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Gunnar Rotte tweets, then takes his case to the Archons

August 10, 2016 By TMD Reporters

Screen Shot 2016-08-10 at 9.00.45 AMGunnar Rotte has never backed away from a fight.

Indeed, he rose to prominence almost two years ago, when he published a controversial editorial in The Rodent Commoner comparing the plight of his own species to that of The Park’s striped and spotted citizens.

Now, the beleaguered journalist and part-time counsellor at The Park’s Extinction Anxiety Clinic is doubling down on his mission to make all Park citizens understand the real life challenges of Rodents and, in particular, Rats.

After taking to Twitter yesterday to react to the announcement that this year’s Park ART Walk will celebrate the work of our striped and spotted citizens and to complain that no Park event honours Rodents, Rotte has begun a campaign to pressure the Archons into establishing just such an event.

Calling for an annual , “Rotter Day,” Rotte says he plans to march in front of the law courts and all government buildings until the Archons and the Department of Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations agree to his plan.

And he just might be successful.

“I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he got it done,” says Rosbritt Piggsvin, President of Rodents at Risk, a Park charity that aids The Park’s at-risk Rodent community.

“Gunnar is nothing if not persistent,” says Piggsvin, who has known Rotte since his birth.

“He gnaws at things and doesn’t let them go. And on this particular subject, I can tell you, he won’t rest until all Park Animals understand and acknowledge the pain and suffering of Rats and many other Rodents.”

Still, many say it will be an uphill battle for Rotte to get the Archons to agree to add an event to The Park’s calendar so late in their term.

“Yes, he may have to march in the snow, but I’ll bet he’s already put together a plan to confront the new Archons on the day of their swearing-in,” says Piggsvin.

Filed Under: Breaking News, Education, Park Life, Politics/Law/Crime Tagged With: equality, Gunnar Rotte, prejudice, rats, rodents, specism

It’s June! Here’s what happened in The Park during May’s days

June 1, 2016 By Imko Oaljefanta, TMD Archivist

RecapCornelio Lontra wins big at yesterday’s Toe-Hair Contest

Park Museum’s Flyball exhibition to open at noon on Sunday May 8

Mating Dance selfies posted on web by Humans: DWBS

Fowl Ball fully hatched: organizer touts mature event for 2016

Squeakeasy Tuesdays: Is it poetry or is it polemic?

Stand-alone education advocates use buttons to kick off new campaign

Farmers threaten to boycott Friday’s Agrarian Jubilee over food-finding apps

Eggie and The Pigs, Weather Makers, pull out of Anixi Agrarian Jubilee

Beasts of Burden surprise farmers, tech companies with offer of pub for meeting

Park Museum confirms basketball theft

Month Without Metaphor organizer: “We’re losing ground, minute by minute.”

Just For a Lark: Groomer offers non-Avians feathery makeovers for Fowl Ball

Memes of Production seize the Jubilee—and the day

Tabby Club accused of discrimination

University of West Terrier announces Commencement Day speaker

Filed Under: Breaking News, Economy and Business, Education, Media, Park Life, Politics/Law/Crime, The Arts, Entertainment, and Culture

University of West Terrier announces Commencement Day speaker

May 30, 2016 By Nienke Varken, TMD Education Reporter

UWT COATHermione Hippo will deliver the 2016 commencement address at the University of West Terrier on June 1, it was announced today.

The President and Governors of the University made the announcement on the UWT web site this morning.

A spokesAnimal for the university said they were “deeply touched” that Hermione was willing to give of her time to address the school’s graduating students.

“She is a very busy professional and academic and even though she was our first choice for 2016, we realized she may not have the time to prepare a speech. But, true to her nature, Hermione dove in and tackled the job with her usual gusto. We very much look forward to hearing her speak on Wednesday.”

The assistant professor in the UWT School of Medicine and head nurse at the Park Hospital for the Afflicted and Infirm is expected to speak on the topic of nutrition and mental health.

Read the full announcement, along with a short biography of Hermione Hippo, here.

Filed Under: Breaking News, Education, Park Life Tagged With: Hermione Hippo, university commencement day speaker, University of West Terrier

Month Without Metaphor organizer: “We’re losing ground, minute by minute.”

May 24, 2016 By Juho Morsk, TMD Media Reporter

MonthWMThe chief organizer of the third annual Month Without Metaphor says we’re losing ground in the fight against the unncessary embellishment of the news.

“Plain speaking is disappearing and not bit by bit, but minute by minute,” says Alvin Tinamou, publisher of The Avian Messenger and one of the initiative’s founders.

In an interview with The Mammalian Daily, Tinamou quoted statistics that he says indicate the market for what he calls “the plain, unembellished truth” has diminished substantially over the past five years.

“Journalism has given way to storytelling and it’s a slippery slope from there,” he opined. “We’re no longer reporting on an event or situation; we’re taking readers on a journey for their entertainment rather adding to their knowledge or understanding,” he said.

Tinamou contends that the problem started innocently enough, when journalists were told to broaden their reports from “just the facts” to historical, sociological, and psychological context.

“It started with context and the idea that those who work in the media could bring readers and listeners a better understanding of what was going on in The Park and in the world outside The Park,” he said. “But, somehow, that devolved into embellishment and fictionalizing,”

Tinamou said metaphors are just one aspect of the problem, but they were something that he felt could be easily targeted.

“I thought we’d start with reducing metaphors and move on from there. But we seem to be stuck in this style of writing. I don’t think new journalists know any other way,” he said.

Filed Under: Breaking News, Education, Media, Month Without Metaphor, Park Life Tagged With: journalism, Month Without Metaphor

Have your say! Who should deliver the 2016 UWT commencement address?

May 14, 2016 By Nienke Varken, TMD Education Reporter

The President and Governors of the University of West Terrier want to hear from you! Which Animal would you choose to deliver the 2016 commencement address?

Make your choice from among the ten candidates listed in the poll below or feel free to write in your own suggestion beside the “Other” box.

Please note: The poll closes May 21, 2016. Vote now!

Filed Under: Breaking News, Education, Park Life Tagged With: commencement address, University of West Terrier

Stand-alone education advocates use buttons to kick off new campaign

May 13, 2016 By Nienke Varken, TMD Education Reporter

STUPIDITY ButtonMr. Justice Augustus Dindon usually keeps to himself, but this weekend we’ll be seeing his image everywhere, if a new pro-education group has its way.

The group, which calls itself “Park Citizens for Stand-Alone Education,” has used the judge’s image and his most recent ruling that all Animals have the right to remain stupid, to kick off their campaign in favour of building stand-alone educational institutions for The Park’s young.

In a statement released this morning, the group says that it’s high time the Archons faced the truth about education in The Park.

“We’ve been talking around this issue for some time and nothing has been done to improve the quality of education here [in The Park]. We are taking the issue to Park citizens, to the Archons and to the budget committee and Park Finance Officer Abeja. We need to provide quality education for our young in a separate environment from their home and we need to see to it immediately,” says the statement, which was written by Domoina Fossa, the group’s head.

Fossa has some experience in this area. As a professor at the F. Varrah Flanagan School of Education at the University of West Terrier and the head researcher of a study commissioned by the 2011 Archons, she concluded that the majority of Park Animals were home-schooled and that “this type of system does not work in a modern Park, with so many species trying to live together harmoniously.”

Fossa says she still stands by that opinion.

“We believe the interspecial strife that has escalated over the past few years could be mitigated by introducing Animals to other species at an early point in their lives. And in addition to that, we believe that using trained teachers is the best way to impart knowledge. Not all parents are capable of doing that,” she says.

The group will be out in full force over the weekend, handing out buttons and talking to citizens about education and the future of The Park.

“I can’t wait to get going on this campaign. The future is now,” says Fossa.

Filed Under: Breaking News, Economy and Business, Education, Park Life, Politics/Law/Crime Tagged With: education, ignorance, public schooling, stupidity

UWT research group pinpoints location of harrumphocytes in Mammals

March 28, 2016 By Keelin Gabhar, TMD Health and Science Reporter

UWT COATA group of researchers at the University of West Terrier has succeeded in pinpointing the location of harrumphocytes in Mammals, it was announced today.

“We are so excited about these results,” said Dr. Jagger Zebu, Professor of Mammalian Medicine at UWT’s School of Medicine, at a press briefing at the university this morning.

Dr. Zebu, who oversees the team of researchers, said the breakthrough will offer a much-improved life to Mammals everywhere.

“This new information will eventually enable us to turn harrumphocyte production on and off, thereby giving Mammals who suffer from a harrumphocyte imbalance more control over their lives,” he said.

He and his research team have spent the past ten years studying harrumphocytes, the cells that are believed to be responsible for producing feelings of primary apathy and secondary negativity in Mammals. For the last five years, they have been trying to locate the centre of harrumphocyte generation, which they now believe to be the plithern in Mammals.

“Harrumphocytes in Mammals are distinct from those in other classes of Animals,” Zebu says. “It’s been very difficult, given the wide range of species and variations in size, for researchers to accurately locate their centre of generation.”

The group’s findings will be published in the May issue of The Park’s prestigious scientific journal, Eureka.

Filed Under: Breaking News, Education, Health and Medicine, Park Life Tagged With: #medical research, apathy, balance, harrumphocyte, negativity

OTD in 2016—ASIS head to replace Mink at UWT event

January 21, 2016 By Nienke Varken, TMD Education Reporter

ASIS HeadC. Astrid H. Ant, Head of The Park’s Ant Security and Intelligence Service (ASIS), will replace Chief Archon Raymond H. Mink as speaker at the 2016 University of West Terrier Open House on January 29, it was announced today.

Mink bowed out of the speaking engagement on January 17, a day after he was sworn in as 2016 Chief Archon, explaining that he felt his focus should be on governing at this time.

In a brief statement that appeared on the university’s web site, the UWT President and Governors thanked Ant for accepting the invitation “on such short notice.”

The ASIS head, who is perhaps best known for her leadership of the brilliant team that prevented the destruction of an entire Ant colony, will be speaking about the rôle that higher education plays in investigative police work and in the maintenance of interspecial harmony in general.

The university’s full announcement about the Open House appears on its web site.

Filed Under: Breaking News, Education, Park Life Tagged With: higher education, interspecial harmony, Park #police, Park politics, University of West Terrier

Raymond H. Mink bows out of UWT gig

January 19, 2016 By TMD Reporters

UWT COAT

The University of West Terrier is scrambling to find a replacement for Raymond H. Mink, who was scheduled to speak at the UWT Annual Open House on January 29.

Mink had planned to deliver a short address on the subject of the rôle that higher education plays in the maintenance of peace, order, and interspecial harmony on January 29, according to an announcement posted on the university’s web site.

The Mammalian Daily learned this morning that Mink, who has been The Park’s Chief Officer of Peace for over five years, bowed out of the speaking engagement on January 17, a day after he was selected as The Park’s 2016 Chief Archon.

In a short communiqué sent to the university, Balthasar Alouatta, spokesAnimal for the Archons, said that Mink felt it inappropriate “at this time” to appear at the event.

“While he acknowledges the great importance of education and of inspiring The Park’s young, His Honour believes that his focus at this time should be on governing. He would be grateful to the University of West Terrier for granting him this time and he would be more than happy to appear at a future event,” the communiqué said.

For their part, the UWT President and Governors issued a statement saying that though they were disappointed in Mink’s decision, they understood that this was primarily an issue of timing.

“We understand the newly-assumed burdens of the Chief Archon and we are happy to arrange for him to speak at the university at a later time. We wish him every success in his new position,” the statement said.

The next time the Chief Archon will be heard from will be on Groundhog Day, when he reads the all-important Archons’ Address.

Filed Under: Breaking News, Education Tagged With: Chief Archon Raymond H. Mink. education, Park politics, UWT

Faramund Stinktier signs two-book deal with Prionailurus Press

December 19, 2015 By TMD Books Reporter

Faramund Stinktier

Stinktier memoir, “The Skunk Who Would Be A Zebra” to be published next year.

Faramund Stinktier has signed a lucrative two-book deal with Prionailurus Press.

The Reekabilly star, composer, and the most famous half of the SCENTient Beings duo announced yesterday that he has come to a “very favourable arrangement” with the esteemed Park publisher.

In a separate press release, Momoko Yamaneko, Editor-in-Chief of Prionailurus Press, confirmed the deal.

“Prionailurus Press is pleased to announce that, in keeping with our most recent mandate, we have welcomed Faramund Stinktier to our stable of writers. We look forward to working with him on two books, the first of which will be published in the coming year,” the press release said.

The name of that book, according to the press release, is “The Skunk Who Would Be A Zebra,” and as its title suggests, it is Stinktier’s memoir.

The singer shocked Park residents when he announced in September that he believed he was always meant to be a Zebra. He made the announcement while a guest on the Yannis Tavros radio show. In the few months that have followed, he says, he has experienced “great joy” but also “enormous sorrow” due to his shunning by members of his own and other species.

The publisher’s press release contains no information on the second book, but it is believed to be a book about music.

Prionailurus Press announced last April that it intended to promote the work of The Park’s striped and spotted community and in a brief telephone interview, Yamaneko confirmed that this is the mandate to which she referred in her company’s communiqué.

SCENTient Beings will perform at the Celebration of the Winter Solstice on December 21.

Filed Under: Breaking News, Economy and Business, Education, Park Life, The Arts, Entertainment, and Culture Tagged With: change of species, Faramund Stinktier, music, SCENTient Beings

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