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I have to be honest: probably the best video I’ve seen all week is a parody of LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem: North Korea Edition. It features Kim Jong ll performing some of his best dance moves yet. If you haven’t seen it, you should head to a computer and watch it with your friends as soon as is humanly possible. It’s priceless. Whenever the fearless leader bellows the call for his people to “Party rock” or stoically declares “Every day I’m shufflin,” I pretty much lose it. “Ain't no party like a  Pyongyang party!” Classic satire.

Social networks have emerged, peaked and died throughout the years. This trend began with 6degrees.com in 1997, a network that allowed people to send messages and post items on a “bulletin board.” In the last 15 years, many different social networks have emerged – Friendster, MySpace and Flickr, to name a few. Each of these networks had a peak point, where they were the most well used site for internet social life; however, it only took a few short years, or even months, before they were replaced by the next up and coming social network.

While most of us were at home spending time with family or sleeping in over the break, the men’s volleyball team was busy training and competing on the west coast of California. The trip ran about a week, from December 28 to January 4, and was centred around a tournament hosted by the San Diego Volleyball Club.

The Sports World has seen many interesting stories develop over recent decades; those who follow major leagues around the world would agree. We all remember Michael Vick and his dog fighting ring that resulted in a criminal offense.

A series of policy changes affecting student conduct at Redeemer have been given the green light at a recent meeting of the President’s Council in late November. The changes, which focus largely on disciplinary procedures and protocol, were conceived by the Student Life Department and will be printed in next year’s Student Handbook.

A shooting in 2007 Virginia Tech led to lawsuits and preventative measures. Now, after 5 years of preparation and false alarms, a shooting once again shakes the core of the student body of Virginia Tech.

Movember is a month which fuels male pride and competition while raising awareness for prostate cancer.

According to Men’s Health Australia, the idea for Movember originated in 2004 by co-founders Luke Slattery, Travis Garone, Adam Garone and Justin Coghlan who now run the Movember non-profit organization. The men state that Movember will “continue to work to change established habits and attitudes and make men aware of the health risks they face, thereby increasing early detection, diagnosis and effective treatment.”

“There will come a time, you’ll find, with no more tears, where love will not break your heart, but remove your fears” - Mumford and Sons, After the Storm

Mumford and Sons began by playing small venues in London, England in 2009. Band members Marcus Mumford, Country Winston, Ben Lovett, and Ted Dwane had been friends before forming the band. Their popularity almost instantly hit the charts after they decided to make music as a group.

Early in July of this year, Statistics Canada released their 2010 findings that 43% of Canadian marriages will end in divorce before the fiftieth wedding anniversary.