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		<title>“Some kind of nightmare”</title>
		<link>http://theomega.ca/2013/06/12/some-kind-of-nightmare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Davies, Editor-in-Chief Ω Early in 2004, Pamela Jane Kilgore, now 50, fell down a flight of stairs — 26 of them to be exact. They were wooden. It was raining. There was concrete at the bottom. It happens to a lot of people. As Kilgore herself says, “It can happen so bloody quick.” After &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://theomega.ca/2013/06/12/some-kind-of-nightmare/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theomega.ca&#038;blog=17855938&#038;post=3857&#038;subd=truomega&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The pedophiles among us</title>
		<link>http://theomega.ca/2013/05/14/the-pedophiles-among-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Davies, Editor-in-Chief  Ω Why are we okay with letting those who sexually abuse our children roam free? On the morning of March 20, 2012, Graham James sat waiting to hear his sentence in a courtroom in Winnipeg. As James watched for the judge to enter the courtroom, I watched James, in my memory, as &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://theomega.ca/2013/05/14/the-pedophiles-among-us/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theomega.ca&#038;blog=17855938&#038;post=3837&#038;subd=truomega&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Graham James, pictured here outside a Winnipeg courthouse prior to sentencing, received effectively a two-year sentence for his third and fourth convictions of sexually abusing young boys. The sentence was later increased to five years.                               —THE CANADIAN PRESS/JOHN WOODS</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Disgraced former Penn State University football coach Jerry Sandusky received 30 to 60 years for his abuse of young men.                    —PHOTO COURTESY MARSMET551/FLICKR COMMONS</media:title>
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		<title>Know what to do in a worst-case scenario</title>
		<link>http://theomega.ca/2013/05/14/know-what-to-do-in-a-worst-case-scenario/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students and staff of TRU can now sign up to receive instant notifications regarding safety issues on and around campus. TRU President Alan Shaver and TRU manager of occupational health &#38; safety Stacey Jyrkkanen have been discussing emergency management for some time. Shaver came from Dalhousie University in Halifax where they have many winter storms &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://theomega.ca/2013/05/14/know-what-to-do-in-a-worst-case-scenario/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theomega.ca&#038;blog=17855938&#038;post=3833&#038;subd=truomega&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">TRU manager of occupational health and safety Stacey Jyrkkanen shows off what the screens around campus will look like should they need to engage the emergency notification system.          —PHOTO BY MIKE DAVIES</media:title>
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		<title>Interculturalizing the Curriculum</title>
		<link>http://theomega.ca/2013/05/14/interculturalizing-the-curriculum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Davies, Editor-in-Chief  Ω The world is getting smaller and smaller. Not literally, of course, and it might seem obvious to say this, but it is becoming more and more common for interact with people from cultures that are different from your own on a regular basis. It is with this in mind that TRU &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://theomega.ca/2013/05/14/interculturalizing-the-curriculum/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theomega.ca&#038;blog=17855938&#038;post=3831&#038;subd=truomega&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Check out the April 10, 2013 edition in full</title>
		<link>http://theomega.ca/2013/05/05/check-out-the-april-10-2013-edition-in-full/</link>
		<comments>http://theomega.ca/2013/05/05/check-out-the-april-10-2013-edition-in-full/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 22:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to read the April 10, 2013 edition in full<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theomega.ca&#038;blog=17855938&#038;post=3828&#038;subd=truomega&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Controversial conversation continues due to cultural art</title>
		<link>http://theomega.ca/2013/04/11/controversial-conversation-continues-due-to-cultural-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taylor Rocca, Copy/Web Editor Ω Unfamiliar pill bottles have become all too familiar to Sooraya Graham. Anti-depressants and anxiety medication have found a home in her life where they were previously unwelcome and unneeded. Graham sits at home, wondering what she ever did to deserve such a fate. Kamloops, the city she once called home, &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://theomega.ca/2013/04/11/controversial-conversation-continues-due-to-cultural-art/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theomega.ca&#038;blog=17855938&#038;post=3820&#038;subd=truomega&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Composed by fromer TRU fine arts student Sooraya Graham, this piece of art has impacted the artist and the Muslim community in more ways than one. - IMAGE COURTESY SOORAYA GRAHAM</media:title>
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		<title>Parting words of wisdom (or folly)</title>
		<link>http://theomega.ca/2013/04/08/parting-words-of-wisdom-or-folly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Davies, Editor-in-Chief Ω As we come to the close of another publishing year here at The Omega, I would like to impart with you a few words on what I have learned this year that may help you as you move forward on your adventure — if you’d be so kind to indulge me &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://theomega.ca/2013/04/08/parting-words-of-wisdom-or-folly/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theomega.ca&#038;blog=17855938&#038;post=3818&#038;subd=truomega&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life&#8217;s waiting to begin</title>
		<link>http://theomega.ca/2013/04/08/lifes-waiting-to-begin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taylor Rocca, Copy/Web Editor Ω &#8220;Everyone was working for this goal where all the children left without a trace, only to come back as pure as gold to recite this all. &#8220;Life&#8217;s waiting to begin.&#8221; Written by Tom DeLonge and heard in the Angels &#38; Airwaves song &#8220;The Adventure,&#8221; I quoted that as I hosted &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://theomega.ca/2013/04/08/lifes-waiting-to-begin/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theomega.ca&#038;blog=17855938&#038;post=3815&#038;subd=truomega&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Directors Festival showcases student</title>
		<link>http://theomega.ca/2013/04/08/upcoming-directors-festival-showcases-student/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brendan Kergin, Arts &#38; Entertainment Editor Ω Six nights of live theatre will be capping off four years of education for a group of TRU students. They’re part of the theatre program and will be filling the Actors Workshop Theatre in Old Main from April 8 to 13 with productions done completely by students. “You &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://theomega.ca/2013/04/08/upcoming-directors-festival-showcases-student/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theomega.ca&#038;blog=17855938&#038;post=3808&#038;subd=truomega&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Music Corner: Cuff the Duke &amp; The Devin Cuddy Band</title>
		<link>http://theomega.ca/2013/04/08/canadian-music-corner-cuff-the-duke-the-devin-cuddy-band/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuff the Duke Brendan Kergin, Arts &#38; Entertainment Editor Ω Cuff the Duke is the exact reason a column like Canadian Music Corner exists. The group has been around 12 years. That’s four years longer than Alana &#8216;Honey Boo Boo&#8217; Thompson. Cuff the Dukes produces a high quality of music that is creative, interesting, fun &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://theomega.ca/2013/04/08/canadian-music-corner-cuff-the-duke-the-devin-cuddy-band/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theomega.ca&#038;blog=17855938&#038;post=3805&#038;subd=truomega&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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