Fat Tuesday is Here

Fat Tuesday is here again. Today is the day to forget your New Year’s resolutions and, for just one day, indulge in everything you’ve been denying yourself since the coma-inducing overeating of the holiday season.

Fat Tuesday takes root in the Catholic calendar as the last day before Lent, the 40-day period of self-sacrifice, . . . → Read More: Fat Tuesday is Here

Meet Gotye, somebody you should know

Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know is looking like this year’s Pumped Up Kicks, a haunting song that creeps up on its audience and then, suddenly, appears everywhere.

That’s Gaw-tee-ay: Gotye — aka Belgian-Australian musician Wally De Backer — knows that such a massive international hit could overshadow anything else he does. “Maybe . . . → Read More: Meet Gotye, somebody you should know

Book of Mormon translation: French

Editor’s note: This is one in a series on the Book of Mormon translations and translators.

The first French edition of the Book of Mormon, published in 1852, had on its title page: “Traduit de l’Anglais par John Taylor et Curtis E. Bolton.” A more accurate statement would have credited Taylor as supervisor . . . → Read More: Book of Mormon translation: French

Meet Gotye, somebody you should know

Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know is looking like this year’s Pumped Up Kicks, a haunting song that creeps up on its audience and then, suddenly, appears everywhere.

That’sGaw-tee-ay: Gotye — aka Belgian-Australian musician Wally De Backer — knows that such a massive international hit could overshadow anything else he does. “Maybe it’s . . . → Read More: Meet Gotye, somebody you should know

Former Concordia president Judith Woodsworth returns to university as teacher

MONTREAL – Quietly, almost stealthily, the woman Concordia University paid more than $700,000 to leave … has returned to the campus.

Former Concordia president Judith Woodsworth, who left her position in December 2010 amid a maelstrom of controversy that plunged the university into chaos, returned this month to begin teaching French translation classes.

Her . . . → Read More: Former Concordia president Judith Woodsworth returns to university as teacher