Jan. 12, 2011

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Bring them to brown Jesus; I have them
right here!โ€ โ€”Saad Aslam, VP of
university affairs for WLUSU, asking
board members to take their Secret
Santa presents to him for distribution

โ€œWhen I was just starting in the band, I didnโ€™t have a whole lot going for me. I was into hacky sack and smoking weed, so who knows where Iโ€™d be now. Probably in jail.โ€
โ€”Rich Beddoe, Finger Eleven

โ€œYouโ€™d pay these huge amounts of money for tuition and what you get out of it is you show up and you have a guy talking at you for an hour.โ€
โ€”Mike Silagadze, founder and CEO of Top Hat Monocle, regarding the problems with the current teaching model in universities

โ€œThe seasons donโ€™t overlap too much so we can share the love between baseball and hockey because I know during the off-season Iโ€™m all about hockey, itโ€™s a great sport.โ€
โ€”Jays Catcher J.P. Arrencibia re: baseball competing with hockey in Canada

โ€œOther than maybe a cell phone plan change and not being able to find a few things that you can get in the States, itโ€™s really just been an incredible experience being able to be a part of such a great city.โ€
โ€”Jays outfielder Travis Snider re: adjusting to living in Canada


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