are a woman you must listen tomorrow morning from six to seven on 93.1CKCU.
WFDS
Monday, August 3, 2009
616...Sue Baby Sue
As one of the proud, unemployed, graduates of Carleton University, I am heartened by a story out of the Bronx, New York.
Trina Thompson, who received her degree in information technology from Monroe College in the New York City borough, received said degree in April 2009, that being this year, has decided that 33 per cent of a year is long enough to wait for a job thank you very much and is suing the school for 70,000 USD which is what her tuition and expenses were at the prestigious university.
Associated Press reports Miss Thompson as saying, well, I paraphrase, but basically she is saying "They told me I would get a job; where is my job."
Fair dinkum.
WFDS
Trina Thompson, who received her degree in information technology from Monroe College in the New York City borough, received said degree in April 2009, that being this year, has decided that 33 per cent of a year is long enough to wait for a job thank you very much and is suing the school for 70,000 USD which is what her tuition and expenses were at the prestigious university.
Associated Press reports Miss Thompson as saying, well, I paraphrase, but basically she is saying "They told me I would get a job; where is my job."
Fair dinkum.
WFDS
Thursday, July 30, 2009
600...Guilty Until Proven Innocent
That is the Carleton way.
You may recall that I, the World Famous Dan Shields, am a graduate of Canada's 46th best university, Carleton, and that the beloved U of K [where the 'k' stands for 'quality'] is continually inventing ways to show its political correctness while simultaneously feather bedding and shooting itself in the foot.
And these politically correct [read stupid] actions bringing shame to the school.
Today in the Ottawa Citizen is a loverly example of that.
Earlier this week alma mater fired Hassan Diab, a summer professor, from his teaching job after the B'nai Brith released a statement critical of the hiring. Joanne Laucius writes that "Diab was terminated without consulting with the dean or departmental chair..." Of course Carleton's public relations machine, the same crack group of paper pushers who have parlayed six national basketball championships in seven years into, well, into nothing, were not available for comment.
The Lebanese born prof is accused in France of killing four and injuring many others in a 1980 bombing of a synagogue in Paris and is facing an extradition hearing early in 2010. Accused, not guilty, accused. He is under house arrest by the way, being monitored by the RCMP, cannot even own a cell phone. He needs to eat though, ipso facto the jobo.
" 'He's innocent until proven guilty,' said CUPE local 4600 organizer Stuart Ryan."
Not at Carleton.
Frank Dimant, executive vice president of B'nai Brith applauded Carleton; Mr. Dimant obviously believes that pre judging is a positive move. "B'nai Brith said Canadians should be concerned that an alleged terrorist...will be teaching...at a leading Canadian university."
First off, pay attention, Carleton is not a leading university, it is Carleton. Anyway you score it, with the exception of men's basketball, Carleton is not a leading university. Pandering and patronizing Carleton will score you points on campus but not else where, BB. Secondly the man has not been found guilty, he has merely been charged. You would think that you would be able to grasp that simple concept.
Perhaps one should remind the high minded individuals at Carleton and the B'nai Brith of the words of Pastor Martin Niemoller:
You may recall that I, the World Famous Dan Shields, am a graduate of Canada's 46th best university, Carleton, and that the beloved U of K [where the 'k' stands for 'quality'] is continually inventing ways to show its political correctness while simultaneously feather bedding and shooting itself in the foot.
And these politically correct [read stupid] actions bringing shame to the school.
Today in the Ottawa Citizen is a loverly example of that.
Earlier this week alma mater fired Hassan Diab, a summer professor, from his teaching job after the B'nai Brith released a statement critical of the hiring. Joanne Laucius writes that "Diab was terminated without consulting with the dean or departmental chair..." Of course Carleton's public relations machine, the same crack group of paper pushers who have parlayed six national basketball championships in seven years into, well, into nothing, were not available for comment.
The Lebanese born prof is accused in France of killing four and injuring many others in a 1980 bombing of a synagogue in Paris and is facing an extradition hearing early in 2010. Accused, not guilty, accused. He is under house arrest by the way, being monitored by the RCMP, cannot even own a cell phone. He needs to eat though, ipso facto the jobo.
" 'He's innocent until proven guilty,' said CUPE local 4600 organizer Stuart Ryan."
Not at Carleton.
Frank Dimant, executive vice president of B'nai Brith applauded Carleton; Mr. Dimant obviously believes that pre judging is a positive move. "B'nai Brith said Canadians should be concerned that an alleged terrorist...will be teaching...at a leading Canadian university."
First off, pay attention, Carleton is not a leading university, it is Carleton. Anyway you score it, with the exception of men's basketball, Carleton is not a leading university. Pandering and patronizing Carleton will score you points on campus but not else where, BB. Secondly the man has not been found guilty, he has merely been charged. You would think that you would be able to grasp that simple concept.
Perhaps one should remind the high minded individuals at Carleton and the B'nai Brith of the words of Pastor Martin Niemoller:
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a trade unionist;
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a trade unionist;
You know the rest.
Shame on you.
WFDS
Shame on you.
WFDS
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
519...Good News For Stephen Harper
Earlier this week Peter O'Neil of Canwest News Services reported some good news for our beloved Prime Minister, Stephen Harper.
He was soundly endorsed by 1970's pop icon Bob Geldof.
The future Calgary Real Estate salesman of the year won praise from musician-activist Bob Geldof at the conclusion of the G8 summit in central Italy after Harper vowed that Canada, as host of the 2010 summit, will press countries such as Italy to stop breaking their promises on development assistance.
He was soundly endorsed by 1970's pop icon Bob Geldof.
The future Calgary Real Estate salesman of the year won praise from musician-activist Bob Geldof at the conclusion of the G8 summit in central Italy after Harper vowed that Canada, as host of the 2010 summit, will press countries such as Italy to stop breaking their promises on development assistance.
“To have Bob Geldof endorsing a Conservative prime minister — it doesn’t get any better than that,” said Fen Hampson of Carleton University’s, Canada's 46th best university by the way, Norman Patterson School of International Affairs.
Could this be the same Bob Geldof who sold less than 100, actually less than 50 tickets to see him in the 2500 seat National Arts Centre in Ottawa during the Tulip Festival this spring? The same Bob Geldof who hasn't had a hit for over a quarter of a century?
I believe it is.
If Fen Hampson of the U of K thinks this is a coup then Fen Hampson may want to update his canon of popular culture knowledge.
Still, with the Bob Geldof endorsement in hand perhaps Prime Minister Harper could get Pat Boone and the cast of Hair! to go door knocking with him.
That will grab the kids.
WFDS
Saturday, July 4, 2009
439...July 4th Independence Day
Or is it Independance Day?
I am a Carleton man, and details are not our forte.
Nonetheless July4th 1776 was the year the Yankees declared their independence/independance from King George III and the British Empire.
Today is the day to gun a shot of Jack Daniels in honor of America.
WFDS
I am a Carleton man, and details are not our forte.
Nonetheless July4th 1776 was the year the Yankees declared their independence/independance from King George III and the British Empire.
Today is the day to gun a shot of Jack Daniels in honor of America.
WFDS
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
417...Sleepless In Seattle; Clueless In Ottawa
The Carleton University newspaper, The Charlatan, reports in its latest birdcage liner that the idiot savants [wait, that is one too many words] who run Ottawa have decided that the price of bus tickets will go up 15 per cent today, July 1st.
In his Canada Day address to the nation, uber lefty Alex Cullen, the transit committee chair and city councillor, a man who has never actually seen the inside of a city bus but has heard many good things about them, justified the huge raise by saying that "...poor people have enough money..." May be not an exact quote but that is the gist of it.
Lauren Fogazzi goes on to quote U of K undergrad Nadia Rehman who makes the valid point that "The fare increase shows the true character of OC Transpo...greedy and deceitful..."
Not to mention public relations wizards.
WFDS
In his Canada Day address to the nation, uber lefty Alex Cullen, the transit committee chair and city councillor, a man who has never actually seen the inside of a city bus but has heard many good things about them, justified the huge raise by saying that "...poor people have enough money..." May be not an exact quote but that is the gist of it.
Lauren Fogazzi goes on to quote U of K undergrad Nadia Rehman who makes the valid point that "The fare increase shows the true character of OC Transpo...greedy and deceitful..."
Not to mention public relations wizards.
WFDS
Thursday, June 25, 2009
372...Grasping At Straws In Ottawa
In a move that to The World Famous Dan Shields smacks of desperation, the Lansdowne Live group, a group of business men that want to transform ancient Lansdowne Park, the fair grounds and football and hockey venue in the heart of Canada's capital, into a commercial and play mecca, are throwing support behind the return of football to my Alma mater, the mighty U of K, Carleton University.
Football was killed at Carleton over a decade ago because the team sucked and because the team sucked they had hardly any fans.
Oursportscentral.com reports that Carleton University is currently working with former Raven cornerback John Ruddy, current president of Trinity Development Group, in concert with other donors on a business model that would fully fund a football program through outside sources. Once the business model is established the university would be required to apply to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) for permission to field a team.
The Lansdowne Live people also intend to bring back the CFL to Ottawa in the form of an expansion team.
WFDS
Football was killed at Carleton over a decade ago because the team sucked and because the team sucked they had hardly any fans.
Oursportscentral.com reports that Carleton University is currently working with former Raven cornerback John Ruddy, current president of Trinity Development Group, in concert with other donors on a business model that would fully fund a football program through outside sources. Once the business model is established the university would be required to apply to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) for permission to field a team.
The Lansdowne Live people also intend to bring back the CFL to Ottawa in the form of an expansion team.
WFDS
Monday, June 22, 2009
347...Breasts
I am a big fan, ask my wife.
Or my girlfriend.
Actually I have neither, but I canna resist a cheap joke.
For those of you who either have breasts, are fans thereof or both, this is important news from my Alma mater, the mighty U of K, Carleton University, in Ottawa.
In a presser released today Carleton announced that Distinguished Research Professor Dr. Jim Wright is the co-investigator on a team of Canadian researchers who just received a $267,000 research grant over two years from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation-Ontario Region. Also involved are other scientists at the University of Ottawa, the University of Toronto and the University of Illinois. These esteemed scientists are going to be putting together a proposal entitled Development of Non-Steroidal Estrogens for Hormone Replacement Therapy [HRT]: Progress towards the Pre-Clinical Phase.
In simpler terms, they are striving to find a way to ease women through the stresses of menopause with a more benign form of HRT.
HRTs, Dr. Wright points out, are beneficial because they help mitigate some of the negative problems associated with menopause, such as hip fractures from osteoporosis which carry a 30 percent mortality rate within a year. They also suppress hot flashes. On the flip side of the coin, a negative of HRTs is the increased risk of breast and uterine cancer, which is related to the length of time women take hormone supplements.
Dr. Wright is quoted in the press release as saying that "We want to help solve this serious problem by coming up with viable alternatives to commercial drugs such as Premarin, which is derived from horse urine..."
Seems reasonable to me.
WFDS
Or my girlfriend.
Actually I have neither, but I canna resist a cheap joke.
For those of you who either have breasts, are fans thereof or both, this is important news from my Alma mater, the mighty U of K, Carleton University, in Ottawa.
In a presser released today Carleton announced that Distinguished Research Professor Dr. Jim Wright is the co-investigator on a team of Canadian researchers who just received a $267,000 research grant over two years from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation-Ontario Region. Also involved are other scientists at the University of Ottawa, the University of Toronto and the University of Illinois. These esteemed scientists are going to be putting together a proposal entitled Development of Non-Steroidal Estrogens for Hormone Replacement Therapy [HRT]: Progress towards the Pre-Clinical Phase.
In simpler terms, they are striving to find a way to ease women through the stresses of menopause with a more benign form of HRT.
HRTs, Dr. Wright points out, are beneficial because they help mitigate some of the negative problems associated with menopause, such as hip fractures from osteoporosis which carry a 30 percent mortality rate within a year. They also suppress hot flashes. On the flip side of the coin, a negative of HRTs is the increased risk of breast and uterine cancer, which is related to the length of time women take hormone supplements.
Dr. Wright is quoted in the press release as saying that "We want to help solve this serious problem by coming up with viable alternatives to commercial drugs such as Premarin, which is derived from horse urine..."
Seems reasonable to me.
WFDS
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
246...Urban Foraging, June 9, 10, 11 and 12
In Ottawa.
For those of you that have been keen and have listened to me on 93.1CKCU you are well aware of the fact that The World Famous Dan Shields has a nose for free, as in gratis, food and beverage.
This week is a great week for the Urban Forager. It is graduation week at my old school, the Mighty U of K, Carleton University.
Tuesday, June 9th.
Wednesday, June 10th.
Thursday, June 11th.
Friday, June 12th.
Dress appropriately, business casual will do and expect finger sandwiches, wraps and great desserts.
613 520 2600 is the number for Information Carleton if you need details re times, parking, etc.
You are welcome.
WFDS
For those of you that have been keen and have listened to me on 93.1CKCU you are well aware of the fact that The World Famous Dan Shields has a nose for free, as in gratis, food and beverage.
This week is a great week for the Urban Forager. It is graduation week at my old school, the Mighty U of K, Carleton University.
Tuesday, June 9th.
Wednesday, June 10th.
Thursday, June 11th.
Friday, June 12th.
Dress appropriately, business casual will do and expect finger sandwiches, wraps and great desserts.
613 520 2600 is the number for Information Carleton if you need details re times, parking, etc.
You are welcome.
WFDS
Friday, June 5, 2009
222...Free Food, Saturday, Ottawa
CKCU open house, Carleton University.
CKCU is on the fifth floor of the Unicentre; you are on the internet, Google Carleton University and take it from there, okay?
I will be there, of course, coz there is free food involved and I am a fan thereof.
Look for me in the festive red sombrero, sometime between noon and four pm.
Autographs, of course, are free and I have my own Sharpie!
WFDS
CKCU is on the fifth floor of the Unicentre; you are on the internet, Google Carleton University and take it from there, okay?
I will be there, of course, coz there is free food involved and I am a fan thereof.
Look for me in the festive red sombrero, sometime between noon and four pm.
Autographs, of course, are free and I have my own Sharpie!
WFDS
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
203...Sad News; Radio and Records Folds
This may not mean much to you but I am crushed, truly.
As reported on Milkman Unlimited, http://www.milkmanunlimited.com, Radio and Records is no longer.
Here is the scoop:
As reported on Milkman Unlimited, http://www.milkmanunlimited.com, Radio and Records is no longer.
Here is the scoop:
R&R Ceases Publication
Sad news today, R&R (Radio & Records) will cease publication as of this Friday. The website will also be discontinued.
The magazine was first published in October 1973
40 employees are affected.
Sad news today, R&R (Radio & Records) will cease publication as of this Friday. The website will also be discontinued.
The magazine was first published in October 1973
40 employees are affected.
This was a brilliant trade newspaper and the website was superb too. I also used it for demographic research when I was doing my degrees in history and political science from the mighty U of K, Carleton University [where the "k" stands for "quality"]. Let me explain, when you would pop up the ratings for a particular market, say Detroit, it would show the population 12 plus and the ethnic composition, White as default, Black and Hispanic. When looking at voting patterns and what not in writing essays information like that is key and R&R laid out such in a simple form.
It will be missed.
WFDS
198...CKCU Open Doors Ottawa, Saturday
To celebrate the 65th anniversary of D-Day, 93.1CKCU, based on the campus of Canada's 46th best university, Carleton, will be having an open house this Saturday from 10 ish in the morning til 5 ish in the afternoon.
Music, tours and most importantly, tic, who will be there to offer you a tour of the station and an opportunity to bask in his presence.
More information is available at http://www.ckcufm.com/.
And, yes, there will be food.
WFDS
Music, tours and most importantly, tic, who will be there to offer you a tour of the station and an opportunity to bask in his presence.
More information is available at http://www.ckcufm.com/.
And, yes, there will be food.
WFDS
Thursday, May 7, 2009
103...Gilles D and the Bloc Q
Dude was dissing our future Prime Minister Michael I and frankly, I don't get it.
What I don't get, among other things is, the BQ. You have been in the Parliament of a foreign-to-you country, Canada, since before I went to university and keeping stamping your feet and saying you are leaving but you don't go.
Iggy is not evil for wanting national education standards and for wanting to insure [ensure? I went to Carleton, and didn't major in spelling or grammar only English] energy sufficency for all from sea to shining sea, not just those from Rimouski to Rouyn.
Not evil.
Time for you to make your move Gilles D. or shut the f up.
Don't get me wrong, I do like Quebec. A lot. SuperC, Simon, Bedo. It is a cultural thing. And it isn't just the fact that they have cheap beer, no speed limits and you can touch strippers. No, it goes deeper than that.
WFDS
What I don't get, among other things is, the BQ. You have been in the Parliament of a foreign-to-you country, Canada, since before I went to university and keeping stamping your feet and saying you are leaving but you don't go.
Iggy is not evil for wanting national education standards and for wanting to insure [ensure? I went to Carleton, and didn't major in spelling or grammar only English] energy sufficency for all from sea to shining sea, not just those from Rimouski to Rouyn.
Not evil.
Time for you to make your move Gilles D. or shut the f up.
Don't get me wrong, I do like Quebec. A lot. SuperC, Simon, Bedo. It is a cultural thing. And it isn't just the fact that they have cheap beer, no speed limits and you can touch strippers. No, it goes deeper than that.
WFDS
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