Progression

Sunrise and sunset have lost their meaning.

There is no metaphysical, quasi-poetic, deep explanation.

The sun rising or setting no longer dictates when I sleep or rise,

when I begin my day or end it,

or anything else of significance for me.

I have become unbound,

and there’s no reason for it.

Surely, it has just happened,

as a blocked sink overflows,

a burning log smolders,

as an old man dies,

a baby is born;

progression.

Rising sun batters through St. John’s fog,

and dense cloud cover,

as seagulls hover,

unconcerned.

A harbour city rocks awake,

machinery bangs and clunks,

predestined purpose drives,

the ideas became discussion became policy,

and a once-broken city for poor labourers,

is suddenly erecting condos from hillsides.

Progression.

#nash74 sick numbers

Update: 156 sick from 54 papers+ CUP. Just waiting on NAIT Nugget. (1:12am NST).

Update: 153 sick from 53 papers and CUP. Waiting on NAIT Nugget and The Other Press (12:01pm NST).

Update: 152 sick from 52 papers and CUP, waiting on stats from The Campus, NAIT Nugget and The Other Press. (5:51pm NST)

Update: 151 sick from 51 papers + CUP. Still waiting on four different papers’ sick numbers (NAIT Nugget, Argosy, The Campus, The Other Press). (3:56pm NST)

Update: 150 sick from 50 papers + CUP. Only five more papers to account for. (1:48pm NST)

Update: 147 sick from 46 papers + CUP. (4:00pm NST)

Update: 140 sick from 46 papers + CUP. Just waiting on a few papers still… (1:24pm NST)

Update: 139 sick from 46 papers + CUP staff. Waiting on eight papers only! (4:18am NST)

Update: 138 sick from 43 papers, plus CUP staff. Number is getting massive, and still waiting on eleven papers for numbers. (10:05pm NST)

Update: 114 sick from 38 papers. (1:23pm NST)

Update: 109 sick from 36 papers and CUP staff. I have now contacted every paper and am awaiting responses, the papers that don’t respond in a few days I will call again. If any of you know the papers mentioned, please contact them also and get them to contact me please. Thanks everyone for the help! (8:08am NST)

Update: 101 sick, from 35 papers, including the CUP staff. Still waiting on many papers, the ones with “…” are still not accounted for, and the “x” beside it means i’ve contacted them and am waiting. The rest I am contacting this morning still. Cheers for all the support and patience. Keep it going! (4:47 am NST)

Update: I got rid of some duplicates in my numbers, and have now added every paper that attended the conference, thanks to @godmere (Emma Godmere) for the official paper list. The papers followed by “….” are the ones I don’t yet have any stats for. (2:54 am NST) 84 sick, 33 papers

Here are my current numbers, I will provide updates as consistenly as I can. I’m still trying to track down about 20 papers. That being said, the original estimate I had of 100 students, which seemed incredible at the time, seems like it was underestimated! Stay tuned.
aquinian 7 sick 3 healthy
argosy 1 sick 2 healthy
argus 1 sick 2 health
athenaeum 1 healthy
baron 1 sick
BCIT Link 1 sick
brock press 1 sick 1 healthy
brunswickian 1 sick, 8 healthy
campus 1 sick, 2 healthy
caper times 1 sick, 1 healthy
capilano courier 9 sick, 6 healthy
Carillon 2 sick, 5 healthy
cascade 3 sick 12 healthy
concordian all healthy
cord 13 sick, 10 healthy
crown 1 sick
excalibur 1 sick
eye opener 1 sick
fulcrum 12 sick, 12 healthy
gateway 4 sick, 10 healthy
gauntlet 5 sick, others healthy
gradzette 1 healthy
griff 4 healthy
imprint 3 sick, 7 healthy
interrobang 2 sick 0 healthy
lambda 2 healthy
lance 2 sick 1 healthy
le collectif 4 sick, 1 healthy
le delit 2 sick
link 4 sick, 4 healthy
macmedia 1 sick
manitoban 2 sick, 5 healthy
martlet 6 sick
mcgill daily 2 sick, 2 healthy
meliorist 6 healthy
mike 1 sick
muse 5 sick, 1 healthy
nait nugget ….. x
navigator 2 sick, 1 healthy
nexus 2 sick, 6 healthy
omega 2 sick, 6 healthy
other press 3 sick
overtheedge 2 sick 3 healthy
peak 6 sick, 10 healthy
phoenix news 4 sick, 6 healthy
quill 1 healthy
runner 7 sick 2 healthy
ryerson free press 1 sick 1 healthy
sheaf 7 sick, 5 healthy
silhouette 4 sick 3 healthy
sputnik 1 sick 1 healthy
strand 2 sick 1 healthy
ubyssey 7 sick
weal one sick
xaverian 2 healthy

54 papers accounted for 149 sick
cup 7 sick out of 14