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FREE.WEEKLY. VOLUME 70 // ISSUE 09 // NOV. 5 09 // NOV. // ISSUE 70 VOLUME Closing Time The final days of the Osborne Village Motor Inn SLAM POETRY FOR SPEAKEASY HOLY HEAT BOXES, BODY POSITIVITY P6 EATS P14 BATMAN! P16 THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG CALL FOR REVIEWERS Campus Manitoba seeks qualified faculty and instructors to review openly licensed textbooks for the Manitoba Open Textbook Initiative. Participating reviewers will receive a $250 honorarium for their work. Manitoba is partnering with BCcampus to create awareness and encourage voluntary adoptions of open textbooks licensed under Creative Commons. Learn more and apply to review an open textbook at: open.campusmanitoba.com THE UNITEr // NovembEr 5, 2015 03 ON THE COVER A packed bar at The Zoo for the last Halloween bash. BALLS, BATS AND BEYOND All kinds of writers – journalists included – will often go on at length about the value of telling stories. At The Uniter, we have the specific goal of telling stories that aren’t being told in larger media outlets. Through this small campus and community weekly, we hope to open up small windows into places, people and events that often go unseen in Winnipeg and beyond. Through telling these stories, we want to open up a new way of looking at the world around us, and imagine possibilities for change. We ask: why are things the way they are, and how could they be different? This issue is no exception. Tales of unexpected connections between strangers, like those showcased in a photo exhibit about Albanian Muslims helping Jews during the Holocaust, remind us of the value of compassion. In the column, Jane Testar considers the humour and joy of eavesdropping, but her open ears also inspire a greater sense of empathy. Others are creating something entirely new, or at least, different from most of what we’ve already seen or heard. A new coffee shop opens up to reveal a hidden space. Soccer players both kick and wear balls. Furry flying critters are given new homes and treated as neighbours. The stories that already exist in the world can also, at times, limit our ideas about what is possible. A lecture by Jack Zipes questioned the messages held in fairy tales, and the motives behind them. Musician Tom Wilson discusses his meandering path across mediums, and his open defiance of artistic expectations. In the comments section, one of our contributors questions promises made by our new Prime Minister, and asks for some substance to follow them up. These stories are just the starting point for making meaningful change, however you may see that, in the world. And if you love or hate what we’re doing here and want that to change, we’d also invite you to tell your story and submit a letter to the editor, or even just write us an email. And while you’re at it, grab the ballot on the back of this paper and tell ONLINE us who you love the most. All of those suggestions – coming directly from you – will determine the EXCLUSIVE stories we tell for our December 3 Uniter 30 issue. CHECK OUT UNITER.CA FOR AN – Anastasia Chipelski EXCLUSIVE PHOTO GALLERY OF JDC WEST STUDENTS JUMPING INTO ICE WATER FOR CHARITY. @THEUNITEr @THEUNITEr FACEbOOK. Besa: A code of honor consists of a series of photographs of COM/THEUNITEr the Muslims who rescued Jews during the Holocaust. 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The COPY & STYLE EDITOR CAMPUS REPORTER MOUSELAND PRESS BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Uniter will not print submissions that Danielle Da Silva » [email protected] Elena Spitcyna » [email protected] Kent Davies (interim chair), Andrew Tod, Erin Yaremko, Raegan Hedley, Jack Walker, Dylan are homophobic, misogynistic, racist or Chyz-Lund, Anifat Olawoyin and Peyton Veitch. libellous. We also reserve the right to ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Meg Crane » [email protected] Alana Trachenko » [email protected] For inquiries e-mail: [email protected] edit for length/style. 04 THE UNITER // NovembEr 5, 2015 WHOSE HOUSE? KIERAN’S HOUSE PHOTOS BY SIMEON RUSNAK THOMAS PASHKO @THOMASPASHKO 1 2 FEATURES REPORTER Four years ago, when Kieran West started forming what would later become Kieran West and His Buffalo Band, the singer- songwriter’s intentions weren’t exactly ambitious. “It was really just because I was in love with the band Little House,” West says, speaking of the on-again off-again indie rock outfit from Matlock, Man. whose members include folkster Micah Erenberg and Somebody Language frontman Ben Figler. “They were my favourite band in the 3 4 whole world, and I just wanted to be in Little House. I started hanging out with them and showed them my songs. One day Ben said, ‘Let’s do stuff as Kieran West and Little House.’ Sort of like Jim Bryson and The Weakerthans.” That initial collaboration evolved into The Buffalo Band, a rotating roster of as many as nine musicians who make up West’s alt-country ensemble. Their 2014 Riverwood Avenue EP has gained the band acclaim in both indie and country-blues circles, as well as a ubiquitous presence on the summer festival circuit. 3) CHORD ORGAN West’s Osborne Village home, which he “My mom got me this for Christmas last year. She 5 and his partner have shared since January found it in an antique store and it wasn’t in the of this year, has quickly become an greatest condition. All the little holes (in the grill) important productive space for the couple. were super dirty, so she cleaned every single one “It’s nice for us to have a place where with a Q-Tip. It’s really cool. Air moves through it. It’s we can feel free and independent,” West basically an electric accordion.” says. “We wanted a space where I could be creative and she could study, and we really 4) WALL OF ART love this place. We have the river and a “This is a collection we wanted to do. There’s some hockey rink just outside.” local art in here, which is important to us. Some are by an artist named Kal Barteski. Some are 1) HEIRLOOM CHEST/TICKLE TRUNK (birthday and Christmas) cards by a friend, Rachel “We use this as a table. When my mom was a Hammerback. The other two are by Kristen Aleida.” teenager, my great-grandma decided that every woman in the family should have a chest. She got 5) RECORD COLLECTION one for my mom, my aunt and their cousins. This “When I was a kid, my dad had the hugest record was super cool when I was a kid. We’d keep all our collection, so I got into collecting when I was costumes in it and they’re still in here. This is our really young. This is all alphabetical and by genre. tickle trunk.” My two favourites are Meat Puppet’s II and Bruce Springsteen’s Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. This 2) BUFFALO SHOWER CURTAIN is a very specific pressing of (Springsteen’s) first “It’s a personalized shower curtain, but it’s also record where the postcard on the cover actually from IKEA, so it’s as impersonal as you can get.” comes off, and the lyrics and stuff are on the inside.” ARTS THE UNITER // NovembEr 5, 2015 05 BEING AN ARTIST Tom Wilson lets no one define him MEG CRANE @MEGCRANE ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR Tom Wilson doesn’t let anyone tell him SUPPLIED PHOTO how to be an artist. “I think that we as artists are bees, just Tom Wilson will bring his mixed-media work to Winnipeg. drifting from flower to flower,” Wilson says. used the music from this album to create a Now, he’s focused on writing a book. of being an artist is following what you Wilson certainly lives by that series of three videos. Or rather, he’s focused on creating a multi- want to do. philosophy. As an artist, he drifts freely Where The Dirt Ends The Love Begins… media version of the book he’s writing. He says living life as an artist is not from medium to medium without apology is a trilogy of short films produced by “We’re putting some of my stories to about the money, fame or notoriety.