Posts by Gordon Katic

The Terry Project Podcast #12: UBC Stories

This week, a back-to-school special. We stay local, bringing you stories from the University of British Columbia. We look at engineering pranks, the pettiness of campus…

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The Terry Project Podcast: 30 Second Story Contest

The first episode of the The Terry Project Podcast this year will be called “extraordinary UBC stories.”  It will air on the first day of classes,…

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Katic: Fizz Ed, the Exclusive UBC/AMS-Coca-Cola Deal

Back in 1995 Coca-Cola signed a deal with the AMS and the University to become the exclusive soft drink provider at UBC. The terms of the…

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Katic: The AMS Academic Experience Survey

With the Gage South, early exam databases, and a whole host of other matters, the AMS has taken firm positions, but not had firm quantitative data…

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Katic: On College 2.0.

There is an educational revolution taking place. Students are increasingly learning from new technologies, like Wikipedia, Khan Academy, podcasts, and iTunes U. And now, a consortium…

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Katic: Should Iran get the bomb?

Kenneth Waltz has a provocative article in the most recent Foreign Affairs (premium content, but available through the UBC network) arguing that Iran developing a nuclear…

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Crowd-sourcing gone horribly, hilariously wrong.

Shell’s hip, innovative, crowd-sourcing initiative: Here at Shell, we’re committed to online social media. After all, it’s the fuel that lubricates the engines of internet communication.…

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The US Military has a comic book, and it sucks.

We know propaganda exists, but we tend to think of it coming from the other guys. Sometimes it’s a tricky thing to spot in our society,…

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Oh, Mister Plumber, do you know Where naughty, careless, tradesman go?

Oh, Mister Plumber, do you know Where naughty, careless, tradesman go? You come to set the water right– To make the taps all safe and tight.…

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Strange artists, talk show hosts.

UPDATED BELOW Last week, I shared a link of conservative icon William F. Buckley interviewing the poet Allen Ginsberg. I am very amused by these sorts…

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