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In past doing the same for the complement in each of the three conciliation last Wednesday, professors were locked out, all strikes, Lewis said, the libraries administration's point of view. years of the contract. They also Dalhousie Faculty Association classes would be cancelled, while stayed open but services were In an email to students, insisted on right to revise those president Andy Wainwright say during a strike each professor reduced, while the residences and DSU president Shawn Tracey said numbers during the contract. professor won't strike before would decide whether to hold meal halls operated at full levels students should be careful not to "As an employer," Lewis Feb. 26. cia s. of service. treat a strike or a lockout as an said, "the university maintains the "At this time the DFA does Sources say that a lockout "There is a working excuse to party. right to determine the number of not intend to call for strike action could begin during reading week. contingency plan in place," "In the event of a strike [or] staff it employs." before or during study break," This would give the university the she said, adding that students lockout, the smartest thing to do is "The university is fully a visibly tried Wainwright said. upper hand in any labour dispute wouldn't be allowed to see it. to continue [to study]", he wrote. prepared to continue the "Given my saying that, the earliest by keeping professors out of their The university is also "After a strike or lockout, the conciliation process," she added. possible date for strike action is offices before they have a chance finalizing its plan to keep curriculum becomes accelerated But Wainwright said hopes Feb. 26, 2002." to prepare for a strike. students informed of the situation. and more dense to make up for for a deal arc faint. He added that he stands Lewis said any suggestion Lewis said students should be lost time. The students who find "The conciliator has said by hts promise, made last term, of a lockout during reading week checking their is2 email accounts it the most difficult are those who there is a possibility he will call that full-time professors "will is "absolutely not true." regularly. treat a strike or lockout as an the two teams together after he not allow ourselves to come up Under the law, earliest the Wainwright said the DFA extended break." has filed his report," Wainwright against the end of the year before professors could strike or the is also doing its best to keep He added that any new said. "The DFA is not optimistic considering" a strike. university lock them out is 14 students up to date. Incoming information will be posted about this, given the fact that Meanwhile, Dalhousie days after the conciliator files DFA president Colin Stuttard has on the DSU's website, at the[universtty administration] public relations director Stacey his report with the provincial been meeting with the Dalhousie www.thedsu.com. placed its "lov. 23 offer back on Lewis refused to rule out a Minister of Labour. Currently, Students Union to keep them Conciliation broke down the table." on Jan. 23 over a dispute about Both stdes said they regret how many full-time professors that a strike or a lockout may Dalhousie has - an tssue known tnconveniencc students. 14 percent tuition hike? as complement. But. Wainwright added that "It's a quality or education students should take a long, hard issue." Wainwright said. '"Since look at why the DFA and the by christopher harbord emphasizes that the university education system," but cannot 1990, complement numbers have university administration can ' t the gazette has not yet approved any tuition confirm any numbers until the declined by 10 percent while come to an agreement despite increase, but will be considering budget is tabled in the spring. enrollment has increased by 53 meeting 37 times since the last Tuition at Dalhousie could its options. Education Minister Jane percent." contract expired in June of 200 I. rise as much as 14 percent next year, "We're doing everything we Perves, although acknowledging When the Dalhousie "I think it's about time according to the Council of Nova can to keep tuition at a reasonable budgetary pressures, says that administration refused to move members of this campus begin Scotia University Presidents. level," she says. "But we need to universities "do have other ways from its last offer, which it mailed to ask why the [university In an announcement last grow funding support to be able to make money." to all 772 members of the DFA's administration] always seems to week, the council projected a to do this." Shawn Tracey, president of collective bargaining unit on Nov. force a lockout or strike situation $21 million shortfall in funding. Lewis admits, though, that the DSU, says that a tuition 23, the DFA left the table. on the road to the settlement of According to the council, the deficit a tuition increase will occur "if increase would be unacceptable "This was an offer rejected an issue. is due, in part, to rising energy things stay the same." to students. "I think the university by 71 percent of the bargaining "If there is a strike at Dal costs and salary budgets. The provincial government, realizes that a 14 percent increase unit membership in the strike it will be Lhe first university to The council says that without despite increasing calls for more would be absolutely crippling," he vote Nov. 28 to 30," Wainwright have strikes in two consecutive immediate additional government funding, has announced that the says. "14 percent is just wiping said. bargaining rounds. funding students should expect upcoming budget could call for you right off the map." However, Lewis said "In the opinion of the DFA that "tuition fees, inevitably, will more cuts. Dalhousie says it will make a conciliation didn't go on long that says something about the way skyrocket." A 14 percent tuition Adele Poirier, the final decision on tuition increases enough to allow Dalhousie's this univer ity is run." tncrease would cover the $21 communications director to the only after a settlement is reached million shortage. Minister of Education said, "The in the current dispute with faculty Stacy Lewis. Dalhousie's minister is in favor of getting as and next year's enrollment is public relation director much money as possible for the determined. Wex+ Su~~er, Visit Dal•s web site now '·· DSU .. nominations open -':~ive a (itt(e, to learn about hundreds valid student number. They need results will be announced on the of courses. You can by tyler kustra to collect 25 student signatures, evening of March 6. the gazette along with student numbers, on Adekayode cautions, (earn a (ot. register as early as their nominating papers. They however, that all dates are February 25th. A great The first step in the DSU also must have a campaign tentative. way to get ahead. elections ts scheduled to begtn manager and scrutineers. If professors were to go on . on Jan. 31. A presidential candidate strike, or the university locks them ' It is the tentative date for requires a vice-presidential out, the elections would have to the nomination process to begin, running mate. be rescheduled. she said. DSU chief returning officer Anika Nominations are scheduled DSU president Shawn Adekayode said. to close on Feb. 13. Campaigning Tracey said he's pleased because Nomination forms may be will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Feb. he thinks that every position will picked up at the information desk 25 and end at 8 p.m. on March I. be contested this year. at the Student Union Building. Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to Tracey, who was elected To run, a candidate must 9 p.m. March 4 and 5, and from last year, is not seeking a second be a Dalhousie student with a 9a.m. to 5 p.m. March 6. The term. 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On Feb. 6 students from I 0 remission program, Tracey said, has of the provmce's II post-secondary just increased the financial stress institutions will walkout of class on students. to protest high tuition, high Because of that NSSAC has debt loads, and government's been working to get it replaced under-funding of post-secondary since it was scrapped three years education, organtzers say. ago. "We've done our letter writing, But Adele Poirier, the Eouc we've done our policy making, education minister's and we've done our meetings. But communications advtsor, satd that's we fell our only other [course of unlikely "given our limited financial action ] is to take to the streets," resources." A final decision won't Shawn Tracey, president of the be made until the provincial budget Dalhousie Student Union, aid. comes down. The march to Province House She added that the Minister will bring together student unions of Education, Jane Purves, won't from across the province, despite be coming out to the rally. the fact that they're represented Despite that the government by different student organization . "encourages any stakeholder or Schools that are part of the partner in the education system to Canadian Federation of Students make their voice heard." will be protesting for a tuition Kevin Deveaux, the education freeze. Those that are part of the critic for the NDP, said Poirier's province-wide lobby group, the view is condescending. Nova Scotia Student Advocacy "That's the most patronizing Collation(NSSAC),Iike Dal, will be comment I've ever heard," the MLA protesting for the reinstatement of for Cole Habour-Eastern Passage a student-loan remission program. said. But, all the student unions agree "There are always choices as universities in Nova Scotia need to how we spend out money. The more money. Tories are talking about a I 0 percent Over the past I 0 years, tax cut next year. Why don't we Tracey said, the government has reinvest [that] $130 million dollars Leaflet power: CFS organizers recruit demonstrators in the SUB. slashed Dalhousie's funding by $20 in post-secondary education and million, including adjustments for health care." inflation. He said he, along with other But Dalhousie public relations Dal Senate shows "To put it in per pective, the members of the caucus, would be director Stacey I,.ewis said Tom tuition portion of the operating at the rally. Traves won't be going to the rally support for Day of Action budget is $55 million," he added. The Dalhousie admini tration because he's too busy. With the university getting said they couldn't agree more with Meanwhile Dalhousie Faculty by jonathan dielj colburn government for its funding of so much less money from the increased funding for universities. Association president Andy the gazette Dal was in vogue at the meeting. Wainwright said he'd be sure to DSU reps, president Traves attend and show his support for The Dal senate met on and Joan Conrod, chair of the students. He added that the DFA Monday and voted to show budget committee, said that supports more money for post support for students who will higher education grants from the Ottawa- Canada's I n·lvers.lty Nattonal Capttal secondary education. marching on Province House on province would help solve a lot C Feb. 6. During the emergency of problems. meeting, the senate passed a Tom Traves pointed out that motion that asks professors to let Nova Scotia now contributes about students march without academic $1.35, the nation's lowest, for penalty for missing classes. every dollar that students pay in The Dalhousie Student their tuition fees. That contrasts Union website put it more with Ontario, which hells out specifically, saying that students around $1.:,2. have officially been granted "If we had that kind of amnesty, meaning professors funding," said Traves, "Dalhousie cannot penalite students for would be in a position to deal with missing classes. a host of issues confronting the Blasting the provinc1al senate and the university."
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Anderson says an accomplished student in the eligible for "independent student" likely continue to rise. Since the is working a dead-end job hauling the invoice covers what the Foundation Year Programme at the status. "I'm at a point where I'm early 1990s, tuition fees have laundry at the Halifax Infirmary. government owes students in University of King's College. He trying to pay for university on my doubled in Nova Scotia. Despite developing a self unpaid loan remission. achieved high academic marks, own but I can't get any help from On Feb. 6, students will be taught proficiency in computer The government hurriedly and looked forward to completing the government," Rowe says. rallying at the provincial legislature programming, McKenna could not issued a press release promising to his arts degree at King's and Rowe's situation is not to protest high tuition fees. Shawn find a job in his field. look into the issue. Dalhousie. unique. According to a Statistics Tracey, the president of the DSU, "It really isn't feasible for Anderson believes that public Now, Rowe has left school Canada study, students from low will be speaking at the rally and someone not to get a degree in awareness and media attention and is working a minimum wage socio-economic backgrounds are believes that high tuition fees my field and sti II be able to get will prove to be key factors in the job at a cafe. After one year now much less likely to attend have already been taking a toll at a job." campaign for more government of tudies he is $5000 in debt, university, compared to during the Dalhousie. McKenna is planning to funding for education. and cannot afford to return to 1980s. "It's inaccessible, it's too return to university, but anticipates "Students in Nova Scotia are university. "This ever-widening gap has expensive," he says. "I'm sure a large debt-load by the time he the worst off public students "I can save very little," he been evident since 1989, the same there are a lot of students at Dal completes his degree. in North America," Anderson says. "Enough to pay my bills, to period of time when rapid tuition who can afford this tuition, but it's "At the end of it I'll probably says. "The price for students to get groceries. I really can't save increases occurred," the tudy not them we should be worrying have $30,000 or more in student access education is taking off anything." about. We should make sure a loan fees to pay back," he says. recklessly." university education is available "But I prefer not to think that far Anderson is encouraged by DAY OF ACTION: WHO, WHAT, WHERE for anybody." ahead." this year's campaign momentum. The DSU has joined with Alex Anderson is the external "The students are getting its counterparts at the other post vice-president of the University of extremely militant," Anderson Universities Participating: secondary schools in Halifax to King's College Students' Union, says. "[Feb. 6] is going to be bigger Acadia promote the Feb. 6 march and they and one of the main organizers than anything that has happened are expecting a large turnout. of the Feb. 6 protest. Last week before. We'll be sending a strong Dalhousie University Mark McKenna is another Anderson staged an audacious political message to government Mount St. Vincent University casualty of high tuition fees. At media stunt by confronting on that day." Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Saint Mary's University St. Frances Xavier University College of Cape Breton University of King's College Universite St. Anne Nova Scotia Agricultural College 00 Number of students estimated to show up: s,ooo f Available actions: • Schedule: 1 p.m. Rally outside the Dalhousie Student Union Building 2:15 p.m. Meet with marches from SMU and NSCAD at Victoria Park {corner February 1-10, 2002 of Spring Garden Road and South Park Street) Dalhousie University Libraries* 3 p.m. Rally at Province House
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I'm not interested." punishment of this impoverished nation would be avoided So now Somalia is once again on the radar screen of at all cost, but the indiscriminate and superstitious way in US policy makers and an emboldened military leadership which groups have been added to Bush's list of "terrorist Devastating that, according to one official, is eager to "exorcise that organizations" has already caused further damage. One of ghost". US commandos and CIA operatives have been the country's main financial organizations, AI Barakaat, was spotted in Somalia in recent weeks, and Pentagon sources closed down last month. It is responsible for transferring an claim that surveillance aircrafts have flown waves of estimated $200 to $500 million each year to Somalia, and the already missions to map two al-Qaeda camps near the Kenyan according to the UN, the majority of Somalis are dependent border with a view to launching air strikes. Relief workers on receiving income from relatives abroad. in Somalia are reported by the State Department to be If Somalia does become the next American target, bracing for action, and the Kenyan government has said it direct military action will likely be limited (remember there fears a flood of refugees. are no real credible targets for bombing). The Pentagon will devastated As is the case with most African issues, the situation most likely involve itself in the dirty business of arming the in Somalia has been trivialized and distanced by subtly latest version of "freedom fighters", but drawing the line Taking the War for Civilization racist western media coverage that depicts a condition of between good and evil is not that easy in Somalia. ongoing "tribal warfare". Although its roots often lie in There is no moral equivalent to the founding fathers to the horn of Africa colonial legacy, external meddling with corrupt leadership, and copious amounts of unwisely distributed foreign aid, the conflict is portrayed as a primordial, unavoidable reality. by kristin nelson So why would the US even the gazette Rather than diminish the situation to tribalism the complex circumstances facing Somalia must be explored. consider wading into this apparent On Dick Cheney's list of "40 to 50" possible targets In the aftermath of the US intervention and the quagmire? Because the world's in a war "that may not end in our lifetimes" Somalia is power vacuum left by the demise of Barre, Somalia underwent a period of what Davidson College professor biggest war profiteers are pulling precariously close to the top. Possibly the only nation the strings and making the policy. in the world more impoverished and war ravaged than Ken Menkhaus calls "radical localization of politics". Afghanistan, it is an alleged "haven" for Al-Qaeda and Several characteristics of localization are problematic, Osama bin Ladenites. Extending America's New War into most notably the militia leaders or "warlords" that we other countries like the Philippines has elicited minimal hear so much about. However, in the last decade or so, to be found here, and getting into the game of playing one comment from an obedient press that limits the terms encouraging signs of legitimate political decentralization group off against another (while making a killing, selling of discourse to the trivial and mundane, yet it demands have also taken place. It is important not to glorify them, weapons to both sides) will only add misery to innocent further inquiry. but some meaningful local organizations and networks civilians. Several bystanders are killed each week in the Like the rest of the "Third World" during the Cold do exist, and they were largely responsible for dealing crossfire between militia leaders, which has been heating War, Somalia (a geopolitical gem of strategic importance with the effects of state collapse in 1991. Because of their up in recent months. Inflaming these tensions will worsen within the Gulf-oil region) became a pawn in the broader existence the worst part of the crisis had passed by the the situation here as much as launching another ''surgical" international struggle for power. Under its policy of time the Americans entered the region in 1993, but the bombing campaign - so "successful" in Afghanistan that communist containment, the US was the main supporter majority of Somalis and their local institutions have been only 3,000-4,000 civilians were killed. of President Siyad Barre, a ruthless dictator responsible overwhelmingly ignored. In addition to the growth of civil Ambitious warlords have seized on the U.S. anti-terror for devastating his country and slaughtering up to 50,000 society, other political processes have taken place. campaign as their own route to power, and diplomats have people, from 1978 through 1990. His atrocities were easily In the peripheries of the region, the northwestern warned that they hope accusing the transitional government glossed over due to the warm hospitality he bestowed of supporting terrorists will convince Washington to upon the US oil industry, which secured billion-dollar intervene and destroy their enemy on their be hal r. One concessions to explore and drill large portions of the Inflaming these tensions will powerful warlord, Abdullahi Nur Gabyow, was quoted "I Somali countryside during his reign. When he was worsen the situation here as much myself can mobilize up to 50,000 of my militia and fight overthrown in 1991, Somalia spiraled into civil war, as launching another "surgical" alongside any international force which would come to instability, and famine, much to the chagrin of the oil Somalia to help eradicate the terrori~.t group destroying our billionaires in Texas. bombing campaign- so "successful" country." The Ethiopian government also stands to gain By 1993, the worst part of the crisis had passed, but in Afghanistan that only 3,000-4,000 from the war against terrorism, and it has already moved the emerging leadership structure was less than palatable civilians were killed. troops across Somali borders under the false claim that to US foreign policy makers. Enter the CIA. Contrary al-Itihaad has taken over a part of the country. to the Hollywood version of the ill-fated US mission, So why would the US even consider wading into Somalis were not a major concern of the operation. Mark this apparent quagmire? Because the world's biggest war Bowden, who wrote the book that the movie "Blackhawk "Somali land Republic", the Somali Democratic Movement profiteers are pulling the strings and making the policy. Down" is based on, maintains that the "US Rangers were of the inter-river area, and the autonomous Majertayn clans Congress recently approved a $30 billion increase to not in Mogadishu to feed the hungry," rather they were of the northeast have all made progress toward the creation an already absurd defense budget of over $300 billion - attempting to install a pro-Western leadership and to wipe of viable and sustainable political institutions. Although the Pentagon hasn't been this giddy since the Cold War. out any opposition that lied in the way. far from being perfect, these local political structures Lockheed Martin, the maker of the ubiquitous F-16 fighter The rubric of humanitarianism was a weak cover for are often viewed as legitimate authorities performing plane, the Hellfire missile, "bunker buster" munitions the targeted military operation that ensued, which was to essential government functions. Localization reflects a and the massive C-130 transport plane, has seen its stock be labeled a "great public relations job for the military" social adaptation to the collapse of the Somali state, whose prices rise almost $10, from $39.39 on Sept. I 0 to a high by Colin Powell. Its disastrous ending reflects the poor arbitrary borders, centralized institutions and questionable of $48.1 I on Nov. 12. With the stock market boom ina like understanding of the situation by the military leadership, 0 leadership were flawed from the outset, maintaining this, don't expect to see an end anytime soon to the "War who made virtually no interaction with people on the legitimacy "primarily from the barrel of a gun". Menkhaus on Terror" by the people who facilitate and profit from ground prior to the mission's implementation. Rather argues that it is important for both the international aid the business of terrorizing. Nor should we be surprised by than paying their dues to the UN, the US chose to embark community and foreign governments to get past the notion the talk of expanding the war to include the Philippines, on a grand unilateral, self-congratulatory "humanitarian of nation-state when dealing with Somalia, to recognize Indonesia, Yemen, Iraq ... intervention" that conveniently stimulated the slowly and work with local structures. Canadians should be extremely concerned about the recovering national economy: a clandestine method during Somalia's current centralized leadership consists of situation in Somalia right now so that we can prevent a period of burgeoning neoliberal consensus. a fresh and extremely tenuous power sharing Transitional suffering from being inflicted in our name. Let's not wait National Government (TNG), established by a convention to be outraged until the horror stories trickle back; by now of clan elders in Kenya last year, which has been attempting we should know what to expect. It shouldn't take damning Extending America's New War to unite the fractious country and to gain the cooperation of photographs of our blue-bereted troops, roasting a Somali into other countries like the local warlords. The TNG maintains effective authority over teenager over their campfire, to surface before Canadians Philippines has elicited minimal only small parts of the country mostly around Mogadishu, demand explanations. If those pictures reflect a UN and Washington does not recognize this transitional peacekeeping mis ion, I shudder to think of the atrocities comment from an obedient press that administration. The very idea of "engaging" this fragile and that will be carried out by our troops in their subservient limits the terms of discourse to the complicated nation of precarious survival seems criminal, role to the lawless US military. trivial and mundane, especially when the motives for the US to reenter are so incredibly vague. Charges of terrorist activity are largely unsubstantiated. Transitional government leaders have ardently denied the It made for a good photo op while subsidizing the presence of terrorist networks within the country, and have largest weapons manufacturers in the world. But it wasn't informed the US that they are on side in the war against so great for the Somalis, upon whom US forces perpetrated terrorism. The Washington Post has reported that intense extensive crimes of war, including firing on crowds of aerial reconnaissance has failed to produce hard physical Janitor and E+C: Kip "raffy steel" Keen, Copy :ditor: Rochelle "mellow" targets such as terrorist training camps, and according to unarmed civilians and a direct military attack on a hospital. Duma;,. Arts Ed~~or: Caitlin Kealey, Also Arts Editor: Jeff Wright, Sports Editor: The motives and methodology of a "humanitarian" a regional security expert Somalia's al-Itihaad Islamic Gerry do me a Faber, Omans: Jon Elmer, News Editor: Tyler "flash" Kustra, intervention that end in utter chaos with the supposed group, named by the US on its list of targeted terrorist AssoCiate News: Cmtlm Kealey, Photo Manager: Pot Blockie, Associate Photo: benefactors swarming through the streets, seeking "to organizations, is "not very visible at all". Matt Greer, Streeter Individual: Tonie McMahon punish the invaders." are definitely suspect. Despite this lack of evidence, the threat of intervention In hindsight, the tragic deaths of 18 US soldiers is is very real. As one unnamed American general put it: unquestionably overshadowed by the hundreds of Somali "We'll go wherever we need to go in Somalia, it's not like Contributing Writers/Photographers : Christopher Harbord, Tyler Kustra, civilians who lost their lives, but whom are blithely we'll be asking permission." Somalia is viewed as more Jerry Faber, Jeff Wrl(!ht, John Haverstock, Erin Goodman,Coiftyn Kealey, forgotten in most accounts. During the summer of 1993, politically suitable than confronting Iraq, which would put Jan1ce Macauley, Knstm Nelson, Jonathan Dieli Colburn, Joe Leblanc, Tonie official reports have estimated 6,000-10,000 Somalis, Arab leadership in an increasingly tenuous position and McMahon, Tem Feoner, The Dr. Ron, Nick Pearce. two-thirds of whom were women and children, perished. possibly alienate European leadership (although surely not American firepower alone was responsible for I ,000 America's obedient "brother" Canada). The Dalhousie Gazette, 312-6136 University Ave., Halifax, NS, B3H4J2. Somali deaths, but this was inconsequential to the US There are, according to the Bush administration, Ph 494·2507, fox 494·8890, email [email protected] operation commander, Marine Lt. Gen. Anthony Zinni, three fronts of this hazy and elusive new war - military, Contents c~pynght 2001_ The Dalhousie Gazette, contents may not be who informed the press: "I'm not counting bodies ... diplomatic and monetary. One would imagine that monetary many form Without specific, prior permission of this newspaper authors. ISSN 0011-5819 0 inions If tuition were a vegetable, I like them frozen uMost human being are speciesist. Ordinary human beings- not a f~w .exceptional or heartless humans, but the overwhelming Nova Scotta is number one. That's right, in a Federal funding is going to their home province. majonty ~f humans -take an active part in, acquiesce in, and sea of statistics and tables we have come out on While I agree that these moves by the Feds allow their taxes to pay for practices that require the sacrifice top in at least one category: we have the highest have helped contribute to the dire state of post of the most important interests of other species in order to average tuition fees in the country. Through hard secondary education in Nova Scotia, John Hamm promote the most trivial interests of our own species."' work and determination. the government has caused and his government are betng far too modest for -Peter Singer, Animal Liberation, 1975 the average tuition fees for an undergraduate arts not taking credit for the accomplishments that have program in Nova Scotia to skyrocket from $2,201 already been listed. The Hamm Government not only in 1991, to $4,732 in 2001. That's an increase of has eliminated all non-repayable student financial ulf we take for granted and accept unrefiectively that I I 5 percent. Better yet, average student debt in assistance, but also took the funding provided through community consists of an aggregate of unrelated, monadic, Canada has more than tripled in the same decade the Millennium Scholarship Fund and re-directed self-enclosed, and highly privatized egos; that the telephone, from $8,000 to an amazing $25,000. a portion of it into general government revenues, radio, television-set, and night letter constitute our principle The government of Nova Scotia realized that ensuring that Nova Scoti:a will remain a leader in windows to the world; that the shopping mall and it's having the highest tuition fees in the country was student debt. parking lots are our normal terrain for public intercourse; a monumental achievement, but there were other Fortunately, there are students in this province that processed and packaged foods, transported thousands areas in which they could also top the charts. The who do not agree with the goals of this Government. of miles from remote areas of the country, are our major government further 'xokc away from the pack when, There are students who believe that it is vital to our sources are nutriment; that utime is money"', fast-talking is a in the year 2000, th ;) ·ancelled the provincial Loan society that anyone, regardless of socio-economic Remission Program. This bold move made Nova paying skill, and speed-reading is a desideratum; that, above background, have access to post-secondary education. Scotia the only province without such a program; Students that believe education is the backbone of all, bureaucracy comprises the sinews of social life, gigantism when coupled with the absence of any form of a healthy, tolerant, and productive society. Students is the measure of success, and clientage to professionals and needs-based grants, this makes Nova Scotia the only that believe that families should not be put in the centralized authority is evidence of a public sphere- then we province without any form of debt relief. position of choosing which child (if any) will attend will be irretrievably lost as individuals, will-less as egos, and These initiatives have had an unanticipated side post-secondary education and which child will formless as personalities. effect, namely that students are seeking employment not. That students should not have to incur tens -Murray Bookchin, The Ecology of Freedom, 1982 during their course of study. On average students of thousands of dollars in debt to acquire a post taking a full course load are working 17 hours secondary education. These students are calling on ulet us not, however, fiatter ourselves overmuch on account of a week, compared to a lazy eight hours just ten the Government to legislate a tuition fee freeze our human victories over nature. For each such victory nature years ago. that is fully funded by the government. They are takes its revenge on us."' Now, our all too well meaning government, out calling on the Government to make post-secondary of its concern for the students of this province. has a priority and to increase funding to post-secondary -Frederick Engels, The Part Played by Labour been contemplating a redefinition of what it means to institutions. in the Transition from Ape to Man, 1884 be a full-time student. They are looking at changing To this end, students in Nova Scotia. along the definition from three credits per semester to four. with students across the country will be taking to Editorial This would mean that many of those students who the streets on Wednesday, Feb. 6 in order to tell are working during school would be ineligible to the government that education is a priority and NO HORSE SHIT receive student loans. This move would allow these that tuition fees are out of control. The University eager students to focus their entire attention on Presidents of Nova Scotia recently announced that if their employment and forget about post-secondary the Government did not commit to increased funding education altogether. then students could be faced with a I 4 percent tuition Now the John Hamm government, as a result of fee increase. For this reason alone I call on all their generous nature. would like to give credit to their students. as well as other Citizens. to join in the Day Federal colleagues for these stellar achievements. of Action on Feb. 6 and demand that the Government After all it was the Fcds that cut funding to the of this Province institute a fully funded tuition fee provinces in the form of CHST (Canadian Health freeze. to stand up and say "Enough is Enough"' and Social Transfer) payments to the province. They also point to the fact that the Federal Government david lwre will not adjust the transfer payments to reflect the number of post-secondary students in Nova Scotia. Feb. 6. Nation Wide Day ofAction to Freeze As tt stands. more students come to ova cotia to Tuition Fees. Starting at 1 p.m. out1·ide the Daf Sub. study then leave to study elsewhere. The discrepancy The /)a{ Senate lw.1· e. ranted academic wnnes(' jimn is 12.6 percent (the highest 1n the country). Thts 12 to 5, so talk to your ,.nofesson to secure make means that ova Scolla IS educating students whose ups j{1r e\'{lluation that day. Gazette Anthem: Roxanne The writing is on the wall for Feb 6 The Ga;:elte is m the lucky position that It IS free to say anythmg that It wants to. It is only accountable to itself. No Aspers own it. No available. But ask for a few hundred million for In the January 17 issue of the Gazette. " S corporations constra111 us. No government governs us. Our only other the priontics that Canadians again and again have carrying cost of come-from-aways" left the reader shareholders arc Dalhousie students. You guys pay a whole four dollars shown in polls - education and health care - and with several impressiOns that need debunking: each year tn the way of a levy to have us pnntcd. Your four dollars. not there's no water in the well. imilarly. the Nova First. the '\!ova Scotia government has cut the university's. not the DSU's. So I have lied. We arc accountable not Scotia government can always dig deep for its millions from post-secondary education in the. only to ourselves. but also to you. corporate buddies. hut can't spare a dime for better last twenty years. This has been continued under So if. and more accurately, when we say something stupid. it's not social programs. successive governments. Only sustained protests and because someone else has told us to sav It. • o. it was our own stuptd. Let's not Jet Dalhousie Untvcrstty itself. or the advocacy hy the Canadian Federation of Students Stuptd ownership ts fully the Ga;:erte ·s~ . \nd it means we can love the other 1 ova Scotia universities for that matter, ofT the in the streets and tn lobby :ess10ns resulted 111 the DSU or hate the DSU. and that we can report on the DSU. I can say that hook. Tom Traves makes $223.672 (He also gets a previous government under Russell MacLellan their comic book was tcrnhlc and that they aren't visionary. It means $17.000 car and travel allowance). Other Halifax area deciding to increase university funding- barely we can pick Dalhousie president Travcs· hrain. I can say he's stuck university administrators make $120.000-150.000 providing for an increase. by 200 I. to 1995 levels. in an ivory tower and docsn 't speak to students enough. and he can't as well. And, let's note. Tom Traves is not exactly Unfortunately, but perhaps not unexpectedly, the falling over backwards 10 make Dalhousie more stop me from saying it. John Hamm Tories have suspended the increases This is a newspaper, an amazing place, and it's more than what accessible. He seems more interested in turning and have begun rolling back. The first thing they did you see. You see our paper on the newstand, in a box, or acting as a Dalhousie into a big corporation. was to eliminate loan remission, a student-centred table prop. You pick it up, you flip the pages, you think boring, you It's only when the faculty are threatening to program that allowed for a certain portion of loan think interesting, you think funny, you think who is in the streeter and strike out of desperation that Dalhousie's board puts debt to be forgiven. Their only ju tification for on its pro-student face. If faculty wages go up, then why isn't there a crossword. this was the new federal program of Millennium But to the people we report on, to the names in the news stories. tuition fees will go up, we're told by a suddenly Scholarships- a program which, it should be pointed to the personalities in our features. to them, when they pick the Gazette concerned Board. In the black and white world of out, help Jess than eight percent of students. up, they flip to a story where they're quoted, and can only mutter, shit, the Dalhousie Board, those are the only two options. Second, the focus of Nova Scotia students' I did say that. And maybe they lost sleep over it. And hopefully they did How seriously can we take these claims to support concern should not be with the students of BC, it is lose sleep over it, because it means that they, whoever they arc, know that accessibility. when one of the Board members i a the Nova Scotia government and Federal government they can't stop us from saying anythmg. It means there arc no strings they director of Scotiabank. and therefore stands to profit who share the blame for the highest tuition fees in can pull that lead to the arms of the editors, or writers here. from higher tuition fees? If they care so much about Canada. The Federal government drastically reduced Don't you think that this is how any newspaper should be? our fees. why don't they reduce them? They could funding in and has continued to ignore the 1995, take the money from admmtstrator's salaries. Independent student newspapers are more free than any printed press needs of social programs. including post-secondary in the world, more than the Globe and Mail, definitely more than the Now, what can we do about this sorry state education, since. This is despite studies showing of affairs? Let's start hy getting out on Feb. 6 and National Post, or the Herald, or even the Coast. that students from low-income backgrounds are Unfortunately. not all of the student press is in the same situation demanding a provincial free1.e on tuition fee hikes. discouraged from cntenng college or university by as we arc. Some aren't autonomous. Some have to write budgets that get supported by a funding increase to the entire post high tuition fees. secondary system. If they can do it in Newfoundland approved by student governments. Can this be wtse? That the politicians Both levels of government are also to blame a paper reports on arc the ones the cutting checks IS th~ worst sttu~tion they can sure as heck do it here Secondly, if the for the state of the health care system. To suggest faculty htt the sidewalks two weeks after spnng possible. All the stupid and smart things that they, the wnters and edt tors, that health care and education are a trade-off- that break, let's support quality education by marching might want to say somehow don't get said. you can fund one hut not the other - is to buy tnto So I guess this IS a thank-you note to Dal students. Thank-you with them. These issues are all directly related. the government rhetoric of deficits, debt, and tax Education 1s a right, not a privilege. according to the for your four dollars. Because by paying four dollars. the price of a cuts. In reality, there's lots of money for government draught or six k-mart socks (if you don't drink), you get a free press. United Nations; let's stand up for our rights. priorities. When a few billion bucks are required Remember the song, "this ts our rag, thi ts your rag"? Well, right after to bomb the heck out of a tiny Asian country with jessica sqwres Roxanne, it's the Gazette anthem. no infrastructure left to bomb, the money is readily kip keen ARTS & CULTURE January 31, 2002 the GAZETTE
Two Distinct Races on the Stage of Life A Compelling Look at Reading Hebron
by jeff wright the gazette help the young child understand the real issue behind the conflict, the father uses childish, simplistic, and A heated conversation between two Jews: a purely truthful language. It crossed my mind that woman standing rigidly on the worth of her people, more people need to be spoken to in such demeaning and a man evidently torn between his affection for his tones to get the point across. faith and that of humanity on the whole. She angnly For the musically minded. the play also includes points at him in indignation, "For two thousand a wonderful bass and guitar combo that bridges the years we 'vc been persecuted!" He looks back, a wry gap between the slightly obt usive scene changes grin peeling across his face. "And now it's time to that come from the lackluster theatre space at return the favour?" King's College. Even though the play takes place This is one of the many intellectually and underneath a church, in what looks like a renovated emotionally profound moments that can be found in boiler room, the set des1gners have done a wonderful Jason Sherman's Reading Hebron, wh1ch 1s playing job in organiting the stage, which is surrounded until Saturday at the University of King's College, on all sides by the audience. This helps add to the in the venue that is affectionately known as 'The intensity and circular nature of the play and the Pit'. problems w1thtn. The play uses the Feb. 25. 1994 massacre of As summaritcd by Scvitt. "It's a commentary 29 Palestinians in Hebron by a right-wing Jewish upon Hebron, an mterrogat1on of that situation. reactionary as a starting point for this dissection of demanding that we must read and understand far the nature of the conflict between the Israeli and beyond the first layer that we sec." Palestinian people. It follows the experiences of Tickets arc $5 for students and $7 for those Nathan Abramowitz. a young Jewish man living who can't convince the ticket-taker that they really in Toronto. try1ng to understand his own identity arc a ·mature student·. The play runs through to and that of his faith in the context of the modern Saturday night. starting at X p.m. Seating space world. · is undeniably limited. so to ensure yourself an "I think the play deals with the 1mpossibtlity of un-ergonomic scat for a great play. stop rcadtng th1s being objcct1ve With a topic like this. Each individual article. and go start Rcadtng Hebron. need to take the event from their own opinion. It's healthy tn a certain way, although dif'ficult, not to just accept what's being said to you." explatns James Sevitt. director of Reading Hebron. ··we must embrace the struggle." Daniclle Bezaire. an actress in the production, points out the diversity of perspectives in the production. ''Everyone is playtng between 12 and 20 di ffercnt roles. Each one of these roles presents a different point of view, and at the same time, it's showing how Nathan [Abramowitz] perceives all those characters. It adds an extra filter.'' Perhaps most telling is one vignette. where a !2adio Lotfe/ls. small boy 1s taught by his father the horror of playing WHY YOU SHOULD DIAl & DONATE! a 'cops-n-rohbcrs' style game of 'Arabs and Jews'. 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Phantasmagorical World of Cinematic Surrealism The Dal Art Gallery's tribute to Frederico Fellini
by janice macauley So whether you are a part of the gallery's the gazette cinema savvy elite, or simply someone who can appreciate artful flamboyance and a sumptuous Need a break from the books but can't display of Italian couture circa 1965, a Fellini afford a vacation? Escape with a Fellini film film is definitely a trip worth taking. 8 112, Fellini: at the Dalhousie Art Gallery. The late, great, A Director's Notebook, Satyricon, and Roma Italian born Frederico Fellini is the gallery's round out the cinematic divulgence. Also of note, feature director this term, and six of his greatest in honour of Black History Month (February), achievements will be presented in a series running is a series called Four Black Filmmakers, and January through April. Although Fellini 's career includes The Watermelon Man, Sugar Cane Alley, is rooted in the socially minded nco-realism of the Car Wash, and Eve's Bayou. All screenings are post-war era. the series concentrates on Fcllini 's each Wednesday at 12:30 and 8:00pm. Admission later work. where his signature phantasmagorical is free, although donations arc appreciated. imagery and supernatural themes come into full fantastic bloom. Juliet of the Spirits, the series' debut, is an exploration of an amuent woman's psychological struggles concerning her philandering husband, but, as curator Ron Macdonald points out. the plot is secondary to Fcllini's trademark erotic whimsy. The plain and demure protagonist Gulictta is perfectly foiled by Italian sex kitten Suzy, her glamorously eccentric neighbour. While Suty tempts her to indulge in her own as yet unexplored sensuality, seance-inspired spirit Iris taunts Gulictta with bizarre hallucinations designed to free her from the self-induced shackles of her marriage. Her extravagantly costumed, ethereally beautiful sisters and frivolously neurotic friends complete this panoramic experience of the marvellously peculiar.
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But really, is that enough? and a novelist. surrounding our house in 1995." No. I say again, NO! More importantly, he is a lobbyist. He has The squads were called m because a group of Thank god for the Atlantic New Dance Festival, which is been pushing the Canadian government to legislate Nazis were having a picnic in the park behind his packing the month of February with a diverse set of performances, regulations for the internet. house as a form of intimidation. "They've even found workshops, symposia, panels, and other delicious events that "It took September I I and the way the Internet out where I go to workout now," he say . will cure those of you who've been jonesin' for some modern was used to recognize that it is a medium which these According to Kinsella, before 1995 there was interpretative dance. groups terrorize and propagandize," says Kinsella. only one main hate website, Storm Front. In six years, The party begins this weekend at the duMaurier Theatre At a keynote speech in front of I 00 student that number has rocketed to over 4,000. He points to with the Contemporary Artists Series, the roster including a journalists last week, Kinsella spoke about his newest the bombing by two men of the far right in Oklahoma tribute to the Greek poet Aristophanes, a blend of modern dance release, Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics. Like many on April 19. 1995 as the (jay the "game changed and the art form known as 'clubbing', a multimedia work of of his fellow political affiliates he found great pleasure for the far right." dance and computer-generated images, break-dancing, and - "a in flaming ol' Stockboy, and Ontario's "Mike [Harris] The internet has been labeled as the "main sacred dance which seeks to transcend the world of the mundane and Ernie [Eyves]." culprit" in the rise of hate crime in Canada yet the and create spiritual ecstasy." (That's from the Pres Release, but He also gave a seminar on his novel, first government has done nothing to fix the problems. I couldn't pass up a quote like that.) published in 1994, Web of Hate. It details the far Kinsella is quick to tell you the CRTC dropped the After having achieved piritual ecstasy, you might think right in Canada, and their overwhelming presence ball when it comes to regulating the internet. He is your desire for dance would be satiated. WRONG! There' a on the Internet. also quick to add that he still thinks they dropped the whole month of more shows and events. Kinsella began to fight against the far right in ball- even though he's a liberal. Although he says Tickets to everything are available at both the Dalhousie March of 1980. He was 19 and playing in a punk band he isn't necessarily for the irternet being censored Arts Centre Box Office (494-3820) and the Neptune Theatre Box called the Hot Nasties. At a punk show he confronted he views it as "a clear and present danger. .. that has Office (429-7070). The tickets can be bought in denominations a group of punks making Nazi salutes. Then a fight a potential threat to democracy." of a single show, single evening, and three events, but really - broke out. He says that it was a that point, all of a The CRTC's decision in May '99 said they with the Atlantic New Dance Festival, I think we'll all be most sudden the idea of Nazism wasn't so "abstract." would not "regulate new media services." That angers content if we shell out the relatively slight amount of cash for Although looking at him 22 years later, it seems Kinsella. a full festival pass. a bit hard to imagine him pumping his fist at a "They have fundamentally misjudged the far 'Get your 'Freak' On' ... 'Bust a Move' ... 'Let your punk rock how wearing torn jeans with a mohawk, right. But if the CRTC isn't taking it seriously Backbone Slide' ... regardless, just have a good time. 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by erin goodman the gazette
What do we really know about the women whose profession it is to promote lust? When we go to a strip club to watch women take off their clothes, it's not often we wonder about their personal lives, their motivations, or how they got started stripping in the first place. Finally, someone has given them a voice to speak for themselves. A Particular Class of Women is the late t presentation by Halifax's Purple Octogon Theatre, a play based on the lives of women who work in the stripping industry. Written by Janet Ficndcl and produced by Michelle Mcintyre, the play focuses on the fact that strippers arc not anonymous bodies, Throughout the course of the evening we meet but instead have chosen the profession tn order to survive seven women, current and former employees of and make a living. the G-spot, as well as club owner 'Dog', played The production takes place from Feb. 4 to 9(exccpt by Dalhousie theatre school alumni and founder of Thursday) in Hell's Kitchen, underneath the Marquee Club Purple Octogon Andre Davey. As the club owner on Gottingcn Street. By staging the play in a club rather than introduces each lady to the stage, the audience is on a traditional stage, we arc transported to the Toronto club treated to their signature stage performance, directly called the 'G-Spot', where the girls not only dance, but they followed by their personal monologue. Each story also divulge the stories of their own lives. reveals the hardships, struggles, and goals of the strippers, all of whom are articulate and intelligent, as well as street-smart. Many of the cast members are current or former Doll house theatre students, another reason to come out and support this innovative and award-winning group. Cast members of A Particular Class of Women include Michelle Mcintyre as Marky and 'Pink Champagne', Cora Clark as 'Petal Rose', Nadine Jackson as Glynis and 'Luv', Mary Rachelle Cherpak as 'Angel', and Sarah Riley as Georgia Scott. Purple Octogon invites us to the strip show, and by peeling back the layers ... of clothing and of emotion. Through this, A Particular Class of Women pushes the boundaries of our stereotypes about stripping and a! o about our elve . A CAREER IN ORTHOPTICS/OPHTHALMIC MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Orthoptics is the clinical science of ocular motility and binocular vision, and rdatcd disorders of the eyes. An Orthoptist is an allied health professional who works with ophthalmologists, (eye physi cians and surgeons) analyzing and nearing patients unable ro me both eyes together because of an eye muscle or sensory abnormal ity. An Ophthalmic Medical Technologist assisrs the ophthalmolo gist wirh a wide range of diagnostic tesrs and procedures requiring a great deal of technical expertise.
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The bench mob was lead led the Dal team with 22 points to grab a win over the Axemen but by forward Hugh Mullaly who while Leech added 13 and Davis things did not start as planned. The snagged boards and played great swished II. first half was a tight affair because defense on league-leading scorer On Sunday, both teams came both teams had trouble putting the Jimmy Morris to help Dal leak back hoping to erase Saturday's ball in the hoop. The two teams out to a small lead at halftime, tight game but that would not shot a combined 21 for 61 in the 39-32. be the case. UPEI came out of first 20 minutes and Acadia ended The second half was a story the gates playing well and the up slightly on top with a 27-22 of runs. The Island school would Tigers matched that. Dal got good score. not pack it in and came back again production again from the entire In the second half, the to take a seven-point lead with team and especially from Leech Axemen had some luck getting just under five minutes left in and third-year guard Dion Walcott their shots to drop and Dal 's the game. The Panthers took and the teams were knotted at 31 struggles continued. The final some bad shots and the Tigers after 20 minutes. score ended up 68-51 in favor of played inspired defense to keep The second half stayed tight ro (.) Acadia. Guard Benny Edison led the Panthers at bay. On offense, with the teams trading baskets 0 0 the Tigers with 15 points while second-year guard Mike Harvey the whole way through. The 6'3" .r: 0. 6'8" Stuart Leech finished with drilled a three-pointer with the Harvey, a native ofDeerlake, Nfld., C') N a double-double of II points and shot clock running down to cut the scored some big baskets and Leech > I I rebounds. lead to three, 70-67. With just over and Slaunwhite grabbed all kinds .0 0 On Saturday, the Tigers one minute left, Edison, shot a of rebounds. UPEI cored one foul 0 .r: returned to the Dalplex to meet dagger to the hearts of the Islanders shot with 35 seconds left that had 0. the UPEI panthers. They tarted with a three-pointer to tie the game. Dal up one. A Tigers timeout with the game with back to back threes PEl missed their next shot and the 17 seconds left led to a turnover Slaunwhite added 14 points and everyone is always going to work from Edison and Dal had things Tigers grabbed the rebound and and the Panthers getting the last 15 rebounds. Walcott and Harvey hard and this weekend was a shot. The shot rolled around the each had ten points off the Tigers good team effort. Everyone played rim three times and fell out to the bench. well." hands of a visitor who got up one "We are starting to find The team is away this last shot that fell short. The Tigers our form and becoming more weekend and then returns to the won 67-66. consistent," says Leech, who is Dalplex for the next four games. Leech led the Tigers with in his first year, from Victoria, The first of which is against St. Find Us. 15 point and I I rebounds while Australia. "With this team, Mary's Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. Hockey still first Discover by terri feoner game. The Tigers picked up two with an sh01oJder injury. The Tigers the gazette wins along the way, keeping them took contro of the board after 12 neck in neck with St. Mary's for minutes of hard play in the first At the Dalhousie Arena, there top spot m the AUS. period when Chris Tellum netted YOU has been a lot of talk lately about Pat Berrigan was in net for a single. The game remained tense team defense and the team has Dal on Saturday and put in top for the remainder of the first been listening. The Tigers were on performance, stopping 35 of 36 Career Options Career Awareness and enllre second period with no the loose in Fredericton Saturday attempts on net and team captain, goals scored for the duration. STU • What to do with a degree in ... • Self-assessment and career and had reached PEl by Sunday Marty Johnston, was back in act1on started ollthe third period by • Job descriptions decision-making and only allowed one goal in each after sitting out a couple of games evening the score at I-I with a • Career profiles • Career and life transitions short-handed goal from the stick of • Realizing your potential Andrew Proskurnicki. Thu·d-year Labour Market Tiger Dan Tudin got the puck on Information Learning, Education a power play six minutes later and • Labour market statistics and Training scored the goal that would clmch a • Work prospects for graduates CORPORATEL 2-1 wm for the Black and Gold • Study at Dalhousie A MEMBER OF THE CCL GROUP The Tigers made their v.ay to • University calendars and the Island on Sunday where they World of Work directories - Canada, United continued the trend set the night • Employer profiles and States and abroad One of Canada's leading multi-channel be fore and picked up a 2 I VICtor) directories • Graduate and professional contact centers is seeking: 0\ er the P< Hhers. UPEI opened • Who's hiring school entrance requirements the seonng only four minutes mto • What employers are looking • Distance learning courses the penod hut remamed scoreless for 20- Lead Generation Representatives for the remamdcr of the game. Study, Work or The second penod remained • Possess superior customer service and selling skills Job Search Resources Volunteer Abroad scoreless. for 19 rnmutes, as both • Resumes and cover letters • Study abroad programs • Able to demonstrate tenacity and persistence teams struggled to gain ground on • Interview techn1ques • Volunteering overseas the scoreboard. With one mmute • Excellent communication and listening skills • Job-hunting guides • Jobs worldwide lcf't to play, Marty Johnston showed his was back in top form by nettmg • World travel guides • Basic Computer knowledge and skills (typing 30wpm) a goal on the power play. Career Portfolios 50 Bilingual, Inbound CSRs With the score tied at I I • Creating a career portfolio Multimedia to start on the third period, both • Sample career portfolios Resources • Enthusiasm and knowledge about NS as a travel destination teams had a chance for a fresh • Audiotapes, videotapes, start. After nine minutes of play, CD-ROMs • A superior command of the French and English language Tiger w1nger Dan Tudin scored • Internet access • Previous customer service experience what ended up being the game wmnmg goal for the second night • Basic Computer knowledge and skills (typing 30wpm) in a row. to leave the Tigers with a 2-1 wm in PEl 51 -~·.- (g) DALHOUSIE • Seasonal shift work approx. February 1 - Oct15'~ 1 :1~:...... Counselling and The gcrs will be host1ng = ~ University • ·-~~ Psychological Services Acadia on Sunday. Feb. I 0 m the last game of the regular season. For more information on these positions: Face-ofT will be at 2 p.m at the Dal 494-2081 Memorial Arena so come on out and support the Tigers as it is Fan Frank G. La,.vson Visit our website at www.corporatel.ca AppreciatiOn day. Stick around Send by fax 902-484-6949; by email [email protected] after the game as the Friends of Career Information Centre Drop Resume off to Dalhous1e Society host a skate w1th the Tigers Fourth Floor S.U.B. 2695 Dutch Village Rd, Suite 501, Halifax. the GAZETTE January 31, 2002 SPORTS WBB keeps winning by john bayerstock match up featured the nationally UPEI forward Katherine Walters' the gazette ranked Tigers (8-3) versus the presence in the paint. Back in the UPEI Panthers (4-7). The Tigers Tigers offensive end, a change of The women's basketball team started the game with a vicious full pace let the Tigers show off their extended its latest win streak to court defense that would set a tone balanced attack, scoring from all four, after picking up three wins in for the full 40 minutes. Dealing over the floor, exposing seams in a busy week of AUBC action. with this defensive pressure proved the Panther defense. Things started last to be difficult for the Panthers, who With two minutes to play in Wednesday when Dal travelled to were rarely able to set up a decent the first, fourth-year co-captain Acadia and beat the Axewomen on half-court offense. Throughout the Julia Burden hit the floor with their turf. Fifth-year Sussex, N.B. first half, the Tigers, who were a suspected knee injury. An native Angelia Crealock absolutely full of energy, were able to beat apprehensive Tigers team finished dominated the game scoring 30 the Panthers at both ends, using the first half with a 36-18 points including five 3-pointers, a run and gun offense to score advantage. dishing off for eight assists, and easy transition baskets. With eight After the break, both teams snaring seven rebounds in a 73-64 minutes played in the first half, came out with full court pressure Tiger victory. Julia Burden also the Tiger women had a 17-7 and intensity, fighting for control. was very impressive in pouring advantage. Tiger guards Crcalock and Gillian m 18 points and also handing off The bulk of· the limited LeBlanc stepped up at both ends, e1ght assists. scoring that the Panthers were creating turnovers and points to Saturday afternoon's game able to muster, came from spread the lead to 51-24 at the 15 minute mark. UPEI's Kate Myron was one of few Panthers able to
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