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News Editor: Vivian Belik Senior Editor: Leighton Klassen News Editor: Derek Leschasin UNITER STAFF UNITER NEWS E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Managing Editor » Jo Snyder 01 [email protected]
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COPY & STYLE EDITOR » Melody 15 Rogan [email protected] “Today’s culture is essentially disappearing because of copyright laws and
DISTRIBUTION MANAGER » limitation of access” – Russell McOrmand
PRODUCTION MANAGER & 16 GRAPHICS EDITOR » David C. Tan Lougheed, a founder of the festival and At a “town hall” meeting at the West [email protected] user of Linux free software, “means (artists) End Cultural Centre on the evening of Aug. having a say that’s equal to the extent to 17, keynote speaker Russell McOrmand ADVERTISING MANAGER Whitney Light which they’re affected by the decisions” educated the audience about the consequences » Ted Turner 17 [email protected] made with respect to their creative work. of tough copyright laws already passed in 786-9779 reative minds gathered How to assign rights to creators and users in the European Union Copyright Directive an age when published formats are no longer and in the 1998 US Digital Millenium THIS WEEKS CONTRIBUTORS in downtown Winnipeg as simple as a book or framed photograph is Copyright Act. Artists and free software a point on which government and OpenCity users who have used the works of others for over Aug. 17-20 to join participants disagree. new creative purposes, such as parody or • Andrew Lodge • Andrew Clark • Ben C Instead of the traditional “all rights software development, have found themselves Snakepit • Dave Streit • Kenton Smith • in a celebration of “participatory reserved model”, OpenCity is moving the in trouble with the law. The problem, Rhys Kelso • Kalen Qually discussion to a new model of copyright according to those involved, is the laws are culture”. A unique festival in that places less restrictive rules on access designed to favour established artists and to published creative works. Lougheed profi t-seeking companies over the promotion Canada, the second annual argues that, “copyright is a tool used by big of creativity.
The Uniter is the offi cial student newspaper of the University corporations to make sure only people with McOrmand stresses, “We should be of Winnipeg and is published by the University of Winnipeg OpenCity Freedom Fest brought money can go past its barriers.” preserving for the future, not protecting for Students’ Association. The Uniter is editorially autonomous and the opinions expressed within do not necessarily refl ect For those in the know, alternatives the present. Today’s culture is essentially those of the UWSA. The Uniter is a member of the Canadian University Press and Campus Plus Media Services. together academics, activists, and already exist. One example is the Creative disappearing because of copyright laws and Commons copyright license. Founded in limitation of access.” SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES, LETTERS, PHOTOS AND GRAPHICS ARE WELCOME Articles should be submitted artists of all sorts who believe that 2001, the Creative Commons license offers Of immediate concern to Canadians is in text or Microsoft Word format to uniter@uwinnipeg. ca. Deadline for submissions is noon Friday (contact artists “some rights reserved” and some Bill C-60, which contains proposed changes the section’s editor for more information). Deadline for art is not created in a vacuum, granted to the user. The agreement is to Canadian copyright legislation that will advertisements is noon Friday, six days prior to publication. The Uniter reserves the right to refuse to print submitted particularly applicable to creative works see Canada fall in line with the policies material. The Uniter will not print submissions that are homophobic, misogynistic, racist or libelous. We also and culture is the result of input distributed over the internet. In some cases, of the EU and the US. According to the reserve the right to edit for length or style. the artist may even wish to dedicate their Canadian Heritage website, the changes by both artists and audiences. work to the public domain, giving users will “implement the provisions of the World CONTACT US » greater access to use, change, and develop Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) General Inquiries: 204.786.9790 the material. It is a disastrous proposition treaties, clarify the liability of internet Advertising: 204.786.9779 Editors: 204.786.9497 The event was organized by chairman for profi t-seeking publishers, but an optimal service providers (ISPs), facilitate technology Fax: 204.783.7080 Syd Weidman and a volunteer group of choice for emerging artists who want to enhanced learning and interlibrary loans, Email: [email protected] social activists, artists, and free software promote their work widely at a minimal and allow photographers to be considered as LOCATION » users in an effort to open eyes and ears to the expense. the authors of their works.” Though these Room ORM14 future of culture and its distribution in the As of yet, however, few Winnipeg artists University of Winnipeg proposals sound non-threatening, a quick 515 Portage Avenue wake of the internet, fi le-sharing, and other are using the Creative Commons license. search on Google pulls up multiple protest Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 advanced digital technology. One of the goals of OpenCity, says sites seeking to “Kill Bill C-60”. Events included workshop lectures Lougheed, is to get local artists on board Another goal of OpenCity 2005 was and discussions, an art exhibition at The with alternative copyright solutions. In to gain signatures for a petition against the Pool Room of the ArtSpace building, and conjunction with the festival, “we released bill. Forms were available for the Petition for COVER IMAGE a number of free performances by local a CD with non-local bands using a Creative Users’ Rights, which McOrmand explained musicians and poets. Commons license. We hope to change that was set up in Apr. 2004 to appeal to a broad ILLUSTRATION BY DAVID TAN A key focus of this year’s event was the for next year,” he admits. Among local Canadian audience and engage average CONTACT: [email protected] issue of copyright laws and fi nding alternative artists, Lougheed says, “many have personal citizens in the copyright debate. It has so solutions to protecting creative works. stories about how copyright has been diffi cult far garnered enough signatures to be tabled “Participatory culture,” says Jason to deal with.” in Parliament. September 01, 2005 03
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News Editor: Vivian Belik Senior Editor: Leighton Klassen News Editor: Derek Leschasin 04 News E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Premiers Demand Increased Federal Funding for Post- Secondary Education
Vivian Belik government in regards to post- secondary education. “The fi rst thing the premiers tudents were looking for from the federal government,” said Hildebrand, are being “was a return to the original funding levels of post-secondary welcomed back education from the mid-90s.” S Since 1995 the Liberal federal to their universities and government has been criticized for slashing the Canadian Social colleges this year with Transfer fund (which includes funding for post-secondary bittersweet news about education) as well as being criticized for not matching contributions the future of funding paid out by each province to its respective universities and colleges. for post-secondary The premiers are therefore seeking to reinstate the pre-1995 levels for Photo by: Wade Andrew education in Canada. post-secondary education funding. “Once that funding is Prime Minister Paul reinstated,” said Hildebrand, the next thing the premiers will be Martin may have broken looking for is “a new national Uptown, Prime Times Sold to FP Newspapers strategy on post-secondary his $8 billion promise education.” For Manitoba, this sort of national strategy would involve Derek Leschasin already producing what he calls continue to be there. But I wonder to fund post-secondary the provincial government working News Editor excellent content serving their over the long term... whether that alongside the federal government niche markets. “No changes in will be true. It might not be.” education last year, to generate increased funding for the editorial staff are planned,” McMonagle says he is not post-secondary education. innipeg’s Proven says, adding that “we greatly concerned about media however, his actions are “The premier has made it look to them to lead us.” As he concentration, because “print is not clear that he is willing to match major print sees, it, Canstar’s role will be to the dominating force that it once being attacked by the any new funding from the federal augment the content provided and was. I’m not very worried about government to Manitoba as part media to increase circulation, making this deal keeping out innovation… country’s premiers who of that national strategy,” noted W the papers “more handy and there’s just an explosion of media Hildebrand. sources are now all in accessible”. elsewhere so I’m not concerned at demand that the prime Matthew Gagné, provincial In response to concerns all about this deal cutting back our representative for The the hands of one group about concentration in local access to information.” minister stay true to his Confederation of Students (CFS) media ownership, Proven says that However, McMonagle in Manitoba, is pleased to see that of owners, since FP Canstar’s purchase will improve concedes that with the sale of word. the premiers are actively trying the content that readers access. Rosebud, it will be much more to increase social transfers for Canadian Newspapers “Companies difficult for At the premiers’ annual post-secondary education, but he have a independent meeting in Banff last month, believes these demands are long Limited Partnership tendency to “I think Uptown’s weeklies to the issue of post-secondary overdue. follow each audience would tend start up in education took centre stage as “Students for years have been announced this July other,” he Winnipeg. premiers insisted that the federal saying that the federal government argued. By to be very skeptical “Uptown is government increase fi nancial needs to give more money to that it had purchased bringing established transfers for post-secondary the provinces for post-secondary these papers about corporate now, so it education. education, particularly since the Rosebud Publications, into the fold, maneuvers like this.” would be According to the premiers, early 1990s, when the Liberal they are tremendously who collectively refer to government cut millions in social the publishers of Uptown given “more – Duncan McMonagle difficult for themselves as spending, a clarity and somebody the Council “The premier has lot of which magazine and Prime direction” in to make a go of the [involved cuts serving their of a new free Federation, made it clear that he from] post- Times. niche. entertainment Canada must secondary Duncan McMonagle, a weekly in Winnipeg. And I think beef up federal is willing to match education.” journalism instructor at Red it would be even harder now that contributions any new funding The With this purchase, FP River College, tends to believe Canstar owns Uptown, than it was to post- conference newspapers now owns the Proven’s comments about any six months ago.” secondary from the federal may signal Winnipeg Free Press, the Brandon possible changes to the weeklies, According to a media release education if the beginning Sun, and Canstar Community particularly Uptown. put out by the FP Newspapers it would like government” – of a new phase News, which puts out various free “I think [FP Newspapers] Income Fund, Uptown has a the country Jonathan Hildebrand in Canadian weeklies throughout Winnipeg and would be very foolish to take weekly circulation of 17 thousand to remain post- the surrounding area: the Herald, away... any content in Uptown copies, while Prime Times has a bi- competitive secondary the Lance, the Metro, the Times, that is currently bringing readers weekly circulation of 10 thousand. in the so- education and the Headingley Headliner. into Uptown... that would be Both publications generate $800 called ‘global funding, Canstar is the entity which opening the doors for somebody thousand in revenue annually. knowledge however, acquired Rosebud, and which will else to start up a new publication, While FP Newspapers may economy’. It is the opinion the premiers’ meeting in no way oversee operation. which is what the Free Press does dominate the local print scene, of the Council that Canada’s guarantees that Prime Minister “There are no other products not want,” says McMonagle. “I they are still small players on a future economic success hinges Paul Martin will stay true to his $8 in this marketplace that would rival think Uptown’s audience would national scale. According to the upon the government’s ability to billion promise. [Uptown],” in terms of music and tend to be very skeptical about Canadian Senate’s Interim Report effectively train and educate the When asked if, and when, entertainment coverage, says John corporate maneuvers like this, and on the Canadian News Media, as Canadian workforce. universities would start seeing Proven, the publisher and general would probably be looking out for of 2002 the big three newspaper Jonathan Hildebrand, increased federal transfers, manager at Canstar, noting the changes that they don’t like.” owners in Canada were Canwest press secretary to Manitoba’s Hildebrand was quick to answer, unique demographic Uptown and “That Canstar will keep the Publications, which puts out a provincial cabinet, says the “that is to be seen”. Prime Times serve. same editorial staff at least for combined weekly circulation of premiers who attended the The only thing certain for Proven says that at this point now is a good sign, because that over 9 million, Quebecor/Sun Council of the Federation meeting students at this point is a growing there will be no major changes means the people who know what Media with over 6 million, and in mid-August demanded two pile of student debts and an at Rosebud, noting that staff are Uptown’s audience goes for will Torstar with over 4 million. separate things from the federal indefi nite period of waiting. September 01, 2005
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World News Report Spence Street Now Open to Pedestrians Compiled By Derek Leschasin Phase One of Project is Complete
– On Aug. 21, the City of Winnipeg announcedWinnipeg that the old Ogilvie Flour Mill elevator building at 49 Higgins Avenue was demolished by a controlled implosion early that morning. 325 kilograms of explosives were used to destroy the of building in 25 seconds. A safety zone of 300 metres was established around the area of the implosion and traffi c was re-routed between six and nine a.m. The Police River Patrol also closed off an area of the Red River to traffi c until the all-clear was given. The Ogilvie Flour Mill was one of the oldest buildings in Winnipeg, constructed in 1881, and a favourite of urban explorers. Much of the original mill was destroyed in a 1997 arson fi re. The remaining structures on the property are scheduled to be demolished in the coming weeks, with fi nal clean-up set for Jan. 2006.
- According to The Independent, the FrenchFrance government’s wildlife agency has launched a campaign to exterminate the California Bullfrog, Alan MacKenzie area residents.” which was introduced to the country in 1968. Beat Reporter Planning began in The bullfrogs, which can grow to almost two April after City Council feet in length and weigh over four pounds, have unanimously voted in favour gradually taken over marshes, ponds and lakes he new pedestrian of the university’s request for throughout France, posing a threat to indigenous a campus and community- Studying in Manitoba Means Lower Debt species unable to cope with the invaders. The frogs mall on Spence friendly street. The first consume fi sh, lizards, other frogs and small birds. phase is now complete with The Trade-off ? Graduates Earn Less if They Various attempts to eliminate the frogs have Street, designed the addition of 62 metered been made in the past, but this latest large-scale T parking spots behind the Stay in the Province campaign simply involves nighttime forays into the to make the University of university on Ellice Avenue. wetlands with fl ashlights, rifl es, and silencers. The A second phase of plan for the campaign is to eliminate all bullfrogs Winnipeg campus safer the project will feature an inside France within fi ve to ten years. expanded student drop-off Tessa Vanderhart from university—I guess it The Manitoban (Univer- and more vibrant, is the zone on Ellice Avenue. More depends who you ask if it is – Controversial Christian classrooms and office space, sity of Manitoba) reasonable—but certainly broadcasterUnited PatStates Robertson last week advocated latest step in Winnipeg’s sidewalk cafés, recreational the lowest levels in Canada,” that American agents should assassinate facilities, and community WINNIPEG (CUP) said Gainwright. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The downtown revival, says and student housing are also -- Manitoba university Although studying in Associated Press reported Robertson claimed that planned. students borrow less Manitoba generally means eliminating Chavez, one of the USA’s most vocal Mayor Sam Katz. Inonge Aliaga, executive to study, but earn less lower debt levels, university critics, would prevent Venezuela from becoming director of the Spence once they graduate graduates who remain in “a launching pad for communist infi ltration and Neighbourhood Association, than students in other Manitoba make less money. Muslim extremism”. Spence between Portage said the university has been Canadian provinces, a Loris Loewen is the Robertson’s statements were condemned by and Ellice avenues is now working with community recent Statistics Canada manager of labour market media watchdog groups and Americans United closed to most traffic and residents to help determine study has found. information for Manitoba for Separation of Church and State, as well as promises to offer students what would work best in Manitoban students Education and Training. members of the Venezuelan government. and neighbourhood residents the neighbourhood. Several also take longer to She said Manitoban In the past, Robertson has advocated blowing up enhanced services and community workshops have graduate, but are more graduates’ relatively lower the State Department, and made claims such as amenities, green space and safe already been planned and likely to stay in the wages do not always equate that feminism encourages women to “kill their public transit. In addition to a more are promised for the province after graduation to lower quality of life. children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism designated bus lane and than students in other “We have been having and become lesbians”. bicycle path, traffic is provinces. lower wages in Manitoba “I believe the renewal of restricted to emergency Tom Gainwright is than Canada for many, – An Israeli Defense Forces panel and construction Spence Street will have a very the executive director of many years, but I think, in Israelinvestigating the killing of four Israeli Arabs vehicles, deliveries and Manitoba Student Aid. general, our cost of living by a renegade IDF deserter last month has Handi-Transit. positive impact on the rest of He wasn’t surprised that is relatively lower too,” she recommended that more be done to identify The project, called Manitoba students were said. IDF members with “terrorist potential”, Haaretz downtown” – Mayor Sam Katz “Spence Street: Open able to pay for university Ben Burt, a part-time reports. for Renewal”, was with fewer loans, and said science student at the U of One of the main problems the panel pointed kicked off Aug. 8 with the province’s bursary M, thinks the explanation to was a lack of information-sharing between a street festival featuring live coming year. program contributes to most students give for the army and the security service. The soldier entertainment and vendors. “I think the university lower student debt load. staying in the province responsible for the attack, Eden Natan Zada, had The event was attended by recognizes the importance “Manitoba has the comes down to supply and spent time in military prison, and a mental health Katz, university president of having the residents lowest student debt across demand—and cheaper isn’t offi cer had recommended his psychological profi le Lloyd Axworthy, Winnipeg involved,” she said. She the country, Manitoba necessarily better. be lowered, but this information was not shared South Central MP Anita added that area residents has the lowest percentage “Winnipeg’s between branches of the military, nor were the Neville, and transportation are generally happy with of students who actually different—no one comes details of his desertion. minister Ron Lemieux. the project, but some are use student loans,” he or goes really whereas in The panel also recommended that the policy of Katz said the development, worried traffic will be an said. Calgary, there’s this giant allowing IDF soldiers to go on leave with military- along with the MTS Centre, issue. Gainwright cited low sucking sound because there issued weapons be re-evaluated. Millennium Library, and new “The biggest concern tuition, the population’s are so many people moving Manitoba Hydro building, is what happens to traffic proximity to Winnipeg, into the area,” he said. – The state of Maharashtra has banned is an important part of the when you close off a street,” low cost of living and “I always find the Indiathe sale and use of plastic bags, BBC reports. The revitalization of downtown she said. “How does that low youth unemployment argument that Winnipeg is government is partially blaming the abundance of Winnipeg. affect the other streets in as the reasons why most a great place to live because the bags for the severity of the fl ooding that hit the “I believe the renewal of the area?” students are able to it is affordable flawed. state in July, claiming that they clogged sewage Spence Street will have a very Katz said City Hall pay for post-secondary Winnipeg is affordable and drainage systems. Over 1100 people were positive impact on the rest of would also be open to public education in Manitoba because of supply and killed in the initial fl ooding, and a further 300 were downtown, and will show what consultation as the renewal with less difficulty demand; nobody wants to killed by waterborne disease. can be done when people get continues. than other Canadian come here. If lots of people Manufacturing of the bags will still be allowed together,” Katz said. “What “The mayor’s office students. wanted to live here, it would within the state, as they can be sold elsewhere. The I really think is important is is open to input no matter “Manitobans have not be cheap anymore,” government is allowing 30 days to hear objections this pedestrian mall has the where you stand,” Katz fairly reasonable debt said Burt. or suggestions from the public. support of 90 percent of the said. levels when they graduate
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A Letter from the Editor The Democracy of Journalism
Jo Snyder Comments
Last winter, a group of Uniter staff drove to Edmonton for the weeklong Canadian University Press (CUP) conference. It consisted of seminars on various media-related topics: blogging, freelancing, interviewing techniques, etc. It was an interesting week, to say the least. We were able to compare our paper to those of the other universities, meet fellow ‘cuppies’ as we’re called, and, of course, drink. Additionally, we had the good fortune to attend keynote addresses from Lewis Lapham, editor of Harper’s, and Ken Alexander, publisher of the Walrus. What struck the strongest chord for me, however, was the keynote by Wendy Mesley. While we ate our fi nal dinner in the hotel dining room -- most of the cuppies extremely overdressed -- Mesley stood at the podium in jeans and a blouse. She regaled us with some tales of working in a newsroom, her time spent on CBC’s Disclosure, and her early struggles as a young journalist. She paused for a moment while refl ecting on her career and told us that she believed journalism D to be one of the most virtuous vocations a person can pursue. And it hit me: what she was talking about was not only writing, or even writing well, On the Very Idea of a Student Paper but about reporting stories, digging deep and And What it has to Say About You fi nding honest answers to tough questions— the democracy of journalism. In the face of Daniel Blaikie quickly amalgamating media corporations and Comments Editor plagiarism scandals, honourable journalism is indeed threatened or, at the very least, the perception that journalism is honourable in the As some fi rst place is threatened. What Mesley was trying he purpose of any will already to convey to us that evening was that it is our job, know, the as aspiring journalists, as fresh faces, to pursue commercial newspaper, University our commitment to reporting with the utmost of Winnipeg integrity. These are skills that we have to learn, whether it be the Students’ Association that we must develop and grow through trial T is able to exercise and error, with peer support and perseverance. Winnipeg Free Press or the Globe discretion over our budget, Journalism isn’t an occupation for the unwilling, and advertising dollars depend on our the lazy or the faint of heart. and Mail, is to turn a profi t. This is circulation and pick-up. Nevertheless, the Uniter refuge of Soviet sympathizers, or the sole and is funded in the main by student fees, whether by single cause of degeneracy in the Western world. This week’s issue of the Uniter deals with not said with malice or contempt, direct levy or indirectly through the UWSA. As While I cannot speak for the other editors, I mainstream media, campus media, and the such, it does have some insulation against a loss can speak for myself: any letter that purports struggles of being a student. This content is nor should it necessarily be of interest in the student and downtown market. to do this, authored by a person who has as yet refl ective of who we all are as a group. However, In other words, choosing simply not to read the submitted no other piece of writing to the Uniter, the Uniter, as a student newspaper, has made a understood as a dirty secret or paper as a means of protesting the content is will be regarded at least with mild contempt. commitment to Winnipeg to provide the best likely to prove ineffective on two counts. First, A student paper is owned and paid for content it can; not only to the university, but also shameful enterprise. But the fact it won’t have a direct and immediate effect on by a student body, even the members who pay to the surrounding community. the paper’s budget. Second, for the reason just absolutely no heed to the paper. I urge you As part of the broader campus media remains that money is the raison mentioned, a loss in readership may not be to resist – not because of an anti-capitalist community, we have a unique opportunity to detected right away, and even if it were, it might spirit, but because it is patently false – the share resources and ideas. d’être of these institutions. not be clear what the cause of decline is. analogy of students-as-shareholders. We are not Some people, when witnessing these shareholders in the Uniter, if we were then we This is only in part a pep talk, because pep While those people who work for features of the Uniter, along with a tendency would be hard pressed not to slap and fi re our talks aren’t really my area of expertise. In fact, I commercial papers have not necessarily revoked toward so called ‘left wing’ opinions in the portfolio investor. The Uniter is a not-for-profi t don’t have an area of expertise. That’s why I’m any of their commitments to fair reporting of paper, come to see the paper as a raging venture. But as the community that owns and is here. And that’s why you should be here too. important information, to some extent, the anarchist juggernaut, wreaking havoc on represented by our paper, we should want and This is a place for those who want to write well, profi t mandate of the paper affects what the campus media and the world. The hyperbole be able to be proud of it. Walking away from who want to research news stories, interview content of the paper is like. Essentially, the (I hope) is meant to illustrate the enormous our project because you don’t like what it’s doing bands, write about art, whatever; but it is also a papers will cater to what they believe people amount of imagination involved in some people’s at any one particular point in time is not unlike place where all of us can develop these skills and want to read, and moreover what they will perception of the paper. Another feat of mind is refusing to vote in the next federal election hold each other up to the kinds of standards that pay to read. There is an emphasis not just on accomplished when they further claim that the because you don’t like the Liberal’s approach to we set for ourselves. I may be wrong, but it seems professionalism – which is important for any Uniter’s sometimes, again ‘left wing’ – whatever government. It allows those you disagree with to that at this level, we are very much independent. paper – but professional and big name writers. that is – approach is part of a conscious design, run the show. In brief, it’s stupid. It may be the only time in our careers where we Commercial papers are always on the when in fact there is a further point of difference This is why students of all political stripes can do something completely subversive, uncover wire because their existence depends on people between commercial and student newspapers and opinions who are not stupid should be something the mainstream may not be able to purchasing their product, and there is no which explains the paper’s slant. taking of advantage of what is for many a once in get to, or experiment with style and perspective. guarantee that people will continue to do so. This is that the paper is student owned. a life time opportunity: to write for a periodical Campus media is not only an independent source The relationship between paper and audience is Stay with me, I am not, I repeat not about to with a circulation (this year) of around 10,000 of news and a documentation of subculture, but initiated by a fi nancial transaction and, should make the facetious – and questionable – claim copies, a periodical that, if done poorly, refl ects also a training ground for those who aspire to readers be dissatisfi ed with what the paper has that because all students are lefties, one ends poorly on our student body (not just those who careers in professional writing or journalism. to offer, they can exercise their ‘dollar vote’ up with a leftie newspaper. Rather, a student are writing) and if done well, is something to This is what we should be. At this stage of the by not buying the paper, thereby potentially newspaper relies on volunteer contributors. By be proud of and enhance the reputation of game, we are not competing with the Walrus, or triggering a change in the content of the paper. and large, we do not have professional and big University of Winnipeg students. Doing well the New Yorker, but we are in a position to work Student papers are structured in quite a name writers. What this amounts to is that if the can only be the product of a collective effort, hard to put out the best product we can. different way. In the case of the Uniter at least, leftie community is more vocal and active with and the more people we have writing, the more one does not buy an issue each week. Instead, it regard to campus media, and it seems to be, then material we have to choose from, the better. is available on campus and other places in the that is refl ected in campus media. This is not a I don’t promise to agree with everyone, but I city without charge. Neglecting to pick up or reason for those who don’t consider themselves do promise to give everyone a fair hearing and read the paper as a statement of dissatisfaction lefties not to be involved in the paper -- quite the an equal opportunity at publication, and with with Uniter content does not directly affect the contrary, it is a reason for them to write. that, I urge you stop by the offi ce or refer to the budget of the paper and the beat goes on. Now when I say this, I do not mean that contact information in this issue to get a hold of This is not to say that the Uniter comes free or they should write in and complain about how your Uniter staff. is invulnerable to criticism or student disinterest. the paper is (allegedly) a socialist hotbed, the last September 01, 2005 Comments Editor: Daniel Blakie E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 08 Comments Fax: 783-7080
Media and Democracy: of some harmless Arab country The Explore Program Why Student are never asked. The very strong possibility that a good number of Off ers Students More Newspapers elected officials on this continent Matter are out and out liars is glossed over Than Just A Second as the press seeks to tiptoe around Andrew Lodge that harsh likelihood, despite Language overwhelming evidence to support the claim. And there are many Andrew Clark other examples worth mentioning. nother school Disproportionate attention is spent on matters more or less year has begun irrelevant to the larger society. n the second fl oor of the Cejep Turn on an American news on campuses network over the summer and you du Jonquière students gather A could witness hours devoted to around the country and the disappearance of America’s underneath the bright lights sweetheart, Natalee Holloway, in O with it, a new season of Aruba. Holloway’s disappearance of the cafeteria for one fi nal dance. The is no doubt very important to her publishing for student family and loved ones, but hardly DJ puts on a popular Quebec song by Les the locals keep their politics to themselves of great import in terms of national and I never felt any hostility during my stay. newspapers. If you’re news, beyond its dramatic, soap Trois Accords, entitled “Saskatchewan.” The general sentiment that most people hold opera-like quality (Geraldo was, of toward Canada is that it is a nice country, reading this it means that, course, a prominent component of The refrain: “Saskatchewan, tu m’as pris ma but Quebec is simply not a part of it and the coverage). the Canadian flag. Canadian Newspapers, at the very least, you’ve For a variety of reasons, femme,” drifts into the parking lot where Molson Canadian, Canadian politicians established media is beholden to (Liberals) and the English language are picked one up to thumb parties other than the public it Ruby (my best friend) and I dance under very foreign (non-existent) to Jonquière. claims to serve. Ironically, all of this makes Jonquière a through. Nonetheless, the very notion phosphorescent lights. It’s been fi ve weeks popular destination for learning French, and of media serves a critical role, one it attracts many Anglophones each year. which cannot be underestimated, and this is our last night in Jonquière, Many of the students who participate Reaction to the campus press in shaping discourse. What we in the program arrive with no previous is invariably mixed. Some view see and how we see it, as the Quebec. As Ruby and I sway back and forth I knowledge of French vocabulary. Thus, them with disdain, others with public and as citizens, is largely the first days are exhausting for both the disinterest. On the other hand, determined by the media. But marvel at how quickly the fi ve-week Explore students, who must struggle to express even there are those who look forward if the discourse is not generated their most basic needs, and for the faculty to reading and even responding to with the intent of informing, and Program has passed. These fi ve weeks have and staff, who are forced to use any and all issues laid out on the pages each instead with the twin and most means available to them, from elaborate week, either in the form of debate often complementary motives not simply improved my French vocabulary; hand gestures to drawings, in their effort to with fellow classmates or through of profiteering and maintaining communicate with the students. Of the first letters. the status quo, then there is a I’ve come to a better understanding of the week, I recall one student’s explanation for Some of the criticism is grave danger that the population how he had ended up in the improvisation admittedly well founded; at times cannot effectively participate in culture, history and people of Quebec. I’ve workshop. “Moi Brad,” he explained to articles can be atrociously written. the democratic process, a process the class, “moi inscrire tard, moi ici.” It is What’s more, students may feel that is not just about voting, but learned that Quebeckers and Canadians are impressive that by the end of the five weeks that many of the matters discussed about shaping the society in which many students like Brad (who understood are largely irrelevant to them and we live. very diff erent and, much to my concern, I and spoke so little French that initially he their concerns. There is no denying that confused it with Spanish) can hold their own Having said that, student student newspapers lack the same have discovered that we understand each in a fully Francophone environment. Great newspapers are important to the scope or clout as the major media gains are made by the students because campus experience. Here are some conglomerates. This does not, other poorly. Thus, I feel strongly that most of the learning happens outside of the thoughts on why. however, necessarily make them classroom; it happens with the host family, The student press represents a any less valuable. programs like Explore are an integral part with locals at the bar, with the kids who loiter unique opportunity. It is produced History tells us that the in the parking lot of the college smoking in an intellectual environment –the university has played a considerable of improving relations between the “two cigarettes and drinking large beers (fact: university– which at least portends role in shaping society. In China, Saguenay beers are three times the size of (even if it falls short at times) to students clamoured at the imperial solitudes” and the fragile federation that is other, English Canadian beers). be open to inquiry. The agenda gates at the dawn of the twentieth The program offers even the most is not set by a board of directors century, helping to bring down Canada. advanced student an opportunity to interested first and foremost in the longest running empire in improve his or her French, for Jonquière selling papers for profit, nor by world history. They did so again The Explore Program offers fulltime students is home to a large elderly population. It is advertisers who set margins on in 1989 to bring worldwide the opportunity to study either French or English widely known and acknowledged that of what can or cannot be said. attention to the democratic deficit free of charge for five weeks in the spring or summer all “Saguenayans” the elderly are the most A glance at the dominant in contemporary Chinese society. in one of several universities and colleges across the difficult to understand. I once passed a five- forces in North American media Campuses became battlegrounds country. Participants are given a choice of several minute conversation with an elderly man in a today reveals a very different set of amidst the protests in the US institutions throughout Canada. I was placed in Canadian Tire store and I understood not a circumstances. The parameters set during the Vietnam War. The Jonquière, Québec, a small town of about 60,000. single word that he said to me (I believe that on debate are rigidly established, university played a major role in It is a pretty little town situated along the Sageunay he was talking about bike locks). However, albeit obscured as much as Eastern Europe and the raising of River, North-East of Quebec City. Jonquière is I nodded politely and grunted in agreement possible by carefully planned the Iron Curtain. The list goes on surrounded by farmer’s fields and a rugged landscape so that he would not be embarrassed for programming. and on. of rushing rivers, glacial rocks and black spruce trees. having spoken for such a longtime with an What’s the result? One part Obviously, people attend Its inhabitants mainly work in the Alcan aluminum Anglophone who understood nothing that he of a given story is overblown, university for different reasons. plant or in various other resource-based industries. was saying. while others are left completely But one important reason is The town also has a vibrant nightlife, with free Despite all of the awkward exchanges, unreported. The media is a to develop the tools to make concerts throughout the summer on the main street, blank stares and misunderstandings, spotlight, and its glaring light contributions to society. Simply St. Dominique. This street is also home to several the Explore Program makes a valuable shines on one spot while leaving put, many graduates will have bars, cafes and a small, hole-in-the-wall restaurant contribution to Canadian society, for it allows a great deal else to wallow in skills that could help make our that goes by three different names (Chez Pauline, Le students of any background an opportunity to the shadows. Moreover, when world a better place. The student P’tit St. Do and Taxi Diamond) and is considered to spend five weeks living in a different region, the media discusses a particular newspaper provides an important have the best poutine in town. speaking a different language. Of course story, the questions raised are not avenue for discussion related to Jonquière is also known as the heartland of this exchange leads to many small, often necessarily the fundamental ones. this end. Quebec separatism and was once the riding of comical, misunderstandings, but it is through Questions surrounding the actual Keep reading. You might former Bloc Québecois leader Lucien Bouchard. these that a better overall understanding is morality of bombing the shit out actually enjoy it. Besides, it’s free. Despite its high profile as a separatist stronghold, fostered among young Canadians. September 01, 2005 Humour Editor: Matt Cohen E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 Humour Fax: 783-7080 09 Straight Faced Matt Cohen Humour Editor STAGE NAMES FOR FAMOUS PHILOSOPHERS I was watching some re-runs of the Smurfs the other night and I realized WITH FAILED RAP CAREERS By: David Streit something; Gargamel is the worst super villain ever. He’s supposed to be this evil By Stephen Harfield wizard that needs Smurfs for his potions, but can never catch them. They’re three MC Logopositron (Ludwig Wittgenstein) apples tall. That’s like twelve inches. Not to mention the fact that they’re bright blue. I DJ Nervous Breakdown (Frederich Nietzsche) can’t understand this guy. They’re as tall as his cat and he has trouble fi nding them. This Form-master P (Plato) guy is starting to look less like an evil wizard and look more like some crazy cat guy who lives in the woods. Aren’t super villains Radical Doubt (Rene Descartes) supposed to live in lairs? I doubt a rickety wood cabin constitutes a lair. You almost Papa Pantheist (Benedict Spinoza) have to envy the Smurfs. Most people would have to worry about their nemesis. They’d Doctor Seduction, Atomic Reduction (Bertrand Russell) be caught up in trying to stay three steps ahead of the other person. The Smurfs’ only I. Ronny (Richard Rorty) worry is that, one day, Gargamel is going to notice the massive four foot mushrooms Conman Destruction (Jacques Derrida) they live in with giant windows and smoking chimneys. It’s a good thing their mushroom houses aren’t painted bright primary colours or anything. With the Wile E. Coyote, you know he’s going to lose, but at least he comes up with some good plans. With Gargamel as your nemesis, you’d have a better chance losing against a turnip. Of course you never realize these things when you’re a kid. He- man wore a pair of leopard skin speedos and I thought he was the most macho guy ever. If you think about it though, there’s a real difference in quality when you compare cartoon evil geniuses and ones from the movies. In the movies, they’re always so By: Ben Snakepit suave and have a catchy comeback to everything the hero says to them. Cartoon Snakepit is a daily log of the life of Ben Snakepit. Drawing three panels a day, Ben villains don’t have that kind of charisma. takes us through the daily grind of living in Austinn TX, playing in the legendary J How are the Ninja Turtles going to have a Church, touring, working, partying, falling in and out of love, and just being Ben. dramatic showdown when they’re fi ghting a Snakepit appears in The Uniter courtesy of Young American Comics (YAC), with brain in a jar? Krang could be the toughest consent to republish from the author. To learn more about Snakepit andother guy out there, but all it would take is a big publications by YAC, check out www.youngamericancomics.com stick and he’d be on the ground surrounded by shards of glass wondering where it all went wrong. Movie villains always seem to have endless amounts of money to enact their plans. Cartoon villains always seem to be living on social assistance. I’m just waiting for one of them to say, “as soon as I get my welfare check, your days are numbered”. Movies villains always have a stockpile of cool gadgets that they use to try to beat the hero. Cartoon villains have gadgets, but they have no idea how to use them effectively. They usually involve the gadgets in an intricate plan that the hero has to follow, in exact detail, or nothing works out. The hero doesn’t step on the stone that shoots the arrow that hits a vile of sulfuric acid that is supposed to kill them. Haven’t these villains heard of a gun? I know pulling a trigger isn’t as glamorous, but the end result is the same. Maybe Gargamel’s next big plan is using a gun, but knowing him, it won’t work out. Besides, he’d probably have to wait another two weeks before using it until he gets a government check to buy some bullets. September 01, 2005 Features Editor: Lori Ebbitt E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 010 Features Fax: 783-7080
HEADLINE: EXPLORING STUDENT DEBT
Lori Ebbitt vice-president advocate for the University organization bases its rates on what students Judy Dyck, director of awards and of Winnipeg Students’ Association, can afford and are sometimes done pro- fi nancial aid with the University of Winnipeg, the government funding levels for post- bono by LeBlanc. says that while everyone seems to suggest olitics student Kathleen secondary education are at their lowest since “The problem with most debt cases is that fi nancial planning/budgeting sessions the depression. the fear and the stress associated with it. The would be a good idea for the university to Ross is preparing to “It’s an insanely high cost for students majority of people suffering from debt crises put on, few showed up when such sessions who are paying for an institution that mostly suffer from the lack of willingness were held. graduate this October, should be publicly funded and accessible to by the lending authorities to compromise or The university’s fi nancial aid offi ce P everyone,” said Gagné. negotiate,” said LeBlanc. “But running and does offer counselling services to any student and she’s doing it without a George Soule, national director of the hiding does not solve the problem, it only in need of fi nancial guidance. Also available CFS, agrees post-secondary costs are too compounds it.” through the offi ce is an information student loan. On the surface, Ross’ high in general, but also notes Manitoba LeBlanc says the most important thing sheet called Surfi ng for Dollars, which students have the third-lowest post-secondary in dealing with debt, and what a lot of lists information on Canadian and US situation may seem ideal, but she tuition costs in the country, thanks to a fi ve- students don’t have, is the basic information scholarships. Two websites with scholarship year tuition freeze between 2000 and 2005. to deal with debt management. information are www.studentawards.com does still have debt to repay. Her Because of this, student debt in Manitoba is “Students have to deal with the high and www.scholarshipscanada.com. actually below the national average. costs associated with student loans,” he Dyck also recommends the website burden is credit card bills. “The average tuition debt in Manitoba said. “Before they even start school they www.canlearn.ca, which covers information for a four-year general undergrad degree should become very well aware of what on planning for post-secondary education, is $16,000, which is actually $9,000 below they’re getting into. Not to deter them from loan repayment and sources of fi nancing “I was lucky, because I was able to live the national average,” says Soule. “That’s going forward, but simply to prepare and such as scholarships and student loans. at home. I wasn’t paying rent, but I was defi nitely still a lot of money for a student understand what they’re getting into.” “It’s a pretty comprehensive source of expected to pay my own tuition,” she says. to owe when they graduate, but I think “Students must become aware and information, and it tries to consolidate a lot With this in mind, Ross decided that students should be proud of the victories enlightened about the fi nancial system, of what students need to know in one place,” instead of borrowing money, she would pay that they’ve won to bring the average down the nature of third party collections and said Dyck. off her tuition with the earnings she made that low.” the repercussions. They have to really While student debt is an inevitable part while working full-time and going to school Ross says that, as a student herself, understand what you’re up against if of post-secondary life for many students, full-time. Her debt comes from the various she honestly wasn’t too bothered by the something happens. Then you can begin smart fi nancial planning and the use of credit cards she used to pay for all of her actual price of tuition at the University of to draw roadmaps for yourself and learn resources that do exist can help make the other expenses, such as groceries, clothing, Winnipeg. through your own or other educational post-school years a little less stressful. transportation and other general costs of “I think we’re lucky that the NDP has programs.” living. maintained a tuition freeze in Manitoba. A Travis Bender understands the She admits her school work likely reduction would be nice of course, but at importance of creating a debt management University Cost Break Down suffered from the busy schedule she kept up least it hasn’t increased. The entire time I’ve plan before school is fi nished. He has spent for four years while working full-time and been here, I’ve paid the same amount for the past fi ve years completing the three-year The University of Winnipeg explains the going to school full-time. tuition every year,” says Ross. Bachelor of Arts program as a part-time annual cost of obtaining a post-second- While Ross is on the verge of fi nishing Still, Ross thinks the government could student, and will be going to the University ary education (as a full-time student, for school, she doesn’t yet have a plan for paying do more to mitigate student debt problems. of Manitoba for the next two years for the the 2004-2005 school year): off her debt. And she’s not alone. “To get an education costs a ridiculous after-degree Education program. Application Fee: $35.00 According to Statistics Canada’s amount of money in general. It’s worth it Bender was able to pay off his tuition Arts and Education tuition ($557.28 per National Graduates Survey, released in and I think it’s a worthy investment, but for the three-year program by working while 6 credit hour course): $2,786.40 April of 2004, 45 per cent of undergraduate the government should be investing more he studied part-time. But the next two years Science tuition ($641.96 per 6 credit students graduating in 2000 fi nished school money into it.” will be different, as he will be going to hour course): $3,209.80 with government loan debt. The average The province hasn’t guaranteed it will school full-time and taking out a bank loan Registration fees ($25.00 per 6 credit student debt from government loans at maintain the tuition freeze over the coming to pay for school. hour course): $125.00 graduation was $19,500. Two years after years, which could mean more debt for “The debt does hang over your head, University of Winnipeg Students’ Asso- graduation, only one in fi ve bachelor students. and you do always end up thinking about ciation fees: $162.93 graduates had paid off their government “They talk about supporting the freeze, it a little,” said Bender. “You’ve also got to Books (new) and supplies ($279 per 6 credit hour course): $1,396.00 student loan completely. and they’re very proud if it, but they have yet watch what you spend, and you can’t buy The same study notes that students to commit to a long term plan to freeze or things you might normally want.” Arts and Education total: $4,504.33 from bachelor programs who graduated in reduce fees further,” said Soule. “But it only takes about half an hour Science total: $4,927.73 2000 owed 30 per cent more than the class Despite ever-increasing debt loads, to write out a plan for how much money of 1995, and 76 per cent more than the class students continue to seek a quality post- you should put into each account. I think a Other expenses (for eight months of of 1990. These numbers refl ect the increases secondary education. According to one lot of people just don’t do that. They think study): of tuition throughout the 1990s. fi nancial expert, students can help ease it’s easier to take out $100 to spend on a Accommodations ($360 per month at The Canadian Federation of Students education-related debt burdens by following weekend and not worry about it. I’m just UofW residences or a shared two bed- (CFS) represents more than 500,000 full- careful fi nancial management. realizing myself that it’s all the little things room apartment): $2,880.00 Food ($190 per month): $1,520.00 and part-time college and university students “Financial problems are the hardest ones that add up.” Bus Pass ($53.90 per month): $431.20 from across Canada. It points to tuition to solve, because people can get themselves Bender also notes that he had no idea Miscellaneous Allowance ($228 per hikes as a main cause of high student debt. into fi nancial problems very easily, but it’s coming out of high school how expensive month): $1,824.00 “The position of the Canadian much harder getting themselves out of it,” university, or even just textbooks, would Other expenses total: $6,655.20 Federation of Students is that tuition has said John LeBlanc, director of counselling be. LeBlanc suggests that this is where gone up way too much in the past decade. In and development at the Canadian Financial universities and even high schools should www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/future-mon- some places it has gone up by 135 per cent,” Wellness Group. come in with some sort of accessible fi nancial ey-money-costs.com said Matt Gagné, the co-chairperson for the The organization runs the Canada education and support systems. Manitoba chapter of the CFS. Gagné says Student Debt Crisis Intervention program, The University of Winnipeg doesn’t student debt in Canada has risen to $25,000 which caters specifi cally to students who hold any programs or information sessions on average. are troubled by collection agencies, due on a regular basis, but there are resources on According to Gagné, who is also to all kinds of student debt crises. The campus to help out students seeking advice. September 01, 2005 Arts Editor: Mike Lewis E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 Arts & Culture Fax: 783-7080 011
n March of 2005, I was fortunate enough to be able By Matt Lewis Ito tour as a drummer with a prominent local band. After two solid months of learning song after song and sweating it out in a cold warehouse space, we perform a warm-up show for friends, and head to our fi rst show in Calgary on March 3rd. What follows are excerpts from my day-to-day account of the life of a touring musician. Names have been substituted by the Life On The Road instrument played so as to allow PART 1: WESTBOUND Photo by: Mike Lewis each person to maintain their dignity.
bear witness to statements such as “I love everyone, we hit a party at a local’s house to sit alone and read. Then I see the phone Calgary – The moments leading you guys, you’re the greatest” courtesy of where I am spanked and Bass is assaulted. is ringing (there was a fl ashing light) and I up to departure are tumultuous at best. Keyboards who would later sleep in his Rock and roll. answer. I’m then informed that it is noon, We meet at Keyboard’s house to load the own vomit. Nanaimo – After a two-day drive, and I was to be at the venue for 11am to van. Loading a band van is an art, much Nelson – Quite possibly the most including a stop in Kamloops for laundry, load out. Uh… as it turned out, I had my like Tetris. There is a certain way things beautiful town on earth, Nelson is like Banf f we arrive on Vancouver Island. At this earplugs in, so I didn’t hear Keyboards must go, and until you fi gure it out, you minus the pretentiousness. The drive there point I have endured two solid days of wake up. Keyboards left without waking travel in relative discomfort. This process is spectacular. The B.C. interior should be abuse from DJ who keeps calling me “angry me, housekeeping knocked but I didn’t is made even more unpleasant by the fact seen by everyone at least once. The show is banger” and won’t stop singing Peter hear them, my phone went off and I didn’t that musicians are late and it is -25 degrees sold out. We play to well over 150 people, Cetera’s Karate Kid theme song. Everyone hear it, the alarm went off and I didn’t hear outside. Our departure is delayed further including some expatriate Winnipeggers. is on-edge about this show because the it. I’m angry. I don’t like being late. I don’t when, fi ve minutes into the tour, Trumpet Prior to the show, Keyboards, Guitar, band has never done well in this town. like being unprofessional. And I especially suddenly exclaims “I left my trumpet on and I have supper together. Friendships Tonight’s show, however, unfolds to a nearly don’t like missing breakfast. I run down to the roof of the van!” Needless to say, it are forming between some of the band packed house. Maybe it’s because I’m the venue in record time to fi nd that Bass isn’t there anymore. We eventually fi nd members and I, though Bass, Trumpet and there. Between sets, Guitar, Keyboards, has become impatient with me and has it in the hands of a Good Samaritan who Sax are still warming up to me. DJ just gets Trumpet, and I retire to the Green Room. begun tearing down my drums. Touching saved it from being devoured by passing along with everyone and never shuts up. The Green Room is a show-biz thing that my drums is akin to getting between a traffi c. We overnight in Regina. I room Later, in bed, I am given a rude awakening has a near mythical level of mystique mother bear and her cubs. You just don’t with Sax and Trumpet. Trumpet snores, as Keyboards proceeds to place all his surrounding it: it’s where the band hangs do it. I’m very angry. Up to this point, I but I have earplugs. Earplugs are essential luggage on my head without realizing I out, the groupies show up, and fun is had and the rest of the band have had to wait to the survival of any traveler and their was there. Still, despite that, and having by all. Truth be told, this Green Room was for Bass at every opportunity. He is the last companions. I awake to DJ bouncing like had to air-dry myself after a shower (no in the basement, cigarette butts all over the one up, the last one to the venue, the last a monkey on my bed. It is 7am. We drive towels) I get some well deserved sleep. fl oor and graffi ti of the delightfully juvenile one on stage. And now he’s impatient with to Calgary. We check into our hotel, hit Nakusp – Morning in Nelson is type over every surface. We sit in the dank, me. We load out and head for a previously the venue, setup, eat, and wait. Tonight peaceful. With a short drive to Nakusp, poorly lit pit, and wait for the next set. Yep, unheard of town called Ucluelet on the we are playing with a band called Sekoya we have an easy start to the day. I wake we’re rock stars. west coast of the Island. The whole ride I’m from Vancouver. Nice people, good show, up early and go for breakfast with DJ Victoria – The following morning, pestered by DJ which does not improve my cool band. I freak out during the fi rst fi ve and the Winnipeggers. During the load we do a radio interview at a station owned mood. At the end of windin’ road, we enter songs as it is my fi rst time performing in out, I fi gure out the most effi cient way to by the same guy who owns the venue from what one could only describe as bleak. another city. The show is well received pack all the equipment and am voted the last night. When asked to compare the We play in what is basically a trucker bar. and I am consoled by Bass and Keyboards offi cial “van-loader” (I’m touched). Time instruments we played with a food we eat, AC/DC is blaring, and while I like that with tequila shots for my less than perfect in the van is passed with hands of Texas- my response that drumming for this band band, I realize that dance-funk probably performance. Immediately after the show hold ‘Em, playing video games, reading, is like drinking paint is met by stunned isn’t going to work here. Plus, the stage is I am cornered by drunk men who enjoy watching movies or simply listening to silence. We head to Victoria, hit the venue, about the size of a t-shirt. We set up and I my drumming. This was to become an music. While I am getting tired of the van, load in, and get a hotel. Rooming with discover that Bass has somehow misplaced uncomfortable trend. I’m pleasantly surprised that I don’t have Keyboards, I learn that he snores quite a number of crucial parts for my drums. Canmore – Awake in Calgary, the urge to kill that I normally get when I loudly (like Darth Vader humping a tank). I fi nally lose my temper. I ask everyone Sax is in the bathroom for over an hour. spend to much time with people. We arrive I am thankful for earplugs. The Central to leave me alone for 20 minutes while I I go down to the lobby in my underwear in Nakusp around suppertime, to fi nd a Bar & Grill is the site of tonight’s event. proceed to improvise a new set up. They (much to the delight of the staff) and use town markedly different from the one we They give us supper consisting of pasta and leave me alone for three hours. The show the bathroom. I get breakfast then get just left. If Nelson is the happy successful seafood. A good meal is a rare thing on tour, is less than stellar. Everyone is sick of each packed for the day. DJ is singing Billy town, Nakusp is its bitterly depressed so you take advantage of one when it comes other, and after an inauspicious beginning Joel songs. As it turns out, DJ knows the sibling. This affects the overall mood of your way. More former Winnipeggers in involving DJ telling off a group of truckers words to pretty much every lame song ever the band. We also discover that Keyboards attendance this evening and the show is who wanted to hear rock and/or roll, we written. Due to the short drive, we load in has forgotten all the cables for his gear one of my personal highlights of the tour. play our two sets to about 30 people. I (ie: set up our gear) and then I have time in Nelson. Fortunately DJ’s Winnipegger After the show, DJ and I wander through room with Sax. He doesn’t talk. The walls to fi nd a nice little coffee shop, get some friends have followed us to Nakusp and the town to fi nd more fun, but it was not to of the room are painted in awkward silence. chocolate milk, and read a book. This is are able to get one of their friends to drive be. We get junk food, sit on the curb among The hotel has an ominous edge that I can’t the rare “free time” I would get for the the stuff down to us (the driver got a free the deserted streets of downtown Victoria, shake. Sleep does not come easily. I begin rest of the tour. I fi nd an article in a local t-shirt). During the show I experience and proceed to pig out and complain about to have second thoughts about the whole paper about the band and it mentions me that too-common phenomenon where the relationships. touring thing. Why in god’s name am I so I keep it. The show goes well. Everyone drummer meets a nice girl who is then Ucluelet – I awake in Victoria doing this? I’m broke, hungry, tired, my is “on” including myself and so, once stolen by the front-man, in this case, DJ. feeling refreshed and in high spirits, drums are damaged, and the people I’m past a Frenchman who insists we don’t I am subjected to reminders of that event unaware that the coming day would be the working with are driving me insane. If I give Keyboards enough credit, Keyboards, throughout the tour courtesy of DJ. After low point on the tour for me. I get cleaned could kill with a look, this tour would fast Guitar, and I retire upstairs to relax with inadvertently running up a bar tab by up for the day, excited at the prospect of be a solo act. Why do I do this? our dear friend Rum. 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Erwin Redl’s MATRIX XII
By Kenton Smith
Photo by: Wade Andrew
he idea is simple entry in the series constituting In this case, no new paint speed as I move about, delighting a distinctive design that “plays has been applied, no fixtures at the effect of the blue glow enough in its games with the human eye, removed, no walls torn out -- just whooshing by in a blur as I start human visual experience and a re-direction of light and vantage weaving in between and around most brute expectation.” points, and the introduction of the cables, swooping low to the T Any expectations of how to the grid in place of normally floor and then back up again. Plug-In manifestation: a horizontal relate to the space are indeed empty space. “The house of Like a child at play I observe the toyed with as one moves about cards of perception collapses same tendencies on the part of grid with three separate within Redl’s grid. As I proceed very easily,” Redl says. a fellow who is contorted into a August 11 - October from one end of the room to “So,” I ask, “what do strange position on the floor. I 22, Matrix XII, by tilts to its plane, created another, flanked by rows of you want people to gain from tell Redl what the fellow told me: artist Erwin Redl. blue LEDs on both sides, I am experiencing your work?” that the piece made him want with a series of cables, disoriented and delighted in a “I don’t ‘want’ anything,” to stand on his head to perceive House-of-Mirrors fashion by Redl quickly and emphatically the room from a more oblique cross-braces, and blue my mind’s (initial) inability to corrects me, flashing a polite angle. discern which is in fact set on but reproachful smile. Well, in “All power to him,” Redl LEDs (light emitting an angle – the floor or the rows fact, he does want something, he replies with a grin. of lights. explains, but only from himself. Ultimately, Redl’s precise diodes) placed upon the Psychological theory is the While he may have personal methods of design and execution foundation of Redl’s overall aesthetic or intellectual goals he are directed towards accessing intersecting co-ordinates. schema and effect. “Our is trying to satisfy, he has no a less rational sphere; it is the perceptions are so conditioned,” agenda, no fixed expectations of “other 90% of the grey matter” he tells me, explaining that his what people should come away that Redl is interested in, the It is from this basic schema MATRIX series involves a “re- from his installations with. Redl realm of subtlety, insinuation, that artist Erwin Redl has created imagining of spaces” wherein chafes at the notion of the artist and the purely aesthetic, where the twelfth entry in his five-year- the physical presence of the being obsessed with the self, and “intellectualization ends.” He old MATRIX series, an ongoing installation alters the volume of in opposition to the paradigm aims for “the point where the exploration of human perception the space – or, perhaps more of the artist as teacher, sage, abstract meets the tangible, just in which visitors to the exhibition precisely, alters one’s perception or preacher, Redl says he sees before the kitsch begins.” are literally put in the third of said volume. Redl says he himself more as a part of a circle As opposed to the visual dimension. MATRIX XII is, in sees himself as an interventionist that is completed by those who assault of the neon capitals of the artist’s words, a “submersive whose work allows people to come to experience his work. He Tokyo, Las Vegas, or Times environment” in which the relate to existing man-made describes his matrices as “trans- Square, Redl prefers to slow visitor tangibly experiences and interiors in new and unexpected personal communal spaces,” down time as part of the process shapes it by actually entering and ways. saying he enjoys the experience of immersing the participant in moving about the wire grid itself. Redl’s transformation of the of seeing and discussing visitors’ the exhibition. An attendee of one of Redl’s interior of the Plug-In is the reactions to the exhibition, Despite his aforementioned installations may rightfully call case in point. While still vaguely and how their individual life disinclination towards making oneself an active participant recognizable, the gallery’s usual experiences and perspectives expressive art, Redl admits that rather than simply a viewer. expansive air has been negated shape their responses to it. there may be an unavoidable Redl, an Austrian-born by the black draping set over He also observes how political element in this very act New York resident, first mounted the large exterior windows and many people lose their social of contrariness. He smiles and MATRIX XII at the Chinati interior portals that provide inhibitions within his matrices. I shrugs, “I don’t know. I’ll leave Foundation in Marfa, Texas, lines of view from one room into quickly discover this for myself: that discussion up to someone where he did a residency in 2003. another. The result is a space Feeling as if among pixies or else.” He has exhibited his installations that is inward-looking rather fireflies when standing among And so Redl’s MATRIX is in various spaces from Brooklyn than outward-looking. It is a fine a patch of chest-level LEDs, I true to its name, establishing an to South Korea to France to line, Redl says, between altering become transfixed and reach out open model from which fresh the current set-up at the Plug-In perceptions and “raping the to comb my fingers through the insights and discussions can Gallery, with every subsequent space.” air between them. I vary my develop and illuminate. September 01, 2005 Arts Editor: Mike Lewis E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 014 Arts & Culture Fax: 783-7080 Reviews
Jonathan Inc. A slice of Winnipeg with a side of mystery Things done and left undone
Hailing from B.C.’s lower Cherry Bites are spread throughout the book, material basics of food and shelter. mainland and described as “male- Alison Preston from tales of sledding down slopes The one fi gure Cherry felt loved fronted ambient folk pop,” Jonathan 217 pages along the Red River, to scarfi ng by, her father, died when she was a Inc. brings about their fi fth release in Signature Editions back burgers at the Red Top small child. A stepfather enters the the shape of Things done and left undone. restaurant. They liven the story scene, a reasonable fellow named The album’s nine tracks feature of Cherry, the protagonist and Dougwell, but Cherry has failed to mature songwriting, thoughtful lyrics, Reviewed By Whitney Light narrator. Winnipeg comes so alive develop their relationship. and layer after layer of keyboards and in Cherry Bites that seeing news It’s easy to sympathize with guitars that culminate into something of the novel’s solved mystery in Cherry. As Preston unfolds the beautiful. This album is perfect for ne couldn’t tomorrow’s Free Press might not unfortunate events of Cherry’s playing faintly from car stereo speakers while you sit on the car hood come as that great a surprise. life, she reveals the emotions in a country road somewhere, or for listening to on headphones while imagine The novel itself seems loosely involved in sibling rivalry and the you trudge through the rainy streets of Winnipeg in a moment of divided into two parts. It begins struggle for affection in a way that introspection. It is mood music; sad, happy, or bittersweet. It is a crime a more with Cherry recounting how, at rings true to life. The gaps left that the members of this band are stuck in day jobs. Or maybe, just O the age of four, she took a bite, by Cherry’s family as they made maybe, that is what is so great about this disc. Every song comes across pleasant neighbourhood literally, out of her infant brother their exits have left her wondering completely authentic, and that’s pretty impressive considering the whole Pete’s face to stop his howls. Plastic if she is happy or unhappy. In thing took over a year to complete. According to Endearing Records, than the sunny streets surgeons repaired the wound using examining the faults of her mother fans of artists su! ch as Elliot Smith, Evan Dando, or Death Cab for Cutie tissue from his buttocks, inspiring and brother, she comes to examine will like this band. That said, the album should speak to anyone who gets around Lyndale Drive, “Assface” as his nickname her own. Life has left her bitter. off on the pure, simple honesty so rarely found in songwriting these days. for most of his childhood. The She writes a nasty news column (www.jonathaninc.com) but things here aren’t absurd humour here turns much for the Free Press. Cherry admits darker, however, as it becomes outright, “My columns hurt -ML always what they seem. quickly apparent that love and people. I told the truth at the affection are qualities lacking in expense of feelings.” It’s a theme Nine Inch Nails There are old shadows the dysfunctional family that is that runs throughout the book. Cherry, Pete, and their mother, How you are treated is how you [With Teeth] and sad hearts in Nora. will treat others. Cherry, a grown woman At the halfway point, the novel Critics, fans, and nay-sayers Alison Preston’s latest still living in the family house in is suddenly shaken out of refl ective have had fi ve years to allow rumour, Norwood, struggles with memories mode to take off into a full-fl edged speculation, innuendo and bullshit novel, Cherry Bites, of her youth aroused by reading mystery. Arson, heroin, attempted to grow to new proportions since the passages from her mother’s diary murder. A ghost appears from last NIN album. With the release and Norwood Flats is that arrive anonymously one day Cherry’s past, wreaking havoc on of [With Teeth], NIN architect Trent in the mail. her nerves and the neighbourhood’s Reznor has silenced any doubt over the setting for a trip Pete never forgives Cherry secure reputation. Preston pulls his continued ability to produce. for the Assface incident, choosing out a character from her previous Despite having released only four full- down memory lane to instead to completely ignore her. novels, trusty inspector Frank length studio albums in sixteen years, Says Cherry, “A huge sadness Foote, to help solve the crimes each album is a solid piece of work that is able to stand the test of time, dark family secrets and washes over me now when I think popping up every few pages. The and [With Teeth] is no exception. Featuring thirteen tracks which stand of what Pete and I missed out on story goes out with a bang. It’s strong on their own, this album seems very unlike 1999’s The Fragile. The mystery. by not having each other to lean fast-paced and full of drama, and songs on [With Teeth] run the gamut dynamically with the wall of guitar on... His complete rejection of me that’s ok. But to be honest, I was noise-fests such as “Getting Smaller” and the piano-driven electronica of Preston is a born did its job.” Darker still, Pete is a enjoying the mellow tone. It was “All the Love in the World.” Overall, the album is a much more focused Winnipegger and currently quiet creative type, only mildly as if, in the heat of the moment, effort than previous NIN albums, with every single note conveying a lives in the Norwood Flats area. obsessed with his own death. He the action started to get away screaming intensity that leaves one aching for more! . A chief difference Her familiarity with the city perfects the art of faking suicide. from Preston, causing the tale to between [With Teeth] and the rest of the NIN catalogue is the use of live comes through in her writing Nora is never a source of become less and less plausible. But drummers Dave Grohl and Jerome Dillon. The live aspect of the album and makes it a pleasure to comfort for Pete, providing little it is just a story, and in the end, makes NIN feel like a band for the fi rst time ever. With this newfound read. Nifty anecdotal passages motherly attention except for the Norwood is safe. clarity, Reznor is sure to continue to impress and inspire fans both new and old. (www.nin.com)
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Pink Martini Hang on Little Tomato
In hell, there is an elevator that is responsible for taking all the people who were boring during their living days to be locked away from the more entertaining denizens like serial killers or those guilty of war crimes. In this elevator one is subjected to music that the Devil feels sums up your life. The irony in having elevator music drive boring people insane is the kind of delightful irony that only the Devil can devise. Sitting at #1 on the Devil’s play list would be Pink Martini. This album made a grown man try to take his own life by hanging himself in his underwear. It didn’t work, so now he’s forced to write a review of it. If you are one of those people who enjoy cocktail lounges, meaningless conversation or pain, this album is for you. In all fairness, however, Pink Martini do what they do very well. If genuine lounge music is your thing, you’ll like this. Some of the instrumental tracks are actually somewhat enjoyable, though the tra! cks featuring vocalists are dripping with cheese. Sometimes it’s French cheese. And that’s okay, everyone is different. (www.pinkmartini.com)
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Friends of the Green Party Andre Clement’s documentary attend. The fi rst meeting will be recruited by Oxford University UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG are going to have a shake out! ‘Seeds of Change’. September 12th. Press in 1991 to head up their LANGUAGE COURSES start SCARS OF TOMORROW Performers include Shades of Canadian Dictionary department. Sep 12th. Register by calling Sep 7th Collective Cabaret None, Coda, Guy Abraham EVENTS She received the University of 982-6633 or visit 294 William 7:30pm. W/ The Acacia Strain, Band, Serena Postel, TJ Blair LITERARY Winnipeg’s Distinguished Alumni Ave. For information or an Still Remains, On Broken Wings. and more! Tickets $5 for ORIENTATION WEEK Tuesday award in 2000. Tickets are $5.00 assessment call Rita Zuba All Ages, Tickets $13 in advance students. $10 general admission McNALLY ROBINSON Sep 6th to Friday Sep 9th. 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Free admission. square off in primetime TV special. The Intensive 60 hour program. Marguerite, 6:30pm. Sep 9th: Jazz/blues with crafts, home baking, handmade jewelry; body Next Great Prime Minister will provide a Classroom management the Tom Dowdon Trio, 6:30pm. Grant products, local merchants’ wares, and more. PUBLIC MEETING: BUILDING forum for 18 to 29-year-old Canadians who techniques. Detailed lesson Park Sep 2nd: Jazz with Sister Dorothy, www.exchangedistrict.org A COMMUNITY THROUGH wish to share their ideas for making Canada planning. Internationally 8pm. Sep 3rd: Jazz/blues with A Taste of New A LIVING WAGE featuring Jen a better, stronger and more prosperous recognized teaching certifi cate. Orleans, 8pm. HOSTELLING INTERNATIONAL EVENTS Kern, Association of Community country. Candidates are asked to submit a Job guarantee included. Hostelling 101 Seminars First Thursday of Organizations for Reform Now three to fi ve-minute video with their “prime Thousands of Satisfi ed Students. OSBORNE FREEHOUSE 437 the month at Mountain Equipment Co-op, (ACORN) and Mark Brenner, U.S. ministerial” message and will compete for a 1.800.779.1779. www. Osborne St Mondays: Jazz Hang Nights third Thursday of the month at McNally Economist and Community Activist. $50,000 fi rst-place cash prize. The remaining oxfordseminars.com. with Steve & Anna Lisa Kirby and various Robinson Portage Place. Sep 1st Travel Night Sep 9th, Club Room, Fort Garry Hotel, four fi nalists will receive $10,000 each and other artists. – Pub to Pub in Ireland Sport Manitoba 222 Broadway, 7:30pm. Sponsored by all fi ve candidates will receive an internship Building, 200 Main St, 7:30 - 9:00pm. Free the Winnipeg Labour Council, CUPE, with Magna International Inc. Deadline for PYRAMID CABARET 176 Fort St Admission. 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September 01, 2005 Sports Editor: Mike Pyl E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 Sports Fax: 783-7080 021 The New NHL The Glorifi cation of the Backup QB By Rhys Kelso omeone pinch me! I want By Mike Pyl to make sure that this ho among this Yet, there were always surly is not a dream. After a malcontents eager to nitpick any of Jones’ S sports section’s accomplishments. work stoppage of 301 days, the “46 touchdowns? Yeah, but he still readership threw 29 picks!” they bemoaned. Or, “all NHL and the NHLPA came to an W he does is lob the ball. The true stars are recognizes the name Troy Kopp? the receivers. Any QB could succeed in agreement on a new collective our offense.” Get the picture? bargaining agreement. Now, if No one? Maybe a handful? Fans of the Winnipeg Football Okay, let’s rewind to the 1998 CFL Club have set an insatiable standard in you were like me when you fi rst season. After fans, players, and pundits which their starting quarterbacks are alike were force-fed the carnage that gauged. Why? Because of a detrimental heard the news, your fi rst thought was the now-infamous Jeff Reinebold-era romanticization of the backup Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Kopp appeared quarterback. probably would have been, “So as a beacon of light through the bleakest of In recent history, the Canadian bleak skies. Following the annual Labour Football League has been witness to what! I have survived this long Day meeting with rival Saskatchewan, the nativity of star quarterbacks, most the team was still looking to get off the prominently Edmonton’s Ricky Ray and without the NHL, what do I care snide after starting pivot T.J. “hey, he’s last year’s MVP, BC’s Casey Printers. related to Sylvester Stallone, he must be The common thread between these two if they ever come back?” But as good!” Rubley had yet to lead the team to signal-callers is their beginnings: after a single victory. seeing the first-stringer succumb to information started to leak out Enter Kopp. In the second stanza injury, both emerged off their respective of a home-and-home series at Winnipeg benches and lifted their teams to great regarding the new CBA’s contents, people may view this as a downfall, but Stadium, the journeyman quarterback success. to me it just makes the NHL that much was able to turn an offense of Eric But such cases are not exclusive to including how they intended on more attractive. It reminds me of the Blount, Kotto Cotton, and Matt DuBuc the CFL. The National Football League NFL and how any team can make the into winners for the first time all season. boasts their equivalents in former-MVP performing the draft, I started to playoffs and make it to the Super Bowl. Suddenly, the blond-haired Kurt Warner and three-time Super Bowl When you know at the beginning of the Californian was the toast of town. If champion Tom Brady. get excited for the new season season that any team, including your there were such thing as the key to the The clipboard-toting, anonymous favorite team, can make it all the way, city, surely it would have been found in backup quarterback becomes the star! and began to believe that maybe, and it just makes the league that much Kopp’s pocket. He had certainly risen Straight from the script of more exciting to watch. from the depths of mediocrity to the a made-for-TV movie; it could not with this CBA, the NHL will fi nally Revenue sharing is another aspect heights of superstardom! have been written any better. that will help the league. Basically how Or so everyone had thought. What Bomber fans seem to forget, start to turn things around. Along it works is if the NHL starts to make After such an impressive debut that however, is that this feel-good fairy tale lots of money the salary cap will go up invoked images of Matt Dunigan, the is little more than a fantastic anomaly, a with the new CBA comes the which, in turn, means that the players’ one Bomber faithful had prematurely rare find within the movie store’s bargain salaries have room to increase. With this anointed as the future of the franchise bin. That for every Ricky Ray or Casey introduction of a new NHL, with in mind, the players will try to promote sputtered to the finish, posting a 50.8 Printers, there are about 50 Ted Whites, their sport and try to get fans out to percent completion percentage, 5:8 TD- Michael Bishops, Tommy Jones, Kevin new logos for the league, new games, because more money for the INT ratio, and an efficiency rating of Feteriks, or Pat Barnes. NHL means more money for the players. 64.2. There are not dozens of Kurt Warners rules for the game, and an NHL This could open up doors for the media Going in another direction, surely biding their time in supermarkets waiting that in the past have not been there in many more remember Kerwin Bell. After to be discovered, set on rewriting record where all teams will be able to the NHL. This can include ideas such as several years of two-stepping around a books. And, perhaps more importantly, players wearing microphones on the ice continuous quarterback carousel, Bell among those that do exist, 90 percent are compete. or letting cameras into the locker rooms arrived in a trade from Toronto in 1999, not ready for instant success. Sure, there before, during and after games. It is promising to bring stability to what had are prodigies that immediately succeed, something we have seen in the NFL and undoubtedly been a position of consistent but like any other job, most quarterbacks I am not here to talk about the specifi cs MLB and it makes the games that much turmoil. require time and patience before they of the new CBA, as it has already been done more entertaining to watch on television. And in his first year, he did just that, reach the top of their game. Does anyone many times in the past. I am writing this The players will want to do everything despite a less-than explosive supporting remember Peyton Manning’s rookie year? article because I believe this new CBA will they can to get more people watching cast, finishing second in the league in How about Anthony Calvillo’s growing not only be good for hockey in Canada, but the games, as it is not only good for the passing yards with 4647, behind only a pains with the Hamilton Ti-Cats? it will be good for all of hockey. It also has league but, with the revenue sharing, it is then-All Canadian Danny McManus. And what of the contemporary Blue the potential to bring new American fans to good for the players as well. (It’s true. The stats don’t lie.) Bombers? In little more than a year, the sport. The main reasons that this new The competition committee is However, his statistical success stands its fan base has gone from dumping on CBA will help the NHL are one, the salary another positive in making the NHL a in stark contrast to the fickle perceptions Khari, then questioning his replacement cap; two, revenue sharing; and three, the better league, although it was not part of Bomber fans. To them, he was nothing Kevin Glenn, to drooling over Tee competition committee. of the CBA. This committee is made more than a washed-up, mustachioed Martin, to demanding Russ Michna, and The NHL now has a hard salary cap up of players, general managers, and an hick whose 40 time was equal to then- back again. Sure, Glenn has excelled as of 39 million and a maximum salary of owner. They will look at what changes geriatric head coach Dave Ritchie. of late. But as the leaves begin to fall and 7.8 million. This means that teams can no they can make to the game to make it The quarterback Winnipeggers truly the schedule gets tougher, what happens longer spend as much money as they want in more exciting for the fans. There have pined for was found, ironically, on the if he loses? their attempt to buy a Stanley Cup, and star already been a few changes made to the pine, following the season. After arriving The barometer is ridiculously high. players will be spread throughout the NHL. game this year, but all of the changes in town in a then-forgettable trade with Hypothetically, who would actually meet Who would have thought of Chris Pronger were made to speed up the game and the BC Lions prior to the 2000 season, the prerequisites? in an Oilers jersey or Paul Kariya in a I don’t think they will really affect the Khari Jones soon wowed followers with Dave Dickenson? Too injury-prone. Predators uniform in the old NHL? What way that the game is played. The biggest his athleticism and agile feet. He was, in Peyton Manning? Can’t win the big does this mean to the league as a whole? change is the shootout after overtime if effect, the anti-Kerwin Bell. game. It means that small market teams can go the game is still tied. I think this is a great Most know what happened next. Joe Montana? Not mobile enough. after big name players in an effort to make idea because it will make regular season An incredibly exciting Air-It-Out There is nothing wrong in dreaming their team more attractive to current and games more exciting. The shootout will offense. perfection. But why are Bomber potential fans. There are already rumors not be used in the playoffs. A 14-4 record in 2001, including a quarterbacks held so overly accountable? that Calgary and Edmonton will sellout It looks as those the NHL has turned 12-game winning streak and an Eastern We spend so much time romanticizing all of their home games just because of the the corner and, hopefully, they will no Division championship. the future, we are blind to the present. players they have picked up. longer be looked upon as the weak league A Most Outstanding Player award. We don’t demand defensive end Tom By spreading out the talent pool across in professional sports. However, only During his prime, Jones registered Canada be put on waivers just because he the league it will make the game a lot more time will tell how these changes and the Hall of Fame credentials. Save for a Grey isn’t the second-coming of Reggie White; competitive, as well as eliminating the teams new CBA will actually affect the league Cup victory, what more could he have such expectations are absurd, right? that are always making the playoffs. Some and its game. done? Right?
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By Kalen Qually hands soft enough to star in a t’s a simple question: Randy Dove commercial. Then there is Moss or Terrell Owens? his ability to dominate in double- Who’d You Rather? IThanks to the sexual exploits coverage, make one-handed of Monday Night Football, we catches look routine, and jog by know Nicolette Sheridan would any defensive back. Moss’ track bare all for T.O. But why Owens? record isn’t too shabby either, Maybe it’s his unquestioned having averaged over 1,300 on-fi eld work ethic she loves, or yards and 14 touchdowns! in his maybe his ridiculous combination fi rst three seasons in the league. of speed and power rarely seen With a total of nine Pro Bowl at the receiver position. It could appearances between these two also be his proven track record superstar wideouts, how do you a game against the Dallas Cowboys in 2000. relationship until Culpepper saw Moss’s in the NFL, averaging over 1,000 choose? Owens caught a touchdown pass and ran to selfi shness as a threat to the future of the the middle of the fi eld placing the ball in the Vikings, eventually helping facilitate a trade yards and 10 touchdowns a middle of the Cowboy’s star emblem while with Oakland. You could also take the path many he posed. Then the notorious Sharpie in the The Raiders and Kerry Collins season. Then again it’s probably other NFL owners have taken and choose sock, ball-signing incident which inspired a had better be prepared to throw Moss neither. Owens was a free agent just over new NFL regulation. Also notable are man! footballs on a silver platter, because if they just his inhuman stamina and a year ago and a very select few teams were y other indulgent endzone dances. aren’t, there could be yet another episode of actually interested. Why, with the total Randy Moss suddenly became team turmoil in the hands of a wide receiver. durability that turns her on. But package and instant success that Terrell available following the 2004 season, but, Then again the Raiders could be the ideal Owens offers, were only a few interested? much to the same tune of Owens’ song, fi t for Randy as the Raiders are the team what about Randy Moss? A It could be his other track record that only a few teams came knocking at the where troubled players go to fi t in. With indicates various spats with the media and door of infi nite opportunity. This season current players like “Mouth of the South” question Randy himself likes to teammates, as well as a pattern of on-fi eld the Oakland Raiders, like the Philadelphia Warren Sapp and “Mr. Franchise” Charles antics. At the end of Owens’ tenure with Eagles before them, are rolling the dice and Woodson, maybe owner Al Davis and his pose on a regular basis. Moss the 49ers, T.O. sparked a media quarrel banking on talent rather than tendencies. rag-tag group of misfi ts are perfect for between himself and former teammate, But Randy’s rap sheet actually includes a Moss. Meanwhile in Philadelphia, Owens’ possesses almost freakish height quarterback Jeff Garcia, when he publicly police rap sheet, citing an incident with situation seems to be temporarily resolved, implied on more than one occasion that a traffi c cop in the summer of ’04. Aside as he is no longer holding out to be the and athleticism, not to mention Garcia was a homosexual. Then there was from being guilty of this incident, Moss highest paid receiver in the NFL. The has also been accused of Eagles had been in a tight spot during the an occasionally lacking holdout, as they had been without their top on-fi eld effort. He has three receivers from last season with Todd been known to take some Pinkston injured for the year, and now in plays off, as well as once Kansas City is the Eagles’ former parrot, admitting that he played Freddie Mitchell. You know, the useless when he wanted to play. talking presenc! e in the room. The Eagles But as far as questionable played hardball with Owens and have won conduct goes, Moss had for now, but with their receivers dropping one of last season’s classic like pigeons at an airport, where would they moments when he simulated be without him? a full moon for the Packers’ The fact remains about Moss and faithful at Lambeau Field. Owens is that even though these ultra- He was also fi ned for talented su-prima donnas have plagued squirting a referee with football clubs, they have also played at the a water bottle during his most elite level the sport has ever seen. If rookie campaign. you are a football club on the verge of a As much as the Super Bowl, or even just desperate, can you referees and opposing fans afford to pass on one or the other? may despise Moss, his relationship with his co- workers isn’t the healthiest either. Garcia, Daunte Culpepper, and Donovan McNabb will all attest to the grief receivers like Moss and Owens bring to a football club, and especially to a team’s starting quarterback. H a v i n g t o d e a l w i t h c a r r y i n g a team on your shoulders is quite diffi cult to do when you have to worry about a child whining in your ear. McNabb and Owens attempted to downplay a well-documented scene from the Eagles’ sideline last season by claiming that it was merely an act of competitive motivation, but a present feud in the media between the two may dictate otherwise. Daunte Culpepper and Moss had a fairly healthy working THE UNITER September 01, 2005 024