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It will be located that there's definitely a need at the centre of the completed for something like the Ox2. Princess Street campus, in the "It's somewhere to go on area right outside the doors your break, maybe to get some beside the newsroom. candy, or talk about whatev- "It's a big step," says Todd er," Guy says. Buchanan, retail manager for Guy especially misses the the Red River College freedom to buy bus passes at Students' Association. "It's different times of the month. something that wasn't even on "I'd like to have some place anyone's roadmap five years where I could go get [bus pass- ago." es] whenever I want, and not According to the business just at certain times. Like now, plan, the Ox2 will give stu- you can only go between 10 dents the convenience of a.m. and 2 p.m. to pick up being able to buy bus passes, your bus pass." stamps, lottery tickets, ciga- Currently, Princess Street rettes, and other items without students can only buy bus leaving the campus. passes at designated times, photo by Scott Prouse "It's a good location," says usually during a two day peri- Contruction continues on the Students' Association's new Princess Street store, tentative- Victor Olson, who teaches od at the beginning and end ly titled Ox2 and forcasted to be ready in time for students and staff by September 2003. business courses at Red River of each month. College's department of "I know the [Notre Dame] ing even by the second year, Continuing Education. "You campus has somebody come and making a substantial prof- have to walk at least three or out now," Guy says. But it'd be it from then on. College blows smoke over four blocks to get all of the nice not to have to go running "These are conservative esti- services you can get at the around the college looking for mates," says Olson. "Very con- convenience store." ' the bus pass guy." servative. There is the poten- smoking solution The Notre Dame Ox opened According to the business tial to make a lot more money in 1971, selling school sup- plan, the Ox2 will make most than they say they're going to plies and some clothing, but of its money on drinks, candy, make." By Jeanne Fronda has since sold everything from and cigarettes. Most of the The Notre Dame Ox pulls in hile solutions to Red River College's tobacco and candy to beauty money going out will be to between $30,000 and $40,000 existing for the SA each year. With the smoking policy are cloudy, products and computer soft- students who work at the some students are clear about their store. new store, profits will jump to W irri- ware. tation with the smoke accumulating outside the Olson reviewed the business The Red River College between $45,000 and $50,000, Students' Association plans to money that goes into provid- college doors. plan. and says it looks good. Natalie Seaba, recycling co-ordinator for the college, was "The store doesn't have any take a heavy loss with the Ox2 ing other services to students, in its first year, but says it will like beer bashes and the health asked to present possible solutions. A focus group was organ- direct competition, and it's ized but the results regarding the smoking policy have not convenient to a large number make money by the second. plan. Meanwhile, the losses will be But Buchanan cautions that been compiled yet. of people," Olson said. "The Students' Association President David Lyman explains that store could even sell services offset by the profits from the although it's a remote possibil- to people who live and work Notre Dame Ox. The SA plans ity, a lack of initiative among the main issues discussed at the focus group included people nearby." to run them both as one store. the SA executive and the having to walk through groups of smokers, reactions to the litter created from the cigarette butts, and the fact that some The project is pricey, at least "It's the same students, just Student Advisory Board might a different location," kill the plan. students hold doors open while smoking, which increased when compared to a regular the college's heating costs. student income. The SA plans Buchanan says. "We just want "After all, it's a student run to spend $50,000 on the store to provide these services to organization," Buchanan says. "Sometimes (smokers) leave the doors, open during the students and staff on campus." "If the SA decides it's too winter when it's cold," says Business Administration student in the first year alone. But in Jacques Lambert. terms of starting up a conven- Although profits aren't on expensive, if people don't ience store, it's done on the the agenda for now, the busi- want to go there, then we "The D and E entrances: those are sick. You open the cheap. Lots of the equipment ness plan sees the store break- won't go. There are so many doors and you're supposed to get fresh air and all you get is different variables." second hand smoke." continued on page 2 2 THE PROJECTOR- APRIL 14, 2003 Smoking poky co d from rOnt page BEEN DONE WRONG? • hd.t still r.'t.J BROKEN-HEARTED? Sr:duct Feel like getting some revenge by kidnapping him and leading him to an aban- nt of Finance Lars doned train yard....? ate the; Smoking lx ^iicy at Ic asi good idea, "; says even times cars be expelled oT If yes, you need some serious help. 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By Jennifer Hnatiuk The departments may have approved the move, voted in favour of the proposed system. but some students are still upset. The proposed "The students have spoken," says Lyman. "It's irst there were three, now there are semester system gives students a four-day weekend in tough to go back now and say we want this [a week- two. the second semester, but many students say they long break]." F need a full week. Some are even saying they will cre- Lyman also says the SA always maintained a Students in the college's Creative Arts department ate their own break if administration does not imple- semester system was possible, but only with a break. have voted in favour of moving from a trimester sys- ment one. Not all students are unhappy about the semester tem to a semester system in September 2003. But "My position is we have a SARS week- Students' system. Art Wiebe, a Digital Multimedia Technology some students still aren't happy with the change and Association Recreational Sabbatical," says Creative student, says he hasn't heard anything about stu- are planning to miss classes in protest. Communications student Andrew Wiens. dents planning to create their own break and is satis- The students voted 47-27 in favour of changing Wiens voted in favour of moving to the semester fied with the proposed system. from the current three term system to a two term system, but says he did so because voting to stay "I think it is doable, so long as the projects and system, even though many felt their need for a week- with the trimester system for fall 2003 would only stuff aren't overwhelming," says Wiebe. long break had not been met. Ken Webb, Vice- help current students, not future ones. He says cur- Webb says that classes will continue, regardless of President Academic, says the change to the semster rent students can take action by creating their own whether or not students choose to go. system will take place this fall. break and not attending classes to make their needs "This is an adult learning institution and students "The recommendation was made to SAC [Senior known to administration. are responsible for attitude and attendance," says Academic Committee] after the vote that all Creative "I voted for the semester system because it was the Webb. Arts departments move to the semester system in only way we could fight the system," says Wiens. "I One of the main reasons for the change to a September 2003," says Webb. would hope to have support from the SA and a sig- semester system was to finish classes in April to Administration has received confirmation that the nificant amount of support from the students them- allow students to compete with university students five Creative Arts departments- Creative selves. I wouldn't do it alone. Hopefully I'd have for jobs. Communications, Digital Multimedia Technology, many students beside me." Graphic Design, Graphic Design- Advanced, and Students' Association President David Lyman says Library Information Technology- can adapt to the it may be hard for the SA to support students plan- semester system. ning to implement their own break because they WANTED: One Princess Street vice-president By Andrew Wiens "We hope to have someone It is estimated the campus' "The position itself is a great time to do it," she says. hired by May 9," says Lyman. population will increase to idea and very necessary. It's The SA would like the he search contin- Unlike the other SA vice- 1,300 in the fall of 2003 and important to have somebody Princess Street campus to have ues for next year's presidents, the Princess Street 2,300 when it is fully opera- here [at the Princess Street representation. TStudents' Association equivalent will be appointed tional the following year. campus] to relay messages "We need a good set of eyes vice-president at Red through a hiring process According to Lyman the job from the SA, especially when and ears out there," says River College's Princess rather than an election. will take about 20 hours a there will be more students Lyman. Street campus. But appli- According to Lyman, this is week, much of which will con- here next year," she says. "The last thing I want to see cants aren't exactly because the Princess Street sists of communications and "I did consider it [the VP is Princess Street not having pounding down the campus is still in its infancy. advocacy. position] briefly. It's a great any representation." doors. "If a student starts out and Many students are appre- opportunity. But because of According to SA President halfway through discovers hensive about taking the posi- the heavy course load in my David Lyman, nobody has they can't or don't want to do tion because of its added program, I won't have the applied for the position. it anymore, we can just re-hire demands to an already heavy "I'm not too worried right as opposed to having to go workload. ■ now. I would love to see 10 through another election Meera Bahadoosingh is a 11 111111MY IMOMP people apply, because with process." class representative in the more applicants you can make It is not entirely certain Creative Communications pro- T Four the best choice," says Lyman. which programs will even be gram at Princess Street. Like Tax Service You're Not Just Another Social Insurance Number! 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OPINIONApril 14, 2003 The best in the West is put The inevitability of to the test change

innipeg has long West End for granted as a place 'm starting to get scared. hard for me to believe I could pos- been renowned for that would always be around. A certain sense apprehen- sibly have as much fun while still its incredibly When we played shows on that learning as much as I have in the W stage, we would abuse both the sion stemming from the I past two years. I'm leaving with a vibrant music scene. The city knowlegde that my life is venue and audience with regulari- portfolio full of material I only has produced some of popular ty and still be treated with cour- heading towards another music's most famous names, dreamed of accomplishing before tesy by the volunteers and major change. my time at RRC. including The Guess Who, Neil employees. But at least I'm not alone. Why stop now? Young and Remy Shand, all of The magic of the West End (Editor's note: Scott Prouse I find it hard to believe the real whom started their careers per- Cultural Centre is that it can turn wrote these very words in his first world will allow me to complete forming in small local venues. your average Joe Schmoe in a punk editorial.) as many projects with as much But what happens if the venues band into a professional musician There are somewhere between freedom as Red River has during shut down? This question was of rock-star proportions, and a 15 to 20 other journalim majors, my stay at Notre Dame and raised a week ago when the West bonafide rock star into a musical 30 or so other students complet- Princess Street. End Cultural Centre was embroiled god. ing my program, and maybe a Maybe that's why they pay you in an insurance brouhaha that Sure, almost everyone I know thousand other people also gradu- in the real world to do and say threatened to shut the venerable has had his/her car broken into ating from their respective pro- things you really don't want to do. old locale's doors for good. while attending a show at the grams at the end of this year. And that's okay. I still don't Naturally, local patrons of the West End. And what happens next? Aren't think I really know anything so arts were slightly miffed at the Sure, some of the marquee tour- we supposed to get a break? I'm ready to sell out for a little thought that the last bastion of ing acts that come through town Maybe take off on some kind of while so I can get that hard earned top-notch independent music in cost an arm and a leg to watch. journey to some foreign country? rest I feel I so deserve. the city could be closed. I'm not saying the West End is I can sure picture myself hitch- So therein lies the key. Basically, it set the local music perfect, but it's as close to perfec- hiking across Europe trying to Make some daddy big bucks scene into a crazed panic. As a for- tion as Winnipeg's music commu- meet some dark, exotic, and mys- after finishing school (can one mer band member myself, the nity has ever come. terious women or busking around possibly be more ready than at West End has played host to some The irony is that a venue that South America with chickens and this time?), say and do a few of my fondest memories as a per- almost got closed due to insurance babies resting in my lap while old things I may not believe to build a former. troubles is literally the insurance men with cowboy hats play ramblin' and scramblin' fund so I Not only does the place have that Winnipeg's music scene will Mexican songs on my guitar dur- can hit the road for some hard best stage/seating arrangement in continue to thrive. ing 14-hour rides through sunsets travellin' on dusty roads across town, but for a relatively low and coca fields. hidden orchards and lonesome price, local independent bands can Don't I deserve some sort of beaches. feel like rock stars. reprieve from this bombardment Looks like I'm not as scared The West End's maze of base- Long live the West End. of forced imagination inside the as I thought I was. ment hallways and dressing rigid set of boundaries imposed by Yup, it's obvious I got it all rooms; scrawling your band's my program? worked out. name on the wall next to the graf- I think I do. I think we all do. fiti of some of your musical idols; I think what I really need is the ever-present merch table at the some sort of benefactor, like in a back of the venue... Playing a West Dickens story. If I had someone End show was an experience even like that I think I might actually a gig at a dive like the Albert stay in school for the rest of my couldn't match. life. Thankfully, the West End's insur- That wouldn't be too bad. It's ance imbroglio got sorted out, but I think few Winnipeggers realize just how close we came to losing one of our most valuable local r WHAT YOU NEED TO KM N ABOUT institutions. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STI's) I know for a fact that I took the

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du Maurier ARTS ENTERTAINMENT THE PROJECTOR-APRIL 14TH, 2003 Hip-hop culture hits the stage Battle for the Belts competition rocks Peg City By Sabrina Carnevale ride and see how it goes," says Day DUB-L. fter what seemed like about two straight hours of However, there may be some changes made before any further competition is held. Organizers hope to improve gritty, urban aggression, only two men were left on sound quality and shorten the event by reducing the num- he stage. Ismaila stared blankly as John Smith ber of MCs from 16 to eight. launched into a final tirade that would have made They also hope to bring in judges from outside the local Eminem run home to the trailer park. But the Peg-based hip-hop community in order to avoid bias. "It's hard to rapper's only reaction was to break into the occasional gig- pick [judges] disconnected from everyone else," says gle, before responding with a merciless barrage of his own. Urban Bakery owner Kevin Trosky. In the end, Ismalia walked away from the Battle for the Also, future battles may be held in an actual boxing ring Belts with the championship belt, and a $250 cash prize. that will serve as the main stage, where contestants can Back behind the counter of the Wax Museum a couple compete in a large, full-scale environment. Organizers of days later, Smith (who took home $100 for second also hope to make future competitions all ages allowing place) remains upbeat. "This was definitely the best battle younger people to attend and even compete. "Younger I've been involved with," he says. "The event was well people are the next generation of hip hoppers," says Day organized and the crowd was really vocal." Smith has been DUB-L. in over two dozen organized battles; however, he hopes to Given that there isn't any other competition of this kind start judging competitions in the future. in Winnipeg, organizers realize that the Battle for the Belts The Battle for the Belts, which took place on April 5 at is a good showcase for local talent. "The Winnipeg hip The Avenue, was the first of what organizers hope will hop scene doesn't have anything that happens on an become an annual event. About 450 people experienced a annual basis," says Trosky. combination of intense beats and rap battle basics. The Battle for the Belts was a hit with the uninitiated event introduced a form of battling between MCs, DJs and Winnipeg crowd. "I've never been to anything like that B-boys. All three battle elements were combined into one Breakdancing Bob shows off his mad skillz before so I thought it would be fun," says Brandie huge event that encompassed a mixture of powerful music Harbridge, who heard about the event through friends and rap battle essentials. DJ Brace won first place over DJ Res One in the DJ com- and decided to check it out. "It turned out to be really First place winners in each category received a genuine petition. In the B-boy crew category, Struggles (Mark entertaining, there was a lot of great talent." Bawingan and Skittles) was triumphant over Sars Attacks Day DUB-L says that the Battle for the Belts competition (Bob Veruella and Ricky Ramdath). was just the beginning and that they have a lot more in "This was definitely the best battle About 40 people signed up for the MC competition, store for future events. I've ever been involved with." which was eventually brought down to 16, with 13 MCs "We sort of want to start a history." showing up at the competition on Saturday. Each MC, DJ and B-boy crew had to pass a number of rounds to -John Smith advance to the winner's circle where judges chose one champion. Battle for the Belts was put on by The Urban Bakery with The Projector championship belt with their name engraved on it as well help from The Wax Museum. Day DUB-L of The Urban as a cash prize. Bakery says he was happy with the turnout. "We weren't In addition to Ismaila (of Frek Sho fame) and Smith, expecting the number of people to be so high." MCs Bobby Lee and Pip Skid placed third and fourth If everything goes as planned, the competition will All the news that fi respectively in their category, taking home $50 apiece. return annually - maybe even semi-annually. "We'll let it Frankie comes to Winnipeg... By Joff Schmidt Concertgoing 'Peggers sure like Black's Pixie drink versions of The t's not often that I find myself yearning for the usually inane back for a 25-minute or so encore, which they also played non- Pixies' The Holiday Song, Nimrod's Son, and Cactus, as well as and inaudible banter with the audience in which most live stop. a cover of The Pogues' Dirty Old Town and a rollicking pop- lacts engage. It was sheer musical madness. After about an hour, even the punk version of Tom Waits' Black Rider Overture, with which But this was the curious situation I found myself in during audience seemed to be getting exhausted. Granted, this was an Black dosed the show. Frank Black and The Catholics' April 2 performance at Le unusual crowd for a big rock show, described by the evening's The only real problem with the show was the sound. Le Rendez-Vous. Midway through the marathon set, I began to MC as an older, discerning crowd. Le Rendez-Vous was in fact Rendez-Vous doesn't have the greatest acoustics at the best of wonder what Winnipeg had done to piss off Frank Black? overrun by 30-somethings up waaaaaay past their bed time (I times, and Black's vocals were somewhat buried in the mix. After all, the guy had been on stage for almost an hour with- should know - I'm pushing 30 myself, and was definitely up Nonetheless, Black gave it his all, and screamed his way into out saying a word to the sold-out crowd. Black and his backing past my bedtime). the hearts of the crowd. quartet plowed from one song into another. No stopping to But to their credit, most of the crowd stuck around through And by the way, Frank wasn't angry with us at all. A certain switch guitars. No pause to chit chat with the audience. Just two opening acts (Toronto's Tangiers and former Pixies drum- Red River College instructor who attended the show (and shall one aural assault after another. mer Dave Lovering, who performed comedic science tricks - remain unnamed) saw Black last year, and said that he's typi- Not that I'm complaining. More Frank Black music is always the less said about the latter, the better) and nearly two hours cally not very talkative. a good thing. Black, the frontman of the now-defunct seminal of Frank Black. Well. alternative rock outfit The Pixies, certainly didn't disappoint But Black gave the people what they came to hear. He I can certainly sleep better now anyone who came to the show expecting to hear a lot of opened his set with a rocking version of The Pixies' Where Is music. My Mind? (you know, the Fight Club song) which launched Black and The into a set heavy on Blades solo material (including Black's one Catholics played for real hit, Headache). 80 minutes straight, Although much of the audience (myself induded) seemed no stopping for noth- less familiar with Black's newer work, it was delivered with PAY MORE! in'. As a friend of such full-out intensity that the relatively sedate audience mine remarked, "It's couldn't help nodding its collective head. Black's solo work 190 Tuesday Special not a set, it's a stamina treads into ground different from The Pixies, including hints of ty104,1411....- rockabilly, country, and blues, but similar in its punkish sensi- f4 , test." . bility. 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The GT comes with a Toyota Matrix are basically the same car er when you go camping or plug in the with different bodies. My opinion is that vacuum to clean out the car. "I bet this car would just be a blast if you can the Vibe is the better looking of the two The options are almost endless. A but keep in mind that beyond looks decent sounding CD player, about a mil- cough up the extra five or six grand." everything in this review should apply to lion cubby holes (they're everywhere), the Matrix just as well. supportive seats, stylish chrome trim I got a ton of highway and city driv- and a great console help round out the is for. It still has enough power to pass stiffer suspension and sportier tires than ing in and really had a chance to put it inside. Every seat in the car except the on the highway and is certainly not slug- the base model. through the paces. For a $23,000 car it drivers folds flat so you can probably gish at higher speeds. The transmission Anyone in the market for a smaller car has a ton to offer and I was really is smooth under most conditions, really should take this car into consider- impressed. It's practical like a station hard acceleration being the one ation at the very least. The choice wagon without looking or driving like obvious exception. Road noise is between the Vibe and Matrix is really up one. minimal even at highway speed to you. To me the Matrix just seems to The Pontiac Vibe represents General but there is a little more engine have some misplaced creases on the side. Motors attempt to take its 'younger' divi- noise in the cabin than I like to It's tough to explain but it just looks sion in a new direction. Gone will be the see under moderate power use. It's unfinished. days when Pontiacs were Chevrolets not a terrible amount of noise but If you're one of those people that just with an aggressive snout and a lot of it's noticeable. wouldn't buy a domestic keep in mind cheap, ribbed, plastic cladding. The Vibe Handling is precise, it doesn't when you look at the Vibe that it's all is still clearly a Pontiac, maintaining that wander on the highway like a lot Toyota goodness underneath. Both are distinctive look, yet it is far cleaner in of minivans do (let's face it, this is good looking cars, I just have to give the appearance than their typical cars of a sporty mini mini-van). The Vibe nod to the Pontiac on this one. It's got a recent years. doesn't lean excessively in the little more edge and personality to it. The Vibe was part of a joint develop- haul around just about anything, or corners and does a good job soaking up Throw in a GT with an extra SO horses ment project between GM and Toyota. sleep in the back when you can't pay bumps. It doesn't corner quite as well as and I bet this car would just be a blast if Both companies recognized the newly your rent. My one gripe about this inte- your typical small car but it's pretty you can cough up the extra five or six emerging cross-over segment started by rior is that the climate controls are very damn close. Considering how much grand. the Dodge PT Cruiser. This alone is sig- difficult to use when the car is in park, taller it is than a normal car that's quite nificant because GM has almost always the shifter really gets in the way. How the feat. It is tall, parked next to a If you have any automotive questions been way behind emerging trends. they missed this I'm not sure but it's a Windstar at 7-11 I noticed it was just a or suggestions, e-mail the author at Seems now they're a forerunner. Though minor flaw in an otherwise great interi- notch shorter. It gives up about 2 feet in [email protected] originally a GM idea, most of the Vibe or. length to the Windstar though. I felt was designed and built by Toyota. The Under the hood my tester was really secure driving the Vibe in the The Projector welcomes new exterior panels are the only significant equipped with the 130 horsepower parts that Pontiac designed. engine and a 4 speed automatic. This writers. Inside, this car is all Toyota, sharing an is the same engine that's in the new identical interior to the Matrix. Both cars Toyota Corolla. The Vibe is also avail- really stand out here; they are attractive able in a GT trim with the Celica GT's yet extremely practical. The materials are 180hp engine with a six-speed manu- all better than anything you'll find in a al or you can get an all wheel drive Sunfire and they all fit together extreme- model with the same engine as the base model. In Winnipeg International Children's Festival base trim is looking for two volunteers to help out with a variety of activities this car is by no with both the Festival and our inner-city youth at risk Circus and means a Magic Partnership program, throughout our 2002/2003 season. We race car. are participating in the Youth Serves Manitoba program for university students to volunteer their time for a minimum of 100 hours from January - June 2003. Once the students completes 100 hours, they will receive a $500.00 bursary towards their tuition or Birds of a feather stay students loans. Interested students can contact Jennifer Kaufman at 958-4749 or email: [email protected] for more information about together application information and volunteer positions. By Ruth Shead r those serious about their sports, awards show watching is essen- tially the same thing as bird watching, also known as birding, Fwhich is the terminology I will use because I like how it sounds. Similarities include everything from the benefits of low impact exer- cise to the skill of identifying designer feathers. An excellent source for all your birding needs, birdwatching.com, presents six logical reasons to start birding - all eerily similar to reasons for taking up awards show- watching, which I will call awardshowing from this point forward. workopoli sCam usciiorn Fun is the first motivation birdwatching.com presents. "Something PCANADA 1110OIST JOR SITE 101 STUDINTS deep seems to get fulfilled. A connection is made with the immense beauty of nature." This is exactly how I feel after a good night of awardshowing. There is nothing superficial about awards shows. The practice all has an underlying deep significance that leaves you feeling like you've WHO SAYS THERE ARE NO JOBS? indulged in a three layer chocolate cake, or if you were a bird, a plate of sunflower seeds. Of course, few winners of awards shows participate in chocolate cake, and although they might nibble at sunflower seeds, what does an exposed torso have to do with musical capabilities? Avril PART-TIME showed them all, didn't she? I'd also like to recognize the sober version of this year's Academy Awards, where alternate evening wear and the FULL-TIME absence of the red carpet showed respect for the "situation" in Iraq. But I digress. CASUAL After fun comes satisfaction. "Birding invokes our primeval hunting instincts," says birdwatching.com. "It delivers all the satisfaction of the VOLUNTEER... hunt, even though the prey itself escapes unharmed. Birding is the perfect sport for the coming century." Wow! Satisfaction! Seeing as we were just discussing them, let's talk more about this year's Juno awards. I don't know about anyone else, CAREER! but a sense of fulfillment came over me as I was awardshowing and Nickelback's Chad Kroeger (Hero, Too Bad, and How You Remind Me) collected songwriter of the year over Avril Lavigne (Complicated), Ron "should-have-won" Sexsmith (These Days), Remy Shand (Burning Bridges) and Shania Twain (I'm Gonna Getcha Good). The losers will just have to let the water roll of their backs. Log on to WorkopolisCampus.com, Red River's And of course there are the health benefits. Birding gets you vertical. It gets you outside and walking. But it's effortless because your atten- Employment Web Site to locate jobs specifically tion is on the birds. Nevertheless, after a little birding, you've usually covered quite a bit of ground. targeting students! It's uncanny! Awardshowing gets you sitting and sometimes even horizontal, which is practically the same thing, being a position and all. But seriously, like birding, award showing is effortless because your attention is on the nominees. You can do all sorts of awardshowing Finally, education is worth something on your without even leaving your nest. resume! continued on page Access Code:RrCcMb97 9 THE PROJECTOR - APRIL 14, 2003 Asian am' ine piques writer's palate Projector critic takes a bite out of two local restaurants

By Jeremy Besyk tle salt and soy delivered fresh to my table. But I'm ready sauce and the fish for him this time. Or am I? cross the street from the Princess tastes fantastic. The plates are slowly brought out as the Street Campus, there are two Asian The price in the nearly half hour wait has made us even isine restaurants; Foon Hai and menu isn't listed more hungry. My fish will still be a few Little Saigon. I went to both eateries and it varies by season minutes, I'm told. They must be making had the same dish to see how each was and the market him up pretty for my plate. But to my prepared. price. But picker- surprise, they really were! el is expensive My plate comes and my fish is sitting upright on the plate with its fins out to FOON HAI 'VW but worth it depending on the the sides looking like it is swimming. As the clocks strikes noon, Foon Hai restaurant. If you The vegetarian table is completely begins filling up with business people don't mind "pick- grossed out but I love it! Some of the from the Exchange District. A group of us Projector reviewer takes a break from the usual pizza for some ing the meat off meat eaters at my table were a little from Red River sit at the big round table Asian cuisine the bone," so to grossed out too but everyone was in the middle of the room. We order speak, Foon Hai's intrigued with the fish eyes. drinks and look over the extensive menu. trooper out to get my story I will order pickerel is for you. Perhaps it was the way the fish was sit- Categories range from chicken to the big guy and see if I'm not to afraid to ting on the plate, but it was a little diffi- seafood, including rice and vegetable eat it. cult to cut into, and attacking the fish dishes. (One confusing point is how there Sure enough, the fish comes to the LITTLE SAIGON from the top was almost impossible con- were some chicken dishes in the seafood sidering the way the fish is built. Eating section of the menu.) As with the last restaurant by cutting at the sides was the best bet to The server recommends that since "Although this may sound igno- visit, I go to Little Saigon with get the tender fish meat into the tummy. there are so many of us, we each order a rant, I am not accustomed to a group of classmates. This The portion size of the fish (well, it is dish and share them in the middle of the time there are nearly twenty the entire fish) is excellent for the price. table so we all get a taste of the different ethnic foods." of us and we nearly scare the The price varies depending on the season dishes Foon Hai has to offer. I go with the chopsticks out of the hands of but in most restaurants you can only get pickerel. The server then asks if we have the staff at this eatery. It takes a fillet for the price that I paid on this par- lots of time because it takes a long time to table and is completely breaded. Eyes, a while for us to be seated, but once we ticular visit. cook. I ask around and am told we have fins, tail, it's all there. On his side, he are, we divide up into meat eaters and plenty of time. Thinking about the odd strangely looks at you as you dig in with vegetarians since we can't all fit at one question, I begin wondering. Is it frozen? your fork almost saying, "you better long table. Again, this is done so that we Does it have to be thawed? Thick fillets? enjoy this, buddy." My group mates can each order a dish and share to have a READ I get a hunch. The server passes by and around the table are reluctant to try my little taste of each category of food. I ask point blank, "it's not the whole fish, new friend but I convince a couple of Drink orders are taken and we look is it?" He smiles and says that it is. I roll them to take a forkful. (The eyes pretty over the menu. As with the last restau- my eyes and almost pass out. Although much grossed everyone out.) rant we went to, I order the pickerel. P-jec this may sound ignorant, I am not accus- The pickerel is tasty and a little tough Again, I'm told that it will take a while tomed to ethnic foods but since I'm a to negotiate with the scales inside. A lit- and it will, indeed, be the whole fish One good thing about music, when it hits, you feel no pain Red River College's new radio station 'pretty much ready to go' Ga," and I remember looking at it where along the line I phoned By Mauricio Martinez ey all you headbangers, and saying, "hmm. This looks like Ron Barnes, the building manag- hippies, and hip-hoppers, a good story," but I never ended er for the Princess Street Campus. The Obsessive Compulsive up reading it. Sorry, whoever He was very helpful. He gave me HRed River College is get- wrote it. I'm sure it was a worth- a slew of numbers, one of which Information and Support Centre, Inc. ting a new radio station. while piece of writing. was for Richard Edwards, the man Of course, this is nothing new When I first started investigat- in charge of designing and build- would like to welcome you out to our support groups held to most of you, but it is to me. ing this story, I took a wrong turn. ing the new radio station. every second & fourth Tuesday of each month Like, I mean, I heard about it in a I asked Gary Moir, the radio Edwards says that the station is few places, but was never really instructor for RRC's Creative pretty much ready to go, but that located at 825 Sherbrook Street interested in finding out about it. 7:00 — 9:00 pm Communications program. I it's not yet ready to go on-air. from I remember there was this front- don't think I was clear in my "Most of the equipment has For further informatio.. ,ontact idra at 942-3331. page article in The Projector questioning though (remember: I been put in," Edwards said. "It's called "All We Hear is Radio Ga- didn't know anything about the right-close to being ready for edu- radio station). I asked him if he cational mode, but as for the knew anything about the cam- transmitter, the schedule is under pus radio station. review." South Winnipeg Family i:ntormation Centre "CMOR?" He asked. Not I also asked him about a rumor knowing any differently, I nod- that had been going around that Is holding its ded. "I don't know anything the radio station was going to about that," Moir said, "that's the have to be moved from the base- SA. Talk to someone from the ment of the Creative Arts SA." Building at the Princess Street So at my next class rep meeting Campus to some other location I asked Shubert Beaubrun who because of noise from some pipes. the station manager for CMOR is. "That's correct," Edwards said. "FASHIONS FOR WOMEN" He gave me Ethan Stock's num- "The status of that [the station's ber. I called him up. I was glad I location] is under review. The cur- talked to him. rent location is only a temporary SPRING FUNDRAISER "Oh you mean the new radio one." station at the Princess Street "Thanks," I said. I thought, Campus?" He asked, responding "this is the info that's going to to my question. "Man, you're make my story. Woo-hoo! I'm talking to Ethan Stock, man. My going to win some kind of prize, Entrepreneurship project IS the right? Saturday, May 10th new radio station, man." Now I was getting there, I thought. Cool: this guy knows 9:00 - 12:00 noon his shit. I asked him how they were going to get music for the station. "Man," Stock said, "I just open up my book here, and I got Sony, 800 Point Road BMG, Universal - cards for record label reps. I just give them a call and they send me music. I get ("The Clothes Closet") tons of stuff all the time." My mind wandered a bit. It kind of awed me to talk to some- one so connected to the record industry. "If only he was in a band," I thought, "he'd be New and previously worn items $3.00 and up. famous." So armed with my new infor- Cash, Visa, cheques accepted. mation I went back to Gary Moir. Now we were on the same page. Technically, it's not ready, he said. "They still have to run a test pattern. It's for the transmitter, to see if the signal is leaking into other frequencies." Now I remembered that some-

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your attention is on the Web site. are companionship and soli- while selecting my predictions faux pas, think back to the nominees. You can do all sorts Awardshowing with your tude. for categories like "best main 2001 Academy Awards where of awardshowing without even family is the only way to do it. 'Girding is a sport of many title designer" and "classical Icelandic songstress Bjork leaving your nest. Television in general is a great moods, and it serves the causes album of the year: large ensem- showed up in a swan dress. Just like what parenting technique, so awards of companionship and solitude ble or soloists with large The convergence has already birdwatching.com says about shows, honouring the best and equally well." ensemble accompaniment." A begun. the cross-generational union, brightest in the business, the Awardshowing is great fun if lucky duck is always a good awardshowing unites families. ones who succeed in sucking there is a pool involved. Award choice. "By taking up birding, parents you into their re-runs, is way showing gambling never disap- I wish everyone the best of or grandparents can introduce better than Sunday-night fami- points, but remember: don't luck in all of your future bird- their children to an interest in ly board games. count your chickens until ing and awad showing, and if nature that will stay with them The firth and sixth argument they've hatched. I like to keep you're having difficulty getting all their lives," says the birding for buying a pair of binoculars a good-luck charm with me over Shania's hockey jersey

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THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS The All-American Rejects By The Grace Of God Psychout Records Dreamworks ***/5 ** 1/2 / 5

I guess this kind of thing is cool nowadays. These days, being a Swedish band is to your Ever since the likes of Blink-182 and Sum 41 hit it advantage. With the immense popularity of rock- big, there have been hundreds of generic, whiny, ers like and Division of Laura Lee, and emotional pop-punk bands flooding the market. Most the cult following of the (International) Noise Conspiracy, is of them, like A Simple Plan and Not By Choice, are beyond the realm of the place to be for nostalgic, 70s-style riff rockers. just "bad"...they've gone all the way to "brutal." The Hellacopters, however, are a bit of a different story. The The All-American Rejects are yet another act to follow in this Swedish five-piece seem to have eschewed the current "let's rip off gruesome legacy. They're more pop than punk, and the album is loaded the Stooges and the MC5" trend in rock n' roll and - have created with piano and organ, so they're different, but that doesn't mean their own blend of riff-rock intensity. The group looks like extras they're any better than any of the others. from FUBAR and sound like ...assuming Mick & co. Jesus creeping god. One of these days, Screeching Weasel, Green had combines rockabilly with high speed, hair metal riffing about Day and the Queers need to join forces and show these long-haired, 30 years ago. overly sensitive bastards how pop-punk is really done. The blistering guitar of Robert Dalqvist and Baba I'm not saying the Rejects don't know what they're doing, but Lindstrom's swamp-boogie piano provide the perfect sonic back- they've taken an already toned-down version of and sugar- ground for Nicke Andersson's cocky vocal snarls. Although almost coated it even more. They'd be a pretty solid pop band, if they gave up every song on this album as at least a minute too long and sounds the acoustic guitars, synth-sounding drums...and especially the emo. exactly like its predecessor, the formula works, for the most part. Poppy, upbeat songs are one thing, but once the discordant guitar parts The guitar and the vocals are definitely the focal points of this and whiny, lost-love vocals come in, you find yourself wanting to arm record, with Dalqvist and Andersson seeming to challenge each other yourself to the teeth and show up at their band practice uninvited. for supremacy in every song. There's no doubt that these guys are going to do well with the Dalqvist's guitar alternates from a Greg Ginn crunch to a MuchMusic crowd. They look like members of the godforsaken Strokes, Dick Dale surf twang to a wailing, Slash-worthy guitar solo almost and their lyrics are almost as ludicrous. The lead single, Swing Swing, effortlessly. Unforunately, however, some of the songs end up sound- doesn't make any sense. ing too cluttered as the guitar tries to compete with the keyboards "Swing swing from the tangles of." Of what? What the hell does for solo spots. What the Hellacopters seem to be missing is that they that mean? How is that a chorus? By the way, pronouncing words need to dumb down their songs in order to get any radio play. While dementedly wrong so they fit with the song is entering Avril Lavigne a musician like Dalqvist can obviously play circles around his coun- territory, fellas. Listening to these guys whine, however, Avril could terparts in the brutal likes of the Strokes, sometimes less is more. probably take all of them in a fight. Still, the Hellacopters prove from the title track on down to When I first listened to this record, I was thinking about giving it a the rockabilly-tinged closer, Pride, that they can kick out the jams decent review, but then I realized exactly what was going on here. This with the best of them. If you're into "stoner rock" like Fu Manchu or is yet another example of how the music industry takes teenagers for Queens Of The Stone Age, these scruffy Swedes are probably right up idiots. This kind of crap is aimed at the lowest common-denominator; your alley. the Dawson's Creek watching, 'N Sync-worshipping, brainwashed mass- -Sam Thompson es. Punk is the new pop, and unfortunately, the energy and edge of the genre's originators gets more diluted until it's almost unrecogniz- 411. - able. Joey Ramone must be rolling in his grave, but even though he's six teal 11111Asw- row 11/5!.dole 0111.1"111agoillillawamou owasiivom feet under, he could probably still write a catchier tune than these ;0 WV, 11110 lame-os. lor ,Aurn WI, "AV• I can't believe I have to be subjected to this kind of garbage. If jovi it's any consolation, the Rejects' organ player is really good. I wouldn't - .■ be surprised if he was a hired studio gun, though. ::•■■•••■•••■■• .00 -Sam Thompson N CULTURAL INSIGHTS IP Satchel Paige Guy, I'm From Here COLUMN Your Brothers Records ****/5 What did you say? The Diversity of Gestures

So I was in India and I encountered what, to me at the time seemed a Yet another Winnipeg hip-hop project is strange and often confounding phenomenon: the side-to-side head sway. released into the rap world, which currently is Now this gesture - which appears strikingly similar to our common head plagued with sub-par attempts of innovation in beats and reju- shake for "No"- to my Canadian understanding meant "No" or, at best, venated lyrics. Although the greater half of hip-hop is strug- an indifferent "Maybe". In India, the side-to-side head sway rather implies a quite emphatic "Yes". One can only imagine the mayhem and gling, the sound Winnipeg projects is far from drowning in miscommunication which ensued. Decoding the side-to-side head sway mediocre appeal. Satchel Paige, otherwise known as Ness from revolutionized my ability to communicate and understand in India. 101.5's Hip-Hop Bistro, releases Guy, I'm From Here, which is produced by Gumshoe Strut minus one track produced by What we know as the head nod for "yes" is one of the most universally Kinetik. understood gestures. It essentially represents a miniature bow, and body Theo's Gartrelle lyrically breaks the experience of rap- lowering is a submissive gesture understood and practiced worldwide. It would be understood as meaning "yes" by most people across the ping down for any up and coming emcees who think their globe from the Australian Aborigines and Amazonian Natives to the Inuit, skills have what it takes to be called the best. DJ Hunnicutt the Japanese, and a number of African tribes. But beware- the side-to-side comes through with the cuts for Theo's Gartrelle and in tradi- head sway for "yes" is not only an Indian phenomenon but is also found in tional Hunnicutt style, use of nice samples set the tone for this several countries of Eastern Europe, the Middle East and East Asia. The lesson tightly produced track. to be learned in all of this: gestures vary as people vary. Here are a few other Enida Watts will be known as one of the superior examples of some common gestures and their other interpretations: sounds to be produced this year in Winnipeg. This track We have the head shake for "no", however, in Ethiopia you would find should not be slept on. The keys used to open the first thirty- the head twist with the head turning sharply to one side and then back; seconds of this track are mesmerizing, which provides a solid and the head toss, which is a sharp flick of the head back would be found platform for Satchel Paige's lyrics that could not come any- throughout the Mediterranean and the Middle East. more correct then your English professor's red pen. Guy, I'm From Here is one album that perfectly sets the Be cautious in using the "okay" sign (where a ring is formed by the thumb and forefinger.) This may mean "fine", "great", or "perfect" to theme of Winnipeg's rap game, which with more releases like you but in France it would mean "worthless"; in Japan it means "money"; this will explode, making Winnipeg the perfect balance and in parts of the Mediterranean and parts of South America it's a between Canada's right and left hip-hop coastline. sexually offensive gesture similar in insult to our middle finger.

-Jordan Chalifoux You may use the thumb-up gesture to mean "okay" or "good"; you may also use it for hitchhiking. However this gesture would mean "one" in Tunisia, and I certainly wouldn't recommend using it for hitchhiking in Call the Projector hotline with sweet, sweet story ideas. Sardinia or Greece, unless you want someone to stop and beat you up. There it is a sexually obscene gesture meaning "get stuffed."

One other thing to keep in mind: many of our common gestures have absolutely no meaning within the context of other cultures and may 632-2479 only serve to confuse and confound.

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REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Student Participants: NOTE TO STUDENTS • $30 Early Bird Registration (on or before March 27, 4 pm) Student Early Bird Draw > $35 (on or before April 14, 12 noon) Friday, March 28 • Students register with payment at C212 or on-line at [email protected] First Prize: $200 Business Participants: Early Bird registration > $90 Please see payment and mailing instructions below. deadline is Thursday, or >- $35 (Luncheon and Keynote Speaker only) March 27, 2003, 4 PM

For more information, call Cristy Kubara at 204-632-3770 or fax: 204-697-9374. Student Registration Draw College Staff: Please register on separate Staff Registration form. Friday, April 11 Registration fees include lunch, full-day participation, exhibition walkabout and door prizes. $100 plus dinner for two at the Prairie Lights Restaurant