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Where do self-starters start? Teaching Jobs in KOREA JULIE SOBOWALE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF #;

How does a university develop a marketing campaign to attract students? Well, ours looks to local T~ach in Korea and take advantage of a life-changing experience! advertisers to create sexually sug­ Atlantic Language College a certified recruiting agency for the gestive phrases and then promotes, promotes, promotes. Korean Government is providing free job placement services in The Dalhousie Faculty of Man­ the public schools in Korea. For more information or/and to take agement launched its campaign in this great opportunity, please visit, September for the new Masters of www. teachingjobinkorea.com Business Administration (MBA) pro­ or call us at 506-454-4127. gram. Since the program is a com­ plete re-vamp of the existing struc­ ture, the faculty of management •Take advantage of a life­ Atlantic Language CoUege (ALC) wanted to create an edgy campaign JOSH BOYTER/DALHOUSIE GAZETTE changing experience! (Certified Recruiting Agent for to attract students. After months of Dal should've asked students for feedback about the new MBA program's •Korean public schools are Korean Government) focus groups, research and consul­ ad campaign before choosing an unprofessional slogan. inviting you! www.teachingjobinkorea.com tation, they came up with a catchy •Get free information and job [email protected] slogan: "Straight to the Juicy." campaign. Craig wouldn't disclose thousands of dollars towards creat­ placement services Tel: 506·454-4127 Take a moment to think about how much Dal paid for the ad agen­ ing the campaign. the words and images coming into cy, only that it was a "suitable num­ As a second-year MBA student, your mind when you consider the ber." Craig says Dal wants to focus on I'm puzzled by the administra­ slogan. What is juicy? And what does social media, such as Facebook and tion's actions. I love my program, it mean to get straight to it? Maybe MySpace, to reach the school's tar­ my school and my classmates. But I 'Oneooupon,.,-~..... ~30.20011 "juicy" refers to getting to the heart r------~ get audience. With Colour, Dal con­ don't like this haphazard campaign. I 2 1 of a MBA education: practical expe­ ducted focus groups in the spring My faculty can push the boundaries I for rience and knowledge about busi­ I to determine who to target for the without looking crude. Why couldn't I Lattes ness and management. Or maybe it program, and they went through the the current MBA students be in­ I I implies getting into something else. creative process in the summer. Af­ volved in the process? Town hall Let's put the words into context. I ter months of work, Colour delivered meetings were held in February and I The Corporate Residency MBA pro­ the "juicy" and other taglines for the September about program changes I gram is a first for Canadian schools. 20%off I print campaign: "No Waiting," "Get but students were not consulted in with this

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RUTH MESTECHKIN BMO Financial Group and IBM. finding summer internships and Marsh says there are some draw­ shorter co-op work terms. NEWS EDITOR Akerboom says the program aims placements, especially because Dal, backs to the program. Because the "I almost wouldn't mind if it was to make finding employment easier unlike schools like the University of work term starts only six months actually longer," says Bragg. "Some Dalhousie University is over­ for students. Toronto's Rotman School of Busi­ after classes start, he says students of the shorter ones are actually a hauling its Master of Business Ad­ "The intent is once they finish ness, doesn't require work experi­ wouldn't have been able to build solid challenge for the organization to ministration (MBA) program next that corporate residency the em­ ence prior to enrolment. relationships, which could hinder the find a meaningful role .... But in eight year. The major selling point is its ployer is so hooked on them they're ·~out three-fourths of students development of student societies. months at least you can say, 'well, I new corporate residency program, going to make a job offer," says Ak­ who entered the MBA program had no He also says current students can invest some time."' branded as the only one of its kind erboom. work experience at all," says Marsh. "So didn't play as big of a role in the plan­ Bragg adds a longer work term in the country. The program comes with a larger when they leave the program they're ning process as he would have liked. gives co-op students two to three JoAnne Akerboom, the director price tag. Two-year total tuition will not getting as good jobs as a student "Most of the planning is done by months to understand the organiza­ of external affairs of the MBA pro­ spike from roughly $15,000 to $38,000. that's leaving another program which the administrative staff," says Marsh. tion and show employers how they gram, explains this residency is an Akerboom says part of the rise is to requires work experience. So I think it "So other than opinion polls and ask­ can contribute to the company. Then eight-month internship period with put Dal in line with other schools' tu­ prepares people a little better, work­ ing what we'd like to see different in they have a longer period of time to an employer. ition across the country. The Queen's ing in the outside world and gaining this program as opposed to the pro­ become valuable to the organization. "It is a little different than other University MBA program costs close industry experience." gram we're in now, we're not actively But Simon Vaysman, associate co-op or internship opportunities in to $60,000, while the University of Marsh says he thinks the re­ involved in the planning process." vice-president of treasury and bal­ that this is really an integrative pro­ Western Ontario's Richard Ivey MBA vamped program will boost the Marsh says an MBA student is ance sheet management at the TD cess that is going to take place from tuition costs roughly $62,000. school of business's reputation. sitting on the corporate residency Bank Financial Group, doesn't see it the beginning of the program right Even with the tuition hike, Aker­ "Dalhousie on the whole has a planning committee but the faculty the same way. through to the end," says Akerboom. boom says the program's not a hard very good reputation across Canada, primarily calls the shots. "From my perspective, if some­ Plans for the program have been sell - with the corporate residency but the MBA program seems to lack "Other than our opinions of what body was a co-op versus a full-time in the works for the past two years. period, students will end up earning that a little bit," he says. "It basically we'd like to see, what we didn't like student, I cannot say that one is bet­ This is the first time the Dal MBA back at least $30,000 of that $38,000. just uses the Dalhousie school repu­ with this program, what we felt they ter than another," he says. program is offering work experience According to Akerboom, Dal has tation on a whole as opposed to the could improve upon, we really don't Vaysman explains the company built into it. The university modelled already received 397 inquiries from MBA program reputation. So I think hold much weight in the planning he works for has hired co-op stu­ this approach after its Bachelor of prospective students about the pro­ this would definitely bolster the rep­ process as far as going out and re­ dents from Canadian universities Commerce program, which offers gram and has already got 28 partial utation a little bit." cruiting companies for students to and there is a big chance these stu­ three shorter co-op work terms in applications out of a maximum of 50 In Maclean's 2008 national have internships with -- a lot of the dents will be offered full-time em­ four years. spots. The final deadline's not until reputational university rankings, class preparations," he says. ployment later on. But he says he Thetwo-yearMBAbeginsJuly2009. March 15. Dal landed the 14th spot out of 48 Employers can't seem to agree on sees a problem with scheduling work After six months of classes, students Adam Marsh, president of Dal's schools for the best overall category. the merits of a work term either. terms in the middle of studying. will leave on their work placements, MBA society, says the new internship But it didn't make the cut for the Lee Bragg, the co-CEO of East­ "They may lose focus a little bit where they'll continue taking two on­ portion of the program is appealing. Financial Times Global MBA 2008 link, says students graduating from and their academic knowledge may line courses. Dal has already secured His biggest concern with the current ranldngs, which included six Cana­ the eight-month program would not be as solid as the people from partnerships with corporations such as program was students' difficulty in dian universities. have a leg up on students who had full-time (studying)," he says. CASA report stirs DSU

ANDREW ROBINSON mitments in the report card," says DSU REPORTER Churchill. Coffin says he called Churchill A campaign from the Canadian the day he first saw the report card Alliance of Student Associations and was told CASA was wary of being (CASAl during last month's federal too harsh on the party most likely to election has irritated the Dalhousie win the election for the sake of main­ Student Union (DSU). taining a good working relationship. CASA - an organization advo­ "My response was 'well, if there's cating for improved post-secondary a party out there that's promising a education, and of which the DSU is lot more with regards to education a member- released a Party Educa­ then we should be highlighting that tion Platform Report Card during the to possibly affect which party gets election. The document applied let­ in, instead of trying to gussy up to ter grades to parties based on their whatever party will get in based on post-secondary education plat­ polls,"' Coffin says. forms. The grading system goes from Churchill says maintaining a A to F, an A denoting a "platform good relationship with the govern­ makes clear promise to implement" ment was not a consideration in the post-secondary education propos­ grading, adding that CASA handled als. An F shows a "platform does not the Conservatives with soft gloves. mention" any proposed changes. "Did we want to slam them based The Liberals received the highest JOHN PACKMAN/DALHOUSIE GAZETTE on the fact they didn't discuss educa­ grade with an A-, the NDP received Zach Churchill, national director of CASA, says maintaining a good relationship with the Conservative government tion to the extent they should have a B+ and the Green Party a B. The wasn't a consideration m the grading scheme for the organization's report card. during the election, or did we want Conservatives received the lowest to be honest and forthright with grade with a B- and did not release billion increase in non-repayable made to make yourself look good. So paper, you get an F," she said at the what they'd actually committed and any platform dealing with post­ student aid for high-need students why wouldn't the Conservatives take meeting. what would be implemented when secondary education. Instead, the to be spread over 20 years. On the that opportunity to highlight what they got into government? We de­ Conservatives chose to run on their post -graduation side of the coin, the they've done for post-secondary ed­ Churchill, speaking on the phone cided that the responsible decision governing record. Liberals promised a two-point inter­ ucation?" he says. from his office in Ottawa, says CASA would be to inform people what they The document highlights a few est rate reduction on federal student Coffin raised the matter in his bi­ staff compiled the report card to would get if they elected a Conserva­ of the Conservatives' governing poli­ loans and an extension of the grace weekly report to council at its Oct. inform potential voters on what to tive government," says Churchill. cies, which included a new grants period on repayment after gradua­ 22 meeting. It came up again when expect from each of the parties on Churchill was pleased with the program to replace the Canada Mil­ tion from six months to two years. staff from CASA - including the or­ post-secondary education matters. report card and what it was able to lennium Scholarship Foundation "The difference between a B­ ganization's national director, Zach "We've found it's been a very achieve, but he does appreciate the and a new scholarship program and an A- doesn't really capture the Churchill - made a presentation to helpful way to inform students and critical feedback coming from Coffin aimed at graduate students. Howev­ essence of how much the Liberals council on the organization's most the public on what they'll be get­ and others. er, it does not mention any promises actually promised compared to what recent activities at the Nov. 5 council ting depending on which party gets "We're receiving constructive for the future. · the Conservatives promised- practi­ meeting. Council member Lisa Bu­ elected," he says. criticism coming out of the whole DSU vice-president (education) cally nothing," says Coffin. chanan expressed bewilderment as Because the Conservatives chose federal election campaign, so we're Mark Coffin was immediately sur­ Given platforms can be a major to how the Conservatives were given to run on their governing record, taking that into consideration and prised by the results of the report selling point for political parties, Cof­ a B- without offering a platform. Churchill says basing their grade on making sure we have a plan that's card - released Oct. 9, five days be­ fin wonders why the Conservatives To the amusement of council, their prior commitments was the better next time around. We can only fore voting day. He wondered why avoided making significant promises Buchanan compared the situation only fair way to judge the party. get better," he says. CASA didn't give the Conservatives a on post-secondary education. to not passing in an assignment for "We thought the only honest and Coffin and other members of lower grade. "The platform is your place to a class. responsible way to approach that CASA will discuss the federal elec­ The Liberal plan included a $25 reaffirm any commitments you've "Normally if you don't hand in a question was to include those com- tion campaign and other education ~------· ~- -- ......

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Dal president not ready to retire PRESIDENCY AT A GLANCE: HIGHLIGHTS OF TRAVES' TIME AT DAL Student feedback needed in presidential review • July 1, 1995: Thomas Donald first university in Canada to ban Traves is appointed as Dalhou­ smoking on campus, a policy KATIE MAY sie's lOth president. Traves helped push for. COPY EDITOR • April 1997: Traves oversees Dal's • Aug. 14, 2006: Dal announces merger with the Technical Uni­ it will opt out of the annual Ma­ Tom Traves thought he'd be bored versity of Nova Scotia (TUNS), clean's university survey after by now. now associated with Dal's Sexton Traves, along with other universi­ With 12 years already under his campus. ty leaders across Canada, signed belt as president of Dalhousie Uni­ • March 25, 1998- April 2, 1998: a letter to the magazine citing versity, Traves decided last year to Faculty strikes at Dal for the flaws in its ranking system. stay on for only half of another six­ first time since 1988 over fac­ • Jan.- March 2007: Traves heads year term. Fifteen years, he thought, ulty union demands for salary a university campaign urging would be "a fairly good run" as head increases and guaranteed staff­ Dal students to approve a $25 of the Maritimes' largest school. ing levels. About 25 students sue million campus makeover plan When Dal's board of governors Traves and the Dalhousie Faculty that promises new buildings for asked him last spring if he wouldn't Association for lost class time student space in exchange for mind staying on a bit longer, the 60- but drop their lawsuits when the a hike in student fees. Students year-old said he'd sleep on it. strike ends. shut down the plan in a referen­ "So I thought about it through the • March 4, 2002 - April 3, 2002: dum, with 57.3 per cent of voters summer, just sort of chewed it over: Faculty strikes for the second against it. what do I want to do when I grow time in four years over the Dal­ • March 31, 2008: As chair of the up?" he explains, deadpan. "And (!) housie Faculty Association's pre­ Council of Nova Scotia Univer­ came to the conclusion that I'd love vious concerns: wages and guar­ sity Presidents, Traves helps ne­ to continue doing some of the things anteed professor replacement gotiate funding agreements with I'm doing now for just a little longer." after retirement. Students hold the province to provide more stu­ As Dal enters its !90th year, Traves KATIE MAY /DALHOUSIE GAZETTE an overnight sit-in in Traves' of­ dent bursaries and freeze tuition Tom Traves anticipates he'll be ready to retire in four and a half years - has committed to his third and final fice to protest the strike before for all students until 20 ll - the he's got a golf game "that needs improving. full term as president. He's already both parties reach a deal. first tuition freeze in Nova Scotia the longest serving university presi­ funding agreement Nova Scotia uni­ faculty retention and labour discus­ • Sept. 1, 2003: Dal becomes the after years of steady increases. dent in Atlantic Canada. He'll keep versities signed with the province last sions and they need a steady hand to the job for four and a half more years, March that promised to freeze tuition keep them going, Dodds says. pending official approval from the for all students for three years. It's "We're going into uncharted wa­ administration when it finishes its Traves' "single most important priori­ ters, uncertain waters, and it's always contract renewal process in the com­ ty" to make sure the agreement works good to have somebody who's been ingmonths. out the way it's supposed to and that around for a long time," Dodds says, Dal Student Union President Court­ Dal benefits from a new financial dis­ adding Traves brings "stability and ney Larkin is the student representative tribution plan when this one expires confidence to people beyond Dal as ttention all aspiring on the presidential review committee, in 2011. well." which also includes three university Then there are campus construc­ Traves says Dal has changed a senators and three members from the tion projects, new academic pro­ lot- particularly in employee morale Creative Writers board of governors. The committee will grams and fundraising plans all on - since he's been here. He took the hold its first meeting at the end of this the go. job when he was 47 with a resume month and Larkin is responsible for "For me this is very energizing," including York University dean of Critically acclaimed fiction writer Carol finding out what students, faculty and Traves says. "I have a new job but it arts and University of New Brunswick staff think of their president. just happens to be in the same place. academic vice-president. Bruneau has been praised by The Globe "There's going to be a wide range And the 'new job' is a product of the "When I came, Dalhousie was a and Mail as "a first-class storyteller who of opinions," she says, opting not to fact that I have some terrific new col­ depressed institution and now it's a uses words magically." Her novel Purple share her own opinion ofTraves' work leagues." very optimistic institution," Traves for Sky made the top 100 list of The as she starts to collect feedback from While his key administrative says. Globe and Mail's "Best Books of 2000." the student council. team has changed frequently over "Over time you kind of get to the During her residency (January There's too much going on in the the years, Traves has remained at the point where you feel you know what university community for Traves to helm of the institution for nearly 13 makes things happen, what makes 12-March 20), Carol will be available for individual retire early. He won't get special bene­ years - many of them marked with people tick and you're ready to go to consultation. She is also offering two different biweekly fits for staying in the job longer, apart tuition hikes and university pleas to the next level. I think the challenge non-credit workshops for those wishing to pursue the craft from standard annual increases to his the government for more funding. for people in my position is to get to of writing fiction: $349,311 salary. But he says he wants Last year he was elected chair that point as quickly as they can." to help see Dal through the sudden of the Association of Universities Traves plans to stay in Nova Sco­ Workshop One ------­ financial fallout that's affecting enrol­ and Colleges of Canada in addition tia with his family when he retires - Got a tale itching to be told (or a voice yelling to be heard) ments and endowments at universi­ to serving as chair of the Council of "I have a grandson and I have a golf but don't know how to start getting it down on paper? If game that needs improving"- but he ties across the country. Nova Scotia University Presidents. you're a closet writer-or just curious-come and explore "From the time I thought about His institutional memory will doesn't have his retirement mapped this in the summer months to today, help him guide other Atlantic univer­ out yet. ways of kick-starting the creative-writing process in we have the intervention of a global sities through new challenges, says "Four and a half years is a long five informal, bi-weekly workshops, January 19, February 1, economic crisis that has come down," Saint Mary's University (SMU) Presi­ time. Who knows where I'll be. Let's 15, March 1, 15; Monday evenings 6-9 p.m ., King's College he says. "I think the university will be dent Colin Dodds. hope I'm alive- that's the first hurdle Senior Common Room. in a good position to manage our way Dodds, SMU's president of nearly to clear. And the second is -we'll see through that but .... with my experi­ nine years, says the financial crisis is what's out there. But I can't see myself Workshop Two ------­ ence I might be in a better place to crunching endowments and enrol­ going on to start another full-time ca­ Got a story that still needs work, but you're not sure what deal with those and see the university ments in a way universities haven't reer with something else." to fix or how to fix it? To help you explore and get feedback past those concerns before I leave." seen since the 1987 stock market on the secret life of your piece, our four informal, bi-weekly He also wants to see through a crash. Schools are also worried about workshops on revising will offer tips on successfully weaving fiction's web while considering the ideal reader /editor/ publisher. January 26, February 8, 22, March 8, Monday evenings 6-9 p.m. King's College Senior Common Room. Enrolment is limited to 15 per workshop, Teach English in Japan so please sign up early! 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PAGE 6 >141-12 GAZETTE···NEWS Students shut out of drive home program JENNIFER CASEY able tragedies," said Murray Scott, thing that could get non-drivers NEWS BITES N.S. Minister of Transportation and home safely. NEWS CONTRIBUTOR Public Works. "The late-night scene in Halifax The Insurance Bureau of Canada But there is a catch: the service is often a very dangerous scene," said > < gave $250,000 to the Nova Scotia to only drives home people who have Preyra. "It's a terrible brew for drunk help stop drunk driving over the hol­ brought their cars with them. This drivers and people milling around idays this year. doesn't help most students much. not knowing how to get home be­ CANADIAN CAMPUS SHORTS: Bill Adams, the Atlantic vice­ Many students either don't have cause there's no late night bus ser­ president of the bureau, says drink­ cars, or don't bother to bring them vice in downtown Halifax." But it has to start somewhere. York U. staff still striking calibur. ing and driving crosses all boundar­ downtown, knowing they won't be Dean of arts and spokesper­ ies in politics and our community. able to drive home. Spearns says the person who makes the decision to get behind the wheel York University teaching as­ son for the university, Robert "Drinking and driving is not Dalhousie student Jayroe Mac­ drunk isn't the only one affected. sistants, graduate assistants and Drummond, says the administra­ something we should be dealing Millan says she thinks Red Nose is an "It's like a plane crash: fly a thou­ contract faculty, part of the union tion doesn't want to be the first to with in the twenty-first century," excuse for not planning ahead. sand times without a single acci­ CUPE 3903, are still on strike as of make concessions until it knows says Adams. "I don't have a car, and I wish dent. But one plane crashes and how Nov. 18. They're refusing to budge the union will be moving to settle Operation Red Nose, a program that someone would drive me home for many people die?" says Spearns. "It's on issues including job security and compromise. runs during the four weekends leading free, but I have to pay a taxi," said the same thing with a drunk. If you and the reinstatement of funding Christina Rousseau, chair of up to Christmas, is the recipient of the MacMillan. have 50,000 vehicles on the road on a and benefit packages. the union, said the group was in money. The drive home service, in its But, for many, driving to the down­ given weekend one drunk can cause Staff rejected the university's discussions with a mediator to de­ fourth year in Halifax, picks people up town area is their only option. Sgt. so much pain and suffering that's most recent offer and both groups cide how to improve its proposal. and drives their cars home for them if Mike Spearns of the Halifax Regional are blaming each other for not they are too drunk too drive. Police says there are many places on needless." Spearns says he's seen his fair working out a deal, reported Ex- Source: Excalibur The volunteer-run program the outskirts of the city that don't have launched its 2008 campaign on buses or reliable taxi service. share of pain and suffering over his Nov. 12 at Province House. In atten­ Leonard Preyra, Member of the 32-year career. > < dance were politicians, members of Legislative Assembly for the Cita­ "No family should have to re­ the Halifax Regional Police and the del Halifax riding, was at the kickoff ceive the calls that we've delivered," New elective policy options for the course, they will pass, and will RCMP and all were quick to praise event with antlers and a red nose. he says. "Bringing a family to an UBC students not be assigned a letter grade or a the program. He supports Operation Red Nose as emergency ward or a morgue to ex­ percentage. "Programs like Operation Red a good way to keep drunk drivers off plain that their son or daughter has If it is passed in the University Blake Frederick, Alma Matter Nose are extremely important in the road. But he also thinks more been badly injured, or worse ... dead of British Columbia's senate, un­ Society associate vice-president preventing these completely avoid- could be done. He'd like to see some- because of drunk driving." dergraduate students at UBC may external, said the purpose of this have a pass/D/fail elective policy, policy is to give students the op­ reported The Ubyssey. portunity to pursue education in This means students will be any field they choose. able to take an elective on a pass The policy has a deadline to be INTERNATIONAL NEWS BY THE NUMBERS: or fail basis, but can choose not passed by early 2009. to include the grade in their final GPA. lf they get a D or higher in Source: The Ubyssey 120 km/h: how fast winds fanned fires in the Sylmar including a story reporting the end of the area (close to the San Fernando Valley) in Iraq war. California. 18 per cent: amount of new developing cancer drugs 1,500 years: dates back to largest ancient church, that have proved successful. NATIONAL HEADLINES: recently discovered in Syria. $7.6 billion: how much Pakistan is borrowing from 15 days: how long the Space Shuttle Endeavour is the International Monetary Fund in an U. of Ottawa prof arrested for built the device and hid it inside spending in space to remodel the Interna­ attempt to stabilize its economy. ties to Paris bombing a motorcycle, which was parked tional Space Station. close to the building. Sources: CTV, BBC, CBC, BBC, BBC, Toronto Star Hassan Diab, a sociology pro­ The RCMP is helping French 14 pages: length ofspoofNewYorkTimes issue, fessor at the University of Ottawa, police with the investigation, said was arrested last week for having RCMP Cpl. J.J. Hainey. An interna­ ties to a bombing in Paris, France. tional warrant was released for the CBC reported Diab is a suspect suspect's arrest. in the bombing that killed four Diab said he's innocent and was people on Oct. 3, 1980 outside a accused under mistaken identity. synagogue. French police believe Diab Source: CBC ---...--o---.--­ > < Get SMART with goal-setting Canadian-U.S. auto bailout proj­ eral Motors and Chrysler, as well from the nest without knowing there is a real art to knowing how ect under investigation as American lawmakers. simple ways we can organize our far you can push yourself before Automakers have said they activities to maximize productivity you risk giving up altogether. I'm Industry Minister Tony Clem­ require about $1 billion in loan and overall happiness. sure you've experienced how easy ent is investigating a potential guarantees. I've come across two excellent it is to get so discouraged by one joint Canada-U.S. bailout of North The Conservative government sources that break down the goal­ failure you let all your other goals America's auto industry, reported has already pledged about $450 setting procedures into a set of slide too. So it's critical to set goals CBC. million to restore the auto in­ rational and scientifically proven you actually can and will achieve. Clement will travel to Detroit dustry, said Finance Minister Jim steps. The psychology textbook, a Otherwise you're setting yourself and Washington for the week of Flaherty. But it's not clear how the veritable bible for a wide area of up for disappointment. Nov. 17 to "fact-find." money will be used. contemporary psychological stud­ T - time limited, so that it ac­ On the trip, he'll be talking Source: CBC RACHEL SUNTER ies, validates its goal-setting strate­ tually gets done. It really helps not with executives from Ford, Gen- HEALTH COLUMNIST gies with a slew of recent psycho­ just to set a deadline, but a date, logical experiments. or window, for your action. If it's a From kindergarten on, main­ Research aside, it's really worth weekly goal to write to your family, > < stream Canadian education spoon­ trying to implement these goal­ take a moment to visualize your Staff and budget smaller in staff who made tour arrangements feeds us tidbits from tire plentiful, setting guidelines into your own Dion's office and developed policy. week, figure out the most sensible diverse academic pantry. Count­ life. It's simple and effective. The Liberals won 77 seats on time and place to write, and make ing blocks and apples switches to All goals should be SMART. that part of the goal, like "I will Eleven staff members have the Oct. 14 election, compared to timetables and long division. Amid This is an acronym and a witty write to my family Friday morning been laid off in Stephane Dian's 103 seats in 2006. anticipatory groans, we're intro­ pun, see? before lunch." office, reported CBC. The loss of seats also means a duced to algebraic equations and S - specific in all areas of how, And thanks to Notes From The Sarah Bain, a spokesperson for loss of $1 million of funding to the must memorize elemental charts when and what the goal is. For Universe, a mailing website that Dian, said the outcome of the Oct. party. and our language's funky gram­ example, instead of vowing to eat sends subscribers motivational 14 election prompted the opposi­ The budget from the leader's matical rules and exceptions. healthier, try eating fruits, veg­ messages (www.tut.com), I've tion leader to cut positions. office was also slashed from $3.8 I remember asking myself what etables and whole grain products learned the most important thing Quebec advisor Andre Lamarre million to $3.1 million. it was all for, and I got my answer in everyday. you can do to set and reach your was one member of staff who was Grade 11 and 12, as I honed my ac­ M - measurable, so you know goals is visualization. laid off. Other members include Source: CBC ademic skills into life skills - math when you have or haven't reached Visualize not only the act of to budgeting and bills, English your goal. A goal to eat two fruits achieving your goal, but how you to resumes, science to "common every day is measurable. Immeasur­ will feel afterward. This anticipat­ sense" we can use in the kitchen, The National Post's profitable mar­ able goals can leave you with a false ed sense of success can drive you Canwest ma ke s countrywide cuts outside and even psychology for kets and cut discounted circulation. sense of failure or give you room through the harder parts of com­ our heads. CEO and President Leonard to convince yourself you've done pleting goals. The downturn in the global But a crucial piece is missing Asper said the Canadian Radio­ something you really haven't. Do not underestimate the economy has forced Canwest to from this ornate puzzle of how-to­ television and Telecommunica­ A - action-oriented toward power of knowing exactly how to cut 560 jobs across Canada, re­ live-our-life. Too many of us have tions Commission (CRTC) is partly what you will do, not what you wish work yourself through life. We are ported CBC. no idea how to set and reach our to blame for the company's prob­ for. Setting a goal and simply using not machines - living and working The broadcaster and newspa­ goals- daily goals, New Year's reso­ lems. He said this was due to the the words, "I will do ... " instead of is so much more complicated than per publisher said it plans to de­ lutions, and long-term dreams. CRTC's refusal to oblige broadcast ''I'm going to try" or "I should" will turning a switch on or off. But with crease annual operating costs by Without the right goal-setting distributors to pay broadcasters do wonders for both the reason­ realistic planning and an optimistic roughly $61 million. skills, all the brains in the world will The company has already re­ for carrying over-the-air signals. able setting and accomplishment outlook, you can be at your best. still land you behind lesser mortals of your goal. duced web operations of some who can organize themselves. newspapers. It also plans to focus on Source: CBC R - realistic, but a challenge. E-mail Rachel your health questions Too many people· our age fly This one's a little tricky, because ac vega_of_the_lyra@hotmaiLcom. 141-12

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She is ets of the dead. effort between the Centre for Art known for being one-half of a magi­ This spring Sari visited Israel Tapes and Eyelevel Gallery to give lo­ cal, identical union with her twin through a program called Birthright, cal artists the chance to develop new sister Romy. She is known for her which says that it is every Jewish per­ media artwork that requires techni­ harmonies, for her small hands on son's birthright to go to the home­ cal training. The exhibit features five the mandolin, for her lyrics about land. The concept makes her a little artists from Atlantic Canada: Rob­ vampires, fetuses and the past: she is uncomfortable. ert Zingone, Terry Piercey, Adriana known as a Ghost Bee. "I felt really tom about going on Kuiper, Ryan Suter and Annie Mac­ What is not known about Sari that trip, but at the same time I want­ millan, who have all recently partici­ Lightman, however, could fill a book. ed to see what's going on," Lightman pated in workshops using electric At 24, she has lived 24 Jives or more. says. "When you get off at the airport circuits, programmable micropro­ She has been and she has seen. Of­ there's someone hugging you like cessors and audio and video sensors ten when Sari or her sister are inter­ 'welcome home!' It was strange. I at the Centre for Art Tapes' Electron­ JOSH BOYTER/DALHOUSIE GAZETTE viewed, which they are frequently didn't feel like I was home." ics Residency Program. There's so much more you can do with electricity. for the many weeklies of the many She was hoping to take part in As I entered the tiny gallery, I felt cities they visit on their many tours, a program called Birthright Un­ as if it wasn't set up yet. The white With the range the theme of electric­ obvious light-electricity relationship the focus of the resultant writing is, plugged, where North American walls were grim with old paint and ity as art offers, I was disappointed and explored how electricity ma­ appropriately, about their music. Jews can see what it's really like in the wooden floors were covered in to discover two of the five artists fea­ nipulates sound. His instrument, as Music is for listening to and that area, free of Zionist rhetoric. The paint stains. It looked like an aban­ tured in this exhibit limited its use to he calls it, is constructed out of the consequently writing about music dates didn't line up, but that didn't doned storage unit containing a few simply playing with coloured lights. steel frame and wire of an egg slicer is a tricky task. Lives are, of course, stop Sari from visiting the West Bank. objects arranged awkwardly against The aim of the exhibit, says Mi­ that are "tuned" by everyday trinkets for living. But, conveniently, writ­ After smoking a bong with a Grateful the sparse background. chelle Jacques, an assistant curator such as a green bouncy ball, a screw ing about interesting Jives is a little Dead-loving rabbi, she made friends Despite my initial disappoint­ at the Art Gallery of Ontario and and a paper holder. Jess tricky. The following are a few of with a muscle-building, middle-aged ment, I was determined to make the former programming director at the His interactive piece invites the many stories from Sari's extensive Palestinian cabbie who acted as her most of this exhibit. I mean how dull centre, is to show "creative individu­ viewer to twist and switch various travels. They aim to inform her mu­ tour guide. could a wooden bench swing with an als coming together to invent new knobs and switches to release vary­ sic instead of describing it. "I was on this bus with 15 Arab attached hose and battery be? and innovative things, (with) their ing amounts of voltage surging to Sari and Romy Lightman survived men and I'm just this little Canadian Pretty dull, as it turns out, espe­ aims directed at artistic expression the motors, allowing the viewer to the tsunami caused by the 2004 In­ girl," she says. "Obviously I look Jew­ cially when the battery is dead. rather than monetary achievement." explore their own creative side. dian Ocean earthquake but 225,000 ish. Being kind of completely nruve The rest of the exhibit was equally Only Piercey, an artist based in Although the spirit behind this people were not as lucky as the twins to cultural sensitivities (I'm) offering disappointing. For an art exhibit that Sackville, N.B., moved toward a re­ show is in the right place, in such an and their parents. The girls were in people bites of my bread and people branded electricity as a media, the art­ freshing new look at the role of elec­ intimate setting as the Eyelevel Gal­ northern Thailand on an exchange are just kind of looking at me like ists failed to electrify. I was surprised tricity among more stagnant pieces. lery, the artists' inexperience with from Trent University. Sari was Jiving 'you don't know what's going on.' I at the Jack of artistic experimentation His work, entitled "The Egg­ electricity as a medium is disap­ in a sustainable agricultural Buddhist didn't." with such an experimental medium. Slicer Ensemble," moved beyond the pointingly obvious. community. Romy was in the moun­ Sari's travels, when not the North tains, learning to weave. Their parents End delivery service Burrito Bike, are joined them for Christmas. The family often with her band, the Ghost Bees. travelled south to Railay Beach. This summer the band toured Can­ On Boxing Day they were on the ada and the United States. In New ocean in a glorified canoe with a mo­ York, where the glut of musical acts tor. Romy and Sari are always late for seems to have given promoters the everything, so their family's boat was impression that they are doing mu­ trailing behind the others on the day sicians a favour by having them play trip. The water began to get really there, the Ghost Bees came up with choppy. a term for what happened to them. "All of the sudden I just sort of They got "Big-Appled." felt like we were ascending into the Booked to play a show in Man­ sky," says Lightman. hattan's lower east side, they arrived The limestone cliffs surround­ to weird news from the promoter, ing them started to disappear and who refused to look them in the eye. Lightman realized they were rising There was some sort of Guitar Hero on "this giant gentle mountain of a tournament upstairs, so their 8 p.m. swell." They were slowly let down set was going to have to wait. He and watched the swell violently handed them each an arm's length crash on the shore. They asked their string of beer tickets, so the sisters driver in Thai what was going on. He didn't take it too hard at first. But was terrified. hours passed. The girls became an­ Rounding the cliff's corner to gry, as tiny mystical girls are wont where they were supposed to meet to do in a terrible bar filled with ter­ the others, they came across wreck­ rible people. They also got loaded. age. The boats had been dashed By the time they got on stage at three against the rocks. People were in the in the morning - seven hours later water, dead or calling to one another. than they were booked - Sari had "We didn't even have any life forgotten how to play her mando­ jackets," says Sari. "Nobody had any lin. With hair in her face, she tried to life jackets." sing the songs while her friend Maya The girls' boat attempted to go smashed the drums behind her, to shore for help. The water was screaming something about hating trying to pull their boat toward the New York. rocks. They kept calling the coast "I ended up falling asleep on guard, not realizing there had been stage. That was it," Sari says. "And an earthquake. Others were heading I just remember waking up and I further out to sea, trying to protect know Laura (Barrett, a fellow musi­ themselves. The Lightmans saw a cian) at one point was kind of like on double-decker ferry with about 300 the floor trying to project my harmo­ people on the top level. They later nies, pretending to be me. I remem­ found out the ferry had capsized. ber waking up and feeling so relieved When the girls finally reached that the show was over." the shore they were told that an­ When pressed, Sari admits, "I other wave was headed toward the passed out. I think it sounds more coast and no one knew how large it gentle if I say fell asleep." would be. 141-12 alternative rock band Thrush the show the band members all hung governmental organization. bridge this disparity between what concerned, I want to tell students that Hermit, Plaskett has continuously around to talk with their fans, take "I chose them as the result of a I'm learning." their stereotype of a typical classical banged out solid Maritime rock and pictures and give some hugs. lot of research earlier in the sum­ The concert will showcase diverse music concert will be blown away." roll tunes and earned a loyal fan For his upcoming album, Plas­ mer," says event co-ordinator and talent from the music students, grad­ Horne says. "This concert has such a base along the way. Judging by the kett plans on touring with his father, music society vice-president Wil­ uates and professors, including piano variety, from 17th century until now." hundreds of people lining up for Bill Plaskett. liam Horne. "It was a well-thought­ teacher Peter Allen. In September Al­ hours to get into the Telus/MySpace "My dad and I started playing out choice." len garnered a lot of media attention The benefit concert will take place secret show at the Dalhousie Student shows together a few years back. I Last year, the organization es­ when his Hurricane Juan Concerto at First Baptist Church, 1300 Oxford Union Building on Nov. 12, a few of thought that it was time to involve tablished a voluntary HIV testing was broadcast live on CBC radio. St., on Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. Doors open at his fans are Dal students. Dal won him in a record," says Plaskett. "My program in the rural areas of Sierra Dal graduate Ben Duinker will also 7:30p.m. Student tickets are $6 and the national secret show contest and dad was the one who taught me gui­ Leone, Africa. The program aims showcase his work. Music students are available at the door. the Joel Plaskett Emergency put on a tar when I first wanted to learn." free show at the Grawood on a first- ••• ••• Stressed about exams? Prep 101 will get you prepared! We sharpen your problem-solving skills and we prepare you for the types of questions you can expect on your exams. Prep Courses for You get 10 hours of classroom instruction (spl it into 2 or 3 December Exams parts) that includes a thorough review of key concepts and lots of Customized to your practice questions. 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DELIA MACPHERSON live with farmers. ARTS CONTRIBUTOR "Couch surfing is also an op­ tion," he says. Nick Everett, an 18-year-old high Couchsurfing.com is a world­ school graduate, hitchhiked from wide online network where people Victoria, B.C. to St. John's, Nfld. can sign up and volunteer your After travelling alone across couch to anyone who needs it for a Canada, Everett is now visiting Hali­ couple of nights. fax for a few weeks. Over his travels "It's really nice to have a couch in the past three months, he guesses to sleep on once and a while," says he's met about 2,000 people. Everett, who spent seven weeks this "I meet at least 10 people a day!" past summer living outside. Accord­ says Everett. ing to the website, there are cur­ His two backpacks, one for his rently 25,287 available couches in back and the other for his front, are Canada alone. swollen with everything from a jour­ "I've never had a bad experience nal to a personal stove. His small, hitchhiking," Everett continues. decorative ukulele rests near by "The worst encounter I had was with along with his current read, The Sa­ JOHN PACKMAN/DALHOUSIE GAZETTE a chain smoker who didn't say much, tanic Versus. Make room for Nick Everett on but he bought me food and gave me "I hated high school," says Ever­ your couch. money," he chuckles. ett. "I switched schools three times Everett's plans for the future are un­ trying to find one I liked. That's why I Everett says he's met girls who certain but he does know that he will be decided to hitchhike; to escape from hitchhike, including one who was staying in Halifax a little while longer. my prison town." on her way to Truro after travelling "I'm going to play music and While popular culture portrays by herself across Canada and back read all of the books on the reading hitchhiking as a dangerous gamble again. list for the Foundation Year Program with murderers straight out of a bad To save money while travel­ at King's College," says Everett. The horror movie, Everett does not con­ ling by thumb, Everett checked out list includes Homer's The Odyssey, sider it a dangerous activity. Willing Workers on Organic Farms Dante's The Divine Comedy and Pla­ "If I didn't think it was safe, I (WWOOF), an organization that al­ to's The Republic. wouldn't be doing it," he says. lows travellers to work on farms and

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JASON COHANIM prints at Historic Properties. Master's in public and STAFF CONTRIBUTOR "The 3-D work was great for us because it allowed for our work to Yo Rodeo is a collaborative art cross boundaries," Smith says. international affairs team of Paul Hammond and Seth This has given the boys the con­ Smith. Their work is everywhere and fidence to keep moving forward into whether you're aware of it or not, the future. They're concentrating you've probably seen Yo Rodeo art. It more on larger scale art showings may have been that super-colourful instead of smaller scale work for show poster plastered to a telephone bands. poll or an interesting T-shirt you saw But with all the art these guys someone wearing. Chances are also pump out, they aren't a one-horse It starts here. good that you've spent some time rodeo. On top of their design work as examining one of their large prints a team, both Hammond and Smith on the wall of your buddy's apart­ have a myriad of projects on the ment. side. Smith is a member of Halifax "We just like to make stuff and band Dog Day and is in the middle always have our hands on some­ of mastering the band's recent re­ The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs thing," Hammond says. cord. Hammond has been getting A glance at their portfolio shows his feet wet in the independent film is one of a kind: these guys have their hands on ev­ scene. He was on the production erything. They create posters, band team for the recently released local ·An innovative program where classes are offered in both official tees, album art, screen prints, paint­ music documentary 6015 Willow. ings and photography with a client If Yo Rodeo's local artwork and languages- the choice is yours! list of top names such as Two Hours side projects haven't spoken loudly Traffic, Ron Sexsmith, Death From enough to convince people of their ·High-quality teaching by world class scholars and Senior Fellows Above 1979 and The Unicorns. talents, look no further than the of­ As if the pair weren't diverse ficial recognition the pair has re­ bringing exceptional experience enough, they're now creating in three ceived. dimensions. Their new art show, 3-D They have been voted 'Best Visu­ • An ideal place to prepare for a career in public and international affairs Realms, has moved into Argyle Fine al Artist' for the past three years run­ Art Gallery. ning by The Coasts Best of Halifax The 3-D Realms show is a jour­ Readers Survey. They've also been • Generous financial support that covers tuition fees ney into a fantasy world, with imag­ featured in Gasoline, Ion magazine es that jump out at you from the silk­ and the Chronicle Herald. screened 3-D prints lining the walls. All of this is just the tip of the Originally displayed at the Blink! iceberg for Yo Rodeo. These guys Gallery in Historic Properties, this have some grand ideas for the fu­ showing was less of an art show and ture. They've always wanted to make For information on programs and admission: more of a fantastical voyage. Check it into the Guinness Book of World reality at the door, put on a pair of Records for the largest hand-pulled red and blue glasses and grab one of screen-print. www.socialsciences.uOttawa.ca/api the hand drawn maps to guide you Yo Rodeo has proven to be much toward each destination. more than just a dynamic mixed me­ 613-562-5689 There are nine stops on this ride dia arts duo. They've taken Halifax and each one sends you on a new by storm and have no intentions on cosmic mind trip. Explore worlds slowing down. So whether it's post­ where humans take a back seat to ers, music or a new art print series, giant wildlife, flying cities and layers get ready to be "punched in the face" upon layers of galaxies and stars. with more art than you can handle. Judging from the reception at Nocturne Art at Night's opening last 3-0 Realms is at the Argyle Fine month, this show definitely has stay­ Art Gallery, 1869 Upper Water St. in lil uOttawa ing power. Historic Properties, and is showing Faculte des sciences sociales Up until 3-D realms, Yo Rodeo through December. Check out www. Faculty of Social Sciences had geared its work mainly toward yorodeo.com to see their full portfolio. the young indie demographic. But everyone from small kids to elder­ ly couples experienced their new 141-12

DELIA MACPHERSON boutique are mostly made in or and other smaller gifts as cheap as $2. ARTS CONTRIBUTOR around Nova Scotia. Lara Martina, a Love, Me also offers workshops local painter, has at least four large to local artists. Kingston has planned Local store-owner Chara Kings­ pieces for sale. Stephen Bishop, also a workshop for late spring that will The Maynards: Date and Destroy ton isn't trying to compete with Wal­ from the Halifax area, sells hand­ show participants how to make inex­ Mart prices. made T-shirts. pensive tags fo r their products, how MATT RITCHIE STAFF CONTRIBUTOR The displays in Kingston's Love, Kingston, born in California, is to sell their art online and other tips Me boutique at 1539 Birmingham St. able to offer countless details about for turning crafts into profit, even for are intricate and decorative. 1Wen­ the art and the artists as she helps students. Does anybody remember when ty-seven old-fashioned keys she's her customers around the store. "If there's nothing on campus, dance punk came back five years collected in her travels hang above ''I'm lucky enough to enjoy the get involved in a group like the ago? It was around 2003 and it the light switch. Ancient suitcases sit art and business side of things," she Halifax Crafters," Kingston advises. seemed like every band and their around the ' store, cupboards made says. "And I love sharing ideas with "They are a great bunch and the little brothers were rocking out on by her husband out of broken doors other artists." renting price of a table at one of the hi-hats and playing guitar poor­ and a ladder serve as a crafty shelv­ Kingston has always enjoyed their exhibits is usually reasonable. ly on purpose. Bands such as Bloc ing unit. making art and attending shows and I started out selling local art at the Party, Editors, and Electric Six made "The idea of the boutique is for farmers markets but it took her a Halifax Farmer's Market." careers for themselves by sounding people to find special, unique and little while to figure out she wanted If you are looking to get your art like indie versions of disco. It was ethnical treasures. All of the prod­ to open her own shop. on display and for sale in the Love, cool for a bit, but basically all these as "Do You Wanna Dance" actually ucts in the shop tell a story," Kings­ "I used to spend more time talk­ Me boutique, contact Kingston bands sounded like Gang of Four. make you want to dance, which is ton says. ing to people about other artists' through her website www.loveme­ Everybody forgets that Gang of Four rare for a three-piece band. The shop, which features art­ work at my own exhibits!" she ex­ boutique. wordpress.com. actually sucked. Songs such as "Date and De­ work and products from Canadian claims. "If you e-mail me images of your Around this time I was also swept stroy" and "Eggs in a Basket" show artists only, offers everything from The store's photography and work or contact a time to show me up in this indie dance scene and the band creatively exploring its handmade clothing to porcelain paintings are $30 and up while the your art, I'll take a look at it," says bought myself Gang of Four's best minimal garage rock setting. But the tableware. clothes are $40 and up. Kingston. "I try to let each body of of on vinyl and to be honest I would problem lies in the genre. This album The arts and crafts found within There are handmade ponytail art stand on its own, so I keep my much rather listen to that again than feels very boxed-in by the sound the the red-, white- and black-themed holders, cork bookmarks, magnets picks varied." The Maynards' new album, Date and band has created. I know this band Destroy. is taking a low-fi approach, but can The Maynards have been per­ we please get some guitars up in forming in Halifax for almost 10 our grillz? The drums sound superb years. The band has unleashed on in comparison to the faint trickle of the indie-rock masses its brand of bass and vocals nodding at the back artsy and minimalist songs of dat­ of my skull. ing and love. Apparently the previ­ If you like the pop garage rock ous generation of Gazette review­ of Franz Ferdirland and songs about ers praised their first album for its short-term relationships, this record - catchy hooks. Well, I am here to say is for you. But if you're like the rest I don't find anything spectacular of us who want some more complex about this record. arrangements, maybe it's time you The record isn't bad - it's actu­ picked up the new Deerhunter re­ ally aesthetically good. Tracks such cord.

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Canada Hall of Fame inducts former Dal swimmer TYLER BROWN and 200-metre backstroke events Garapick says. "We just went out to Used sporting ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. The have a good time and swim our best. silver and gold metals in those races That attitude really helped because One of Dalhousie's brightest went to East German swimmers who we were all relaxed." goods former stars was honoured with an were later accused of using steroids, She still holds or shares four induction into the Canadian Sports though they were never stripped of Dal records and is an inspiration in Hall of Fame on Nov. 5. The hall their medals. Dal's swimming program, which she Sports in brief welcomed Halifax swimmer Nancy Garapick followed up her Olym­ helped build. Coach David Fry says Basketball teams break even to beat Mount Allison University 3-1 Garapick into its class of 2008 along­ pic performance with a successful she raised the bar for swimming in The women's Tigers basketball on Nov. 16 at their home Memorial side Canadian sports icons Steve Yz­ career at the University of Southern Nova Scotia. team lost 76-65 to the University of Arena. The Tiger's don't play at home erman, Marc Gagnon, Lennox Lewis, California, where she set many U.S. "There were several notewor­ Cape Breton Capers in Atlantic Uni­ again until Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. against and the 1996 gold medal winning college records before coming back thy swimmers in her age group and versity Basketball action on Nov. 14. the Saint Mary's Huskies. 4x100 metre relay team anchored by to Halifax to finish her graduate de­ Nancy pushed them all to the next Kelsey Hodgson had 16 points for Donovan Bailey. gree at Dalhousie. level," Fry says. "She was a wonder­ the Capers while Kari Everett had Hockey men fall to Huskies Garapick was only 11 years old Here she capped off her compet­ ful personality for swimming and an 13 points and eight rebounds. Bri­ The men's Tigers hockey team when she set her first Canadian itive swimming career by winning inspiration for the sport. She was a anna Orr and Laurie Girdwood both stands with three wins and seven losses swimming record and 14 when she five gold medals at the 1983 Cana­ great mentor who would always go had 18 points for Dal, which is now in the Atlantic University Sport league broke her first world record in the dian Interuniversity Athletic Union out of her way to give a hand to the 1-4 in regular season play. The Ti­ after its loss to the Saint Mary's Hus­ 200-metre backstroke as a relatively championships. younger swimmers." gers went on to beat the St. Francis kies on Nov. 15. The Tigers took an early unknown swimmer at the Eastern Garapick won 60 medals for Can­ Though she has retired from Xavier X-Women 71-62 on Nov. 15. lead when captain Tyler Dyck scored Canadian Swim Championships in ada in international competition be­ competitive swimming, Nancy is still Tony Anderson had 11 points for just 1:30 into the first period. The Hus­ Brantford, Ont. She followed up that tween 1975 and 1981. a fixture at the pool in her new home the X-Women while Girdwood had kies came back strong when Andrew performance with a string of victories "In '76 I don't think we felt that of Surrey, B.C., where she works as a 14 points with four rebounds. The Hotham, Colin Power and Cam Fergus at international events, finishing the much pressure because most of the teacher. women play against UPEI at home scored three straight unanswered goals year with a double bronze in the 100- girls on the team were very young," on Nov. 21 at 6 p.m. in the second period. Kenzie Sheppard *** responded for the Tigers at 19:17 of The men's Tigers basketball team the second period, bringing Dal within is 2-2 after splitting a pair of games one of the Huskies. In the third period, Tigers teams get wet to prep for AUS meet on the weekend of Nov. 14 to 16. On early goals from Cody Thorton and Jus­ Nov. 14 the Tigers managed to edge tin Munden put the Huskies ahead by TYLER BROWN will lead the men's team this year. again take AUS gold. out the Cape Breton Capers 74-63. three. At 14:51, Dalhousie's new addition ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Tung should do well in that event On the women's side, the Tigers from Sweden, Robert Ahlander, scored and in the 50-metre backstroke, welcome six new faces to bolster an Simon Farine had 18 points while Scott Beattie had 17. For the Capers, · for the Tigers, but that's as close as they Dal's swimming program has in which he has excelled nation­ already impressive roster. Led by Philip Nkrumah had 22 points with came to a comeback, losing 6-3 aftel"a maintained its reputation as a nation­ ally. Team support will come from captain Lauren Darrington, the team 12 rebounds and Germain Bendegue late goal in the third from the Huskies' al powerhouse through smart recruit­ Brannyn Hale, who won several should be strong in sprint freestyle, had 16 points. Scott Hotham. The Huskies out shot ment, hard work and the guidance 200-metre and 400-metre AUS titles breaststroke and the individual med­ On Nov. 15 the Tigers lost to the Tiger 33-19, and scored twice on of coach David Fry over the past 10 last year, and the versatile Dmitry ley. Helping to carry the load will be the Atlantic University Sport's first­ power plays while Dal went 1-6 with the years. As this year's season starts, the Shulga. Highly touted newcomers the 2007 AUS rookie of the year, Ch­ place St. F.X. X-Men, 77-61, at home. man advantage. The men play at home men look for their 11th consecutive Kit Moran and Matt Piggott may add antelle Percival, and 200-metre back­ Christian Upshaw had 14 points for again on Nov. 28 against Acadia Atlantic University Sport (AUS) title, to Dal's podiums and give the team a stroke champ Maggie Jones. the X-Men while Josh Beattie had 21 and the women go for their ninth. base to work on for seasons to come. The Tigers hope to attend the points for the Tigers. Farine had 14 Rainmen lose fan favourite Bryce Tung, who holds a Dal re­ With contenders in every distance AUS invitational meet on Nov. 22 points in that game, going 0-3 for The Rainmen's fan-favoured cord in the 50-metre freestyle race, and style event, the men's side may and 23 at the Dalplex. three point attempts, and 8-10 total Kadiri Richard, a six-foot-seven for­ from the field. ward, won't be back in the lineup The Tigers' basketball games can for the 2009 season. Instead Richard Snowboarders take on Truro be heard live on CKDU radio. Check decided to sign with the Wilmington www.athletics.dal.ca for a quick link Sea Dawgs from the Premier Basket­ NICK KHATTAR ternational development studies switch front 360s over a picnic table­ under the men's basketball sched­ ball League. Richard was known for SPORTS EDITOR student and has been snowboard­ mounted barrel. ule. The men play at home again on big blocks and heavy dunks as well ing for 10 years. Her favourite thing Gilbert took home third place Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. as appearances at charity events. Even though it wasn't snowing on about snowboarding is "everything for the ladies, impressing the judges Saturday Nov. 8, Zero Gravity Snow from the thrill of not knowing if I'm with her solid 50-50 backside 180 out Women's hockey breaks losing Curlers up and down and Skate Shop held its second annual in over my head to the lifestyle and and 50-50 to frontside boardslide. streak Mark Dacey and his Nova Sco­ snow board jam called Ground Zero. friends that come with it." "It was good," Gilbert said after The Tigers women's hockey team tia Mayflower Curling Club team The event took place at Victoria Rodgers, who's been featured in the event. "I had a great time and picked up a couple of wins on the were eliminated from the Canadian Park in Truro, N.S. and about 30 or snowboarding magazines and mov­ the guys did an awesome job setting weekend of Nov. 14-16, breaking mixed curling championship in so dedicated snowboarders came ies, recently returned to Nova Scotia it up. My landings could have been a three-game winless streak. The Iqaluit, Nunavut on Nov. 14. Dacey out for the fun. to pursue his studies after living in better- I guess I was a little rusty." women beat the UPEI Panthers 4-2 and his team lost a tiebreaker 8-4 to About 30 truckloads of snow and Whistler, B.C. for almost 10 years. Gilbert said she's fortunate snow­ in Atlantic University Sport women's Ontario's Wayne Tuck last Friday af­ 25 feet of scaffolding later, the land­ The finals were heated and fast, with boarding is big in the Maritimes. hockey play at Dal on Nov. 15. Scor­ ternoon. scape was ready. the riders only getting half an hour ''I'm stoked there is such a sweet ing for the Tigers, who are now 5-4, At the Masters of Curling Grand The action began at 2 p.m. and or so to impress the crowd and the scene out here," she said. "There's were Jocelyn LeBlanc, Robyn Nichol­ Slam event in Waterloo, Ont. from eventually 10 of the day's top riders judges. Jon Stevenson from Moncton, shit going on like every weekend." son, Jayne Knowles and Kim Carcary Nov. 14 to 16, the Mayflower's Shawn were selected for the finals, including N.B. greased the features like a comb For those interested in checking each getting a goal. Jamielynn Don­ Adams won his final game. Adams Sam Rodgers, a Truro hero and Zero through a carpet salesman's hair. out Halifax's snowboard action, the aldson and Kelsey O'Donnell scored and his team of Paul Flemming, Gravity team rider, and Anne Gilbert, Rodgers took third place in the second annual Urban Butter snow­ for the Panthers while Katie Read Craig Burgess and Kelly Mittelstadt both Dalhousie students. men's division for his smooth switch boarding showcase is set for Nov. 29 made an impressive 39 saves on 43 beat B.C.'s Bob Ursel 7-4 to finish Gilbert, 22, is a fourth-year in- frontside boardslide 270 out and downtown at Grand Parade. shots from Dal. The Tigers went on regular round robin play.

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December 6th toward women. that lost their lives on December Alana Robertson 6th, 1989. From November 25 to December On December 6th, 1989, fourteen 10th, people around the world will The gunman of December 6th, 1989 women's lives came to a horrific wear a purple ribbon as part of the believed that by eliminating these halt at Ecole Polytechnique, an Purple Ribbon Campaign, to re­ women, he was working to fight engineering school, much like member those who died In Mont­ feminism, and bring down women. Dalhousie's Sexton Campus, In real on December 6th, and all those However, in reality, his actions Montreal; Quebec. Just like today, that have been abused and even have resulted in numerous move­ It was exam and graduation time died as a result male violence. The ments to promote the end of vio­ for some, and there was anticipa­ White Ribbon Campaign was also lence toward women. Funds raised tion for the coming holidays. by a group of men In Canada in from the Purple and White Ribbon response to the Montreal Massa­ campaign go directly toward A gunman, who doesn't even de­ cre, a world network of men who women who have been affected by serve the credit of being named, are also working toward achieving violence toward women. His ac­ enraged about his rejection to the end of violence against women. tions have encouraged even more attend classes at the school and women into the profession of engi­ fueled by his chauvinistic views While one might Imagine that this neering, and even help for those toward women, especially those tragedy may dissuade women to who are having financial trouble. that were able to attend the school choose the field of engineering, Rather than sit quietly and let this that he was rejected from, sepa­ enrollment of women actually in­ gunman and others have their way, rated female students from male creased In the years after the trag­ we have, as a society stood up and students, shooting, and even bru­ edy, a protest to the violence and a taken action against them. tally stabbing one female student. collective voice of women refusing In total, he shot twenty eight peo­ to let one man's views and actions On Saturday, December 6th, in the ple, killing fourteen, all of which stop their basic human rights. How­ Alumni Lounge at Dalhousie's Sex­ were women. ever, less than 30% of engineering ton Campus at 6:30pm, there will students at Dalhousie today are be a ceremony to remember those The entire country, and even the women. The Canadian Engineering whose lives were lost on December world, felt the pain, shock and Memorial Foundation was formed 6th, 1989 and all those that have anger of the people of Montreal, In 1990 as a collective voice of been affected through violence Quebec. Gun laws were changed women In engineering, to attract against women. All students and because of the events of this day, women Into the profession of engi­ staff are encouraged to attend. women's groups have dedicated neering and strive for equality Take a break from studying and this time of the year to the end of among both women and men In come to remember. violence against women, and even this profession and provide women In engineering with financial sup­ groups of men have banded to­ gether to end all acts of violence port, all while remembering those

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