Evolution is a big deal.
Everyone probably understands the basics of how it works. “Things change over time,” and “good traits remain, while bad traits are eliminated” are common explanations from most people. It truly shows the power Darwin’s theory when 150 years later every student leaving high school is (or should [...]
US pastor opens church to guns
A pastor in the US state of Kentucky told his flock to bring handguns to church in what he said was an effort to promote safe gun ownership.
Pastor Ken Pagano told parishioners to bring their unloaded guns to New Bethel Church in Louisville for [...]
These are scary times. Without asking your permission, Muslims are daring to write articles, create films, develop radio programs, and produce art that unabashedly celebrates the complex and textured role Islam plays in their lives. They say Islamic feminism is alive and well; that they’re perfectly capable of saving themselves thank you very much, that [...]
When you meet women who wear a headscarf and ask them to share their experiences, the similarities among them are striking. Regardless of their varied ages and cultural backgrounds, they have been subjected to the same abrupt questions and patronizing behaviour from others that is arguably an alien experience to the rest of society. [...]
From the Washington Post (link – Go read it):
Each of these two tests provides strong evidence that the numbers released by Iran’s Ministry of the Interior were manipulated. But taken together, they leave very little room for reasonable doubt. The probability that a fair election would produce both too few non-adjacent digits and [...]
Hello beloved Terry readers! Another exciting event that we thought you might be interested in:
The Ethics of International Service Learning (EISL) Project is excited to announce their first meet, greet and discuss event of the summer. International service learning [...]
I’m going to try something a little different in the next couple weeks. I’ll be posting some of my favorite recipes and cooking techniques for you to try at home. I find I often don’t have all the ingredients to make meals out of a cookbook but desire something more than KD or frozen perogies. [...]
Hey faithful Terry readers, another great opportunity coming your way!
Do you want to learn more about global issues like international development, HIV/AIDS, rural literacy and the impact of tourism on the environment? Apply what you’ve learned in the classroom to real world situations – January – April placements for Go Global’s International Service Learning [...]
I’m pleased to announce UBC MIX’s first partnership: Science One Biology and HIST 104!
This partnership is a great one and the faculty involved are certainly diving into it head first.
There are several components to this partnership. I’m going [...]
Obama and the Bottomless Bailout…
If ‘bailout’ was the word of 2008 then word of 2009 is shaping up to be ‘mistake’. Or perhaps ‘regret’ depending on your political affiliation. As the world economy begins remains on shaky ground the billions of dollars thrown at GM and other auto companies to help stave off complete collapse [...]
NYU professor Clay Shirky gave a fantastic talk on new media during our TED@State event earlier this month. He revealed how cellphones, the web, Facebook and Twitter had changed the rules of the game, allowing ordinary citizens extraordinary new powers to impact real-world events. As protests in Iran exploded over the weekend, we decided [...]
As Iran appears ready to explode, I thought it was an appropriate time to reflect on a vaguely similar protest that occurred twenty years ago this month. I am, of course, referring to the infamous Tiananmen Square protests and accompanying massacre that happened between April 15th and June 4th in Beijing, just outside the forbidden [...]
Interested in issues of campus development? Want to get your voice heard? The Utown Leaders program might be a good fit. The program focuses on engaging more students who would like to influence campus development, and even if you can’t volunteer for the program, the first training session sounds intriguing- it’ll be a thorough presentation [...]
In what experts are calling “totally sweet”, NASA has announced plans to crash a 2000 kg impactor into the moon, triggering a 28m-diameter crater and a six-mile high plume of debris which will be visible from Earth via telescope. No, this isn’t April 1st; the four-month mission commences next Thursday, with [...]
Recently, I was talking to someone who had read the first gold medal commuter training drill on observation and we were discussing some of the challenges commuting can introduce into your university experience.
During our conversation, we started chatting about how to a certain extent, supporting commuting individuals is challenging because unpredictable transit behaviour, [...]
Oh happy morning bursts of joy. I signed onto twitter this morning, and saw an intriguing tweet by TED announcing the release of the first ever TEDx talk from USC. A few more clicks, and I found myself at the upcoming TEDx schedule page where right under the “Canada” heading, the date information for [...]
Remember that peaceful protest that was advertised yesterday? Today I woke up to reports that hundreds of thousands had gathered in Tehran and that the crowd was growing steadily. Some are reporting that the crowd is now (9:00 PST) 1-1.5 million-people strong. According to the New York Times: “The protesters said they would continue, [...]
From the Tehran Bureau:
“Zahra Rahnavard gave a speech at Tehran University today, Sunday, June 14. To a large audience of students, Ms. Rahnavard announced the latest official statement issued by Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has pledged he will not back down from contesting the fraudulent 22 Khordad election results.
Mousavi calls on all Reformist [...]
It has been a hectic last 24 hours in Iran and in the blogosphere. Because everything is so chaotic, I’ve decided to post key developments that have been blogged/reported/twittered within the last 12 hours. I’ll post new reports as they come in:
From the New York Times:
Dozens of reformist politicians were said to have [...]
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How To Follow a Revolution: New Media and Iran
Let me just say this up front: I am not much of a ‘new media’ aficionado. I have had a Twitter account for less than three months, and even then I’ve barely used it. I have tried and failed to maintain a personal blog three times (and am still trying). Before recently being [...]