GAZETTE
July 2, 2014 Volume 46 Number 16
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A M E M O R I A L U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W F O U N D L A N D P U B L I C AT I O N
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Step it up Memorial’s resident mountaineer has taken one million steps across Nepal.
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Equal access Students with physical disabilities
Enduring words Books created in reaction to
discover an accessible environment at Memorial.
a Baghdad bombing are on display at the QEII.
Powerful champion
Business student breaks world records, claims international title By Susan White-MacPherson
Josh Hancott
has returned from South Africa
as a world champion. The 20-year-old bachelor of business administration student broke four world records and won three gold medals and one silver medal at the International Powerlifting Federation’s world championships June 4 in Johannesburg, South Africa. “It feels really good, now that it’s finally set in,” he said. “I didn’t even know how to feel, but now it feels good. I’m happy.” Mr. Hancott competes in the 74-kilogram weight class of the junior category. In powerlifting, athletes vie to lift the most weight in three disciplines: squat, bench press and deadlift. Winners are declared in each discipline and the highest combined score determines the overall winner. Mr. Hancott won gold in the squat with a world record submitted PHOTO
lift of 552 lbs. He earned silver in the bench press with a lift of 352 lbs., and set a world record of 578 lbs. on his second attempt at the deadlift. On his third attempt, he broke his own world record and earned gold with a lift of 597 lbs. His combined score was 1,502, yet another
CLASS ABOVE
Josh Hancott is pictured above at the moment he won the International Powerlifting Federation’s world championships in his weight class in Johannesburg, South Africa, last month.
world record.
See CHAMPION story on page 4
WW100 commemoration program launched President Gary Kachanoski
officially
physical commemorations; and library, archives and
launched WW100, Memorial University’s commemora-
other resources. The Living Memorial Commemoration
tion program, to a full house in the Music building last
Fund has been established to support these activities by
month.
empowering the university community and partners to
“After the dark days of the First World War, Memorial
create engaging projects and events.
University College was founded as a living memorial so
The president pointed out that while the campuses
that in the freedom of learning, the sacrifice of those who
in St. John’s have several physical monuments to the
fought might not be forgotten by future generations,”
men and women who served, other university sites do
said Dr. Kachanoski. “From this unique origin the uni-
not. He announced that by 2019 suitable memorials will
versity has inherited a responsibility to remember and
have been erected at other major university locations,
the steering committee’s role would be to guide and
commemorate those who lost their lives in active service.
including Harlow Campus in England and the recently
assist, rather than dictate or prescribe.
Thus, on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the events
acquired Battery property.
that sparked the First World War, we come together to launch WW100.”
“While the committee has received nine proposals for
Finally, the president noted that heritage preservation
funding, there are more than 40 commemoration proj-
is a priority at Memorial. The university is home to a
ects in progress within the university community,” said
An overview of WW100 plans were presented by Dr.
number of unique collections, and there is an ongoing
Dr. Ashworth. “Details on the fund, an ideas bank, the
Kachanoski. Dr. Luke Ashworth, chair of the First World
need for archival space to steward donations of rare or
WW100 visual identity, an anniversary calendar and
War commemoration steering committee, and com-
original content. The university, therefore, is in the early
other useful information can be found on our website,
mittee member Bert Riggs, head, Archives and Special
planning stages to develop a new facility to house the
so I encourage everyone to visit periodically to explore
Collections, Queen Elizabeth II Library, provided more
diverse archives in Memorial’s care.
what’s planned during the months and years to come.”
details.
Dr. Ashworth noted that a great many ideas came for-
Please visit www.mun.ca/WW100 or the Facebook
commemorative
ward during the consultation process, as befitting an
page, Memorial University’s WW100 Commemoration
activities in three broad areas: academic programs;
institution that values freedom and discovery, and that
Program.
The
university
will
undertake