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NEW PROJECTILES! The 2006-07 Projector staff would like to welcome onboard the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF new additions to the publication's staff for the remainder of the year. A brand new group will be taking over the paper until the James Turner end of this semester and through next year. Get out to the story meetings to hear their creative ideas and get the opportunity to [email protected] see your name in print! (204)-990-7490
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PROJECTING THINGS SINCE 1968 MARCH 19 2007 NEWS Scholarship and Rough Start A Glimpse into the Inspires RRC Student to Give Upcoming Elections Back THE PROJECTOR TALKS TO CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND : By Geoff Dembicki Canadian Millennium Scholarship : Foundation
VICE PRESIDENT OF SUPPORT SERVICES By the time Shirley Haynes graduated from her • Winnipeg high school, she had survived an alcoholic father, extreme poverty and four years of foster care. But her modest goal By Aaron Zeghers [email protected] to attend university lay just out of reach. ▪ "I didn't have any money," says Haynes. "Child and Foster ; services were no longer responsible for me, my own parents had •• none, and my foster parents are nice but they wouldn't pay" • That was 12 years ago. Now Haynes is in her second year at Red River College, and plans to teach in the inner city someday. : But the past still holds a strong grip. • When she was small, her baby brother died at 20 months. "My dad was angry at the world, so his alcoholism grew and ▪ family violence came too," she says. • Haynes has Metis ancestry and she says her experience was not • unique for aboriginal children. At age 15, she was moved to foster
care where she stayed until graduation. Fresh out of school and no money to her name, she married • then took a job at an inner city daycare in downtown Winnipeg. • For the next ten years, she strived to take a leading role in he • community. • Whether she was volunteering at a women's resource centre, organizing a preschooler physical activity program or sitting on her ; children's daycare board, Haynes stayed busy. • "I got to learn a lot about poverty" she says. "Growing up I • didn't think whole communities lived like this." ANGIE HERRARA - PRESIDENT company money. A former student of the Uof M, Anjos says that he may be able to bring new ideas • But the desire to attend university never diminished. And two Angie Herrara, 22, is a second-year business into the SA. • years ago, she got her chance. A new job for her husband and a administration student at the Notre Dame campus. He is concerned with all student issues from glut of scholarships — she applied for everything she could find She has been involved in strategic planning for the difficulties with a course or instructor to issues — paid the way. Students' Association (SA) since spring of 2006 and paying rent. Anjos believes it is important to • More good fortune came the year after. Heavy involvement at became a. member of the Student Advisory Board address problems students come across during their RRC, and a lengthy resume of community work helped her win (SAB) in September. Herrara is also a member of •college careers, because it affects their ability to an Excellence Award from the Canada Millennium Scholarship the Strategic Planning Committee. perform academically. Foundation. These renewable scholarships are given on a basis Herrara is concerned with how tuition rates Issues brought up to Anjos thus far include: outstanding community involvement, leadership and innovation and student fees affect students, the quality of extending the 'mini-break', more student events while maintaining solid academic standards. education at RRC and the college remaining stiff and gatherings, more free breakfasts, improved The award also included the opportunity to attend the 2007 competition with other institutions, improving student services for evening students, improving the Think Again Conference in Ottawa. recreation area space for students at the Princess organization of the RRC website, and improving The event's purpose was to help Millennium laureates St. Campus, and amount of break time students the relationship between students and the SA. develop leadership skills, network with their peers and think about receive between classes and over the `mini-break'. Implementing an analysis of tuition costs community involvement in new ways. She believes that the best way to lower student in relation to the income students expect upon Haynes says the conference gave her the chance to meet stress levels is to make students more aware of the graduation and how RRC differs from other ambitious and inspiring people. This only reinforced her desire to services available to them. post-secondary schools would help Anjos decide be involved in the modest inner city neighbourhood where she first If elected president, she hopes to continue the if tuition rates for a program deed to be raised to volunteered and now lives. SA's relationship with the Canadian Alliance of remain competitive, or if the tuition can be frozen "I want to impact Canada down in those grassroots," she says. Student Associations (CASA) to increase funding because are RRC is a leader in education for that "If we can make more meaningful connections, person by person, for education in Manitoba through the federal and, job market. family by family, that is going to strengthen the very base on which provincial governments. She believes that lobbying Canada lays." is the bes't way to get more funding, not by raising tuition. Herrara would also like to improve LOVEL LI — VPSS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • valuable methods of gathering student feedback Lovel Li, 20, has been a student in the business such as instructor and course evaluations. administration student at the Notre Dame campus Hi, editor James Turner here, i n what will be for two years and has also worked on the Student my final address to you, our esteemed Projector audience. JESSE WILSON — PRESIDENT Advisory Board. Li believes that after being a student at Jesse Wilson has been the vice president of the A quick note about this issue. the college for two years, he has a good idea of • Princess St. campus SA for the past year and students' needs and college politics and the ability understands the inner workings of RRC politics. We're featuring some very special changes and writers, to do something about it. 14e would like to be elected president so that he each with their own unique take on the regular columns and He is concerned with many issues features of The Projector you've come to know and love.
can fully immerse himself without academic OOOOOO including: tuition fees, spring break, making the . distractions. time that students attend RRC •• Wilson says that the issue he is most intrigued more enjoyable, Here's the scoop: and improving the SA which will in turn benefit by is the disconnect between the SA and the the students. student populatiOn. Layout Editor Lynsey Sable shows off her talents as a music On the tuition freeze Li says that, "I am Online resources for students are a big issue writer, replacing DJ Manalogue — Jack Rach — on his regular techno against the tuition freeze because of the fact that, I beat. for Wilson and he hopes to find a place on the ••••••••• RRC website that will engage students more. feel that if raising tuition fees would help bring the standard of education higher, I'm all for it." Wilson believes that the tuition freeze is a • Health, Sports and Lifestyles Editor Kathryn McBurney To decrease student stress, Li would like • valid point, and one that deserves attention, 'Any • tosses her hat in the ring this issue as a layout editor, and learns a to find different alternatives for recreation ranging responsible student who reviews their course/ : thing or two about 'leading' people on. from organizing more social events to having more program fees will notice that there have in fact • lounges available for the student body. ▪ News Editor Joanna (Josie) Fultz takes on the two- been increases to our fees, they just don't get • dimensional world of comedy with her original comic strip "If grouped under tuition." • RRC Were A Zoo." He is in favour of the freeze, as long as it is "manageable from the administration end .*Layout and Design Guru. Jessica Phillips left college to go to an and so long as the governments are able to • •advice doctoring school on Higgins — she returns to us this issue with continue supporting post-secondary education in • a sample of what she learned - hint: it amounts to her being "totally Manitoba." .• . awesome." After the new lounge was built for Notre Dame campus recently, Wilson sees an opportunity ••• Arts Editor Arnie Lesyk and political columnist Matthew Wright play for the SA to construct its own building to use for .• trading places and tackle each other's beats — politics and life, love and student housing and as a recreational space for • relationships — with some surprising results. Princess St. campus students. • ••• • Layout and Design Beek Brooke Nelson took on the head editor's job of carving KEVIN ANJOS - VPSS the crafty headlines. Kevin Anjos, 22, is a first-year business .• .* Finally, Editor in Chief James Turner takes on (much to McMonagle's displeasure, administration student at the Notre Dame campus. he's sure) Lynsey Sable's column, Grandiose Notions. Anjos has spent the last two years working full-time in management positions which included working with and handling large amounts of • It's been great kids, but our time here's up. Cheers, Red River College STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION
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121 I-) RI \ 112 COLI ECir friendly, and it's been a great turnout." Let's face it, job hunting is a drag. In a perfect Angela McCelland traveled all the way from world all you'd have to do is walk into a room full of Toronto to recruit for the Mount Sinai Hospital. A former Red River student herself, Angela says r JOIN Ott companies who want you to work for them and pick and MEAUX C choose at your own will. The RRC Students Association that: "RRC grads are highly regarded everywhere. TEAM! had the same idea a few years ago, and the RRC Career The school really produces some quality people." rt5.1r: 0.1 Fair was born. Hosted every spring, the fair brings Bev Yankee with the Interlake Regional ".vies together employers from various fields all with one Healthy Authority attended the fair for the first goal — to find and potentially recruit students for career time this year, but says she's impressed. "We've opportunities. Over 80 companies set up booths at the met so many different people - it's really an Notre Dame Campus on March 14th, most offering free international school," she said. "We definitely see candy or prizes to lure visitors. some prospects here." "The career fair's really useful," said business The fair was packed with RRC students, administration student Amanda Vanzwol who was talking with employers and picking up brochures. walking around with fellow classmate Jimmy Vanga, "It's really worthwhile to check out," said Sarah resumes in hand. "There's a really good selection of Meads, an RRC student who was trying to fight lot of really awesome people here." companies to choose from." her way through the crowd. Her friend Sarah Henry "RRC always goes well beyond others — we've had a The employers in attendance. included both agreed, "There are lots of really good opportunities. It's lot of fun here. We're definitely returning next year." corporate and government businesses such as Shaw and nice to be able to find out about different companies and The fair also featured door prizes including a the RCMP, and even some out-of-towners. what they're about." Nintendo Wii game system — a fun alternative if you're "We've been coming here for a few years," said Leanne Bonner, a recruiting supervisor for not quite ready to enter the job market just yet. Rochelle Going with the Edmonton Police who were Enterprise, enjoyed her time at the fair. recruiting potential police officers. "Everyone's really "We hire a lot of students and graduates. There's a Understanding
Our Polar Regions
By Jennifer Ryanjryani 1 @hotmail.com Thousands of projects focus on one of researchers and two main concerns of the scientists, including some Arctic: climate change, from the University of and its impact on northern Manitoba, are taking part Canadians. in International Polar Year An outreach program (IPY), the largest study of called Schools on Board the Arctic and Antarctic. allows Canadian high The ambitious research school students and their project, which officially teachers to connect with began on March 1 and will the Northern culture by continue into 2009, is an boarding the Amundsen internationally collaborative while it's out doing initiative designed to gain a research. With IPY being better understanding of the held this year, program planet's polar regions. co-ordinator Lucette This is the fourth time Barber says that the IPY has been held. The program is reaching out first was in 1882, followed internationally as well. by one in 1932 and the last Four Canadian in 1957. IPY does not occur students and eight Russia Helps Winnipeg, Among Others more frequently because international students will in other years, the science be chosen this summer for community dedicates itself the program, "to bring in By Aaron Zeghers [email protected] to other issues. their perspective on what Dr.Tim Papakyriakou, global climate change a micro climatologist from means to them and the The Russians are coming, the commodities such as grain, fertilizer attractive prospect for many Pacific the University of Manitoba people in their country," Russians are coming! But fear not. or wood chips. Rim countries that ship to Europe (UM) and a lead researcher Barber explained. They've given up their radioactive "We'll have to build storage and and the East Coast of North fop the project, says that the The CFL is one of poisons for a fleet of seven nuclear unloading capacity," he says. "The America. The arctic route would be earth's change into a global the larger projects being icebreakers, with the intention of more freight we can move through 5,000 km shorter than a trip through undertaken for IPY. keeping the Northwest Passage open the port, the more profitable it will the Suez Canal and 8,000 km less village has made research be." much easier. "The whole idea is to year round. This will allow for a than through the Panama Canal. "Speaking from a leave a legacy, to bring it commercial international sea route Ogborn also warned that these Colin Lemoine, a press contemporary perspective, to the next plateau," says between Russia's northernmost upgrades will take time, and that a secretary for Manitoba's Minister of we know so much about Papakyriakou. 'Climate port of Murmansk and the Port of year-round, container processing Infrastructure and Transportation, different parts of the change is pushing change in Churchill. Port of Churchill won't be a reality Ron Lemieux, says that Manitoba planet because they are so the Arctic. We're looking at This is good news for Churchill, for some time. could benefit from a busier Port of accessible." how we would expect that a town of 1100 that relies on two "Initially the ice breaking Churchill. However, this is not the system to respond — the industries to survive: tourism and will begin in June and extend the "This would be huge for case with the uninhabitable whole ecosystem. Since shipping through the port. [shipping] season until the end of Churchill and important for the rail North and South Poles. the 80s, we've really taken Acting CEO of the town of November," he says. "We anticipate companies and Winnipeg," he says. Researchers from stock of what our role is in Churchill, Rod McKenzie, says having one or two extra boats of "We may forget it, but Russia is our around the world were modifying climate change." that the current shipping season fertilizer into the port this year." neighbour. The more links we make called on in 2005 to submit However, only extends from July to early But fertilizer wasn't on Russia's with them, the more our business proposals for IPY. Forty- Papakyriakou says the November. mind when they made the proposal will overlap." four Canadian proposals recent concerns that have "The season is very limited," to break ice in the Canadian Lemoine said that members were chosen, including the been raised about global he says. "This [sea route] will Arctic. Their main interest was of the provincial government are UM's Circumpolar Flaw warming and climate make more jobs and it will make in transporting natural gas from working with Russia on the project, Lead System Study (CFL). change are not the reason existing jobs longer. Basically, it will the Shtokman field into North and met with Igor Levitin, Minister The study will analyze researchers decided to hold enhance the economic stability of American markets. Shtokman field of Transport for Russia, in January. how the mobile sea ice at another IPY. "Irrespective Churchill." is one of the world's largest natural The next meeting is set for the the North Pole affects the of if climate change is Originally bought 10 years gas fields, and is located 555 km end of March and will be attended Arctic marine ecosystem caused by people or if it's ago for $7, the Port of Churchill from Murmansk in the Barents Sea. by Manitoban, Federal, and Russian as a whole. The project natural, the fact is that is owned by Omni-Trax Inc., an Russia isn't the only country government representatives. The will involve Canadian polar ice is thinning and American company based in Denver, interested in the Port of Churchill. goal: to have Russian icebreakers in research icebreaker CCGS we want to know how the Colorado. India, China and Japan see Churchill Canadian sovereign waters by May Amundsen wintering in the Arctic will respond to that." The managing director of as a way of avoiding the backlogged of this year. Beaufort Sea. Omni-Trax Canada, Mike Ogborn, ports in Vancouver and California. Each of the Canadian said that the port can't process The age , old dream of the freight containers, but only bulk Northwest Passage is also an ic&fisAtt 4,4:sx‘AhyhtvgAsi )4. ,,A • •••■•• a • x1 1.4b.a.e". q/411eFk 11 .; NEWS MARCH 19 2007 THE PROJECTOR
Theft Of Mug Leads To Workplace Tensions, Added Security
By James Turnernewswriter©shaw.ca
A major meltdown by a veteran Red River College Peters added she's noticed the potential for labour Four members of the college security force instructor over a suspected stolen coffee mug has peace between college management and unionized attended to the scene, and conveyed the overwrought prompted more security to be hired by the college to staff has had a spin-off effect on RRC instructors' Lonston to his car without further incident, but would quell thefts in the future. willingness to "do not officially comment to The Projector. Gary Lonston, who has been teaching custodial much of anything Student reaction to the news of Lonston's dynamics in the civil tech program at RRC since at (expletive meltdown was less than sympathetic — with many CD 1974, returned to work after a weekend spent deleted) all at (custodial dynamic) students expressing concern, not relaxing in his backyard hot tub only to find his work." for Lonston's favorite ceramic coffee mug — allegedly donated by "It's kind well-being, but their own. an "incredibly generous" auto mechanic — missing of like getting "I've sweated my ass off in his classes for a year from his desk. married — at one now — he's a real ball grinder," said Matt Bender, a Lonston's ensuing meltdown riled nearby point you had second-year CD student. Bender says he fears he colleagues so badly they were afraid for their lives, to make it look won't graduate this spring now Lonston isn't there to according to one witness, who described Lonston like you were "micro-manage the fucking hell out of our asses." as a ticking-time bomb, openly sobbing, rolling on interested, caring Upon pressing Bender for clarification, he said the floor and flagellating himself with a 5ft. length and... sensitive he was "being sarcastic", and he hoped the furor of Ethernet cord over the loss of what one witness to your partner's surrounding Lonston's actions would force the college says was nothing but an unadorned ceramic drinking needs — then you to simply give each student of his a passing grade. receptacle. get hitched and it's Neither Ken Webb, RRC's vice-president, "I mean, it's a coffee mug, for Christ's sake like 'why bother? academic nor Jeff Zabudsky, president of RRC were [Lonston] was carrying on like a six-year-old with They're stuck with approached to talk to The Projector about Lonston's a toothache," said RRC instructor Chris Gabor, who me now,"' Peters outburst, student concerns surrounding his absence, works in the cubicle next to Lonston's. said. or the cost of rumoured plans for extra security in the Gabor said he was diligently working away at Peters also attests CD office. marking students' work when Lonston "just totally that Gabor is so A source close to Rex Masesar, outgoing (not as in exploded" in a rage mixed, according to Gabor, with a "ingeniously lazy," he attitude) president of the RRCSA said Masesar would "nearly sociopathic tenor of self-loathing." had recently taken to no doubt take the matter "to the ends of God's green Sheri Peters, who also works in the office alongside hiding behind a special earth and back" in order to satisfy demands students Lonston and Gabor, disputed Gabor's description of diffuser ordered to of Lonston's had with regard to their education. events. block harmful UV rays College staff voted in favor of a new collective "There's ho way he was working... [Gabor] hasn't from a nearby window agreement with management in January. done a fucking stitch of work around here since we when a student drops by voted in favour of the new CBA," Peters said. to see him.
Like A Rug
By Lynsey Kitching THE BROCK PRESS, BROCK UNIVERSITY
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. (CUP) -- Ever they do. For every death threat and negative wanted to get out of work without a hassle, piece of e-mail . . . we get about 17 job escape from an awkward date, carry on an inquiries so I don't know what that says, but I affair with no chance of being detected by find it interesting." your significant other, or hide from debt Along with the initial membership fee, collectors? Now you can with the assistance of prices range from $75 for a simple "rescue me the Alibi Network. from this mind-numbing date" request, or up All you need is $75 to join and you are on to $175 for the virtual seminar/conference/ your way to smooth sailing deceit. Customers' training,.the most elaborate option. It includes privacy is very important to the Alibi Network fake hotel confirmations, an airplane e-ticket, and it ensures anonymity and security for its. an event itinerary and even a certificate of patrons. The alibis are strategically created for completion delivered right to your door a few each individual by a personal alibi specialist weeks later. available for consultation 24 hours a day. Clients, Demarco said, are evenly split Mike Demarco, vice-president of between men and women, and are generally marketing for the Alibi Network, said the between 24 and 62. "You have a job, are company is like a consulting service. computer savvy because people typically find Get Involved in your "Our services vary across the board based out about our services through the Internet, on each client. What I can do is sit and find probably have a credit card, are reasonably STUDENT ELECTION out about yoUr situation, the people involved, educated and certainly have something to and what you are hoping to accomplish and lose." Advance Polls - March 21st custom tailor an alibi for you," said Demarco. Jonah Butovsky, a sociology professor at Voting Days "I'm in a unique industry and my market is Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont., isn't March everybody, in other words everybody has lied. bothered by the dishonesty. 28th & 29th Everybody is a potential client." "I don't think people lie and cheat more Services include a virtual hotel complete than they did before this service existed," he with a 24-hour hotel receptionist; a worldwide said. Poll Clerks telephone service (making it appear you are The fact that lying has become something calling from a certain location when you are that can be bought or produced for the market Needed! not really there); an escape-a-date service; is more of a concern. Earn a chance to win a and customized alibis for people involved in "The only thing that would bug me is $100 shopping spree @ discrete relationships. making everything a product that you can buy "Our clients are exceptionally happy, but and sell, but that is the nature of the system BESTB UY of course there's Bible thumpers out there and that we live in. If there is a market for it then One ballot for every hour volunteered! puritans who don't necessarily like what we do someone will produce it, it is commercializing . . . I find that funny," Demarco said. what has already existed." Despite the moral ambiguity of the Alibi FREE PIZZA Network, Demarco stands by the service. Provided during a brief training session, required for all "Everybody has told a lie. I get death polling clerks. Training Sessions (Locations TBA) threats from these same puritans who are Notre Dame Campus - March 21st @ noon & the 27th @ bothered by the fact that we help people lie. 4:00 pm. Princess Street Campus - March 23rd @ noon. We don't want to kill anybody but it seems like •
PROJECTING THINGS SINCE 1968 MARCH 19 2007 OPINION SPECIAL GUEST COLUMNIST EDITION Your tired, We whine, we bitch and we complain - we are the your poor, common folk. We have late night your huddled masses: discussions, ranting on about the current political state By Christopher [email protected] of our country Sometimes these opinions are backed Frantz Fanon, Algerian revolutionary and psychologist, discussed concepts of nation-state by valid arguments and constructed racial policies, Nelson Mandela reminisced on the struggle against white minority sometimes they are pure ▪ rule, and black power icon Martin Luther King Jr. demanded an end to the injustice of schlock. • segregation. Unlikely visitors to the halls of Red River College, but on Thursday Mar. 8 these These arguments, • thoughts were brought to student's attention by groups wanting to change misconceptions many though fuelled with • people have regarding the idea of race. emotion and passion, Today most scientists reject the concept of race as a valid way of defining human beings. rarely see the public ; The roughly six pounds of skin we all carry around with us does not place us in a distinct light, or the fluorescent interior problem. biological category created by differences in genes—although this concept has repeatedly been light of a government building. used as an ethnic intensifier to divide and exploit groups of people. This false-concept of race The 'we-care-but we-can't-care- Most of us are somewhat as biological fact is exactly why the Diversity and Immigrant Student Support and Aboriginal too-much' message is so contradicting, detached from the system that • Student Support groups hosted a weeklong event aimed at eliminating this intolerance and perhaps we don't know where we fit in. governs us. • ignorance. Is this a business deal, an effort to The people I know who "We're here to bust up the myth that race is a socially constructed idea. There is absolutely keep our residents safe and healthy or an ▪ complain about politics, are no biological evidence to prove racial differences... this idea that we have been taught has no attempt to keep our country up to par the same people who I could • foundation," says Diversity and Immigrant Student Support representative Alix Reynolds. with others in the world? never picture getting involved Central to the event was a crowd-drawing contraption by New York artist Nancy Burson I suppose it's all of the above, but the in them. It must be a tricky called the Human Race Machine. detachment can't be good. job for politicians, to have an If people feel that their opinions ▪ "The machine is really a tool. It engages people and gets them thinking and questioning agenda but to have to care • what they assume about racial differences. I have seen so many people coming out of here with won't have any impact and that the effort about varying issues and their perceptions entirely changed," Reynolds says. would be futile, then the best interests of appease the public they serve. If only these perceptions of race were altered entirely, and in fields where truly meaningful the public won't always be heard, apart • The type of person who, on change could be made. Unfortunately, as students queued to "alter their perceptions" of race, from the odd politician who still has time top of their day job, is willing • a very familiar, yet far more subtle, form of racism continued creeping into a very influential to care., to bring light to a concern is a • public arena, the media. This means we will be rare breed, but thankfully one misrepresented, the business portion of that still exists. According to Reynolds, racism has become a lot more subversive. It has evolved into a the government may expand as business I want to know where this tends to do, and the detachment will practice which replaces outright slurs and lynchings with racial profiling, illegal detentions and system went wrong and why economic discrimination grow even more. most of us are so drached.. If the anti-immigrant and refugee sentiments simmering throughout Europe in the past Will our situation ever get so Perhaps we are confused as year were any indication, it was merely a matter of time before this rising tide crashed onto desperate, maybe when we really start to to what the purpose of the Canadian shores. A series of articles which appeared in the Globe and Mail this February, run out of resources, that the government government is. The messages it offered a indictment of multiculturalism in Canada, claiming, "visible minority immigrants to will lean more towards saving our society gives can be mixed sometimes. than aiding the serious problems it Canada and their children are'experiencing a greater sense of exclusion," leading to, "children It becomes unclear whether the who have never been to summer camp, or taken in a Blue Jays or Maple Leafs game," these faces? Will we figure out a way for our government is geared towards practices obviously being the pinnacle and essential elements of Canadian integration and environment and economy to co-exist? pubic or corporate interests. culture. I don't think so. Frankly, the whole How do you balance both? Although when we "alter our perceptions," and examine these articles for their true intent idea scares me. But, I am not going to While we strive for do anything about it. It almost seems like and purpose, they are exposed for what they truly are, a racist backlash disguised as concern economic growth, the living with a terminal illness at this point. for visible minorities. One•claim that the article makes is the development of "ethnic enclaves" environment we exist in is I just want to make the best out of the impedes integration and economic development. In fact; all countries and societies, whether falling apart. The government days I have left. there is a policy of multiculturalism or not, have "ethnic enclaves." These communities are puts money into anti-smoking places for shared experiences, culture and a sense of belonging and history. Moreover, campaigns and raises to suggest a policy of multiculturalism is to blame for a sense of "exclusion" felt by cigarette taxes, as other toxic immigrants is as preposterous as it is insulting. Imbedded racial stereotypes and components like emissions and colonial attitudes are far more likely candidates for a sense of social exclusion waste disposal are a growing and economic hardships. Barely one month after these articles on multiculturalism were published, a remarkably similar editorial appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, Saturday Mar.10, launching Teach English Overseas yet another attack on visible minorities. As a TESOL Certified in 5-Days concert encouraging people to speak out against racism was underway at 160 • . Study In-Class, Online or by Correspondence Princess Street, this editorial *All Ages*No experience*No Degree needed* figuratively placed a Somali refugee, now a convicted aboard a plane back 1-888-270-2941 criminal, Free Info Seminar: to his war torn country which he has not Laming visited since he was 12. 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Right now, as the and exposed concrete, but the David Wityk is teaching snow•melts, Higgins dulled once-bright colours and the gallery's photography Street is visually explicit. extreme variance in textures program, which has been The faded, chipped bring unmistakable dimension. running for about six years. paint of long-standing It seems appropriate that "I think it gets them industrial buildings anyone attending Graffiti to look around at their oddly blends into the Gallery's Youth Photography surroundings, a bit more grey of melting snow Program has to traverse this analytically," he says about path in order to make it to some participants. "I guess it their evening class. offers another perspective for The program teaches them, through a lens." photography to mainly 15 Wityk sets photo to 20-year-olds who range assignments participants are in skills from beginner to to complete thoroughout the advanced. program. Although he is open An exhibit of work to any creative impulses the created by participants in students might have he makes 2006 the program is currently on sure they gain knowledge display on the multiple levels of shot composition and of Graffiti Gallery's main the other basic aspects of space. photography. "They're different in a The work created, and way," explains Alexis Grise, currently displayed, is all from CANNES 18, as he stares out at the black and white film. The many framed photos. "They're only cost for participants is the not like conventional, well- paper which they develop on. composed, well-done photos. Even cameras are available They're very expressive and to anyone who wants to gain very emotional and very some skills in this area. touching." Grise is nothing but LIONS Grise, 18, is one of the impressed with the program featured photographers. and the people he has (The World's Best Commercials) He became involved in the encountered at the gallery. program a year ago after "It's free and they try to Award-winning ads from the 53rd Annual International hearing about perks, such help out as many people as as the free darkroom access they can," he says. Advertising Festival held in Cannes, France the gallery has to offer. He Anyone who completes always had an interest in the program is provided with a photography, starting off with certificate. his Uncle's old film camera, The photos which range eventually turning to digital. in style, subject and theme are March 14 to "At first it's really on display at Graffiti Gallery intimidating," he laughs, until March 25 and are for talking about his first sale. experience in a dark room at Graffiti Gallery. "But then you April 1, 2007 get used to it and it's really fun, seeing the print develop." Grise now has his own The Winnipeg Art Gallery dark room at his house and is starting to display his work at 300 Memorial Blvd other galleries like Artspace The gallery offers up the dark room to anyone who 6:30pm and 9:00pm wants to come and develop 2:00pm matinees March 26 to April 1, 2007 their work.
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FUNDRAISER PREVIEW Dead DEAD INDIANS, MARCH 23, THE LABEL GALLERY organization, but Kinew to make the experience fun for thought it was how they the audience, so they go home could make the best out of a feeling upbeat. Indians disappointing situation, and While Dead Indians show some support for the performs every weekend, these people of Thompson. occasional all-ages shows are Stay Alive "They seem to be one of a special treat for the group's the more active groups as far younger fans. When they actually helping young people," started out eight years ago, By Shannah-Lee Vidal Kinew says. socials were a mainstay and [email protected] The show will also feature now they play mostly bars and rap groups Rezofficial and clubs. Deep Cave. Dead Indians came "I didn't know what together from a group of When a performance by because of our name, Dead "I guess it was just fear on the kind of crowd it would be," teenage buddies eight years ago. local aboriginal rap group Dead Indians," says group member part of the people organizing the says Label's director, Daniel Aside from Kinew, there is P- Indians was rejected by the city Wab Kinew, 25. "Some people event," Kinew says. Saidman who admits he was a Nut, Kenny G, Kenny Wu, and of Thompson, it decided to take are put off by that." Many people in the city bit nervous about hosting the Kenny Ross in the group. the high road. The group's website, thought of the group would be group given Label's lack of "Everybody writes their The group was set to play which features a take-off of controversial. experience with rap shows. own material," say Kinew. "The a show in the northern city and the Cleveland Indians' famous "They [dropped the band] "We've been doing a series actual concepts and themes are was taken aback when it was cartoon mascot altered to look after a bunch of people lobbied of all-ages shows for a number more of a collaborative effort." dropped at the last minute. like a corpse, added fuel to them not to bring us," Kinew says. of years," says Label's director Dead Indians' third "It's just this weird thing, Thompson's fire. Kinew, who works for the Daniel Saidman. "There was independent release will be out CBC, says he was bothered no reason not to do a rap in June, a month which will also by situation and wanted to do show" see the Dead Indians' special something about it. Saidman feels that performance on Aboriginal "I just didn't want to take the event will be a positive Day. a loss because it was a kind of a experience. The group only took on the weird situation they put us in. And "It was a great opportunity apparently controversial name, then I just felt bad about it, and I to do something new," he says. Dead Indians, a couple of years was like 'how can I turn this into The concert starts at 7 ago. something positive.' It's probably p.m. and will be over before the "I think young people better to do something positive clock strikes midnight. really respond to it, and they than antagonistic." "Don't be late," urges know what it means," says So, On March 23, Dead, Kinew. Kinew. The group aims for Indians will bring its high-energy The group tries to keep the name to make more of a show to The Label Gallery in their shows lighthearted, despite statement than to just have pure support of the Boys and Girls the grave-sounding name. shock value. Club of Thompson (BGCT). "We're more like the grimy, "People say our culture is However, the money raised will be underground hip-hop," says dead," he says. "We are pretty a surprise gift for the BGCT. Kinew. "I don't want to go up much like the walking dead, like No one from Dead Indians there and preach." zombies." has any connection with the Kinew says that the point is The Reason Reason, tells me about one of the isolated ourselves and not think best days of his career. Shawn [email protected] about our previous records at "I was trying to sing and my all, not think about the shows Students and faculty order any platter Eat in or Take out At a round-table in The tooth went through my face," we've played or genres of and receive free coffee or fountain pop. 943-9010 Collective on Feb. 19, lights White explained, cringing from music, and just write whatever (offer excludes breakfast and lunch specials) 85 Princess St dimmed and punk-rock blaring, the experience. "So I crawl back came out naturally." Adam White, vocalist for on the stage, blood all over my face This natural process of Before ordering show your Student Card Hamilton's emo-punk band The and shirt." "screaming ideas that turned On the day The Reason was into melodies" spawned new- to play their debut for Smallman wave punk inspired dance- BREWERS Records, White tripped over a tracks "All I Ever Wanted" and DISTRIBUTOR LTD. monitor cable and fell face-first off "This is Just the Beginning" stage, but continued singing the — the record's first single — and last song of the set before seeking "We're So Beyond This," an medical attention. acoustic-driven track with Sara Our trucks make frequent stops. "I ran out back and poured Quin of indie-twin rockers Your career shouldn't. snow all over my face just to Tegan and Sara. Join Brewers' Distributor Ltd. to drive yours forward. freeze my face," White laughed. "I used to go see [Tegan "So my girlfriend said 'we have to and Sara] when they were go to the hospital, you're fucked."' really small in Windsor," White We're looking for a few MORE good employees to join our Winnipeg Warehouse She was right. While the rest operations. said, explaining the six-year of the band played ambassadors friendship. "So [Sara] came with their new label, White was to Toronto for a weekend and We offer: in the hospital getting stitches in we had all the music, so we his face. sat down and wrote the lyrics ✓ $10.82 Starting wage with regular wage progression A few years later and wounds together." v Additional shift premium available for afternoon and evening shifts healed, The Reason is scheduled With the record a few v Flexible scheduling - 24 to 40 hours per week and a variety of shifts to release Things Couldn't Get days from release and armed v On the job training. Better, a less-aggressive sounding with a different sound, White v Year-round, steady employment record than their 2005 release confessed his nervousness V Clean, safe work environment Ravenna, according to White. surrounding reaction to the V Convenient location - close to a main bus route "We're older and got tired, record. not of the music that we were "Fans just need to hear Initial job functions may include order picking and assisting drivers with deliveries. playing, but the scene in general," it. This is how we're going to Previous warehousing, forklift or power jack experience is an asset. White said, scanning the venue as be now If people are going fans began to pour in. "[The goal] to fall out and not listen to us was just to make a really good If you want to join a leading Western Canadian company involved in the warehousing and anymore, well that's cool. But record start to finish and not be distribution of beer products, please forward your resume to: give it a chance one way or afraid to slow things down, or use another." a clean guitar, or sing really soft." Things Couldn't Get Human Resources The writing process for the Better hits shelves March 6, 1400 Saskatchewan Avenue five-piece, which includes Cam and The Reason will be touring Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E OL3 Bordignon on drums, Jeremy back through Winnipeg mid- Fax: (403) 253 - 3241 Widerman and James Nelan on April. E-mail: [email protected] guitar, and Ronson Armstrong on bass, forced the band to confine A career at Brewers' Distributor Ltd. - Good for what ALES you! themselves in a cottage on a private lake, a twenty-minute drive from civilization. "We had been touring for a really long time, so we wanted to
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their spring 2007 release, New Wave. "I talked to [Vig] on the MUSIC PREVIEW phone and he said 'I really AGAINST ME!, APRIL 1, GARRICK like the demos, they sound THEATRE fucking rad'," Gabel explained. "And at first I thought, this is Fans are in for a treat from guerilla crazy, Butch Vig might actually folk-punk rockers Against Me! when Shawn HOUde‘rhoude@shaw ca produce our record, but Butch's they hit Winnipeg for their gig at the personality is completely Garrick. disarming and he is such a "We're not going to show up," normal dude... [so] it was a we laughed Tom Gabel, lead singer of completely relaxing and enjoying signed to a Against Me!. experience." major label, and there If you didn't know, April 1 is April After spending the last two will be certain connotations Fools' Day and, coincidentally, the same records on Fat Wreck Chords, attached to that, and people day Gainesville, Florida's Against Me! an indie punk label owned by will be scrutinizing the hits the River City. enjoys the Peg. NOFX's Fat Mike, Against Me! record," said Gabel, letting Cramped on the band's tour "Last summer I remember it was a good show — I joined Sire Records — and just in out a big sigh. "But if van with his cell-phone and driving had a great time while I was there." the knick of time. Fat Wreck was people's lives are that empty down the freeway from Montreal to After starting off as a solo artist in-1999, Gabel downsizing and dropping bands. and miserable that the only Ottawa, Gabel admits most of what teamed up with James Bowman on guitar and According to Gabel, thing they can do is criticize he's learned about our city comes vocals, Andrew Seward on bass, and Warren Oakes producing New Wave on their what somebody else is doing from a classic Weakerthans song. on drums to form Against Me! and release three old label would have created a with their lives - well, fuck "Before we went to Winnipeg full-length albums, including 2005's Searching "stagnate" record. man, I'll be there for them to I heard the song 'I Hate Winnipeg' for a Former Clarity — a politically charged riot "It was gut instinct wanting to do it." — so that's the first impression I got that took shots at everything from Condoleeza make the change," said Gabel. "If Lucky for critics, hate mail of Winnipeg," said Gabel, muffled Rice and their home state of Florida to the we hadn't made the change we'd can be addressed in person. by the sounds of the road. "So I unethical music business. be putting out a record on a label Against Me! plays the Garrick was interested to see what it was Now armed with Butch Vig, fabled that was basically closing down." with Riverboat Gamblers and actually like." producer of albums by Nirvana and Now for the first time, Gabel Fake Problems April 1. Unlike John Samson, Smashing Pumpkins, Against Me! is ready admits he feels the weight of lead singer of Winnipeg's The to break into the mainstream of punk with expectation. "Fuck, okay, yeah, so Weakerthans, Gabel
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Shawn [email protected] I'm always curious to see if. those movies I watched as a youth are still enjoyable to me now - 20 years later. By and far I have to say MUSIC PREVIEW not, and then I wonder, how the hell SPARTA, MARCH 24, WEST END CULTURAL CENTRE did I ever enjoy those flicks in the first place? Don't ever tell the boys in Sparta to play an At The Drive-In (ATDI) song, When I was 16 my top five because you'll get the same response every time. favorite movies, not in any order "It's not going to happen," a frustrated Matt Miller said. "It's stupid — we're were, Weird Science, Spring Break, not a cover band." Porky's, Rambo and Missing in In 2001, post-hardcore rockers ATDI called it quits after an eight-year run Action. As I read that now I guffaw, and three studio records. From the ashes of the breakup, ATDI originals Cedric although it's not surprising I suppose, Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez produced the Latin-fused seminal- seems like a healthy mix of T'n'A traps to maim people while I rock sounds of The Mars Volta, while and violence, common to most North hunted wild boar and blended ATDI's Jim Ward and Tony Hajjar American 16-year-old males. I'm so with the environment. Ex-vet formed the more alternative punk typical. Rambo, loner, wanderer and sounds of Sparta. Weird Science was cool because man of few words, goes on "I was excited for the future, but two losers built a machine that to fight a corrupt police force at the same time I was nervous," Miller whipped out ultra hot babe Kelly in style - by himself In a few said, reminiscing on the day he was LeBrock who was at their beck and minutes he manages to blow asked to join Sparta in Oct. 2001. call at all times, helping Wyatt and up an entire town and better "When the guys are coming from a Gary in their quest to lose their yet, he almost gets away with it. band people really freaked out on, and virginity. Very cool. you're starting another band out of This movie gave me the line, "Bruce Lee invented that, it's going to be a lot of hard work "how bout a nice greasy pork nun chucks, but he named them because everyone thinks you're never sandwich served in a dirty ashtray," after Chuck Norris." going to eclipse any kind of shadow" that I was able to fit into early Vietnam-themed movies • With Ward on vocals and guitar, Hajjar on drums, Keeley Davis on guitar and Miller morning hangover situations on more were big when I was a kid and we handling bass, Sparta is preparing to shine with their cross-Canada tour, including a River than a few occasions. were inundated with them. City stop. Spring Break was my goal for Missing in Action was Chuck "I've been to Winnipeg twice — it's actually a pretty cool, normal Canadian town," the grade 12. I figured I was old enough Norris's shinning moment. Not even El Paso, Texas native said. "But then you have Vancouver on the other side, which is really by then to convince my parents to let being a POW for ten years or being a wacky town." me go to Fort Lauderdale with my tortured could stop his one man The tour comes on the heels of their 2006 release Threes, a departure from 2002's buddies for the week. wrecking machine. Standing up for • Wiretap Scars and 2004's Porcelain ; two punk and post-hardcore labeled records the band As you can imagine, this never all good things American, he takes on • tried to break away from. happened and I suppose it's good it the Vietnamese army and manages to - "We really didn't really bind ourselves down to any genre for [Threes]," said Miller. didn't, because by the time I could escape. God bless the Norris. "But it still sounds like us because that's how we play and that's our style — even though we have gone there, Fort Lauderdale So what was I talking about? changed our approach to song-writing." had already been transformed into a Well, I've recently revisited these The change in writing highlights the band's ability to fuse genres, including post- senior's retirement community. That old movies after remembering how hardcore with seminal acoustic in "Red.Right.Return. (Straight in Our Hands)", would have been one hell of a shock. awesome they were and it turns out, progressive-rock with a Pink Floyd sound in "Translations", and screaming-punk with Porky's was the first and I was completely wrong. They are catchy-melodies in "Taking Back Control". quintessential teen sex movie. Holy probably some of the worst movies And while it might still be a Sparta record, Miller admits certain responses and shit, a shower scene full of nude girls! I've ever seen, well Porky's still isn't reactions to Threes have been frustrating — which he credits to fans wanting the same sound That peephole was the most awesome that bad. I think that might explain each record. thing I had ever seen. Going to a why I spent many nights alone when whorehouse in the bayou seemed I was 16. "[Fans] get disappointed if a band doesn't make a record that they want to hear," said pretty cool too, especially if you could Miller. "If you're not going to like our band because of that, go find another band that get in with your fake ID. feeds your appetite for the same old sound that you want." Sylvester Stallone made me want For fans expecting an acid-tripped psychedelic rock show, something Mars Volta fans to hide out in the bush and set human are more accustom to, Miller promises something more modest. "Our live show depends on how we're feeling at the moment. If we're feeling really somber — the show's going to be a lot more laid back. If we're feeling really aggressive — it's going to be that kind of show." On March 21st, 28th & 29th To find out what "that" kind of show entails, check out Sparta when they hit Winnipeg with Brampton, Ontario indie-rockers Moneen, and Welland, Ontario's Attack in Black on March 24 at the WECC. I VOTE
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By Chris [email protected] Smiles While He When a band lists Boy George and Britney Spears as their formed in July of 2005 when Jesse Vivanco, influences along side As I Lay Dying and Unearth, you know you are the band's other guitarist, and drummer in for something different. Graeme Tozer set out to create a sound Although Black Rose for Broken Hearts sounds much more like that bred the intensity of hardcore with the the latter than the former, this fierce Winnipeg five-some stands by it. technical proficiency of metal. "We put those up there as a joke originally," says band guitarist Shortly thereafter they were joined by Jim Barnby. "The real influences on our sound, I think, are All That Barnby, and although they went on hiatus a Bites short time later, the three musicians kept in Remains and Alexisonfire." touch. By Andrea [email protected] "We're a fairly new band," says Barnby. "I mean we've only got five or six shows under our belt but the response has been pretty Fast-forward to the summer of 2006 and good. Black Rose for Broken Hearts was reborn FILM PREVIEW "If we keep at it I could see us being big on the local scene and when Graeme's brother Brayden stepped up FIDO, MARCH 16, A THEATRE NEAR YOU then who knows." The shows Barnby speaks of were opening slot for to handle vocal duties. local favourites The Downfall, High Five Drive, and Damascus. After spending time writing songs and The band's next show is part of a hard rock extravaganza taking honing their chops, the band played their place on March 31 at the Garrick Theatre. Black Rose for Broken first show in December of that year without To some, the movie industry is split into a distinct a bass player. Within days, Kyle Monkman dichotomy: Hollywood blockbusters and small Hearts will be joined by fellow locals Hundredfold, Dreadnaut, Accepting Silence, and The Downfall. The show will also serve as would join the fold on bass and the line up independent films. However, it's a cross between the two was complete. that speaks deeply about our ever-changing society - with BRBH's E.P. release show. "We tried to record a couple of songs ourselves, just to get it Beyond the upcoming show, the boys of flesh-eating zombies thrown in for good measure. Black Rose for Broken Hearts are looking Set in idyllic 1950s suburbia, Fido is a out there but we really weren't happy with the quality so we looked forward to playing more local shows, as well heartwarming story about Timmy Robinson (newcomer around the city and ended up working with Jeff at Studiosonix," says Barnby. as a few west of Winnipeg. K'Sun Ray) and his pet zombie (Billy Connolly). "It's all happening really fast," says After space dust turns everyone who died (or dies) "The songs on the record have been written since the beginning. Barnby of the band's sudden progress, "we into a zombie, tyrannical company ZomCon manages We're always writing new songs but we took these for the E.P because...they're our strongest." just networked well and it's working out, I to create the "domestication collar." can't wait to see where it goes." The collars prevent the zombies from doing what The first incarnation of Black Rose for Broken Hearts was they do best - scarfing down warm human flesh. But of course, the residents of the town of Willard use the collars to their advantage and train their zombies to 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 serve drinks, clean the house, and - if you're creepy neighbour Mr. Theopolis - perform in the bedroom. Director and writer Andrew Currie effectively sheds light J onto serious topics like terrorism and authoritarianism, making goelq the Vote light of them by not-so-subtly throwing them into gut-busting contexts. A cross between Pleasantville and Night of the Living Dead, Fido is full of movie cliches - but here, they work. Ray stands out among his more seasoned co-stars by effectively portraying an outcast who constantly finds himself 117 KEGGER the butt of his schoolmates' jokes (especially during "outdoor 117 education," which is essentially target practice with zombie cut-outs). .17 His parents, Helen and Bill, the wonderfully cast Carrie- Anne Moss (The Matrix) and Dylan Baker (Spiderman 3), fit the distant parent stereotype to a tee - upon finding Timmy 112 throwing a baseball against his house, Helen scolds, "Don't play by yourself. It makes you look lonely." jpiciA4 Timmy's loneliness subsides when his parents finally get with the times and purchase their very own zombie, Fido. 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SPECIAL GUEST EDITION LAYOUT BY HEALTH EDITOR KATHRYN MCBURNEY... So you want to be a photographer...
By Matea Tuhtar
Maybe you've been playing around with your point and shoot camera for a while — and while it's great for snapping photos of your pals and carrying around in your pocket, you're feeling ready for something more.
A word of warning before you launch into it however: once you start, there is no turning back. It's an expensive hobby, sometimes a very frustrating one. But if you want good photographs it will be worth it. Notice I've said good, and not great. Great happens after a lot of head bashing against the walls, and until your patience has been developed to the point where you can sit still and watch paint dry. But I digress.
Canon, Olympus, Pentax and Nikon — oh my!
So the first thing you'll need is a rDSLR camera. This basically means is a digital camera with full manual control and the ability to change lenses at will. There are a lot of different manufacturers out there, and everyone will have their own opinions about them.
"Each camera has its own strengths and weaknesses," says Chris Brogden, a manager at Don's Photo, a local camera store with a great selection and knowledgeable staff "It's important to remember that you're not just buying a camera--you're buying into an entire system that you will be using for many years to come."
A good thing to do is go to your local camera store and try stuff out before you buy it. The type of shooting you want to do should influence your decision. Like sports? Look for a camera that can handle lots of fast shots in a row. Planning on shooting landscapes or lots of outdoor photography? A weatherproof body will brave the elements, often longer than you will.
It's all about the glass
Once you've settled on a camera you can live with, you'll need 'to invest in a few lenses. Good glass is more important than a good camera. Most DSLRs come with a basic kit lens, which works okay for casual shooters.
If you don't mind spending the money however, you'll want to look at building a lens collection made up of sharp, fast glass of various focal lengths. CANADIAN 2007 "Think about which lenses will best complement your BREAST CANCER style of photography," says Brogden. "Specialized lenses like FONDATION WORLD WOMEN'S macros, fisheyes, and extremely long telephoto lenses can help FOUNDATION' CHAMPIONSHIP you capture shots that would otherwise be impossible." CANADIENNE DU CANADA CANCER DU SEINTMt Winnipeg - Selkirk Accessorize Prairies • NWT/TNO In addition to the camera and lenses, you may want a few more items to start yourself off right. A memory card Brave the Shave is a fundraising event in support of the Canadian is crucial; otherwise you won't be able to shoot anything. Breast Cancer Foundation. This head shave pledge based event can be Memory is cheap these days so buy the biggest card you can a lot of fun and raise a lot of money for breast cancer research. In afford. fact, at the Touchdown Manitoba Grey Cup Social in November 2006, over $24,500 was raised by 20 participants. The next Brave the Shave Some DSLRs come with built-in flashes but if you opportunity in Winnipeg, may even be on TSN as Hockey Canada is plan on shooting professional looking shots you'll need an hosting the next Brave the Shave: external flash that attaches to your camera and has options for bouncing or diffusing the light. A quality camera bag is also Date: Saturday, April 7, 2007 a must to protect your investment, and UV or clear filters will protect your lenses from dirt and scratches. Tripods are also Time: TBC, but before the Canada vs USA game between 2 and 3 p.m. good to have around, as are cleaning kits and extra batteries. Place: MTS Centre Make new friends Brave the Shave participants will receive while supplies last: Once you've invested in a camera system, you can go out and show off your gear to other photographers in the city. Brave the Shave toque, Hockey jersey courtesy of Hockey Canada, a The Manitoba Camera Club meets on Tuesdays from Full Contact sports keychain, and other perks to come. September though April, while the Winnipeg South Photo Club meets on the first and third Wednesday of the month The top fundraiser for this Brave the Shave will receive a signed from September until May. Both charge an annual World Women's Hockey jersey. fee of $20.00 for students. WpgPhoto.com is an online club with forums and a large membership base and a great way to meet new people. If you would like to participate or know of any hockey fan or breast cancer supporter who would like to Brave The Shave, please tell them Have fun to contact Monique Levesque-Pharoah at 204-231-4885 or by email [email protected]. The best way to learn photography is to do it. Educate yourself on the basics and then go out there and Any amount raised from this Brave the Shave for the Canadian Breast shoot. Shoot everything and shoot a lot - you will surprise Cancer Foundation-Prairies NWT Chapter will help us in: yourself with what you can capture. And just how addicted you will become. Relevant and innovative breast cancer research Meaningful education and awareness programs Early diagnosis and effective treatment A positive quality of life for those living with breast cancer PROJECTING THINGS SINCE 1968 MARCH 19 2007 CUP
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Let me be Frank Let me be It may not matter at each, none of them hand-made) still theoretical, suicide makes me Julie, or Kelsey or Nihad for all, but I grew up Catholic, — especially prominent was the even less attractive — especially that matter. I don't care. But in a series of foreign and Jesus picture that cried bloody to cute young women with after 33 years in my skin, I Canadian houses eerily tears if you looked at it in the blond-ish hair who are generally want out of it. I've totally, filled with yellow tea-cozies dark. - photographers, graphic designers fundamentally, abso-fuckin'- and a-typical religious Not one room in any of or complete geeks, or a mix of lootly had it with me. icons (there were heaps of these houses (there were eight these things. of them) was absent of some This December, after reminder of the sacrifices Jesus traipsing through and made so I could be here today, "unintentionally" wrecking- in all my misanthropic, heart- balling the lives of four long- murmured, assholish glory. term girlfriends, one ex-wife, Run I'd tell you that Christ and a Border Collie, and a very I don't talk much anymore, perspicacious therapist (she's in ON STUFF YOU'D BUY ANYWAY but it would be a lie. Our recovery) over the last number conversations generally consist of years, I wound up living in of me asking the Benson and the exact same apartment I lived Hedges-filled air, "why," and the in six years ago. It's a real trip. brown dog looks at me like I'm In 2001, I rented the space from a nut. a woman named Sam who was My mother, somewhat like moving away to Toronto. our silent Jesus, no speaky — just In 2006, I rented the space shaky and drinky — and Daddy from a different woman named speaky far too muchy about Sam who was moving away to nothing at all, except "trying to Calgary. be happy," whatever that Means. NT PPICP )r) The place hasn't changed At least that's how that story one whit. It has the same stickers goes. I thought I escaped it at on the inside of the cupboard 17,-lost my virginity a year later doors, the same cracks in the in a comically sad pantomime of hardwood floors, and the same mots STUFF w.spcc awkwardness (is this a big deal? view from the fire-escape, which Is it the same for everyone?), and has been a real godsend for am still wondering if I should dragging the 100 lb. dog in and be looking back to those places out for his walks. for some sort of clue to my The first few mornings, I salvation. woke up and it really was like 16 years have passed, and being thrust back in time — the I've come to realize something, rads all hissed the same way, and something that may or may not the air smelled the same. be related to wanting to put a There's still no furniture, shotgun in my-mouth, probably and the space where the drumset just to taste a theory of some once sat has been filled with sort of ending, each and every camera stuff and a massive TV day the sweet sun rises. that I'd rather smash back into I'm not cut out for the real the hell it came from than turn world, but it wants me to be. on and watch. the SPC Card gets you exclusive discounts" The world — the universe, Aside from this, what even, is asking me to bask in the really struck me those first few at hundreds of Canadian retailers. glory of 7 a.m. wakeups and awkward mornings, (and would midnight bedtimes, of chinos still if I wasn't in such a pointless and shaving and glad-handing rush to get out the door), is that people you hate until the day there was no Claudine, no Anna, you're free to hate them openly no Nina, no Andrea, no Susie, and honestly. no Sherry, no Kaysee. I'm not a fan of the world, Just a lumbering Chocolate because it bites you in the ass, Labrador with a heart of gold drinks your Jameson's and leaves wanting a walk, which he-gets, rubbed-in ashes on the carpet of no matter what. your dreams. They stain. The universe is trying to tell But I'm beginning to see me something. that I'm really not a fan of this world because as I get older, I get the feeling my impending,
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By Andrea [email protected] Phil Roziere is your average 22-year-old. He discipline and respect. Practitioners must likes action movies, rock music, and spending time address senior belt-holders as "Sir" or with his fiancée Krystle. He can also break boards "Ma'am" and fourth-degree belt-holders with his bare hands and do dozens of knuckle as "Masten" They are also expected to push-ups on command. salute the Korean flag that is placed at the Roziere has a second-degree black belt in front of the room upon entering or exiting. Taekwondo. Failure to comply with these rules means a "I joined because I was being pushed around lot of knuckle push-ups. at school and wanted to learn how to defend "There's a lot of discipline involved," myself," he says. The martial arts prodigy was says Roziere. "You gain a lot of confidence quickly intrigued by the discipline, respect, and in Taekwondo." determination embodied in the sport's tenets. And while many people overlook Originating in Korea, Taekwondo is one Taekwondo as a form of exercise and think of the most widely practiced martial arts in of it only as a martial art, Roziere can the world, but it is often pushed to the wayside, vouch that it is very physically demanding. about it," says Roziere, who quit the sport when he became too busy with karate and judo garnering more attention. If you're looking to lose weight and stay in shape, with school and his job. "But the best thing is that it's like you're with Taekwondo focuses more on kicking techniques Taekwondo is a good place to start. Other benefits family." than on hand movements, setting it apart from include increased strength, flexibility, speed, For more information about how to join, check out the the other martial arts. Loosely translated, agility, and stamina. Winnipeg Leisure Guide or your local Taekwondo club. Most clubs "Taekwondo" means "the way of the foot and But lest you think that classes focus only offer classes at various skill levels throughout the week. hand." The rationale is that a person's legs are his on self-defense techniques, stretching and cardio strongest weapons, and kicking ensures powerful exercises are also part of the repertoire. Many strikes without much chance of the other person instructors also lead their classes through deep- retaliating. breathing exercises, usually after a particularly But as much as Taekwondo challenges you grueling workout. GRADUATING? physically, the sport also focuses strongly on "Obviously, the work-out is the best thing 4 Things You Need To Know
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What kind of club has 29-year- Davis said. Club members He didn't woo old retirees participating alongside also get together for "wake- Paula, impress 79-year-old gardeners? The up parties" which involve Randy, or take Manitoba Masters Aquatic Club going out for breakfast when any criticism from (MMAC) is home to a diverse practice ends at 7 a.m. each Simon. But Dan crowd with one common interest: morning. Barnlund made it to swimming. For 55-year-old Len Hollywood anyway. Twenty-nine-year-old Rhiannon Wheeler, a machine, tools sales Barnlund Leier, who graduated from Red rep who has been a member of has been singing, River College's Creative MMAC for 25 years, swimming is playing guitar, and Communications program about much more than making writing music since last year, and who friends. the sixth grade and competed in the 2000 "It saved my life," has always dreamt •Sydney Olympic Wheeler said. of becoming a Games and 2004 Three years ago, famous rock star. Olympic Games in Wheeler underwent double Last month the 24-year-old restaurant manager from Brandon caught the Athens, has retired bypass heart surgery. He attention of Canadian rockers Sum 41. from competitive was out of the hospital in Six weeks ago, Barnlund, who records and performs as a solo artist under swimming. She will, three days he said, as he the name Red Leather Jacket, realized that Sum 41 still had not replaced however, continue proudly gestured towards guitarist Dave Baksh, who left to pursue other opportunities in 2006. So to be a member of the light pink scar that runs Barnlund contacted the band over the internet about the vacant position and MMAC, "until I can't down the centre of his chest. sent them samples of his music. The rest, as they say, is history. swim anymore." "I attribute that to "I just checked out their MySpace and their website, end it was still just She ranked eleventh swimming. I'd hate to think what the three guys and they didn't have a replacement for Dave yet. So I sent and twelfth place, respectively, would have happened if I hadn't been them a couple of songs that I had written and recorded, and their lead singer in the 100 metre breaststroke at the in such good shape." Deryck [Whibley] emailed me back two hours later and asked me if I could two Olympic Games. In fact; he is in such good shape, that come down to L.A." "[Sydney] was the first international meet his physician recently gave him permission Jumping at the opportunity to showcase his musical talent, Barnlund I competed at, so there was no pressure," Leier to compete in Paris-Brest-Paris in August, gladly accepted the band's offer as he flew to Los Angeles on March - 10 for a said. "I was just trying to take in the wl;tle a grueling 1200-kilometre cycling event to • six day stay. experience." be completed in 90 hours or less. • A fan of Sum 41 since their inception in 2000, Barnlund will play guitar She says swimming is "sort of natural for Wheeler continues to push his own • and sing back-up vocals if he lands the gig, but he says he has much more to me," since her family has always been very fitness level and encourages everyone offer the band than that. active. Her father, Brian Leier, is also a member to improve theirs: "More people should "I'd bring a lot of song-writing abilities, and a new set of ears to the band. of the MMAC. She says she enjoys seeing him realize it's your lifestyle prior to anything And I also play a mean guitar and I know all their songs already. But I'm also at the morning practices, and that they have a happening." That's why he tailors his easy to get a long with and I'm easy going which is important because you're little competitive rivalry, often racing each other schedule around MMAC practices four going to have to spend a lot of time together." during practice. days a week and plans to be a member of Barnlund describes his style as melodic punk rock and says that he is a fan Who wins? "Usually me," she laughs. the club "until I croak." of everything from Guns 'N Roses to Simon and Garfunkel, blending elements Leier has earned the respect of other Practices take place every morning at from each into his music. Having known about the audition for more than a members of the MMAC. Margaret Day, 57, Pan Am Pool with different coaches filling month beforehand, Barnlund practiced hard to make sure he was perfect in is an ultra-marathoner: she has competed in in each day. Swimmers are encouraged front of Sum 41, but he was also anxiously awaiting the arrival of his passport, impressive 50-kilometre and 12-hour races, but to make their own flexible schedule for lately an important element for anyone's trip to the United States. is, in turn, impressed by Leier. practicing. Davis estimates that about "When I first found out I was giddy excited, but then I realized I needed "It's pretty unique that we get to swim with thirty people show up on weekdays, with a passport because I didn't have one. But honestly, I got my passport in two the calibre of people like that who are very closer to fifty members on Saturday weeks. They were quoting people like five months, and I got mine in two encouraging," Day said. mornings. weeks." She also said "swimming is good exercise The swimmers set their own goals: The rock Gods seem to be smiling on him, as do the passport fairies. for general fitness," which is the reason she some want to improve their technique or Looks like Barnlund is already getting the rock star treatment he deserves. decided to learn how to swim only nine years time, and some ago. Now, she is considering competing in want to maintain the upcoming Canadian Masters Swimming a certain fitness Championships (CMSC) in the freestyle event. level. Coaches Leier agrees that swimming is a great way then run the to stay in shape because "you can do it for your swimmers whole life." through stroke Seventy-nine-year-old Fred Stock, one of drills to help the founding members of MMAC, who also them achieve has the distinction of being the oldest member their goals. of the aquatic club, is a clear example of that. To join the "You can swim to a high degree of club, a person exertion and you never hear about people must meet getting injured," he said. the following Stock's other hobbies include gardening requirements: he and photography, but he has loved to swim or she must be at since he was a child growing up in Great least 18 years old, Britain. He moved to Winnipeg in 1967, and be able to swim helped found the club in 1981 at the age of at least 75 metres fifty-three. (no matter how Working towards: Twenty-six years later, Stock practices slowly), and have the breaststroke with Leier coaching him on a strong desire to his technique. His main event, however, is the learn. ➢ A longer Spring Break backstroke, where he says he doesn't have any The club, trouble keeping up with some of the younger which celebrated members and plans to compete in the 50- its twenty-fifth ➢ More free breakfasts metre, 100-metre, and 200-metre events in his anniversary age group. last year, is "I don't find age makes any difference," he hosting the ➢ More campus events said. 2007 Canadian When asked if he might even be better National Masters
than some of the younger swimmers, he Swimming ➢ A simpler, more organized laughed, "I don't like to say so, but yes!" Championships The other MMAC members surely won't from May 18 resent Stock's pride in his success. — 21. The public RRC website "There's a good spirit amongst the club," is welcome to he said. "We have a good bunch of guys and attend, and girls, and we have excellent coaches." admission is free. ➢ Improved student services Coach Glenn Davis, who is also an instructor at Red River College's Princess Street campus, says the 200-member club has for evening students a very strong social emphasis. It hosts monthly social activities like golf, bowling, and pool — "the shooting kind, not the swimming kind," PROJECTING THINGS SINCE 1968 MARCH 19 2007 HEALTH, SPORTS & LIFESTYLES*
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