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Rooster Teeth: The end of an era
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If you dated a man who played video games in the 2010s, you’ve probably heard of Rooster Teeth. Initially a website for drunkenly reviewing video games, Rooster Teeth quickly became a leading force in machinima (creating narratives from computer graphics) with their series Red vs Blue. Unfortunately, on Mar. 6 of this year, Rooster Teeth’s…
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Research Chat podcast shares graduate students’ research findings
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Launched in 2020, Research Chat is a podcast where graduate students share their research and experience at Wilfrid Laurier University. The first season features conversations to make academic research fascinating for the general public. Shawna Reibling, knowledge mobilization officer at Wilfrid Laurier University, discussed the podcast and shared her passion for this new project. “The…
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Brantford campus launches new podcast studio and podcaster in residence program
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Laurier Brantford’s Creativity Hub is getting new programming in the form of a podcast studio and a podcaster-in-residence program featuring Avery Moore Kloss as the first podcaster. Laurier’s Creativity Hub, located inside the newly opened OneMarket space on the Brantford campus, offers a space for both those in the Laurier community as well as members…
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The advent of podcasting
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They say history tends to repeat itself, but I disagree. Things don’t simply come back. Instead, they grow out of a historical soil enriched by lessons of years prior. In the 1920s, when radio first became accessible to the general public, it had a significant cultural impact. People made time to huddle around their crystal…
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Cheating or ‘ratting’?
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During an exam for one of the three hardest courses in my program, a student sitting behind me dropped her iPhone. All three of the proctors didn’t even flinch. Moreover, neither I nor the classmates around me reported it. The student code of conduct and discipline outlines the types of academic misconduct as copying from…
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