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SENSE MEMORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY 12 SARAH CRAWLEY CASTS OFF THE SHACKLES OF REALITY

innipeg studentinnipeg weekly MEDIA DEMONSTRATES DIALOGUE 21 BUT HAS THE IMAGE OF WOMEN IN MEDIA REALLY CHANGED? BOMBERS SPRING CLEAN 23 WILL 2006 BE A BETTER SEASON? he university of W T ♼ march 16, 2006 the uniter contact: [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR: LEIGHTON KLASSEN NEWS EDITOR: DEREK LESCHASIN 02 NEWS E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] UNITER STAFF UWSA Elections in Full Swing INCUMBENTS CHALLENGED ON TACTICS Managing Editor » Jo Snyder 01 [email protected] 02 Business Coordinator & Offi ce Manager » James D. Patterson [email protected] lINdSey WIebe bulk food sales, new computer peting for the position of Vice- kiosks to reduce lines at the Petrifi ed President Student Services. NEWS PRODUCTION EDITOR » Sole used Belik’s ideas include free web host- 03 Derek Leschasin [email protected] bookstore, locked compounds bike ing for student groups, an increased foot he University of Winnipeg storage, and an online carpool and patrol presence, and skills workshops 04 SENIOR EDITOR » Leighton Klassen Students’ Association election is [email protected] parking registry. on campus for things like cooking, silk- T under way, and it’s shaping up to Another item on her agenda is ad- screening and bike repair. BEAT REPORTER » Whitney Light be a battle of fun versus funding. vancing the U-Pass program, a program She says workshops like these 05 [email protected] Three members of the current ex- that would offer bus passes to university “would be pretty easy to organize, and 06 BEAT REPORTER » Alan MacKenzie ecutive are running for reelection this students for a mandatory discounted pretty cost-effective.” [email protected] year: President Kate Sjoberg, vice-presi- fee. Whitmore says he wants to see dent advocate Mathew Gagné, and vice- 07 FEATURES EDITOR » Lori Ebbitt Like Blaikie, Sjoberg feels the uni- more student programming on campus [email protected] president internal Tanya McFadyen all versity could use more social activities. and increased funding for student hope to regain their positions with the She’d like to organize a dinner and groups. He’d like to play an active role in ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR » Mike Lewis 08 [email protected] UWSA. social for university graduates and consultations on Spence Street develop- Over the past year, the UWSA ex- invite more lecturers and guest speak- ment, and wants to see student housing SPORTS EDITOR » Mike Pyl ecutive have made tuition costs a prior- 09 [email protected] ers throughout the year. made available for students with ity, but some of their challengers say the Continued consultation on Spence families. COMMENTS EDITOR » executive’s tone has been too political Street development is a priority for both Another contested position on the 10 [email protected] and anti-administration. candidates, who agree that they’d like to UWSA board is that of CFS Liaison HUMOUR EDITOR » Matt Cohen “The students’ association should see a cafe or lounge created for Director - both Tammy Andrejowich 11 [email protected] be about having fun,” says presidential students. and Richard Liebrecht are campaigning candidate Daniel Blaikie. He says he’d 12 PHOTO EDITOR » Wade Andrew The most-contested position in for the role. [email protected] like to see the UWSA do more to encour- this year’s election is that of Vice- Liebrecht, also on Blaikie’s slate, age students to have a good time on LISTINGS COORDINATOR » Nick Weigeldt President Advocate. Mathew Gagné, says he’s tired of the “politics of antago- 13 [email protected] campus, and is advocating ideas such as Jarrett Morka and Ben Wickström are all nism” within the current UWSA, and an intramural sports program, more vying for the position. wants a more positive relationship with COPY & STYLE EDITOR Melody Rogan » public speakers, and a mock parliament 14 [email protected] Wickström, running in a slate administration. between Manitoba universities. alongside Blaikie, is also interested in Andrejowich is currently CFS co- DISTRIBUTION MANAGER » Blaikie says the UWSA has focused an intramural sports program, and Liaison. In addition to working for stu- 15 Scott McArthur too heavily on political activities like wants to start up a multidisciplinary dent rights on campus, she wants to GRAPHICS EDITOR » Sebastian Podsiadlo tuition freeze lobbying, and believes undergraduate journal to give students launch a campaign against mental ill- 16 [email protected] their overall approach is too antagonis- more chances for publication. ness stigma, and plans to help organize 18 PRODUCTION MANAGER » Sarah Sangster tic to the university administration. Gagné says he’d like to use the a graduation party. [email protected] Presidential incumbent Sjoberg knowledge he gained over the past year Non-executive positions on this disagrees. She says the UWSA has a good ADVERTISING MANAGER » Ted Turner to develop an academic policies hand- year’s ballot include Community Liaison 19 [email protected] working relationship with the adminis- book for students. Director- contested by Jodi Alderson 786-9779 tration, but that some confl ict is un- He also plans to channel an addi- and Anne Oserin. And two students are avoidable for a group working on behalf tional $25 thousand into student groups running for Director of Student Living - THIS WEEK ’ S CONTRIBUTORS of students. - money he says will be available to the Vassan Aruljothi and Matthew Heintz. “It’s an issue by issue relationship,” UWSA once the Uniter becomes A number of other candidates are Daniel Falloon, Ben Snakepit, says Sjoberg. “We approach each issue autonomous. running on yes/no ballots: Shaguna Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson, Erin McIntyre, Kenton with respect.” Tanya McFadyen is running un- Mathur (Science Director), Devin King Smith, Jill Johnson, Lindsey Wiebe, Jaya Beange, While Sjoberg says fees and fund- contested for Vice-President Internal. (Education Director), Amanda Davis Iain Ramsay, William O’ Donnell, Leif Gobeil, ing are “the bread and butter issues of McFadyen was voted into the relatively (Environmental Ethics Director), and Matt Urban, Yinan Max Wang, Adam Scalena, student union politics,” her election Patrick Faucher, Thomas Asselin, Jocelyne Hirose new position during a by-election in late Marika Olynyk (Status of Women platform is more focused on student 2005. If reelected through a yes/no vote, Director). services. she hopes to hold UWSA budget consul- Campaigning will wrap up on The Uniter is the offi cial student newspaper of the University of Winnipeg and is published by the University of Winnipeg Sjoberg’s plans include an ex- tations for students, and create a student Friday, March 17. Voting will take place Students’ Association. The Uniter is editorially autonomous panded info booth to allow for limited and the opinions expressed within do not necessarily refl ect housing lobby group to push for more from March 20 to 23. those of the UWSA. The Uniter is a member of the Canadian University Press and Campus Plus Media Services. accessible housing.Vivian Belik - also running with Blaikie - and Steven submission of artiCles, letters, photos and GRAPHICS ARE WELCOME Articles should be submitted Whitmore are com in text or Microsoft Word format to [email protected]. Deadline for submissions is noon Friday (contact the section’s editor for more information). Deadline for advertisements is noon Friday, six days prior to publication. The Uniter reserves the right to refuse to print submitted material. The Uniter will not print submissions that are homophobic, misogynistic, racist or libelous. We also reserve the right to edit for length or style.

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KATE SJOBERG AND DANIEL BLAIKIE RUN FOR UWSA PRESIDENCY. VOTING TAKES PLACE MARCH 20 - 23. COVER DESIGN BY SARAH SANGSTER. PHOTOS BY DEREK LESCHASIN. GRAPHIC: JILL JOHNSON contact: [email protected] the uniter march 16, 2006 NEWS 03 UWSA Nailed With Hefty Phone Bill

leIGHtoN KlaSSeN University of Winnipeg. dent life services in adminis- understand how people are ac- The dispute was resolved SeNIoR edItoR “Sometimes they add a 15 cent tration, who is the acting con- cessing it,” she says, adding early Wednesday morning charge, but this (charge) is tact for MTS at the university. that any charges in the past when MTS agreed not to charge unprecedented.” She says the UWSA will haven’t exceeded a few dollars. the UWSA for the mysterious hen UWSA business The high price is attrib- likely have the charges re- But in this case, an inves- phone charges. manager Tom uted to long distance calls that versed, due to an agreement tigation should be launched, W Brown read the were made on the phone. A with MTS that states the phones she says. UWSA’s phone bill last total of 17 calls were made to are designed to only allow for “There hasn’t been a Wednesday afternoon, no Pakistan, two of them alone to- local calls to be made. whole lot of investigation for one would have blamed him taled $115 each. “We will be insisting the when we get charges of 50 for making a contribution to All four phones are free to charges are reversed,” Jones cents, but I’m quite sure this the swear jar afterwards. use for local calls, and also the says. one will,” she says. The bill for the four ability to call long distance is Although the UWSA has Both Brown and Jones public-use phones located in restricted through internal not had any substantial long are optimistic MTS will re- the basement of the Bulman programming at MTS’s head distance charges appear on verse the charges, but if not, Centre is normally $41.90 per- offi ce downtown. However, their bill in the past, Jones it’s unfortunately coming out phone, but last week the bill on Brown says someone must have admits this isn’t the fi rst time of students’ pockets. one of them rang in just a little tinkered with the phone, by- someone has by-passed the “This is a large concern over that – a total of $771. passing the restriction on long system and made long distance fi nancially, and it is even “I was just astounded,” distance calls. calls. more of a concern if MTS Brown said while holding the Brown says he immedi- “Occasionally, students doesn’t reverse it,” Brown bill, issued by MTS – the phone ately faxed the bill over to can get creative and by-pass says. “This is students’ service provider for the Lynne Jones, director for stu- the toll restriction, but I don’t money.”

Decision 2006 at the University of Winnipeg CANDIDATE’S SQUARE OFF AT THE UWSA ELECTION DEBATE

lINdSey WIebe “It’s time for them to ante up Morka liked the idea of a she’ll have a tough time making Boissonneault said he was their share,” she said. site like ratemyprofessor.com, a fi nal choice. impressed with those candi- The two candidates for and Wickström said he’d “defi - Student Aaron dates who’d done their research Canadian Federation of nitely be supportive of that sort Boissonneault said he was before the debate, but said he’d Students had the opportu- Students (CFS) liaison director, of arrangement,” even if it drawn to the debate because like to see candidates take a nity to see nearly all the UWSA Tammy Andrejowich and meant challenging faculty. two of his friends are compet- less top-down approach to stu- election candidates argue their Richard Liebrecht, seemed Vice-president student ing for the same position. dent groups, and encourage positions at Wednesday’s elec- largely in agreement about the services candidates Vivian “This time around I can’t them to develop their own tion debate. role of the CFS at the University Belik and Steven Whitmore just vote for people I know,” he ideas. Over 50 students came out of Winnipeg. both stressed the need for more said. “I actually have to make for the noon-hour debate, Liebrecht said the CFS awareness of student group an informed decision.” which featured question-and- “has been a key player in unit- events among the answer sessions with candi- ing people,” while Andrejowich U of W student dates running for contested said the group “is nothing more body. positions, and short presenta- and nothing less than students Whitmore fo- tions from those running on united across Canada.” cused on his plans yes/no ballots. However, Liebrecht also for a student group Presidential candidates said the CFS should have “a events calendar, as Daniel Blaikie and incumbent positive message,” and criti- well as his desire to Kate Sjoberg were the fi rst to cized the group for referring to have an art gallery square off on their platforms. U of W president Lloyd specifi cally for stu- The two both mentioned Axworthy as “The Axe” in pro- dents, while Belik the need for more speakers and motional materials. reiterated her ideas events on campus, with Sjoberg Andrejowich responded for free student pointing to the Experts on Tap by recalling Axworthy’s role in group website series held over the past year. cutting post-secondary fund- hosting and on- However, the candidates ing during his time in the fed- campus skills disagreed on the UWSA’s ap- eral government. workshops. proach to university adminis- “He is doing awesome B r i g i t t e tration and the provincial gov- work now,” she says. Maguet said she ernment on funding issues. Vice-president advocate came to the debate Blaikie’s campaign has candidates Mathew Gagné, because she wanted placed a large emphasis on Jarrett Morka and Ben to better under- what he sees as the antagonis- Wickström discussed a number stand university tic UWSA/administration rela- of issues, including possible e l e c t i o n tionship, and says the UWSA’s changes to course evaluation procedures. relationship with the provin- policies. “I’m a politi- cial government “should be a One student asked cal person by cooperative one.” whether the candidates would nature,” she said. Sjoberg said the govern- be in favour of implementing a “As a fi rst year stu- ment’s tuition freeze is in place system similar to the website dent I wasn’t very largely because of lobbying www.ratemyprofessor.com, familiar with the from groups like the UWSA, where students can share their protocol for how and that the two sides are views on university professors. these elections bound to butt heads on Incumbent Gagné said in work.” occasion. his experience faculty mem- Maguet said Sjoberg also cited the fed- bers don’t like the website, and she liked the confi - eral government’s $4 billion said he’d rather build a more dence she saw in a dollar education cut in the cooperative system with uni- number of the can- GRAPHIC: JILL JOHNSON early 1990s as a good reason to versity faculty members. didates, and thinks maintain funding pressure. march 16, 2006 the uniter contact: [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR: LEIGHTON KLASSEN NEWS EDITOR: DEREK LESCHASIN 04 NEWS E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected]

No Big Spending for Childcare in Provincial Budget deReK leSCHaSIN childcare centres. Their ten- social programs such as from a hundred to two hundred NeWS edItoR year plan aims to create 25,000 childcare. (children)” every year, says spaces by 2016. Childcare is an Critics charge that the daycare director Diana Rozos. important aspect of the alter- Manitoba childcare system is This situation refl ects the native budget, due to this year’s under-funded and not large state of the province. “We’ve inclusion of an innovative enough to serve demand. got not quite 26,000 spaces in a dvocates for expanded “gender lens.” “Childcare is not very accessi- province that has about 180,000 childcare in Manitoba ble, very expensive… the qual- children under the age of 12,” were likely disappointed A ity needs to be raised, and the says Prentice. by the lack of major announce- wages for staff need to be While the U of W daycare ments regarding childcare in Our waiting raised,” says Susan Prentice, an is partially funded by user fees the latest provincial budget. Associate Professor of Sociology and a student levy adminis- With many families on waiting list is anywhere from a at the University of Manitoba, tered by the University of lists at daycare centres, the hundred to two hundred and member of the Childcare Winnipeg Students’ quality of Manitoba’s childcare “ Coalition of Manitoba. Similar Association, the bulk of its rev- system could depend on federal children.” problems are noted across the enue comes from government. PHOTO: WADE ANDREW funding that may not arrive. –Diana Rozos, country. As part of the U of W campus The province released its U of W Daycare Director. Prior to the 2004 Federal redevelopment plan, the day- Up to 200 children wait to get into ‘06/’07 budget earlier this election, the Liberals promised care was set to be expanded or daycare at the University of Winnipeg. month. Funding for its child- $5 billion for the provinces over to be moved to a new, larger care program was increased by fi ve years, to create 250,000 space – a plan that depended dents, the lack of suffi cient just over $800 thousand, giving The UN Platform for new daycare spaces by 2009. on boosted provincial funding childcare facilities is “a very it an operating budget of just Action Committee, which col- Manitoba signed an agreement from the federal daycare plan common concern among single over $71 million. This is part of laborated on the alternative with the government last April, championed by the Liberals. parents.” a fi ve-year plan that includes budget, toured the province the fi rst province to do so. Since Now the money, and the new Childcare subsidies avail- the creation of 5000 new day- last year, consulting with about the last election, however, the infrastructure, is in jeopardy. able to single parents are only care spaces by 2007. Since 2000, 200 women on “what some of Conservative government “We were really excited by available for licensed childcare the NDP has increased its their challenges are, and how plans to cancel the deals with the bilateral agreement be- facilities, which are already childcare funding by over 30 things affect women differ- all provinces (while honoring cause it looked like it was going full, Rozos says. She relates that percent. The province does not ently,” says Shauna Mackinnon, this year’s funding) in favour of to change things,” says Rozos. she has had to turn away many run daycare centres, but pro- Director of CCPA-Manitoba. a plan to provide parents with “We’ve been trying to make parents who want to attend the vides funding and licensing. Those concerns translated into $100 a month for each child parents aware of what’s hap- university, but have no safe Some say this is good, but spending in the budget. under age 6. pening… the louder we are, the place to leave their children not enough. As it has every year Mackinnon is concerned The effects of the deal’s more we’ll be heard.” during the day. “It’s heart- recently, the Manitoba offi ce of by the emphasis the NDP gov- cancellation are acute at the Mathew Gagne, Provincial breaking, it really is,” Rozos the Canadian Centre for Policy ernment has placed on tax cuts, University of Winnipeg, which co-Chair for the Canadian says. “There’s just nowhere else Alternatives has produced an and the disadvantage that loss has a daycare centre run out of Federation of Students (CFS), to go.” alternative provincial budget. of revenue gives the govern- Macnamara Hall. With only says that while high tuition fees Its section on childcare creates ment when trying to strengthen enough space for 62 children, have always been “the number 2000 new spaces and 40 new “our waiting list is anywhere one barrier” for potential stu-

Provincial Budget Caters to Manitoba Universities PAST FUNDING PROBLEMS STILL NOT ADDRESSED AT U OF W leIGHtoN KlaSSeN saries and scholarships, in- ever the settlement did not ad- accounts for about half of the ACCESS programs as well as SeNIoR edItoR creased college and universi- dress past funding university’s total funding, and capital investment as his big- ties’ operating budget by 5.8 problems…the sector is still when the numbers are broken gest pleasers, which he says per cent in 2006-07 – and 5 per struggling in coping with the down, doesn’t cater to escalat- will build on some projects the he release of the cent in the following two years detrimental impact of past ing operating costs which come university already has in Manitoba Provincial –, increased funding to the funding decisions - it will re- out of the university’s $80 mil- motion. T budget last week held University College of the North quire a continuing meaningful lion dollar budget. “The University was its fair share of surprises, but by $1.56 million for this year, investment in post secondary “We must not lose sight of pleased to see the continued the province’s $60 million in- increased funding to ACCESS education to address these the fact that the increase is only and increased funding to vestment into post-secondary programs by 7.8 per cent this matters,” Willetts says, adding on 45 per cent of the University’s access programs including the education was unquestionably year, and invested $1 million that the multi-year budgeting total revenues,” he said. “The CATEP (Community-based one of the key highlights. into college expansion strategy will, however help out Provincial grant increase rep- Aboriginal Teacher This marks the fi rst time initiatives. the university in planning for resents something less than a 3 Education Program) which the NDP government has stra- Mathew Gagne, a spokes- the future. per cent increase when viewed continues to grow. In terms of tegically spliced the funding person for the Canadian Part of that future vision in terms of total University op- capital, again the University for post-secondary education Federation of Students (CFS), is includes addressing some of erating costs which in turn are welcomed the increase in capi- over a three-year period – a impressed with the the problems the university increasing on average by 5 to 6 tal funds which will, for exam- strategy Advanced Education announcement. faces. Willetts says lack of class per cent a year.” ple, enable energy effi ciency and Training Minister Diane “There was certainly an and offi ce space is improving, Willetts added senior ad- and sustainability initiatives to McGifford says will ensure element of surprise,” Gagne but there are still a handful of ministration is currently re- proceed in Wesley Hall,” long-term fi nancial planning said. “When we met with the other problems that are viewing the impact the provin- Willetts says. and keep student debt in minister, they always told us escalating. cial budget will have on the Gagne says the federal check. they were taking steps towards, “Space for offi ces and university budget. government now needs to step “By focusing on keeping and negotiating multi-year classrooms has been added but For Gagne, the investment up to the plate and match the student debt manageable and funding, but they never really the university still suffers from as a whole is impressive, but he province’s commitment to providing stable, predictable gave us any indication…but it’s an acute lack of space per stu- points to the increase in oper- students. funding for three years, this certainly a sign they are com- dent when compared to other ating budget funding, grants “There is one more area government is demonstrating mitted to students.” similar institutions,” he says. and bursaries, and college ex- (which needs funding) – re- in an innovative and unprece- Stephen Willetts, VP of fi - “In addition, the deferred pansion initiatives, as invest- search for professors and fund- dented way its commitment to nance for the University of maintenance needs of the uni- ments that will cater to students ing for professors, but that’s a the future of post-secondary Winnipeg, applauds the prov- versity continue to grow and who have lower incomes. federal jurisdiction,” he says. education in this province,” inces investment, but says it require a signifi cant invest- “This targets lower “The province is doing the best McGifford said in a press re- fails to rectify past funding ment if any real inroads are to income students, so they did a they can do, but it needs to be lease issued by the province on problems. be made.” pretty good job in addressing echoed by the feds.” March 8. “I saw the announcement Although the increase in it,” he says. The province dumped an as a good step in the right di- funding is seemingly quite Willetts targets the 7.8 additional $2 million into bur- rection by government, how- generous, Willetts says it only percent increase this year to contact: [email protected] the uniter march 16, 2006 NEWS 05 Roméo Dallaire Visits the University of Winnipeg HUNDREDS GATHER TO HEAR A CANADIAN HERE

WHItNey lIGHt The world stood by as the Cold War and characterized beat RePoRteR hundreds of thousands of in- by the ambiguity and complex- nocents were murdered in ity of such issues as the use of Rwanda. But events in the child soldiers, extremism of “We are all human, and Darfur region of Sudan, where abuse and torture, ethnic there is no one who is more government forces are engag- cleansing, and global terror- human than another,” ing in an “ethnic cleansing” of ism. “We found ourselves in the Lieutenant-General Roméo civilians as part of a confl ict 1990s in situations that had Dallaire declared to a packed with two rebel groups, have al- nothing to do with a classic use house at the University of ready been labeled genocide by of force or diplomacy,” said PHOTO: WHITNEY LIGHT Winnipeg’s Eckhardt-Gramatté US President George W. Bush. Dallaire. “How do you handle a Hall last Thursday evening. But The difference between nine-year-old holding a ma- ROMEO DALLAIRE spoke at the University of Winnipeg Thursday March 9. Dallaire would not deny the Rwanda and Sudan “shows we chine gun? Do you kill children presence of evil in the world, are moving down a path to- who kill?” ment, and providing real assis- General are the ones who shot saying it was in fact the devil he wards humanity,” said Dallaire. For Dallaire, these tactics tance – rather than throwing down recommendations for met on his mission as com- But we are still a long ways from of modern warfare, or perhaps residual funds at a problem - UN reform.” The UN needs mander of the United Nations perfection, he cautioned, since more accurately, “operations are just some of the ways re- more tools, said Dallaire, and Assistance Mission other than war” (OOTW) as sponsible nations must im- that means the middle-power for Rwanda during these unprecedented norms of prove their efforts towards countries such as Canada step- the 1993 genocide. confl ict are called, are an inevi- international development. ping forward to embrace their Dallaire, who How do you handle table challenge and part of the Non-governmental orga- responsibility to the interna- now sits in the “progress towards humanity” a nine-year-old holding a nizations will be important tional community. Senate as a Liberal that has already been taking players in the future, says Dallaire, who served 35 Party member, pre- place for centuries. “Grasping machine“ gun? Do you kill Dallaire, if they are brought the years with the Canadian Armed sented a lecture the pursuit of human rights… proper knowledge and experi- Forces, concluded with an in- titled “When children who kill? ” will take a couple hundred ence to operate effectively. spiring patriotic message about Humanity Fails: more years,” he said. “The “They are still immature, all Canadian identity. “We cannot From Rwanda to –Romeo Dallaire moral, legal, and ethical dilem- over the map, dangerous,” said go against the fundamental Darfur,” an event mas will continue.” Dallaire, “but the concepts of nature of what this country is… organized by the University of recognition of the crisis in What the world needs now them all are based on the rights We have the tools by nature to Winnipeg Global College Darfur has not translated into is a plan for strategic and effec- of humanity.” enforce the standards for hu- Delegation of Rights and intervention. Dallaire says we tive action. The United Nations also manity,” said Dallaire, pointing Humanity. By sharing his ex- are caught in a complicated “Are there any real states- has the potential to do good, he to resources, skills, and the periences of horrifi c violence moment where society will pay men?” asked Dallaire in a call said, but not without reform. Canadian infl uence on and extraordinarily diffi cult a high price for its missteps for leaders with clear vision, Dallaire was critical of the or- America. “We are risk takers. ethical challenges, the soft- during crisis situations. precise ideas, and concrete ganization’s dependence on We do have self-confi dence. We spoken Dallaire drew a grim Dallaire calls this moment proposals. Commitment to the “big powers” like the United are no more a bit player. We picture of humanity today, but the “New World Disorder,” an missions regardless of self-in- States. “The people who put have stumbled upon a respon- also hope for positive change. era beginning at the close of terest, preventative deploy- [Kofi Annan] there as Secretary- sibility.” march 16, 2006 the uniter contact: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 06 COMMENTS FAX: 783-7080 Gender bias is still a barrier to women politicians mISHa WaRbaNSKI the vast majority of seats in the House of leadership, Sylvi Capelaci of The Toronto nominee Harriet Miers, who cooks a tHe lINK (CoNCoRdIa uNIVeRSIty) Commons. Sun wrote all about the politician’s “mean sweet potato pie,” should have Although more Canadian women outfi t. “Her fi nely tailored suit … con- been discussed in the media in terms of are becoming politicians, the image of a veyed a sense of strength and power. court experience and political leanings, female politician has yet to become nor- The suit’s curvy shape creates an hour- since the highest court in the U.S. has glass silhouette that is feminine yet pro- power to set direction and precedent for ONTREAL (CUP) -- A lot has malized in our society. Largely viewing the political woman as an anomaly, the fessional. Her slim, tapered skirt falls the future of the country. changed in Canada since mainstream media both refl ects and politely to just below the knee.” The However the Associated Press felt MAgnes Macphail became perpetuates this stereotype. round neckline on her pale blue shirt that more womanly details about Miers the fi rst female Member of Parliament in When Cairine Reay Wilson became showed “softness, hence compassion” were more important. In a profi le of the the fi rst woman appointed to the Senate and her “slim-heeled leather pumps candidate, Miers was described as 1921. But though women are more in- in 1930, the media wrote mostly inter- have just enough sculpting and decora- someone who “likes to play tennis, run volved in politics, little has changed in ested in her appearance. The papers of tion on the toe to make them interesting and take in a movie,” and is “not some- the way they are perceived in public the day wrote about “how slim the new and are obviously of designer body who is a gossip,” and “always re- offi ce and portrayed by the media. senator was, how youthful she looked in pedigree.” members everybody’s birthday,” while a A major stepping-stone for wom- spite of having had eight children; in a Sure, Capelaci’s article ran in the newspaper in Virginia heralded Mier’s en’s participation in Canadian parlia- word they emphasized her femininity,” style section of the paper, but even the need for a makeover. ment was achieved on Oct. 18, 1929 according to an analysis of the “Person’s news pages were framed in terms of her According to the Media Alliance, when the British Privy Council declared Case” by the National Archives of looks. A front-page headline in The Miers was deemed unsuitable on com- that women were to be recognized as Canada. Toronto Sun referred to her “Blond pletely chauvinistic terms: “not because “persons” and given the right to sit on Even today, the media often uses Ambition” even though—as former of her lack of judicial experience but be- Senate. gendered language when describing Member of Parliament Sheila Copps cause, as a workaholic— ‘she doesn’t The numbers of women involved female politicians. Elisabeth Gidengil aptly pointed out—Stronach’s oppo- meet my exacting standard’… as a po- in politics has steadily increased since and Joanna Everitt, two Canadian schol- nent, Stephen Harper also has blonde tential wife! ‘Can it be any wonder she’s then. The 2004 federal election saw ars who have analysed the treatment of hair. single? … What relationship could more women take seats in the House of female politicians, identifi ed sport and Femininity, appearance and fl ower with a woman who works from 4 Commons than ever before. Out of a warfare as the two most-used meta- simply being a woman are what make a.m. to 10 at night?” 1,685 candidates, 391 (23.2 per cent) phors, affi rming that masculinity is still the headlines, more so than actions. The media needs to consider how were female—up from 20.6 per cent the norm for political institutions. They The next day, The Sun also ran a list of women are portrayed. Numerous stud- from the previous election—and 62 also showed that women are described potential bachelors, called “Blonde ies have shown that women get less cov- were elected, making up 20.6 per cent of using such gendered language as “spin- Date: Who Should Get Belinda’s Rose.” erage and when they get it are more the Legislature, according to Elections ster,” “superwoman,” or “one of the Gendered language and a focus on harshly criticized for being “unfemi- Canada. But while these numbers refl ect boys.” appearance are just as pervasive in nine.” It is 2006, we should be judging improvement in the status of women in When Belinda Stronach declared American media as in the Canadian people on equal platforms of perfor- the federal government, men still hold her candidacy for the Conservative press. The rejected U.S. Supreme Court mance and qualifi cations.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR BUSH: WAY WORSE THAN exactly why the world is such a shitty and not pro-people forces. But there accounts that would mean opposing BIN LADEN IS. mess today,” and the ineffectiveness are many diverse forces involved in Canada’s role in supporting the of “soft on crime” approaches. So we the resistance, especially in the cities “Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,” a Know your enemy know yourself, are to be a world-police hero, deliver- where massive student protests have theocracy that says it right in its name! that’s the politic, George Bush is way ing the suffering masses from oppres- taken place. It also means opposing Christian fun- worse than Bin Laden is... Know your sion, by how? Uniting with a new set Regardless of who put the new damentalists in North America – enemy know yourself, that’s the poli- of oppressors? oppressive government in power, we whose power extends right up to the tic, FBI, CIA the real terrorists This is precisely the essence of have a serious responsibility to side White House and the Canadian gov- the “war on terror,” a new age colo- with the people of Afghanistan. This ernment – and who are taking the -Dead Prez nialist mentality where we have the does not amount to being a “Taleban- world into unending war in our right to intervene where ever we see lover,” but like the quote from Dead name. ast Uniter Stephen Grandpre fi t, and do it in the name of “freedom Prez says at the top of this article, we Right now, all of Canada is attempted to rebuke my and democracy,” or human rights. But have to know who the real enemy is: asking, why are we supporting the response to his article, which L the reality is the same domination, “George Bush is way worse than Bin Islamic Republic of Afghanistan? expressed “cautious optimism the same poverty, and the same grow- Laden is, FBI, CIA the real terrorists.” Many are also questioning if it was towards the new Harper government, ing gap between haves and All attacks on people are terror- wrong to go there in the fi rst place, in regards to foreign affairs.” My letter have-nots. ism - making the U.S. terrorist No.1 how do we get out? For those who are pointed out that the war in I mean, for the various nationali- hands down. No one else can come against the war, they will fi nd oppor- Afghanistan is also a component part ties in Afghanistan, do the fundamen- near their crime count. To not con- tunity to vent their anger this of the “war on terror,” which also talists and warlords who ruled various sider Gulf War 1, inter-war economic Saturday, March 18, 1 p.m. at City includes torture, secret evidence to sections of the countryside with sanctions which killed no less than Hall. There will also be opportunity detain suspects, inhumane detention brutal private armies suddenly 500 000 children in Iraq, the massacre to place the demand for Canadian facilities, and unending war. become country-saving heroes, be- of Falluja, and the brutal racism of withdrawal from Afghanistan and This disagreement extends cause Canada has grown a big heart leaving the impoverished Black Haiti into the mainstream when across Canada more and more every- and means well? masses in New Orleans to die, to not troops train here in Winnipeg over day. On major media we have cheer- I think not. Regardless of how consider these to be terrorism is, April 30 – May 6. Notably there will be leading for troops in Afghanistan, and much the Canadian Forces promote frankly, western chauvinism. a high school, University, and work in most cities there are protests being school-building and well-digging, the These are the kind of atrocities Walkout, May 1, 1 p.m. at Memorial planned. A serious debate is stirring occupation has little support from the Canadian Forces are freeing up U.S. Park, endorsed by the World People’s over Canada’s transition from a sup- broad masses. In fact, the invasion troops for, and perhaps the kind we Resistance Movement and the Stop posedly “peacekeeping” country to and occupation has added fuel to the will soon witness Canadian troops the Bison Coalition. one that wages war. resistance war. Its no wonder no one committing – precisely the reason Mr. Grandpre argues that our in- thinks the war can actually be won why we should demand an end to the - Mark Johnson ternationalist duty is to overthrow (well, at least not for 10 or 20 years, if ‘war on terror’ and Canada’s partici- oppressive regimes. He states two things go well...) pation in it. main reasons: “leaving other coun- It’s a shame that the armed re- I agree that oppressive govern- tries to sort out their own problems is sistance is being led by religious forces ments should be overthrown. By all contact: [email protected] the uniter march 16, 2006 UWSA NOTICES 07

Notice to the membership:

uWSa annual General meeting thursday, april 6th 2006 10:00 a.m. bulman Student Centre

annual General meetings are meetings when all members of the uWSa have the opportunity to propose and vote on changes to the uWSa by laws and policies, set the fees for the organization and propose standing resolutions that help set the direction for the uWSa.

by law changes must be submitted 21 days in advance & motions 10 days in advance to: [email protected]

NotICe oF CooRdINatoR PoSItIoNS

The UWSA is looking for students interested in coordinating one of the student service centres in the Bulman Student Centre. These centres include the: Womyn’s Centre, International Resource Centre, EcoMAFIA, Photoclub, and the LGBT* centre.

Student service group coordinators are responsible for: organizing awareness campaigns and events specifi c to the constituency represented by the groups, organizing weekly meetings of the group, overall coordination and maintenance of the service group, ensuring that the student service centres are a safe and welcoming space for students. march 16, 2006 the uniter contact: [email protected] HUMOUR EDITOR: MATT COHEN E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 08 DIVERSIONS FAX: 783-7080

CALL FOR COVER ART: StRaIGHt FaCed

ARE YOU A LOCAL ARTIST? PHOTOGRAPHER? ILLUSTRATOR? GRAFFITI ARTIST? DO YOU matt CoHeN remember your monster truck experi- HumouR edItoR ence than an item that you’d be too em- RUN A GALLERY? barrassed to wear outside your house.

A middle-aged man in sweatpants THE UNITER, AS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE LOCAL ARTS COMMUNITY, IS LOOKING FOR he MTS Centre fi lled with eager screams for his truck to go faster. As if COLLABORATION ON COVER ART FOR EACH ISSUE. WE WANT YOUR ORIGINAL WORK, STILLS monster truck fans two weeks each of his drowned out cheers were OR PHOTOS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SENT OUT WITH PRESS RELEASES TO OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS. ago, waiting for their chance to T able to reach the driver that’s wearing see a giant truck jump over a helpless WE WANT OUR COVERS TO BE AS UNIQUE AS YOUR ART! FOR FURTHER INQUIRIES, PLEASE ear plugs 84 feet away. Chevette. The air was thick with antici- EMAIL SEBASTIAN POSIADLO AT [email protected], OR CALL US AT 786-9790. pation and exhaust fumes as six massive A moto-cross racer leaps into the machines rolled out onto the arena fl oor. air with only one hand to keep them This was my fi rst experience at a monster attached to their bike. While everyone truck show. I admit that I had had some in attendance is amazed by the stunt, preconceived notions about the crowd each one secretly wishes that the guy’s that I’d be seeing there. To my surprise, grip would loosen and he would fl y off I was greeted by families and fi rst dates the bike mid-air. Perhaps a monster rather than mullets and poor dental truck can jump over the ambulance hygiene. The redneck stigma just didn’t that’s come to fi x the racer’s broken stick. However, there were several pelvis and internal bleeding. moments that made the experience quite

unique. Here are a few to give you a sense Those were some of my experi- of the world I entered. ences, but at the end of the day, I enjoyed myself. Maybe the show catered to some A man walks out in front of a crowd primal drive that brought me back to of thousands yelling, “Who wants a the womb, with every sound muffl ed t-shirt?” Every fan in the arena yells at and every sensation new. However, the top of their lungs, beckoning the much like birth, you eventually have to announcer to throw it to them. What the leave this environment and venture out crowd fails to realize is that he was quite into the cold world. Hopefully when the literal in his question; because, in fact, time comes, I’ll be able to grab a little they only had one to give away. warmth from the memories. That, and perhaps the $25 Grave Digger shirt it A line winds itself like a snake, took me eight hours to buy. edging itself towards a merchandise counter, each step closer towards buying their child a $25 Grave Digger shirt or Monster Mutt hat. What better way to

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FUN CHOKES

Lief Gobeil

SNAKEPIT

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

The Winnipeg School Division, Adult EAL (English as an Additional Language) program is looking for four volunteers with excellent communication skills to assist in an intermediate level Adult EAL class on Thursday evenings from 8:00-9:00 pm. Volunteers will assist by working in the class under the direction of a certifi ed teacher. Volunteers are needed to assist with a conversation group activity. Classes are held at the Winnipeg Adult Education Center at 310 Vaughan. For more information, please call Heather at 775-0416 ext. 292 or email at [email protected]. march 16, 2006 the uniter contact: [email protected] ARTS EDITOR: MIKE LEWIS E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 10 ARTS & CULTURE FAX: 783-7080 Pulford Street Improv Palace PHOTO: JANET SHUM IMPROV’S SAFE HAVEN dictable nature makes it atypical of the and feels it is an essential venue in usual theatre experience. Robyn Slade, Winnipeg because it is “very inviting, eRIN mCINtyRe improviser since age 10 and member of and it’s there to stretch people’s idea Outside Joke Improvised Comedy, says about what theatre is.” Slade comments this is the beauty of improv: “When it’s that the audiences at Pulford are excep- The second fl oor of the Augustine clean and fl ows, it’s beautiful. When it’s tional in that they are made up of people United Church on 109 Pulford is a sloppy, it’s entertaining at the very “trying to give us a shot, and not our unique and important venue for least.” parents,” ensuring the shows are always OUTSIDE JOKE (Above) will be part of a Winnipeg Improv; rent-free and $4.99 a Shows happen every weekend at engaging and fresh. St. Patrick’s Day-inspired improv show show, it’s both audience and performer Pulford with Manitoba Improv League Outside Joke, along with any im- at Pulford on March 17, 12 a.m. friendly, leaving room for experimental performing on Saturdays at 8 p.m., proviser who can do an Irish accent, will ideas and creativity to fl ow. Crumbs on Saturdays at 10 p.m., and be part of a St. Patrick’s Day-inspired The Pulford Street Improv Palace several groups alternating the Friday at improv show at Pulford on March 17, 12 was founded in January of 2005 by midnight slot. These groups include a.m. Their next show will be on March by Merry Lang and Robyn Slade, wom- Stephen Eric McIntyre, self-proclaimed Young Lungs Improvised Dance, 24, also at Pulford at midnight. en’s only workshops run on Sundays at “godfather of improv” and out-reach co- Improvision, The Jist, Always George, It is generally understood that uni- 1: 30 p.m., and co-ed at 3: 00 p.m. On ordinator for The Gas Station Theatre. and Outside Joke. versity life is damn expensive, and what April 2 and 9, workshops will be hosted Converted from the rehearsal space for Outside Joke is a long-form improv may seem like nothing to the well-to-do by headlining comedians of the CBC the Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers, group with a strong history in the patrons of some theatres is lunch money Comedy Festival at 8 p.m. Pulford is an intimate space, seating Winnipeg Improv scene. The group, for the academics of U of W. So when Pulford is the Robin Hood of the- about 50. The motivation behind made up of Toby Hughes, Jane Testar, asked why Uniter readers would be in- atres, creating opportunity for artistic Pulford, McIntyre explained, was to Andrea del Campo, Chadd Henderson, terested in an improv show at Pulford, expression and ingenuity by eliminat- create a venue where performers could Robyn Slade and Carolyn Sabourin has Slade focused on the important things ing the issue of money. Slade feels do shows without the fear of losing been together for three years, however in life: “The shows are cheap, because Pulford is “something everyone can get money due to high rent costs. In doing each member has earned their improv you guys have to buy pens and textbooks behind [because] it appeals to anyone so, McIntyre has created an open space stripes, having collectively been in- and we’re sensitive to that. The shows on any given night” and is well deserv- where up-and-comers can hone their volved in Manitoba Theatre for Young are late, because you guys are busy. And ing of support. skills, create fan bases, and learn, while People, the Manitoba Improv League, it’s the prairies, what else are you going experts are provided with the opportu- the Canadian Improv Games, Second to do?” More seriously, Slade feels ************************************ nity to keep doing what they love. City (Toronto), Prairie Theatre Exchange, improv is important because “it’s all en- Improv is a theatre form which began in the Improv Olympics, and One Way compassing - everything and anything Show information for individual improv 16th century Europe when traveling Improv. From this, Slade says, comes can happen and it will never be groups performing at Pulford can be found on actors began performing scenes with the distinctive style of OJ: repeated.” www.myspace.com/thejokeisoutside pre-determined beginnings and end- “Accumulatively packed together, all of Besides performances, Pulford has (Outside Joke), www.younglungs.ca (Young ings, but no structured dialogue. Over our bizarre improv knowledge creates a very strong outreach component as Lungs), and www.crumbs.ca/ridicule.html time, improv evolved into becoming en- different improv styles to appeal to ev- well, offering workshops for those inter- (Crumbs). Tickets are always $4.99. tirely unscripted, depending on the au- eryone.” Slade is grateful for Pulford, as ested in testing their improv skills or dience’s suggestions to create, and then OJ was “homeless” before its invention, learning new ones all together. Taught - manipulate, the story line. Its unpre- Just For the Sake of Dance

Jaya beaNGe has been to lift the ballerinas and thus dant Lieutenant Governor is welcomed even rival the more prominent dancers demonstrate their ethereal substance. by a standing crowd and a musical on stage. It is not surprising then that Sergei Diaghilev, a famous choreogra- salute. The curtain opens and reveals a this music was to set the atmosphere for The Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s inter- pher of the early twentieth-century, and ‘chorus’ of dancers, harmoniously sit- the spectacular fi nale. The dancers pretation of Handel’s Messiah makes his favourite dancer Vaslav Njinksy, ting like school kids upon benches at became a swirling vision creating a emphatic the controversial nature of were largely responsible for introducing the back of the stage. (The set is mini- mesmerizing display of limbs and white modern dance. The ballet is tradition- modern elements (especially of move- malist.) As the dance progresses, the linens. The standing ovation was ally the telling of a well-known story, ment) into the ballet. Modern move- emotion in any particular scene is dic- lengthy. The entire theatre rose to their often one that has already been ex- ments are certainly dominant in the tated by lighting since there are no props feet to express their appreciation, pressed in song. In the case of Handel’s Messiah. The dancers seek the pinnacle to offer clues. The lighting is meant to moved by the love of dance for the sake Messiah, the story behind the song is of expression within some general con- emphasize the spiritual themes of of dance. the life of Jesus. fi nes that ensure that it might still be “hope, suffering and redemption”. Even Choreographers today do not fi nd able to call itself ballet. This is obvious the costumes are simple: white shirts it necessary to make the dance a narra- in very angular and abrupt movements, and leggings (very similar for both male tive corresponding to that of some song. creating intricate geometric forms. and female dancers), though eventually The choreographer in question, A brief timeline might be helpful in the women sport Mauricio Wainrot, explains exactly that setting the stage. Handel’s Messiah tutu-like accesso- characteristic of his most recent ballet: dates back to 1742. It was choreographed ries and the reason

“Although my work is inspired by as a ballet two and a half centuries later for the change is Handel’s magnifi cent Oratory, it’s not for the Royal Ballet of Flanders in 1996. unclear. The plot is based really on the texts, as my piece The Argentinean choreographer diffi cult to follow 95.9 FM CKUW CAMPUS/ does not follow any kind of story. It’s Wainrot then extended the length of (read: there isn’t been conceived in a more abstract way. this twenty minute piece and presented really any plot) but COMMUNITY RADIO Through the movements, situations and his eighty minute version in Chili in the talent of the vo- TOP 10 CD ALBUMS scenes, it shows the mysticism, the reli- 1998. Since then it has also been per- calists and dancers giosity, the emotion and enjoyment this formed in Argentina and France. Now is impressive. Their MARCH 5, 2006 MARCH 11,2006 music has.” Winnipeg has added its name to this devotion to dance ! = Local content * = Canadian Content *NB: RE=Re Entry NE = New Entry The Messiah in its own time was select list. is obvious in their considered blasphemous. Reference to Winnipeg has been witness to ability to hold such LW TW Artist Recording Label the religious name, was often not possi- Wainrot’s choreography as early as 1976. diffi cult and fanci- ble in the practice of performing such a More recently his work was shown in ful poses. 1 1 Gogol Bordello • Gypsy Punks • Side One Dummy sacred musical piece at just any public the RWB’s presentation in 2002 of Like Carl Orf’s 2 2 !The Qui s • The Qui s • Independent venue. What would critics of old have Carmina Burana. Yet another of his La Fortuna, the thought about an accompanying dance 4 3 !The Hummers • Modern Entrance • Sisyphus projects is to be released in Winnipeg in Hallelujah chorus that has ignored the Christian iconog- October 2007. is passionately ex- 3 4 *Elliot Brood • Ambassador • Six Shooter raphy altogether? Turn now to the opening night in citing. So many 6 5 Su an Stevens • Illinois Asthmatic • Kitty The dance itself in Wainrot’s Winnipeg: March 12th, 2006. The voices and instru- 7 6 !Afterbeat Personals • Bacteria • Bu et Messiah is not traditional. The use of Royal Winnipeg Ballet is joined by the ments in unison 9 7 *Controller.Controller • X-Amounts • Paper Bag pointe and fl uid movement is meant to Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and can overwhelm to 16 8 *New Pornographers • Twin Cinema • Mint liken ballerinas to heavenly beings, University of Manitoba Singers. The such an extent that giving them a role superior to their 8 9 !Subcity Dwellers • Out On the Streets • SteelCapped audience is well dressed, and the atten- they sometimes fellow male dancers, whose function 14 10 Various Artists• Northern Faction 3 • Balanced

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CD REVIEWS BOOK REVIEW

Kover Hugh Cornwell the absent Sound With the beatles assembly beyond elysian Fields It’s all true author: lewis lapham engineer Records 2006 Invisible Hands music 2005 No list Records 2005 Published by melville House (www.myspace.com/koverrock) (www.hughcornwell.com) (www.theabsentsound.com) 147 pages (www.koverrock.com) melody Rogan derek leschasin ReVIeWed by: adam SCaleNa Jo Snyder

Kover’s Assembly is Former Stranglers This local band has one of the most exciting front man/guitarist created a true work of In With the Beatles, long-time independent releases of Hugh Cornwall has art – experimental and political essayist of decided to launch unique. Utilizing guitars, 2006 and will be coming the American Left a solo career. His keyboards and samples, out on the UK based label and editor of Harper’s Engineer Records. Though album, Beyond Elysian they produce a dreamy, Magazine, Lewis it’s the fi rst offi cial full Fields, contains many almost ethereal brand of Lapham, chronicles the events of February, release for the band, it’s a follow up record to the 2004 ‘60s elements (such as organs and fl utes), as well as ambient rock. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes eerie, and sounds reminiscent of the Rolling Stones, The Who, sometimes just weird, this album has the ability to create 1968, when the Beatles, self-recorded, self-released fi ve-song CD by guitarist folk musician Donovan, and, of course, The Stranglers. Much of the record has visions in the listener’s mind – not something that can be and ex-Blue Skies at War member Ryan Mills. From the Mia Farrow (then Mrs. GTA of Southern Ontario, Kover blends dark, tuned down a decidedly Brit-pop sound, albeit one more sophisti- said about many other artists’ work. Frank Sinatra), Mike Love, and other hipsters alike, cated than what is usually considered Brit-pop, but the sought tranquility on the shore of the Ganges under the and brooding guitars with intense melodies, detailed and Many people may fi nd this disc inaccessible – it takes spiritual guidance of the Maharishi. Then a young writer incredible guitar work, and anthemic choruses. It’s a album also includes some cute ballads with whimsical a few listens to really “get it”. It’s doubtful any of these for the Saturday Evening Post, Lapham found himself musical hybrid of Thin Lizzy and Hot Water Music, among storytelling. All in all an entertaining work: catchy tracks will be heard outside of campus radio, not that this in a privileged position to document the western craze songs, (sometimes) sexy lyrics, and great vocals. It’s other amazing infl uences, including favourite 90s throw- with Transcendental Meditation: the only journalist takes anything away from the talent put into this album. back bands, like Farside. This is a truly unique record obvious this guy has been in the music biz a while. permitted to stay on the ashram in the foothills of the in a hard rock genre overfl owing with Nicklebacks and Stand-out tracks are “Cadiz,” “Under Her Spell,” Their live shows should not be missed by any fan. Himalayan Mountains, Lapham took detailed notes Nickleback wannabes. This record is really musical, the “Beauty on the Beach,” and “Henry Moore.” I suggest behind-the-scenes -- resulting in a remarkable 68 pages of typescript. Now, writing almost 40 years song writing thoughtful, the guitars pretty; and layered you check this album out and see Hugh perform live on later, he recalls the events as though not a day has March 21 at the West End Cultural Centre. Interested? music like this makes each spin of the disc unique. passed. With brilliant commentary and his character- See future Listings for more details. istic wit, Lapham offers his last vivid memory of the cultural confusion, child-like innocence, and general optimism that marked the 1960s, detailing a pivotal event in American popular culture. In 147 pages, Lapham traces the rise of TM into American hipster subculture, with his visits to pocket sects in New York’s Lower East Side and California’s Berkeley Campus, to the Ganges, and to the movement’s TEDIOUS MINUTIAE eventual absorption into the mainstream a short time later. A skeptic both then and now, he questions the Or: Ineffectively Detailing One’s Cultural Consumption for the Uncaring Installment #19 - Pondered: Andy Rooney, CBS’s 60 Minutes validity of the Maharishi’s teachings and the quality of his character. In fact, just short of calling him a charlatan, he compiles the evidence that eventually He never even turned his damn computer on! For more breaking news by Rooney, visit his by beN maCPHee-SIGuRdSoN led many, including certain Beatles, to see the guru’s [email protected] If CBS is wondering why its overhead is balloon- corner of the 60 Minutes website (http://www. fraudulent ways -- the most glaring being his fondness ing, perhaps they should consider not employing cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/rooney/ for technology, breach of celibacy, and wheedling for an 87-year-old procrastinator, then throw a few main3419.shtml), and watch/read his scintillating money. Although very capable of, and willing to, poke fun at the western pioneers of the movement as well, Sometimes I feel like the Andy Rooney of Winnipeg people on the clock to chronicle his daily slack. journalism, with riveting title themes like: Lapham does ascribe a certain degree of legitimacy to independent media. their overall objective. Many, he suggests, understood Granted, Rooney had some sort of knee surgery -Tracking down Andy’s Lexus (they find the owner their efforts as resistance to American consumer Wait. Well, here I go again with the self-depreca- about seven years ago and insisted on remain- of the car Rooney sold some years back) culture, moral bankruptcy, and the war in Vietnam. tory metacolumn, the move I keep promising to ing awake during the process, and could be seen -Utility poles and America’s beauty Toward the end of Lapham’s stay, as the media frenzy calmed and interests in the Rishikesh stop making but the one that just feels so sitting up and watching the whole process, which -Joys of perusing foreign news safe-haven fizzled, so, too, did the underpinning damn good! is pretty tough if you ask me. (I, meanwhile, sat -Ex-President is not a bad gig philosophy of the 1960s. Lapham eloquently contrasts curled up in the corner of my couch, rocking back -What have they done to milk? the movement with the assassination of Martin Luther First of all, if you don’t know who Andy Rooney is, and forth and cringing queasily as the sawing and -etc. King the following April, Bobby Kennedy in June, don’t be embarrassed; if you’re under the age of drilling noises rattled inside Rooney’s leg.) and the riots that overran the Democratic National Convention in July. Accompanying these tragedies, 60 it is totally understandable. I mean, the guy is So what makes me as irrelevant and banal as Andy I mean, kudos to the guy for toughing it out for so he further explains, were Nixon’s “madman theory”, a 87 years old, for crying out loud. 87! If you want Rooney? Well, first of all, the title of the column many years; I’d actually love to see a full-length devastating increase in cocaine sales, and the death to find out who he is, tune in to CBS’ 60 Minutes should be a heads-up in the ways of the tedium show featuring Rooney, and see just how far he of 35,000 more soldiers in Vietnam. What emerged for about the last three minutes. If you see a really ‘round these parts. Secondly, I’m now in my fourth could take his reports about nothing. I mean, it’s unscathed the following November, however, was old dude rambling on about nothing in particular, decade, having turned 30 less than six months the Seinfeld of news. the White Album, a snapshot of youthful exploration conceived over the course of the eastern visit. it’s Andy. ago. I know it’s only around a third of Rooney’s This book will surely disappoint those inter- age, but having been on campus for most of my Andy is thumb-twiddling verb royalty: he “muses,” ested in Beatles’ musicology; Lapham, at the outset, Topics of Rooney’s segment of the show (of which twenties, I know 30 can at times seem ancient. “ponders,” “wonders,” “has some thoughts” and, confesses his allegiance at the time to ‘50s jazz and he has been a co-host since 1978) deals with I often feel ancient, most often when trying to fix if you really ruffle his feathers, he “objects.” admits he knew few specifics about Beatlemania. In fact, the title is somewhat deceiving. Many will be the banal, yet with a fervor rarely matched in things or running for the bus or going to a rock And nobody wants that. pleased, though, to read Lapham at his best -- his primetime television news. In one installment he show. The fact that I would call it a “rock show” highly-descriptive, often self-important prose, his talked about his junk mail – about how he can is proof enough, no? Of course, this from the guy that spent weeks honesty, and his ability to capture and contextualize tell whether something is junk mail based on the chronicling his Sopranos viewing. Ooh, speaking a zeitgeist. I recently chanced upon Lapham’s book- urgency declared on the envelope. True enough, Anyhow, I had originally planned to do this week’s of which, new episodes coming up … signing/Q&A at Colloseum Books in New York City. A popular scope of many audience questions concerned but worthy of our time, Andy? segment on the volume of flyers and junk mail the timing of the book’s release. Lapham answered I’ve been getting at my new pad, and then thought Milk man: [email protected] that he was merely fulfilling a request from a friend, On another installment of his segment he detailed of Rooney’s segment, then thought more about Not-so foreign not-so-news: a Beatles fan who had stumbled upon his earlier two- how little work he got done in the day; camera my own writing, then Rooney’s, etc., until I made tediousminutiae.blogspot.com part article written for the Saturday Evening Post. This crews followed him around as he leafed lazily the connection. (Incidentally, the flyers are out of may be the case; however, with parallel anxieties with the current global crisis and shared cultural vacan- through mail at his office, chatted with co- hand; yesterday I received no less than five pizza cies, Lapham’s haphazard timing could not be more workers, went and got his hair cut, came back flyers, which was more comical when I ordered appropriate. to the office, had a nap, bought some shoes, etc. pizza last night, yet from none of said advertisers.) march 16, 2006 the uniter contact: [email protected] ARTS EDITOR: MIKE LEWIS E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 12 ARTS & CULTURE FAX: 783-7080 not bound by

KeNtoN SmItH Finger. Right,” then nod in satisfaction tions. This traditional process allows and move on. for happy accidents, and “exploration “My images are based in reality – For the same reason, Crawley is and investigation;” despite departing but they are not bound by it.” likewise sparing when it comes to dis- from a clearly defi ned starting point, So says photographer Sarah cussing the thematic content of the Crawley does not so much pre-visual- Crawley of her new show, mentis pre- show. ize as discover her images. hensio, an exhibition of nineteen ab- “If I said, ‘The work is about sense In fact, the fi nal layout of the stract photographic prints that explore memory’ – pffffffffttt!” she says, antici- prints on the wall was determined be- the themes of line, repetition, and pat- pating the viewer’s possible reaction. forehand using smaller 4 x 5 prints; tern, fi nding unexpected aesthetic untitled from the series mentis prehensio Crawley’s images, all 50 by 60 Crawley only saw the blow-ups a few possibilities upon the surface of the by Sarah Crawley 2006 – 50” x 65” inches in dimension, went through a days before the opening. Although this colour photograph human body. laborious eight generations to reach timeline, and the necessity of having to The fi nal images are akin to look- their fi nal form. farm out the task of enlargement, in- ing at a sample under a microscope, She started by photographing the volved a certain loss of control for viewer to take away, “because I’m not with each shifting of lenses and in- face and hands of herself and her part- Crawley, she was insistent on the ne- always sure of what I am going to take crease in the power of magnifi cation ner, using 35 mm daylight slide fi lm cessity of creating large images: “Size is away.” yielding an entirely new sight, both with tungsten lighting to achieve colour a way to physically impact the viewer.” startling and fascinating – yet also ever distortions. She then made a 20 by 24 Some images resemble lava fl ows or ex- mentis prehensio is showing at further away from how the original inch paper negative, then a paper posi- ploding volcanoes, or possibly molten aceart until April 22. For more infor- subject appears to the naked eye. tive of the same size; Crawley then steel fl owing from smelters. Some look mation, visit www.aceart.org. Crawley says that this work repre- photographed these prints, again using like infrared images, others like sono- sents “the most abstract I’ve ever gone 35 mm slide fi lm, zeroing in on various grams or operating room videos. - I had no idea what the images would specifi c areas (several of the fi nal Several resemble polished chrome look like when I started. There were images are in fact taken from the same surfaces. moments when I was pointing the original paper positive). Crawley herself is imaginatively camera at myself and thinking, ‘Will The next step was to take a stimulated by her own fi nished images: this even be in focus?’” She says that Polaroid of the slide image, printing to “This one looks to me like a brushfi re – she even lost track of whether some negative, and then printing to positive with birds being driven from it,” she images were of her or her partner -- or again. Finally, the company Lab Works says, pointing at several red specks even what they were of. photographed the Polaroids using 4 x 5 against the black area of the print. “That’s a fi ngerprint, is it not?” I negative fi lm, from which the fi nal Returning to some of the images, ask, pointing to one print. blow-ups were made. they now alternatively appear as vistas “Nope, that’s a knuckle,” Crawley As Crawley says, this layering of of deep space, perhaps as seen through replies. multiple processes results in the loss of the Hubble telescope. A spewing vol- I also incorrectly identify a hand a great many subtleties, but, conversely, cano now looks like a solar fl are. as a tongue, and the skin between two enhances other visual information: “I love how the image can shift, fi ngers as a detail of a lower lip. highlights, lines, colours, grain – in the more time you spend with it,” Crawley explains that it’s a natu- other words, patterns. This “allows one Crawley says. ral reaction for viewers to try to identify to see the technology behind the She says she also loves the end the images: “Human beings look for the process.” process of sharing her work with a familiar.” It is for this reason that The technology in this case is not viewing public after a long period of se- Crawley has not named any of the indi- digital, as many have assumed of clusion in the studio and darkroom – al- vidual images – she doesn’t want people Crawley’s work since the late ‘90s, but though she hastens to add that there is to simply regard a piece, say “Oh. rather traditional darkroom manipula- nothing specifi c she would want the

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Letting the Cacophony Speak for Itself mIKe leWIS Citing bands like Sigur Ros and citing groups like The Association and With that kind of straightforward aRtS edItoR Stereolab, Jesse feels that the Frog have Paul Simon as examples of what they honesty, Graham and Jesse are almost survived for nearly eight years because listen to when their brains are full. daring the listener to embrace the glori- of the post-rock era of popular bands “We’re idealistic though,” explains ous cacophony that is a Mahogany Frog that incorporate instrumental sections Jesse. “[People] aren’t trying to chal- show. See if you’re up to the challenge. ahogany Frog would say into their music. However, alongside the lenge themselves with that it takes moxie to stand satisfaction at having lasted this long, music. It’s not common for PHOTO: MELENA PERRON up on stage and dare a M there’s still a certain amount of people to actually volun- crowd of people to voluntarily render frustration. tarily make themselves themselves uncomfortable for the “The majority of people will think uncomfortable. People sake of ingesting what is believed to that you’re crazy for playing [instru- should do that more be true art. mental music],” says Jesse. “Like jazz. often.” The band has welcomed original People claim that they like jazz, but they Being in a band that drummer J.P. Perron back into the fold don’t really listen to it. I don’t know has run for so long on that and are currently gearing up for a 16 many people that put on jazz records fi ne line between preten- date tour to being at the end of March. and appreciate them. A lot of people tious crap and cerebral In order to warm up for the tour, the in- don’t take it seriously. Bands that are brilliance, Graham and strumental quartet are playing a show successful aren’t based on musician- Jesse have been able to at the Oikos Co-op Mansion before hit- ship. It’s based on getting a nicely or- keep level heads about the ting the road east to promote their chestrated indie pop sound.” whole thing. They do what unique brand of patently un-commer- As with anything that falls under they want and make no cial jazz-rock-craziness. the loosely-defi ned umbrella of ‘avant- effort to dumb it down by Despite the departure of Perron, garde’, instrumental music is often re- mixing it with something a who relocated to Montreal last garded as pretentious, relying on ethe- little more palatable. They September, the Frog have been hard at real cleverness rather than concrete have a kind of self-confi - work writing, rehearsing, and perform- words that clearly defi ne the singer/ dence rarely found outside ing with fi ll-in drummer Andy Rudolph. band’s motives. For Mahogany Frog, of drunken punk bands. Like many long-distance relationships, there are two reasons for choosing the And they’ve got the moxie the future of this one was uncertain former path. to argue with anyone who until the band got together a couple of “We’re not an instrumental band tells them otherwise. weeks ago to see if they still had it. because we don’t like singing, it’s simply “I think you can avoid According to guitarist/keyboardist that the band evolved that way,” says being pretentious by just Graham Epp and guitarist/keyboardist Graham. “It doesn’t make sense to me being honest,” Jesse states, Jesse Warkentin, the band didn’t miss a that people feel that music needs to have when asked about whether beat. MAHOGANY FROG play the Oikos Co-op Mansion on March 19 vocals.” or not he’s concerned “We’ve been playing with J.P. for so “It is on purpose,” Jesse continues. about how people will in- long that the old Mahogany Frog E.S.P. “A little bit. It’s a reaction to the stupid- terpret the band. “Be honest with your- Mahogany Frog will be playing the came back into effect,” explains ity of the masses. We’re playing what we self and true to what you’re trying to do. Oikos Co-op Mansion on March 19th, Graham. want to hear, and what we think other Pretension is when you do your thing and the Cavern on the 26th. For more The band have been breaking people should hear - music that will and take a step back and then really try information on the band, please visit: Perron into the new material, as well as broaden people’s understanding of to force people to understand what you www.mahoganyfrog.ca digging into the older stuff for the tour. music to a certain degree.” do. If you keep making music and it’s With four albums under their belt, When pressed on the point that always fresh and honest then it’s not there’s a lot to choose from, most nota- sometimes it’s okay to listen to a three really pretentious because you’re put- bly Mahogany Frog On Blue, released minute pop-song, the guys are quick to ting it out and your ass is on the line and last year on blue vinyl. point out that even they fall prey to the you’re not really lying to people.” musical equivalent of ‘comfort-food’ Rusalka to Dance with the WSO

While it can end in tragedy, as young has fl ourished in Manitoba since. has a strong sense of what it is to share men who are enticed follow them to the Rusalka performs every year at culture within the global community. eRIN mCINtyRe water and are drowned, if the Rusalka Folklorama in the Kyiv-Ukrainian pa- Rusalka has danced everywhere from fi nds true love she is transformed and vilion, but also travels extensively and Scotland to Australia, and was the fi rst becomes human again. This story foreign dance group to perform in usalka, Ukrainian dance of the metamorphic powers of true Taiwan. On a local level, Rusalka has group and staple of love and the sufferings of the heart performed in Swan Lake with the Royal is relatable in every culture, and Winnipeg Ballet, as well as with the Manitoban culture, will be R so Johanna Washchyshyn, who Chai Israeli Dancers. performing the world premiere of has danced with Rusalka for three Above all, Washchyshyn stresses, “The Legend of the Rusalka,” choreo- years, feels that “The Legend of Rusalka is about “bringing out the graphed by Anna and Vasyl Kanevets. the Rusalka” is not just for those dancer in everyone” by communicating This will be the fi rst time in Rusalka’s who know and love Ukrainian a remarkable and beautiful story dance. Washchyshyn states that through a unique dance style. 43 years of dance that the legend of because there are so many distinc- Washchyshyn claims that after a Rusalka its namesake will be brought to the tive cultural groups within show, people feel like dancing because stage. The Winnipeg Symphony Manitoba, Manitobans can appre- “the legend overcomes all of us.” Orchestra will be accompanying the ciate traditions other than their “The Legend of the Rusalka” with dancers, making it the fi rst of its kind, own in a very real way. While the the WSO will be performed at the legend and infl uence of Ukrainian Centennial Concert Hall on March 18 at as the WSO has never before per- culture are always present in the 1:30 or 7:00 p.m. Ticket prices range formed with an amateur Ukrainian dances, Washchyshyn feels it does from $22-$44 and information can be dance group. not limit the group so much as found at the WSO Box Offi ce, 949-3999. In Ukrainian folklore, Rusalky are create its defi nitive style: “It’s a dangerous and alluring women water powerful story; we try to become spirits who were jilted in love and died the legend, be that muse and cap- of a broken heart. On the Green Holiday tivate the audiences’ hearts.” it is believed that the Rusalky can leave Rusalka began in 1962 under (LEFT) “THE LEGEND OF RUSALKA” the water and seek their true loves. the invention of Peter Hladun, and march 16, 2006 the uniter contact: [email protected] 14 ELECTION Q & A CHoICe 2006: eleCtIoN Q & a all bIoGRaPHy/PlatFoRm SubmISSIoNS FRom tHe eleCtoRal CaNdIdateS HaVe beeN PRINted IN tHe eXaCt FoRmat IN WHICH tHey WeRe SubmItted. tHe uNIteR doeS Not CHeCK FoR GRammaR, SPellING, PuNCtuatIoN, Style oR PlauSIbIlIty oN aNy SubmISSIoN ReCeIVed FRom eleCtoRal CaNdIdateS IN adHeReNCe to eleCtIoN PolICy.

QueStIoNS & aNSWeRS: 1) HoW doeS youR INteRPRetatIoN oF tHe Role oF PReSIdeNt aNd youR PlatFoRm INCReaSe StudeNt INVolVemeNt aNd tHuS INCReaSe tHe ReleVaNCe oF tHe uWSa? PReSIdeNt 2)? tHe PReSIdeNt SItS oN tHe uNIVeRSIty SeNate aNd tHe boaRd oF ReGeNtS; HoW do you See tHeSe PoSItIoNS aS ImPoRtaNt IN FulFIllING tHe Role oF PReSIdeNt?

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The job of President Increasing student in- should not simply be that volvement and relevance of a paid, fulltime political is about initiative. It’s activist. about taking the initiative to support student work. Rather, the role is one In the coming year, you of service to students. Yes, can expect increased that includes lobbying on funding for student the issue of post-second- groups- both service and ary tuition. And, yes, that academic. It’s about taking does involve organizing the initiative to expand speakers’ series and events services like the Petrifi ed that allow students to dis- Sole to ground level, or cuss their community and fi ne-tuning the health their planet. plan to enable online opt outs, and to include inter- Too often, however, national students. Its the UWSA is preoccupied about a reinvestment in with one particular politi- programming for more cal program, not discus- exciting events- such as a sion and debate. Moreover, grad party at the WAG! when most of the events But relevance of the UWSA organized have a political is also about representa- daniel blaikie (Contested ballot) edge, many students feel Kate Sjoberg (Contested ballot) tion; about working with excluded from the outset. outside groups; about holding stakeholders ac- I want to see a shift of emphasis from radical politics to a fun, vibrant campus countable. In the 2006 2007 year, I look forward to continuing our work together to life. This program includes most students, not just those who traditionally pay at- strengthen our movement and our message. tention to the UWSA.

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Together these bodies govern the University. Whether the question has to do Actually, I think the president should play an active role in increasing student with curriculum, tuition, or the Spence development, it’s important that the interest and participation on these boards. Decisions made and information President be there not only to ensure the student perspective is at the table, as it shared at these meetings directly affect students’ lives; for example the situation has been for my entire university career, but also to ensure that that voice is lis- surrounding course evaluations at Senate, or the recent Regents’ decision to in- tened to. crease rental fees for students in residence. I think we need better reporting of what goes on at these meetings to the greater student body; for example through Attacking and insulting the administration for every difference of opinion our own board meetings, or a section on our website. Together, we can take a more wastes political capital that can be used to infl uence projects such as the Spence proactive stance on these boards. I want to work with you bring motions forward development. As long as student representatives play at politics like children, stu- on behalf of students, to ensure our positions are used to their fullest extent. dents at large will be sidelined when the important decisions are made. I’m run- ning on the NEXT slate to offer students the choice of mature representation on these bodies.

QueStIoNS & aNSWeRS: CLASSIFIEDS eduCatIoN dIReCtoR ADVERTISE YOUR LOCAL BUSINESS HERE 1) HoW do you PRoPoSe to eFFeCtIVely CommuNICate WItH eduCatIoN StudeNtS aNd RePReSeNt tHeIR NeedS aNd CoNCeRNS to tHe boaRd? ? As Director I would seek continual dialogue with groups such as the Education Room & Board for female students in a Students Association. EdSA too is involved Christian Faith and Vocation House of in the day-to-day lives of education students Discernment in Windsor Park; $450.00 per and open communication between EdSA month; negotiable according to computer, and the Director would be benefi cial to phone and related needs. Easy access to public education students. In addition, if elected I transportation downtown Wpg & to U would be a visible part of the education Manitoba. No pets, no alcohol, clean, non- community as a whole and would make myself familiar to all students. Many smoking environment, Call Sr. Elaine at (H) education students do not realize they have 253-9786 or (W) 474-9784 or email a voice to speak for them on the Board [email protected] of Directors. Likewise, it is important for devin King (yes/no ballot) education students to use their voice: vote Devin for Education Director. contact: [email protected] the uniter march 16, 2006 ELECTION Q & A 15

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1) WHat aRe tHe CuRReNt metHodS oF adVoCaCy oF tHe uWSa aNd HoW doeS youR VISIoN oF tHe Role oF VPa alloW FoR tHe dIVeRSIty oF INteReStS WItHIN tHe StudeNt body? 2)? WHat IS tHe moSt ImPoRtaNt Role oF tHe VPa aNd HoW do you See youRSelF FIttING INto tHIS Role? aNSWeR #1 Jarrett morka (Contested ballot)(No photo provided) The main method of advocacy is aNSWeR #1 one-on-one contact with students when dealing with a number of issues, which Basically, the current methods of advocacy of the UWSA are to coordinate can be a cumbersome and arduous pro- and promote both external activities (activities involving the community and cess. The VPA facilitates this process by etc) and academic activities of the UWSA (events that are held by the UWSA). having a clear and comprehensive un- Also, the UWSA is there to be a representative of students on the University derstanding of students’ rights. Of Winnipeg Senate Appeals committee. My vision for the role of VPA, is to allow for more social events involving students at the university and lobby In addition, there are many other for online registration of courses. This refl ects the diversity of students, methods of advocacy, which allow for because I think all students are tired with the lack of social events that the diversity of interests on campus, in- occur here. Students, also experience the long line ups and frustrating wait cluding working with Foodbank and times for registration too. Safewalk, chairing the UWSA Security Committee, with varying student rep- aNSWeR #2 resentation, and representing students at all levels of government, including I think that the most important role of the VP advocate is being Manitoba student loans. My vision of (Contested ballot) accountable to the students. This includes: gathering their input on key mathew Gagné the VPA includes enhancing the advo- ideas, talking with them on campus, and being available to students when cacy work that is currently being com- they have questions or ideas about the UWSA and related issues. I see myself pleted, as well as working more with outside organisations, such as human rights fi tting into this role quite easily, because I am quite keen on interacting coalitions, anti-poverty groups, and refugee/immigrant organisations. with other students, hearing what they have to say about the UWSA and to answer questions they may have. I intend to make it very clear to students aNSWeR #2 who I am, where I’m located in the building and how they can reach me if they have any questions/problems. The most important role is advocacy. It is the job of the VPA to know the UW academic policies and regulations so student can receive the best help possible. In fact, this past year I helped over 150 students through such processes.

I fi t into this role because I have gained a signifi cant level of knowledge and ex- perience with students’ rights. Frankly, I know the policies and regulations quite well, and am well equipped to help students in the most effi cient and effective manner. In fact, I want to put this knowledge to work for students by developing a QueStIoNS & aNSWeRS: student handbook that will clearly outline processes and regulations, as well as increase awareness of students’ rights. VICe-PReSIdeNt StudeNt SeRVICeS

1) WHat IS tHe VPSS’ Role IN StImulatING CamPuS CultuRe aNd HoW Would you mobIlIZe aNSWeR #1 StudeNt GRouPS to INCReaSe PaRtICIPatIoN IN eVeNtS? 2) WHat IS oNe SeRVICe to StudeNt GRouPS tHat you tHINK NeedS to be ImPRoVed aNd Students need a credible voice when HoW Would you Go about ImPRoVING It? it comes to the person who fi lls the role ? of VPA. The VPA needs to be able to see the whole of the university community aNSWeR #1 and be able to understand how best to direct the interests towards concrete The VPSS’s role is to connect students results. outside of the classroom by way of campus If elected I will fulfi l my role by events. Too often the UWSA’s role in creat- making sure that while tuition fees are ing campus culture is seen only during O- kept low, students with disabilities will week or is directed at a select group of be represented, students who live in people at the UofW. residents are represented, and the many Students are a diverse group - to other students who have an array of get them involved the VPSS needs to reach concerns have an advocate whose voice out to a broader range of people. Skills will be heard by the administration and workshops (dj-ing, bartending, bike repair) by government. are one way of getting students into the door I will spend more time fi nding part- of student groups. Intermurals like dodge- (Contested ballot) ners then fi ghting false battles against ball and street hockey create campus spirit ben Wickström perceived enemies. while lunchtime performances from musi- cians, dancers, actors, or comedians in aNSWeR #2 Ridell Hall or Gallery 1C03 could expose the Vivian belik (Contested ballot) arts to a greater number of people on The most important role the VPA has, the one which is not fi lled by any other campus. member of the UWSA, is as student advocate. Although I will be new to the posi- aNSWeR #2 tion of VPA, I have extensive experience as a student representative at the Senate Appeals Committee and as a former member of the UofW Residence Discipline Student group promotion is one service that needs improvement. Many stu- Committee. I am familiar with the administrative processes within the university dents don’t join student groups because they are too shy or they don’t know enough and will have an excellent start in settling in to the role of advocate. There will be about the group to approach them in person. As VPSS I would hold a student group other responsibilities I will have as VPA, but I will make my fi rst priority being open house during orientation week, similar to the one held this year by Andriy, to there for the students who need a strong advocate able to navigate them thru the provide incoming and returning students with an opportunity to learn about, and complicated world of the UofW. get involved with, the various student groups that are working on campus. I would go one step further by providing webhosting to student groups on the UWSA web- site so that they could keep students informed of ongoing events and activities.

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The VPSS should be able to coordinate a certain base number of events throughout the year, such as orientation week, a re-orientation week in the winter, and several other activities during each semester. This would involve providing proper advertising for each event through postering, in-class announcements, and air-time on CKUW and creating a schedule of events at the start of each semester. The VPSS should facilitate student groups in planning their own events in a way that allows them to take ownership of their events, while also keeping student groups notifi ed of each other’s activities so they are not creating too many similar events, and can attend each other’s events. Student groups can be a volunteer base for UWSA events.

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Many student groups on campus have evolved since their inceptions. Many of them exist without up-to-date constitutions. In the upcoming year, I see it as a goal to create a template for student group constitutions, so student groups can easily create or update their constitutions as necessary. This is an important goal because a constitution will help a given student group decide what activities it should be organizing and promoting on campus. It is also important to have a template available so groups can change their constitution as they evolve. I see this as a service, because it is often diffi cult for a group to know where to start when creating a constitution and this will help groups function better. Stephen Whitmore (Contested ballot) march 16, 2006 the uniter contact: [email protected] all bIoGRaPHy/PlatFoRm SubmISSIoNS FRom tHe eleCtoRal CaNdIdateS HaVe beeN PRINted IN tHe eXaCt FoRmat IN WHICH tHey WeRe SubmItted. tHe uNIteR doeS Not CHeCK FoR GRammaR, SPellING, PuNCtuatIoN, Style oR 16 ELECTION Q & A PlauSIbIlIty oN aNy SubmISSIoN ReCeIVed FRom eleCtoRal CaNdIdateS IN adHeReNCe to eleCtIoN PolICy.

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1) tHIS PoSItIoN SeemS to be oNe oF aN admINIStRatIVe Role, tHuS tHe PRoCeSS oF 1) outSIde oF tHe u oF W CamPuS aNd tHe SuRRouNdING doWNtoWN aRea, aRe tHeRe aNy eleCtING tHIS PoSItIoN ImPlIeS It beING a PolItICal oNe? HoW Would you uSe tHe GRouPS you aNtICIPate WoRKING WItH? Role oF VPI to Not oNly aSSISt IN INteRNal buSINeSS oF tHe uWSa, but alSo meet 2) WHat aRe Some WayS you WIll WoRK to INCReaSe StudeNt INVolVemeNt IN tHe tHe? PolItICal NeedS oF tHe StudeNt body aS a WHole? ? CommuNIty aRouNd tHe uNIVeRSIty? As the current Vice President Internal, I believe that this position can have a huge political component to it because it calls for Jodi alderson (no photo provided) the VP to not only develop the fi scal budget for the UWSA but also the position offers alot of freedom for the executive to build aNSWeR #1 relationships with the University adminis- tration and within the surrounding I anticipate working with a wide variety of groups, diverse in mandates but community. As the Finance committee connected by their commitment to enhancing the lives of the people of Winnipeg. chairperson, the VP Internal must act as a Already I have experience working with some of these, while others I am excited to conduit for the UWSA service groups and become involved with regardless of whether or not I am elected Community student groups, as well as the UWSA execu- Liaison Director. Some, but not excluding others, include the Spence Neighborhood tive, on constructing the UWSA budget. Association, NEEDS center for war affected families, Art City, Frontier College, the This budget is a direct indication of how Winnipeg Boys & Girls Club, Youth Builders, SEED Winnipeg, Circle of Life these groups want to further their political Thunderbird House, Winnipeg BIZ Association, and the Rights and Democracy aspirations through funding, and allow for Network etc. If people feel that the community liaison director should become in- this position to encompass both internal volved in their organization, please contact me at [email protected] and political implications. tanya mcFadyen (yes/no ballot) aNSWeR #2

1) Increase Accessibility; Update the UWSA community resource list. Will de- velop an online calendar where students, faculty, and community members can post events, lectures, volunteer opportunities etc. QueStIoNS & aNSWeRS: 2) Promote Awareness; Work to develop a regular section of the university newspaper dedicated to increasing visibility of community issues as well as cele- brate positive community development efforts. dIReCtoR oF StudeNt lIVING 3) Expand Student/Community Cooperatives; Expand the Food Bank program to include long term healthy choice initiatives that empower local community 1) WHat do you tHINK IS tHe SolutIoN to tHe laCK oF StudeNt HouSING aNd, do you HaVe members and students alike. aNy IdeaS FoR NeW StudeNt HouSING INItIatIVeS? 4) Student Led Workshops; In conjunction with faculty and students, I will 2) WHat do you See aS tHe maIN CoNCeRN oF StudeNtS lIVING oN tHeIR oWN, aNd HoW help to organize student led workshops where students can apply and share their WIll you addReSS tHIS? knowledge with the community for academic credit. For example, confl ict resolu- ? tion students organizing gang awareness workshops. aNSWeR #1

I would say publicity and advertistment fi rst of all. We have to advertise and do anne oserin alot of publicity to get peoples’ attention since many prospective students do not aNSWeR #1 know the U of W has a housing program. The problem also is no matter how much we advertise the capacity of student housing is Yes. As community liasion director, I plan currently limited to about 150 students to institute a “Leave a Legacy” project. This only. So the fi rst step would be to expand project will focus on one community based the amount of space available while maintaining a similar setup to what we charity and will highlight the work the char- have right now, which consists of small ity is doing. During this time, the project will houses on Balmoral St., Spence St. and Furby St. and student exclusive fl oors at also focus on issues relevant to the charity Lions Manor. I fi rmly believe that the (ex: womyns issues, child poverty, racism). As Vassan aruljothi current setup is the right way to go because a result I will be working with several groups (Contested ballot) it is not a normal on-campus dormitory like other universities and this allows throughout the course of the year. I anticipate residents to be directly a part of the local community. holding conferences/panels, fundraising drives, socials, as well as some good old I believe this would be best served by expanding the presence of student housing on Spence Street. This would be an amazing idea, because fi rstly Spence rallies to keep our student population involved. This project will require full net- Street is very close to the university. Secondly, if the whole street belongs to the working within groups both within the university and within the greater commu- student housing and being occupied by students, I am pretty sure that it would be nity and will attract a diverse student population. 100% student friendly where students can walk around safely late at night after classes or parties. Yet, this is just an idea, the fi nal decision should be made con- sidering every aspect related to this issue. aNSWeR #2 aNSWeR #2 I will work to increase student involvement in the community by increasing The main problem that I have seen so far is that students don’t really know student interest. So many students are coming downtown for class, but never their all rights as a tenant. In some cases they don’t even care to bother about it spend enough time to enjoy the wonderfully vibrant and culturally diverse com- and when there’s a problem involving legal issues, they are helpless. Especially the international students. Things work differently here than in their home coun- munity we fi nd ourselves in. tries and by the time they realize their full rights, it might have been too late to One initiative I will undertake is to work with businesses in order to create in- solve any issues they may have got caught up in. In some cases even the local stu- dents face these problems. So, my solution for this is to have more workshops and centives for students to stay in the area. Another, is to build and increase networks seminars regarding tenant policies and student rights to increase students’ aware- between student groups and community groups. ness on these issues. As part of the “Leave a Legacy” project I hope to work with Habitat for Humanity to create a visual reminder for students about the impact they can leave on their community and the lives of those living here.

No response provided.

matthew Heintz (Contested ballot) contact: [email protected] the uniter march 16, 2006 ELECTION Q & A 17

QueStIoNS & aNSWeRS: CaNadIaN FedeRatIoN oF StudeNtS (CFS) lIaISoN dIReCtoR

1) moSt oF maNItoba’S uNIVeRSItIeS aRe CFS membeRS aNd tHe FedeRatIoN’S NatIoNal CHaIR IS NoW FRom uoFm; HoW WIll tHIS INFlueNCe tHe lobbyING eFFoRtS IN maNItoba? 2)? HoW do you PRoPoSe to INVolVe moRe StudeNtS IN CFS CamPaIGNS? aNSWeR #1 aNSWeR #1

There’s defi nitely strength in numbers! While I am glad to see that the CFS has It’s been a 15-year effort, but in November so many resources for its use, I do not think 2005, students at the University of Manitoba it affects lobbying internally. There is no joined CFS. This increases students’ infl u- question that the CFS in Manitoba has ence with the province, the feds, and enjoyed a strong base of support, and University Presidents. Together we’ve won passionate members. The important task is the continued tuition fee freeze, more to draw upon those resources with an funding, and the reduction by two-thirds effective campaign that draws even of ancillary fees! Opposition to this further upon that large base of students. progressive unity will come from those With so many students under the title of who want privatization and fee hikes. the organization, protest sizes should not Yet, together we are better able to be shrinking. stand for students. Manitoba activists have been sent to Ottawa before, we love to aNSWeR #2 share our Manitoba friendliness and experience. However, one person ‘does not a tammy K. andrejowich Richard liebrecht The key step to take is to clean up the tone movement make’. This year and next, (Contested ballot) (Contested ballot) of CFS campaigns. The goals are worthy, we’ll work hard to involve students in and the resources are there, but the current the campaigns and services of the negative campaign alienates the vast majority of students who think positively student movement. and choose to speak constructively. A campaign with a positive tone, focused on honestly presented facts rather than spin and rhetoric will be a message that more aNSWeR #2 students are willing to support.

Students’ lives have changed dramatically: more work and less time for campus life. Still, the best way to involve students and our allies is to chat it up. Despite technology at our fi ngertips, a day of action is not organized effectively by email or even leafl eting. People need to see themselves in the campaign and why it’s worthwhile – food and music help, after all, who wants to be part of a revolution without dancin’?! We may not always win, QueStIoNS & aNSWeRS: but without pressure from students, we would have lost the freeze and funding. Finance Minister Selinger told us that pressure from groups like CFS makes his job of convincing Cabinet to fund education much easier! eNVIRoNmeNtal etHICS dIReCtoR 1) WHat aRe tHey WayS you PRoPoSe to maKe eNVIRoNmeNtal CoNCeRNS ReleVaNt to ? StudeNtS’ lIVeS? QueStIoNS & aNSWeRS: I would like to raise consciousness of how our daily decisions may affect the environment either positively or negatively. CommuNIty lIaISoN dIReCtoR I want to demonstrate how positive environmental decisions will benefi t other 1) HoW do you PRoPoSe to RePReSeNt SuCH a dIVeRSe GRouP oF PeoPle, WItH maNy aspects of our lives such as our health dIFFeReNt INteReStS? and our expenses. Some possible initiatives ? to raise this consciousness include: cam- Diversity is one of the UofW’s defi ning paigns, workshops, contests, newspaper characteristics. I have taken courses in a 7 articles, a website, and a blog. I am different departments, established connec- enthusiastic about taking on this leader- tions with the athletic programs (Voice of ship role and I look forward to your support the Wesmen), appeared in the Uniter numer- on and beyond Election Day. ous times and I volunteer with Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba (IRCOM) on my own time. The UWSA’s image must be a refl ection of the student body. The student association amanda davis (yes/no ballot) is for everyone, not just for certain people. As Arts Director, I would collect feedback from the student body and make sure that our diverse interests enrich the University experience. Vote Ian and Stand Tall with QueStIoNS & aNSWeRS: the Tallman!

Ian Scott (yes/no ballot) StatuS oF WomeN dIReCtoR

1) WHat aRe tHe uNIQue ISSueS oF WomeN oN CamPuS, aNd WHat aRe youR CoNCRete PlaNS aNd IdeaS to addReSS tHe ISSueS? HoW WIll you aCCouNt FoR tHe dIVeRSIty oF WomeN’S PeRSPeCtIVeS aNd baCKGRouNdS oN CamPuS? QueStIoNS & aNSWeRS: ? Issues on our campus that directly SCIeNCe dIReCtoR relate to women include women’s safety, family housing and support, and many 1) WHat aRe Some maJoR CoNCeRNS oF SCIeNCe StudeNtS aNd HoW do you PRoPoSe to others. I also feel that it is important to ensure an environment where women feel addReSS tHem? respected and equal. I don’t view it as my ? place to have all the answers, but rather to There is an increased shortage of be a facilitator and supporter in fi nding and science labs and classes that are offered implementing them. I think the most over the year therefore many science important way I can address women’s issues students are unable to get into the courses and the diversity on our campus is to they desire. This is a serious issue since communicate with as many groups as many of these courses are required for the possible, both on and off campus, and bring completion of their degree. If elected, I will concerns and ideas together. continue my efforts to have more required courses offered during the Spring/Summer session which will provide more students the opportunity to take the courses they were unable to in the Fall/Winter session. marika olynyk (yes/no ballot) I also plan to host many more career days and invite more professional speak- ers, so that science students are exposed to the many new jobs emerging in their fi eld. Shaguna mathur (yes/no ballot) march 16, 2006 the uniter contact: [email protected] Want to submit your listing to uniter listings? email your listings to [email protected] deadlINe FoR SubmISSIoNS is Wednesday, eight days before the issue you’d like your 18 LISTINGS @ uniter.ca listing to fi rst appear in. the uniter publishes on thursdays, 25 times a year.

MP FOR ELMWOOD- ANNUAL SHORT FIC- FROSTBITE 2006 ELLICE CAFÉ WINNIPEG MARCH 16 ONWARDS TRANSCONA TION & POETRY CON- March 25 The Venue at the Ramada En- & THEATRE JEWISH THEATRE BILL BLAIKIE TESTS tertainment Centre 8pm. W/ Death By 585 Ellice St 975-0800 Neighbourhood March 22 – 26 presents David Hare’s Public Lecture: “Pulpits, Politics and In partnership with the Winnipeg Free Stereo, Bigwig, Big D & The Kids Table, theatre and restaurant. Monday, Tues- ‘Via Dolorosa’, a big biographical, the- Pluralism: Preaching the Social Gospel Press, the Writers’ Collective is pleased Flatliners, No Hope. Tickets $20/$23 day and Wednesdays – free movies. atrical journey of survival as acclaimed ON CAMPUS / ONGOING in the 21st Century”. 7:30pm in Eck- to announce their annual short fi ction at Into the Music, Music Trader, Sk8, On weekends, local musical acts. Mar playwright David Hare compassionately hardt-Grammatté Hall. March 23. contest, as well as their annual poetry WECC and Ticketmaster. 20: Sky High, 7pm. Mar 21: Kingdom of explores the confl ict in the Middle East. contest. First place fi ction winners will Heaven, 7pm. Mar 22: Time Changer, At Berney Theatre, Asper Jewish Com- ENGLISH WUSC INTERNATIONAL receive $200 (adult) and $150 (stu- VIRTUOSI CONCERTS 7pm. munity Campus, 123 Doncaster St. LANGUAGE PARTNERS DINNER dent). First place poetry winners will Roberto Plano, piano & Jupiter String Tickets $16-$25. Call 477-7478. Needed in the English Language pro- Friday, March 24 at 6:30pm in the Bul- receive $150 (adult) and $100(stu- Quartet. March 26 Eckhardt-Gram- PARK THEATRE gram, U of W Continuing Education man Students’ Centre. Tickets $20/$15 dent). The entry fee is $10 per submis- matté Hall, University of Winnipeg. 698 Osborne St 478-7275 Neighbour- VIRTUOSI CONCERTS Massey Building, 294 William Avenue. students and low income and available sion, or $5 for Writers’ Collective mem- Tickets $28 adults / $26 seniors / $16 hood theatre and venue. Free matinee “Russian Flavours: On The Road Of Language partners are native (or fl uent) at the InfoBooth. All proceeds will sup- bers. All entries MUST include an entry students at 786-9000. shows during the week. Mar 19: Ani- Discoveries” Richard Raymond, piano. English speaking volunteers who give port the WUSC/ Uniterra Bike for AIDS form, available by calling 786-9468 or mal Watch documentary presentation: March 18 Eckhardt-Grammatté Hall, ESL (English as a Second Language) campaign. Scrumptious delights from emailing writerscollective@uwinnipeg. DNTJ – DEFINITELY Serving a Life Sentence, Cull of the University of Winnipeg. Tickets $28 students an opportunity to practice some of Winnipeg’s best ethnic restau- ca. Submissions for both contests NOT THE JUNOS Wild, A Cow at my Table, 7pm. Mar 24: adults / $26 seniors / $16 students at English outside of the classroom and rants and entertainment by belly danc- must be postmarked by Monday, April March 31-April 1 at the Reagle Bea- Pizza and a Movie with Harry Potter and 786-9000. to learn more about the Canadian way ers, hoop dancers, Flamenco guitar 3, 2006. gle, Ramada Marlborough Hotel, 331 the Goblet of Fire, 12, 3, 6, 9pm, $2. of life. The day and time partners meet and more. Smith. 24 Brewno Awards celebrating Mar 26: Animal Watch documentary VIRTUOSI CONCERTS is decided by the student and the Lan- DEPARTMENT OF Winnipeg’s vibrant music scene will be presentation, 1pm. Roberto Plano, piano & Jupiter String guage partner. Time commitment 1-2 READING CULTURES ENGLISH ANNUAL awarded to local musicians. For more Quartet. March 26 Eckhardt-Gram- hrs/week. A letter of reference is avail- SPEAKERS SERIES WRITING CONTESTS info, visit www.beerforbreakfast.org or CENTRAL PARK FILMS matté Hall, University of Winnipeg. able after completion of the program. A Literary and Cultural Studies Faculty (Open only to University of Winnipeg call Paulette at 480-8358. Free to the Knox Centre, 400 Edmonton St Every Tickets $28 adults / $26 seniors / $16 Contact Rina Monchka, 982-1151, Colloquium presented by the English students) Awards include The Writers’ public. Thursday night at 8pm is community students at 786-9000. email [email protected] Department. Everyone is welcome Circle Prizes for a play, short story or movie night in Central Park. Free Af- to attend. Mar 25: Reading Cultures poetry; The Lucy H. 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McNALLY ROBINSON FROM THE ZAPATISTAS A Lecture Series. 12:30-1:20pm in PORT AMORAL, NO Park Theatre & Movie Café, 8pm. BOOKSELLERS TO VENEZUELA: Room 3M59. Mar 22: Karen Johannson, HOPE, CAMBRIDGE, $4.99. GRANT PARK: The Struggle for Global Justice Today. Graduate Student at the U of Manitoba. NOT FORSAKEN Mar 17: Mar 20: Sneak peek of the A talk by David McNally, author of An- Mar 29: Dr. Murray Alexander, Research March 17 A Label Gallery 7pm. $8 at PULFORD STREET THEATRE, DANCE & CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival Café, other World is Possible: Globalization Offi cer, Institute for Biodiagnostics, the door. IMPROV PALACE 8pm. Mar 21: Prairie Fire Magazine and Anti-Capitalism, followed by an PERFORMANCE NRC. Weekly shows and workshops. All celebrates World Poetry Day, 7pm. Mar open discussion. March 16, 7pm in LES GITANS DE SA- shows/workshops $4.99 at the door. 22: Fred Perrin launches his children’s room 1L04. 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Hosted by Stephen performers and their ideas through Traveller’s Companion to the North Sas- nal Students Association welcomes all info or to register, contact ace_win- MAHOGANY FROG Sim. All ages. Saturdays, 10 pm: The the presentation of scenes, sketches, katchewan, 7:30pm. PORTAGE PLACE: the colours of the earth to come out [email protected]. March 18, 1-3pm in w/ Medicine Missle & DJ-CO - Oikos Co- world reknowned CRUMBS! DROP-IN monologues, spoken word, short fi lm, Norm Richards launches Greening of to experience their living, breathing, the Learning Commons. Op Fundraiser: Sunday March 19 - 697 WORKSHOPS: Sundays, 1:30-2:30pm : stand-up and music in front of a live a North Boy at 7:30pm. Mar 23: Debra beautiful culture, with traditional sing- Wellington Cres. The Ladie’s Room (an improv comedy audience. 7pm, $4 per person. Next Anderson & guest Chandra Mayor will ing and dancing as well as a home- WORKSHOP: MANAG- workshop for Ladies only). Sundays 3 - events: March 16, 30. read and sign Anderson’s new novel cooked traditional feast. Volunteers ING EXAM ANXIETY: BUDDY GUY 4pm The Social Hall (an improv comedy Code White at 7:30pm. needed. For more info call 786-9647. Exams are right around the corner... March 20 Burton Cummings Theatre workshop for Ladie’s and Gentlemen THE BLACK HOLE sign up for this workshop to learn how 8pm. W/ Shemekia Copeland. Tickets only). The Pulford Street Improv Palace THEATRE CO. SPEAKING CROW LECTURE: “GENDER, to manage your anxiety effectively. Free $39/49 through Ticketmaster. can be found at 109 Pulford St (Augus- Presents Shakespeare’s ‘The Winter’s OPEN-MIC POETRY POLITICAL LEADERSHIP registration is required; register online tine Church across from the Gas Sta- Tale’ Until March 18 at the Black First Tuesday of the month at Academy AND THE PRESS: or call 786-9231. March 22, 12:30- CITY AND COLOUR March 21 The Ra- tion Theatre), side door, second fl oor. Hole Theatre, basement of University Bar & Eatery. April 1: Di Brandt. National Newspaper Coverage of the 1:20pm in room 3M61. mada Conference Centre 7pm. Tickets College at the U of Manitoba. One of Conservative Party of Canada’s 2004 $17.50 through Ticketmaster. SNEAK PEEK AT Shakespeare’s rarely performed works; AQUA BOOKS Leadership Race” presented by Linda ALUMNI CHAT: THE CBC WINNIPEG a tragicomedy directed by Dr Margaret 89 Princess St The Stone Soup Story- Trimble. Free event. March 17 12:30pm Considering a career in physiotherapy? HUGH CORNWALL COMEDY FESTIVAL Groome. Tickets $11 adults and $9 tellers’ Circle, veteran Winnipeg sto- in room 2M70 Attend this presentation and Q&A pe- (Former frontman of The Stranglers) March 20, 8pm at McNally Robinson students and seniors. Call 474-6880 or rytellers, meets for storytelling once a riod by Krista Pohl. March 22, 12:30- March 21 West End Cultural Centre Booksellers Grant Park. 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At various locations throughout mance art, rap, dub poetry, your own CENTRE WAREHOUSE FILM SCREENING: Do you believe you can change our Featuring Small Rooms with Charlotte the city – Pantages Playhouse Theatre, unique style...Anything Spoken Word Presents Becky Mode’s ‘Fully Commit- VENDETTA SONG community? If you said Yes, you are McLennan, Glen Mathews and Juanita Gas Station Theatre, King’s Head Pub, is possible within 5 minutes (for lon- ted’. Until March 18. Tickets available Montreal fi lmmaker embarks on a 1400 invited our Programs as a volunteer! Clayton. Benefi t concert for Marymound and McPhillips Street Station Casino. ger pieces contact the organizer). The by calling 942-6537. km journey into the heartland of her The Citizenship Council of Manitoba school of music program. Tickets $15 For ticket info contact Ticketmaster. fi rst half of the night will be open-mic, Kurdish ancestry to attempt to unravel Inc. International Centre is looking for through Ticketmaster. the second will be slam/competitive PRAIRIE the 30-year-old mystery of her aunt student volunteers to help new arriv- spoken word. March 30, 7:30pm at the FILM THEATRE EXCHANGE Guzide’s murder.12:30-1:30pm March als to Canada learn English and feel 4th ANNUAL SONG- Folk Exchange, 211 Bannatyne. $3. 22 in room 2M77. welcome in our country. Opportunities WRITERS FESTIVAL: Presents Dan Needles’ ‘Wingfi eld on Ice’ from March 22 – April 9. Tickets exist for volunteers to give their time SUPPORTING A SEASON FOR NON- OUT LOUD $22.47 - $32, or $18.19 on Wednes- THE POWER OF PLACE and support to the Centre’s Immigrant VIOLENCE March 24 West End Cultural CINEMATHEQUE Is an open mic opportunity for you to days (rush seating). Call 942-5483 or Exhibition in Gallery 1C03 Public Re- Children and Youth Programs includ- Centre 8pm. Featuring appearances by 100 Arthur St Mar 17 at 9:30pm, Mar give your words voice. Every two weeks visit www.pte.mb.ca. ception. March 23 4-6pm. Everyone is ing Sports Activities for Newcomer Cara Luft, Steve Schellenberg, Nathan 18-23 at 9pm: Neil Jordan’s Breakfast a special guest will kick off the evening invited to the reception and to take the Kids, Empowerment for Newcomer Kids and more. Tickets $15 through Ticket- on Pluto, 2005 starring Cillian Murphy, after which the mic is open for your THEATRE ANYWHERE opportunity to meet Otis Tamasauskas, and Newcomer Kids Welcome Program. master. Liam Neeson. Mar 18-23, 7pm: Ira words of any genre in fi ve minutes or Presents the Governor General’s one of the 13 artists whose works are If you’d like to help out, contact Si-il Sachs’ award-winning 40 Shades of less. Runs every second Tuesday at the Award-winning story “Red Plain Shirt” represented in the exhibition. Park at 943-9158 or at sisocanada@ THE MAD Blue. Mar 24 & 25, 7pm: Lo Fi Fanta- Millenium Library after that. Sign up is at Ragpicker’s Antifashion Emporium hotmail.com. HATTER’S PARTY sies, by L’Atelier returns. Mar 24 & 25, at 7pm. Free. A benefi t for PLATFORM with DJ Hun- 9pm: Winnipeg Babysitter, by L’Atelier until March 18. Tickets $8 at the door nicutt and a performance by The returns as well. Mar 24 & 25, 11pm; or call 489-2236. Abzurds. March 25, 8pm at The Ware- Mar 26-29, 7pm & 9pm: Kubasa in house (112 Market Ave). Tickets $10 at a Glass: Winnipeg TV Commercials PLATFORM. (1978-1993). LISTINGS COORDINATOR: NICK WEIGELDT Want to submit your listing to uniter listings? email your listings to [email protected] contact: [email protected] the uniter march 16, 2006 E-MAIL: [email protected] deadlINe FoR SubmISSIoNS is Wednesday, eight days before the issue you’d like your PHONE: 786-9497 listing to fi rst appear in. the uniter publishes on thursdays, 25 times a year. FAX: 783-7080 LISTINGS @ uniter.ca 19

AD LIB GALLERY OSEREDOK MENTORING VIDEO POOL BARCA CLUB HOOLIGAN’S is an evening of improv style word 184 Alexander Ave E. 942-0218 Until ARTISTS FOR MEDIA ARTS CENTRE 423 McMillan Mondays: Live hip hop/ NEIGHBOURHOOD PUB games. Every night is guaranteed to June 3: ‘The Company We Keep” Explor- WOMEN’S ART - MAWA 300-100 Arthur St 949-9134 Contem- R&B/soul & open mic with Breeze and 61 Sherbrook St Mondays, Tuesdays, be different and full of laughs. From ing Kinship in William Kurelek’s ‘The 611 Main St 949-9490 Supporting porary media art. the Nu Funk Federation. Wednesdays: Fridays: Karaoke. Wednesdays: The round stories to fridge magnet poetry, Polish Canadians’’. women artists at their new home on WAH-SA GALLERY Back to the Lab DJ Night. Perpetrators. Thursdays: Andrew Nev- from opening lines to creating new Main Street. 302 Fort St 942-5121 Contemporary ille and the Poor Choices. Sundays: endings, there’s no limit to the places GRAFFITI GALLERY Aboriginal art. Until April 1: 4th Annual BAR ITALIA Blues Jam with Scotty Hills and Curtis these games – or your writing – can go. 109 Higgins Ave 667-9960 A not-for- MILLENIUM Collector’s Showcase. 737 Corydon Wednesdays: Joints & Jam Newton. Mar 18: Aerocar Model Four. Runs every second Tuesday, alternating profi t community youth art centre, us- LIBRARY CAROL w/ Hot Sauce Duo. Thursdays: D-LO. Mar 25: Trouveres. with Out Loud. 7:30pm. Free. ing art as a tool for community, social, SHIELDS AUDITORIUM WAYNE Fridays: DJ TwentyTwenty. Saturdays: economic and individual growth. Until 2nd Floor 251 Donald St 986-6450 ARTHUR GALLERY My Generation featuring djharrychan. INN AT THE FORKS – WORLD POETRY DAY March 20: ‘The Archives’ – photos of Opening March 20: Hiroshima-Naga- 186 Provencher Blvd 477-5249 Mani- Sundays: Sindays featuring Spitz and THE CURRENT LOUNGE Prairie Fire Press celebrates with train graffi ti by railway worker Ed Hay. saki Art and Education Exhibit. Com- toba-based art gallery. Until March 29: ICQRI of Mood Ruff. 1 Forks Market Road Thursdays-Sat- readings by visiting and local writers. prised of photos and art from the city ‘Vibrations of Eden’, Elizabeth Yonza. urdays – Jazz. Mar 16-18: Burton Trio. March 21 at 7pm at McNally Robinson KEN SEGAL GALLERY of Hiroshima by Japanese-Canadian BELLA VISTA Mar 23-25: Grant Jones. Grant Park in the Travel Alcove. 4-433 River Ave 477-4527 Tues-Fri Toki Orui, this exhibit explores nuclear WINNIPEG 53 Maryland St. Wednesdays: Scott 10-6, Sat 10-5. Showcase of original weapons from the inception 60 years ART GALLERY Nolan. KING’S HEAD PUB contemporary art. ago and into the future and celebrates 300 Memorial Blvd 786-6641 Until Mar 100 King St 1st three Wednesdays of GALLERIES & EXHIBITIONS Winnipeg’s commitment to the Mayors 19: ‘Aliyah Suite by Salvador Dali. Until CENTRE CULTUREL the month: Filliment Funk, 8-11pm. LA GALERIE for Peace organization. April 2: ‘Early Masters’ a collection of FRANCO-MANITOBAIN Last Wednesday of the month: Papo At the CENTRE CULTUREL FRANCO- Inuit Sculptures. March 14 – April 2: 340 Provencher Blvd Mardi Jazz, Every Mambo Latin Jazz Night. Sundays: All MANITOBAIN 340 Provencher Blvd 233- OSBORNE VILLAGE 2005 Cannes Lions – The World’s Best Tuesday in Salle Antoine Gaborieau The King’s Men. Mar 17: Celtic Way 8972 Mon-Fri 8am-10pm, Sat-Sun CULTURAL CENTRE Commercials. See Film for more info. (2nd Floor) at 8:30pm. Free admission. and The Tarbenders. Mar 18: Rubber ACE ART INC. 12pm-10pm. Until April 2: ‘Transfor- 445 River @ Osborne St 284-9477 Until March 19 – April 30: ‘Through the Eyes Lions du Jazz Series, in Salle Antoine Soul. Mar 24: Men In Kilts. Mar 25: The 290 McDermot St 944-9763 Tues-Sat mation’ by Tony Tascona. April 3: ‘Girls! Girls! Girls! The Fruit of of a Child’, annual exhibit celebrating Gaborieau: Mar 23: U of M Jazz Orches- Mailman’s Children. 12-5. Until March 19th in the Flux Gal- our Artistic Wombs (the Art of Alchemy the creativity of children and teens. tra w/ pianist Dave Restivo. $10, 8pm. lery project room at aceartinc: “Salt- LA MAISON and Transformation)’ featuring several May 13: Ione Thorkelsson, Manitoba’s McNALLY ROBINSON watch Experiments” – Elvira Finnigan. DES ARTISTES women artists. leading glass artist, ‘Arboreal Frag- COLLECTIVE BOOKSELLERS – PRAI- Visit also www.saltwatch.ca. Until April 219 Provencher 237-5964 Mon-Fri 9-5. ments’. Until May 14: ‘supernovas’, an CABARET / DIE RIE INK RESTAURANT: 22: Sarah Crawley, ‘mentis prehensio’. Until April 14: “La Dictée” by Colette A. OUTWORKS GALLERY eclectic explosion of art by Winnipeg’s MASCHINE CABARET Portage Place All music at 6:30pm. Reception Mar 10 at 7:30pm; Artist Balcaen. 3rd Floor 290 McDermot Ave 949-0274 emerging new artists--performance, 108 Osborne St Thursdays: ‘80s and Mar 17: Those Two Guys. Mar 24: Rik talk, Mar 11 at 2pm. Artist-run studio and exhibition space video, audio, installation, sculpture, ‘90s Night. Fridays: Goth/Industrial. Leaf. Grant Park: All music at 8pm. LABEL GALLERY in the Exchange. On now: ‘Art is a Sham painting, drawing, and craft. Saturdays: WinnipegJungle.com pres- Mar 17: Drift. Mar 18: A Taste of New THE ANNEX GALLERY 510 Portage Ave 772-5165 Tues-Sat but We Do It Anyway’ featuring paint- ents DJs Dexx, Whupass, Krisco, Gumby Orleans. Mar 24: Curtis Nowosad. Mar 594 Main St 284-0673 Tues-Sat 12-5. 12-5. Volunteer artist-run non-profi t ings by dozens of U of M students. Buzblaze and guests. Mar 17: Hide Your 25: Sister Dorothy. Contemporary art. art centre showcasing works of com- WINNIPEG INTERNA- Daughters, Hot Live Guys, Potatoes. Mar munity artists. On now: ‘Untitled’. PLATFORM TIONAL ART GALLERY 18: Save The Drag: The Absent Sound, MONDRAGON BOOK- ART CITY (CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC AND (WYG) (formerly Cream Gallery) 264 Prague, The Bomb Sniffi ng Dogs, Slat- STORE & COFFEEHOUSE 616 Broadway Ave 775-9856 Mon 5-8 THE LION & DIGITAL ARTS) 121-100 Arthur St McDermot Ave 488-8699 On now: The tern. $5 at 10pm. Mar 22: Wintersleep 91 Albert St Mar 11: Local singer/song- ,Tues-Fri 4-8, Sat 12-4. Featuring high THE ROSE GALLERY 942-8183 Tues-Sat 12-5. Mar 17: Art- new “Eight-Inch Gallery”, a sub-exhi- w/ Jill Barber and Contrived. Mar 24: writers including Torrential Reign, Eyrn quality artistic programming for kids 2nd Floor 70 Albert St 452-5350 Mon- ist talk: Sarah Anne Johnson – Tree bition of small works. Until March 31: Big Trouble in Little China, Hide Your Wynd and Stefan Braun, Shea Young- and adults. Fri 11-5, Thursday evenings 6-8pm. Planting. 7pm at Cinematheque. Mar Group show ‘Pretty Pretty Pretty’. Daughters, Absent Sound. Mar 25: An- dahl and David Bryan, The Fo!ps. $4, Until March 30: Oil paintings of down- 25: “The Mad Hatter’s Party” benefi t nelid, Cunt Punisher, Lynchpin. 9pm. Mar 22: Wobbly Wednesdays GALLERY 1C03 town Winnipeg by Michael Bromley. show at The Warehouse. Tickets $10. WOODLANDS GALLERY – IWW Trivia, $2. Centennial Hall, University of Winnipeg See Concerts for more details. 535 Academy Road 947-0700 Until DYLAN 515 Portage Ave 786-9253 Mon-Fri MANITOBA CRAFTS April 1: Spring Collection, Group Show. O’CONNOR IRISH PUB OSBORNE FREEHOUSE 12-4, Sat 1-4. Non-profi t public gal- COUNCIL EXHIBITION PLUG-IN ICA 2609 Portage Ave Mondays: Open mic 437 Osborne St Mondays: Jazz Hang lery providing everyone opportunities GALLERY 286 McDermot Ave 942-1043 Until May night w/ The St. John’s Jammers. Mar Nights with Steve & Anna Lisa Kirby to learn about visual art. Until April 214 McDermot Ave 487-6114 Tues-Fri 13: Jeremy Borsos ‘Then Again’ – Over BARS, CAFES & VENUES 16: BUMP. Mar 17: Banshee’s Wail. Mar and various other artists, 8-11pm. 1: ‘The Power of Place: St. Michael’s 11-5, Sat 11-4. Until April 8: Alison fi ve years in the making and adapted to 18: Steeplechaser. Mar 19: Filament. Wednesdays: ‘Why Not Wednesdays?’ Printshop and 30 Years of Printmaking Norberg’s fi rst solo exhibition, ‘In Praise the city where it is presented, this proj- Mar 21: Guilty Pleasures. Mar 22: The Live local and touring music. Mar 22: in Newfoundland’. of Colour; earth prayers and other in- ect matches envelopes and postcards MessyTones. Mar 23: Dr. Rage & The Michael Jones Band. Mar 29: Calgary’s tercessionals’. delivered to addresses in Winnipeg up ACADEMY Uppercuts. Mar 24: The Perms. Mar 25: Heather Blush and Triple S. GALLERY LACOSSE to a century ago with their present-day BAR & EATERY Quinzy. Mar 26: River City Hum. 169 Lilac St 284-0726 Tues-Fri 10-6, MARTHA locations – some which have changed 414 Academy Rd Sundays: Funday PARK THEATRE Sat 10-5. Small neighbourhood gal- STREET STUDIO dramatically over the years. Until May Night. Mondays: Student Night. First ELEPHANT 698 Osborne St Tuesdays: Jack ‘Em lery. Until March 25: ‘Through a Glass 11 Martha St 772-6253 Mon-Fri 10-5. 13: Paul Robles ‘The World is Your Oys- Tuesday of the month: Speaking Crow & CASTLE PUB & Attack ‘Um Improv, 8pm. Mar 18: Darkly’, Linda Vermuelen. Showcasing the fi ne art of printmak- ter’, the inaugural edition of Plug In poetry night. Wednesdays: JazzNite 350 St Mary Ave Fridays: Jazz gui- Greeting Sacred Space Coffeehouse ing. ICA’s Quick Response Series. with Jason Bernstein/Glenn Buhr and tar and vocals by Lawrence Patzer. with Cara Luft, 7pm. Mar 20: Your Child GALLERY ONE ONE ONE friends, 7:30. Mar 16: Bob Somers and Sundays: Student Night. Mar 26: Erik and Drugs featuring guest speakers, Main Floor Fitzgerald Building, School MEDEA GALLERY URBAN SHAMAN friends. Mar 17: Justin Lacroix. Mar 18: Athavale. 7pm. Mar 25: Live belly dancing with of Art U of Manitoba 474-9322 Show- 132 Osborne St 453-1115 Mon-Sat 203-290 McDermot Ave 942-2674 Con- Kickback. Mar 20: Jeff Sahulka. Mar 23: Gia Pente & friends, 7pm, $8. Mar 26: ing and collecting contemporary and 10:30-5, Sun 1-4. Until March 25: temporary Aboriginal art. Until April 29: Fisher Kane. Mar 24: Locker 369. Mar ELLICE Rainbow Resource Centre Variety Show historical art at the U of M. ‘Unpredictable Approaches’ abstract ‘Nomenclature’ by painter and mixed- 25: Reckless Rudolf. CAFÉ & THEATRE with the Strange Bedfellows, 8pm, $8. acrylic and mixed media works by Joan media artist Robert Houle. 587 Ellice Ave. Neighbourhood café and Nowicki. Mar 26 – April 8: ‘Feline Fan- theatre showing fi lms and showcasing PYRAMID CABARET tasy’ by Marika Onufrijchuk Sokulski. local talent. Every second Thursday: 176 Fort St Mondays: Eat to the Beat: The Grind performance event. $4. Mar New Wave Mondays. Thursdays: The 11: THX-Grooves. Mar 18: Cold Fusion Mod Club w/ DJ Sean Allum and the Fest: Creative Workshops, Performanc- Invisible Man, doors at 8pm. Sundays: es, Networking Party. Call 783-4640 or Ra NRG VIII. Mar 16: Alverstone. Mar visit www.coldfusionfest.com for more 17: SPF90. Mar 18: Retrograde, Tele, details. Mar 24: The Medics and friends Telepathic Butterfl ies, DJ G. Paley, Fa- acoustic concert, $5. cade137db. Mar 22: Jason Collett, Paso Mino. Mar 23: Flow the Orchid. Mar 25: FINN’S PUB Dreadnaut, Torn Into, Still Village. 210-25 Forks Market Rd Johnson Ter- minal Tuesdays: Ego Spank – Jazz w/ REGAL BEAGLE Murray Pulver, Marc Arnould, Gilles 331 Smith St Tuesdays: Hatfi eld McCoy. Fournier, Daniel Roy, 10:30pm. Wednes- Wednesdays: Open Mic Nights. Last days: Open Mic w/ Guy Abraham. Saturday of the month: Brace and @ Large Keepin’ It Dope. New and clas- FOLK EXCHANGE sic Hip Hop. No cover. Mar 31-April 1: 211 Bannatyne Ave First Monday of Defi nitely Not the Junos. See Concerts the month: Festival Folk Club. $4.99. for details. Anything and everything for the love ROYAL ALBERT ARMS of performing folk music. Open mics, 48 Albert St Mondays: Karaoke. Satur- guest performers, folk jams and more. day Afternoons: Blues Jam, 4-7. Mar Second Monday of the month: Folk 17: Mr. Plow. Mar 18: Mongoose, X-Sta- Workshop Series. $25. Mar 13: Intro tus. Mar 23: Action, Dead City Disease. to Djembe Drumming with Jay Stoller. Mar 24: Winnipeg Riot! CD Release. Third Monday of the month: Traditional Mar 25: 12:34. Singers Circle. $2. Fourth Monday of the month: Hand Drumming Circle. $5. SHANNON’S IRISH PUB 175 Carlton St Sundays: GIO’S fascade@137dps. Mondays: Patrick 155 Smith St Mondays: Student Night. Keenan. Wednesdays: Sons of York. Wednesdays: Karaoke. Thursdays: DJ Thursdays: Power Thursdays – vari- Perry. Fridays: DJ Chris. 1st and 3rd ous bands. Mar 17: Dust Rhinos with Saturdays of each month: Womyn’s Nathan Rogers and the Brady Irish Night. 2nd Saturday of each month: Dancers. Mar 18: The Windups. Mar 19: live lounge music. 2nd Sunday each Barry Player. Mar 19: Barry Player. Mar month: Prime Pages book club, 5pm. 20: Pat Keenan. Mar 21: Pat Alexander. Mar 18: PrimeTimers St. Patrick’s Day Mar 22: Sons of York. Mar 23: Lives of Stew, 4-8pm. Mar 18: Rainbow Har- Many, The Alibi. Mar 24 & 25: Dust Rhi- mony Project social, 8pm. Mar 24: In & nos. Mar 26: Status Red. Out Pageant Show. TIMES CHANGE(D) HIGH HEMP ROCK CAFÉ AND LONESOME CLUB 302 Notre Dame Ave Local and touring Main St @ St. Mary Ave Sundays acoustic and punk shows. Mar 24: To- 9:30pm: Jam with Big Dave McLean. morrow Never Fails and more. Mar 27: Mar 16: ‘Twas the night before St. A Textbook Tragedy, Senseless Destruc- Paddy’s Day with Tarbenders and An- tion, Burning Eternity, Rameries, The drew Neville & The Poor Choices. Mar Murder Waltz, The Stolen Signature. 17: Piss-up with the D.Rangers. Mar 18: Spatula. Mar 21: Dave Davis ant the Warrior River Boys, $10. Mar 23: Big Dave McLean and Gord Kidder. Mar 24: L’il Miss Higgins, Big Dave McLean march 16, 2006 the uniter contact: [email protected] Want to submit your listing to uniter listings? email your listings to [email protected] LISTINGS COORDINATOR: NICK WEIGELDT E-MAIL: [email protected] deadlINe FoR SubmISSIoNS is Wednesday, eight days before the issue you’d like your PHONE: 786-9497 listing to fi rst appear in. the uniter publishes on thursdays, 25 times a year. 20 LISTINGS @ uniter.ca FAX: 783-7080 and Gord Kidder. Mar 25: Twerps and GENDER, POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices. LEADERSHIP AND THE PRESS: COVERAGE OF & OPPORTUNITIES aWaRdS & FINaNCIal aId: INFoRmatIoN TOAD IN THE THE 2004 CONSERVA- HOLE / THE CAVERN TIVE LEADERSHIP RACE the Jewish Foundation website. www.jewish- nomics, Political Science, Law or First Nation 108 Osborne St Sundays: Vinyl Drip w/ While Belinda Stronach’s campaign BHAKTI YOGA: foundation.org Deadline: March 31 2006. Financial Administration. Applications available Uncle Albert. Mondays: Improv Supper received a plethora of media attention, Kirtan and Karma-Free Feast: Sundays UNIVERSITY at www.kpmg.ca Mail applications to KPMG Club hosted by Steve McIntyre. Mar a considerable amount of it scrutinized SISAM FORESTRY AWARD: Student Awards Co-ordinator Marsland Centre, at 5:30, 11 Alloway Avenue. For more 20 Erb Street West, Waterloo ON N2L 1T2. 17: St. Paddy’s Day w/ The Wind-Ups. her looks, wardrobe, sexual availability, information phone Vrinda at 947-0289 OF WINNIPEG Mar 18: Ham. Mar 21: Dringo. Mar 22: and personal background while mock- Open to all full-time undergraduate/graduate Deadline: May 20 2006. or email [email protected]. students at any Canadian University for the best The Cavern Improv Players. Mar 23: ing her leadership aspirations and INTERNAL AWARDS: article dealing with forestry or forest-environ- HELEN BETTY OSBORNE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION The Barrymores. Mar 24: Alverstone deriding her qualifi cations for political CALLING ALL SILVER ment subjects, written solely by the applicant BURSARY: w/ Castrati. Mar 25: Sub-city Dwellers. offi ce. Press coverage of the Conserva- UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG GRADUATE & PRO- for the award, in English or French, not in report HEIGHTS COLLEGIATE FESSIONAL STUDIES APPLICATION EXPENSES Mar 26: Mahogany Frog. Mar 30: The tive leadership race confi rms both the GRADS! form, and published to reach a general audience The purpose of this award is to provide fi nancial BURSARY: beyond the university. An article submitted for assistance to Aboriginal persons who strive to Afterbeat w/ Knockaround Guys. Mar intensely performative nature of gender 50th Reunion is being planned for 31: Black Aces. in political spaces and the tendency of the award should be the original or a photocopy make a difference in eliminating the barriers of July 5-8 2007. Send your contact info, This bursary assists students with respect to the of the published article, and should clearly indi- racism, sexism, and indifference in the society the media to normalize male leader- including email address, mailing ad- high costs associated with applying to Gradu- cate the publication name and date in which it we live in. Eligibility includes: 1. be a Canadian WEST END ship. With guest speaker Linda Trimble. dress, and if applicable, married/maid- ate and Professional Schools. Applicants must appeared. It should be sent to The Sisam Foresty Aboriginal person residing in Manitoba 2. be en- CULTURAL CENTRE March 17, 12:30-1:30pm in room 2M70 en names, to silver.heights@hotmail. meet the following criteria: 1) have a minimum Award, Admissions & Awards, 315 Bloor Street rolled in post-secondary studies in Manitoba Ellice Ave @ Sherbrook See Concerts at the U of Winnipeg. com. GPA of 3.55 in the previous academic year. 2) be West,Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A3 Deadline: March 3. have fi nancial need, commitment and dedi- for Details. Mar 16: The Buttless registered in the fi nal year of an honours or four 31 2006. cation to their proposed fi eld of study 4. show year degree program in Arts or Science, or in commitment to improving the well-being of Chaps w/ Nathan. Mar 17: Dance 4 Life A POSTCOLONIAL BECOME A MENTOR the fi nal year of the Integrated B.Ed program. 3) Fundraising Salsa Social. 8pm, $10. HISTORY OF RAPE: IN- at the Immigrant Women’s Association ROTARY FOUNDATION AMBASSADORIAL SCHOL- society through volunteerism have documented fi nancial need: a Canada Stu- ARSHIPS : All proceeds go to AZAFADY charity to DIA AND PAKISTAN of Manitoba. Being a Mentor will entail dent Loan/Provincial Loan or a Student line of You will need to provide 2 references, grade work towards a better future for poor with guest speaker Dr. Emma Alexan- speaking to a variety of audiences on credit at a banking institution. 4) both full-time This program supports the mission of The Ro- transcripts, letter confi rming your admission to villagers and endangered species of der-Mudaliar, Department of History at how being a fi rst or second-genera- and part-time students may apply. Applications tary Foundation of Rotary International to further a program of study, proof of Aboriginal ances- Madagascar. Call 295-2422 for more the University of Winnipeg. March 17, tion immigrant has impacted your life, are available in the Awards offi ce located in world understanding and peace. There are three try, resume and any information requested on 12:30-1:45pm in room 305 Tier Build- along with your personal challenges Student Services and will be accepted begin- main programs, The Rotary Foundation Ambas- the application form. Applications are at www. info. Mar 18: Global Grooves Series. ning October 15, 2005. Students may apply any Mar 21: Hugh Cornwall. Mar 22: Bill ing at the University of Manitoba. and choices. Advantages of being sadorial Scholarship, the Rotary World Peace helenbettyosbornefdnt.ca Deadline: May 30, an IWAM Mentor include receiving a time during the Fall/Winter academic year, pro- Fellowship, and the Rotary Grants for Univer- 2006. Bourne & Eivor Palsdottir. Mar 23: Cuff viding that funding is available for this bursary. OCD CENTRE MANITO- generous honorarium, learning new sity Teachers. Applications, eligibility criteria, the Duke. Mar 24: 4th Annual Song- Applications will be evaluated on a fi rst come, and further information can be found at www. writers Festival. BA, INC PRESENTS skills, making new contacts and meet- fi rst serve basis. ing interesting people. Please call the rotary.org The Rotary Foundation is currently the MILLENNIUM EXCELLENCE AWARD PROGRAM : Living with Obsessive Compulsive Dis- world’s largest private sponsor of university- National In-Course Awards Immigrant Women’s Association of WINDSOR HOTEL order, a conference for those affected by CANADIAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY level international scholarships. OCD and their families and friends to Manitoba’s offi ce at 989-5800 or email SCHOLARSHIPS APPLICATION: Deadline for applications March 31 2006. The Canada Millennium Scholarship Founda- 187 Garry St Mondays: Jams with Tim [email protected]. Butler. Tuesdays: Latin Jazz Night fea- provide information to help build an un- tion offers awards to recognize and foster derstanding of OCD and aid in creating Applications for this University of Winnipeg academic excellence, creative leadership and turing Jeff Presslaff, Rodrigo Muñoz, stronger relationships and supports. Scholarship are available in Student Services NATIONAL ABORIGINAL ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDA- active citizenship in upper-year post-second- in Graham Hall. Julian Bradford, 10pm. Wednesdays: Books will be available for purchase. VOLUNTEER TION: ary students. Awards will be made to students Jams with Big Dave McLean. Satur- Keynote speaker is Wendy Birkhan, OPPORTUNITY who have not been previously recognized with The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew Univer- NAAF scholarship applications for 2006-2007 days: The Perpetrators. Mar 16-18: The BSW, RSW. March 18, 9am-5pm at Manitoba Artists in Healthcare is look- a substantial merit scholarship. The Foundation sity Asper Scholarship has been established to are now available. There is a variety of deadline will distribute up to 100- $5000 awards renew- Inside Out Blues Band. Mar 24: Jack CanadInns Fort Garry, 1792 Pembina ing for musicians willing to volunteer to encourage students to spend part of their aca- DeKeyser. dates, depending upon program of study. You able for one additional year, up to 200-$4000 Hwy. Pre-registration required. Fees ap- play in hospitals. For details please call demic careers at the Hebrew University of Jeru- must be a Canadian resident Aboriginal Student, renewable for one additional year and up to ply. Call 942-3331 or visit www.ocdma- Shirley Grierson at 475-8085 between salem in Israel. These scholarships are open to (First Nations, Metis and Inuit) who is enrolled in 900-$4000 one-year scholarships. WOODBINE HOTEL nitoba.ca for more info. the hours of noon and 6pm. any University of Winnipeg students who have full-time post-secondary studies. Criteria: 466 Main St Historic downtown hotel completed at least 30 credit hours, are study- 1. Canadian Citizen or have permanent resident bar. Tuesdays: Karaoke and 3Ball Tour- FRONTIER COLLEGE ing history, political science, or other areas of Award amounts will vary. Juries review each status. nament. Mar 17 & 18: South Thunder- WINNIPEG There are 168 hours in a week. We are the social sciences, and who intend to complete application individually. Submit your application 2. Enrolment in a recognized undergraduate their degrees at the University of Winnipeg. SAYS NO TO WAR! asking for one! Frontier College is a non- NO SOONER than two weeks prior to the dead- fi rst-entry program leading to a degree, di- bird. Scholarships for study in Israel may be awarded International Day of Action to mark the profi t literacy organization that recruits line. Applications are available at www.naaf.ca ploma or certifi cate at an eligible and approved for either a six-week or a one-year program. Canadian post-secondary educational institu- THE ZOO / third anniversary of the US-led invasion volunteers to act as tutors to work with of Iraq. March 18, 1pm, meet at City Deadlines are as follows: tion. In the past fi ve years, an applicant may not OSBORNE VILLAGE INN children, youth and adults who want to ISABELLE & LEW MILES CANADIAN FRIENDS OF 1.March 31& September 30 Fine Arts Programs have already obtained another degree, diploma 160 Osborne St Mondays: DJ Rockit. Hall for a march to the Legislature. For improve their literacy skills and aims to THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP: (music, drama, visual, media arts) or certifi cate from a program of at least 2 years’ more info, contact the No War Coalition Thursdays: New band showcase. Fri- strengthen communities by enhancing 2.May 1 for Health Career programs duration (16 months). 3. Be enrolled as a full- at 792-3371. This scholarship has been established by Isa- days and Saturdays: Stripfest. Mar the pride, self-esteem, and confi dence 3.June 1 for programs in Business, Science and time student with a minimum of a (80% course in individuals and their families. We belle Miles to encourage students to spend part 16: Giv’er w/ S.O.S. and Fourth Street. General Education. load) which is 24 credit hours for the current ROCKIN’ RICHARD’S run a variety of fun literacy programs in of their academic careers at the Hebrew Univer- Fall/Winter term. The student must also be ex- Mar 17: Pornocracy. Mar 18: Igor & The sity of Jerusalem in Israel. These scholarships RECORD & CD SALE various Winnipeg neighbourhoods and MANITOBA ROUND TABLE FOR SUSTAINABLE DE- pecting to enrol in a minimum of 24 credits (80% Skindiggers. Mar 23: Auraik w/ Reck- are open to any University of Winnipeg students March 19, 10am-4pm at Victoria Inn, schools. Programs are one hour once VELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIP: course load) in the 2006-2007 academic year. less Rudolf. Mar 24: AMF w/ Inwoven, who have completed at least 30 credit hours, 1808 Wellington Ave. Admission $3. a week and run from October through 4. GPA 3.5 minimum5. No previous receipt of a are studying humanities or social sciences, Sustainable development involves changing the substantial merit scholarship to support post- 100 Fold, Domenica. Mar 25: Red Seed Over 60 tables of vinyl, CDs, Music to December and January through to w/ Losing Focus and Sweet Nothings. and who intend to complete their degrees at the ways we do business, how we live, what we secondary education, regardless of the source Memorabilia Table Rentals Still Avail- April. Training and on-site support are University of Winnipeg. Scholarships for study in teach our children and how government oper- of the scholarship (e.g. school, government, able For Info or to book a table call provided. For more information please Israel may be awarded for either a six-week or ates. It will also involve working together toward private source etc.) Students applying after Richard at 338-3655. Bring a Tin For visit our website at www.frontiercol- a one-year program. Scholarship value: $1000 economic and social development in harmony their fi rst year may not have received more than Winnipeg Harvest to the Record Show lege.ca or contact us at 253-7993 or for the 6 week program, $5000 for the one year with our environment. Value: $4,000 one time $3,500 to date in scholarship money. Students COMMUNITY EVENTS And Be entered to win a $100.00 gift [email protected]. program. To be eligible, you must have achieved award to a graduate student or $1000 to under- applying after their second year may not have cert. at Into the Music. an overall GPA of 3.00 as well as an average of graduate student.Eligibility criteria includes the received more than $3,500 in scholarships in 3.00 on the most recent 30 credit hours you have following: you must be enrolled in a program at any one year, with a total of no more than $5,000 completed. Applicants should contact the Cana- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED an approved Manitoba post-secondary institu- to date. ATTENTION LAKE WINNIPEG: A dian Friends of the Hebrew University, at 942- tion and expect to continue enrolment the follow- AT THE BIKE DUMP WINTER CYCLISTS: VIEW FROM THE BOT- 3085 to register their interest in attending the ing year, have a min. of 3.0 GPA, be a Canadian For more information and application form, go to Come spring 2006, the Bike Dump Hebrew University of Jerusalem and to inquire The Bike Dump will be open all winter, TOM OF THE LAKE citizen or permanent resident, meet provincial www.awardforexcellence.ca : Hand in your ap- Public Lecture. How do climate and nu- would like to expand the number of about programs. Completed application forms providing free help fi xing your bike and student fi nancial assistance residency require- plications to the Awards Offi ce in Graham Hall. trient loading affect the health of Lake days we’re open to three, or at least two. should be delivered to the Awards & Financial ments, maintain a 60% course load for the entire Deadline date: June 12 2006. free recycled parts. Stop by any Sunday Winnipeg? The organisms living in the To do this, we’ll need more volunteers Aid Offi ce. Deadline: April 13,2006 academic year in an approved program. This between 12-6pm at 594 Main St. -- ac- bottom sediments may provide impor- knowledgeable about bikes to help oth- scholarship is not available to employees of the SURFING FOR MORE DOLLARS? cess through the back lane off King or tant clues to understanding changes ers out. Even if you’re new to bike repair : Province of Manitoba or their immediate family. Logan. Visit: http://bike-dump.ca for in the food web that have occurred over and maintenance, if you’re interested, EXTERNAL AWARDS Application can be downloaded from www.gov. Try these websites for more possibilities! These more info. get in touch by writing to bikepunks@ mb.ca/conservation/susresmb/scholarship two sites will lead you through Canadian based the past decades as well as predict- Deadline: April 3 2006. scholarship searches. ing the future state of the lake. Guest bike-dump.ca and we’ll see if we can ARTHUR V. MAURO SENIOR STUDENT AWARD: SKYWALK CONCERT Speaker Dr. Brenda Hann, Department help get your skills honed in time. > www.studentawards.com SERIES AND LECTURES of Zoology, U of M. March 22, 7pm in the THE MANITOBA COOPERATOR SCHOLARSHIP: SPIRIT OF THE EARTH AWARDS 2006 : Manitoba > www.scholarshipscanada.com Co-presented with the University of SmartPark Lobby Boardroom, 135 Inno- BIG BROTHERS BIG The Manitoba Co-operator will provide a $1,000 Hydro Winnipeg, the Skywalk Concerts and vation Drive, U of M. Free admission. SISTERS OF WINNIPEG scholarship to a Manitoba resident enrolled full Lectures series is held every Wednes- time or part time in his or her fi rst or subsequent This award is to foster environmental awareness FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: IS RECRUITING VOLUN- year of a post-secondary program in journal- day for lectures and Thursday for music DEMILITARIZING THE TEERS and recognizes the signifi cance of Aboriginal ism, communications or broadcasting anywhere FINANCIAL AID: MANITOBA STUDENT LOANS: from 12:10 until 12:50pm at the Carol Kind, caring, enthusiastic volunteers people and their culture to the Province of IMAGINATION: in Canada. Submit your essay of no more than Manitoba. Individual’s or organization’s submis- Shields Auditorium, 2nd fl oor, Millen- ARTISTIC PRACTICES wanted to participate in group activi- 1,250 words on one of three pre-determined sions must demonstrate the positive impact that DID YOU KNOW….. Manitoba Student Aid will be nium Library. Free admission. Seating CONTESTING THE VIO- ties with one or two other mentors and topics of importance to rural Manitoba: project or environmental initiative has had on accepting on-line applications for Spring/Sum- is limited. Upcoming events: Mar 22: LENCE OF WAR 2-6 enthusiastic, fun-loving youth. If the environment, illustrate direct involvement mer term after March 15, 2006. Go to www. David Latimer, UW Chemistry, Lecture: Lecture featuring guest speaker Roe- you are interested in having fun, doing 1. Do government controls on agricultural com- of Aboriginal people or non-Aboriginal people studentaid.gov.mb.ca to apply. modity production (choose either foreign or do- ‘Stormy Weather: Energy and Global wan Crowe. March 23, 2:45pm in room diverse activities and making new Big working in partnership with Aboriginal com- In regards to Spring Term course loads, please and Little friends, WE WANT YOU! The mestic) have a direct impact on your daily life? munities, and show how education was part of note the following: 1. 6 credit hours – You may Warming’. Mar 23: Concert: “Canadian 409, Tier Building, U of M. Free admis- If so, which ones — and how? 2. Other than sion. Big Bunch Program consists of two ac- the project/initiative. Who may apply? Individu- receive assistance through MSAP during the Roots” by Sister Dorothy. insurance and stabilization programs such as als, Aboriginal organizations, youth and student Spring Term for 6 credit hours if your course(s) tivities per month, for 2-3 hours. Costs CAIS, what should Manitoba farmers do to insure for activities are reimbursed by the organizations, cultural, religious and sport begin the week of May 1 and end the week of FROM OUTRAGE TO POWER, POLITICS & themselves against disastrous drops in income June 26. This period represents class time of 8 Agency. This is the perfect opportunity groups, educational institutions, media, trade or ACTION HUMANRIGHTS THE THEOLOGY OF or production? 3. Should there be increased professional, organizations, local governments, weeks but an elapsed period of 9 weeks. If you to volunteer with a friend or partner. WORKSHOP SERIES MENNO SIMONS public (federal and/or provincial) investment to businesses. For more information email bcar- register for only 6 credit hours during this pe- Lecture featuring guest speaker Henry If you are interested in volunteering, sustain or improve small communities in rural [email protected] or go to website www. riod, the assistance you receive through MSAP Mar 21: Organizing a Successful Event, please contact Tara at 988-9215 or Manitoba? Why or why not? 7-9pm in room 113, Menno Simons Suderman. March 24, 9:45am in room hydro.mb.ca Deadline: April 21 2006. will cover a period of only 8 weeks. You must 111, St. John’s College at the U of M. [email protected] for more de- maintain this minimum Spring Term course load College 520 Portage Ave. Mar 28: Stay- PRIZES: First prize $1,000 scholarship and a paid throughout this period. 2. 9 credit hours – If your Free admission. tails. MTS: PURSUE YOUR CALLING SCHOLARSHIP ing Energized and Engaged, keeping one-year membership in the Manitoba Farm PROGRAM Spring Term courses begin the week of May 1 Writers and Broadcasters Association, second group momentum going, 7-9pm in STUDY IN EUROPE and extend beyond the week of June 26, you room 113, Menno Simons College 520 VOICES FOR PEACE and third prizes of $150. Are you entering the University of Winnipeg must register for at least 9 credit hours. Nine Canadian university students summer -Essays can be submitted one of three ways: by Portage Ave. Featuring guest speakers Bev Ridd of next year and planning for a career in Eco- credit hours represents the normal 60% mini- Project Peacemakers, Stella LeJohn of school experience at Lessing Institute regular mail to “Manitoba Co-operator Scholar- nomics, Statistics, Business computing? If you mum required course load for student fi nancial in Prague. The four week long course ship”, Box 9800, Winnipeg, MB. R3C 3K7; by fax are, check out the MTS Pursue Your Calling assistance eligibility for a single term of 9 – 15 IRISH ASSOCIATION Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and Marceline Ndayumvira of Canadian provides participating students with to 204-954-1422; or by e-mail to news@fbc- scholarship program. Benefi ts include: $1000 weeks with a break during the term of no more OF MANITOBA ST. publishing.com More information can be found Council for Refugees. March 27, 7pm at two course credits that are transfer- towards tuition fees for up to four years, sum- than three weeks. You must maintain this mini- PATRICK’S WEEKEND at website, www.manitobacooperator.ca Wolseley Family Place, 691 Wolseley Ave. able to Canadian degree programs. mer employment opportunities, and much more. mum Spring Term course load throughout this March 16-18. The three day event will Deadline: March 31 2006. Applications can be found on-line at www.mts. period. If you have questions, phone the MSAP Everyone welcome. Free admission. For students who major or minor in the feature different musical and cultural ca/careers/scholarhips.htm Deadline: April 21 offi ce at 204-945-6321. The offi ce is located Humanities and Arts, Social Studies, MONA GRAY CREATIVE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP: events each night at the Irish Club 654 2006 at 1181 Portage Avenue, 4th fl oor of the Robert MANITOBA CHAPTER Religious Studies, International Rela- Fletcher building. (Portage and Wall St.) Erin Street. Admission to the Irish As- OF THE SOCIETY FOR tions and Political Science. Runs from This annual scholarship of $5,000 will be KPMG FIRST NATIONS AND ABORIGINAL STUDENT sociation of Manitoba’s St. Patrick’s TECHNICAL COMMUNI- July 1 to 30, 2006. Many scholarships awarded to one individual who holds a Bachelor AWARDS: DID YOU KNOW..... you can check the status Weekend is free to club members. of $1,000 to $2,000 USD are available. Degree from a Manitoba university and must of your student aid application, fi nd out what CATION be pursuing graduate studies within or outside Non-members require a $5.00 social with Red River College will hold their For further information on Lessing In- Five scholarships of $1500 to encourage and documentation is still outstanding, update your membership (available at the door). the Province of Manitoba in one of the following assist First Nations and Aboriginal students in address information and much more on line? Go annual conference “Technology and stitute and the 2006 Summer Program, areas: Creative Writing, Film, Fine Arts, Music, the pursuit of post-secondary education in the to MySAO to log into your existing account. Go to March 16: An evening of Irish Culture: People: The Write Connection” at the contact [email protected]. Theatre or Dance. You must be a student of Storytelling, Dance & Song 7pm. March fi elds of Business, Economics, Political Science, www.studentaid.gov.mb.ca Princess Street Campus of Red River To apply, visit www.LessingInstitute. academic excellence, have fi nancial need and Law or First Nation Financial Administration. 17: A Full Day of Celebrating All Things College on April 6 & 7. The keynote com. Applications must be received by have community or volunteer involvement. Ap- Criteria includes:1.be an Aboriginal Canadian DID YOU KNOW.... Manitoba Student Aid staff can Irish, 11am onwards. March 18: Post speaker is online help topics guru Neil April 1, 2006. plications are available by contacting the Jewish citizen, (First Nations, Metis, Inuit) 2.full-time be on campus on Fridays 1 - 4p.m. Please book St. Paddy’s Day Pub Night, 9pm. Perlin. For more info contact Henry Foundation of Manitoba or can be printed from University or Community College student 3.pur- an appointment by coming to student services Shorr at 253-6858. suing studies in the fi elds of Business, Eco- or phone Tanis at 786-9984. contact: [email protected] the uniter march 16, 2006 FEATURES 21 From Eve to Marilyn: Female Sexuality the Jewish Foundation website. www.jewish- nomics, Political Science, Law or First Nation foundation.org Deadline: March 31 2006. Financial Administration. Applications available UNIVERSITY at www.kpmg.ca Mail applications to KPMG in North American Modern Day Media SISAM FORESTRY AWARD: Student Awards Co-ordinator Marsland Centre, OF WINNIPEG 20 Erb Street West, Waterloo ON N2L 1T2. Open to all full-time undergraduate/graduate Deadline: May 20 2006. INTERNAL AWARDS: students at any Canadian University for the best While the North American media cation, based on the1985 estimations of such as STDs, pregnancy, birth control article dealing with forestry or forest-environ- HELEN BETTY OSBORNE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION can help to empower women, it can also Strouse and Fabes. As such, media may ment subjects, written solely by the applicant BURSARY: or the option of abstinence, according UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG GRADUATE & PRO- for the award, in English or French, not in report eRIN mCINtyRe oppress women. Multiple studies have be held partially responsible for young to the Committee on Public Education’s FESSIONAL STUDIES APPLICATION EXPENSES form, and published to reach a general audience The purpose of this award is to provide fi nancial BURSARY: beyond the university. An article submitted for assistance to Aboriginal persons who strive to shown that increased exposure to sex in women who are emotionally scarred 2001 statement. With such limited focus the award should be the original or a photocopy make a difference in eliminating the barriers of the media promotes sexist attitudes and after incompetently engaging in sex, on the facts, it’s not surprising that This bursary assists students with respect to the of the published article, and should clearly indi- racism, sexism, and indifference in the society high costs associated with applying to Gradu- cate the publication name and date in which it we live in. Eligibility includes: 1. be a Canadian n the last century, North American behaviors which are dangerous to wom- based on the assumptions they formed teenpregnancy.org reports 820,000 ate and Professional Schools. Applicants must appeared. It should be sent to The Sisam Foresty Aboriginal person residing in Manitoba 2. be en- society has experienced an im- en’s physical health. Steven E. Stern and meet the following criteria: 1) have a minimum Award, Admissions & Awards, 315 Bloor Street rolled in post-secondary studies in Manitoba through consuming media. American adolescent women become GPA of 3.55 in the previous academic year. 2) be West,Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A3 Deadline: March 3. have fi nancial need, commitment and dedi- pressive infl ux of sexual content Alysia D. Handel, authors of “Sexuality Even the physical health of women pregnant every year. This complete lack registered in the fi nal year of an honours or four 31 2006. cation to their proposed fi eld of study 4. show I year degree program in Arts or Science, or in commitment to improving the well-being of in its media. According to USA and Mass Media: The Historical Context can be endangered through sexual ste- of education creates confusion about the fi nal year of the Integrated B.Ed program. 3) ROTARY FOUNDATION AMBASSADORIAL SCHOL- society through volunteerism Today’s “More Sex,” an investigation of Psychology’s Reaction to Sexuality on reotypes produced by media, especially one’s self and sexuality, with potentially have documented fi nancial need: a Canada Stu- ARSHIPS : dent Loan/Provincial Loan or a Student line of You will need to provide 2 references, grade of modern sexual media from March the Internet,” argue this sentiment, ref- for impoverished women. In January long lasting consequences. credit at a banking institution. 4) both full-time This program supports the mission of The Ro- transcripts, letter confi rming your admission to of 2000, the number of sexual images erencing a 1933 study done by Forman and part-time students may apply. Applications tary Foundation of Rotary International to further a program of study, proof of Aboriginal ances- 2004, six women from downtown-east While the need for balance in are available in the Awards offi ce located in world understanding and peace. There are three try, resume and any information requested on and storylines have tripled since 1990. which reported that adolescents imi- side Vancouver went missing, yet none media is becoming more apparent, the Student Services and will be accepted begin- main programs, The Rotary Foundation Ambas- the application form. Applications are at www. ning October 15, 2005. Students may apply any sadorial Scholarship, the Rotary World Peace helenbettyosbornefdnt.ca Deadline: May 30, This penetration of North American tated all the lustful acts they saw in of their cases had been properly investi- very way sex is portrayed in media is ex- time during the Fall/Winter academic year, pro- Fellowship, and the Rotary Grants for Univer- 2006. mass media by sexual content has led movies, from fl irting to rape. More re- gated. The women were impoverished treme and unbalanced, creating an viding that funding is available for this bursary. sity Teachers. Applications, eligibility criteria, Applications will be evaluated on a fi rst come, and further information can be found at www. to a severe backlash, and resulting cently, the Research and Development prostitutes, preyed upon by what some unfair double standard. As Sheila fi rst serve basis. rotary.org The Rotary Foundation is currently the MILLENNIUM EXCELLENCE AWARD PROGRAM : controversy over what is acceptable. Corporation (RAND) in conjunction world’s largest private sponsor of university- National In-Course Awards reports believed to be a serial killer, and Gibbons suggests in her article ”Teen CANADIAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY level international scholarships. To some, this content is viewed as a with the National Institute of Child although investigations show several Magazines Send Girls All the Wrong SCHOLARSHIPS APPLICATION: Deadline for applications March 31 2006. The Canada Millennium Scholarship Founda- tion offers awards to recognize and foster freeing and necessary expression, to Health and Human Development found women reportedly called on police sev- Messages,” North American media in- Applications for this University of Winnipeg academic excellence, creative leadership and others, the quest for propriety has sists upon the successful “yin and yang Scholarship are available in Student Services NATIONAL ABORIGINAL ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDA- active citizenship in upper-year post-second- in Graham Hall. TION: ary students. Awards will be made to students become a modern day crusade. of being simultaneously irresistible and who have not been previously recognized with Sexuality in the media has become The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew Univer- NAAF scholarship applications for 2006-2007 a substantial merit scholarship. The Foundation virginal,” creating sexual confusion and sity Asper Scholarship has been established to are now available. There is a variety of deadline will distribute up to 100- $5000 awards renew- the scapegoat for everything from exploitation. The example Gibbons uses encourage students to spend part of their aca- dates, depending upon program of study. You able for one additional year, up to 200-$4000 demic careers at the Hebrew University of Jeru- must be a Canadian resident Aboriginal Student, renewable for one additional year and up to overly seductive pre-teens, to the in her article outlines two feature stories salem in Israel. These scholarships are open to (First Nations, Metis and Inuit) who is enrolled in 900-$4000 one-year scholarships. sexist attitudes found in both gen- found in teen magazines entitled: any University of Winnipeg students who have full-time post-secondary studies. Criteria: completed at least 30 credit hours, are study- 1. Canadian Citizen or have permanent resident ders; however, do we really want to “Hallway Make-Out Sessions: Dos and ing history, political science, or other areas of Award amounts will vary. Juries review each status. live in a society completely devoid of the social sciences, and who intend to complete application individually. Submit your application 2. Enrolment in a recognized undergraduate Don’ts,” and “One Night of Partying their degrees at the University of Winnipeg. NO SOONER than two weeks prior to the dead- fi rst-entry program leading to a degree, di- sexual expression? Is there both a Ruined My Life.” Scholarships for study in Israel may be awarded line. Applications are available at www.naaf.ca ploma or certifi cate at an eligible and approved for either a six-week or a one-year program. Canadian post-secondary educational institu- positive and a negative? And where Gibbons goes on to say that media Deadlines are as follows: tion. In the past fi ve years, an applicant may not should we draw that line? encourages young women to use their ISABELLE & LEW MILES CANADIAN FRIENDS OF 1.March 31& September 30 Fine Arts Programs have already obtained another degree, diploma THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP: (music, drama, visual, media arts) or certifi cate from a program of at least 2 years’ In the correct context, meaning bodies as “the ultimate expression of 2.May 1 for Health Career programs duration (16 months). 3. Be enrolled as a full- the frank and open discussion of sexual This scholarship has been established by Isa- 3.June 1 for programs in Business, Science and time student with a minimum of a (80% course self,” rather than their personalities or belle Miles to encourage students to spend part General Education. load) which is 24 credit hours for the current health and issues, the presence of sexu- intellect, and with 50 to 70 per cent of of their academic careers at the Hebrew Univer- Fall/Winter term. The student must also be ex- sity of Jerusalem in Israel. These scholarships MANITOBA ROUND TABLE FOR SUSTAINABLE DE- pecting to enrol in a minimum of 24 credits (80% ality in the North American media em- normal weight young women consider- are open to any University of Winnipeg students VELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIP: course load) in the 2006-2007 academic year. powers women. For example, through ing themselves overweight, the self- who have completed at least 30 credit hours, 4. GPA 3.5 minimum5. No previous receipt of a are studying humanities or social sciences, Sustainable development involves changing the substantial merit scholarship to support post- the media coverage of the sexual revolu- images of these women are incredibly and who intend to complete their degrees at the ways we do business, how we live, what we secondary education, regardless of the source tion of the 1960s, women were able to University of Winnipeg. Scholarships for study in teach our children and how government oper- of the scholarship (e.g. school, government, vulnerable. Israel may be awarded for either a six-week or ates. It will also involve working together toward private source etc.) Students applying after gain positive ground in securing their The image of the ideal sexual a one-year program. Scholarship value: $1000 economic and social development in harmony their fi rst year may not have received more than for the 6 week program, $5000 for the one year with our environment. Value: $4,000 one time $3,500 to date in scholarship money. Students own rights surrounding sexuality, spe- female projected by the North American program. To be eligible, you must have achieved award to a graduate student or $1000 to under- applying after their second year may not have cifi cally regarding the birth control pill media is the “Cosmopolitan Woman” an overall GPA of 3.00 as well as an average of graduate student.Eligibility criteria includes the received more than $3,500 in scholarships in 3.00 on the most recent 30 credit hours you have following: you must be enrolled in a program at any one year, with a total of no more than $5,000 in 1961, abortion in the 1973 court ruling and extremely rare. “What’s presented completed. Applicants should contact the Cana- an approved Manitoba post-secondary institu- to date. of Roe v. Wade, and the protection of dian Friends of the Hebrew University, at 942- tion and expect to continue enrolment the follow- as sexy is the bare midriff, the busty 3085 to register their interest in attending the ing year, have a min. of 3.0 GPA, be a Canadian For more information and application form, go to women’s sexual boundaries with the that teens who watch highly charged eral times, they never received substan- blonde. It’s such fi ction. Anyone of any Hebrew University of Jerusalem and to inquire citizen or permanent resident, meet provincial www.awardforexcellence.ca : Hand in your ap- about programs. Completed application forms student fi nancial assistance residency require- plications to the Awards Offi ce in Graham Hall. 1976 illegalization of marital rape in the sexual content on television are twice as tial aid. According to Stan E. Weed’s body type and race can experience her should be delivered to the Awards & Financial ments, maintain a 60% course load for the entire Deadline date: June 12 2006. United States. likely to partake in intercourse. Stern 1997 paper “Pornography: A Review of sexuality and enjoy it,” says Meenakshi Aid Offi ce. Deadline: April 13,2006 academic year in an approved program. This scholarship is not available to employees of the SURFING FOR MORE DOLLARS? This tradition has continued well and Handel also referenced Arnett’s Scientifi c Literature,” 12 to 17-year-old Gigi Durham of the University of Iowa, Province of Manitoba or their immediate family. into the twenty-fi rst century, as accord- 1991 and 1992 interviews and surveys men are the most psychologically infl u- EXTERNAL AWARDS: Application can be downloaded from www.gov. Try these websites for more possibilities! These as quoted in Gibbons’ article. mb.ca/conservation/susresmb/scholarship two sites will lead you through Canadian based ing to www.soc.ucsb.edu/ mass media which concluded that adolescents who enced by mass media sexual portrayals. Even Marilyn Monroe, the very Deadline: April 3 2006. scholarship searches. ARTHUR V. MAURO SENIOR STUDENT AWARD: informs nearly 50 per cent of adoles- listen to hard rock and heavy metal As a result, images of women as dispos- epitome, nay, inspiration of the “busty > www.studentawards.com cents about birth control. By supplying music are more likely to have promiscu- able or as less than human have huge blonde” fantasy, was torn about her ex- THE MANITOBA COOPERATOR SCHOLARSHIP: SPIRIT OF THE EARTH AWARDS 2006 : Manitoba > www.scholarshipscanada.com The Manitoba Co-operator will provide a $1,000 Hydro those most vulnerable to the potentially ous, unprotected sex than those who consequences, especially for women in posure in media. “Being a sex symbol is scholarship to a Manitoba resident enrolled full negative consequences of sex with in- favor more mainstream music. While it vulnerable positions. The reality is that a heavy load to carry, especially when time or part time in his or her fi rst or subsequent This award is to foster environmental awareness FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: year of a post-secondary program in journal- and recognizes the signifi cance of Aboriginal formation, media is actually preventing seems diffi cult to believe that choices the exploitation of women through one is tired, hurt and bewildered,” says ism, communications or broadcasting anywhere people and their culture to the Province of FINANCIAL AID: MANITOBA STUDENT LOANS: in Canada. Submit your essay of no more than Manitoba. Individual’s or organization’s submis- the occurrence of teen pregnancy or surrounding safe sex are directly con- prostitution will never stop until there Monroe, yet she also asserted that “The 1,250 words on one of three pre-determined sions must demonstrate the positive impact that DID YOU KNOW….. Manitoba Student Aid will be STD infection, and is thereby protecting nected to music preferences, media is no market, until it becomes entirely trouble (is) a sex symbol becomes a topics of importance to rural Manitoba: project or environmental initiative has had on accepting on-line applications for Spring/Sum- the environment, illustrate direct involvement mer term after March 15, 2006. Go to www. women’s health. does infl uence how one perceives sex socially unacceptable, and this can only thing. But if I’m going to be a symbol of 1. Do government controls on agricultural com- of Aboriginal people or non-Aboriginal people studentaid.gov.mb.ca to apply. Increased sexual content in the and one’s own body. happen if the media promotes more re- modity production (choose either foreign or do- working in partnership with Aboriginal com- In regards to Spring Term course loads, please something, I’d rather have it sex than mestic) have a direct impact on your daily life? munities, and show how education was part of note the following: 1. 6 credit hours – You may media can contribute to the abolition of Media also contributes to the con- spectful images of women to fuel North some other things we’ve got symbols If so, which ones — and how? 2. Other than the project/initiative. Who may apply? Individu- receive assistance through MSAP during the insurance and stabilization programs such as als, Aboriginal organizations, youth and student Spring Term for 6 credit hours if your course(s) gender discrimination, if employed fusion and naivety of many young American culture. of.” CAIS, what should Manitoba farmers do to insure organizations, cultural, religious and sport begin the week of May 1 and end the week of properly. This is not to say that images women concerning their sexuality. While the dangers of sex-saturated Although female sexuality has themselves against disastrous drops in income groups, educational institutions, media, trade or June 26. This period represents class time of 8 or production? 3. Should there be increased professional, organizations, local governments, weeks but an elapsed period of 9 weeks. If you of women in subservient and degrading According to the National Catholic media are clear, the total absence of been discussed for centuries, the recent public (federal and/or provincial) investment to businesses. For more information email bcar- register for only 6 credit hours during this pe- positions are in any way positive, but Register, sexual content is featured once sexual content in media can be equally sustain or improve small communities in rural [email protected] or go to website www. riod, the assistance you receive through MSAP leaps and bounds in the growth of tech- Manitoba? Why or why not? hydro.mb.ca Deadline: April 21 2006. will cover a period of only 8 weeks. You must rather that sexual information and con- every four minutes on network televi- as dangerous. To completely ignore per- nology brings more communication, maintain this minimum Spring Term course load PRIZES: First prize $1,000 scholarship and a paid MTS: PURSUE YOUR CALLING SCHOLARSHIP throughout this period. 2. 9 credit hours – If your tent in media can lead to a new kind of sion, yet 98 per cent shows no physical sonal sexuality leads to perverse ideals and consequently more infl uence, than one-year membership in the Manitoba Farm PROGRAM Spring Term courses begin the week of May 1 awareness of sexuality. In order for consequences and 85 per cent shows no and unnecessary shame. The refusal to ever before. As such, media-infl uenced Writers and Broadcasters Association, second and extend beyond the week of June 26, you and third prizes of $150. Are you entering the University of Winnipeg must register for at least 9 credit hours. Nine women to be fi nally recognized as emotional consequences. Stern and recognize sexuality does not make a ideals surrounding sexuality instill -Essays can be submitted one of three ways: by next year and planning for a career in Eco- credit hours represents the normal 60% mini- multi-faceted and complex individuals, Handel referenced Baran on this topic, person non-sexual; it makes them more regular mail to “Manitoba Co-operator Scholar- nomics, Statistics, Business computing? If you mum required course load for student fi nancial themselves in the very fabric of North ship”, Box 9800, Winnipeg, MB. R3C 3K7; by fax are, check out the MTS Pursue Your Calling assistance eligibility for a single term of 9 – 15 female sexuality can neither be re- as his research found that adolescents’ vulnerable to making mistakes. The Americans. Therefore, it is the responsi- to 204-954-1422; or by e-mail to news@fbc- scholarship program. Benefi ts include: $1000 weeks with a break during the term of no more publishing.com More information can be found towards tuition fees for up to four years, sum- than three weeks. You must maintain this mini- pressed nor exploited. Rather the indi- unrealistic expectations about their ini- urban legends surrounding sexuality bility of every North American to use at website, www.manitobacooperator.ca mer employment opportunities, and much more. mum Spring Term course load throughout this vidual choices of every woman have to tial sexual experiences were formed by (for example, you can’t get pregnant the media to its best advantage, protect- Deadline: March 31 2006. Applications can be found on-line at www.mts. period. If you have questions, phone the MSAP ca/careers/scholarhips.htm Deadline: April 21 offi ce at 204-945-6321. The offi ce is located be valued and accepted. It is important the sexual activity they had seen on your fi rst time) are dangerous, poten- ing those who are most vulnerable to its MONA GRAY CREATIVE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP: 2006 at 1181 Portage Avenue, 4th fl oor of the Robert to remember that not all women who television. Similarly, Stern and Handel Fletcher building. (Portage and Wall St.) tially life-altering, and prey on the de- potentially harmful nature, while also This annual scholarship of $5,000 will be KPMG FIRST NATIONS AND ABORIGINAL STUDENT are portrayed as overtly sexual are vic- quoted Davis and Mares’ 1998 fi ndings fenseless. The lack of formalized or delighting in the freedom exposure can awarded to one individual who holds a Bachelor AWARDS: DID YOU KNOW..... you can check the status Degree from a Manitoba university and must of your student aid application, fi nd out what timized; Madonna herself said “losing that adolescents who watch day time thorough sexual education in schools bring. be pursuing graduate studies within or outside Five scholarships of $1500 to encourage and documentation is still outstanding, update your (her) virginity was a career move.” talk shows overestimate the incidence allows for media to confuse and twist the Province of Manitoba in one of the following assist First Nations and Aboriginal students in address information and much more on line? Go areas: Creative Writing, Film, Fine Arts, Music, the pursuit of post-secondary education in the to MySAO to log into your existing account. Go to Some, but not all women, can fi nd em- of adultery, teen sex and teen pregnancy. the ideologies of young women every- Theatre or Dance. You must be a student of fi elds of Business, Economics, Political Science, www.studentaid.gov.mb.ca powerment in expressing their sexuality Stern and Handel concluded that the academic excellence, have fi nancial need and Law or First Nation Financial Administration. where. While nearly 14,000 sexual refer- have community or volunteer involvement. Ap- Criteria includes:1.be an Aboriginal Canadian DID YOU KNOW.... Manitoba Student Aid staff can and should not be judged for their per- “distorted and stereotype-laden por- ences will be viewed by the average plications are available by contacting the Jewish citizen, (First Nations, Metis, Inuit) 2.full-time be on campus on Fridays 1 - 4p.m. Please book Foundation of Manitoba or can be printed from University or Community College student 3.pur- an appointment by coming to student services sonal choices. trayal of sexuality” in media may con- American adolescent a year, only 165 of suing studies in the fi elds of Business, Eco- or phone Tanis at 786-9984. tribute to the lack of formal sexual edu- them will concern sexual health issues SPORTS EDITOR: MIKE PYL march 16, 2006 the uniter contact: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 22 SPORTS FAX: 783-7080 Six-Hour Insanity A Trade Deadline Diary

7:30 a.m. After half an 9:08 a.m. 3M team dis- Dave Randorf after Leafs prac- hour, it’s been all hockey except cusses the “Ryan Malone tice. Wow, two appearances in daNIel FalloN for some baseball highlights. Sweepstakes”. While on the one day for Richardson. Cut to a PowerBar commercial topic of sought-after players, Imagine the welcome mat TSN with Giants running back Tiki the panel analyzes the market the groundbreaking observa- would have rolled out had the tion that some new acquisitions Leafs acquired Todd Simpson! t’s arguably the second- Barber. This just in! Football for 1917 scoring champ Joe still exists! Malone. won’t fi t in well with their new 12:33 p.m. Penguins star largest annual administra- 7:38 a.m. TSN’s studio is 9:12 a.m. Duthie intro- team. Mark Recchi has reportedly Itive day in the National set up such that the 3M squad duces the “Cap-ologist” Frank 11:05 a.m. The newest waived his no-trade clause to Hockey League, and where the (Miller, McGuire, McKenzie) is Provenzano, ex-assistant GM Canadian TV star Todd Simpson join the league-leading under-appreciated dogs have visible behind the Instant with the Capitals, who analyzes is on the line with the quote of Carolina Hurricanes, making the day: “I’m a stay-at-home Recchi the fi rst person to will- their day: GMs, stay-at-home Analysis team. Miller is caught the amount each team has dozing already. Will this be an under the salary cap, and how defenseman. Sometimes my ingly travel to the state of North defensemen and the neigh- omen? this would affect their trading. coaches wish I would just stay Carolina since Sir Walter bourhood hockey pool enthusi- 8:01 a.m. A Ford ad dis- This is a much better gig for at home.” Raleigh. ast. Being the latter, here is my plays a soccer ball crashing Provenzano, who spent much 11:12 a.m. Duthie is back 12:48 p.m. TSN is airing a running diary: into a house. This just in! The of his employment guarding on air with what appears to be feature on Predator Mike sport of soccer is alive and Ted Leonsis’ vaults. a pinkie cast, likely acquired Sillinger, who has been traded MARCH 9, 2006 kicking! 9:14 a.m. The fi rst trade when pinkie-swearing with 11 times in 15 seasons. Despite 8:10 a.m. New Maple Leaf has broken! Defenseman/goon Andreychuk that Andy won’t changing uniforms all these 6:58 a.m. Set up in com- Luke Richardson joins James Todd Simpson has been have to put up with this gig next times, Sillinger has never fortable chair with a mug of Duthie on the line from shipped to the Montreal year…or else. played for New Jersey. English Breakfast tea. Customs at Pearson Canadiens for a draft pick. This 11:21 a.m. Julien discusses 1:10 p.m. Less than an 7:00 a.m. D-Day begins! International, after being de- just in! Montreal has now been what it’s like to be traded for a hour till deadline, and I’m just The SportsCentre theme is tained for allowing hockey into named Stanley Cup favourites. coach. Those were the good old getting cranky. I like hockey, barely audible as the family the city of Columbus. 9:20 a.m. “The Reporters” days, when coaches were on but this is ridiculous. Eight sleeps. 8:15 a.m. Reigning NBA Dave Hodge, Damien Cox, the open market, weren’t they, hours of coverage devoted to, 7:03 a.m. Gord Miller, MVP Steve Nash appears in a Michael Farber and Steve Claude? Now you just get Recchi deal aside, a few bit Pierre McGuire and Bob computer commercial. This Simmons are also in the house, canned. players changing sides. On the McKenzie are introduced as just in! Dwayne Roloson, David discussing possible trades. 11:56 a.m. Just after break- other hand, it is the day of guys the station’s hockey experts. Aebischer and Chris Gratton Nice set, too: the employee ing the Jeff Friesen-to-Anaheim like Sillinger, Simpson and 7:07 a.m. Saskatchewanite are each more important than lounge. trade, Duthie gets Friesen on Friesen, so I’ll let them bask in Darren Dutchyshen, fi red Steve Nash! 10:27 a.m. Ryan Rishaug is the line, breaking the news to their glory. The coverage isn’t Montreal coach Claude Julien, 8:35 a.m. Ex-Flyer Keith in the midst of an Edmonton him. Friesen sounds disheart- over, but I’m at a hockey over- mediocre goalie Darren Pang Jones joins the Instant Analysis snowstorm covering the Oilers, ened to be leaving the pitiful load! There was a little baseball, and 2004 Stanley Cup-winner team late. With goalie Pang, while the Oilers are in sunny Caps for a team with a legiti- no basketball, no football. I Dave Andreychuk are intro- forward Jones and coach Julien, San Jose. Once Rishaug gets mate shot at the playoffs. I need to get out! I fl ip on my Ken duced as the “Instant Analysis” the Instant Analysis team just bulked up with snow the Oilers would be too, if I scored a mere Griffey Junior Baseball game team. Who doesn’t belong on needs defenseman Scott plan to use him as a seven points while on a line from 1998, and all is well. this cast that’s more instant Lachance to challenge goaltender. with Alexander Ovechkin. coffee than instant pudding? Foxwarren for the North 11:04 a.m. The Instant 12:25 p.m. Luke Central Hockey League title! Analysis crew bestows on us Richardson is standing by with Love & Basketball THE SCORE CINDERELLA SHOE WITH AN ORANGE HUE WESMEN INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

PatRICK FauCHeR the process, they earned them- the semis. You might consider **************************************************************** selves a 5-seed in the Atlanta passing on CBS for a couple WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Every 3rd week, Patrick conference, looking at a poten- hours to check these games Faucher brings you Love & tial Sweet-16 date with Duke. out. The Lothers took it to Sisler Uzo Asagwara Canada West First Team, CIS All-Canadian Second Team Basketball, a breakdown of all With teams like UCLA at the Wesmen Classic and then that is NBA. E-mail him (love or ‘earning’ a 2-seed, teams like Garcia and the Spartans re- Stephanie Timmersman hate) at [email protected] Air Force getting in on the turned the favour at the WIT. Canada West Second Team It’s that time of year again. committee’s gut feeling, and This one’s going down in the MEN’S BASKETBALL It doesn’t get better than this. teams like Boston College books. Don’t miss it. The suspense. The drama. The facing a road to the Final Four Line of the Month: From Erfan Nasajpour passion. The buzzer beaters. rougher than Highway 75 to Slamonline.com: “It was funny Canada West First Team The heartache. The sheer love Emerson, there’s bound to be because Kenny (Smith) was the WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL for the game. And of course, the some true madness, upsets, fi rst one to walk over to me and brackets. Cinderellas, and torn up was like, ‘You did a good job, Marlee Bragg That’s right, it’s the offi - brackets. you got robbed.’ It didn’t really CIS All-Rookie Team, Canada West Rookie of the Year cial ‘ignore the NBA month,’ On the other end of the even hit me that he was the one spectrum, the city’s AAAA that changed his score. Kenny Nicola Dirks also known as March Madness, Canada West Second Team and it’s even crazier than usual. High School Basketball owes me about $60,000 (for Take, for example, the Syracuse Championship winds up this losing out on the grand prize Kristin Brisebois Orange, who went 7-9 in league weekend at the University of money and endorsements).” Canada West Second Team Manitoba with (1) Sisler facing Andre Iguodala, on the Dunk play, earning them ninth place MEN’S VOLLEYBALL in the Big East tournament and (4) CJS Friday Mar. 17 at 6 p.m. Competition. a virtual guarantee to miss out (in what should be the REAL Game of the Month: Make Ryan DeBruyn CIS Rookie of the Year, Canada West Rookie of the Year on the dance of 65. But then fi nal), and (3) Oak Park playing sure the batteries in your they went ahead and beat (2) MBCI at 8. The fi nal is at 8 remote control are charged, Ben Schellenberg CIS All-Canadian Second Team, Canada West First Team Cincinnati, (1) UConn, (23) p.m. Saturday, preceded by the baby. There’s enough basket- Georgetown, and fi nally (15) girls fi nal. In both tourna- ball on TV to be able to avoid Jarrod Small Pittsburgh (by a combined total ments, all top four teams went Dick Vitale, not to mention Canada West Second Team of 8 points) to win the confer- against the March Madness almost all the commercials. ence title. Talk about clutch. In grain and survived through to contact: [email protected] the uniter march 16, 2006 SPORTS 23 Head of Class BLUE BOMBERS MAKING RIGHT MOVES

tHomaS aSSelIN While Jim was a great guy per- good one. The rest of the coach- served the same role for the is and has been a major play- sonally, he made some ques- ing staff was fi lled out by Bobby Grey Cup-winning Edmonton maker in the league since he tionable calls and decisions Dyce (receivers) and newcom- Eskimos in 2003. Having entered back in 2001. In the fi ve The 2005 edition of the while head coach of the team. ers Cory McDiarmid (special Marshall as the man behind years he has played he has been Winnipeg Blue Bombers will go The next step taken was the teams coordinator on running the defensive dozen could a Western Division All-Star four down as one of the worst in the hiring of Montreal co-offensive backs), Gregg Butler (defensive make a bigger difference than times and a CFL All-Star three team’s history. The defense had coordinator Doug Berry as the backs), Mike Working (quarter- any free agent out on the times. The Bombers also made allowed more yards than any new head man. Berry had been backs), Richard Harris (defen- market. sure that their defensive line other team… in league history. with Montreal since 2001 and sive line) and last but certainly Speaking of which, the would remain strong for years While the offense showed some was one of the reasons the not least, Greg Marshall (defen- Bombers have been very busy to come by signing young bucks glimpses of brilliance, it was Alouettes have dominated the sive coordinator and lineback- signing players, signing proven Gavin Walls and Tom Canada plagued with injuries and con- league since 2002; he is also ers). Those who have followed commodities such as wide re- to multiple-year contracts. stant roster rotation early on. credited with helping Anthony the league for years should cer- ceiver Albert Johnson III, line- Yes, the overall mood in After 20 weeks of misery, the Calvillo become the elite quar- tainly be excited over hearing backer Barrin Simpson and de- Winnipeg is upbeat - while lis- team had fi nished last place in terback he is today. The team those names; each man is a sig- fensive end Ron Warner. Warner tening to CJOB’s “Countdown the West and tied for last in the also decided to keep Mike nifi cant upgrade over the men and Johnson were rookies with to the Grey Cup” special on league overall with a 5-13 Gibson around, making him that held the positions last year the team in 2000 and were Saturday, it was clear that the record along with the Hamilton only the second offensive coor- (minus Dyce and Gibson of quickly scooped up by the NFL entire coaching staff is thrilled Tiger Cats. With the Grey Cup dinator in the last ten or so course). Greg Marshall is the due to their exceptional play to be here in Winnipeg. All the being hosted in Winnipeg in years to stick around for more name that sticks out the most during that time. Barrin signings indicate that players 2006, a signifi cant improve- than one season (the other out of the group; he was the de- Simpson was without a doubt also feel that good things are ment was necessary. being Paul LaPolice in ‘02-’03). fensive coordinator of the the biggest free agent on the just around the corner for the The fi rst step on the return Gibson’s return bodes well for Ottawa Renegades last year, market this year in the CFL; the Bombers, with 2006 shaping up to respectability was taken the the unit’s consistency, and turning what was once a laugh- Bombers had him signed to a as though it will be a much moment Jim Daley was dis- should make what was a decent able defense into one of the long term contract within a few more positive, exciting year. missed on Nov. 8 of last year. offense last year into a very league’s better units. He also hours of free agency. Simpson march 16, 2006 the uniter contact: [email protected]