Carleton University Magazine

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Fall 2011

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Big Bang Theorist

Percussionist Jesse Stewart, a professor in the school for studies in art and culture, explores the sonic world in projects that range from the profound to the seemingly bizarre. Combining the perspective of a writer, visual artist, academic and musician, Stewart creates works that expand on notions of space and sound. Charting a career path in four portrait-profiles

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In this issue:
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Tune In, Take a Trip

Matthew Edwards, BArch/08, MArch/11, wants you to tap in to sonic spaces. The intern architect was part of a group of electronic artists who created Polylectures, a city soundtrack for self-guided explorers
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A Place to Roost

It has been a lounge, a coffee house, a bar and a cybercafé—no matter the guise, Rooster’s has been meet-up central for students wanting to decompress, study or start a movement. Charting the history of Carleton’s sometimes notorious, sometimes neglected undergraduate oasis
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Everybody’s Heard About the Bird

You may know of Carleton’s mascot, Rodney the Raven—he has been part of campus life for decades. But did you know that Rodney didn’t always fly solo?
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Big Bang Theorist

Percussionist Jesse Stewart, a professor in the school for studies in art and culture, explores the sonic world in projects that range from the profound to the seemingly bizarre. Combining the perspective of a writer, visual artist, academic and musician, Stewart creates works that expand on notions of space and sound. Charting a career path in four portrait-profiles
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Low-Flow Bro

Stuart Hickox wants to get inside your toilet to see if it’s leaking. It’s not glamourous work, but it makes a difference. Stop a leak here and there, and you’ll save some dough and some water. Get thousands to do the same, and it’s a movement with a message. Unpacking the mantra of Hickox’s non-profit eco org one change
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Dark Art

Art and science meet in the work of artist-academic Cindy Stelmackowich. Contrasts abound as she churns up beauty from the abject. The resulting works show that attraction and repulsion can coexist
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One for the Books

Career shifters quit their day jobs to write what might be the next great Canadian novel. Others put their life’s research into bound format in current affairs, media, poetry, history and sexuality. Not just a listing of recent publications, here is a summary of dreams realized by Carleton University faculty and graduates
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Class Notes

Class Notes

Keeping Up With Your Classmates. Career highlights, reinventions, product launches, marriages and births.
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Fuel for School

Quick eats for on-the-go intellects range from vending-machine manna to table served treats. An overview of new nosh and standby favourites from your student days
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