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JUMP TO THE DUMP VOL. 60 ISSUE 03 ISSUE SEPTEMBER 60 2005 15, VOL. 02 NEWLY OPENED BIKE SPACE OFFERS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE HEALING NORTH MAIN STREET 12 WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE INNER CITY

THE FIVE RULES 16 SIT DOWN WITH RON MOORE

WESMEN UNVEIL NEW LOOK 21 BOMBERS GO ON HOLIDAY THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG STUDENT WEEKLY WEEKLY STUDENT WINNIPEG OF UNIVERSITY THE ♼ September 15, 2005 15 02 VOL.60 ISS.03 CONTACT: [email protected] September 2005

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Business Coordinator & Offi ce Manager generate interest and activity in one of the most 02 » James D. Patterson [email protected] neglected areas of Winnipeg’s core. NEWS EDITOR » Vivian Belik Opening its doors for the fi rst time on 03 [email protected] Sunday, Sept. 4, the Bike Dump welcomed a NEWS PRODUCTION EDITOR » constant stream of cyclists who came in looking 04 Derek Leschasin for help with bike repairs or who simply came [email protected] by to drop off much-needed bike parts. The Bike Dump is currently running SENIOR EDITOR » Leighton Klassen 05 [email protected] on donations alone and is encouraging the community to drop off unused bicycles and BEAT REPORTER » Whitney Light parts. The bike parts will be used to refurbish 06 [email protected] old bikes so that they can be sold to cover BEAT REPORTER » Alan MacKenzie operating costs for the bike dump. 07 [email protected] “We’re trying to get as many bikes from the Sally Anne and fi x them up and sell them FEATURES EDITOR » Lori Ebbitt for like twelve dollars,” says Lee Holleron, 08 [email protected] part-owner of 594 Main St. and Program ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR » Mike Lewis Coordinator of the nearby New Occidental 09 [email protected] Hotel. Jump to the Dump Tim Brandt and Daniel Brandt, who both SPORTS EDITOR » Mike Pyl 10 [email protected] came by to get their bikes fi xed up, were very Newly Opened Bike Space Offers Something for Everyone excited about the new community bike space. COMMENTS EDITOR » Daniel Blaikie “This is defi nitely needed and vital in the 11 [email protected] community,” noted Tim Brandt. “The place is HUMOUR EDITOR » Matt Cohen hard to fi nd but it’s worth the trip!” 12 [email protected] The Bike Dump will keep its doors open each Sunday from 12-6 from now until the PHOTO EDITOR » Wade Andrew end of October. Free bike workshops will be 13 [email protected] part of the services provided and will likely be LISTINGS COORDINATOR » offered in the next month or so. Children in the 14 Nick Weigeldt [email protected] downtown area are being particularly targeted, but the workshops will be open to everyone COPY & STYLE EDITOR » 15 Melody Rogan [email protected] looking to increase their knowledge of bikes. By teaching others about how bikes work, DISTRIBUTION MANAGER » and by acquiring new skills from other cyclists, 16 Scott McArthur the six founders of The Bike Dump hope to PRODUCTION MANAGER & spread skills they feel all bike users should 17 GRAPHICS EDITOR » David C. Tan know. [email protected] Photo by: Wade Andrew “You shouldn’t have to pay 10 bucks to ADVERTISING MANAGER go and get somebody else to fi x your tire if it 18 » Ted Turner [email protected] goes fl at,” emphasizes Sarah Martin, one of the 786-9779 A child’s bicycle sits outside the Bike Dump on Main Street. other volunteers at The Bike Dump. “Learning how to repair one’s bike makes it more reliable – if the bike runs well then THIS WEEKS CONTRIBUTORS people are more likely to use it.” • Sarah Hauch • Jon Symons • Sheri Lamb • Vivian Belik six young Winnipeg bike enthusiasts, The Bike Part of larger changes slated for the North fi Thomas Asselin • Stephen Har eld • Dave Streit News Editor Dump is a volunteer-run collective with a Main area, the Bike Dump is hoping to carry • Kalen Qualley • Albert St. • Ben MacPhee- Sigurdson • Dav Verville • James community-based mandate. on with community revitalization that was set Johnston • Sepher Cadiz • Andrew Once a cluttered, dusty furniture shop “We want to give back to the community in motion by the successful makeover of the Lodge • Matthew Mulaire • Alex Nataros • hidden among neglected storefronts and empty and revive it,” says Nat Coulson, one of the six once-notorious New Occidental bar and hotel. Michael Banias • Ben White • Ed Cheung • Aaron street corners in the North Main area, 594 Main founders. “We’d really like to get people down In the near future, The Bike Dump will be Drewniak Street has become the site of Winnipeg’s fi rst to this area of the city.” sharing the fi rst fl oor of 594 Main with The

The Uniter is the offi cial student newspaper of the University ever non-profi t community By providing free Annex Gallery, an art space that is currently of Winnipeg and is published by the University of Winnipeg bike centre. The recently “We want to repairs and giving riders a found in the exchange district. Students’ Association. The Uniter is editorially autonomous and the opinions expressed within do not necessarily refl ect opened Bike Dump, with its chance to learn more about “This is for the community,” says Coulson. those of the UWSA. The Uniter is a member of the Canadian give back to the University Press and Campus Plus Media Services. colourfully painted walls and their bikes, the Bike Dump “In the bigger picture, we’re trying to [use] inviting couches, seems at is hoping to encourage grassroots artists to heal the area.” SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES, LETTERS, PHOTOS AND community and GRAPHICS ARE WELCOME Articles should be submitted fi rst glance more reminiscent sustainable human-powered in text or Microsoft Word format to uniter@uwinnipeg. ca. Deadline for submissions is noon Friday (contact of a social meeting space revive it” –Nat transportation, promote the section’s editor for more information). Deadline for than a bike repair shop. DIY (Do-It-Yourself) ethics, advertisements is noon Friday, six days prior to publication. The Uniter reserves the right to refuse to print submitted Started by a group of Coulson and most importantly, material. The Uniter will not print submissions that are homophobic, misogynistic, racist or libelous. We also reserve the right to edit for length or style.

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Axworthy and Trudeau Speak at War Child Conference

Alan MacKenzie “These kids would have nowhere to go, Beat Reporter nothing to do but join the killers of their parents,” Trudeau said, “and before long they are so deeply involved in this cycle of violence Concerned citizens, activists and that they have no real memory, no links to intellectuals shone a spotlight on some of the anything and nowhere to go back to, and they darkest spots of the world from the Quest just move with this frenzy of chaos.” War-Affected Children Conference, which Trudeau said youth are the most available took place at the University of Winnipeg last resource in Africa, easily manipulated by weekend. warlords who offer change. Because of media The recent disaster in Louisiana was on infl uence, these children are exposed to rap the minds of many as University of Winnipeg music, Hollywood movies, and video games, president Lloyd Axworthy announced aid for opening possibilities they hunger for, but cannot students directly affected easily access. by hurricane Katrina. “The lesson the Axworthy said the U of “The child that world has to face now that W will waive tuition fees there’s peace in a place and provide counselling kills and is killed is like Liberia,” he said, “is for any students displaced that there are tens-of- by the hurricane. The one of the world’s thousands of these boys announcement was made in great aberrations” – and girls, in some cases front of a packed Eckhardt- – who know nothing but Gramatte Hall during – Alexandre Trudeau violence and fi ghting and the conference’s opening have no family connections backgrounder session on left, who joined the war as Sept. 9. a way out of their dead-end bush life.” The panel at the opening session included On a return trip to Liberia, Trudeau said Olara Otunnu, a former UN representative; he saw little adult activity in an area run by U of W professor Mark Golden; Sean Byrne, groups of “crazed and drugged children.” executive director of the Mauro Centre for Peace “The adults were either killed, ran away at the University of Manitoba; Myriam Denov to refugee camps, or were in a state of total of the University of Ottawa; and Alexandre submission. Re-establishing order in that kind Trudeau, whose latest fi lm, Embedded, played of society is daunting beyond comprehension.” at the conference fi lm festival held at the Ramada Entertainment Centre. Axworthy said that now, fi ve years after the International War-Affected Children Conference, which was also held in Winnipeg -- the largest-ever gathering of its kind -- many children of war-ravaged counties live and go to school in Winnipeg as part of an immigrant refugee program. “They have a real desire to become educated,” Axworthy said. “They believe they can go back and have their own countries understand that confl ict can be resolved, and peace can be maintained.” Trudeau, son of former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, also hosted a lunch- hour presentation, where he discussed the use of children as soldiers in Liberia and showed clips from his fi lm Liberia: The Secret War, which he fi lmed in 1998. “The child that kills and is killed is one of the world’s great aberrations,” Trudeau said. The African nation of Liberia, he said, was the fi rst nation to see the use of child soldiers during its 14-year civil war, which ended in 2003. He described how soldiers would arrive in villages, kill adults, steal food, and leave children with no alternatives. September 15, 2005

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Enhanced Green Space on the Agenda for Spence Neighbourhood

World News Report Compiled By Derek Leschasin & Whitney Light

Switzerland - The effects of increased message to foreign websites. According to levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide on Reporters Without Borders, the message was plant life remain unclear, reports Scientiﬁ c a warning of possible social unrest around the American. Some researchers had posited date of the 15th anniversary of Tiananmen that current high levels of greenhouse Square. gasses could mean that plants would store Reporters Without Borders claims that more of it, offsetting increases. A study Yahoo provided the Chinese government with recently published in the journal Science information which linked Tao’s email account was inconclusive. Mature trees exposed and the text of the message to his personal

to extremely high levels of CO2 for an computer. (D.L.) extended period did not show an increase in stem growth or leaf production but did cycle and rerelease the gas more quickly Britain - A major study, the fi rst than normal. (W.L.) of its kind, has found that ageism is the most widely experienced prejudice in Britain, The Independent reports. 43 percent of people in a China - Reporters Without survey of 1843 said that they had experienced Borders is accusing Yahoo of collaborating prejudice of some sort, while 65 percent of those “Since 1999, the SNA with the Chinese government in the arrest said they had experienced age discrimination has invested $163,000 of of a Chinese journalist, the BBC reports. fi rst-hand. community-generated funds Shi Tao worked for the Contemporary The study found that age discrimination into city-owned green space” Business News until he was arrested and crossed ethnic, religious and gender lines. sentenced to ten years in prison for releasing Older people were more likely to experience the text of an internal Communist Party negative discrimination, while younger people were regarded as more competent and capable. (D.L.) Whitney Light lots into community gardens. and those cities,” says Lind, “is the Beat Reporter Since 1999, the SNA has invested existence within municipal government $163,000 of community-generated funds of paid positions dedicated to community Colombia - According to the Christian into city-owned green space. The amount support and green space.” Without Science Monitor, an increasing number of Revitalization of the inner city has shows just how much commitment and work those positions, green space initiatives former right-wing paramilitaries have begun for some time been on the agenda at the community is willing to put into public see more paperwork than action. to embrace Colombian mainstream politics. City Hall. What’s become more apparent spaces, Matsune points out. “Facing these challenges now A newly-passed “Justice and Peace” law bars recently is that green space is as important Karen Lind, a Masters student in the means that in the future we will be able former paramilitaries who have committed to that revitalization as buildings and U of M’s Department of Environment and to leave a legacy of open space that will serious offences such as kidnapping and murder infrastructure. A recent meeting of the Geography, says community commitment act as a resource for the future, rather from participating in politics, but rank-and-fi le City Centre Community Council (CCCC) can be a challenge to the management than another problem inherited,” says members face no such restrictions. Colombia revealed the withering of a neighbourhood of green space, particularly community Jones. has been embroiled for decades in a civil war and the seeming inability of the city to deal gardens. But if individuals are investing between government forces, leftist guerillas, with it. their time and money, says Lind, “it changes and right-wing paramilitaries. On Sept. 6, the Spence Neighbourhood the community’s relationship to the space.” Observers are already wary of the Association (SNA) presented a Green Plan Other challenges are involving a infl uence many former paramilitaries have in to the CCCC, which consists of Councillors range of residents, from youth to seniors, politics, especially because they tend to be large Jenny Gerbasi, Harvey Smith, and Donald and maintaining community consultation land-owners. There are further concerns that Benham. The SNA is seeking funds to on projects. So far, it seems Spence this entry into the mainstream may legitimize move ahead with proposed green space neighbourhood residents are clearing the the crimes of the past. (D.L.) developments that it hopes will increase hurdles. quality of life in the neighbourhood. The At this point, the SNA is unsure when it report outlines a fi ve-year strategy to improve will see action from the city. The Green Plan United States - The American parks, tot lots, and community gardens that will now go to the Property and Planning government has rejected Iran’s offer to send would in turn improve safety, health, and Department. Aside from the city, the SNA 20 million barrels of oil to the United States, social interactions. is looking into provincial, federal, and provided the Americans waived the trade Driving home the need for support, the private funding sources. sanctions against Iran, Businessweek reports. report mentions that the Daniel McIntyre Although the SNA’s ad hoc agreement The offer was made as a relief effort after Ward, of which the Spence neighbourhood with the city is likely to eventually be Hurricane Katrina reduced US refi nining is a part, suffers from the lowest percentage successful, the ad hoc campaign method capabilities by about 10 percent. of open space in the city. of securing funding is less than efficient. Businessweek also noted that Cuba has AJ Matsune, Image Coordinator of At the CCCC meeting, Karen Jones, a offered to send medical personnel to assist SNA, says that fi nding and securing long- Botanical Horticulturalist in the U of W’s with relief efforts in Louisiana. The State term areas for green space has been the Biology Department, shed light on the need Department has said it is considering the offer, biggest challenge. for a coherent city policy on Green Space. but at press time there was no word on a The layout of major roads like Ellice and “Many organizations have worked to decision. Sargent is problematic in fi nding appropriate promote specific open space interests, but Discounted International The United States has accepted offers spaces for greening. The result is small we are in danger of losing sight of the big SMS/Text Messaging Rates. totalling nearly $1 billion dollars in relief money ‘pocket’ parks tucked in corners of the area. picture,” said Jones. Our rate 17c per international from 95 countries since Hurricane Katrina For residents who have little opportunity to Jones suggests that what is needed is sms/text message. struck the coast. (D.L.) escape the city, the amount of green space an Open Space Policy and complimentary You currently pay 20c! An additional factor is that the Labour party available is far from satisfactory. zon i ng t hat appl ies to a reas as d iver se as gol f Our program comes may withdraw from the Likud-Labour coalition if the Up until now, the city has intended to courses, parks, community gardens, wading free of charge. hardliner Netanyahu were to defeat Sharon, leading erect housing on vacant lots in the area. pools, cemeteries, and city riverbanks. to an early election. “We’re not against housing, but part Cities that have seen the benefit of such Visit www.globaltext.ca of building a community is making a a comprehensive policy include Montreal, click on students livable environment,” says Matsune. Local Vancouver and Toronto. initiatives have transformed several vacant “The difference between Winnipeg September 15, 2005

News Editor: Vivian Belik Senior Editor: Leighton Klassen News Editor: Derek Leschasin NEWS E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 05 Campus Briefs Compiled by Derek Leschasin and Vivian Belik Illustration by: David Tan

On Sept. 6, the provincial and provocative performance art. government announced the allocation Fronting as the Lesbian National of $200 thousand to fund three student Parks and Services, Dempsey and employment programs. Manitoba Millan will be displaying their fi eld Mentorships, Youth Serves Manitoba notes and ‘research’ culled from their and Part-time STEP programs were long-time quest to “help people learn all launched in September of 1998. about the fascinating and fragile Manitoba Mentorships provides lesbian ecosystem”. (V.B.) employees with wage incentives to hire students part-time, while The University of Winnipeg has Canadian Univeristy Press providing hands-on training in the decided to take pro-active measures workplace, Youth Serves Manitoba to help students in Louisiana who Kristen Sumner [left], music education sophomore, and Michael Hollier provides students who work for non- have been affected by Hurricane [right], fi nance senior, comfort an evacuee from New Orleans as she waits to board a bus outside the profi t organizations with a $500 Katrina. The university is looking PMAC on Tuesday, Aug. 30. The buses were headed to areas of the state with facilities to house the bursary towards student loans or to bring New Orleans students to incoming refugees. tuition, and STEP services is in place the U of W, waive their tuition fees to set students up with employment and provide housing and counseling in fi elds related to their education. services. In the meantime, CKUW’s The programs run from September news director Geoffrey Young and Evacuees Dying in LSU’s Emergency Shelters to June. (D.L.) colleague William Waites have traveled to New Orleans to create Originally Set Up to Handle 41 Beds, Now Treating 400 Patients According to a report issued by necessary communication links. Statistics Canada early this month, (V.B.) By Chris Day seriously ill or injured people. effort began Monday evening with Canadian students this year are Special to Canadian Treating about 5,000 patients about 20 volunteers — most of facing the smallest average increase O-Week celebrations came to a University Press in the past week, offi cials say the them from the Baptist Collegiate in tuition seen in decades. At a rate of climax at the University of Winnipeg facility plays a crucial role saving the Ministry. 1.8 percent, there hasn’t been a lower with the 35th Annual Rock-Climb lives of evacuees hurt by Hurricane The number of student rate of growth since ‘78/’79, when on Friday, Sept. 9. Over the years, ATON ROUGE, La. Katrina. Next door, the Carl volunteers grew rapidly tuition increased by 1.5 percent. This the race to climb the boulder in front Maddox Fieldhouse also meets the throughout the week. of Wesley Hall in the fastest time (SPECIAL TO CUP) Crates contrasts with the unprecedented needs of evacuees. While the PMAC Student volunteer Monique increases seen in the ‘90s, when fees has become infamous. Nine teams Bof syringes, urine cups, is operating as a temporary hospital, Ducote, human ecology junior, went up by over 16 percent in ‘91/’92 participated this year, including medication and IV tubes surround the fi eldhouse is a care facility also handed out food and water alone. representatives of the University clusters of wall-to-wall hospital lined with beds and equipment. Thursday to evacuees outside the In Manitoba, fees increased by men’s and women’s basketball teams, Originally set up as a 41-bed PMAC. the UWSA executive, and a shadowy beds in the Pete Maravich only 1.1 percent, but Manitoba also special needs shelter, the fi eldhouse is “We sat down all day saw the highest increase in ancillary group known only as the CKUW Hip Assembly Center on Louisiana now holding more than 400 patients [Wednesday] and watched [the fees, at a rate of 25 percent. (D.L.) Rock Ninjas. State University’s campus. and is equipped with a pharmacy, news],” Ducote said. “We found While a valiant effort was Hundreds of military police are psychiatric ward and pediatric out about this and signed up. The Lesbian Rangers are seeking made by all, team Lesbian Rangers scattered at building entrances. Buses center. We’re doing whatever we can to reorient the University of Winnipeg succeeded in reaching the top of the and helicopters continue to rush “This is the largest facility of — feeding people and keeping population. Opening up shop in rock in the fastest time: 18.5 seconds. patients in and out of the building its kind,” said student government them occupied.” Gallery 1C03 until October 1, local They were followed by E.S.R.O.Gs as teams of doctors and nurses from president Michelle Gieg. “This is one As the need arose, health performance artists Shawna Dempsey with a time of 19.5 seconds, and in across the country frantically try to of the biggest things LSU has done in care professionals showed certain and Lori Millan are inviting all third came the ninjas from CKUW save lives. this hurricane effort.” non-medical volunteers how to students to experience their hilarious with a time of 20.9 seconds. (D.L.) Patients are assigned different University offi cials said it is perform tasks such as cleaning colors depending on the severity of uncertain how long the facilities will patients, helping them use the their conditions. contain patients because of the variety restroom, taking their body “Once a patient is stable, we of different cases. Both centers are temperatures and bathing smaller try to place them in a shelter,” said treating medical needs, feeding the children. Apryl Keaty, registered nurse with hungry and helping stranded and lost “I just had to get clean Write to us at [email protected] or come down to the the New Mexico Disaster Assistance evacuees reunite with family, but not underwear for a guy with Uniter offi ce ORM14 Bulman Centre at the University of Winnipeg. Team. There were two intensive care without complications. diarrhoea,” said Levi Wright, Jr., General contributor meetings will be held the fi rst Monday of patients in the PMAC on Monday With so many state and federal graduate student and non-medical every month starting September 12 from 12:30-1:30pm in the morning, along with 22 intermediate organizations at work, many question volunteer. “In this particular Uniter offi ce. Everyone is welcome. If youʼre an aspiring writer, acute care patients. who is in charge. Alvey said the effort situation, you just have to get write for the Uniter. Robert Alvey, temporary is “absolutely a mishmash.” into it.” media coordinator for campus Initial management of both Evacuee Moyna Patterson, emergency facilities, confi rmed that facilities came from the State 65, of New Sarpy, La., arrived an unknown number of patients Department of Social Services, with at the Fieldhouse the Sunday on campus have died. The Federal the state Department of Health and evening before the hurricane Emergency Management Agency is Hospitals providing the necessary struck. She looked after her legally then responsible for the bodies. A medical equipment and manpower. blind husband while trying to get refrigerated trailer was provided at Chancellor O’Keefe established in touch with her step-daughter. the PMAC for such cases. an Operations Center on Sunday “He cannot do anything Disaster medical assistance to become the single point of by himself,” Patterson said. “My teams have come from all over the contact for organizing resources and husband is the only thing I care nation. communications. about. Material things you can r Evacuees were sent to a wide Although the number of patients get back, but my husband’s life is fo variety of shelters, ranging from the is constantly changing, the PMAC more important.” Port Allen Community Center to the fl oor plan was modifi ed six times Trenice McBride, 32, Houston Astrodome. during the past week to ensure a more hitchhiked Tuesday morning in “This is 9/11 in slow motion,” organized emergency procedure. the back of a truck with her three said LSU Chancellor Sean O’Keefe “There’s a lot of people on call,” small children from the Omni of the worsening state of emergency said Leslie Pecora, registered nurse Royal Orleans Hotel in New Writing during the week following the and PMAC relief worker, on Sunday. Orleans to Baton Rouge. She said d in category four storm. “There’s a lot of EMS personnel they were certain their house was ter? The PMAC is the largest acute working with offi cials to get the underwater. care emergency facility in the state. patients out. They’re stabilizing them McBride, sitting outside the Intereste Uni An acute care facility is equipped to and getting them to other shelters.” PMAC with her children, said, the provide medical and surgical care for The immense student volunteer “It’s been hell. It’s hot.”

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September 15, 2005 Comments Editor: Daniel Blakie E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 Fax: 783-7080 X 07

CELLECTURE

Sepher Cadiz

ell phones, today’s human genie lamp, rub seven times X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X CommentsX Cand you get who you want. Modern day cell phones are more advanced than Kenny G’s explanation of why he isn’t really a “G”. Cell phones come in all diff erent sizes, prices, with gizmos and features, tools, agendas, and phonebooks that may people these days lack self-control, or are our brains so brainwashed by cell phone madness lead to distractions. Some people that we are handcuffed to the ring? I do have today consider phones as friends, a cell phone, but I make it a point to keep and sometimes even enemies. For it on silent the whole day, and check missed instance, hearing the Beverly Hills calls when I am not busy. I miss the odd event Cop anthem spontaneously in class here and there. Nevertheless, I get to enjoy the is a perfect example of when the benefi ts of being inaccessible. I refuse to be the person who runs out cell phone turns from friend to foe. of any building in the cold with cell phone in Instantly the professor is interrupted hand. I refuse to be the person to fender bend in mid-sentence leading to one because I was looking for a phone. No person’s question, should cell phones be life should revolve around any tiny speaker box. banned in class? It limits our freedom to march to the beat of our own drum. Here’s the bottom line: The more people stand up against cell phone slavery, the I stand up for anyone who owns a cell less we will hear cell rings in class. phone and say no, our freedom of choice should not be taken away from us. Cell phones should be allowed in class, and anyone who wastes their time thinking about checking every student at the door is a three star stooge. I am an optimist but also a realist and that day will just not arrive. Professors do inform students on the fi rst day of class about how the ring of cell phones effects learning, however, enforcing everyday punishments is an implausible policy. Professors have more important topics to discuss, and wasting minutes every day trying to enforce such a WHAT KATRINA TELLS netherworld on US soil populated by America’s always ranked poorly amongst other rule would be pointless. poor and dispossessed, a sort of “fourth world” industrialized countries when it comes to social The initiative of, “no cell phones in AMERICANS ABOUT which resembles the “third world”, except indicators, things like poverty, health care class” is really up to the student, not the THEMSELVES AND that geographically it is located in the richest delivery, and education spending. The UN- professor. Do students really want to feel country on the planet. One of Harrington’s based Organization for Economic Cooperation the embarrassment of trying to look for MAYBE SOMETHING main points was that the other America was and Development (OECD), which tracks the their phone when it erupts halfway through ABOUT OURSELVES AS largely invisible to America’s affl uent middle richest nations in the world, repeatedly shows a lecture? Many times I have been in that and upper classes. The populations simply did that the US trails other rich nations in social situation. A friend of mine actually took the WELL not mix. The status quo was afraid of “other expenditures. (And just so we don’t get too smug time to call my phone everyday while I was America” and walled themselves off from them up here, Canada, although generally doing in class to see if I would have my ringer on. Andrew Lodge with ghettoes and projects in the cities and better than the US, does not fare very well either It seems that when the phone rings, I cannot marginal land in the countryside. compared with its European counterparts, and fi nd it. Three classes in a row I would fi nd “Other America” forty years ago was our trends also follow racial lines). n the horrible aftermath of hurricane myself searching through a messy bag in largely African-American and remains so Social expenditure correlates directly with Katrina, we in North America should front of a whole class and professor. Thanks today (although with an increasingly Hispanic instances of child poverty and the like. And to my friend, the lesson of turning off the Iall be looking at ourselves in the mirror fl avour). And nowhere is this truer than in things aren’t getting any better. The US Census ringer is tattooed in my head and I’d pass and asking some diffi cult questions about America’s South. Not surprising, then, were Bureau’s data suggests that 17 percent more on that same lesson to any one of my other the kind of operation we are running and the images that have been beamed out of New people have slipped below the poverty line friends. the kind of place we live in. We should Orleans over the past two weeks. Beyond a under the Bush regime. In 2004, a million more In my experience, any cell phone that be, but we aren’t. There are some notable shadow of a doubt, the people most screwed people were living in poverty as compared with rings in class ends up being a positive as exceptions. There has been a great deal over by the hurricane were black—black and just a year ago. If you were black or Hispanic opposed to a negative. Personally it lightens of criticism leveled at the US government. poor. And those two categories, if you want be in the US, the odds were much greater that you up my mood for a couple of minutes before Most of it is, of course, well founded. It’s true crass enough to label the colour of your skin and formed part of these stats. class ends. Typically you would hear a funny that natural disasters, events like hurricanes, the size of your pay cheque as “categories”, are Normally all this is rather easily ignored. comment made by another classmate or earthquakes, and such, can leave us very very closely related. But Katrina was an expose of this reality, professor, which may lead to more interesting This is nothing new. Black people have a snapshot of the vicious and unfair social vulnerable. Often it is a case of managing class discussions that thereby capture the been poor in America since they arrived in inequality that affects so many people’s lives. the carnage as opposed to preventing it. attention of more students. shackles with nothing but their labour back in Don’t worry, though. With our short Yes, cell phones do go off in class, But, by all accounts, there was very little the days of offi cial slavery. Now they form a collective memories and our TV-trained students do bring them everywhere they managing going on by federal authorities good chunk of the labour force in America that nanosecond attention spans, we can forget go. In movie theatres, churches, private following the hurricane. Just getting rescue works for near-slave wages. about all this very soon. Of course, that might meetings, dinners, just to name a few. workers to the scene took ridiculously long. In a way, the madness set off by Katrina be a bit harder for many of the residents of New However, forgetting to turn off the ringer As one American in a small community all makes sense. Black people are way more Orleans. on your phone before class is completely outside of New Orleans pointed out, if the likely to go to jail in the US. They are way How does all this relate to Canadians? different from a person who just stops Canadian rescue eff orts could get there in more likely to be executed, more likely to be Well, Michael Harrington could just as easily anything and everything to answer to a four days, why did it take American rescue killed by violence, more likely to be left behind have written a book called The Other Canada. bell. This brings me to another question, workers longer? by the education and health care systems, and True, our country has a different social who really owns who, are we slaves to our apparently, more likely to be left behind during landscape. But is it really all that different? I cell phone? But more disturbing than even the poor an emergency evacuation. don’t know about that. Don’t believe me? Take Cell phone slaves do exist, whether we maintenance of the levees that tragically burst Usually America can ignore these people. a walk down Main Street one of these days. want to believe it or not. Students reading following the high winds, or the slow and After all, they live in “other America”. But since Main Street is Winnipeg’s “fourth world”, just this article probably already know a friend largely ineffectual rescue efforts that followed, Katrina, their vulnerability and the subsequent as East Hastings is Vancouver’s. It’s just that in who is a cell phone slave, and if you don’t, was what the disaster revealed and reminded wrath visited on them because of their Canada, the group that bears the brunt of all you probably are one. It boggles my mind us about where American society fi nds itself vulnerability has meant that their collective the crap happens to be Aboriginal. when a person has the nerve to run off in in 2005. face and their plight has been splashed across Ask yourself, if some major disaster the middle of a serious street ball basketball Forty years ago, author Michael TV screens throughout the country and around requiring evacuation hit Winnipeg, who do you game to answer his cell phone and say “I’ll Harrington wrote a book called The Other the world. think would be the last ones evacuated? call you back, I’m playing basketball.” Do America where he described a hidden The richest country in the world has

September 15, 2005

08 THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG

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bidder, Canadian or no, puts TRUCKS us completely at the mercy of the international oil trade, raising the stakes for Canada with regard to AND the fi asco in the Middle-East and the string of natural disasters down South. Besides, contrary to what SUCH they say, Canada’s neo-conservative wing is not actually opposed to Daniel Blaikie public ownership in the oil industry. Comments Editor They’ve been completely silent and un-phased, as state-owned Chinese week ago today, the development companies have bought rights to Canada’s oil. If it isn’t a CBC reported that New problem for the Chinese government ABrunswick truckers had to own Canadian oil, why should mounted roadblocks to prevent it be a problem for the Canadian commercial products from government to own Canadian oil? entering the province, this in Unfortunately, the current protest of rising gas prices. One Prime Minister is simply not qualifi ed for fi ghting such a battle, disgruntled trucker expressed nor any battle with the provinces, or frustration at the fact that a even one province for that matter. tank that not too long ago cost Since coming to power, and never $300 to fi ll, now costs about with a strong mandate, the Right $900 to fi ll. The long and short Honourable Mr. Martin has mused of it is that these truckers can about the apparent inevitability of the territories becoming full fl edged no longer aff ord to drive their provinces, he has incorporated the trucks. They’re working just asymmetry principle into federal as much as ever, but without funding deals, and gone about signing making any money. Obviously, deals with individual provinces giving this is not sustainable. But them more power over the natural neither is blocking off all resources within their respective borders. trade in the province of New Regardless of whether or not Brunswick, and the premier these are good things in their own of that province has made it right, decisions with signifi cant clear that if the blockades do constitutional import such as these not end soon, criminal charges shouldn’t be made by a government will be laid and the roadblocks that doesn’t have a clear mandate from Canadians, or the consent of terminated. the House of Commons. Either Mr. Due to the exigencies of Martin is a clever man with a quite production deadlines, as of the day of decentralized view of the Canadian Portrait by Wade Andrew its release, a full week has passed since federation, or he is incompetent, or this article was written. The events of he’s still just feeling so good about An aspiring beverage, Guinny is a spring chicken. Bottled under the moon that week, not being known to me as fi nally being Prime Minister that he of Capricorn, this lass from Dublin can’t wait for hockey season to start. I wrote, are not accounted for in this doesn’t have time to concern himself piece. However, this political episode with the cumbersome responsibility suggested two things to me that I of running a country between photo- think are pertinent to the situation, ops at daycares. and that I would be highly surprised In any event, I have no illusions Furthermore, our highways are more to have seen in the past week’s public about the possibility of a debate dangerous places as sleepy, overrun debate. around a substantial national energy drivers in big trucks dominate The fi rst begins with a simple strategy that would substantially the road. Not to mention the question. Namely, why, when Canada benefit Canadians happening environmental cost of having forty has so much oil within its borders is anytime soon. or more semi-trucks doing the work the price of oil so high? The obvious The other thing to mention is the of two train engines, an engineer and answer is that developers in the f a c t t h at we s i mpl y s hou ld n’t b e r e l y i n g a conductor. Canadian oil industry, whether foreign on semi-trucks to the extent that we All that to say that I think owned or not, don’t discriminate do for our transportation needs. The Canadians everywhere would benefi t between buyers. Canadians don’t nineties saw massive deregulation by taking more ownership of the get any preferential treatment just in the transportation sector. The development of our natural resources, because the oil happens to be within result in the railway industry has not province by province, but as a their borders. been increased specialization in the country. We would have a cleaner Of course the country has types of cargo transported. Heavy environment and safer roads if we been through this debate before, in emphasis in the industry is put on had a truly national transportation the seventies. The National Energy getting ship cargo quickly from one industry. Unfortunately, while we Program ultimately failed at that coast to the other. Lots of rail that have the resources, we don’t have time, but I believe that some sort could provide transport service to political leadership with the vision of national energy strategy that other parts of the country has been or the backbone to fi ght for one. ensures Canadians benefi t as owners shut down or neglected. More and more it seems Canadians of their resources has never stopped In the meantime, as the trucking look with suspicion to those outside being a good idea. Given Alberta’s industry has fi lled the gap, transport their provincial borders. Provincial disposition, the fi ght would be fi erce, companies, through owner-operator leaders are only too happy to bask and could very well fail again, but it work forces, have managed to hand in the power this gives them, and might be worth having. down the capital costs of the industry the federal government appears to Illustration by: Ed Cheung After all, allowing our domestic to the workers, something managers be either ignorant of the situation or resources to be sold to the highest in most industries can only dream of. indifferent to it. September 15, 2005 Humour Editor: Matt Cohen E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 Diversions Fax: 783-7080 09 REJECTED SEQUELS TO MARCEL PROUST’S “REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST”

Stephen Hayfield

Remembrance of Things Past 2: Bloodlust

Remembrance of a Cheese Pizza from Domi- noes.

In Search of Lost Car Keys

Remembrance of a Night Partying With the Boys and Jim Mooned the Cops. I Still Can’t Believe He Did That!!

Remembrance of That Time I Got Hammered and Wore a Lampshade at a High School Party and For the First Time Everyone Thought I was Cool, Including Stacy Vaughn Who was Check- ing Me Out and Said “What’s Up?” and I Said “Pff f, Whatever” and totally, like, Snobbed her off . She’s Such a Bitch. I Don’t Know What That Guy Sees in Her.

Remembrance of Gallstones Passed

RANTINGS OF A SECONDYEAR LIBERAL ARTS STUDENT JUST KIDDING...

Michael Banias

Friends, it is I, Michael Banias, and I have returned from the lands of mediocrity to By: Ben Snakepit continue my usual hardcore journalism. First, I’d like to welcome all the students Snakepit is a daily log of the life of Ben Snakepit. Drawing three panels a day, Ben takes us through the back to school, especially my readers. I’d also daily grind of living in Austinn TX, playing in the legendary J Church, touring, working, partying, falling like to say “Welcome” to the ﬁ rst-year students, in and out of love, and just being Ben. Snakepit appears in The Uniter courtesy of Young American and provide you with a few tips that will ensure Comics (YAC), with consent to republish from the author. To learn more about Snakepit andother your survival at this learning establishment. publications by YAC, check out www.youngamericancomics.com

Ten First-Year/Newbie Survival Tips

1. Avoid our potions professor Severus Snape. He is always very tense, and I think he may try to kill our headmaster, Professor Axworthy.

2. Chartwell’s Coff ee may result in the following: Headache, dizziness, coughing, nausea, anal discharge, and polio. I think someone got TB once too, but I’m not positive.

3. Do not confuse the novel Tess of the D’urbervilles with the novel Hounds of the Basker- villes. My English paper on “Bestiality in Rural England” was a serious mistake.

4. It is inappropriate to be “normal”. You must choose one of the following lifestyles: Skat- er, emo, Goth, sexual deviant of any kind, computer nerd/hacker, jock, hippie, person who always quotes Napoleon Dynamite and hasn’t realized it’s gotten old, or misunderstood artist.

5. Playing Pokemon, Magic, Yu-Gui-Oh, or any other card games of that nature in any part of the school will cause other students, professors, and security staff to hurt you badly.

6. The arcades in the Bulman Centre are for display purposes only. See # 5 for the punishment of breaking this rule.

7. Condoms are given out for free by the LGBT downstairs. They may even show you their wooden penis if you ask nicely. Be wary of slivers.

8. A Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy is actually a big joke amongst the professors, I hope you haven’t paid your tuition yet.

9. The Ecomafi a is not as cool as it sounds, but they do have a guy who wears a kilt all the time...if you are into that sort of thing.

10. Vote for Pedro (See! It’s dead. Let it go!) September 15, 2005 Humour Editor: Matt Cohen E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 010 Diversions Fax: 783-7080

STRAIGHT Eleven, for example. They name their don’t even use A’s anymore. They’re just being happy coming up last. My only the next year you’re replaced by Z to store after their hours of operation, using equations. A’s to the fourteenth consolation is the fact that every year the twelfth power Upholstery? Now, not FACED and then immediately change the power… Florists. They’re not only somebody will ad another letter on the only are you second last in the phone hours so that they never close. I’m not doing it with A’s though. There’s twelve front of their store’s name to come in book, but you have the worst name ever. Matt Cohen saying they should have called the place Z’s at the back of the book. This is the fi rst. Imagine if you change your name Except for Radio Shack, but we covered Sixteen Hours when they fi rst opened, fi rst time I have ever heard of somebody to Z to the tenth power Automotive and that one already. but something like “Convenience Store” So Radio Shack has fi nally might have been more appropriate. changed its name. It took long enough. The best example of bad names comes I can’t believe that they were spending from the telephone book. Thousands all this money on advertising and their of businesses and everybody wants to name was Radio Shack. That’s like one be the fi rst name in there. It started step above Radio Shanty. At least with innocently enough. Al’s Automotive Future Shop, I know it’s a shop, but it’s held the title for a while until Aaron the future. Radio Shack? They may as came along with his collectible antiques. well change their name to Telegraph Eventually, the American Automotive Shack or Morose Code Hovel. Instead, Association opened shop and secured they’ve decided to brand themselves the their place in the number one spot. I’m Source. I think it’s a good decision, but sure they felt pretty confi dent about I’m not convinced that this name is any their placement, but all it took was better. It sounds like they’ve abandoned somebody saying to themselves, “You middle of the road technology like know, if I had four A’s in front of my radios and gone straight to the source. I store’s name I’d be the fi rst one in the wouldn’t be surprised if I went in there phone book.” It spiralled out of control now and they tried to sell me a state after that. If you look at the phone book of the art butter churn. Store names, now, there’s fourteen A’s in front of what in general, are bizarre. Take Seven the store actually sells. Scrap that, they

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BROTHERHOOD Fast Facts about > > > IN A SMALL CITY GREEK LETTER Fraternity Life in Winnipeg ORGANIZATIONS and on the Road The roots of the modern fraternity go back to medieval Europe. In the thirteenth century Matthew Mulaire universities began to reemerge, and with them a growing class of students. These students traveled to strange cities from diff erent nations know what you are probably to study, but found that they had no political rights. This necessitated the formation of the thinking as you sit down to read “nations” (essentially guilds of students), which this article: not another one of represented students of diff erent nationalities at I the great medieval universities such as Oxford, these annoying “how I spent my the University of Paris, and the University of summer vacation” articles where Bologna. some cocky UW student raves During the Franco Prussian War, a curious about his/her exciting and exotic form of fraternity emerged at German universities called the schalgencorps. The intensive trip to Madagascar to save the military atmosphere of this period emphasized endangered something or others. fi ghting over studying, so members of diff erent fraternities frequently dueled with each other. At Meanwhile you spent all summer in the University of Gottingen, during this period, a Winnipeg, working some wage-slave student who had not engaged in several duels by his senior year was a subject of ridicule. job you hate, enduring tornadoes, photo submitted torrential rain, mosquitoes, and If I join a fraternity will I be hazed? Hazing is history! Delta Upsilon and all other fraternities road construction. I can assure you abuse has caused great tragedy in his family. or a sorority is just something that you do that are members of the International Fraternity that the majority of my summer He explained to us how to address alcoholism in University because you need a place to Conference have strict anti-hazing policies. and substance abuse in our peers, basically a live or because it is what everyone in your Chapters that do engage in hazing will have was spent like yours—except for step by step on how to conduct an inter vention. peer group is doing. Joining a fraternity their charters pulled and be immediately shut four days in Denver, Colorado that Drinking and university life go together, and or sorority is a way of blending in with the down; just because fraternities in the ‘50s and have always gone together. However, dealing crowd for American students, whereas in ‘60s hazed doesn’t mean that it is acceptable changed my life and the lives of my with alcoholism in our peers is not something Canada the Greek system is so small that in now—same situation with dueling. brothers. we are frequently educated on or encouraged joining a Greek letter organization a student to do. If this conference managed to help one immediately sets his or herself apart from Aren’t fraternities and sororities sexist? The brother with his alcoholism, then it was all the crowd. For many American brothers, origins of Greek letter societies in North America First, a bit of background: I’m a brother worth it. if they weren’t in DU they would be in go back to 1776, when women were not allowed of the Manitoba Chapter of Delta Upsilon The majority of the conference was another fraternity. It can be really diffi cult to to attend post-secondary educational institutions, (DU) Fraternity. Yes, there are fraternities in devoted to various lectures on how to actually motivate these people to be excited about their so naturally the student organizations that were Canada and at the U of W. No, we don’t paddle run a fraternity chapter, stuff that is very fraternity and contribute to the organization formed in that period were all male. people or run the American Government. exciting and useful if you’re an administrative as a whole. But this is the problem in any Generally most of the stereotypes that you nerd such as myself. We covered subjects such organization because it is impossible to keep In the 1870s, when post secondary may have picked up from movies like Animal as the ins and outs of loss prevention policies, everyone 100 per cent motivated all the time; education became coed, young women House or the Skulls don’t apply to the vast why loss prevention claims are highest on it’s a life lesson learned. faced extensive discrimination in attending majority of students who join Greek letter Sundays and Saturdays, how to use the I went to this conference hoping to universities. Sororities emerged as a means for organizations. However, our chapter is crazy chapter Excellence Program as a planning take home some major awards but, as corny these pioneering female students to organize about road trips. Delta Upsilon is North guide for chapter operations throughout the as it sounds, I took home something more amongst themselves, form communities of America’s oldest non-secret, non-hazing year, online fi nancial management services, valuable—a better sense of brotherhood. young women, and advance as individuals in the fraternity, and every summer since 1948 we debates regarding changing dues structures We’ve got something special in the Canadian face of widespread persecution. have held an annual Leadership Institute (LI). and so forth. All this stuff is useful but Greek system that is an intrinsic desire to This is an opportunity for the 85 chapters to diffi cult to follow at 9 a.m. when you have be brothers. American chapters don’t seem Why be secret? When fraternities fi rst send delegates to discuss the business of the been up till 3 a.m. the night before drinking to have this because joining a fraternity is formed, any form of student organization was international fraternity, learn how to run with random brothers from South Carolina. just another thing to do in university for seen as being inherently disruptive by university their local chapters better, network with The most fun (or torturous) aspect of LI has to American students. Everyday at U of W I get faculty and administration. The fi rst fraternities brothers from other chapters, and generally be the extreme lack of sleep. One is required into the “so you’re in a fraternity” discussion. such as Phi Beta Kappa necessarily met in secrecy have a good time. Most chapters send two to do all the educational stuff during the day I try to tell people about the services DU because university administrations often sought or three members; this year our chapter sent but tempted to party at night, thus an hour of provides: parties, organizational experience, to eliminate or ban fraternities. thirty. free time is often devoted to a well-deserved housing, and philanthropy. But the fraternity With thirty students traveling to Denver, nap. The business side of things is immensely is really about brotherhood. “Brotherhood” Delta Upsilon emerged as a response to air travel is simply too expensive, requiring usefu! l; I have to know this stuff because the isn’t just a word, it is a real value that lets secret societies. In 1834, at Williams College, us to rent vans and embark on what is quite chapter has been around for 75 years and the us do all those things in the fi rst place. A secret societies had become much involved possibly the most boring drive possible in last thing I want is for things to go south on road trip of this magnitude doesn’t happen in campus politics by placing their members this hemisphere. The most exciting thing my watch. Yet, at the same time the late night because of careful planning and preparation, in high campus offi ces without concern for about Nebraska, other than the mind- partying offers an incredible opportunity it happens because we can work together as merit. Many students and faculty saw that secret boggling amount of corn, is the various to network and meet new people. After 11 brothers to accomplish something. ! societies lacked accountability and the fi rst non- smells you encounter whilst driving west p.m., when everyone gets out of his monkey Looking for something exciting to do in secret fraternity was born as a response to these on the I-80. The excruciating boredom of suit, the real fun begins. I can commiserate University? Want to meet new people, go on injustices. this drive engendered various antics to pass with a guy from U of Guelph over the exciting road trips and chill at shakin’ house the time, such as an acrimonious marathon problems facing Canadian chapters, I can parties? Consider joining Delta Upsilon Many prominent citizens have joined the game of crazy eights, and demands that local party with guys from Arlington chapter in Manitoba Chapter. Check out our website ranks of Delta Upsilon including, but not limited McDonald’s outlets serve “McBrews”, which Dallas/Ft. Worth and chat about similarities at www.deltau.mb.ca, stop by the chapter to, Lester B. Pearson, prime minister of Canada are presumably available in Canada. in attending a small urban campus, or I can house at 99 Thatcher Dr. Or call our UW and recipient of Nobel prize for peace, James The actual conference itself blew my hang with a guy from U Central Florida recruitment chairman, Ryan Didoshack at A. Garfi eld, president of the United States, Lloyd mind after 20 consecutive hours of highway and listen to him drone endlessly about how 990-DIDO. Delta Upsilon is one of the oldest Axworthy, current president of the University of travel. I’ve learned a lot in university so he stole an idea for an awesome Rush shirt. student Groups in Manitoba. We chartered at Winnipeg, Allan Thicke, Kurt Vonnegut, and Linus far but precious little of it has helped me Easily the most fun is sharing songs. When United College in 1929 and are proud to keep Pauling, recipient of both Nobel prizes for peace in dealing with real life. One particularly DUs get together, we sing, loudly, drunkenly our tradition alive and well ever since then. and chemistry. inspiring speaker was Jim Riley. He was a and badly. Manitoba chapter’s “I don’t want We are North America’s oldest non-secret, defensive end for the Miami Dolphins in to be a Phi Delt” is always a major hit with non-hazing fraternity; that means that our More than 110,000 men have been initiated the 1970s and won two Super Bowls, but he the American brothers. fraternity is about one thing and one thing into Delta Upsilon internationally, and 1,000 into wasn’t there to talk about football. He spoke The only rough thing about going to only; brotherhood, no meaningless secrets or the Manitoba chapter alone. in front of 300 fraternity brothers about his LI is encountering apathy in other brothers. pointless humiliation, just great friends that struggle with alcoholism and how substance For American students, joining a fraternity last a lifetime. September 15, 2005 Features Editor: Lori Ebbitt E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 012 Features Fax: 783-7080

By Leighton Klassen six blocks has been a hardcore area Senior Editor for drugs on the streets and in the bars and for prostitution as well, for years.” t has long been known as a Holleron grew up in Winnipeg North Main Street sink for prostitution, drugs and but moved out of the city for 11 years, returning just a few years ago. He in the community, something the Speaking from an artist’s Walls owns all three properties gang violence, and can be I says the change in the north Main North Main community has lacked perspective, Saidman’s words on involved in the project, and says easily appointed as the wasteland Street area during his absence was for years. rent are short but poignant and put the city has yet to contribute any of our city, but the area of north radical. Traditionally, the exchange substance into why so many artists effort, with the exception of offering Main Street – from approximately “I was gone for 11 years,” he district has been the Mecca for the can’t afford to live in places they the affordable housing program. Disraeli to Logan Avenue – is says, “and when I got back, there was Winnipeg arts community offering once could. However, he also says he hasn’t made being transformed and essentially a lot more crime and the violence studios and housing for local artists. “Artists want cheap studios a real effort himself to get any type of increased.” However, over the last few years and cheap rent. Artists want to be revitalized into a village for assistance because the project is just He appoints the decay of North rent for housing and studio space trendsetters, not trend followers,” he in the beginning stages. artists, and will not only provide Main to city offi cials, which he says has skyrocketed and has pushed out says. “They really haven’t been a space for them to reside and have made no effort to clean up the many artists, Holleron says. The ‘push-out’ of artists the approached and they have helped showcase art in, but also provide area in the last several years. “Artists are slowly getting exchange is experiencing can be out with affordable housing, but it’s many healing programs to the “For years the city has looked pushed out of studios,” he says, defi ned as gentrifi cation – a term strictly been on housing and not art at improving the area and making it adding the notion is also applicable used to describe when the process culture at all,” he says. surrounding community. more safe, but their last effort came not only to the exchange district, of revitalization - specifically Walls also says they need in the late ‘90s, during the Pan Am but the downtown core as well. “The when it results in the development someone in city council – who he Games,” Holleron explains. “The city is tremendous in building the of new thriving businesses - of a says are supportive to the project – to There are numerous key players city supports development, but they’re downtown, but they’re raising their neighbourhood results in the aggressively advocate the project in involved in the project, ranging not developers. Instead of helping the rates and displacing people and displacement of lower income council. from big ticket property owners to community they’re stripping it away pushing them out.” residents. The term has become “If we had a political champion, individual community members and this area is really hurting.” Richard Walls, a designer and exclusive to the arts community, someone like Lloyd Axworthy, this working on a volunteer basis, doing Holleron added that the city developer with ADI Design Works, which has been subject to the activity project would skyrocket,” he said. whatever they can to make the project tore down a strip of hotels on Main is another key player in the project not only in Winnipeg, but nationally. Although the woodwork of a success. Street years back, which essentially – he owns all three buildings in the Steve Willis, director of the the not-for-profi t project is being One of those key players is forced people who were living in North Main project, as well as the Graffi ti Gallery, is well attuned orchestrated mainly through paid Lee Holleron, program director of the hotels into new homes – homes K-Building in the exchange. The to the art scene in Winnipeg. employees, much of the work is Monty’s and the New Occidental directly on the streets of the North vision he has for the North Main Without naming specifi cs, he says attributable to volunteers, active Hotel. I sat down with him last Main area. project is the same he had for the his organization is working with citizens of the community, Holleron Wednesday afternoon on a cemented Enter the arts community exchange district; however, he said it Walls and Holleron on the North says. staircase between the New Occidental – the driving gear for revitalization. quickly deteriorated, so he decided to Main project. Although supportive “I would say there’s a handful and The Edge – another building Holleron says injecting an arts culture re-launch it in the North Main area. of the project, Willis says talk of [of volunteers] and it changes all involved in the project – to talk about – in its entire form through art, “The government subsidized gentrifi cation has come up regarding the time,” he explains. “This is a the project. music, and healing programs – into a art space, but turned [the exchange the project in the general arts grassroots foundation of artists and “The North Main area, for the decayed community can beautify the district] into an institution and over community. healers and they’re coming in and out last 40 years, has been left to its landscape, offer affordable housing, time it wasn’t a very welcoming place “What’s going to happen is on a daily basis. Going into the fall, own accord,” he says. “This strip of and can generally get people active anymore,” Walls explains. “I saw business is going to happen, and the we’re going to try and get even more the concept of word gentrifi cation has come up,” involved.” the Edge [one of Willis says. “[The project is] a really three buildings positive thing and is really going to involved in the change this tough neighbourhood. THE BUILDINGS project and It’s going to bring in so many artists formally called and offer cheap rent and give them a Norman’s Meats] place to perform.” The Edge as a multicultural The rising rent of the exchange arts space district has been brought right to Holleron says the building that could be the doorsteps of the Mentoring earned its name because artists brought to the Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA) traditionally tend to live on the edge neighbourhood – an organization which offers many of prosperous communities. The and could also programs geared at mentoring artists building will offer eight apartments offer affordable for women’s art. on the top fl oor, all of which are housing – it’s a Roewan Crowe, chair of the character rooms. MAWA will be vacant building board of directors, says MAWA- located on the main fl oor, along with for artists.” currently located on Arthur St. in the a gallery. The building also features Rent exchange - will be moving into The stained glass and 20 murals. increases and Edge, formally Norman’s Meats and the unwelcoming one of the three buildings currently The New Occidental Hotel stigma the involved in the North Main project. Historically known as the exchange district “One of the initiatives [of nerve centre for drug dealings and seemingly carries moving] was the escalating rents in consumption, the New Occidental has been brought the exchange,” Crowe explains. “The Hotel has been going through Vegan Options right to the artists and other organizations in the renovations following Richard Wall’s doorstep of many exchange have trouble maintaining purchase of the building two years ago. local artists like space, so that’s what initiated the Six months ago, Walls approached Dan Saidman. move – we needed a place so we Holleron to help out in cleaning it up $4.99 Soup/Sandwhich/Small Drink He’s also taken contacted [Richard Walls] and we’re and excavating heavy drug users who notice of the really excited because they’re offering were residing in the hotel. Holleron exchange. us space that we can afford. We don’t says the scene was riveting. “I think the want to be a part of gentrifi cation.” “Crack heads were running exchange has However, the current the bar, people would be lying in the been overrun by revitalization of North Main hallways,” he explains. boutique shops, understandably poses the question Holleron says the focus of the although there whether what happened in the hotel is to bring in healing programs are always new exchange could shift to the North for addicts and other members of the art galleries Main project once it takes fl ight. community who are in need of it. opening up, [the Crowe, however, isn’t losing sleep And he’s taken action towards it. surrounding on it. The hotel forfeited their VLT area] is taking in “We have an excellent lease,” she machines and vendor license, and constant retailers says, without going into particulars. only serves alcohol in the restaurant Buy a sub, wrap or pita melts, get a and rent is just “[Gentrifi cation] can happen in the area. Although still aware of drug FREE scoop of ice cream :) www.zestos.ca so insecure,” area, but we’re not fearing it as an problems with the hotels residents, Saidman organization and we think Walls’ Holleron is treating the issue explains. vision is so excellent.” sensitively and has implemented September 15, 2005 013 Photo essay byWade Andrew

Lee Holleron, program director of Monty’s and the New Occidental Hotel.

Mary Hill sits in her room at the New Occidental Hotel. She has been living there for a year.

The North Main redevelopment area, viewed from the roof of the New Occidental Hotel. The Building with the pointed roof in the upper left area is the Bike Dump, and the Annex Gallery. The Edge, formally Norman’s Meats is accross the street.

Scott Stone, assistant manager of the New Occidental Hotel.

A room door welcomes visitors at the New Occidental Hotel.

programs to assist with the issue. building features the Bike Dump – a community says his vision isn’t to tell people what to do, but “We’re not social workers and not changing “The focus of the hotel is to get rid of the bike repair shop – as well as the Annex gallery to rather offer them the options to get better, get their lives by offering salvation,” Holleron crack heads and the hardcore drug addicts, but where artists can rent studio space for a low help, and walk on streets that are not in a state of explains. “We’re trying to offer them paths to not to kick everyone out. They’re still allowed, but price. The vision behind the purchase of this desolation. take for them and for this community.” we’re being more selective. We’re working hard building was to make the North Main project with counseling and with patience, but we’re not more symmetrical. displacing everybody. We still have many addicts “We said, ‘Why are we only doing it to one and we’re bringing programs for them into the half of the street?’,” Holleron explains. “We need hotel.” to spread it out and not just on one side of the Some of those programs are exercised street. The focus is on these three spaces, which through the Buffalo Spiritual Society, who are is the starting foundation of the community in the currently working on a 12-step program for area – getting as much of the arts and aboriginal addicts, as well as the Okima – a healing lodge healing as possible and pushing as many healing and support group for aboriginals. programs as we can.” In addition, the hotel will also host all-ages Throughout my visit, sitting on those concerts. cemented steps beside the New Occidental – the “The future of the hotel is that it will be a steps which likely serve as a makeshift bed for healing centre and transitional housing for people some of the homeless in the area – we were who are going through their programs,” Holleron approached by many of the “street people” during says. “We’re going to get as much healing and our conversation. They would subtly walk up, and music into the hotel as possible, and we’re doing kindly ask for a cigarette, or some money. Holleron it on a grassroots level as individuals, with one often politely declined, sometimes reasoning it thing at a time.” with the fact that he had already catered to their demands on a different day. He often refers Monty’s/ The Bike Dump/ The Annex to them as ‘my friend’ when he communicates Gallery with them, and does it in a respectable fashion, Currently titled as Monty’s Pawn Shop, this where both parties are satisﬁ ed in the end. He September 15, 2005 Features Editor: Lori Ebbitt E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 014 Features Fax: 783-7080

By Aaron Drewniak Fiction: Eulogy ustin Markham had most important part. everything. However, “Justin brought out the best there were times that in me. He was a devoted husband, J and juggled his marriage as well he felt empty, for he spent as his business as best as he could. his entire life competing in Every day that went by I knew that even though he worked very a race with himself. Staring hard to accomplish many things, miserably out the window as he always held me close to his heart.” the rain fell, he turned to his Jennifer took her seat with business partner and made the masses, and just as planned Michael came to give his the following statement: testimony. “Justin was not only my partner in business, but he was “Sometimes I feel like no my best friend. When I moved to matter how far you make it in life, this city at the age of eight, Justin it doesn’t matter in the end.” was the fi rst person I became Michael put down the fi scal friends with, and since then he report he was working on and has always been my closest friend. asked Justin what made him say I was touched when Justin asked that. me to be his partner when he “We all come into this world started the company, and since alone, and in the end we leave then I have always tried to be it the same way. What do our had someone like her, he would Michael gave her the excitedly. there for him. Whether it was accomplishments really mean at do everything in his power to explanation that Justin asked him “Yes. I paid off the doctor the tragic passing of my wife, the end of the day?” make sure that she was made to to. to make sure this matter stays or a day I forgot my umbrella, Michael gave his partner a feel as wonderful as she was. “To the hospital,” he paused. quiet. At the service, your mother Justin was always there for me. I look of disbelief. An hour later Justin stormed “He was pronounced dead upon will give the fi rst eulogy, Jennifer never thought I would be in this “If you are tired with your into the offi ce. With fury he the paramedic’s arrival.” will give the second, and then I position, as no one wants to give life, I’m sure there are others exclaimed, Jennifer screamed, “I’m will fi nish the service with mine. a eulogy for their best friend. All would be more than happy to “I had the greatest idea coming down right away!” Just like we discussed, when I say I can say in this time of sorrow is take your place.” ever!” Michael told her he would ‘Justin was a blessing to all of that Justin was a blessing to all of Justin took his seat and asked Michael sneered as he come down to the house to pick us and he will surely be missed’, us, and he will surely be missed.” Michael why someone would want replied, her up. It bothered him to have that’s when you sit up and tell the This was his cue. He went to to do that. “You decided to take me up to go along with this stunt, but world how you feel about them.” throw open the casket. “Look at your on that offer?” Justin made him swear that he Justin smiled and said, “It’s stuck.” Justin gasped as accomplishments in the last seven Justin laughed. would go through with it. After “Thanks for going along with this. he came to the conclusion that years. You’ve started a company “No, but I think I have found all, Justin promised his partner a Last night I transferred $500,000 he wasn’t getting himself out of with a net worth of $785 million a way to see just how people feel hefty reward for doing so. into your offshore account. You the casket on his own. He tried and found yourself a wonderful about me, and how they view my Jennifer ran to the car as booked the restaurant for the to scream. wife who comes second to your accomplishments!” Michael arrived. On the way to party?” Michael continued his work. If the stress is getting to Michael asked him to go on. the hospital she started to cry. Michael nodded. eulogy. you, I’m sure I could fi nd someone “With your help I am going “Why did he have to push “Yes, but time is running out. “Jennifer, as I promised who would be more than happy to to stage my own funeral. I will be himself like this? I’ve always told I am going to close the lid, and I Justin, I will be here for you. Justin ‘lighten the load’.” laying in my casket while I listen him to take it easy. I warned him have made it so that you can hear always knew that the people he Justin looked at his partner to the eulogies my friends and this was going to happen.” the service. I can’t believe you got held close to his heart loved him and laughed. family give at the service.” Michael’s conscience was me to go along with this.” immensely, and the only comfort “I may just take you up on Michael asked Justin where getting the better of him. He Justin shook his partner’s I can offer to his loved ones is that that offer.” he came up with such an idea. really liked Jennifer, and to see hand just before laying down. it’s of you he felt the same. If only Michael hated it when he “I was reading the obituaries her like this tugged at his heart. “You’re an awesome friend.” everyone had a friend like Justin, got like this. Trying not to show over lunch. Although everyone “It happens, but if it’s any Michael closed the lid just as the world would be a much better disapproval of his partner’s had something nice to say, consolation I feel just as upset the funeral director arrived. place.” attitude, he went on with his what really stood out was the about this.” When the priest fi nished Justin tried and tried to free work. A few moments later Justin way people would speak of the Michael placed a hand on reading passages from the bible, himself. Unaware that Michael asked Michael if he wanted to deceased. If I were to pull this off her shoulder as they pulled up to he announced that Justin’s mother locked the casket he fi gured that grab lunch with him. I would know just how people felt the hospital. was to approach and give her something must have gone wrong. “Sorry Justin, I can’t break about me.” “I’m here for you Jennifer. speech. Justin anxiously waited to In desperation, he clawed and away. I have to fi nish this report Although Michael found this If you need anything just let me hear what his mother had to say. scratched at the lid. His one fi nal for the investors, so go ahead conceited, he agreed. know.” “All his life Justin worked plea for help was of no use…. without me.” “It sounds like an interesting Jennifer smiled through her very hard to show the world he Justin was doomed. Justin grabbed his hat and idea. What are you going to do tears. was special. From his years as As everyone left for the coat. Before leaving, he remarked when people get upset that you “You’ve always been a very a child, until the day God took reception, the funeral director in his partner’s direction, have put them through something good friend to the both of us.” him home to heaven, Justin was a approached Michael and thanked “Sometimes I just don’t see as devastating as your ‘death’?” As they arrived at the gifted individual. Justin’s legacy is him for his eulogy. He went on to it….” Justin smiled deviously. morgue, the doctor took notice one that anyone could look at and ask what Justin’s fi nal wishes for Michael replied sarcastically, “What will it matter? of them standing outside the admire. He was a hard working burial were. Michael tried not to “Don’t look to me to stroke your Everyone will be compensated for room. He came to them and gave student, graduated from college smile as he replied, ego.” their ‘grief’.” Jennifer his condolences. with honors, and founded a very “To be cremated and to have While his partner was away Michael nodded as he said, “I’m sorry that you have to successful company. He married his ashes scattered over the lake. on lunch, Michael took a moment “Just let me know what you want see your husband like this. I have a very beautiful wife, and touched He enjoyed fi shing so much.” and admired a picture of Justin done.” been told that Michael will look the lives of everyone around him. The funeral director had his and Jennifer. Fifteen minutes later after the arrangements so that Not only was he a very special assistants wheel the coffi n to the Jennifer was a very beautiful Michael called Justin’s wife with you can take the time to collect person, but a very special son as incinerator. Michael shook the woman. The way Justin neglected the terrible news. yourself.” well.” director’s hand and thanked him his wife always bothered Michael. “Jennifer, this is Michael. Jennifer didn’t want to come Justin’s mother came away for such a lovely service. Many times he would have to call Are you sitting down? This is undone, and so she thanked the from the podium and Jennifer “I would like to stay and chat Jennifer and tell her that Justin hardest thing I have ever had to doctor and had Michael take took the stage. Inside the casket, but Jennifer is really upset. I have was going to be late, as he was tell anyone.” her home. Michael let Jennifer Justin was overwhelmed with to make it to the reception, as she working on something or another. Jennifer asked him to spit it know he would call her when the emotion. He had never heard asked me to be her support for the The disappointment in her voice out—she was getting anxious. arrangements were completed. his mother speak that way about remainder of the day.” was all that Michael needed to “Justin just had a heart Justin had requested a closed him. The funeral director replied realize that Justin didn’t really attack….” casket service, and just before Although Jennifer had in parting, “Justin was lucky to appreciate what he had. In a way, Jennifer shuddered and then the casket was placed in the hall, prepared something for the have a friend like you.” Michael always wished that he started to cry. Michael came to his partner. service, she found that she was too Michael shook his head and could fi nd a woman like Jennifer. “Where have they taken “So everything has been upset to read the entire speech, replied solemnly, “I was lucky to He always told himself that if he him?” arranged?” Justin asked and so she only read aloud the have a friend like him.” September 15, 2005 Arts Editor: Mike Lewis E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 Arts & Culture Fax: 783-7080 015

Taking It To The Red Menace – The Attics Movies The Way They Were Meant To Be By Mike Lewis about fi lm and his desire to share that with others. paid to play original songs. We people can bring in donations. We’ve o you remember a time “It’s not just about putting bodies love touring out west. We’re been focusing on things in Winnipeg, when going to the movies in seats,” he says, “I’d rather keep it a going back there in October to but next year, as we start to go more intimate crowd and have a more play at the Western Canadian more abroad, we’ll start getting more made for an enjoyable D positive and fun energy level.” Music Awards.” involved internationally.” evening? Erick and Melanie In addition to fi lms, the Park After years on the road, the That’s when Rob drops the Casselman do. The two of them Theatre hosts other types of events By Mike Lewis band has fi nally set about recording exciting news. “We’re booking a are on a mission to take back the as well. “We host improv,” Erick a real album. The band worked with tour in eastern Europe right now. movie-going experience. To take explains, “because improv goes hand- got to sit down and producer Joao Carvalho (Pilate, No bands tour there, but if there it back from the people who kick in-hand with any small theatre. You Hawksley Workman) to create their is a concert going on, people go want that variety and to mix it up a talk with Rob Mitchell, debut Here They Come: The Attics. crazy!” he exclaims. “They come your seat. From the people who bit. I’d like to do some live stage stuff Rob describes the overall sound as out in literally the thousands! No talk through the entire fi lm. From Aaron Klassen, and as well. That’s why we have a 20 ft x I “more British-rock infl uenced, more advertising, people hear a noise and the people who go to movies for 20 ft stage just in front of the screen. Chris Rademaker of The progressive. Most of our infl uences they go to it. It’s a place where there’s all the wrong reasons. Things like jazz or folk bands, or solo Attics in the midday sun are mainly from Europe. I think we no record company infl uence. We’re artists, you know, to bring that café distance ourselves from the North an independent band. Over there, They bought the property vibe to it. Just a much bigger café.” after their set for O-week. American cock-rock scene.” we’re neck and neck with every other And they’ve done just that. Erick also hopes to provide As I consumed lunch and In keeping their distance from band in the world because there’s no with intent of opening up a DVD a venue for Winnipeg art fi lms or the stock musical output found these record companies, no HMV. It’s all rental store. But upon setting up the documentaries. That being said, it’s they consumed beer, days, The Attics try to tackle more black-market, sold off the stage. So store they decided to take a risk and not just limited to Winnipeg. “It’s we spoke about the life relevant issues in their songs. “We we’re going to go, play shows, and completely renovate the building. open for whoever,” says Erick. “On try to not write frivolous lyrics,” says make friends.” Now open at 698 Osbourne, just the 24th I’m showing a European art of the band. Formed Rob. “We kind of look at it as, not Despite the plans to explore north of Jubilee, the Park Theatre, fi lm.” in 2003, the band have as a soapbox, but if we have the overseas, The Attics are still excited sitting nestled The theatre is also available for opportunity to sing about something about Winnipeg. “I think the in a strip of local businesses with private screenings and can be rented since released a couple of we want it to have meaning and Winnipeg music scene is awesome,” its old fashioned marquee in lights, out for birthdays, movie socials- demos and have toured purpose. I think a lot of it has to do Rob says, a fact he attributes to the is the culmination of a dream. The as Erick puts it “a continuation of with social change, social justice, a greater number of venues in this city theatre itself is modest; something Winnipeg’s fascination with socials,”- Canada extensively, and bit of politics and history, things like than in other major cities. “We’ve you don’t appreciate until you see exclusive parties such as DVD releases yet this week will see the that. I mean, there’s obviously things become friends with a few bands it. Instead of the usual fanfare of or CD releases, or even weddings. about relationships, but mostly we like Quinzy, Tele, Inward Eye. In fl ashing lights, 40-foot tall posters “I’m hosting a Rocky Horror release of their fi rst full- focus on social issues.” fact, when we play in Vancouver and the sticky fl oors you get at the Picture Show screening this year,” he length album. While that Politics and history in music? we’re playing with Quinzy and The bigger cinemas, at the Park you’re reveals, “but I want to keep it small. “One of the songs that we’re going Morning After (laughs). It’s funny, greeted with a simple hello and a I want it to be for the true fan who may seem backwards to to push to radio is a song called on the last few tours I’ve done a few smile. The lobby is done up like a ‘50s loves the fi lm or for a possible new fan some, The Attics like to “‘68.” It’s about the Soviets invading interviews and each time I get asked style diner and creates an atmosphere who wants to see what it’s all about. I Prague in 1968 and the Czech people about the Winnipeg music scene. I that may be nostalgic for some and don’t want it to turn into the kind of do things their own way. standing up and losing. Still, the didn’t realize it, but it is pretty well- refreshing for others. The theatre seats thing that happens in the U.S. where Rather than play to the same nobility of standing up for yourself. known for having great tunes.” 152 people. The seats are comfortable, seats get lit on fi re. It’s meant for crowd over and over again while Even a losing cause is worth fi ghting Ultimately, great tunes are and spaced far enough apart that appreciators of the fi lm.” trying to push a song to radio in for,” answers Rob. what make checking out The Attics a there would have to be a riot for you Indeed, it’s the attitude that the their hometown, they took the Chris continues, “It’s one of worthwhile experience. Their release to actually have someone bump your fi lms are for the fi lm lovers, and that music on the road. “We’ve been the last songs we wrote in the studio party for Here They Come: The seat. Fortunately, that’s not the kind going to a theatre should be a positive doing a lot of repeat shows, hitting and it really pushes the envelope Attics takes place on Thursday, Sept. of clientele that the Park Theatre experience, that helps the Park the same places, getting to know musically as well.” 15 at the West End Cultural Centre, draws. Theatre stand out. Whereas the usual people,” says Rob. “Every time Aaron adds, “[We want to come and will feature Matt Epp and The At the opening night last process of taking a date to a movie can we go, we make more money, across] intelligent in the lyrics and Morning After. Having only heard Friday, the theatre was packed. This run you anywhere from $20 to $30, a make more friends, there’s more intelligent in the musicality.” The Attics for the fi rst time last week, would normally be a deterrent in double feature with a drink for each people there. Every tour has been The social issues that Rob I can say that they won me over fi lm viewing, but in this instance, of you will only come to around $10. getting better and better.” speaks of can range anywhere from pretty quickly with the sincerity and the theatre was full of people who Double features are done with a theme When asked about his the scope of Russian politics to passion in their music, and if you’re just wanted to enjoy the fi lm. The in mind, like last week’s Offi ce Space view of touring East vs. West, problems right here at home. “One of looking for something good, you’ll be only sound made during the fi lm was and Swimming With Sharks, and if the he replies, “There’s so many things we’ve been doing for the last won over too. when the audience collectively let out vibe is right and the audience is into bands touring out [east] that it’s couple of years is hosting a concert For more information the breath they’d been holding as it, Erick will throw on a third movie hard to make money. Whereas called ‘Hear the Hungry.’ All the on The Attics, please visit www. Marlon Brando delivered his famous of the cult fi lm variety. Marathons you go out west, there are fewer proceeds go to Winnipeg Harvest. theatticsmusic.com and heart-wrenching line, “I could’a are also part of the plan. Last Sunday bands touring, so there’s better We do it around Christmas time, had class, I could’a been a contender,” featured a Kung-fu movie marathon. reception and it’s easier to get get a couple of bands together, and as the movie On the Waterfront neared On top of that, Erick takes requests. its climax. When the movie was over After years of waiting for a place there was a burst of applause, not to go and enjoy a good fi lm, it’s a relief only for the fi lm, but also for Erick to see a venue like this. It’s cheap, it’s and Melanie who had allowed us to clean, it’s friendly, and the #16 bus will experience the fi lm the way we were take you right to it. I, for one, intend to meant to. see a lot more movies this year. It’s no surprise that the evening went over so well. While speaking to For more information on movie Erick the day before the opening I was and event schedules visit www. able to see just how passionate he is parktheatervideo.com September 15, 2005 Arts Editor: Mike Lewis E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 016 Arts & Culture Fax: 783-7080

TEDIOUS MINUTIAE ball and buried. Who writes this shit? Or: Ineff ectively Detailing One’s Cultural Consumption for the Uncaring Plus Christopher Moltisanti just went into rehab for heroin, Furio’s back Installment #1 from his father’s funeral in Naples and wants to score with Tony’s wife By Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson Carmela, and Tony got busy with Uncle Junior’s one-legged Russian Watched – television: The Sopranos episodes 46-49 (Movie Central/HBO) Jamie’s School Dinners, vols. 1-4 (Food Network) caregiver. Genius. Heard: Pearl Jam w/Supersuckers, MTS Centre, 8 Sep., 2005 ****** So, the idea for this article but the writing and acting are emerged from a conversation incredible. The product placement Last night I went to the loudest between Uniter staff and myself is cringe-worthy at times too – who and greatest rock show I have ever about starting a column not needs a row in their fridge devoted seen. Seriously, I was expecting a unlike Nick Hornby’s “Stuff I’ve solely to perfectly faced Snapples? decent show, but my many years as Been Reading” which appears The trade-off? No commercials, a musician, journalist, and music every month in a magazine which is way better. fan have jaded me to the potential called The Believer. However, This week, among the dead were for a big rock show to be a cathartic I’m no Nick Hornby (not even Ralph Cifaretto, killed by Tony’s own experience. Pearl Jam totally Nick Hill, for that matter), and hands in a kitchen fi ght that involved thrashed any/all of this rock and roll I could never read as much as a can of Raid (rather sinister product ennui into tiny little pieces. My ears that guy does every month, never placement?) and a frying pan, and are still buzzing… fuck, my whole mind a week. So I expanded the Pie-Oh-My, a horse owned by Ralph head feels like it’s buzzing. Listing horizons, so to speak, to include and Tony. Long story short: the off songs played is inconsequential The Five Rules of Ron Moore media of all kinds. I know, you’ve latter’s death by “accidental” stable because every single one of them was By Albert St. been dying to know what I have fi re was the cause of the former. Poor enthralling. Honestly, I don’t normally Albert: Who was funny in the family? been consuming media-wise: Ralph, strangled to death by his boss go on like this in abstraction, but and FINALLY you will have the while his son lies in a hospital bed, specifi cs would only work against the Ronald George Moore is a local sketch Ron: My dad is the fi rst gross-out answers! having accidentally been shot with an enormity of the overall experience. I comedy actor who is involved with comic. He’d shake the toaster for The other day I was fl ipping arrow. He was a scumbag, and ended am smitten! M.T.Y.P (directing acting/improv), three leftover crumbs. through the stations and came up chopped up into little pieces and Send ideas for consumption bands (Past Januarys, Hogwash, Flower Al: Do you source your comedy from upon Jamie’s School Dinners thrown into the river, while his head (poisons aside) to bensigurdson@ Bandits), 2 Improv shows (The big Stupid dark pain or personal demons? – they were having a wee and hands were placed in a bowling yahoo.ca Improv Show, Red River Serial) and, as marathon on The Food Network he puts it…his own damn self. He is Ro: Comedy is a great way to shake up and somehow I got roped in. also the proud father of an eight-month- the demons to make demonade. The four-episode series revolves old boy, Liam. Ronnie was born in Fort around former Naked Chef and A: Favorite comedy era? Richmond, Winterpeg. His earliest act bad-boy Brit Jamie Oliver as Oxford University Press was an amazing Jimmy Carter impression, R: Early talkies…to catch Chaplin or he tries to change the British which he regularly performed before bedtime the Marx Brothers live… school system’s lunch program Fall 2005 Campus (or ‘school dinners’). The guy can in his one-piece jammy jams. A: You’re in charge of the big party, get a touch obnoxious, but what who coming, where’s it going down? he’s doing is defi nitely important Dictionary Quiz There is absolutely nothing – those damn British kids are R: The big party would be Las Vegas, funny about morning. Hell, I yell at steaks and poker with Phil Silvers, Phil eating things like turkey twizzlers my toast in the morning if it doesn’t Hartman, David Cross, & Vanessa Del or breaded, processed chicken in melt the peanut butter evenly. So Rio (for eye candy). the shape of soccer players – total As you gear up for another c) south-west it was with a subtle shudder that I crap. Jamie’s goals are to a) teach year of classes it might be a d) south-east A: Do you think comedy is coming agreed to meet my interview subject the ‘dinner ladies’ how to cook good idea to equip yourself 6. Who won the 1951 Grey Cup? out of a lull? I recall it being HUGE in in the wee hours for this story. It felt good food, and b) have the food with a dictionary. Test your the eighties… a) Ottawa Rough Riders like 5:30 in the morning as I rode my cost no more than the processed trivia skills and you could win b) Saskatchewan Roughriders bike to Bar Italia. shit. He even had a ‘boot camp’ R: Only because the 40 Year Old Virgin one of four brand new Oxford c) Winnipeg Rough-Riders is a comedy that’s actually funny. It of sorts for the dinner ladies English Dictionaries. Please d) Les Rough-Rideurs de Trois- “GOOD MORNING,” said seems a lot of the Hollywood crap has where they learned (or tried to send your answers to edi- Rivières the perky barrista (we’ll call him the big laughs centered in the fi lm’s learn) how to cook. A surprising [email protected], or drop by the ANDY, and say that he’s an actor, trailer, thus spoiling the best, and most number of them had no clue. Uniter offi ce, ORM14 Bulman 7. Which of the following Cana- likely, only joke. acting happy). Also surprising was the fact Centre. dian performers has won the “Nice shirt,” I croaked, cracking that a lot of these kids couldn’t A: Did you see “The Aristocrats”? most Grammy Awards? the fi rst attempts at speech… readily identify vegetables like (Documentary about comedians 1. What colour are noses in a) Alanis Morissette “Waking Eyes, man, wicked telling one joke) asparagus or potatoes (even when Nova Scotia? b) Anne Murray band,” replied Andy the actor. 95 percent of them said “chips” [ie: a) purple c) Céline Dion “Yeah, all right, can I have a R: NOOOO! I should have, I will. fries] were their favourite food). b) blue d) Gordon Lightfoot fucking coffee please?” There were a lot of holdouts at c) salmon Andy served the coffee, spilling A: I don’t know why I asked…haven’t fi rst, but with some participation d) plaid 8. How many of the past 37 a dribble of cream onto the counter; seen it yet either. Next question. and other tactics almost every Any advice to wannabe comics? years has the Prime Minister of luckily Andy was a gentleman, kid was converted to eating the 2. What is the fl oral emblem Canada represented a riding in cleaning up the cream with a clean R: Don’t go over your time/ don’t be healthier food – especially when of Alberta? the Province of Quebec? towel. a stage hog. Don’t make fun of the the crap was phased out. Jamie a) tar-sands periwinkle a) 6 owner. Also…be your fucking self, then used his cutesy-celeb power b) Ralph’s myrtle b) 16 I sat down in the warm Corydon fi nd your ground on the stage and kill to try and woo the politicians into c) wild rose c) 26 patio sun, enjoying the relative quiet them. banning the crap, which of course d) purple banff wort d) 36 of coffee sippers and violent little they didn’t – the huge companies A: Thanks Ron. Oh yeah. I was on birds in the morning, wondering that supply the shit likely put the 3. Name the monster al- your website. www.geocities.com/ 9. Which famous animal char- why the hell I was awake. Then the in Okanagan thecomedywhore/show it kaibosh on that. leged to live acter derived its name from a Ronster Monster rounded the corner. has a great questionnaire. Do it. Love him or hate him, Lake, BC. Canadian I recognized him and my purpose Jamie Oliver does good things a) Opogopo municipality? immediately - an interview with Ron. SEEN ANYTHING GOOD LATELY? : The like this – he took on fi fteen b) Ogopopo a) Woody Woodpecker (after All right then. brown bunny’s fi nal 20 minutes. impoverished/delinquent/street c) Ogopogo Woodstock, Ont.) FAVORITE WEB SITES?: Crumbs.ca kids, trained them in his kitchen, d) Opopogo b) Winnie the Pooh (after Winni- WHAT SUCKS?: Lame-o’s on the bus Mr. Moore was also looking and put them to work in his very peg, Man.) that take up two seats. unwholesomely perky that morning, posh London restaurant. Fifteen. 4. What type of fruit is c) Mister Magoo (after Magog, The 5 rules to anal sex (optional): 1. Saskatoon? I thought it had something to do Make sure knots are tight. 2. Play Cold Then they all got great jobs at named after Que.) with the years and years of former Play 3. Grease is the word. 4. Please & restaurants. The guy swears a lot. a) a berry d) Hammy Hamster (after Hamil- coffee servitude, the other place I Thank You. 5. Buy him/her a latte. He kind of rules. b) an apple ton, Ont.) recognized him from. In fact, the c) a plum only reason I’m doing this piece Ron Moore will be appearing at ***** d) a coconut 10. The Stanley Cup was not is because I keep running into the the newly refurbished kick-ass old- awarded in 1919 because of school PARK THEATRE every Tuesday guy…like everywhere fi ve times a I recently started watching 5. From Ottawa, the North- a) a strike evening at 8 p.m. You should do west Territories are in what b) a lockout day in random areas of the city. I yourself a favour and turn off your The Sopranos and have become hope this interview exorcises this television and check it out…C.S.I is utterly addicted to Tony and Co. direction? c) the First World War haunting…of RON MOORE. Here always going to be on. Get creative Sure, the characters are almost all a) north-west d) a fl u outbreak we go. with your entertainment. deplorable in one way or another, b) north-east September 15, 2005 017 Arts & Cultureure By David Streit

Musical Fusion Moneen is back again

By Dan Verville the album, the band has been on a much- needed break since January to begin the writing If there’s been one music process for the follow-up album. scene that has begun to really “We decided not to tour, so we had to turn explode into the mainstream over t h e down a lot of offers,” Kenny states. past fi ve years, it’s been the ambiguously titled But after awhile the itch to play live began pop-punk scene. Call it what you want, whether to take its toll on the band and when Yellowcard it be emo, punk or whatever other media offered, it was a no-brainer. Yellowcard, you buzzword that suits your fancy, it is a scene that may ask? Another reason why Moneen has has become repugnantly stagnant. carved out their own niche - they’re versatile. The already overpopulated scene has Because of their high-energy live shows they begun to fl ood with new artists, which, in any can be billed with hardcore bands as they were other scenario would add to the depth of the with Alexisonfi re last year and can also be billed music that the fans of the genre enjoy. But, as with mainstream bands such as Yellowcard. many come to notice, every new band seems With such a diverse sound it’s no surprise you to sound just like the next and in some cases can’t pin down exactly what they play. are almost interchangeable. Creativity and Each Moneen’s song resembles little stories originality have been traded in for catchy hooks that slowly unfurl and take shape as the song and MTV appearances. Albums and singles progresses. are released and then forgotten the next day. If “We always wrote our music fi rst, which there’s one band who’s out to break the cookie is different,” Kenny states, as the majority of cutter mold of pop-punk, it’s Moneen, whose music fans tend to solely focus on the words and sound is so diverse and hard to defi ne that it is not the musicianship of the artist. This style is described by lead singer Kenny Bridges as “a extremely apparent in Moneen’s songs, as each big cocktail”. tends to have a certain kind of musical interlude, Formed in 1999 in Brampton, Ontario, setting the scene before the next verse. “We’ve Moneen’s eclectic brand of music has launched been trying to write the lyrics fi rst, letting the the band from local label Smallman Records songs bloom in a different way. It’s the best of to Vagrant Records. Their sophomore album both worlds.” After being on the road for such a “Are We Really Happy With Who We Are long time, you can be certain that a new-found Right Now?” released in 2003 on both Vagrant maturity will grace the new album, because, as could have the same energy and feeling of the a different vibe because of all those seats,” he and Smallman, provided some great exposure. Kenny puts it simply, “We’re not afraid to try live show, that’d be great,” Kenny exclaims. says, pondering the lack of room for the fans to “Well, they haven’t dropped us yet,” new things, just in a better way.” Moneen will have a chance to try out some move around, but assures us that they’ll have Kenny says laughingly. “They’ve been really Moneen’s sound is pushed even further new songs while playing the Burton Cummings people “breakdancing on their seats”. supportive, there’s never any pressure.” during the live show, where the band truly Theatre when they roll through town Sept. 20 After constant touring in 2004 to promote stands out among the rest. “If the next record with Yellowcard and Rufi o. “The Walker has For more info, check out www.moneen.com Recipe for ‘Horseshit and Warm Candy Floss’ The Piano Tuner Robert Astle 64 Pages Signature Editions

Reviewed by James Johnston the past rather than the present, diminishing The Piano Tuner is not to everyone’s taste – much better than it reads. But if you’re looking whatever is at stake in the scene, and losing the but I applaud Astle’s resourceful new approach to help build a genre that’s new, innovative and 1 wedding ring interest of the audience in turn. The immediacy to the traditional narrative. It’s a genre in Canadian, the Piano Tuner is required reading. 1 gaudy, junk jewelry earring of events in Astle’s new play does not suffer, and development, and a genre that obviously plays 1 pair of barber’s scissors that is among the play’s strongest assets. 1 old black and white photograph While watching the play may indeed 1 small bicycle wheel 1 old skate produce an entirely different story, the 1 bottle, and piece’s object-driven frame was obvious and distracting on paper. The ‘horseshit’ 1 bronzed baby shoe feeling is akin to watching the classic Liar’s Club television show, where the contestant Stuff it all into a ragged old piano. Add fabricates an object’s background and utility a blind piano tuner named Bob, and suddenly on the spot. There is always a danger with each object becomes a capsule full of tales and object theatre that it can become gimmicky magic. – as if to distract from weaknesses in dialogue At least that’s the idea behind Robert with neat little toys. A cardboard box in Astle’s third play in the Republic of Dreams Bob’s attic could have been substituted for trilogy, The Piano Tuner. The Republic of the piano, and the storyline would largely Dreams trilogy is what Astle calls ‘found object have remained intact. theatre,’ where the narrative grows out of an Distractions aside, there is plenty of object-based rather than text-based seed, using ‘warm candy fl oss’ for the reader. Astle the objects to rediscover “bits of our humanity takes great care to ensure specifi city in his that have been discarded”. work, from stage directions to dialogue. Montreal-based Astle has had success with Transitions between scenes are mostly the genre in the past, having written and seamless, and I would imagine that his performed each of his three demanding one- well-explored physical interactions with man plays, including the Hats of Mr. Zenobe and the piano would play beautifully to a live Heart of a Dog. audience. Although the greatest lines of the In addition to his searches far-and-wide piece were borrowed from Georg B¸chner, for Piano Tuner treasures, Astle personally Astle also provided some richly descriptive interviewed dozens of actual piano tuners, and fun language, like his adaptations of discovering what colourful and fascinating the ledger-line acronym “every good boy people they can be in the process. deserves fudge”. The real-language nuances The result of all his research is a staged of the Canadian West are also reasonably dialogue between Bob and a piano. While well captured, given that it’s set in a house the concept is full of potential to mature into on the prairies. an absurd live cartoon, humour becomes With all his specifi city, the work secondary to elements of classic tragedy. With is clearly a very personal venture. Astle the discovery of each object within the piano’s would likely perform his one-man show body, the plotline steps toward a dramatic very capably, but he has put so much of climax where Bob reveals his darkest secrets his own experience into the play - from his and discovers his greatest hopes. mannerisms to his language, and even a The script is an overall success, though it personal reference to his past as an orphan - is not without its challenges. One-actor theatre that it becomes diffi cult to envision someone is plagued by a tendency for the tense drift to else performing it. September 15, 2005 Listings Coordinator: Nick Weigeldt E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 018 [email protected] Fax: 783-7080

For September 15th onwards. opportunity to meet your executives and Program: Arts And Cultural Management info. IMPROV SUPPER CLUB Mondays, Toad in learn how you can get involved. the Hole Pub & Eatery, 8, 9, 10, 11pm. GALLERY ONE ONE ONE Main Floor Title: Event Management FUNDRAISING FALL MUSICAL TEA Presented Fitzgerald Building, School of Art U of BROWN BAG LECTURE SERIES presents by the Manitoba Conservatory of Music JACK ‘UM AND ATTACK ‘EM IMPROV Manitoba 474-9322 Until Sep 30th: Survey ON CAMPUS Dr. Fiona Green, Department of Women’s Instructor: L. Bowering and Arts Sep 18th at The Conservatory, featuring Ron Moore. Tuesdays, The Park of selected work by Richard Williams. Studies. September 21st, 12:30pm-1pm Date: Nov 8-Nov 22/2005 211 Bannatyne Ave. Tickets are $15 for Theatre & Movie Café, 8pm. $2. ONGOING in room 3C01. Please join the Offi ce of the Time: 3 Tuesdays, 9:00-3:00pm adults, $10 for students, or a table of four GRAFFITI GALLERY 109 Higgins Ave 667- Vice-President (Research, International & Cost: $350.00 for $50. Reserve your seat now by calling 9960 Until Sep 25th: The Seven Show External Aff airs) for the 3rd Annual “Brown Location: 294 William Ave. 943-6090. exhibits work by the Graffi ti Gallery’s ENGLISH LANGUAGE PARTNERS needed in FILM Bag Lecture Series”. This event is open to Registration or Information: 982-6633 original contributing artists in recognition the English Language program, U of W the general public. Everyone is welcome THE RECOVERY, Krull, Regrets of Romance, th of the Gallery’s 7th anniversary. Continuing Education Massey Building, CINEMATHEQUE 100 Arthur St Sep 16 - to bring their lunch and join us for this Title: Cultural Career Management for the Abbott City Prison Blues, Stolen Signature, 21st 7pm, 22nd 9pm: The Lost Embrace 294 William Avenue. Language partners th informal gathering to highlight Dr. Green’s Self-Employed Sep 20 Clifton Community Centre, 1315 – Daniel Burman. Sep 16th-21st, 9pm: 5 KEN SEGAL GALLERY 4-433 River Ave 477- are native (or fl uent) English speaking st research and share in her success. GET TO Burrows. 7pm, tickets $5. nd rd 4527 Tues-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-5. Until Oct 1 : volunteers who give ESL (English X 2 – Francois Ouzon. Sep 22 -23 9pm: KNOW HER AND WHAT SHE’S DOING! Instructor: J. Slivinski Bruce Head R.C.A. A Survey: Selections for as a Second Language) students an Trains of Winnipeg – Clive Holden. Date: Nov 19-Nov 26/2005 YELLOWCARD Sep 20th Burton Cummings a Retrospective. opportunity to practice English outside JUICE, the journal of creative writing Time: 2 Saturdays, 9:00-12:30pm Theatre w/ Moneen, Rufi o 8pm. All ages. of the classroom and to learn more about PARK THEATRE 698 Osborne St Movie by University of Winnipeg Students, is Cost: $175.00 Tickets $23.50 at Ticketmaster. theatre, video rentals, café on South LABEL GALLERY 510 Portage Ave 772-5165 the Canadian way of life. The day and th nd launching their 5 Volume on Sep 22 Location: 294 William Ave. Osborne. Sep 15th: Premiere of Andre Tues-Sat 12-5. Local artist-run gallery. time partners meet is decided by the nd at 4:30 in Eckhardt-Grammatte Hall at Registration or Information: 982-6633 ROCKIN’ THE PANTAGES Sep 22 (autumnal Clement’s documentary ‘Seeds of Change’. student and the language partner. Time nd the University of Winnipeg. For more equinox) Pantages Playhouse Theatre rd th THE LION AND THE ROSE GALLERY 2 Floor commitment 1-2 hrs/week. A letter of Sep 23 : Monty Python Night. Sep 24 : information, contact juice.journal@gmail. 7-11pm. Friends of the Green Party are 70 Albert St 452-5350 Mon-Fri 11-5. Sep reference is available after completion of Winnipeg Premiere of ‘We Are Not Angels com. going to have a shake out! Performers 21st - Oct 15th Coinciding with the UN’s the program. Contact Rina Monchka, 982- ANNOUNCEMENTS 2’. include Shades of None, Coda, Guy International Day of Peace, The Lion and 1151, email [email protected]. VIRTUOSI CONCERTS presents The Gala THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT is holding Abraham Band, Serena Postel, TJ Blair and The Rose Gallery is re-opening its doors Opening Concert: ”Learning to Love a graduate school and scholarship more! Tickets $5 for students. $10 general with “The Compass of Perpetual Peace” THE UNITER will hold General Contributor Lieder”. Vancouver’s Song Circle troupe, information session on September 16th admission at Student Services, Prairie Sky LITERARY exhibition, “peace” as defi ned by gallery Meetings the fi rst Monday of every led by Rena Sharon, piano, will present from 12:30pm-1:30pm in the Faculty and Bookstore, Mondragon, and The Green artists. month. These meetings will be for those McNALLY ROBINSON BOOKSELLERS (GRANT a therapeutic cabaret/recital - “Hearts Staff Boardroom on the fourth fl oor of Party of Manitoba Offi ce. who are interested in contributing to the PARK) Sep 15th: Dave Bidini will read from and Flowers”. September 24th Eckhardt- Wesley Hall. For more information contact MANITOBA CRAFTS COUNCIL EXHIBITION paper and need some direction, or want and autograph copies of his book about Gramatté Hall, 8pm. Tickets $28 adults Cathleen Hjalmarson, English Department ACEYALONE Sep 22nd Vibe Cabaret (330 GALLERY 214 McDermot Ave 487-6114 to write for several diff erent sections. It hockey ‘The Best Game You Could Name’, / $26 seniors / $16 students. Call 786- Assistant, at 786-9292. York at Hargrave in the Best Western Tues-Fri 11-5, Sat 11-4. Sep 23rd - Nov 4th: is also an opportunity to meet Uniter staff 8pm. Sep 18th: Presented by the Winnipeg 9000 or visit www.virtuosi.mb.ca, Charterhouse) w/ Bukue One, Dead Kathryne Koop, a ceramic artist. and other Uniter contributors. Meetings International Writers Festival, Sheree [email protected]. On October 8th, THINKING ABOUT MED SCHOOL? The Indians, Deep Cave, Mr. News and more. are held in the Uniter offi ce, located on Fitch, Simon Rose and Colleen Sydor will Peter Vinograde, piano, is presented, manager of Admissions and Student Aff airs Tickets $10 in advance at Urban Bakery, MARTHA STREET STUDIO 11 Martha St 772- the mezzanine level of the Bulman Centre, be autographing copies of the stories for performing “INTO THE FUTURE” - Includes at the University of Manitoba Medical $15 at the door. 6253 Mon-Fri 10-5. Showcasing the fi ne 0RM14. Everyone is welcome to attend. children, 7pm. Sep 20th: Joanne Klassen works by Bach (Fantasy in A- & Partita No. School will be making a presentation on art of printmaking. and Madeleine Enns will be reading and 5), Mendelssohn, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff , the admission process, Wed., Sept. 21st in NINE INCH NAILS Sep 22nd MTS Centre ENGLISH STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (ESA) signing their contributions to ‘Chicken a Canadian premiere by Alfred Fisher and Room 1L12 12:30pm-1:30pm, followed w/ Death From Above 1979, Queens MEDEA GALLERY 132 Osborne St 453-1115 Do you speak English? Are you taking Soup for the Soul: Stories for a Better a world premiere by Michael Matthews. by a question and answer session in the of the Stone Age, 7pm. Tickets Mon-Sat 10:30-5, Sun 1-4. Sep 18th - Oct even a single course through the English World’, 8pm. Sep 21st: Marty Chan, Gillian Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, 8pm. Tickets $28 Career Resource Centre (0GM09) from 1:30 $55.50/47.50/39.50 at Ticketmaster. 1st: Amanda Philipson Graham. department? If you answered yes to either Chan, Clem Martini and Troy Wilson will adults / $26 seniors / $16 students. Call - 2:30. For more information, contact the of the above questions, then the English be autographing copies of their books for 786-9000 or visit www.virtuosi.mb.ca. Career Resource Centre, 786-9863 or email WINNIPEG’S CONTEMPORARY DANCERS PLATFORM (CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC Students Association wants you! Speak kids, 7pm. Sep 21st: Jasper McKee launches [email protected]. open their season with a performance of AND DIGITAL ARTS) 121-100 Arthur English with like-minded people, consult his history of the Canadian Association of Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ from September St 942-8183 Tues-Sat 12-5. Sep 16th our semi-professional paper-editors, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS Physicists, ’60 Years and Growing’, 8pm. RESEARCH ON ABORIGINAL GOVERNANCE 22nd-24th. 8pm, Winnipeg’s Contemporary – Oct 29th: Thomas Kneubühler presents party like a poet. The ESA meets every Sep 22! nd: Autographing copies of ‘The and Social Justice in the Age of Dancers’ Studio Theatre, 204-211 ‘offi ce 2000’ an exhibition of large-scale Wednesday during the free period in MANAGING YOUR PRIORITIES September Salvation of Yasch Siemens’, ‘The Second Globalization – Information Session. Bannatyne Ave. Single tickets are $22 colour photographs depicts the usually 2A47, the English studies common room. 21st, 9am-5pm Division of Continuing Coming of Yast Shpanst’ and ‘Tatsea’ will September 21st, 12:30pm-2pm in room adult / $18 senior / $12 student. For more inaccessible offi ce building interiors lit up Join us there or e-mail our simply amazing Education, 294 William Ave. Successfully be Armin Wiebe, 7pm. 2M70. Professors and students will be info call 452-0229 or email [email protected]. at night while the business remains quiet. president, Susie Taylor, at uofw.esa@ planning time results in more than given the opportunity to express an The artist will give a talk on Sep 16th at gmail.com for more details. simply doing things faster or increasing MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOKSELLERS interest in becoming part of a multi- GREG MACPHERSON Sep 23rd Gas Station 7pm, followed by the Opening Reception productivity. Rather, it results in th th disciplinary research team. A discussion (PORTAGE PLACE): Sep 19 -24 , 2:30pm- recognizing priorities and accomplishing Theatre 8pm. All Ages. Tickets $12 at the at 8pm. will take place about possible research 3:30pm: Thin Air 2005 Book Chats EVENTS goals. Throughout this seminar we will Gas Station Theatre, Info Booth at U of projects and everyone will have the W, Answers at U of M. For more info call PLUG-IN ICA 286 McDermot Ave 942-1043 explore various strategies that will guide SPEAKING CROW OPEN-MIC POETRY First opportunity to articulate their ideas. 284-9477. Until Oct 22nd: Matrix XII by Erwin Redl. FREE PUBLIC PRESENTATION: NEW TIMES, you in assessing the importance of events Tuesday of the month, Academy Bar & NEW CHALLENGES, NEW VISIONS featuring that compete for your personal and Eatery. Free admission. TEACHING/RESEARCH ASSISTANTS NEEDED rd nd keynote speaker William A. Johnson Jr., professional time, as well as strategies for LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III Sep 23 West GALLERY 2 Floor 55 Arthur St The Politics Department URGENTLY End Cultural Centre 8pm. Tickets $25 in 942-1618 Tues-Sat 10-4. Until end of Mayor of Rochester, New York. Presented prioritizing those events. We will also put AQUA BOOKS 89 Princess St The Stone Soup requires 3rd- or 4th-year Politics Majors/ advance at WECC or Ticketmaster, $28 at September in Gallery One: ‘Homage’ by the Institute of Urban Studies. into practice time planning tools that will Storytellers’ Group, veteran Winnipeg th Honours students, and ESPECIALLY MPA the door. paintings by Brigitte Dion. Until December September 15 at the Delta Hotel, 7pm- give you the opportunity to develop your storytellers, meet for storytelling on and Masters students for positions as 3rd in Gallery Two: TEN, a celebration of 9pm. For more info call 982-1143 or visit personal time management plan. Saturdays at 7:30pm. All are welcome. teaching and research assistants. Also, rd http://ius.uwinnipeg.cuexpo.ca/keynote. QUEENSRŸCHE Sep 23 Burton Cummings th SITE GALLERY’S tenth year in Winnipeg. there may be position(s) in Aboriginal Next group meeting is Oct 10 . html#johnson. THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT presents Theatre 8pm. Tickets $42.50/37.50/32.50 Featuring works by Wanda Koop, Governance. A covering letter including at Ticketmaster. Aganetha Dick, Tom Lovatt, Don Reichert, a graduate school proposal-writing THIN AIR 2005 – WINNIPEG INTERNATIONAL a brief statement of academic interests, Diane Whitehouse, Diana Thorneycroft. CUexpo 2005 COMMUNITY-UNIVERSITY workshop on September 23rd from WRITERS’ FESTIVAL Sep 18th-25th. Including the name of a reference and a timetable IZZY ASPER JAZZ PERFORMANCES Sep RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS: LEADERS 12:30pm-1:30pm in the English Students’ readings, workshops, seminars, book th th indicating your availability should be 24th: Jazz piano legend Kenny Barron URBAN SHAMAN 203-290 McDermot Ave IN URBAN CHANGE Sep 15 -18 Delta Common Room, 2A47. Contact Cathleen chats and more! Various venues across addressed to: Byron Sheldrick, Chair, w/ Steve Kirby and Alvin Atkinson. The 942-2674 Sep 8th - Oct 14th: mixed-media Hotel. Community-university research Hjalmarson at 786-9292 for more info. the city including The Forks, CanWest Department of Politics. Also, please attach Berney Theatre, Asper Jewish Community artist Connie Watts of Vancouver Island. partnerships have been gaining Global Performing Arts Centre, University a student history. Submit to: Jacqueline Campus, 123 Doncaster St. Tickets for all widespread support and recognition of Winnipeg, Red River College, McNally CAREER RESOURCE CENTRE Côté, Secretary (6L20, 786-9340) by fi ve concerts are $130, or $30 plus taxes VIDEO POOL MEDIA ARTS CENTRE 300-100 in recent years, but still maintain their Robinson Booksellers, College universitaire Wednesday, September 21st at 4:30. each at Ticketmaster, by calling 477-7510, Arthur St 949-9134 Contemporary media critics. As these partnerships become more de Saint-Boniface, Artspace Building, etc. widely implemented, unique challenges Need some help with your resume? or visiting www.radyjcc.com. art. Wondering how to mine the hidden job Log onto www.winnipegwords.com for and strengths of this type of collaborative, full festival details and schedules. participatory research surface. CUexpo market? The Career Resource Centre will BACKSTAGE WINNIPEG 1-YEAR BIRTHDAY WAH-SA GALLERY 302 Fort St 942-5121 2005 provides the opportunity for be off ering the following free workshops AROUND TOWN BASH Sep 24th The Zoo 10pm. Featuring Sep 29th – Oct 8th: Works of Lee Clairmont participants to share common successes for students: Redseed, Floor Thirteen, Knuckleduster. and Nokomis. Resume: Tickets $6 at the door. and frustrations, discuss obstacles and GALLERIES & EXHIBITIONS opportunities, and build solid processes Wed., Sep. 21, 12:30 - 1:30 Room 3M65 CONCERTS / PERFORMANCES WINNIPEG ART GALLERY 300 Memorial Tues., Oct. 18, 2:30 - 3:30 Room 3M58 CORB LUND & THE HURTIN’ ALBERTANS Blvd 786-6641 Until Jan 2006: Landmarks, for community-based research and ACE ART INC. 290 McDermot St 944-9763 Tues., Nov. 22, 11:30 - 12:30 Room 2C15 W/ ALANA LEVANDOSKI Sep 24th West Beavers, and Maple Leaves: The Canadiana partnerships - all against a backdrop of THE USED & ALEXISONFIRE Sep 16th Tues-Sat 12-5. Until Oct 1st: ‘…to be End Cultural Centre 8pm. Tickets $15 in Ceramic Collection at The Winnipeg Art urban issues. Student rates available. Winnipeg Convention Centre w/ Head continued’, a group show presented by Job Search: advance at WECC or Ticketmaster, $18 at Gallery. Until Dec 11th: Back/Flash an Register now. For more info call 982-1143 Automatica, Underoath, No Warning. three artists from Toronto, Montreal and Wed., Oct. 5, 12:30 - 1:30 Room 3M65 the door. examination of Aboriginal media art or visit http://cuexpo.uwinnipeg.ca. Tickets $35 at Ticketmaster. Victoria, featuring three video installations Thurs., Oct. 20, 2:30 - 3:30 Room 3M58 from a First Nations perspective. Sun, Sep employing a sense of transformation Mon., Nov. 14, 12:30 - 1:30 Room 3M65 th CUexpo SUNDAY BRUNCH & SPEAKERS WILLY PORTER Sep 16th West End Cultural STRUNG OUT, COMEBACK KID, BANE, THE 18 : - The Heritage Home Tour - This is a th through ‘capturing’. featuring “Research With A Pulse” by Centre w/ Steve Dawson 8pm. Tickets $10 REASON Sep 25 Ramada Conference and self-guided tour of Crescentwood which Interview Preparation: Entertainment Centre. All ages, licensed. contains some of Winnipeg’s loveliest old Keynote Cathy Crowe, Toronto Street in advance at WECC or Ticketmaster, $13 at THE ANNEX GALLERY 2nd Floor 62 Albert St Wed., Nov. 16, 12:30 - 1:30 Room 3M65 Tickets $18 in advance at Sk8 and Into The homes. Your ticket is a guidebook which nurse, and “Creating the Capacity to Deal the door. 284-0673 Tues-Sat 12-5. Contemporary Thurs., Nov. 24, 2:30 - 3:30 Room 2C15 Music. allows a one-time entry to each home. With Homelessness” by Jim Zamprelli, art. CMHC. September 18th 8:30am-11:30am. ANA VIDOVIC of Croatia is playing a solo Tickets $25 available by calling 786-6641, To register, please call 786-9231 or email ext 286 or at the info desk. Proceeds Meal and presentations are $30/$20 for classical guitar recital on Sep 17th at the ART CITY 616 Broadway Ave 775-9856 [email protected]. go to the WAG Volunteer Committee. students. For more info and to register, Planetarium Auditorium 8pm. Tickets COMEDY Mon 5-8 ,Tues-Fri 4-8, Sat 12-4. Featuring Sep 21st – Jan 8th: Bug City: Insects are check out http://cuexpo.uwinnipeg.ca. $15/10/5 and available by calling 663- high quality artistic programming for kids playing an increasingly important role in THE UNITER WORKSHOP SERIES 9226 or 775-0809. RON MOORE IS MISSING: Collector’s Edition and adults. WESMEN COYOTE CHEERLEADERS are Improve your journalistic skills with the A night of live comedy mixed with fi lm. contemporary art. This exhibition explores themes of civic identity, technological holding open tryouts for the upcoming Uniter Workshop series. Wednesday Sept HANKFEST A tribute to Hank Williams Sep 16th The Park Theatre & Movie Cafe. CREAM GALLERY 944 Portage Ave 957- innovations from computer programs to University of Winnipeg Wesmen season. 14 5:30-6:30 Interviewing Skills with Dan on his birthday. Featuring The Fabulous Tickets $4.99. 7367 Tues-Fri 10-5, Sat 11-5. Beginning in robotics, and perilous change in a world of No experience is necessary, but potential Lett Room 4M31, Wednesday September Kildonans, Hot Live Guys, Scott Nolan, D. October: The delicate, beautiful, modern intermingling species and machines. Oct cheerleaders must be committed, 28 5:30-6:30 Feature Writing with Lindor Rangers. Tickets $6 at the door. ‘FOR BETTER OR WORSE’ – AN EVENING OF and haunting ‘Beautiful Drawings’ by San 1st! osupersub - Mar 5th: Selected Works 1980-2004 hardworking and energetic. Tryouts Reynolds Room 4M31, Wednesday Oct 5 IMPROV WITH THE CROSSEYED RASCALS Francisco’s Crystal Liu. will be held at the Duckworth Centre on 5:30-6:30, Writing Fast, Writing Well with MOSES MAYES Sep 17th Pyramid Cabaret. Sep 16th Winnipeg Contemporary of Nancy Edell, including rug-hooking, th paintings and prints. Sunday, September 18 from 5-7pm and Judith Kearns Room 4M31, Wednesday Tickets $11 at Kustom Kulture, Urban Dancers’ Studio, Crocus Building 204-211 GALLERY 1C03 Centennial Hall, University th Monday, September 19 from 7-9pm. Oct 12 5:30-6:30 Writing for the Arts with Bakery, Savin’ Dave’s, The Pyramid. Bannatyne, 8pm. Tickets $6 in advance of Winnipeg 515 Portage Ave 786-9253 Attendance is required on both days. Bartley Kives Room 4M31, Nov 16 5:30- at Hull’s Bookstore or McNally Robinson, Mon-Fri 12-4, Sat 1-4. Performance artists BARS, CAFES & VENUES For more info, call 786-9349 or email 6:30 New Journalism with Bob Byrnes BLUES CRUISE ON THE RIVER ROUGE $8 at the door. Call 669-4404 or email and Lesbian Rangers Shawna Dempsey [email protected]. Room 4M31. EVERYONE WELCOME. th [email protected] for more info. Sep 18 River Rouge Cruise Boat 12 and Lorri Millan will use Gallery 1C03 as ACADEMY BAR & EATERY 414 Academy Rd noon. Featuring Big Dave McLean, The the Base Camp and offi ce for the Lesbian Sundays: Tim Butler Jam night. Mondays: THE MATH/STATS STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION RUMOR’S COMEDY CLUB 2025 Corydon Ave Perpetrators. Tickets $20 and available at National Parks and Services. Included will Open mic. Sep 16th: Jason Bernstein. Sep is holding their annual general meeting UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG DIVISION OF Sep 13th-17th: John Buehler. Sept 20th-24th: the Windsor Hotel. Call 942-7528 for more be a history of the Rangers, activities, 17th: Kickback. Sep 20th: Doug The Magic on Wednesday, September 21st from CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES Big Daddy Taz. brochures and fi eld guides. Man. Sep 21st: Blissin. Sep 22nd: Filbatross. 12:30pm-1:20pm in room 1L07. Use this September 15, 2005 Listings Coordinator: Nick Weigeldt E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 [email protected] Fax: 783-7080 019 CLASSIFIEDS Sep 23rd: Baltimore Road and Marcel 9:30pm: Jam with Big Dave McLean. Sep will take place in the Norquay Building Canadian leaders to square off in primetime TV special. The Next Great Prime Desilets. Sep 24th: Patrick Keenan. 15th: Celebrate the arrival of the 4th Annual Auditorium, Lower Level, 401 York Avenue. Minister will provide a forum for 18 to 29-year-old Canadians who wish to share Harvest Moon Festival with Benwah, Bring a lunch, light refreshments will be their ideas for making Canada a better, stronger and more prosperous country. ADVERTISE YOUR BELLA VISTA 53 Maryland St Wednesdays: Twilight Hotel and more, 9:30pm. $5 cover provided. RSVP to 945-6281. Candidates are asked to submit a three to fi ve-minute video with their “prime Scott Nolan. charge. Sep 16th: “Let’s Go A’ Sexin’” Dirty ministerial” message and will compete for a $50,000 fi rst-place cash prize. The LOCAL BUSINESS Soul Dance Party w/ DJ Coke and Chips, “COMMON STRATEGIES, COMMON remaining four fi nalists will receive $10,000 each and all fi ve candidates will BILLABONG AUSTRALIAN BAR & BISTRO DJ Reverse Oreo, 10pm. Sep 22nd: Only GOALS” Workshops will focus on receive an internship with Magna International Inc. Deadline for submissions is D-121 Osborne St. First Monday of the Children, Paper Moon and The Turnstiles, creating authentic coalitions, between Sep 30th. For more info, visit www.thenextgreatprimeminister.com. HERE month: Open Mic 10pm. Sep 23rd: Twilight Hotel and The communities and labour, to develop Stules. common strategies and goals for social REEL PRIDE VIII GAY & LESBIAN FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL Call for submissions for COLLECTIVE CABARET 108 Osborne St and environmental justice. Workshops fi lms to be shown during festival. Deadline Sep 30th. Festival runs Nov 16th-20th. Thursdays: ‘80s and ‘90s Night. 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Volleyball Canada Receives Funding Allows men’s team to compete in prestigious World League

By Mike Pyl difference between us and the other DeRocco explained the process programs comes down to the quality in developing the Canadian Sport he Winnipeg-based of competition they receive year in Policy and the role the national team and year out.” played in it. men’s national Canada last participated in the “After the Olympic games in Tvolleyball team World League in 2000, and has not Athens, there was a realization on the received a considerable qualifi ed for the Olympics since 1992. part of the COC and, in general, the Wesmen Unveil New Look The consensus around Volleyball whole sporting movement, that there boost of confi dence and Canada is that the lack of success were only three teams (team sports) morale heading into the in recent history is largely due to that participated at the Olympics. NORCECA championships the subpar level of elite competition As a result, they started to ask, ‘Why By Kalen Qually The logo of choice won by available, a product of their tight- is this happening?’ A lot of it came majority, receiving over 62 this past weekend, when it fi sted budget. down to the issue of funding.” percent of the vote. was recently announced they “We look at this as being very “In turn, we had a big sports he University of “I don’t think the Prime would be the recipients of a exciting and very valuable from a review with the COC (Canadian Minister or the President achieved competitive standpoint for our men’s Olympic Committee) and with Sport Winnipeg Wesmen anything like 62 percent of the generous funding package team,” said Volleyball Canada Canada. They wanted to hear our unveiled their new popular vote,” said Wedlake, courtesy of Sport Canada. director general Caroline Sharp outlines, our plans, what our needs T obviously content with the result. The deal is signifi cant in that in an interview with the Winnipeg were, and how they can be met. I logo on Friday morning, prior He held back little excitement Free Press. “Having the chance to thought we prepared well for it, and, it now allows our country’s to their annual volleyball about the new look. “We feel that compete against the top teams in the consequently, they understood we it’s a fabulous new look. We are best to compete against world is something that we’ve found had some good vision and direction. seminar. excited about the energy that’s the global elite in the is lacking.” That’s why we were able to succeed associated with it.” The deal is expected to be and get this funding.” When the fi nal product was prestigious FIVB (Federation worth about $400,000 in each of the DeRocco espoused the virtues “There is no better way displayed, it was received with Internationale de Volleyball) next three years. The funds will cover this will have for his current team. to kick off a presentation of a much applause. The 200 or so in World League. the $250,000 annual entry fee for the “We have some players that new look for the University of attendance were impressed by the 2006, 2007, and 2008 World League are entering their primes and this is Winnipeg Wesmen,” boasted Bill modern new design. Members This new level of competition tournaments. However, as DeRocco what they need. Something of this Wedlake, Athletic Director for of the Wesmen volleyball teams is intended to help maximize noted, he’s more concerned with the magnitude keeps them motivated the Wesmen, “than to do it at the modeled the new apparel. the potential of the current symbolic gesture of support rather and interested. They are now in a beginning of our fi rst event.” Speaking on the subject of the Canada roster, who currently than the specifi c dollar fi gures. situation where they will be prepared Before unveiling the logo, new crest, Wedlake said, “‘W’ fi nd themselves ranked 12th in “All I know is we got it and to sacrifi ce a few more years to play Wedlake thanked the graphics is a very common logo, this is the world. Success in the World it will help us a great deal,” said with the national team instead of team that designed the sleek new the most unique ‘W’ that’s out League would not only generate DeRocco. “It’s more than we’ve ever retiring or playing overseas.” logo, Guppy Graphic Design. there.” valuable FIVB ranking points, had before, it’s very signifi cant, and However, the benefi ts of the “Any good sport team Wedlake also hopes that sales says head coach Stelio DeRocco, it certainly gives us the opportunity World League do not begin and end logo must have equal parts of of the new Wesmen gear will do but could give the players the to plan for competitions, host with the national team players. Its dynamism, power, and energy very well now with the improved little extra confi dence and savvy competitions, etc.” implications will be felt all the way to represent the action that logo. He mentioned that, “one of needed to be Olympic-caliber. The deal is a byproduct of the down to the grassroots levels. happens on the ice, fi eld or the things we really like about (the “The more you participate newly developed Canadian Sport “It’s a showcase of volleyball, court,” said Jonato Dalayoan of logo) is that on paper, on fabric, in the major events that are Policy. The government study, borne putting ourselves on top of the Guppy, regarding his company’s and electronically, it reproduces ranking events, the more out of frustration with the lack of highest visual echelon. Kids will be creation, “and the new University very well.” points you get,” said DeRocco. results both at, and prior to, the able to see great athleticism, mental of Winnipeg Wesmen logo has all Hopefully the entire program “Therefore, the World League 2004 Olympics in Athens, outlines toughness, tenacity, etc., (which will of those qualities and more.” is as excited about the new look gives us an opportunity to earn initiatives and policies aimed at no doubt trickle down to the lower An online poll was held to as their Athletic Director, Mr. more points.” promoting sport, both at an elite and levels). It’s a matter of allowing the decide between three fi nalists. Wedlake. “We’re so close. But the a recreational level. public to see what we’re up against.” September 15, 2005 Sports Editor: Mike Pyl E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 022 Sports Fax: 783-7080

dance and choreography. WESMEN Cheerleader Patricia Tomczyk explained the hard work and dedication needed to be a CHEERLEADING Coyote cheerleader. “Cheerleaders practice at least two times TO HOLD a week for a minimum of fi ve hours,” she said. “In practice, cheerleaders must fi rst TRYOUTS learn stunting techniques, a choreographed dance routine, formation placements and By Mike Pyl changes, and work on strength and fl exibility. In a season we usually perform at least six very different routines, and consider it takes he University of Winnipeg at least one month to learn and practice one two-minute routine.” Wesmen Coyote Tomczyk says the squad is an opportunity for those who cheered in high school to TCheerleading Squad is continue after graduation. Recruitment does on the lookout for 20 girls and not begin in the fi rst few weeks of September. Notice is given to the local cheerleading an unlimited number of boys community beginning in spring. interested in joining one of the “We don’t want cheerleading to stop at the high school level,” she said. “We advertise campus’ newest athletic programs. by putting announcements and posters in all of the high schools across Winnipeg toward After having been established in the end of the school year. There is a large 2002 as a dance team, they are cheerleading community and everyone spreads the word of tryouts by talking, posting them on anxious to build off the momentum message boards, and sending out emails.” of the past two seasons in which Despite their growth, the squad does not receive funding from either the athletic they have transitioned into official department or the UWSA. This is largely cheerleading. due to the fact there are no CIS-sanctioned competitions. Offi cially they are of recognized- group status. Tomczyk spoke of the diffi culties Tryouts are to take place Sunday, Sept. associated with this. 18 from 5-7 p.m. and Monday, Sept. 19 from “We have not received any support from 7-9 p.m. No experience is necessary. the athletic department or from the UWSA, The squad has added two new coaches even after numerous requests from both,” she in hopes of accelerating the growth of the said. “We’ve been given nothing. We fundraise program. After having led their teams to with socials, bake sales, and chocolate sales provincial championships at the high school to buy our uniforms, which cost about $130 a level, Liz Birkett and Susan Sharma bring person, pom-poms, $35 a pair, and other team a combined 20 years experience and are wear, which is at least $150. Then multiply expected to aid tremendously in the areas of that by about 25 cheerleaders.”

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