Friday, January 17

Canada West Conference

(17W-2L-0RT) Alberta Golden Bears 4 — 3 UBC Thunderbirds (7W-11L-1RT)
Final | Venue: Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre — Thunderbird Arena

On January 17, artists around the world celebrates Art’s Birthday and CiTR transmits local Radio Art to the world. Our celebration, 24 Hours of Radio Art will broadcast Midnight to Midnight on CiTR 101.9FM and www.citr.ca.

Check out what we have lined up for you!  !uoy rof pu denil evah ew tahw tuo kcehC

Our previous years celebrations can be found here!

The final numbers are in! It’s time to shut the door on 2013, but before we do that, let’s take a look at CiTR’s top 100 albums from last year. Check them out, find some new gems or just get a reminder of your own personal favorites. Enjoy!

*is Canadian, +is from Vancouver

Are you ready for a new school year? Come to UBC Dance Horizons dance-a-thon for a great start! The dance-a-thon takes place Sunday, January 19th from 12-7 PM in the SUB Ballroom at UBC. By joining the Danceathon, you will get to make new friends, showcase your dance skills, and support your local dance community.

A dance-a-thon, aka a dance marathon, is an event in which dancers dance continuously for a given period of time. The dance-a-thon on Sunday will be 6 hours long, and dancers will be competing for a $200 prize!
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On January 20th, get ready for the start of the BIGGEST, BLUEST celebration yet!

From January 20th to January 24th, come out to Science Week 2014, a five-day celebration of one of the best faculties at UBC. There will be tons of awesome events, rad UBC Science swag for purchase, and unlimited opportunities to represent the Faculty of Science in faculty-wide games.

So come share your science pride all week long! Bring your friends, make some new ones, and bleed blue with the Science student community. You won’t want to miss out!

For more information, check out the UBC SUS Facebook page and website.

Sponsored by CiTR, 101.9 FM!

Saturday, January 11

(9W-3L) Saskatchewan Huskies 88 — 93 UBC Thunderbirds (5W-7L)
Final | Venue: War Memorial Gym

Tommy Nixon provides accurate shooting for the UBC Thunderbirds varsity men’s basketball team.

(11W-1L) Saskatchewan Huskies 55 — 53 UBC Thunderbirds (7W-5L)
Final | Venue: War Memorial Gym

Kristjana Young is a key leading scorer on the UBC Thunderbirds varsity women’s basketball team.

Friday, January 10

(10W-1L) Alberta Golden Bears 77 — 61 UBC Thunderbirds (4W-7L)
Final | Venue: War Memorial Gym

(9W-2L) Alberta Pandas 56 — 47 UBC Thunderbirds (7W-4L)
Final | Venue: War Memorial Gym

Join CiTR’s Punk Rock Journalist DJ Nardwuar the Human Serviette, LIVE, as he talks and plays clips from his audio & video vault of interviews. Everything from Snoop Doggy Dogg to Jean Chretien to Lady Gaga to GWAR! Doot doola doot doo … doot doo!
This event is FREE to all attendees, and seating will be first come, first serve!
Where: Room 212a in the AMS Student Union Building
When: Friday 17th January from 12-2pm (but feel free to come and go as you wish!)

Check out the Facebook event page here to RSVP and invite your friends!

www.nardwuar.com

**CiTR is UBC’s campus and community radio station, bringing alternative programming to UBC & Greater Vancouver every day. For more information or to come in for a station tour, email volunteer@citr.ca!**

UBC’s Student Leadership Conference is happening this Saturday, January 11, and registration is still open!

The SLC is one of Canada’s largest student-run conferences, with over 1200 student delegates, hundreds of volunteers, over 100 workshop presenters, 12 featured presenters and 2 keynotes. There will also be an opportunities fair over lunchtime where delegates can mingle with organizations involved on UBC’s campus and in the greater Vancouver community, such as CiTR!

The theme of this year’s conference is “Be Infinite”. The theme is centred around the idea that leadership cannot be defined, and everyone has the potential to be immeasurably great in whatever they do. At the conference, delegates build their own schedule with choice of workshops, activities and speakers.

CiTR will be LIVE BROADCASTING two of the featured presenters: David Ng and Alia Dharamsi. Stay tuned for more details about the broadcasts later this week!

For more information about the conference, check out the SLC Website, Facebook page, and Twitter for more information.

Sponsored by CiTR, 101.9 FM!

On Tuesday, December 17, Takin’ Turns will wrap up the 2013 season with some of the year’s favourite musical acts.

FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY: Illiteratty, Ross Douglas, Deanna Knight & Adam Hill

Come join hosts Glenn Chatten & Chris Ronald for an unforgettable evening of songs and stories. Admission is by generous donation with all proceeds going to Crisis Centre.

Thanks to this year’s musicians and the support of local business, Takin’ Turns has raised $900 in aid of suicide prevention. With the finale, Takin’ Turns hopes to continue their support of live, original music and to achieve their fundraising goal of $1000, which will be presented to Crisis Centre at the show.

The finale will take place at The Prophouse, 1636 Venables Street, East Vancouver at 7:30 PM.

For more information, check out Takin’ Turns on Facebook or visit their website.

Sponsored by CiTR, 101.9 FM!