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LETTER – American university students pay their share of taxes

February 5, 2019 // 1 Comment

Re: Editorial, Why international students should and must pay more, Jan. 15, 2019 As a U.S. student, this is pretty offensive, though it is not trying to be. It suggests that [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Best response to protesters: let them yell in a vacuum

December 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVERYBODY’S TIPTOEING around this week’s anti-pipeline protest at Thompson Rivers University. The police, the university, federal [Continue]

EDUCATION – Telling the full story of the salmon with new curriculum

September 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

By KIM ANDERSON Thompson Rivers University WHEN DR. NAN STEVENS’ son penned a story on the life cycle of salmon while in Grade 4, few could’ve predicted it would be [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City taxpayers shouldn’t pay for TRU’s pedestrian overpass

June 28, 2018 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I CAN’T THINK of a worse place to spend a few million dollars worth of City taxpayers’ money than building a pedestrian overpass across [Continue]

TRU – Birds, barnacles and the HMS Beagle: Dickinson channels Darwin

May 14, 2018 // 2 Comments

By MICHELE YOUNG Thompson Rivers University To say that TRU Dean of Science Tom Dickinson is a fan of Charles Darwin is like saying the world is a little bit round. Complete [Continue]

BEPPLE – We need to do much more to protect pedestrians day-to-day

May 2, 2018 // 2 Comments

THE BRUTAL pedestrian deaths by vehicle in Toronto last week are sobering. So many dead in one act is unprecedented and hard to fathom. Hopefully, the event won’t be [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Running a big university is not an easy gig

April 21, 2018 // 3 Comments

THE ANNOUNCEMENT of Thompson Rivers University’s new president had scarcely been made before word got around about a high-profile incident he’d been involved in at his [Continue]

TRU – University names Saskatchewan prof as new president

April 12, 2018 // 2 Comments

Thompson Rivers University today (April 12, 2018) announced Dr. Brett Fairbairn as its next president and vice-chancellor. Fairbairn has taught and conducted research at the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Where’s the very worst place to park? Hint: it’s not downtown

February 8, 2018 // 13 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF I ASKED you, “What’s the worst parking experience in the world?” you’d probably answer, “downtown Kamloops.” [Continue]

PASSING – TRU’s vice president Christopher Seguin dies in hospital

September 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

Thompson Rivers University Vice President of Advancement Christopher Seguin has died. The shocking news came this evening (Friday, Sept. 22, 2017) after it was announced [Continue]

LETTER – TRU’s full professors are chronically under-paid in comparison

May 4, 2017 // 5 Comments

Higher education doesn’t usually get the attention it deserves during provincial election campaigns. That’s unfortunate, because since Kamloops received a free-standing [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Joyful quantum confessions of a mature student

January 24, 2017 // 2 Comments

IT IS SO important to get out and get street smarts before going on to higher learning. By the time I got to Simon Fraser University they called me a mature student. For [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Steven Galloway’s troubles could have been avoided

December 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

AWARD-WINNING Kamloops author Steven Galloway has problems of his own making. They could have been avoided. Galloway was raised in Kamloops and attended the University [Continue]

LETTER – Thousands are victims of hate crimes based on sexuality

October 4, 2016 // 2 Comments

I was a little shocked to read Jim Harrison’s opinion piece on the pride parade. In response, I have written an open letter: Jim, do you remember when a shooter walked [Continue]