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Arthur NewspaperSep 17, 2020
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 24 - A Swift Conclusion
Happy Tortured Poets Department release day to all who celebrate! Having listened to all two hours of the extended "Anthology" edition of this most recent emission from the Queen of jet-setting herself the editors get down and dirty in the lyrical content of the album.
What is revealed and how deep is the poetic material at hand? Tune in to find out in this thrilling conclusion to this season of Radio Free Arthur.
If Sebastian, Abby, and Evan keep their jobs for another year (and Trent Radio allows it) they promise to be back riding the airwaves before you're able to get a response back from the CRTC.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 23 - Trainsgender Day of Visibility
It's a very special occassion at Radio Free Arthur enterprises Inc. L.L.C., a subsidiary of CSIS (allegedly)—and not for any reason to do with recent celestial phenomena!
This episode marks co-editor Abbigale Kernya's very first absence from RFA! Sad!
However, it is also another cause for celebration: it's our very own Evan Robins' one (but not only) birthday!!! Yay!!!
In celebration of this much-lauded occassion, she and Sebastian spend the bulk of this hour indulging in a perennial topic of Evan's obsession—public transportation and engineering disasters.
Sebastian shares his experiences commuting to and from Toronto, and Evan relays her near-miss flying on a Boeing 737 MAX 8.
The moral of the story, dear listener? Trains. Always trains.
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Fridays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 22 - This is How You Lose the Pickleball War
After a week away, the editors return with the story of the century: Pickleball is back in the hearts and minds of Peterborans, and it's heating things up at City Hall!
During a heated discussion at April 2nd's General Committee, Mayor Jeff Leal had some choice words for Councillor Alex Bierk—mostly to do with how exactly Leal would prepare him were Bierk a Thanksgiving Dinner (the fact that Easter was the more recent turkey-related holiday is not lost on the editors).
Also, Evan fills her colleagues in on the TCSA's latest election-related antics.
What fun.
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Fridays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 21 - Multi-Level Lesbianism
The girls are sans Sebastian in this episode of Radio Free Arthur and as such, took this opportunity to discuss why they are the way they are via personally curated Spotify playlists.
Additionally, the co-editors recap the recent article from Arthur journalist, Ian Vansegbrook, who presents a compelling argument into why women should—well—date women.
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Fridays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 20 - Et tu, Union?
All three Arthur Editors are (allegedly) back in the studio and ready to face the Ides of March. With Evan and Sebastian both recovering from an (alleged) curse, the Editors bring a portent of prophetic significance: DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!
That's right, dear listener, student union elections are upon us, and along with them one of the most significant decisions you can (allegedly) make! This is the time YOU can make YOUR voice heard in the organization that represents YOU (unless you want to elect a President because they're actually just going to arbitrarily appoint someone instead) [allegedly]!
In the words of our co-editor who has been playing too much Helldivers 2 (guess which one): "Democracy!"
Should you be at a loss for who to vote for, Arthur's got you covered. Listen on to hear our endorsement of each and every TCSA candidate, our respective tales of driving woe, and a soft-launch from our own Evan Robins about her decisions to further her emotional stunting by remaining in higher education (albeit to the tune of a fair amount of money).
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Fridays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 19 - Women Workers, Pick up Your Microphones!
Having kicked Sebastian off the air for reasons pertaining to feminism, Arthur girl squad members Evan and Abbigale seize the means of radio production to bring you the hard-hitting stories this international women's day.
In addition to the just-released Issue 5, our intrepid co-hosts discuss recent pyrocentric developments on London street, the intricacies of Canadian Home Renovation shows, and the nu-metal persuasions of the late, great, Akira Toriyama.
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Fridays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 18 - On Air We're Briefly GOATed
The Editors reunite once again in the studio to bring you the hard-hitting news: creative writing seminars suck and Arthur's beloved Sally Rooney is releasing a new novel.
In an episode largely full of literary criticism, three editors who read too much and have too little in the way of social lives give their unsolicited bookish opinions (this is not a safe space for Colleen Hoover fans) that reveal a lot about their star signs (so we've heard).
In other news, what is going on with the Trent Central Student Association's One Stop Chop Food Pantry? Listen and find out.
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Fridays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 17 - Third Time's a Charm?
This radio show is award winning, baby! Arthur Newspaper has won Best Online Media Presence for the 2024 JHM Awards For Excellence in Student Journalism and we are making sure everyone knows it.
While Co-Editor and Co-Host, Evan Robins enjoys time away from this award winning show for a week, Abbigale and Sebastian talk about the JHM awards, analyze each other's strange work dreams, and follow up on the Trent Central Student Associations' twice failed attempt to pass their by-law package in a new move on behalf of the association that has the editors saying ... uh ... third time's a charm I guess?
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Fridays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 16 - There's No "You" in Union
What a week, eh weary writers?
Despite the previous night's inordinate snow fall, the Arthur editors have endeavoured to drag themselves to Trent Radio House, as there's plenty of news which begs to be talked about.
After a quick refresher on this week in Arthur, they dig into what has been a week among weeks (if ever there was one) of TCSA business—namely said group's decision to put proposed By-Law changes to referendum following their being voted down at the Association's Feb. 14th SAGM.
Sounds democratic to me!
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Fridays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 15 - Of Course We're On Bumble
This week, the editors have a big announcement.
Thanks to Bill C-18, Arthur's hiring policies have been revamped and starting next volume, all applications and expressions of interest must be made through the paper's Bumble Bizz profile.
Thanks, JT!
Anyways, this week brings audio reports from members of the Arthur staff with David King reporting on the proclamation of February as Black History Month at an event organized by the Community Race Relations Committee and the City of Peterborough.
Following that, Ian Vansegbrook returns to the Trent varsity volleyball beat with more whimsical takes about everything besides what the score was; or in other words, all the important stuff.
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Fridays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 14 - Watching the Sinks Ship
Co-Editors Abbigale Kernya and Evan Robins stand witness to the proverbial crash course of Trent University in this Sebastian-lite episode, examining the ongoing fallout of the International student visa cap.
The duo also discuss Trent's recent announcement that after a "comprehensive, nationwide," search they settled on ... Trent's own Dr. Cathy Bruce! Three cheers for inside baseball!
ALSO: YOUR FAVOURITE RAG IS UP FOR AWARDS!
We're as surprised as you are, but Arthur is indeed nominated for the Canadian University Press' JHM Student Journalism Award for Best Online Media Presence!
The inimitable Evan Robins has also been shortlisted for no fewer than three JHMs: for Feature Writing, Op-Ed Writing, and Marginalized Community Reporting!
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Fridays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 13 - Universités Avec Frontières
The Editors reconvene to discuss the newly announced cap on the number of International Student Visas issued by the federal government—a decision which promises to have some rather marked impacts on a certain university of note to them.
Along the way, they discuss everyone's favourite student union, and the latest in news from the very-real not-fake place that is Cleantech Commons.
SOMEONE WHO IS GOOD AT BUDGET PLEASE HELP MY UNIVERSITY IS DYING #satire
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Fridays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 12 - What Does "Shag" Mean?
It's just one of those days, but nevertheless, we Arthur.
The Arthur crew are back, beleaguered, and in the studio for the first time this year. With a busy week of ReFrame reviews bogging them down, they discuss the entries for this year's documentary film festival, some exciting new about Cleantech Commons, and a brand new segment from the courts, courtesy of Arthur's own sports correspondent, Ian Vansegbrook.
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Fridays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 11 - Bringing Sexy (Bingo) Back
NEW YEAR. NEW TIME SLOT. SAME OLD SHENANIGANS.
2023 may be so over, but the Arthur team is so back it's like we were never gone! In this remote start to the radio season, Co-Editors Abbigale, Sebastian, and Evan discuss the pressing matters of their weekly newsletter playlist, as well as the recent full enforcement of Bill C-18.
More importantly, however, our intrepid trio have recently reacquired their literacy, and by consequence deign to offer a lit crit of the curatorial selections of a certain student union...
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Fridays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Currents x Arthur Budget Week 2024 - Ep. 5 - 2024 Budget Debrief; or, The Road to 7%
The City of Peterborough has a Budget! Council adopted the 2024 City Budget during a meeting on December 11th which includes a property tax rate increase of 7% - down from 9.59% in the original draft budget proposed by City Staff.
In this final episode of this collaborate series between Arthur Newspaper and Peterborough Currents, Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay, Abbigale Kernya, and Will Pearson examine the last minute motions which saw Councillors land on the final figure and some possible implications for future budgets and the City of Peterborough overall.
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2024 Peterborough City Budget Pass with 7% Tax Rate Increase
Currents x Arthur Budget Week 2024 - Ep. 4 - Why don’t these pedestrians have a sidewalk? Peterborough faces infrastructure backlog due to “funding challenges.”
Why does a major street with three schools nearby not have sidewalks to begin with? Can the city really not afford to build one? And what does all of this say about the way Peterborough has been developing in recent decades?
With the Arthur team tied up in print deadlines, Will Pearson and Brett Throop from Currents explore these questions in the latest episode of this special podcast series on the city’s 2024 budget deliberations.
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Radio Free Arthur - Episode 10 - Fifty Nine Minutes of Possibility
Closing out the season on Trent Radio, Abbigale, Evan, and Sebastian drag their exhausted bodies into the studio for one last kick at the can to reflect upon the season and how they're feeling after publishing the last print edition of 2023.
After Evan discusses the newest garbageface album, ENANTIODROMIA - set to be released on December 21st - key questions arise among the editors concerning the plans for future reproduction and what they would name their prospective spawn before suggesting that the roundabout to nowhere at Cleantech Commons is Peterborough's best new hook-up spot.
These three are never beating the polycule accusations.
If you're worried about not hearing from the editors for the next few weeks, have no fear! They're cooking up something good - and they need your help! Send in your festive greetings to be included in a special holiday-themed episode set to air later on in December.
Mailed cards get priority but email works too!
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 12PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 9 - Raiders of the Lost App
It's a big news day in Peterborough—Nogojiwanong, and no, we're not talking about budget week. It is, of course, Spotify Wrapped week, and the ever-intrepid Arthur editors have undertaken the great endeavour of debriefing this most sacrosanct of cultural moments.
Not only that, but two-thirds of our trinity have taken it upon themselves to plomb the uncharted depths of a mysterious new network domain—the TCSA's mobile app.
Between that and a heated discussion about municipalities in Southeastern Ontario, the agenda is brimming with soundbites and—as ever—hijinks ensue.
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 12PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Currents x Arthur Budget Week 2024 - Ep. 3 - Five Stories from the 2024 Budget Talks
Peterborough city councillors went through the municipality’s draft budget for 2024 page by page and line by line last week. Sitting as finance committee for three nights in a row starting on November 20, they were staring down a potential 9.59 percent increase to residential property taxes next year and were on the lookout for ways to reign in spending.
Arthur has teamed up with Peterborough Currents to cover the municipal budget deliberations in a limited-run podcast series. Episode three focuses on the November 20 to 22 finance committee meetings.
In particular, we focus on five stories that emerged during council’s budget deliberations. From a proposed funding cut for social assistance medical benefits, to an airport that loses millions every year, these are five budget items that provoked debate among councillors.
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Radio Free Arthur - Episode 8 - So Long as the Buses Keep Runnin' and the River Don't Rise
Arthur's editorial team are back and bedraggled, having spent the weekend packin' the shack and the better part of the week paying far too close attention to Peterborough City Hall. However, the news waits for no mere man, and so long as the busses keep runnin' and the river don't rise, our editors will be here to heed their divinely-ordained compulsion to disseminate the news.
Now, back in the hot seat, they're here to debrief the weekend's transit negotiations and the narrowly avoided ATU Local 1320 strike.
In other news, Trent is getting a new college, amongst other things! The editors discuss Gidigaa Migizi college, Trent's varsity volleyball home-opener, and the perennial favourite, The Game of Life.
ALSO: Arthur's AGM is this week! Come if you can! It's a great way to engage with the paper (and get free food to boot). Fri. Nov. 24th at 5:00PM in the Sadleir House Lecture Hall.
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 12PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Currents x Arthur Budget Week 2024 - Ep. 2 - Non-profits plead with councillors to reverse proposed cut to municipal grants. The cost to taxpayers? Less than $1 each.
Will Pearson, Evan Robins and Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay sit down to discuss the latest on the 2024 Peterborough City Budget news. Last week, representatives from a variety of community groups addressed city councillors on Tuesday, November 14 to ask councillors to reverse a proposed cut to the municipal grants they receive.
Peterborough’s draft budget proposes cutting the Community Service Grants it gives to 14 local non-profits by between 3.5 percent and 5.2 percent in 2024. The Community Service Grant program provides funding to non-profits that deliver programs to improve the quality of life for residents in Peterborough, according to the city’s budget documents.
Representatives from many of the groups facing the cutback — including the New Canadians Centre, Peterborough GreenUP, and Artspace — were present at the November 14 finance committee meeting to ask councillors to reverse the proposed cutback when they debate the budget starting on November 20.
If the grant cuts to the 14 non-profits are approved, the city would spend $29,132 less on all the groups combined next year compared to 2023. That works out to savings of $0.67 for the median household in the city.
Meanwhile, at the November 15 2023 finance committee meeting, Chief of Police Stuart Betts made the case for a 15.3 percent increase to the police budget for 2024 — that increase would cost the median residential taxpayer $106 more next year.
We cover these two stories and more in the latest episode of our 2024 Budget Podcast, which Arthur is producing in collaboration with Peterborough Currents.
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Radio Free Arthur - Episode 7 - Shack Packers in Solidarity
In this episode of Radio Free Arthur Abbigale, Sebastian, and Evan discuss their plans to help "pack the shack" for an upcoming series of home games for Trent's Varsity Volleyball Team.
Also on the docket is the question of who from Trent will show up to support the ATU 1320 as they head back into negotiations with a strike mandate set for November 20th.
All this before they dive into the not-yet-public "Excaliburnt Out Report" to see if there is anything revelatory or consequential contained within its 37 pages.
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 12PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Currents x Arthur Budget Week 2024 - Ep. 1 - It's City Budget Season!
Arthur and Peterborough Currents have teamed up to cover Peterborough's budget deliberations in a podcast format. We’ll be releasing podcast episodes as city council’s budget deliberations progress.
In this first episode of the series Will Pearson, Brett Throop, and Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay discuss their initial reactions to the draft budget. They also check in with Harry Kitchen, a retired Trent University economics professor with an interest in municipal finance.
Kitchen argues that of all the taxes we pay in Canada, municipal property taxes offer the most bang for your buck. He says it’s the “lowest of all the taxes you pay, and you’re getting the most services for that tax.”
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Budget Season Arrives in Peterborough as Council Faced with Potential 9.59% Tax Rate Increase
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 6 - How Much a Budget Cost?
With two weeks having passed since the editors last properly sat down together, there is so much to catch up on. From several new articles from Arthur journalists, a breakdown on the latest from Peterborough City Hall—including the new waste collection program—and the much awaited 2024 budget, there's much to talk about and only so much time to talk about it.
Tune in for Sebastian's piping-hot budget takes, Abbigale's appraisals of Arthur's new authors' work, and Evan's impromptu evisceration of that classic piece of capitalist realism, Love, Actually (2003).
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 12PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 5 - Levy Fee Solidarity
With Sebastian off on a busman’s holiday to Québec, Co-editors, Abbigale Kernya and Evan Robins come to you live from a cabin in the woods where they give you a rundown on new articles from Arthur journalists and discuss an odd looking book found in said cabin.
In other news, the two discuss University of Ottawa’s radio station, CHUO, who has recently had their $4 levy fee defunded in a controversial referendum brought forth by a singular UOttawa student.
Tune in for a breakdown of inconsistencies of the referendum, student union inaction, levy solidarity, and the importance of speaking up against injustices on campus.
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 12PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 4 - All For One and Some For All
All three of Arthur's editors are back in one room again as they discuss the Trent Central Student Association's new strategic plan which includes plans for demonstrations and protests in front of City Hall regarding transit and a notable lack of details concerning their demands for Senior Administration.
Sebastian is in his element discussing the finer points of union organizing efforts, noting the importance of constant and transparent communication and consultation with the membership on demands and responses from the employer, or in this case - Trent Executives.
The discussion then turns to the Trent Board of Governors' response to the Head of the Trent debauch which saw them fall back on old favourites such as "our beer garden was the best" and "it wasn't just Trent students.
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 12PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 3 - All City Hall
Sebastian and Abbigale discuss the six hour Peterborough Council General Committee meeting of October 10th, 2023 and try to makes sense of the theatrics and grandstanding of Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith. Along the way, they try to make sense of the Peterborough Police Service's plan to implement a "no-tolerance" approach to open air drug use in the City alongside community partners.
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 12PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 2 - Trent's Homecoming Woes and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
This week Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay returns from his sick bed to join fellow Arthur editors, Abbigale Kernya, and Evan Robins to discuss the debauch of last week's Head of the Trent Homecoming weekend here in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong.
They discuss a recent article Abbigale wrote in which she interviewed Indigenous students about Trent's decision to move forward with hosting homecoming festivities on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation which takes place every year on September 30th.
Along the way, the editors dissect the tweets of one Peterborough Police Chief, Stu Betts, who seems oblivious to the reasons why students would appear so respectful when in the presence of a man with a gun in the middle of their party. He also publicly reminisced about parties in gravel pits and wistfully writes that "kids will be kids" while his Officers signed sudents' backs and took selfies.
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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 12PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca
Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter The Courier.
Radio Free Arthur - Episode 1 - Pride and Prejudices
With one Editor out of commission due to exposure, the remaining Arthur Editors, Abbigale Kernya and Evan Robins, discuss the past week in Peterborough news as Arthur returns to the airwaves. In this episode, we discuss the recent Peterborough Pride Week and the growing movement of hate being directed toward queer and trans communities and children across Canada and the United States and how this impacts people at the local level. Also on the docket are discussions of recent Peterborough Transit improvements including increased funding and directives for staff to plan for more hires for the 2024 budget. *** Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 12PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at www.trentradio.ca Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at editors@trentarthur.ca. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at www.trentarthur.ca.
Peterborough Politics Podcast - Episode 11 - Dave "Stigma Male" Smith
Watch on YouTube Episode 11! We found out that 2nd runner-up to the last mayoral bid, Stephen Wright, won't be running for mayor or city council again. The reason may SHOCK you. We also discovered some financial transparency in the form of developer donations to the campaigns of now-Mayor Jeff Leal and runner-up Henry Clarke. We also made plans to go to the new location of the Peterborough Regional Farmers Market at Quaker Foods City Square, see you there? Next, we talked about the STIGMA that seeps from the pores of Conservative MPP Dave Smith before moving on to Police spending $185,505 (plus annual operations costs) to install 12 CCTV cameras in Peterborough's downtown. Lastly, we discussed a story about the Indigenous People's Court which made a ruling for a woman to serve house arrest in hopes of restoring balance through rehabilitative justice.
Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Canadian Studies Ph.D. Candidate at Trent University and the Coordinating Editor of Arthur, the independent student newspaper for Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong.
Follow Sebastian: Twitter: https://twitter.com/sebastianj_l Arthur Newspaper: https://www.trentarthur.ca/author/sebastian-johnston-lindsay
Danny Taro, a.k.a. @myhomie2taro, is a live streamer and content creator based out of Peterborough, Ontario, focusing on Canadian news, politics, and culture. He is also the Website Designer for Arthur and has previously sat on Arthur's Board of Directors.
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Peterborough Politics Podcast - Episode 10 - Nahloxone
Episode 10! Our big topic this week was Peterborough City Council voted down the move to have city staff undergo life-saving Naloxone training. We also expressed general frustrations with the lack of vision and direction for the city.
If you know a business that may be interested in sponsoring the Peterborough Politics Podcast, get in touch with us via email:
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Thanks for listening!
Music by Garbageface
Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Canadian Studies Ph.D. Candidate at Trent University and the Coordinating Editor of Arthur, the independent student newspaper for Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong.
Danny Taro, a.k.a. @myhomie2taro, is a live streamer and content creator based out of Peterborough, Ontario, focusing on Canadian news, politics, and culture. He is also the Website Designer for Arthur and has previously sat on Arthur's Board of Directors.
Follow Sebastian: Twitter: https://twitter.com/sebastianj_l Arthur Newspaper: https://www.trentarthur.ca/author/sebastian-johnston-lindsay
Follow Danny: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/myhomie2taro Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@myhomie2taro Twitter: https://twitter.com/DannyTaro
Peterborough Politics Podcast - Episode 9 - "Bierk du Soleil" (ft. Alex Bierk & Chad)
Episode 9! Almost in double digits. This episode features City Councilor Alex Bierk and his friend Chad. Before we talked to Alex, we had the chance to recount a couple of Peterborough headlines that caught our eye. Specifically, The Parkway is finally dead (or is it?), Federal Workers are on strike, and Dave Smith has joined Michelle Ferreri on Russia's Foreign Ministry's list of banned Canadians.
If you know a business that may be interested in sponsoring the Peterborough Politics Podcast, get in touch with us via email:
editors@trentarthur.ca or myhomie2taro@gmail.com
Thanks for listening!
Music by Garbageface
Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Canadian Studies Ph.D. Candidate at Trent University and the Coordinating Editor of Arthur, the independent student newspaper for Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong.
Danny Taro, a.k.a. @myhomie2taro, is a live streamer and content creator based out of Peterborough, Ontario, focusing on Canadian news, politics, and culture. He is also the Website Designer for Arthur and has previously sat on Arthur's Board of Directors.
Follow Sebastian: Twitter: https://twitter.com/sebastianj_l Arthur Newspaper: https://www.trentarthur.ca/author/sebastian-johnston-lindsay
Follow Danny: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/myhomie2taro Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@myhomie2taro Twitter: https://twitter.com/DannyTaro
Peterborough Politics Podcast - Episode 8 - Best Laid Official Plans
Episode 8 is a day late because the Easter long weekend pushed Peterborough City Council by a day. In this episode, we talked about so much and focused on the Province of Ontario's decisions surrounding Peterborough's proposed Official Plan. We also talked about the following:
- PM Justin Trudeau visiting former MP Maryam Monsef's new baby
- New Poet Laureate Ziysah von Beiberstein
- New ultra-low, and ultra-small in scope, overnight electricity plan
- Covid update in Peterborough
- Council voting against naloxone training for city staff
- Provincial $2.5M funding for affordable housing
- Trent is building a new residence for 215 students
- Approved changes to Peterborough's "ABOMINATION" intersection
If you know a business that may be interested in sponsoring the Peterborough Politics Podcast, get in touch with us via email:
editors@trentarthur.ca or myhomie2taro@gmail.com
Thanks for listening!
Music by Garbageface
Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Canadian Studies Ph.D. Candidate at Trent University and the Coordinating Editor of Arthur, the independent student newspaper for Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong.
Danny Taro, a.k.a. @myhomie2taro, is a live streamer and content creator based out of Peterborough, Ontario, focusing on Canadian news, politics, and culture. He is also the Website Designer for Arthur and has previously sat on Arthur's Board of Directors.
Follow Sebastian: Twitter: https://twitter.com/sebastianj_l Arthur Newspaper: https://www.trentarthur.ca/author/sebastian-johnston-lindsay
Follow Danny: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/myhomie2taro Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@myhomie2taro Twitter: https://twitter.com/DannyTaro
Peterborough Politics Podcast - Episode 7 - YIMBYs & NIMBYs
Episode 7 is here for the people of Peterborough. This week we talked about Dave Smith being rude (sexist?) to Joy Lachica over a misunderstanding about how the Conservative Ontario government backed off a plan to defund the Ontario Arts Council by 15%. Thin skin much? We also discussed some new property developments on George Street North, the future of The Theatre On King, and the ongoing housing crisis.
If you know a business that may be interested in sponsoring the Peterborough Politics Podcast, get in touch with us via email:
editors@trentarthur.ca
myhomie2taro@gmail.com
Thanks for listening!
Music by Garbageface
Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Canadian Studies Ph.D. Candidate at Trent University and the Coordinating Editor of Arthur, the independent student newspaper for Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong.
Danny Taro, a.k.a. @myhomie2taro , is a live streamer and content creator based out of Peterborough, Ontario, focusing on Canadian news, politics and culture. He is also the Website Designer for Arthur and has previously sat on Arthur's Board of Directors.
Follow Sebastian: Twitter: https://twitter.com/sebastianj_l Arthur Newspaper: https://www.trentarthur.ca/author/sebastian-johnston-lindsay
Follow Danny: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/myhomie2taro Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@myhomie2taro Twitter: https://twitter.com/DannyTaro
Peterborough Politics Podcast - Episode 6 - Art Attack
Art is quite literally under attack in Peterborough as the community was not successful in appealing to City Council to reconsider funding The Theatre on King and the Artisans Centre. We talked about it at length. There was a really sad story concerning a 3-year-old girl who was killed in her own driveway by a reckless vehicle. Our condolences go out to the family. You can donate to the GoFundMe Page, here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/tragic-loss-in-peterborough Other things we talked about were Jeff Leal being on vacation and how their may be a double standard that is not afforded to women in politics. Saying Goodbye to Sandra Clancy. Michelle Ferreri being a capital "C" Conservative. Lastly, we quickly touched on Provincial funding for Derecho recovery and we reminisced about our respective Derecho experiences. Music by Garbageface Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Canadian Studies PhD Candidate at Trent University and the Coordinating Editor of Arthur, the independent student newspaper for Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong. Danny Taro, a.k.a. @myhomie2taro , is a livestreamer and content creator based out of Peterborough, Ontario, who focuses on Canadian news, politics and culture. He is also the Website Designer for Arthur and has prevously sat on Arthur's Board of Directors. Follow Sebastian: Twitter: https://twitter.com/sebastianj_l Arthur Newspaper: https://www.trentarthur.ca/author/sebastian-johnston-lindsay Follow Danny: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/myhomie2taro Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@myhomie2taro Twitter: https://twitter.com/DannyTaro
Peterborough Politics Podcast - Episode 05 - Something In The Water
There was no City Council Meeting this week but we had plenty to talk about! Everything from MP Michelle Ferreri's Twitter Account being hacked to Marit Stiles visiting Peterborough. We also discussed the defunding of The Theatre on King (TTOK) and the diesel leak into Jackson's Creek. Lastly, we were finally able to sneak in a little DRAMA concerning the Trent Student Levy Council and the Trent Central Student Association (TCSA). Thanks for listening!
Donate to Arthur: https://www.trentarthur.ca/donate Read Arthur: https://www.trentarthur.ca/
Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Canadian Studies Ph.D. Candidate at Trent University and the Coordinating Editor of Arthur, the independent student newspaper for Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong.
Danny Taro, a.k.a. @myhomie2taro, is a livestreamer and content creator based out of Peterborough, Ontario, who focuses on Canadian news, politics and culture. He is also the Website Designer for Arthur and has previously sat on Arthur's Board of Directors.
Follow Sebastian Twitter: https://twitter.com/sebastianj_l Arthur Newspaper: https://www.trentarthur.ca/author/sebastian-johnston-lindsay
Follow Danny Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/myhomie2taro Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@myhomie2taro Twitter: https://twitter.com/DannyTaro
Peterborough Politics Podcast - Episode 04 - Bylaw of the Land (ft. Councillor Matt Crowley)
Episode 4! We are excited about a couple of things. The first being is that we finally have local music to serve as the official #PtboPoliPod theme! Big shout out to Garbageface for supplying us with these bangers. The second is that we hosted our first guest on the show, Councillor Matt Crowley, who joined us to talk about his experience being a new City Councillor in Peterborough. Before we talked to Matt, we had the chance to go over the past Peterborough City Council meeting, which saw a slew of amendments to bylaws, some grants made out to the community, and the report from adviser Reem Ali about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. One major topic was the switch to private guards, away from city staff and police, to enforce people living in tents. Thanks for listening.
Donate to Arthur: https://www.trentarthur.ca/donate
Read Arthur: https://www.trentarthur.ca/
Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Canadian Studies Ph.D. Candidate at Trent University and the Coordinating Editor of Arthur, the independent student newspaper for Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong.
Danny Taro, a.k.a. @myhomie2taro, is a livestreamer and content creator based out of Peterborough, Ontario, who focuses on Canadian news, politics and culture. He is also the Website Designer for Arthur and has previously sat on Arthur's Board of Directors.
Follow Sebastian
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sebastianj_l
Arthur Newspaper: https://www.trentarthur.ca/author/sebastian-johnston-lindsay
Follow Danny
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/myhomie2taro
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@myhomie2taro
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DannyTaro
Peterborough Politics Podcast - Episode 03 - Don't Have a CAO, Man
Episode 3! We're getting the hang of things! In this episode, we talk about the passing of Jack Doris, the former Mayor and Councillor of Peterborough, before digging into a substantial conversation about City Council hiring a new CAO (Chief Administrative Officer). We also discuss the City of Peterborough's rescinding of the vaccination policy, Councillor Alex Bierk's motion in Support Bill 5, the relationship between former mayor Diane Therrien and outgoing CAO Sandra Clancy, and an update about Primary Physicians and Walk-In Clinics. We also had a little chat about how difficult it is to access information about local politics before finally answering some great questions from chatters and tweeters. Thanks for Listening!
Donate to Arthur: https://www.trentarthur.ca/donate Read Arthur: https://www.trentarthur.ca/
Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Canadian Studies Ph.D. Candidate at Trent University and the Coordinating Editor of Arthur, the independent student newspaper for Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong.
Danny Taro, a.k.a. @myhomie2taro, is a livestreamer and content creator based out of Peterborough, Ontario, who focuses on Canadian news, politics and culture. He is also the Website Designer for Arthur and has previously sat on Arthur's Board of Directors.
Follow Sebastian
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sebastianj_l
Arthur Newspaper: https://www.trentarthur.ca/author/sebastian-johnston-lindsay
Follow Danny
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/myhomie2taro
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@myhomie2taro
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DannyTaro
Peterborough Politics Podcast - Episode 02 - Hot Garbage Takes
We're back at it again like clockwork for Episode 2 of the Peterborough Politics Podcast. This week we delved into the latest city council meeting, specifically about the deferral to add stronger language surrounding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) to the community safety and well-being plan. We talked about delegations from Conservative MP Michelle Ferreri, former Mayor Diane Therrien, and former Councillor Stephen Wright. Next, we had some hot garbage takes about the new waste collection plan: clear bags, composting, and garbage pickup every other week. Lastly, we saved a little time for some drama we encountered around Drag Story Time. It was a busy week!
Donate to Arthur: https://www.trentarthur.ca/donate
Read Arthur: https://www.trentarthur.ca/
Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Canadian Studies PhD Candidate at Trent University and the Coordinating Editor of Arthur, the independent student newspaper for Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong.
Danny Taro, a.k.a. @myhomie2taro , is a livestreamer and content creator based out of Peterborough, Ontario, who focuses on Canadian news, politics and culture. He is also the Website Designer for Arthur and has prevously sat on Arthur's Board of Directors.
Follow Sebastian:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sebastianj_l
Arthur Newspaper: https://www.trentarthur.ca/author/sebastian-johnston-lindsay
Follow Danny:
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/myhomie2taro
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@myhomie2taro
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DannyTaro
Peterborough Politics Podcast - Episode 01 - Catching Up
Introducing the Peterborough Politics Podcast, a weekly podcast with Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay and Danny Taro. Episode 1 "Catching Up" is all about getting up to speed with the municipal politics of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. We discuss how City Council has been responding to Transit, Policing, the Opioid Epidemic, the Housing Crisis and more.
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Read Arthur: https://www.trentarthur.ca/
Growing Pains Ep. 3: A Culture You Can't Kill Part 2
Growing Pains is an Arthur Newspaper podcast about the corporatization of Trent University and how it affects students, faculty, and the surrounding community. We want to tell you the story of how this small, collegial, liberal arts university has grown into something else… something perhaps unrecognizable from its original form.
Part 2 of our episode about student activism is here! In Part one, we told you the story of how eight students occupied an administrator’s office at Trent University in 2001 to protest the undemocratic decision to sell off Peter Robinson College.
Now, we’re going to analyze these events, and bring this conversation into the present to ask, what has happened to Trent student activism in the two decades since? We examine the structural factors that shape and constrain student autonomy, and talk about ways forward for the student movement today.
Thanks to Dr. David Tough, Dr. Alison Hearn, and Ziysah von Bieberstein for their stories and contributions to this episode.
Podcast music: Sportsman Lucifer.
Growing Pains graphic: Cameron Noble.
Writing/Editing/Voice: Nick Taylor and Brazil Gaffney-Knox
Growing Pains Ep. 3: A Culture You Can't Kill Part 1
Growing Pains is BACK! After a bit of an accidental hiatus, we have returned to bring you two episodes all about student activism. In Part 1, we revisit the events of 1999-2001 that we discussed in 'The Company Trent Keeps,' the closing of Peter Robinson College, the shifts in Trent's governance, the structural changes that are still playing out today -- but this time, from the students' perspective. Much of the radical, direct action based culture that once attracted students to Trent has faded over the 20 years since.
In Part 2 of this episode we try to answer this question of why? What happened to this culture of revolution, and can we revive it?
Thanks to Dr. David Tough, Dr. Alison Hearn, and Ziysah von Bieberstein for their stories and contributions to this episode.
Our podcast music is by Sportsman Lucifer.
Please consider supporting our work through a monthly donation. You can donate on our website: trentarthur.ca/donate.
Growing Pains Ep. 2: Bleeding Green
Growing Pains is an Arthur Newspaper podcast about the corporatization of Trent University and how it affects students, faculty, and the community in which our university lies. We want to tell you the story of how this small, collegial, liberal arts university has grown into something else… something perhaps unrecognizable from its original form.
In this episode, 'Bleeding Green', we unpack Trent's Cleantech Commons development project and how it typifies the marriage between academy and industry on our campus. We sit down with former Cultural Studies professor, Andrew Wernick, to talk about the promotional university, and the project of branding. We also chat with Cleantech Executive Director, Martin Yuill, about what it means to attract the right kind of business. Ultimately, we explain how and why Peterborough's most wealthy have their hands in Trent Lands.
Growing Pains graphic: Cameron Noble.
Music: Sportsman Lucifer
Writing/Editing/Voice: Nick Taylor & Brazil Gaffney-Knox
Growing Pains Ep. 1: The Company Trent Keeps
Growing Pains is an Arthur Newspaper podcast about the corporatization of Trent University and how it affects students, faculty, and the community in which our university lies. We want to tell you the story of how this small, collegial, liberal arts university has grown into something else… something perhaps unrecognizable from its original form.
In our first episode, ‘The Company Trent Keeps,’ we break down Trent’s Board of Governors and attempt to explain how and why a small group of corporate elites make all the most important decisions at our university. Dr. David Tough takes us on a walk down memory lane to help us piece together how we got here, and how we might imagine a more democratic way forward.
Ep. 12: TCSA Elections
This week we have arranged interviews with the candidates for the TCSA Spring Elections! In all honesty, this has been the most difficult audio-project we have embarked upon. In making this podcast - in conducting the interviews, and throughout the audio-editing process, we had to balance our obligations towards fairness and objectivity, while still making this podcast listenable.
If you want to jump to specific candidates:
10:33 - VP Campaigns and Equity: Morgan Carl and Zoe Litow-Daye
37:35 - VP Health and Wellness: Teika Viducis, Carter Tongs and Brook Bartlett
59:05 - President: Wendy Walker
*We had conducted an interview with the candidate for VP University and College Affairs, who has since dropped out of the race. We have yet to hear from the TCSA about what will be done to fill this role for the upcoming academic year, but we will be sure to keep you in the know.
Check out the platforms for the executive and other board positions on our website! Voting runs March 12-18, Trent students will receive a ballot in their inbox.
Ep. 11: Category is... PRIYANKA!
This week on What's the Point?! we switch things up and give you an episode that is nothing but FUN! Nick gets candid with the inaugural Champion of Canada's Drag Race, PRIYANKA! They talk about everything from Priyanka's origin story and the Toronto drag scene, to her best and worst moments on Drag Race and what winning meant to her. This episode is guaranteed to make you laugh!
Ep. 10: Why COVID is a Class War
Thanks to our gracious interviewee, Professor Colleen O’Manique.
Thanks also to Katherine Scott, Professor Pat Armstrong of York University for their work referenced in this episode. Special thanks to the journalists whose work we relied on throughout this episode: Nora Loreto, Paul Webster, Sara Mojtehedzadeh.
If you like this podcast, check out our website trentarthur.ca. You can find articles about Trent, Nogojiwanong-Peterborough happenings, art, poetry, puzzles and more.
Please consider supporting our work through a monthly donation. You can donate on our website: trentarthur.ca/donate.
Ep. 9: The Symons Legacy
In the early hours of January 1st, 2021, Prof. Thomas Henry Bull Symons died peacefully at his home in Peterborough, ON. As the founding President of Trent University, his legacy is rich and far-reaching. This podcast tells the story of how Prof. Symons established a small, collegial, interdisciplinary university, and went on to devote his life to teaching and learning. Through the words of his students and friends, we attempt to articulate his humility, curiosity, and love for students.
Many thanks to our interviewees: Professor Michael Eamon, Kathryn Matheson, and Dr. Brendan Edwards for their time and their words.
Thanks also to Professor David Tough, and Chancellor Stephen Stohn. Hearing about Prof. Symons, vision, values, and legacy stirred in us joy, respect, gratitude without measure.
Above all, thank you Professor Symons.
If you liked this podcast please consider supporting our work through a monthly donation: trentarthur.ca/donate.
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Lands Plan Primer (short)
This is an edited version of our conversation about the Trent Land and Nature Areas Plan. Follow up by checking out our coverage on trentarthur.ca and completing this survey built by the TCSA.
Ep. 8: The Lands Plan Primer
A special edition of What's the Point! This week: a very hefty COVID Update - we talk vaccine equity, the pandemic provincially and in Peterborough, how Trent and Fleming are responding (or not responding) to cases an intro to the Lands Plan!
-COVID: more info re: vaccine equity: https://launchandscalefaster.org/COVID-19
-Irene Suvillaga's article on Housing in Peterborough: https://www.trentarthur.ca/news/what-you-need-to-know-about-housing-in-peterborough
-Trent Lands and Nature Areas Plan: FAQ & Newsletter