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UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY VOLUME 48 | ISSUE NO. 25 | JANUARY 17 | 2008 Ski and snowboard supplement inside Dreaming Aerobatof cs page 15 THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY GAUNTLET | VOLUME 48 | ISSUE NO. 25 | JANUARY 17 | 2008 contents photo to the editor “Heli-Katy” by Jon Roe (Rebel XTI) think Katy was supposed to be I sadder because we couldn’t go on the helicopter ride. Maybe she’s happy because she’s doing an impression of a helicopter. Anyone can submit an original photo to the editor. Drop off your high-resolution photo along with your name, contact information and a brief description including type of camera (not exceeding 30 words) to room 319 MacEwan Student Centre or email [email protected] Environment and Energy news page 5 Aerobatic awesome! sports page 15 This week Gauntlet news looks at alternative forms of energy. The Canadian This week in sports timez, we’re taking to the skies to talk about aerobatics, the Coaliton for Nuclear Responsibility Coalition discusses the use of nuclear energy coolest sport you can do in a plane. We also visit what the Dinos were up to for the as an alternative energy source. As well, we talk to National Roundtable on last fi ve or six weeks, which is always a good time. Environment and Economy about implementing a carbon tax. I hate you all ap page 27 Purveyors of unpopular opinions So, I ask the editors of the tawdry affair known as the Academic Probation section since 1960 opinions page 11 to write me a section description, and they end up spewing some of the most unprintable vile nonsense imaginable before running off, leaving me to rewrite This week has two pieces sure to get your conservative blood boiling! First we it all and fi ll in the blanks. I’m guessing the ap section has some sort of bizarre have the indecency to argue immigrants have the skills to perform medicine on esoteric humour only remotely relevant to those writing it, but given that I have Canadians, then we say try to say Marc Emery is a role model! The nerve of it all! better things to do than actually look at their pages, I’ll let you, the reader, fi gure it out. No meatballs for Canada web page 13 Swedish mps seek to decriminalize fi le sharing while the Canadian government succumbs to pressure from u.s. lobby groups to debate strict copyright legislature. The year of rockening entertainment page 21 Your favourite section returns with interviews with a local fi lmmaker headed to Sundance, Jane Vain and the Dark Matter and the Consonant C, along with movie reviews. No, it’s not tlfs. editorial and letters January 17 2008 Editor-in-Chief: Chris Tait 220-7752 [email protected] News Editor: Katy Anderson 220-4318 When music labels attack! [email protected] Entertainment: Ryan Pike 220-4376 [email protected] Sports: Amanda Hu 220-4376 [email protected] Opinions: Ændrew Rininsland 220-4376 [email protected] Features: Jon Roe 220-4376 [email protected] Photography: Geoff MacIntosh 220-4376 [email protected] Production: Christian Louden 220-4376 [email protected] Illustrations: Paul Baker 220-4376 [email protected] News Assistant: Sarelle Azuelos 220-4318 [email protected] Escapes And Pursuits: Jordyn Marcellus 220-4376 [email protected] Academic Probation: Ben Hoffman, Garth Paulson, and Kyle Francis 220-4376 [email protected] Three Lines Free: Cam Cotton-O’Brien 220-4376 [email protected] Business Manager: Evelyn Cone 220-7380 [email protected] Advertising Manager: John Harbidge 220-7751 [email protected] Graphic Artist: Ken Clarke 220-7755 [email protected] Network Manager: Ben Li Contributors Chelsee Albo, Andrew Barbero, Cole Christensen, Joshua Goard-Baker, Christina Lam, Daniel J. Pagan, Austin Paladeau, Stewart Pallard, Chris Pedersen, John McDonald, Derek Neumeier, Danielle Roberts, Alyzée Sibtain Golden Spatula Austin Paladeau, for writing a great sportspinion and making a sweet Big Lebowski reference. Furor Arma Ministrat Room 319, MacEwan Students’ Centre University of Calgary ike a meteor, coldly and ing of the oft en badly-programmed researchers from presenting their likely pass without much opposi- 2500 University Drive, NW silently moving through the and easily removable protection on fi ndings. tion in the coming months. Th ough Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 heavens on a collision path the content, meaning users merely In each of these cases, it’s clear the copyright bill was ostensibly General inquires: 220-7750 L http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca with the earth, so too do a number wanting to use old music with new a corporate interest overruled the delayed for a few weeks due to a The Gauntlet is the offi cial student newspaper of the University of parliamentary bills in the com- technology are made criminals. needs of innovative research. Th is massive , person Facebook of Calgary, published most Thursdays throughout the year by the Gauntlet Publications Society, an autonomous, incorporated body. ing weeks that may aff ect the lives The DMCA has also had an is quite a discouraging precedent group (of all things), the total lack Membership in the society is open to undergraduate students at the U of C, but all members of the university community are encouraged to of Canadians in a myriad of nega- immensely negative effect on for university students, especially of media interest and, for many contribute. Opinions contained herein are those of individual writers, and do not necessarily represent the views of the entire Gauntlet tive ways. technological research and innova- those looking forward to conduct- people, ultimately arcane content staff. Editorials are chosen by a majority of the editorial board. The Gauntlet is a forum open to all U of C students but may refuse Th e House of Commons resumes tion in the States as well. Consider ing extensive research in the future. matter of the bill means the Liberals any submission judged to be racist, sexist, homophobic, libelous, or containing attacks of a strictly personal nature. We reserve the Mon., Jan. and the long-awaited the Russian programmer who Even in a regular, day-to-day setting, will not be willing to take down the right to edit for brevity. Grievances regarding the Gauntlet follow a three-step process which requires written decisions from the Editor, update to Canadian copyright law cracked Adobe’s eBook copyright it makes criminal acts of the many government over the topic and the GPS Board of Directors, and the Ombudsboard. The complete Grievance Policy is online at: http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca. The will be revealed sometime shortly protections, Dmitry Sklyarov. tricks and innovations professors it will pass. It is important for all Gauntlet is printed on recycled paper and uses wicked illustrator tracing-based ink. We urge you to recycle/inhale the Gauntlet. thereaft er. Many people are fearful Sklyarov was arrested while dem- and students have created in order to those interested in the contin- Letter Policy the new provisions will resemble the onstrating his findings at a Las play older media on newer devices. ued technological and creative Letters must be typed, double-spaced and received by Monday at 4 p.m., and must include the author’s name, student ID number, United States’ Digital Millennium Vegas technology convention and Th e rationale of the groups pushing innovation of our country to telephone number and signature. Letters will not be printed if they include attacks of a strictly personal nature, statements that Copyright Act (DMCA). Th is leg- charged with violating the DMCA, for such legislation is it will protect oppose this bill by letting our discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or sexual orientation, or libellous or defamatory material. All letters should be addressed islation makes it illegal to break potentially costing him jail-time and the rights of content creators and elected representatives and Industry to “Editor, the Gauntlet,” and be no longer than 300 words. The Gauntlet retains the right to edit submissions. Letters can be any technological lock on a piece his employer , in perceived allow them to continue making epi- Minister Jim Prentice know any delivered or mailed to the Gauntlet offi ce, Room 319 MacEwan of media, regardless of whether damages. While Adobe eventually sodes of Family Guy or whatever modifi cations to Canada’s copy- Student Centre, or sent by e-mail to [email protected]. you own the media or not. Say dropped the charges, Sklyarov was while controlling in which markets right law should allow Canadians you own a “copy-protected” CD, restricted to California and not and at what times their content is to backup and use their legally- which is the majority of com- allowed to return home for over released. Th ose of us who’ve ever acquired content without becom- mercial music nowadays. Most CD half a year. All this for merely imported a DVD from France and ing criminals. The Cover photo by Geoff MacIntosh, propeller by Ben Hoffman, ripping programs don’t care one researching a software program. had to rerecord it on DVD-R in order model Cam Cotton-O’Brien. way or another whether this soft - He did not copy a million eBooks, to avoid the pointless and costly ware is present and rip anyway. he fi gured out how a piece of code regional protection will just have Ændrew Rininsland However, such an act would be worked. Another example: in the to wait until whenever the content Opinions Editor illegal under the new legislation. earlier days of the DMCA, a group provider rereleases that movie in Note this doesn’t take into account of Princeton researchers were Canada or the U.S., if ever.

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