Journal Entry Oct 5, 2002
Hypnosis is a fascinating ability. Tonight I went to see “Dream with Dean” the show was amazing. I have also read that hypnosis is also very therapeutic for things like stopping smoking and losing weight.
Journal Entry Oct 4, 2002
Once again, Wal-Mart has made my life more difficult. Time after time I promise not to go back there but I do because I am really cheap. This time I was trying to get a roll of film developed and then after the hour, they told me they did not have a chance to get to it. Then…
Journalism Assignment 1
As I sit at my computer and look out my window, I hear the very annoying sound of crickets. Most city people would find crickets a refreshing sound, not me. It was nice to hear them chirp when I first arrive in Fredericton but now this is day 21 and they never shut up! That…
Journal Entry Sept 19, 2002
There is a sticky spot on the floor in front of my door. I have no idea how it got there nor do I care. It probably will be gone as soon as Aramark gets around to cleaning it in the morning.
Journal Entry Sept 18, 2002
The STU Help Desk, everybody comes by looking for something or another. Let it be to get their posters stamped, buy bus passes or stamps, looking for some sort of literature, or trying to find something. Working at the Help Desk is the best of times and the worst of times. It can be extremely rewarding to be…
Journal Entry Sept 17, 2002
The CBC 50th Anniversary Special on the History of News and Reporting was on. It included a roundtable at where I believe was the University of Regina. Many of the panellists were former and current broadcasters and reporters, including my favourite two Peter Mansbridge and Adrian Arseneault. I found this program particularly interesting, as it should the transition from…
Class Observation
It was quite quiet. There was a mid-afternoon calm to the scene as I looked up there a few odd fluffy white clouds among the blue horizon over the roof of a dark George Martin Hall. At half past three, the sun is just starting to make its decline lose its intensity. As I try…
Bilingual Signs are Great Teaching Tools
Originally Printed in: Saint John Telegraph Journal (August 15th, 2002) Bilingual signs are great teaching tools Although it will cost some money, the new Official Languages Act although will be beneficial to all New Brunswickers. The best part of this is the part where all signs will have to be bilingual. The reason I say…
Student Senator Election Speech
Thursday 27 September 2001 Good Morning, Effective 4 pm on Monday the 24th of September, I declared that I was willing to accept the responsibility, and officially placed my name forward as a candidate for Student Senator. I am not saying that I am the best candidate for this position but that I am without…
Critique on Article (Ernie Coombs)
Subject: Critique on Article The article I have chosen to comment on is about the life of the late Ernie Coombs. Although it is not specified who the author of the article is, it is a Canadian Press story which I found on canoe.ca. This article explains the what of how Ernie Coombs a children’s…
Commentary on TV Coverage of the “Attack on America”
Jour 1013- Intro. to Journalism Charles E. Frees-Melvin (920722) Thursday 13 September 2001 Subject: Commentary on TV Coverage of the “Attack on America” I woke up on a beautiful summer day, as usual, went to class and came back for a noon rest. I left my dorm room and went to see my neighbours in…
SJHS Class of 2001
Graduation Program
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2nd, 1869, in the Kathiawar Peninsula. He was born into the second lowest Hindu caste, the Vaisya. Gandhi’s father and grandfather had prime ministers of their principalities, which made their family although lower in class very prominent and well-respected. He was expected to follow his family tradition of public service;…
The Case of the Dead Announcer
“Detective Fred sat down on the creaky chair. He had just finished his las case. It turned out that the butler was paid to assassinate Mr. Art. Fred went to turn the radio on, and the announcer yelled, “It’s 1:03 in the windy city, and your listening to KILL 84.3 FM where the good gigs…
The Cold
It is very coldTruly it is really cold I think it is coldSam says it is cold Vic knew it used to be coldEric’s hands are blue because of the coldRight here it is coldYawning in the cold Cold, Cold, ColdOld man has twinkling icicles on his rear sitting in the cold outhouse.Laughing in the…
Millennium
Millennium,Is it going to start in 2000 or 2001?Land, sea, and sky will sparkle;Lost will be all the electronics.Everybody Partying–Nobody Suffering–Next year better than last.In the spirit of joyfulness, the millennium arrives.Unable to see the 1900’s again.Maybe the end of wars will come.
Yo-Yo
The Yo-Yo went downRight to the groundbut didn’t come upAnd then I had to help The Yo-Yo went downand I gave it a nudgeand it popped back upon its own. My life is like a Yo-YoLeaving home;Coming back.Time after Time. My emotions are like a Yo-YoThey go down,And sometimes they come up,And if they don’t,…