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Fundrive 2012 Presents: STRANGE ENCOUNTERS

Have you ever had a STRANGE ENCOUNTER? The WEIRD Show and P.R.O.F. (Paranormal Researchers Of Fredericton) present: STRANGE ENCOUNTERS! March 30, 8pm until 11pm!     A three-hour tour through the paranormal, UFOs and cryptozoology! Join us as we discuss demons, ghosts, ufos, bigfoot, Nessie and more! With special guests, including: Stanton Friedman, Nathan Schoonover,

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Fundrive 2012 Presents: HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN!

CHSR Presents: HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN! The grindhouse sensation is coming back to Fredericton! BUT wait — there’s MORE!       Q&A with Director JASON EISNER! Door Prizes! Short Film: EARWIGS DJ STV spins you into the grind! More, more, MORE! Tuesday, March 27 — 9pm $5 for students! $7 for general admission !  

Fundrive 2012!

The staff and volunteers at CHSR-FM 97.9 endeavour to bring a unique voice and service to the community — and have been doing this for over fifty years! We continue to grow, and have great plans t0 grow over the next year, including: a new transmitter, more sessions, more remote broadcasts, more, more, more! If

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The CIS Nationals Hockey Tournament is complete!

The CIS National Men’s Hockey Tournament is back in Fredericton! And CHSR brought you all the games! Tune in a half-hour before the games for pre-game coverage. Our crew this year included the dynamic duo of Dave (Ritchie) and Dave (Kilfoil), as well as interviewers and commentators Justin Marshall, Nick Murray, Michael Bourgeouis and Matthew Mulkern!

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Role Initiative- Episode #10

Episode #10: In this week’s episode, we speak with two fellow gamers, David Simmonds & James Waters, about some of their various social and computer gaming interests.  Into Battlefield 3?  So are these cats!  We also touch upon some of the stronger and weaker gamer developers, in our opinion, and what makes some of our favourite

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No Hockey Tonight! :(

Unfortunately, the March Break and a last-minute problem mean that we won’t be bringing you hockey coverage tonight. We are fully committed to full coverage of the CIS Nationals games starting on March 22, including bringing back Dave Ritchie as play-by-play host. Good luck to the UNB V-Reds in their 3rd game of the AUS

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The Scientific Sandwich- Episode #5

Episode #5: in our fifth episode, I get the chance to speak with local practicing Psychologist Dr. Jean Craven.  As the first head of the Psychological Wellness Center here on UNB campus, Dr. Craven is part of leading a team of practitioners to cost-effectively address community mental health needs.  We discuss some aspects of individual

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The Scientific Sandwich- Episode #4

Episode #4: in this more poised interview with professor emeritus Dr. Will Van De Hoonard, he discusses his qualitative research about slow scholarship.  We hear about the follies of a rushed and projective research system, the reductive nature of the research results in use, and the strengths of more qualitative approaches.  This includes increased respect

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The Scientific Sandwich- Episode #3

Episode #3: in our third episode, we interview sex researcher (and dancing queen) Ashley Thompson.  Her work focuses on sexual attitudes.  Think you don’t come with any biases about what you do and don’t prefer?  The cognitive aspects of Ashley’s work help prove in many cases that you’re wrong!  We explore facial perception as well.

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The Scientific Sandwich- Episode #2

Episode #2: In our second episode of “The Scientific Sandwich”, we continue our interview with Adrianna Del Palacio.  We hear more able to struggles of experimental control and trying to re-interpret our data when results aren’t what we would expect.  This is part 2 of a two-part interview with Ms. Del Palacio. Podcast: Play in new

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The Scientific Sandwich- Episode #1

Episode #1: In our first episode of “The Scientific Sandwich”, we get a chance to speak with Adrianna Del Palacio about her psychology research.  She talks about her research in Depression and Anxiety disorders and their relation to cognition.  If CBT is so effective against both genres of disorders, when why do we see interaction

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Role Initiative- Episode #9

Episode #9: In this week’s episode, we speak with Mike Taggart (or “Stereo Mike” as you may know him) about his varied gaming experiences.  We tackle favourite old school nintendo classics, more recent tabletop RPG experiences, and Mike’s GMing experiences running a play-by-post GURPS game. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | More

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Role Initiative- Episode #2

Episode #2: In our second episode of “Role Initiative”, we speak with Matt Nightengale on the topic of Zombies.  Meandering through a range of topics, we touch upon some famous zombie video games, how horror themes might play out effective in a tabletop RPG, and some “do”s and “don’t”s of effective survival horror tropes. Podcast: Play in

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Role Initiative- Episode #1

Episode #1: In our premiere episode of “Role Initiative”, we speak with fellow gamer Joel Richard about some of his gaming interests.  We focus on the Pathfinder RPG, a variant system for 3.5 Edition Dungeons & Dragons.  Also, we tackle the console game “Portal 2”, which offers some great two-player co-operative experience.  Finally, we touch upon

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