00 0 0 N ~ >0 z ' HSA has leftover money after director quits p. 4 tars light up Halifax p. 11 PAGE 2 >141-10 GAZETTE ···STAFF WEEKLY GAZETTE STAFF EDITOR- IN- CHIEf Julie Sobowale [email protected] DISPATCH COPY EDITOR Katie May [email protected] NEWS EDITORS Hello, Dalhousie s t uden ts ! COVER: Ruth Mestechkin I Melissa DiCostanzo [email protected] Did you know your s t udent union building is turning 40? Rob LeForte IS our cover boy this OPINIONS EDITOR November 7 th marks this momentous occasion in the SUB ' s week. Bethany Horne [email protected] history. Come celebrate in style with two (that's About five seconds after this photo was taken he was tackled and right ... not one, but two) rockin' birthday bashes. We'll ARTS & CULTURE EDITORS landed upside down · we have a Christie Conway I Hilary Beaumont kick off the celebration with some good clean fun, right series of photos to prove it. [email protected] here in the SUB from noon-2:30 pm. Everything's free, Way to take one for the team, Rob. Congratulations. SPORTS EDITOR including party hats , prizes, cake and games . Be sure to Nick Khattar get here early enough to nab a loot bag with all kinds of [email protected] free stuff (while supplies last). Next, we'll 'suit up' PHOTO EDITORS for a glow party at the Grawood, including power hour and John Packman I Josh Boyter all night drink specials. Free admission includes [email protected] PRODUCTION & DESIGN appearances by The Bounce 101.3 and the Jagerettes! For Susan Maroun more information, email Kris Osmond at dsuvpsl®dal.ca. [email protected] WEB EDITOR Last year's winter semester audits are complete, and Jason Tenter [email protected] we ' ve compiled a list of societies and audit information for student and society reference. Keep an eye out in this week's Gazette for a detailed report. For more CONTRIBUTORS information on society audits, email Matt Golding at NEWS Matt Bubbers dsuvpf®dal . ca. 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If you spot an error 1n The Gazette m pnnt or for $7.99 Ius tax onhne, please report tt to [email protected]. 141-10 <PAGE 3 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR···GAZETTE Lest we forget Canada's Vietnam veterans JULIE SOBOWALE Canada's entangled history with EDITOR-IN-CHIEF the Vietnam War is the unfortunate ] reality for .the forgotten soldiers in Remembrance Day is the time the conflict. The federal government when Canadians honour their vet­ never made an official statement of · erans. Usually the focus is on veter­ recognition of the deaths of Canadian ans from the First and Second World soldiers in Vietnam. How are Canadi­ Wars, the Korean War, or from the on­ ans supposed to properly honour our going Afghanistan conflict. Somehow fallen soldiers if the government holds in our national conversation about a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy? veterans, we forgot about Canadians Various veteran groups continue who fought in the Vietnam War. working to place the 110 Canadian Though Canada never officially Vietnam soldiers into this country's participated in the Vietnam War, thou­ collective history. sands of Canadians were involved in Ric Gidner and Ed Johnson, two the conflict. Thirty thousand Canadi­ U.S. Vietnam War veterans, took on a ans volunteered to serve in the U.S. mission to create a Vietnam War me­ military during the bitter nine years JOSH BOYTER/DALHOUSIE GAZETTE morial for the Canadian soldiers. Af­ of the Vietnam War. One hundred and ter the Canadian government resisted ten Canadian soldiers died in the con­ plans for a memorial, Gidner and flict. Their sacrifice is not acknowl­ puses at the time. Johnson created the Michigan Associa­ edged the way Canadians support our Perhaps the oversight is due to tion of Concerned Veterans to privately other veterans from the well-known, the myth that Canadians had zero in­ fund the project After the federal gov­ Teach English in Japan successful wars. They are forgotten. volvement in the Vietnam War. Canada ernment once again voiced its disinter­ Canada supposedly held its righ­ sold more than $2.7 billion of military est, the memorial was erected in 1995 lnterac is accepting applications for teaching teous ground by not committing equipment to the U.S.