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East and West mingle at conference

By David Parker

CKDU Interviews Gordon McOuat
Length: 9:00 min
Format: mp3, 128 kbps
Size: 9 MB
HALIFAX – Circulating Knowledge, East and West is a unique conference focused on the circulation of scientific knowledge in South Asia and beyond throughout history. The conference hopes to establish lasting global relations to support a network of social and humanist studies of science.
“Halifax [...]

DSU Elections Round-up Part 4: President

By David Parker

Listen: Interview with Neil Bailey [Audio: http://www.radio4all.net/files/david@ckdu.ca/3412-9-neil_bailey_pres.mp3]
Listen: Interview with Greg Debogorski [Audio: http://www.radio4all.net/files/david@ckdu.ca/3412-4-greg_debogorski_pres.mp3]
Listen: Interview with Chris Saulnier [Audio: http://www.radio4all.net/files/david@ckdu.ca/3412-1-chris_saulnier_pres.mp3]

DSU Election Round-up Part 1: Senate Reps

By David Parker

Listen: Interview with Maggie Lovett [Audio: http://www.radio4all.net/files/david@ckdu.ca/3412-1-maggie_lovett_senate_rep.mp3]
Listen: Interview with Carly Nicholson [Audio: http://www.radio4all.net/files/david@ckdu.ca/3412-3-carly_nicholson_senate_rep.mp3]
Listen: Interview with Christian Browne [Audio: http://www.radio4all.net/files/david@ckdu.ca/3412-2-christian_browne_senate_rep.mp3]
Listen: Interview with Ben Wedge [Audio: http://www.radio4all.net/files/david@ckdu.ca/3412-4-ben_wedge_senate_rep.mp3]

Nova Scotia report warns against taser use

By David Parker

The Nova Scotia government released a report last Friday on the use of tasers by police officers. The report described a state known as ‘excited delirium’, created by a taser shock, in which a person is considered at the risk of sudden death. The report warned that any attempts to restrain someone exhibiting signs of [...]

NSPIRG motion fails at the Dal Student Union AGM

By David Parker

The Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group at Dalhousie University fought to keep it’s student levy at a recent General Meeting of the Dal Student Union (DSU).
In a record turn out for a DSU AGM, over 600 students packed into the MacInnes auditorium to vote on a controversial motion that would have NSPIRG’s funding removed, [...]

Live Panel on Student Activism

By David Parker

CKDU’s Mad Sessions, the CKDU News Collective and the Dalhousie Gazette proudly present:
A live panel on student activism
Thursday, March 26, 2009
9 pm to 10:30 pm on CKDU 88.1 fm
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featuring:
Daniel Boyle, Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) Vice President Internal
Angela Day, staff Resource Co-ordinator, Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group (NSPIRG)
Jonathan Mulle, Students Moblizing for Action on Campus [...]