{"id":46723,"date":"2017-09-18T09:46:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T13:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=46723"},"modified":"2017-09-18T19:40:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T23:40:45","slug":"brock-media-clips-for-monday-sept-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/09\/brock-media-clips-for-monday-sept-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Media Clips for Monday, Sept. 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a look at some of the media attention Brock University received recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock cancer research highlighted to Fox run participants:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock University hosted Saturday\u2019s St. Catharines Terry Fox Run and opened its labs to the public to highlight the cancer research being done on campus. Stories on Brock\u2019s involvement in the community event appeared in the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/2017\/09\/17\/terry-fox-run\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. Catharines Standard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (as well as the Welland Tribune and Niagara Falls Review) and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niagarathisweek.com\/news-story\/7560405-niagara-keeps-terry-fox-s-dream-alive\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Niagara This Week<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Messy start to Brock homecoming weekend:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock\u2019s messiest tradition, the annual Grape Stomp, drew attention in the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/2017\/09\/17\/photo-messy-start-to-brock-homecoming-weekend\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. Catharines Standard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niagarathisweek.com\/news-story\/7558802-messy-tradition-returns-to-brock\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Niagara This Week<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Putting hurricanes and climate change into the same frame:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock Communications, Popular Culture and Film Associate Professor Jennifer Good wrote an opinion piece for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2017\/09\/18\/putting-hurricanes-and-climate-change-into-the-same-frame.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Toronto Star<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after analyzing media coverage of recent hurricanes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Only thing missing was a win for the Badgers<\/strong><b>: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock\u2019s loss on the ice and big win in the stands at the annual Steel Blade Classic hockey game was featured in the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/2017\/09\/15\/only-thing-missing-was-a-win-for-badgers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. Catharines Standard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Only an election will solve political discord in Sarnia, analyst says:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zachary Spicer, a local government and public administration academic at Brock University, was <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lfpress.com\/2017\/09\/15\/only-an-election-will-solve-political-discord-in-sarnia-analyst-says\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quoted in a London Free Press article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about the political discord seen in Sarnia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Psst \u2014 Government agency asks if you want some really good stuff: Don Pittis:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health Sciences Associate Professor Dan Malleck, an expert in drug and alcohol history in Canada, was quoted in a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business\/pot-distribution-government-1.4288154\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CBC News article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about plans to sell recreational cannabis through the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Browns, Indians have something in common (sort of):<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock\u2019s Steel Blade Classic hockey game received mention in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/sports-story\/7558254-browns-indians-have-something-in-common-sort-of-\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamilton Spectator<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after selling out on Friday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did we miss something? If you know of an appearance or story about a Brock faculty member, student, athlete or alumni, please drop us a line with a link to the story at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:universitycom@brocku.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">universitycom@brocku.ca<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the media attention Brock University received recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":46687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,1],"tags":[5638,3212,563,1195,3655,4359,3365],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}