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WINNIPEG: the UGLINESS and the BEAUTY Arts Page 15 /13 15 2011 / 01 volume 65 WINNIPEG: THE UGLINESS aNd THE BEaUTY arts page 15 Plus: LES JUPES, ROMI MAYES aNd LES SEXY ARTS pages 11 & 12 02 The UniTer January 13, 2010 www.UniTer.ca LOOKING for listings? he had an expression CaMPUs & COMMUNItY LISTINGs aND COvER ImaGE on his face which said What does 2011 hold VOLUNtEEr OPPORTUNItIEs page 4, to me, "I'd like to stab for Winnipeg? will we MUsIC page 12, "Lot #2" FILM & LIt page 14, BY CLARA KUSUMOTO you with a bottle." all die in 2012? GaLLErIEs & MUsEUMs pages 14 & 15, tHEATRE, DaNCE & COMEDY page 15, See story on page 15. COMMENTS page 9 CULtUrE page 17 aWarDs aND FINaNCIaL aID page 18 News UNITER STAFF ManaGinG eDitor West Central Streets stops the presses due to funding and staff shortages Aaron Epp » [email protected] BUSiness ManaGer Last issue of Community members like Jackie Geoffrey Brown » [email protected] Hogue, executive director of the neighbourhood West Central Women’s Resource PrODUcTiOn ManaGer paper on stands Centre, note that one of the paper’s Ayame Ulrich » [email protected] biggest strengths was that it brought cOPy anD styLe eDitor Jan. 26 community members together. Britt Embry » [email protected] “There are women I’ve known Photo eDitor through the Centre for years, but it Cindy Titus [email protected] was only in an interview in Streets » Sonya HOwaRd that I learned something important newS assiGnMenT eDitor BEaT Reporter to their lives that wouldn’t normally Andrew McMonagle » [email protected] come up in conversation,” she said. newS PrODUcTiOn eDitor Reader, resident and occasional Kristy Rydz » [email protected] After 15 years of telling the stories contributor Christian Cassidy and histories of Winnipeg’s West agrees, and he wonders what will arts anD culture eDitor End, the West Central Streets news- take the place of the newspaper. Matt Preprost » [email protected] paper is closing. “You won’t get this type of local cOMMents eDitor Erika Wiebe, a community de- neighbourhood coverage anywhere Andrew Tod » [email protected] velopment worker, is the editor of else – coverage that shows not just Listings cO-OrDinator the paper. She has faithfully com- the negatives but also the positives J.P. Perron [email protected] piled five issues per year since the of this community,” said Cassidy. » beginning. Wiebe notes that the “It’s not likely that the paper will caMPUS BeaT rePOrTer Jan. 26 issue will be its last for two go to a different format, or online, Karlene Ooto-Stubbs » [email protected] reasons. because in this case, once it’s gone, BeaT rePOrTer “I can’t work on it anymore as it’s gone.” Ethan Cabel » [email protected] part of my job,” she said. “It was While Jamil Mahmood, ex- a unique opportunity that my job ecutive co-director of the Spence BeaT rePOrTer also allowed me to edit the paper, Neighbourhood Association, is Sonya Howard » [email protected] and we didn’t need to raise funds for uncertain whether a print newspa- BeaT rePOrTer the co-ordinating editor position.” per could afford to continue, he is Lauren Parsons » [email protected] Second, the paper is no lon- optimistic that community groups culture rePOrTer ger eligible for annual funding might support blogs or radio shows Catherine van Reenen [email protected] from Local Investment Toward like Inner City Voices on CKUW » Employment (LITE), a non-profit 95.9 FM. granting organization that supports “We have been in talks with CONTRIBUTORS: job creation in Winnipeg’s inner Daniel McIntyre/St. Matthews city. Community Association and Bethany Berard, ezra Bridgman, “It wasn’t that we didn’t want West Broadway Development Justin charette, ellie einarson, to fund them anymore, as they’ve Corporation to see if there is a way Zach Fleisher, Sam Gallagher- been one of our longest-running we can expand our newsletters or Bishop, will Gibson, Kristy community grant partners,” said merge them to be able to feature CIndY Titus hoffman, rob holt, Kelsey Tana Hendren, executive direc- some of the stories or themes that Long-time editor of the community newspaper west central Streets erika wiebe is hutton, Jordan Janisse, adam West Central Streets tor of LITE. “While we knew em- existed in ,” said overseeing the publication's last issue, set to hit stands on Jan. 26. Johnston, arlen Kasdorf, alex ployment was happening with West Mahmood. Krosney, Sarah reilly, Laura Central Streets, it wasn’t the primary West Central Streets youth editor Sawchuk, Sara Shyiak, aaron object of the project.” and University of Winnipeg stu- Penner. focus on the people in the com- Snider, Jon Sorokowski, nick In 2001, the first year LITE pro- dent Joel Penner hopes community If a new paper does take the munity, perhaps a new paper could Ternette, Lisa Varga, elke vided funding, West Central Streets groups can get together to publish place of West Central Streets, Hogue become also more of a forum for werchonowicz, J. williamez received $1,350, notes Hendren. an expanded newsletter or paper. would welcome an expanded pur- discussion and debate about topics By 2009, its funding had risen to “I would be very interested pose for the publication. that affect our neighbourhoods,” $6,000. in being involved in this,” said “While it is still important to she said. The Uniter is the official student newspaper of the University of winnipeg and is published by Mouseland Press inc. Mouseland Press inc. is a membership based organization in which students and community members are invited to participate. For more information on how to become a member go to www. BY ZACH FLEISHER uniter.ca, or call the office at 786-9790. The Uniter is a Q: DO YOU THINK THE GRAPHIC WARNING LABELS ON CIGARETTE PACKAGES ARE EFFECTIVE? member of the canadian University Press and campus Plus Media Services. WHY OR WHY NOT? SUBMiSSiOn OF ARTicLeS, LeTTERS, GRAPhicS AND PhOTOS ARE WELcOMe. articles must be submitted in text (.rtf) or Microsoft word (.doc) format to editor@ uniter.ca, or the relevant section editor. Deadline for Cindy Cham, third-year Shameem Ahmed, com- Neil Saiin, sales associ- submissions is 6:00 p.m. Thursday, one week before publication. Deadline for advertisements is noon Friday, rhetoric student puter analyst ate, Wishes and Dreams six days prior to publication. The Uniter reserves “I don’t think so because “I think it is effective for “I’d say not at all, I smoke the right to refuse to print submitted material. The my dad sees them and those who aren’t smoking, and ignore the label. The Uniter will not print submissions that are homophobic, still buys them.” but not for those who are label doesn’t seem enough misogynistic, racist, or libellous. we also reserve the (smoking).” in the present to faze me.” right to edit for length and/or style. COnTaCT uS » General Inquiries: 204.786.9790 advertising: 204.786.9790 Editors: 204.786.9497 Fax: 204.783.7080 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.uniter.ca LOCaTIOn » John Thompson, owner, Karleigh Jephcote, Jesse Marantz, room OrM14 The Book Man fifth-year education fourth-year physics university of Winnipeg student 515 Portage avenue “Well I don’t smoke, student Winnipeg, Manitoba r3B 2E9 but they should be “Yes I do, to an extent; “Well I think it is somewhat effective. It however, they should important that they would be a good idea to provide alternate are there, but if people vary them.” methods to show the want to smoke they effects of smoking.” will smoke, especially Mouseland Press Board of directors: if they want to smoke Michael rac (chair), Shawn coates, courtney multiple packs. So no, Berthelette, clayton winter, alex Freedman, not very effective.” Shannon Sampert, Brian Gagnon, Kelly ross, caroline Fisher, Ben wickstrom and Fabian Suarez-amaya. For inquiries e-mail: [email protected] News 03 www.UniTer.ca January 13, 2010 The UniTer Long-term strategy needed for 2011 municipal budget, say critics 13-year property tax freeze traps winnipeg in a ‘financial straitjacket’ ETHaN CaBEL BEaT Reporter With the 2011 municipal budget fast ap- proaching, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is calling for an end to Winnipeg’s 13-year property tax freeze – a pol- icy they describe as a “financial straitjacket.” “There has been a ... long campaign to convince people that taxes are evil,” said Lynne Fernandez, a political economist for the Manitoba office of the CCPA. “We’re try- ing to turn that around.” In their 2010 alternative budget titled 20/20: A Clear Vision for Winnipeg, the CCPA proposes that the city adjust property taxes, a tax on the assessed value of both residential and non-residential property, to the rate of inflation. Adjusting property taxes for inflation would result in a one per cent increase in rates. It would generate over $4 million in additional revenue, according to 2010 city statistics. The property tax is among the largest of Winnipeg’s limited revenue streams, account- ing for 53 per cent of the 2010 operating bud- get. The CCPA argue that retaining a lengthy Elke Wechonowicz freeze on those taxes is unsustainable given critics are speaking up about the changes they would like to see come out of city hall in the 2011 budget, like lifting the 13-year property tax freeze. the growth of Winnipeg’s population and its $7.4 billion infrastructure deficit. low property taxes attract people and invest- from the General Revenue Fund and Land resolved, he said. ment to Winnipeg. Reserve Fund. George Brown has been a homeowner in “there has been a ..
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