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Beards in the ‘Peg Are we bushier than the rest? arts & culture  page 13

 Dissecting drag A political act or just a way to have fun? features page 10

Plus:  Getting in synch(ro) Two novices give synchronized swimming a try sports  page 24 November 27, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 02 NNeewsws

The caribou are alright, Did someone say recession? “We are a simple people. Don’t worry Beckham right? Is Manitoba’s We didn’t think so. We did not believe they fanatics, David anti-logging promise U of W’s expansion goes would harm us.” A story of didn’t necessarily too lax? full steam ahead Palestinian displacement fail the MLS

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Managing Editor Stacy Cardigan Smith » [email protected] The Tory tune out Business Manager James D. Patterson » [email protected] “I don’t think it’s PRODUCTION MANAGER productive at all Melody Morrissette » [email protected] Copy and style editor the way they’re Ashley Holmes » [email protected] Photo Editor going about this.“ Mark Reimer » [email protected] –Darren Penner, a student at News assignment editor the University of Manitoba Toban Dyck » [email protected] News production editor Ksenia Prints » [email protected] photo by Jessica Schettler Arts and culture editor Aaron Epp » [email protected] Comments Editor Protesters from various interest groups came to rally at the Conservative Party of Canada convention; party members claim this Devin Morrow » [email protected] makes it difficult to address concerns. Sports & fitness editor Jo Villaverde president Jonny Sopotiuk here along with Conservative party members gathered inside Conservative Listings co-ordinator people that have signs saying, ‘Who really the Convention Center, several members Curran Faris » [email protected] caused 9/11?’” participated in jeering and mocking photog- convention draws Beat reporter “He’s trying to advance the cause for lower raphy sessions. Dan Huyghebaert » [email protected] tuitions and this is not the way to do it.” Notably, one member posed in front of critics from various Beat reporter Sopotiuk felt differently. the protesters with an over-exaggerated smile Joe Kornelsen » [email protected] “I came here in a non-partisan way to rep- and the thumbs-up sign. groups, political Beat reporter resent UMSU; all I’m doing here is making Conservative PEI youth delegate Jordan Sandy Klowak » [email protected] sure that our voice is heard in terms of low- Paquet did not approve of the protesters’ movements Beat reporter ered tuition fees for all students.” methods. Andrew McMonagle » [email protected] Alex Garcia The speeches made at the rally individu- “We’re used to these kind of protests so it Volunteer staff ally addressed how the roughly 70 crowd doesn’t really phase us. They also are a terri- members were or could be individually af- ble way of getting a message to us, especially CONTRIBUTORS: Alex Garcia, Kiara May, Craig Heinrich, fected by the current government’s actions when you have signs saying ‘Stephen Harper Renee Lilley, Andrew Tod, J. Williamez, Rachel Reimer- Vandenberg, Colin Vandenberg, Cindy Titus, Ethan Cabel, itizens from all across the city rallied and policies. is Canada’s George Bush’… it makes it dif- Michael Welch, a representative ficult for us to take them seriously.” Katie Dangerfield, Matt Preprost,R ob McGregor, Jennifer together on a chilly Saturday after- Pawluk, Cindy Doyle, John Cunningham, Jonathan Dyck, noon to demonstrate in front of the of Canadians Concerned with Deep When asked what the best way of getting Brittany Thiessen, Courtney Schwegel, Dave Hollier, Tom CWinnipeg Convention Centre, where the Integration, spoke on the subject of Prime their views taken seriously by the govern- Asselin, Marko Bilandzjia, Josh Boulding, Kevin Chaves, Conservative Party of Canada held its na- Minister Harper’s supposed lack of protec- ment, Paquet had simple advice. Scott Christiansen, Mike Collins, Adam Peleshaty, Brad tional conference. tion of Canada’s sovereignty through the “They should join the party.” Pennington, James Culleton, Ryan Janz, Cory Falvo, Cheryl-Anne Carr, member of the mythical Security, Peace and Prosperity Clayton Winter, Jessica Schettler. Aboriginal Peoples’ Commission of the (SPP) partnership and the North American The Uniter is the official student newspaper of the University of Communist Party of Canada, presided over Free Trade Agreement. The issues Winnipeg and is published by Mouseland Press Inc. Mouseland Perhaps the most passionate story was that Press Inc. is a membership based organization in which students the event, stressing the idea that Canadians Judging by the placards and chants, and community members are invited to participate. 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Daina Souche, Tony Tozzi, Bernard Arnaud, Mouseland Press Board of Directors: support worker, Shalom second year, science food and beverage manager, David EisBrenner (chair), Mary Agnes Welch, Residences “Picketing is somewhat Holiday Inn “Picketing doesn’t seem like the effective. As long as no-one’s “It’s simple if you’re not Rob Nay, Nick Tanchuk, Brian Gagnon, Devin King, Meg most effective. There prob- getting harmed and property’s offending anybody. If you McGimpsey, Ben Zorn, Kelly Ross (UWSA), Scott Nosaty ably should be more effective not getting destroyed, it’s burn things or whatever, you’d For inquiries e-mail: [email protected] methods because this one fine.” look ridiculous. You can get doesn’t seem to be working.” your point across by putting messages on signs. People do read them. I do.” Cover Image

Stephanie Nizera, Florence Welch, Amanuel Tesfaye, first year, science bowling alley employee, Grade 12, University of “I thought picketing was Village Inn Winnipeg Collegiate effective. I wouldn’t have “I think picketing is the most “I think marching and picketing Thomas Epp, thought the mocking [at the effective. I’m against violence, is best. Doing it again and Conservative Party of Canada you have to ignore the again until the message gets photographed by convention] would have mockers.” through.” happened.” Cindy Titus Ne w s As s i g n m e n t Ed i t o r : To b an Dy c k contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 27, 2008 E-m a i l : Ne w s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 News 3 Fa x : 783-7080

Telling your International Keeping the classroom faith religious rules apart Religious  Parents of at least 60 students News Briefs must request religious exercises Compiled by Kiara May for their children in order to have exercises still the program offered in a school. Tibetans stick to the Middle Source: Manitoba Public Schools Act DHARAMSALA, India - With little j

routine in some ames  In the Hanover School Division, success finding a suitable alternative to the Dalai Lama’s ‘Middle Way’ c

ulle religious exercises are to be held Manitoba schools proposition, Tibetans are hoping to

t between 9:00 and 9:05 a.m., with see Beijing’s position tempering. on Joe Kornelsen the school day beginning at 9:08 The Middle Way acknowledges that a.m. pursuing complete independence Beat reporter from China has failed. While this was taught in the Hanover School Catholic students. Source: Hanover School Division Policy Division in southern Manitoba Remillard said the French com- not favoured by Tibetans at first, the  Religious exercises are done Dalai Lama proposed the Middle Way until 1997. He took the province to munity was generally homogeneous as a compromise towards greater espite changes in schools before class time. Exercises are court in 1989 because he was forced and that all students participated level of autonomy under Chinese over the years, religion to conduct religious exercises in the in the exercises voluntarily. fairly short and consist of the jurisdiction. still has a presence in Lord’s Prayer and a brief bible Hundreds of Tibetans have classroom. In the Hanover School Division, someD parts of Manitoba. reading. They are executed by a recently met in Dharamsala in search Despite winning the case in along with moving religious exer- Kenton Eidse is a student of volunteer selected by parents. of progress and a collective decision 1992, Pokus said some schools still cises out of the classroom, superin- after eight rounds of official talks the University of Winnipeg who have not changed to the degree tendent Ken Klassen made sure that  Religious instruction is allowed on autonomy with Beijing failed, grew up in the town of Rosenort reported Reuters. that he would like. Some schools parents would not have to opt in or up to two-and-a-half hours per in southern Manitoba. The town Meanwhile, Tibet continues to still send home registrations asking out on the school registration. school week for children with struggle with staying united and is mostly Mennonite and he recalls parents whether or not they would Klassen said there were a num- parental consent. It is also done preserving its ancient culture. religion playing a great role in his like their child to participate in re- ber of years where the largely by a selected volunteer and Between 25,000 and 30,000 young education. people across the world represent ligious exercises. Mennonite school division was not involves a more in-depth study of Through most of his school ca- Students for Free Tibet. He believes this infringes on par- necessarily following the act; but the student’s religious faith. reer, students recited the Lord’s Source: Ken Klassen ents’ and students’ human rights. he instated changes and made sure Hamas leader seeks Prayer before class. School boards “are forcing par- the school complied with the pro- truce with Israel “The only reason the Lord’s ents to make statements that they vincial act. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian Prayer was allowed was because Minister of Education Peter armed groups are taking a step may not want to make,” he said. Klassen said he was trying to enough parents signed a docu- Bjornson declined to comment on forward toward a calm with Israel. “School boards take initiative find a balance between religion and Despite continuing attacks from ment,” Eidse said. the subject. and they should never do that.” public education. Looking back on the exercises Gaza militants, Hamas leader Ismail According to the Manitoba Haniyeh announced Palestinian Ecole Saint-Malo School in the “People who want to have a Public Schools Act, religious exer- he did in Rosenort, Eidse admits armed groups are committed to a Red River Valley School Division school that is non-sectarian, they cises can be held in the morning at they had a certain importance. He truce with Israel if the Jewish state is one of the schools still asking should have that right, and people reciprocates, Reuters reported. school if the parents of over 60 stu- noted that religion is often cultur- parents to choose whether their who want to have religion in school ally significant in rural areas; he Though both sides have dents request it and they are held established they would like to children can be involved in reli- should have it. I think that the act outside of official class time. thinks there is value in maintain- bring back the Egyptian-brokered gious exercises through registration allows for a good balance.” ceasefire, which began June 19, this An additional two-and-a-half ing religion in school. documents. “We have a box that Pokus approves of the re- task would be far from easy. High hours per week of religious instruc- “Sometimes it becomes too parents can tick,” said Suzanne cent changes being made in the demands on both sides are causing tion can be taught by community much political correctness and it tensions for the truce. Remillard, the school principal. Hanover school. Yet he feels the volunteers. becomes difficult for anyone to Israel has been called to ease The religious exercises and in- Government of Manitoba is not the blockade on Gaza Strip, while Ivan Pokus, a member of the have a belief in something,” said struction that are done at Ecole doing enough to enforce the act as Eidse. Gaza militants were requested to Humanist Association of Manitoba, halt rocket fire and other attacks Saint-Malo are done in French for it currently stands. on Israel.

Prison sentence for Myanmar comedian YANGON, Myanmar - U Maung Thura, Who needs good design anyway? prominent Burmese comedian and activist, was sentenced to 45 years mar in prison for organizing a private WRHA parkade “In some ways reimer k assistance effort for Myanmar cyclone victims. it feels like a Thura, also known as Zarganar, construction or Tweezers, was found to be in toothless group.” violation of several statutes, notably continues the Electronic Act, an act regulating –Tom Monteyne, member, the use of electronic communication despite design Urban Design Advisory in the country. Committee In June, Thura was detained for privately organizing an effort to help committee’s the victims of a cyclone that had hit “In some ways it feels like a Burma, resulting in the deaths of recommendations toothless group,” Monteyne said. 130,000. He also allegedly criticized the government’s handling of the “We can’t tell them what to do.” natural disaster, reported the New Dan Huyghebaert Despite this, Robert Eastwood, York Times. partner with Number TEN archi- Thura has served jail time on Beat reporter tecture group who also sits on the three other occasions in the last 20 years for similar offences of anti- committee, described the commit- government satire. new downtown design tee’s process as mandatory for any Tom Monteyne, one of the committe’s members, explained the WRHA parkade committee has come under new or changed building in the progressed without approval because, “It happened too fast to go through public Amsterdam cracks scrutiny after its disap- downtown area. channels.” down on marijuana AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – provalA of the regional health au- Firms submit proposals to “We’re the collective voice for Amsterdam, the city well-known for thority’s new parkade was ignored. the committee, who send back its tolerance of marijuana use, has The new Winnipeg Regional recommendations. the public realm,” Monteyne said. Winnipeg’s urban announced it will close about 20 per Health Authority’s parking fa- Most firms go through more He added the concept behind design history cent of its marijuana ‘cafes.’ than one presentation before get- the committee is new to the city The city has reviewed all downtown The city’s mayor announced the cility failed to receive approval closures were in compliance with ting final approval. and that they are feeling their way development since 1988 with an from the Urban Design Advisory urban design perspective through the the national ban of having the ‘cafes’ Committee (UDAC), but is get- “We’re not there to define de- along. Downtown Design Board. near schools, according to the Globe and Mail. ting built anyways. sign,” Eastwood said. Monteyne said the committee In 2002, city council passed a bylaw has the full support of the city. establishing a peer review committee By 2011, 43 of the ‘cafes’ will be “It happened too fast to go Caldwell would not comment ordered to close down unless they Deepak Joshi, the city’s director that would act in an advisory capacity through public channels,” said on the WRHA parkade, stating when establishing downtown urban can appeal the decision. Tom Monteyne, co-owner of she was not at liberty to discuss of planning, property and develop- design guidelines. Yet these closures could greatly affect local sales of the drug. These Syverson Monteyne Architecture, ongoing projects. ment, could not be contacted be- Some of Winnipeg’s urban design fore press time. guidelines state it must: marijuana shops are the only legal who sits on the committee. UDAC consists of appointees form of selling small amounts of A spokesperson for the de-  Enhance pedestrian accessibility, Lee Caldwell, the senior urban and volunteers from local architec- safety and comfort. marijuana in the Netherlands, and designer for downtown Winnipeg ture firms, as well as city planners partment said they are working  Respect the urban tradition of growers are routinely arrested. with the project designers behind streets and blocks. This new policy coincided with and the city representative on the and representatives from down- discussions of the country’s long- the scenes to make sure it passes  Celebrate and build on the best committee, said UDAC is strictly town interest groups. features of the surrounding context. standing policy of tolerating advisory, so their decisions are not Caldwell said members of the UDAC.  Animate the interface between marijuana at a ‘weed summit’ held by 33 major Dutch cities. legally binding. committee receive no financial The parkade will be a part of the interior and exterior space. compensation for their work.  Strive for quality and character. “Final decisions belong to the new WRHA flagship building at the  Integrate public art – architecture director of planning, property and According to Caldwell, the corner of Logan Avenue and Main as public art. development,” Caldwell said. “We committee was formed to provide Street. The staff is expected to move  Practice heritage conservation. only provide recommendations to local knowledge and experience in  Practice sustainable design. into the building in summer 2009. Source: Downtown Design guidelines booklet him.” all new development downtown. November 27, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 04 News

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It was featured in Lockhart Hall at the U mar Student living with of W in line with National Autism Awareness reimer k Month. autism doesn’t let it Hooker considers the presentation a great success. slow him down “We had a lot of traffic from people with family members affected by autism and early Andrew McMonagle childhood educators,” he said. Beat reporter That is the kind of attention Hooker wants to attract. He finds the flood of gen- eral information for the parents of children hen referring to Rain Man, the with autism problematic. 1988 film where Dustin Hoffman “No child with autism is the same, nei- plays a man with severe autism, ther are the services. What works on one KristianW Hooker gets particularly upset. child with autism may not work as well for Despite meeting many people with autism, another.” he stresses never encountering somebody “It should be more one-on-one needs who fit Hoffman’s model. rather than just putting all your eggs in one “One of the key points is that not every- basket.” body is like Rain Man,” he said. Hooker’s work is not limited to the uni- Hooker himself is a second year University versity. He is on the Board of Directors of of Winnipeg student with autism. He likes the Autism Society of Manitoba (ASM) and Kristian Hooker, who has autism, is helping to educate university students and community members about philosophy, physics and English, and is ac- the Autism Society of Canada (ASC). He the disorder. tive in raising awareness about Autism wher- also chairs an advisory board for ASC. at a hockey game where he overheard some- ever he goes. “No child with Hooker is particularly concerned with the body say a player was “on icing.” Autism, officially called Autism Spectrum insufficient information on services for in- Hooker then remarked to his parents, “I autism is the Disorder, is a commonly misunderstood dividuals with autism, especially the elderly. hope it’s chocolate!” neurological disorder whose symptoms same. What works He feels there aren’t many advisory groups With early childhood counselling and range from mild to severe and change from for parents with autism. therapy, Hooker was able to overcome those on one child with person to person. Hooker considers himself to be mildly af- types of barriers. Living with autism doesn’t mean being re- autism may not fected by autism. He has been doing public He is now a successful student who hopes moved from society; many live with autism speaking on the topic for several years, often to inspire others with the disorder to re- and lead what others would call a ‘normal’ work as well using himself as an example. main optimistic in the search for their own life. He notes his disorder was much more no- success. for another.” Hooker, 24, helped put together Autism ticeable when he was younger. –Kristian Hooker, 101 in October, a display of common autism To learn more about autism spectrum disor- Many people with autism take speech lit- University of Winnipeg stereotypes. erally. When Hooker was younger, he was der, visit www.autismsocietycanada.ca. Ne w s As s i g n m e n t Ed i t o r : To b an Dy c k contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 27, 2008 E-m a i l : Ne w s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 Fa x : 783-7080 News 05 Local Redefining the boreal forest News Briefs

Struthers is committed to con- san Compiled by Craig Heinrich

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on land-use and forest preserva- w a for forests too tion decisions. k looked at together “This is a commitment that we in a comprehensive What would your pet say vague, say critics take seriously,” he said of the wil- about you? WWYPSAY In a bid to strengthen Manitoba’s derness conservation initiative. fashion, we have already strong commitment to proper Sandy Klowak Yet some gains are being made. a chance to do it care for animals, Food and Rural Late last week the Doer govern- Initiatives’ Rosann Wowchuk proposed Beat reporter higher fines and more stringent ment announced legislation that right this time.” licensing requirements to the Animal would eliminate and prohibit in- –Dr. Justina Ray, Care Act. espite a new commitment dustrial logging in all but one of Wildlife Conservation According to the Manitoba press Manitoba’s 80 provincial parks. release, if these amendments are to end logging in provin- Society Canada introduced, there will be more cial parks, the Manitoba This announcement followed inspections and stronger enforcement. governmentD is not doing enough an intensive lobbying push to end Among the proposed changes, to protect Canada’s boreal forest, provincial park logging by orga- first time offenders could be fined a nizations such as the Manitoba Conservation Society Canada’s Dr. maximum of $10,000, up from $5,000, says one group. Something with a maximum prison sentence of 12 Ron Thiessen, executive direc- Wilderness Committee. Justina Ray, pictured here with a guy months, up from six. tor of the of the Canadian Parks While this commitment is a step in a frighteningly realistic caribou different Manitoba’s Animal Care Act, which and Wilderness Society’s (CPAWS) in the right direction, Thiessen be- costume, believes the dwindling While Manitoba is engaged was introduced on Sept. 18, 2008, is aimed at getting tough on the neglect Manitoba chapter, said the gov- lieves the 50 per cent moratorium numbers of caribou show more in political wrangling over protection of the boreal forest is of animals. ernment is reneging on a prom- is necessary for the survival of some the protection of its wildlife needed. ise made to support to the Boreal of Canada’s most natural wildlife, and forestry, other countries How was your trip? Forest Conservation Framework, among them the caribou. Canada’s boreal forest is one of are making substantial, while If green pepper left on the train at 4:10 put forward by the Canadian CPAWS discussed the caribou’s strange, gains on the matter. at the speed of 60 mph, and broccoli the largest global producers of ox- left at 3:50 at a speed of 55mph, how Boreal Initiative. plight at length during their Nov. ygen, a significant source of fresh This past September, the long till they both reach your plate? This framework’s goal, en- 20 lecture. The event featured cari- water and the largest land-based Ecuadorian public voted How many stops will they make, and in dorsed by 1,500 scientists world- bou expert and director of Wildlife carbon-dioxide storehouse in the with a 64 per cent major- what condition will they be in? wide, is to protect at least half of Conservation Society Canada, Dr. ity to include inherent rights With growing distrust of where our world. food comes from and the suspicious Canada’s remaining boreal forest, Justina Ray, as well as speeches by The government’s commitment for nature and ecosystems in channels it must go through to get to yet the government seems unwill- Thiessen and Struthers. to end provincial park logging their constitution. the dinner plate, the government of ing to publicly commit to the goal, Caribou numbers in Canada comes in addition to recent fund- According to their re-written Manitoba, in cooperation with IBM, has are dwindling due to survival chal- established a system that will digitally despite recent commitment from ing for Manitoba’s Critical Wildlife constitution, nature “has track food from plant to plate. Ontario and Quebec. lenges such as climate change and Habitat Program, a joint initiative the right to exist, persist, According to a Manitoba press “I think Stan (Conservation land development. between the province and other maintain and regenerate its release, an average dinner plate of Minister Stan Struthers) is pas- Ray claims the caribou’s survival vital cycles, structure, func- food has been through a supply chain conservation agencies to preserve labyrinth to get to your table. This sionate about protecting the bo- or decline is indicative of how well several types of prairie grass habi- tions and its processes in new system will allow the government real forest and is sincere, but I we all are caring for the ecosystems tat throughout the province. evolution.” of Manitoba to trace all the different am concerned that the Manitoba in which they live. This constitutional amend- sources involved in consumer foods, government is back-peddling on a Protecting them requires gov- For more information on the Boreal ment comes with a commit- and will hopefully restore consumer Forest Conservation Framework, confidence in the quality and safety of promise,” Thiessen said. ernment to work with industry ment from the state to take store-bought foods. Minister Struthers was hesitant and First Nations to make crucial go to borealcanada.ca/frame- measures to protect and work. To see what the Government to make any formal commitments decisions regarding land use. restore ecosystems whenever Contestant for Canada’s when speaking at a CPAWS event “It all has to be looked at to- of Manitoba is doing to protect possible. next top liberal on Nov. 20. gether in a comprehensive fash- Canada’s natural areas, go to gov. Source: Green party of Canada visits WinnipeG “There’s a lot of homework that ion,” she said. mb.ca/greenandgrowing/natural_ According to the Winnipeg Free Press, areas.html. Liberal leadership candidate Michael needs to be done before you can “We have a chance to do it right Ignatieff will speak at a public forum make announcements,” he said. this time.” this Saturday, Nov. 29 at Fort Garry Place from 10:30 a.m. till noon. Ignatieff, whose hopes were dashed during the last Liberal leadership race, is running again. After his campaign hits Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie is next on his list, where he will speak to the Manitoba stalls on wind energy Manitoba Liberal party.

mar Saturday’s event will be a question generate up to 300 mega-watts, and answer period. Come prepared and reimer k Despite approvals, “There is no dwarfing the St. Leon wind farm. see you there. single reason to “It really comes down to the provincial wind discussion over price; what the Manitoba: a have explain why we developer wants us to pay versus (parks) province energy projects Christmas came early for the trail the pack.” what we’re willing to pay,” Hydro’s Wilderness Committee, whose fight for are held up in Schneider said. timber freedom in Manitoba was met –CanWEA Additionally, the company that with success. helped Manitoba Hydro success- According to the Winnipeg Free Press, political wrangling Premier Gary Doer has called an end to in the province, only two projects fully develop the wind farm near have been given the green light: logging in all but one of Manitoba’s St. Leon has taken its business to provincial parks. Craig Heinrich the St. Leon project, and a facil- North Dakota after being passed by Executives for the big logging companies in Manitoba agreed to the Volunteer staff ity in St. Joseph, a small town ap- Hydro for the St. Joseph project. proximately 85 kilometres south of ban, saying that they have noticed To be approved by Manitoba a public and governmental shift in Winnipeg. attitude towards logging. To soothe espite public calls for Hydro a wind farm plan must ad- “We’ve gotten a number of pro- here to a strict set of guidelines, the pain, the province is giving these newer and cleaner forms companies a $3 million payout. posals and screened them all. What mostly regarding whether or not of energy, Manitoba is it really comes down to is that Logging will continue in Duck stillD dragging its feet on one of its Wind energy is Canadians’ first choice the project will be on Crown land, Mountain Provincial Park, but by April 1 many sites simply don’t meet pre- all other operations will discontinue. cleanest resources, wind power. of renewable energy. Manitoba and whether it will have an impact set standards,” said Glen Schneider, on the environment or settlements According to a survey by currently has one operating wind farm a spokesman for Manitoba Hydro. in St. Leon; another one has been in that area. Euro-design parking the Canadian Wind Energy The development of the St. The world of Winnipeg parking has approved for construction in St. Joseph. Despite its poor record, Association (CanWEA), wind en- Joseph project, started in 2007, has received a recent facelift as a 53-year- ergy is Canadians’ first choice for Manitoba is still the fifth largest old tradition has expired. A U.K. based of Winnipeg. been delayed by slow negotiations security firm named Group 4 Securicor renewable energy. producer of wind energy in the This facility, consisting of 63 between Manitoba Hydro and its country; Alberta is the first. (G4S) has taken over the city contract In their WindVision 2025 cam- for enforcing city parking violations. wind turbines spread over 93 square partners in the project, Alberta- paign, the group proposes Canada On the world stage, Canada is This comes after the Winnipeg kilometres, is capable of generating based BowArk Energy and the can meet its energy demand by in 16th place. Parking Agency reported to the city that enough energy to power approxi- Australian Babcock and Brown. the Corps of Commissionaires, who had “tapping the wind potential of just “There is no single reason to mately 35,000 homes. “Right now, the companies are explain why we trail the pack,” handled parking enforcement for the one quarter of one per cent of the past half century, was having trouble The construction of wind farms in negotiation. We thought con- landmass.” CanWEA said in its WindVision finding staff, reports the Winnipeg Free in the province is determined al- struction would be underway by Press. Yet wind farms are rarely intro- project. most solely by Manitoba Hydro, the end of December, and now G4S is a very prominent British duced into the Canadian landscape. To see the full list of demands for security organization, boasting over as they are the only company pur- it is unknown,” said reeve Roger As of now, there is only one opera- a wind project, see http://www. 570, 000 employees and operating in chasing wind energy. Vermette from the neighbouring tional wind farm in Manitoba, lo- gov.mb.ca/stem/energy/wind/files/ 110 countries around the world. Since 2004, despite dozens of town of Montcalm. cated in St. Leon, a small French crown_land_policy_wind_farms. applications to create wind farms The St. Joseph wind farm would community 150 kilometres south consist of 125 wind turbines and pdf. November 27, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 6 News Local organization receives national award

SEED Winnipeg mar nized with the Worker Co-op Merit Award, SEED’s executive director. reimer k a national award given annually to an orga- “In some ways what we’re doing is just nization or person making outstanding gains trying to remove some of the barriers and recognized for work in worker co-operation. give people the confidence they need to go SEED was awarded for supporting local ahead,” Coker said. with co-ops worker co-ops in an effort to fight poverty Corcoran feels co-ops “allow working and revitalize Winnipeg’s inner city. people to have much more control of their Sandy Klowak “I think the most important thing [about workplace.” Beat reporter a co-op] is that it values labour rather than Other benefits include democratic deci- capital,” said Kirk. “To me it’s … more equi- sion-making processes, stable jobs and in- table, it’s more fair,” creased worker satisfaction, she said. ithout the help of a local organiza- In a worker co-op, each member is an SEED’s Coker feels the co-op atmosphere tion, Supporting Employment & equal owner and profits are divided among leads to an important sense of connection Economic Development (SEED) members based on hours worked instead of for workers toward their jobs. Winnipeg,W Stephen Kirk would have never being absorbed by management to be re- “This is their home—you’re bringing your been able to co-own a business. distributed. life to… your business decisions,” she said. “They’re making small businesses more The award was presented as part of Co-ops also give back to the local area. accessible to people” who otherwise might the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation’s “It helps people build the skills to be more not have a chance at it, he said. (CWCF) annual conference in Winnipeg. participatory in their communities,” Coker Kirk is a member of the Organic Planet Cindy Coker, SEED’s executive director, believes The city reportedly stands out for its co-op said. Worker Co-op, an organic market that got co-ops “allow working people to have much more activity. its start in 2002. The Canadian Worker Co-op Federation is a control of their workplace.” “We realized there’s a lot of new worker It was made possible with the help of national network of support for co-ops. Their co-ops coming up in Winnipeg,” said Hazel SEED, a non-profit organization that pro- annual conference took place Nov. 13-15 in Corcoran, executive director of the CWCF. vides business training, consultation and help terested in starting their own businesses. Winnipeg. SEED has worked with eight new co- with business models and plans to groups in- SEED’s contribution has now been recog- ops in the past six years, said Cindy Coker, Manitoba living fails to spark preneurs and young people. “We have to make Government ad But Gerrard said the target demographic campaign criticized should be clearer on the website and the sure this is targeting money spent can be better used to look after people interested in as too similar to crumbling infrastructure. “The premier destination in the city is employment and quality Spirited Energy the Forks Market, and it has leaky roofs,” Gerrard said. of life.” Silver said the campaign aims to show –Leanne Rowat, Progressive Dan Huyghebaert Manitoba’s versatility. Conservative Party of Manitoba Beat reporter “We want to show that Manitoba is a great place to have kids and enjoy life,” Silver said. only spoke to the converted. “We want to attract the best of the best.” Silver disagrees, saying that the Spirited pposition critics are attacking the Living Manitoba is a direct extension of Energy campaign is about the province.

government of Manitoba’s new ad the Spirited Energy campaign, unveiled in mar “We need to promote ourselves both in- campaign, saying it lacks focus. 2006 at a cost of over $2 million. reimer k ternally and externally,” Silver said. “Those O“The government is still in search of direc- Gerrard criticized the government for words are still very applicable to who we are tion,” said Manitoba Liberal party leader Jon sticking to the Spirited Energy campaign, as a community.” Gerrard. “It’s too fragmented.” whose logo is attached to the website. Rowat also has concerns over how the The ad campaign, called Living Manitoba, “Spirited Energy combined with the bal- Jon Gerrard, leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party, government will measure the success of this addresses citizens of other provinces and is ance theme is not coherent,” he said. believes the new Living Manitoba campaign is campaign. meant to promote tourism, investment and Leanne Rowat, critic for culture, heri- still “too fragmented” and unclear about its target audience. “We want to see some tangibles,” Rowat interprovincial migration, said Bob Silver, tage and tourism with the Progressive said. co-chair of the Premier’s Economic Advisory Conservative Party of Manitoba, also ques- Council. tions the government’s target demographic people interested in employment and qual- For further information see livingmanitoba.ca. The new campaign cost $2 million. for the campaign. ity of life,” Rowat said. According to Silver, it targets mainly entre- “We have to make sure this is targeting She said the Spirited Energy campaign A holiday hamper that gives twice c our duce it. able as many people have no fixed address. t Local organization o esy Each of this year’s hampers costs about “Poverty creates difficulties for us in terms

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t Neechi Foods store manager Louise As most holiday hampers rely on super- z k entirely local goods y Champagne said that before working with market and private food donations, some LITE, sales would crash in December. The argue their distribution reduces sales for community, with a high population of low local community businesses. To address this Renee Lilley income residents, always relied on Christmas concern, the CCB strives to purchase some Volunteer staff hampers from the Cheer Board. of its goods from local businesses. The content of this hamper, all supplied by local “Working in solidarity with LITE gives To help pay for the hampers, LITE will co-operative Neechi Foods, comes to about us an opportunity to give more than just a hold its 12th annual Pancake Breakfast on icking out what to give for the holi- $100 and will be donated to those in need by the meal for a day... When people are donating Friday, Nov. 28. The breakfast will take place days can be difficult. For those who Christmas Cheer Board. to LITE, they know they are supporting a at the Indian and Métis Friendship Center at are still undecided, a donation to community co-op where service and jobs are 45 Robinson Street, 7 to 10 a.m. Tickets are Pa local charity whose gift gives twice just provided for the people,” said Champagne. $12 or $5 for low income residents. LITE’s goals for helping the community. might be a good idea. The hampers are distributed by the Between 800 and 1,000 people are ex- “We try to remedy the harmful effects... The non-profit organization Local Christmas Cheer Board (CCB), which de- pected at the breakfast. In an effort to sup- Half of what other businesses do is great, it’s Investment Toward Employment (LITE) livers approximately 19,000 Christmas ham- port the local economy, the breakfast will just where they get the groceries from,” said provides annual holiday hampers to those pers each year in Winnipeg. Sixty per cent of also be catered by local businesses like Tall LITE’s outreach and marketing coordinator, in need. They differ from other businesses the hamper items are donated to the CCB, Grass Prairie. Nathan Sawatzky. as the entire content of the LITE hamper while the other 40 per cent is purchased by Sawatzky said the partnership with Neechi Anyone is welcome at any time between 7 and is locally produced and packaged by one the board itself. Foods, ongoing since 1997, is a way to give 10 a.m. The breakfast will also include enter- of Winnipeg’s oldest co-operatives, Neechi To ensure all of its recipients get to enjoy back twice to the community: to the people tainment, a kids’ section and a craft sale with Foods. the hampers, CCB executive director Kai who need the food and to those who pro- local art and canned goods. Working co-operatively is essential to Madsen notes there is a pick-up option avail- Ne w s As s i g n m e n t Ed i t o r : To b an Dy c k contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 27, 2008 E-m a i l : Ne w s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 Fa x : 783-7080 Campus News 07

Campus News Campus News Briefs Compiled by Ksenia Prints, University expansion full steam ahead Dan Huyghebaert and Craig Heinrich c Partnership with van olin Students invited to “We want to create an original art zone in d enberg party with Wesley art gallery will create partnership with the Winnipeg Art Gallery The mission purchase Wesley, a fully-specialized mine sniffing dog, new art zone and the University of Winnipeg.” has hit a small financial snag. The university is $6,000 short of –Noam Gonick, the $15,360 required to send Wesley Dan Huyghebaert Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art to Bosnia to discover hidden mines. To raise the necessary money, the Beat reporter University of Winnipeg will hold a fundraising concert on Dec. 3. With a special performance by he Plug In Institute of Contemporary the band Nathan, all proceeds from Art will be one of the University of the concert will go towards Wesley’s training. Winnipeg’s partners when construction The concert will take place on the Ton the old Army Surplus building starts next 11th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty year. to ban landmines. “We want to create an original art zone in The concert will take place at Convocation Hall. Tickets are $15 partnership with the Winnipeg Art Gallery students and $25 for non-students. and the University of Winnipeg,” said Noam The building at Portage Street and Memorial Boulevard (shown here in January) will have to be torn down and Gonick, Plug In’s president. Philosophy day tries rebuilt to allow for the U of W’s expansion, at an expected cost between $6.8 and $13.6 million. Part of that art zone would see the gallery re- to provoke thought vive its old billboard from the corner of River On Nov. 20, the University of economics, the university’s bookstore and the $200 per square foot, with an average of 17,000 Winnipeg celebrated World Philosophy Avenue and Osborne Street, which was re- Day. moved with the Liquor Mart’s construction in continuing education program, currently on square feet per floor and between two and four The day began three years ago, that space. William Avenue. stories. when the United Nations Educational, A rooftop sculpture garden is also planned. Gonick said the gallery is interested in pur- The building will also be certified with a Scientific and Cultural Organization suing education partnership opportunities with Leadership in Energy and Environmental (UNESCO) created the event in an However, the university is still finalizing attempt to make philosophy more other partnerships for the building, said Bill the university, such as workshops and artist Design (LEED) mark. accessible to all. Balan, the university’s vice-president of finance residencies. Also planned is a university expansion into This year’s event honours the and administration. He also said the gallery wants to increase the Greyhound Bus Depot on 491 Portage 60th anniversary of the Universal its audience, for their current location in the Avenue for a one-stop-shop student service cen- Declaration for Human Rights with Due to great structural damage, the Army the theme of “Power and Rights.” Surplus Building will have to be completely Exchange district does not have enough pedes- tre. The building will only be vacated in August This year, U of W philosophy torn down and replaced. trian traffic. 2009. professor Sandra Tomsons held “The corner of Memorial and Portage has “This is a major step in really creating a stu- a lecture on indigenous rights in “Let’s get the building built first,” Gonick Canada. said. one of the highest volumes of pedestrian traffic dent and people friendly campus,” he said. in the city,” Gonick said. In addition to the gallery, the new building The Army Surplus Project is expected to complete York students put up a fight Balan said the benchmark cost for the build- might house the new faculty of business and by the fall of 2010. A group of students has recently ing is between $6.8 and $13.6 million. It costs led a rally calling to end a strike which is keeping 50,000 students from classes at York University. The students are concerned about how the strike will affect their Understanding the barriers of disability semester, as many of them need to complete classes in order to move on c

in “People may have extra support paired students. to different schools or opportunities, d Study examines y reported Maclean’s On Campus. t needs that can go beyond what the Dianna Rasling, co-ordinator of i t us government can take care of.” Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services “It’s not fair for a union of 3,200 access to members and an administration of Some of the financial barriers ex- on campus, said providing this ser- 10 or 11 people to decide the fate of amined are the availability of sup- vice can often get costly for the 50,000 students,” said Catherine education for port staff and quality educational university. Divaris, a fifth-year kinesiology tools such as textbooks. “We ask that if they qualify for student from York. students with It’s been two weeks since the start According to McIsaac, the Canada Study Grants... they re- of the strike. disabilites; lack Manitoba government does not quest funding support from that provide specialized textbooks for source to help defray the cost of Saskatchewan university text-impaired students. Having a the service.” censured by national of understanding association text-impairment can range from Paniz Ari is a deaf student at the The First Nations University in increases being dyslexic to being blind. U of W. She has applied for the Saskatchewan is facing censure McIsaac notes there are many Canada Student Grant (CSG) for from the Canadian Association of more resources for blind stu- Disabilities, which she does not University Teachers (CAUT) after problem, say what Maclean’s magazine described dents than ones with a lighter text have to pay back after graduation. as “several years of turmoil” at the interest groups impairment. “I feel fortunate to receive my university. Paniz Ari, a deaf student at the If a student requires a large- student loans and CSG or otherwise To face censure from the University of Winnipeg, relies on print version textbook or one to I wouldn’t be here today,” she said. CAUT means its members refuse Andrew McMonagle appointments at the university, Beat reporter non-repayable grants like the Canada be transcribed into audio format, The recently announced study and decline invitations to speak or Student Grant for Disabilities to fund they are often responsible for the is funded by Canada Millennium participate in academic conferences her studies. extra cost. Transcribing is also a Scholarship Foundation and the hosted by the university. The matter will be put to a vote at n an effort to educate Canadian lengthy process. Higher Education Quality Council standing assumption that if you a CAUT council meeting in the coming schools and parents, a new “What do you do if you don’t of Ontario (HEQCO). week. have a disability you’re deal- study will begin examining the know what texts you need until a Though HEQCO is based in The last Canadian university to face ing with a double-edged sword,” censure was Memorial University in Ifinancial barriers faced by students week before school starts?” McIsaac Ontario, the study is nation-wide. said Tim McIsaac from the Newfoundland in 1979. with disabilities. said. According to Stewart, the National Educational Association “This is based on the long- The University of Winnipeg of- study will be Ontario-focused of Disabled Students (NEADS). Student puts science fers some free services for students but the involvement of NEADS on the internet map with disabilities. & the Millennium Scholarship Those out there looking for a daily For instance, Disability Services Foundation will expand its dose of Eureka! online should check out esciencenews.com, a website offers free interpretation and tran- relevance. developed by science major Michael scription for deaf and hearing-im- Imbeault at the Université Laval. The site, which was launched in April and has been generating nearly 10,000 hits a day since October, uses a bit of custom programming by Imbeault to scan the Internet and automatically upload press releases and news links that concern scientific matters, reported University Affairs. Imbeault is currently pursuing his PhD in retro-virology and bio- informatics. November 27, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 08 Comments Comments Good &Evil Different thrones, different agendas As a quick aside, would it kill the CBC to logging in provincial parks – both on new Manitoba’s speech use subtitles for the French language portion contracts and the phasing out of the existing of political speeches? The translators sound entitlements – and non-biodegradable plas- steals federal’s thunder foolish trying to keep up, and only com- tic bags, to bans on cell-phone use in vehi- pound the frustration inherent in hearing cles and the smoking of cigarettes in vehicles with J.Williamez Andrew Tod the political goals of Harper and Co. where children are present – clearly aimed at Volunteer staff Getting back to the Conservative out- riding the waves of public discontent with line for the next Parliamentary session, I felt both practices. Reading the Bible mildly cheated in that absolutely nothing Of course, all throne speeches will be his past week, the political air was new was introduced. Conservative speech- judged more by what was not said rather is difficult when rife with tales of two throne speeches writers might have been better off copying than what was. It’s a general rule of any – in Ottawa and Manitoba. OK, and pasting transcriptions from Harper’s throne speech that it be made as vague as you won’t shut up Tperhaps “rife” is the wrong word. Resentful rabble rousers on the recent campaign trail, possible. Most likely, this is because other- is better, as the general tone of the report- as that is what the latest national throne wise those unenviable people who are en- Hey gang, it’s me, J. Williamez, and I’m here to age on both throne speeches displayed the speech amounted to. I kept waiting for an trusted to sit for throne speeches in the give you all a piece of my mind. I’d like to talk to levels of despair of feigned interest usually allusion to something provocative, but was traditional garb might be stuck sitting in you all today about my three pet peeves. reserved for beauty pageants, traffic line- only treated to the same obtuse references to those ridiculous costumes for more than an My first pet peeve is the expression “pet peeve.” ups and Susan Ormiston’s dreaded blog and the economic troubles ahead, government hour or so. Imagine the horror of wearing I just find it irksome for some reason. Twitter monitoring during the last federal accountability and an overall disregard for those unsightly tri-corner hats in public. My second pet peeve is the word “irksome.” I’m election campaign. any kind of innovative thinking. Overall, it However, throne speeches should at least not sure why, but it really bothers me. My third (and by far my biggest) pet peeve is If you missed watching the annual yawn- was yet another dull throne speech from an contain some new content, some specifics people who talk on their cell phones while they fest that is the federal speech from the increasingly dull prime minister and federal on the goals of the government delivering it throne, count yourself amongst the lucky. are riding on the bus. government. and a general sense of what citizens can ex- Due to my strong environmental conscience But a junkie feels compelled to feed their The Manitoban contribution to the an- pect from their political decision makers. habit, and political junkies are no exception. I do not drive a car and therefore need to rely nual reminder of our ties to the British When contrasted, the federal throne on public transportation to get around. (Some Thus, my need for a political fix got the bet- Crown, delivered last Thursday, was far speech threatened to put the audience to might also point out that I cannot actually afford ter of my conscience, and I found myself more interesting and left less doubt as to sleep, while the Manitoban version serves to a car, but I think it makes me look like a much staring blankly last Wednesday at the pomp the NDP government’s plans for the com- illicit greater interest and debate from those better person if I say I made the choice not to and circumstance, but generally tedious af- ing year. Principally, as far as legislation goes, whom its plans concern. drive based solely on principles. I think a lot of fair of hearing Governor General Michaelle they seek to ban a wide range of things. Andrew Tod is a student at the University of hippies employ this strategy as well…God damn Jean deliver the Conservative government’s These legislative plans run the gamut, from self-righteous hippies!) Winnipeg. “plan” for the next year. long-needed bans on the archaic practice of In my opinion, we should let drivers use cell phones The hate behind Proposition 8 all they want, until they all crash and die mind myself that society has progressed to though a black man can be elected president Oppression is still the point that people are aware that the way of one of the most racist nations in the “de- others live their life in the privacy of their veloped” world, racial profiling and discrim- Anyway, I was on the bus the other day, alive and kicking own home really has no effect on their own, ination will not cease to exist. trying to read the Bible (which, by the way, is an and therefore don’t care if I like to smoke a It means that we still have work to do. excellent read full of murder, betrayal and a ton Alex Garcia little Buddha. They shouldn’t be concerned The thought that bigotry, racism and ig- of incest), while this obnoxiously loud girl was Volunteer staff with whether or not Jimmy is with Johnny norance are things that can be put to an end having an incredibly abrasive conversation on instead of Jane, and that if somebody says, is naïve. Obviously they are factions of the her cell phone. It didn’t seem to bother her at “Hey, Karl Marx wasn’t that bad of a guy,” human psyche that just can’t be erased. What all that, even though the bus was nearly full, she ometimes to amuse myself, I’ll browse was the only one talking at all, and that she was they shouldn’t be blacklisted. one would hope would be accomplishable is around YouTube looking at old pub- clearly irritating a number of people who were After snapping back to reality one day, I that these 1950s beliefs would be omitted lic service announcements. You know, also trying to read. turned on the news. It was after a certain from laws and constitutions; that our own Sthe ones that claim smoking marijuana will She was sitting right behind me and her turn you into a murderous psychopath, historic election, and for some reason peo- government would realize that not all gay obnoxiousness was making it impossible for me that communists lurk around every corner ple were angry again. It seems that people men have AIDS and should be allowed to to concentrate on my Bible, so I decided to listen threatening the western way of life and that somewhere were being denied a right they donate blood; that governments across the to her half of the conversation she was having homosexuality is among the vilest and most had worked so hard to gain, that once again globe would smarten up and stop thinking, instead. I had to laugh out loud (or lol, as the despicable lifestyles a person could ever en- somebody was being oppressed. “These progressive movements are out to get kids are saying these days) at one point when gage in. The passing of Proposition 8 means more us – let’s make them second class citizens.” she actually said, “You’re driving? You shouldn’t Normally I get a good chuckle out of see- than just the denial of marriage to willing, If there is one thing that all oppressed talk on the phone while you’re driving…I said you ing how ridiculous the mainstream views sound-minded adults. It is more than an- people have in common, regardless of politi- shouldn’t talk on the phone while you’re driving…I on these issues used to be. How, once upon other injustice towards the last group that cal ideologies or affiliations, is that eventu- SAID YOU SHOULDN’T TALK ON THE PHONE WHILE a time, there really was a militant counter society openly ridicules, mocks, hates and ally they get pushed to a point of no return. YOU’RE DRIVING!!!” I thought about what she had said for a while movement against these new and different discriminates towards. It is a slap in the face Eventually, second class citizens stand up and after she finally got off the bus and I realized a lifestyles. to civil rights movements worldwide. say, “Fuck you.” Eventually, people revolt. few important things. Then I remember that it’s the 21st century. It means that it will still be OK to call How long will we wait this time? people fags, it will still be OK to hold up The first thing I realized is that the proposed People should be accepting or at least intelli- Alex Garcia is a University of Winnipeg signs telling people they are going to hell legislation banning the use of cell phones while gent enough to tolerate opposing viewpoints student. for not believing in God, it means that even driving is somewhat misguided. In my opinion, and ways people want to live their life. I re- we should let drivers use cell phones all they want, until they all crash and die. Then we should Letters introduce legislation to ban cell phones from city buses, seeing as letting cell phone talking bus Re: “For America, the hope is ters The Uniter would be receiving if like Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight, tors, and I’ve been volunteering at the riders kill themselves off isn’t really an option. enough” Plouffe talked about his experiences Coldplay, and reality television are daycare on a weekly basis. Being part I know what you’re thinking: “But, J. Williamez, I didn’t know whether to laugh assisting Republican nominee John so popular: they, like Barack Obama, of the daycare is the most reward- what about the innocent drivers or pedestrians or shake my head in disgust after McCain in his bid for the presidency? are hyped to the point of where the ing, challenging and educational as- who could be killed by the careless cell phone reading Jeff Kovalik-Plouffe’s oh-so- It just goes to show that the double masses are convinced they are get- pect of my position with the students’ sentimental story about his trip to standard is alive and well in left-wing ting a juicy steak dinner, only to dis- association. talking drivers?” North Dakota to do his part in help- voters all across Canada. cover they are getting merely bread Just as an important correction, Well, my response to that is that their sacrifice ing out with Barack Obama’s elec- And then there’s this concept and water. Then again, the masses are the article states that the UWSA and would make the world a better place, and if you tion campaign (“For America, the of “hope being enough.” At a time sheep, so to them, bread and water is the U of W fund the daycare equally. want to make an omelette, you have to break a hope is enough,” Nov. 20 edition). where we should be demanding so the greatest meal they ever had. Jeff This is not true. The daycare is funded few eggs, and all that other stuff people say to I find it incredibly asinine for some- much from our politicians in a cli- Kovalik-Plouffe happens to be one of by the province of Manitoba and trivialize the sacrifice of others. one going into CANADIAN poli- mate of economic uncertainty, we go those sheep. UWSA; the university does not pro- Though I think the above plan would make the tics to assist with the campaign of an to the polling stations based on emo- Zach Samborski vide any monetary funding for the world a better place, I realize that our society is AMERICAN presidential candidate. tion, not rationality, and raise the current centre. The university does, not ready for an idea as progressive as the one I We can discuss and critique U.S pres- bar so high, expectations cannot be Re: “Campus daycare severely though, provide the daycare space have proposed. Therefore I know I’ll have to do a idential campaigns, but to help carry met. Barack Obama is a fine public short-staffed” rent-free, and this partnership is presidential candidates of our prefer- speaker in talking about the neces- I’d like to thank-you very much highly appreciated. lot more riding the bus with annoying cell phone ence to victory is incredibly imma- sity for change, but then again, so for bringing focus to the University Furthermore, although staffing re- talkers, which brings me to the other important ture. Of course, there’s no uproar was Adolf Hitler. I imagine a lot of of Winnipeg Students’ Association mains an issue, the quality of care that thing I realized: about it here up in the Great White people didn’t bother to read his party (UWSA) daycare in the Nov. 20 issue the children of the UWSA daycare re- Fuck the environment. I need a car! North, but that’s because Barack platform of socialist wealth redistri- of The Uniter. ceive remains optimal, and we have Obama was the preferred choice of bution. It’s nothing but a bunch of As VP Student Services, I am the some of the most-qualified and com- Use of cell phones during J. Williamez’s many Canadians for president. Can snake oil disguised as something cute, direct liaison between the daycare di- mitted staff in the province. Monday shows at Shannon’s Irish Pub is you imagine the angry barrage of let- warm, and fuzzy. This is why things rector and the UWSA board of direc- Kelly Ross (UWSA VPSS) at the reader’s own risk. Co m m e n t s Ed i t o r : De v i n Mo r r o w contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 27, 2008 E-m a i l : Co m m e n t s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 Comments Fa x : 783-7080 09 Nowhere to live Little hope left for lost Palestinians

Rachel Reimer-Vandenberg Volunteer

Photographs by colin vandenberg volunteer

ahr El Bared camp in placed to other camps. like Fatah al-Islam to take refuge merous insects and rats. UNRWA has These pictures, taken in the Nahr El Lebanon, north of Tripoli, One woman who works at a amongst their homes. She an- constructed temporary housing, Bared camp in Lebanon, show some was once a thriving eco- women’s centre in the camp stayed swered with a rueful smile, “We are called “barracksets” that at times of the destruction Palestinians have nomicN hub with old markets and behind when others were evacu- simple people. We did not believe hold up to 10 people in one room. undergone. narrow alleyways full of merchants ated, out of the optimistic belief they would harm us.” They are steel containers converted serving Palestinian and Lebanese that she could endure the conflict In truth, Palestinian leadership to house the displaced, and they Top right: Hussein walks through the ruins. clientele. It was a meeting place, an and an unwillingness to abandon was trying to purge the camp of are unbearably hot in summer and open camp and a community that her home. My friend watched in Fatah al-Islam’s presence, but was freezing cold in winter. Bottom right: A sheared-off building. had been relatively immune from unable to do so. They hoped the Reconstruction of the camp has conflict and war since it began in She answered Lebanese army would help them. been delayed, and it is now a full 12 Bottom left: A broken cityscape. 1948 when Palestinians arrived Now, amidst the rubble, they ask, months after the fighting has ceased in exile from their homeland. In with a rueful smile, “Is this a way to kill 400 people - by and people are still living in “tem- Lebanon, where Palestinians are destroying the homes of 27,000?” porary” housing. Livelihoods have denied citizenship and employ- “We are simple Others wonder if such destruction not been recovered and unemploy- ment in approximately 70 profes- people. We did ment is high, increasing depen- sions and where many Lebanese dence on aid. UNRWA is struggling blame them for inciting and sus- not believe they Families that to meet the needs of the people, taining the brutal civil war, such would harm us” once lived and has issued recurring requests openness was rare. for increased aid from the inter- During the spring of 2007 a together in one national community and donor group called Fatah al-Islam initi- fear from her window as two young community are countries, Canada included. ated a conflict with the Lebanese boys who had been playing in the In September 2008 UNRWA re- army from Nahr El Bared camp. street were killed. As the siege went now displaced leased a plan for reconstruction of This conflict escalated into war on neighbours gathered in her across Lebanon the camp and a parallel plan for and from May until September home to survive. They would take continuing humanitarian relief to the Lebanese army bombarded turns running from house to house in various displaced families, including rent the camp with heavy artillery, lay- to collect food that people had left, subsidies and winter aid packages. ing siege. An estimated 95 per cent canned items, always leaving a bit Palestinian camps These appeals have been met with of all buildings were destroyed, of money on the table to compen- little to no support, with only the displacing approximately 27,000 sate. They did not steal even as they would have been warranted had it United States and Norway increas- Palestinians from their homes. were facing hunger. She survived been a Lebanese community. ing their aid contributions. My three-month term of work the ground fighting, but as aerial Today, families that once lived Rachel Reimer-Vandenberg is a with the United Nations Relief bombing began it was clear they together in one community are Winnipegger who interned for the and Works Agency for Palestinian could not stay. It was with utter de- now displaced across Lebanon in United Nations Relief and Works Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) spair that she left her home and has various Palestinian camps. Some Agency for Palestinian Refugees in enabled me to develop friendships not been able to return since. are living in garages; concrete one- the Near East. and working relationships with I asked her why they, as a camp room dwellings that let the cold families in the camp and some dis- community, had allowed a group rain in and are often host to nu- November 27, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 10 Features Features

Stenciling on support Whether dressing in drag for political reasons or simply to raise much-needed funds, Winnipeg’s gay community works to increase awareness and self-esteem illustrations by melody morrissette

and Kelly Clarkson—bitter, white All of Manitoba. belief that drag is deeply rooted in girl rock music.” The Imperial Court is an inter- social blasphemy and personal in- Lepine is rather reserved. national organization that, through security. As a previous Emperor, Meeting him at a cafe is to meet a drag performance, raises money Lagartera now advises, along with cautious and benign guy, drinking for charities under the Queer um- other previous drag monarchs, the tea and reading a gay pulp novel. brella. The organization is divided new kingdom: this year’s Emperor Burlesque is bombastic: intro- into state and provincial chapters and Empress. ductions consist of a flirtatious and two elected officials spearhead “I think what drag queens fail smile, a skyward nose and a kiss to the fundraising efforts for each to recognize is that drag itself is a her hand. chapter. political act…A lot of drag queens One wonders if Lepine’s timid- Lepine is one of those elected don’t recognize that because a ity is being therapeutically de- officials. As Empress 9, the ninth number of them are, really, navi- stroyed by Burlesque’s audacity. annually elected Empress, he is re- gating their own insecurities—I And yet when pressed on the sig- sponsible for collecting funds for find that drag, for many people, is nificance, either personal or polit- the Imperial Court’s designated therapeutic.” ical, of a drag show, Lepine only charities. The Manitoba chapter By dressing in drag, says Ethan Cabel says, “Other than to be this char- campaigns on behalf of a sum- Lagartera, a performer is expressing Volunteer staff acter to raise money for the needed mer camp for Queer youth (Camp an overt challenge to the traditional charities, there’s no other reason Aurora), a multipurpose commu- gender roles that make up our so- [for me to do drag].” nity center (the Rainbow Resource cial framework—not to mention ar Lepine refers to his As Burlesque, Lepine performs Centre) and an organization for in- the joys found in the ability to hide drag persona, Breyanna comical, lip-synched drag for the creased awareness and research into away bashfulness under the guise Burlesque, as actors refer patrons of Winnipeg’s three gay HIV/AIDS (the Manitoba PHA of a larger-than-life persona. toD their characters: in the third clubs and maintains “near-celeb- Caucus). The conundrum Lagartera person. rity” status within the community. Reece Lagartera is a former finds are in those individuals that When speaking with him, it is Lepine holds the position Imperial Court drag performer claim to do drag for “fun.” He is easy to understand why: Burlesque of Empress 9 for the Imperial who went under the moniker of quick to point out that the “fun” is a larger than life “rocker chick” Sovereign Court of Winnipeg and Carlos Las Vegas. It is Lagartera’s of drag comes at a price. Drag per- that Lepine says listens to “Pink formers, he says, sacrifice dating opportunities and often have dif- ficulty searching for a partner due It is Lagartera’s belief to a pervading attitude among gay men that equates drag queens with that drag is deeply rooted women. in social blasphemy and Leaving the café, Lepine spots a personal insecurity contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 27, 2008 Features 11

couple girls he knows. He smiles Manitoba and later coalesced into the Anti-Homophobia Education organized by the LGBT* Centre and hugs them both, chatting an essential organization funded, Program has been well received by co-ordinators, was held Nov. 10 at convivially, and even urges one to in part, by government grants. The schools in the province. the U of W and is now in its 15th perform at Club 200 (a Winnipeg RRC’s goal is “to provide aware- Unfortunately, there are still year. The 2007 Homohop gener- gay club) that evening. Both girls ness, education and support for places that will never get the mes- ated $3,500 dollars in profit. are “campers”—kids who went to the betterment of the LGBT* sage. According to Lagartera, many As the LGBT* director for the Camp Aurora, a fully subsidized, community.” Manitoba high schools operate University of Winnipeg Students’ four-day excursion for Queer The problems the RRC is there under what is called the “No Ham” Association (UWSA), it is 20-year- youth aged 14 to 21 out at Camp to eradicate become clear when rule: no discussion of homosexu- old Jonathan Niemczak’s job to Manitou, a charitable organization speaking with Lagartera. ality, abortion, or masturbation. monitor the money spent on with some 28 acres of space just “When you don’t have positive These are precisely the schools that events such as Homohop—an west of Winnipeg. role models, but what you do see need the most help - for students event sponsored by the UWSA. Camp Aurora is one of Lepine’s in the media is dysfunction, rejec- key charities. tion by religion, rejection by your The term ‘Queer’ covers a diverse family, obviously that’s going to af- spectrum of people: from lesbian, fect your emotional health.” “I think what drag queens gay, bisexual, transgendered and The RRC is active in counsel- two spirit individuals. The unique ling Queer youth—where issues of fail to recognize is that problems Queer people face, even self-esteem and rejection are most on a daily basis, can be staggering. prevalent. Healthy dialogue with a drag itself is a political act” Several Manitoba organizations counselor, it is believed, may help have been created to combat ho- reduce the difficulties that stem mophobia, to provide youth with a from emotional turmoil. social safety net and to raise aware- “We are more vulnerable to as well as administrators. Niemczak is a wildly conserva- ness of health concerns among the reaching out for that extra drink, But the onus is on the school. tive guy, levelheaded and highly community. Obstacles by way of or smoking more, or doing drugs “Ultimately, we [the RRC] have critical of his coworkers. His mo- funding shortages, personal com- as a way to escape—that, in turn, to be invited,” he said. tives are practical, however. From mitment, increased demand, and affects your physical health and it Katie Owen is the only counsel- his work to amend the Canadian public resistance hurt the Queer just snowballs from there.” lor currently with the RRC and has Blood Services’ policy of not allow- community, especially youth, be- Lagartera tries to remove this a waitlist of 19 people, most of who ing gay men to donate blood, to cause services do not meet the de- turmoil at its roots. Through will not be seen before her contract his campaign for increased market- mands. To raise awareness requires the RRC Anti-Homophobia is up. This situation, brought on ing within the UWSA (to allow for the sacrifice of a few individuals. Education Program, he teaches by a lack of funding and increased corporate sponsorship of large uni- kids from Grade 4 to Senior 4 to demand for counselling services, versity events to cut costs and pro- be aware of how their behavior af- could pose a big problem for many vide better campus services), the fects those around them. Queer youth in Manitoba. core of Niemczak’s work is modest “When I do workshops my goal A 2004 press release by Egale and analytical. is never to change people’s minds, Canada, a national organiza- As the first wave of people begin they’re going to come in with bi- tion promoting Queer justice and to strut into the Bulman Centre ases, prejudices and beliefs, but my equality, and a 2000 study by two for Homohop, Niemczak remarks role is to provide knowledge, and University of Calgary researchers, that if the money raised this year people’s decisions are [hopefully] both state Queer youth are at least doesn’t exceed last year’s pot, the based on the knowledge I provide four times more likely than straight co-ordinators will be scrutinized. them.” youth to make a serious suicide at- Even among the festivities and These decisions can be as sim- tempt at some point in their lives. joy of a closely-knit community, his ple as avoiding the term “gay” as comment doesn’t feel out of place; a synonym for “stupid,” an ex- after all the work the co-ordinators pression that only acts, Lagartera put into Homohop, the Centre de- says, “at the expense of an entire serves a substantial return. community.” Lauren Bosc, a LBGT* Centre Educating youth School administrators unsure co-ordinator, estimates Homohop of how to deal with homophobia sold nearly 250 tickets, generating Outside his advisory duties as a in their hallways are most apt to more money than it had in pre- previous Emperor, Lagartera is the request the workshops. Lagartera vious years. However, final num- education and resource develop- speaks on the difference between bers were not available before press ment co-ordinator at the Rainbow sex and gender and later gauges his time. Resource Centre (RRC), a locally audiences’ comfort with public af- Similarly, the RRC, with help based community center. fection between Queer couples. He from Dar Lepine, Breyanna The RRC began as a student has done his job, he says, if he man- Burlesque and the Imperial Court, group within the University of ages to make people think. Overall, was able to send some 30 kids to Camp Aurora in August of 2008. The camp is a place where, for Queer youth are University pressure four days, organizers foster an ac- cepting and healthy environment The University of Winnipeg, for Queer youth to learn and grow through the campus LGBT* at least four times and to be themselves. Centre, a place for Queer students The sacrifices of these people, to socialize and access resources in whether they are performers or more likely than a safe environment, is an integral community organizers, cannot be part of the Queer community. in vain. straight youth to Homohop, a Queer dance party make a serious suicide attempt at some point in their lives November 27, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 12 ARTSArts & CULCulTtUuRrEe Arts & Culture The skills to pay the bills from the home she shares with Local pop quintet Hiebert, her husband. Slated for release in spring, Only Paper Moon are During Thunderstorms is the follow- up to the band’s 2006 sophomore hoping fans will release Broken Hearts Break Faster help them raise Every Time. The CD should do nothing but further establish the the funds for their band’s popularity. Paper Moon has already played festivals such as the next record Halifax Pop Explosion, North by Northwest and Berlin’s Popkomm. Their music has also appeared in Katie Dangerfield over 20 films and television shows, Volunteer staff including locally-shot teen-drama Falcon Beach this past summer.

“Falcon Beach was so much H aper Moon is a band that fun,” Shevernoha said. “We were at Fo armony makes you want to dance Winnipeg Beach for two days film-

and fall in love at the same t ing…we got our hair and make- Crea & ohouse Ptime. up done…it was cool because that The Winnipeg-based quintet episode was shown in 50 countries, creates an indie power pop sound

so many saw us performing our t that mixes driving guitars and key- song. The experience was so amaz- ive boards with flirtatious vocals – a ing and each band member got to sound sure to entice even the most share it.” Since they’re no good at gambling, the members of Winnipeg pop quintet Paper Moon are playing a fundraising concert so they jaded music snob. Recognition created by the can finish their new CD. On Dec. 4, the group – lead vo- media and renowned music festi- calist Allison Shevernoha, keyboard vals will undeniably come in handy Hiebert had previously recorded can get a taste of it on What Are You player Nikki Taylor, guitarist John when they release their new CD. with him and loved how he was Going To Do, an EP Paper Moon is See Paper Moon Thursday, Dec. 4 at Wilson, drummer Chris Hiebert “This album is different be- “not commercial but a professional releasing at The Park Theatre gig. The Park Theatre. and bass player Ken Phillips – will cause unlike the last one, decisions who still threw in fun things when Every dollar from the sale of the  Opening acts are The Playing play a show at The Park Theatre to were made together as a band. The producing.” EP will be donated to local charity Cards and Ann Walton raise funds for their new album. music indicates that form of demo- The album was recorded at Siloam Mission.  Tickets are available The “This time we wanted to record cratic decision-making.” MCM Studios with recording en- at a studio we wanted. We [for- Park Theatre and Music Trader Ryan Worsley, guitarist for gineer Mike Petkau, who also pro- “The One For Me,” a new song from  Cost: $8 advance or $10 at went] the chance to get a grant and Vancouver indie rock quartet duced the vocals. Only During Thunderstorms, is are raising money for recording Dawntreader, was flown in to pro- Although fans will have to wait streaming now at www.myspace.com/ the door bills, “ Shevernoha said by phone duce the album. Shevernoha and until April for the new album, they papermoonmusic.

The Uniter Fashion Streeter is an ongoing documentation of creative fashion in Winnipeg inspired by the Helsinki fashion blog www.hel-looks.com. Each week will feature a new look from our city’s streets and bars in an attempt to encourage individual expression and celebrate that you are really, really good looking. us t i t y d in c

Sadiq “I just try to make it as simple as possible.” Ar t s Ed i t o r : Aa r o n Epp contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 27, 2008 E-m a i l : Ar t s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 Fa x : 783-7080 Arts & Culture 13 One hairy city When it comes to facial hair in Winnipeg, doing it to stand out. “A lot of our clients are clean- we dress our feathers and what beards are in Epp said his beard is also a re- shaven,” Nixon said. “However, “I’m a winter makes us attractive to a woman. illustrations by ryan janz flection of his simple and inexpen- outside of the salon, I see a lot of cyclist. My I can tell you that many women sive lifestyle, especially as winter younger men sporting beards.” beard has been don’t find facial hair attractive. Matt Preprost approaches. “The trend is very much media- It hurts. Women don’t want to Volunteer staff “I’m a winter cyclist,” he said, driven,” the clean-shaven Nixon serving me well.” be kissed by someone with a five adding that his beard has been continued. “Men are trying things o’clock shadow.” growing since June. “My beard has they see on popular actors and -Thomas Epp Still, Kilbride said the clean- eet Dan Epp-Tiessen. been serving me well.” musicians.” PowerSpa in Toronto, deals with shaven style will pass in time. He’s a Bible professor Epp’s girlfriend, Allison Driedger, professionals who prefer to remain “Facial hair trends are cyclical. at Canadian Mennonite isn’t a huge fan of his bushy beard, “In the early clean-shaven, she notices that men The mustache may not be fash- MUniversity (CMU) and is your av- but she said that it doesn’t make or ionable right now, but it will be outside of her salon are sporting a erage family man – married to his break their relationship. 1970s, the way combination of the goatee with the back. Everything that is old is new wife for 30 years with two kids. He’s “I’d rather date someone with to rebel against soul patch. again.” also sported a beard for 36 years. a beard,” she said. “It gives more “You see it on the average man, Epp-Tiessen, now 55, first started character to a person.” your parents and but not the type of clientèle we “I’d rather date growing his beard when he was 19 Tim Dyck, a 24-year-old fine the system was deal with,” Cox said. someone with for a number of reasons. arts student at the University Men in Edmonton, however, are “In the early 1970s, the way to of Manitoba, shares similar by growing long taking the razors to their faces. a beard. It gives sentiments. rebel against your parents and the hair and a shaggy Ed Kilbride, owner of The Board more character system was by growing long hair “People have a more friendly ap- Room - Men’s Grooming and Spa, and a shaggy beard,” Epp-Tiessen proach to someone with a beard beard. It was explained that as men age, beards to a person.” than, say, a moustache,” said Dyck, said. “It was how young men dem- how young men tend to grey at a faster rate than -Allison Driedger onstrated their independence.” who maintains a beard for six scalp hair, aging their appearance. He also decided to grow a beard months of the year and recently demonstrated “Men want to look younger and for the convenience factor. experimented with “a twirly mous- are leaning towards going hairless,” As for Epp-Tiessen, he’s cur- “I don’t have to shave every tache” for one week. their said Kilbride, whose spa serves over rently part of a charity event at morning. That saves me 10 to 15 “There’s a lot more acceptance independence.” 1,500 clients. “They are going to CMU that is collecting shoeboxes minutes every day.” for beards because of the connota- great lengths to remove hair from of toys and clothing for children in Thomas Epp – no relation to tions to Santa Claus or a wise old -Dan Epp-Tiessen their body.” impoverished regions of the world. Epp-Tiessen – has been growing shepherd.” Kilbride added that the current If students collect 200 shoeboxes, out his beard off and on since he A fondness for facial hair among facial hair trend in Edmonton is he’s promised to shave his beard graduated high school. While Epp, males is not uncommon. The cur- While Winnipeg appears to be rooted in basic human and primal off. 22, chooses to keep a beard for the rent trend for Winnipeg men is in a bearded city, cities across Canada mating instincts. “It should be fun,” he said. “But convenience, he explained that fact the beard, according to Adam are following different trends. “Men are like peacocks,” he ex- I’m growing it right back.” men today aren’t growing out their Nixon, an employee at the Edward Although Ashley Cox, manager plained. “We pay attention to how beards in rebellion. Rather, they’re Carriere salon on Spence Street. and lead esthetician for the Men’s

Big hairy deal: A look at five classic facial hairstyles

The Full Beard The Moustache The Goatee The Soul Patch The 5 o’clock Shadow

Dating back to as early as ancient The moustache comes in a wide va- While it takes on many forms, the Inspired by the 9-5 workday, the 5 Greece, growing out a full beard is the Soaring to prominence and popularity riety of shapes and sizes – from the traditional goatee is commonly grown o’clock shadow is beard growth that true testament to one’s ascent into in the 1950s and ‘60s, the soul patch thin layering of Clark Gable to the on the chin, below the lower lip and is is visible late in the day on a man who manhood. The beard, which spreads is a variation of the goatee, made short crop of Adolf Hitler. But there is roughly the same width of the mouth. was clean-shaven in the morning. The across the cheeks, chin, neck and famous by jazz musicians like Dizzy perhaps no other man who epitomizes James Hetfield, singer/guitarist for style was popularized in the 1980s upper lip, has been made famous by Gillespie. The style was soon stolen the masculine might of the moustache Metallica, has been known for his over- thanks to Miami Vice, and has some the likes of Jesus Christ, Santa Claus, and used by beatniks to accompany more than Tom Selleck. (Super Mario grown goatee that complements his men like Justin Timberlake maintain- Obi-Wan Kenobi, Sean Connery and their turtleneck sweaters, berets and comes in a close second.) sinister, somewhat frightening appear- ing this not-so-subtle layer of perma- Chuck Norris. tinted sunglasses while they played ance and aggressive music. stubble. their bongo drums in the streets. November 27, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 14 Arts & Culture

Busy as f**k CD REVIEWS James James

Brian Borcherdt M e j ia finds time to release PUTRESCENCE Sledgehammer Holocaust a solo EP No Escape Records While Sledgehammer Holocaust may not exemplify the most brutal sound that extreme metal has to offer, it’s just about as far away Curran Faris from accessible as music gets. Putrescence sounds like having a dozen dentists simultaneously scraping and drilling away at your Listings co-ordinator teeth and gums with rusty, 18th century wood working tools while Stream “Forced to Ingest Caulking…” artillery shells fall like raindrops all around you. The lyrics are by Putrescence at www.uniter.ca. rendered indecipherable by the guttural roars of the vocalists. rian Borcherdt is a busy man. However, when you read them from the booklet you realize that When he isn’t touring the world, these can only be the rantings of a man with odd fetishes. For example: “Drill bit loaded and electrically hunched over a table of battered elec- penetrates the skull / Head turned into grey matter Slurpee dispenser deluxe.” If that’s the funniest Btronics with analog dance maestros Holy thing you’ve heard all day then pick up this album and quickly seek institutional care. Fuck, he is frantically writing and recording —Rob McGregor his solo material. His latest EP, Coyotes, is out now on Toronto imprint Hand Drawn Dracula. Borcherdt is doing a 10-day tour across KRAM RAN Holy Fuck member Brian Borcherdt is currently Canada with Martha Wainwright that brings Criss-Cross Cross touring in support of a solo EP titled Coyotes. him to Winnipeg on Dec. 3. Wooly Records From his home in Toronto, Borcherdt If you aren’t already a fan of Kram Ran (a.k.a. Mark Wohlgemuth), sounded relieved and excited to be taking part is finding the time to do it. his third CD, Criss-Cross Cross, won’t do anything to change that. Wohlgemuth wails poetry over stuttering electronic soundscapes his solo material on the road. “It doesn’t take me long to get at least an Stream “Herod & Isaiah” throughout the eight tracks on this 49-minute disc. It’s the kind of “It’s pretty good that I can fit it in be- idea of a song, it’s just whether or not I’ll by Kram Ran at www.uniter.ca. have a chance to finish it or turn it into any- music the snob in me wants to appreciate, because it’s original and cause I’ve been probably touring for about creative and inaccessible and obscure and I could look down on 300 days out of the year [with Holy Fuck],” thing real, that’s where the bigger challenge people for not getting it. Problem is, I don’t even get it myself. Criss- he said. for me is. It’s sort of like having a scrapbook Cross Cross could very well be the kind of album where the greatness is revealed only after repeated Indeed, it has been an extremely busy year full of ideas where every time you open up listens. Still, there’s little here that will seduce listeners and entice them to give it that chance. I’m not for Holy Fuck, who have played at world-re- the book you commit another idea to it, but cynical enough to think that Wohlgemuth is making inaccessible music just for the sake of being inac- at the end of the day, it’s just a book full of cessible, but it doesn’t seem like he’s making any effort to grab listeners either. nowned events like the Glastonbury Festival, —Aaron Epp All Tomorrow’s Parties and Lollapalooza. ideas – that’s what writing is for me, an on- Holy Fuck also made the short list for the going scrapbook of ideas and the challenge Canadian Polaris Music Prize. Borcherdt for me then is to try to find a way to actually added that Holy Fuck leave for Australia finish them. The album that I have out now the day after his solo tour ends. That doesn’t is the rare opportunity that I’ve had to actu- WINDY & CARL leave Borcherdt much time to spend work- ally finish something,” Songs for the Broken Hearted Kranky ing on his solo material. Borcherdt has also written material for The latest from drone-pop experimentalists Windy & Carl is an ach- “The only thing that’s difficult is that a full band and hopes to have a full-length album recorded by January, before Holy ingly beautiful and intimate record that straddles the boundaries quite often these days, with Holy Fuck, we’ll of post-rock, indie and sound art. Imagine if Low and Growing col- be busy enough and on the road, and you Fuck resume their hectic touring schedule. laborated on an album – or what My Bloody Valentine would sound know, we don’t have guitars with us, so I “I hate leaving with unfinished work be- like without a drummer and the deafening volume – and you’ll don’t have that outlet at my disposal like I’m cause when I can get around to it again, the have an idea of what Songs for the Broken Hearted is all about. so use to.” following fall or winter or whatever, it’ll The album begins with “Btwn you + me,” where gorgeous layers Listeners expecting the pulsing rhythms be old again and the pattern continues,” of guitar shimmer and warm synths are stretched out into an Borcherdt said with a laugh. unidentifiable world of sound, while Windy’s ghost-like whispers float amidst the dense sonic backdrop. of Holy Fuck are in for a surprise with Clocking in at just over an hour and with no breaks between tracks, Songs for the Broken Hearted is a Borcherdt’s solo material. Coyotes is a col- See Brian Borcherdt open for Martha Wainwright seamless, spellbinding album. lection of delicate, haunting acoustic tracks Wednesday, Dec. 3 at The Pyramid Cabaret —Curran Faris that call to mind Elliot Smith. Seemingly oc-  Tickets are available at Ticketmaster cupying completely separate creative realms,  Cost: $25 Borcherdt said making the transition from  Visit www.myspace.com/brianborcherdt Holy Fuck to his solo work is easy. The hard THE FREE PRESS Half Truths & Whole Lies Russian Surplus Music Promotional materials for the debut release by Toronto indie rock- 95.9 FM CKUW Campus/Community ers The Free Press claim that Half Truths & Whole Lies is the “tired, Radio Top 10 CD – Albums angry, hurt, pleading voice of someone watching a society tear itself apart.” If only this was 1996. And the members of The Free November 19 - 25, 2008 Press were auditioning for Rent. While their powerfully descriptive ! = Local content * = Canadian Content lyrics might represent that supposed social angst alongside the LW TW artist Recording Label decidedly political, yet simple cover art, The Free Press’ vocals ring 12 1 !Venetian Snares Detrimentalist Planet Mu out with a little too much Broadway bravado. (Listening to the disc, one can just imagine the band members hunched over the mic, jazz hands waving as they record.) It’s 9 2 *Tagaq Blood Auk Jerico Beach incredibly unfortunate that the vocals are so lame because the rest of the music is actually quite good. 1 3 *Mother Mother Oh My Last Gang The edgy beats certainly deserve kudos. 4 4 *Carlos del Junco Steady Movin’ Northern Blue —Jennifer Pawluk 3 5 Collard Greens & Gravy Devil in the Woodpile Black Market Music 7 6 tv On The Radio Dear Science Touch & Go 16 7 !Julie Biggs Passions Independent 6 8 *Jeff Healey Mess of Blues Stony Plain GYM CLASS HEROES 13 9 !G.R.O.S.S. Incoming Transmission a1 The Quilt 5 10 !Novillero A Little Tradition Mint Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen I’d be lying if I said I had high expectations for The Quilt. That their MC, Travis McCoy, was involved in that catastrophe of a theme song for Snakes on a Plane and that they are on Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz’s record label was enough for me to drop the disc and run away screaming and crying. Much to my surprise, the band’s fourth full-length is pretty good. Their hip hop style is similar to, although not as impressive as, Atmosphere, if Atmosphere were to combine its efforts with a couple of little indie rock boys and have famous guest artists. Featuring reputable artists such as Estelle, Busta Rhymes and Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates fame, the album is varied and catchy from beginning to end. Besides, if Busta likes them, who am I to talk smack? —Cindy Doyle contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 27, 2008 Arts & Culture 15

Arts Briefs Body movin’ Compiled by Jonathan Dyck p ho t New dance by os COLBERT SPREADS CHRISTMAS CHEER BY FLOODING THE MARKET M production inspired an According to PitchforkMedia.com, d y

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h musings entitled A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All, due Nov. 25 on iTunes John Cunningham from Comedy Central Records. Colbert’s Volunteer staff own recording, “Another Christmas Song,” will be presented alongside tracks from Feist, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, John ive lithe, young, lovely ladies merge Legend, Toby Keith and Colbert’s former their bodies before you, entering into mentor Jon Stewart. assorted positions, their bodies sweat- But if iTunes isn’t your thing, don’t fret. ingF and contorted in the current production The piece quickly What Colbert is really pushing this year is by Trip Dance Company. his television special of the same name: an The arena here is the street, the place progresses into bodies hour long musi-comedy that came out on where parkour, or l’art du déplacement DVD this past Tuesday. (French for the art of movement), is per- moving together as But wait, there’s still more. Colbert will formed. Founded in France, parkour is an the five dancers be auctioning off his Christmas sweater activity where the aim is to move from one and boots (featured on the promotional point to another as efficiently and quickly as interact, forming material) on eBay to benefit a national possible, using principally the abilities of the relationships and charity. Whoever donates the most money human body. via the Stephen Colbert MySpace page The arena is also the stage where the game becoming obstacles automatically wins the sweater, while the of parkour is transformed by Trip Dance runners-up get stockings. Company choreographer Karen Kuzak’s to each other in Once again, I’m not quite sure how I’m imagination into the dance, resulting in The an erotic, sensual supposed to take this man’s irony and his Art of Displacement. Note the difference in self-promotional shenanigans. title. display of dance Dancers in The Art of Displacement clockwise Although the idea behind parkour is from top left: Giana Sherbo; Ali Robson and Giana STEPHEN HARPER: INTERNATIONAL the seed for this work and movements that Sherbo; Ali Robson, Linnea Swan and Treasure MAN OF MYSTERY ers I’ve worked with,” Kuzak said. She has would be associated with bodies moving Waddell. And all this time I thought our prime given freedom to the dancers to interpret the minister was completely one-dimensional. around imaginary obstacles form its initial work in their own ways with the occasional It turns out he’s more enigmatic (or phase, the piece quickly progresses into bod- “The audience brings their own perspec- encouragement and comment from her. confused) than he appears. Following recent ies moving together as the five dancers in- tive with them and interprets the action in “None of the obstacles was inserted into the cuts to funding for international promotion teract, forming relationships and becoming the way they need to.” work but, instead, was created by the danc- of Canadian talent, CBC.ca reports that obstacles to each other in an erotic, sensual This is the first opportunity Susie Burpee ers themselves as the work progressed.” Stephen Harper has dispatched Governor display of dance. has had to dance with Trip, an experience As the work proceeds, the audience can- General Michaelle Jean on a two-week tour “This is one of the best group of danc- she is quite excited about. not but help becoming involved. of European countries “to promote art “Kuzak expresses movement with author- and cultural links with Canada.” But the ity and integrity,” she said. “At the heart of billing isn’t cheap. Airfare and hotels alone it, the work is a series of physical situations for Jean, her husband, their staff and the as metaphors for relationships.” artists to be showcased will likely total well Geana Sherbo has been a dancer with over $100,000. Trip for three seasons now. She described the The trip has drawn plenty of criticism piece as “the idea of the individual encoun- from across the board. Even local MP for tering obstacles and learning how to deal the NDP, Pat Martin, has spoken out against with them, the obstacles being metaphors Harper’s plan. In a time of “belt-tightening for obstacles in real life.” and looming economic crisis,” Martin said, “It’s very erotic and thrilling as a dancer to “people would have a hard time seeing work with Karen because she is never satis- how [this] would be a priority.” fied but is always pushing you,” Sherbo con- To me, it sounds a little counter-intuitive, tinued. “At the end, though, something is but I guess Harper’s more complicated always revealed.” than we’ve made him out to be.

Find out what’s revealed when Trip Dance BILLY CORGAN: THE SHOW MUST GO ON Company presents The Art of Displacement at I don’t know what’s more embarrassing The Gas Station Theatre Nov. 28 and 29 at 8 about the Smashing Pumpkins’ latest p.m. Visit www.tripdance.com. stop on their 20th anniversary tour: Billy Corgan joking about masturbating to Sarah Palin or Billy Corgan ranting about “alternative” music over a decade after it ceased to mean anything. If you can bare it, Stereogum.com has posted a nine-minute YouTube video of Corgan’s latest episode during a concert in Chicago (www.tinyurl. com/stereogum). Responding to a delusionally supportive fan, who had just happily confessed to paying $300 for his seats, Corgan began to whine about his waning popularity. “Maybe it’s because we don’t do what you want us to do,” Corgan said, “but last I checked, we were in an alternative band. Alternative means doing something different than what everyone else is doing, including those reunion bands that go out and just play the old songs.” As PitchforkMedia.com commented, Corgan is in fact quite wrong about “alternative” music, and the Smashing Pumpkins’ anniversary tour is indeed “a shitshow” in every sense of the word. November 27, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 16 Arts & Culture The significance of a blank page

She goes on to write that an art- Toronto artist ist using scissors to remove names, uses obituaries faces and life stories from a news- “Some see that paper is something like the Grim although there is Reaper swinging a scythe “through as her canvas for aeons of human existence.” a lot of absence in exhibit “Cutting out and cutting down the work, there is are not that far apart. In a sense, DeFreitas’ cutting away of all but an overwhelming Brittany Thiessen the headings, dates and announce- Volunteer ment borders is analogous to the sense of presence reduction of flesh to bone that, by the words that barring cremation, is the fate of bituaries are the focus any body returned to air, water or are left.” of an unusual exhibit earth,” Eigenkind wrote. -Erika DeFreitas, artist at Platform Centre for DeFreitas said the idea for PhotographicO and Digital Arts. Deaths/Memorials/Births came Created by Toronto-based artist when she noticed that her mother Deaths/Memorials/ Erika DeFreitas, regularly read the obituary sec- Births consists of several cutouts of tion of the newspaper. Her mother The Toronto Star obituaries from , told her she read that section be- with almost all of the text removed, cause she might find the obituary mar except for the date, heading and a of someone that she knew. reimer k few carefully chosen words scat- “It was because of this curiosity tered across the page. that I too began to read the obitu- The stark blankness of the an- ary section on a regular basis; com- From Deaths/Memorials/Births at the Platform gallery. nouncements is probably what ing to terms with life’s transience stands out the most from the ex- and enticed by never knowing who within the viewer,” she said. “I hibit. Although there is not much I might find,” DeFreitas explained. guess [my hope is] that it resonates printed, that in itself has meaning, J.J. Kegan McFadden, the artis- WE GOOFED with each viewer for one reason or DeFreitas said by e-mail last week. tic director at Platform, said that On page 14 of the Nov. 20 issue of The another.” “Some see that although there is the response to the exhibit has Uniter, we published the incorrect album a lot of absence in the work, there been mixed. Deaths/Memorials/Births is on at cover for Microcastle by Deerhunter is an overwhelming sense of pres- “Some visitors appreciate the Platform until Saturday, Dec. 13. (correct cover at left). Also, we mixed ence by the words that are left.” overall concept, some like the On Thursday, Nov. 27 (tonight), up some of our star ratings. Microcastle An essay written by local artist found poetry aspect, and others Platform will be hosting an evening should have received five stars andA mon Heidi Eigenkind that attempts to admire the monumentality of her of readings in conjunction with the Amarth should have received two-and-a- interpret the work explains that the repeated gesture,” he said. exhibit. Chandra Mayor, Rosanna half stars. We regret the errors. few words that are left are kept in DeFreitas hopes the exhibit will Deerchild, Roewan Crowe and the same place that they were origi- impact those who see it. Sharon Caseburg will be reading WE GOOFED TWICE nally printed on the page to evoke “It is important to me that with from their recent works. Visit www. a personal experience, memory or On page 12 of the Nov. 20 issue of The Uniter we incorrectly identified anything I create and that is then platformgallery.org. John Paul Peters as being 31 years old. We regret the error. thought. shared, [that it] stirs something Ar t s Ed i t o r : Aa r o n Epp contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 27, 2008 E-m a i l : Ar t s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 Fa x : 783-7080 Arts & Culture 17

Log on to Epp’s blog at http:// uniter.ca/blogs/author/aaron to read recent entries on rockin’ the A night at the opera at the movies suburbs, Chinese Democracy and ries of high-definition Live at the Met Sometimes, very rarely, why CD reissues suck. Silver City Polo broadcasts; we have the Metropolitan a production comes Opera in New York City to thank for Park’s broadcast of delivering one of the most memorable along where it’s a pity experiences we are likely to have. that only five stars La Damnation de The opera opens with Faust (Marcello Faust well worth Giordani - tenor), an aged man, de- can be given out. scending a ladder in a library – is this This is one of them. seeing metaphoric, or what? Somewhat later, he is seen sitting holding a vial, rue- laser technology whereby the move- ing his existence and contemplating ment of the characters, their body heat whether to consume the poison. and the sounds taking place, combine He stops when he hears a carol being John Cunningham to create one of the most amazing, in- sung. He wanders to the place where the Volunteer staff novative visual experiences ever seen. sound has come from and is confronted In addition, there are ballet danc- by Mephistopheles (John Relyes - bass) ers, a chorus and characters who walk Hector Berlioz’s La who transforms Faust back into a young horizontally up walls and hang in con- Damnation de Faust man and gives him a vision of the beau- torted positions in imitation of Christ’s Plays at Silver City Polo Park Saturday, Nov. 22 tiful Marguerite (Susan Graham – so- crucifixion. These latter must have had and Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009 prano), promising to make her his. Cirque de Soleil experience in order to Mistake! Bad Mistake! One which carry out their roles. Faust, to his tragic end, makes. There are those who say that there is As incredible as the singing and act- no good way to watch an opera. Berlioz’s ometimes, very rarely, a produc- ing are, and as incredible as the music, La Damnation de Faust would have con- tion comes along where it’s a pity conducted and interpreted by James verted a stone into an opera aficionado. that only five stars can be given Levine, is (and they are incredible), the The encore performance is on Jan. 17. Sout. This is one of them. true stars of this performance are Holger Be there. Or attend the opening night We have Silver City Cinemas to Förterer, of Cirque de Soleil fame, and broadcast of Massenet’s Thais on Dec. thank for bringing us the excellent se- Boris Firquet who, together, create the 20. Or both. Become an addict.

Volunteer for The Uniter. We’re looking for dedicated volunteers to write for arts. E-mail [email protected] to sign up or come to our arts meetings fridays at 12:30 in ORM14 at the University of winnipeg. November 27, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 18 Arts & Culture

BOOK REVIEW

variety of fun facts (did you know that a research company once declared Winnipeg “the dandruff capital of the world”?), inside scoops from locals and an array of Celeb bios: other great information. One of the most educational sections of for posterity or pathos? the book is a detailed timeline featuring a span of Manitoba’s development as a province. The timeline is brief but manages in promotes incredible turnover Personally, I am of the belief to include key dates and events every within the entertainment indus- that if you have read one celeb Manitoban should have knowledge of. Jennifer Pawluk try. Yet, books have one endear- bio, you have read them all. On the lighter side of things, the book Volunteer Staff ing quality film and music will Diehards alone will storm the Manitoba Book of features an entire two-page spread of “You never be capable of: longevity in shelves for just one more glimpse Everything know you’re from Manitoba when…” jokes. form. of their shining star. Christine Hanlon, All the classics are included (“You know ame is fickle. Without a So while VHS and 8-tracks A publicity stunt, a rite of you’re from Manitoba when you’ve been doubt, that’s the one fact have become obsolete and/or passage, an attempt to reconnect to at least one wedding social”), as well Barbara Edie and Doreen popular culture has taught anachronistic, and television se- with bored fans; however celeb- as the lesser known jokes like my personal Fthe masses over the past 60 years. Pendgracs ries or specials eventually get rities rationalize the decision to favorite, “You know you’re from Manitoba MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc., 2008 Any celebrity may have their when you have been to Gimli and know it cancelled, a book may withstand publish a biography, the attempt 208 pages moment of glory, basking in the the test of time. Print is tangible; has been made so overdone to is not just a character in The Lord of the spotlight atop the Hollywood $14.95 Rings.” one thing Hollywood careers the point that it has become hills, but few are able to extend Given its length, the book does a great definitely are not. There really is completely pathetic. Really, pos- that moment beyond the click of job of touching upon many important no better way to hold on to glo- terity means nothing if it inun- Courtney Schwegel a camera shutter. rious fame than to publish it. dates the masses. A biography Volunteer staff aspects of Manitoba. It does miss the mark in one respect, however. Although Posterity eludes most, even The list is endless. Name any should set a person apart from the section on culture does feature some the rich and famous. The power, celebrity and it’s likely that a bi- the masses, not merely absorb anitoba Book of Everything, the important Manitoban musicians like The the money, the access, the no- ography has been written about them within the mechanics of 13th title from MacIntyre Purcell Weakerthans, the book fails to mention toriety – all are temptations too their supposedly fabulous, but popular culture. MPublishing’s Book of Everything two prominent names in Manitoban music. sinfully sweet to resist. So what tortured, life in front of the cam- Celeb bios once proved to be series, provides a concise and informative The book overlooks both Doc Walker, the choice does a past-prime celeb- eras. A few recent examples of completely fascinating reading overview of almost everything Manitoban. country music band from Portage la Prairie rity or an associate to a now- celebrities, or their companions, material, though now all the lit- I know what you’re thinking: you live in that has been gaining momentum over extinguished star have but to who have succumbed to the bi- erature has become so identical Manitoba and there probably isn’t anything the past few years, and who recently won release a biography? ography buzz include William and self-indulgent. There is just you don’t already know about this province. five Canadian Country Music Awards, and Writing a bio, or at least au- Shatner, Tori Spelling, Eric too much of it and it’s truly quite So, here is a quick trivia question to Chantal Kreviazuk, Winnipeg’s own pop/ thorizing one, seems a guaran- Clapton and none-other than pathetic. Case in point: Motley determine whether or not you should read folk singer-songwriter and Juno-award teed solution to the dilemma of Lynne Spears, mother to crest- Crue’s The Dirt: Confessions of this book: What are prairie oysters? winner. drifting fandom and thus, fading fallen Mouseketeer-turned-pop- the World’s Most Notorious Rock If in fact you did know that they are fried Overall though, this fun, informative stardom. There is hardly a better princess Britney. Band. Perhaps Tommy Lee and witty little book contains just about bull’s testicles, a “prairie delicacy,” then way to achieve posterity than to Surely, posterity was the aim should just stick to having sex, everything one would need to become maybe you really don’t need to read this put pen to paper and create a be- in each case and so the appar- doing drugs and playing rock ‘n’ book. a master of the keystone province. As hind-the-scenes account of the ently foolproof attempt at it roll instead of writing about it. The book, written by locals Christine well, it will definitely give you a different glory days. is justified in Hollywood. But Hanlon, Barbara Edie and Doreen Pendgracs, perspective on Manitoba. Part of the problem of such Jennifer Pawluk studies hon- And who knows? It may even inspire whether or not posterity was ac- is divided into 12 major sections including short-lived Hollywood careers is ours English at the University of you to fry up a couple of prairie oysters tually achieved is highly debat- (but not limited to) culture, economy, first that the technological age we live Winnipeg. people and slang. Each section includes a tonight. able in the literary world. Listings Co-o r d i na t o r : Cu r r an Fa r i s Concert? Art show? Volunteer opportunity? Community event? Want to see your event in The Uniter? contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 27, 2008 E-m a i l : Listings@u n i t e r .c a E-mail your listing to [email protected]. 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open until Feb.13. The artist will be at the WAG Jan. 15 for an TRLabs Winnipeg are holding a showcase to display their cur- AQUA BOOKS A Murder of Crows: A Crime/Mystery Writing artist talk and book signing. rent research projects Nov. 26, from 9 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. at 135 Workshop with Michael Van Rooy, Nov. 29 from 9 a.m. to 9 CONCERTS Innovation Drive (SmarPark on University of Manitoba Fort p.m., tickets are $75. VIDEO POOL MEDIA ARTS CENTRE Video Pool presents Christo- Garry Campus). Admission is free, but please RSVP to admin@ MARTHA WAINWRIGHT with Brian Borcherdt, Dec. 3 at The pher Flower’s Thinking Inside The Box exhibition at aceartinc, win.trlabs.ca if you would like to be served lunch. For more DORENE MEYER Double launch of “The Northern Writers An- Pyramid. Tickets are $25 from Ticketmaster and the show 290 McDermot. The exhibition is open until Dec. 12. information visit www.win.trlabs.ca/openhouse/. thology Volume 1” and children’s book, “Pilot Error,” Nov. 28, 7 starts at 9 p.m. p.m. at McNally Robinson Polo Park. WAYNE ARTHUR GALLERY 186 Provencher. In Awe if Nature’s KNITTING WORKSHOP The Winnipeg Crafts Museum and KRAM RAN with Slattern, Stand Alone Complex and 37 AKA Legacy, paintings and quilts by Judith Panson. The exhibit will Library is holding a knitting workshop about the mastering JULIE BIGGS Musical performance and CD release celebration benjifunk, Nov. 28 at The Royal Albert. Tickets are $5 at the be open until Nov. 26. the sock heel, Nov. 29 from 12 to 4 p.m. Participants should of “Passions: Art of Seduction,” Nov. 30, 2 p.m. at McNally Celeb bios: door and the show starts at 10 p.m. bring one or more cuffs ready to knit the heels, four needles Robinson Polo Park. WOODLANDS GALLERY 535 Academy. Holiday Miniatures Exhi- and yarn. Do not bring black yarn. The workshop is $30 or MANITOBA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Tafelmusk: Annual Chamber bition, Nov. 27 to Dec. 20, featuring miniature small paintings $25 for museum members. To register, contact 487-6117 or CAROL SZUMINSKY Launch of “Penny Visits Oak Hammock for posterity or pathos? Night with special guest ensemble Tafelmusik Baroque Or- by several gallery artists as well as other affordable treasures [email protected]. Marsh,” Dec. 1, 7 p.m. at McNally Robinson Polo Park. chestra led by Jeanne Lamon, Dec. 2, at Westminster Church. including hand blown glass ornaments vases, bowls, hand Tickets are $26.50 from Ticketmaster and the concert begins made jewellery and decorative ceramic works. There will be COSTUME MUSEUM CRAFT SALE the Costume Museum of KIM KING Launch of “Dorie’s Daughter,” Dec. 3, 7 p.m. at Mc- at 7:30 p.m. an open house for this event on Dec. 6 from noon to 4 p.m. Canada will be holding a craft sale alongside their wool and Nally Robinson Polo Park. quilt exhibits on Nov. 29 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Nov. 30 from PETER C. NEWMAN Talk and signing of “Izzy: The Passionate STAR NAYEA Nov. 29 at the Connection Showroom. Tickets are GRAFFITI GALLERY 109 Higgins. Wal-Art, featuring works from 12 to 4 p.m. The sale will be hosted by Analee Designs and jmt. $15 and are available from Into The Music, Music Trader and a variety of local artists. The exhibit is on display until Dec. Life and Turbulent Times of Izzy Asper, Canada’s Media Mo- There will be reduced entrance into the museum for these gul,” Nov. 27 at McNally Robinson Grant Park. www.bluesnite.ca. Doors open at 8 p.m. 10. two days of $3.50. The entrance fee includes full access to the STEVE BELL ADVENT SPECIAL featuring Steve Bell and the PLATFORM CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC + DIGITAL ARTS 121-100 museum and craft sale, free coffee and snacks, and a raffle BOB KING Launch of the “The Royal Collection,” Dec. 1, 7 p.m. Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Nov. 29 at the Centennial Arthur. Deaths/Memorials/Births, newspaper obituary-based ticket to win some of the goods on sale. at McNally Robinson Grant Park. Concert Hall. Tickets are available from the WSO box office. exhibit by Erika DeFreitas. This exhibit is open until Dec. 13. ON THE EDGE OF CHANGE The Canadian Community Eco- JAREM SAWATSKY Launch of Justpeace Ethics: A Guide to Re- The concert begins at 8 p.m. The gallery will host an evening of readings from Chandra nomic Development Network (CCEDNet) is holding its annual storative Justice and Peacebuilding,” Dec. 2, 8 p.m. at McNally Mayor, Roewan Crowe, Rosanna Deerchild, and Sharon Case- networking and learning event for community economic de- NATIONAL MONUMENT with Peaches and Suture, Nov. 29 at Lo burg, Nov. 27 at 7:30. Robinson Grant Park. Pub. Tickets are $5 at the door and the show starts at 9:30 velopment workers, volunteers and supporters, Nov. 28 at St. HELEN AGGER Launch of “Following Nimishoomis: The Oral p.m. URBAN SHAMAN GALLERY 203-290 McDermot. Revelations, Johns High School from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CCEDNet represents an exhibition featuring new paintings by Canadian artist hundreds of community economic development organiza- History of Dedibaayaanimanook Sarah Keesick Olsen,” Dec. 3, NATHAN Dec. 3 at University of Winnipeg’s Convocation Hall. Ron Noganosh. The exhibit will be open until Nov 29. Afraid tions and practitioners across Canada and promotes CED as 8 p.m. at McNally Robinson Grant Park. Local band plays to raise funds for the U of W to purchase an alternative economic development model that integrates of What I Could Become, multimedia installation by James WRITING CONTESTS Prairie Fire Press and McNally Robinson Wesley, the mine-sniffing dog. Tickets $15 students, $25 non- social, economic, and environmental goals. The gathering is Nicholas which explores genocide within Aboriginal commu- present a series of writing contests for poetry, short fiction students, available U of W bookstore, Info Booth and McNally free to all. Register on line at www.ccednet-rcdec.ca. For more nities, open until Dec. 19. The gallery will be hosting its annual and creative non-fiction. The Bliss Carman Poetry Award will Robinson. information contact 944-0546. members show and sale, Dec. 5 to Dec. 20, interested artists be judged by Marilyn Dumont, short fiction will be judged should drop off their art by Nov. 29. BEADMAKING An introductory glass beadmaking class will be by Michael Winter and creative non-fiction will be judged by Lawrence Hill. A total of $6,000 in prizes are available. The MUSIC deadline for submissions is Nov. 30. For more information contact Prairie Fire Press, 423-100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg, POP, ROCK & INDIE Manitoba R3B 1H3. Phone: (204) 943-9066, E-mail: prfire@mts. net, or visit www.prairiefire.ca for guidelines. ACADEMY FOOD DRINKS MUSIC 437 Stradbrook. Nov. 27: Broken Halo; Nov. 29: UN Fundraiser with the Upsides and Marcel Desilets; Dec. 1: Blues jam with Tim Butler; Dec. 2: Open mic £ The Uniter’s Top 5 events • FILM with Dan Frechette. THE CAVERN 112 Osborne. Nov. 28: Sean Brown, Sit Down Tracy; by curran faris CINEMATHEQUE 100 Arthur. Nov. 27: Bordertown Café (7 p.m.), Nov. 29: The Soul Patch Orchestra, Calabi Yau; Nov. 30: Punk Experimental Echoes (9 p.m.); Nov. 28: Because There are Rock Sunday. Stories to Tell (7 p.m.), Inertia (9 p.m.), Hey, Happy! (11:30 p.m.); Nov. 29: Searching Landscapes (4:30 p.m.), Barbara James (7 LO PUB 330 Kennedy. Nov. 29: National Monument, The  SEAN BROWN Nov. 28 at The Cavern. Ever heard of Sean Brown? No? Then do p.m.), Downtime (9 p.m.), The Nature of Nicholas (11 p.m.); Nov. Peaches, Suture. yourself a favour and remedy the situation. Tickets are available at the door and the 30: Home Cooked Reels (4:30 p.m.), Illusion of Normalcy DVD show will start at 10 p.m. release (7 p.m.), Crime Wave (9 p.m.); Dec. 3: King Kong 75th NOIR WINE BAR & EATERY 470 River. Mondays: Jeff Barkman. Anniversary (7 p.m.); Dec. 4: Picturing the Yukon (7 p.m.), Died COUNTRY, FOLK & JAZZ  SKRATCH BASTID with DJ Hunnicut and DJ Co-op, Nov. 29 at Hifi. What better Young Stayed Pretty (9 p.m.). way to warm up then shaking something on the dance floor? Cover is paid at the GORDIE’S COFFEE HOUSE 127 Coburg. Nov. 27: Dan Frechette. door. ON CAMPUS MCNALLY ROBINSON POLO PARK Nov. 28: Le Duo, 8 p.m.; Nov.  MARTHA WAINWRIGHT with Brian Borcherdt, Dec. 3 at The Pyramid. 29: Reverse Duo, 8 p.m. Wainwright’s soulful voice and Borcherdt’s intimate songs are bound to make for a ADVENT SERVICE The Faculty of Theology is hosting an advent MCNALLY ROBINSON GRANT PARK Nov. 28: Dan Frechette, 8 memorable evening. Tickets are $25 from Ticketmaster and the show starts at 9 service and reception Dec. 3 at 11 a.m. in the Carl Ridd Memo- p.m.; Nov. 29: Nightfall, 8 p.m. rial Sanctuary. A tree trimming will follow in the Faculty of p.m. Theology. All are welcome to this event. THE REGAL BEAGLE 331 Smith. Thursdays: Shandra and Jason.  WAL-ART Exhibit on display at the Graffiti Gallery. This display features a wide CHRISTMAS HAMPER Peer Support is organizing a food TIMES CHANGE(d) HIGH & LONESOME CLUB Main & St. Mary. array of works from artists across Canada and in Winnipeg. Wal-Art is on display until hamper for the Christmas Cheer Board. Please drop off your Nov. 27: Campfire night;N ov 28 and 29: “Exile on Main Street” Dec. 10. non-perishable food items at the Peer Support office, ORM13. performed by The Undesirables.  DINOSAURS! The Manitoba Museum is hosting Dinosaur Dynasty: JACK SUBMISSIONS University of Winnipeg’s new Journal of HIP HOP & DANCE the Arts through Combined Knowledge (JACK) is now accept- Discoveries from China and features 20 full-size dinosaur skeletons. How cool are ing submissions. JACK is an online undergraduate research HIFI CLUB 108 Osborne. Nov. 27: The Hosers; Nov. 28: Stir Fri dinosaurs? Pretty cool! The exhibit is open until Apr. 19. journal for students in the Faculty of Arts at The University Friday with DJ Dow Jones; Nov. 29: Skratch Bastid, DJ Hun- of Winnipeg. JACK is looking for submissions of scholarly nicut, DJ Co-op. research essays and critical reviews. Revise and expand upon your course work and previously graded material. Attention OZZY’S 160 Osborne. Wednesdays: Soho Trash DJs: Punk, Glam, and dedication to professors’ suggestions and one’s own in- New Wave, Power Pop; Thursdays: Readymix Dance Party: terest can lead to the clarity of expression that JACK requires. Indie-Dance, Electro, Brit-Pop, New Wave, Mash-Ups, ‘80s/’90s, JACK’s submission deadline is January 16th, 2009. Email JACK and more; Saturdays: Modernized. held on Nov. 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Prairie Stained Glass, 587 Sargent Avenue. To register, call 783-1117. your submissions at [email protected]. Visit JACK’s website PUNK & METAL COMMUNITY EVENTS for submission guidelines: http://jack.uwinnipeg.ca. INTERNATIONAL DINNER Sample foods from all over the world. THE ROYAL ALBERT 91 Albert. Nov. 28: Kram Ran, Slattern, RECORD SALE The Manitoba Chamber Orchestra is holding Stand Alone Complex, 37 AKA benjifunk. LITERARY Saturday, Nov. 29, Bulman Student Centre. 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 a massive music sale Nov. 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 428 p.m. Tickets are $10 and available from Soma Cafe and the Portage. CDs are $2, LPs are $3 and all Christmas LPs are $1. THE ZOO 160 Osborne. Nov. 28: Dreadnaught; Nov. 29: Scarlett IVAN E. COYOTE Presented by Arsenal Pulp Press, Finger in the Info Booth. Halo, 2MSU, Let’s Get Invisible, Northern Shadows. LECTURE SERIES The Rady Jewish Community Centre pres- Dyke Productions and the University of Winnipeg Institute for ents Dr. Zohar Raviv, Dec. 2 at Etz Chayhim Synagogue 123 Women’s and Gender Studies, storyteller Ivan E. Crowe will be Matheson Avenue East at 7 p.m. Dr. Raviv will deliver a lecture releasing her fifth collection of stories, T“ he Slow Fix,” Nov. VOLUNTEER THEATRE titled, Pluralism, Diversity and Jewish Evolution. The lecture is 29 at Lo Pub with Chandra Mayor. Admission is free and the free to all. For more information call 477-7510. reading begins at 7:30 p.m. OPPORTUNITIES MEDEA the Manitoba Theatre Centre presents Medea, freely SAVING CIRCLE A series of workshops geared towards helping BOOK AWARDS Entries are now being sought for the Manitoba adapted by Robinson Jeffers from the play Euripides. Medea FORT GARRY WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTRE The Fort Garry participants save money will begin on Dec. 5, 10 a.m. at 104- Book Awards. Potential books must have been published Jan. will play from Nov. 20 until Dec. 13 at the John Hirsch Theatre Women’s Resource Centre (FGWRC) is looking for volunteers 210 Ellen Street. Participants must be able to attend 10 money 1 and Dec.1, 2008. The deadline for submissions is Dec. 12. For at the MTC Mainstage. Tickets range from $21 to $61 and to sit on the Board of Directors and to work as Community management sessions and be willing to save between $5 and more information, visit www.manitobabookawards.com. students with a valid High School ID receive 50 per cent off. Volunteers. For more information, contact [email protected]. $65 a month for four to six months. For more information Tickets are available from the MTC box office, 942-6537, 1-877- contact 477-1123. WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE WORKSHOP The Writers’ Collective 446-4600 and www.mtc.mc.ca. presents “So You’ve Written a Book, Now What?” a workshop UWSA FOODBANK The UWSA’s Foodbank program is looking for volunteers to help hand out hampers to downtown com- DINOSAURS! The Manitoba Museum is hosting Dinosaur Dy- geared towards new and emerging authors, Nov. 29 from SCORCHED By Wajdi Mouwad opens at the MTC Warehouse munity members and students who are in need every Friday nasty: Discoveries from China, an massive exhibit featuring 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in 3M50 at the University of Winnipeg. The Nov. 13 until Nov. 29. Tickets range from $12 to $38 and there from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information contact Ben or Jamie at 20 full-size dinosaur skeletons, fossilized eggs and a dino dig workshop will be hosted by Doug Whiteway. Tickets are $15 is a student discount available. For tickets, call the MTC box [email protected]. pit for kids. The exhibit is open until Apr. 19. for Writers’ Collective members and $30 for non-members. To office at 942-6537 or visit www.mtc.mb.ca. register, contact 786-9468 or writerscollective@uwinnipeg. WINNIPEG HARVEST Winnipeg Harvest is looking for a variety IT’S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS The Children’s Health and Environ- ca. of volunteers. For more information contact Gary at 982-3587 ment Partnership is holding an open house celebration on or [email protected]. GALLERIES Nov. 27 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at The Children’s Museum. The event will feature slam poetry, guest speakers, food, face aceartinc 2nd Floor, 290 McDermot. Winter Warmer art sale painting and crafts. Participants must RSVP to 480-1505 or and launch party featuring live music, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. The [email protected] by Nov. 20. exhibition will be open until Dec. 12. PANCAKE BREAKFAST LITE is hosting their 12th annual wild PIANO NOBLE GALLERY 555 Main. Land: Perspectives of a blueberry pancake breakfast Nov. 28 at the Indian and Metis Ground Squirrel, recent paintings by Winnipeg artist Kelly Friendship Centre, 45 Robinson Street, from 7 to 10 a.m. Tick- Ruth. The exhibit is open until Dec. 13. ets are $12, or $5 for those with low income and are available at any ACU location, the LITE office and at the door.F or more GALLERY 1C03 University of Winnipeg. Interval, new works by information call LITE at 942-8578. Berlin-based artist Rodney LaTourelle. Interval is open until Dec. 6. FILM TRAINING EXPO Film Training Manitoba is holding a series of workshops focusing on RED camera technology. The WINNIPEG ART GALLERY 300 Memorial. Sheila Spence: Pictures workshops will be held from Nov. 25 to 30 at Trinity Studios, of Me, exhibition of Winnipeg artist Sheila Spence’s explora- 1111 Chevrier Boulevard. For more information contact Dawn tion of portraiture, open until Feb. 15. Spence will be present Bourbonnais at [email protected]. for an artist talk Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. Also continuing is Saga: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Photographs 1970-2005 is TRLABS TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE The grad students at Scratch Bastid’s record collection is way bigger than yours and he’s at HifiN ov. 29. Listings Co-o r d i na t o r : Cu r r an Fa r i s November 27, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] Concert? Art show? Volunteer opportunity? Community event? Want to see your event in The Uniter? E-m a i l : Listings@u n i t e r .c a E-mail your listing to [email protected]. The deadline for all listings is Wednesday. The Uniter is published every Ph o n e : 786-9497 Arts & Culture Thursday, so send your listings 8 days prior to the issue you want your listing to appear in. It’s free. It’s easy. 20 LISTINGS Fa x : 783-7080

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The Association of Universities and Colleges of ($1000) is available annually to a novice writer for payable directly to post-secondary educational other educational expenses for the first year of the academic year. However, if you wish to have UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG Canada provides 150 scholarship programs on behalf a work on a Ukrainian Canadian theme. Submissions institution of the student’s choice. post-secondary full-time studies in Canada. your loan application assessed and your financial WEC B.ED. Program of the federal government, domestic and foreign for this year’s award must be in English and the To qualify, applicants need to be: Aboriginal and To be eligible you must: Be currently in your assistance in place in time for the beginning of Bursaries for Aborigi- agencies, and private sector companies. Check out William and Mary Kostash Award for Film and Video under 29 years of age, and be going into full-time graduating year or graduated in the last two years classes, you should apply by the following dates: website http://www.aucc.ca/ Look under the heading Arts ($1000) is offered to a novice writer for a work studies in a broadcasting-related field. To apply, from a Canadian high school or Québec Cégep; be Fall/Winter academic year or Fall Term only: On-line nal Students Scholarships and Internships for Canadian Students. promoting Ukrainian Canadian identity through the submit the following documents: a completed appli- entering, for the 2008-2009 academic year, your applications by Aug. 11, 2008, paper applications by Winifred Gamble Bursary Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee medium of film, video or multimedia. cation form and a three-page essay demonstrating first year of full-time studies at an accredited July 28, 2008. Winter Term only: On-line applications This bursary is awarded to an aboriginal student Endowment Fund for Study in a For more information and applications, please see why you should win the scholarship. Canadian college or university; be a Canadian by Dec. 5, 2008, paper applications by Nov. 17, 2008. who has completed 30 credit hours and is registered Second Official Language Award the URDC website: http://www.macewan.ca/web/ Participants can also send a sample of your (radio, citizen or Permanent Resident (landed immigrant); Disbursement Process for Your Canada/Manitoba currently in the second year of the B.Ed. program at Program artssci/urdc/resources/detailspage.cfm?id=1879, TV, film, etc.) work, no longer than five minutes have demonstrated outstanding environmental Student Loan: the Winnipeg Education Centre. Value: $600.00 The purpose of this award is to encourage young Phone (780) 497-4374 or email [email protected] in length. commitment, community service and leadership Before a student loan document will be issued to Grace Thomson Memorial Bursary Canadians who wish to improve their proficiency in Deadline: Nov. 30, 2008 For more information and application, please refer during the course of their studies; ,aintain a high you, you must have submitted all the documentation their second official language to pursue studies, on to the Muchmusic website at http://www.muchmusic. level of academic achievement; not be an employee requested by the Manitoba Student Aid Program This bursary will be awarded to an aboriginal woman Soroptimists: Women’s Opportunity or immediate family member of an employee of who is registered currently in any year of the B. a full-time basis, at a university which functions in Awards com/mays/ or email [email protected] to the MSAP Office, and you must be registered in the other official language and in a milieu in which Toyota Canada Inc. and its Dealers, Earth Day Canada Ed. Program at the Winnipeg Education Centre. The Women’s Opportunity Awards program is Deadline: Nov. 30, 2008 the minimum course load required for student loan that language predominates. or Panasonic Canada Inc; fulfill the requirements of eligibility. Value: $800.00 Soroptimist’s major project. Through the program, Export Development Canada the application package. Applications are available at the Winnipeg Education Two awards of $7,000, plus transportation clubs in 19 countries and territories assist women Several weeks before classes began, Manitoba expenses for one return trip (economy) between Export Development Canada (EDC) is a Crown Visit this website for more information and Student Aid printed loan documents for students Centre from Kirk Dowson, or online at The University who provide the primary source of financial support corporation with a mandate to develop Canada’s application: http://www.earthday.ca/scholarship/ of Winnipeg Awards website. the recipient’s place of residence and the university for their families by giving them the resources whose MSAP documentation and university course to be attended, will be available for students of capacity to engage in international trade. We’ve about.php registration were in order, and have sent the Deadline : Dec. 12 they need to improve their education, skills, and been helping Canadian exporters and investors all disciplines - except translation. Scholarship employment prospects. Each year, more the $1 Deadline : January 31, 2009 documents to the addresses provided by students Internal Awards recipients will also receive a certificate of merit succeed in global markets for more than 60 years on their MSAP applications. The loan document million is disbursed through cash awards at various by providing trade finance and risk management Work Study Program signed by the Governor General of Canada. levels of the organization. you receive will have been electronically approved University of Winnipeg Interna- services, as well as sharing our foreign market The University of Winnipeg Work Study Program To be eligible for this award candidates must be: To be eligible you must: be a female head of by the University of Winnipeg Awards & Financial tional Student Bursary expertise. is designed to provide supplementary financial Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. household (single or married with the primary Aid Office. It will indicate the fees you owe to the International students who are attending the Through our Education and Youth Employment assistance through part-time campus employment Permanent residents are required to submit proof responsibility of supporting yourself and your University of Winnipeg which are to be deducted University of Winnipeg and who have financial need Strategy, EDC helps build the capacity of the to students who are recipients of aid through the of status at the time the award is offered; Currently dependents); be attending an undergraduate degree from the loan. may apply for bursary assistance. The value of the next generation of business leaders by awarding Manitoba Student Financial Assistance Program enrolled in the second or third year of their first program or a vocational/skills training program; If the document is a Canada Student Loan document, award is for up to $2500 per term up to a maximum scholarships to students with a demonstrated (Canada Student Loan and Manitoba Student Loan) undergraduate university program (Candidates have financial need. you may then take it to an approved Canada Post of $5000 over the May to March academic year. New attending a Quebec institution can be in their interest in international business. or through another province’s student aid program. international students will be given first priority As many of the recipients of this award have outlet for forwarding to the National Student Loan first year of a first undergraduate program). In EDC is offering a $3,000 scholarship awarded in This employment income can be used to supplement Centre. If the document is a Manitoba Student Loan for this bursary. addition, they must have sufficient ability in their overcome enormous obstacles including poverty, the spring 2009 and, pending eligibility, a potential your student loan and to reduce your debt load, as domestic violence, and drug and alcohol abuse, document, you can then forward it to the MSAP To be eligible, a student must: be an international second official language to pursue their studies opportunity to apply for a four-month work term follows: you may obtain $50.00 per week ($50.00 X Loan Administration Department. You should be student attending the University of Winnipeg on a in that language; In good academic standing, well recipients may use the award to offset any costs with mentoring from leading industry experts at 33 weeks = $1650.00) in part-time earnings, without associated with their efforts to attain higher educa- prepared to present proof of identification in order Student Authorization; have documented financial motivated, adaptable, and may not concurrently EDC, worth approximately $10,000. Work terms will your Canada Student Loan assistance being affected. to validate your loan documents. need; be registered on a full-time basis: minimum hold any other major award. tion, such as books, childcare and transportation. be available for summer 2009. Eighty percent of any income you obtain above 60 percent course load and/or 18 credit hours For more information and application: http://www. $1650.00 will be deducted from your loan assistance Identification Requirements for your Canada Student Preference will be given to candidates who wish To be eligible, you must be: A Canadian Citizen or Loan document have been updated. You will now for the Fall/Winter academic year or nine credit to study at another educational institution, in a soroptimist.org/awards/awards.htm Permanent Resident of Canada; currently enrolled in order to reduce your debt. (If you have borrowed hours for a single term; be pursuing a University from a student line-of-credit program directly need to present two forms of identification to milieu in which their second official language is Applications should be sent to: Heather in full-time studies at a Canadian university, in validate your identity: a valid photo identification of Winnipeg degree program; show satisfactory predominant. The selection will include students of Menzies,1204-One Evergreen, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 0E9 second, third or fourth year of an undergraduate through a bank, you also may apply for the Work academic progress: successfully complete at least Study Program). (driver’s license, health insurance card-with photo, both official language groups. phone: 475-2526. program; enrolled in studies in international passport, or citizenship card) and your social a 60 percent course load; maintain satisfactory Deadline: Dec. 15, 2008 business, economics, or combined business with To be eligible for the Work Study Program, you must: academic standing: maintain Regular Status or a “C” Guideline information and applications can be insurance card or most Government of Canada downloaded from the Awards website or are avail- sustainable management or environmental studies; be registered in a degree program at the University official documents containing your Social Insurance average (2.00 Grade Point Average). Trudeau Foundation Doctoral of Winnipeg in the 2008/2009 academic year on a able at the Awards Office, located in Graham Hall. Scholarships returning to full-time undergraduate studies in the Number (i.e. will accept a Notice of Assessment Interested students should complete the Application 2009-2010 academic year and have an excellent full-time basis as defined by the Manitoba Student Important: Applications must be submitted to Up to 15 Trudeau Scholarships are awarded each from Revenue Canada but not a T4 or T5 slip). and the Financial Need Assessment Form, available academic record. Assistance Program (18 credit hour minimum); Manitoba Student Loan documents can be validated on the Awards & Financial Aid website, and at the The University of Winnipeg Awards Office no year to support doctoral candidates pursuing have completed successfully 30 credit hours; be research of compelling present-day concern, touch- Applications are at http://www.edc.ca/english/ by providing a copy of your identification with both Awards & Financial Aid Office or the International later than November 26, 2008 (4:00pm). student_scholarships.htm?cid=red1524 and must be on Regular Status at the University of Winnipeg; your name and current signature (example, driver’s Office. The International Scholarship ing upon one or more of the four themes of the receive a government student loan of at least $1000 Foundation. Each scholarship is valued at $40,000 submitted online and received by Jan. 26, 2009 license, passport, banking card). 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November 27, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 22 Sports & Fitness Sports & Fitness Why the MLS isn’t popular... yet

“It is a very young league compared to pockets who are committed to the long term A report on North almost every other in the world. It moved future of the league.” through some major problems in the early Those rich owners are the reason that a big America’s soccer part of this decade but it has a solid strategic name player such as David Beckham came and business plan that it is executing too,” to this league to play for the L.A. Galaxy in situation McMahon said. the first place. A lot of people feel the MLS simply can- “[With Beckham] you get a guy who’ll be Jo Villaverde not compete financially for it to grow into a invited to celebrity parties... and, provided Sports editor league as popular as the NFL, the NBA, or he doesn’t make a fool of himself, is almost European soccer leagues such as the EPL. certainly going to raise the profile not only of “I’d like to see [the MLS] grow a little the club but of the sport too,” said Gibbs.

Marko Bilandzija more. My only concern surrounds the eco- “Beckham will not take the MLS to the C F ORY Volunteer staff nomics of it all. You can’t attract big stars and point where soccer will challenge the main- excellent players if you can’t spend a fortune stream North American sports but he will ALVO on them; even home grown talent moves be- make sufficient impact to accelerate the pro- avid Beckham was playing where? cause of the European scouting system [such cess by perhaps the equivalent of a genera- If you find yourself still asking as] Ian Hume and Owen Hargreaves,” said tion or so,” said McMahon. “Demographics always that question then obviously his University of Winnipeg professor and long There is a fan base for soccer in North attemptD to raise the popularity of soccer in time soccer fan Dr. Matt Gibbs. America; according to McMahon, most peo- triumph and so if North America has failed. However, Major “I would love for [soccer] to grow in ple just follow their home country. I was a baseball fan League Soccer (MLS) has made major steps Canada but would we be able to support “The make up of the U.S., and to a lesser to try to cement soccer as a mainstream sport the team money wise?” questioned soccer extent Canada, is changing in terms of de- I would be worried.” on this side of the world. fan Brady Lawson. “[The league needs] more mographics. Demographics always triumph Bobby McMahon, soccer analyst for the -Bobby McMahon, talent but [there is] not enough money put and so if I was a baseball fan I would be wor- Fox Soccer Report Fox Soccer Report and Fox Soccer Channel, into this league.” ried. It will take a couple of generations yet and Fox Soccer Channel believes in the MLS and believes that the However, McMahon feels the opposite. but it will happen,” said McMahon. league is doing well for how young it is. “MLS is supported by owners with deep Nothing sweeter than a comeback proved they were mentally and physically momentum. Just to show them we won’t be Wesmen Wesmen men’s tough enough to win the five set game going away,” commented Kjos. against a team they beat last year in the The Wesmen ultimately closed out the profile volleyball team come Canada West bronze medal game. fifth set 15-11 led in large part by the play “At times you get frustrated with the way of fourth-year outside hitter Andrew Town, back from a set down things are going,” said fifth year Wesmen op- who finished the match with 23 kills. Other posite Paul Kjos. “You just got to break it Wesmen statistical leaders included third-year Jo Villaverde down and get back to executing. Just siding setter Dan Lother, whose 59 assists equaled Sports editor out and just trying to dig balls and get some the total of the entire Thompson Rivers points back.” team. Kjos and Ahow played excellently as ressure often breaks down even the “Adrenaline is going. We’re pretty excited. well as they had 17 and 14 kills, respectively, best athletes but the Wesmen men’s You want to do everything you can to help and 13 digs each. Duff also executed on the volleyball team showed that it doesn’t your team win,” said third year Wesmen defensive end with four blocks. Paffect them. middle Justin Duff. In Wesmen women’s action, Thompson

k The score was always close as the first three Rivers swept them 3-0 and 3-2 as the Wesmen elly mor elly Down 2-1, the ninth-ranked Winnipeg Wesmen finished a come from behind vic- sets were each within two to three points. fall to 1-7 this year. First-year Ariel Smith

t However, in the fourth set the Wesmen lead the team in kills and digs the first match

on tory against the eighth-ranked Thompson Rivers Wolfpack 3-2 (25-23, 22-25, 22-25, 25- seemed just a little more urgent as they with 11 each, while fourth-year Marlee Bragg 20, 15-11) Friday (Nov. 21) night . They also earned the first six point lead in the game had an outstanding 20 kills in the second topped off the weekend with another 3-1 at 23-17. game complemented by Smith’s 18 digs. Larry McKay “Just to know we can beat them down, (23-25, 25-20, 25-16, 31-29) win on Saturday The next Wesmen men’s game isn’t for awhile that gave us confidence going into the (Nov. 22) to improve their record to 6-2 and as they play the Brandon Bobcats on Thursday, fifth set,” said fifth-year outside hitter Alan Brad Pennington drop the Wolfpack to 3-5. Jan. 8 in Brandon. The Wesmen women play Ahow. Volunteer staff In such a tight game, lots of emotions run on the road against Simon Fraser on Saturday, “It was really important [to win the through heads of athletes but the Wesmen Nov. 29. fourth set by a large margin]. Getting all the c Name: McKay c lay lay t Team: Wesmen men’s t on on on on w volleyball w in in t t er Position: Head coach er How long have you been involved in the sport of vol- leyball? “Since 1980, about 28 years.” What would consider your most memorable moment in life? “Seeing the birth of my son.” What’s your favorite colour? “Blue.” Favorite Number? “33 (Larry Bird).” Favorite meal or food? “Nachos.” If the University were at- tacked by an army of the undead, what would you do? “Gosh, I think I’d run like hell.” If you had a super power what would it be? “Invisibility. It would be re- ally cool to be invisible.” Left: Fourth year outside Andrew Town going up for one of his 20 kills on Saturday night against the Wolfpack. Right: Fifth year outside Alan Ahow squeezes a ball between two Thompson Rivers Wolfpack defenders. Sp o r t s & Fi t n e s s Ed i t o r : Jo Vi l l a v e r d e contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 27, 2008 E-m a i l : Sp o r t s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 Sports & Fitness 23 Fa x : 783-7080

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Sagan Morrow For example, instead of performing a Volunteer staff regular squat, hold your weights at chest height to work the arms and core Mariners breaking boundaries as well as the legs. If you start to shake, The Seattle Mariners made Major League Look to kids for exercise ideas: hula Baseball history Wednesday, but not for Indoor exercising: hoops and jumping ropes can dramati- that is a sign that work done on the field. As TSN.ca reports, cally increase your strength and speed, you are working the historic change came from within the free of cost and and you will have fun while doing it. dugout as the Mariners hired manager Don You can also make use of the monkey yourself hard! Wakamatsu, the MLB’s first manager of time restraints bars at playgrounds for chin ups and Asian-American descent. pull ups. Wakamatsu will be the fifth manager he cold weather is causing many For exercises which require no equip- hired since Lou Pinella left the team in 2002. people to pack in their running you find that you are unable to hold The struggling Mariners lost 101 games last ment whatsoever, there are calf raises, the position for a full minute, take a shoes and head indoors. Fancy lunges, squats, push ups, crunches, tri- season, becoming the first team with a $100 Tgyms and complicated equipment break, and then re-position yourself million payroll to lose 100 games. cep dips, step-ups, and jumping jacks. might make you think working out has and see if you can hold it for a little This form of strength training, which longer this time. to be a big elaborate process, but that Celebrities can be good people too relies on using your own bodyweight, For the more advanced, you can try isn’t true at all. is just as effective as strength training When Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony There are plenty of ways to fit quick extending opposite arms and legs (for Romo isn’t taking time off for injury (a.k.a. with external weights. example, the right arm with the left and simple exercises into your day and One of the best exercises to really en- spending more time with Jessica Simpson), leg). This will make it more difficult to he is out being a good samaritan. According they only take a minute. Think: you gage the core and activate a variety of balance and will require more concen- to ESPN.com, the young all-star asked a can get away from the office, from different muscles at the same time is an studying, or from the television for just tration and core work. homeless man to a movie on Wednesday. exercise called the plank. To perform There are hundreds of exercises you Romo and Doc, as he likes to be called, a minute, several times a day. the plank, get down on your mat in All you really need is a yoga mat and can do in the comfort of your own went out and watched the movie Role push up position. Balance yourself on Models. a set of dumbbells. In a pinch, a rug home, with whatever free time you can your toes and forearms, and hold the Romo’s tale of good deeds doesn’t stop and a couple of beer bottles – I mean, squeeze from your schedule. Enjoy your position for a minute. Keep your body exercise and keep that heart rate up! there. ESPN.com reported a story about soup cans – will do just fine. Some in a straight line, without letting your Romo changing a tire on the night of the basic exercises that require weights in- body sag or your bum stick up in the University of Winnipeg student Sagan home opener earlier this season. I guess clude bicep and hammer curls, shoul- air, and contract your abs. Morrow writes a health and wellness fame really hasn’t changed Romo, if you der presses, and front and lateral raises. If you start to shake, that is a sign blog. Check it out at http://livinghealthy- don’t count vacations down to Mexico right You can also use weights to make that you are working yourself hard! If intherealworld.blogspot.com. before the playoffs. other kinds of exercises more difficult. A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do Ultimate fighter Goran Reljic was just W = 2, L = 0, T = 1 doing what any other super human athlete elcome back to NFL Tom Asselin 31-29-0 = 62 Picks! This year we would have done if lives were in danger. Marko Bilandzjia 38-22-0 = 76 Reljic was just chilling at home nursing his Ware doing things Josh Boulding 45-15-0 = 90 slightly differently. You will Kevin Chaves 39-21-0 = 78 injuries when he heard a crash outside his be treated to the insight NFL Scott Christiansen 43-17-0 = 86 home in Zadar, Croatia and he jumped into of several analysts (from Mike Collins 38-22-0 = 76 the amateur to the elite) action. Adam Peleshaty 37-23-0 = 74 According to UFC.com, a car had crashed each week. Keep track of Brad Pennington 38-22-0 = 76 the players by watching Jo Villaverde 38-22-0 = 76 into the water and Reljic, despite suffering the scores! Loser buys the PICKS from a lower back injury that has forced wings! him not to train or fight for the past month TEN @ DET Jo says: STL and a half, jumped in the water and using The cast: Jo says: Do I really have to say anything? Detroit is the worst Scott says: MIA his super human strength punched out the Tom Asselin Tom is the team in the league and, despite last week’s loss, Tennessee is the Kevin says: MIA windows and pulled both passengers into veteran. Crusty, grumpy... well, best team in the league. Need I say more? Well, I will. The only safety. maybe just grumpy… He needs thing I can see Detroit doing is that Culpepper might show why PIT @ NE All Reljic had to do to make that really to rely on his experience to he used to be good. He’s the wild card here and if he randomly Scott says: This one should be interesting as Matt Cassel will impressive was don a cape, say a cheesy fend off the newcomers. has a big game the Lions might catch the Titans flatfooted after be looking for his third straight game with at least 400 yards line like, “Be careful, it’s slippery when wet,” they lost their first game of the season. However,I can’t see that Marko Bilandzjia Marko passing, against a Steelers defence that ranks first in the and fly off into the distance. is one of the new guys. Will realistically happening so I’m taking the Titans by 14. league in all major statistical categories. However, it likely the rookie come through in his Marko says: TEN won’t be as close as some predict it to be. New England has predictions? Adam says: TEN reestablished themselves as an elite team in the AFC and should Only 378 points? No problem! Josh Boulding With only Jo says: TEN prove it this weekend at home. They should be able to stop the Ben Hanowski is going after a Minnesota mediocre NFL experience, does Scott says: TEN Steelers’ mediocre offense, while Cassel and crew should get high school hockey record that looked like he stand a chance against the Kevin says: TEN their opportunities to score. This is an important game for both it was never going to be met. John Pohl’s veterans? teams, and I can’t see the Patriots giving it up. record currently stands at 378 points in a Kevin Chaves As a hockey SEA @ DAL Marko says: NE high school career and Hanowski currently fan sticking his nose into Marko says: If you had a choice to live as a cowboy or a pretty Adam says: NE has 270. America’s league, only time bad-ass bird, which would you choose? The answer is clear. The Jo says: PIT According to ESPN.com, the USHL’s Omaha will tell if Kevin Chaves can Seahawk. However, that answer is not going to be so clear next Scott says: NE Lancer’s have the rights to Hanowski and he make the plays on this season’s Sunday when the cowboys go bonkers on them birds. That’s Kevin says: NE could go play there but Hanowski said, “I outcomes. right, bonkers! I love these games simply because stats don’t wasn’t ready to give up my senior year.” Scott Christiansen matter. It’s simply the name of the team during the match-up. KC @ OAK In other news, Sports editor Jo Villaverde Scott is an experienced The best story wins. Most people would predict a crazy bird Adam says: Oakland defeated the Broncos last week and their is looking to beat his personal single season contributor to the section but ripping apart a cowboy to pieces, but I see these cowboys all the running game looked very impressive with Darren McFadden record of four points in sponge hockey, new to the Picks. time and they’re some of the finest snipers around. The score and Justin Fargas. Kansas City put up 31 points against the Bills which might actually be more difficult than Mike Collins Mike will result in lots to not so lots for the Dallas Cowboys. last week, but the problem is that they gave up 54 in the same is another experienced Marko says: DAL game. If the Chiefs want to win, they must stop the Raiders’ Hanowski getting 109. contributor. Adam says: DAL dual-pronged attack. I don’t see that happening. Raiders will be Adam Peleshaty Another Jo says: DAL victorious here. Speaking of Sponge Hockey newcomer to the section, Adam Scott says: DAL Marko says: OAK If you missed registration, it’s not too late. will try to take an underdog Kevin says: DAL Adam says: OAK The Little Mountain Sports Association still win. Jo says: OAK has a late registration meeting on Thursday, Brad Pennington Brad MIA @ STL Scott says: OAK Nov. 26 from 5 to 8 p.m. knows basketball. Will that help Kevin says: Right off the hop, this looks to be a no-brainer. Kevin says: KC For more information go to http://www. picking the pigskin winners? The Rams are terrible and depending on the severity of Marc littlemtnsportsassoc.com/ and register your Jo Villaverde Jo, Bulger’s concussion, they may have to start Trent Green against Last Week’s Games: hockey team. the contender, was in the the Dolphins. Green threw for four interceptions last week and CIN 22, PIT running last year. His football has done nothing to prove he can do any better. With any luck, WAS 20, SEA 17 Stephen Jackson will play to give a running threat but either experience may just land him NE 48, MIA 28 on top this season. way, the Dolphins will win. Chad Pennington will eat the St. Louis defence alive. Expect a Miami win, in a blow-out. NYJ 34, TEN 13 Marko says: MIA TB 38, DET 20 Adam says: MIA November 27, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 24 Sports & Fitness ’N Synch(ro) with Speedos

The Uniter tries out synchronized swimming

and the United States to partici- Above and right: The Winnipeg Synchro Josh Boulding pate in the competitions. Club’s provincial squad shows off their Volunteer Staff “Florida for U.S. nationals,” routine. said Mueller, when asked about Below left: Sports editor Jo Villaverde her biggest achievement in the practices sculling with the provincial onning the brief cut sport so far. “The biggest chal- squad. swimsuit is one of the lenge is not psyching yourself out Below right: Villaverde(in green cap) most daunting activities in competitions. You don’t want to attempts to keep up with the team. forD most males in today’s society. disappoint the team.” Bottom: Sports writer Josh Boulding Now try doing that while jumping (in red cap) and Villaverde: “We’re “I love performing,” said into the water with a half-dozen of awesome!” Desaulniers-Bernard. “Being able the most experienced amateur syn- to show what we’ve done and what chronized swimmers in Manitoba. we’ve been working on.” Sports editor Jo Villaverde and From perfecting back layouts, I took the plunge last week, join- to learning new formations and ing the Winnipeg Synchro Club’s lifts to enhance already tricky rou- Photos by mark reimer provincial squad for a few rounds tines, each practice is more than in Pan Am Pool to see why this (al- just making pretty faces up out of most) all-female sport is one of the the water. most challenging in the world. Jo and I completed the warm “Dancers do it on land, figure up – well maybe not Jo, who was skaters do it on ice,” said head already struggling after the warm coach Khadija Cutcher. “We do it up – and we quickly found that in the water.” the small size of the synchro swim- Synchronized swimming, or mers hides their strength and synchro, is unique to other aquat- endurance. ics and could be described as a Besides good balance in the team version of the floor gymnas- water, strong forearms and core tic exercises done entirely in the muscles are necessary for the most deep end of a pool. Anyone in the basic of maneuvers. Once Jo fig- pool during a synchro practice will ured out that nose-plugs go out- hear the music and counts play- side your nostrils, we worked ing from underwater speakers as up enough skills to complete a the athletes practice their elements simple routine after only a few and routines. instructions. “It’s just such a unique sport,” Ranging from seven to 10 years “Give me a said Cutcher. “The athleticism, of experience in the sport, the girls’ gracefulness, strength, power and football, I’ll skills surpassed ours; I held my being able to interpret music in own, as for Jo, well... throw it. Give such a different medium [makes it “Give me a football, I’ll throw unique].” me a hockey puck, it. Give me a hockey puck, I’ll Cutcher coaches the Winnipeg shoot it. Just never make me do I’ll shoot it. Just Synchro Senior team consisting that again,” he joked. of Marlene Desaulniers-Bernard, never make me Carly Ayres, Holly Ediger, Megan For more information on synchro- Rutherford, Jill Byman, and team nized swimming in Manitoba, visit do that again.” captain Brittany Mueller. www.synchromb.ca or Winnipeg -Jo Villaverde, Uniter The team can spend more than Synchro’s website, www.winnipeg- sports editor and failed 18 hours per week training in the synchro.mb.ca. synchronized swimmer water and on dry land. The senior team has traveled across Canada