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License To Kill
Author: Ams
Who said only James Bond has a license to kill?
1. 4 RCMP officers taser and suffocate Robert Dziekanski to death
2. NYPD detectives aquitted on kiliing Sean Bell after firing 50 rounds of bullets
Does having a badge give you the right to murder civilians? Who is the real terrorist? Who is the real bully? Who should civilans really be afraid of? The supposed “bad guys” or the fiscade of the “good guys”?
read comments (4)International Pi Day
Author: Ams
When you fall in love with a mathie, there is only one day in the year that you should never forget - International Pi Day. It is coming up this Friday (March 14 = 3.14), so don’t forget! Unfortunately I won’t be able to celebrate it with my mathie, so I’m going to celebrate it with two of my very good friends. What are we going to do? Well eat pie of course! If you’re in the Waterloo area and want free pie, they hand them out at the University of Waterloo. See!
Btw, I love how Wikipedia categorizes Pi Day under geek holidays. xD
Resources:
Official Pi Day Website
Pi Day Wikipedia
Vagina Monologues at WLU
Author: Ams
It’s back again. There will be three performances of the Vagina Monologues at WLU in March. Information is as follows courtesy of the VAGINA MONOLOGUES 2008 Facebook group.
- Come and check out this year’s performance of the Vagina Monologues, an award winning play by writer and activist Eve Ensler.
This year’s audition turnout was so good that we’ve created two casts, which means four possible performances for you to come out to!
This will be the most fun you’ve had all year.
All proceeds go to both the V-Day Organization and Kitchener-Waterloo’s own Women’s Crisis Services.
Tickets can be purchased for $10 at the C-Spot or at our Vagina Bazaar booths in the Hall of Fame, or for $12 at the door.
Performance dates and times are as follows:
March 12th at 8:00 pm (Doors 7:30)
March 13th at 8:00 pm (Doors 7:30)
March 14th at 1:00 pm (Doors 12:30) AND 5:00 pm (Doors 4:30)
All performances will be located at the Turret.
For the first two performances, there will be a cash bar available from 7:30-8:30.
I’ve only seen the Vagina Monogues once, and that was in my first year of university. Even in my nieve ignorance at that time, I was glad I had attended. Sure it left me jaded, but it opened my eyes to issues I had never even heard of. Issues that are often overlooked, ridiculed, and stigmatized in our everyday lives. So I encourage everyone to attend.
Roméo Dallaire at WLU
Author: Ams
“Lieutenant-General Roméo Alain Dallaire,is a Canadian senator, humanitarian, author and retired general. Dallaire is widely known for having served as Force Commander of UNAMIR, the ill-fated United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda between 1993 and 1994, and for trying to stop a war of genocide that was being waged by Hutu extremists against Tutsis and Hutu moderates.”
- On March 7th, 2008, Romeo Dallaire will be coming to Laurier to speak to students and people from the KW area about his experiences working with the UN in Rwanda, and about his life now. This is going to be a huge event and volunteers are needed for:
Marketing
Volunteer Appreciation
Day of event/Lecture
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer for this event, please fill out an application ASAP and you may either drop it off at the Laurier International Office (located in the DAWB on the first floor), or e-mail your application to:
dallaire2008@yahoo.ca
If you are interested in the event but don’t think you would be able to volunteer, tickets are on sale in the Laurier Bookstore for $5 for students (it does not matter what school it is as as long as you have a student id) and $15 for people from the community.
I got that description off the facebook group =P. So yes, Roméo Dallaire will be at WLU giving a talk on March 7. Tickets are $5 for students and $15 for the general public. My friend went to his talk previously and said it was amazing. So expect good things from this one as well. I already have my ticket. =D
Lunar Eclipse - Feb 20, 2008
Author: Ams
There is going to be a total lunar eclipse this month on Feb 20, 2008. If you will be in South America, parts of North America, Western Europe, Africa, and western Asia, then you are lucky enough to be able to see it. Check out this map to see if you’ll be able to view it. Click on the picture for an enlarged version.
Unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are safe and can be seen with the naked eye. It’s because a solar eclipse is when the moon is positioned between the earth and the sun (which blocks the sun from the point of the view of the earth), where as a lunar eclipse is when the earth is positioned between the moon and the sun, making the earth’s shadow fall against the moon (giving the illusion like the moon disappears). It should be really cool and I’m super excited for it. Please God let it be a clear sky that night…and warm enough for me to be out to watch it.
For more information you can read up on this Nasa page.