Ryerson radio station loses license
CKLN, Ryerson University’s 28-year-old radio station, may soon go off the air after having its licence revoked by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
The CRTC said the station had persistent problems complying with regulations. The licence wasn’t set to expire until 2014.
In a news release, CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein said that the station had been given ample opportunity to reform. “Each time, it demonstrated an inability or unwillingness to address our concerns. Taking away its licence is the only appropriate course of action in this case,” said Finckenstein, according to the Globe and Mail.
According to the CRTC, the station’s problems centred around in-fighting, which resulted in staff and volunteers being locked out by the station’s business manager in 2009.
However, CKLN board member Andrew Lehner told the Globe and Mail that conditions at the station had been improving, with the adoption of new bylaws, the purchasing of new equipment and the possible hiring of a new station manager.
University of Iowa investigates hospitalization of 13 athletes
Officials at the University of Iowa announced an investigation into the cause of a rare muscular disorder that led 13 football players to be hospitalized after taking part in grueling off-season workouts, reported ESPN News.
Last Wednesday, it was revealed that the athletes suffered from rhabdomyolysis, which causes muscle fiber to be released into the blood stream and can lead to liver failure in some cases.
The disorder is sometimes caused by extreme physical exertion.
The athletes are in stable condition and recovering well, said university officials.
“It is an essential responsibility of the university to determine what is likely to have caused this rare condition among so many young men at one time, and to share those findings,” said university president Sally Mason.
California prof charged with urinating on colleague’s door
And students are supposedly the immature ones — a math professor at California State Northbridge was caught urinating on a colleague’s door and has been charged with two misdemeanor accounts of urinating in a public place.
Authorities said that Tihomir Petrov, 43, urinated on the door of a fellow math professor as part of dispute between the two men. Petrov was charged after being caught on tape relieving himself in front of his colleague’s door in early December by a concealed camera, set up by school officials, who had discovered what they suspected to be pools of urine in the faculty building.
Petrov’s arraignment is scheduled for March 3.
