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      16
      January
      2009
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Strike
      negotiations
     
     
      took
      break
      in
     
     
      December
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Negotiations
      between
      Mon-
     
     
      treal’s
      Concordia
      University
     
     
      and
      its
      full-time
      faculty
      will
     
     
      resume
      this
      month,
      after
     
     
      breaking
      for
      the
      holidays.
     
     
      In
      late
      November,
      the
     
     
      council
      of
      directors
      of
      the
     
     
      Concordia
      University
      Fac-
     
     
      ulty
      Association,
      which
      rep-
     
     
      resents
      full-time
      professors.
     
     
      and
      librarians,
      voted
      unani-
     
     
      mously
      to
      ask
      its
      member-
     
     
      ship
      for
      a
      strike
      mandate.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Looking
      to
      make
      the
     
     
      Bible
      more
      appeal-
     
     
      ing,
      “The
      Brick
     
     
      Testament”
      is
     
     
      using
      logos
      to
      get
     
     
      their
      message
      across
     
    
   
   
    
     
      They’re
      hip,
      they’re
      glossy,
     
     
      and
      they’re
      reaching
      out
      to
      a
     
     
      slightly
      different
      generation
     
     
      of
      worshippers.
     
    

    
     
      While
      these
      modern
      ren-
     
     
      ditions
      of
      the
      King
      James
     
     
      Bible
      aren’t
      direct
      transla-
     
     
      tions,
      they
      may
      be
      reaching
     
     
      audiences
      that
      the
      tradi-
     
     
      tional
      text
      may
      have
      never
     
     
      attracted.
     
    

    
     
      One
      version,
      The
      Brick
     
     
      Testament,
      is
      a
      series
      of
     
     
      short,
      hardcover
      books.
      On
      .
     
     
      the
      cover,
      biblical
      scenes
     
     
      are
      illustrated
      using
      Lego
     
     
      blocks,
      put
      together
      entirely
     
     
      by
      Reverend
      Brendan
      Pow-
     
     
      ell
      Smith.
      Actual
      block
      sets
     
     
      are
      also
      available,
      which
      the
     
     
      website
      promises
      are
      made
     
     
      of
      “the
      finest
      Danish
      plas-
     
     
      oe
     
    
   
   
    
     
      With
      files
      from
      the
     
     
      Canadian
      University
      Press
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      NATIONAL
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "PANTHER
      POST
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Cold,
      snow
      blasts
      prairies"
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Campus
      gets
      hit
      hard
      by
      a
      winter
      ae
      wink
      temperatures
     
     
      the
      coldest
      seen
      since
      1966
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SASKATOON
      (CUP)
     
     
      -
      Baby,
      it’s
      cold
      out-
     
     
      side.
     
    

    
     
      That’s
      the
      tune
      many
     
     
      students
      in
      the
      prairie
     
     
      regions
      were
      whis-
     
     
      tling
      as
      they
      returned
     
     
      to
      university
      Monday,
     
     
      amidst
      record-break-
     
     
      ing
      temperatures
      and
     
     
      relentless
      snowfall
     
     
      that
      persisted
      through-
     
     
      out
      the
      winter
      holi-
     
     
      days.
     
    

    
     
      “When
      I
      walked
      to
     
     
      school
      today,
      it
      was
      so
     
     
      cold
      so
      I
      bundled
      up
     
     
      to
      the
      point
      where
      all
     
     
      you
      could
      see
      were
      my
      .
     
     
      eyes,”
      said
      University
     
     
      of
      Saskatchewan
      stu-
     
     
      dent
      James
      Pepler
      of
     
     
      his
      22-minute
      walk
     
     
      to
      campus
      Monday
     
     
      morning.
     
    

    
     
      “When
      I
      got
      inside,
     
     
      my
      eyes
      were
      encrust-
     
     
      ed
      with
      ice
      crystals,”
     
     
      he
      added.
      ee
     
    

    
     
      Although
      the
      temperature
     
     
      was
      still
      a
      nasty
      -25
      Celsius
     
     
      in
      the
      morning,
      it
      was
      a
      wel-
     
     
      come
      relief
      from
      the
      previ-
     
     
      ous
      day.
     
    

    
     
      On
      Sunday,
      Saskatoon,
     
     
      Saskatchewan
      experienced
     
     
      the
      coldest
      temperatures
      the
     
     
      city
      had
      seen
      since
      1966,
      at
     
     
      -39
      C,
      with
      a
      wind
      chill
      of
     
     
      -45C.
     
    

    
     
      Regina
      wasn’t
      much
      better.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      University
      of
      Regina
      student
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dan
      Shier
      said
      heading
      to
     
     
      school
      Monday
      was
      diffi-
     
     
      cult.
     
    

    
     
      “Tt’s
      pretty
      cold
      outside
      still,
     
     
      but
      I
      guess
      it’s
      better
      than
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      last
      few
      days,”
      he
      said
      Mon-
     
     
      day,
      adding
      that
      he
      caught
     
     
      a
      ride
      in
      the
      morning
      rather
     
     
      than
      taking
      the
      bus
      like
      he
     
     
      normally
      does.
     
    

    
     
      ‘Thankfully
      for
      Saskatche-
     
     
      wan
      residents,
      that
      nasty
      blast
     
     
      of
      cold
      and
      snow
      promptly
     
     
      left
      Sunday
      night,
      but
      only
     
     
      to
      head
      east
      to
      Manitoba.
     
    

    
     
      Both
      provinces
      were
      under
     
     
      wind
      chill
      warnings
      Jan.
      4
     
     
      because
      of
      the
      chance
      unex-
     
     
      posed
      skin
      would
      freeze
      in
     
     
      under
      10
      minutes.
     
    

    
     
      “It
      sucks,”
      said
      University
     
     
      of
      Winnipeg
      student
      Rod
     
     
      Beilfuss
      Monday.
      “It’s
      very
     
     
      cold,
      and
      we’ve
      had
      a
      lot
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      snow
      in
      the
      last
      few
      days.”
     
     
      The
      extra
      powder
      made
      for
     
     
      a
      nightmarish
      commute,
      he
     
     
      says.
      His
      bus
      was
      over
      20
     
     
      minutes
      late.
     
     
      Though
      classes
      at
      the
      Uni-
     
     
      versity
      of
      Winnipeg
      did
      not
     
     
      resume
      until
      Jan.
      6,
      there
     
     
      were
      still
      a
      lot
      of
      students
     
     
      on
      campus
      Monday,
      stomp-
     
     
      ing
      through
      several
      inches
      of
     
     
      snow.
      Ensuring
      a
      campus
      is
     
     
      free
      of
      snow
      when
      people
      re-
     
     
      turn
      from
      holidays
      is
      no
      easy
     
     
      task,
      says
      Murray
      Zook,
     
     
      manager
      of
      grounds
      keep-
     
     
      ing
      with
      the
      U
      of
      S
      facilities
     
     
      management
      division.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      He
      says
      the
      effort
      to
      make
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      University
      of
      Saskatchewan
      is
      buried
      under
      snow
      this
      week.
      CUP
      photo
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      U
      of
      S
      campus
      ready
     
     
      for
      students,
      employees,
     
     
      and
      faculty
      began
      at
      the
      end
     
     
      of
      December,
      when
      casual
     
     
      workers
      removed
      snow
      from
     
     
      doorways
      and
      some
      side-
     
     
      walks.
      Regular
      staff
      came
      in
     
     
      on
      Jan.
      2
      to
      clear
      all
      of
      the
     
     
      walkways,
      and
      private
      con-
     
     
      tractors
      worked
      on
      the
      park-
     
     
      ing
      lots
      with
      snow
      removal
     
     
      vehicles.
      :
     
     
      While
      he
      doesn’t
      “know
     
     
      exactly
      how
      big
      the
      snow-
      —
     
     
      removai
      budget
      is
      at
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      some
      years
      it
      costs
     
    
   
   
    
     
      $25
      000
      +
      ‘$3
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