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Just like every other year, the NHL’s Trade Deadline Day began very slowly; yet, by the end of the day, 25 trades took place with a total of 45 players or draft picks changed teams.
The day started off with a few minor trades before two of the day’s blockbusters occurred. 2004 Conn Smythe winner Brad Richards was traded from the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Dallas Stars, while ex-Buffalo Sabre became a San Jose Shark. Soon after, the Montreal Canadiens shocked everyone by shipping starting goaltender Cristobal Huet to the Washington Capitals for a second round draft pick. After aleady bolstering their line-up with the signing of former league MVP and Peter Forsberg, the Colorado Avalanche further bettered their team by acquiring defenseman Ruslan Salei and two-time Stanley Cup winner and Olympic Gold Medal winner Adam Foote.
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Getting from O-Day to graduation can be a difficult task, and strategic course selection is imperative to completing this goal. In order to help with this process, Trinity Western University has recently upgraded its academic advising method. Associate Professor of Education Gordon Gillion has taken on the newly created position Director of the Advising office.
“Originally,” says Gillion, “I was supposed to be dealing with first years who haven’t picked a major yet.” His job description has grown considerably beyond that, however, to include a variety of tasks that ensure students are given correct and helpful academic advice.
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Before Dunder-Mifflin ever graced the screen of Thursday night television, there was Scranton. It seemed that for a long time nobody really cared much for this little valley city; it’s been in a steady decline since the coal mines, the town’s main economic staple, closed down in the 1960s. However, when The Office began its run in 2005, this gem of northeastern Pennsylvania went from coal mine to gold mine, a shift that I will never comprehend. Why? Simply because I am from Scranton.
Well, let me be a bit clearer: I grew up a half hour south of Scranton, but the city contained everything from my dentist to the closest McDonald’s for at least a decade. Scranton never meant much to me – the city was a remnant from my parents’ era, complete with neighbourhoods still segregated by nationality to plastic-coated couches. In fact, when several of my high school friends decided to move there for university, I bid them well and headed west. When it seemed that I could now identify my geographical point of reference as Scranton rather than New York City (my prior point of reference before the advent of The Office), I decided to do some research to try and delineate between Hollywood’s interpretation of Scranton and that of my own. With a bit of help from Lindsey Meade, a recent grad student from the University of Scranton and hippest person I know, I set off on a quest for the “real” Scranton.
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Presidential hopeful Barack Obama was caught in campaign rhetoric. Obama threatened to pull the United States out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) established in 1993, unless it is renegotiated. However, an aide to Obama allegedly told Canadian officials he was not in fact serious about disrupting the trade deal. Despite this contradiction, it is the Canadian Conservatives that have come under the gun.
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As a (not so) fresh faced 23-year-old, thoughts of wearing high socks and performing feats of strength still appeal to me in a big way. However, with Fort Douglas week fast approaching, I felt torn; I’ll be darned if those “ethics” and “convictions” weren’t sneaking up on me again. But let’s zoom out a little bit first.
In this case, it wasn’t until the Mayor of Langley spoke to my leadership class, announcing the celebration of British Columbia’s 150th anniversary (a.k.a. 150 years of colonialism), that I was forced to employ a dangerous practice I like to call “thinking for myself.”
