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On today's newscast: Diné College is closed after a fire broke out at the Student Union Building, Flagstaff radio broadcaster Dave Zorn pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of child sex crimes, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes will hold a town hall in Flagstaff tonight, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed off on a bill dictating when students can use their phones at school, and more.

On the podcast this week, Source New Mexico Editor Shaun Griswold hosts a two-part roundtable discussion on the pro-Palestine protests taking place at the University of New Mexico and college campuses around the nation. In the first half of their conversation, Shaun asks what legal rights students have to protest at the Duck Pond and at the Student Union Building. Later, the table considers why younger people have rallied around this issue. Then, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with Sophie Leah of Jewish Voice for Peace and asks why her organization wants UNM to divest from Israel.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nmif/message

MCALLEN, Texas - Two of the three leaders of the Texas Workforce Commission attended South Texas College's 2024 Workforce Summit.They were Joe Esparza, who serves as the commissioner representing employers on the TWC board, and Alberto Treviño III, who serves as the commissioner representing labor on the board.The two workforce development experts spoke on a panel titled: Microcredentials, Credentials of Value, Industry-Recognized Credentials and What They Mean for Employability and Living Wages. The moderator was Lone Star National Bank Executive Vice President Julian Alvarez, himself a former TWC commissioner.After the panel discussion had ended one question was taken from the audience. It came from Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez but it was more of a statement. Cortez said he wished the local workforce commissions had more leeway in how they were allowed to spend their money. He said the Rio Grande Valley is unique and as a result, the local workforce groups should have more discretion on what can do with the funds sent down by the state.Here are the biographies of the two commissioners that spoke:Alberto Treviño IIIAlberto Treviño III serves as the Commissioner Representing Labor for the Texas Workforce Commission. Governor Greg Abbott appointed him to the three-member Commission on January 9, 2023.  Prior to his appointment, Commissioner Treviño of Harlingen served as a retired U.S. Border Patrol agent. Treviño has nearly 33 years of combined law enforcement and border patrol experience, with 21 years of service to Local 3307 of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), where he served as executive vice president, and later, as treasurer.Prior to NBPC, Commissioner Treviño served as a police instructor, background investigator, and patrol officer for the Harlingen Police Department. He is a 3rd degree knight of the Knights of Columbus, former member of the City of Harlingen Tennis Advisory Board, and former volunteer for Little League Baseball. Treviño received an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice from Texas Southmost College.Joe Esparza Joe Esparza currently serves as the Commissioner Representing Employers for the Texas Workforce Commission. Governor Abbott appointed him to the three-member commission on November 7, 2023.In his role, Commissioner Esparza serves as an advocate for over 660,000 Texas employers and over 3 million small businesses. He and his team serve as a key resource for all Texas employers to help businesses grow and thrive in Texas.Prior to his appointment, Commissioner Esparza was sworn in as Texas Deputy Secretary of State on December 14, 2018. In addition, Esparza previously served as a Senior Appointments Manager in the office of the Governor, overseeing numerous gubernatorial appointments during Governor Abbott's first term. A graduate of Texas Tech University, Esparza earned a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Communications. Esparza received an Honorable Discharge from the United States Marine Corps and is a Veteran of the Global War on Terrorism, having served in Iraq.South Texas College's 2024 Workforce Summit was held in the Student Union Building of STC's Pecan Campus in McAllen.Here is an audio recording of everything the two workforce commissioners said on the panel.To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.

Three different students from the University of Idaho told People Magazine that they believe they saw Bryan Kohberger at the Student Union Building on the Idaho campus in the weeks before the crime. Let's talk about that plus what an expert says the cellular data can and cannot prove about Kohberger's whereabouts, and BTK and female groupies of serialists. LINK TO IDAHO STATESMAN ARTICLE: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article271694187.html#storylink=cpySupport the show

Looking for the Stars of the Show explores strange phenomena and explores possible justification for them. Not to mention, we feature SUNY New Paltz perspectives through interviews conducted in the Student Union Building. In this episode, we will discuss the belief of Extraterrestrial Life forms. We survey the possibility of Alien existence, communication, and even possible government interference. The podcast also will question viral encounters with alleged UFO sightings. Listen closely and think critically. Geoffrey Nickels - Recordist, Researcher, Writer Mia - Researcher, Social Media, Writer Janna - Editor, Writer, Producer, Researcher

Text: Luke 11:24-26 Series: “The Church Your New Pastor Deserves” Several years ago, Harvard Medical School psychologist Steven Berglas wrote a book, The Success Syndrome, that rocked the world of “ladder climbers” everywhere, those whose purpose in life is to pursue success at all costs. Bergals's thesis was that success, at least as our world defines it, is a two-edged sword, a burden as much as it is a blessing because of how people who are deemed successful often locate their worth in something that can never be satisfied. In other words, once you get to the top, how do you stay there? How do you ensure you remain a success? I think you see his point. So, as a physician, what did Berglas prescribe for those who were infected with such a malady? “What's missing in these people,” he said, “is a deep commitment or religious activity that goes beyond just writing a check to charity.” In other words, true success doesn't hinge on something natural or man-made. It instead hinges on something supernatural, something that comes from a place that prestige or power or possessions cannot define. That's a lesson that Jesus wanted the multitudes to see as he gave himself to the task of bringing to bear the supernatural power of God's Kingdom upon the evil he encountered in this world. In the 11th chapter of Luke's Gospel, Jesus has just driven out a demon from a man incapable of speech. But as the man starts talking, Luke tells us that the crowd who had witnessed this miracle are amazed and also perplexed. Seeking for an explanation of such a miracle, they assume that Jesus has driven out the demon by the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons. It never dawned on them that Jesus might have driven out the demon by the power of God. So, Jesus corrects their misunderstanding by pointing them to the real truth of the miracle they had just witnessed, which is that evil spirits can only wreak havoc when they find a soul that is not occupied by the Spirit of God. As he did on so many occasions, Jesus makes this point with a parable. “When an impure (or unclean) spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places (waterless places) seeking rest and does not find it. So, what does it do? It decides to the return to the place it left, and when it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.” In other words, from outward appearances, everything about the soul to which this evil spirit returns appears normal. But those appearances are deceiving, Jesus tells us. Because though the house is swept clean and put in order, it is still unoccupied. There is space for the demon to return; and not only for the demon to return by itself, there is also room for seven other spirits more wicked than the first. And when they all go in to occupy that vacant space, the final condition of that person is worse than the first. So, what does this parable mean, and, more importantly, how do we apply its meaning to our life? Here is one suggestion. You've heard the expression, “Nature abhors a vacuum?” That phrase was first coined by the Greek philosopher Aristotle, who in his exploration of life came to discover that unfilled spaces go against the laws of nature and demand to be filled with something. What Jesus calls us to understand is that it's not just nature that abhors a vacuum; so does the human soul. Our souls are always filled with good or bad. The choice is ours, and if we do not decide to choose a good spirit, God's Spirit, then the choice will be made for us, and evil will hold sway in our souls. So, how much space does Jesus occupy in your soul, and what assurance do you have that any success you enjoy in your life is because of what he does through you and not so much what you are able to accomplish by yourself? Those two questions are intricately intertwined; otherwise, we become vulnerable to “success syndrome” and in an effort to fill the void that such a syndrome creates, unless we allow Jesus to fill it, we become tempted to fill it with other things, some of which are blatantly evil, though we may not recognize it in the moment. This truth holds not just for individuals; it also holds for churches. Over the course of these years that I have been with you, I have said on numerous occasions that God's call to this church is not so much that we be successful as it is that we be faithful. That's actually God's call to every church, but perhaps even more to this one. You look at the history of Mountain Brook Baptist Church and it is indeed marked by one success after another. We've reached scores of people for the cause of Christ. We've started other churches that in turn have done the same. We've supported missions causes around the world, and at times we have supported them when others had abandoned those very causes. We've built buildings. We've raised lots of money. By the world's standards, we've enjoyed one success after another. But what has fueled this church's success in days past is not our talent or our intelligence or our affluence or our ingenuity. What has made us the exemplary church that we are and have been for these 77 years is our dependence upon God's Holy Spirit and our willingness to be filled and led by it. Think about it this way. What would happen to Mountain Brook Baptist Church if the Spirit of God were taken away from us? That's a sobering thought, is it not, one that you might think an impossibility. And yet, there is that haunting passage in the book of Revelation, where the Spirit says to the church at Ephesus, which we know from other places in the New Testament was by all appearances a successful church: “I know your deeds, your hard work, and your perseverance…. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love…. Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place” (Rev. 2:1-5). So, what would happen if the Spirit of God were taken from us and our lampstand were removed? I remember something I heard one preacher say in response to that question. “(A church) could stay alive for a number of weeks, even for a number of months. If it has personality and a lot of talent and a good bit of money and some projects and a few parties, a dead church can go on for weeks, delaying the inevitable obituary. (But) it is the prayer of the church, ‘Do not take away your Holy Spirit,' that makes us the church” we want to be and, more importantly, the church Jesus needs us to be (Barbara Brown Taylor, The Cherry Log Sermons). Such is my prayer for this church and going forward, I invite you to make it your prayer as well. Then we will remain faithful and God's Spirit will do in us and through us things we never dreamed were possible. A quick story. During my freshman year at Montevallo, I found my way to the Baptist Student Union, a ministry to college students supported by Cooperative Program funds from local Baptist Churches. The BSU had to meet at the college's Student Union Building because of how in the previous year the group had been dismissed from the local church that had housed it for many years. Why was the group dismissed? An African student had come to a BSU Sunday night fellowship at the church, one who as a boy had come to faith in Christ through the ministry of Southern Baptist missionaries in his country. Yet when church leaders heard that a black person was at BSU, they changed the locks on the doors the next morning and the group had to find a new home. Things like that happened in the 1970s and I'm pleased to report that the church repented of that sin and has since been more sensitive to the needs of all persons created in God's image. But as you would understand, that experience left a mark on those college students who had been dismissed so that by the time I arrived the next year, the pain was still palpable. So, what did those students do? They endeavored to soothe that pain by invoking the presence of God's Holy Spirit. Every time we would prepare to be dismissed, we would circle up and hold hands and sing that song penned by the Black songwriter, Doris Akers, which came from her own need through worship in her church to find God's peace and strength in the face of life's trials and tribulations. You know the song, “There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit.” As I recall, it even made it into the 1991 edition of the Baptist Hymnal. “There's a sweet, sweet Spirit in this place, and I know that it's the Spirit of the Lord.” And how does that song end? “Without a doubt we'll know that we have been revived when we shall leave this place.” My prayer is that will always be so with Mountain Brook Baptist Church, regardless of the gathering. For then there will no place for evil spirits to find room in our souls. Our souls will instead be filled with the Spirit, which will ultimately lead to the only successes that in God's eyes really matter. Luke 11:24-26

This week we're going to do something a little bit different! Rather than visit a lost bar or club we're going to get down and dirty reminiscing about a lost cruising space with Conner Habib - author, lecturer, and sex workers’ rights advocate. In the late 90s and early 00s, whilst studying at the University of Massachusetts Amerherst Campus, he discovered a fun past-time to while away the hours between classes! We discuss the art of cruising, angry Pennsylvanians, and good ol' fashioned gloryholes. Find out more about Conner by following him on social media: https://www.twitter.com/ConnerHabib https://www.instagram.com/againsteveryonewithconnerhabib/

Pauly [00:00:07] Welcome to walking our talk with Alan and Pauly Heller. Join our conversation as we discuss practical ways to apply spiritual principles to your everyday life and help you walk your talk - one step at a time. Alan [00:00:29] This is Alan Heller as we walk our talk and Pauly Heller. Today, we're going to be talking about discipleship. Three men that I respect that have different sorts of views and some similar views on what it means, what it means to be a disciple. And then we're going to talk today also about what it takes to be a disciple-maker. How do you do that? So first, we'll talk about Howard Hendricks. He gave a message one time talking about what it means to be a disciple. And he said that Gallup in the 70s did a poll which talked about, you know, is when everybody was Chuck Colson wrote his book called Born Again and Born Again was a big slogan said in the 70s and the 80s. And Gallup did this poll where the number of people that attended church was greater than it had ever been. People that said the Bible was the word of God just more than has ever been. People who believed in heaven and hell more than they had ever been recorded and that they had a born again experience. The only problem was he made a conclusion at the end of his study that said never before has the gospel made such inroads and yet makes so little difference in how people live. So here everybody say that they're born again, that they believe in the word. But they're not living like it. Pauly [00:02:02] Very trendy to be born again. Alan [00:02:04] Exactly. And so he went on to talk. Howard Hendricks went on to talk about and he was the used to be the chancellor of Dallas Seminary or the honorary dean or something like that in his last years. But at one time, he was the head of the Christian Education Department at Dallas Seminary. And here are the three things he talked about, being a disciple. And I just thought they were very good, an unrivaled commitment. He has to be first in everything that God or Jesus has to be first. And everything that we talked about this in another podcast, he talked about that Jesus made an exaggerated contrast when he said, you need to hate your father, mother, sister and brother, basically saying there cannot be a rival anywhere in terms of your relationship with the Lord. And then he talked about unceasing cross-bearing. Pick up your cross and follow me that Jesus comes before self. What is your cross? It's not just a physical illness or it's not just the hard person you have to deal with or the person you're married to. Picking up your cross means putting down your self, life and your flesh and following the Lord. There are those who will say at the last of their life, God will say to them, thy will be done. And there are other people that he will say, My will be done. And then the last one is unreserved cost. Christ must come before others, self and the things that we possess or our prestige or power that we might have. We need to give up everything or we cannot be his disciple is what he said in Luke: Chapter 14. So unrivaled commitment, unceasing cross-bearing, and unreserved cost. Matthew 16 says, "I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it". We are building and we are battling. And we need people who won't quit and won't allow anything to stop them. And the only way that we can be disciples like that, of course, Pauly, is to have the Holy Spirit being filled in, are being filled with always spirit and walking in the power of the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 5:18 says, "Don't be drunk with wine, but be filled with the Holy Spirit." And then Galatians says, "Don't walk after the flash. And then you will walk after the spirit." Pauly [00:04:54] Yeah. That is so true, Alan. I love that idea of having an unrivaled commitment to Christ. If Christ is first in your life, that's not the same thing as church being first in your life or your ministry being first in your life. Part of making Christ first in your life is being filled with his Holy Spirit because that is his command to us to be filled with the spirit. He sent the Holy Spirit to us to be our Paraclete, which means to walk alongside. He's the one who came to take the place of Christ as God in us, God in the world. And so his Holy Spirit now speaks to us individually and communally and part of being a disciple is learning how to be led by the spirit of God and some of being led by the spirit. And having our commitment to Christ be first is listening to what he is telling us to do and not to do. And sometimes church can lay demands on us that aren't necessarily what Christ wants for us. And we have a hard time saying, no, we need to know what is Jesus saying to me? That for me to say yes to as well as for me to say no to. Sometimes it means yes, you need to get out of bed. You need to go and get to church early. You need to do this. Alan [00:06:45] I like that one, can you do that one? Pauly [00:06:45] But you need to get up and go and do. And sometimes the spirit might say in what looks to be the same circumstance, the spirit might say, no, you need to stay home and spend time with me or focus on your family or be available to your spouse. And you can't know that if you're looking for just a yes and no rule. Like every time that somebody asks me to do something, I need to say yes. Alan [00:07:17] And I think being a disciple and a disciple-maker, which we'll talk about next time, but being a disciple-maker, you need to be principle-based about scripture, not just every little thing, trying to find an answer for every little thing. Pauly [00:07:37] In this situation, you do A or you do B.. Alan [00:07:39] So here's what it says in the Book of Acts, Chapter: 1 "And being assembled together with them. He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which he said, You have heard from Me for John, truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now. Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him saying, Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom of Israel? And he said to them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father has put into his own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be my witnesses. You will tell other people about me, too. In Jerusalem, in Judea, Samaria, and to the end of the Earth." So it's the power of the spirit that's going to see people come into God's kingdom and then be discipled by you. Pauly [00:08:43] That's right. Because we can end up doing the right thing for the wrong reasons. We can serve and serve and serve in the children's Sunday school ministry. And it makes me feel so good about myself because I'm giving so much time to these children or I'm visiting sick people or I'm making meals and I feel so good about myself because I'm doing that. Well, that's doing the right thing for the wrong reasons. Not that you're not supposed to feel good about yourself, but your main objective is to be serving Christ, to be doing what God wants you to do, and that there's a very subtle difference in that, that other people might not even be able to see. But if you are being discipled by someone that the person who's discipling you might say, "so how are things going with the children's ministry?" "Oh, they're going great. I just love these kids. I feel so good about it." And, you know, and on and on and. Well, what if God was wanting you to take a break from that for a while so you can focus on other things? Oh, I could never do that. I'm just saying that a good discipler. Will be able to ask you the questions that will cause you to examine your own heart and your own motives and say to you, you know, let's go a little deeper into this. What do you think Jesus really wants you to be doing here? Is this the best use of your time? Is this the best use of your spiritual gift. Is this really building in you the characteristics that God has for you? Kind of going back to the humility and the meekness that you were talking about before. Alan [00:10:43] Or one of the things that will happen if you're using your gifts and abilities and if you're truly walking in the spirit, you're going to see fruit. You're going to see people coming to know him. You're going to see people being blessed by your ministry. And so it's not that we're saying don't do ministry or don't do what you feel good about doing. It's just is it directed by the Holy Spirit? Pauly [00:11:07] Right. There's a balance. Alan [00:11:08] Let me just. Another great article about discipleship. I read about was Greg Laurie mentions in his article about the requirements for discipleship. His number one was love God more than anyone else, which is what we've already talked about. Number two was deny yourself and take up your cross. That sounds familiar because, in Luke 14:27, it says, "and whoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. And if anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." That's Luke 9:23. So again, cross bearing. And then three was forsake all that you have. So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has. Cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:33. To forsake means to surrender your claim to, to say good bye to it. Until I recognize that everything I have belongs to Jesus Christ. I'm not his disciple. Consider Jesus encounter with the rich young ruler, which we've talked about. What must I do to inherit eternal life? And he said, sell all you have. And so, again, forsaking everything for the Lord, you'll lose things. But, you know, he says if you don't lose your life, you can't find it. You lose your life in Christ life, which means you take on a new identity. And we haven't talked love to do a series on what does it mean to be identified with Christ and no longer Galatians 2:20 says, "it's no longer I who live, but it's the life I now live. I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and gave himself for me." And so, you know, we can't learn everything all at the same time. But you got to start somewhere. The fourth thing Greg Laurie talked about was counting the cost. Luke 14:28, "For which of you intending to build a tower does not sit down and first count the cost. Whether he has enough to finish it." Jesus underlines the importance of counting the cost of a disciple of discipleship. Many people make impulse purchases without even considering the cost. Or they rush into marriage or career. Sadly, some do the same in their commitment to Christ. So the point is illustrated in Luke 9:57-58. Now, what happened is that they journeyed on the road that someone said to him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go. And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes. Birds of the air have nests. But the son of man has nowhere to lay his head. So the man in the story did not even wait to be called. He hastily volunteered. He seemed to have a good heart, but he was impulsive. And so counting the cost and telling. You know, when I first was asked to be a disciple of my friend Joe when back in college. And it was I talked about this in an earlier podcast that he basically sat me down at what we called the Beveridge Center, which is sort of the place where you got snacks and stuff on campus in the Student Union Building. So, Joe sat me down and he says, I'm the new guy in town here. And I just want to ask you some questions. And so he opened to Luke, where he talked about the parable of the sower and the seeds and the good soil and, you know, said some of the seed fell on hard pan and just got scorched and some fell on and you know, where it grew up and the thorns and thistles and the cares of the world got in the way. And and he says, what kind of soil do you want to be? He said, there's the good soil that, you know, the seed was planted and it grew and became Life-Giving fruit. And so I said, of course, I want to be good soil. Well, here's what you have to do. And so he gave me some assignments and things that I needed to do in order to be a little bit more committed to my relationship with God. And I am very thankful that he did that. And I couldn't really do all the requirements that Joe had for me about going out and sharing my faith in the dorms and stuff. I worked out three or four hours a day, five to six days a week, and I just didn't have the time that maybe some other students had. But he was willing to let me be a disciple and become a part of this growth group that he had called an action group. And he saw the potential in me. And that was a good lesson. And I think Jesus saw the potential in peter, even though he said, I won't deny you and did deny you did deny him. And he said on this little pebble, I will build my church. He Peter was Petrus, which was Pebble. And then and he turned into a rock. And the church was built on his testimony of who God was. And so even though he failed, Jesus and Jesus had to ask him, Do you love me, Peter? And he said, Of course I love you. And he had to ask him three times. Do you really love me? Do you love me more than anything else in the world? And he said, Feed my sheep. So the last one I want to talk about before we end our time is a classic, the master plan of evangelism, Rodge Robert E. Coleman. And you can get that, you know, in any on Amazon or whatever. But he has a careful study of Christ's life and strategy to reach the world. Involve the following principles of discipleship. So his first one was selection. He carefully selected a few key men as disciples and he prayed for them. He actually fasted and prayed all night. And then so selection and then association. He gave extensive personal attention to his disciples, which we've talked about already, consecration. He taught his disciples progressively more of the demands of following him. In other words, they knew what it was to believe in him. And then he taught him more about accountability and obeying what he said. Importation is the next one. He emphasized to his disciples the essential role of the Holy Spirit, which is what we just talked about. And then demonstration. He modeled what it was he was talking about. And of course, we talk about Jesus model is he did it. Then he asked them to come and do it with him. Then he asked them to do it while he supervised them. And then he just let them do it. And so that's really a great model for discipleship, going with your discipleship and disciple and showing him what to do or her and then doing it with them and critiquing, then letting them do it and then letting them go and do it on their own. And he sent out Jesus sent out, and they came back all excited that demons were subject to them. And they were just excited about this ministry experience. And Jesus said, just be thankful your name is read in the Book of Life. So that's that humility that we've talked about. Then the next one was supervision. He provided alternating instruction and application, giving encouragement and correction and then giving them new assignments. That's in Mark 6:30 and Luke 9:10. And then lastly is reproduction. He always kept before them. The goal of reproducing his likeness in others. So that's in, John, 15:16. So the whole thing is follow me as I follow Christ, not follow me as I go into a brick wall. And so any last words about discipleship or what it takes Pauly and what encouragement would you give to somebody who wants to be a disciple? Pauly [00:19:42] I think the main thing to keep in mind is that being a Christian is is being a follower of Christ and that that everything that we need is in Him. And he provides us all that we need for life and godliness. And that begins with our following Him into death to ourselves and into the resurrection power of His Holy Spirit. And He and anything that He calls us to do, He will do. In us and through us. And there's nothing that he will ask us to do that He will not do Himself well. Alan [00:20:28] Right. He's given us the power and authority. And I think sometimes we forget that it's him who gives us that power and authority. It's not us. And so he said all authority has been given to me. Go and make disciples. And so that's God's call on each of us. And we hope, you know, the name of our program is Walking Our Talk. And we're hoping that these lessons are helping you walk your talk in the Lord. And if you want any more information, just go to walkandtalk.org. It's been great to be with you. We look forward to talking about what it takes to be a disciple-maker, next time. Pauly [00:21:15] This has been walking our talk with Alan and Paulie Heller, where we put into action those principles. We know from God's word one step at a time. You can find more help at our web site: walkandtalk.org

Carson is a student at the University of Victoria and is the founder of Post-Ed, a platform that licenses software to post-secondary institutions to help them retain students by connecting them to all the clubs, events and scholarships that are right for them to bolster their academic success. The App just finished its first lap around the track at the University of Manitoba. Despite that perceived limitation the team behind the app was able to build a community of 2,000 active users interacting with 649 events over 73,000 times, making a large impact on the awareness and attendance of many of the opportunities available on campus. Post-Ed is a community resource for post-secondary students who can get curated, fluid access to all the community events that interest them, and financial aid which they are eligible for. Often students are unaware of the clubs, events and activities that happen on campus, and the app is way to bring information to students. If you have taken a walk across campus, you see eyes are down on the phone and they aren't listening to the campus radio station or reading the student newspaper in the Student Union Building. Carson spoke to us about the creation and what lies ahead.  Support the show: http://paypal.me/mattcundill See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This documentary tells a story about the early days of hip hop in Vancouver. One of the biggest hip hop events in Canadian history took place on September 7th and 8th, 1990 at UBC. Around 900 people came to the ballroom in UBC’s Student Union Building to watch rappers, dancers, street artists and DJs, duke it out at DJ Sound War.Rohit Joseph spoke with organizers and participants of the very first DJ Sound War, who shared their stories of this historic event. From the CiTR alumnus who organized the whole event, to the only woman to compete in the rap battle portion of the competition and win first place, the stories of the people behind DJ Sound War provide a glimpse into the beginning of the hip hop movement in Vancouver and the crucial role that CiTR played.

Hello folks! First Folk Oasis of September, complete with a fire alarm in our new Student Union Building. Let's hope this won't be a regular occurrence..Anyway, hope you enjoy tonight's blend of protest songs, polka, old-timey, klezmer and more. Two interviews tonight: first was with Jenny Ritter of Vancouver, then I chatted with Chris of Victoria's Compassion Gorilla.Thanks as always for listening, and have a lovely Labo(u)r Day weekend!val folkoasis@gmail.com

Yes, folks, it's the first Folk Oasis of 2015 and the last edition to broadcast from Studio A of the 2nd floor of UBC's old Student Union Building. Starting June 27 we'll be in shiny new digs next door. Be sure to see citr.ca for more info. Tonight's show was an eclectic blend of current topics (eg. marijuana dispensaries, sunshine, Jazz Fest) and a set to celebrate St. Jean-Baptiste Day in Quebec. (bonne St. Jean!)Thanks for listening, and see you in two weeks' time! (I'm taking July 1 off)Take care, play safe, enjoy summer!val folkoasis@gmail.com

First week back for UBC students, who are filling up the halls of the Student Union Building, where our station is located. At top of show we chatted with Faye Blais, an Ontario singer-songwriter with Vancouver gigs coming up (Sept. 12 + 14) fayeblais.comThen, joining me live in the studio: Deborah Holland, a Californian expat now residing and teaching here in Vancouver. She brought East Van singer-songwriter Michael Friedman to accompany on guitar. Deborah's next local gig is Fri. Sept. 13 at Trees Organic Coffee House.Days are getting shorter, autumn definitely in the air, so hunker down with a warm bevvie and enjoy this podcast! Thanks for listening.val folkoasis@gmail.com

Welcome back UBC students! Lots of activity around the Student Union Building this fine late summer evening. We opened tonight's show with some yodelling, and then an interview with said yodeller, John Lilly. He will be on tour in the Vancouver area next week. After that, straight into another interview with multi-instrumentalist member of The Bills (from Victoria), Adrian Dolan. As a bookend to the yodelling opener, we finished off with the classic cover of "Gin and Juice" as performed by The Gourds. (they're touring the Pacific Northwest soon)Cheers and thanks for listening!val folkoasis@gmail.com