Memorial Re-Brands Itself Will the New Look Be Becoming of the Campus?
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MediaScrape: the Spam sculptures quickest way to get aren't the only news from sources art coming out of around the world Douglas Coupland Page 2 - Page 5 Volume 56 Number 26 ·· www~themuse.,ca · June 1, 200& Memorial re-brands itself Will the new look be becoming of the campus? BY fOHN RIETI Michael Pickard's marketing depart ment is tucked away on the bottom floor of the Arts and Ad ministration Building. It's windowless, seemingly oblivious to the morning sunshine, and for an office so involved in graphic design it's fairly unglamour ous, adorned simply with Pickard's family photos. But from this office, Pickard and the Department of Marketing and Communications has launched one of the biggest changes ever for Memorial - a university re-brand ing. The brand was launched last Tuesday at the Inco Innovation Centre to an invitation-only audi ence of faculty, staff, and some stu dents. The crowd seemed interested, and by the end of the presentation they had plenty to digest along with the catered snacks. Memorial released an entirely fresh face, including a new theme, logo, colour pallet, advertisements, design elements and an integrating marketing plan for the entire 2006- 2007 university year. At the centre of the re-branding Faculty, staff, and students looked on as Memorial launched its new brand. is the word "become." According to Pickard, it is the most crucial part people and ideas become and that efforts. versity needed to enhance its im "We have a wonderful story to tell, of the new project. "Become really Memorial is built on creativity and This concept originated about age to better communicate what inside and outside of the universi is more than just a buzzword, it is ingenuity of its people." two years ago, when Marketing and MUN offers, and does. A budget of ty," said President Axel Meisen at the essence of what this [university] MUN will play off the word be Communications and Memorial's $160,000 was allotted to the three the launch. "[MUN has to] create is," said Pickard. "It's a place where come in most of their advertising senior executives decided the uni- year project. SEE 'PICKARD' PAGE 3 Convocation sweeps Memorial BY MARK CLUETT child-birth pioneer Mary Kathleen Matthews, former Petro-Canada The halls at Memorial may seem a vice-president Gary C. Bruce, for little less populated. mer director of Newfoundland and This past week, over 2000 degrees Labrador Hydro Roland T. Martin, were awarded to students convo and Clerk of the Privy Council Dr. cating from Memorial University Alex Himelfarb. of Newfoundland at the Arts and Exciting to many students still, Culture Centre, adding to the al were the honourary degrees awarded most 60 ooo degrees Memorial has to Team Gushue, the five curlers and awarded since its inception. their coach who won Olympic curl One notable degree was that which ing gold at this past February's win was awarded to Newfoundland and ter games. Team leader Brad Gushue, Labrador Lieutenant-Governor Jamie Korab, Mark Nichols, Mike Edward Roberts. The former politi Adam and coach Toby McDonald cian has been working on his mas (Russ Howard could not attend) ter of arts degree in hi~tory since were orated by Dr. Annette Stavely, September 2003, the_flrst time one a speech whose highlights includ of this provinc~s· ltetrtenant - gover~ ed many references to the universi nors has earned a degree while in ty president as "Skip Meisen." office. · In his address to the convoca Those receiving honourary degrees tion, Gushue pointed out what hum included Irish poet Paul Muldoon, ble beginnings the team had come Newfoundland bµsinessman and from, but their goal always remained Holocaust survivor Philip Riteman, the same - to strive to be the best. professor and Holocaust researcher Gushue also made clear that he didn't Dr. Robert John Gellately, author Dr. think their victory would have been MARK CLUETT Roland J. Le Huenen, choral in$truc- possible without the help of the kine Brad Gushue accepted an honourary degree to go along with the business degree he earned back in 2001. tor Sister Kathrin.~~ BdJamy, natural siology department at Memorial. iron COM ft -x~· ~t me 9~Uutn 26 27 ,/!S 29 30 31 CA LL JI FF y ~w. themuse.ca 2 NEWS June 1, 2006 A new twist on the news MediaScrape.com the ability to communicate direct ly with a targeted audience, while provides an on-line consumers only see ads relevant to their interests. international news fix The progression of MediaScrape's new networking and marketing BY JUSTIN MADOL techniques display a growing trend from today's viewers to personal A Canadian internet-television news ize, and refine information media. network is on the leading edge of Similar advances in web publishing news media, and is offering its view have also recently emerged on the ers the chance to personalize their Internet. Really Simple Syndication intake of the issues. 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Medical student Patti Over 45 per cent of MUN medicine Matthews, assistant professor ofHealth Mount Allison University, and the ner awards McCarthy also won for her work with graduates are choosing to study fam Policy and Health Care Delivery at University of Prince Edward Island The Graduate Student Union award the Walk for Hope, which she coor ily medicine as opposed to another MUN, claims physicians trained at will all be able to transfer informa ed six students $250 each in recogni dinated along with her sisters in sup specialty. MUN make up more than half of all tion over the Atlantic Computational tion of their outstanding work in var port of the National Ovarian Cancer MUN's school of family medicine, doctors in the province.