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• CUPE Local 3912 started polling its members on Nov. 2 to see if there was support for a walk out. Polls will close on Nov 15 bu CUPE has not yet set a date to make the resul public. Negotiatmn between the Dalhousie a mi is ra o n UP broke down in June after 10 months of talking, with both parties resorting to·a government appointed conciliator. > 3 he u ali a es of raine bla r , clean hands and freshly combed hair. These would surface among other associations, but really the last thing that would come to mind when thi ing of that most private sanction would be politics.> 6 bi te thin Already, the estimated cost of the project to implement three wastewater treatment sites for Halifax is close to $300 million. > 5
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by erin goodman the countless millions who have died trenches, it was so hard un less you second-year commerce student said. "If you sec someone wearing a the gazette in wars, represents much more than had seen it in movies or something." "I usuall y end up buying more than poppy, it reminds you of war, and to its size woul d suggest. said Amy Chin, a thi rd-year Nursi ng one [poppy l depending on the change me war ts senseless but poppies It's a small, fragile thing. But the Across the Dalhousie campus student. "But when the attack on in my pocket, because they always aren't. We should think of the people, poppy, a symbol of remembrance of the fee ling is almost unanimous: wear New York happened I think I got a fall off. I don't reall y mind. [since] and the reason for so many deaths," a poppy to show gratitude for the sense of the vulnerability of war. my grandparents fought in World she said. freedoms we have, and to remember Losing family and loved ones, that War II. Wearing a poppy is a way of Enough people we re of th at those died to give them to us. made it a lot more real for me." not letting things fade away and he opinion in 19ll, when the Wome n's * Poppies were "Even if you don't know anyone The money raised from the forgotten." Cooperati ,e Guild in England chose prevalent in French who went away to war, wearing a sales of poppies goes to the Royal Lesley Samways, a third-year the white poppy to remember the battlefields due to the combination of poppy is important," said Randy Canadian Legion. whtch uses part of English major whose grandfather dead and symbolize pacifism. ltme tn the so il and the blood of Nanjad, a fourth-year Poli-Sct maJOr. that to fund a scholarshtp program. who fought In the Second World War. Since li en pacifists, such as casualties. "My fraternity Phi Delta Theta lays a Gayle Murdoch. is one of the says she us uall y wears a poppy as a Mahatma Ghandi. have promoted * Lt.-Col. John McCrae's fam ous wreath at Parade Square every year recipients. sign of respect. But she also has white poppies as an alternattve poem about poppies , In Flanders in memory. During World War II, I 00 "I recetved a Royal Canadian reservallons about the blood-red remembrance project, saying they Fields, was published in 1915. percent of the Halifax chapter Legion bursary this year," the nower. promote peace rather that glorify'war. • Wearing red poppies as symbols of remembrance began in the U.S. and volunteered to go overseas." was adopted in Canada in 1921. Mario Gregoir. a second-year • Over 13 million red poppies are exchange stude nt from Royal sold in Canada every November. Military Coll ege whose completm g TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK • The Poppy Campaign is the Royal hi s BachelorofMi htary Art s. said the TALK TA K TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK Canadian Legions biggest fund raiser poppy is a patriotic symbol for him. of the year, bringing in over $1 TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK milli on every year for Canadian war "[The poppy] ts, for me, a TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK vete ran s an d their families. symbol of Canada. We are involved • Veterans rep resent 12 percent of in peacekeeping all the time. I did a TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK Canada's senio r populati on. tour in Yugoslavia and I knew a TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK • One-quarter of Canadian men over coupl e of guys who were ki ll ed in a TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK K 65 are war veterans. NAT O peacekeeping mi ssion. • The average veteran is 77 years Remembrance Day is JUSt as relevant TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK T old. • In 1933, the Women 's Cooperative now as ever." TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK Guild in England chose the white The ruins of the World Trade TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK T poppy to symbolize of remembrance Cente r still smoldering, many and pledge that war must not happen students say they're having an easier TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK again. time ident ifying wi th those who have TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK • White popptes are available from seen the horrors of war. TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK Jan Slakov. Her email address is "Tryi ng to imagi ne the war, the [email protected]. unlimited st. rn min utes MAKE A DIFFERENCE: CAREERS IN TEACHING 24/7 BACHELOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY • INFORMATION SESSION
SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY /month McNally Main (MM) 201 Language Resource Centre November 16, 2001 9:00am - 12:30 pm
Coordinators and Faculty from the ------~y E L S Education Department will be available to answer your questions. mobility" Education Department, St. Francis Xavier University, PO Box 5000, Antigonish, NS, B2G 2W5 Tel. (902) 867-2247, Fax (902) 867-3887 830 5400 4 NEWS November 08, 2001 the GAZETTE Costume Christmas Studies all seat s hard locked up to find by tyler kustra by erin goodman the gazette new lock will fix the problem. But the gazette tt won't address all their concerns, Costume studies students say she added. Travel CUTS President Ron they feel safer after Dalhouste The students want Ttger Hurd has issued an alarming press finally installed a new lock on their Patrol to come all the way down release about student travel in the door on Oct. 31 . to Carleton House, at 1685 Argyle aftermath of the Sept. I I terrorist The punch-code lock means St., to pick them up. Currently, attacks. students won't have to stand they have to walk through two full Hurd explained that because outstdc in a netghborhood packed blocks of nightlife to get to the of airline cutbacks there will be • with bars as they wait for pick-up point. fewer flights with fewer routes. somebody to open the door. "It's ridiculous," Power says. And that means the airlines will be 25 years old. Encouraging students to The department's students, "They go to every campus but offering even fewer scats at low They come with an "exam book scats as soon as possible, who arc 95 per cent female, had ours." prices. exchange coupon" good for one Travel CUTS President Hurd been lobbytng for the lock since Dalhouste public relatiOns In response to the current free date change if necessary. assured students that they arc classes started thts September. manager Stacey Lewis says Tiger crisis Situation, Travel CUTS is Hurd also explained that they working with air and train partners Carleton House, where the Patrol won't go all way down to offering some solutions to help have installed a new free Travel to ensure that "everything that can students study. has been beset by the campus because fighting traffic students find the castes! and Request Regtstry on the Travel be done, will be done." security breeches including a in the downtown would be cheapest way home this Christmas. CUTS website. The registry allows For more information on the stalker gaining access to the tncfTicient. Instead. she suggested Student Class tickets are students to regtster their travel impact or atrline restructuring on butld111g . students wait in the lobbies of ncar I available through Travel CUTS for details and staff to find your holiday travel, vtsit Power says she hopes the by buildings. full-time students of any age and appropnately-pnccd tickets and www.travelcuts.ca or contact your part-ttme students and youth up to contact the students. local travel agent. FLEECE VEST OK JACKET e vote at Dalhou 1e•
With Your Initials or School Lo9o As you may already know, con tract negotiations be tween 2) Sexton Campus - Lobby, Ira McNab Bldg. Embroidere CU PE 3912 and Dalhousie University have reached an 11:30-1:30 and 3:30- 6:00p.m. impasse. In short, the outstanding issues are: '11(:\. Maritime Campus Store 3) Studley Campus -Faculty of Computer Science - lobby ~.:.: S 6238 Qulnpool Rd., Halifax (1) pay for teaching assistants, 11:00 - 1:00 and 3:00-6:00 423-6523 (2) job security for part-time faculty. 4) Studley Campus - (lSC) l obby, life Science Centre A strike vote will be taking place for all Dalhousie 11:00 - 1:00 and 3:00 - 6:00 members of the local (both part-time instructors and Please find your discipline in the list below to know where teaching assistants) from November 1-16. Those eligible to you must vote. The Dalhousie Registrar's website presents the vote are teaching assistants and part-time instructors full-name equivalent of these subject codes at: "currently" working at Dalhousie. For more details on how we http:/ /www.registrar.dal.ca/ calendar/ grad/ came to the conclusion that a strike vote is necessary, please deflns.htm#LINKOOl read this explanation in our website: http:// textstyle.net/ cupe3912/news/ strike/ (1) Carleton campus - lobby, Tupper Bldg. dal_ strikevote mccl .shtml ANAT, BlOT, BMNG, CH&E, DCYT
, DEHY, OENQ, DENT. DMUT, HEED. HESA, HLTH, HSCE, HUCD, MOLT, MEDI, NURS, OCCU. The Trade Union Act of Nova Scotia requires that a OM FS, ORAL, PATH , PED I. PHAC, PHAR, PHYL, PH YT, RAOT, RSPT majority of the active bargaining unit of the local vote for a strike (a majority of the membership, not a majority of the (2) Sexton campus - Lobby, Ira McNab Bldg. Frank G. Lawson ballots cast) . Therefore, your vote is very important. AGRE, ARCH, SlOE. CHEE, CIVL, ECEO, ENGI, ENGM, FOSC, HSTC, Please vote to support your bargaining committee ! Also, if !ENG, INWK. MECH, METL, MIN E, PLAN Career Information Centre you can VOLUNTEER TO WORK A SHIFT at one of the polling 4th Floor (3) Studley campus (FASS)- l obby, FASS Bldg. stations, please call Renee Dankner at 494-8872 or send Student Union Building ASSC. BUS! , CANA, CLAS, COMM , COMR, CPST, CSCI , DISM , her a message by e-mail at [email protected] ECMM, ECON, EOUC. EMSP, EN GL, ENVI, FREN, GERM, HAH P, HIST, Polling stations will be set up during weekdays (excluding lOIS, INTO. KINE, LAW S, LEIS. LIBS, MGMT, MUSC, PHIL, PHSE. 494-2081 Nov.l2) at the following locations and times: POll. PUAO, RECR, RUSN , SOSA. SPA N, THEA,lYPR, WOST Hours POLUNG STATIONS (4) Studley campus (LSQ-lobby, Ufe Science Centre Srptember to ApriL· 1) Carleton campus - lobby, Tupper Bldg. AGRI, BlOC, BIOL, CHEM, CTPM, DISP, ERTH. KING, MARA, MATH, \londav- Wednesda\' 11:00- 1:00 and 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. MfCI, NESC, NUMT, OCEA, PHYC, PSYO, SCIE, SLWK, STAT 9:00 a:m -8:30 pm' Thursdav - Frida,· 9:00 am: 5:00 p~ • May to Aug1lSt.' Local 3912 - Canadian Union of Public Employees Monday - Friday <) ;fl() am - 5:00 m Your union, working for you the GAZETTE November 08, 2001 FEATURE 5
to the many 'free trade· deals Canada have been cited for water quality and bombarded with water bulk exports has entered into over the past several environmental violations. In and trade in the near future. "When years. "Under trade agreements such Indones1a the company has been we take back control of the plants, as NAFTA and its Chapter II. local charged with pncc tampering and tn thirty years from now. they will he regulations and legitimate policies France semor company executives useless museum pieces." sa1d written into the contract could he were charged and impnsoned for the1r Stockton. overnddcn and rendered futile,'' said associations tn a bribery scandal. Later that same da). a Shrybman. Apart from a slopp) track presentation made to the cny council George Mclellan. acting CAO record, the private bidders have the .1ddrcssed some more communtt) for HRM. demanded that Shryhman mccnt1ve, as shown tn their pa 1 hased and technologtcally-advanccd rcfram from discussing the mtncac1cs operatrons.to monopolt1c as much of altcrnati\C:, to an outdated pnmary of the Request for Proposals and the <.ector as po s1hle. treatment. puhlicat1on produced by potcnttal loopholes found v. 1thm When the cit;. linall: deCides on ~tudcnts a. DaiTech and a report b) a prthltcly-run. would operate .It an them rclattvc to trade .tgrccmcnts . a 1->idder, the role of playing mom tor Dall:.m tronmental Studies researcher .td\ anced primary .eve I. This means \kLellan. \\as tormerly intense!: ~hould extend far 1nto the public revc<~lcd the archttCltural :hat solid wastes arc separated from mvolvcd 1n the banking sector domam If th1s 1s our v.atcr. and our applicability and cconom1c efficiency IJRM has recently had a w hiif the wastewater and the raw se\\age ''We have decision-makers who puhltc dollars goln)! mto Ils treatment. < f solar .tquattcs tn Halt fax Of the SC\\,IgC cleanup ,plash-hack. havmg not been treated for toxins and JUSt don '!understand the pul 1c cc! Jr we IH uld know how much protit 1s But. alas, these prop sals and .. nd 11 mcl!s worse than the not< nous hea,·y metals- 1s expelled nght b.tck -the;. under land the bus me C,1<' generated. rhc contract pleas may he rccctved hy city council h.drbour Itself Lht 1 ! Ja:. the .nto the envelop1ng '' aters. r l e'lLC nnatcs .md h1ds possess .ts pipe dream of thcrmche . Harhl ur Solut < ns Re\ ICW When Lloyd wa .1 ked ahout q'onnatlon th.111s a e scnttaltn our An ther Jlem on council' dgend .. th .. l Commllte.: rccomnH..nded the btd the .ntcgnt) of such a treatr'lcnt for k!ll \ dgc ,, \hiler 1s to our need mght. was a resolution t,) h \C the !lladc by the H.ll fa eg10nal the c.tt_ harbour cv. .tgc. he rep It d 1 .1 HRM he exempt from the G TS Fm trcnmcnt.J Partner 11p group th,ll th1s 1 not t.1 :J,md-.tld olut1on 1General Agreement , n I rade .md d1 '1111 .. ted ., the Frcnch "\ve were ttttng on plan for (the 'lOo\er .c,1rn .•1 husme 11lllttn.1tlor.ll uu \1< t bout them Service ) Without Jl1\ d1 cour~e. the harbour clcJnupJ o lonp that co h BFI assets .ue current! ,,Iter. mot1on \\as passed prc,umahl;. h.Jscd \\Crc alread: runntng up. \\e·re Suet Lyonna1sc de' I ux 111 lt mpe \1an) councillors ha\c recently .•n other mun1upa1 trend~ .•tnd dcs1gnmg the plants so that we can Lo and behold. H.lltfax Rq•1or.t re .. rrnen become Jam:d h) the realt1at1on th:tt council d1d not thin!.. tw 'Ll ahout :he .1dd new technology 111 the future." En' iron mental PartnLrs'Hp h._ \lcanv. hiie the puhltc Is feclmg tmmtncnt contr.tdrlliOI n thr . a hadow htd for u puhlich run The proJected plans seem f<~irly pm ate consortia hcmg rcL om mended ... ammell In m an: ,\\ A )0-) car By .tllowmg these foretgn lmm ~:stem never actual!: existed. mstcad et in stone ··-\ deccntral11ed system for the harbour cleanup ~ro1e 1 contr.IC, to dcs1pn build .tnd operate there wa. a 'reference ttmate" to get the r foot •n Canadtan waters. tloesn 't \H>rk because of Hdlifax·s hcmg headed h_ Suez l.~onnat e ac' trc tre,ttmcnt plants docsn 't leave Halifax 11' I) he the pa\\ n 111 h,l\ mg whiLh prm 1dcd '' h:ll \\.tS deemed to combined . ewer system." Llo;.d Eaux. much 11m Inf room for the puhltc. our country s taps run drv. and ttll, he a utTicient compan on betwc~..n mcnuoned. There arc though. Th1s multmallonal f.lb under :\Lm , rc hcemnmg tn thtnk we'd he the bidders. not he able to take a dip In the dccentrali1cd systems that can handle the top ten global watcr compame luck\ II we're nllt complete!;. Harbour. The C\alu.llt<'n ass1gned 100 scv. age and ram water overflows. "I operating tn 120 countncs. Based 111 poults to the h1ddcr 111 questton: 5 thmk~the residents of Halifax w11l he France. the Suez suhs1d1aric. 111 the pomts for f1nanc1.d rnent and the happy w1th it:· United Kingdom and South ,\fnca INFORMATION SESSION rcmaming pomts were to go towards Janet Burt-Gcrrans. co tcchmcal and cconollliL mcnt of the Executive D1rector for the Nova Interested in Teaching proposals. Oddl). nowhere tn the Scoua Public Interest Research cvaluat1on arc cmilfonmental or soe1al Group. d1sagrces. ·'If we ·re going to as a Career? merit stressed. have our tax dollars spent on this. then Last month. HRM counctl got 11 we should do nght the first tunc." Jotn u tor ,,n Information Sc~sion on B.tchdnr ot a hiller taste of things to come. Burt-Gerrans. one of the many Already. the csttmatcd cost of the residents Lloyd may have overlooked. I .due .tuon pr!Jgram~ I :kmentan .lfld , tu>ndan proJect to 1mplement three ts fatrly unhappy with the proJCCted Tue~day~ , wastewater treatment sites f(:>r Halifax plans. "The hencfic1aries of this ·ovember 13, 2001 4:30pm-6:30pm was put at close to $300 million. Slap proJect should he the residents of this . c•nn \c ;~demiC' < ·' nrrc ..\udn• mum D onto tillS 7 mtllton. announced hy community and the outcome of the \(,l '11£, ,l!JH \•111Ct'l1t l nt\·cr'll\ Harbour Solutions proJect manager plans should not JCOpardlzc the 1aunce I loyd, for the relocation of community's ability to have control a park1ng lot at the Department of over the process in the future·· Tucsda},. \ncmbcr 27, 2001 4:30pm-6:30pm 1 ational Defence site The .tfternoon the Ill( • Ct'l.'L'Ill!lg Rr H •Ill !'he 3-10- pace park1ng lot rccomcndatton was made. Steven \ns .:· ,\dmtni trati
6 OPINIONS November 08, 2001 the GAZETTE LETTER · Vandalism hasn't fallen, however, despite a sustained information campaign. But the president had some Boxcutters, bogus donations suggestions that have encouraged students present at the DASSS debate to branch out 1nto additional strategies. Tracey made it clear that he was not necessarily opposed and board members to a termination of the DSU's contract with NewAd Media, only that he would not listen to the anonymous voice of The battle over washroom ads vandahsm. Instead, proposed Tracey, students should lobby the student council, whose constituents are the very same There was a time, not so long ago, when the thought living wage recognized by labour groups. Forced students concerned with corporate intrusion in the of the bathroom only conjured up the usual images of pregnancy tests are also common practice in Nike, and washrooms. Since the DSU, with jurisdiction over the dramcd bladders, clean hands and freshly combed hair. there have been cases of mandatory sterilization of female Student Union Building, has a separate contract with These would surface among other associations, but really employees. McDonald's has long been a promoter of New Ad Media than that of Dalhousie, their contract could the last thing that would come to mind when thinking of rainforest destruction as they have cleared vast areas in be terminated through a relativel: simple procedure. If an that most private sanction would be politics. South America for cattle raising. Kraft is owned by tobacco issue was tabled by a council member and approved by Times have changed, however, and washrooms across giant Philip Morris-Marlboro or KD, take your pick. the council, the DSU would be obligated to stop the New Ad Dalhousie have become political battlefields, perhaps a Tampax ads make no mention of the harmful effects of Media contract. tiny microcosm in the global anti-corporate struggle. chlorine bleaching that deposits dioxins in women's bodies, A few students are already taking steps towards this. Seeing the constant nux between fresh NewAd Media nor does Allesse state the inconclusive nature of studies Petitions are circling, and councillors have been contacted. advertisements and the empty frames and tlapping plastic on links between oral contraceptives and various forms of One sympathetic councillor noted that "the only pro is the left behind by the Bathroom Liberation Front(BLF) has cancer. money that [bathroom ads] generate, and I'm pretty sure left some students perplexed, others angry, and still others The harmful nature of the promoted products, that NewAd is not making most of their promised inspired. whether to foreign workers, to our environment, or to our payments." What motivates the destruction of washroom ads? bodies, is completely overlooked. Instead, we are If councillors are easy to convince about the What lies behind the advertisements themselves? What arc encouraged to continue purchasing without question, to unpopularity of the ads, and these are generating little cash the two sides doing to fortify their positions? buy what we don't need, to strive to grease the wheels of to begin with, we might just see a washroom ad-free zone The inner workings of Dal's washroom wars. the consumptive machine. And where little refuge from established in the Student Union Building before too long. New Ad Media, our university's supplier of washroom promotion of consumer culture existed before, we now This doesn't address the larger issue of abolishing advertisements, acts as a broker of sorts between have none, as NewAd and other crusaders venture in to NewAd boxes from the rest of Dal campus, but any companies wishing to advertise and the universities who new territory. improvement is a significant one. The first step of liberating sign on to washroom ad contracts. The company reaches Within this context have emerged the "vandals." A SUB wa hrooms just may set the precedent for the rest of across Canada, boasting that they "potentially deliver 1.4 loosely-knit and unidentified group of students calling Dal campus. So write petitions and send them along to the million impressions every day," referring to the large themselves the BI;.-F have been destroying the contents of DSU, talk to councillors, and h~ve your voice heard in number of students currently enrolled in Canadian New Ad Media's sleek grey frames across Dalhou ie since any way that you sec appropriate. universities. early in the last school year. With simple tools, a bathroom We blindly accept intrusive advertising in so many NcwAd believes that they have found the Golden billboard can be "liberated." venues, but now we are actually presented with an Market in students, who "spend and spend and spend." Students don razors to slit three sides of an opportunity to reclaim one small space for a corporate According to New Ad, 67 percent of Canadian university advertisement, and remove the contents within seconds of free time out. If things go well, I'll be spending a lot more and college students have at least one credit card and a first contact, making the simplicity of the act aggravating time in the washroom before the year is out. '"spend now'" attitude. Now is the t1mc to hook these "future for those overseeing Dalhous1c's end of the contract. high-income earners," they warn, urg1ng competing Messages arc sometimes left to explain the act, but the Or sign the online petition to have New Ad removed corporations to '"build brand loyalty now.'" Don't worry, removal of the contents acts as a message of its own. from the SUB at adds New Ad, the ads arc '"placed at eye level where there The students of the BLF can, and do, successfully www.bethcchangc.ca/petition is no clutter, (allowing] for strong, captive one-on-one reverse the stated purpose of New Ad Media by preventing simon helweg-larsen Impressions." effective advertising. BLF members presumably also wish Some people, understandably, would rather not be to send a message to Dalhousie that a portion of the student cons1dcrcd as such an audience. Never mind that many body stands in opposition to the billboards' presence on Bathroom ad update students only take out credit cards in order to make it campus. by gazette staff through the school year, or that the majority of today\ In response to the intensified efforts of the BLF, with the gazette university graduates arc anything but high-income earners. the return of students for the fall semester, the Dalhousie More importantly, many people find it intrusive and Student Union (DSU) embarked on an information Yesterday after four students gave a presentation offensive that they arc subjected to the propaganda of mass campaign aimed at deterring vandalism. Claiming that the to student union councillors representing 200 students consumption while in an unavoidable position. It is exactly washroom ads generated revenues for the Metro United who signed a petition moving for the withdrawal of this aggressive style of advertising that is spurring people Way, the DSU pleaded with students to cease the razor bathroom ads in the Student Union Building, a motion to take a ~land against the expansion of advertising into and marker attacks on corporate property. was tabled by councillor Chuck Freeman to remove pnvatc arenas. "Washroom ad vandalism takes money away from washroom advertising from the SUB. Exactly what is being promoted within the frames of the Metro United Way! So please do not vandalize!" reads The two part motion called for the immedJatc washroom billboards offends some students, as well. The a weekly Gazette ad on page two. More detailed flyers withdrawal of bathroom ads and also the termination of names of the corporations that arc contracted through also appeared across the Student Union Building and, the union's contract with NewAd Media. NcwAd arc familiar ones: Kraft, Universal, Nike, Adidas, ironically, inside the altered and vacant NcwAd Media The latter part of the motion passed, while the McDonald's, Microsoft, Molson, Bank of Montreal, Royal frames. former part was am mended out. Bank, Tampax. Allcssc. Global Television. and many Email correspondence with the organizers at the The motion passed with 19 for, 12 abstaining, and others. The track records of these corporations. however, Metro United Way. however. tells qUJte a different story. 2 against. arc not ncccssanly as clean as they would want you to "We were not aware that I the DSU] wanted to give us believe. proceeds until last wed.:,'" wrote the Director of N1kc has been knov. n to pay as little as 13 cents an Communications. "We have not in fact received any hour to their Chmcsc employees, well below the R7 cent proceeds at this point." 'The Dalhousie United Way Campaign doesn't have anything to do with the s1gns in the SUB," wrote another employee. These conflicting claims to the usage of Editor In Ch1ef: Kip Keen, Copy Editor Rochelle Dumas. Arts Editor Caitlin Kealey, New Ad's payments were raised at a recent debate on the Sports Ed1tor: Gerry Faber, Opinions Editor: Jonathon Elmer, News Editor Tyler Kustra, corporate presence on campus, sponsored by the Dalhousie Photo Manager: Pot Block1e, Associate arts: Jeff Arts and Social Sciences Soc1ety (DASSS). Shawn Tracey, pres1dcnt of the DSU, admitted at the debate that the Metro United Way had indeed been kept m the dark about proposed donations. Tracey also confessed that when deciding to give a portion of the funds to the The Dalhous1e Gazette, 312·6136 Umversity Ave., Halifax, NS, B3H4J2. United Way, the student council took into consideration Ph 494·2507, fax 494·8890. email gazette@1s2 dal.ca the hope that directing funds to a charity would decrease Contents copynght 2001 The Dalhousie Gazette. contents may not be reproduced 1n any form Without specifiC, pnor perm1ssion of this newspaper the number of students vandal ising the ads. and/or the authors. tSSN 0011-5819
Domino's Pizza now accepts your 420- 9 D Icard. 7 EDITORIAL Mr. Keen get up "IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT WE ARE FACING AN IMPLACABLE ENEMY WHOSE AVOWED OBJECTIVE IS WORLD DOMINATION BY WHATEVER MEANS AND AT WHATEVER COST. l HERE ARE Pull on a pair ofjeans, now careful with the zipper, not required or are not held accountable for the wages NO RULES IN SUCH A GAME. HITHERTO ACCEPTABLE NORMS Of HUMAN CONDUCT DO NOT nice work, that's right, clean underwear, get the socks they pay and the labour conditions they provide. APPLY. IF THE UNITED STATES IS TO SURVIVE, LONG-STANDING AMERICAN CONCEPTS OF on, nice, nice, now shoes, good, good, time for a shirt, slowly now don't get excited, easy, get your arms 'FAIR PLAY' MUST BE RECONSIDERED. WE MUST DEVELOP EFFECTIVE ESPIONAGE AND Weak Labour Rights 1\ Iovement Soup through the small holes, your head through the big hole, COUNTERESPIONAGE SERVICES AND LEARN TO SUBVERT, SABOTAGE AND DESTROY OUR ENEMIES Laws work well in Canada because they are and, come on, yes - congratulations. I am dressed. mandatory and enforced. In fact most citizens are used BY MORE ClEVER, MORE SOPHISTICATED, AND MORE EFFECTIVE METHODS THAN THOSE USED Nowhere in my thoughts during this daily morning to them, slightly afraid of transgressing them, and AGAINST US. MAY BECOME NECESSARY THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BE MADE ACQUAINTED IT ritual are the faces of the labourers who made my jeans, ultimately legitimize them by idling at the 2 a.m. red WITH, UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT THIS FUNDAMENTAllY REPUGNANT PHILOSOPHY:· - lHE or my socks, or my fading (blue?) underwear. But they lights, no traffic or cops in sight. DooumE REPORT, 1954, A WHITE HousE STUDY coMMISSIONED TO CIA covERT should be. If there were a voluntary criminal code, just ACTIVITIES, IN THIS CASE ASSASSINATION. Their stories are written in all sorts of reports, both imagine how difficult dispensing justice would become. governmental and non-governmental. Child labour Not Guilty until he admits to the fact. NoMr. Judge, "THEN liSTEN TO ME MR. AMBASSADOR, FUCK YOUR PARLIAMENT AND YOUR figures world wide range from 65 million to 250 million. I don't feel like going to jail, but I do believe in the CONSTITUTION. AMERICA IS AN ElEPHANT. CYPRUS IS A flEA. IF THESE TWO flEAS OECD documents might prefer the former figure, while laws, I do, real/)~ I can even recite them. That means I UN documents are more comfortable with the latter CONTINUE ITCHING THE ELEPHANT, THEY MAY JUST GET WHACKED BY THE ElEPHANT'S TRUNK, believe in them. But no. I'd rather you didn't look atthe number. Furthermore many more women and men work WHACKED GOOD ... WE PAY A LOT Of GOOD AMERICA DOllARS TO THE GREEKS, MR. damning evidence for my possible crimes ... for a pittance, well below a living wage, at jobs which How then should we feel about voluntary codes AMBASSADOR. IF YOUR PRIME MINISTER GIVES ME TALK ABOUT DEMOCRACY, PARLIAMENT are hazardous to their well being in every sense of the of conduct regulating purchasmg behaviour? AND CONSTITUTIONS, HE, HIS PARLIAMENT AND HIS CONSTITUTION MAY NOT lAST VERY word. Codes ofWha'? LONG:• - PRESIDENT lYNDON JOHNSON ON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN GREECE AND l URKEY So this is a problem, Ya? Please follow. If corporations producing products can't regulate ovER CYPRus, IN 1964, FROM FORMER UN OFFICIAL PHILIP DEANE's "I SHoULD HAVE themselves, and there is a big problem with labour DIED". Burgeoning International Trade Stew conditions, then it seems natural that, to improve those Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is climbing like conditions, we force corporations to compete on a level "WELL, THE DESTRUCTION WAS MUTUAl:• - PRESIDENT JiMMY (ARTER, NEW never before. Since World War II, and especially since playing field with some basic rules. These rules, like YORK liMES MARCH ZZ, 1977, PRESSED BY JOURNALISTS ABOUT US MORAl OBLIGATION the early seventies, a time of high inflation and virgin those that govern labour conditions in Canada, should TO AID IN REBUILDING VIETNAM. floating currencies, corporations have been crossing ensure basic living wages and labour rights. Most more borders and pushing the maxim of profitability to importantly, they cannot be voluntary. even greater lengths. The scoffers will say regulating MNCs is "IT MUST BE MADE CRYSTAl CLEAR THAT THE DOMINATION OF ANY COUNTRY's Fact. The World Trade Organization (WTO) says impossible. Not so. Certainly, an international ECONOMY BY FOREIGN CAPITAL INVESTMENT, THE DETERIORATION IN TERMS Of TRADE, THE that between 1975 and 1995 FDI multiplied 12 times, organization such as the kind the UN calls for, one which CONT~l Of ONE COUNTRY's MARKETS BY ANOTHER, DISCRIMINATORY RELATIONS AND THE also that in those twenty years its value jumped from regulates and enforces corporations to be nice to USE Of FORCE AS AN INSTRUMENT Of PERSUASION, ARE DANGERS TO WORLD TRADE AND 25 billion to 315 billion, and furthermore that trade in labourers, would be difficult to create. Receiving a WORLD PEACE:• - (HE GUEVARA, "THE PHILOSOPHY Of PlUNDER MUST CEAsE'' MARCH merchandise multiplied eight and a halftimes from 575 bonitied, international, legitimate consensus and will ZS, 1964 TO THE UNITED NATIONS CoNFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT. billion to 4900 billion. to see it work would be problematic. But there is another In the end, skyrocketing FDI can mostly be way ... accounted for by the rise of Multinational Corporations Mandatory purchasing codes of conduct, like a (MNCs) which the WTO says exist for three reasons: good diligent conscience, exist and rule over a number of institutions who make large purchases of clothing. (I) Because "the firms own assets that can be profitably These institutions arc often universities, and arc mostly exploited on a comparatively large scale." in the U.S. and have succeeded m promoting their buying (2) Because "it is more profitable for the production power. utilizing these assets to take place in different countries For example, when the universities tender a than to produce in and export from the home country contract for a set of swcatpant~ part of the tender states exclusively." that any corporations mtcrcstcd in selling their clothes (3) Becau c "the potential for profits from 'internalizing' on that campus must prove that the clothing is produced the exploitation of the assets are greater than from ethically and also provide the locations of the factories, licensing the assets to foreign finns." (WTO, 1996 sub-contracted or not, where the clothing is produced Annual Report) If after a contract has been signed it is found that the corporation 1s not providing the agreed upon labour So corporations are moving abroad with b1g bucks. conditions and wages, than they must either fix the So they want to make money. It is no secret that problem, or the contract becomes void And the result? profitability is at the heart of the capitalist market. It Many of the big boys like Russell and Jansport, would be illogical otherwise. In fact it makes sense for cYcn NIKE, have played along. They have disclosed business to sell more products, at a higher price, factory locations to those universities which have produced as cheaply as possible So if sitting in my not mandatory purchasing codes of conduct - only those Commentary is open to submissions of 1500 to 2300 words in length. so transparent glass tower I wish to produce a shoe universities which have one. This is a step in the right Opinions and letters of up to 1000 words ore also welcome (if published these may be edited cheaply I will sub contract, or manufacture myself, the for length or darity) . direction. Send ideas and/or lunatic notions for Commentary to Jon ot"[email protected]" shoe in a nation where the labour is cheap and the workers arc plentiful. So, would it not then he logical to think. as you I may not be, sittmg at my cool desk, and proud jump into your jeans, that Dal should get rid of its current chair, an unruly person, hut simply a dude attempting voluntary code of conduct, become couragcou~. put its to accumulate wealth. It is my liberal right. So what? money where 1ts mouth 1s, ard agree to a mandatory s Unfortunately the state of labour conditwns can one! OPE only decrease if corpurations who produce products arc Kip Keen (weather permitting) ARE YOU FAMOUS?
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by jeff wright the gazette creative possibility of the Monsters, Inc. is due to Pixar's promise of "new footage!" blowing," raves Carey, "especially imaginative film Monsters, Inc. devotion towards creating a solid Two guys who will doubtless taking into consideration the weight Is technology killing After that, I refer you to the brains and coherent story. Although run to the theatres to see this and exaggerated movement." humanity? behind that masterful film, Pixar running at a brisk 85 minutes, additional footage are Curtis Carey "It's amazing ... you can get so In an age where social critics Animation Studios. Monsters, Inc. almost exists outside and Ron Doucet, Supervising much physical and character cannot stop decrying the negative Ever since exploding onto the of time, standing as a fully complete Animator and Director, emotion. The acting, if you can call effects of technology on the human screen with 1995's Toy Story, which and cyclical film. The imagination respectively, for Teletoon 's Ollie's it that, is just unbelievable," Doucet race, at least one positive outcome grossed almost $200 million runs so joyfully rampant in this Under The Bed Adventures. Their adds. can be found in the field of domestically and received a Best picture that a complaint can't even excitement is of a local nature, but Taking a more analytical and entertainment. Movies and video Picture nomination, Pixar has been be mustered, let alone made. full of professional and artistic thorough view of the film, Carey games are now more realistic than leading Hollywood's digital Except, perhaps, that we didn't see respect: Ollie's Under The Bed was specifically impressed by the ever, and are capable of creating animation revolution, continuing another one of their fantastic end Adventures, produced by Halifax hair of Sully, one of the characters. universes never before thought with successes such as A Bug's Life, credit blooper sequences, like in A animation house Collideascope, "The hair is done through a particle possible. To those of you who Toy Story 2, and shorts like Geri's Bug 's Life and Toy Story 2. I suspect won a Gemini last week for Best filter. You set up the follicles, set consider even thi advancement to Game. that will arrive in a month's time, Animated Program or Series. the movement of them, and if you be negative, I refer you to the The excellent success of to extend the theatrical run with the "The expressions are mind- want the wind or another person to affect it in a specific way, you define the weight on the hair. [For the sledding sequence], it was incredible how the rushing wind, __g_ ra_v~i 'ty, and weaving back and forth affected Sully's hair." For the climatic scene, which shall remain a fruitful mystery. Carey imagines their brainstorming session. 'They just sit there in a big room and think 'What's something we can't do?'. once they figure it out, they go 'We're gonna do that."' Unlike the attempts made in Fi11al Fantasy and Shrek to advance the computer-generated human. Doucet enj oys that Monsters. In c. is content to keep their humans compelling and emotional, yet clearly rutificial in facial expression and composition. "The other companies try too much to be real, and because of [the audiences] association with reality, it all just looks like animated corpses." Next year is especially exciting for animated projects. as it is the first year that the Academy Awards will have a separate Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Monsters. Inc. is already betng touted as the obvious winner. An unsure gaze spreads across Doucet's face. "I have the feeling that we will get a surplus of feature animation, and 80 percent of it will be crap, since people are putting it through because it has the chance to win an award .. .! fear the mentality of Hollywood will take things downhill." Other than the potential onslaught of mediocre films. both Carey and Doucet are quite excited for the future of animation. "We are beginning to know that we have no limits," Doucet grins. "We keep extending the possibilities, and get closer to the imagination. Peter Jackson (director of the upcoming Lord of the Rings) has made everything that I imagined as I read the books bigger and cooler than I could have conceived. It's using all the technology at your disposal, to make everythmg look and sound more fantastic than ever before.'' Monsters, Inc. is the perfect reason to have such excitement. Pixar's efforts and contributions, to advance the possibility of computer ani matton. are just as strong as their determination to structure a fine talc with compelling characters. See it. enjoy it, and don't even try to tell me that you didn't experience all the emotions of 'real' life. the GAZETTE November 08, 2001 ARTS & CULTURE 9
E: Although the show may not include have hundred year old signatures: Vincent, Surreal* Sightings ... the 13 most recognized Impressionist Claude Monet, Degas. paintings, it's still impressive to see them here E: I can't stress how much I like the in person. It's also $12 for the general public notes beside all the paintings, especially when Impressionism at the Art Gallery to check out this exhibition, but students get they show you who their artistic influences in for half price. were at the time. Wait a minute. Look behind A: I actually preferred the rooms with you. Is that guard following us? the Canadian Women Impressionist paintings, Ia guard enters l which arc exceptionally unique. I don't think A: I think so. So sir, which are your the more famous paintings here are prime favourites? examples of the talent which created them, GUARD: I like this one with the clouds. but they give you a feeling of intense reality. A: The Monet? Me too! It\ as if you're meeting a movie star, but they GUARD: I don't like that one much actually. I like 'em all except that one. •Ed. Note: Gazette is aware E: Sounds like he's still bitter about the surrealism is an entirelv different whole "caressing" incident. artistic style. We just liked the headline. See back cover for more.
by erin goodman and andrew bremner Unfortunately, under no circumstances are we the gazette to touch the paintings. E: Who knew? Imagine if everyone was Our mtss10n: Check out the allowed to "caress" the paintings? There Impressionist Masterworks exhibition at the wouldn't be anything left to look at! Let's try Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. In case you not to get kicked out before we even see haven't heard the radio ads or seen the anything. television commercials, the ational Gallery A: Does diaphanous mean cloud-like? of Canada is touring 13 works by several E: If I had to guess, I'd say yes, simply leading artists associated with the because two-thirds of Boudin's View of Impressionist movement until January 2002. Etaples: Lol\' Tide is cloud\. I love that all Impressionists, as the name implies, "render the works have these great notes explaining not the landscape but rather the feeling the background of the painter and the piece. produced by the landscape." For someone without a lot of art history background, it's really helpful. ERI : So here we are here. on the third A: Check out this Monet' There are floor of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and clouds too, but the waves are frustrating we're already in trouble. scrawls of furious surf. Definitely not A DREW: I feel a strong pull from the diaphanous. canvas graced by long-dead legends. My E: Monet has two works in the show. finger wants to caress the oils as I imagine The one you just mentioned is A Stormy Sea, Cezanne painting In This Very World ... but my favourite is Waterloo Bridge: The Sun in a Fog. The sun and its reflection are the only bright spots in the painting, while the rest consists of blended shades of blues and purples. A: It's hard to tell whether I'm looking at dawn or dusk. A blue fogscape with a distant sun and a reflection on the water: a few simple touches of pink. E: Did the notes say that? Fogscape? Maybe you should be an art critic! A: Does the prostitute in the Degas painting look inbred to you? E: Meanwhile, at the gift shop postcards of Impressionist paintings which arc not being shown at the AGNS. But the T-shirts sure are cute! A: Yes, you too can adorn your walls with the works of Cc<-anne. The gift shop has a better selection than the gallery. even if they are only prinh. 10 ARTS & CULTURE November 08, 2001 the GAZETTE
human visual system is, luckily for Cavanagh, hanging similar effect because this is not how we perceive shadows out in art galleries to examine what artists have learned naturally. The shadows can be the 'wrong' colour or texture Pulsating about how we perceive art, not to mention talking to artists but must be darker for depth perception to occur. and art teachers. He is fortunate to have thousands of years Artists should follow these rules when they are trying of free artistic material at his disposal, and taking full to achieve an effect of depth, but these rules of course can, Brains Dig advantage of this, Cavanagh studies everything from pre and have been, broken when the artist's goal is something historic to classic to medieval art. other than normal. Last Thursday evening, the Rebecca Cohn Cavanagh commented that in breaking such rules one Auditorium was packed with artists, scientists, and curious can create some very interesting and beautiful art, but as Cool Art students for the second lecture in this year's Killam Lecture with any rule, you must understand it before you break it. Series titled "Images of the Mind," organized by the by evelina zaremba Neuroscience Institute. What Art tells us about the Brain the gazette was the topic of this second lecture in the series of three, and was given by Dr. Cavanagh. Dr. Patrick Cavanagh is one of the head researchers One of the things Cavanagh has discovered through at the Vision Lab of Harvard University, where he conducts his research is that the brain takes many shortcuts when research on normal vision and perception. An important admiring art. When painting a face, for example, an artist part of conducting his research on the functioning of the can get away with putting a bunch of black and white ' shapes together in the shape of a face, because the human brain will take these shapes and fill in what is missing on its own. This allows artists to produce very simple looking pieces that can convey a large amount of information. Although our brains may not notice small inconsistencies in paintings, such as two evident shadows with only one apparent light source, there are still limits on what artists can get away with. Cavanagh suggested a minimum set of rules that shouldn't be broken if you want your masterpiece to convey spatial depth and meaning. Firstly, he shows how "shape and EVERY PURCHASE OF DALHOUSIE contours used to describe the shape must be understood CRESTED MERCHANDISE* GIVES YOU universally." Meaning, we will THE CHANCE FOR SAVINGS not recognize a shape as something meaningful, if we have BETWEEN 15cyo - 50% OFF never seen it before. The second important rule states that "shadows must be darker" than the actual image they arc formed from, and must be "flat without their own volume". The importance of this rule is demonstrated by the black and white painting of Chuck Close (sec picture). When the shadows are ·witched from black to white, the spatial depth dtsappcars, and leaves a pattern that has no meaning to us. Drawing darker .-EXCLUDING GRADUATION RINGS contours around shadows has a Two self-portraits by Chuck Close.
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Please vi<>it u!-i at: Suite 501, 2695 Dutch Village 'toad, Halifax or b)' fax 902-484-6182 the GAZETTE November 08, 2001 ARTS & CULTURE 11 Bottle (originally sung by the st1ck-thin Manah-wanna-be ChristinaAguilera). I From Grot.Jpie was so nervous that someone would notice my swollen tongue, especially since Global TV was there getting shots for the news' But who cares! After all, I toPopstar look good, I have sex appeal, and most importantly I love shaking my ass. After a break it was t1me to start by melanie sloane dancing! I have been runnmg, doing the gazette smashmg performance by New Aerobox, and practicing yoga smce the Brunswick's very own popstar, Annick summer and I was ready to hake my Some kids wanna be doctors, Gagnon, and her very-enthusiastic-for booty. The workshop began with another some kids wanna be teachers, but I I 0-o' clock-in-the-morning dancers. East coast art1 t, Rick Gunn, and some wannabe a popstar! R1ght then, I knew nothing would stop dancers from the troop Free Zone. You It all started back in grade two me from singing and dancing my way might remember these dancers from during air band, when I was the sheepish to the ECMA's. A small problem soon Snow Jam on Citadel Hill as the two keyboardist trying to get the attention arose while, when trying to find myself chicks that resembled silver Christmas of the cute boys in class. Later in high more of a pops tar image, I went out and trees and shook it the whole damn day. school, I was involved In, and got my tongue pierced. It was A hot and steamy performance by subsequently kicked out of, several immediately swollen and throbbing - I Gunn singing his song, How Can I Help garage bands. couldn't sing worth shit to impress the You made me realize that it was not My fir t true brush with fame was coach or the little pre-teens that were singing, but dancing that was for me. playing bass with Sloan. At that wondering why I was talking funny. We grouped together and worked moment, I knew that this career was The coordinators reminded us that out the choreography for our Genie in a definitely made for me, and all those careers in the music industry require a Bottle routine. We performed it in front youthful roadblocks meant nothing. My lot of hard work: coaching, rehearsing, of the pre-teen's moms and a hand full big chance came last weekend during performing, and toning that nabby ass. of dumbfounded individuals that were Nova Scotia Music Week, at Pop Goes They didn't mention that body piercing obviously staring at the upper torso of Nova Scotia. is now so hip that you must give yourself the dancers' toned figures. Thirteen kids from junior high, time to heal. By the way, Annick had a So Saturday wasn't a total waste chaperoned by prissy and annoying crazy double navel piercing. of time: I picked up some assy moves mother., were among the Halifax We tood in circles and warmed and learned the proper way to do pelvic hopefuls that made it to the talent our vocal cords up by humming and thrusts. I know how to hold a coaching seminar. I felt like I was a panting and clutching our diaphragms microphone and also that if you screw contestant on the show Pop tar , soon with the help of Tracy Stabeck, a vocal up your dance moves, you pretend it was to become (or to be booted off) the next coach from the Canadian Conservatory. on purpose. Confidence is the secret to Sugar Jones. Scary. She plunked away at the keyboard, any good performance. If only I could The seminar opened with a preparing us for belting out Genie in a stop drooling. No Longer Just a Blackfly On The Wall ... Ron James Live! by jeff wright lost on me." the gazette James considers h1mself an old-fashioned comedian who, while not always the hit of the day, sticks to the essence of what w all like comedians. Some of us are partial to the foul makes comedy funny. "I've purposely honoured the language in mouOJed perceptions of Chris Rock, or his more annoying clone, my work. I like the way words fiow, and how people hear them. Chris 1\1cker. Some people stiU can'tgetenough of Jeff Foxworthy's I'm not too conscious of driving my act through pop-culture 'You Might Be ARedneck If...' gag. me of us like to keep it light reference~. I've tried to marry my performance energy with a and giggle at Bill Cosby's affectionate observations. But I think I love for the spoken word." can speak for aU of us, and I mean the entire human race, when With the recent terrorist attacks, and restrictions to the I say that we AI.L love a comedian who declares his work to be "a free speech of entertainers such as Bill Maher, james admits that comic expulsion " comedy is much more unstable now, but that is not an excuse to I'm not quite sure what's being expulsed, but those are the restrain satirical observations about the situations in our lives. words of Mr. Ron james, star of Blackfly, who shall be making an Instead, it IS a comedian's job to prod into the heart of the problem appearance at tl1e Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on Nov. 14. A Halifax - albeit with immense care. "ft is a standard of the profession native ,James is quick to note that he finds something quite special tl1at you push the envelope, and try to tip the apple cart" James about audiences from the East coast. "They give it up quicker, has recently written a 20-minute segment on the recent global thcy'reon board from the get-go. [The audience) has awillingness events that will be included in his Halifax show. men·s Of Your Cho1ce .,,.. , . ..._., OD(I.Q. to invest in the person on stage right off the bat." In the end, however, it's all about making people feel good .. c~rr .... , Jai.J!U'nr, r. •U.. .,.·I•C.H Olll.I.Lo..t.N cr;r..v.. .-:•~, ... , .. m..,,.r,.rr../\1, I"..',._•.,...,...,...,.,.,..,m ...-- #Ill" 1"0'-INI:':'~I Voted Best Comedian In Canada for 2000,janles has bad a and laugh. Janles feel-; a special connection with Maritimers...... I .. t')THIJP.V'fr:-M,. long career in comedy, dating back to his days with Marty Short "We've always been invited to the part}\ but forced to sit on 01e >Hair >Tanning >Esthetics porch for a while. ·• . 'ow that things are changing, due to talents and Eugene Levy on SCTV. He also spent a period of time in Los > Tanoolng >Bodv Piercing -\ngeles, attempting to make it big, and notes his position as CN. · like James and others, it would be best to get your ticket fast, as 5980 Spring Garden Road this hometown boy continues to make it big on the Canadian \,\;...o-F n 9-9 I Sat 1o-6 I 5u"l 12·5 spokesperson for Texas Tourism as a particular role he enjoyed. 422-39CX} (Near corner of Robie) "With my Canadian heritage and beliefs, the irony of that was not stage. Find Us. •
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494-2081 DALHOUSIE Counselling and University Psychological Services Fourth Floor S.U.B. fRANt< t,G . ~liLAW: SON (ARE·ER INFORMATION (EN'TrR£ 1 12 SPORTS November 08, 2001 the GAZETTE Men's BBall hoopin' it up by gerry faber rhe gdzette points while forward Rubens Auhourg poured 1n 15 . Guards The D,lllwusic Baskettiall Cr,1ig Slaunwhitc .wd Oreine team put m a three game senes tlw, Da\ 1s had 14 and ten respectively p.1st \\eekenJ d!!atn:t Toronto. On S.lturd,ly. the black and York and Launer gold wanted to show York that two The Ontano teams came to weeks ago they had caught the pl.1y on home turf ,1fter hosting Ti~ers on a had da; The Tigers got Dalhousie. St Mary's and Acadia otT to .1n earl) lead aga1n. by as part of the Wildcard Challenge pounding the hall to 6'X" two \\eek ago. Despite a AustraiJan center Stuart Leech. dis,lppOinllng performance out of \vho abused h1s opponents wllh h1s "I"O\ince •n terms of wms. the pow cr moves. ,md the 5' I 0 Dav i • Tigers ex'-elled \\ llh home ·ourt who has hreakmg ankles with IllS ..,J\antage to p1c.k up \\Ins mer speed and drihhlc moves Dal went foronto on Fnday and York on to the lod.er room up -+3-15. Corner f Spring Garden and Queen J -800-46 J- J 99 J the GAZETTE November 08,2001 SPORTS 13 'Dal Wall' prevails cross country men and women by phil duguay and Goldbloom were selected as the gazette Atlantic all-stars. Baxter felt quite saucy about the race saying 'Tm The night-life in Antigonish glad we ran as a team out there was roaring on Oct. 27, while most today. We all met, or broke, our of the Dalugers cross country team goals and we had all seven runners were asleep the night before their 111 the top II places." Do you need $500. chance to repeat being conference The men "s team (or as some champs once agam. like to call them, the "Senous The veterans women's team Seven." due to thc1r msane stud\ was confident going in as they had ' habits and lack of alcoh<;l and a chance to win $2000.? been undefeated up to that point consumption) also had a relatively Starting November 7th, come down to the Party House in the season. The younger men's conservative start. The team kne\\ team however, had suffered a tough 1t would make 1ts push later 111 the and enter for your chance to play loss to UNB on the Red storm's race and wanted to rely upon its home course in Fredencton. great trainmg base and tremendous FEAR FACTOR. Race da) conditions were endurance. Dal powerhouse Brian perfect for cross country. as light Barkhouse finished first once agam Every week $500. prize guarantee. bree1es met the \\ell rested Tigers for the Tigers clockmg a 33:56 and Selected contestants - 3 guys I 3 girls as they \\armed up on the relatively coming in sixth in the conference. 9-12pm - Call 423 7186 for details. nat and windmg course wh1ch was The dynam1c Dal duo Stan 'The I 0 kilometres for the men and 5 Man" Chaisson and Matt "Farm kilometres for the women. Boy" Sheffield ran ltke the wmd. The women ·s team had a fi n 1s h 1n g e i g h I h and n 1n t h This Saturday November 1Oth rather conservative start but it was respectively. Sheffield also came 111 ev1dent almost immediately how as first rookie in the conference. the race would unfold. Edic Baxter which was a huge and Mananne Pierce jumped to the accomplishment. The scoring for forefront of the race and stayed in Dal was rounded out by Paul Chafe those positions until the end. The and Nicholas McBride. infamous "wall ofDal" (a.k.a. Liz All in all. the men ran a great Haney, Karen Forward , Ellen race. The final scores were UNB All Students Welcome ! Goldbloom, Joanna Maclean and 51, Dal53 and St. FX 59. The men Bring Your STUDENT ID /discount at door Anne Myers) backed up their front were upset but anticipated the STARTS AT 9 PM !! runners in fine fashion. Baxter future as most of the team consists NEXT SATURDAY 'Tony Smith & The Melotones" finished in third place with a time of rookies and other young Call423-7186 for details of 19 minutes and II seconds. Not runners. "Our rookies came up big long after that Pierce came in today" said team captain Matt fourth place clocking in at 19:23. 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Phone (902) 492·1188 14 SPORTS November 08, 2001 the GAZETTE Tigers win AUS title, Martin MVP Women's basketball by quentin casey Patricia Norman and second-year this weekend and played very well. host nation's # 1 the gazette midfielder Marieke Gardner to I was very happy with our two on Friday was lacking, fifth-year ensure the victory. by terri feoner performances in earning the right the gazette guard, Angelia Crealock, racked up The Dalhousie women's In Sunday's championship to represent the AUS in Ottawa," 21 of the Tigers' 64 points for the soccer team will attempt to three game, both defences were tough to said first-year Dal coach Graham The Dalhousie women's game. peat as national champions. The crack and goals were hard to come Chandler, pleased with the Tiger's basketball team was up against Laval The Tigers pulled themselves two-time defending CIAU champs by. But Martin and Diamond were effort throughout the weekend. in a three game series this past together for another match against earned the right to return to the able to connect for the Tigers once The AUS also announced its weekend. Laval, ranked #I in the Laval on Saturday. Dal seemed to national final after winning their again. as Diamond's header found conference award winners on nation, provided some stiff have found a renewed energy fifth straight AUS title this past the back of the net, the result of a Sunday and Dal was well competition for the unranked Dal overnight' consistently improving weekend in Sydney. The Tigers well placed cross kick by Martin. represented. Halifax native Claire Tigers. Despite two near upsets, the throughout the game. While Laval put were able to post a convincing 4-2 Dal's strong defence and Martin was named MVP and Laura Tigers were unable to penetrate the 32 points on the board in the first half win against Memorial on Saturday aggressive tackling held the X Diamond was named a first team Laval defenses. and the same scenario from the night in the semi-finals and squeaked out women to two shots in the entire all-star. Dal claimed the majority of On Friday in game one, Dal before was played out as the Tigers a 1-0 shutout win over St. FX in game. Tiger's rookie goalie spots on the second team all-star list came out strong in the first half ended the half only one point ahead the final game on Sunday. Cristina Barriero had a strong as fifth year players Patricia playing very well for the first ten of Laval. On Saturday, Dal got on the outing in nets and recorded the Norman and Petra DeWaard, and mmutcs of the game. Laval found The difference came in the board early with a penalty kick shutout. rookies Joanne Coxon and Cristina some energy and fought back from second half when Dal's shot selection converted by fifth-year defender "We've been fortunate to win Barriero were all acknowledged for being down ten early to finish the first improved and they hit more of their Claire Martin . Memonal made a AUAA's in all five of my years, and their outstanding play on the field . half down one point. Both teams had shots. The Dal women managed to quick rally and scored two goals as a fifth-year player, it was n1cc to The Tigers travel to Ottawa used up a lot of steam, slowing the score 29 points agamst Laval in the 111 the span of five minutes. This win this last one. There arc, I think, this weekend to defend their titles pace for th e second half, which half, but the visiting team picked up sudden outburst by the Sea Hawks eight of us who arc stdl here after as Carleton plays host to the allowed Laval to overtake Dal. The two more points than the Tigers could only served as motivation for the w1nning the past two national national championship. They arc energy level affected the Tigers make up. The Tigers came up short, Tigers, who responded and tied the championships, and I th1nk that joined in the quest by Ottawa, shooting percentage as they only hit missing out on a win by only one game at half time, with a goal put experience was really a big key this Alberta, Queen's McGill and the 20 percent in the second half. The point. Laval took game two with a 63- in by Laura Diamond off of a weekend. We were able to absorb host team. Play begins on Thursday home squad only managed to net 17 62 win. The leading scorers for the brilliant corner kick by Claire the pressure that X put on us, and as the Tigers face McGill with the points in all of the second while Laval Tigers were post players Leila Burden Martin. we didn't panic," said a very excited final to take place on Sunday. Good dropped 38 to take the game 84-64. w1th II ad Leslie Duncan with ten. Dal dominated play in the Claire Martin, reflecting on the luck Tigers! While the Tigers overall performance On ~unday , the Tigers faced second half and got goal support significance of the team's success. Laval for the last game of the series. from both fifth-year defender "We really put it all together Even though the Tigers would still come up short, losing game three 70- 76, the Tigers put in their most YES Quality Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles: the key t A SMART CHOICE . 48 hours of freedom At last, it's easy to find the pre-owned Ford of your dreams. 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Doors open at George Dubyo- cause he knows it's Health Core: ACase for Sustoinability, the 7pm, tickets are $50 refreshments included . coming. Everyone's gonna think I'ma George Bush Sr- so that George Bush Jr I'd probably soy the president of the second of o series of university-wide, The event is a fund raiser for the Eastern Front commie. Yes, I get to be in the gazette! couldn't soy, "My dod could toke your US . I totally would if I could . My brain Sara interdisciplinary symposia on Sustainable Theatre. For tickets and more information, dod .." Futures will toke place from 4:30 to 6:00pm call463-7529. doesn't work today ... there's too many slipped her a $20 ... communists ... garbage can reasons to nome ... in the lord Dalhousie room of the Arts and Political activist Myza Administration Building. Professors Nuala Dress Down for Diabetes, any day in Kenny and Tom Rothwell will speak and lead November. Your business con help support discussion. the Canadian Diabetes Association. 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From coast to coast, the federal government offers a variety of student SEC services are available to Dalhousie and t§ings students as well as jobs -over 8,000 each year. The FSWEP is the prmary vehicle through recent Dalhousie graduates. VISit us on the 4 floor of the SUB, 9 am which federal departments and agencies recruit students for a wide range to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday, or on our web site www.dal.ca/sec. of temporary jobs across Canada (mainly during the summer). Visit our Web Site at: http://jobs.gc.ca OUR NEW WEBSITE IS LAUNCHED! www.dal.ca/sec Dalhousie students are encouraged to go to our website on a EXPERIENTIALLEARNrnNG regular basis to view postings for all disciplines. Do you have an on-campus job? Want to make the most of the experience and Job opportunities with: Microsoft Corporation, Germaine increase your EMPLOYABILITY even more?Find out how to identify, develop and document your transferable skills.Ask your on- campus employer for more Lawrence, Communications Security Establishment, IBM infonnation about the Experiential Learning program or contact Anna Cranston Canada, INCO Limited (Deadline dates vary). 494-2688 or [email protected]. MARITIME LIFE Information Session: Wednesday, November 14 The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET) 2002-2003 11:00 am- 12:00 pm, Council Chambers, SUB Come to Japan to learn about a new Culture and teach English Math, Stats, Computer Science students interested in a career i Deadline date Nov. 23/2001 the Actuarial field are encouraged-to attend. htW://w.ww.em:bassyjapancanada.org Waterloo Bridge: The Sun In AFag, Claude Monet, 1903, courtesy The Notional Gollerey of Conodo THE GARDEN. En robe de parade. Sa main Like a ski en of loose silk blown against a wall She walks h~ the railing of a path in Kensington Gardens. \nd she is dying piece-meal of a sort of emotional anaemia. \nd round about there is a rabble Of the filthh sturdy, unkillahle infants of the \el) poor. The} shall inherit the earth. In her is the end of breeding. Her boredom is exquisite and excesshe. She would like some one to speak to her. \nd is almost afraid that I will commit that indiscretion. Ezra Pound