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Podcast listeners will soon have the option of downloading a regular dose of Trinity Western University, as the school launches their own podcast featuring local talent this week.
Derek Weiss, a Media Relations-Communications Specialist who works out of University Communications at TWU, has had a role in developing the new TWU podcast, a web-based audio broadcast accessed through the Internet.
“We want the TWUcast to tell the story of the university and the great things happening here,” he said.
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Posted by Bobby | Filed Under News, 11, 5
November 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment
BATTLING THE PORN MONSTER
While pornography may not be an ordinary topic in Christian school chapel services, counselor Mike Cusick is happy to see that universities such as Trinity Western University are now willing to talk about it.
“Five years ago it was unheard of,” Cusick said about porn messages. “Ten years ago it would have been considered taboo. Twenty years ago…board members would have resigned.”
Cusick, who is based in Denver, Colorado, addressed the topic with students at chapel last week.
“I think it’s important,” he said. “There are very few places that are talking about this kind of thing. I applaud TWU for having me come.”
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Posted by Bobby | Filed Under News, 11, 5
November 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Fear of U.S. anti-terrorism laws spur changes at Atlantic libraries
ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. (CUP) — Libraries at Canadian universities are switching to a Canadian server for access to the American web-based research tool RefWorks.
The school libraries are acting out of fear of users being subjected to the U.S. Patriot Act, passed in response to the Sept. 11 attacks. The act greatly expands the United States government’s surveillance power as a security measure against terrorism.
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Posted by Bobby | Filed Under News, 11, 5
November 21, 2006 | 1 Comment
For many Trinity Western University students, the rules and regulations of parking on campus are a source of misunderstanding and, in some instances, disregard.
TWU has a standard policy regarding parking, including daily, weekly and semester-long rates similar to those at other schools such as the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. But a glitch in the TWU parking system makes it difficult for security to enforce parking tickets on unregistered cars.
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Posted by Bobby | Filed Under News, 11, 5
November 21, 2006 | 1 Comment
You may have noticed some peculiar events during the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 7. Maybe the large, scattered chunks of tree trunk raised some questions in your mind. Perhaps wild theories danced through your head as to how those chunks ended up littering our fine campus. Could it be that renegade woodsmen are running freely through the back 40? Is TWU stocking up on firewood in case of an extended power outage (as if that will ever happen)?
Well Uncle Will is here to put all those silly theories to rest. After all, I wouldn’t want your imaginations running away with you. There’s a very simple explanation as to how it all went down.
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Posted by Kristin | Filed Under 11, Humour, 5
November 21, 2006 | 1 Comment
In the early afternoon of Wednesday, Nov. 15, Trinity Western University lost one of its oldest and most revered icons. Actually, it lost half of one of its oldest and most revered icons.
This icon has gone by many names throughout its long tenure here. To student Iain Cook, it was known as Nemesis. You may know it as “that tree with the flag on it.” But personally, I have always known it by one name: the Tallest Tree.
Yes, the winds of change were blowing, and they sent at least a third of the Tallest Tree’s mighty body crashing to the earth below. Luckily, no students or faculty were smooshed by the falling debris.
