EDITORIAL – Free parking at TRU for indigenous students a worthy idea
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PARKING AT THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY is always controversial but there’s a new twist — a petition is asking that all indigenous [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – Deaths of students in car wreck are a loss to entire community
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S TRAGIC WHEN ANYONE DIES in an accident but it’s especially sad when a visitor from another country is killed here. I’m talking, [Continue]
FIRST AVENUE CRASH – TRU president’s statement on death of students
A message from TRU President Brett Fairbairn It is with great sadness and regret that I have informed our university community that four of our students – current and [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Junk publishers threaten what we know
MOST OF WHAT we know is not from our day-to-day experience. If I were to trust my intuition, I would believe that the Earth is flat. I depend on others who have studied our [Continue]
LETTER – American university students pay their share of taxes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
