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DSU Council and Committee Positions: If you are l ooking for a way to get involved with the DSU we have a number of positions available. We are currentl y starting to recruit for a Chief Returning Of f i cer to r un the DSU annual general elections. This position is paid an honourarium as t he work load around the election is significant. If you are interested in this position please submit a cover letter and resume to Chris McCluskey in room 222 of the SUB or dsmrpsl@,dal. ca . If you are looking for something that won't take up quite as much time we are recruiting for students to sit on the DSU Diversity Committee. The mandate of the Diversity Council is to coordinate events staged by traditionally underrepresented Dalhousie student groups. This year the committee will organize awareness days on campus that focus on such topics as LGBTQ issues, gender discrimination, health topics, sustainability initiatives, tolerance, sexual harassment in residence, etc. If you feel passionate about one or many of these causes contact Chris I de, DSU VP Internal at dsuvpi®dal.ca. We are also looking for three law students to sit on the Judicial Board of the DSU. The Chair must be in their third year of Law, and the other two preferably i n t heir second year . If you are interested in any of these positions please contact Ezra Edelstein at [email protected] . Lastly, we are star ting to recruit for a first year member at l arge to s t art in November. Applications for this position , consisting of a cover letter and resume, should be sent to Chris McCluskey.

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444-9999 Medium 480 Parkland Dr. Serving Clayton Park, Fairview, l·Topping Kingswood, & Bedford South of Pizzas Hammond Plains Rd. *For a limited time only News Editor: Reid Southwick Assistant News Editor: Dawn MacPhee Contact: [email protected] University consolidation a hard sell It was once called 'rationalization.' Now it's called 'consolidation.' But no matter the dressing, the idea is the same: Nova Scotia's universities should be downsized so that they become more finandally viable. It's politically difficult to implement- but it may make Nova Scotia universities more competitive.

CHRIS LAROCHE Why are Nova Scotia universities so poor? between Dalhousie and Saint Mary's Special to The Gazette regarding the universities' business Provincial Expenditures on Post-Sec­ The plight of Nova Scotia's 11 1 Problem #2: The Nova Scotia schools. "Boy, was that controver­ n the surface, Peter Marshall ondary Education as a Proportion of universities is long and complex, government does not prioritize sial," he says, mentioning that both 0 Butler is not a man you'd expect Total Expenditures, 2004/2005 but essentially entails a lack of PSE in its budget. The provincial universities now have brand-new to be an expert on Nova Scotia's uni­ N.S. 5.3% funding from the federal govern­ government can divide a CST management buildings, effectively versity infrastructure. A quick glance N.B. 5.7% ment and a lack of priority from transfer in whatever way it pleases. sparing them from any future pro­ at his recent publications doesn't Quebec 6.0% the provincial government. Here's Even if the Nova Scotia govern­ gram amalgamation. reveal as much. But the Dalhousie Ontario 4.7% a step-by-step look at why you pay ment divided the post-secondary "As good an idea as [rationaliza­ sociology professor, who specializes Alberta 6.1% the second-highest tuition in the education portion of the CST on tion] was, it's not an idea that is po­ in political behaviour and meth­ B.C. 6.1% country: par with every other province, this litically acceptable." odology, acted as an adviser to the amount would not cover the high provincial Department of Educa­ Provincial Government Transfers to First, Ottawa sends Canada number of out-of-province stu­ Dalhousie: bearing the brunt? tion between 1980 and 1991. And, Colleges and Universities per FTE Social Transfers (CSTs) to the prov­ dents enrolled in post-secondary among the issues he dealt with, the Student Enrolments, 2004/2005 inces based on how many residents institutions. But it doesn't, and the The significance of N.S. uni­ versity downsizing is not lost on prospect of merging Nova Scotia's N.S. $5,010 each province has. These lump provincial government has priori­ Dalhousie, which, although it's the universities was a big one. N.B. $5,562 sums of cash are aimed at closing tized health care and other social largest university in the province, "My job, primarily, was to be the Quebec $11,584 the gap between funds raised by programs much higher than PSE. could suffer from any government­ person on hand in the government Ontario $7,080 the federal and provincial govern­ As a result, a smaller proportion of enforced downsizing because of the who assessed the way in which the Alberta $12,648 ments and their respective spend­ the CST transfer goes to PSE than breadth of degrees it offers. universities could be rationalized," B.C. $14,689 ing responsibilities. in other provinces. To make up the says Butler. (Generally speaking, the fed­ difference, Nova Scotia universi­ Dal spokesperson Charles Cros­ "When I carne in, the issue was Tuition as a Percentage of University eral government has more taxing ties charge more for tuition. by acknowledges that discussion all about a shortage of money ... we Operating Revenue, 2004/2005 powers than the provinces, but of departmental or administrative had more universities than Nova the provinces are responsible for I Solution #1: Revamp PSE funding amalgamations "hasn't happened Scotia could afford." N.S. 41.0% the implementation of more pro­ formulas. As a first step, CST trans­ yet." But he says he's concern that The reasoning behind university N.B. 38.0% grams.) fers from the federal government such a discussion would focus only rationalization, Butler says, is that Quebec 16.0% Second, the provinces are re­ could be divided so that a portion on university downsizing, rather overlap in the Nova Scotia universi­ Ontario 38.9% sponsible for divvying up the CST I is specifically marked for PSE. A than the benefits universities bring ty system makes the province's uni­ Alberta 27.3% sums so that they fund the vari­ second step would be to alter the to their communities. versities less cost effective - and B.C. 29.6% ous social programs the provincial PSE transfers from a per-capita "If we're going to have that dis­ therefore less competitive - than Souru: Sltltistics Quuula/Quuu/Um.Associati.on governments are responsible for basis to a per-student basis. Nova cussion, it should be a broader, ofUttlvtrslcy Teachers Almanac o[Pfm ..t:;eco,dory larger systems with fewer universi­ Education administering. Among these pro­ Scotia would therefore get federal more holistic process," says Crosby. ties. Essentially, economies of scale grams are public education and 1 funding for the precise number of But with enrolment down for the play a large role in determining how post-secondary education. students it has, rather than how last two years, and a looming demo­ effective university departments sie. This was also the case when the many students it "should" have graphic change that will reduce the are. Nova Scotia, endowed with Technical University of Nova Scotia Problem #1: Nova Scotia has too according to its population. number of Canadian citizens enter­ many small universities offering merged with Dalhousie University many students. While a per-capita ing university, PSE downsizing may many of the same degrees, is bound in 1997, creating DalTech. CST transfer would make sense Solution #2: Reinvest in PSE. The soon become a reality in Nova Sco­ to have a lot of overlap. And this may be the case again. if everyone in Canada went to provincial government, which is tia. During Butler's years, cuts in During a Sept. 21 press conference, a university in his or her home ultimately responsible for PSE Dalhousie Student Union the federal government's transfer N.S. Education Minister Karen province, they don't. In fact, Nova funding, could reinvest in direct President Ezra Edelstein says Oat's payments to the provinces turned Casey said her government might Scotia has many more students PSE funding, regardless of federal unique funding scenario makes the N.S. government's attention to push universities toward further per resident than the national funding formulas. consolidation a unique challenge. reducing overlap in post-secondary "consolidating" their administra­ average. So while the Nova Scotia The university houses a larger pro­ education, culminating in a Royal tions or programs if enrolment in government gets a CST transfer Solution #3: Cut university costs. portion of high-cost students than Commission report tabled in 1986, N.S. post-secondary institutions proportionate to Nova Scotia's The provinces and universities can other universities in the province, says Butler. In a province with more continues to decline. population, the post-second- downsize, lay off staff, hire more says Edelstein, and this means that students per capita than any other, Although David Finch, a spokes­ ary portion of that lump must part-time professors and reduce downsizing could be both bad and and therefore with much less mon­ person for the Department of Edu­ cover many more students than it waste to improve their existing good. ey to spend per student, these cuts cation, later told The Gazette that should. finances. According to Edelstein, Dal of­ made a big difference. talk of future consolidation is still fers research-intensive graduate "In the 80's, we certainly weren't "very preliminary," some ideas he degrees and programs such as engi­ flush with money," he says. "And mentioned included collapsing each a million residents but 11 small-to­ as community centres, Butler says neering, where upper-year students there was no doubt that what [the university's admissions department medium-sized universities, has far - and attempting to amalgamate must study at Dal but can do their government] wanted to do was deal into a central office and further re­ more students per capita than any portions of these institutions with first two years elsewhere. So, while with questions of amalgamating allocating departments within the other province in Canada. other universities or close them Dal must pay high costs for lab in­ bits of Nova Scotia post-secondary university system. completely was, and is, politically frastructure and faculty to support education." "Maybe every university doesn't Politically difficult difficult. these programs, other universities Under Butler's watch, the N.S. have to have a Bachelor of Arts Eng­ "What do you do about a very can specialize in low-cost degrees. government divvied up various uni­ lish program," says Finch. "It would But while university consolida­ small place, Universite St. Anne, "We're stuck carrying the bur­ versity departments between post­ make more sense for three universi­ tion in the province could improve that is culturally and politically den for the more expensive stu­ secondary institutions across the ties to have full English programs, its PSE infrastructure from a finan­ symbolic?" Butler asks. "Nobody dents," Edelstein says. "But there's province, sometimes closing entire as opposed to five universities with cial standpoint, it is "a very, very has a particular axe to grind [with also a benefit to Dal for having some universities. This was the case when two-thirds of a program each." difficult thing to do," Butler says, downsizing[ these institutions." overlaps in programs, especially the the Atlantic Institute of Education, Provincial universities are al­ pointing out that a major barrier to Small universities do not pres­ cheaper ones, such as arts degrees, which offered education degrees, ready strapped for cash because university consolidation is univer­ ent the only barrier to consolida­ non-lab degree, math, etcetera. was broken up, its degree-grant­ federal funding for education is sity constituencies. Mount St. Vin­ tion. Butler says one of the areas he "Program offering contributes ing powers distributed to Mount St. based on a per-capita formula cent University, Universite St. Anne explored while acting as an adviser to the problem, but it's also a very Vincent, Saint Mary's and Dalhou- - and Nova Scotia, with less than and Cape Breton University all act was to "work out an arrangement" positive aspect of how Dal works."

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11lis story is part ofa series on stu­ dent services at Dalhousie

he Dalplex appears to be an ac­ Tcessible building for students with physical disabilities, featuring an elevator and ramps. But those who try to use the elevator notice they face a major barrier the mo­ ment they walk through the door. "The elevator is locked," says "Sunday shopping can be a pain because it is our day to catch up on studies and recouperate; says Dal student Jenna Williams. / t'hotc J~ Q) Meagan Hasek-Watt, commissioner of the Student Accessibility Fund Committee (SAFC). "You basically Sunday shopping a have to yell down to the recep­ tion desk to get them to unlock it. Where's the dignity in that?" Paul Szymanowski, Student Accessibility Services manager and advisor, says his department has Dal currently faces several prob­ seen an annual growth in the number of registered students over the past four years by as 'pain' for some students much as 20 per cent. ., ... ,an lems with accessibility services on }OSH BOYTER study for exams. She says she un­ campus. Hasek-Watt, who teaches a Szymanowski says his depart­ Staff Contributor derstands that businesses need a full Students may register with Student Acces­ course on disabilities, recently asked ment, which provides students with sibility Services if they: staff to stay open on Sundays, but her students to perform accessibil­ advising, note-taking services, exam enna Williams works for roughly she's concerned she might be sched­ ity audits on some of the university's accommodations, help with grant • Have a medically diagnosed J25 hours per week in a big box uled to work mandatory shifts. Wil­ newer buildings. She says students applications and other administra­ disability and need accommodations store in the Halifax Shopping Centre. liams says students should be able found many problems, including tive support, has seen an annual in their classes As a third-year kinesiology student to choose whether they will work on faulty automatic doors and a lack of growth in the number of registered • Have a disability and need advising at Dalhousie, she already has to bal­ Sundays. or help applying for government signs. students over the past four years by ance her work commitments with "For first-year students, it may grants But Hasek-Watt says identifying as much as 20 per cent. This growth • Need accommodations because demanding school requirements in be a blessing because they have other accessibility service demands has allowed the department to ex­ of a temporary injury or illness order to make ends meet. nothing to do on Sundays. But for on campus is a difficult task because pand its services, he says. that prevents them from fully But now that new laws allow third-year students, it may become affected students need a great deal The Student Accessibility Fund, participating in class stores to open on Sundays, she may a pain in the butt," she says. "If you of confidence to voice concerns. which receives a student levy, also face an even greater challenge. have a midterm or exam on Monday, This often means that problems go broadened its mandate due to the To register, e-mail Paul Szymanowski, "Sunday shopping can be a pain you want Sunday off, you want the unrecognized by the university's ac­ increase in demand, says Chris Ide, SAS advisor & manager: [email protected] because it is our day to catch up on whole day to make up for days dur­ cessibility offices. DSU vice president (internal) and studies and recuperate," says Wil­ ing the week you could not study be­ To apply for DSU accessibility When Hasek-Watt approached current SAFC chair. liams. cause you had other things due." scholarships, inquire about former SFAC chair Phil Duguay "[The fund's] primary mandate accessibility accommodations in The Supreme Court of Nova Sco­ American Eagle, another major with her concern about the Dalplex in the past has been to evaluate the SUB and/or get involved with tia ruled on Oct. 4 that the law bar­ employer in the shopping mall, is elevator, she says he had no idea student accessibility in the Student accessibility advocacy, contact Chris ring Sunday shopping was invalid, entirely staffed by students with the it was an issue. Similarly, she says Union Building and the other prop­ Ide, chair of the Student Accessibility allowing all stores in the province to exception of management. Assistant she didn't realize that Dal's campus erties the DSU owns," says Ide. "Its Fund Committee: 494-1276, open seven days a week. Currently manager Courtney Harris says she doesn't have enough railings until secondary mandate, which was ad­ [email protected] the stores have made working on understands that students already another student told her about the opted this year, is to lobby the uni­ Sundays voluntary. But some stores face significant time constraints im­ Accessibility websites problem. versity on behalf of students dealing are considering imposing manda­ posed by education commitments. Paul Szymanowski, Student Ac­ with accessibility issues about areas Student Accessibility Services: tory shifts. "If there is a serious conflict that cessibility Services (SAS) manager of improvement on campus." http://studentaccessibility.dal.ca/ On the first Sunday after the rul­ does not allow the student to work and advisor, says it's important for The committee is currently ing, only six Wal-Mart employees Sunday, we will accommodate them students with disabilities to voice working on making the bathrooms Student Accessibility Fund: were available to work the shift. The as much as possible. Students will their concerns about the lack of ser­ on the fourth floor of the Student http:://dsu.ca/ following Sunday, management was not be fired if they are not able to vices on campus. But he says this Union Building fully accessible and able to fully staff the store. But the work," says Harris. "We do encour­ can be a problem for students who setting up a study carol for students The National Educational Association of higher-ups have no guarantee that age all of the students working here Disabled Students workers will continue to cooper­ to be available a minimum of one have invisible disabilities, such as with disabilities at Campus Copy. http://www.neads.ca/ Attention Deficit Disorder, men­ The SAFC also wants to add lights ate, suggesting the corporation may Sunday a month." tal illness and learning disabilities. to fire alarms for hearing-impaired Universal lnstrudlonal Design force employees to work the shift. Harris says that while students These students account for nearly students and is lobbying the univer­ http://www.tss.uoguelph.ca/uid/ Williams says her employer, who may have to work extra hours on 80 per cent of the roughly 500 stu­ sity for changes, such as installing a she fears her comments may get her Sundays, the increase will be mar­ dents registered with SAS. buzzer or phone line near the Dal­ fired, is considering imposing man­ ginal- an average of five hours. A recent surge in the demand for plex elevator. are both working toward a more ac­ datory shifts on Sundays. But she "I don't think that anyone [in accessibility services has prompted Hasek-Watt says while there is cessible campus. says having Sundays off allowed her N.S] wanted Sunday shopping, but the SAFC and SAS to increase ser­ definitely room for improvement, "We've got the idea, we're just to recuperate from a week at school, the province has had to come to ac­ vices for affected students. the university and the student union slightly off the mark," she says. catch up on her assignments and cept it," says Harris.

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"Everyone of you out there is a victim ... a victim of bureaucracy gone mad, stopping us from hav­ ing at least a little bit of human dig­ nity," Jon Erb said during a speech outside the Killam Library on Oct. 13. causes obesity and diabetes, and Erb is the author of The Slow that melatonin, a substance ex­ Poisoning of America, a book that tracted from the human pineal EMD makes several allegations against gland, "cures" breast and prostate food inspection agencies and cor­ cancer. He said all of his research porations for allowing the sale of comes from abstracts he found on­ what he claims are harmful prod­ line at pubmed.com. ucts. He said publishers have re­ Kaleigh Dunlop, a third-year fused to print his book and that Dal neuroscience student who was mainstream news organizations one ofErb's six audience members, have been prevented from broad­ said she was concerned about the casting his interviews. quality of his information. To publicize his message, Erb "It's hard to take a man serious­ hired an independent camera ly in a bathrobe," she said. ''I'm sure Dennis Top, a fifth-year PhD student, and his team are trying to find a way to introduce chemotherapy drugs crew to film him telling his story he's a really passionate guy, but he Into the body more effectively. I Photo. qafal Ar>dunowsK. on Dalhousie campus. Wearing a should try to do more research, bathrobe and pyjamas, and sitting other than abstracts, before writing on top of a rock outside the Killam, a book." Student research to improve chemotherapy Erb recalled how he "learned" that Erb's speech will be posted on monosodium glutamate (MSG) You Tube in the near future. ANNAFONG and researchers are struggling to body would reject RRVs, since they Staff Contributor find an alternative. come from pythons, not humans. Top and his team are studying But studies show that RRVs don't I\ Dalhousie student was awarded the behaviour of reptilian reovirus­ cause a high immune response, fl$40,000 to fund his cancer re­ es (RRVs), which are isolated from which means the chance of rejection search over the next two years. pythons. Unlike common viruses, would be low, says Top. In September, Deniz Top, a fifth­ RRVs infect the inside of a cell and Top's research has not yet year microbiology and immunology then spread throughout the body. reached the level where human test­ PhD student, received a Nova Scotia By learning how RRVs are able to ing is appropriate. Health Research Foundation grant enter the cell before releasing their "Others in my Jab will likely take to advance his studies on the deliv­ contents, Top hopes to package and this project further to the point ery of cancer therapy drugs. deliver chemotherapy drugs to can­ [where] we can talk about human Top and his colleagues are working cerous tissues in a similar way. He trials," says Top. on developing a way to transport drugs says this will reduce both the dosage Dalhousie is nationally recog­ to cancerous cells more effectively. required and potential toxic effects nized for having "exceptional stu­ Chemotherapy drugs currently on healthy tissues. dents" and a strong group of cancer use an oily solution to deliver the "If we can package the drugs ... researchers, says Meg McCallum, medication to diseased tissues. But we can target them to specific parts Director of Programs for the N.S. the solution is often more harmful of the body," he says. division of the Canadian Cancer So­ Elizabeth May said she hopes more women will run for political office. / Photo: Rata! Andronowski to the patient than the drug itself, Top says there's a risk the human ciety. Green party leader calls for Levy boosts international student society funding DAWN MAcPHEE more women in parliament Assistant News Editor

]EN BOND Women in the Canadian House of oney from a new student levy Staff Contributor Commons Since 1984 M promises bigger and better events for international students at he Canadian Parliament resem­ Total Proportion Dalhousie. Tbles a locker room more than a Year Number of Seats Held of Seats "International students don't place of national decision-making, Seats by Women Held by have the same social net as every­ said the leader of the federal Green Women body else. They speak a different Party. 1984 282 27 9.6 language, they have different cus­ "The reality of the current House 1988 295 39 13.3(4) toms and the easiest way to help of Commons is that it's out of bal­ them is to give them a little taste of ance," Elizabeth May told a crowd of 1993 295 53 18.0 home," says Ann Beringer, president roughly 100 people seated in an au­ 1997 301 62 20.6 of the Dalhousie International Stu­ ditorium at the Weldon Law Build­ 2000 301 62 20.6 dent Association (DISA). "Our main ing on Oct. 10. mandate is to make sure that money The Dalhousie Jaw graduate 2004 308 65 21.1 goes to events that will help interna­ was elected party leader on Aug. 26, 2006 308 64 20.8 tional students." 2006, though she's not a Member of The Dal Board of Governors ap­ Source: Parliamento[Cmrmia Parliament. Instead, she sits in the proved a $5-per-term levy for all speaker's gallery to observe House gressive Conservative Party member international students on April 18, proceedings. She said she has real­ and a male New Democratic Party 2006. Over 1200 of these students ized the House faces disproportion member. are enrolled at Dal this year, and ate of gender representation, result­ "I don't know that we'll ever see DISA estimates it will receive more ing in a "boorish" environment that again the day where someone ... than $5,000 from the levy. erupts during question period and in the government cabinet would Now that DISA is an A-level so­ debates. work so closely with someone in the ciety, the Dalhousie Student Union MPs are especially rude when NDP on an issue like capital punish­ must approve its budget and com­ female members stand up to speak, ment. .. the House is becoming in­ plete an audit before handing over said May. Members regularly engage creasingly partisan," said May. the cash, which the society expects in catcalling, she said, and the newly May said she hopes the House of byNov.l5. elected Conservative members are Commons will follow the example With its new funding, DISA some of the worst offenders. of some European countries and in­ plans to hold a rally on International "The heckling when Belinda crease the representation of women Students Day, a soccer tournament Stronach stands up is appalling," to 50 per cent. She said she would at Wickwire field and a cricket tour­ DISA President Ann Beringer says she hopes to attract a broader range of international students she said, referring to the Liberal MP like to see more socially progressive nament in addition to its annual big with this year's slate of events made possible by new funding. lWSkl women running for office, adding for Newmarket-Aurora, Ont., who ticket event, International Night. charge because it's a small amount being coached or otherwise." has also been criticized for leav­ that all women, regardless of politi­ "ln the past, we've had one fo­ compared to differential fees, which Beringer says she encourages ing the Conservative Party after the cal stripe, should feel that they are cused event, which is International range up to $3,000 per term for full- students to share their concerns and 2004 general election. able to run. Night. And then aside from that, time students. help make DISA events better. Now May, who worked as a senior Jennifer Keeling, a fourth-year all we do are potlucks, because it's Margaret Wood, a student advi- that DISA has this funding, interna- policy advisor to the minister of en­ international development studies the only thing we can afford," says sor at the International Student Ex- tional students can hold DISA ac- vironment from 1986 to 1988, said student, agreed with May and said Beringer. "For the first time ever change Services (ISES), says the levy countable and have a say in how we the behavior of MPs is now much she is the right woman to be speak­ we're actually sitting here saying, worse. ing out against the Jack of female will allow DISA to hold more events spend their money, she says. 'Yeah, we might actually be able to and take some of the onus ofiiSES. Beringer says DISA hopes to at- May also said the three sitting representation in the House. afford something awesome."' parties cooperate less on impor­ "We don't have enough effec­ "We all love to be doing stuff with tract a broader range ofintemation- When DISA held a referendum o~ pe~rs ~thout a bunch of old la- al students with this year's expanded tant issues. During the 1987 vote on tive Canadian women in Canadian last spring, 82 per cent of participat­ capital punishment, for example, Parliament, and she herself is one of dies bemg mvolved," says Wood. "Just slate of events. ing international students voted in th~se absolu.tely wonderful chances "It's really about being able to the two key players on the opposing those effective women," said Keel­ favour of the levy. Beringer says most side of the debate were a female Pro- ing. to JUSt do things on their own with- provide as much activity and cama- foreign students don't notice the $5 out having to be feeling like they're raderie for people as possible." Dal improves community relations

CH RI STIE CONWAY if you want it ," he says. Staff Contributor Tensions within the umversity community began to escalate sev­ recent survey conducted by the eral years ago. As a greater number A Dalhousie University Communi­ of students moved into homes con­ ty Committee (DUCC) suggests the verted to rooming houses, the atmo­ relationship between the university. sphere began to change, says Mar) students and community members Somers, DUCC member and senior is improving. communications advisor for Dal. The 2006 Neighbourhood Survey, The influx of students into resi ­ which involved a random sample of dential communities raised major 225 homes in the Dal and King's Col ­ concerns with late night noise, loud lege community, found that nearly parties, littering and a lack of prop­ 90 per cent of participants have no­ erty upkeep by landlords. ticed an improvement in the univer­ "There's really been a kind of sities' ability to listen to community 'them-and-us' attitude, and that's concerns and in the level of commu­ what we're trying to break down," The Dalhousie community has seen an Increase of cooperation between students and local residents on decreasing the amount of says Somers. nication between neighbours and late-night noise and loud parties. students. While police handle noise com­ "When neighbours tell you that person Charles Crosby. "We went up and talked to the residents should be more under- plaints, the DUCC provides infor­ in 36 years of living in this commu­ Adam Rochwerg, a second-year people upstairs and to our neigh- standing of the student way of life, mation to students to remind them nity, this is the best year they can history student at Dal who has re­ hours and just told them, 'If we're he sees the benefits of living in a that they are a part of a much broad­ recall in terms of noise, that's a real ceived complaints from several of being too loud, come and talk to us. mixed community. er community. Crosby says he hopes sign of positive growth and we're re­ his neighbours about noise and par­ We will actually listen and turn it "It's good because you get the students will offer their neighbours ally proud of our students for step­ ties, says he's taken steps to ease the down,"' he says. quality housing and you get to meet the respect that they would also like ping up like that," says Dal spokes- tension. And while Rochwerg says local· these families and you get the quiet to receive.

Uni-briefs From The Gazette archives

CANADIAN CAMPUS SHORTS duty assignment. The Canadian Forces Liaison 30 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK ... Council has received signatures of Suspected Norwalk virus strikes Mt. A. 157 institutions since it began its Mount Allison University can­ Education Outreach Initiative in celled all classes and extra-cur­ National day of protest February of last year. The Canadian ricular events on Oct. 13 after more Roughly 100 Dalhousie students Forces is especially concerned by than 100 students and staff re: marched from the Student Union its relationship with schools be­ ported symptoms of what officials Building to the Grand Parade to cause 40 per cent of reserves mem­ suspect is the orwalk virus. By protest the Trudeau government's bers are students. Oct. 17, more than 300 people had policy on wage and price controls. All institutions in Quebec, fallen ill and many were admitted Oct. 14 was deemed a National Day Prince Edward Island and New­ to hospital. of Protest by the Canadian Labour foundland and Labrador have New Brunswick public health Congress, and was supported by the signed, as have many in British officials asked the school to close National Union of Students. Columbia and Ontario. The Univer­ all of its buildings and limit public Dal students were especially sity of Alberta and the University of gatherings. MountA!lison cancelled supportive of their university's local Winnipeg have also signed. all society meetings and sporting CUPE maintenance workers, who events for the weekend in an effort were forced to return $400 in wages to limit the spread of the illness. under the new law. The virus is highly infectious. ACROSS THE POND It usually lasts 24 to 48 hours with symptoms that include nausea, 20 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK ... frequent vomiting and diarrhea, U.K. schools to spy on Muslims abdommal pain, fever and head­ British university staff members aches. Any contact with an infected will be asked to identify "Asian­ Sex, drugs and hot dogs person, or a surface he/she has looking" and Muslim students who Several venders said a rival com­ touched, is enough to lead to infec­ they believe support terrorism or pany was dealing drugs, using pros­ Islamic extremism, reports The tion. titutes to sell hotdogs and threaten­ Most of the victims are students Guardian. ing violence against competitors. The Department of Education living in residence but some cases The business owners said their Sat. Oct. 23 have been reported by students liv­ will ask staff to report suspicious competitor was selling hash out of ing off campus and local residents. students to the national security his cart and peddling LSD in front c• Rumours of food poisoning arm of the British police because of the Seahorse Tavern. Long-time DISCO in the Green ltm. terrorists may seek out potential were dismissed after the campus vending business owner Ray Roma­ extremists in the country's univer­ meal hall passed a public health no said the suspect had "little rats test "with flying colours." Shared sities. from prison" selling the narcotic on Adm. $1.50/$2.00 An 18-page document obtained residence bathrooms are the more the street. by the British newspaper details likely sources of the outbreak. Romano said the alleged drug­ the government's fear that cam­ The New Brunswick Depart­ dealing company used young pros­ puses have become "fertile recruit­ *Licensed Event* ment of Public Health is conduct­ titutes to sell hotdogs and that he ing grounds" for extremists. The had been threatened by their pimp. ing interviews with all of those demic) Connie Uzwyshyn. "I barged destroyed university computer sys­ document expecb post-secondary Larry Chippin, another local infected, asking for recent diet into the room to find Bambi rubbing tems when clocks struck midnight institutions will be wary of handing vender, said a 15-year-old girl who and activity information. Hospital ointment all over herself." on jan. I, 2000, according to a Cana­ over student information, but in­ worked for the suspect company at­ administrators will not reveal how Bambi admitted to receiving dian University Press report. sists that the special police branch tacked him with a knife. many infected patients have been $130 from either the president or a "At many campuses, library da­ is accountable and not a "secret "We're locking our gas tanks be­ admitted, but a university official vice president for her performance. tabases, student registration soft­ police." cause someone put sugar in one of reported that at least 50 had arrived One of the performance's at­ ware and administration systems "They are going to treat every­ them," said Chippin. "At the end of at the emergency department with tendees, who was drunk at the time, will either malfunction or die," re­ one Muslim with suspicion on the the night, between 3 and 4 [a.m.], is symptoms. said the vice president (internal) ported the university wire service. basis of their faith," Gemma Tu­ when there's trouble." melty, president of the National had collected money to pay for the Many older computers were Schools sign reserves agreement Union of Students, told The Guard­ stripper. "I assume that is why he only capable of changing the last More than half of Canada's 301 UofA hires stripper ian. "It's bearing on the side of Mc­ took money from everyone there." 1:\vo digits of the year, meaning universities, colleges and school The Canadian University Press Carthyism." that when 2000 arrived, computers boards have signed a statement of reported that the University of Al­ The document says Muslims would either switch to 1900 or sim­ support for the Canadian Armed berta Students' Union used student ply crash. from "segregated" backgrounds are funds to hire a stripper for a council 10 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK ... Forces Reserves. more likely to believe radical ideas "The 2000 problem is going to The statement asks schools to party in Aprill986. than those who have "integrated cost universities across the country defer exams that conflict with stu­ "! noticed the men at the party into wider society." The report Y2K paranoia millions of dollars," said Jim Clark, dent reservists' training and that were disappearing ... so I ran down­ urges schools to closely monitor Is­ Canadian universities faced a a computer science professor at the they accept students back into their stairs to see what was happening," lamic societies. ticking time bomb that could have University of Toronto. programs if they leave for an active said former Vice President (Aca- Opinions Editor: li Dong Contact: [email protected] We need more bike lanes in Halifax (Yes, more than one)

BRENDAN OSBERG city for it. The city must have a rea­ Opinions Contributor son, right? Nope. 've lived in Halifax most of my life. At the Halifax Regional Munici­ I When I need to get somewhere, I pality's website, you can go to a link ride a bike. Of course I can't afford at http://www.halifax.ca/cycling/ to drive a car. Even if I could, I'd still bikeplan.html to see the bike plan ride my bike, for a lot of reasons: I that was commissioned in 2002 - like the fact that I don't contribute with your tax dollars - to figure out to traffic, parking or pollution prob­ a solution that could accommodate lems in my city and I enjoy the ex­ bike lanes in Halifax. ercise. These professional urban plan­ Furthermore, the geography of ners meticulously detailed routes Halifax is well suited to it. The pen­ that could provide room for bikes in insula is compact enough to make order to cut down traffic and park­ everything accessible in less than 20 ing problems in the city, all without minutes and the hills are just steep disrupting vehicles. enough to get the blood running. Now that the city has already in­ It would seem that bicycles are the vested the money to plan it, the only perfect option for Halifax. The prob­ remaining financial burden to the lem is the unaccommodating mu­ project is putting some paint down nicipal government. on the road. Does it seem comical to any­ I'm not sure exactly how much body else that we have one bike lane paint costs these days, but I'm pret­ on Brunswick St. that runs for one ty sure this is a trivial expense com­ block and ends nowhere? Don't tell pared to the money already spent, me the bike path on University Ave. and even more trivial compared to counts as a lane- a "lane" requires You're on your ass on the street In a world of pain, the handlebars on your bike are a mangled mess and all you recall Is a split-second when you a typical municipal transportation lines on the road, and University thought you saw a driver's side door open from the car parked on the side of the road. ro ' p- o budget. Ave. only has signs advertising some sometimes with drivers yelling at gone through twice - and there's Unfortunately, I could see that So what has the city 9one in the magical area that's supposed to be you to get on the sidewalk. You're nothing I can do to prevent it from this would just boil over into a huge four years since this project was safe for bikes. late for class so you're going about happening again. confrontation I wasn't going to win commissioned? Nothing. The blue­ Is it absurd that the only other 50 km/h while keeping an eye out And then last week, a cop pulled and that I would waste a lot of time prints have sat on a desk, collecting bike lanes are out in Cole Harbour for anything that might turn and cut me over for riding on the sidewalk and energy in the process. So I took dust, for four years. and on the bridge? A sensible per­ you off, hoping the driver of one of and threatened to fine me. What I the warning, got back on the road We deserve better. Even if you're son might ask the question, "Who these two-tonne behemoths doesn't should have said to him was, "Look, and continued on my way, grum­ not a cyclist, you would benefit from the hell is going to use a bike lane decide to take you out. if the city wants me to ride on the bling all the way home. bike lanes because they would de­ out here if it leads to nothing?" All of a sudden - wham! You're road, then they have an obligation Why are honest citizens threat­ crease congestion on the roads and "Why do we need bike lanes?" on your ass on the street in a world to make it safe for me. The harm I ened with fines for trying to stay safe competition for parking. But the real you may ask. If you do ask that ques­ of pain, the handlebars on your will do to someone in the unlikely in lieu of government action? There reason this plan needs to come into tion, it's probably because you've bike are a mangled mess and all you event that I hit them on the sidewalk must be some logical reason why effect has nothing to do with con­ never been doored and probably recall is a split-second when you is nothing compared to the harm the city hasn't implemented bike gestion or parking. The real reason don't know what the word means. So thought you saw a driver's side door that can result when bikers get hit lanes already, right? is safety. I'll paint you a picture. open from the car parked on the by dumb-ass motorists." You might think that either the The next time I read in the paper Imagine riding your bike down side of the road. Then I should have told him to roads aren't big enough or it would about a cyclist killed by a car on a the road, sticking to the right side Getting doored is an intensely shove it and that I'd fight the ticket be too expensive to plan how to re­ major road in Halifax, I will consider of the lane as cars whiz past you, painful experience that I have now in court. organize the infrastructure of the the city council directly responsible. licket to ride What's a pope to do? Space travel not just for smart people and monkeys JIMMY KAPCHES tongue-wagging. on July 24, 2005, considering that Staff Contributor And then there are those pesky they're being ignored quite compe­ CATHERINE HOLLOWAY wealthy? Although Lance Bass and Canadians. Having long given up on tently by the Vatican. It would be Staff Contributor Paris Hilton have tried to go, all four J\ s you sit there sipping coffee the Dutch, who have been friends equally unfair to ignore the seven space tourists to date have had some nt'rom a mug with Pope John Paul of gay marriage for a while already, women who then-Cardinal Ratz­ nousheh Ansari should be used background in science and have II's mischievous grin staring back at the Pope turned his eyes onto our inger excommunicated in 2002 after A to being first. On Sept. 18, she conducted experiments while on the you, you can only help but wonder, humble ex-colony. In an act of ex­ they were unofficially ordained but became the first female space tour­ space station. what's a pope to do? ceptional browbeating, Benedict in­ claimed legitimacy. ist, as well as the first female Muslim There are some who object to the Barely out of the conclave and vited some bishops from Ontario to in space, the first Iranian in space whole idea of government-run space promptly into the hot water that come to the Vatican for tea. Accord­ and the first person to update a blog program. Why should we spend bil­ has epitomized Benedict XVI (a.k.a ing to CBC.ca on Sept. 8, Benedict What must really rankle from space. lions of dollars sending people to Ratzinger)'s rule over the Holy See, reminded them that "in the name of The cost of her 10-day space space when there are still many people this pope can't seem to restrain tolerance, your country has had to Benny is the fact that Paul ticket is undisclosed, but judging on on earth left homeless and hungry? himself. endure the folly of the redefinition the price other space tourists have But the $6 billion NASA spends It seems to be rather miraculous of spouse." Martin, a Roman Catholic paid - Dennis Tito, Mark Shuttle­ each year on space flight seems min­ for him that he can't be fired or de­ God forbid we allow tolerance to himself, led the government worth and Gregory Olsen all paid ute compared to the $9 billion spent posed, considering he's not mak­ govern our government. What must around $20 million - it couldn't on a missile defence shield that has ing many friends in a world already really rankle Benny is the fact that that recognised same-sex have been cheap. yet prove effective, or the $5.6 billion filled with ruthless enemies. Paul Martin, a Roman Catholic him­ marriage. Anousheh was born in Iran and spent every month on the war in Iraq. Take his careless use of ancient self, led the government that recog­ later immigrated with her family to Perhaps there's an argument references as an example. President nized same-sex marriage. The Pope's America to escape the Islamic revo­ for non-governmental space flight. Bush should take note- if you want disappointment that "ephemeral The reigns of power are hard to lution. She learned English as a teen­ Earth-bound politics are constantly to enrage the whole Muslim world, social trends and the spurious de­ release and tradition is a particu­ ager and went on to earn a degree in interfering with our exploration of you should make a point of quot­ mands of opinion polls" influenced larly demanding creature, but faith electrical engineering from George the sky. The first rockets, after all, ing long-dead Christian emperors the consciences of Catholic politi­ is faith, isn't it? Apparently Mother who didn't know how to mince their Washington University. Afterward, were developed during the Cold War, cians demonstrates the Vatican's Church has a bit of a Father Figure words. she poured everything she had into and were designed not as vehicles, utter incapability to comprehend complex, something that will be­ Nothing makes enemies faster founding Telecom Technologies Inc. but as weapons. a clear separation between church come either an insurmountable than trash-talking people's beliefs It was worth it- in 2000 her com­ NASA is plagued with heavy bu­ and state. hurdle or a high hope in the future. and strong-held convictions in a pany was bought for $550 million. reaucracy and unrealistic goals. With Benedict isn't going to send the The point behind all this is the scholarly context and then not even She hasn't wasted her money. the creation of more and more com­ Swiss Guard over to tell the Mount­ utter inflexibility belied by a fresh personally apologizing for your be­ Her family is the sponsor of the $10- mercial space flight enterprises, a new ies that it's not appropriate for men face in the papacy. If the Vatican haviour. To his holiness' credit, he million Ansari X Prize to promote space race may develop, one that's to marry men in full uniform, is he? wants to move forward and forge it­ did eventually say he was sorry, but non-governmental space travel. driven by efficiency and lower prices. It sounds convincingly like a father self a new future, it's going to have to Space tourism is a hot ticket not until after getting particularly She's given to the Make a Wish foun­ who can't get any respect from chil­ do so with intelligence, compassion for many reasons. A trip includes strong-worded letters from coun­ dation and Sally Ride, an organiza­ dren who, for better or for worse, are and, dare we mention it again, toler­ weightlessness, 32 sunsets per day, tries such as Morocco, which actual­ changing faster than he is. tion that aims to develop girls' inter­ ance. Otherwise, we're left telling the crystal clear stars and the chance to ly pulled their ambassador from the est in science and mathematics. It would be inappropriate to story about the ancient tree that re­ see Earth from thousands of miles Vatican. It's a wonder of the modern Space tourism has had its critics. forget the nine women who were fused to bend with the wind and was up. Who wouldn't want to sign up for world that someone so important Shouldn't those more fit or intelli­ unofficially ordained as deacons broken, while the tiny little reed just a trip that is truly out of this world? can be so shortsighted when they're gent be the ones to go, instead of the and priests on the St. Lawrence river danced about on the riverbank. Dal-ifax Mix and Match 1 Eco-lies A crossword by Ted Mirsky &Adeline MacNaughton Where's my week off school?

JOHN HILLMAN was the only place that even came r Staff Contributor close to a tropical storm. What did t-- IF "'"'""'IJ they do that we didn't? We produced t-- ~ r ~ co-hippies: you have some ex­ hundreds of times more pollution Eplaining to do. than they did. Unless hurricanes [ I It I I ·~ It's been over three years since are now fueled by the souls of baby II ~~ = ~ r=' hurricane Juan hit our fair city. I re­ seals, there's no reason that they member it like it was yesterday. One should have all the action. ~ ~ 1-- - r-=1 [> hundred mile-per-hour winds, tidal Something has to be done about . -- -I, r- ~ ,1 J surges, idiots going out to Peggy's these smooth-talking environmen­ II ' f' Cove to watch it come in (if that talists and their snake-oil promises. ~ H. I -~ ~ wasn't an argument for natural se­ They'll tell anything to anyone. Re­ r7"" • ~ lection ... ). member "White Juan" in the winter of l But most of all, I remember the 2004?Ninety-five-and-a-halfcentime­ f--1: 1-- r- r;==: week off school. I had two essays tres of snow in 24 hours and another ~ - f-1' - 1-- and a midterm due that week but week off school. What was the cause? - f-.-[ they were blessedly postponed by You guessed it, global warming. f- '="' F:F Global warming was also the rea­ !'" I f--1 Juan's divine gusts. Life was good. t- ~ As I put another three midterms son for the frigid, stormy 2005 win­ ~ t- behind me, I recall a promise tree­ ter. I'd begun to think that maybe we - buggers made in the aftermath were making some headway when '" T 11 il' I: of the storm. "This is the result of all of a sudden, the 2006 winter I ~ ~ global warming," they assured us turned out to be a complete bust. i'-' ~ all. "And if we don't take action now, Coming back to school last Janu­ l II - - things will only get worse." ary was like stepping onto the set of r I -~_j I '~ I believed it, I really did. I've an MTV Spring Break special (only 11 hairier. .. we Canadians aren't exactly r- r- lt"' T done my part. Though I can't afford a king-sized SUV anyway, I try to prepared to wear revealing clothes take the few gas-guzzling, Cold War­ in the middle of the winter). 1-- t- I-I ~ F I ~ ll The lack of days off was disap­ -- lr era tank-buses that Metro Transit - r I II still has in service. I know there's not pointing but the explanation from -I', n ~ much that a single person like me the environmentalists was far more ~ can do, but I really think we Cana­ infuriating. "These are the effects r-li 1- ~ ~ t"' -·· 1i dians have made an impact through of global warming," they declared 1- 1-- 1- 1- our collective efforts. proudly, exuberantly slapping each

1 '~-·- .• ~ ~·~ ~ Together we elected the pro-hur­ other on their hemp-clad backs. "We told you it was coming!" 1 I lfj r I 11 ricane party in the last national elec­ r· tion, sending a message to Ottawa So let me get this straight: ~~ ~ 1- that we want nothing to do with the 1) Cold winters are the product of global warming. ·~ Kyoto accord, no matter how inef­ fective it might be. We just couldn't 2) Warm winters are the product It'" take the chance that somehow, in of global warming. some small way, it might actually I'm not a scientist but it seems to ACROSS DOWN improve the environment. me that I know another term for the 5. Des_, Iowa (6) l. Big breasted (5) As I look out my window at the phenomenon of changing meteo­ 6. Recent $1.65-billion Google acquisition (3,4) 2. Liberal leadership race front-runner (9) crisp, clear October morning, how­ rological conditions... it's called the 9. Alright (2) 3. Canada's current Minister of Environment (7) ever, I can't help but notice the lack "weather." 10. Seinfeld lingo for a ditzy man (5) 4. Central America's biggest coffee producer (9) of catastrophic debris. See, the thing I say it's high time we all start 11. Church bench (3) 7. Halifax brewery (8) is, we have now gone through three conducting our own investigations 12. Pearl Jam front man (6) 8. Original title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice painfully hurricane-free years. In into climate change, rather than let­ 15. Carpe Diem (5,3,3) (5,11) spite of all the promises, in spite of ting pushy Planeteers continue to 16. Marijuana cigarette; joint (6) 13. Game of acting (8) all our best efforts, there hasn't been sell us their slick Hollywood propa­ 18. A beer in Sevilla (7) 14. Thinks highly of (7) so much as a decent storm surge. ganda. 19. Crooked (5) 17. Rubin ' ' Carter (9) The closest we came was last year If we strive together as a soci­ 21. Inventor of basketball (8) 20. The real OC (6,5) when "hurricane" Ophelia "ravaged" ety to become more aware about 23. Marty McFly and Doc Brown's hometown (4,6) 22. Clout (9) us with a stiff breeze and 15 minutes this great big planet that we all call 25. Primary colour (6) 24. Golf with a frisbee (5) of drizzle. home, then perhaps we'll be able 27. Romanian capital (9) 26. Father of Manitoba (5,4) Despite global efforts to heat to pass on to future generations the 29. Wolf [French] (4) 28. Angela's Ashes author (7) this planet, the year was remarkably greatest gift of all: a world in which 30. YVR; International Airport (9) slow for hurricanes. Regionally, the midterm exams are regularly post­ 31. Mighty Morphin' (5,7) Avalon peninsula in Newfoundland poned to a slightly later date. 32. Mixed drink (8)

LAST WEEK'S SOLVED [email protected] RE: NSPIRG Representation tion such as NSPIRG, which is abid­ Dear Editor, ingly criticized for its lack of visibil­ I am glad to see that NSPIRG has ity and promotion on campus, is finally succeeded in establishing it­ set back only further when the sole self as an organization worthy of a campus student newspaper fails to feature story at I11e Gazette. Media latch onto a single story of the mul­ has the ability to shape the reality titude that emanate from its walls. of a given situation based on not Could this be based on crossed only what story it decides to depict wires or a lack of communication? and how that portrait is painted, but The irony is that 11ze Gazette office what it omits from the picture frame shares these same walls. as well. I recognize that 11ze Gazette is Sincerely, volunteer-based, under-staffed Dave Ron and unable to investigate many of NSPIRG the countless stories that come its way. However, I am still uncertain as to why The Gazette opted to not cover a single one of the 32 diverse Editor's note: We either assigned events NSPIRG coordinated as part or tried to assign several of the sto­ of the month-long series of activi­ ries Dave Ron writes about. But the ties throughout September's Alter­ writers were either unable to com­ native Orientation. NSPIRG sent plete the assignments or they weren't media advisories, checked in with interested in the topics. We don't 11ze Gazette staff on a weekly basis, have the time or resources to ensure and even went to the trouble of ar­ every event on campus is covered. ranging for staff to meet with one NSPIRG is just one of countless of our community-based campaign groups that hold events. But we ap­ coordinators. preciate Ron's concerns and will try It's easy to see why an organiza- to address them promptly. PETITION FOR DALPLEX TO TREAT THE WEIGHT ROOM MORE LIKE I NOAH 'S ARK God wants you to have two of each weight.

THE GIRL ON THE DAL WEBSITE DOESN'T EVEN GO TO DALHOUSIE 2 ANYMORE And we're certainly inspiring minds ... to leave

3 DIDDY TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH SAYING "I NEVER LOVED J-LO" That's what we said when Gigli came out and nobody be he\ cd us.

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AMERICA'S ABU GHRAIB PRISON WASN 'T ABOUT TORTURE AT All, IT WAS JUST ABOUT KINKY SEX Did you see the picture of that I woman pointing at the dude's genitals? Sex with her might as well be torture.

I ME UN-CREATIVELY RE-USING THE SAME JOKE WHENEVER ANOTHER COUNTRY GOES NUCLEAR North Korea is "da bomb!"

TARA REID SAYS LINDSAY LOHAN IS LIKE A YOUNGER VERSION OF 10 HERSELF This is like the most sobering reality check since a punch in the face.

'"'m Peter Pan, and this is myTinkerbell." "My friends and I might go as Jem and the Holograms."

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mixed Joyful Rebellion's "Crabbuckit" ADAM MILLER Arts Contributor to create "Fly Paper," an upbeat, jazzy song featured on Atlantis. Yet K-OS says he still finds "I only make music that express- es who I am as a person and faults in h1s music. "I already want to change the album," he says. defines me as a person," says Kevin ''I'm always thinking about things I Brereton, better known as the Cana­ could've done differently." dian hip-hop artist K-OS. His newest album, Atlantis: Hymns for Disco, reveals a personal New man and emotionally open side of Brere­ K-OS says he hasn't grown musi­ ton the person, rather than the for­ cally with each album- he's grown mer, shrouded life ofK-OS the artist. as a human. "I like to protect myself," he says. But he still says he may not be "I don't like doing interviews, and ifi the easiest person to be around. do, I always wear shades." "My band puts up with a lot of my shit, and I love them for it. I've been Newdty hanging with these guys for a long time and I would not be able to do When he came to Halifax on tour this without them." last year, he says so many beautiful K-OS emphasizes that collabora­ women turned up at his shows that tions with other musicians and the he decided to stick around to "in­ support of his house band keeps in­ vestigate." tegrity and innovation in his music. K-OS befriended local musicians "You're only as good as the and fell in love with the friendly at­ people around you," he says. "My mosphere, the "blue energy" and the mother used to say, 'Show me your tranquility he feels while looking out company and I'll show you who you at the ocean - not to mention the are.'" constant supply of music. "There is The idea of friendship and fam­ always a band playing," he says. ilywithin his music has clearly stuck He discovered a deep connec­ with K-OS, though he says that at tion to the city, deciding to assemble one point in his career, he felt guilty some of his next album in Halifax. for his success. K-OS recorded all the strings at the "I know now that I shouldn't Sonic Temple studio, as well as songs feel guilty for having chose this as such as "CatDiesel," "The Rain" and a career and having a good life," he "Equilizer." says. "I now feel happy, not guilty, He also collaborated with many pearance, but says Uncut will defi­ "It's definitely loosened up and from his music. for being a successful musician. But Canadian musiCianS, including "It got to the point where I nitely open the show. is more fun than my last album." I admit I've disrespected this in the Sam Roberts, Broken Social Scene's McCluskey says Dal students With songs like "The Rain" and walked into a pizza place downtown past." Kevin Drew, Sebastien Gainger from have always "been into" what K-OS "Sunday Morning," K-OS shed the and heard one of my songs playing, Gone is the sheltered prophet of the now-defunct DFA 1979 and local is doing, and that's why the union manacles of mainstream hip hop so I turned around and left," he says. Canadian hip hop who quietly an­ artist Buck 65. "I wanted to put Joel booked the hip-hop artist again. to make independent and power­ swered questions from interviewers Plaskett on the album as well," says K-OS has a history of supporting ful music that deals with love, loss, with blunt, one word answers. In his K-OS. "But he was recording his own smaller acts, says McCluskey, who family and personal and spiritual place, there is a man who says he's stuff at the time." has booked the Toronto native for growth. I like to protect myself. more comfortable with himself than But despite new friends making both shows and speeches. In the past, he says he wasn't he has ever been, both musically appearances on his album, K-OS "He's a musician with a lot of sure whether people would appreci­ I don't like doing and spiritually. · says he "only wishes" they'd appear substance and he has a lot of integ­ ate the vulnerability expressed in his He says he's looking toward the at his Oct. 21 show at Dal. rity," he says. "He has been really music. He also didn't know if fans of future. "Kevin Drew is on tour and Sam interviews, and if I do, I good to Halifax and Dal." his old-school style would appreci­ "There are many more places Roberts is recording," says K-OS. ate the depth of his new musical I can go, and many more things I "But I talked to Buck 65 about it always wear shades. can do, as long as I surround my­ New album direction. the other day. You never know with ''I'm not too worried about mak­ self and connect with other talented these guys. You can get a text mes­ K-OS says he chose the album's ing such vulnerable music," he says. musicians and songwriters that I sage the day of the show and every­ title because of the city's symbolic "I didn't get in this to follow rules. If "Or if I heard a store playing my mu­ respect." thing changes, but hopefully Buck connection to water and because I wanted to follow rules, I would've sic, I would cross the street." will make it out." Atlantis was "an ancient, beautiful become a teacher." While K-OS was determined to K-OS plays at the Mcinnes Room Chris McCluskey, Dalhousie Stu­ city," which is similar to how he sees He says that now he focuses on produce fresh material, he says he Saturday, Oct. 21. Tickets are $26 in dent Union vice president (student his soul. He says the album reflects making new material and removing felt the need to update one of his advance, available at the info desk in life), booked the Dal show. He can't where he is in life right now. any remnants of previous albums most recogriizable songs. He re- the SUB. confirm if Buck 65 will make an ap- Student Employment Centre Workshops Do you need a part-time or on-campus job? Looking to Volunteer? Find the job you're looking Resume Workshop Create a resume that gets for on SEC's website. noticed! Oct25 On-Campus Recruiting 4:00- 5:00 pm October 23: Pepsi Bottling Group SUB, Room 307 October 25: Canadian Tire Interview Preparation Learn how to present yourself Employment Advisors confidently In any interview! Drop into SEC for a quick resume and cover letter critique with an Employment Nov8 Advisor. 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BRITTANY CURRAN Staff Contributor SAMAN JAFARIAN Arts Editor

he Rebecca Cohn Auditorium Tis the seventh stop on Just for Laughs' 24-city circuit. Among the talent sure to shine is Montreal­ Songs from the 1980's born comedian Joey Elias, who will host the Atlantic coast shows. In an interview with The Gazette, Some people may say that two 1980's-themed Burn Baby Burns in two Elias revealed that there's more to months is overkill. These people are wrong. • being a comic than doing it just for Here's one song per year from the most "totally excellent" decade ever. laughs - you really have to love (Party on.) · what you do.

Blondie- "Call Me" GazeHe: How did you decide that do­ The Police -"Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" ing stand-up comedy could be a vi­ Michael Jackson- "Thriller" able living? Sonic Youth- "Kill Yr Idols" Joey Elias still makes a living off of a dare. U2- "Pride (In the Name of Love)" Elias: I still don't know if it's a viable New Order- "The Perfect Kiss" living. I did the stand-up thing the is such a big country and the popu­ come out and say it. The Smiths- "Frankly Mr. Shankly" first time because I lost a bet and the lation doesn't have a star system like I'm a big supporter of our troops The Cure- "Just Like Heaven" manager of the club I was at said, the U.S. or England, which is good overseas. Now, whether you support The Pixies- "Cactus" 'Listen, come back next week.' and bad. the fact that Canada has sent mili­ Neneh Cherry- "Buffalo Stance" But at the same time I was doing It's good because we can still tary to Afghanistan does not matter. other jobs. maintain a private life, for the most They're there and we have to sup­ I thought that I would give this part. Unless you're a politician hook­ port them. They have come out and ... a good run. I just hope it's not an ing up with a hockey player. said to the government that they The Rock 'n' Roll Joey Ryba (RNRJR) CD is a compilation of rock 'n' elaborate dream and I wake up one I hope she reads this paper, Be­ need more help. The government roll-style 80's songs. morning and I'm late for Grade 10 linda. I find her very attractive. Let's says, 'OK, here's a Tim Hortons.' math. get in on my little Liberal, cross the That's asinine. Baltimora- "Tarzan Boy" If anybody wants to do this, it's just floor over to Elias. Wang Chung- "Dance Hall Days" patience. That term 'overnight suc­ GazeHe: What's it like being on tour? ABC- "When Smokey Sings" cess' is such a load of crap. The only GazeHe: What do you think is the The Box- "Closer Together" overnight success is if you win the lot­ proper place for politics and social Elias: With Just For Laughs, it's great. Fine Young Cannibals- "She Drives Me Crazy" tery and become a zillionaire and say, commentary in comedy? It's rock 'n' roll. And we never get to Steve Win wood- "Valerie" 'OK, I've been a struggling musician, do rock 'n' roll. We do shows all the Eurythmics- "Here's comes the rain again" but now I have $3 million in the bank. Elias: There are guys who make a liv­ time, but it's not like, 'Hey, by the Men without Hats- "Safety Dance" I'm gonna produce my own CD and ing off being a political comic like, way, backstage there's catering.' The T'Pau- "Heart and Souls" screw everybody who laughed.' in this country, Rick Mercer, who's first [tour] was the best experience INXS - "New Sensation" You're gonna play tiny, crappy brilliant at it. of my life for those five weeks. And bars, but you know what? They're I used to want to go into politics. then it was the worst month after fun. I thought when I was young and stu­ that. I just went into depression. pid that I could make a difference. When it ends, you realize the GazeHe: Is there a particular circuit I didn't realize that unless you guys that you've just been in battle LocaiCro like giving it to people in their rear that starting out comedians should with are all going separate ways. do? end, there's no point in being a If anybody ever went to sum­ ~san Zakaib I ArtS ·contributor · ;· · politician. Because that's all you mer camp, that's what it is. You eat do. When you pay taxes, you should dancing around with friends in a Elias: Amateur nights. If there are together, you're staying in the same walk into the Canada revenue office small Nova Scotian bar. talent nights at university, or a bar hotel and that's your bunk. You wake and just drop trow and say, 'Here's Unfortunately, this is also a with open mic, go down. Open rnic up in the morning and you're like, my cheque, just give it to me. I'm weakness of the album- the at a bar doesn't mean you have to 'OK road trip!' gonna take it like a man.' And then songs feel as if they would work bring your guitar and bongos. I'm going crazy, I can't wait. they fist you. better in a live setting. The vocals, You gotta love it though. So many And of course doing the PR tours, But you can talk about pretty too, sound like they would be people go into it as, 'You know, I'm all you're doing is talking about the much anything. Just don't be rac­ better performed live and perhaps funny. My friends think I'm funny.' tour. It's like being on a diet and all ist or stereotype and don't promote more integrated with the rest of Don't do anything in life if you're you're talking about is burgers. It's Hourglass Oass violence. the music. gonna go half-assed. self torture. Hourglass Class But that's the beautiful thing, if That said, many albums fall If you think you're gonna get rich I'm very excited. Thls lineup's off it, good luck. Not now. [Canada] something really gets my goat, I'll amazing. The members of Halifax band prey to production that doesn't Hourglass Class feel their days entirely suit the needs of the as "pupils of music for life" are lim­ band's sound, especially when the ited, leading to the group's name. finances aren't available. The sound of Hourglass Class's One of the advantages to hav­ Review: The Science Sleep ing a variety of instruments in a of first, self-titled recording is indica­ tive of this existential, yet joyful, band is that a lot of noise can be LAURA TRETHEWEY feeling. made and a lot can be done with Assistant Arts Editor Using mandolins, harps, vio­ dynamics, which is not to suggest that this record should be louder. lins, cellos, banjos and shakers on ne could describe The Science of The potential variety within these top of the usual rock band staples Sleep with a simplistic epitaph: songs doesn't come out in this O of guitars, basses and drums, the Amelie, but with boys. This describes recording. band sounds like a group of music the basic plot: a spacey, creative This album is certainly worth a students who decided to relax and man, Stephane, has an obsessive have some fun. listen- the songs are fairly strong. crush on the girl of his dreams, The mood is occasionally som­ If nothing else, Hourglass Class Stephanie. The film, luckily, is not so bre, but there's something about should encourage you to see the simple. this record that makes it seem like band live. Michel Gondry, the wonderful this music would be best enjoyed tactician of such visually arresting music videos as the White Stripes's "Fell in Love with a Girl," is The Sci­ ence of Sleep's director and screen­ ------writer. As Gondry is responsible for many of the most innovative music videos to date, it's difficult to depre­ a typewriter grows feathered arms writing and it shows. The story ciate the actual look of his latest fea­ and types Stephane's pseudo-love never develops past Stephane's con­ ture film. letters to Stephanie. fusion between reality and fantasy, I His familiar, motley world of The dream team of Gael Garcia not to mention the numerous plot oversized hands and sundry objects Bernal and Charlotte Gainsbourg holes and inexplicable events the I that move of their own volition con­ play the potential lovers. Bernal is viewer simply has to chalk up to the I tinues to flourish in The Science of most known for his role as Che Gue­ dreamy nature of the film. Sleep. The art design of Stephane's vara in The Motorcycle Diaries and The film feels like Gondry's per­ I dream sequences, in particular, Gainsbourg for her famous parents, sonal dream journal, and only the DNE CDUP'DN FER P'Eil6DN 1 shows Gondry's flair for the fantas­ Serge Gains bourg and Jane Sirkin. fact that his dreams are especially tic. Although both actors are incred­ interesting saves The Science ofSleep. EXI'IRE6 NDII. 15T11, 2DDS . In fact, the dreams in the film ibly talented, neither surpasses the Perhaps after a few more attempts 5262 Saekville St • downtown I are far more fascinating than ordi­ technical difficulties of Gondry's at scret:nwriting, Gondry will deliver 425-2"140 I nary ones: cardboard houses undu­ script. The Science of Sleep is Gon­ a film that can rival his astounding ______stranueadventures.cem .. late in the watery background while dry's first encounter with screen- music video repertoire. Report Card

The art, process and semantics of gig posters with Halifax's Yo Rodeo! A Gig Poster Round Up The creative duo behind Yo Rodeo! reflects with its retrospective exhibit. SAMAN )AFARIAN naturally, the duo's answer is "very." As with many forms of art, public Arts Editor "Seth and I are basically print­ reaction plays an important role in makers/artists and we've focused concert posters and their creation. Sketch/Stand-up: A­ the smiling sexist, and somewhere "\To Rodeo!'s first official concert our energies into gig posters and Last year, a local band came under lmprov: A in there was a charming lilt about 1. poster was for local musician rock design," said Hammond via e­ fire for using a well-known image by Audience Reaction: A Wyatt Earp and a catchy rap that Jon Epworth. Capturing the poster mail. "The fact that we handprint an artist from the 1960's, changing Sights and Sound: B+ might turn the word "monster" design company's sense of humour, everything says something about it only its text. That Joy Joy Joy Joy down In your into the new "gangsta." the poster depicted members of the too. It's very process-based. It's to­ "That's a touchy subject," said heart: A+ The strength of the first half of press interviewing an ass that was tally art." Hammond. "On one hand, I think the show was its contrived chaos. emerging from a cloud. Gig posters, said Smith, have al­ re-appropriating imagery is a totally Regis Philbin ruined the word The comedy troupe is so comfort­ Yo Rodeo! is comprised of Hali­ ways been art, regardless of their lo­ valid way to make art, and can result "spectacular." Somehow. He also able as a unit that the players figu­ fax musicians Paul Hammond and cation. "When we first started, before in some interesting results." hates rainbows. ratively wink at you as they let their Seth Smith, who were roommates we could get shows in a gallery, a gig Smith agreed saying while Yo Ro­ This was the substance of my sketches deftly self-destruct and when they started their business. At poster was an awesome way to show deo! includes parts of drawings or inner monologue before a com­ collapse slickly into one another. the time, Smith worked as a screen­ off your art to the public," he said. typefaces from old books, that's far edy-a-vaganza erupted at Ginger's The infamous Picnicface, a duo printer for pub crawl T-shirts and The process of creating a poster from taking an artist's work and put­ last Sunday. comprised of Little and Dooley, Hammond studied printmaking at suggests the same. ting a band name on it. By the intermission, most of with Bush for the night, started the Nova Scotia College of Art and Occasionally the duo is ap­ "If I see an interesting poster, I the audience had shamelessly the latter portion of the show by Design. Both had experience creat­ proached by an artist who already think, 'This band looks interesting. If giggled its way through the 14- asking the audience for a book ing posters for their bands and de­ has a design idea. But most of the they care this much about how they legged troupe's 11 sketches. The suggestion. cided to combine their efforts. time, said Smith, Yo Rodeo! is hired are represented visually, they must humour is a blend of quirk and From there, the trio set a nearly "We both had the same love for because of the creative ideas it put the same care into their music," cutesy-controversial comedy that incomprehensible pace, with Green punk rock, animal illustrations, dis­ comes up with. said Smith. is near impossible to paraphrase, Eggs and Ham segueing into a tressed text and bad drawings and it Incorporating at least three ele­ "I think a lot of people have grown but pure delight to watch. hilarious cop scene. was easy to collaborate," Smith wrote ments in each poster- a pattern, a to not notice posters unless they are Former Streetcents host Andrew A guy behind me who re­ in an e-mail interview with The Ga­ drawing and parts of already exist­ somewhat provocative or creative." Bush parodied himself while fellow marked, "They're alright, but zette. "I don't remember how we de­ ing imagery- the duo builds upon The prevalence of band posters comedian Mark Little did a stand­ they're no Chris Rock,'' certainly cided on Yo Rodeo! but 'yo' was a big a base idea until it gets a bit weird, a has decreased due to anti-postering up set highlighted with World War couldn't keep up. He should try. part of my vocabulary back then." sign that the image is complete. bylaws in Halifax. "The shitty part is II jokes (everyone's favourite). Kyle Trust me, and forgive me this: it's Since its inception, Yo Rodeo! The design is then screen-print­ that they actually are enforcing it," Dooley and Cheryl Han perfected Regis-cide. has evolved from creating gig post­ ed by hand, which Hammond said said Hammond. ers solely for Smith and Hammond's is a time-consuming and labour­ But Smith said he hasn't noticed bands to designing album covers, intensive process, but ultimately a any effect on Yo Rodeo!'s work. "''ve T-shirts, screen prints and posters. necessary one. "You can actually see heard of people having run-ins with A retrospective art show is currently and feel the ink raised on the paper, the authorities," he says. "But it al­ on display at the eyelevelgallery in it has a texture," he said. "Not every ways seems to end up as a slap on the conjunction with this year's Halifax poster is exactly the same. You try wrist." Pop Explosion. to get them the same, but there's al­ Exhibiting old gig posters in an ways a few little mistakes, and that Yo Rodeo!'s exhibit runs at the eye­ art gallery demands the question of sort of adds to the charm. They're all /eve/gallery (2128 Gottingen St.) until just how artful a concert poster is - unique because of the process." Oct. 25th. Sex! Drugs! Marketing! CHR!S SM!TH discusses the art of photography

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ocal band photographer Chris LSmith (a.k.a. CHR!S SM!TH) is a busy guy. He runs Funkfactor, a graphic design company, and his photography exhibition Sex, Drugs & Marketing at the ViewPoint Gallery WE DELIVER is part of the Halifax Pop Explosion. And he just returned from a photog­ --late--late--late-- raphy show at the NEMO music fes­ tival in Boston three weeks ago. "The show was right in the heart DALCARD ACCEPTED of downtown Cambridge, which re­ Smithsonian advice: the power of a photo Is In Its story. I PlJoto. Hugh "-w tz ally helped out," Smith says. "There who have a purpose. If you ask them were bands playing on every side of necessity of marketing a band. why they did it, they can tell you. I us, so we had a good flow of people Smith considers himself more of can certainly do that with the vast CALL - 429-8080 coming in. an artist than anything else, but he majority of the photos here." "It was definitely a party, and I also has a head for business. "When Smith has been in the music have the photos to prove it." I wanted to do the show I purposely booked it during the Pop Explosion, business for nearly 15 years, doing Smith's photos, which include everything from booking bands to live performances and staged pro­ knowing that I could probably tie it in, if not officially,'' he says. radio broadcasting. Photography, he motional shots of local and inter­ says, is another step in a long chain. The Gazette likes you. national bands, are an innovative While creating a show about marketing and advertising - art's "I just enjoy it," he says. "There's and playful take on marketing and no other reason why I do it. But it's documenting music. so-called nemeses- may seem odd, • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Smitll says photographs of music are cool, I think, that years down the "I like photos to have a nar­ road, I'll have this stuff. Maybe it's We especially like you if you enjoy to writing or taking pictures. rative," says Smith. "I like to take one art form capturing another, and Why don 't you come and hang out with us every Monday at 5:30 in there's a lot of thought behind it. not that important today, but it will something that's actually relevant be in 20 years." Room 312 in the SUB. You hopefully won't regret it. to the band, and put that in the "There's a big difference between photo." In one shot, for instance, St. pressing a button on a camera and Sex, Drugs & Marketing shows at www.dalgazette.ca [email protected] John's rockers the Novaks are posed knowing why you pressed the but­ I ton," he says. "And in every form of the ViewPoint Gallery, 2050 Gottingen in a storefront window in a self-dep­ St., until Oct. 29. recating acknowledgement of the art, I'm always drawn to the people Sex with Hugh New sex column in The Gazette ... and slippery slopes in the world of lube

HuGH WALLACE Sex Contributor

uch like the walk home from M the Palace, The Gazette's sex column has been wandering aim­ lessly - and sometimes not at all - over the course of my three years at Dalhousie. But I hope that's all going to change and I'll impress the pants off you. This week, I'm taking a look at lube. It can be a slippery subject for some, but I hope to shed some light on the importance of this fine product. There are many different kinds of lubricant (man, I love Wikipedia). Raising the Its use is pretty obvious. Varieties have different bases, ranging from oil and water to silicone, but all are designed for the same purpose- to Fawn ••• together reduce *ahem• friction. Never use oil-based lubricants. BRITTANY CURRAN its various touring partners. Not only do they weaken latex in Staff Contributor Even after playing many memo­ condoms, but they also can cause ir­ rable venues, such as the Trouba­ ritation, which no one wants to expe­ aising the Fawn's name derives dour in Los Angeles, Remila says rience. Silicone-based lubes are also Rfrom the classic film Green Man­ he still gets stage fright. "It goes not to your advantage, as they dam­ sions, in which Audrey Hepburn's from show to show," he says. "Some age the surface of most sex toys. character raises a baby deer. shows I get pretty nervous and some The biggest advantage to water­ The band, which will play the shows I don't get nervous at all." based lubes, according to AskMen. Halifax Pop Explosion, consists But without butterflies in his com, is that they're completely com­ of John Crossingham on lead vo­ stomach, Remila says he might be­ patible with both latex and non-la­ cals and guitar, Scott Remila on come bored and uninspired. tex condoms. But when considering vocals and bass, and Dylan Green This past summer was slower Hugh Wallace encourages the slickest guys and gals to 115e iubt. I Photo: John Packman a nice romp in the shower or hot on drums. Remila says Raising the than most since Crossingham toured tub, don't rely on water-based lube like me, stick with regular unscent­ The best thing about lube is Fawn is excited to come back out with Broken Social Scene. Remila because it will disperse. ed, unflavoured lube - this can be that it can be used by any gender East and promote its most recent says a break was necessary for the Variations of lube have been equally thrilling. and any sexual orientation. Lube is album, The Magi not Line. band. "We took that time to kind developed to suit any fancy. There's Lube can add spice to your love non-discriminating. So students of Crossingham is the principal of rejuvenate," he says. "It's good to flavoured lube, heating lube, cool­ life, or reinvent it entirely. Bring it Dalhousie, rush to your local drug­ lyricist, but writing and composing have that extra project or downtime ing lube, even crackling lube, which into the bedroom. Have your part­ store or sex store, grab a bottle of the music is definitely a team effort, you can spend time with your family comes highly recommended. The ner apply it for you or vice versa, wholesome water-based lube, slip says Remila. or just read or take it easy." use of these kinds of lube can stimu­ and don't be embarrassed - confi­ and slide, and forget the spit. The band has eclectic musi­ For now, however, promoting its late more than your genitals. But dence is totally sexy. Be inventive. cal tastes. "Everything from Tchai­ newest CD feels right for Raising the many people have poor reactions Lube can also help out those hope­ Sex with Hugh will appear each kovsky to Public Enemy, it's really all Fawn. "We feel so good about there­ to heating lube. So, if you're a sensi­ less partners that don't understand week in The Gazette. Comments or wrapped up in there." cord because we really worked at it tive-skinned excitement enthusiast the importance of foreplay. questions? E-mail [email protected] As a bassist, Remila names mu­ and picked apart every part until we sicians such as Chris Murphy, Paul were 100 per cent satisfied." McCartney and Rheostatics' Tim The band is working on new Vessely as personal influences. songs, which it hopes to record in Over the last few years, Raising December. ~

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LI DONG Opinions Editor ]EN BONO Staff Contributor

f you look through your standard here are few things that exem­ I online dictionaries, most of them Tplify the Western ideals of greed, will loosely define "sport" as physi­ consumption and excess more than cal activity that is engaged in com­ competitive eating. petitively and governed by a set of Now, I'm not talking about the rules. odd watermelon-eating contest at Competitive eating embodies all the local fall fair. The competitive of the elements necessary to make it eating that I take umbrage with is a legitimate sport, one that is grow­ the type that's gaining widespread ing in popularity and is practiced popularity in places like the U.S., the worldwide. U.K. and Japan - the "sanctioned" Like other sports, there are sev­ type that involves sponsored, or­ eral athletes who are definitively chestrated events with contenders the best in the world. Japan's Takeru who have trained to compete. Kobayashi has set several world re­ These events are the equiva­ cords for eating lobster rolls, dump­ lent of a modern day freak show, lings, cow brains, etc., and has dom­ with lOS-pound women eating 10 inated Nathan's Famous Hotdog pounds of baked beans in under Eating Competition, held annually three minutes. Add some Siamese in Brooklyn, for six years straight. twins and P.T Barnum himself would As a matter of fact, Kobayashi's come back from the grave to be the most notable loss occurred when he promoter. went toe-to-toe with a bear. In 2003, There are rankings, rivalries and the gentle Kodiak beast slaughtered huge cash prizes, all in the name Kobayashi- not literally- by eat­ of gorging oneself. Kilos and kilos ing 50 bun-less hotdogs in just over of food are wasted so that these two-and-a-half minutes to the hu­ competitors can revel in a title that man's 31. Despite losing to the bear, means nothing to the outside world. Kobayashi is still viewed as the top Meanwhile, according the Food Re­ eater on earth, though he weighs in search and Action Centre, over 12 at only 165 pounds. million households in the U.S. are Kim Carc.ary will be one of the returnees helping to keep Dal ranked in the CIS top 10. P~ :o Nck ~r Training regiments are also prev­ food-insecure and over 25 million alent in competitive eating. Despite individuals participate in the federal popular belief, it's actually more ad­ food stamp program. vantageous to be skinny in eating A quick look at the Interna­ Bench bosses rank Dal in top 10 contests - a ring of fat surrounds tional Federation of Competitive the stomach in obese people and Eating (IFOCE) website shows the COLLEEN COSGROVE With 12 rookies, the team has a ing the best on paper," says Jordan. prevents the stomach from expand­ last event was a hamburger-eating Assistant Sports Editor unique roster this year, but Jordan "But every team in the AUS is getting ing as much as it could. To ward off contest in Tennessee. The event's says she's confident the young team stronger and stronger. .. it's way too this hindrance, Korean-born eater fast-food sponsor put up $30,000 for he Dalhousie women's hockey has what it takes to keep its place in early to tell." Sonya Thomas walks on a Stairmas­ top prize, which eventually went to T team has a spot to call its own in the top 10. While Dal isn't off to the best ter for at least two hours per day to a man who ate 53 hamburgers, pre­ the season-opening Canadian Inter­ ''Adding this many rookies to the start, the beauty of exhibition games keep her lOS-pound frame fatless. sumably in some ridiculous amount university Sport (CIS) top 10 coaches' team was a surprise for us all," says is the opportunity they providr There is also plenty of strategy of time. poll as the team's stellar performance Jordan. "But they are all impressive to iron out kinks and early season in these contests. Kobayashi baffled Imagine how much could be last year put the long-forgotten Ti­ players with a lot to offer. Things are jitters before a loss counts in the the world when, during the Nathan's done if, instead of spending money gers back on the radar. flowing really well on the ice and I standings. competition. he split the wiener in on competitive eating events, these "It's a great place to start the am excited to see how the year pro­ The CIS championship moves to half, swallowed both halves whole, corporate sponsors donated all season and I just hope we can keep gresses." Ottawa this year, which poses anoth­ then dipped his bread in water and those funds to school breakfast pro­ moving up from there," says head The Tigers kicked off the sea­ er challenge for the Tigers, because swallowed that. While Kobayashi grams or those that aid low-income coach Lesley Jordan. son with two exhibition matches only one Atlantic team can attend refers to this as the "Solomon" families? I would wager that the The poll is a weekly anonymous against Saint Mary's Huskies. The when the competition is outside the method, other eaters have dubbed $30,000 prize alone would go quite vote by coaches of CIS teams across girls didn't walk away with a win in region. Last year, Dal was runner-up it ''Asian-style" for its revolutionary far to help those in need. Canada who take a variety of things either match, and Jordan says while m the conference, but still attended unorthodoxy. The disparity between the rich into account, from statistics to it would have been nice to win the the finals at St. F.X. Finally, what sport would be and poor, between excess and ex­ overall improvement and play. Dal first home game, the results are far "We will just have to work harder complete without nicknames? With treme need, isn't decreasing, and ranked in the number 10 spot in the from indicative of how the Tigers and gradually work on improving monikers like "the Tsunami" and competitive eating is a shining ex­ first week of October. moving up to will fare in the Atlantic University our rankings in the CIS and move up "the Black Widow," it's clear that ample of this. Not everything that's ninth last week. Sport (AUS) conference. the poll," says Jordan. competitive eating has a passion­ difficult to do needs to be dubbed a Jordan says the team's break­ With the season starting Oct. ate and loyal fan base that is here to sport, and most certainly not some­ through performance last season, 21, Jordan says it's difficult to know The Tigers host UNB on Saturday. stay. thing that's ultimately an insult to all which included a monumental pre­ what teams in the AUS will be the Oct. 21 @ 3 p.m. and UdeM on Sunday, those that have to go without. season win over favourite Concordia, ones to beat. Oct 22@ 2 p.m. Admission is free with -LiDong put Dal in the rankings. "Saint Mary's is definitely look- Dal/D. -]enBond r • I ------.. I I BUCJ KATIE HOLUNSHEAD CHAD McCAFFREY I ~ff: f~ SOCCER HOCKEY I If!} I 16 CDU,DN 1 For the second time this season, The Tigers men's hockey team I Katie Hollinshead's determina­ opened up its regular season at tion and leadership has helped home with Chad McCaffrey lead­ the Tigers. On Oct. 14, the team ing the way. Despite a 6-3 loss at I / FDR 2DtJ DFF ANY I captain was the driving force be the season opener Oct. 13, Mc­ hind the Tigers' domination of Caffrey put two goals between the I the UPEl Panthers. But, despite posts and helped keep the Tigers '"'"GRifHIC DrEL! : playing most of the game in OP­ in the game. The veteran forward El's end, the Panthers managed to displayed a high standard of play, I squeak out a 1-0 win over Dal. On lighting the lamp nvice more on DNE CDUPDN I'ER I'ERSDN 1 Oct. 15, HoUinshead scored a goal Oct. 14 to lead the Tigers to a 7-5 I that helped the Tigers earn a 1-1 win over the UPEI Panthers. McCaf­ EXPIRES NDV. 15m, 2DDI road tie versus the X-Women in frey is a second-year management Antigonish, N.S. Hollinshead is a student from Kitchener, Ont. 5262 Sackville St • dewntowo I fourth-year science student from IJIJENTI 425-2140 I Calgary, Alta. I.. THE____ CDMIC IDDK~HDf~! _ ------strangeadventures.com .I Subway Centennial Women's Basketball Women's hockey, Dal vs UNB Wednesday, Oct. 25 Gay friendly, drummer friendly. Shared use of kitchen etc., as well Dalendar Tournament 3 p.m. @Dal Arena NSPIRG Volunteer-In Send your Dalhousie related events to: Ongoing action@ Dalplex Free with Dal ID 7 p.m.@ Room 314, Dal SUB as 12' trampoline and musical instruments (key board, drum kit dalendar~ dalgazette.ca (FREE) Free with Dal ID The purpose of this meeting is etc.). Pet friendly. 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