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Inconvenient Truths

Steve Penfold

It turns out to be surprisingly easy to make an argument against the obvious. I oppose marketing the university as though it […]

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Internationalization and a mob from Manitoba

Steve Penfold

By now, it seems pretty clear that the staff at Academic Matters hate me. On the surface, they seem like a friendly […]

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Humour Matters

Steve Penfold

Recently, I spent about an hour parsing the distinction between sleeping and snoring. Well, at the time, technically speaking, I was delivering […]

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