A look at foodservice changes made by Chartwells
After sixteen years of service from Aramark, Trent University handed its food providing crown over to Chartwells for the 2014–15 year under a new five year contract. As a first …
Volume 49 Issue 15
Upcoming international conference to debate Canada’s future
Important issues of concern pertaining to Canadian society in the 21st century will be explored as the world’s great minds congregate at Trent University for an international conference called “Contesting …
Trent Radio Picture Schedule
While this schedule is much more useful in print, we’ve reproduced it for fun online. Cut it out and put it on your fridge. This is perhaps the first time …
Huggable vending machine sparks new forms of intimacy on campus
If you haven’t heard Coca-Cola’s “Share the Love” or “Share a Coke” marketing campaign then you may be living under a rock. Last Monday, January 18, Coca-Cola and Chartwells, Trent’s …
City budget: Parkway, participatory politics, and police spending
The City of Peterborough is set to finalize its 2015 budget on February 2. The budget was first proposed in early December and has since finished its reviews by individual …
TFS, OPIRG, and Artspace to screen Whose University Is It?
Before you watch this film, you should ask yourself: how much do you really know about the history of your university? In the 2003 documentary Whose University Is It? filmmakers …
Are falling oil prices good for everyone?
Last December, on my way to class, I passed by the gas station and realized that the price of gas was just under a dollar. Many people are content, as …
Local record label praises government’s new copyright laws
Internet users, Internet Service Providers and copyright users are all still becoming accustomed to the new copyright notice system that is now in place in Canada, and its effectiveness is …
A booklover’s guide to Peterborough’s bookstores: Week 2
Knotaknew Bookstore: I’m Your Man- The Life Of Leonard Cohen ($9.95) by Sylvie Simmons sits in the back of just after the fiction section. On a carousel right beside the …
Is Peterborough Safe?
My Peterborough is different from your Peterborough, from his and her Peterborough, from their Peterborough. Each and every individual has a different relationship to this community that we all share, …