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12Hyperreal Photography 11 John Taylor Gatto THE ISSUE 09 THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG STUDENT WEEKLY 2005/11/03 VOLUME 60 » INSIDE 02 News 06 Comments 08 UWSA 08 Diversions uniter.ca 10 Features » 12 Arts & Culture 18 Listings 21 Sports ON THE WEB [email protected] » E-MAIL VOL. 60 ISSUE 09 ISSUE 60 VOL. NOVEMBER 03, 2005NOVEMBER CHURCHILL UNINVITED 05 UWSA TAKES A FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL HIT JOHN TAYLOR GATTO 11 A LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLING HYPERREAL PHOTOGRAPHY 12 KATE WILLIAMS EXHIBITS 3D PHOTOS AT THE FLEET GALLERY RESPECTING CHARLIE 22 ONE ON ONE WITH CHARLES VILLANUEVA OF THE TORONTO RAPTORS THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG STUDENT WEEKLY WEEKLY STUDENT WINNIPEG OF UNIVERSITY THE ♼ November 03, 2005 The Uniter 02 VOL.60 ISS.09 CONTACT: [email protected] NOVEMBER 03 2005 NEWS EDITOR: VIVIAN BELIK SENIOR EDITOR: LEIGHTON KLASSEN NEWS EDITOR: DEREK LESCHASIN UNITER STAFF UNITER NEWS E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] Managing Editor » Jo Snyder 01 [email protected] 02 Business Coordinator & Offi ce Manager » James D. Patterson [email protected] Anti-Violence Rally Draws 500 Winnipeggers NEWS EDITOR » Vivian Belik 03 [email protected] NEWS PRODUCTION EDITOR » Alan MacKenzie 04 Derek Leschasin violent gangs. At one point, Van Dreser opened the [email protected] BEAT REPORTER Local musician Declan McGarry, an microphone to attendees who lost friends and acquaintance of Haiart’s, sang two songs family members to violent crimes, and 29 05 SENIOR EDITOR » Leighton Klassen [email protected] candlelight vigil in remembrance of near the end of the event - one called “On people spoke, sometimes graphically, about the Time” he wrote specifi cally for the occasion. deaths of their loved ones. Among those who BEAT REPORTER » Whitney Light a suburban Winnipeg teen killed on McGarry said he feels the killing has shocked so spoke were the families of Joseph “Beeper” 06 [email protected] A Thanksgiving night doubled as a rally many people because Haiart was an innocent Spence, who was fatally shot at the age of 13 in BEAT REPORTER » Alan MacKenzie against violence last week. bystander when he was shot, and because he a gang-related incident in 1995, and Candace 07 [email protected] happened to be a suburbanite. Derksen, also killed at age 13 in 1984; her killer “That’s their world,” McGarry said of was never caught. FEATURES EDITOR Lori Ebbitt » According to security guards, over 500 Several city councilors and Mayor Sam 08 [email protected] people showed up at the Legislature grounds on “Now the violence has Katz attended the rally, which was sponsored 09 ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR » Mike Lewis Monday, Oct. 24 to support Isora Van Dreser, by local businesses including Staples, Long and [email protected] girlfriend of Phil Haiart, an innocent bystander entered our world, McQuade and Q1 Technologies Inc. Justice who was shot on Oct. 10 in the city’s West End. Minister Gord Mackintosh was also there and SPORTS EDITOR » Mike Pyl 10 [email protected] Van Dreser organized the Oct. 24 event with and you realize the spoke to the crowd, some of whom shouted that her mother, Susan. he and his policies are part of the problem. COMMENTS EDITOR » Daniel Blaikie An emotional Van Dreser announced that two worlds are not so “We come from different perspectives,” 11 [email protected] the date was chosen because it would have different from each he said, “but we all agree on one thing--that HUMOUR EDITOR » Matt Cohen been Haiart’s eighteenth birthday. She told the there must be new and stronger ways to conquer 12 [email protected] crowd that her loss helped her realize the pain other.” - Declan McGarry violence. Violence is not just another score in a others experience when they lose loved ones to video game, or a body count in a movie. It is PHOTO EDITOR Wade Andrew » violence. horribly painful and can disable a family for 13 [email protected] “I’m sorry I did not understand and I am residents of more violent core-areas of the city. generations.” 14 LISTINGS COORDINATOR » sincerely sorry for your losses,” she said. “Why “Now the violence has entered our world, and Katz did not speak at the rally, but the Nick Weigeldt [email protected] did it have to take the death of my boyfriend to you realize the two worlds are not so different next day he announced at a news conference get our attention? I don’t know all the answers, from each other.” that a special police unit, part of an effort COPY & STYLE EDITOR » 15 Melody Rogan [email protected] but I do know it is too late for our loved ones. Joe Hearn, a physically disabled core-area dubbed Operation Clean Sweep will take to the Now I will stand in solidarity and fi ght this fi ght resident who attended the rally with his wife streets in November to tackle gang violence. DISTRIBUTION MANAGER » with you.” Louise, a director with the Independent Living Operation Clean Sweep, according to a 16 Scott McArthur Van Dresser said she called the rally to Resource Centre, said he would like to see city Winnipeg Police media release, will add over PRODUCTION MANAGER & gather support from Winnipeggers to fi ght streets “reclaimed.” 40 police offi cers to target gangs, drugs and 17 GRAPHICS EDITOR » David C. Tan for stronger laws against violent crimes. She “I don’t think putting gang members in prostitution in areas the police believe need the [email protected] also pleaded for people to stop using drugs jail is the answer,” he said. “I think it needs to most help. and soliciting prostitutes, as these acts support be more social.” ADVERTISING MANAGER 18 » Ted Turner [email protected] 786-9779 the position of Part Time/Mature Students’ Director open until the next General Election THIS WEEKS CONTRIBUTORS By-elections. Who cares? while Claydon’s changed the one contested Robbie Stoesz, Sarah Arenson, Brook Jones, Daniel position, that of Adaptive Services Director, to Faloon, Josh Boulding, David EisBrenner, Patrick a Yes/No vote for McLeod, which she won. Faucher, Thomas Asselin, Kalen Qually, Jon The outcome of the election, both in Symons, Dan Verville, Sarah Hauch, Ian Scott, Erin McIntyre, Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson, Iain Ramsay, turnout and candidate performance, would Matt Urban, William O’Donnell, Andy Carney, Jill have been relatively easy to predict for someone Johnson, Steve Locke, Shane Gibson in attendance at the candidate speeches. If you were one of the two students who showed The Uniter is the offi cial student newspaper of the University up without being obligated to be there, you of Winnipeg and is published by the University of Winnipeg would have seen that only two of the six Students’ Association. The Uniter is editorially autonomous and the opinions expressed within do not necessarily refl ect candidates showed up to give a speech and those of the UWSA. The Uniter is a member of the Canadian University Press and Campus Plus Media Services. the none of the others exercised their right to send someone to speak on their behalf. The SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES, LETTERS, PHOTOS AND Photo by: Vivian Belik GRAPHICS ARE WELCOME Articles should be submitted two who gave speeches happen to be the same in text or Microsoft Word format to uniter@uwinnipeg. ca. Deadline for submissions is noon Friday (contact candidates whose expenditure forms were the section’s editor for more information). Deadline for Amy Dhillon, election comissioner; and Alon Weinberg oversee voting at last week’s by-election turned in on time: Stephen Whitmore and advertisements is noon Friday, six days prior to publication. The Uniter reserves the right to refuse to print submitted Tanya McFadyen. They were elected Lesbian, material. The Uniter will not print submissions that are Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered* Director and homophobic, misogynistic, racist or libelous. We also David EisBrenner reserve the right to edit for length or style. was “stated at the fi rst meeting, which was Vice President Internal, respectively. October 7th” and it was something that he With an estimated voter turnout of 2 CONTACT US » On the surface, not even last week’s had made “very clear at the meetings” that percent over four days, it’s easy to think that General Inquiries: 204.786.9790 electoral candidates. Though there were six the “deadline [was to be taken] very seriously the student body doesn’t care how the Students’ Advertising: 204.786.9779 Editors: 204.786.9497 candidates at the beginning of the recent because it’s at the heart of the election being Association is run. While that is true of some Fax: 204.783.7080 electoral race, there was a short time when run honestly.” people, many students didn’t even realize Email: [email protected] only two people’s names were slated to go In spite of this, four out of six candidates that an election was going on. In talking LOCATION » on the ballot, lending to the appearance that were disqualifi ed due to a failure to hand in with students outside the room containing Room ORM14 voters weren’t the only people not caring about their paperwork. Two of those candidates, the candidate elections, comments such as University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue the election. Shaguna Mathur and Catherine McLeod, were “[the UWSA and candidates] should put up Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 Late in the race -- specifi cally the later reinstated after appealing Wickström’s more posters... especially colour posters” were Friday before polls opened -- the deadline for decision successfully. Both cited personal common as students talked about how they candidates to hand in their expenditure forms reasons for not being able to meet the deadline.
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