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E-mail Dylan at [email protected] from the editor Dylan Matthias Editor-in-Chief Time to calm down and apologize Occupy fiasco is a becoming a playground fight

Dylan Matthias you in line at the Tim's and cutting in munity came together. That was not Editor-in-Chief front of you during rush hour. about camping, as the mayor has said. When police arrested Occupiers on It was a question of principle. The There is a little thing called respect. Remembrance Day and beat protes- mayor and council had one side of a Let's take a step back for a second and tors into police vans, they offended fight, Occupiers another. The result remember the playground days. the people they live with. There was was just about as ugly as watching There are always bullies and vic- a role for both parties in that park. children squabble over toys in a play- tims. There are always conflicts and There was a chance for negotiation, ground. There was far too little matu- most get solved easily without ques- a certain understanding, and reso- rity on display and the calm ones are tions being asked of the underly- lution. Civil conflict is not a simple always left to watch and wonder why. ing cause. Fighting back never really thing that can be beaten up and taken The police and the mayor failed Determined. works, but it's funny how when every- away. Recall the playground: punch- their community on Nov. 11. So did one's yelling in each others' faces, ing your problem rarely solves it. the Occupiers who forgot the ide- nothing gets done, no-one feels bet- Occupiers are not blameless in als they are supposedly fighting for. ter, and people end up hurt. And then this: the stories from that day are not There is nothing democratic about we all feel guilty, because we have to without conflict and provocation. As screaming and yelling—that is just as think about what happened after. the Chronicle Herald has pointed out, oligarchical as money, only the power Halifax is a small town. It's the sort an occupation of anything pushes the goes to whomever has the louder of place where you can and will rec- limits of free expression. There are voice. There is nothing democratic ognize faces everywhere you go. You constructive ways to solve problems about dragging people away, no mat- smile, you say hello, you hope you and Occupiers must in the future be ter their perceived status or provoca- eventually remember that person's more aware of these: shouting out- tion. That is tyranny. name. We all have our different pro- dated protest slogans over negotia- The playground is broken and des- fessions but we are all the same peo- tion is not helpful. Occupiers must perately needs some adults to come ple who go to Moosehead's games, respect their cause and their role in and supervise—not to enforce, just concerts, Remembrance Day ceremo- it: replacing solutions with righteous to be calm, rational members of nies or protests. anger accomplishes nothing. this small town and find a common I have never been to a protest in Police arriving in vans, then stand- ground everyone can share, where we my life. I have no particular desire to ing and watching as if ready for a can make change without disruption. do so—it's not my way of expressing mob riot is nothing but intimida- Everyone involved in this ongoing myself or my way of making change. tion. There was no attempt made to squabble needs to march inside and Like you. To some, the Occupy movement is a resolve anything. It's more polite if sit quietly for half an hour and think. Whether you need to pick up a hassle; to others, it's a global neces- you ask before you start dragging off Then a few apologies can be issued sity to ignite change that cannot wait. someone's belongings. Treat people and we'll all think twice next time. prerequisite or fulfill a requirement, Some just don't care. All of these with respect and the situation is eas- Mayor Kelly? Occupy NS? We're Athabasca University has more than people go to school together and live ier. looking at you to explain yourselves. 800 online courses that can transfer together. They're standing behind Disagreeing members of a com- And do think before you speak. to your degree at your home university. Talk with your advisor to Submit your Micro-Fiction, Poetry and find out if AU is an option for you. Feedback to [email protected] Learn more at explore.athabascau.ca.

1.Tunes Review: Coldplay—Mylo Xyloto Matt Ritchie, Arts 2. Lululemon has effectively cornered the market on brand name Gold Bars and Corn Fields yoga and runner's wear Where a world that lived for merely Though selfish that largesse was one day but reduced. Rose Behar, Arts There breathed two mages—a white As the Sun scorched, the latter 3. Occupiers attempt and a black. ‘came famished When beauteous Sun began As ear by ear of corn passed by Central Park its matinee, his hands The black farmed cornfields while To the white’s belly, already heavy. Katrina Pyne, News white took the yield 4. Too many people Out of megalomania ‘gainst th’ Sun. Where a world that lived until the So the white mage turned the corn Sun set, Sam Vlessing, Opinions into gold There short-lived the glimmers of While the black mage lost power gold and white, 5. Fashion Without to defy; Who noted the curse and needed Borders goes global Because the white only lived for the Sun the day And tried to chase already-fading Kendra Hoskin, News While the black was the offspring light. of the night. But o heaviness! The Sun was faster But no longer shall it return after! At midday so pow’rful was So night engulfed him and the fields the brighter shall rest That he ate gold to match against While night took the black as they the heavens. chased the Sun; But some gold the dark mage- Because the white only lived for farmer required the day For the cornfields’ abundance While the black was the offspring of of produce. the night. And so the white mage consented to give —Adrian Lacson

The Void Part 5 by Chase Veinotte—“What is your name?” It was the middle of the night. I woke up on the floor instead of my cot: it was more comfortable. I looked across to my neighbors, who were both 4 letters to the editor November 25 - December 31, 2011 •

Re: Occupiers Attempt Central Park their lights flashing throughout the A founder of the Church of Public on their own recognizance with no 21st century America. whole ceremony. Before our group Prayer was arrested along with two bail posted. Court dates are set, and The Church of Public Prayer plans Please allow me to follow up on a even arrived, a separate, unrelated other congregants (known now col- no plea bargain deal was offered. on hosting many more prayer circles story recently written by Katrina prayer group of about a dozen women lectively as the Central Park Three). A national legal debate is brewing, in Central Park and elsewhere. They Pyne. were detained by the NYPD and told They were charged with loitering and and many think an important First are dedicated to the cause of spiritual I was there at the Global Prayer to leave the park, even though curfew resisting arrest, though their resis- Amendment case is imminent. freedom, and extremely motivated Circle in Central Park on Friday was hours away. tance came only in the form of silent At stake are the right to free assem- in their defense of the Constitution. night, and I was involved in the plan- After 1:00 a.m, the NYPD told our meditation while the police hand- bly, the right to free expression and More arrests will come, as well as fur- ning of the event. legal observer that they were going to cuffed them and carried their limp religion, and the sanctity of the free ther acts of peaceful civil disobedi- A beautiful service was held there move in and arrest everyone, includ- bodies to the paddy wagon. press. The ACLU is getting involved. ence. that lasted from 11:11 p.m. until about ing the press and OWS medics, and The Central Park Three spent 19 This case will obviously have a huge Thank you for your time, and thank 1:20 a.m. Around 150 people congre- charge them with criminal trespass- hours in lock-up, most of it at "The impact on the fate of OWS, as first you for covering this important story. gated near Strawberry Fields, accom- ing. They then proceeded to forcibly Tomb," the notorious Central Book- thousands, then tens of thousands of Please consider doing a follow-up on panied by over 100 uniformed offi- break up our church meeting during ing facility in downtown Manhat- people begin to arrive in NYC look- the Central Park Three. I think there cers of the NYPD. A police cruiser the middle of a very significant astro- tan. They were offered no food for 11 ing for a place to assemble and peti- will be growing interest in the topic, followed our procession on the side- logical and numerological event that hours. tion the government. The Occupation and you will be one of the first to walk as we made our way into the only occurs once in a lifetime. NY 1 They were defended during of Central Park is almost inevitable, break the news as it develops. park, and many police vehicles hov- TV reporters and other photogra- arraignment by representatives of the and these impending court cases may Please let me know if I can give ered around our prayer circle with phers were pushed out at gunpoint. National Lawyers Guild and released help define the limits of free speech in you any further information or if I can facilitate interviews with those involved in the Global Prayer Circle. I have included links to various sites on the web where pertinent information is posted. —J. W. Yates $ Re: Killam Sch’millam The Pengrowth-Nova Scotia Thanks very much for your Opin- 15,000 ions piece about the Killam Library (“Killam Sch’millam” Nov. 17). It is encouraging to read how much you value the services and spaces in the Energy Innovation Grant can help Killam! I’d like to respond briefly to the issues you’ve raised. We hear frequently that there isn't make your research goals a reality. enough space for students in the library. As you point out, the student body has grown considerably since the Killam was built in 1971. Over time the library has actually regained some space that was used for non-stu- Are you a student preparing to begin a Master’s level program dent purposes, and our goal is to keep in Business, Earth Sciences, Engineering, or Environmental as much of the Killam available for student use as possible. We’re work- Sciences at a Nova Scotia university? Consider energy ing hard with our colleagues from IT and Student Services to ensure that related research – it’s more than just oil and gas. more academic support services are delivered within the library, like the just-in-time writing, research and The Pengrowth-Nova Scotia Energy Innovation Grant supports IT support that have been brought researchers investigating areas of importance to Nova Scotia’s together in the Learning Commons, but not at the expense of study space. energy sector. Up to four $15,000 AWARDS are available The introduction of satellite Learn- each year for priority research areas. ing Commons Hubs, beginning with the new McCain LC in the Life Sci- ences Building, will certainly help, creating more collaborative learning For application details and information on other programs space in a variety of areas on campus. please visit: www.gov.ns.ca/energy Library use in 1971 was also differ- ent than it is now. It is a challenge to accommodate the pressing need Application deadline for the 2011-2012 academic for quiet study space and the newer competing demand for collaborative year is January 20, 2012. learning spaces. The top two floors of the Killam are designated as Quiet Floors, but as you have noted, stu- dents do forget on occasion. We do our best to promote respectful use of the space through plentiful signage and “quiet patrols” during exam peri- “Funding from this grant will allow me to ods. We’d welcome any suggestions you might have on ways to involve students in the enforcement of the combine innovation with creative thinking Quiet zones. The "pungent aroma" from Sub- to aid in the understanding of offshore way is a reminder to students, faculty and staff that any time is a good time resource potential.” to eat—but it’s not always a welcome Darragh O’Connor, Master’s student in Applied Science, Dalhousie University, presence in the library. We are work- winner of the 2011 Pengrowth-Nova Scotia Energy Innovation Grant ing with Facilities Management to improve ventilation and you should notice a positive change shortly. There is not much we can do about the loss of space but we do appreci- ate your concerns, and as mentioned above will work to ensure no further study space is lost. —Donna Bourne-Tyson University Librarian, Killam

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DEVELOPING LEADERS IN ENERGY news news covers Dalhousie and the greater Halifax community. Contributions are welcome! E-mail Katrina and Torey at [email protected] news Katrina Pyne News Editor NSAC to become Dal faculty O’Neill merger predictions play out Daniel Boltinsky with a similar recommendation to naming.” News Contributor incorporate with Dal earlier this year, Since John MacDonell, the Nova students and staff of NSCAD Univer- Scotia minister of agriculture, first In September, the Gazette spoke with sity in Halifax were strongly opposed. announced the merger last May, offi- Susan Spence Wach, the associate Spence Wach calls the two situa- cials have insisted that cost-cutting vice-president of academic programs tions “very different.” In the case of was not the basis behind the deci- at Dalhousie University, about the NSAC, she says, an existing relation- sion. Rather, MacDonell said the upcoming merger of the Nova Sco- ship means students are more open intention was to “ensure that NSAC tia Agricultural College (NSAC) with to the idea, while a geographically could compete with similar institu- Dalhousie University. With discus- distinct campus allows the school to tions in larger centers, and excel on sions in the early stages, not much retain its own distinct character. the national and international stage.” was certain. Now, three months later, According to last year’s O’Neill With Dal’s recent 3.5 per cent bud- a few things are clearer. Report, Dal has already been approv- get cuts and three per cent tuition Mainly, NSAC will likely become ing and granting joint degrees with increase, and a $14.6 million budget a faculty of Dal. “This isn’t the final NSAC. The agricultural school is also shortfall in 2011, Spence Wach says decision,” says Spence Wach, who is transitioning out of being a govern- “It’s safe to say there are concerns a co-leader in the merger talks. “But ment-run institution, which means it from universities.” However, she says this is a good time for you to know is in a much different state from the she is unable to comment on tuition that it would be a faculty, likely a fac- entirely independent NSCAD. and faculty salaries at this stage of ulty of agriculture.” Questions have been raised, discussions. This structure would mean that though. One of the most frequently The O’Neill Report, which argued Dal students could study at the Bible asked pertains to NSAC’s new name. for the amalgamation of a number of Hill campus sometime in the near The college has colloquially been Nova Scotia schools with Dal, includ- future. The goal is to have students referred to as ‘The A.C.,’ and, tak- ing NSCAD and NSAC, stated, “there enrolled in a merged institution for ing this into consideration, the name are no evident cost savings from the the 2012 fall term. ‘Dalhousie Agricultural Campus’ has [NSAC] merger.” A concern among NSAC students, been suggested. “By being able to however, has been the preservation formally refer to it as the ‘Agricul- Susan Spence Wach is a co-leader in the of their campus identity. As a fac- tural Campus’ you are still able to merger talks. • • • Photo by Calum Agnew ulty, the NSAC would be executively retain that ‘A.C.,’” Spence Wach says, administered by Dal. When faced “So that’s where we’re at with the e cost of connectivity news briefs Chebucto Community Net provides free Internet Bringing in support from According to the Herald, JRDN zens, people with disabilities, people lack of information.” the Big Apple acknowledges the role models and with illnesses, especially people with There are currently about 1,000 coaches he had in the commu- terminal illnesses, and the working Community Net users. They can The Halifax Seaport Farmers' Mar- nity, and says he owes much of his poor,” says Wright. either pay $125 for year-round dial- ket is hiring a consultant from New success to what he learned at the Wright himself learned about com- up access, or use a free “text-based York to attract more interest to the facility. It took no arm-twisting puters from Chebucto. When he had a terminal emulator” such as Windows facility, according to the Chronicle to get JRDN to give back to his “piece of crap” computer and couldn’t HyperTerminal or PuTTY. There is Herald. Chris de Waal, president community. afford to replace it, Chebucto helped no format to it, just literally words on and chairman of the market, told —Torey Ellis him repair it. “Now, it’s like I build my a screen. the Herald he believes the success- Assistant News Editor own computers. I can do anything to But it gets people online. ful work of the New York firm in fix anybody else’s. People look at me The organization's two biggest other cities will help with the mar- 200 arrested in like I have superpowers,” says Wright. expenses are the phone lines for peo- ket’s declining popularity. Wright has taken his superpowers ple to dial in on and Wright’s salary, There has been a decrease in the OWS Day of Action Kendra Hoskin to Occupy Nova Scotia. which he describes as full-time hours number of customers visiting the Thousands of protestors marched News Contributor “In their case they are saying it is for a part-time wage. market since the market moved to through the financial district of the majority that is being disadvan- Wright types on his keyboard and its new spot on Pier 21 and became New York City Nov. 18 to mark two In Finland, Australia and parts of the taged. But still it’s people being left looking at a flat screen LG computer. a six-day per week operation. The months since the Occupy move- United Kingdom, Internet access has behind, people being left out. That’s It is his personal computer, and it move also acquired a substan- ment first began. been declared a basic human right. congruent with our own organiza- was his present to himself a few years tial amount of debt. Some vendors The march came after the previ- But in Canada, the country that was tion's goals,” says Wright. back. still continue to ply their wares at ous week’s eviction of Zuccotti Park, ranked sixth in the 2011 Human Since Occupy Nova Scotia began, It is no longer new, but the shiny the old Brewery Market on Lower where Occupiers had been camping Development Index, Internet is still a Wright went down to the general black screen still stands out in Water Street on Saturdays, more out. Over 200 were arrested on the privilege. According to Statistics Can- assembly each day at the Grand Wright’s dark, first floor office in the than a year after the move. Day of Action, to join the hundreds ada, one fifth of the country’s popu- Parade. He offered help and would Chase Building. The office is the size arrested since the first march in lation did not have Internet access in listen to what was being said. He also of a big closet, but it is donated space Halifax’s R&B singer September. 2010. publicizes different aspects of the and Wright says he’s grateful. The day ended with a walk across Chebucto Community Net is a non- movement on Chebucto’s Twitter feed Wright’s support has been limited. doesn’t forget his roots the Brooklyn Bridge, where protes- profit, registered charitable society and high traffic website. He says commercial providers find Halifax’s own R & B singer Jordan tors kept to the sidewalks to avoid that wants to change that statistic— Wright also says he has a com- it uneconomical to help people who Croucher, a.k.a. JRDN, is crediting police action. One of the goals of and they began their work right on pletely selfish motive in supporting need “hand-holding” to get online. the community YMCA for guiding the march had been to shut down Dalhousie campus. the movement: to publicize his own He says he has approached the fed- him in the right direction, says the the stock exchange for the day, but Andrew Wright is the office man- organization. eral, provincial and municipal gov- Chronicle Herald. Now residing in the trading centre did open on time. ager, technical support and the only He says almost nobody knows Che- ernment, who have applauded his Toronto, JRDN was back on Satur- staff member of the organization. bucto exists, despite being the second hard work, but that’s not enough: day to perform at a fundraiser din- —Yehia Abdelkader “Here (in Canada), it’s like you got oldest Internet setup in Nova Sco- Chebucto Community Net needs ner and auction for the YMCA gym- News Contributor the money, you got the Internet. You tia. “I hear all the time people going more money. nasium renovation project. don’t got the money, too bad, too sad,” into the Killam Library looking for “Frankly, all the research and says Wright. directions to find us and the Killam development we’ve done on the sub- He calls his organization the “Inter- Library doesn’t know we exist,” says ject is me financing it out of my own net of last resort.” Wright. pocket,” says Wright. “With more Chebucto, which is run out of the Wright says it is becoming cru- (money), we could do more. There is Advertise with us! Chase building on Studley campus, cial for people to have access to the very much a need for a low-cost high- allows people in Nova Scotia to have Internet. “People don’t long-distance speed access.” Contact Aaron Merchant Internet access for free or at a cheap phone call anymore. They email, He says people could be using the rate. His target is the class of people they Skype, they instant message. service if only they knew about it. [email protected] who are left behind by commercial If you are not a part of that you are “If people don’t know we are here, outfitters. “Typically, that’s senior citi- left out... You are handicapped by then sooner or later we won’t be. 902 449 7281

standing close to their cell door. The knock-off’s eerie eyes glowed a faint red, illuminating the dark cor- ridor. “What is your name?” The stranger asked again, his voice muffled by his silk bandana. I got up, 6 news November 25 - December 31, 2011 •

THIS IS OCCUPY WALL STREET On Nov. 9, three Gazette staff members joined a slew of Dal students on a venture to New York City to see for themselves the Occupy movement in action where it all began—Wall St. In the days following they had the opportunity to speak with countless residents of Zuccotti Park and to witness the impression on the Dal group as a whole. • • • Occupy Wall St. photos by Angela Gzowski

“You should understand that there is a risk involved in this, but if it’s a risk that people are comfortable that the Ladle is going to respect the rules and no one’s going to get hurt, then we should go forward with it.”

rubbing my eyes. “What’s yours?” “My name isn’t important.” “Funny. Neither is mine.” “You are one of them. A space pirate.” “Yeah, so?” The stranger sat back on his cot and folded his arms. “Names are not • November 25 - December 31, 2011 news 7

Four days occupied OCCUPY ARRESTS City of Occupation • Total arrests Niko Bell spider webs of rope. Guy Fawkes mask cocked back on his News Contributor The city of tents, dark and massive forehead. As the bus passed through in the rain and darkness, would only an endless tunnel of brown poplar “Mostly, they had to forget that they survive four more days before the trees, he delivered a monologue to had not come up with a way to leave. New York Police Department would whoever was listening. They had to think that one might sweep it out of existence. No one “There are problems with the SYS- present itself if they waited long knew it, but Jamie and the 37 trav- TEM. The ARTS aren’t valued by our enough. Why should they think about ellers with him were about to see the economic SYSTEM, and Stephen the future? No one else seemed to last days of the occupation. HARPER is cutting some, some two remember it.” “You’re welcome to stay here,” a BILLION from the ARTS.” — Ann Patchett, Bel Canto woman with a tattooed throat told Everyone was talking politics of Jamie when he found the informa- some kind. Hamish Russell was talk- A light rain was falling on lower Man- tion centre, “but it’s tight finding ing about socialism in the seat behind hattan when Jamie Arron stepped space for tents.” Matt. He came to Canada from New into Liberty Plaza. Zuccotti Park was Zealand and ended up living on the a warren, a nest, a solid wall of tents Grand Parade in Halifax. He does not and tarps and signs dripping in the call himself a socialist, but he says the rain. If the train of students following “ e city of tents, current form of capitalism must go. Jamie felt small carrying their packs Stefi van Wijk was half listening to and sleeping bags through the giant dark and massive Matt and half studying Plato. She is neon lights of Soho and Tribeca and in first year, but her earnest intensity the towering cliffs of the financial dis- in the rain and has already put her in a role of lead- trict, they felt smaller now. They were ership. Like Jamie, when she speaks, one tribe, far from home, standing at darkness, would people listen. the edge of the chaos of the park. As the bus rolled through the New A tattered marching band with a only survive four Jersey turnpike, Matt was still in his trombone and a fiddle and a drum monologue. appeared out of the rain and oom- more days.” “YOU can also BE a corporate pahed past, followed by shouts and IDENTITY. But if you are a natural cheers. Despite the rain, there was a PERSON then laws can’t DEAL with festive atmosphere at night. The roar The travellers had woken up that you.” Calgary • 0 Toronto • 2 Toronto

of drums from the west side of the morning, bleary eyed, to the swish of Halifax • 17 Atlanta • 72 plaza ricocheted off the skyscrapers rain on the windshield of the bus. One Jamie had decided he wanted to go to Honolulu • 5 Vancouver • 1 Vancouver Chicago • 352 and enveloped the park. Burger King croissant went mostly Wall Street 10 days earlier. He called Oakland • 206 London, ON • 2

The inside of Zuccotti Park was uneaten at the Kennebunk turnpike, his friend Kat Stein and told her. London, UK • 24 dark—there was no electricity— but two Starbucks sugar shakers were I’ll put down the money, he said, • 943 Street Wall and there were only narrow paths emptied into cups of coffee. let’s make this happen. between the tents. Every available Matt Burton had got on the bus in Less than a week later, he had Global Total • 3621 corner was packed with canvas, and Moncton, and was perched up on his upgraded from a 29 seater bus to the few bare trees were covered with seat wearing a leather jacket and a Occupy continues.... As of Nov. 19 • Not all cities listed above

important. But trust is. If you wish to escape, I must know your name.” He nodded to his knock-off friend. “This is Ef-Zero-Ex. “You can call me Fox.” The knock-off said gleefully. The stranger nodded. “He is my 8 news November 25 - December 31, 2011 •

SEPT. 17 • First gathering of Occupy Wall Street (OWS). SEPT. 19 • First Occupy media coverage [Keith Olbermann, of Current TV]. OCT. 1 • OWS takes the Brooklyn Bridge: more than 5000 protestors attend, more than 700 arrested. OCT. 16 • First ONS rally in the Grand Parade. OCT. 25 • Police in Oakland, California use tear gas and rubber bullets against Occupy Oakland protestors. OCT. 25 • Halifax mayor Peter Kelly tells ONS to be out of the Grand Parade by Nov. 6 to make way for Remembrance Day. OCT. 26 • The Chronicle Herald reports that ONS won’t leave the Grand Parade. Occupy continued.... orange ticker in the subway tells you ing out of Zuccotti Park and spurting through the mud to jail. There is no OCT. 30 • ONS says they will a 36, and then again to a 42. He had if you see a suspicious package left protesters out onto the street. more Occupy Halifax.” vacate the Grand Parade, already made back three quarters unattended you should immediately Stefi plays a round of shuffle-it- Hamish is the only true occupier of but will be back on Nov. 12. of the $8,000 of his own money that inform a cop. Not a policeman. Not along with a cop called Markov, the Dalhousie tribe. He lived on the NOV. 8 • ONS moves he had spent. And the list was still the authorities. A cop. because she is trying to guard a pile Grand Parade for two weeks, empty- to Victoria Park. growing. of tents and sleeping bags. ing and refilling dishwater with quiet Jamie insisted that he did not want “You gotta move off the sidewalk,” perseverance, and going to his Dal- NOV. 11 to be the leader, that everyone was Markov tells her. “The sidewalk is housie classes. The others have lost 12:00 p.m. • Eviction notice signed coming on their own terms, and that “We don’t public space.” a movement, but Hamish has lost his by acting CAO Mike Labrecque is he could not make decisions for other “Yeah, well, this is all public space, home—temporary though it was. delivered. An emergency rally is people. But when he met with 30 really know the right?“ Stefi says. In Zuccotti Park, tension is grow- planned for 3:00 p.m. other students in the Dalhousie Stu- “Look, just move off the sidewalk,” ing. The anarchists have been hand- dent Union Building, they listened 1:45 p.m. • Police move situation that Markov says with a false-sweet New ing out pamphlets for a general in silence as he told them about the York yaw in his A’s. assembly tonight, when none was into Victoria Park, begin risks of crossing the border and of Stefi turns and squares herself. She scheduled. There is talk of “taking dismantling tents. we’re entering protesting in a country where they has three inches on the little mous- back Zuccotti Park from the bureau- 2:30 p.m. • Police begin arrests. had no legal protection. into. It could tached cop, and her Dutch blood crats,” and fighting the “1% of Liberty 3:00 p.m. • Supporters and “We don’t really know the situation shows in her square shoulders and Plaza.” that we’re entering into,” he said. “It firm jaw. “witnesses” gather in Victoria Park. change at any When the assembly gathers, the could change at any moment.” “Yeah well, I’m just asking.” Stefi says. crowd is tense and restless. The 4:30 p.m. • CBC Halifax And change it has. It is Friday moment.” Markov drops the sweet voice, and human mic—the assembly which reports 14 arrests. morning, and the sun slanting over tells her to get off the sidewalk. For repeats back a speaker’s words in 5:00 p.m. • Mayor Kelly speaks on Broadway finds a smear of brightly a moment, Stefi doesn’t move. Every- amplifying unison—is unsteady and CBC radio, says that eviction was a coloured tents slapped across the cold Within two blocks of Zuccotti park, one is looking now—two other cops, cacophonous. Each speaker sets the stone face of Manhattan. The tribe you cannot stand more than a bus- the girl knitting a hat in her deck crowd into grumbling and whisper- council decision. wakes and shivers, and tries not to length from a cop. Friday afternoon, chair, the guy selling “99%” buttons. ing. They talk about closed meetings, 5:40 p.m. • OpenFile Halifax feel naked and exposed as the down- there are 18 police cruisers parked She doesn’t move, and for a moment the executive spokes council which reports that council gave no town morning rush stares up at them two deep all along the north edge Markov puts his hand on the guard- has claimed too much power, elitism, permission to evict that day. on the steps of Saint Peter's Church. of Liberty Plaza, and then there are rail, like he’s going to walk onto the and retaining the values of the move- They found refuge here when Zuc- the bikes, and the vans, and the cor- 6:30 p.m. • Police remove sidewalk. ment. cotti Park proved too full to hold 30 rugated steel command centre that Kat Stein grabs Stefi's shoulder, One facilitator mentions—perhaps last tent from Victoria Park. Canadian university students. looks like a hot-dog stand. At the which is barely below her nose, and carelessly—that this assembly is not 6:45 p.m. • Occupiers show up Beside the old World Trade Centre northwest corner a hydraulic guard says “He’s just saying, stay over here.” the “official” assembly of Occupy Wall at St. Andrew’s church for a site, the digital thermometer reads 47 tower with shaded windows cranes its The spell is broken, and Stefi turns Street. An excited anarchist makes general assembly. 16 people degrees (8 C), but the wind cuts much security camera eyes like a mechani- away. Nobody is going to be arrested him sit down, and they have a whis- spend the night. colder. cal insect, all decked out in NYPD this time. pered argument full of angry ges- The rain has stopped and spirits blue and white. tures. NOV. 12 are high in Zuccotti. Drums are echo- The cops stand around the park It is Friday night when news trickles “Point of process,” a man yells from 12:00 a.m.– 4 a.m. • Arrested ing off the black facade of 1 Liberty every 15 feet, playing an endless game in that Occupy Nova Scotia is gone. the crowd. Before he can go on, he is protestors released. Plaza, and the smell of toasted bagels of shuffle-it-along. Stand still too The tribe is sitting in a panini shop cut off by another caller who is more 11:00 a.m. • Return to Grand floats from the food tent. The mood long on the sidewalk, and a cop tells next to Zuccotti, drinking tea to keep successful in gaining the support of Parade; 3 people re-arrested. is optimistic. In the morning, under you to keep moving because you’re the management happy, and passing the human mic. a blue sky, with the green peace flag blocking traffic. around an iPhone showing video of “Point of process (point of pro- NOV. 13– PRESENT • Rallies/ flapping over the park, it is easy to It is not because anybody is block- the eviction. cess!)” the second speaker yells. General Assemblies held in imagine that this will last forever. ing traffic; there is plenty of space on “... and they dragged them through “How can a point of process... (how Grand Parade nearly every day. Zuccotti is its own city, with its own the sidewalk. the mud!” can a point of process...) be brought NOV. 15 • In New York, OWS library, its own traditions and geog- The cops say this because once one “In the middle of the night...” before this assembly... (be brought evicted from Zuccotti Park raphy. Even the cops on the street do person stops to stare, another will “... In Secret?” before this assembly...) if this assem- on grounds of health risks. not seem threatening to the canvas stop. Like a clogged blood vessel, peo- “Oh my god...” bly... (if this assembly...) does not and plastic edifice of the park. ple begin to coagulate into a mass of “That’s heavy...” exist? (does not exist?)” NOV. 17 • More than 30,000 talking, shouting, laughing, sign wav- Hamish Russell makes the Danielle Howe was not at the people march through NYC There are no police officers in New ing humanity. Before the cops can announcement that everyone already unauthorized general assembly. with Occupiers. York. There are only cops. Even the lift a gloved finger, the mass is bulg- knows solemnly. “They dragged them Occupy continues....

servant and my partner. We’ve come to Saga Prime on an important mission that your fellows have rudely interrupted.” So I’m on Saga Prime. That’s a far ways away from home. I stood up, stretching my ach- • November 25 - December 31, 2011 news 9

Occupy continued.... police buses parked up the street. She went to a meeting of the 50 work- Buses mean arrests—it was likely a ing groups which have branched off bus like these that took away eight from the original assembly. The protesters from Central Park the meeting was intended to ratify the night before. working groups. Only two were rati- But the police are not here for the fied. The rest of the meeting was Dalhousie tribe. The cops sip their spent arguing over whether or not the coffee, and huddle around a cor- meeting should continue when not all rugated steel command post, and members were present. glance curiously back at Stefi and That night, Jamie and Danielle J.D. Like Zuccotti Park, the church is watch a prayer circle at night in Cen- private property; the police will not tral Park. Matt is there too, with his enter until they are asked or ordered. Guy Fawkes mask on this time, and Nevertheless, the tribe packs up gives a rambling prayer to mother camp with one eye on the cops. Voices earth. The cops stand on the side- are hushed and eyes downcast until lines, the headlights of their cruisers they have shuffled back to Zuccotti. lighting up the huddled circle of pro- “What are they doing?” laughs a testers. New Yorker on his way by the church, “Oranika, orai, nika nika, hei hei, “occupying religion?” riki tai-tai,” the protesters sing. The regular general assembly Nobody mentions that this circle of Occupy Wall Street is held that will end in arrests. Maybe the silence night. It is bizarre but awe-inspiring. U of Occupy educates Dal is for the sake of the police. Maybe it The south-east corner of the park is is for themselves. packed, and the collective voice of the Jamie and Danielle leave quietly assembly reaches the far corners of Questions university’s motives on education before the evening curfew, when the Liberty Plaza. police are sure to swoop down on the The topic of the evening is whether Katrina Pyne essary step for the Occupy move- 1% use their wealth to influence the remaining protesters. The tribe has or not the movement should take out News Editor ment. “Universities are arguably as decisions being made. He says that is made a pact: nobody is to get them- a copyright on “Occupy Wall Street.” important as Wall Street at main- exactly what’s happening here. selves arrested. Sam Cohen, a lawyer who volunteers The tents were pitched, the group taining the system that we have right He says it’s actually surprising that to represent the assembly, stands assembled, and for a moment, it now and chaining people to the sys- there weren’t more students at Grand awkwardly in front of the crowd and looked like Occupy had come to Dal- tem through debt. And they maintain Parade camping out. He guesses only tries to explain copyright law. The housie—which they had—for a day. U this ideology through mass-produced 20 per cent of the people there were “ ey dragged assembly reacts with confusion and of Occupy put on the ‘Ideas are Free’ education.” university students. anger. Nothing is accomplished. The event Nov. 16 at Dal campus to invite She says if nothing else, U of According to Redfield, there has them through argument drags on for four and a half students into the dialogue of the Occupy can effectively get students been some criticism toward students hours. Voices go hoarse, heads ache, movement. to think more critically about issues involved in the Occupy movement in the mud to jail. and the crowd shrinks to a quarter of Through discussion groups, let- within the university institution. the past. “People say, ‘Look at all these its size. ter writing, a panel discussion and “Because when you’re in a classroom privileged kids with their fancy MEC ere is no more It would be the last general assem- an overall re-creation of the Occupy and you have the price tag for that tents and their iPhones’, and they bly held in the occupied park. group, students got a chance to ask class for tens of thousands of dol- call the students hypocritical. But Occupy Halifax.” Forty hours after the Dalhousie questions about Occupy in a less lars hanging over your head, you just to expect that a protest is going to tribe leave Zuccotti Park on Sunday intimidating environment. want to get the marks on your tran- exist outside of a system in which we morning, the New York police would Alex Redfield, a local farmer in scripts that equal the amount of dol- are all entrenched in, is a little out- The first rays of sunlight do not reach sweep the tent city away. Hants County, spoke about food, pol- lars that you’re putting in.” landish.” the steps of Saint Peter's until mid But that morning, the green peace itics and corporatization on campus. Hamish Nelson has been camping “I think when you take a casual Saturday morning. First, the sun flag was still flapping in the breeze, He says the university has become too out at the Grand Parade for 28 days, glance at the Occupy movement, it’s must climb its way over the gothic and the cops wandered their beats. comfortable stepping into the role of on and off. He says he’s there because hard to understand what it is. But if shoulders of the Woolworth Build- Occupiers grumbled about the dirt, a corporation. “The university is a of the issues students face such as ris- you take anything more than a casual ing—the cathedral of commerce about the elitists, about the cops, very interesting microcosm of capi- ing tuition costs, a rough job market glance, it’s very, very clear.” itself. The terracotta gargoyles and about the t-shirt sellers, as they lined talism,” he says. “With the Loaded when they graduate and the increas- “This is the only thing in my life- green copper roofs thrust 57 storeys up for bagels and eggs. A bearded Ladle, for example, I know that there ing corporate influence over univer- time where people have been talk- above the huddle of protesters in anarchist handed out fliers to passers was some bylaw issues that were very sities. “Look at the business school, ing about making a better world in a Zuccotti Park, above the seven little by, and the morning shift of protest- similar to the Occupy Nova Scotia for example. It is very well endowed very real way and I think that’s more tents on the steps of Saint Peter's, and ers held up signs demanding the end protest.” because the lovely Mr. Rowe can inspiring than people are giving it the five police vans that are parked at of capitalism. Redfield says that though the uni- donate money to the school’s depart- credit for.” the church steps. On Broadway, a few red tourist versity is unique as a corporation, the ments when the school is struggling Stefi and J.D. are the first out of buses passed by, and visitors craned structure and the method of decision- he’s got a lot of corporate interest in Clare Webber, Dal, writes a letter to their tents. They stand frozen for a out to snap pictures. making is the same. financing research there.” Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly about Occupy. moment, staring at the police. They According to Anna Bishop, the Nelson says the general theme of • • • Photo by Katrina Pyne eye the vans, and the officers with organizer of the Ideas Are Free event, the 99% is that people don't have the their swinging nightsticks, and two Occupy within the university is a nec- voice they should have because the

ing muscles. “You say trust is important, but names aren’t.” I grinned. “If you want my trust, I’m going to need a name too.” The stranger stayed silent. I had met a dead end. This guy wasn’t giving up. I decided opinions gazette opinions welcomes any opinion backed up with facts; but we don’t publish rants. E-mail Matthew at [email protected] to contribute opinions Matthew Ritchie Opinions Editor What is it about Israel? As international citizens, we should focus our energy on more pressing matters Alana Westwood of the people who will attend pro or For those who believe that Israel- Opinions Contributor anti-Israel campus demonstrations Palestine should dominate our atten- in March attended a Truth and Rec- tion, I ask this of you: Put an end to When it comes to international onciliation Commission of Canada the proselytizing from afar. Get on issues, most people don’t take notice event to acknowledge the injustices a plane and go speak to Israelis and until the problem has a direct impact done by the Canadian government Palestinians. Cross the wall your- on their lives. Whether it’s poverty, to Aboriginal and First Nations peo- self. Get involved with local non- environmental damage or war, peo- ples? Even given the relevance and profit groups who are trying to build ple hesitate to get involved until there urgency of this last issue, my guess is bridges between divided peoples. is an immediate and personal reason not many. People working diligently and effec- to do so. Though this rule of thumb Though neither the actions of tively towards peace are not hard to generally holds true, it flies right out either side in the Israel-Palestine find. the window with the issue of Israel conflict should be condoned, a little When I stood at the wall, I was and the occupied Palestinian Terri- perspective is needed. It is one mess humbled. I lost my convictions about tories. among many, yet receives the bulk of the conflict, who was the aggres- The Western obsession with this the attention. sor and who was the victim. I real- conflict is peculiar, evident from the There are a host of potential rea- ized that the information I had been continuous stream of propaganda sons for this, each as controversial as receiving in Canada was deeply polar- from both sides found in the media. the issue itself. Perhaps governments ized, further aggravated by the simi- A look at university campuses across are trying to appease wealthy oil- larly ill-informed opinions of those Canada reveals a range of anti and bearing Arab countries, or conversely, around me. pro-Israel groups active at any given to appease the wealthy Jewish elec- Whether or not we have a duty to time. Honest reporting and analy- torate. Perhaps it’s anti-Islamism or actively participate in ending inter- sis has become challenging to find, anti-Semitism. Perhaps it is because national conflict is debatable. What is and as the issue becomes more polar- Israel is a developed country, and we clear is that as international citizens, ized, even something as simple as of the developed world wish to make we are obliged to not make things a research partnership between a an example of them. Yet most Cana- worse. If we intend to comment on Canadian university and an Israeli dians would be shocked and appalled international conflicts, we must be one is enough to spark fierce, embit- by the living conditions and rights objective and fair and accord all of tered debate. offenses on native reservations in our the conflicts worldwide the attention Many Canadians voice strong opin- own country. they deserve. Pontificating on one ions on the Israeli-Palestinian con- Whatever the reason, as interna- issue from here—out of context and flict. Yet, ask these same people about tional citizens, we cannot allow our- thousands of kilometers away—does the uprising in Syria, the Colombian selves to be distracted by a single more harm than good. Armed Conflict, or the insurgency in issue. If a small fraction of the pas- If we want to truly be of use, we Yemen, and the conviction of their sion and attention placed on Israel should get educated and do some- words falls flat. Where are the speak- was focused on other conflicts, the thing about the issues we are passion- “As international citizens, we ers and groups rallying for or against resources might be available to solve ate about. the issue of al-Shabaab banning aid them more quickly and effectively. cannot allow ourselves to be organizations in famine stricken Furthermore, before pointing the fin- Our focus needs to spread elsewhere. Somalia? What about the estimated ger at others, it may be that we should • • • Illustration by Jonathan Rotsztain distracted by a single issue.” 500, 000 people currently detained take a hard look at the issues within in China without trial? How many our own country. Bang for your buck: Occupiers are part of our capitalist society Sam Vlessing According to the American Inter- age Dal student falls into that 85 per Opinions Contributor nal Revenue Service’s (IRS) web- cent). According to the IMF, the dis- site, it takes an annual income of parity in global wealth is so severe The Occupy movement claims that $343,920 USD to be ranked among that an individual with $2,200 USD our contemporary capitalist system the top one per cent of tax earners would be in the top half of the world’s has become incompatible with the in the United States, while in Can- wealth distribution. requirements of a true liberal democ- ada, the IRS reports that it takes an Liberal democratic capitalism pro- racy. Some Occupiers want an equal annual income of $181, 000 CAD to vides Canadians with the monetary distribution of wealth, some look to rank among the one per cent, or top backing that support our vast welfare change our economic system, and 237,000 income earners, approxi- programs, healthcare systems, edu- some of them seek a socialist gov- mately half of the income needed to cational structure, and military. Not ernment. The movement’s sheer rank in the same category in the U.S. only has the liberal international eco- ingenuity and commitment to their The economic disparity in Can- nomic order enabled the many states cause has sparked debate, criticism ada is relatively similar to that of our that benefit from free trade to grow and support from all over the world. American counterparts. In Canada, economically at an unprecedented Even though the ideology behind the wealth is much more unequally dis- rate, it has provided a forum for Occupy movement may be somewhat tributed than income, with 58 per established economic powers to sup- flawed, they still possess the right to cent of the wealth in the hands of the port newly developed economies. contribute to our democratic process. top 10 per cent. It is interesting to Freedom is an essential part of any The main issue exemplifies itself note that even though the Canadian liberal democratic system. Without through the “We are the 99%” motto economic system is regulated tightly the right to pressure the governing representing the entire Occupy move- and has not participated in outra- polity of a state, a mechanism for citi- ment. There is a tremendous dispar- geously large bailouts similar to the zens to get involved in the political ity in wealth accumulation within ones south of the border, according to process is lost. our global system; however, the 99% the Canada Revenue Agency’s web- Individuals should be free from motto isn’t all that accurate. Accord- site, the top half of Canadians hold an constraint, and it doesn’t matter ing to the CIA’s website, the top one enormous 94.4 per cent of the wealth. whether they decide to engage in per cent of United States households The asymmetrical distribution our successful capitalist economy or owned 34.6 per cent of the wealth in of wealth on earth is outrageous. occupy public spaces to prove a point. 2007. 20 per cent of the population According to the International Mon- But the amount of economic growth owned a staggering 85 per cent of etary Fund’s (IMF) website, one per both domestically and internation- the wealth, leaving 15 per cent of the cent of the global population possess ally over the past few decades makes wealth to the bottom 80 per cent of 40 per cent of the world’s wealth— it almost naive not to acknowledge the population. It’s evident that in the that is total assets free of debt—and the importance of capitalism in the United States, the majority of wealth 10 per cent of the world’s popula- economic spectrum. is held by a relatively small amount of tion possess approximately 85 per The disparity between rich and poor is growing. • • • Photo by Angela Gzowski hands. cent of the global wealth (the aver-

to surrender instead. I couldn’t bother faking my name at this point. “My name is Tommy Crookstar. I was a pirate of this brigade, but, as you can see, I’ve been enjoying life more… fully.” “Excellent. You should opinions 11

Lost in the 99% Finding your place in the movement

Katrina Pyne It can be so easy to see the police News Editor as “enemies of the movement” when they stand in a pristine Grand Parade Whether American or Canadian, following the day of eviction, but we homeless or comfortably living in need to recognize the part they play your country estate, chances are you in the movement as well: security. are part of the 99%. After wandering around Zuccotti But what does that mean? Does it Park and the rest of New York for a mean you should immediately leave few days, I started to get a sense of the your house, job and family, grab a 99%. Not everyone is able to camp loudspeaker and tent, and join the out and not everyone wants to. For movement? some, simply offering support to the 2012 ROSEMARY GILL AWARD To me, the biggest challenge with movement—whether through food the Occupy movement is finding or clothing donations—is enough. your place in the 99%—occupying For others, their part in the 99% is to CALL FOR NOMINATIONS the movement as a whole. I think the write letters to politicians to try and confusion that threatens the orga- affect change that way. In June of 1995 the President approved the establishment of the Rosemary Gill nization of Occupy stems from an Back in Halifax, I spoke to a num- Award in memory of Dr. Rosemary Gill, Director of University Health Services, inability to find one's place in the ber of veterans as Remembrance Day movement. approached. Many recognized that who exempli ed a high level of commitment of service to students, both in terms Last week, I ventured to Wall they were part of the 99% too, but of her responsibilities as a physician on campus and as a member of the larger Street on assignment for the Gazette. disagreed with other aspects of the University community. At 9 p.m. I arrived at Zuccotti Park movement such as camping out in and was quickly ushered to what Grand Parade on Remembrance Day. Awards are presented annually to a member or members of faculty or staff of the appeared to be the last remaining They were conflicted and the conflict tent space, right in the center of it drew them away from the movement. University who have provided outstanding service, other than teaching, to students. all. Not only did I feel lost in a literal In New York, the BBC interviewed Up to four awards can be made each year. The selection of recipients is made by sense—having no idea where in New a number of construction workers York I was—but I also felt lost among building Tower 4 at Ground Zero, a committee consisting of the President; the Vice-President, Student Services; the the 99%. blocks from Zuccotti Park. They too Chair of the Student Experience Committee of the Board of Governors; and a Everyone there had a purpose, from knew they were part of the 99%, but student appointed by the Dalhousie Student Union. the kitchen volunteers, the book- they couldn’t wait for protesters to keeper, the drummers, the leaders leave Zuccotti Park so they could get The rst Rosemary Gill Awards were presented in February, 1996, and nominations of the marches, to those holding the their lunch-hour park back. loudspeakers. There was even a man For me, as a journalist and a mem- are now being sought for awards to be presented in 2012. Nominations should be assigned to look after dogs and cats ber of the 99%, this struggle follows made in writing and include the rationale for the nomination and up to three letters in the park, and a woman whose sole me in my reporting of the Occupy of support, preferably including at least one from a student or students. To assist purpose was to give out free hugs. It movement. Is it possible to be unbi- was overwhelming. ased writing about the 99%, while you in planning your submission, a nomination form can be found on the Student As I drifted in and out of sleep, I camping out in Zuccotti Park, with Services website, studentservices.dal.ca. could hear the sound of the NYPD’s my bills stacking up at home? I’m not radios as police officers walked past sure. The Rosemary Gill Award is a plaque presented to the recipient at a spring reception my tent. I couldn't help but sympa- So I am asking you, the activists, hosted by the President. In addition, a permanent plaque bearing the names of annual thize with the police how conflicting those who know their place in this it must be for them. After all, they are movement, to be patient with the rest recipients is displayed in the Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building. part of the 99% too. of us. Remember, you are lucky. Don’t A letter released by the Oakland be too critical of those who are con- Please submit nominations to: Police Officer’s Association on Nov. 11 flicted and still finding their place. was rife with confusion and conflict. “The 99%” is an awful lot of people. The Of ce of the Vice-President On one hand, the police recognized One could almost get lost among Student Services that they were part of the 99%, but on them. the other hand, they were unable to Room 325A perform their duties to serve and pro- No matter what the background we Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building tect the public because the Occupy all have a place in the 99%. Dalhousie University movement was pulling police away • • • Photo by Angela Gzowski from Oakland, California neighbor- 6299 South Street, P.O. Box 15000 hoods. Halifax, NS B3H 4R2 The deadline for nominations is Friday, December 16, 2011. be pleased that you will not have to deal with your father soon enough. He’s made OCCUPY WALL NYC HFX What is the biggest challenge facing the Occupy movement?

”Creating government structures ”Making it through winter” “Reestablishing our physical “Getting the people Peter Kelly while we're using them” commnunity and bringing the forced on to the streets Matt Josie Lenwell family back together” off the streets” 20 days, Virginia 0 days, New Mexico Courtney Redden Pirate Babineau 30 days, Halifax 30 days, Halifax

”Organization” ”Public perception” “Peter Kelly and his goon squad” “Connecting the local with the global” Penny Little Joshua Walsh Miles Howe Dr. Lindsay DuBois 0 days, California 1 day, Virginia activist/journalist anthropolgy professor

”Staying through the winter” ”Getting people to understand “Media framing” “Trying to form a community why we're here” and political message Chris Stephanie Boulton at the same time” 3.5 weeks, Oregon Victoria Chirafusi masters of environmental studies Xander Gopen 2 days, New York 5th-year IDS

NYC by Katrina Pyne ”Getting the mainstream ”To communicate and find and Angela Gzowski “Finding a place to Occupy where “Overcoming stereotypes” media to really listen to us” common ground” Peter Kelly won't evict them” Marsha Spencer Chris HFX by Katrina Pyne Alex Sisley Ciarra Glass 5 days, New York 6.5 weeks, Washington and Jonathan Rotsztain 5th-year microbiology 3rd-year neuroscience

a grave mistake in taking me captive.” “Y-you’ve met my father?” I was stunned, until I realize I had made the mistake of giving up my last name. Stupid, stupid me. I tried my best to recover. “Of course.” The opinions 13

THE BIG TOP Occupiers need to fight mayor’s circus

Samantha Elmsley Occupy movement. Enforcing this Opinions Contributor legality on a random group of people living in a public space is much dif- When I failed a test in Grade 5, my ferent than using it to oust an inter- teacher told me that I had to learn to national movement. Justice must be deal with constructive criticism. “It’s sensitive to the context in which it hard to take,” she said, “but it will operates. help you learn more in the long run.” Call me a leftie radical, but I smell The Occupy movement is many something off in the HRM’s treat- things, but at its core, it is a critique. ment of this movement. By taking The right to freedom of speech is away the protester’s rights to occupy, a responsibility to hold each other Kelly is automatically striking at accountable. So I question why our the foundation of what the protest mayor is so afraid of letting this con- is about. In other words, it is called structive criticism unfold. Occupy because they occupy pub- Are your reading comprehension In an interview with CBC-TV fol- lic places. Get it? It seems impossi- lowing the Occupy eviction, Mayor ble that Kelly and the city’s Council Peter Kelly stressed that the Occupy would be unaware of this. and writing skills holding crackdown during the Remembrance Furthermore, I frankly find it dis- Day weekend was in response to the turbing that so many people are so you back? Is English camps set up in Grand Parade. Kelly quick to take the authority’s side. pointed out that camping in a public Have people simply stopped ask- your second language? space is illegal under an HRM bylaw, ing questions? A healthy democracy further emphasizing that while the needs people to criticize the author- movement can no longer “occupy” ities within it. As Canadians, we are We have the solution: SpellRead is a gold-standard, the square, the right to protest still responsible for keeping our govern- science-based English language literacy program that stands. ments in check. The exact threat posed by the move- Put your tents back up, Occupy. can dramatically impact your success at University. ment’s occupation remains unclear Canada needs you. to me. Violation of a bylaw would be You are invited to participate in an exciting pilot program. the probable answer, but in my mind, The infamous Nov. 11 Occupy NS there is something much bigger than eviction. • • • Photo by Rob Grandy Call us today to book a seat at our FREE reading skills violating a bylaw going on within the assessment clinic on November 26th. This Project is at half price ($25 per hour minimum Power to the people of 100 hours) and additional cost savings are also IATI offers step towards better aid available - so don’t miss this opportunity! Call: 453-4113 Samantha Elmsley Standard. According to its website, email: [email protected] Opinions Contributor AidTransparency.net, this standard publishes “financial flows, results or talk to your student advisor On Oct. 17, an invasion of black boxes information, budgets, timelines, descended on Dalhousie campus. project descriptions and documenta- They came equipped with a Quick tion, activity and sector codes, [and] Response (QR) code that took smart- geographic data” for the public. phone users straight to EWB.ca/ Engineers Without Borders has SKILLED. CONFIDENT. LEARNERS. YourVoice, a website explaining why been working on raising awareness Located in the south end of Halifax the International Aid Transparency in anticipation of the 4th High Level 6389 Coburg Road Initiative (IATI) is a crucial step in Forum for Aid Effectiveness, taking improving Canada’s aid effectiveness. place in South Korea from Nov. 29 to Telephone: 902.453.4113 • Fax: 902.453.6677 • [email protected] If I had a smartphone, or knew what Dec. 1. QR codes were before I wrote this Sophie Henderson, chief represen- article, I’m sure I would have found tative for the EWB Dalhousie Univer- it incredibly useful and informative. sity Chapter, described the forum’s www.halifaxlearning.com But for us luddites, representatives intention being “to discuss aid and from the Dalhousie Engineers With- renew commitments to achieving out Borders society stood outside the effectiveness objectives.” an angry condemnation by the other tion—which is being sent to Cana- Initiatives like IATI need support Killam library, where passersby could A push for transparency in financial Eurozone members, ultimately lead- dian International Development now more than ever. Maybe I’m just chat with a human being about what flow seems to be a hot topic around ing to the president’s resignation. Agency Minister Bev Oda—knows all speaking from my sensationalist IATI is and why EWB supports it, the globe lately with Occupy calling It seems to me that every attempt the intricate details of international journalist standpoint, but I believe and why we should all support it too. for justice and regulation on Wall to bring any economic and political development. But a true democ- there is an urgent need to express our The IATI came to fruition in 2008 Street and Greek citizens expressing issues back to the people has been racy takes every citizen’s reasonably engagement in the cause. If the com- when a number of donors, civil soci- their discontent, among others. But if shut down. Over and over, govern- informed opinion into account. mon citizen doesn’t demand trans- ety organizations, and foreign aid these two issues can be said to exem- ments and political powerhouses Citizens of a democracy have a parency and accountability, we can be ministries from various countries plify the trend, they don’t bode well around the world bring out the sense responsibility to be informed and to sure it won’t be given to us. pledged to make aid more trans- for the IATI endeavour. The last of that we should step back and let the communicate their vision to the gov- parent. Together, the group devel- New York’s Occupy tent city dwellers big kids handle the issues. ernment. Failure to take up this chal- Sign the petition at oped and continues to work on stan- were hauled away on Nov. 16, and the No, not every Occupier has a degree lenge means sending the message EWB.ca/YourVoice dards for publishing data related to referendum offered by Greek presi- in economics, and no, not every per- that we don’t care about the changes aid expenditure, dubbed the IATI dent George Papandreou resulted in son who has signed the IATI peti- occurring in our world. arts&culture arts covers cultural happenings in Halifax. E-mail Erica and Leslie at [email protected] to contribute. arts&culture Erica Eades Arts Editor WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? Rolling Stone cover stars come to Halifax

America to win the grand prize, ing about for nearly a decade. and—the real highlight—meeting which also included a contract with Consisting of Ewan Currie on gui- roots-rock icons David Crosby and Atlantic Records (home to such leg- tar and vocals, Leot Hansen on gui- Graham Nash at the Rolling Stone ends as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles tar, Gullen on bass and Sam Corbett offices in New York. and Led Zeppelin, to name a few), on drums, the 'Dogs have been mak- “It was very strange meeting some- along with some serious bragging ing music together for years. With one you look up to like that,” says Gul- rights. four independent albums under their len. “We were kind of in awe.” But Gullen is quick to remark the belts, and an old school rock & roll Their interaction also brought band didn't actually enter the con- sound that could leave even the most up memories of a fellow Saskatoon test. It was their manager, Joel Carri- diehard Crosby, Stills & Nash fan native who has left a fairly significant ere, who first turned the folks at Roll- nostalgic for the 'good old days,' one mark on the Canadian music scene: ing Stone on to the Sheepdogs. might expect them to have reached The one and only Joni Mitchell. Both “We basically got a call from Joel this level of fame ages ago. Graham and Crosby were romanti- saying, 'Hey, you're going to get a call But Gullen will be the first to tell cally involved with Mitchell in the from Atlantic and a call from Rolling you the band hasn't had it easy. “We past, and were ecstatic to hear the Stone. They're going to explain some- spent a lot of time having people tell Sheepdogs shared a hometown with thing really crazy that they're inter- us our music was too niche, or too their former love interest. ested in having you guys involved old-sounding, or that it wasn't mar- “David Crosby told us, 'Falling in with,'” he remembers. “It was more of ketable to the general public,” he says. love with Joni Mitchell is like falling a big surprise than anything.” Now, Gullen and his bearded com- into a cement mixer!'” laughs Gullen. Seeing it as an opportunity to gain rades are selling out shows across the Now, as they embark on their first some exposure in the United States— country, including a slew of perfor- Canadian headlining tour since win- an increasingly difficult task for mances opening for southern sleaze ning the competition, the guys are The Sheepdogs. • • • Supplied photo by Alex Kirzhner young Canadian bands, says Gullen— rockers Kings of Leon. looking forward to playing some live Erica Eades unsigned band in history to do so. the guys accepted the invitation. They've also been working with music for their fans—both old and Arts/Copy Editor For bassist Ryan Gullen, the expe- Gullen describes the eight-month Atlantic to help promote their music new. rience was surreal: contest as being “pretty long and and define their image. Recently, they “That's always where we've felt “You know at Christmas time, drawn out,” and says the constant re-released 2010's Learn & Burn with most comfortable,” says Gullen. “We Aug. 18, 2011 is a day the Sheepdogs sometimes they have these things at pressure of being on camera and new cover art, and the label has hired try to just have a good time, and hope won't soon forget. the mall where they Photoshop your doing interviews became overwhelm- an entire team to design the band's that people feel good after they hear After a tumultuous seven years face onto a magazine? That's honestly ing at times. merchandise. our music. That's always what we're spent climbing the ranks of Canada's what it felt like.” But in the end, their hard work Of course, it hasn't been all work going for in our performances.” music scene, the roots rockers from The now iconic cover shot was paid off: The Sheepdogs, a group and no play for the Sheepdogs. Perks Saskatoon were given an opportunity the result of Rolling Stone's Do You who, until recently, still had day jobs from the last year have included per- The Sheepdogs will be joined by Mon- many artists can only dream of: They Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star? com- to help finance their band, were forming on Late Night with Jimmy ster Truck at the Seahorse Tavern Dec. landed a spot on the cover of Rolling petition. The Sheepdogs beat out finally able to pursue music full Fallon, playing the legendary Bonn- 3 and 4. Stone magazine, becoming the first 15 other bands from across North time—something they'd been dream- aroo music festival in Tennessee,

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stranger leaned forward, and his facelessness became showered with the glittering • November 25 - December 31, 2011 arts&culture 15

Collective goes Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray: Revised

Nick Laugher Emphasizing the platonic love of Staff Contributor the play, they slide across the studio and drawing room, drawing back the Dorian is an engaging, enigmatic blinds, captivating the crowd as Gina combination of improvisational act- Burgess appears as the horrifically ing and music, and an avante-garde immaculate portrait, serenading us revision of Oscar Wilde's classic "The with sweet, sweeping violin bows and Picture of Dorian Gray", that sees sending shudders through the room. improvisational musicians perform- As the musicians take to playing ing alongside improvisational actors. Victorian glassware, the actors tucked Norman Adams, the creative force in shadows, the audience breaks out behind the SuddenlyLISTEN impro- in a fit of ill-placed, oddly-timed Finding a new tune visational collective elaborates. “We laughter. As if taking it for a cue, the don't want the music just soundtrack- scene degrades into a swath of opium Dalhousie student takes on the Halifax music scene ing the acting, but we also don't want den debauchery: bubbling pipes and the music at the forefront. We're try- stoned laughter mirrored back at the Sarah Mateshaytis an instrumental track kicking it off, cle. He started having financial suc- ing for this perpetual 'tug and pull' baffled audience. Actor Karen Basset Arts Contributor to the upbeat social commentary cess in Beirut—enough to live off of— narrative style, playing off the themes steps out of the dark and to the front of “Ignorance is Bliss.” Moe writes and began thinking about expanding of the book, not just reading it on of the stage, bends down and grabs a Moe Kabbara sits on his single bed, and composes his own songs, influ- his career. stage with music." sealed envelope. As she tears it open, strumming his mandolin. His acous- enced by singer-songwriters like Bon “I don’t want to make fortunes out Opening night was a glum, grey she smirks and nods to the musicians tic guitar, and his ukulele—bright Iver and Damien Rice. He says The of my music,” he says, but he main- Tuesday, and yet the Bus Stop The- as they coalesce in a hybrid solliloquy blue, with a red frog and green lily Shins, Iron and Wine, the Doors and tains that he wants to be heard. He’s atre was washed in an electric haze of an Oscar Wilde quote, one of sev- pads painted vividly on the body— the Beatles are some of his favourite happy to tour around in pubs, and of vibrant chatter, a slowly boiling eral throughout the performance. lie next to him on the black sheets bands. have small shows at local venues, so mix of anxiety and excitement. Once "It is the spectator, not life, that art of his bed. It’s a new mandolin. He Moe made his EP available on long as he can play. He says it’s not the fibrous floods of onlookers had really mirrors" she says with a dia- just bought it two days ago, and he’s iTunes, as well as Amazon, and he’s about the success or the money. It’s swarmed into the tiny theatre, cram- bolical smirk to the tune of Adams' excited to play it—excited by the also been trying to sell copies at TAZ important that he writes for himself ming their waxing and waning fre- schizophrenic cello screeches. sound, and the glossy sheen of the Records here in Halifax. While he first. netic pulses into the chairs, the room The portrait then returns, worn lacquered wood. hasn’t played many shows since he’s “If I write a song and I’m really began seething in a frenzied dirge and wicked, crooning a different tune Moe moved to Canada from Leb- come to Halifax—a gig at Rockbot- convinced and satisfied by it, that’s of dirty bass and backhanded cello. as Dorian recoils in a wash of bass anon at the beginning of the school tom Brewery, and a few open mic enough for me,” he says. “When some- Staunch and dysphoric, a ravag- driven horror, red lights trickling in year, and while he came here to study, nights—he’s hoping in time things one else likes it, that’s an extra.” He ing, relentless low end buzz clawed razor sharp patterns on the stage. he has other ambitions in mind. He’s will take off. says he’s still shocked when someone through the delicate, pixilated hush Gina Burgess is an effigy, reflecting doing his master’s in environmental Moe started performing live about compliments his music, not because as Dorian began. the solipsistic, savage deterioration engineering, and although he enjoys three years ago, when he had his first he’s insecure, but simply because it Tense initial words seemed to tug back at Dorian in a sick and decep- it, he’ll be quick to tell you that a acoustic gig in a coffee shop in his means a lot to him when he can reach and shake the music, in turn flooding tively beautiful melody, moonlighting career in engineering isn’t his first hometown of Tripoli. With gained out to people through his songs. the actors' intonations and ennuncia- as the antagonist. choice. confidence, he then started playing “When you lose that feeling, the tions with a drifting, melodic quiver. The devilish portrait's realization is What Moe really wants is to play frequently in Beirut, where he landed satisfaction [a] compliment gives The creaking, haunting sobs of Gina spilling into a rabid swarm of vermil- music. the recording offer. you, I think that’s when you lose your Burgess' violin sway aimlessly around lion bathed fear, as Lukas Pearse is Moe started teaching himself gui- While he had success in the under- sense of being an artist.” David Christensen's staccato stab- now the thundering force behind the tar at 16, and says he has always been ground indie music scene in Beirut, Moe is passionate about music— bing flute, sliding ever slightly out sheet of white, drudging on demoni- dedicated to learning, playing up to he says the scene was limited. Main- both his own music and the work of the grasp of Adams' cello, and cally with pulsing, grumbling bass five hours a day when he started out. stream music in Lebanon is strictly in of other artists. He enjoys watching the massive rumbling void of Lukas tones. In a dreadfully self-reflective Now, four years later, he’s hoping to Arabic, music that Kabbara doesn’t clips and videos of other musicians’ Pearse's thundering double bass. gloss of post-modern rhetoric and break into Halifax’s independent prefer to listen to, let alone make. inspiring performances. “Music is the Carreening around each other and a implicit refrain of "The specta- music scene. “It’s hard enough [not to be] into the only thing that provides that inner into a ritualistic klesmer cling/clang tor, not life, is what art really mir- He released his first EP, Under- mainstream Arabic music, so imag- satisfaction that everyone is looking of "take the lead," actors Theo Pitsia- rors," Dorian runs screaming from standing Imperfections, Three Songs, ine playing non-mainstream English for,” he says. vas and Sebastien Labelle swill white his abomination; a modern mock-up, and You in Lebanon in September music in a Lebanese country,” he says. As he picks up his guitar, switching wine and mumble purposely inaudi- writhing agony of self-existence in 2010. Moe says the five-track EP “A lot of people just aren’t into that instruments, and starts singing one ble conversation as they swirl around vain, envious representation of your was a great start, but he’s looking stuff.” of his more recent songs, you can tell the audience, eventually settling into own appearance. for something more now that he’s With a limited scene came lim- he’s more than satisfied. seats and sliding—slightly—through in Canada. He says he wants a fresh ited exposure. He played gigs at local the fourth wall as they make crass The immortal Oscar Wilde. start. “I don’t have expectations, but I cafés, or small festivals, but says it Self-taught artist sings to a new city. comments and strike up conversation • • • Photo by Napoleon Sarony have hopes,” he says. was a narrow audience, and was • • • Photo by Michael Cestnick with the patrons. The album ranges in sound from tough to break out of such a small cir-

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KIT KAT PIZZA DONAIRS • SUBS • SEAFOOD Fashion lends a helping hand 429-3223 or 425-2229 2314 Gottingen St., Halifax Rose Behar being congratulated by friends and great medium for a global showcase, HOT: Occupiers fill our newspaper Fashion Columnist observers. and it draws a big audience." 16" Pizza with Works NOT: Occupied washrooms on "It's going really smooth," she con- It's true. The student pub was filled your airplane $15.99 For Andrea Landriault, the fash- fided in happy disbelief, "and it's to the brim with viewers, so much so HOT: Students prepare to fly ion show held by Dal's International so personal to me, it really does feel that I had to create a makeshift seat Add 9 '' Garlic Fingers home for the break Development faculty last weekend good." awkwardly crammed between and +$2.26 NOT: Porter still serves those was long overdue. Part of the personal aspect, Landri- table and couch. weird veggie chips "It's been in planning for about ault explained in her opening com- But it was worth it. The roman- 2 16" Pepperoni Pizza HOT: Holiday season approaching four years now," she laughs. ments, is that this year is the culmi- tic fashionista in my heart loves the $19.99 NOT: Final exams approaching So how did it all come together? nation of her journey through her entire idea of the show: fashion with- According to Landriault, it took a lot four-year IDS degree. out borders. HOT: The Sheepdogs come 16" Pepperoni Pizza and of emails, and a lot of willing volun- She hopes the tradition of an inter- No matter what the culture, every- to Halifax teers from partner charities WUSC, national fashion show will be contin- one appreciates a good cut and finely 16'' Garlic Finger NOT: …but so is Lights $10.56 each Amnesty International, Invisible ued after she is gone. crafted pattern. 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"The first year is always the hard- And there were many great styles 2 12'' Pizzas with 3 toppings announce new logo The evening featured clothes from est," says Landriault, "so we've got and patterns on the catwalk—from NOT: Bandwagoners $17.99 five areas of the globe: Europe, Asia, that out of the way." saris to alpaca ponchos—all sourced HOT: The Jersey Devil the Middle East, Africa and Latin and Hopefully the momentum the event from the greater international com- 3 Small Donair NOT: The New Jersey Devils Central America, along with talks has gained from its buzz, including munity surrounding Dalhousie. $10.56 HOT: Sasquatch from each of the charities' presidents. an interview with CTV the day before It was a heartfelt night, and one NOT: Yeti (but at least he The event went off without a hitch, the show, will keep the idea running that will hopefully become a new Free Delivery Over $10 has a fur coat for the winter) much to the relief of Landriault, the in to the future. recurring facet of Dalhousie's fashion beaming main organizer. But how did Landriault come up culture. I managed to snag a few moments with the idea for an international of her time during intermission, fashion show event in the first place? Indian pigments represent global fashion. between fielding technical issues and "It's a hot topic," she says. "It's a • • • Photo by Dan Brady via Fotopedia tunes review Feist—Metals Feist’s career is spotted with unfor- tunate attempts to superimpose her The record is sad—very sad—but voice in uncomfortable contexts. it also triumphs. Feist’s vocals, which Much to the chagrin of record execs, are more accurately described as Feist is not a pop star. And much to melodic whispers, are taken to new the chagrin of Kevin Drew, she’s not heights. On “Comfort Me,” she gradu- really “indie” anymore, either. So ally transitions from a diffident song- what’s a girl to do? After years of try- stress into a stadium-sized rock star. ing to be both a pop princess AND an Songs like “Woe Be” characterize her indie queen, Feist has finally realized long-established humility, and then that she’s actually neither. are counterbalanced with ornate So with some help from Chilly tracks like “Graveyard” and “Cicadas Gonzales, her voice has gone in an and Gulls.” entirely new direction; Metals is a The production is absolutely out- new groove for Feist. By spearhead- standing. It abandons the quirky Rachel Nagy ing a new gloomy, jazz-rock cate- rhythms of Let It Die, and the cookie- Arts Contributor gory, this album reinvents her talent. cutter melodies of The Reminder. Instead of forcing her bounce and Instead it relies on pure music: steady After 15 years of touring, two full- smile like she did on The Reminder, drums, simple piano, apposite cham- length albums, some messing around Metals allows some solemnity. No ber strings and thoughtful, composed with Broken Social Scene, an iPod longer is she appeasing the soccer harmonies. It works really well. It commercial and a stint on Sesame moms, but appealing to an audience suits her, and it suits her voice—more Street, Feist has finally found herself, that appreciates the sombre, genuine so than anything she’s done in the and Metals marks this coming of age. quality of her voice. past. sports sports covers athletic events and topics relevant to Dalhousie and the Atlantic region. E-mail Ian at [email protected] to contribute sports Ian Froese Sports Editor

Toothless Tigers: Men’s hockey loses 10 straight Dal drops two more on the weekend Ian Froese Dal's best period was the second. Sports Editor Jordan Villeneuve-Gagne evened the match when he roofed the puck over Dalhousie's losing streak has become a frozen Evan Mosher 20 seconds a full-blown nightmare. into the period to tie it at two. The It's so long, in fact, that Dal for- Tigers kept pressing afterwards, but ward Benjamin Breault could not despite their 10 shots on net and four recall how many losses his Tigers power plays, Dal did not net another have racked up after adding another goal. to the streak Nov. 18 with a 4 - 2 “We didn't score on the power play,” home defeat to Acadia. It was the said Breault. “That definitely killed Tigers' ninth consecutive loss. us because that normally gives you a “It's never fun to lose, and I think goal or two a game.” we're at,” said Breault, pausing, “actu- Acadia's Andrew Clark and Chris- ally I've lost track, that's how bad it's topher Owens scored midway become.” through the third period to end the Regardless of how long their losing scoring. Their markers gave the Axe- skid is, the Tigers are undoubtedly men a 4 - 2 victory. disappointed with a season that has It is Acadia's fourth triumph in a strayed far from what they envisioned row after a three-game losing stint. at the start of the campaign. Clark pointed to hard work as to why After losing to Acadia, the Tigers his team's fortunes have been chang- travelled to Antigonish the next night ing for the better. and fell again, dropping a 5 - 3 result “We just had a little slump there, Swimmers take AUS meet to St. FX. That setback extends Dal's but we decided to work hard and futility streak to 10 games. everybody seems to be coming Tigers float to podium, sending at least 27 to nationals Dal's record after the weekend is a together a lot better right now. It's league worst 2-11-0. Acadia is third still early, but we've got good chemis- Paula Sanderson “It was really exciting,” Watson broke a Dal record in the 200 breast- place with a 8-3-1 standing and St. try right now.” Sports Contributor says. “All our parents are here. The stroke. FX is sixth with 4-6-2. Dal's only vic- In last Saturday's match, Dal lost team is all behind everyone.” This is just the start for the team, tories came in October against sev- their 3 - 1 edge early in the second When swimmers start a race, they During his 400 metre race, Watson Watson notes, as he says he and his enth place St. Thomas. period, surrendering four unan- stand up on the block, take their pushed himself hard. teammates are not fully prepared at It hasn't been the season so far that swered goals to lose their 10th in a mark and bang they’re off. “At about halfway, I looked up at this early juncture of the season. Shea Kewin anticipated. He had a row. X-Men Jason Bast had three of Having that fast start is crucial to the board and saw my splits and I felt “We’re not shaved down yet and goal against Acadia. those four tallies. finishing strong. great, so I just decided to keep going,” fully rested, so maybe next week I can “We had really big expectations for The Tigers have also struggled At the AUS invitational swim meet he says. “I saw I was really ahead of even be a second or two faster.” ourselves so there was frustration at with injuries this season. No. 1 goalie last weekend at the Dalplex pool, the field and it sort of gave me a lot of Coach Fry is proud of his team. the beginning of the season because Bobby Nadeau and backup Wendell Dalhousie stood on that block, took adrenaline and I finished hard.” “One of our big objectives at a meet we didn't start the way we wanted to,” Vye are among the top players side- their mark and bang were they ever Watson beat his 400 freestyle best like this is to qualify more athletes said Kewin. “We know we have to be lined, propelling rookie Philip Wright off, breaking numerous records. by five seconds to finish with a time [for CIS] and we certainly did that,” better. We know that close is not good from understudy to go-to guy. He has The atmosphere was electric of 3:57.31. he says. The Tigers have unofficialy enough in this league, and we're not lost three games as starter. throughout the meet. Teams from Tigers coach David Fry was qualified 17 women and 10 men. expecting that, but that's the way it's Breault said he is not one to make across the AUS and McGill showed impressed. The maximum number of swim- gone this past month.” excuses for his team's performance, up to race, and everyone seemed on “This was really his first major mers a team can take to the CIS This is Dal's longest losing streak expressing instead that it's time to their game. meet as a university swimmer,” says nationals is 18, whereas the most the since 2008-09 when the Tigers start winning. The Tigers had a lot to be proud of Fry, “[It is a] pretty promising start to Dal women’s team has ever taken is ended the campaign on a 13-game “It's a short season, only 28 games, after the fact. Not only did they win break an AUS record in his first year. 16—it appears that record has been losing skid. Their record that season so do the math there,” he said. “We the meet on both the men’s and wom- “I think tonight he was really con- broken was 4-24-0. are aware [of the streak]. It's in our en’s sides, but Dal's individuals also fident in himself at a critical juncture “It was a really successful day,” says In front of a vocal crowd last Friday mind. We just want to win the next dominated the podium. in the race and from there he was Fry, “[Breaking] the couple of records for Residence Student Night, Kewin one.” The standout swimmers included fearless. He really swam with a lot of was really a bonus.” scored just 2:07 into the frame to many rookies. In the 200 metre but- confidence.” erupt the partisan crowd and give Dal In their last game before the holiday terfly, Katie Webster beat her lifetime Veterans Dmitry Shulga and Bryan The final AUS race of the season is a one-goal lead. break, Dal welcomes Saint Mary's to best by two seconds. Molly Wedge Fumerton had an incredibly tight Jan. 21-22 at UPEI. Dal's men's team The Tigers' edge would not last as Memorial Arena Nov. 25 at 7 p.m. won the 100 metre freestyle with a race in the 200 IM, placing first and will seek their 14th consecutive league the Axemen followed with two quick time of 57:61. second respectively. With only 40 championship shortly. The women are goals of their own in the next five Tigers defender Pascal Amyot On the men's side, rookie Kyle hundredths of a second separating pursuing their 11th. minutes to turn the advantage to the withstands the Acadia pressure. Watson broke not one but two AUS them, Shulga successfully beat the other side. • • • Photo by Martina Marien records in the 400 metre and the AUS record with a time of 2:04.40. Rookie Kyle Watson breaks two records 1,500 metre freestyle. Second-year Keishia Mills also at AUS meet. • • • Photo by Pau Balite University of New Brunswick Missing a few credits? Pick up an extra course online!

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LIKE US ON @dalgazette @gazetteopinions facebook.com/DalGazette @gazette_arts @dalgazettesport • November 25 - December 31, 2011 sports 19 Dalhousie Tigers: Semester in Review By Ian Froese Sports Editor, Henry Whitfield, Arfa Ayub Tim Vanderweide and Armaan Ahluwalia Sports Contributors

Each week the Gazette sports section has arguably the least productive meeting of any section in this paper. Why, you ask? Well, it may say something about my leadership skills, but more so it's because of the many tangents we veer off on. We rave about a team, rant about another and make jokes that a non-Tigers supporter wouldn't understand. That's where the idea behind this 'Semester in Review' comes from. We've collected our thoughts from a few months of covering the campus sport beat, had some friendly debate, and organized them here for your reading pleasure. Hope you like it. —IF Fall Teams in Review

team clearly has a lot of work to do. And, by a lot, we mean a lot. BEST —Arfa A Lacrosse Preventing a Dal title three-peat, Football Saint Mary's stole the lacrosse In a young league continuing to crown last November. That was develop, the Tigers football team it, we thought. The Tigers were fell behind this season and were no longer in a class of their own unable to build off their second in campus lacrosse. Then the two place finish from last year. A soph- teams met for a rematch in early omore slump saw the Tigers win September and the Tigers blasted just one game all year, finishing the Huskies 17 - 8. Ouch. Looks like with a 1 - 5 regular season record. Dal's dominance, after reclaiming —HW the crown this season, won't end anytime soon. —IF Men’s soccer This year's team was a young one, Swimming but they got the job done. On the It is business as usual for Dal's back of captain Ben Ur and AUS Lacrosse swim team as they have now won Rookie of the Year Bezick Evraire, their first three meets of the sea- the Tigers managed to make a bid son. The dynasty that is Tigers at the league crown. Some impres- swimming, winners of their last 13 sive displays at the end of the sea- AUS men's titles and past 10 wom- son indicates there's a bright future en's banners, have showed no signs for this group. Look for a bounce of slowing down. —HW up to the ‘Best’ section next year with one or two quality additions. Men’s rugby Highlight of the year was their 1 - Five consecutive championships. 0 victory over southend rivals Saint Five consecutive undefeated sea- Mary’s, while their low point was sons. Need we say more? Didn't a three-game winless spell when think so. —IF they lost to CBU twice and came out with a point against St. FX. Women’s soccer —TV It's a script we've repeated ad nau- seum in these pages so bear with us Men’s cross-country if you've heard it before: this team Without Dan Gorman to lead the is good. We didn't expect much way, the men's team struggled from an outfit which dressed four against a strong St. FX team all rookies—and often more—on their season and slipped to second place starting roster every game, but finish this season at AUS. Rookie this team impressed us repeatedly. Matthew McNeil was the only They upset higher ranked teams player to place in the top five in the to take the AUS banner and per- final individual race. —HW formed respectfully at nationals, losing against two better clubs. Women’s hockey Keep an eye out for this team in the Rebuilding under a new head future. —IF coach, this is a team that lost its starting goaltender from last year Women's cross-country: Cross- and has struggled to find consis- ing the line with a one-two finish tent play and scoring. Their 3-5-1 at the Dalhousie Invitational, the record so far isn't great, but they Tigers, dominant displays contin- are capable of better. —HW ued all season. Holly Van Gestel, Ashley Ryer and Ashley Chisholm Field hockey would lead the Tigers to their sec- For an undefeated team in the ond straight AUS crown. —HW regular season, it's hard to argue with the statement that it's cham- pionship or bust. That's why we're finding fault in a program which NOT had an impressive 11-2-1 record. Despite only conceding five goals all season, the Tigers didn't even BEST play in the finals, losing a heart- breaking 1 - 0 semifinal to UPEI. Men’s hockey —IF Struggling would be a nice way of putting the troubles the men's Editor’s Note: The basketball hockey team has been having this and volleyball teams have been season. Things have gotten so bad excluded from either category a Dal forward accidentally man- because it was decided they had aged to score on his own empty not played enough games to justify net! Yeah, it's that bad. Losing a ranking. 10 games in a row with a victory Women’s soccer seemingly out of sight suggests this • • • Photos by Rob Grandy 20 sports November 25 - December 31, 2011 • Best of Dal Tigers

Best Picture Demonstrating A Team's Crushing Disappointment Of A Season Thus Far: Ladies and gentlemen, your men's hockey team. • • • Photo by Rob Grandy

Best Player : Ben Ur, men’s soccer Honourable mentions: Holly Van Ges- tel, women's cross-country, and Rieka Santilli, women's soccer Capable of stopping whatever comes his way—as well as putting his name on the scoresheet—Ben Ur leads the way for Dal athletes. All season long, Ur was the man for the Tigers, and to cap off his stellar stops between the posts, Captain ‘Does-It-All’ added his second career AUS goal. Be sure to give this man a word of con- gratulations and his gangly arms a good shake when you see him as he recently won a CIS first team all- Canadian award as best goalkeeper in the country. —TV

Best Individual Performance : Bryan Fumerton’s five gold-medal weekend, men's swimming Best Athlete To Write Your Essay Honourable mention: Robert Nort- Best Story We Never Covered: Women's cross-country winning AUS For You: Daniel You mann's 30 points Nov. 12 in a 85 - 71 Honourable mention: King's women's soccer at nationals Gazette Sports does not condone plagiarism, but if we did, we would rec- loss, men's basketball We're not afraid to admit when we screw up, so to our cross-country teams, ommend asking Daniel You for help. Not just a smart student-athlete, but a This Uxbridge, Ont. native can swim we apologize. Aside from your first race, we avoided covering Dal's runners smart student, period, You was honoured recently as a CIS Top 8 Academic circles around you, and it seems he as if they were the plague. The men came second in the AUS, and even the All-Canadian. A fourth-year student pursuing a career in medicine, You has can easily out-swim his AUS compe- league champion women never garnered any recognition in the space. A cry- a cumulative GPA of 4.26. Last year he scored a perfect 4.3. Yep. Perfect. All tition too. Fifth-year Bryan Fumerton ing shame, really. At nationals, Holly Van Gestel led the Dal charge, bat- this while getting quality court time as a starting middle and volunteering in claimed AUS and CIS male athlete of tling through blustery conditions to finish 19th. Other top Tigers results the community. —IF • • • Photo by Alice Hebb the week honours in mid-October include Ashley Ryer at 29th and Cara Groves crossing the line in 66th. That, when he won gold in all five events cross-country runners, is at least some acknowledgement from your campus he entered at the 2011 Amby Legere paper. —IF • • • Photo by Michel Arnautovitch via CIS Best Game: Dal-SMU women’s soc- Dal score try after try in their author- meet at UNB. Yikes. —IF cer AUS semifinals Nov. 5 itative victory. The triumph being Honourable mentions: Dal’s 1 - 0 men’s against Saint Mary's made it even Best Quote: “We really didn't want ers can boast. —TV break is exactly what’s needed to turn soccer triumph at home over Saint sweeter. —IF to lose to the hipsters on the cor- things around. —Arfa A Mary's, Oct. 21 and women's basket- ner.” —Dal Div II rugby player Adam Best Rookie: Doriana Homerski, ball comeback victory Nov. 12 against Best Finish to a Game: Howe-Risley Ansham describing his outlook prior women's soccer Best Team Nobody St. FX soccer shootout to playing King's. Dal won 12 - 10. Honourable mentions: Matt McNeil, Knows About: Lacrosse This whole feel-good “Tigers winning Honourable mention: Dal-SMU wom- Honourable mention: “At the end of men's cross-country, and Bezick Dal's lacrosse team is embarrassingly the women's soccer banner” narra- en's soccer AUS semis the day, Holland College had us beat Evraire, men's soccer dominant. They win regularly, and tive almost wasn't the case. It took A last-second goal by the Big Horns before we even got there.” —Dalhou- Homerski scored regularly and she often by tremendous margins. 22 - 0 until extra time in a back-and-forth backup goalkeeper set up a wild fin- sie Founders Club president Jim Wil- did so when it mattered most. The or 17 - 3, anybody? It's a shame the semifinal for Dal to solve their 2 - 2 ish to this year's residence soccer son discussing how Dal never had second highest scorer on the team number of names on the scoresheet deadlock with Saint Mary's. The win- game, wherein a tied game after two much of a chance in the football semi- with eight points, the Waterdown, sometimes rival the number of ner went to Dal midfielder Doriana halves of extra time went to penalty finals, falling 38 - 7. Ont. resident didn't shy away when fans sitting on Wickwire's concrete Homerski, who punched her team's kicks. It took 10 rounds of shooters the spotlight was brightest. She had bleachers. —IF ticket to the AUS championships. before Howe edged out Risley for a We got a little flak from some King's the game-winning tally in extra time —IF fourth straight championship. —HW rugby players for printing—and put- at the AUS semifinals, bringing Dal Best Team To Watch: ting in the headline—a Dal player's to the finals, and she had the Tigers' Women's volleyball Best Fan Support: Dal football Best Disappointment: Men's hockey off-the-cuff remark that he was not only two markers in the CIS quarter- The women's volleyball team is 7 Thanks in no small part to the promo- Following a successful rebuilding sea- going to lose to the “hipsters on the finals. We expect many clutch perfor- - 0 so far this season and have a lot tional muscle of the Dalhousie Foot- son in which Dal's men’s hockey team corner.” The King's athletes may not mances from her in the years to come. of firepower. There are some great ball Club, the students came out— made the playoffs for the first time in have agreed with us for perpetrating —IF spikes and this team is nationally often dressed in black and gold—to seven years, this season has been a the artsy-fartsy stereotype by playing ranked! This category seems like a no support Dal's gridiron team. The fans major letdown. Riddled with injuries, up the quote, but we have no regrets. Best Team At Not Winning: brainer. —Armaan A were often far too quiet, especially for the Tigers have struggled with just It was and still is hilarious. —IF Men's hockey the afternoon bouts when the patrons about everything, from goal-scor- Falling behind early in games has Best Upset: Dal football beats UNB were sober, but seeing a little Dal ing, to a lack of solid goaltending, to Best Score: Ben Ur, men's soccer become an increasingly apparent Fredericton at homecoming pride is always nice. Too bad the fans defence, which has allowed an aver- Honourable mention: Jocelyn LeB- habit for this group. Out of their Sitting winless in four games and had little to cheer for this season. —IF age of 5.69 goals against. —Arfa A lanc breaks the all-time Dal women's 13 matches, the opposing team has with a total of just three touchdowns hockey point leader Oct. 23. LeBlanc scored first in eight of them. Allow- in their first three home games, Dal Best Ass-Kicking: Dal Div I rugby's Best Animated Coach: currently has 129 points in 92 games. ing the first goal is never a good thing, football finally got their win Oct. 22. 60 - 3 win during Orientation Week John Campbell, men's basketball Doubt you’ll ever see this award and Dal's struggles are not help- The Tigers stormed to a 27 - 1 lead at Honourable mention: Men's hockey's It doesn't take John Campbell long to handed to a goalkeeper again, but, ing them close these deficits. With a halftime to hold on for their only win 10 - 1 defeat to UNB Oct. 29 get vocal, usually it is only a few min- man oh man, can this guy hit a ball. total of four points, enough for last of the season, stunning the visiting If 2,000 students had to pick one utes and he is up yelling instructions, His 70-yard screamer against the place in the league, and currently on Red Bombers. —HW game to watch this season, this was but sometimes it is almost as fun Cape Breton Capers says it all. To a 10-game losing streak in which they a good choice. Wickwire was packed watching Campbell as it is watching boot, this is his second career goal for have been outscored 63 - 18, maybe Agree with our choices? Disagree? during Orientation Week to watch the game. —Armaan A the Tigers, more than most AUS play- a nice, long, contemplative Christmas Comment at DalGazette.com • November 25 - December 31, 2011 news 21

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