Last updated: May 3, 2012 12:00 am.
Episode 62 — Year in review
WATERLOO (CUP) — In Episode 62 of the Canadian University Press Podcast, we take a look at the past eight months and pay particular attention to the more pertinent and oddball news items dealt with on the podcast this year, including the ongoing protests over slated tuition increases in Quebec as well as the never-dull story of the Kwantlen Student Association at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in B.C.
The Canadian University Press Podcast is hosted and produced by Mike Lakusiak in Waterloo, Ont. at the offices of Wilfrid Laurier University's student newspaper, The Cord. Comments or questions can be sent to cupcast@cup.ca or via Twitter by following @cupcast.
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