Archive for March, 2008

HERE IS ANOTHER BUD, FOR YOU…..

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Brazilian boy, 8, passes law school entrance exam Tales Azzoni, Associated Press, in Sao Paulo The Guardian, Friday March 7 2008 Article history Brazil’s lawyers have been shocked to find that a boy aged eight has managed to pass the entrance exam to law school. The Bar Association said the achievement of Joao Victor Portellinha [...]

MOSES? STONED? WHEN HE CAST THE STONE?

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

SO WE ARE TOLD BY AN ISRAELI PROFESSOR…..WHICH MEANS THAT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, AND CHARLTON HESTON, WILL HAVE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, OR NOT. FROM THE GUARDIAN….FOR MY DRUG WAR/DRUG CULTURE STUDENTS AND ANYONE ELSE WHO CARES….. Moses was stoned when he set Ten Commandments, researcher claims guardian.co.uk, Wednesday March 5 2008 We [...]

SNOW DAY TODAY!

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

NO CLASS THAT MEANS–THE UNIVERSITY, ECHOING TORONTO’S MAYOR, MEL LASTMAN, CALLED OFF CLASSES BECAUSE OF WEATHER….

COMMON SENSE ON THE BOOZE FRONT

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE FOLLOWING EXCERPT MAKES AS MUCH SENSE ON QUEEN’S HOMECOMING AS ANYTHING ELSE I’VE READ…..COMMENTS OF COURSE FROM USERS AND TEETOTALERS ARE WELCOME, EH? (SO GIVEN THIS HYPOTHESIS, MOVING HOMECOMING TO JANUARY WOULD MAKE NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL IN DRINKING BEHAVIOURS…..) March 4, 2008 When People Drink Themselves Silly, and [...]

THE POSTER ASSIGNMENT FOR KNPE/PHED 167

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

here it is…..hard copy will follow Wed. cheers, geoff KNPEPHED 167: NOTES FOR GROUP PRESENTATION WINTER TERM 2008 * GEOFF SMITH THE ASSIGNMENT: In groups of five you will conduct a piece of primary sociological or historical research focusing on a specific topic that will allow you to analyze and illustrate the potential of PHED/sport [...]