Track-and-Field Championships, Romeo & Juliet, Academic Success Centre, UofT Swing Club

June 25th, 2009
Guests on the Show:

1. Mary Beth Challoner, Promotions Manager for the Varsity Blues

Leading off today's show was Mary Beth Challoner, who spoke to us live from a Press Conference on Bloor. Varsity Stadium is the site for the 2009 Canandian Track and Field Championships and the Varsity Blues are well represented with five athletes competing. Mary Beth spoke about these athletes and their involvement as well as how important it was for UofT to host this significant event.

http://www.varsityblues.ca/

2. Andrea Wasserman, Director of Canopy Theatre's Romeo and Juliet & Amy Connolly who plays Lady Capulet in the same production.

Also on today’s show we interviewed Amy Connolly, who will be playing Lady Capulet in the upcoming Canopy theatre production of Romeo & Juliet and also the play's director, Hart House’s own Andrea Wasserman. Andrea and Amy discussed some of the dynamics involved with putting on possibly the world’s most famous love story.

http://www.canopytheatre.ca/html/Canopy/main.html

3. Andrea Graham, Learning Skills Counsellor at the Academic Success Centre

At half past the hour Darcy spoke with Andrea Graham, a Learning Skills Counsellor from the Academic Success Centre. Andrea explained how councellors work with students to help them develop the skills, strategies and competencies that lead to success in their studies.

http://www.asc.utoronto.ca/

4. UofT Swing Club Members

Our final guests on this week's show were two members from UofT's Swing Club. They spoke with Kimberly about the music involved with Swing dance, as well as the merits of Swing as a fun, social and aerobic activity available on campus.

http://swing.sa.utoronto.ca/

Language Norms & Identities In Contemporary Canada, Venice Biennale Recap, Camp Uoft

June 18th, 2009
Guests on the show:

1. Professor Carol Percy, Department of English at the University of Toronto

Our first guest of the hour was Carol Percy from the Department of English at the University of Toronto. Carol is one of the organizers of the discussion series “Language Norms & Identities In Contemporary Canada” which took place June 22nd - June 24th.

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/prescrip/june22-24.pdf

2. Christopher Regimbal, Curatorial Assistant at The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery

Next on the show we spoke to Christopher Regimbal, a curatiorial assistant at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery. Christopher just recently returned from the Canadian Pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale and he spoke about some of the highlights of his experience. He also spoke briefly about Noise Ghost; the current exhibition at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery.

http://www.jmbgallery.ca/exhibitions.html

3. Mike Cordingley, Camp UofT

Our last guest on the program was Mike Cordingley, a director at Camp Uoft. Mike attended the Festival of Excellence at Varsity Stadium and he spoke about what it was like to witness Usain Bolt run the 100 metre dash. As a director at Camp Uoft Mike also was able to elaborate on the wide array of programming available they offer and what it is about Camp UofT that sets it apart from other city camps.

www.ac-fpeh.com/childyouth/campuoft.php

Canopy Theatre, HH Chess Club, Pride

June 11th, 2009
Guests on the Show:

1. Doug Floyd, General Manager of the Hart House Theathre and Co-Founder and Executive Producer of the Canopy Theatre Company

To kick off the show Alexis sat down with regular guest Doug Floyd, General Manager of the Hart House Theatre and Co-Founder and Executive Producer of the Canopy Theatre Company. Doug spoke about this summer’s Canopy theatre production of Romeo and Juliet, and the unique challenges and opportunities that are involved in performing outdoors on Philosopher’s walk.

http://www.canopytheatre.ca/html/Canopy/main.html

2. Alex Ferreira & Robert Roller of the Hart House Chess Club

Next on the show Jeff interviewed Alex Ferreira & Robert Roller of the Hart House Chess Club about the game of chess, the clubs history at Hart House and the upcoming Hart House Open event. The Hart House Summer Open takes place in the first week of July and is open to the general public for registration.

http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/

3. Jesse Langille, UofT Pride Coordinator

At the bottom of the hour UofT Pride Coordinator Jesse Langille joined us in studio to talk about the Pride festivities that are planned for later on this month and how listeners can become involved in LGTBQ activities on campus.

http://www.lgbtq.utoronto.ca/PRIDE.htm

Festival of Excellence, Permiso, LGTBQ, Flat Fees

June 4th, 2009
Guests on the show:

1. Carl Georgevski, Varsity Blues Track & Field Head Coach

The lead guest on this edition of Beyond the Classroom was Varsity Blues Track & Field Head Coach Carl Georgevski. Carl spoke about the upcoming Festival of Excellence which will be held at the newly renovated Varsity stadium where Usain Bolt and other Olympic track and field athletes will compete.

http://www.festivalofexcellence.ca/

2. Ronna Bloom, University of Toronto's Poet in Community

Also on the show we featured Ronna Bloom, the Poet in Community for Hart House and other U of T deptartments who performed a selection of readings from her recently released book Permiso.

http://www.ronnabloom.com

3. Jude Tate, Coordinator of LGBTQ Resources and Programs at the University of Toronto

At half past the hour Darcy was joined by Jude Tate, Coordinator of LGBTQ Resources and Programs at the University of Toronto. Jude informed us about LGBTQ alumni events and how alumni can get involved with the organization beyond monetary donations. Jude also touched on the planning for the upcoming school year's queer orientation and where one can go for more information.

http://www.lgbtq.utoronto.ca/

4. Gavin Nowlan, ASSU President

For the show's final interview Kimberly Stemshorn sat down with ASSU President Gavin Nowlan. Gavin spoke about the recent final passing vote on Flat Fees and how this vote will affect students in the fall 2009 school year.

http://assu.ca/

Bike Month Breakfast, Ferno House, Oztrekk, The Strand

May 28th, 2009
Guests on the show:

1. Lynsay Henderson, Hart House Membership Services Coordinator

Leading off the show Alexis Chapman sat down with Lyndsay Henderson from The Hub at Hart House and spoke about the Bike Month Breakfast event on June 3rd. All are welcome to attend this free event that will feature breakfast nibbles and coffee, as well as a performance by the band The Wanted.

2. Arnaud Brassard and Spencer Gordon from Ferno House

Next on the show Jeff interviewed Arnaud Brassard and Spencer Gordon from Ferno House, a brand new publishing house that launched their debut release: For Crying Out Loud on Friday May 29th at Hart House. Arnaud went in to detail about the labor intensive production methods he employed to produce the finely crafted anthology and Spencer described how the project began.

www.fernohouse.com

3. Beth Mcnally, Co-founder of Oztrekk
At Half past the hour Beth Mcnally will joined us by phone to talk about Oztrekk, a Canadian company that connects Canadian graduates with grad school opportunites in Australia. Oztrekk hosts and annual fair at Hart House to answer common questions that students have regarding Grad opportunities overseas.

www.oztrekk.com

4. Sean MacKay, Editor of The Strand

At the bottom of the hour Kimberly Stemshorn spoke with Sean Mackay, editor of the Victoria College Newspaper, The Strand. Sean informed listeners of the direction the Strand is taking in the upcoming school year and how students can get involved with the paper.

http://www.thestrand.ca/