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THE I SSUE The university of Winnipeg student weekly 242006/03/30 VOLUME 60 INSIDE 02 News 06 Comments 08 Diversions 10 Features uniter.ca 13 Arts & Culture » 18 Listings 21 Sports ON THE WEB [email protected] » E-MAIL SSUE 24 I VOL. 60 2006 30, H C R A M POLITICAL PAPER 03 ACTIVISTS URGE U OF W TO DITCH WEYERHAEUSER KICKING IT OLD SCHOOL 12 A LOOK At u of w’s high-tech historY INNIPEG STUDENTINNIPEG WEEKLY W THROWING IN THE TOWEL 17 COMEBACK KID VOCALIST CALLS IT QUITS THE LOTHER BROTHERS 22 WESMEN TEAMS SCORE BIG WITH NEW RECRUITS HE UNIVERSITY OF T ♼ March 30, 2006 The Uniter contact: [email protected] NEWS EDITOR: VIVIAN BELIK SENIOR EDITOR: LEIGHTON KLASSEN NEWS EDITOR: DEREK LESCHASIN 02 NEWS E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] UNITER STAFF Students Vote For Experience in 01 Managing Editor » Jo Snyder UWSA Elections [email protected] Business Coordinator & Offi ce Manager 02 » seems unquestionably to be the greatest Andrejowich for CFS Liason Director James D. Patterson [email protected] WHITNEY LIGHT BEAT REPORTER challenge for all the elected candidates. was the most critical of current UWSA NEWS PRODUCTION EDITOR » 03 Derek Leschasin “I can’t say what my priorities in practices. “I will be disappointed if we [email protected] offi ce will be right see the same now,” said Belik, who CFS campaign 04 SENIOR EDITOR » Leighton Klassen tudents at the University of was in a tight race next year,” he [email protected] Winnipeg have apparently de- with Stephen says, stressing BEAT REPORTER » Whitney Light cided you can’t beat experi- 05 S Whitmore for VP that what the [email protected] ence. Kate Sjoberg, Matthew Gagné, We were all fair- S t u d e n t CFS needs is a NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR » Vivian Belik and Tanya McFadyen, the three in- minded candidates and a fair 06 Services,”but above positive mes- [email protected] cumbents who ran in the 2006 UWSA all I want to talk to representation of students. sage and to end FEATURES EDITOR Lori Ebbitt elections, will return to their respec- “ » 07 students and get the “immature [email protected] tive positions for 2006/2007 as I’m excited to get to work them more nonsense” that ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR » Mike Lewis President, VP Advocate, and VP 08 involved.” it currently [email protected] Internal. Vivian Belik will be the sole with the participants in this Belik said it was spouts. Despite SPORTS EDITOR » Mike Pyl new face on the executive, elected VP election.” 09 [email protected] unfortunate the his frustrations Student Services after defeating NEXT slate was with the orga- COMMENTS EDITOR » Daniel Blaikie Stephen Whitmore – Kate Sjoberg 10 broken up, but that n i z a t i o n , [email protected] As the votes were tallied last she is confi dent that Liebrecht ex- HUMOUR EDITOR Matt Cohen Thursday evening, with the anxious 11 » she will accomplish pressed a sin- [email protected] parties gathered at Hooligan’s and “quite a bit” working with Sjoberg, cere message about the value of the PHOTO EDITOR Wade Andrew Cousin’s Deli, the atmosphere was cele- » Gagne, and McFadyen. campaign. “Political involvement is 12 [email protected] bratory. Mostly the candidates were just Sjoberg spoke of coalition building never wasted,” he said. “I wish everyone glad for the tension of the race to be LISTINGS COORDINATOR Nick Weigeldt » between students across Manitoba and could have the opportunity to meet so 13 [email protected] over. making sure students voices are heard many students because it builds a cul- “We were all fair-minded candi- COPY & STYLE EDITOR » Melody Rogan on the issues that affect them, such as ture. I feel more connected to the 14 [email protected] dates and a fair representation of stu- the development of Spence Street and University now more than ever.” dents,” said Sjoberg. “I’m excited to get DISTRIBUTION MANAGER » improving student services. 15 Scott McArthur to work with the participants in this Richard Liebrecht, who ran unsuc- election.” GRAPHICS EDITOR » Sebastian Podsiadlo cessfully against incumbent Tammy K. 16 [email protected] Sjoberg won easily over Daniel Blaikie, with 729 votes to 395. PRODUCTION MANAGER » Sarah Sangster 18 [email protected] “Elections are nuts,” said Sjoberg, noting that she found the campaign ADVERTISING MANAGER » Ted Turner 19 [email protected] hard to predict and was happy with the 786-9779 debate it generated. Blaikie ran on the NEXT slate with THIS WEEK ’ S CONTRIBUTORS Ben Wickstrom, Vivian Belik, and UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS: Richard Liebrecht. He felt that the slate’s Ksenia Prints, C.R Spiegel, Shelagh Pizey-Allen message had “connected with most stu- POSITION CANDIDATE # OF VOTES Jaya Beange, Ben Snakepit, Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson, dents.” The defeat, he says, was due in Matt Urban, Iain Ramsay, Mark Johnson President Kate Sjoberg 729 Matthew Gemmel part to being unable to spend enough time campaigning given other President Daniel Blaikie 395 obligations. Despite some disappointment, Vice President Advocate Mathew Gagne 699 The Uniter is the offi cial student newspaper of the University Blaikie says he’s relieved. “I feel good of Winnipeg and is published by the University of Winnipeg Ben Wickstrom 334 Students’ Association. The Uniter is editorially autonomous because the UWSA traditionally is an and the opinions expressed within do not necessarily refl ect those of the UWSA. The Uniter is a member of the Canadian institution that doesn’t respond to stu- Jarrett Morka 74 University Press and Campus Plus Media Services. dents, that follows a narrow political SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES, LETTERS, PHOTOS AND VP Student Services Vivian Belik 606 GRAPHICS ARE WELCOME Articles should be submitted agenda. It’s a big job to change that.” in text or Microsoft Word format to [email protected]. Deadline for submissions is noon Friday (contact the section’s Gagne, with 699 votes, defeated Stephen Whitmore 477 editor for more information). Deadline for advertisements is noon Friday, six days prior to publication. The Uniter Wickstrom (344 votes) and Jarrett Morka reserves the right to refuse to print submitted material. VP Internal Tanya McFadyen Yes 936 / No 127 The Uniter will not print submissions that are homophobic, (74 votes). The election, he says, gave misogynistic, racist or libelous. We also reserve the right to CFS Liason Director Tammy K. Andrejowich 621 edit for length or style. him an opportunity to learn more about students’ concerns. For example, Gagne Richard Liebrecht 446 CONTACT US » says he was approached by students General Inquiries: 204.786.9790 Community Liason Director Jodi Alderson 672 Advertising: 204.786.9779 with problems registering for spring Editors: 204.786.9497 courses because of outstanding install- Fax: 204.783.7080 Anne Oserin 356 Email: [email protected] ment payments, and with concerns over Director of Student Living LOCATION » fi nancial awards being poorly Vassan Aruljothi 710 Room ORM14 advertised. University of Winnipeg Matthew Heintz 293 515 Portage Avenue “What I really enjoyed was the sig- Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 nifi cant impact that one-on-one student Arts Director Ian Scott Yes 951 / No 110 contact seemed to make,” said Gagne. Education Director: Devin King Yes 889 / No 168 He will continue work begun this year COVER IMAGE on building campus programming, Environment Ethics Directors Amanda Davis Yes 950 / No 121 overcoming the divide between student Science Director UNTITLED, 2006 (Portion) groups and the UWSA, and building Shaguna Mathur Yes 904 / No 154 OIL ON CANVAS BY CHRISTIAN WORTHINGTON students’ knowledge of academic Status of Women Director Marika Olynyk Yes 921 / No 133 PHOTO CREDIT - COLIN VANDENBERG processes. Christians Worthington’s work Gagne was not the only one to will be showing at 62 Albert make reaching out to students a prior- ity. Student involvement in the UWSA contact: [email protected] The Uniter March 30, 2006 NEWS 03 Activists Urge U of W to Ditch Weyerhaeuser SHELAGH PIZEY-ALLEN geted. “A boycott sends a mes- ting of the land, and the de- PHOTO CREDIT: CPT sage to Weyerhaeuser that their struction of the forest is an unsustainable, colonial prac- attack on our people. The land ctivists are accusing tices in Grassy Narrows will is the basis of who we are. Our the University of not be tolerated.” culture is a land-based culture A Winnipeg of playing a Not all of the U of W’s and the destruction of the land major role in the disposses- paper is purchased from is the destruction of our cul- sion and destruction of the Weyerhaeuser, but there is no ture,” says Keesick. Grassy Narrows First Nation explicit policy that prevents it Clear-cut logging has – an indigenous community from being used. Although the also meant that trapping, a three hours away in U of W ensures that its paper traditional means of living, Northwestern Ontario. has been diminished because The U of W purchases the animals that are a part of paper from pulp and paper the forest ecosystem are disap- giant Weyerhaeuser, a company Until we pearing along with the trees. that buys nearly half of the “Most of our trap lines have THIRTY high school students protesting to stop the fi rst trucks Dec.3, 2003 wood sourced from the com- switch to an ethical been decimated along with the munity’s traditional land-use paper“ supplier, we are old growth forests. A way of life area. disappears with these forests. which the community fi shed life, and robbed us of economic “Weyerhaeuser doesn’t partly responsible for This way of life does not grow had been contaminated with opportunities.” want us on the land, they want this ecologically and back,” explains Joe Fobister, a inorganic mercury.

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