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The Shlog
A group blog from the Sheaf Publishing Society
CBC cancels shows, slashes jobs in cutbacks - CBC News
“There will be six fewer series on the CBC television network, meaning 175 fewer hours produced, the network announced, but no specific programs were mentioned as decisions are still being made.”
We’ve had our first official entry in Fridges’ weekly colouring contest “Outside the Lines!” This wonderful colouring job comes from lil’ Jared Beattie, of Saskatoon, SK. Keep it up, Jared! We can tell you’re going to do great things when you grow up.
One of the many logos redone by Hipster Branding. Someone hire this man to make these logos a reality.
(Source: hipsterbranding)
#Announcing Fridges
It may be the end of the semester, but it’s the beginning of something very #special.
The Sheaf Publishing Society is #thrilled to bring you the first issue of our new community newspaper, Fridges!
At @FridgesYXE, we’re going to keep things #fresh and #cool.
Open up a copy…
Invisible Children’s co-founder freaks the fuck out
Jason Russell, co-founder of Invisible Children, is having a rough week. First, he creates a viral sensation with the Kony 2012 video, then everybody gets all up in his grill for the many reasons the campaign is ill-timed, ill-conceived and downright dangerous, and then he has a public drunken/obscene meltdown.
Jason Russell’s facebook page is not a fun place to be right now if your name is Jason Russell. Here’s a screenshot of one person’s comment that pretty much encapsulates the general public sentiment about Kony, Invisible Children and Russell.
Well said, Katie. Well said.
Discussion of the Sheaf’s Alex Ferwerda story dominated the March 8 meeting of University Students’ Council, with councillors warned repeatedly that whoever broke confidentiality to talk to the newspaper faced severe repercussions.
During the questions and comments portion of the meeting, last year’s USSU president Chris Stoicheff spoke out against the Sheaf’s coverage of the complaints against VP Ferwerda, arguing that the story did not merit a public outing that would likely harm Ferwerda’s reputation. He also accused the Sheaf of taking part in the pettiness the paper has previously decried in student politics and ignoring more important issues facing students.
The Sheaf’s Editor-in-Chief Ishmael Daro spoke in defence of the story, arguing that students deserved to know whether a paid and elected member of the students’ union was falling short in his duties.
Audio of the exchange is included.
Charity event for world’s largest refugee camp
About 500,000 people live in the Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya, displaced by drought, famine and war. It is the world’s largest refugee camp and just one of the effects of what CARE calls “a massive humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa.”
The University of Saskatchewan Crisis Relief Students Association has decided to act. The student group is holding a charity & entertainment night on Monday, March 19 at Louis’ Pub. It’s a 19+ event that will feature presentations about the refugee crisis in Dadaab, as well as a fashion show, music, dancing, singing and even poetry.
“Whenever we do fundraisers, we usually go to the Red Cross, but they’re not in the Horn of Africa,” said Faizah Jamil, president of the CRSA. Instead, proceeds from the charity event will go to the Global Enrichment Foundation, an NGO founded by Amanda Lindhout, a Canadian freelance journalist who was kidnapped in Somalia in 2008 and held for over a year. After her release, Lindhout became an advocate for greater action and aid in the Horn of Africa.
Tickets are $10, $15 at the door. Two presenters scheduled to speak at the event actually lived in Dadaab, and another worked there with WUSC, the World University Service of Canada.
Click here for the Facebook event. Email crisisrelief2010@gmail.com for more information.
A neat, short film about the popular view of Earth, primarily as a source of economic growth and monetary interaction.
Based on the book Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein.
“Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth.”
In the modern world of film advertising, I find few things cooler than the ingenious modes of viral marketing for upcoming blockbusters. Case in point, this new video of Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce), the fictional robotics magnate from Ridley Scott’s Alien universe, giving a TED talk on synthetic humans in 2023 (only eleven years from now).
Not only does the video give us an enticing glimpse of the world in the near-future, it peaks our interest for Prometheus, Scott’s pseudo-prequel to Alien due out this summer, all the more.
The intriguing teaser trailer for Prometheus can be found here.
Jeremy Lin is asian
Linsanity has always seemed a tad racist to me. The surprise and delight that everyone in the basketball community felt when Jeremy Lin turned out to be a star of the Knicks’ line-up was always sincere, and people seem genuinely excited about the player and his incredible hot streak, but there’s this undercurrent of the coverage that whispers “Holy shit an asian guy is great at basketball!” The way that people carefully sidestep mentioning the fact that Lin is the first American-born Asian player is unnecessary.
A writer for Grantland has posted an essay making a very convincing and personal case for putting Jeremy Lin’s race back in focus. Especially in the light of the ESPN scandal which recently took place, it’s well worth a read.
—Matthew Stefanson, Production Manager
