Wednesday’s horrific shooting at the the US Holocaust Memorial Museum casts some light on a stark reality of our world: there are still people out there who are bat-shit crazy.
James von Brunn shot a security guard at the Museum (only blocks away from the White House) before being gunned [...]
Reading through the various news outlets covering this week’s Iranian election, one gets the sense that elections in Iran are not so different from the ones we regularly endure in North America.
Two hours after polls closed across the country on Friday, Iran’s state-run news agency declared that incumbent Mahmoud Ahmedinejad had won the election. [...]
Bananas are just a fruit, how are they considered a global issue?
Although bananas may only look like a fruit, they represent a wide variety of environmental, economic, social, and political problems. The banana trade symbolizes economic imperialism, injustices in the global trade market, and the globalization of the agricultural economy [1]. Bananas are [...]
In acknowledgement of the 65th anniversary of D-Day, I thought I’d share a fascinating story from World War 2 which I came across several years ago. WW2 is an immensely important time, not just from the perspective of military or political history, but as an era of social change. Gender equality made big strides, as [...]
Politics, Modernity and Twitter
When trying to decide on what to write about in my first Terry entry, I knew I wanted to cover an event that represented, in some tacit, discreet and (mawkishly) sentimental kind of way, my interests and passions as a whole. My hopes were answered with this:
What country are you from?
Saturday afternoon. After a class downtown, I am rushing to meet my family at the cinema to catch the new Pixar film “Up”. With several bus changes involved, timing is crucial. I burst out of the Skytrain doors, clatter down the steps and sprint to the bus stop for the final leg of the [...]
So recently, Geoff put out a call for suggestions on future Terry speakers. One more to add to the list: Dambisa Moyo. She was recently in Toronto to participate in a debate with Stephen Lewis on the pros and cons of aid in Africa. I wasn’t able to get off work to go, [...]
It’s not going to be easy. Let’s face it, idealism aside, we are going to use carbon at UBC. There are no vast renewables: sun cover is dismal, wind speeds are low, geothermal electricity requires 2 km boreholes, the tides are too small, there is not enough biomass in the vicinity, and that one fuel [...]
For all those tech/video game geeks out there you probably already know about E3. For those of you who don’t, E3 stands for the Electronic Entertainment Expo. It is one of the premier release events for everything video games. Some of you might roll your eyes and scoff, but the video game industry is by [...]
I took ten minutes out of my day today to listen to the following lecture by Raj Patel. Why this particular talk? The length of the talk was what appealed to me; I didn’t have time to listen to any of his longer lectures online.
It’s a great mini lecture though. I’m looking [...]
Independently organized TED event with a love of interdisciplinary thinking and great ideas seeks eight dynamic and passionate UBC students to give the talk of their lives on October 3rd 2009. 350 members of the UBC community in attendance, amazing TED videos, a beautiful venue and an interactive day can all be expected at Tedx [...]
A great way to spend a Thursday afternoon:
Nobel Laureate, Dr. Yuan T. Lee will be giving a lecture on the “Challenges for Human Society in the 21st century” on June 18 from 3-4 pm in the Michael Smith Labs Theatre. (That’s near the bookstore)
It sounds like it’s going to be a fascinating event-see [...]
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The Iranian Election? (An Update)
I might have spoken too soon yesterday when I said that Iran was having an ‘election’. Despite a record 85% turnout on Friday, the situation in Tehran in the last 24 hours has been anything but democratic.
Protests erupted across the country on Saturday as Mir Hussein Moussavi, president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad’s opponent, continued to [...]