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MR. IRVING GOES TO SCHOOL?
BY XX
UNIVERSITIES THESE DAYS ARE SO CASH-
STRAPPED EVEN ADMINISTRATORS ARE EATING
MR. NOODLES, SO IT IS HARDLY SURPRISING
THAT THE VALLEY’S FINEST BAPTIST
LEARNATORIUM WANTS TO STRENGTHEN ITS TIES
THE GROVES
OF ACADEME
WITH THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR IRVING EM-
PIRE.
I’m hearing Acadia U. is trying to convince
third-generation biz mogul Jim Irving to don
his uncle Arthur Irving’s used Chancellor
robes. (Shurely, Ray Ivany must have dropped
them off at the cleaners by now! — ed.)
After 14 years, the uni’s longest-serving chancellor,
octogenarian oil man Arthur — whose
own academic pursuits at Acadia included hanging
a skinned deer carcass from the ceiling as a
prank on their matron — resigned in June.
Who better to replace an Irving than another
Irving? After all, you can’t start swilling Golden
Glow after a bottle of Napolean brandy, can
you? No, you’ve got to stick with the good stuff.
The eldest son of Arthur’s elder brother J.K.,
Jim oversees the family’s vast forestry and shipbuilding
interests, and to many observers comes
the closest to resembling his grandfather K.C.,
the legendary workaholic.
With the sudden resignation and disappearance
of rising star and oil magnate Kenneth
Irving, Jim is now the undisputed alpha male of
the Irving empire (Frank 593).
A few years back Jim made a $1 million
donation to U. of New Brunswick in Saint
John, on behalf of foresters J.D. Irving Ltd.
If you ask me, Jim is just the kind of man Acadia
is looking for.
Jim Irving
UNIVERSITY
MOMENTS
BY ANNE IMALHOUSE
THE THREE ST. MARY’S HUSKIES FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO WERE
FORCED TO SIT OUT A GAME BECAUSE OF “CONDUCT UNBECOMING”
WERE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY POLICE FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT
OF A FEMALE SMU STUDENT, SOURCES SAY.
The players — star receiver Jahmeek Taylor (third year arts,
Mississauga), linebacker Eboniel Stone (first year arts,
Brampton), and defensive back Raymond “R.J.” Cornish (first
year arts, Winnipeg) — were all reinstated following the end of the
police inquiry, which did not result in charges.
The incident was alleged to have occurred on Saturday, November
6 during a house party at 5718 Inglis St., a $654,300-assessed
heritage home registered to a company owned by beancounter Ian
MacNeil and his wife, Centennial Hotels HR director Miriam Regan-
MacNeil. The abode is used for student housing, and is a notorious
party house among SMU students, with two Facebook groups dedicated
to its storied history. SMU president Colin Dodds’s $1 millionassessed
Young Avenue pile is a block away.
Halifax Regional Police spokesthingy Brian Palmeter confirms
that police received a complaint regarding a sexual assault later on the
same day of the alleged incident. Brian says the investigation lasted
about a week, with “all of the parties involved” being interviewed.
“There was no assault,” Brian tells me.
Sez a source: “I think it was one of those things where someone
does something that they regret the next morning, and then they feel
they have to make up an excuse.”
At press time, the Huskies were preparing to do battle against the
heavily-favoured Calgary Dinos in the Mitchell Bowl on November
20.
Does Frank Know?
atlanticfrank@eastlink.ca
12 ATLANTIC CANADA FRANK DECEMBER 7, 2010
5718 Inglis St.