Poli sci grad on experience in Canada's North

Alison Smith (‘08) spent the past year participating in one of the most competitive and prestigious internship programs in Canada, the Parliamentary Internship Programme (PIP). As part of the 10-month internship on Parliament Hill, Alison had the opportunity to travel to the Arctic for a study tour with nine other participants, spending a week in Nunavut where they met with legislators, public servants, and civil-society organizations.

The PIP interns, including Alison, share their experience in The Globe and Mail.

Alison precedes three Mount Allison 2010 graduates who will begin PIP in September: Hanna Button (international relations), Fraser Harland (political science), and Stephen Middleton (biology).

Mount A welcomes sports stars

When a town of 5,000 gets more than 1,000 visitors, it's a noticeable difference.

Especially when those visitors are all tall, lean athletes decked out in colourful team uniforms from around the world.

The streets of Sackville are alive with athletes this week, thanks to Mount Allison's role as an athletes' village for the IAAF World Junior Championships.

The buzz is noticeable along the main drag.

At Bridge Street Café, a customer asks why the java joint is busier than usual.

It's the world junior championships of track and field. And the athletes' village at Mount A is housing 1,150 athletes from 143 different countries. That's about half the number of people who would fill the campus in September.

And over at Bridge Street Café, employee Randy Christopher says he's getting into the sporting spirit, too. He says the coffee shop has already served people from 50 to 100 different nations.

There will be many more such moments for Yarnell, the Bridge Street staff and all the residents of Sackville as the championships continue throughout this week.

Read the full article: Sackville stoked to welcome sports stars (Moncton Times & Transcript)

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