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Geoff at Mount Allison
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A student blog about daily life at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick Canada
Recent Posts
Shrimp Market Competition and Slave Labour in Southeast Asia
We just finished our commodity chain term projects in GENV 2201: Geography of Economic Activity. Groups documents the different stages of each chain from the beginning to end use. It was an interesting project and in the video below it is clear that ...
A view of Convocation Hall, downtown Sackville and the Radio Canada International Shortwave Towers on the horizon
...is not what you'll see here...because I don't have a camera with me. I'm in the library writing an essay and so one of the best images of Sackville is one I won't be able to share with you here. The setting sun created a beautiful image of the tow...
Squamish, British Columbia New York Times Budget Travel Article
I was surfing around and came across this article from the New York Times... I never thought I'd see Squamish on the New York Times but apparently more and more people are finding that it's an inexpensive, beautiful travel destination. Enough of me.....
"What does Mount Allison University have in common with Barack Obama, Diana Krall, and Bill Gates?" Or how Peter Mansbridge being the next Chancellor of Mount Allion University makes up for poor marketing.
The e-mail below was sent to students this week along with posters advertising the only major announcement of this apparent magnitude since I've been here. First off...Diana Krall? Who? Clearly they were going for name and face recognition to get stu...
"There will be no single rooms in Campbell Hall at Mount Allison University next year!" : a reasonable assumption.
The somehow ever increasing hoards of frosh that come to meal hall every night coupled with new staff training on remembrance day (where dining hours were drastically cut) resulted in a wait of almost half an hour. During this time baseless rumors we...
Academic Update: B.A. Honours in International Relations at Mount Allison University
The first round of midterms are coming to an end this week. By now students (even first year students) have an idea of how well or badly they are doing in a class. It's far too late to switch classes but unless I fail at basic counting, you should be...
