From sports to scarves: Examining Trent’s unique traditions
Part two of the series “Trent University and the collegiate legacy” Photo from Head of the Trent 2014 by Keila MacPherson. Fifty years ago, Trent opened as a collegiate university. …
Month: November 2014
International Education Week puts a spotlight on global engagement
November 17-21 is International Education Week in Canada! The Trent International and Study Abroad Program are celebrating with great events. Trent students are invited to learn more about international education …
The Peterborough Red Cross turns 100
This year, the Peterborough branch of the Canadian Red Cross is celebrating its centennial. The organization has devoted 100 years of service in Peterborough to humanitarian efforts worldwide, nationally, and …
Writer’s Reading: K.D. Miller brings all her saints to Traill
On Tuesday November 11, K.D Miller was the guest writer at the English Department’s Writer’s Reading Series. Lewis Macleod, of course, began the evening by making everyone who attended feel …
Movie Review: Birdman – Michael Keaton just broke the word meta
Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) is an aging action star whose days in the limelight dwindled 20 years prior, when he left his starring role in the comic book franchise Birdman. …
Local Tunes: Trent alumnus Tom Eastland
In the past three decades, local resident and Trent alum Tom Eastland has established himself as a mainstay in Peterborough’s folk music scene, with a career that has spanned ups …
Ryle Lecture: Freedom of speech or speech of oppression?
The Gilbert Ryle Lecture Series is one of the Trent Philosophy Department’s biggest annual events. Every year an important philosopher comes to Trent to deliver three lectures within a week …
Editorial: Shop local, save money.
As much as it pains me to write this, given that I’m penning this editorial a full five weeks before Christmas, it now seems impossible to deny that the holiday …
Editorial: Downtown’s not dead
On Monday November 17 the local store Things From Mom’s Basement officially moved from a basement storefront to a larger, street-level location just upstairs. The new location is very much …
Tortured and forgotten: Omar Khadr’s plight for justice
Afghanistan, 2001. President Bush declared “Operation Enduring Freedom”— also known as the “Global War on Terror”— to combat the perceived threat of terrorism and insurgency. A different kind of war …