Best part of that story: "He came on a bicycle." Jack Layton supports migrant work, women's work, and the environment. (And kudos to Chow for defending her sweetheart's honour by explaining that hotties like him just need an occasional rubdown. A fantastic practice of sex positive politics. :D )

In other news, from a paper whose headlines don't all stack up to "OMG," the Toronto Star has endorsed the NDP, offering a well-reasoned explanation of the party's advantages over the Cons and Liberals, and a very sensible caution against vote-splitting, too.

(BTW, the conservatives tried a similar campaign, 4 days before the 2004 election: "Paul Martin Supports Child Pornography" and a followup press release indicating that the NDP, too, supports child pornography. It takes a special sense of humour to laugh along, but commentary on the choice between pedophile and anti-pedophile parties seems to do justice to this kind of outlandish manipulation: "Canadian Pedophiles Breathe a Sigh of Relief.")

David Akin commented on twitter yesterday that the story was shopped to him two years ago - by a Liberal fixer.

Great idea!

Did you know that there is an AU Second Life island available for free your students and yourself to use for immersive experiences?  Please contact Dr. Bob Heller <bobh@athabascau.ca>, for more info.

Here's some pictures of an in-world psychology lab research project that Dr. Trevor Gilbert from AU's centre for psychology is working on:

http://picasaweb.google.com/arcane333/SecondLifeAthabascaUniversityPsychologyLab#

Dr. Bob Heller is also working on a Freudbot project and the business school held a small convocation event on the island a few years ago - info here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/AthabascaUniversity#p/u/3/9UVDvPYXUiE

 http://auspace.athabascau.ca:8080/dspace/handle/2149/1488

 This might be an excellent way to, as you mention "...make drama, theatre, and performance studies more concrete and vivid for the digital, distance-delivery student"

Have fun!

Thanks, Carmen. Maybe it's time to explore Second Life. (One production I didn't list on the Productions page is a Kent State U production of the Wakefield Second Shepherd's Play ... in Second Life. (I didn't list it because I think there are enough issues of media and adaptation for students to consider in the fixed-shot and televised "real life" performances, without asking students to consider or interpret the additional layers of remediated and collaborative dramaturgy that go into a Second Life performance.)

The A Doll's House video is now unavailable. Different option?

Thank you for noting the broken link to the Youtube-hosted recording of A Doll's House. I have replaced it with two alternative recordings (also hosted by Youtube).