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 Is nostalgia alone reason In these days enough to save the CBC? My horse English is a virus of dying media, comments  page 9 understands me that breeds zombies is the CBC next?  Is our national broadcaster's News  page 4 A & c  page 15 website facilitating hatred? News  page 5 02 The Uniter March 5, 2009 www.Uniter.ca

Feeling sick? Kiteboarding: you “In our culture, we’ve been lead to believe Maybe it's your think racing across that we should all be continuously home's fault snow is a good idea? embarked on a self-help program. Sometimes I wonder if that’s smart.”

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City’s non-profit “People will have less discretion- their hours at work, or they will be CONTRIBUTORS: ary spending, which is the money laid off,” O’Gorman said, leaving Antoinette Dyksman, Steve groups look for left over after basic expenses have them more free time to devote to Currie, Brooke Dmytriw, Megan been paid.” good causes. Turnbull, Mark Schram, Andrew Tod, ways to generate O’Gorman also suggested cor- The federal budget also did not Conor Meade, J. Williamez, James porate donations will decline. provide any increases in funding for Culleton, Mike Duerksen, Cindy money during “Large charities with endow- those groups, O’Gorman added, Titus, John Herbert Cunningham, ment funds invested in the stock despite repeated requests. Matt Prepost, Marc Sader, Lee recession market have also fallen drastically “The non-profit sector called Repko, James Hawboldt, Timothy in value,” O’ Gorman said. for an increase in the charitable tax Penner, Lindsay Rivait, Courtney Winnipeg Harvest is now think- credit,” O’Gorman said. Schwegel, Noni Brynjolson, Trevor ing of alternative ways to gain sup- “There won’t be a bailout for the Hagan, Josh Boulding, Kevin port from the public. charitable sector.” Chaves, Evan Daum, Pete Yee, Dan Huyghebaert “We’re hoping people will give in The drop in corporate donations Sagan Morrow, Jess Chapman, Beat reporter a different way, whether it’s through doesn’t affect everyone. Robert Huynh. volunteering or growing extra food Linda Warkentin, communi- in their garden,” Michalksi said. cations co-ordinator at Siloam Though they are still holding Some corporations are planning Mission, said that although they do The Uniter is the official student newspaper of the on, Winnipeg’s non-profit chari- University of Winnipeg and is published by Mouseland on providing Winnipeg Harvest receive corporate donations – the Press Inc. Mouseland Press Inc. is a membership ties are already worried how the with more volunteers instead of Asper Foundation recently donated based organization in which students and community bleak economic future will impact members are invited to participate. For more money, he added. $30,000 for an art program – they information on how to become a member go to www. donations. Winnipeg Harvest, which de- do not rely on them to stay afloat. “We’re hoping uniter.ca, or call the office at 786-9790. The Uniter “It is certainly a concern we livers 8.5 million pounds of food “We require a constant flow of is a member of the Canadian University Press and people will give Campus Plus Media Services. have as a food bank,” said Bruce to Manitobans every year, needs money, as the donations we receive Michalski, interim general man- enough volunteers to fill hours tend to go out fairly quickly,” she in a different SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES, LETTERS, GRAPHICS AND ager of Winnipeg Harvest. “But we PHOTOS ARE WELCOME. Articles must be submitted in equal to 113 full time positions. said. way, whether text (.rtf) or Microsoft Word (.doc) format to editor@ haven’t seen a decrease in donations The organization is also looking Instead, Siloam depends on a lot uniter.ca, or the relevant section editor. Deadline yet.” for submissions is 6:00 p.m. Thursday, one week into directly connecting with food of small givers. it’s through before publication. Deadline for advertisements is Michalski already heard from producers and growers to make up Although Warkentin said they noon Friday, six days prior to publication. The Uniter some supporters that their dona- volunteering or reserves the right to refuse to print submitted for the lack of donations. haven’t seen a slowdown in dona- material. The Uniter will not print submissions that tions won’t be as high as last year. On the other hand, O’Gorman tions just yet, the spring and sum- growing extra food are homophobic, misogynistic, racist, or libellous. We Melanie O’Gorman, econom- expects an increase in the amount mer are usually the slowest times of also reserve the right to edit for length and/or style. ics professor at the University of of volunteers for non-profits during the year. in their garden.” CONTACT US » Winnipeg, expects donations to all the recession. “We’re not sure what that will –Bruce Michalski, General Inquiries: 204.786.9790 kinds of non-profit groups to de- “People will have a decrease in bring,” she said. Winnipeg Harvest Advertising: 204.786.9790 cline by one per cent. Editors: 204.786.9497 Fax: 204.783.7080 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.uniter.ca A note about our cover: Soop worked as a social critic and The image on the front cover of LOCATION » activist for decades, explained Gallery The Uniter shows a Caucasian man Room ORM14 Cover Image Everett Soop (1943-2001), from the University of Winnipeg 1C03 art curator Milena Placentile. He beating up Soop, but next in line is an 515 Portage Avenue Blood (Kainai) Reserve in Alberta, criticized all groups equally, she said. Aboriginal man. was one of Canada’s first Aboriginal Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 "You're supposed journalists and editorial cartoonists. “He used his artistic skills to create “I think Soop is saying that his role was to laugh at cartoons!" very provocative cartoons, and since to draw attention to social ills, but he An exhibition of Soop’s work will be on by Everett Soop he was so direct and honest in his did it in ways that he and many, many display at University of Winnipeg’s own interpretations of so many issues, others thought was humorous, in order Mouseland Press Board of Directors: Kainai News, 20 December 1973. Gallery 1C03 from today (Mar. 5) people/groups were often pretty angry to take the sting out of the observations David EisBrenner (chair), Mary Agnes Welch, India ink on paper. Collection of until Apr. 4. with him.” he was making. But, the thing about Rob Nay, Nick Tanchuk, Brian Gagnon, Devin Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta. being critical is that someone is always King, Meg McGimpsey, Ben Zorn, Kelly Ross going to be defensive,” Placentile said. (UWSA), Scott Nosaty For inquiries e-mail: [email protected] Ne w s As s i g n m e n t Ed i t o r : To b an Dy c k News E-m a i l : Ne w s @u n i t e r .c a 03 Ph o n e : 786-9497 www.uniter.ca March 5, 2009 The Uniter Fa x : 783-7080 Living on borrowed funds

mark Larry Riehl regularly panhandles

reimer at the corner of Graham Avenue and Carleton Street; he stops at $30, which is enough for food, laundry and an occassional movie.

“The cops used to bother me and tell me to move. Now they leave me alone. People know me.” –Larry Riehl, panhandler

law and is not aggressive. to charge people outright. City by-laws The crime and When laws “I know what the law is. I’m not “We’re not trying to wipe out neglect punishment don’t matter beside a building or bank. Some panhandling,” he said. “The by-law (panhandlers) run up to people. is to address public concerns.” panhandlers, Winnipeg by-law 7700/2000, a.k.a. The by-law does not apply to You can’t do that.” To Helgason, public concerns The Obstructive Solicitation By-law, people who clean car windows at While Riehl is content obeying also encompass the needs of pan- say activists states panhandlers: stop lights, otherwise known as the law, some local agencies feel the handlers. He speculated of a situ- ‘squeegee kids.’  Cannot obstruct the flow of by-law is uncompromising towards ation where someone who has a pedestrian traffic by asking for A man who identified himself those in need. job finds themselves stranded and Andrew McMonagle money only as Chris said he prefers “The issue is that they violate an without their wallet. Beat reporter  Cannot ask for money near a squeegeeing because “there’s individual’s right to ask for help,” He questioned how successful pay phone or inside an elevator no point to panhandling. They’re said Wayne Helgason, executive they would be in asking passerby  Cannot threaten or insult too aggressive.” director of the Social Planning for a quarter to call their family. A couple times a week, Larry Riehl people while asking for money Chris said he has been ap- Council of Winnipeg. “There “What perturbs me the most is puts on a warm scarf and mittens  Cannot be in a group of more proached by the police on sev- are… incidences when people need that there are people in impossible to brave the cold on the corner of than two people while asking for eral occasions and threatened help.” circumstances that are now crimi- a parking lot on Graham Avenue money with a ticket for obstructing Yet the current by-law, passed in nalized,” he said. “It’s cloaked under and Carleton Street. With no per- Offenders are liable for a maximum traffic. 2000, actually grants more freedom the issue of public safety.” manent address or job, Riehl is one fine of $1,000 and/or six months Chris said he has an easy solu- for panhandlers than its predeces- Riehl’s panhandling profits aren’t of Winnipeg’s forgotten citizens, a in prison. tion for when that happens. sor, said Rick Joyal, manager at the enough for rent. He currently lives “I move!" Downtown Winnipeg Business at the Main Street Mission, which panhandler. Source: City of Winnipeg Riehl relies on panhandling for Improvement Zone (BIZ). he said he does not enjoy. the majority of his income, say- It has already been modified Riehl does not qualify for welfare ing it makes enough money for his to address Charter of Rights and as he has no permanent address. He 7700/2000, informally known as public transit or on restaurant Freedoms issues. said he has been working with a so- needs. the ‘aggressive panhandling’ by-law, patios. “I stop at $30,” he said. “That’s The first version of the by-law cial worker to get a damage deposit which dictates what a person can or It also prohibits repeatedly ask- said a person could not panhandle from welfare so he can move into what I need to get food, wash my cannot do while panhandling. ing or obstructing traffic. clothes and maybe go to a movie. I after dark. an apartment with friends. Panhandling involves a person “The cops used to bother me and “You shouldn’t have something But as welfare would only give like movies.” asking for money from passerby on tell me to move. Now they leave me Riehl does his best to not get that restricts everything,” Joyal him $285 per month for rent, Riehl the street. alone,” Riehl said. “People know said. has to keep panhandling for his into any trouble with the police. The by-law prohibits asking peo- me.” He is well versed in Winnipeg’s A past police officer, Joyal said extra income. ple for money near a bank, when Riehl said the police leave him the police and the BIZ do not want Obstructive Solicitation By-law getting in and out of vehicles, on alone because he abides by the by-

by sandy klowak Q: Should there be restrictions put on panhandlers?

Jeff Fransoo, Chen-yi Liu, Josee Montreuil, Kinesiology student Physics student International Development Studies Definitely after dark they shouldn’t be able to They can do whatever they want and Environmental Studies student (panhandle). Anything where you’re alone – as long as they are not verbally I think that it’s free reign on the they shouldn’t be able to approach you. threatening people. streets. If everyone’s respectful of their own space then I think it’s fine.

Christena Leclerc, Richard Smith, Bernice Schurko, transcriptionist (no photo) retired downtown shopper It’s a hard question to answer because I don’t mind giving people money I think they should just be left, because I’ve never been in that position so I but it just gets to be irritating after they’re down and out as it is so I think don’t know what it would feel like. a while. They should maybe give that’s enough punishment. Nobody knows people signs to carry around: ‘Don’t what’s going to happen in our lives. bother me, I already gave.’ 04 News The Uniter March 5, 2009 www.Uniter.ca Local Bad house? Bad health! A nt systems. News Briefs o Problems with low- Dy inette Compiled by Steve Currie “You see it all across the city in income housing may pockets, but because housing is Old toilets losing ksman older in the inner-city there is a their charm negatively affect bigger challenge there,” she said. The popularity of new dual-flush Jim Silver, co-director of the toilets presents something of a residents' health Urban and Inner City Studies problem for second hand retailers. Department at the University of ReStore, a used building supplies Winnipeg, said that the govern- company that raises funds for Habitat ment should step in and provide for Humanity, is full to the brim with Joe Kornelsen old-model toilets. Volunteer staff the spaces. ReStore normally acquires two or “The real difficulty is that the three toilets a week, but it received private market does not provide af- over 100 this week before Brenda Houses and apartments can have a fordable housing for low-income Mulvaney, the store’s general negative effect on the health of in- individuals,” he said, adding that manager, finally said no, reportedC BC dividuals living in them if they are in a cold climate like Winnipeg’s, News. not well maintained. people need proper shelter. People now dump the toilets on her Silver believes that investment in lot after hours. Kate Sjoberg, executive direc- tor of the Spence Neighbourhood Shauna MacKinnon of the Manitoba CCPA says the negligence of some inner city improving or building new rental Used toilets can be dropped off at landlords damages the health of many residents. the Brady Hill landfill, where they’ll be Association, said that she hears sto- properties is the best way to pro- crushed into floor materials. ries from people every day about vide spaces. the state of their living space. "We should all be on health and housing in Canada. The SNA has focused on im- proving the housing situation of Friendly is gone, the “We hear about the way hous- The director of the Canadian bison might follow ing affects the health of people ev- concerned about Centre for Policy Alternatives in homeowners in the neighbourhood Manitoba’s flag is up for review by eryday...bed bugs continues to be a the marginalized Manitoba, Shauna MacKinnon, by renovating houses and tearing a grassroots movement within the huge issue – a fact that’s not being was one of the speakers in the se- down old properties not worth the provincial governing party. dealt with at all,” she said. around us who ries. She said that the CCPA has upkeep. The SNA also tries to in- The New Democratic Party’s Riel The Spence neighbourhood has live in these done a lot of work over the last form homeowners on how to make Constituency Association claimed an aging housing stock that makes five years in studying the effects of upkeep affordable. the flag is old news left over from its it vulnerable to decay. Houses can conditions.” housing on health. Health issues go beyond just days as a British colony, reported the be poorly heated or have a draft or -Shauna MacKinnon, “Housing is a major concern for the inner city, said MacKinnon, Canadian Press. adding that Winnipeggers should The group will present its report in have faulty appliances. For own- director of Canadian Centre people living in low-income situa- ers these can be expensive to fix, tions,” she said recognize the state of low-income an upcoming NDP convention. for Policy Alternatives The flag also finished 44th ina and landlords may not be willing MacKinnon pointed to over- housing stock. volunteer study of state and provincial to make needed improvements for crowding and landlords not keep- “We should all be concerned flags by anA merican flag association, rented homes. and the University of Winnipeg ing up with maintenance as major about the marginalized around us one place behind Ontario’s similar As part of a speaker series, the Urban and Inner City Studies factors in increasing the spread of who live in these conditions,” said flag. Public Health Agency of Canada Department, held a presentation diseases and damaging immune MacKinnon. The Conservative Party of Manitoba argued the flag, with its British ensign, is an important symbol of the province’s roots. Premier Doer has yet to comment on the issue. Horsing around good for the soul Welcome back, Campus therapy mark Manitoba politicos reimer The provincial legislature will open its doors on Mar. 25 with the group looks towards introduction of the 2009 budget. This will be the third session of horse therapy to Manitoba’s 39th Legislative Assembly, which began with last fall’s throne help with issues speech. The speech presented the Dan Huyghebaert provincial response to the growing Beat reporter financial crisis, proposing tax cuts, skills investments and a $4.7 billion investment in provincial infrastructure A therapy group based out of the over the next four years. University of Winnipeg is hoping Last year, the provincial legislature sat the most days – 72 – of any western interaction with horses can help at- Canadian government. risk youth. The Aurora Family Therapy Centre is implementing an equine- MPI moves to the heart of downtown assisted therapy program called Manitoba Public Insurance has Horses Helping People. The pro- purchased Cityplace mall, a nine-story gram focuses on at-risk youth and building which will effectively become their families, with the goal of in- its head office. creasing bonding within the family The crown corporation has been unit. in the building since 1980. It already “Horses are highly social and occupies 80 per cent of its offices. intuitive animals,” said Linda Marilyn McLaren, the company’s Cantelon, director of therapy for chief executive officer, told the the Aurora Family Therapy Centre. Winnipeg Free Press the acquisition Equine therapy allows people to see how their behaviour affects others through interaction with horses. will help stabilize MPI’s costs, which “They pick up what is going on in turn will reflect positively on within people.” customers. The Centre will lease some horses dress,” Sutton said. “Horses have match between the horse’s person- around for over 30 years. MPI paid indebted real estate firm and a riding arena for the program the ability to get to it quickly.” ality and the client. Peter Manastyrsky, the executive Huntingdon REIT $80.5 million dollars and already has a couple of grants Candice Kontzi, who runs “The horse will mirror individ- director, works with kids with dis- for the plaza. to help, including a $38,000 op- some equine-assisted personal de- ual emotions,” Kontzi said. “Horses abilities between the ages of six and erating grant from the Winnipeg velopment programs out of the allow people to understand and 12, who usually get referred to the Media giant trouble Foundation. The Centre is cur- Roycan Country Haven in Portage learn about their energy and focus program through a school therapist just keeps piling rently taking referrals for the pro- la Prairie, has been working with on their intuition.” or the Children’s Hospital. CanWest Global Communications gram, which involves no riding. Corporation could potentially be horses for 35 years, many of which Manastyrsky said the program Cantelon said their program has were spent doing equine therapy. has physical and mental benefits, facing its last days as a media giant. helped with bullies as well their “Horses allow The company, whose corporate But until a local therapist ap- such as balance, co-ordination and offices are located in Winnipeg, is victims. proached her a few years ago to people to muscle strengthening. approaching a deadline to negotiate a “They learn about how their work with one of his clients, she understand and “We deal with kids who don’t new line of credit from its lenders. behaviour affects other people had not heard of the term equine normally do any physical activity,” This move would allow the company through their interaction with the therapy. learn about their Manastyrsky said. “This is their to shore up its operation costs and horses,” Cantelon said. “I just didn’t know it has a hockey.” avoid potential bankruptcy. Equine, or horse-assisted, ther- name,” she said. energy and focus Despite the benefits of equine Reuters reported that earlier this apy is different for everyone, said Kontzi said there is definitely a on their intuition.” therapy, Kontzi has a word of cau- month, the banks had more than Jacqueline Sutton. Sutton runs the halved the media giant’s line of credit need for equine therapy, judging by -Candice Kontzi, tion for people wishing to enter the Windhorse Centre for equine ther- the number of clients coming back field. from $300 million to a $112 million, $92 apy on Salt Spring Island in British Roycan Country Haven million of which had already been lent for more. “You have to get the right horses out. Columbia. “We have had cancer patients as well as a good support team.” The company, which now has a debt “It is so organic and depends come back more than once," Other horse therapy programs load of $3.7 billion, has seen a severe on individual interaction,” Sutton Kontzi said. involve physical horseback riding. For more information about drop in revenues from its television said, stressing that no riding takes Kontzi said the horses are not Such is the case with the Aurora's programs, please check and newspaper outlets since the place. specifically trained for such pro- Manitoba Riding for the Disabled them out online at http://aurora. onset of the recession. “We (humans) are clever at grams. Instead, therapy relies on a Association Inc., which has been uwinnipeg.ca/programs-and- avoiding what we really want to ad- services/horses-helping-people/ News 05 www.uniter.ca March 5, 2009 The Uniter

Keeping police in check International Province to revamp “It’s still an News Briefs issue of police Compiled by Brooke Dmytriw Police Act Magnets help keep policing police.” crocodiles at bay with help from -Albert McLeod, MIAMI, Florida: Scientists are Inner City Safety Coalition co-chair trying to keep crocodiles away from the community residential neighbourhoods by taping magnets to their heads. Reuters reported researchers from Sandy Klowak Mexico’s Crocodiles Museum have been successful in deviating crocodiles from Beat reporter me

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ll Now, Florida experts are following in sulted with the public on proposed their steps. changes to the Provincial Police Act Crocodiles are a territorial species. recently. In Florida, many relocated from the “It’s become increasingly clear Morgan said. Copwatch is a community and crime but also preventing crime, so rural everglades areas to residential that this police act has to be revised,” While LERA (Law Enforcement volunteer based group working to there really needs to be some bal- locations. said Rachel Morgan, Government Review Agency) currently exists as promote police accountability by ance,” he said. While crocodiles captured in urban of Manitoba spokesperson. an independent investigative body, documenting police interactions Aboriginal inclusion in this pro- neighbourhoods are transported to The current act is so ancient that it can only investigate cases of al- with civilians. cess is essential, he said. more natural habitats, they often find Morgan could not confirm its date leged misconduct and not criminal It also provides copwatching and Copwatch’s Amanda said the re- their way back to the capture location. of creation, estimating it at some- issues. know-your-rights workshops for vision of the roughly 80-year-old American crocodiles are a threatened The proposed investigative unit the community. Police Act is long overdue. species; however, their numbers have time between the late 1920s or early rebounded in Florida. 1930s. would fill that gap. Copwatch thinks the provincial “In many people’s opinion, that Many of the proposed changes But Albert McLeod, co-chair of government should instate regu- is far too long,” Amanda said. “I focus on civilian involvement in the Inner City Safety Coalition and lar media coverage of complaints think there are several major forces African president arrested police oversight and investigations. employee at Ka Ni Kanichihk, a re- against police, said Amanda (not that are demanding a review of the for corruption BLANTYRE, Malawi: Ex-President These include a civilian police source group for Aboriginal People, real name), a Copwatch member. act.” is worried the proposed indepen- Members remain anonymous to “It’s basically a glaring need for Malawi Bakili Muluzi was recently commission to oversee policing arrested and charged for stealing over standards; an independent inves- dent investigative unit may not be better monitor the police. public accountability in law en- $11 million in donations. tigative unit to investigate cases of independent enough if comprised Copwatch is also concerned forcement in this province.” According to the International Herald alleged police misconduct; and the of members affiliated with the po- punishment for police criminal And while some feel that pub- Tribune, the ex-president is accused implementation of police boards to lice force. and non-criminal wrongdoing is lic consultations are a positive step, of siphoning the funds directly to his supervise area police. “It’s still an issue of police polic- not significant enough. they will only be effective if taken personal bank account. “It’s absolutely critical that ing police and I think the challenge “Basically, we’re saying time off to heart. The former president denies any Manitobans do have full trust in is how you get it to be an open pro- with pay is grossly insufficient,” “If public consultations are wrongdoing and his supporters view the police,” Morgan said. cess that the communities feel con- Amanda said. meaningful and actually taken se- the charge as politically motivated. fident in,” McLeod said. Copwatch also thinks the pro- riously, it’s a valuable process,” Muluzi was Malawi’s president from This trust was shaken during the 1994 to 2004. recent inquiry into Crystal Taman’s These are issues he feels the vincial government should take rec- Amanda said. He faced similar charges in 2006, death at the hands of an off-duty Aboriginal community will bring ommendations from the Aboriginal The rewritten Act will take effect which were thrown out of court. Winnipeg police officer in 2005. to the government’s attention. Justice Inquiry of 1991. later in 2009. As it currently stands, police Winnipeg Police Service de- McLeod feels there should be a clined comment for the story. focus on prevention, especially for To voice your opinion on the Police Hungry criminal begs police investigate their own colleagues, Act online, go to www.gov.mb.ca/ to return him to prison which can create a conflict of Winnipeg Copwatch is also con- the Aboriginal community, who TAIPEI, Taiwan: An unemployed cerned with issues of former police are over-represented in the criminal justice/policeact/public.html. For interest. the complete list of Winnipeg criminal asked police to return him to “Right now there aren’t inde- on the commissions and boards justice system in Manitoba. prison so that he could have shelter that oversee police. “Policing is not just dealing with Copwatch recommendations, go to pendent units investigating police,” www.winnipegcopwatch.org. and eat again. Police found the 45-year-old convicted arsonist sleeping in the streets. After police roused him, the Comments on CBC's website stir racism debate former criminal begged them to take him back to jail.

mark there will be content that people The man had already spent 10 years Student in prison for his crimes.

reimer will find offensive,” he said. According to SCO grand chief Morris Swan Reuters, the man had representative previously contacted police seeking Shannacappo said it is important re-incarceration. wants more that media organizations control The police officers bought the man comments like the comments the lunch and encouraged him to continue university action SCO flagged because, “racism is looking for work. still alive and well in this country.” against racism “For a country that voted ‘no’ on Bouncing fish species revealed the declaration of aboriginal rights, JAKARTA, Indonesia: A new species Joe Kornelsen we have a long way to go,” he said, of fish has been identified off the coast Beat reporter referring to the United Nations of Ambon island. declaration on native rights that Dubbed psychedelica by researchers, passed in 2007. the fish is a type of frogfish that stays close to the ocean floor. Indigenous rights representa- Keay said it is important that free speech not be unreasonably BBC reported the fish was spotted tives are accusing the Canadian before, but not recognized as a Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) limited. different species. and provincial universities of not “The question is: how do The fish does look unique: it is doing enough to prevent racism. you strike a balance with free covered in swirling white and blue The debate started when Ryan Bruyere of the university's Aboriginal Student Council believes the university expression.” stripes on a peach background. It has a Southern Chiefs’ Organization should mandate an aboriginal history course to prevent racism. Chris Buors believes that too flat face and forward placed eyes. (SCO) in Manitoba, a provincial much is being made of this issue. Psychedelica moves along the indigenous advocacy group, ac- A member of the Libertarian Party bottom of the sea floor by hopping or of these comments were made by bouncing, using its pelvic fins to push cused CBC of allowing racist com- of Canada – a party that runs on What to do instead? university-aged people, requiring it off the ground. ments on its website. response at the university level. a platform of unfettered individ- After a year monitoring com- The Southern Chiefs’ Organization “We see a youth-oriented prob- ual and property rights – who ran ments posted by the public on the would like to see the following lem and we see a youth-oriented in Winnipeg North last election, Authorities searching for CBC website, the SCO responded take place: Buors believes people should be al- a radioactive fugitive solution,” Bruyere said. LONDON: Police are on the lookout with some particularly inflam-  The provincial Department of The ASC wants the U of W to lowed to make comments that are offensive because racism can be for a man undergoing radiation who matory statements on their own Justice should review the CBC instate a mandatory three credit failed to appear in court on child confronted in the open. website. website and determine whether hour course to increase awareness pornography charges. “The CBC website is provid- the broadcaster’s actions qualify of aboriginal issues among univer- “You should tell these people Thomas Marius Leopold has been ing a vehicle for the expression of as enabling hatred. sity students. they are wrong; that their opinions deemed radioactive after treatment hatred, intolerance and ignorance  Governments of all levels The idea is currently in the dis- are wrong.” for what is likely a thyroid problem. through the perpetuation of stereo- should examine how expressions cussion phase with university But there should be no limits on The judge warned arresting officers types,” read a news release on the administration. what can be said, Buors said. to take caution while apprehending of hatred can be prevented from Leopold, since his radioactivity could SCO website. all blogs. Jeff Keay, a CBC spokesperson, Bruyere believes while freedom of speech is important, it is often harm them. “What happened last week (re-  The public should hold CBC acknowledged SCO’s concerns The Associated Press reported fers to a particular post) was a di- accountable for the offensive over the content. used ignorantly when it comes to racial issues. Leopold seemed to be receiving rect result of the deliberate and and racist language expressed in CBC has moderators monitor- radioactive iodine to treat an ongoing policy of CBC.” its website’s comments section. ing user posts, but some offensive “A lot of these people are uned- overactive thyroid problem, a routine The University of Winnipeg  Find ways to improve comments still get through. ucated. These people should try to treatment. Aboriginal Student Council people’s understanding of “We`re pretty sympathetic with understand these issues from an- Normally people receiving that form (ASC) was also involved with the Aboriginal People through edu- their point of view; When you try other perspective,” he said. of treatment are recommended to monitoring. to provide a forum like that which At CBC’s invitation, the univer- refrain from close contact with family cation programs. and friends and keep others at a safe The aboriginal students’ direc- Source: Southern Chiefs’ Organization press release is as unfettered as that, it brings sity’s ASC went to a staff briefing to distance. tor Ryan Bruyere believes many with it the risk that occasionally discuss issues of race. 06 News The Uniter March 5, 2009 www.Uniter.ca Province considering nuclear power plant Small town Pinawa mark reimer Canada’s nuclear mark expresses interest  22 overall nuclear reactors in Canada  18 operating reactors in Canada Joe Kornelsen  14.6% of Canada’s energy comes from these operating reactors. Beat reporter It is dispersed to Ontario, New Brunswick and Québec  439 operable nuclear power reactors in the world  22% of the world’s uranium needs come from Saskatchewan Nuclear power may soon join Source: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, hydro as a part of Manitoba’s en- Canadian Nuclear Association ergy supply. The town of Pinawa is working out a tentative agreement to set up With Manitoba Hydro’s current a nuclear power plant near town three dam projects, the province ex- “Do we need it? in an effort to help the environ- pects to produce enough power to No. But if it brings ment and improve the small town’s satisfy demand and export power to economy. both Minnesota and Wisconsin. economic benefits Pinawa Mayor Blair Skinner has The energy supply added by the to the province been in talks with the Province of nuclear plant will create an even Manitoba and Atomic Energy of larger surplus to sell. then it should Canada Limited (AECL) to set up “Do we need it? No,” said be considered.” a nuclear power plant on a site that Skinner. “But if it brings economic formerly contained a nuclear re- benefits to the province then it –Blair Skinner, Pinawa mayor search plant. should be considered.” “A nuclear generating site would Adding nuclear power would bring huge economic development also diversify energy production to the town,” Skinner said. in the province in case Manitoba Danny Blair, a geography profes- Hydro faces a season of low water sor at the University of Winnipeg, levels, he said. believes it’s a good idea for the prov- Whelan-Enns doesn’t think we ince to produce nuclear energy. need the new plant. “Just a few years ago anyone in- “It’s very expensive in terms of volved in environmental research reducing emissions,” she said. would have said definitely not nu- Instead, the province should clear,” Blair said. work to reduce energy consumption But with climate change now through conservation, promoting posing a bigger problem, Blair energy efficiency and retrofitting said nuclear power is looking more buildings, Whelan-Enns said. appealing. The plan is currently in its pre- Nuclear energy doesn’t produce liminary stages. Geography professor Danny Blair believes that in an effort to stop burning coal, According to Skinner, both greenhouse gas emissions and could environmentalists will accept nuclear energy. help reduce emissions in coal-burn- AECL and the minister respon- ing provinces or states. sible for Manitoba Hydro, Greg “We need to do whatever we can Manitoba should develop an en- The province should legislate a Selinger, have expressed an interest as a whole to stop burning coal,” ergy plan before building the new plan for the type of energy being in the project. Blair said. power plant, she said. produced and targets for energy Skinner hopes to hold public Gaile Whelan-Enns, director of “We need to figure out how production and job creation to consultations as the project goes Manitoba Wildlands, believes there much energy we want to develop,” guide the province’s energy policy, forward to address environmental is no need for rushed action. Whelan-Enns said. Whelan-Enns added. concerns. From the farm, to your plate Cou in the ear of the cow or calf prior to Province develops rtes the animal leaving its original herd. y o y new tracking M f Each tag contains a small chip and S ark antenna that can then transmit data to a reader, or a sort of barcode database chram scanner. Though the CCIA system is one Mark Schram of the more advanced of its kind Volunteer in the world, it has not been met without skepticism. The same wor- ries are extended towards the new Spurred by a 'buy local' trend, the traceability program. province is trying to inform con- "My biggest thing is that it's sumers about the origins and travel costing us a lot of money to keep it details of their food by investing in place," said Boyd Mullin, a cattle more than $400,000 into a trace- rancher in southwest Manitoba. ability system for all farm products Canada is only one of a hand- created and consumed within the ful of countries that have made this province. sort of traceability system manda- "Our goal is to create a national tory. For many countries, includ- agrifood traceability system, starting ing the United States, RFID and first with the livestock and poultry other traceability programs are still industries and eventually extend- voluntary. ing to all farms in Manitoba," said "I think it's a very good system, Wayne Lees, chief veterinary officer but not when we're the only ones for Manitoba. doing it," Boyd said. The majority of the money will In the end, although the systems A new provincial database will allow to track cattle, marked by Radio Frequency Identification, and other items on the journey from in place may have their flaws, both go towards developing an identi- the farm to the consumer. fication database with IBM. This consumers and producers are gen- database will contain information erally in favour of moving toward about all those involved in the Stephen Kesselman, a full-time stu- The CCIA was a voluntary pro- which became extremely appar- better traceability programs both in production and sales of a product, dent who lives and shops in down- gram established in 2002 for the ent after the Bovine Spongiform Manitoba and across the country. from the farm that grew the prod- town Winnipeg. purpose of tracking individual cat- Encephalopathy (BSE), or mad "I believe we're doing the right uct to its departure from the gro- Although by far the most ex- tle through the complex process cow disease, scare of 2003. In 2006 thing," Boyd said. "It's an honest cery store shelf. tensive program established by the that every piece of beef takes before the program became mandatory for thing." "I think that this will give the provincial government to this date, landing on the consumer’s plate. all Canadian cattle producers. The database will grow to en- consumer a sense of comfort, but I the database will be working along- The program sought to iden- The CCIA system traces meat compass more producers as more don't think that people will change side several systems already in place, tify any sick or suspicious ani- through technology known as radio industries join the program. their shopping habits much," said including the Canadian Cattle mals and trace them back to their frequency identification (RFID). Identification Agency (CCIA). herd of origin, the importance of With this process, a tag is inserted 07 www.uniter.ca March 5, 2009 The Uniter

Campus News Campus News Briefs Model school breaks all the rules Compiled by Sandy Klowak U of W gets new chancellor andre student-to-teacher ratio than most Local businessman Robert Silver has been elected by the University U of W Collegiate w public schools. mcm of Winnipeg's Board of Regents and Due to the space restrictions, the o Senate as the university's seventh test facility provides na school does not have a waiting list. g chancellor. le a bright future for They don’t want to raise hopes un- Silver is the co-owner of the necessarily, Zacharias said. Warehouse One retail chain, the troubled learners Since the model school is only Winnipeg Free Press and Brandon in the first year of operation, recent Sun . He is also the president of budget cuts at the U of W suggest Western Glove Works. Andrew McMonagle there may not be adequate funding Silver is also active in the Beat reporter for all programs. Winnipeg community. He was the But the model school won’t suf- chair of last year's United Way fer, Zacharias said. campaign, the co-chair of the Life in high school can be tough The school is funded through Winnipeg Library Foundation and if you can’t relate to the learn- donations from the Faculty of the Premier's Economic Advisory ing methods. Perhaps you can’t Education, the U of W, U of W Council. focus for more than a few minutes. Collegiate and a variety of other He also served as a board Maybe you’ve never felt comfort- businesses. member for the Canadian Apparel able in school. Maybe you don’t They receive money through Federation and Destination care about education because you Students at the Innovative Learning Centre showed potential in their former schools, but the Winnipeg Foundation, but Winnipeg. don’t feel safe. found the environment they need to succeed here on campus. not from them. The Foundation Silver will begin his position on July 1, 2009, taking over for H. The University of Winnipeg acts as a mediator to other funders, Collegiate is trying to overcome the Sanford Riley, who served three like guidance counselors and pub- “The biggest difference here Zacharias said. terms as chancellor. barriers that some students face in lic school teachers. would be the school work,” she public school – but they just can’t The referred students had shown said. “Here it’s work-at-your-own- “I don’t feel the Academics staying up north meet the demand. great potential in school, but pace. I don’t feel the struggle here.” A wave of American academics In September, a model school needed a different environment to Kayla was referred to the pro- struggle here.” who moved to Canada in 2005 on the fourth floor of Wesley Hall help achieve it. gram through Big Brothers, Big during the Bush administration –Kayla Ducharme, student at the have no plans to return now that opened its doors to provide select “The goal is to increase ac- Sisters (BBBS). She said she was re- high school students with the extra U of W Collegiate model school Barack Obama is in office. cess to post-secondary education ferred because they saw something Citing job opportunities and attention they need to do well. for children who are underrepre- in her they didn’t see in others: a “We encourage them to learn a more liberal world view, many sented,” said acting director Gerri love of learning. As students are referred to the American academics are getting about how they learn,” said Ian Zacharias, who is also a teacher at “I really do feel like I can go on model school, referees sometimes Elliott, teacher at the model school. Canadian citizenship and enjoying the Innovative Learning Centre. to university,” she said, happily. provide funding. rights not available in their “The kids love it.” One student attending classes The model school is set to move BBBS Winnipeg was able to fi- former country, such as same- The school, named the Innovative with Zacharias and Elliott is Kayla into the Richardson College for the nancially sponsor the six students it sex marriage, reported University Learning Centre, currently has 20 Ducharme. Environment when it is completed referred, Zacharias said. Affairs. students, with three graduating this “I feel more safe here,” she said. in 2010. This will allow the school “We can be fair and treat each Earlier in February, United spring. This will free three more “I usually don’t feel that way.” to take in more students and hire child differently,” she said, explain- Kingdom-based Times Higher spots for next year. Kayla is in Grade 9 and was not more teachers. ing every student in the model Financial magazine predicted Students arrive at the school by finding her experience in public For now, the model school has school has an opportunity to blos- American academics may return referral from other organizations, school satisfying. only two teachers – still a better som in their own way. down south after President Obama committed to funding science research. Yet the American recession also stopped hiring in many major U.S. universities. Many academics feel there are more opportunities here, despite the uncertain research funding situation in Canada. Canada did not renew funding for the Genome Canada project and provided little new research incentive in the latest budget. Announcement Recession hits universities Canadian universities will need to significantly increase tuition fees to compensate for revenue losses Annual Meeting caused by the recession, a recent report suggests. These increases may start of the Membership in Manitoba. Earlier last year, the provincial government Mouseland Press Inc commissioned the advice of Benjamin Levin, the Canada Research Chair in Educational 12:30 p.m. March 25, 2009 Leadership and Policy from the University of Toronto, on its post- Bulman Student Centre secondary education costs. Students might face a pay hike of up to 25 per cent over the next few years. Agenda: According to CBC News, the report by U.S.- based Educational 1. Welcome and Introductions Policy Institute (EPI) suggested this change could create a domino 2. Approval of Previous meeting’s minutes effect across Canada. 3. Managing Editor and Business Manager Reports Students pay too much According to a study released by 4. Approval of 2009-2010 Budget The Canadian Council on Learning, 5. By-law Changes Canadians are dissatisfied with the level of accessibility to university 5. Nomination of new Board of Directors education. As reported by Maclean’s 6. Election OnCampus, the report found that 7. Election of Chair and setting of initial BoD meeting. while Canadians are generally happy with post-secondary 8. Presentation to outgoing board members Check out our institutions, they are worried there is not enough aid for low-income 9. Adjournment brand new website: students and that students are expected to borrow too much Any proposed by-law changes by members are welcomed, www.uniter.ca. money to pay for school. but must be submitted by Tuesday, Mar. 10 at 12 noon. The survey, conducted with Statistics Canada, collected Please contact [email protected] for further details. Canadians' opinions on learning of all stages – from childhood to post- secondary. 08 The Uniter March 5, 2009 www.Uniter.ca Good Comments & Evil Discrimination a two-way street Boycotting Israeli with J.Williamez universities isn’t It’s time to talk anti-Semitic about J-Dog Andrew Tod If you want to make friends, there are a few Volunteer staff subjects you should never talk about: politics, necrophilia, mittens, etc. But by far the most important one of these to avoid is religion. This The January ceasefire reached in Gaza may week, I’m not going to be making any friends. have ended the Israeli Operation Cast Lead For some reason, talking to people about offensive against Hamas, but here in Canada religion almost always ends in disaster. Even my it certainly has not served to curb public backlash against Israel’s actions. cat wouldn’t speak to me for a week when I made Although the mainstream press tended to a comment about her belief in Scientology. It’s ignore the obscene Palestinian death toll at just a very personal and very touchy subject. the hands of the Israeli military and instead [CUPE] does argued passionately for Israel’s right to have not seek to There’s no better way done so in defence against Hamas, many boycott other Canadians were shocked to learn of the de- versities that produce weapons research in to lose a crowd than to tails of Israel’s latest “war” in Gaza. institutions that the United States should be blacklisted on tell a joke about Jesus One of those is Sid Ryan, the president hold blame for the boycott provision as well, since much of of the Canadian Union of Public Employees the Israeli military’s superior firepower is pro- (CUPE) Ontario. Following the Israeli mas- the latest horrors vided by that great republic to our south. I do musical comedy for a living (every sacres, including the bombing of an Islamic committed by Furthermore, while CUPE Ontario is Monday night at Shannon’s Irish Pub…plug, university and other schools, Ryan called for boycotting Canadian academic ties with a CUPE Ontario boycott of Israeli academ- Israel in Gaza plug), and I can tell you from experience that Israel, why not investigate if it has any ties to there’s no better way to lose a crowd than to tell ics in Canada who refuse to condemn Israel’s countries that arm Hamas? Though it is clear latest assault. that misfiring rockets are no match for the a joke about Jesus. The same people who will Apparently realizing the appallingly au- to Hamas, I shudder to think of just how sit and laugh until they cry at jokes and songs many Jew-haters B’nai Brith believes exist in strength of the Israeli military, the frequent thoritarian nature of forcing Israelis living in rocket attacks which Hamas carries out have about poop, bestiality, masturbation, penises Canada to denounce Israel’s actions, on Feb. Canada. By the same fuzzy logic, the latest siege allowed Israel to justify its Gaza slaughter in and vaginas will actually get up and leave while 22 CUPE Ontario instead passed a resolu- the eyes of the international community. giving me the ‘evil eye’ when I make one little tion proposing a boycott of Israeli universi- of Gaza where over a thousand Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces – a much stron- If CUPE Ontario wishes to announce it- harmless joke about the J-Dog: that’s how ties themselves. self as a defender of the Palestinians, then strongly many people feel about religion. In typical fashion, Canadian Jewish ger form of criticism by the way – would have to be interpreted as being anti-Islamic, their proposed boycott should lay blame on Not only do I understand that, but I fully Groups – such as the Canadian Jewish all parties involved, not just Israel. To do Congress and B’nai Brith Canada – have or at the very least anti-Arab on the part of respect it. Even though I am an atheist, I the Israeli government, would it not? otherwise, which is what CUPE Ontario has completely admire religious faith. I’m not one sounded the alarm that CUPE Ontario’s already decided upon, only serves to under- actions constitute sentiments of “discrimi- Unfortunately, groups that echo these of those pompous asshole atheists like Richard charges against CUPE Ontario are too con- score one good point made in a clutter of nation,” “bigotry,” and their favourite card: bad ones by Canada’s unabashedly pro-Israel Dawkins, who treat religious people like they “anti-Semitism.” cerned with sniffing out any traces of preju- are stupid and primitive and who are absolutely dice that they miss the real reason why this lobby groups. Whenever any public criticism is leveled sure they are right. I think it’s really cool to call to boycott is discriminatory. It is not be- This boycott proposal is in fact discrimi- against Israeli military assaults on Gaza, the natory, but only because it does not broaden think about metaphysical stuff like where we jingoistic chorus of Canada’s institutional- cause CUPE holds Mein Kempf close to its collective chest, but rather because it does its scope to include all parties that prolong come from and why we are here, and the more ized Israel defenders seeks to point out that the suffering and murder of Gaza’s long op- theories we can come up with, the better. this criticism is somehow indicative of some not seek to boycott other institutions that pressed Palestinian population. Furthermore, I think that even many atheists long held hatred of Jews. hold blame for the latest horrors committed With the amount of public outrage to- by Israel in Gaza. Andrew Tod is a University of Winnipeg have faith; faith in science. I hear for example wards Israel’s disproportionate retaliation Firstly, weapons manufacturers and uni- student. that there is proof that the universe is expanding. I’ve therefore added this to the list of things I believe. Not because I found this proof, but because I have faith in the scientific method. What I don’t understand, however, is what’s York strikers an embarrassment called agnosticism. Agnosticism is the refusal to either believe in God or not to believe in God. When graduate Living in one of the most peaceful and York graduate students It is a theological position characterized by the wealthy nations in human history, receiv- refusal to adopt a theological position. This students run awry ing a nearly-free education in whatever are a very progressive absolutely baffles me. As far as I can tell, this subject they want – even if it is something bunch, and there is the only example of an entire group of people useless and silly such as post-modern liter- all choosing to refuse to make up their minds Conor Meade ary analysis or gender studies – you would is nothing modern about what they believe. The Peak (Simon Fraser University) think would be enough to make CUPE 3903 progressives hate more lighten up, enjoy their good fortune, and get I know that it’s impossible to prove whether or on with their 10-hour-per-week teaching as- than being told that not there is a God (if it wasn’t then there would BURNABY (CUP) –The strike at Toronto’s signments. Oddly, this is not the case. Why? be no debate about the issue) but choosing to York University is over. The teaching assis- York graduate students are a very progres- they aren’t victims be an atheist or a theist has absolutely nothing tants and lecturers have been ordered back sive bunch, and there is nothing modern to do with proof or knowledge; it’s only about to work by the Ontario government. Final progressives hate more than being told that that Molotov cocktail.” belief. We don’t even have to be justified; we can score: Greedy capitalist oppressors – one, they aren’t victims. This is the mental process by which an choose to believe anything we want, and no one plucky underdog workers – zero. Consider: York students, after half a de- otherwise sane person can justify striking in Such is the interpretation of York’s CUPE should be able to tell us we’re wrong (even if, for cade of ex-hippie professors indoctrinating solidarity with their working-class comrades, some reason we pick Scientology.) 3903, anyway. them with the belief that the world is neatly while stopping along the way to cash their So why then, if we can choose to believe They imagine their situation as something divided into evil capitalist oppressors and generous monthly allowance check from anything we want, would someone refuse to out of a Dickens novel, with bad-guy bosses noble, downtrodden workers, are loathe to Mom and Dad. and good-guy workers, the latter never being admit that they are card-carrying members Thankfully, however, the Ontario provin- believe anything? I used to think that agnosticism given a fair shake by the former. York grad of the very bourgeoisie they’ve spent their cial government had the good sense to refuse was for atheists who were still a little afraid of students, it seems, have a pretty serious infe- academic careers resenting. their childish demands, and ordered them God – sort of a way to play for both teams and riority complex. So, CUPE 3903 members, rather than back to work earlier this week. not step on anybody’s toes. But maybe being an It’s puzzling, this insistence by the York being self-critical, turn instead to credibility- As taxpayers, and more importantly as cit- agnostic is just a really great way to say, “I’d strikers that they are members of the op- straining rationalization. izens of a country that does not write public rather make friends than talk about stupid shit pressed working class. As Canadian graduate “Hmm, I kind of have a job, marking policy according to the overwrought tan- that no one can prove anyway.” students, it is arguable that they are among and teaching tutorials. And I sort of have trums of a bunch of 26-year-old third-grad- If that’s the case then game, set, match: the most privileged demographics to ever a boss, Professor So-And-So. I guess that ers, we should be proud. agnosticism. Either way, I bet that if I were an walk the Earth. makes me an oppressed worker! Hand me agnostic, I would probably have some friends. J. Williamez is a local musician who offends a variety of religions – but mostly Christians – every Monday night at Shannon’s Irish Pub. CCOMMENommentsTS 909 www.uniter.ca March 5, 2009 The Uniter Out of the bedroom... saying we’re racists and bigots and sor Helmut-Harry Loewen said to ... but into the crib. neo-Nazis because we say white The pervasive CBC, “Clearly, leaders of the move- CFS must be wary of pride. It’s hypocrisy at its finest,” danger to society ment have identified her as poten- Letters she said to CBC.ca. This was dur- in this case is tially useful for their ultimate aims precedents ing her first public admission of re- and she’s playing along with it.” gret for marking her daughter with coming from The other major issue is the legal the swastika. Child and Family precedent. While it is easy to not Steve Currie This is essentially semantics. want a white supremacist mother Re: Issue 21 Volunteer staff Personally, after reading forum Services to be able to pump out two or three posts and descriptions of her home, more neo-Nazis, who would toler- I am responding to a couple I think she is as supremacist as they children was threatened, giving ate it if a war-on-terror government of articles in the Feb. 26 issue A woman, who posts online under come. But no matter how ‘danger- them grounds to take the children seized children from Iranian immi- of The Uniter, the "Sex and the name Aryanprincess1488, has ous’ the views of a blogger are, the under protection. However, one grants, or if those children defend- Relationships Special Issue.” For been denied visiting rights to her pervasive danger to society in this can see perfectly happy neo-Nazis ing the Gaza Strip were taken from the most part, the articles were children. This is the latest develop- case is coming from Child and all over the Internet. their classes and put into foster very interesting and informative. ment of a case that first began when Family Services – primarily from There certainly is not enough homes? It is unfortunate that it was the children were seized by Child the extra-legality of their approach evidence of emotional battering to It has been said that the govern- not mentioned either in the ar- and Family Services (CFS) after her and the dangerous legal precedent overwhelm the other stated aims of ment should stay out of the bed- ticle about contraception, or in daughter repeatedly showed up at they have set. the CFSA: Protecting the integrity room, but it is increasingly obvious the article about sexually trans- school with a swastika penned on Of the two major laws in play of the family, and the principle of that it should stay out of the nurs- mitted infections, that there is a her arm in permanent marker. here, neither give CFS the mandate least government interference. ery as well. If CFS had acted on clinic right here on the U of W Many sides cloud the issue here: that they seized. The Canadian The fact that the government is firmly defined legal grounds, that campus, called Klinic Student from allegations of drug and alco- Human Rights Act does not men- overstepping its bounds is exactly would be one thing; but when Health Services, (phone 786- hol abuse by the mother and her tion raising children in a dis- what white supremacists want in walking along such a slippery 9496; it is located at 14-380 estranged husband to the defense criminatory home in any of its this case. It allows them to take slope, we would hope the govern- Spence St. N) Students can see that the mother is not a white su- 14 Discriminatory Practices. The the role of the oppressed and mar- ment had more solid ground under a nurse practitioner to get in- premacist, but a white nationalist. Child and Family Services Act ginalized, giving a uniting issue their feet. formation and prescriptions for “A black person has a right to say (CFSA) is, at best, mixed. Child to various groups that lack central contraception, as well as testing, and Family Services claimed that Steve Currie is president of the treatment and prevention for black power or black pride and yet leadership. student debate club: Debate Until they’re turning around on us and the emotional well-being of the University of Winnipeg profes- sexually transmitted infections. Intelligent. The article by Sandy Klowak, “The pill – revealed” did not cover all the available options for contraception. The “Making Saving the Ceeb sense of prevention” box failed to mention the contraception patch or the vaginal ring, which and quirky, well, so are we. Not only is it a cultural institu- CBC should not be put forward as are generally considered safer Let’s not let the The downward spiral started last tion, but the CBC is an important some sort of option – its salvation hormonal contraceptive options, year when CTV bought the iconic part of our economy. The often- should be a given. It is a central economy get it, too as they bypass the gastrointes- Hockey Night In Canada theme forgotten Radio 3 seems to be in part of who we are, who we have tinal system and the liver. The song, and it has not ended there. the most danger now because it been, and what we could evolve vaginal ring was mentioned in CBC has made an obvious ef- does not broadcast on regular radio into. It is a safe place for our art- Devin Morrow the body of the article only in fort in the past few years to focus airwaves. A forum for independent ists and personalities to flourish, Comments editor terms of one person’s negative on Canadian content and avoid Canadian musicians, Radio 3 helps and without it, we will be no more experience. Also, although the American-made television shows to identify them, profile them, and than a massive mess of corporate website mentioned at the end as much as possible. But few shows give them the opportunity for na- conglomerates. A single line greets millions of of the article is a good site (the last longer than a couple of seasons, tional recognition and trans-Can- We must save the CBC – besides, Canadians nightly when they tune Centre for Menstrual Cycle and and the massive American mar- ada touring. can you imagine a life without Grant in to their national news. “And now, Ovulation Research, located at ket is always an alluring, cheaper Regardless of what the govern- Lawrence’s voice? I can’t.  from the Canadian Broadcasting the University of B.C.), there is option. The possibility of signing ment believes its priorities are, the Corporation in Toronto, here is Peter an excellent Manitoba website more American shows and stop- Mansbridge.” that is a little more user friendly. ping Canadian production is a very The disembodied voice that has CBC is a part of the Canadian It is the Sexuality Resource real fear. introduced him every night for Centre for Manitoba, www.serc. Last week, CBC president identity, and if that means it years however, seems to suddenly mb.ca, which has excellent infor- Hubert Lacroix engaged in some be in danger. is occasionally nostalgic and mation on all aspects of sexual- desperate talks with the Harper The economic crisis that for a ity including contraception (also government, asking for millions while seemed confined to American quirky, well, so are we excellent information on fertility of dollars to keep the broadcaster mortgages and the auto indus- awareness methods) and sexually on its feet. So far the government try has hit Canada where it hurts transmitted infections. has been unwilling to siphon more – in our only non-private national The article by Steve Currie, money into what it must consider broadcasting corporation. “Sexual education needs big- an unimportant sector of our com- Some would argue the CBC is ger reach” focused mainly on munications and entertainment in- well on its way out – that Radio the lack of adequate sexuality dustry (one can only wonder how One is pretentiously tedious, that education in public schools and much Geri Hall’s This hour has 22 the Radio 2 overhaul destroyed its the youth that are outside of the Minutes handcuff prank has to do solid, minority fan base, that CBC school system. A helpful resource with Harper turning down the television is full of the worst kind would have been a listing of the CBC now.) of stereotypical made-in-Canada Teen clinics throughout the city CBC has been a Canadian in- shows. This is to say nothing of and province, where all youth stitution for decades, and the im- independent-Canadian-music-cel- can get health information and portance of a public broadcaster is ebrating Radio 3, unfortunately treatment on a walk-in basis.. imperative to Canada’s culture. The confined to the Internet airwaves This information is also on the loss of it would be a devastating and Sirius radio where few can find SERC website. blow to that very Canadian iden- it. Sincerely, tity that, though we may try to hide The CBC is a part of the Gela Stach, RN it, avoid it and make fun of it, is Canadian identity, and if that Klinic Student Health Services means it is occasionally nostalgic still a part of who we are. james culleton University of Winnipeg 10 The Uniter March 5, 2009 www.Uniter.ca Editorial Who do you want to learn from? is an American author and come- speakers’ series where students and naturally try to separate ourselves new stage where students, student Mouseland Press' dian, and you can tune into his community members could have a from agendas. groups and community members speakers’ series show WireTap on Sundays at 1 say in who they want to see speak. In our first year, we have funded can propose and influence the di- p.m. on CBC Radio One. And the student body (that actually a number of initiatives on campus, rection of the series. This is a stage off the ground and Goldstein has the ability to take votes) voted yes. including the lectures by Clayton where we will organize larger and ordinary, everyday events and re- Since then, the MLP board has Thomas-Muller back in the fall, more influential speakers that in- running gurgitate them in a way that is both been developing the framework for Dunya Mikhail and Justin Podur terest you. honest and interesting - for a nar- a speakers’ series committee and in early February, and Dr. Vincent Now that the boring commit- cissistic yuppie at least. His lessons mandate for how this will include Harding today (Mar. 5). It is a start, tee planning work is done, we'd Stacy Cardigan Smith are relatively simple, but are the students and community. Of ut- and there will be more. Great ideas like to invite our readers to get in- Managing editor type that are good to be reminded most importance to the organiza- come from humble beginnings. volved. Do you have ideas about of – be nice to others, treasure what tion is making sure that it creates Supporting the work of others has who you'd like to see on a panel, you have, etc. etc. a dialogue that interests as many helped us build partnerships, and possible topics for discussion, or a Who inspires you? Who makes you Last year, Mouseland Press people as possible, without slanting understand “the biz" and its pitfalls. favourite keynote? How would you question the world around you? (MLP) Inc., publisher of this fine to one specific political ideology or From this learning, we can use your like to be inspired? Who makes you laugh? paper, proposed a $2.50 levy per stream of thought. You, the stu- contribution more effectively. This Regardless of how you'd like Recently, I had the pleasure of student during the University of dent, want to be engaged, but not year was just the beginning and the to participate, or if you'd just like listening to Jonathan Goldstein's Winnipeg Students' Association have your money used to simply growth in the series is coming. more information, e-mail board@ keynote address at a journalism general election. The proposed levy promote another’s agenda. We un- Mouseland Press and The Uniter uniter.ca. conference in Saskatoon. Goldstein would go towards developing a derstand this, and as a newspaper are now moving to an exciting Ar t s Ed i t o r : Aa r o n Epp 11 E-m a i l : Ar t s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 www.uniter.ca March 5, 2009 The Uniter Fa x : 783-7080 Arts & Culture Just doing what he does Cou rtes y o y Lu f ke Dou cet . c o m

Luke Doucet's latest album explores themes of identity and family.

band with his dad – an experienced songs, his follow-up release Blood’s “In our culture, cal songwriting. Winnipeg expat jazz guitarist from New Orleans. Too Rich explores themes of iden- “I’ve made a lot of records in my Luke Doucet “Winnipeg is still the only place tity and family. we’ve been lead life and I’ve told a lot of stories. It’s I can call home,” the 35-year-old “It plays on the adage that blood to believe that time to start looking outward,” he returns home for said by phone from Hamilton, is thicker than water. You don’t nec- said. where he currently resides with essarily choose who you are at the we should all The record will be produced by a gig in support of his wife, singer-songwriter Melissa end of the day,” Doucet explained. be continuously Sloan drummer Andrew Scott, and McClelland. “In our culture, we’ve been lead to will be the first time Doucet is not Blood’s Too Rich After paying his dues as a stu- believe that we should all be con- embarked on a producing himself. dio musician for the likes of Sarah tinuously embarked on a self-help “I don’t foresee my life chang- McLachlan and Chantal Kreviazuk, program. Sometimes I wonder if self-help program. ing very much,” he concluded. “It’s Mike Duerksen Doucet fronted the now-defunct, that’s smart. Maybe our energies Sometimes possible I’ll sell more records or play volunteer spacey surf-rock outfit Veal, before are spent better elsewhere.” bigger crowds, but I just do what venturing out on his own as a solo Doucet spent six months liv- I wonder if I’ve done since I was 18 – make re- artist. ing in Nashville with McClelland, that’s smart.” cords and go on tour.” For alt-country rocker, studio mu- To define Doucet’s sound, you where he wrote most of the record. –Luke Doucet, musician sician and producer Luke Doucet, might have to rummage through As a result, it’s filled with homesick being on the road since the age of your parents record collection. references to Canada and a sense of 18 is finally paying off. “The scarf rock kids don’t neces- longing for home. was always less is more, but I finally  See Luke Doucet and The White Doucet and his band The White sarily dig on their parents’ music,” “To be honest, I felt like a fish realized making my own records, Falcon at The Park Theatre on Tuesday, Mar. 10 Falcon have been busy touring all Doucet said, but that’s exactly what out of the water down there,” I don’t want to play less. I want to over the U.S. and Canada, open- he did, borrowing elements from Doucet said. play more,” he said. “I don’t really  Opening act is Amelia Curran ing for both Blue Rodeo and James see it as a folk album, but if that’s  Advance tickets are $15 at The Band and Tom Petty and mix- His dusty-twang guitar heavy Ticketmaster, the West End Cultural Blunt in promotion for the now ing them with Dire Straits and The blend of prairie-bred country and the way people want to look at it, then that’s cool.” Centre and The Park Theatre, and $20 year-old Blood’s Too Rich album. Cure. blues garnered critical acclaim and, at the door And what’s next? Doucet is head- A native of Winnipeg, Doucet’s While his Juno-nominated soph- ironically, won Best Contemporary  Visit www.lukedoucet.com musical career began at the age of omore studio album Broken (And Album at the 2008 Canadian Folk ing into the studio in June to work 15 at the Times Change(d) club Other Rogue States) was rife with Music Awards. on his next album, which he hopes on Main Street, playing in a blues alcohol-fuelled, bitter break-up “As a studio musician the rule will drift away from autobiographi-

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Arts Briefs Compiled by Aaron Epp It's getting harder to find a job in journalism, SYMPATHY FOR THE PORNOGRAPHER… Even the adult entertainment industry but we've still got plenty of positions at The Uniter. isn’t safe from economic woes. Not only is it seeing its DVD sales plummet as consumers watch more porn online, but the estimated $13 billion industry is also If you've been thinking about working for our paper, having “a Napster moment,” with the rise come to an Info Session and find out what it's like. of online video-sharing sites that offer snippets of free porn, some of it pirated and some of it not, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Mar. 1. “Between the DVD sales, the piracy, the free porn online and the economy, I’ve never seen it this bad in 25 years,” longtime porn heavyweight and Vivid Entertainment Wednesday, Mar. 11, 12:30 - 1:20 in The Uniter's office, founder Steven Hirsch said. room ORM14, mezzanine level of the Bulman Centre. I guess porn fans are just trying to get more banging for their buck. ´ …AND SYMPATHY FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER For info, contact [email protected]. In news that’s perhaps a bit more tragic, renowned New York photographer Annie Leibovitz, known for her work in Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair, has pawned the rights to her life’s work in order to raise nearly US$16 million to pay off her debts, Telegraph.co.uk reported at the end of February. Leibovitz borrowed US$15.5 million from Art Capital Group, a Manhattan lender, this past fall. She secured the loan partly against properties she owns in New York, but also by putting up the copyright, negatives and contract rights to every photograph she has ever taken or will take in future as collateral. The photographer is reportedly using the money to pay of mortgages and other outstanding loans, and told The New York Times that her financial health is “fine.”

THE BIGGER THEY ARE, THE HARDER THEY FALL OFF THE STAGE Actor Brian Dennehy fell off a raised platform on stage during a key moment in a performance of Desire Under the Elms, the Chicago Tribune reported. House lights came on, the show stopped and backstage crewmembers came out to see what they could do. But instead of melting down Christian Bale-style, the 70-year-old reportedly batted aside assistance, gritting his teeth and assuring the audience that the baby he shared the scene with (played by a doll) was unhurt. He then demanded that the show continue. “It was unbelievable,” said BJ Jones, artistic director of a different Chicago theatre, who happened to see the performance. “What a star.”

WOODSTOCK 2009 IN THE WORKS Who’s the idiot that gave this the green light? RollingStone.com reported on Monday, Mar. 2 that organizers are hoping to honour the 40th anniversary of the original Woodstock festival with a pair of free two- day concerts taking place in both New York and Berlin. The New York festival will take place exactly on the 40th anniversary, Aug. 15 and 16, at a location that has yet to be determined, while the Berlin event will happen Aug. 22 and 23 at an abandoned airport. No bands have yet been named for either festival, but organizers reportedly hope to recruit some of the acts that played the original festival, including The Who, Santana and The Grateful Dead. If it comes to be, Woodstock ’09 would be the first festival under the Woodstock moniker since the ’99 weekend, which became infamous for its insufficient amenities and unruly crowds. Artists like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Limp Bizkit were accused of inciting riots, leading to bonfires and the video for the song Re-Arranged. C’mon, you remember the one: www. tinyurl.com/bizlimpkit. arts & culture 13 www.uniter.ca March 5, 2009 The Uniter Party all night long c

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NAfro dancer Lulu Sala will perform in the Osborne Village-based troupe's upcoming show, Let Me Dance Before I'm Gone.

rhythm. Movement arises from the hips, ac- NAfro Dance set companied by expressive arm movements in to present another a display that is the expression of freedom. Paula Blair, who has been dancing with stellar production NAfro since its first show almost 10 year ago, will also perform. “I was interested in working off of the im- John Herbert Cunningham ages of power struggles and the different dy- Volunteer staff namics between men and women,” she said of her piece, titled “Eliza Phillips.” “Of course, Lulu is outnumbered, as he The rhythm is gonna get ya this weekend will be dancing with four women.” when NAfro Dance Productions presents Let Poor guy! Me Dance Before I’m Gone, another one of Blair’s piece comes more from the contem- its stellar productions. This time, the Osborne porary dance background than the African. Village-based troupe is incorporating the “Contemporary dance is more linear, rhythms of Africa and the Caribbean. more limb oriented,” she explained. “With Lulu Sala is more often seen as NAfro’s African, there are many more possibilities as sole male dancer. For Let Me Dance Before to how you move the body.” I’m Gone, he’s performing double duty, tak- Both of the styles of dance can be seen ing on the role of choreographer as well. Casimiro Nhussi’s titular piece, “Let Me He describes his piece, “Paths,” as African Dance Before I’m Gone,” which reconciles contemporary – a lot of African, but with the African with the contemporary. other styles, such as Trinidadian calypso, So let the people hear music and let them thrown in. dance – NAfro’s going to party all night “My people believe that life is predestined long. and that the main source of trouble is not ac- cepting the path you are on,” Sala said, taking See Let Me Dance Before I’m Gone on Friday, a break for rehearsals at NAfro Dance’s stu- Mar. 6 and Saturday, Mar. 7 at 8 p.m., and dio. “The meaning of the Trinidadian song Sunday, Mar. 8 at 2 p.m., at the Rachel is to bring the spirits together to party, after Browne Auditorium (211 Bannatyne Ave., which we pray to send them back.” 2nd floor). Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for And party they shall. Sala said that African students and seniors and $12 for children 12 dance is “body expression.” The style of and under. Visit www.nafrodance.com. dance is exuberant, with a heavy emphasis on 14 arts & culture The Uniter March 5, 2009 www.Uniter.ca Saskatoon Rock City CD REVIEWS S hann RODRIGO MUNOZ o My n A Mis Padres

ers Uncontrollable Records Rodrigo Muñoz is probably better known by his stage persona, Papa Mambo. He and his group have been entertaining Winnipeggers for the past 20 years. He is Stream Bailecito En Mi lesser known for his incredible abilities on classical gui- by Rodrio Munoz at www.uniter.ca. tar. Perhaps A Mis Padre (“to my parents”) will change that. It should. This is an incredible CD of primarily solo guitar. Erika Donald accompanies him on one track on cello. Another track is a guitar duet – but because he plays both parts, does this really count? Contained on the CD are 23 beautifully performed Latin pieces. Each bears his delicate, dexterous stamp – a touch as delicate as silk except when he doesn’t want it to be. Why he is not on the interna- tional circuit will remain unanswered with this production. —John Herbert Cunningham

MAKING WAVES Never Come Out Alive Independent With a name like Making Waves, this rock trio makes it clear they want to make a splash in the local music scene and have the ripple effect carry them on to larger Stream Fifty-Nine success. But their debut EP, Never Come Out Alive, is an by Making Waves at www.uniter.ca. unimpressive sinking ship. There are a couple positives, with great melodies in the chorus of Slippery Hands and the verses of Freeze. But more often than not, vocalist Keith Dueck is drowned under- neath the mix of grungy guitar riffs and chunky bass lines. When the vocals do break the surface, they sound out of place with the rest of the production. Exploding Color sounds like an incomplete, growling and incoherent mess of ideas, while the dissonant chords ofGeronimo are enough to make anyone seasick. Hopefully the band – who plays at The Royal Albert this Friday, Mar. 6 – learns to navigate the waters better in time for its next release. —Matt Preprost

MISHKA Above the Bones j.k. livin Who would have thought Matthew McConaughey did anything other than run around like a shirtless bimbo? I There's a Bloc Party b-side called "We Were Lovers." 10 scene points to any and all Uniter readers who knew guess he wants to be known for his ear, and not just his that before reading this cutline. abs, because he formed his own record label (j.k. livin) and signed an obscure reggae artist known as Mishka. and say they sound alike. With Regina and Mishka’s cool, relaxing sound is quite listenable. The first We Were Lovers is Saskatoon I think we all have unique quali- half of Above the Bones starts out very strong and upbeat, with things slowing down for ties and things that make us special, different just one of the great the second half. The track title is a great one, making me crave more of it. The rest of and awesome.” bands that call We Were Lovers have been busy perfecting the album is good, and occasionally poetic, but only about two tracks can be considered their sugary yet angular brand of indie rock first-rate. All in all though, Mishka has clearly found a style that works for him, and with Saskatchewan home since 2007, fulfilling what can only be called this album, he’s sure to find a fanbase. A nice effort that fans of Bob Marley will enjoy. pipe dreams for many bands. After releasing Catch him live at The Park Theatre this Saturday, Mar. 7. Curran Faris their debut EP The Break Up in April 2008, —Marc Sader Listings co-ordinator the band played at the Western Canadian Music Awards (WCMAs) in Edmonton. If that weren’t enough, We Were Lovers For most Canadians, Saskatchewan brings to was also featured in CMJ magazine’s monthly AMELIA CURRAN mind but few things: painfully long, boring compilation CD. The band is about to em- War Brides drives; farmer’s fields; tractors; the astonish- bark on its first tour, which will see them Six Shooter Records ing flatness; and bad jokes about an unfortu- cross Canada before heading to Austin, Texas to play at the coveted South By Southwest This is the fourth disc from Newfoundland native nately named city. Amelia Curran. Recorded in a bedroom, simple organic Perhaps it’s only a matter of time before (SXSW) festival. Gebremichael attributes these opportuni- arrangements by Phil Sydore accompany Ms. Curran’s catchy and unique indie rock is added to that lone strumming, leading us willingly through misery. list. Saskatoon’s We Were Lovers are certainly ties to the WCMAs. “I'm just a Tuesday in a world of Friday nights” she sings doing everything in their power to make “That’s kind of when the ball started roll- Canada, and the world, sit up and listen to ing and all these positive things started hap- on Just a Tuesday. Though she paints a bleak picture the sounds coming out of the province in the pening. If I’m going to be completely honest throughout, you won’t want to run a warm bath and slice from wrist to elbow. Listen to middle of the prairies. I feel like the start of the band really only mandolin and accordion frolic through tunes like the gorgeous All the Ladies. The inter- happened six months ago.” play between clarinet and trombone harkens back to For Him and the Girls-era Hawksley. “If I’m going to Indeed, in its short career, We Were Lovers Tom Waits is an immediate comparison, but she finds herself naturally on a crash course have already achieved more than most bands with Will Sheff of Okkervil River. Perfect for the Times Change(d) crowd, Curran’s heartfelt be completely honest could ever hope. And they’ve done it all with- despair awaits at The Park Theatre on Mar. 10, when she’ll open for Luke Doucet. I feel like the start out the help of a label. Gebremichael man- —Lee Repko ages the band, handling booking, publicity of the band really and all things business related, a job she said only happened is “incredibly time consuming,” considering she still has to work full-time. THE GODS OF NOW six months ago.” “It’s kind of hard to balance the WWL Broken –Elsa Gebremichael, We Were Lovers work aspect and my job that actually pays Moonbabe Records the bills because I ultimately want to stay at home on the computer all day so I can pro- The dreaded, inevitable day has come: death metal has “The music scene in Saskatchewan… mote the band and do things that will better finally met hair metal, only without the hair. In fact, is really, really great,” lead singer Elsa the band,” she said. “But, I also need to eat this Montreal band tries to throw in almost every metal Gebremichael said by phone recently. “Lately and pay rent and live, so it’s kind of a love/ genre they can think of, resulting in a complete and it’s been flourishing and drawing a lot of hate relationship with both jobs right now." utter mess. There’s absolutely no flow here; it’s over- attention.” “But [ultimately] I love the WWL ‘job,’ if produced and combines pretentiousness and juvenile Notable Saskatchewan exports include you want to call it that.” songwriting that results in disastrous lyrics like, “She’s metal quintet Into Eternity; post-punk rock- a slut and I love her! / I love her fucking ass!” (from the song Pornozing!). There’s also a  See We Were Lovers play a free show Saturday, ers Ghosts of Modern Man and Sylvie; and Mar. 7 at 1 p.m. at Music Trader song called Recorded History that is essentially a five-minute drum solo. I never thought now-defunct metalcore four-piece Means.  They also play The Pyramid Cabaret that evening music could be this torturous, but I’m giving them one star to thank them for not throw- Gebremichael said the attention at 8 p.m. with The Waking Eyes, The Arkells and ing rap into the mix. Did I mention there’s a song called Electrodes on my Nutmeat? Saskatchewan bands have been getting is due Flying Fox & the Hunter-Gatherers —Dan Huyghebaert to the diverse and original sounds bands are  Tickets for The Pyramid show are $15 at the door making there.  Visit www.wewerelovers.com “I actually don’t think I can take two bands arts & culture 15 www.uniter.ca March 5, 2009 The Uniter Hardcore maverick Cou

city where the story takes place, rtes term. Canadian filmmaker Pontypool has been described The film was shot in a church y o y

Bruce McDonald around the web as a zombie picture; M f basement in Toronto’s Junction McDonald begs to differ, although P aple District for “a million and change,” he says there are similarities. McDonald said. talks about his ict

Speaking by phone from a u “A $20 million dollar paycheque latest project, busy restaurant in Edmonton, res would be nice, [but] there is an un- McDonald likened his film to expected freedom [from] the re- Pontypool more of a “Hitchcockian suspense strictions of a small budget.” thriller” than the standard George These freedoms include getting Romero-style gore-fest. to work when and where he wants. James Hawboldt “It’s a scary movie – it’s a funny McDonald will soon be holed up Volunteer movie in three or four places and in our city filming a block of shows it has a great, great screen kiss,” for the Winnipeg-based TV series McDonald said, adding it’s noth- Less Than Kind. Now that John McCain is safely off ing like the current wave of torture- When asked what advice he has of the front pages, we can collec- based horror films like Hostel and for aspiring filmmakers, his answer tively reclaim the adjective “mav- Saw. was simple. erick” for those who really deserve Pontypool is set mainly inside a Old McDonald made a film, ee i ee i oh. And in that film there was a deadly virus, ee i ee “Astonish us [and] never under- the term – like Bruce McDonald. radio station. Stephen McHattie i oh. estimate kissing.” The acclaimed independent film- plays a talk-radio disc jockey who maker, whose work includes the receives reports of the mayhem that McDonald will be present for a so many talk radio programs today, “You may want to chew the special screening of Pontypool at 1996 punk rock road movie Hard is taking over his small city. Instead it’s not hard to link a social com- mouth off of the person beside Core Logo and last year’s Gemini- of the usual chemical virus leak that Cinematheque on Friday, Mar. 6 mentary to Tony Burgess’ script. you” if you’re one of the unfortu- at 9 p.m. Tickets are $13 in advance winning The Tracey Fragments, con- birth most zombie movie plots, McDonald explained that in the nate folks within earshot of those tinues his eclectic methods with Pontypool pontificates on what by e-mailing bigsmashproductions@ film, the first words to negatively words, McDonald said of the char- gmail.com and $15 at the door. Pontypool, a film the 49-year-old might happen if a virus were spread infect people are, ironically, terms acters in his film. playfully calls a “chick-friendly hor- through the English language. Pontypool is in theatres Mar. 20. of endearment like “sweetheart” We can now conclude that Visit www.pontypoolmovie.com. ror movie.” Given the divisional rhetoric of and “honey.” “chick-friendly” is a subjective Named after the Ontario

MOVIE REVIEW MOVIE REVIEW Dawn of the dialect Is Examined Life worth watching?

Is this dude a philosopher at Princeton or a member of TV on the Radio? Cornel West in Examined Life. Film stumbles in chooses to film her subjects away from their offices and in the streets, its attempt to bring which goes a long way to keep this film from becoming a stodgy talk- philosophy to ing-heads piece. Her subjects are in constant motion as they walk the people through Central Park, up and down Lisa Houle and Stephen McHattie in Pontypool, a film about a deadly virus that's spread through the English language. Fifth Avenue, around Chicago, EXAMINED LIFE amongst people in an airport, rid- Directed by Astra Taylor port that Canadian director Bruce This method serves the film well, as ing in the back of a car and rowing 87 minutes New suspense McDonald (Hard Core Logo, The it allows the viewer to paint a much gently across a pond. Plays at Cinematheque Mar. 5 and 6 at 7 p.m. thriller explores Tracy Fragments), in his latest film more horrific image of the world This technique not only gives Pontypool, has managed to do some- outside than the film’s modest bud- the film a kinetic quality, but it at- what happens when thing interesting with possibly the get could have ever allowed for. tempts to show the audience that most trite of all horror genres. He’s Although this film doesn’t ac- Timothy Penner philosophy is a dynamic topic, one a virus spread made a chilling zombie movie with complish what Welles’ broadcast Volunteer staff that is important not only to the very few actual zombies on screen. did, it is an interesting revisiting academics and the intellectuals in- through the The film takes place entirely of the questions of journalistic re- terviewed, but also to the average within a church basement, which sponsibility that arose from that When Socrates said that “the unex- person. English language happens to double as a broadcast monumental event. amined life is not worth living,” he The subject matter is quite dense centre for the town of Pontypool’s In its best moments, Pontypool spurred on centuries of philosophi- and passionately argued, and since and infects an local radio station. Morning host wrestles with some heady moral di- cal studies – studies that some say each of the eight philosophers only Ontario town Grant Massey (Stephen McHattie), lemmas: should broadcasters share have become far too academic. has roughly 10 minutes of air time, his producer Sidney (Lisa Houle) news even if it has the potential to The filmExamined Life takes the the outpouring of their ethos comes and their technician Laurel Ann make things worse? Who has the notion of philosophy out of the rapidly and can be a little much for PONTYPOOL (Georgina Reilly) are settling in authority to validate or restrict the dark classrooms and dusty libraries the average viewer to take in all at Directed by Bruce McDonald for what they expect to be a regu- flow of information? Are lies OK if and into the streets. Don’t be mis- once. 95 minutes lar day of school closures and local they make people happy? taken – the film doesn’t make any The film stumbles in the fact Plays at Cinematheque Mar. 6 at 9 p.m. news when they begin hearing In its worst moments, Pontypool practical applications of philoso- that even though the filmmak- In theatres Mar. 20. Check local listings. odd reports of riots. Before long feels as though you’re sitting phy, but it does discuss some deep ers are trying to bring philosophy the riots have escalated into some- through a linguistics lecture. topics and how they can be applied back to the people, the austerity thing far more frightening, and the McDonald and his writers are ob- to life. and lofty topics discussed keep the three must find a way to survive the viously very interested in language The subjects of the documen- subjects isolated. The technique Timothy Penner looming attackers all around them. and the power it possesses; how- tary, eight leading contemporary of having them on the street only The film owes a lot to Orson ever, in the final reel, it seems like philosophers, are quite passionate highlights this further as the phi- Volunteer staff Welles and his infamous 1938 the filmmakers have spent a little about their areas of study. Each losophers show very little concern broadcast of The War of the Worlds, too much time reading Barthes and speaker examines slightly differ- for the actual people around them, Is there anything more tiring than which originated the idea of pre- De Saussure, and debating signifi- ent notions, from applied ethics even as they pontificate about the hearing about another zombie senting horrific events through ers versus the signified. to existential reality to equality of plight of the common man. movie opening at your local multi- fragmented news reports. Unfortunately this forces a rather human rights. What each of them One is left feeling as the film plex? Probably, but I can’t think of McDonald’s technique goes academic and anti-climactic ending feels is paramount is for every per- ends that, although they are quite anything off the top of my head. against the oldest movie conven- to an otherwise satisfying and well- son to be engaged in a meaningful passionate about what they say, this That said, I’m pleased to re- tion and tells rather than shows. constructed film. examination of their own lives. group of intellectuals may never be Director Astra Taylor wisely able to put their ideas into action. 16 arts & culture The Uniter March 5, 2009 www.Uniter.ca

The Bitchin' Kitchen is not Betty and Johnny sexual intercourse. A person can your mother's cookbook Peer Support have a number of sexually trans- answers your mitted infections (STI) without Book offers recipes tial cooking gear, and introduces a having any symptoms. basic grocery list. questions about The most common symp- for every situation, Giosia is busy expending the toms and signs of herpes are: Bitchin’ Kitchen brand all over the sexual health tingling or itching in the geni- including One-Night- place. tal area, clusters of blisters in “We’re launching a new mega the area of infection and pain- Stand Breakfasts site, and we’re branching into DIY Peer Support ful sores. A fever and headache [do it yourself] and crafts,” she may occur during the first vi- said. sual signs of the infection. “Essentially, it’s time to have Q: What is the DivaCup and In women, look for symp- Lindsey Rivait fun and have a more rock ‘n’ roll toms such as sores inside or near edgy perspective on everything life- how does it work? The Lance (University of Windsor) A: The DivaCup is a modern the vagina, near the anus, or on style. No one from my generation the thighs and buttocks, and is interested in painting their walls version of the menstrual cup, which is a form of internal tender lumps in the groin. In WINDSOR (CUP) – Nadia Giosia beige, or stuffing a turkey,” Giosia men look for symptoms such as hopes to bring a little bit of rock ‘n’ added. “We want to have fun with feminine protection. It’s made of soft medical-grade silicone, sores on the penis, around the roll to the otherwise bland world of The Bitchin' Kitchen is a new cookbook by lifestyle, and that’s what we’re going testicles, near the anus and on food media. to be bringing to everyone.” which is latex-free, 100 per cent Montreal-based comedian and chef Nadia hypoallergenic and odourless. thighs and buttocks, and tender Giosia, a Montreal-based co- Giosia. She has a meat cleaver – don't In addition to expanding her lumps in the groin. median and chef, hosts the award- brand online, Giosia currently has The DivaCup is reusable, so piss her off! it is very economical. It’s also Herpes is spread through di- winning online series Bitchin’ a development deal with the Food rect contact with open sores, Kitchen TV, which beat out Conan Network for a half-hour TV ver- very sanitary, comfortable, re- think people need formal training liable and convenient. 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When is interested in of three to four ounces (90-120 you’re dealing with vegetables that ml.), most women find that the a condom is important in the Italian family where cooking and painting their prevention of herpes transmis- eating was always the centre of aren’t that good, there’s only one cup is not even half-full after 12 solution and it’s frying it, lots of walls beige, or hours. sion. Still, the areas of the body attention. One day, it kind of not covered by the condom are dawned on me that I could make garlic, lots of olive oil. We’re not Depending on your flow, going to pussy-foot around the sit- stuffing a turkey.” empty the cup two to three not protected. fun of my cake and eat it, too,” ex- There is presently no cure for plained Giosia. uation and pretend you can steam -Nadia Giosia, times every 24 hours, wash and a stinking cauliflower and have an author and comedian reinsert. 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Bonanza, Rehab Recipes, have an STI, it is important to Bitchin’ Kitchen Cookbook are onds long and boast over a quarter see a health care professional healthy and geared toward a stu- PMScapades, and Broke-Ass of a million views per month. Q: Would it be obvious if you Dishes. had herpes? for verification. Klinic Student dent budget, made with fresh foods “I’m a Food Network junkie. It’s Health Services on campus at prepared simply. Giosia supplements the recipes so awesome; it’s like porn. It’s really A: Not always. First of all, a her- with her cast of man-candy and pes infection is caused by the the University of Winnipeg Giosia’s recipes are easy to follow fantastic. And big props to Food provides STI testing. and tasty, yet she has not had any offers up “Nadvice” on food and Network for taking the chance on Herpes Simplex Virus and is formal training. relationships, including a “Loser something edgier,” she said. most commonly passed through “I’m just Italian. I’ve been ob- Specimen Guide” to help gauge “There’s a lot of young people sessed with food since I was a how many free drinks you can who watch Food Network and young child. My parents actually score from losers at the bar. they’re just dying to see something had a catering business, so I grew Food education is also promi- that’s a little bit more out there that up around it,” she said. “I don’t nent in the book, as Giosia offers speaks to them a little bit more.” tips for beginners, outlines essen-

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Schneider said wind up as the punch line. that a massage therapist will be in But all joking aside, drummers attendance to give lessons on how in the city are gearing up for the to properly stretch. first annual DrumTalk Festival, “Before you can play, you have taking place Mar. 8 at the Franco- to learn how to stretch,” Schneider Manitoban Cultural Centre. While said. “It’s important for a drummer this congregation of timekeepers to develop stretching techniques may be easy fodder for other mu- and I wanted someone to dem- sicians to whip out their favourite onstrate how to take care of your drummer jokes, punch lines are the Ben Reimer is one of five drummers taking part in DrumTalk, a festival for Winnipeg percussionists. body.” furthest thing from Ben Reimer’s Schneider said that although mind. the festival is geared towards drum “I spend so much time trying perform certain techniques. Scott Reimer said that the festival is a percussion instructor and owner and percussion players, you don’t to promote smart percussion and Senior (The Duhks), Mitch Dorge good opportunity to build relation- of The Music Cellar on St. Anne's have to be a pro to enjoy the event. smart drummers that I’d probably (Crash Test Dummies) and free- ships with other drummers in the Road, is organizing the event, which Schneider also promised that the take offence, but I don’t really pay lance drummers Chris Sutherland city. is the first of its kind in Winnipeg. event will not only be educational, attention to [drummer jokes],” said and Dom Famularo. “The festival encourages a com- Schneider highlighted the educa- but inspirational as well. Reimer, a percussion instructor at Reimer, who has been play- munity within drummers,” Reimer tional importance of the festival. “Not only will it change how you Brandon University. ing for over 20 years, will be play- said. “We get the opportunity to “As a teacher, I feel that it’s im- play the drums, but it will change Reimer is one of five drummers ing “Ringer,” composed by Nicole watch each other play and learn portant for today’s drummer to how you think about drumming,” slated to appear in the festival to per- Lizee, which he said shows a differ- and help the community grow.” experience other guest artists that he said. form and present a clinic – a dem- ent side of using a drum kit. David Schneider, a drum and they may not normally be able to Visit www.winnipegdrumtalk.ca. onstration and seminar on how to 18 arts & culture The Uniter March 5, 2009 www.Uniter.ca Working histories identity and subjectivity, including spears. Are they dangerous, or just Exhibition Suzy Lake’s 1974 piece “A Genuine modeling a look? This whimsical offers feminist Simulation Of...” Lake depicts her piece by Dzama is reminiscent of face going through seven stages of fashion advertisements drawn by perspectives makeup application, transforming Andy Warhol in the 1950s, a style into a glamorized version of her that many might describe as fem- on art and labour once natural self. inine. Is there a uniquely femi- Dominique Rey’s photographs nine way of making art? How is from her Selling Venus series also this complicated when the artist is Noni Brynjolson express the complex relationships male? Volunteer staff that exist between gender, work Intersections of gender, class and representation. For the series, and ethnicity are created with the Rey spent time with exotic danc- inclusion of Inuit artwork, which is Looking for a great way to spend ers in a South Carolina bar, pho- not often shown next to non-Inuit International Women’s Day on tographing their behind-the-scenes work. A useful connection is made Mar. 8 this year? The Winnipeg beauty rituals. between cultures with the print Art Gallery exhibition She Works These two works illuminate ideas “Woman Juggling,” by Sorosiluto Hard... is a must-see for those in- surrounding beauty, femininity Ashoona, and a portrait of Ashoona terested in connections between and performance. It is interesting made by Joyce Wieland after visit- art, feminism and labour. It’s also to see how contemporary female ing the Inuit artist in Cape Dorset. a chance to see several historical artists like Rey continue to address As part of the exhibition, artist and contemporary gems from the issues brought up years ago by art- Lyndsay Ladobruk will be perform- WAG’s permanent collection. ists such as Lake, who would have ing her piece “Plastic Housewife,” Immediately noticeable is the worked during the 1970s women’s from Mar. 5 to Mar. 8, during reg- broad range of styles, ideas and movement. ular gallery hours. Performance art backgrounds represented. Women Other highlights include Kara has been an important mode of ex- in a variety of work settings are de- Walker’s “Freedom: A Fable,” a pression for women artists, and the picted, from the domestic labour pop-up book featuring the artist’s piece will add to an already strong shown by Frances Flaherty and characteristically sexual and gro- lineup of historical and contempo- Barbara Cole, to the hard labour tesque black paper cut-outs that rary art by and about women who alluded to in Sarah Anne Johnson’s illustrate histories of slavery in the work hard. “Nadine,” part of her photographic United States. In Marcel Dzama’s She Works Hard... is at the series on tree planting. Winnipeg Art Gallery until Nadine, a 2006 colour photograph, is part of the Winnipeg Art Gallery's She Works Many of the works examine “Mademoiselle la guard” women Hard... exhibit. wear elegant clothing, yet carry May 24.

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Admission is Prairie Fire Press, 423-100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba Phillips in the West, watercolours and woodcuts by Walter J. $75 or $70 for MCML members. R3B 1H3, 204-943-9066, [email protected], or www.prairiefire.ca. THE BRAGGARTS With Ard Ri, and the McConnell Dancers, Mar. Phillips. The exhibit is on display until May 3. 6 at Transcona Country Club. Tickets are available at the door HEALTHY LIVING The Public Health Agency of Canada and AQUA BOOKS Mar. 5: 7 p.m., Poets Catherine Hunter, Méira or by calling 793-8557 and the doors open at 6 p.m. PLATFORM CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC + DIGITAL ARTS 121- Urban and Inner City Studies at the University of Winnipeg Cook and Sarah Klassen. 100 Arthur. Art and Cold Cash. This multimedia installation present the Healthy Living in the Inner City Speakers Series. SUBCITY DWELLERS With The Angry Dragons and The Wind examines the introduction of capitalism into northern com- The next event, The Burden of Racism: Health and Income In- MARYKA CHABLUK Musical performance of her new CD Ups, Mar. 7 at The Royal Albert. Tickets are $5 at the door and munities. The installation is open until Apr. 4. equities, features presentations from Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Maryka's Treasures, Mar. 8, 2 p.m. at McNally Robinson Polo the show is presented by CKUW. an expert on racialized groups in Canada from Ryerson Uni- Park. PLUG IN INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART 286 McDermot. The versity, Toronto, as well as Albert McLeod, the team leader for GROUNDSWELL Presents the Penderecki String Quartet Mar. Plug In is hosting a fundraiser/exhibition titled Dream House Ka Ni Kanichihk's United Against Racism program in Winnipeg. ISRAEL CHAFETZ Reading and signing of Ben's Way Out, Mar. 9, 7 at Eckhardt-Grammatté Hall in the University of Winnipeg. 2009, which will explore domestic environments through art The event takes place Mar. 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Carol Shields 7 p.m. at McNally Robinson Grant Park. Tickets are $19 for adults, $17 for seniors and $9 for students. based on re-imagined domestic dwellings. The exhibit will be Auditorium, 2nd floor Millennium Library. For more informa- CAROL MATAS AND PERRY NODELMAN Launch of The Curse of For tickets call 943-5770 or e-mail [email protected]. The con- open until Mar. 8 and the works will be auctioned off on Mar. 7 tion please contact Judith Harris at [email protected] or cert starts at 8 p.m. and all proceeds will go to supporting the Plug In Gallery. the Evening Eye, Book 2, Mar. 8, 8 p.m. at McNally Robinson 786-9445. Grant Park. THE WAKING EYES With Arkelis, Flying Fox & the Hunter-Gath- SEMAI GALLERY 264 McDermot. Recent Works by Wilford Bar- GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK Presented by the Manitoba Costume RICHARD WAGAMESE Reading and signing of his two recent erers and We Were Lovers, at The Pyramid Mar. 7. Tickets are rington, on display until Mar. 21. Museum, this event is a fundraiser for the Costume Museum $12 from Kustom Kulture, Into the Music, Hungover Empire, works, Ragged Company and One Native Life, Mar. 11, 7 p.m. at WAYNE ARTHUR GALLERY 186 Provencher. Night and Day/ of Canada and will feature an up-cycled fashion show and live McNally Robinson Grant Park. Grace Hair Salon and the Pyramid or $15 at the door. The show music from The Lazy Rivers. Tickets are $20 from 989-0072. starts at 9 p.m. Norris Lake, paintings by Annette Lowe and photographs by Robert Lowe, on display until Apr. 1. The show is on Mar. 8 and it starts at 7:30 p.m. For more BRUTHERS OF DIFFERENT MUTHERS CD release with Lost Prior- information visit www.costumemuseum.com. WINNIPEG ART GALLERY 300 Memorial. Cabinet and Ornamen- FILM ity, Mar. 5 at The Pyramid. Tickets are $10 at the door and the FREE INFORMATION SESSIONS The Wii Chiiwaakanak Learning doors open at 8 p.m. tal Wares: Painted Porcelain of the 19th and 20th centuries, open until June 28. Also open is The Painter as Printmaker, Centre is seeking students and community members who CINEMATHEQUE 100 Arthur. Mar. 5: Examined Life (7 p.m.), NATIONAL ABORIGINAL ACHEIVEMENT AWARDS Hosted by which features a series Impressionist prints from artists such would benefit from attending a free information sessions Down in the Dirt (9 p.m.); Mar. 6: Bruce McDonald Master Class Adam Beach and Tina Keeper, Mar. 6 at the Centennial Concert as Van Gogh and Renoir. Angakkuq: Inuit Shaman is open from local organizations and community service providers. (12 p.m.), Alan Zweig’s Vinyl (6:45 p.m.), Ponypool (9 p.m.); Hall. For a complete list of award recipients, performers and until May 3. There will be a curator talk Mar. 5 at 7 p.m. Also, The sessions will be held every Wednesday evening from 5 Mar. 7: Vampire Classics: Let The Right One In (7 and 9 p.m.); for ticket information, visit www.naaf.ca. Fitzgerald In Context is opening Mar. 7 and will remain open to 7 p.m. until Mar. 25. The sessions will be held at 511 Ellice until May 17. in room 1E18. Mar. 8: Vampire Classics: Let The Right One In (7 p.m.); Mar. 11: SEAN BROWN BAND Mar. 7 at Hooligans. Admission is $5 at the Vampire Classics: Let The Right One In (7 and 9 p.m.). door and the tunes start at 10:30 p.m. WOODLANDS GALLERY 535 Academy. Rumour Has It: New CANNES LIONS The World’s Greatest Commercials return to AL SIMMONS AT THE SYMPHONY Featuring Conductor Rei the Winnipeg Art Gallery from Mar. 16 to 24. Screen times Hotoda, Mar. 8 at the Centennial Concert Hall. Tickets range are 7 and 9 p.m. and tickets are available from the WAG and from $11.40 to $26 and are available at the WSO box office and Ticketmaster outlets. Ticketmaster. The concert begins at 2 p.m. £ The Uniter’s Top 5 events • BRUCE MCDONALD Legendary Canadian director Bruce Mc- KATIE MURPHY With Jessee Havey backed by JD Edwards, Mar. by curran faris Donald will be in Winnipeg for a series of events on Mar. 6. He 8 at the Park Theatre. Tickets are $10 at the door and the will hold a master class at Cinematheque from noon to 2 p.m. show starts at 7 p.m. and will introduce Alan Zweig’s film Vinyl at 6:45. At 9 p.m.  THE WAKING EYES With Arkelis, Flying Fox & the Hunter-Gatherers and We Were Bruce will offer a sneak preview of his new vampire movie GINO SITSON QUARTET Mar. 10 at The Franco Manitoban Cul- Lovers, (see page 14) at The Pyramid Saturday, Mar. 7. Be sure to catch Winnipeg pop Pontypool, also at Cinematheque. Tickets for this screening tural Centre. The concert is free to all and starts at 8:30 p.m. wizards The Waking Eyes before they are the next big thing. Tickets are $12 from Kustom are $15 at the door or $13 in advance. Advance tickets are available at Into The Music and online by sending a Paypal LUKE DOUCET AND THE WHITE FALCON Mar. 10 at the Park Kulture, Into the Music, Hungover Empire, Grace Hair Salon and the Pyramid, or $15 at the payment to [email protected]. For more in- Theatre. Tickets are $15 from Ticketmaster and the show door. The show starts at 9 p.m. formation contact [email protected] or visit starts at 8 p.m. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=59273436888. ART AFTER DARK Featuring music by the Urban Jazz Trio and  LUKE DOUCET AND THE WHITE FALCON Tuesday, Mar. 10 at the Park Theatre. You guided tours of several exhibits, Mar. 6 at the Winnipeg Art just can’t resist Luke Doucet (see page 11), so you might as well get your ticket now. Tickets Gallery from 8 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $25 available from the are $15 from Ticketmaster and the show starts at 8 p.m. ON CAMPUS WAG and Ticketmaster. SAFEWALK Safewalk is a UWSA service for students and  KRULL At The Zoo, Friday, Mar. 6. In the mood for long hair, beards, guitar heroics and faculty who don't feel comfortable walking to their car/ this new music called “heavy metal?” Then make your way down to the Zoo and check out bus stop/home alone in the evening. Friendly safewalkers MUSIC Krull – they’ll fix you up just right. Tickets are available at the door and the show will start will accompany students and faculty to their destinations every evening throughout the week. Hours of operation are Pop, Rock & Indie around 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Fridays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Safewalk office is located on the first floor by the ACADEMY FOOD DRINKS MUSIC 437 Stradbrook. Mar. 5: Jodi  INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Be sure to check out the events being put on by the escalators and next the Security office. King; Mar. 6: Chocolate Pie and The Fast Romantics; Mar. 7: folks at MAWA, the Women’s day march, Sunday, Mar. 8 at 1 p.m. at York and Waterfront, Grant Davidson Band, KJ Sawka; Mar. 10: Open Mike with JAVA EXTRAVAGANZA Peer Support is hosting their second an- Melissa Plett. and the Women’s Day dance party at the Albert. nual Java Extravaganza Mar. 13 at the Ellice Theatre. Tickets are only $5 and can be purchased at the Info Booth and 100 KING’S HEAD PUB & EATERY 120 King. Sunday: All The King’s  BRUCE MCDONALD Film buffs will thank their lucky stars that Canadian director per cent of ticket sales go to Klinic. The ticket also gets you a Men; Monday: The Magician; Tuesday: Comedy Night; Wednes- McDonald (see page 15) is in town for a string of exclusive events on Friday, Mar. 6. He’ll free tea or coffee at the event. day: Little Boy Boom; Thursday: Joey Landreth Band. host a master class at Cinematheque from noon to 2 p.m., as well as introduce Alan SPRING POWWOW In honour of Residential School survivors PYRAMID CABARET 176 Fort. Mar. 5: Strongfront Records: Zweig’s film Vinyl and screen his latest vampire film Pontypool. For more information and their families, the University of Winnipeg will host its an- Bruthers of Different Muthers CD release party; Mar. 6: Inex, contact [email protected] or search Facebook. nual spring powwow Mar. 6 in the Duckworth Centre. Admis- Angus Jourdain, Jasmine Netsena, Evan Reeve, Wab Kinew; sion is free to all. There will be a grand entry at 1 and 7 p.m. Mar. 7: The Waking Eyes, Arkells, Flying Fox & the Hunter- and a community feast at 5 p.m. For more information, phone Gatherers, We Were Lovers. 258-2904 or e-mail [email protected]. Country, Folk & Jazz works by Angela Morgan, open Mar. 12 to 28. There will be an MCNALLY ROBINSON GRANT PARK Mar. 6: Paul & Susan; Mar. 7: opening reception Mar. 12 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. LITERARY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Bob Watts Trio. URBAN SHAMAN GALLERY 203-290 McDermot. Urban Sha- man is currently calling for submissions to be displayed in SPENCE NEIGHBOURHOOD ASSOCIATION The Spence Neigh- MCNALLY ROBINSON POLO PARK Mar. 6: Del & Sel; Mar. 7: Don SHORT FICTION The Writers Collective present a workshop bourhood Association is looking for volunteers to help staff Milne Duo. the Main Gallery, Marvin Francis Memorial Gallery and the about crafting short fiction hosted by Sarah Klassen, Mar. 7 Virtual Gallery. Submissions should be mailed to: Director, their new Youth Resource Center at the M.E.R.C. The Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in room 3M50 in the University of Win- will be open after school hours/evenings. Please contact TIMES CHANGE(d) HIGH & LONESOME CLUB Main & St. Mary. Urban Shaman Gallery, 203-290 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, nipeg. Admission is $30 for Writers Collective members and Mar. 7: Sheepdogs. Manitoba, R3B 0T2. Jamil at 986-5467, youthcoordinator@spenceneighbourhood. $50 for non-members. To register, contact writerscollective@ org for more information. uwinnipeg.ca or 786-9468. Dance & Hip-Hop CANADA-WIDE SCIENCE FAIR Volunteers are needed to work at COMMUNITY EVENTS WRITING CONTEST Admissions are being accepted for the 2009 HIFI CLUB 108 Osborne. Mar. 6: DJ Starting From Scratch, DJ the Canada-Wide Science Fair from May 9 to 17 at the Univer- Prairie Fire Press/McNally Robinson writing contests. The Dow Jones; Mar. 7: ‘80s To The Max! sity of Manitoba. Interested parties should contact Alastair SHARING SPACES The Spence Neighborhood Association Bliss Carman Poetry Award will be judged by Don Domanski; Komus at [email protected]. For more information OZZY’S 160 Osborne. Wednesdays: Soho Trash DJs: Punk, Glam, and the West Broadway Development Association presents short fiction will be judged by Paul Quarrington; and creative visit www.cwsf2009.ca. New Wave, Power Pop; Thursdays: Readymix Dance Party: guest speaker Dr. Ken Reardon who will discuss his research non-fiction will be judged byC harles Wilkins. $6,000 in prizes Indie-Dance, Electro, Brit-Pop, New Wave, Mash-Ups, '80s/'90s, on community-based planning in severely distressed urban and more; Saturdays: Modernized. neighborhoods and urban social movements and will address the issue of how the University of Winnipeg and Balmoral Hall Punk & Metal co-exist with Spence and West Broadway. The talk takes place Mar. 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Ellice Theatre. THE ROYAL ALBERT 91 Albert. Mar. 5: The Thrashers, The Upsides, SlamDunk; Mar. 6: Asado, No More Heroes, Making INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY A series of events will be held Waves, Talk City; Mar. 7: Subcity Dwellers. in celebration of International Women’s Day. Mar. 7: MAWA hosts a Stitch n’ Bitch, from noon to 4 p.m. at 611 Main Street. THE ZOO 160 Osborne. Mar. 5: Domenica; Mar. 6: Krull; Mar. 7: Mar. 8: There will be a International Women’s Day March and xEnginex. Feminist Fair at 1 p.m. at York and Waterfront, the site of the Human Rights Museum. There will also be a dance party that night at the Royal Albert featuring Mizz Brown and Mama THEATRE & DANCE Cutsworth, admission is $5 at the door. FORT GARRY WOMEN’S CENTRE In honour of International Women’s Day Celebrations, the Fort Garry Women’s Resource BAD DATES By Theresa Rebeck, Directed by Steven Schipper Centre presents a workshop exploring the Chakras – vital and starring Precious Chong, runs until Mar. 7 at the Tom energy centres within the human body that are crucial to Hendry Theatre Warehouse. Tickets range from $12 to $38 and one’s physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. The are available from the MTC box office. workshop will take place Mar. 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. at 1150A Wa- verley Street. Space is limited and pre-registration is required GALLERIES to this women only workshop. To register call 477-1123. FRIENDS IN SOLIDARITY FUNDRAISER Still Standing With Grassy Narrows takes place Mar. 7 at Red Road Lodge. The fundraiser GALLERY 1C03 University of Winnipeg. Everett Soop: Journal- features speaker Gwawich, Anishinabek from Asubpeescho- ist, Cartoonist, Activist. There will be an opening reception seewagong and an excerpt from the film Scars of Mercury will Mar. 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. and there will be a talk hosted by Dr. be shown. The evening will also feature spoken word and live Heather Devine about Soop’s work in room 2C15 at 12:30. The music. Advance tickets are $5 and are available from Mon- installation is open until Apr. 4. dragon, Neechi Foods, Organic Planet and U of W Info Booth. For more information contact Alon at [email protected] MAWA 611 Main. Mar. 6 at noon, MAWA invades the WAG for a or call 480-8565. Krull is at The Zoo March 6. Water towers are tough, man... dude. Concert? Art show? Volunteer opportunity? Community event? Want to see your event in The Uniter? 20 LISTINGS Listings Co-o r d i na t o r : Cu r r an Fa r i s E-mail your listing to [email protected]. The deadline for all listings is Wednesday. 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Sports & Fitness Kites: Not just for getting stuck in trees trev o r

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“It's more the adrenaline rush that everybody’s going for. There’s nothing like it on the planet.” -Tyler Grey, kiteboarder

Andrew Kaspick ready to take flight through the cold winter skies.

Kiteboarding, had a lot to do set- the 12th century, the modern incar- annual competition growing and The free-ride was judged by the Unique sport ting up a hospitable reception for nation as an extreme sport has only taking place on the frozen beach. participants who watch each other holds local, rider- the people who came out to watch been around since the late 1990s. “In the winter you’ve got speed and give points to each other for or participate in the third an- Tyler Grey owns The Sand Bar running, adventure riding where smooth turns, tricks and big air. judged contest nual Boost Winter Kiting Contest Motor Inn at Grand Beach and has you go for days on end … and “You just gotta hook up with on Saturday, Feb. 28. Despite the been kiting for over a decade. then there’s these guys that like to our community,” continued Grey. at Grand Beach -27 C temperature, over 20 riders “I live out here... and saw [some do what you call free-ride,” said “That’s the nice thing about kite- showed up with skis, snowboards kiters] on the beach one day,” said Grey, “Just doing the big tricks and boarders: We like to train people in Josh Boulding and kites of all shapes and sizes at Grey, “My family owns a sailboat jumps and stuff, showing off and the safety of [kiting] and how they Volunteer staff Grand Beach, where the contest shop so we decided to bring some showboating. In the summer time work and you ride as groups.” was held. stuff in.” that’s the big appeal, the amount of “It's more the adrenaline rush “[Kiteboarding] is a mix of “I go across the lake three to four air you can get, you shoot straight that everybody’s going for. There’s On a day when most people are windsurfing and downhill skiing or times a week,” he added. “Usually up do double loops and stuff.” nothing like it on the planet,” he watching the cold wind blowing snowboarding,” explained Koenig about once or twice a month I head With a style of kiting for every said. “You don’t need a lift ticket, against frosted windowpanes, more as he set up one of the youngest rid- up to the North Basin [on Lake rider, the Boost Winter Kiting either.” ers with the harness needed to hold Winnipeg].” Competition consisted of two sec- than a few adventurous souls har- For more information about the ness that frigid northwest breeze to onto a kite. “And it’s more fun than The chefs at The Sand Bar have tions – starting with a loosely timed both.” even created a burger named for free-ride event followed by a short sport of kiteboarding, visit www. power a unique sport. boostkiteboarding.com. Mark Koenig, owner of Boost Though harnessing wind power the sport, the Kite Burger. Grey’s speed event through a course set up with a sail has been practiced since support of the sport has led to the with cones. Boxing has not been knocked out tell you that it is really strong, espe- how to utilize angles. ing about MMA: one mistake can The sport that cially here in Manitoba.” “MMA uses many technical skills cost you a punishment. will never fall This could be the typical old- from boxing like cardio, footwork But the big question everyone school versus new-school battle. and striking,” Mircea said. “I have wants to know is how long would Fifteen years ago boxing was the some students who fight MMA and a competitor in each sport last in only option until MMA came they tell me how important boxing the opposite sport? Kevin Chaves along. Either way both sports call really is every workout.” Former UFC heavyweight Volunteer staff on some of the most conditioned Because in boxing you can only "I have some champion Andrei Arlovski will an- athletes in the entire world and use two weapons, your right and students who fight swer this question on Apr. 11 when bring incredibly entertaining fights left hand, the science of the sport is he makes his boxing debut. There There is no question that mixed in different, yet identical, ways. very intricate. Besides in the heavy- MMA and they tell have been many rumours that martial arts (MMA) has grown to a Hearing that boxing and MMA weight division, there usually aren’t current UFC undefeated middle- level that only a few had ever imag- are boring sports is ludicrous. significant reach and height, and me how important weight champion Anderson Silva ined – but who started this rumour Seriously, people don’t have to get definitely not weight, advantages. boxing really is has challenged multi-time boxing that the sport of boxing is dead? knocked out or ripped apart for it That’s what is great about boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. to a boxing Definitely not 1972 and 1976 to be entertaining. Don’t believe – the fighters are mirror images of every workout.” match. This would be a dream box- Olympic boxing silver medalist me? Spend sometime watching each other, no excuses. The best -Simon Mircea, president of the ing fight with a true answer. Simon Mircea who is now the pres- Forrest Griffin go at it with Stephan skilled fighter wins. Dynamo Boxing Club On the other side of the spec- ident of Dynamo Boxing Club in Bonner or any of the three famous MMA brings a variety of fight- trum, after being influenced by Winnipeg. Morales versus Barrera brawls. ing styles on the ground and on worry about throwing and defend- Kimbo Slice, former heavyweight “No, I don’t think boxing is These athletes spend countless the feet, including boxing, which ing punches, you have to worry boxing champion Hasim Rahman slowing down,” Mircea said. “I’ve hours studying opponent’s pat- also makes this sport incredibly in- about not getting your arms and will test the MMA waters. been around the world and I can terns, trying to find weaknesses and tricate. Not only do you have to legs broken. That’s what is interest- Still, time will tell. 22 Sports & Fitness The Uniter March 5, 2009 www.Uniter.ca The ever elusive 11 P ete “They look at the fifth-year guys

Wesmen fall short Yee and see where they’re going to be , in men's national the in a few years time hopefully, if Gate they can do the job the older play-

w ers have done to get here every year. championship a y For the young guys it is a real learn- ing experience.” Evan Daum Although the team fought their way to the national tournament The Gateway (University of Alberta) after an up and down season, suc- cess is still defined by national Special to The Uniter championships for a volleyball powerhouse like Winnipeg. It wasn’t the season ender the ”Our senior Wesmen volleyball squad was look- ing for, as they dropped both games players had a at the men’s national championship chance to play in Edmonton this past weekend. The Wesmen hit the floor both at a national Friday and Saturday afternoon in championship the 22nd trip to the annual tour- nament, looking to secure a record in their fifth- 11th national title. The weekend kicked off Friday year and they’re afternoon with a quarterfinal loss unhappy with the to the CIS second-ranked Laval Rouge et Or in straight-sets (25–23, result for sure.” 25–22, 25–20). Wesmen middle Danny Andres smashing one home against Laval. –Wesmen head coach Larry McKay The Wesmen came out and gave the Quebec Champions all with a series sweep at home in after Saturday’s loss. played well enough to play in the “Our program at the University they could handle with three close November, the Pack were waiting Despite both defeats on the na- final tournament of the year,” of Winnipeg has 10 national cham- rounds, but came up just short, for the playoffs to enact revenge, tional stage, McKay was pleased to McKay explained. pionships, so you’re measured by finding themselves relegated to the capturing a win over the Wesmen see his team make it to the big show The tournament will no doubt that,” McKay reiterated. “As much consolation bracket and out of con- in the Canada West bronze medal after a seventh-place finish in the be a positive for the relatively as we talk about beating Calgary in tention for a medal. match, and again in Saturday’s regular season – especially for his young Wesmen moving forward, the playoffs and making it to na- With the loss the Wesmen sweep at the U of A’s Main Gym fifth-year players Alan Ahow and especially for the players who tionals, in the end these guys still are squared off against the Thompson (25–22, 25–23, 25–20). Paul Kjos. made their first trip to the CIS measured by the tradition of excel- Rivers Wolfpack Saturday after- “We made some errors, and the “Our senior players had a chance Championship. With 12 players lence that our program has. In that noon in one of the two consolation Wolfpack team is very strong and to play at a national champion- in either their first or second sea- sense, we came up short, but for us semi-finals, vying for a birth in the they capitalized on those errors, so ship in their fifth-year and they’re son, this experience, according to as a group it was a successful season fifth-place match on Sunday. full marks to them,” Wesmen head unhappy with the result for sure, McKay, will hold plenty of value making it to the championship.” After having the Wolfpack’s coach Larry McKay commented but are really happy that the team for the team in the future. number in regular season play Sports & Fitness 23 www.uniter.ca March 5, 2009 The Uniter Canada vs. USA: Jess Chapman this time, and Jo Villaverde it's personal

Wesmen star wins Dale Iwanoczko award r o bert University of Winnipeg Wesmen fifth- year power Alan Ahow won the Dale

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nh uy Iwanoczko award for the “individual who best exhibits outstanding achievement in volleyball, academics, and community involvement.” Ahow enjoyed a lot of success in volleyball as he was instrumental in earning CIS silver last year and winning the national championships during the 2006-2007 campaign. Academically, Ahow has a 4.01 GPA in the combined Arts and Education program at the University of Winnipeg and has earned Academic All-Canadian in each of his first four years there.

BBC hires first female director of sport Head of sport production Barbara letic stage. ing and training for all of Canada’s this huge glacier of pressure on the Slater is taking over as director of Canadian Olympic From Canada's fifth World Olympic teams. Canadian team,” said Burke, “and sport with the BBC. Slater's new teams plan to 'own Junior Hockey Championships According to an opinion poll how they handle that is going to position is ground breaking as no triumph in a row, to Patrick conducted by NRG Research determine their fate.” female has ever held that title. She replaces Roger Mosey who is the podium' at the Chan’s capture of the gold at the Group, 73 per cent of Canadians The cross-border hockey compe- going on to become BBC director Four Continents Figure Skating approve of the Own the Podium tition in particular is standard issue, of London 2012 and is overseeing expense of the U.S. Championships, to Ivan Babikov’s program and 69 per cent believe especially for the women’s teams. the preparations coverage of the “breakthrough” win at the Tour de that finishing first in the medal “When people ask us what’s Olympics. Ski, all signs indicate that Canada’s count is important. going on with our team, they don’t Slater, a gymnast in the 1976 Jess Chapman athletes are ready for battle. say, ‘Are you going to win?’" re- Olympics, has covered some of the Canada has hosted two previ- All signs indicate marked Karyn Bye of Team USA biggest events for the BBC including Volunteer staff ous Olympics: the 1976 Summer in 2002, “They say, ‘Are you going Wimbledon and the Olympics. Games in Montreal, and the that Canada’s to beat Canada?’” No longer just a game 1988 Winter Games in Calgary. athletes are In the Feb. 12 issue of the Seattle In a strange ruling, Cricket batsman Two weeks ago, a meeting in Ottawa Sachin Tendulkar was forced to between Canadian Prime Minister Canadian teams did not manage Times, columnist Ron Judd took to earn a single gold medal at ei- ready for battle evident amusement in Canada’s withdraw from an exhibition match Stephen Harper and U.S. President because of the affiliation of one of the Barack Obama promised a new era ther of these homegrown competi- admittedly embarrassing record of tions, an achievement attained by Luckily for them, Canadian hosting the Games. match's participants, New Zealander of cross-border respect, camarade- Harnish Marshall, to the Indian Cricket rie and mutual understanding. only one other country, the former women’s hockey captain Hayley However, he acknowledged League (ICL). The same cannot be said for their Yugoslavia. Wickenheiser was confident that that due to Canada’s recent spate According to SI.com, the Board of respective national Olympic teams. This year, however, a tangible her historically successful team of major international wins, this Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Just in time for next year’s Winter effort has been made in order to would best their American rivals might be the year for Team Canada backs the Indian Premier League Olympics in Vancouver, B.C., make up for all that lost time. Own once more. to enjoy a hearty meal of “flambéed and does not allow its players to play against athletes involved with the ICL. the long-standing rivalry between the Podium 2010 is a $110 million “They’re going to do whatever it Americano.” combination of government fund- takes to win and we’re going to stick "Canadian fans have been wait- Tendulkar was supposed to be a Team Canada and Team USA has major draw card for the exhibition become colder than ever before, ing and private donations set up to our plan,” said Wickenheiser. ing for redemption for a long time," “to make Canada the top medal U.S. men’s hockey general man- Judd concluded, "and for a peren- match but the BCCI's intervention has due in no small part to strength- disallowed him and teammate Dinesh ened Canadian resolve following a finisher” at next year’s Games. The ager Brian Burke might advise nial-underdog nation, it'll only be Karthik from participating. series of victories on the world ath- money is being spent on improv- Wickenheiser to be more cautious. sweeter if it comes at the hands of Remember when playing a sport ing equipment, facilities, coach- “I think there is going to be the team in red, white and blue." was just for fun? Those were nice times. Not pandering to their “base” Don Porter, president of the International Softball Association, announced on Friday that he would Living well not be joining forces with the International Baseball Federation to turn both sports into Olympic events at the 2016 Summer Games. In what might be taken as a subtle sonal needs of each individual. insult to baseball, Porter's statement For busy university students ercises that conditions the major Performing over muscle groups two to three days 25 reps with good said, "We have offered the IOC a Sagan Morrow in particular, she suggests that doping-free, universal team sport that a week for strength training, and form is an indicator Volunteer staff you, “make incidental exercise a reflects the values of Olympism all big part of your day." stretch the major muscle groups that you should increase the over the world." “Walk whenever you can, a minimum of two to three days weight. He later added, "This is no disrespect sneak in crunches and push up per week for flexibility." Warming up and cooling in any way to baseball. Baseball's a How to get the breaks during your study time… Turner encourages strength down before and after a work- great sport." it quickly adds up without hav- training for everyone because it out is essential to prepare your Harvey Schiller, president of the IBF, “reduces body fat, increases lean muscles for activity and to avoid expressed disappointment at Porter's most out of ing to block out a huge chunk of decision, but promised to continue time for a workout.” muscle mass, and strengthens injury. your bones.” Stretching is also an integral fighting for baseball’s re-entry into your workout Turner suggests that we focus the Olympics. on the immediate positive as- She advises women in partic- part of the workout. ular to not be afraid of bulking “You should always stretch Oh, she's so young pects of working out because “a Oh Su-hyun made history on Achieving and maintaining good long-term goal such as weight up. your major muscle groups to health is largely due to our phys- “Women who replace body maintain or increase your flex- Thursday as the youngest golfer ever loss takes a while to develop, to play at the Women’s Australian ical activity. But what kind of ex- which means you can get dis- fat with lean muscle not only ibility, making sure to hit ham- Open. She's just 12 years old. ercises should we be doing? How couraged and start to skip your drop inches, but they have a strings, glutes, quads, back, The South Korea-born Oh won the often? Is weight lifting an abso- workouts." higher metabolism, which can chest, and arms,” added Turner. qualifying round at the Kingswood lute necessity? Personal trainers "Focus on the benefits you re- aid in weight loss." If you start to lose interest in Golf Club three days earlier. By the can provide the answers to these ceive immediately from exercise, Although it is difficult to your workout, switching it up end of the day, she had achieved a questions and more. like increased mood and energy, determine exactly how much every four weeks can increase score of 6 over 79. Kelly Turner, an American stress relief and better sleep to weight is appropriate to lift, your enjoyment and create mus- Oh became the Victoria State junior Council on Exercise (ACE) per- Turner recommends a simple cle confusion for better results. champ earlier this year and has a motivate you to work out each handicap of 2. By comparison, her sonal trainer, does just this by of- day." way to know when we are lifting fering her knowledge and advice too much or not enough. Read Kelly Turner's blog at father, Oh Seok-gu, has a handicap Figuring out a workout plan http://everygymsnightmare.com. of 12. on her blog. is the next step. “The last rep you do of each Oh told reporters that she has yet Supplying health and fitness Healthy adults should strive exercise should be the last rep University of Winnipeg student to decide whether or not she wants to information to those who do not for “20 to 60 minutes of con- you can do with proper form. Sagan Morrow writes a health become professional. At the moment, have the financial means of ac- tinuous or intermittent cardio- Once your form starts to slip, and wellness blog. Check it out she is too busy trying to balance golf cessing a personal trainer, Turner vascular activity five to six days a you are recruiting other muscle at http://livinghealthyinthereal- with her studies. responds to reader’s questions week, one set of eight to ten ex- units which is ineffective and, in world.wordpress.com. with answers tailored to the per- some cases, dangerous.”