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NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Richard Liebrecht » [email protected] Avoiding death News Production Editor Whitney Light » [email protected] Efforts preserve and promote the language of Métis

COMMENTS EDITOR » [email protected] Whitney Light and most of those referred to during her edu- tage: elders, who would like more opportunity Diversions EDITOR News Production Editor cation were various creoles and pidgins. Michif to speak the language; and young people, who Matt Cohen » [email protected] stood out as a unique language—it mixes ele- want to get back to their roots. ments of French and Cree grammars to form To help these groups preserve and restore ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR “We’re losing the language and losing its own—and it also intrigued Rosen because it Michif culture, the MCHRC opened in 1996 and Mike Lewis [email protected] » it fast,” says Gerri Belanger, a genealogist originated in her home province, Manitoba. includes a library of Métis cultural documents. at Winnipeg’s Métis Culture and Historical During the nineteenth century, explains Most of them, however, are in English. Little LISTINGS Coordinator Resource Centre. She’s referring to Michif, the Rosen, being able to speak Michif was, for some, Nick Weigeldt » [email protected] Michif is written down, but efforts to improve mixed language of mostly French nouns and a desirable quality. resources are happening. With Michif speaker SPORTS EDITOR Cree verbs that originated from the Red River “Multilingualism was prized and sought Rita Flamand, MCHRC published a lesson guide Mike Pyl » [email protected] Métis over 200 years ago. Today there are less after by European fur traders,” says Rosen. in 2002 with two CDs of materials called Michif than 1000 speakers. Michif speakers were valued as interpreters. By Conversational Lessons for Beginners. COPY & STYLE EDITOR In a presentation at the U of W on Nov. the 1880s, however, the need for interpreters Flamand has helped with Rosen’s research Brendan Johns » [email protected] 22, Nicole Rosen, a French professor at the dissipated and “the Metis went into hiding.” in the past. Rosen is currently working in col- University of Lethbridge, explained efforts to Cultural shame amongst Métis became laboration with the Louis Riel Institute of the PHOTO EDITOR bring the language back from the brink of ex- prevalent in the twentieth century as European Manitoba Metis Federation on a course pack- Natasha Peterson » [email protected] tinction. peoples enforced European customs and forbid age, hoping to begin Michif classes in fall 2008. “Michif is an insiders language. It was speaking or teaching Michif. She has been trying to outline a grammar. SENIOR REPORTER Derek Leschasin » [email protected] used at home,” says Rosen. “It’s been hidden “A lot of people remember their grandpar- “Nothing is written down in terms of gram- from many people for a long time. Little has ents speaking it” but they didn’t know what it matical rules. All languages have rules, but they STAFF Reporter been written about it and linguists only became was, says Rosen. Belanger can relate. have to be found.” Kenton Smith » [email protected] aware of it in the 1950s.” “My mother’s older siblings spoke Michif Other language revitalization efforts in- Metis people are the descendents of a bit as well as Ojibwe, but they could not teach clude the Michif Masters Apprenticeship Beat Reporter European fur traders, mostly French Canadian, it to their children because of school policies. It Progam. It pairs young people with Metis Ksenia Prints » [email protected] and North American aboriginal women. Michif was only English in the schools.” elders to do activities together, such as fish- is the language that emerged from this contact, Michif is still spoken in some communi- ing or baking, while using the language. And in Beat Reporter Michelle Dobrovolny » [email protected] and is synonymous with the word ‘Métis’. Some ties on the prairies, including Saint-Laurent Brandon, MB, says Rosen, a Michif speaker is Métis, in fact, prefer to call themselves Michif. and Camperville, MB and I’le a la Crosse and doing some teaching at a daycare. PRODUCTION MANAGER & GRAPHICS EDITOR The language of Michif is not “written in Buffalo Narrows, SK. Notably, Manitoba’s Spreading Michif today will be a challenge. Sarah Sangster » [email protected] stone”, as the MCHRC points out. Various cul- former Lieutenant-Governor Yvon Dumont is As Rosen points out, adults must be taught be- tural and regional dialects exist. fluent in Michif. cause children aren’t learning it at home any- Rosen is part of a small community of Now a resurgence of Métis pride seems to more. this week’s contributors scholars currently researching the language. be taking place. Rosen suggests there are two “It’s much more difficult to pass on now. I She was long interested in languages of contact, groups of people seeking to reclaim their heri- don’t know anyone under age 50 who speaks it.” Aaron Epp, Gerald Stephen, Erin McIntyre, Stephen Spence, Daniel Falloon, Salai Za Ceu Lian, James Johnston, Brooke Dmytriw, Matrt Urban, Aaron Elkaim Vincent, Micheal Banias, Kristy Rydz, Cameron MacLean, Janette Martens, Derek Penner, Sam McLean Marketing competition puts The Uniter is the official student newspaper of the University of Winnipeg and is published by Mouseland Press Inc. Mouseland Press Inc. is a membership based organization in which students and community members are invited Admin faculty on the map to participate. For more information on how to become a member go to www.uniter.ca, or call the office at 786-9790. The Uniter is a member of the Canadian University Press and Campus Plus Media Services. 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U of W Administration Studies students don’t know they exist” nents: performance, strategy statement, and Cover Image Andrea Penner, Farhan Irteza, Jennifer Sacco and presentation. Todd Noakes took up the task. Their first hurdle –Jennifer Sacco, For participants, MIMC is not only a com- was securing a grant to actually register for the marketing team member petition but a great way to network with students Shouresh Jalili competition. on an international scale, and make a name for “I don’t take no for an answer easily,” says themselves and the faculty. Living thing Sacco with a smile. She spearheaded the cam- “Administration studies are the second Mixed media, pencil-drawing/digital paign to reintroduce the competition after a five After Janciw competed in 2000, the mar- largest major at the University and people don’t www.ibowtonoman.com year absence and get the Administration and keting team folded when coordinator Prof. John know they exist,” says Sacco. “We want to put a Computer Science Department to provide the Melnyk took sabbatical leave. Subsequently, name out there for U of W. We want to prove that $600 registration fee. Administrative Studies merged with Computer U of W Admin. students are talented and don’t all “The Chair, the Dean, and I really wanted it Science, resulting in a lack of desire and oppor- go to U of M.” contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 23, 2006 NEWS 0

Portage on Arlington and is a self-proclaimed “true Westender.” Shelly Anthis, video artist Art keeps the inner city ticking and past Art From the Heart volunteer, whose short i have lived was shown on Friday night, has lived in the West End for about three years, Kenton Smith ceived remunerations for their work,” says Shena Alcock, a volunteer with Artbeat and presently works at the Good Food Club. Staff Reporter Schlichting. Last year, roughly one third of Studio involved with Art from the Heart for the “There’s a real wealth of artists in this the exhibited works at the sale were sold. The first time this year says she has never tried to neighbourhood,” Crowick says. Anthis de- workshops scheduled for next year largely sell her art until now. clares: “The inner city is so eclectic that anyone everal local community groups intend to focus upon elements of professional develop- “I had to let go of my art,” she says, “but can fit into Art from the Heart.” ensure that art beats in the heart of inner ment, from grant and CV writing to treating art it’s something I’ve always dreamed about.” For To further strengthen the Spence neigh- Scity Winnipeg throughout the year 2007. as a small business. Alcock, selling is just a bonus: “It’s more about bourhood, the SNA has also been consulting Initiated in 1999, Art from the Heart, an just being creative.” To that end she says she with the Winnipeg Art Council’s WITH ART annual commercial art expo showcasing the wants to be involved with the year-round pro- Program, in which community groups and art- work of amateur, low-income, and inner city grams, in the capacities of both student and, ists in Winnipeg collaborate to create a proj- artists, celebrated its seventh year last week- possibly, presenter. ect plan and, ultimately, a work of public art. A end at the Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre Communities developing and sharing proposal will be made to WAC in the spring. on Langside. About 250 pieces of art comprised There’s a real wealth their skills is the basis for Community Economic Schlichting has worked specifically with the show, the highlight of which was the lively Development, says Inonge Aliaga, Executive Local Investment Toward Employment (LITE), Friday-night opening festivities. They featured of artists in [Spence] neigh- Director of the Spence Neighbourhood and more generally in the area of CED. Seeing outdoor fire pits, an outdoor showing of shorts Association, Art from the Heart’s other co- Art from the Heart as an example of CED, by local video artists, and a performance by bourhood.” sponsor. The SNA has been “the funnel for the Schlichting started volunteering with the event Gordon Bell High School jazz students. funding from the beginning”, ensuring that the years ago and notes, “It takes a bunch of volun- Art from the Heart is, however, no longer –Pat Crowick, program had a facility, the MERC. teers to pull it off.” just a once-a-year happening. Due to over- video artist “CED is about strengthening commu- Crowick points out that the video art- whelming interest and demand, the co-spon- nities,” says Aliaga. Art from the Heart was ists essentially act as volunteers, as they are soring St. Matthews-Maryland Community started for the same purpose. She adds that unable to physically sell their exhibited work. Ministry will be offering free monthly work- the SNA is interested in strengthening artists “Hopefully,” he says, “we’ll be able to pay them shops throughout 2007, starting in late January. The hope, says Schlichting, is to change in the “area we look after”, Spence neighbour- next year.” According to co-coordinator Karen Schlichting, perceptions—to make participants, most of hood north of Portage. Altogether, it’s an opportunity that reaps the primary purpose of both the yearly sale them without any fine arts training, see them- It’s an area that from which many of the great personal rewards for participants. What is and the ongoing program is to show partic- selves as something other than unemployable. participants in Art from the Heart hail. celebrated in the end, according to Schlichting, ipants how art can be a generator of income, Schlichting says that many of the participants Alcock, for instance, presently lives on are “the talents and imagination of the margin- however small. have hopes of becoming professional artists, or Maryland north of Portage. Pat Crowick, a alized.” “For some of the artists, if someone buys have at least the desire to in some way realize video artist who co-coordinated the video ex- “It’s hopeful.” their art, it may be the first time they’ve re- their long-suppressed creative inclinations. hibition for last Friday’s event, lives north of

UofW Holds Transgendered Wipe out the hate day of Remeberance

Ksenia Prints Despite Winnipeg’s overall progressive Beat reporter attitude, gender-related hate crimes happen here as well. “A lot of people in Winnipeg are ostra- solemn group of students with signs cized, harassed and verbally and physically as- and candles gathered in the Quad saulted,” says Breckon. “They are being harmed A Nov. 20. The University of Winnipeg and hated based on their identity.” hosted its second annual Transgender Day of Furthermore, Breckon believes that trans- Remembrance (TDOR), a day to recognize that gender rights are 20 years behind queer rights. hate crimes against transgendered individuals “There’s this notion that male and female are are still very much an issue. it, and there are no other genders possible or “The TDOR is set aside to remember and allowed,” Breckon says. honour the lives of individuals who are per- Monday’s silent protest took place at the ceived to be crossing the gender boundary bottom of the escalator. Signs displayed vari- lines,” says Miles Rune Breckon, the event’s ous anti-transgender crimes’ related statistics. main organizer. Transgender is an umbrella A selected list of victims’ names and murder term that refers to people who do not fit within information were read in vigil in the Quad after traditional gender definitions. which a group continued to the Part-Time and Mature Students’ Centre. Students and community hold a vigil at the U of W to remember PHOTO: NATASHA PETERSON “We opted for the sombreness because transgender victims of violence and hate crimes. it’s only our first year,” says Breckon. If all goes There’s this notion that well, next year’s ceremony will be comprised of two events, one of which will be of a more cel- male and female are it, and ebratory nature. In a political move, the Bathroom there are no other genders Campaign is also a part of this year’s TDOR. Since last year, the LGBT campus group has possible or allowed.” been lobbying for a unisex bathroom, which will eliminate transgender persons’ dis- –Miles Rune Breckon, comfort with using gender-defined bath- TDOR organizer rooms. Anonymous questionnaires were hung throughout the University to gather students’ opinions on the matter, and the TDOR vigil was utilized to present the results. The main goal of the event is to familiar- From 1970 to Nov. 2005 at least 142 people ize students with transgender issues and dan- have been reported murdered based on their gers, as well as foster love without discrimina- gender identity. But Breckon believes there tion. have been many more victims than that of var- “It needs to be remembered that every- ious gender-related hate crimes. body’s valuable. Everybody has experienced “It’s not simple murder. It’s to wipe out some kind of oppression, and through that that person.” In these instances, faces and we can get to talking… Then comes action,” bodies have often been mutilated beyond rec- Breckon optimistically concludes. ognition. November 23, 2006 The Uniter contact: [email protected] News Editor: W hitney L ight E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 0 NEWS Fax: 783-7080 Canadian U of W science complex underway Province announces major contribution & World News BriefS Compiled by Brooke Dmytriw

DAKARBEIJING—After being hindered for over a year, the online encyclopaedic website wikipedia.com became accessible again to Chinese citizens. The Chinese version of Wikipedia (zh.wikipedia.org) could be searched for apolitical vocabulary, but searches conducted for terms related to China’s anti-Communist history were blocked. According to Reuters, China is the world’s second-larg- est internet market with 123 million internet users and that amount is expected to increase. Reporters Without Borders, a media advocacy group who welcomed the un- blocking, acknowledged that the Chinese government had to loosen its internet control if it wants to develop its inter- net business potential. Before the slackening of controls Ksenia Prints ities. Doer believes the “university and down- in the design and planning stages. Building is on Wikipedia, some Chinese users were able to gain full Beat reporter town are growing together, not dying”, and the scheduled to start late summer 2007. access to the site through proxy servers and other round- complex will foster even more cooperation be- The contribution came as part of Doer’s about means. The Chinese government regularly blocks tween the two. The green corridor will be used Nov. 15 Throne Speech, in which he also an- access to many international websites that it judges to be he construction of an innovative sci- for activities with inner city youth that teach nounced up to 60 per cent tuition rebate for subversive. Internet pages are also screened and filtered for ence and environmental studies com- the principles of environmental care and pres- students who stay in Manitoba. sensitive words and opinions. T plex at the University of Winnipeg is ervation. The centre’s proximity to the Spence “Students are our future, along with re- DETROIT—Sisayehiticha Dinssa, an unem- closer than ever. On Nov. 16 Gary Doer an- Neighbourhood Association is also not acci- newable energy,” says Doer. He added that he ployed US citizen, was arrested at the Detroit Metropolitan nounced that the provincial government is dental. will continue fighting for the tuition freeze. Airport for carrying $77, 000 cash and information about contributing $10 million to the Richardson The building is estimated to cost $30 mil- “We think that for every family or student, nuclear material and poisons. Dinssa, who resides in College for the Environment. lion. Part of the Province’s $10 million contri- if they can buy a house faster instead of repay- Dallas, arrived at the airport from Nigeria via Amsterdam The proposed complex will be built in bution will come from the much-contested C- ing debt, they’ll be better off.” and was destined for Phoenix, Arizona. Federal agents place of the Galaxy Skateland on Portage and 48 Bill, the NDP budget held Dinssa after a security dog caught the scent of nar- Langside, and will connect to the University amendment that was cotics on the money he was carrying. He admitted to the via a green corridor. Covered with platinum for passed in 2005 and com- agent he was carrying $18, 000, but when security went generating solar energy, it will be built in ac- mitted up to $1.5 billion through his luggage they found another $59, 000, reported cordance to LEED (Leadership in Energy and for the purposes of low- the Associated Press. Dinssa was also carrying a laptop, Environmental Design) standards. ering the cost of post- which after being scrutinized was revealed to contain files The purpose of the building, according secondary education. about nuclear materials and cyanide. Charges were laid to Terry Cristall, science complex prime archi- Premier Doer pledged against Dinssa for concealing more than $10, 000. Other to collect another $15 charges may follow. million through a joint CHICAGO—Human heart valves were success- fundraising campaign fully grown from amniotic fluid stem cells. The experi- “The building is a vote with the University over ment, conducted by a Swiss scientist, is intended to cul- the next three years. The tivate heart valves in the lab while the foetus develops and of confidence in the U of W initial contribution to have the valves ready for implantation into babies born with the project, a $3.5 mil- such heart defects. The evolution of the research could and a commitment to post- lion donation from the mean that people will be able to supply their own replace- Richardson Family, Firm ment heart parts. Heart defects are detectable during preg- secondary education. and Foundation, was an- nancy through ultrasound testing. The Associated Press nounced late in Sept. reported that approximately one million babies are born –Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, The complex is pro- each year with heart complications. More infants die within U of W president jected to be finished by their first year of life from heart problems than any other late 2009. It is currently birth defects. TUKTOYAKTUK—Inuit hunters reluctantly killed Beluga whales trapped in saltwater lakes in the tect and principal of Number Ten Architectural Husky Lakes area near the Northwest Territory city. Around Group, is to “capture the sunlight and other 80 became trapped in the lakes last month when the chan- natural resources to minimize the requirement nel and the bodies of water started freezing over. Residents for energy consumption.” This will be achieved were hopeful that the whales would escape, but a storm two through the use of light shelves, solar capture weeks ago froze the channel entirely and left the belugas windows, water collecting pools, and a large with an open breathing hole of about 600 square feet. The Atrium that will overlook Portage Ave. and Canadian Press reported that hunters concluded that the serve as the “lungs of the building.” Ultimately, whales would have to be put down rather than let suffer by Cristall hopes it could become a no-artificial freezing to death. The whales that are the size of a mini-van energy building. The materials used to build would provide enough meat and muktuk for several com- will be local, natural, and capable of reducing munities to last over the winter months. the energy cost of the building. ANKARA—The Turkish government suspended The centre could become a world-class its military relation with France over Turkey’s Armenian model of environmental sustainability. Doer controversy. The breakdown relates to recent French leg- hopes it “will not only be attractive for stu- islation that would criminalize genocide denial, which dents to come to Manitoba, but draw future Turkey’s mass killing of Armenians in the twentieth century research as well.” constitutes. The legislation still has to meet the approval Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, University president of the Senate and the President, reported the Associated and vice-chancellor, calls the government’s Press. The military views the French bill as detrimental donation “a vote of confidence in the U of W to Turkish-French relations. Turkey has previously sev- and a commitment to post-secondary educa- ered ties with some French companies after similar dis- tion.” He hopes the science complex will “be putes about the Armenians arose. The two countries have a model of a sustainable energy building”, as participated in military training together and are both well as a “centre for cutting-edge innovation NATO members. France has also been an arms supplier and research.” to Turkey. Turkey denies that the death of an estimated 1.5 Much emphasis has been placed on the million Armenians organized and conducted by Turkish of- utilisation of the centre for community activ- ficials was genocide. artists conceptions and plan by the Number Ten Architectural Group contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 23, 2006 NEWS 0 Toronto prof uses hip hop to examine urban violence

Derek Leschasin ing lecture at the U of W, Walcott spoke about the Campus & Senior Reporter messages of Canadian hip hop artists about urban ethnic Canadian communities and how they may offer some insight into the flare-up of violence that Community oronto, traditionally known as Canada’s the mainstream Canadian public has only recently economic and cultural hub, has also become aware of, most notably with the Toronto T become well-known for a relatively recent so-called Boxing Day shootings of last year. Briefs development—the rise of street crime and gun bat- Walcott singled out Canadian rappers K’naan, Compiled by Cameron Maclean, tles between warring gangs. There have been over Kardinal Offishall, and Jelleestone as particular Jenette Martens, 130 shooting incidents in the first half of this year examples of the kind of social commentary hip Michelle Dobrovolny alone, a drop of 16 per cent from 2005 according to hop can provide. He noted their activist political Toronto police statistics. lyrics which link impoverished and and margin- How to account for the violence plagu- alised living conditions faced by some Canadian ing urban communities in Toronto, Winnipeg, minorities with the sort of neo-liberal socio-eco- RefWorks users be aware and elsewhere? According to Rinaldo Walcott, an nomic policies that have been enacted throughout Recent changes in US privacy laws are prompt- Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and Canada and North America from the days of Brian PHOTO: TIM RAFFEY ing Canadian students and professors to change the the Canada Research Chair in Social Justice and Mulroney and Ronald Reagan, to former Ontario way they conduct research, reported the Globe and Cultural Studies, some of the most poignant anal- Premier Mike Harris’s cuts to social programs in the Mail. For years many Canadian universities have yses of these events can be found within hip hop, 90s. At the same time, these artists reject the glori- subscribed to the US-based internet tool RefWorks, which allows users to compile research information in despite its connotations of ‘bling’ culture and mi- fication of violence that tends to predominate in licing of the ethnic communities that are linked personal accounts. sogyny. mainstream hip hop. to violent crime. After the Boxing Day shootings of With the introduction of the Patriot Act, American “Chuck D called hip-hop ‘the CNN of black Where once it may have made little sense to 2005, Walcott argues that “a war was declared on authorities now have the power to search through any people’,” said Walcott, quoting the most famous speak of ghetto-inspired hip hop culture in Canada the black poor and working poor in Toronto.” While information – including personal information – that is stored on the server, without notice. Concerned for personality from the old-school political hip hop as anything but an imitation of the culture in the this may be related to the the drop in shooting in- the privacy of faculty and students, several university group Public Enemy as he opened his guest lecture United States, Walcott argued that neo-liberal pol- cidents, ultimately Walcott argued that it will not libraries have switched their RefWorks accounts to a at the University of Winnipeg on Nov. 15. “Clearly, icies are creating those conditions in Canada as solve the problem of what he refers to as “wasted server based at the University of Toronto. what sells within hip hop... is deeply fraught with... well. human life”—marginalised populations. Although the University of Winnipeg library has homophobia and misogyny. But there are other Similar to the situation of Toronto’s black “Listening to hip hop should be a crucial part not yet moved to the U of T server, it plans to make the switch, interim librarian Karen Hunt said. However, the things happening.” community, “in Winnipeg, the language of gang of cultural studies,” said Walcott. “At each time we issue, she stressed, goes far beyond Canadian aca- Walcott’s research focuses on marginalised culture is attached to the Native community, and in can call rap into question for its misogyny, we can demics and their research. aspects of Canadian culture—ethnic minorities Vancouver, it’s South Asian youth,” said Walcott. also find spaces where something else has been “This is an issue Canadian citizens should and cultural sub-groups. During his wide-rang- What concerns Walcott is the increased po- created.” be concerned about.” She pointed out that many US-based internet organizations used by ordinary Canadians every day, from Amazon to Hotmail, store personal information on their servers. All of it is read, I could write. That I didn’t have to be com- now open to search, without notification, by US West End mourns a beloved ‘man of action’ pletely vulnerable.” authorities. Wonnacott became one of a few of parishio- daughter works at Ellice Café & Theatre, the non- ners who regularly attended Lehotsky’s sermons, UWSA Meeting recap Michelle Dobrovolny profit community restaurant Lehotsky established first held in the basement of his Ellice Avenue The UWSA had a general meeting on Nov. 15. BEAT Reporter in 2005. “He built housing. He was out there. He ac- home before the growing congregation moved to The meeting was held in the fish bowl and discus- tually lived in the community, not in the suburbs. He its current address at 514 Maryland Street in 1986. sion included up coming events, by-law amendments, review of financial statements, and the presentation of lived with the people he was trying to help.” Wonnacott estimates the church now numbers reports. A by-law was created that outlined restrictions “I know it’s weird, seeing me in the coffin and Lehotsky showed up on Mona Wonnacott’s roughly 250 members. on the creation of levies. Other existing by-laws were then seeing me up here,” Reverend Harry Lehotsky front stoop 23 years ago. Newly arrived from New Lehotsky’s influence spread well beyond his edited. One important change will affect the students’ told the 2,000 mourners gathered at his funeral. congregation. Carlos, a 36-year-old former gang association election process. Now only the last two The pastor’s final words came via a 33 minute member who didn’t want his last name used, also weeks of the five week process will be used to cam- paign. This was changed from the previous rule of video he made last spring, upon hearing that his attended the funeral. Hiding his red eyes behind a He lived with the people three weeks of campaign. pancreatic cancer was inoperable and that he had pair of dark sunglasses, Carlos described Lehotsky less than a year to live. Lehotsky died on Nov 11. He he was trying to help.” as an inspiring figure. Make your nomination now was 49 years old. “His words, his beliefs, will always be with Some of Winnipeg’s most prominent citizens, –Don Ward, me. He spoke the truth. He taught me to just be who The YMCA-YWCA is accepting nominations for the 2007 Women of Distinction awards. Nominees including Mayor Sam Katz, attended his Nov 15. fu- connected to the Ellice Street Cafe you are. Tell it like it is,” he said, his voice choking can be entered into one of ten categories, honouring neral at Calvary Temple, attracting a horde of report- with emotion. “Harry helped me change my life. achievements in areas such as volunteerism, health ers and camerapeople to the church’s front steps. Got me out of a gang situation, helped me with my promotion and technological innovation. First de- Lehotsky’s semi-celebrity status in Winnipeg came York, the pastor was going door to door in the West addictions.” veloped in 1977, the Women of Distinction awards from his work fighting crime, drugs and prostitution End to gather worshippers for his church. The single Lehotsky will continue to inspire community give public recognition to exceptional women. Past recipients include Winnipeg Free Press columnist in the West End. In addition to running a Baptist mother of five said meeting Lehotsky was a turning work with a $5,000 scholarship in his name for stu- Lindor Reynolds, CKY news personality Sylvia church, New Life Ministries, Lehotsky was a colum- point in her life. dents between the ages of 18-30 who show dedica- Kuzyk, and writer Sandra Birdsell. Nomination appli- nist for the Winnipeg Sun, and established several “I grew up in a house where I was sexually tion to improving the West End. Wonnacott, who has cations can be downloaded at http://www.ywinnipeg. non-profit organizations aimed at improving the abused. When I met Harry, I was scared of him. I lived in the area for over 20 years, said Lehotsky’s ca/wodnomination.html or can be picked up at any YMCA-YWCA location. The deadline for nominations area, such as Lazarus Housing. was scared to even go outside,” she said. “I was com- death is a significant loss to the entire neighbour- is Jan. 31, 2007. But Lehotsky is best remembered by many for pletely shut down. I knew I existed, but I didn’t feel hood. being a man of action, who wasn’t afraid to confront alive. Harry saw things in me that nobody else did, “Somebody asked me if there could ever be drug dealers on the street. and maybe nobody else ever will. I didn’t know I another Harry,” she said. “I told them, ‘Not in a “He didn’t just talk,” said Don Ward, whose could read. He showed me I could. That I could million years.’”

The Province announced rebates for university students who stay in Manitoba. Will this be helpful?

Josh Markham, second year, Environmental Studies Michelle Dombek, second year, Education – For me and Geography – Its not worth sticking around for. People it’s good because I’m going to stay. All my family is here. Also, that are going to leave are going to leave, regardless. Either a lot of talented people are leaving for other provinces. This they’ll be offered more money than the few thousand bucks is an incentive for them to stay and keep the province alive. I they’d get back by staying, or they will just really want to get know people in my family who finished university degrees with out of Manitoba. It’s good for folks who will stay. But there has large debt and are still struggling years after. to be better programs that the Province could put in place to help students.

Amanda Kardal, fourth year, Education – It’s worthwhile Tyler Morden, second year, IDS and Politics – It’s use- because some people are leaving to go elsewhere while posi- less. I’m an IDS major and I’ll be leaving as soon as I’m done tions in fields here aren’t getting filled. There’s lots of competi- school. For students who want to do graduate work, there’s tion with other provinces, lots of monetary incentives to leave only the U of M. So many of those students will be leaving. Manitoba. At this point, that money from tuition would really And I wouldn’t want to give up five years. Students like to be make a difference. It will help students get out of debt. spontaneous. November 23, 2006 The Uniter contact: [email protected] News Editor: W hitney L ight E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 0 EDITORIALS Fax: 783-7080

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tive of the Canadian Federation of Students, Shorts & Clichés A speech to set your watch to who feel the initiative is a back-door policy Documenting the Wretched Land and does nothing to promote accessibility. of Political Punditry Especially if you have a 6 year timeline The trade off is possibly finding em- – James Patterson ployment in a new city that pays enough for a student to make comfortable monthly Jo Snyder Wheat Board, to name a few. payments for the next decade. Loans are the Managing Editor

GHT For students, however, the most con- bane of any student, unless there are deep I L

Y tentious announcement was a 60 per cent family pockets to pick. And education prob- TNE I tax rebate on student debt for those who ably isn’t going to get any cheaper, is it? It

WH he speech from the throne last week graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree and certainly isn’t going to be free. And, today’s “We wait. We are bored. (He throws up his hand.) may have not had any bells, whis- commit to staying in the province for the fol- B.A. is yesterday’s high school. Everyone No, don’t protest, we are bored to death, there’s tles, tonal inflection, proper French lowing six years. The objective is for young needs one to find employment, or so it no denying it.” – Samuel Beckett T pronunciation, or fancy lights — but it was people to put down roots in Manitoba. seems.

Waiting for Dion timely. And not just in that it was exactly one Sounds good; the only problem with Even if people do stay in the province Last Thursday was a long, disappointing day. It was hour but also in that the NDP have come up this plan is the lack of graduate study op- for six years, they may leave anyway. This the day when our Editorial Board almost met with Liberal with some tasty little policy treats for hungry tions in the province. Though the program week we just lost two of our top doctors to leadership hopeful Stephane Dion and it most assuredly Manitobans. Criticism came swiftly from will encourage students to pursue grad the United States. Still, it’s a good idea worth would’ve turned us all a permanent Liberal red. Instead, we waited. And waited. the opposition: this is merely early cam- schools in the province, options are a little delving into, despite CFS rebutting. Eventually we tracked down the truant one and paigning for the upcoming election, some limited. For example, pursuing schooling in “We agree that student debt and the found out he instead opted for an ad-hoc Globe and Mail said; John Gerrard called it a “shopping list” terms of publishing or journalism (ahem) costs of education stifle young people interview with Campbell Clark. rather than a speech; Andy Fletcher pre- at a grad level doesn’t exist in the province. and the economy,” said Stacy Senkbeil, Don’t get us wrong, we understand why we had to dicts this to be the fall of a tepidly declin- Can students pursue grad school some- Provincial Chairperson of the Canadian wait (we like the Globe too). We also acknowledge how politicians actually value our youthful audience. ing NDP; and the Tories made a comment where else and return under the umbrella Federation of Students. “So why tinker with This being said, leadership hopefuls should take about the NDP shoveling money out of the of this tax rebate? tax credits that benefit few when the tuition note of vapid and openly contrarian statements on their back of a truck. However, more than a few There are two ways to look at this fee freeze already keeps young people in web site that can easily be used by those freshly scorned. items on the NDP shopping list are worth promise. The first is from the perspective Manitoba?” Comments like this one, found on Dion’s website: “It’s hard to express the kind of pride I feel to be our complementary scrutiny: hybrid buses, of a government attempting to prevent an Criticizing the rebate on the sole plat- working for a candidate that isn’t just focused on the day- wind power, rebates on hybrid cars, support exodus of educated young people from the form that it’s a backdoor policy is, frankly, to-day horse-race of a campaign, but who really cares of the single-desk format of the Canadian province. The second is from the perspec- limited. Yes, accessibility is an issue. But it’s about consulting the youth of this country who have the not the issue to end all issues, it’s not the most to gain from the outcome of this leadership.” second coming of an issue, it’s not the mes- It is true what they say about actions being a good indication of one’s true thoughts. siah of student’s issues that CFS would have Too bad it is just a little “hard to express” the reality. one believe. Further, CFS has missed the Rest assured, all’s not lost because we got this point. The rebate plan is in the interest of little gem from the Globe article. “The knock on Stéphane retaining young people, their ideas, energy, Dion, the candidate, is that he will fail to connect with innovation, and their entrepreneurship voters.” Thank You Campbell, we could not have said it bet- in the province. Young people starting up ter ourselves. businesses, keeping innovation and talent in the province— that’s what this policy is Courting the Inside Vote from the OutsidE about. Don’t get me wrong. I think acces- Foreign policy has obviously been the hot topic sibility is important. But the CFS is a one- within Ottawa strategic planning sessions lately. All three trick-pony. We are still benefiting from one national parties are selling their Canadian Vision agenda of the lowest tuitions in the country, and I while wading into the moral fray. But these are more of an would like to see it stay that way, but the attempt at wooing the fickle Ontario and Quebec vote than spreading vision abroad. CFS should really branch out their lobbying It’s common knowledge that if the recent Israel- to support other issues of concern to stu- Lebanon crisis had never occurred and damaged his dents already enrolled in University, like for potential inroads in central Canada’s urban ethnic vote, example, paying off student loans. Steven Harper would have orchestrated the fall of his frag- ile minority government. In the end this policy isn’t about tuition Jack Layton has volleyed moral indignation about reduction, front door or back, it’s about re- the Afghanistan mission to appease his Membership’s taining young people in the province. And want as much as to court the Quebec masses that vehe- come election time it’s going to be present, mently oppose the War. somehow, in every party’s platform. Michael Ignatieff, liberal front-runner, (not to be confused with the aforementioned Stephane Dion) has essentially waged a one-stop election campaign selling mostly foreign policy ideas wrapped in a strong Cana- Letter to the Editor dian vision. This, coupled with a vintage Shiraz, will go over nicely at hipster parties in the multicultural region of southern Ontario. Deadbeat Landlords Stephen Harper’s outright support of Israel’s “mea- sured response,” his Public relations spectacle of pick- In response to Kenton Smith’s ar- the man in the building, wanting to find ing-up Lebanese Canadians in Cyprus, the Kyoto kafuffle, ticle “Student pursues justice in rental out how he got in the block only to find and support for the troops in Afghanistan reaffirmed that housing dispute” last week, I would out he was the caretaker’s boyfriend. At he has been equally, if not more vigilant, in his attempt to like to express my support to Jason that moment I decided to move out be- retain his piece of the moral “central-Canadian vote” pie. Read something you It also helps to deflect attention when your party seems Bland. I am a former tenant of Jeremy cause I was concerned for my safety. I ready to commit the political equivalent of cannibalism. Plett. I used to live on 370 Talbot Ave. sent the landlord a letter saying that I’m This says a lot about where the Harper government for almost two years. I experienced the moving out for two reasons: the outra- don’t agree with? is looking to find those votes, and where future electoral same problem with the heat in winter- geous rent increase and for personal se- battlegrounds lay. This weeks criticism of the China’s human rights time. The windows would be frozen. Las curity reasons. I left him two messages Have something to record followed by swift attempts to get back on China’s February, he increased my rent outra- requesting my damage deposit back. political dance card showing Harper the truth in the Chi- geously—my rent was $420 for a small He replied to me one week later asking say? Write a letter nese proverb “It is better to try to light a candle than to one bedroom suite a month, then he for my new address so he could file a curse the dark.” decided to increase it to $605 a month. claim against me for moving out with- Don’t expect this crass pandering disguised as mo- to the editor! rality to end in the months ahead, as foreign policy should On two occasions a man knocked at my out giving notice, which is false. I’m still be near the top of this list this election season. door in the middle of the night asking fighting for my damage deposit. Also expect this little doozy of a quote to make a me for money, in exchange he offered I think the Tenancy Board must spinful resurgence: his cell phone and keys. I was terri- change. As it is right now, it seems to ”You’ve got to remember that west of Winnipeg the Please send your witty remarks fied. I phoned Plett to report the inci- only work in favour of the landlords, ridings the Liberals hold are dominated by people who and scathing rejoinders to are either recent Asian immigrants or recent migrants dent and he never called me back. He and never for the tenants. Landlords from eastern Canada: people who live in ghettoes and was a mysterious landlord. I never met know this, and therefore tenants are [email protected] who are not integrated into western Canadian society.” him. The cell phone number the care- easily taken advantage of. - Stephen Harper taker gave me for him was not work- ing. I contacted the caretaker regarding – Gladia Azor contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 23, 2006 COMMENTS 0

Managing Editor: J o S nyde r Comments E-mail: [email protected] A military ruled Burma and the Canadian coined concept of the Responsibility to Protect

Salai Za Ceu Lian responsibility effectively through the United and a concerned global citizens before it is too late. rights. In other words, if the state fails to dutifully Nations is that a country is inflicted with its own One thing to keep in mind is that those eras of protect its own citizens or where the state itself is internal problems. Burma, Russia, and China the first and second world wars, when colonized the perpetrators of the massive human rights vio- s a witness to 21st century global chal- always defend this notion of State sovereignty countries struggled for their own independence lations, the international community has a right to lenges facing us — from terrorism to the and the so-called non-interventionist principle and how sovereignty was the main concerns for intervene in order to protect populace from serious A proliferation of nuclear warheads, pan- in member’s internal affairs. A classic example those struggling states, are long gone. World lead- harms. Most important, it also says that a collective demic diseases, ethnic cleansing and massive is Burma. In Burma, China is running the show, ers really need to redefine this so-called “sover- military action could be authorized to protect vic- human rights abuses in different countries like controlling our whole economy, and greatly ben- eign rights” in line with this rapid changing polit- tims within a sovereign state as a last resort. In this Sudan and Burma and etc. — it is crystal clear that efiting from it. Because of its own self-interests, ical landscape of our globalized world, where no case, it suggests that the veto should not be used civilized world leaders must come together to col- the Chinese government with effrontery is bla- country can isolate itself from others. We are in the by the P-5 unless their vital interests are at stake. lectively find a lasting solution to make a better tantly ignoring the massive human rights abuses new era of inter-dependence across the continents Though no theory or concept is above criticism in- world for human kind to live with dignity. and the killings of ardent pro-democracy activ- more so than ever before. Unlike WWI and WW II, cluding this responsibility to protect, I believe the Recently, I watched Shake Hands with the ists, sexual violence against women etc. commit- most killings of innocent civilians and large-scale responsibility to protect is a pragmatic concept Devil, which chronicles Romeo Dallaire’s mission ted by the Burmese junta against Burmese citizens. loss of lives occur in the intra- State conflicts (ie. that the international community should embrace as a commander of the United Nations force during Under the current Burmese military Junta, Burma conflicts within one country like Rwandan geno- as a guiding principle in their response to conflicts the Rwandan genocide. It was tragic to watch the now is the second largest opium producing coun- cide in 1994, or the massacre of over 6000 pro-dem- in troubled regions where massive human rights 1994 massacre and the cruel killing of so many in try, and one of the worst violators of basic human ocratic forces in 1988 in Burma under the Burmese and crime against humanity take place. This con- such cold blood. Watching the film reminded me rights. Worse, its internal problems include: the de- totalitarian regime) and not inter-state conflicts. cept also points out that a country like Sudan or of the powerful words Dallaire spoke last year at struction of villages, forcing thousands of refugees Burma, where the state authority itself is the per- the University of Winnipeg in which he eloquently into neighbouring countries, escalating problems The responsibility to Protect petrators of the human rights abuses no longer put, “No human is more human than others.” of forced labour, dramatic rising numbers of un- has the sovereign rights, meaning that the in- Coming from military ruled Burma, where the checked HIV/AIDS, torturing and blatant denials of After thinking about global challenges today, I find ternational community can intervene to stop dictatorial regime rules at gunpoint, the film re- religious freedom against Christians, trading illegal so fitting and relevant the central arguments put the killings and cease the human rights abuses. inforces my abiding thought on the question of drugs, conscriptions of Child soldiers, systematic forward by this notion of the responsibility to pro- If the United Nations embraces the responsibility to what should be done to prevent mass killings of rape of women by the frontline soldiers, arbitrarily tect against the state’s sovereign rights. The respon- protect when dealing with global conflicts, I believe our fellow humans in other parts of the world. imprisoning of political dissents including a Noble sibility to protect is not about rights but rather the we can proactively prevent genocides like Rwanda Though reforming UN has been on the radar peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and the 1999 John duties every state has in terms of protecting their from happening in future. Most importantly, if the screen of caring world leaders in recent years, it Humphrey Freedom Award laureate Min Ko Naing. citizens from harm. While expounding on the R2P is adopted, it would not only constrain the veto seems that overhauling the United Nations might Recently, on 15 September 2006, 10 out of 15 idea of the responsibility to protect, in his book of power of a country like China, Russia from misus- not happen any time soon given the disagree- UN Security Council members voted yes to discuss Navigating a new world, Lloyd Axworthy, former ing their veto power, but it would also make clear to ments among member states over what parts of Burma’s issues formally at the table acknowledging Foreign Minister of Canada and current president countries like Burma that they can no longer hide the UN should be reformed first. Based on what that Burma indeed is a real threat to international of the University of Winnipeg, eloquently puts, “ The behind the walls of sovereignty. I observe, while reforming the United Nations is peace, a veto-wielding China and Russia again voted sovereignty is not a prerogative but a responsibil- underway, I believe that the Canadian notion of NO, repeatedly defending their mantra of State sov- ity.” In fact, it advances the idea that the sovereignty Za Ceu Lian, is a third-year political science stu- the responsibility to protect is the only best alter- ereignty and argued not to interfere with Burma’s of any state is based on its responsibility of whether dent at the University of Winnipeg, and is a General native functional to constraining a veto-wielding internal affairs. The point here is, this deeply flawed or not it can protect its own citizens from harm. Secretary of Burmese Community Organization of Country like China in order to proactively prevent- UN system, which allowed dictatorial regime like What it argues is that if the state could provide Manitoba (BCOM), and a newly elected president of ing populace from serious genocide like Rwanda. Burma, and its supporters to continuously commit security to its citizens and protect them from the Chin Student Union of North America (CSUNA), Apparently, a part of the problem handicapping genocide or human rights abuses needed to be ad- harm, the state has a full right of the sovereign ethnic Chin from Burma. His email liansalai@yahoo. a caring world leader from performing their dressed and challenged by a civilized world leaders power. If not however, the state loses its sovereignty com or [email protected]

Maclean’s still has a place in Canada, despite what 26 universities say Education is a commodity, and Maclean’s provides the buyer’s guide

William Wolfe-Wylie based on the final rankings, they might be disap- system if irrelevant. ies, photographs (mostly provided by the univer- The Argosy (Mount Allison University) pointed to learn that Mount Allison University’s law In a letter to the Dalhousie University com- sities themselves), faculty awards, class sizes, class program is not as strong as the university’s No. 2 po- munity, Dal president Tom Traves wrote, “When taught by tenured faculty, and countless others. sition might have them believe. As with any rank- it lumps all these categories together into a single While these universities may have their own SACKVILLE, N.B. (CUP) – Universities don’t ing system, there is a certain reliance on the intelli- ranking, arbitrarily assigning more points to one internal performance indicators, the data is often want to see themselves as commodities. It goes gence of the reader to do some more research. category than another based on its own idiosyn- hidden or has limited access. As Naylor said in his against the basic instincts of an academic insti- About a month and a half ago I had the op- cratic judgment, it fundamentally misrepresents statement, he is keeping “governors apprised of our tution, but the sad fact is that universities have portunity to speak with Tony Keller. He’s the editor the character of every institution.” substantial array of institutional performance mea- become exactly that. Despite what 26 Canadian at Maclean’s who manages the university rankings Then, just last week, University of Toronto sures.” universities might think, commodities need buyer’s issue. He likes to make another analogy. president David Naylor released a statement which But for students, these performance measures guides, and Maclean’s magazine provides. “If I want to buy a car, I have almost unlim- read, in part, “Maclean’s to its considerable credit is are hidden away on the “Accountability Reports” At the core of many universities’ issue with the ited information,” said Keller. “I know far less about publishing more and more actual numerical infor- section of the university’s website and not linked rankings is the methodology used to obtain a final a university.” mation, and has developed a web-based tool that to from any student-oriented section. This is not rank in an organization as complex as a university. This is an important observation. Indeed, allows individuals to assess universities on a per- information which is readily provided to the gen- At the end of August, a letter signed by the statistics about cars are readily available from a sonalized basis. eral public in an accessible manner. Indeed, it is presidents of 11 universities declared, “consider number of sources on fuel economy, long-term “Unfortunately, Maclean’s remains commit- information that, in 22 cases, Maclean’s had to file how such an approach might pervert one’s under- value, durability of the paint job, customer reviews, ted to global rankings; and this feature, together Freedom of Information requests to obtain. standing of a general hospital that is ranked No. 1 environmental impact, driver comfort, cost of add- with its requests for customized data, caused a large What the Maclean’s university issue amounts in obstetrics and No. 10 in cancer care. Averaging ons, and so on. number of institutions to decline to participate fully to is a buyer’s guide. And while university academ- these rankings would result in this hospital being But whether or not we would like to see a uni- in the ranking exercise.” ics are still adapting to being viewed as a commod- ranked No. 5 overall. For the patient seeking care in versity as a commodity and students as its clients, Both men simultaneously hit the nail on the ity, it is an identification that many of a post-sec- one of these areas, such a measure would be useless there is a significant amount of money at stake and head and miss it entirely. The actual overall rank- ondary institution’s clients have embraced. at best and misleading at worst.” most parents and students need to have an idea of ings only represent a tiny portion of the magazine. Until Canada’s universities begin to make all In that same letter, the universities made it what they’re going to get for it. Browsing through the rest of the magazine of the information public that would help student’s clear that they would no longer be participating in The rankings are not perfect; no ranking will provide thousands of statistics on fees, tuition, make a reasonable decision about which univer- the annual rankings issue. system can be. The issue at the heart of the debate student body, library size, degrees offered, number sity to attend, there will still be a place for Maclean’s Indeed, if a student were to base their de- for most universities is the final rankings. The final of faculty, entrance grades, student aid, scholar- Annual Guide to Canadian Universities. cision to attend one university or another purely ranking methodology is flawed, therefore the entire ships, on-campus employment, clubs and societ- November 23, 2006 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 0 DIVERSIONS

Diversions Editor : M att Co he n Comments E-mail: [email protected] Straight Faced Hambuglar lead suspect in robberies

Matt Cohen hour period yesterday afternoon. Jane Oliver, an employee at Burger Shack said (McDonaldland, United States) that, “the man had a huge head the size of McDonalds spokesperson Hamburglar may a hamburger. It was hard to get a good look be trading his trademark black and white at his face though because he was wear- stripped shirt and pants for a pair of orange ing a mask and had a wide brimmed hat prison overalls. The 37 year old has been de- on.” Charges have not been laid against tained as a major suspect in a series of ham- Hamburglar at this time, but detectives burger stand robberies along the coast of have pinned him as the lead suspect in the the Eastern United States. The heists, seven case. The estimated loss to the hamburger in total, happened over the course of a three stands totals over $38.75 US.

Wine On A Dime Mr. Smart Says Yes Michael Banias perature goes to around -10 degrees Celsius. Icewine is very expensive however, and is Sam McLean typically $50 for a 500ml bottle. There are essert wine has been made some late harvest wines however that are less for centuries, and in dif- sweet, but have similar flavours as their icew- here are many examples of famous success On the surface Mercury appeared to Dferent forms. Some are ine cousins. Late harvest simply means they stories out there, but none of them match up have it all, but privately, he struggled with fortified with spirits to give them harvest later, usually when it just starts get- T to the story of Mercury. Mercury was born rela- tionship issues and substance a longer life span and a bit of a ting cold outside; this still lets the sugars con- H. G. Mercury, in large family of transition abuse. He took to hang- kick, and some are just harvested centrate, but not to such a great extent as ice- metals. ing out with an unstable in colder temperatures to con- wine. Consider late harvest “Icewine light”. His first big break group of people he had met centrate their sugars. Whatever Surprisingly, dark chocolate goes quite well came when he started while working for a hat de- the case, I am willing to bet that with these types of wines. I would also recom- working for a Roman signing company as a young there is a wine for every dessert. mend pastries with matching fruit flavours courier company. People man. His lines of cosmetics Fortified wine is wine that has been such as apricots, and peaches. Honey based were stunned by his speed, and his dentistry practice fortified by some liquor, usually brandy. Take desserts would work too. often arriving at homes with were in shambles, declared for example port, Madeira, and sherry. The Some great sweet wines for holiday packages that the send- unsafe for the public. He base for these types of wines is usually made desserts: ers hadn’t even thought of hit his lowest point when in the same way a regular table wine is made, Pelligrino Sweet Marsala - ($11.68 – sending yet. he was tried and found except they add alcohol during the fermen- MLCC and private shops) – Marsala is an Mercury also had guilty of industrially pol- tation. This allows the wine to stay sweet Italian fortified wine from Sicily. The sweet a head for science. luting marine environ- with a higher sugar content, but ensures that version of Marsala is a beautiful amber colour, The research he con- ments across the world. sugar doesn’t continue to ferment. Port and and has caramel and coffee flavours, as well ducted in his spare time In lieu of jail time, Mercury Madeira are really big bodied sweet wines. as a molasses like sweetness. Just beautiful, led to the development of the was forced to pay a hefty fine They have caramel, coffee, and even choco- and usually a lot less expensive than port or Thermometer, Barometer, and and check into rehab. late flavours mixed with fruit such as cherries, Madeira Sphygmomanometer (otherwise known as Since the scandal Mercury has taken a plums, and blackberries. These wines would Pelee Island VQA Late Harvest Vidal - a blood pressure meter). Mercury even had new outlook on life, and has re-established be great with cakes, chocolates, and even fruit ($11.99 – private shops) – Flying the flag has an entire plant Genus named after him. contact with Gold; his estranged older desserts such as strawberry tarts. never been sweeter. This wine is honey sweet In the 1970s Mercury started feeling brother. The experience has only helped The other main type of dessert wines with lots of apricot, peach, and tropical fla- trapped by his image, so he changed his to better Mercury as a person and inspire are usually harvested late in the year when vours. It has a good balance of acidity, so it first name from H.G. to Freddy and started him to begin work on a biography due to hit it becomes cold. This natural chilling, and finishes nice and dry. a British rock band. He also tried his hand the shelves in the winter of 2007. It seems sometimes freezing, of grapes concentrates at movies, briefly appearing in the movie that the sky is the limit for someone like their sugar, and the wine can get quite sweet. Questions or comments? Terminator 2 and snatching the title role Mercury, especially when you have a planet The big Canadian hit is icewine. We are pro- [email protected] in the 1998 Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin film to call your own. ducing some of the best icewines in the world, Mercury rising. and the grapes are not picked until the tem- 3 Guys in a Basement

Derek Penner Reason #1 Federline explained why he left Britney him with the soul sucking text message of True love is hard to describe in words, with the kids while he went clubbing. When divorce. Brit is obviously jealous the 5000 but Federline found them in his hot new he’s “beefing with the wife” then he needs fans who come to his shows, all the pub- rittney Spears has recently filed for divorce single, Lose Control. He says, “her lifestyle, to clear his head. He made sure that he took licity he represents, and Britney having to from husband Kevin Federline, and K Fed the rich living, the fast cars. Don’t hate ‘cuz the unhappiness out of his happy home to introduce him on the Teen Choice Awards. B is getting the raw end of the deal. Britney I’m a superstar and I married a superstar. protect his children. Honestly, how can we I think selling a whopping 6500 albums Spears broke his heart on television via text mes- Never come between us no matter who you judge K Fed on his parenting skills? He cre- speaks for itself. saging while K Fed was taping an episode of Much are.” Not even former girlfriend and mother ates life with every girl he’s involved with. So don’t let Brit knock you down Kev. Music’s Exposed. Now the media is siding with the of his other children, Shar Jackson, had a Reason #3 Just remember, you can support yourself pop princess on the prenup and the custody of chance of disrupting fate at its best. Let’s face it. What does a washed up on your record sales, your contract, your their two children. Here are three reason of why this Reason #2 pop princess do when her superstar of a acting career, and your charisma. And if all is wrong and K Fed doesn’t deserve his superstar We’re tired of all the haters hatin’ stud husband starts to steal her thunder? else fails, at least you have a nice collection image tarnished. on Fedex as being a bad daddy. Listen, She tries to steal it back by blind siding of crazy hats. contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 23, 2006 0 November 23, 2006 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 10 FEATURES Features Nicaraguans Elect Daniel Ortega A Cold War Adversary of the US Rises Again

Derek Leschasin democratic wave. But Nicaragua and the Senior Reporter United States have a long relationship with each other, and the United States has taken a special interest in Nicaragua long before s if getting a ‘thumpin’ from the Ortega and the Sandinista Front, then a Democrats in this month’s mid- militant revolutionary underground, led a A term elections weren’t enough, popular revolution in 1979 against the en- the American Right is now faced with the during authoritarian rule of the US-backed return of an old adversary in Latin America. Somoza family. Daniel Ortega, the leader of the Sandinista Party, was elected President of Nicaragua on November 5th. Repression, Revolution, Ortega earned 39 per cent of the and Reaction vote against his nearest rival, Eduardo Montealegre of the Nicaraguan Liberal “The US has been meddling in Alliance. In a country that is the second- Nicaraguan affairs since the very begin- poorest in the Western Hemisphere (next ning,” says Susan Heald, an Associate to Haiti), Ortega campaigned on a plat- Professor in the Women’s Studies Program form critical of the “savage” capitalist at the University of Manitoba, and a self- neo-liberal ideology that has dominated described supporter of the Sandinistas. Presidential candidate Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista Front REUTERS/Oswaldo RIvas Nicaragua since 1990. Yet, much like other For most of the 20th century, of National Liberation party (FSLN) greets supporters South American leftist leaders, Ortega is Nicaragua was ruled by the Somozas, a reluctant to initiate radical reforms. Upon family dynasty of strongmen who came to his victory, Reuters quoted him as pledg- power in the 1920s with US support and throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s, and took up puppet of the Soviet Union, which pro- ing to “eradicate poverty” and yet “reas- after a series of American military incur- armed struggle against the regime. vided funds and other support to the sure the private sector and international sions. They ruled through a form of dicta- Anastasio Somoza Debayle, son of Nicaraguan government. In addition to investors”. Ortega wasn’t always like this. torship backed up by control of the armed Anastasio Somoza Garcia, the strongman an economic blockade, Reagan’s govern- “Now is the situation where the elec- forces, which was interspersed by brief pe- propped up by the US in the ‘20s, was ment supplied funding, training and arms torate literally has stood up to the United riods of rule by puppet presidents. Under the last Somoza family member to rule to the “Contras”, an anti-socialist gue- States and said ‘we would like to choose the Somoza family rule, corruption was Nicaragua. His regime was corrupt and rilla movement made up of ex-National the best government to represent our inter- the norm, along with the maintenance of a authoritarian, but Somoza’s control of the Guardsmen, discontented peasants, and ests’,” says Wilder Robles, a faculty member highly stratified society, and brutal repres- National Guard ensured a stranglehold on the business class. Incidents of massacres at Menno Simons College and an expert on sion of dissident forces. power. and extra-judicial killings committed by Latin American issues. “That is actually a The Sandinista National Liberation However, in 1972, a powerful earth- the Contras began to surface, and in 1982, very strong message for Washington.” Front (FSLN) originated from socialist quake hit the capital city of Managua, kill- Congress outlawed their funding. Without At first brush, the election result and pro-democracy student movements ing over 10 thousand people and leaving Congress’s knowledge, the program was doesn’t seem like an especially signifi- in the 1960s, and eventually began to 250 thousand homeless. Somoza and the continued covertly under the direction of cant turn of events. The Sandinistas are attract peasant and working class sup- National Guard embezzled international Oliver North, by selling arms to Iran and Nicaragua’s major left-wing party, and this port. Eventually the FSLN adopted a so- aid money, leaving large parts of the city directing the profits to the Contras. The victory could be seen as just another coun- cialist ideology with elements of Marxism unreconstructed. The FSLN began to enjoy dealings were revealed in 1986 and gener- try swept up in South America’s social- and Liberation Theology. The movement broader public support. ated outrage in the United States, dubbed began to grow in prominence By 1979, American President Jimmy the “Iran-Contra Affair”. Carter abandoned support of what was Throughout the 1980s, before and widely recognized as a brutal, illegitimate after the election, the Sandinistas insti- regime, and the FSLN launched an of- tuted reforms such as drafting a new con- fensive against Somoza’s National Guard. stitution, allowing free labour unions, na- Combined with a general strike and public tionalizing and redistributing land and insurrection, the assault was too much for wealth, as well as focusing on literacy and the regime to withstand, and Somoza fled healthcare. to Miami, Florida, where he remained in “It was a socialist revolution,” says exile. Heald. “Its purpose was to take land from Until 1984, a governing junta, which big corporations that mostly were not included Daniel Ortega, was set up to owned by anybody in Nicaragua, and dis- govern Nicaragua. The junta included an tribute it.” array of anti-Somoza groups - though the However, many development proj- FSLN maintained a dominating presence. ects were targeted by Contra forces, in an The more right-leaning junta members effort to destabilize the government. The began to leave the leadership, denounc- many factors responsible are disputed, ing the Sandinista’s ‘communist’ policies, but among others, the American eco- and setting up opposition parties. With the nomic embargo and a constant state of opposition abstaining from governance, civil war meant that even as these reforms Ortega became for a time the unelected were attempted, the Nicaraguan economy de-facto ruler of Nicaragua. slumped even lower than during the rule However, in the multi-party elections of the Somozas. of 1984, the Sandinistas won 63 per cent “The Contra war wasn’t the only prob- of the vote, making Ortega President. But lem that actually undermined develop- G raph while international observers regarded the ment in Nicaragua. The Sandinistas were

ic: S elections as free and fair, the United States not prepared to rule, that was reality,”

arah and anti-Sandinista forces (some of which argues Robles. “Most of the people who boycotted the election) rejected the result. came to power were revolutionaries... and S angster The administration of Ronald Reagan, in most cases they made gross socioeco- which took over from Jimmy Carter in 1980, nomic mistakes.” was fiercely opposed to the Sandinista By the time a peace treaty was signed regime from the beginning, seeing it as a in 1987, tens of thousands of civilians and contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 23, 2006 FEATURES 11

combatants lost their lives in the Contra- war, have unduly influenced elections and parties abandoned any alliance with the do, anymore than we would in Canada.” Sandinista war. While both sides accused kept the Sandinistas out of the presidency previous government. “If the two liberal Even if Ortega’s election win does sym- the other of atrocities, Human Rights Watch since 1990. While Ortega has run in every parties had combined... they would have bolize a rejection of neo-liberal politics, an notes that Reagan’s policy of “constant hos- election since, he was consistently de- won about 70 per cent of the vote.” upsurge in anti-American feeling, or a re- tility” towards Ortega “exaggerated and feated, until now. But at the same time, conditions surgence of nostalgia for Sandinista-style distorted the real human rights violations in Nicaragua have social justice, it’s not clear that Ortega’s of the Sandinista regime, and exculpated win will mean signifi- those of the U.S.-supported insurgents.” A New Course for Nicaragua? cant change for a des- Among the abuses by the Contras which perately poor coun- Human Rights Watch (known as Americas “The opposition try in which nearly Watch at the time) documented were: “in- was fragmented half the population discriminate attacks on civilians, selec- in this lives on a less than a tively murdering non-combatants, and dollar a day, and 68 mistreating of prisoners.” per cent of the popu- “Families were killed. Families lation earns only 20 per were split by the Contra fight cent of the wealth, ac- that was fully funded by cording to UN and inde- the United States. There’s pendent studies. still intense bitterness “The election of Ortega over this, and it’s only might be perceived as an op- a country of five mil- portunity for Nicaraguans to lion people,” says G change the socio-economic raph Stephen Randall, Chair plan which they have been fol- of the Board at the Latin ic: S lowing...” says Robles, “But I’m arah America Research Centre skeptical, because Nicaragua has S at the University of Calgary, angster very limited capacities to make and part of the Carter Center’s drastic changes.” Electoral Observer Mission for this Nicaragua is burdened with a month’s Nicaraguan election. heavy foreign debt - three times the With the end of civil war, new elec- Gross Domestic Product. The coun- tions were held in 1990, and Ortega was try has been dependent on foreign aid defeated by Violeta Chamorro, a candidate from the United States, and has worked backed by the various opposition parties. closely with the IMF and World Bank - Her victory ushered in 15 years of conser- relationships Ortega has promised not vative governments, which adopted poli- to abandon. He has also been concilia- cies of de-regulation and privatization. elec- tory towards the business community, al- “It was a vote to end the war, and yet tion. though fear-mongering from opponents nonetheless, Ortega became the first ever And that’s plagued his campaign. revolutionary leader to democratically turn a very im- “He will have to find some middle over power,” says Heald. “I’ve not seen a lot portant factor,” ground, particularly with the business of politicians with that kind of integrity.” says Randall. The elite - he cannot afford to alienate them. Political commentators such as Noam Constitutional Liberal But also, the business elite has to recog- Chomsky have argued that repeated warn- Party, which previously held the nize that it is in their best interests to find ings from the US about renewed economic Presidency, has been wracked by corrup- a common strategy,” says Robles. “I don’t sanctions, and the threat of a return to civil tion charges, and the smaller right-wing think (the Sandinistas) are going to push hardly improved socialism under Ortega now. There will under free-market ideology. maybe be social democracy, but even so, “I see that the election of Ortega is Nicaragua has very little capacity to move a rejection of neo-liberalism. Neo-liber- autonomously.” alism has not worked in Latin America, Still, it seems significant that now that’s for sure,” says Robles. that an American administration full of fa- “Even without the Sandinistas in miliar faces from the ‘80s is on the wane, power, the liberals and conservatives have a leftist political movement with which done... bugger all to improve the economic the US then did proxy battle seems to be conditions,” agrees Randall. on the rise. Taken together with the elec- As in every recent election, American tion of leaders such as Morales in Bolivia, right-wing politicians exerted pressure and Chavez in Venezuela, along with on Nicaraguan voters to choose any can- more moderate leaders like Lula in Brazil, didate other than Ortega. In October, ‘America’s backyard’ may not seem so 2006, Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida and green and friendly anymore. This is par- brother to President Bush, had an “open ticularly so now that Chavez seems to be letter” printed in the Nicaraguan paper trying to create a network of sympathetic La Prensa. In it, Bush backed the incum- leftist governments. But Randall doubts bent, Enrique Bolanos, and labeled Ortega Chavez has much to do with the changing “an enemy of everything the United States scene in Nicaragua. represents”. Bush also wrote: “It is incon- “(Ortega’s) links to Chavez will be ceivable that a people would choose to troubling... but he has to get oil and gaso- return to a totalitarian past... The past and line from somewhere. The link with Chavez present of Daniel Ortega clearly indicate is a fairly natural one,” says Randall. At the that he neither understands nor accepts same time, “People don’t really care about the basic principles of freedom, democ- Chavez. They see him as a loudmouth racy and the free market.” demagogic individual.” Oliver North, the architect of the “The United States has taken Latin Iran-Contra funding scheme, was also in America for granted for a long time,” offers Nicaragua to endorse Bolanos. Robles. “The... priority right now is in the “In Oliver North’s rather warped Middle East... The United States’ influence mind, Ortega is still the instrument of the in Latin America has waned.” Kremlin,” says Randall. “Almost 20 years Daniel Ortega may or may not have after the end of the cold war, you’ve still changed as much as the global balances got this mentality about Nicaragua which of power have since the Sandinista’s is a very minor, utterly insignificant coun- heyday. It may not matter what he be- try in terms of strategic importance.” lieves, so much as it matters what he can But Randall argues that at least in practically accomplish. If nothing else, this election, American pressure likely did his globally recognized re-election may more harm than good for their favoured finally demonstrate that Nicaragua has candidates. “People have very long mem- achieved what the American Right has ories as far as the United States is con- tried to force on the country for decades cerned... When you talk to people, they - freedom. don’t like foreigners telling them what to November 23, 2006 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 12 ARTS & CULTURE

Arts & Culture: M ik e L e wis Staff Reporter: K e nton s Mith Arts & Culture E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Art that Requires Explanation

Ksenia Prints of the highest quality,” says Ruth Maendel, styles in her quartet of paintings. Her de- Photography also had its place in Beat reporter the exhibit’s interim curator (Ray Dirks, pictions of important life scenes turn gro- the exhibition. Linda Calder’s mono- the usual curator, is currently in Ghana). tesque due to strange, unproportionate chrome photographs create an odd The pieces of 28 artists were eventually forms and surreal compositions. piece, but one that is oddly beautiful. rt can come in various shapes and selected. In another series of paintings, Gerald Sandra Sommerville’s piece challenges forms. The Mennonite Heritage Surprisingly, God and religion were Folkers handles what others prefer not the viewer by turning nature upside A Centre Gallery (MHCG) believes not prevailing themes at the show. While to touch. His Head Over Heels series down and turning it into a Rorschach that it can come from a variety of different several artists did mention them in their capture the gentle beauty of the under- ink stain. faiths as well. The gallery’s annual Why texts, faith was largely absent from the dogs marvellously. Under Folkers’ brush, Doreen Doherty captures the eye Art? Exhibition proudly flaunts a banner paintings and sculptures themselves. they become the Venuses and Adonises of with her Windswept Sunflowers. The title that art can originate from all walks of life. According to Alf Redekopp, the MHCG’s the streets. takes on a new meaning with the realiza- By presenting a wide range of works from director, religion is not a factor in choos- Almost all artwork in the show is tion the artist is a cancer patient. Done artists of various backgrounds and levels ing what artwork to present. for sale. The gallery takes a minor while in chemo, her windswept flowers of expertise, Why Art?3 challenges the “We’re a Christian place, Mennonite commission. speak of fears and dreams of floating to- senses as well as the intellect. is a Christian tradition, but we believe in “This encourages artists, because wards something better. This exhibition does not revolve dialogue with artists from across tradi- they know they’ll get most of the pro- Much else could be said about Why around a theme. In fact, many of its pieces tions,” he says. ceeds back,” says Maendel. The art- Art?3. In two rooms overflowing with im- seem detached, while others gain an air of Despite the fact that many of the art- ists themselves decide on the prices, as mensely different works, each will find uniqueness. The only guideline was that ists are amateurs, some works simply leap well as what to do with the earnings. For gems and pitfalls. But the most interest- each artist should choose up to five pieces from the gallery’s walls. Why Art?3 does example, Clyde Finlay pledged to donate ing part of this journey is the pairing of that best embodied his or her essence. not discriminate based on style, medium all proceeds from the sale of Fraud art with the accompanying texts. This is The piece should be accompanied by a or even age. Emily Enns, an 11th grader to charity. a show that truly celebrates spirit, and brief explanation of why they create art. from outside of Winnipeg, brings in a re- The priciest painting in the gal- to understand some creations, one must The submitted works were then juried freshing touch of naivety with her untitled lery is one by Raymond Page, a realist listen to why they were made. by Agatha Doerksen and Karen Cornelius, work. It is a cartoonish depiction of war graphite creation titled Escape. It de- Why Art?3 runs at the Mennonite who are themselves experienced artists. and peace that hints at the bigger issues picts what looks like an old Johnny Depp, Heritage Centre Gallery, located in “They choose what artwork they facing today’s teens. with a slightly surrealist twist. Dali would the Canadian Mennonite University, think is the best example of that artist, or Jean Wiens also delves into childlike be proud. Nov. 17 – Jan. 13 Sarah Slean Keeping Things Simple

those three elements work together.” you wish to see in the world.’ I think that’s The UK recordings were engineered an appropriate analogy for what I do mu- and produced by Martin Terefe (Ron sically. I draw on personal experiences that Sexsmith, Yusuf Islam), while the Canadian hopefully resonate on a universal level.” recordings were produced by Slean and en- Slean is hoping to record a new album gineered by I Mother Earth guitarist Jagori next year, and the aim—as with Orphan Tanna. Music—will be to do more with less. In addition to writing and recording “I’m a kid in a candy store when you music, Slean paints, writes poetry, and has give me options,” she says. “In the past, experimented with photography. She is hes- I’ve become a bit of a mad scientist in the itant to label herself a painter or photogra- studio, trying different things. But, on the pher, though. next album, I want to keep things simple. “I’m a musician, and would never pro- It takes courage to reign in every impulse. fess to be any of those other things. I’m a Maybe I’m not strong enough to do it, but songwriter, and what works in me are words maybe I am. We’ll see.” and music. It’s the union of those two things that I want to master. Painting and photog- See Sarah Slean perform at the West raphy are just other facets of that same cre- End Cultural Centre on Monday, Nov. 27th at ative urge.” 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.75 at Ticketmaster. You Sarah Slean performing live in Toronto PHOTO: YEN Slean once told an interviewer, “I really can visit her online at www.sarahslean.com. want to make great art. I’m obsessed with it.” So what makes a work of art ‘great’? Aaron Epp Orphan Music is Slean’s fifth album, “If I knew that, I’d be a millionaire,” she Volunteer Staff and the follow-up to 2004’s critically ac- says. “Either that, or I would die in obscu- claimed Day One. She is currently tour- rity… I think a great work of art endures. It ing Canada in support of the CD, and will endures because it somehow resonates in here’s something to be said for play the West End Cultural Centre Monday our humanity. People will always need art— keeping things simple. That’s what Nov. 27. I know this in my soul to be true. Humans T Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah Slean says she released Orphan are always asking questions like ‘Why am I Slean thinks, anyway. Music because fans have been asking for here?’ I think the greatest art distils that and Slean has just released Orphan Music, stripped-down versions of her previously shows the longing of humanity. We’ll never a CD that is both a live and studio record- released material for a while. The simplic- know the answers to many of life’s ques- ing, showcasing stripped-down versions of ity of the recordings was also inspired by tions, but it’s the role of art to attempt to her songs. The solo live performances were the seven months she spent living in Paris, answer them nonetheless.” recorded in December 2005 in Toronto France this year. This is what Slean tries to do with her and Vancouver. The in-studio perfor- “I sat in a small room with a white piano music. mances—featuring only voice, piano, and and reacquainted myself with the song, and “I’m constantly asking myself the hard string quartet—were recorded at Toronto’s its three parts: rhythm, chord, and melody,” questions. In trying to answer them, I can

DNA Studios and Kensaltown Studios in she says. “That’s what drew me to songwrit- only look at my own life. It’s like that quota- Sarah Slean live in Buffalo PHOTO: MICHAEL S. London, UK. ing in the first place: the simplicity, and how tion from Gandhi: ‘You must be the change contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 23, 2006 ARTS & CULTURE 13 Stranger than Fiction

Directed by Marc Forster gests that Harold try to figure out whether 113 minutes he is in a comedy or a tragedy—after all: if he’s in a comedy, he gets married, and if Reviewed by Kevin P. Gabel he’s in a tragedy, he gets buried. This is Zach Helm’s first screen- play, and it’s quite a clever one—play- “Little did he know that events had ing with the forms and structures of sto- been set in motion that would lead to his rytelling itself without once breaking the imminent death.” fourth wall. The scenes with Hoffman and Sounds interesting, right? Not when Ferrell are wonderful because they are so you’re the “he” in question. This is the fundamentally logical—after all, if a man exact problem facing Harold Crick (Will knew he was a character in a story, of Ferrell); he wakes up one morning and course he’d use everything that is known suddenly hears the cool, collected voice of about literature and literary conventions an Englishwoman narrating every aspect in order to shape the story’s outcome. of his life (with a few nasty bits of fore- Comparisons to Charlie Kaufman are shadowing thrown in). not unfounded; Helm is a screenwriter to Stranger than Fiction is a decisive watch out for. step forward for Ferrell; a mainstay on In order to nudge his story into the Saturday Night Live for seven years, he realm of comedy, Harold (an IRS em- branched out (and quite successfully, ployee) embarks on a relationship with too) into the world of feature films, pri- Ana Pascal (Maggie Gyllenhaal), the marily comedies such as Anchorman: The woman he is currently auditing. She tells Legend of Ron Burgundy. While no one Harold to “get bent” when they first meet, will mistake his antics for high drama, so how can a relationship between the two Ferrell hasn’t been restricted to goof ball not be comedic? characters either; he’s appeared in Winter Meanwhile, the author of Harold’s Passing, a somber indie flick, andMelinda story, Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson), is and Melinda, a Woody Allen movie which stymied as to how to actually kill Harold, happens to contain certain thematic ele- so her publishers bring in an assistant ments common to Stranger than Fiction>. (Queen Latifah) to help her overcome her It is this new film, however, which will writer’s block. The assistant may not be firmly establish Will Ferrell as a truly ver- worth writing home about, but Thompson satile actor. as Karen is so interesting that it wouldn’t Ferrell has a knack for throwing him- be inconceivable for her to have carried self completely into whichever part he the picture herself (or to have starred in plays—be it a 1970s anchorman, a NASCAR an Adaptation-ish film of her own). driver, or Lucifer himself—without betray- Karen is a shell of a human being—a ing any hint of being in on the joke. There mucous-spewing chain-smoker who day- are indeed a few jokes in Stranger than dreams about sudden, violent deaths that Fiction, but most of the material is treated she might be able to inflict upon her main Dustin Hoffman and Will Ferrell in Stranger than Fiction allmoviephoto.com seriously—to the film’s credit. characters (who always die at the end of He’s displayed a lot of outlandish be- each novel). She receives a memorable haviour in previous roles, and one might (and particularly apt) introduction, stand- expect Ferrell to go way over the top with ing atop a high-rise and looking down on the role of a possible schizophrenic, but the people below. She is a godlike figure, he never comes close. He gives a subtle, and the audience realizes that she would subdued performance, which is abso- indeed be a god to the characters she is lutely right. A lesser film would have the writing. main character in hysterics in the final As Harold moves closer and closer to act, but Harold carries on with an admira- the end of his story, a sense of doom starts ble sense of dignity. creeping in—helped in no small part by Back to the main story—now that the presence of two characters who seem Harold’s death has been foretold by an superfluous, but who just may be part of unseen narrator, what can he do about the grand design. The principal actors do it? He goes to see a shrink (who ends up some great work here; Emma Thompson being less than helpful) and then seeks has several scenes near the end which are help from Jules Hilbert (Dustin Hoffman), just heartbreaking. a literary professor. The plot is intriguing, the characters It is here that the film explores in- are engaging; all the elements are in place triguing territory. If it’s safe to assume that and they come together to form a memo- Harold is in some kind of story, Hilbert sug- rable little gem of a movie. November 23, 2006 The Uniter contact: [email protected] Arts & Culture Editor: M ik e L e wis E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 14 ARTS & CULTURE Fax: 783-7080

Independent developers Kokoromi encourage Warhol meets Wario creation of artistic, experimental video games

Kevin Gillich ifies as neither experimental nor in- will become Montreal’s next indie functions – let alone is fun to play – The Link (Concordia University) dependent, in time video games may scene. is a challenge in itself. While the re- become the next venue for unique and “What we’re trying to do with quired tools to learn are becoming creative art. At least, that’s what the [GAMMA] is start a kind of counter-cul- more accessible, computer program- MONTREAL (CUP) – When you people at Kokoromi are hoping for. ture to balance out the major [compa- ming still isn’t something you can think experimental and independent A Montreal-based collective of in- nies] in video games,” said Kokoromi learn in six easy steps. art, what comes to mind? dependent game developers, Kokoromi member Phil Fish. “It’s not like a guitar where you Maybe a rock band that doesn’t – Japanese for “experiment” – aims to “We don’t have an independent cir- can just pick it up and learn three need guitars. Or perhaps a painting of a create artistic and experimental video cuit. I mean, yes, there are independent chords,” said Heather Kelley, another soup can. What about a duo of plumb- games and promote these games as an games on the Internet you can down- member of Kokoromi. ers that rescue a princess from evil tur- art form. load but there is no real circuit. There’s “It’s getting easier . . . It’s easier tles by eating various magic fungi and Having just completed their first no counter-culture.” to find out what games are about and plants? successful game-art event – GAMMA The video game industry, as with people have played a lot more of them All right, that last one was probably 01: Audio Feed – and already plan- most industries, isn’t the most support- so they understand them a lot better. not the best example. However, while ning for GAMMA 02, the members of ive when it comes to creative expression But it’s still really, really, really hard the latest Super Mario Bros. game qual- Kokoromi spoke about what they hope and experimentation. Encouraging in- compared to doing something like dependently developed games will this picking up a camcorder or some other provide new experience for gamers and tool that has been a little further de- allow developers to express themselves veloped.” in a way that wouldn’t be possible at “It’s easy to make a bad movie or their nine-to-five jobs. to make a bad song, but even making a “[Working in video games] is an bad game is still hard,” added Fish. awesome job,” explained Fish, “but as Despite these challenges, the 95.9 FM CKUW Campus/Community an independent creator, as an artist, it members of Kokoromi have a good can be quite suffocating sometimes. feeling that video games will catch Radio Top 10 CD – Albums “You want an outlet to just let loose on as an art form. If the success of NOVEMBER 13 - 19, 2006 and go nuts and not have to worry, ‘Is their first event is any indication, then ! = Local content * = Canadian Content RE=Re Entry NE = New Entry this game gonna sell, is it gonna get Montreal will be seeing more video the right demographic?’ Just go nuts, game galas in the future. do whatever we want, and just expose “We’re just trying to give people a LW TW artist recording label these games to people.” reason to bust their asses and make a An independent video game scene cool game. The payoff here is, ‘Hey, you

3 1 *Various Artists radio 3 Sessions Mint in Montreal doesn’t seem like that far of made the game and then we have this a stretch. However, despite the abun- huge party and everybody is drinking 1 2 !Nathan casserole Nettwerk dance of talented programmers in the and dancing and they play your game 10 3 ivan Hrvatska Seasons of Love (Party All Year) coconut Dreams city, there are a few obstacles that need and they love it,’” said Fish. 6 4 !D. Rangers the Paw-Paw Patch dollartone to be overcome. “We want gaming cultural events. 12 5 *Decemberists the Crane Wife EMI “The people with the necessary I go to rock shows, I go to art shows, I skills to build the games are pretty want to go to [video] game shows.” 8 6 *Kinnie Star anything Violet Inch/Maple Music much all working in video games,” said 5 7 *Subhumans new Dark Age Parade g7 Fish, who himself works in the video For more info about Kokoromi and RE 8 *The Dears gang of Losers Maple Music game industry. “It’s very time consum- upcoming GAMMA events, visit www. 7 9 !Romi Mayes Sweet Something Steady independent ing, it’s very energy consuming.” kokoromi.org. Actually, making a video game that 4 10 *Amy Millan Honey from the Tombs arts & Crafts Arts & Culture Editor: M ike L ewis contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 23, 2006 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 Fax: 783-7080 ARTS & CULTURE 15 cd REviews book REview

From A Second Story Window Librarians Deftones The Penelopiad: The Myth of Delenda Alright Easy Candy Stranger Saturday Night Wrist Penelope and Odysseus” Jocko 2006 Postfact Records 2006 Maverick 2006 Margaret Atwood Vintage Canada Edition In order to resolve the di- The second album from Sometimes a little family lemma of trying to review this Morgantown, West dysfunction can be a (division of Random House), 2006 these guys you can read Virginia band delivers good thing. Four years, Reviewed by Erin McIntyre some of the quotes from an interesting punch three producers, and one their website, where they of funky post-punk al- band-break-up led Volunteer Staff state that they are making ternative music, if that to the making of the music for “attention-def- makes any sense. They Deftones’s best work to icit people,” trying to don’t seem too con- date. For long-time fans The Penelopiad convey a message of loneliness, isolation, forgetting about fined within any specific main stream genre, other than of the band, 2000’s White Pony was the pinnacle of the band’s this world and dreaming of the next one” in a “age of psycho- independent, managing to combine sounds reminiscent achievement in terms of diversity, intensity and beauty. The is a unique and logical oppression.” The music can be compared to that of of everything from David Bowie and Beck to the Talking self-titled follow-up in 2002, though definitely containing song modern take on an Darkest Hour in that it is loud, all over the place and derived Heads. The album offers something that can be sat back great work, nevertheless left fans wanting. Saturday Night from a lot of the sentiments previously mentioned. Their mu- and enjoyed while driving or at home, but could easily be Wrist takes the White Pony album, buries it, and leaves it for old favorite. This No. sical goal, to destroy everything in their path, is passed off by danced to with songs like “Culture Vulture” or “Come on dead. The albums first single, “Hole in theE arth” addresses the 1 National Bestseller means of technical metal-core that incorporates elements of White Girl” and, with a little bit of discipline and diversi- band’s near demise in the chorus “I hate all my friends/they death metal and black metal. The lead singer often sounds fication this band could easily join the ranks of contem- all lack taste sometimes/there’s a hole in the Earth/I’m out”. takes the primary like he is trying to imitate a wild boar out for revenge against porary groups like The Arcade Fire, The Killers or We Are Other tracks such as “Cherry Waves”, “Xerces”, and “Riviere” the world. Seeming out of place are the comparatively quiet Scientists. Definitely something to keep one’s eye on to show the Deftones’s sensitive side, while tracks like “Rapture”, source of Homer’s and surprisingly touching “For Those Lost,” and “Ghosts over see where they go. “Beware”, and “Combat” are hell unleashed. The album even Odyssey and adds a Japan,” revealing to non-metal fans the talent to diversify features the first instrumental from the band “U, U, D, D, L,R , L, and explore their musical potential should choose to do so. www.myspace.com/librarians R, A, B, Select, Start”, the title being a reference to the power- feminist edge by re- up code found in nearly every Konami Nintendo game. In terms telling the story from the perspective of Odysseus’ wife, www.fromasecondstorywindow.com -Stephen Spence of mood, Saturday Night Wrist runs from one end of the spec- trum to the other, but unlike many albums, it manages to do Penelope. Atwood’s characterization of Penelope is in- -Stephen Spence so seamlessly going from agonizing-dull-fork-in-eye-rage to tense, inventive and relatable. Penelope is telling the story haunting-melancholy-I’m-slitting-my-wrists-slowly beauty. Worth picking up for anyone. from Hades, running into characters from life through out

www.deftones.com the story. One such character is Penelope’s famed cousin Helen of Troy, hated by Penelope. The character of Helen -Mike Lewis was essentially the only comic relief in the story, pre- sented as a sex kitten even beyond the grave Helen acts as a constant point of contention for Penelope. Penelope’s

insecurity at being Helen’s “plain cousin,” couples nicely with her distrust of men and awkward relationship with TEDIOUS MINUTIAE her father to make her representative of nearly every Or: Ineffectively Detailing One’s Cultural Consumption for the Uncaring Installment 2.11 teenaged girl in the country, adding a decidedly modern twist to the story. However the tragedy of The Penelopiad is not truly Penelope’s own. In Homer it is briefly men- Read: Al Franken, The Truth, pp. 1 – 111 Number of times The Uniter Managing Editor smeared: 1 tioned that when Odysseus returns from his years at sea, he hangs Penelope’s twelve maids who had been involved sexually with men who had temporarily captured his Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson Don’t take my word for it – go to www.hannity.com The Uniter claims a fair and decent voice [email protected] estate. Atwood switches the focus on this incident, claim- and check this guy out. for the University of Winnipeg community. But Jo ing instead that Penelope had told her maids to engage in Anyhow, for every one of Hannity’s statements Snyder has other ideas. You see, in a paper she sexual relationships with these men so as to buy her time Whilst careening my way through that series, he debunks, Franken makes up an egregious lie co-authored for the Canadian Centre for Policy and get more information from them. Some of the maids I’ve also been reading a few books simultane- about Hannity: “I happen to think that whether Alternatives, Snyder says there are “legitimate were even raped, and had no desire to be physically in- ously, not the least of which is Al Franken’s The or not you support the U.S. Postal Service, you concerns regarding the inadequacy of Manitoba’s volved with these men. Atwood turns these twelve maids Truth (with jokes). Franken, a staunch Democrat, should never pee in mailboxes while drunk. That’s current minimum wage policy.” The current wage into a second set of narrators, acting as a Greek chorus in has never failed to garner a chuckle from yours what I believe. Unlike Sean” (94). for Uniter columnists? Zero dollars. between scenes. truly whenever he’s appeared on late-night talk Franken outlines the three pillars on which Higher minimum wage, or no wage at all? All of these elements create an interesting read and shows. Bush won the 2004 presidential election: Fear, Don’t you think it’s time Jo Snyder told students innovative concept, however it is not a pleasure read by The Truth (so far – I’m on p.111) covers the Smear, and Queers (I haven’t yet gotten to the where she stands on minimum wage? any stretch of the imagination. Unlike a true Greek drama, 2004 American Presidential campaign, dissecting third). In “Smear”, Franken is apparently over- I’m Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson, and I approve there is no catharsis, no cleansing, no sense that order senior White House advisor Karl Rove’s seriously- come and rushed to the hospital after the chapter this message. could potentially be restored. Instead Penelope is liter- diabolic tactics in returning George W. Bush to the explaining Rove’s involvement in ruining numer- ally haunted in Hades by the hung maids whose feet are White House. Franken offers close readings of ous would-be politicians’ lives, including the Hey… twisting the truth around is actu- still “twitching” and won’t touch the ground; a little in- speeches and statements by senior Republicans questionable “Swift Boat Veterans For Truth”. ally pretty fun! It’s pretty easy to combine two tense. The extremist focus on the maids, besides leaving (oops… I almost type “senor” Republicans), then Watching the political advertisements in the unrelated subjects in order to scare people, the reader incredibly depressed, slightly distorts the story handily disproves almost every sentence. 2004 presidential election was an exercise in not and I really enjoyed the hypothetical questions line as well. What would seem to be fundamental issues But Franken is able to keep the laughs letting my foot go crashing through my television at the end. (does Penelope really love Odysseus? Can she reconcile a-comin’; for example, in a chapter entitled “A screen. I know, it’s all relative, but the fact that with her son so full of teen angst?) are left either entirely Brief Recuperative Debunk”, he takes apart an some think-tank types are sitting around trying un-addressed, or are touched only briefly. anti-Kerry rant made by right-wing mouthpiece to figure out how to best destroy an otherwise- Lying liar: [email protected] A good read, but definitely a heavy one, The Sean Hannity. If you don’t know who Sean Hannity upstanding citizen’s reputation is pretty gross. Lies: tediousminutiae.blogspot.com Penelopiad quite truly requires some level of mental prep- is, consider yourself lucky; he does a radio show OK, let me try. Imagine this in a deep, yet aration. Please take all precautions necessary to avoid losing total faith in the human condition. in the U.S., and has a show or two on FOX News. sinisterly questioning voice. Ahem… November 23, 2006 The Uniter contact: [email protected] Arts & Culture Editor: M ike L ewis E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9790 16 ARTS & CULTURE Fax: 783-7080 Video killed the American President Dramockumentary ‘Death of a President’ distorts reality to reveal greater truth Briefs Compiled by Jo Snyder

No one is more punk than MacKaye

Ian MacKaye, the most ethical musi- cian alive, has outdone himself once again. The Fugazi front man and founder of Dischord Records has teamed up with Inner Ear stu- CUP FILE PHOTO dios (Q & Not U, Fugazi, Dismemberment Plan have all recorded there) to offer free record- Greg Ursic staged. seeing real people talking to the camera, so ing sessions. It’s called the DC Free Recording The Ubyssey (University of British Columbia) This required obtaining the requisite our bullshit detectors are turned up really Project and it’s about to make everyone feel film permits, and Range approached the high when we watch an actor do it and we’re like greedy little not-punk-enough-commer- challenge of walking into the city offices and really looking for any crack in the perfor- cial bastards. The catch is though, in the same VANCOUVER (CUP) – Unassuming in saying that he wanted to film “Death of a mance.” vein as Dischord Records, the bands have to his black suit, Gabriel Range stands a slim President” by being forthcoming – sort of. Ensuring believability is crucial to the be from DC. Boo to that! But you only get five six feet tall, and speaks politely in a soft “Generally we would go by the name story – if the audience doesn’t buy the inter- hours to record anyway, and who can make a voice. He doesn’t exactly fit the image of a DOAP and very few people would ask what views, the premise is compromised. Range record in five hours? Who can do anything in man accused of killing the president of the it stood for.” and his crew were keenly aware of this and five hours? United States, something he freely admits to He clearly realized that a detailed syn- sought out an “unknown” cast. and is only too willing to talk about. opsis wasn’t an option. “When you recognize a person as ‘that MySpace: a place for Set in the near future (October 2007), “It would have been very hard indeed actor,’ I think the illusion is shattered.” It copyright infringement Range’s dramockumentary “Death of a to make this film in Chicago if the world also proved to be a challenge for the actors President” (DOAP) examines the effects that knew we were making a film about the as- as “it’s a very unforgiving kind of acting as Universal Music Group is suing the assassination of President Bush has on sassination of President Bush.” you have none of the tools normally avail- MySpace: a place for friends, the popular web- the ongoing response to the “war on terror” The acronym – DOAP (pronounced able to an actor.” site, for copyright infringement the CBC re- and the ensuing rush to judgment. “dope”) – wasn’t a deliberate pun, Range Actors were given a basic idea about ported last Friday. UMG claims that MySpace: Not surprisingly, it has generated a lot said. their character, and enrolled in workshops. a place for social networking, is essentially of controversy: three U.S. theatre chains “A total fluke actually,” Range says with When they were finally given a script a short aiding and abetting in robbery of music and have already said they won’t carry the film, apparent glee. But it didn’t stop the crew time before filming, they were instructed to film that users post on their sites. The issue several newspapers and television out- from having fun with passersby. “read it a couple of times but don’t learn it.” is authorization and UMG feels that artists are lets won’t advertise it, and there has been a “A few people asked the crew in Chicago Range says he hopes the movie makes not compensated properly for their work. This general outcry from the political right in what it stood for. Generally the answer was people “really question the way the war on isn’t the first time an artist or music industry the U.S. it was a British movie – ‘Ducks on a Pond’ – terror is being handled . . . and how 9-11 has powerhouse has confronted MySpace.com. So how does a congenial fellow like and they imagined it was some kind of ro- been connected with the war in Iraq.” Last spring, political folk hero and English Range go about committing a capital crime mantic comedy.” “The jury in Toronto [at the Toronto Patriot Billy Bragg warned users of the small on celluloid? The interviews in the movie were the International Film Festival] said . . . that print when signing up for a music site, letting “I just didn’t wake up and say ‘Shit, I’m “second hardest” part of the shoot, Range the film distorted reality to reveal a greater fans and fellow musicians know that MySpace: going to kill President Bush,’” laughs Range, says. truth. If that’s what an audience feels when a place for poorly worded small print, owned a Brit. “It’s a very unforgiving form of acting they walk out then I’m thrilled.” the rights to songs uploaded to the website. “Presidential assassinations have a pe- because we as an audience are used to MySpace quickly responded to panicked mu- culiar significance in the U.S. given the his- sicians everywhere but modifying it’s licens- tory and there are very emotive and striking ing agreement. The website says they do not ways of looking at what’s happening today condone copyright in any way and are calling using the lens of the future. [Bush’s assassi- UMG’s lawsuit “meritless”. MySpace: a place nation] seemed to be a good way to examine for misplaced suffixes that lead to words that how the war on terror has been handled.” don’t exist in the dictionary. The film, originally written for Britain’s Channel 4, is now screening in North America. The U.S. response, however, has been decidedly less welcoming than that of other countries. Range notes nonchalantly, Volunteer for The Uniter “there were some death threats and there was some very clear anger . . . [when] the Tired of having other people write the news? film was announced,” yet he’s still a bit con- fused about the backlash. Come on out to our News Storyboard meetings every Monday at 12:30 p.m. “I was surprised. I mean that initial in The Uniter office, roomORM 14 on the mezzanine in the Bulman Centre. knee-jerk reaction was very much based upon the notion that the film is some kind Think you’re friggin’ funny, eh funny (non-gender specific) guy? of polemic that would be reveling in the Come on out to our Diversions meetings every Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. moment of President Bush’s assassination.” in The Uniter office, roomORM 14 on the mezzanine in the Bulman Centre. Anyone expecting a Zapruder-like spec- tacle will be sadly disappointed: the shoot- Like sports but don’t totally feel like playing them? ing scene is as brief as it is bloodless. “It was very important that the assas- Come on out to our Sports meetings every Monday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. in The Uniter office, roomORM 14 on the mezzanine in the Bulman Centre. sination was a horrific event, but also that it wasn’t gratuitous in the way that it was You know who the hottest non-mainstream band in Canada is? shown,” says Range. “The more recent re- views in the American press have been that Come on out to our Arts & Culture meetings every Wednesday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. it’s sensitive, compelling, thought-provok- in The Uniter office, roomORM 14 on the mezzanine in the Bulman Centre. ing, and not this disgusting rant.” While the bulk of the film’s protest scenes were culled from archival footage of protests against the Iraq War in Chicago in 2003 and 2006, key sequences with “battles” between police and demonstrators were Listings Coordinator: N ic k W e ige ldt Want to submit your listing to Uniter Listings? 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Nov. 24, 2006, 4-6 p.m. and support to the Centre’s Immigrant bert St., 8 p.m. With Sortie Real, Kram Music, Ticketmaster, Winnipeg Folk 9. All are welcome. ideaExchange: Check out www.scmcanada.org/uwin- Children and Youth Programs includ- Ran. Ticket prices to be announced. Fest Music Store and WECC. Aqua Books, in conjunction with St. nipeg for further details. ing Sports Activities for Newcomer PRAIRIE THEATRE EX- Benedict’s Table, is pleased to present Kids, Empowerment for Newcomer CHANGE Call 942-5483 or visit our award-winning monthly conversa- INSINGIZI Nov. 24 West End Cul- Youth, Newcomer Buddy Welcome www.pte.mb.ca. Until Dec. 3: ‘Mom’s tion series dealing with issues of faith, THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNI- tural Centre, 8 p.m. Three member a- Program and our After Class Educa- the Word 2: Unhinged’. life, theology and pop culture. Dec 2: PEG DOWNTOWN JAZZ BAND capella group from Zimbabwa. Tickets COMEDY tion Program. If you’d like to help out, Jaylene Johnson, “Christian Music: “Come out and sample some jazz... $17 at Ticketmaster and WECC. from swing to latin... and even a little contact Si-il Park at 943-9158 ext 285 WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BE- Cultural Phenomenon or Subcultural somethin’ for the kids.” Nov. 27, 12:30 or 688-1941. TOAD IN THE HOLE / THE TWEEN MUSIC AND DANCE? Blip?” Nov. 29: Book Launch by Helen – 1:20 p.m. in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, CAVERN 112 Osborne St – Comedy Find out how thin the lines are when Toews and Dorene Meyer at 7:30 p.m. University of Winnipeg. Free admis- KAPATID IN-SCHOOL MEN- at the Cavern. Every second Wednes- ethnomusicologist/violinist Parmela sion. TORSHIP PROGRAM Partnering day. Next one is Nov. 29. Attariwala, dancer/ choreographer Gi- OUT LOUD is an open mic opportu- university students with Filipino new tanjali Kolanad and pianist/composer nity for you to give your words voice. THE UNIVERSITY OF WIN- comer high school students as in- THE KING’S HEAD PUB 120 Diana MacIntosh along with other lo- Every two weeks a special guest will NIPEG FILIPINO STUDENTS’ school mentors. Weekly Mondays to King St – King’s Head Happy Hour cal musicians bring “An Experimental kick off the evening after which the mic ASSOCIATION’S General Meeting Thursdays from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Weekly Comedy Night, Tuesdays at 9 Fruit” to the Eckhardt-Gramette Hall is open for your words of any genre in on Nov. 27 from 12:30 – 1:20 p.m. in Learn how to become eligible for the p.m. Nov. 28: Jack ‘Um and Attack ‘Um at University of Winnipeg, Nov. 23 five minutes or less. Third Thursday of room 2C16. UWFSA Bursary. To volunteer email INSINGIZI Improve with host Ron Moore. at 8 p.m. A rich tapestry of sounds the month at the Millennium Library at the University of Winnipeg Filipino Three-man a-capella group woven into movement combining 251 Donald. Sign up is at 7 p.m. Open classical and contemporary western Students’ Association at uw_fsa@ya- Insingizi from Zimbabwe LAUGH RIOT Local comics take mic at 7:50 p.m. Free. CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES and eastern rhythms brought to you hoo.ca for more information. performs at the West End a crack at breaking the ever-cynical Career Information Session. Nov. 29, by GroundSwell and the India School Cultural Centre on Nov. 24. crowd at Mondragon. Nov. 23, 8 p.m. is an evening of improve-style 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the Duckworth of Dance, Music and Theatre Inc. AD LIB WII CHIIWAAKANAK LEARN- Free admission. word games. Every night is guaranteed Centre Mezzanine. Students and Tickets: McNally Robinson Books, to be different and full of laughs. From alumni interested in a career in crimi- ING CENTRE VOLUNTEER GroundSwell 943-5770, India School round stories to fridge magnet poetry, nal justice are invited to network with OPPORTUNITIES Do you need of Dance, Music & Theatre 256-7812 from opening lines to creating new recruiters and learn about opportuni- volunteer hours on your resume? Do JAW, INFRACTION, XPLICIT or at the door. ties in different justice sectors. Bring you need volunteer hours for a class? Nov. 24 Label Gallery, 7 p.m. All Ages FILM endings, there’s no limit to the places your resumes! Come and volunteer in the Wii Chi- show, Tickets $8 at the door. these games – or your writing – can iwaakanak Learning Centre. The Com- CAMERATA NOVA presents Nova go. First Thursday of the month at the munity Learning Commons is located CINEMATHEQUE 100 Arthur St. Noel, an innovative Christmas concert Millennium Library at 251 Donald at ADVENT SERVICE AND RE- at 509-511 Ellice Ave. Please submit THE BARRYMORES CD RE- Nov. 24, 7 p.m.: That Beauty, curated featuring Renaissance music on Nov. 7:30 p.m. Free. CEPTION Nov. 29 at 12 p.m. in Bryce your resume to: Christine Boyes, LEASE PARTY Nov. 25 Label Gal- by Vicky Chainey Gagnon for Loop 25, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. at Union Station. Hall Chapel. The Faculty of Theology, RBC Community Learning Commons lery, 8 p.m. With The Crackdown and Collective. Nov. 25-30, 7 p.m.: Berg’s Free admission. University of Winnipeg invites you to The Spades. Tickets $5 at the door. Deliver Us From Evil, 2006. Nov. 25, DROPPING THREADS DIS- Coordinator, Wii Chiiwaakanak Learn- CUSSION & READING With three attend an Advent Liturgy with Com- ing Centre, The University of Winnipeg. 9 p.m.: Mavericks and Alchemists: munion. Reception for the Dedication GROUNDSWELL CONCERT bestselling compilations, Dropped Phone: 789-1431; Fax: 786-7803; ARTIFACTSERIES PRESENTS Lavut’s Remembering Arthur, 2006. of the Deer Lodge Commemorative SERIES Call 943-5770 or email Threads has become a publishing Email: [email protected]. A Collistion of Hip Hop, Phi- Nov. 26, 2 p.m.: Wendy Wersch Me- Seminar and Conference Room to PAPER [email protected] for tickets. Next Con- phenomenon. Women, men, old and losophy & Art featuring Brace, Ness, morial Lecture Series by Toronto visual follow, First Floor Bryce Hall. Please cert is ‘Of Experimental Fruit’ on Nov. young have all recognized themselves Gruff, Suture & David Stubell reciting artist Jane Buyers. Nov. 26-30, 9 p.m.: join us as we enter mindfully into the THE WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE 23, 8 p.m. at Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, in these intimate and personal stories. the writing of Jacques Derrida, Terry Mavericks and Alchemists: Gelmini’s Season of Advent and share with us as is always looking for contributions for University of Winnipeg. Hear the voices of the Dropped Threads Eagleton, Jean Baudrillard & Charles Anger Me: A Portrait of Avant Garde we anticipate the season with students, our bimonthly journal, The Collective series with co-editor and author Mar- Taylor. Nov. 25 Graffiti Gallery, 10 p.m. Filmaker Kenneth Anger, 2006. colleagues, family and friends. Consciousness. We publish poetry, MANITOBA CHAMBER OR- jorie Anderson, and Dropped Threads $5 or $3 with a non-perishable food short fiction, short non-fiction, screen- CHESTRA Call MCO at 783- contributors Jennifer L. Schulz and item. ELLICE CAFÉ & THEATRE 585 plays, plays, articles, interviews, book 7377 or pick up tickets at McNally Deborah Schnitzer as they read short DR. DOUGLAS W. LEATHER- Ellice St 975-0800 Neighbourhood reviews, and more. All submissions Robinson or Ticketmaster. All concerts pieces and discuss how being part DALE GLOBAL INTERNSHIP theatre and restaurant. Free movie should include a brief (roughly 3 lines) HIGH FIVE DRIVE CD RE- begin at 7:30 p.m. at Westminster of Dropped Threads has affected our FORUM Nov. 29, 2 – 3:15 p.m. in nights Monday – Wednesday. personal biography. We prefer email LEASE Nov. 25 West End Cultural lives, offering testimony to the power room 2M70. Join us as the inaugural United Church. Next concert is on submissions to avoid inaccuracies in Centre, 8 p.m. With Lives of Many, and importance of personal stories. Internship Program participants share Dec. 5. retyping text for the journal. Submis- Asado, The Cease Fire. Tickets $8 at PARK THEATRE 698 Osborne St Nov. 27 at 12 p.m. at the Millennium their experiences. Erin Briscoe worked sions should be emailed to writerscol- Salon Venator, Into the Music, Sk8. 478-7275 Neighbourhood theatre and Library, Carol Shield Auditorium. in Madagascar with a local environ- [email protected] with “Collective venue. Monday nights: Monday Night MANITOBA CONSERVATORY mental NGO; Lindsay Porteous worked Consciousness submission” in the Football. OF MUSIC & ARTS Scholarship in the area of HIV/AIDS research in subject line. By mail: mark as Collec- REMEMBERING NEIL: A Fundraising Recital: The Three B’s. Kenya; Katie Josephson did her teach- tive Consciousness submissions, and TRIBUTE TO NEIL HARRIS Nov. 24, 7:30 p.m. at 211 Bannatyne GALLERIES & ing practicum in a school in Costa sent to: The Writers’ Collective, 4th Nov. 26 Sturgeon Creek United Church Ave. Tickets $15 and benefit the Rica environmental studies-based Floor Library, University of Winnipeg, 207 Thompson Dr., 7:30 p.m. Former THEATRE, DANCE & Conservatory’s scholarship fund. Call EXHIBITIONS curriculum. With special guest Dr. D. 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra con- 943-6090 or visit www.mcma.ca. W. Leatherdale. Everyone welcome. R3B 2E9. ductor, Bramwell Tovey, is returning MUSICAL PERFORMANCE to Winnipeg to serve as co-host a IN PLAIN VIEW Winnipeg Studio VIRTUOSI CONCERTS presents Tour 2006 A group of Winnipeg special concert to raise funds for the “Classical & Latin* with Papa Mambo THE UNIVERSITY OF WIN- ART HISTORY STUDENTS’ THE GRIND First Thursday of the artists have organized two weekend Neil Harris Bursary at The University and Alma Petchersky, piano. Dec. 9, 8 NIPEG FILIPINO STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION All students are month at Ellice Café & Theatre (585 self-guided studio and gallery tours of Winnipeg. Tickets are $25 ($15 for p.m. Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Univer- ASSOCIATION is holding a pot- welcome at our meetings, Thursdays at Ellice Ave) The Grind, a venue to to take place on the weekend of Dec. students) and are available through the sity of Winnipeg. Tickets: $29 adults luck/study session on Dec. 4 from 12 12 p.m. Meet in the History Common, encourage and develop performers 2 & 3 from 12 noon to 6 p.m on these Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Box / $27 seniors / $17 students. Contact p.m. to 3 p.m. in room 2C11. Room 3rd Floor Ashdown. If you want and their ideas through the presenta- days. Visit www.inplainviewwinnipeg. Office at 949-3999 or McNally Robin- 786-9000 or www.virtuosi.mb.ca. Free to discuss arts & culture and meet new tion of scenes, sketches, monologues, com for info. son Booksellers. Donations to the Neil Parking available in the CBC Lot, ac- VIRTUOSI CONCERTS presents friends, check us out! It’s also a great spoken word, short film, stand-up and Harris Bursary will be gratefully ac- cessed via Young Street. “Classical & Latin* with Papa Mambo opportunity to get involved in student cepted by The University of Winnipeg music in front of a live audience. 7p.m. and Alma Petchersky, piano. Dec. 9, 8 projects, from arts writing to campus Foundation, 705-491 Portage Ave., $4 per person. p.m. Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Univer- socials. Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E4. sity of Winnipeg. Tickets: $29 adults LNovemberistings Coordi 23, n2006ator: N ic kThe W eUniter ige ldt contact: [email protected] Want to submit your listing to Uniter Listings? Email your listings to [email protected] Listings Coordinator: N ic k W e ige ldt E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Deadline for submissions is Wednesday, eight days before the issue you’d like your Phone: 786-9497 Phone: 786-9497 @ listing to first appear in. The Uniter publishes on Thursdays, 25 times a year. 18 LISTINGS uniter.ca Fax: 783-7080

ACE ART INC. 290 McDermot St KEN SEGAL GALLERY 4-433 WOODLANDS GALLERY 535 evening beginning at 8 p.m. Nov. 23: p.m., Concourse Level, 155 Carlton St. 944-9763 Tues-Sat 12-5. Until Dec. 9: River Ave 477-4527 Tues-Fri 10-6, Sat Academy Rd 947-0700. Until Dec. 16: Broken Halo. Nov. 25: Steve Kirby Everybody Welcome. Free Admission. ‘Crumpled Darkness’ Haraldur Jóns- 10-5. Showcase of original contem- ‘Couleurs de la Belle Province’ featur- Trio, Michael Johns, DJ Spitz. Nov. 28: COMMUNITY Bring a brown bag lunch - coffee and son and Steingrímur Eyfjörð. Curated porary art. Until Nov. 25: ‘The Treaty ing five artists from Quebec. Scotty Hills. Nov. 29: Andrew Neville. muffins will provided by the Manitoba / Organised by Hannes Larusen and 3 Suite (Outside Promises)’ by Tim Nov. 30: I-Witness. Women’s Advisory Council. Birna Bjarnadóttir. 2nd annual Winter Schouten. Nov. 30 – Dec. 22: ‘Garden- Warmer, an event that encourages the ing the Planet’ by Richard Holden. THE PARK THEATRE 698 EVENTS ‘NAME YOUR PRICE’ ANNUAL community to buy their work at a fair BARS, CAFES & VENUES Osborne St. Mondays: Monday Night ART AUCTION at the Forum Art price for all. Dec. 2 – 9. Contact gal- LA GALERIE at the CENTRE Football on the big-screen, free admis- Institute, 120 Eugenie Street & Tache [email protected] for info. sion. Nov. 23: 3D Ladies Cinematic CULTUREL FRANCO-MANI- ACADEMY BAR & EATERY (see also On-Campus Events) Ave., 235-1069. Friday, Dec. 1 from 2 Society, 7 p.m. Nov. 24: Jazz @ 8, 8 TOBAIN 340 Provencher Blvd 233- 414 Academy Rd. Nov. 23: Alexander – 8 p.m., Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 2 p.m. Nov. 25: Jazz @ 8, 8 p.m., Jacob ADELAIDE MCDERMOT GAL- 8972 Mon-Fri 8am-10 p.m. Sat-Sun McCowan. Nov. 24: The Monty Yanks. SKYWALK CONCERTS & LEC- & 3 from 10 – 4 p.m. Many fine artists and Lilly, 11 p.m. Nov. 29: Most Basic have created original works in acrylics, LERY 318 McDermot Ave 987-3514. 12 p.m. - 10 p.m. Until Jan. 21: Brigitte Nov. 25: Baltimore Road. Nov. 23: TURES 2006/07 Wednesday Lec- Help: An Art for AIDS Fundraiser. See watercolours & sculpture in a variety of Dec. 1 – 7: Art Confrontations #9 with Dion, ‘Virage’. Alexander McCowan. Nov. 24: The tures: Leading teachers and researchers Community Events for details. styles & sizes for you to choose from. many artists in all media. Monty Yanks. Nov. 25: Baltimore from the University of Winnipeg will Your home or office will be complete LA MAISON DES ARTISTES Road. Nov. 28: Meghan Pierce. Nov. inform, engage and challenge you on with art or it would make a great gift. THE ANNEX GALLERY 594 Main 219 Provencher 237-5964 Mon-Fri 9- 30: Janine Gobeil. PYRAMID CABARET 176 Fort St. topics of broad historical, political and Ask us about the gift of art classes. St 284-0673 Tues-Sat 12-5. Contem- 5. Until Jan. 16: ‘Mouvance’, a collab- Thursdays: The Mod Club. Nov. 24: scientific interest. Thursday Concerts: Free – all welcome - browsing encour- porary art. orative art project by two Quebecois, Sons of Butcher with The Great Orbax We present a showcase for some of THE CAVERN / TOAD IN THE aged, door prizes, free parking and Gilles Prince and Yvon LaFontain, and Sideshow. Nov. 26: Jordan Cook. Dec. Manitoba’s finest musicians - from jazz HOLE 108 Osborne St. Tuesdays: wheelchair access. Visit us at www. two Manitobans, Michel Saint Hilaire 1: Big John Bates w/ guests. to folk and classical to contemporary. ARTBEAT STUDIO INC. 4-62 3pm w/ Pat Wright, Spyder, Steve forumartinstitute.ca. Albert St 943-5194. Community-based and Nathalie Dupont. Broadhurst. Second Wednesday of Free admission, Carol Shields Audi- contemporary art. the month: Comedy at the Cavern. REGAL BEAGLE 331 Smith St. torium, 2nd Floor Millenium Library THE LIVES OF REFUGEE LABEL GALLERY 510 Portage Ave Sundays: Debra Lyn Neufeld and Gord Tuesdays: Hatfield McCoy. Wednes- downtown, 12:10-12:50 p.m. CLAIMANTS: A Millennium ART CITY 616 Broadway Ave 772-5165 Tues-Sat 12-5. Volunteer Kidder. Nov. 23: Andrew Neville & The days: Open Mic Nite. Weekends: artist-run non-profit art centre show- Poor Choices. Nov. 25: Groovy Mous- Blues. SAG (SPECIAL AREA GROUP) Library Information Session. The Mil- 775-9856 Mon 5-8 ,Tues-Fri 4-8, Sat lennium Library is proud to present casing works of community artists. tache. Nov. 29: Little Boy Boom. Nov. CONFERENCE Supporting War-Af- 12-4. Featuring high quality artistic David Matas and Janine LeGal in an On now: Annual Photography Show. 30: The Upsides. fected Children. Nov. 24 at Knox Cen- programming for kids and adults. ROYAL ALBERT ARMS 48 Albert information session on the challenges Opening Nov. 23 at the Graffiti Gallery: tre, 406 Edmonton St. Sponsored by St. Nov. 23: None The Wiser. Nov. that refugees face as they try to settle in ‘Good Ol’ Hockey Game: A look at the the Institute for War Affected Children THE EDGE ARTIST VILLAGE CENTRE CULTUREL FRANCO- 24: Barrymores CD Release with the Manitoba. What are refugee claimants Canadian Pasttime.’ Fabulous Kildonans and Universe. and Global College at the University of AND GALLERY 611 Main St. MANITOBAIN 340 Provencher and where do they come from? What are Nov. 25: Quagmire, Ruffnecks, Breath Winnipeg. For complete details on the Grand Opening: Featuring exhibits by Blvd. Tuesdays: Le Mârdi Jazz. Nov. the steps involved in making a refugee Grenades. Nov. 30: The Geek Street workshops available and registration Winnipeg artists Christian Worthing- MANITOBA CRAFTS COUN- 28: Anna Kirby. claim? Who decides whether someone Band and guests. Dec. 1: Sixty Stories information go to the Manitoba School ton and Kelvin Adair Free. Dec. 2 & CIL EXHIBITION GALLERY is a “legitimate” refugee? What hap- reunion tour kick off with Anthem Red Counsellors’ Association website at 3: Recent Works by Mary Krieger and 214 McDermot Ave 487-6114 Tues-Fri COLLECTIVE CABARET / DIE pens to people who are denied refugee 11-5, Sat 11-4. Contemporary arts and and guests. www.msca.mb.ca/sag.shtml. Jordan Miller. MASCHINE CABARET 108 status? Why do refugees sometimes crafts. Osborne St. Thursdays: Good Form, seek sanctuary in churches? Why do SALSA BAR & GRILL 500 Por- LITE’S ANNUAL WILD BLUE- we need to care about these issues? FLEET GALLERIES 62 Albert Indie Club Night, $3. Hosted by DJ tage Ave. Thursdays: Urban Hip Hop. BERRY PANCAKE FUNDRAIS- Millennium Library, Carol Shields St 942-8026 Mon-Thur 8:30-5:30, MARTHA STREET STUDIO 11 Font Crimes and Rob Vilar. Fridays: Fridays: Salsa/Top 40. Saturdays: ER Nov. 24 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Auditorium, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. Fri 8:30-5, Sat 9:30-4:30. On now: Martha St 772-6253 Mon-Fri 10-5. Punk/Hardcore Night w/ Fat Mat & Salsa. Sundays: Reggae and Calypso. Indian & Metis Friendship Centre, 45 ‘Women Reflect’ by Leona Brown, Showcasing the fine art of printmak- Scott Wade. Saturdays: Goth/Industrial Robinson at Dufferin. Tickets $10 or $4 Huguette Snodgrass, Brenda Warner, ing. Night. Nov. 24: Malice, Legion, Dia SUNRISE MEMORIAL: Day of for low income residents. For tickets or Mary Anne Rudy. Dolor, Illusive Mind. Nov. 25: The SHANNON’S IRISH PUB 175 Remembrance & Action on Violence more information, contact 942-8578. MEDEA GALLERY 132 Osborne Dunes. Nov. 26: Tokyo Police Club. Carlton St. Sundays: Nate Bryski. against Women. To remember the 14 Dec. 1: Malice. Dec. 2: Red Blanket, Mondays: Jeremy Williamez. Thurs- Sponsored LITE (Local Investment women killed in Montreal on Dec. 6, GALLERY 1C03 Centennial Hall, St 453-1115 Mon-Sat 10:30-5, Sun Ham, Hot Live Guys, Cheering for the days: 80s Night. Nov. 24: Barry Player. Towards Employment). 1989, as well as all women affected University of Winnipeg 515 Portage 1-4. Until Dec. 2: Amanda Philipson Bad Guy. Nov. 25: Machine. by violence and to commemorate Ave 786-9253 Mon-Fri 12-4, Sat 1- Graham, ‘Back to the Garden’. SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING Canada’s Day of Remembrance and 4. The Gallery provides the campus PROVINCIAL COUNCIL OF Action on Violence against Women. community and general public with ELEPHANT & CASTLE PUB TIMES CHANGE(D) HIGH AND MAWA - MENTORING ART- Unwrapped toys are being collected opportunities to learn about visual art, 350 St Mary Ave. Thursdays at 8p.m.: LONESOME CLUB Main St @ St. WOMEN OF MANITOBA With ISTS FOR WOMEN’S ART 611 for children and gifts for women in thereby reinforcing and emphasizing PubStumpers. Sundays: Student night Mary Ave. Sundays: Blues Jam with Panel Discussion on Human Traffick- Main St 949-9490. Supporting women shelters during the holiday season. the educational mandate of the Univer- with live entertainment. Big Dave McLean. No cover charge. ing: What do we know, and what can artists at their new home on Main All contributions are welcome. Dec. sity. Until Dec. 2: Lynn Richardson’s Nov. 23: Campfire Night. Nov. 24: Big we do? Also, special luncheon speaker Street. 6, 7:30 a.m., Manitoba Legislative ‘Inter-Glacial Free Trade Agreement. Dave McLean and The Muddy-Tones. Dr. Shannon Sampert, Department of ELLICE CAFÉ & THEATRE 587 Politics, U of Winnipeg on: The major Building, Refreshments to follow in the ca’. Ellice Ave. Neighbourhood café and Nov. 25: The Uncas and The D-Rang- OUTWORKS GALLERY 3rd ers. Nov. 30: The Perpetrators and issues facing women as a result of Rotunda. Floor 290 McDermot Ave 949-0274. theatre showing films and showcasing recent changes by the federal govern- GALLERY 803 - 803 Erin St 489- local talent. Johnny Sizzle. Dec. 1 & 2: Deep Dark Artist-run studio and exhibition space ment. Nov. 25, 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., An- 0872 Local artists featured. Until Jan. Woods and Andrew Neville & The Poor GAS STATION THEATRE in the Exchange. Wolseley Family Place, 691 Wolseley nual General Meeting on Dec. 9 at the 4: Recent works by Winnipeggers Choices. FINN’S PUB 210-25 Forks Market Ave. Registration is $15 and includes theatre. Doors will be open to renewing Craig Love and Cliff Eyland. OSEREDOK GALLERY 184 Alex- Rd, Johnson Terminal. Tuesdays: Ego a continental breakfast and lunch; sub- members at 12 p.m. with the meeting ander Ave E. 942-0218. Until Nov. 25: Spank, 10:30 p.m. Wednesdays: Guy sidies are available. Concact pcwm@ being called to order at 2 p.m. For GALLERY LACOSSE 169 Lilac ‘Convergence’ art exhibit and sale. Abraham Band. mts.net or 992-2751 for more info. further information please contact the St 284-0726 Tues-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-5. theatre at 284-9477. After the meeting Small neighbourhood gallery. Until PLATFORM (CENTRE FOR FOLK EXCHANGE 211 Bannatyne CONQUER THE GLOBE: there will be an informal gathering in Nov. 29: ‘The Newest & Latest’, Marim Ave. Traditional Singers’ Circle (third STAIRCLIMB FOR CLEAN AIR the lobby hosted by the Board and Daien Zipursky and Jayne Nixon. PHOTOGRAPHIC AND DIGI- TAL ARTS) 121-100 Arthur St 942- Monday of each month, $2 at the 2006 Step up to the Challenge! Par- featuring live entertainment by theatre 8183 Tues-Sat 12-5. Photo-based door). Drumming Circle (fourth Mon- ticipate in an exciting new event hap- members. GALLERY ONE ONE ONE Main media. Until Dec. 8: ‘Pripyat Floors’ by day of each month, $2 at the door. Folk pening in Winnipeg, Sunday, Nov. 26. TIMES CHANGED Floor Fitzgerald Building, School of David McMillan. Club (first Monday of each month, This exciting new event will challenge Art U of Manitoba 474-9322. Show- $4.99 at the door). Tickets for all Folk The Perpetrators come home from participants to CLIMB UP 29 floors ing and collecting contemporary and Exchange concerts are available at the Europe to play their local roots (580 stairs) to raise funds to support ANNOUNCEMENTS & historical art at the U of M. Until Jan. PLUG-IN ICA 286 McDermot Ave Festival Music Store (231-1377), or at club, Times Change(d) High & Manitobans living with a lung disease. OPPORTUNITIES 5: Exhibition featuring works by local 942-1043. Nov. 23 – 25: Fabulous the door. Lonesome on Nov. 30. Participate as an individual or get 3 artists Eleanor Bond, Aganetha Dyck, Fakes: Pop Art with a Twist! Plug In friends together to enter as a team of ICA’s premier fundraising event of Wanda Koop and Diana Thorneycroft. GIO’S 155 Smith St. Wednesdays: 4. Registration is only $25 per person. DO YOU LIKE WORKING WITH the season. Party, Silent Auction, & CanWest Global Place (at Portage & Reception: Saturday, Nov. 25 at 7:00 Karaoke. Thursdays: Bump n’ Grynd. NEWCOMER CHILDREN? Do GRAFFITI GALLERY 109 Higgins Fridays: DJ daNNo dance party. First WEST END CULTURAL CEN- Main) from 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Visit you believe you can change our com- p.m. View the works on display online www.mb.lung.ca. All funds raised will Ave 667-9960. A not-for-profit com- Saturday of the month: Womyn’s night. TRE Ellice Ave @ Sherbrook St. See munity? If you said yes, consider vol- at www.plugin.org. Opening Dec. 8: go to support research, education and munity youth art center, using art as a Q-Pages Book Club, 5 p.m. Nov. 25: Concerts for details. Nov. 23: Barney unteering with some of our programs. Sarinder Dhaliwal’s ‘Record Keeping’. awareness for those Manitobans living tool for community, social, economic Fabulous Drag Show. Bentall presents The Grand Cariboo The Citizenship Council of Manitoba with a lung disease and those at risk of and individual growth. Until Jan. 12: Opry. Nov. 24: Insingizi. Nov. 25: High Inc. International Centre is looking for SEMAI GALLERY Basement Cor- developing one. In conjunction with Label Gallery, Five Drive CD Release with Lives of student volunteers to help new arriv- ridor, 264 McDermot Ave 943-2446. HEMP ROCK CAFÉ 302 Notre ‘‘Good Ol’ Hockey Game: A look at the Dame Ave. Local and touring acoustic Many, Asado, The Cease-Fire. Nov. 27: als to Canada learn English and feel Canadian Pasttime’. and punk shows. Sarah Slean. Nov. 29: Simunye AIDS EMPLOYMENT EQUITY welcome in our country. Opportunities URBAN SHAMAN 203-290 Mc- Benefit Concert. Dec. 2: That 1 Guy. – MYTHS & REALITY Will exist for volunteers to give their time HIGH OCTANE GALLERY, OS- Dermot Ave 942-2674. Contemporary provide human rights information on and support to the Centre’s Immigrant Aboriginal art. 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If you’d like to help out, VIDEO POOL MEDIA ARTS Scotty Hills and Curtis Newton. CENTRE 300-100 Arthur St 949- MOST BASIC HELP: AN ART contact Si-il Park at 943-9158ext 285 WOODBINE HOTEL 466 Main St. or 688-1941. 9134. Contemporary media art. Until FOR AIDS FUNDRAISER 2006 KEEPSAKES GALLERY 264 Mc- Historic downtown hotel bar. Dec. 8: Reasonable and Senseless: The marks the 25th anniversary of the Dermot Ave. Musical Keepsakes: Live Technical Disaster by Donna Szoke. On emergence of HIV/AIDS. Join in an THE HEART AND STROKE music every Saturday evening. Dec. 2: display in Jazz Winnipeg’s Arthur St. THE ZOO / OSBORNE VILLAGE evening of edible, visual and musical FOUNDATION OF MANITOBA Christmas Open House. window space at 100 Arthur St. INN 160 Osborne St. Thursdays: New art in celebration of life both here at needs 6,300 volunteers for its annual Band Showcase – No Cover. Nov. 23: home and half a world away. 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Sports Editor: M ik e P yl Sports E-mail: [email protected] Lions and Alouettes and media hounds…oh my! Scrums occur on, off field during Grey Cup week

PHOTO: AARON ELKAIM VINCENT PHOTO: AARON ELKAIM VINCENT

Daniel Falloon drance.” a little bit. But when you’re at this point in the game, the NFL with the San Diego Chargers before reuniting Volunteer Staff The only real complaint came from Montreal you have to deal with it every day.” with coach Wally Buono with British Columbia. quarterback Anthony Calvillo: “I didn’t deal with the American media much. I “I get tired of repeating myself sometimes,” The American media did a little bit, but I think you’re definitely in a fish- Where there’s a spectacle, there’s a crowd. said Calvillo. “Sometimes I wish everybody was able bowl more down there. I think there’s bigger busi- Where there’s a crowd, there are practical re- to hear what I have to say, but it’s normal for myself In addition to Boulay, several players have ness. They probably even overanalyse things,” said strictions upon people, such as space and security. because I’ve dealt with this. You deal with it all week sharpened their public relations teeth in the United Dickenson. Where there are restrictions, there are people long, but it doesn’t bother me.” States. Another player who is familiar with the American that can’t make it out to see an event live. Despite the claims that the media has no affect, After four seasons in Calgary with the media is Alouettes backup quarterback Jesse Palmer, Enter the media. the Thursday practices of both teams were off-limits Stampeders, Lions quarterback Dave Dickenson toured probably better known, at least to the ladies, as the With few Canadian spectacles larger than the to the media. Grey Cup – the 94th edition of which occurred last “You just want to have a day where you don’t Sunday when the BC Lions defeated the Montreal have million eyes on you. You don’t want cameras Alouettes 25-14 at CanadInns Stadium– the media picking up stuff,” said Lions defensive back Mark was out in full force. Representatives from several Washington. “Every company has closed-door meet- national media outlets, such as CBC, The Score, TSN, ings, and we’re a company. We’re having a closed- and the Globe and Mail, as well as local press from door meeting.” coast-to-coast, descended on the city in swarms, and grew in number throughout the week. Language and the media With these personalities wandering the west sideline all week at practices, as well as popping up Alouettes coach Jim Popp explained how his at the week’s several press conferences, it was ob- team was especially prepared for the week of re- vious that no player, coach or waterboy would leave porter-player interaction. Winnipeg unquoted. “To be honest with you, we’re used to a bunch Blue Bomber legend Milt Stegall remembered of media in Montreal, so it’s not abnormal,” said media week from when he played in the 2001 Grey Popp. “Maybe not this much, but we probably expe- Cup in Montreal. rience twice to three times the amount of media that “You get media from all over the country. most players do because of the Anglo and French Usually it’s just your town, and the town you may media, combined with a big city. It’s not a lot of dif- be playing in. Around Grey Cup, they’re coming from ference for us.” Saskatoon, Vancouver, Toronto, Lethbridge, Medicine Alouettes backup quarterback Nealon Greene, Hat, everywhere,” said Stegall. of Yonkers, New York, described how his deal- With the paparazzi, parades and parties, is it ings with the media are different in Montreal from possible for the players to focus on practice and pig- his other CFL stops with Toronto, Edmonton and skin? Saskatchewan. Stegall’s answer: “If you’re down to earth about “I think it’s the French culture, and a lot of it…and you enjoy it, it’s not much of a problem.” French-speaking,” said nine-year CFL veteran Greene, Players and coaches alike tended to echo of his first season in Quebec. “There’s a language Stegall’s nonchalance about the media during Grey that’s tough with pronunciations, so it’s sometimes Cup week. hard for them to understand [me].” “It’s a little more difficult than the norm, but For native Montrealer, and Alouette linebacker I think everybody has to transcend that,” said Lions Etienne Boulay, the language situation was reversed coach Wally Buono. “It’s one of the things that comes for him, now having to communicate with a predomi- with the Grey Cup.” nantly English-speaking media. “For me, either way, it [media presence] “It’s great. I get to do interviews both in French doesn’t help, it doesn’t hurt. Once I step on the field, and in English. I’ve gotten pretty good in English in it’s just me, my snapper, my holder, and the guys on the past couple years, being in the States. But it’s the field,” said Alouettes place-kicker Damon Duval. great, I love it,” said Boulay, who played college “I really don’t even read papers.” ball with the University of New Hampshire Wildcats, “It’s good for the league for guys to get things before being selected in the second round of the out to the media – to find out how players react in 2005 Canadian College Draft. “There’s more media situations,” Duval added. “[But] it’s not really a hin- than there was in college, so at first, I had to adapt PHOTO: AARON ELKAIM VINCENT contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 23, 2006 sports 21

star of the 2004 season of the ABC reality show “The Bachelor”. Palmer, a native of Nepean, Ontario, also spent four NFL seasons with the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers. “I think, more than anything, you’re forced to become prepared,” Palmer said of how the show, as well as playing in “The Show”, aided his media skills. “So many times, athletes are unprepared for the media, for the questions and that, and they don’t necessarily project the opinion that they wish to give to the public.” “[Playing] in the NFL, and New York City, the media capital, it forced you to try to anticipate cer- tain questions and prepare better answers for those questions.” “Certainly, I think that team [the Giants] is the central focus for [New York],” added Palmer. “The Yankees and the Giants are the two big sports fran- chises in that city, so there was a lot of attention.” In regards to the media scrums at the week’s practices: “It was like this everyday,” said Palmer. “Every day at practice, it was like this going to the locker room.”

Players in the media

The media at this year’s Grey Cup included sev- eral former CFLers, including ex-Bomber Chris Walby, as well at the duo voted the greatest quarterback-re- PHOTO: AARON ELKAIM VINCENT ceiver connection in CFL history, Stegall and quarter- back Khari Jones. Walby and Jones are both analysts for CBC, while Stegall works for The Score. “I’d much rather be playing, but I’m having a great time. I did it last year in Vancouver and I’m happy they asked me back to do it again,” said Stegall. “It’s crazy that all the guys I’m interviewing now are teasing me about everything, but it’s fun. Whenever I retire, I may think about getting into broadcasting, because talking about something I know – I can definitely do that.” Jones spoke about how the Grey Cup is a differ- ent experience being in the media. “Being on the media side, you get a feel for more of what’s going on. Whereas, when you’re a player, it’s more about the practice, and preparing as a team, and trying to do all the things that you nor- mally do.” With the media being unavoidable at the best of times, and particularly magnified during Grey Cup week, players have found their own individual ways to cope. Toronto Argonauts coach, and celebrated kick returner Michael “Pinball” Clemons explained how he became comfortable. “Me, I just like people, I don’t consider it talk- ing to the media. I’m talking to my friends. So I just talk to you like I’m talking to my friends,” said Clemons. He even joked like a friend, saying that his par- ents and several other relatives were all involved in the media before laughing and correcting himself. Alouette tackle, and former Blue Bomber, Dave Mudge uses the attention as motivation. “If anything, it’s a reminder that it is such a big game. The whole country’s watching.” PHOTO: AARON ELKAIM VINCENT

PHOTO: AARON ELKAIM VINCENT PHOTO: AARON ELKAIM VINCENT November 23, 2006 The Uniter contact: [email protected] Sports Editor: M ik e P y l E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 22 Sports Fax: 783-7080 .com

SI CFL To Expand Coast to Coast? Atlantic Schooners Hold Party to Promote Expansion to the East

Jonathan Oliveros Villaverde Wright, who will no longer be the commissioner of the CFL org .

Volunteer Staff a by Dec. 31st. He believes that the league will not allow the di

pe Schooners to suffer the same fate as the Renegades. i k One of the biggest problems for the Atlantic Wi If you were at the Grey Cup game or at any parties, Schooners is that they do not have a stadium. In an exhi- you probably heard tons of cheers for different teams, bition game played between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and and not necessarily just for the Lions or Alouettes either. the Toronto Argonauts in Halifax in 2005, tickets sold out Maybe you even heard “Go Jets Go” a few times. quickly at St. Mary’s University’s Huskies Stadium—how- However, did you expect “Go Schooners Go”? ever, the capacity of that place was only 11,000. Obviously, In 1984, the Atlantic Schooners were supposed to a larger stadium would be required to support a CFL fran- be Halifax’s expansion team but they folded because the chise. As of right now, no one will put forth the $65 million owners, led by J.I. Albrecht, could not commit the money required to build such a stadium. However, a hope comes to build a new stadium. Halifax was awarded a CFL franchise in 1984, but it fell in the form of the Commonwealth Games. NFL legend Smith (right) cut up the dance floor like it In an attempt to create enough attention for Halifax through when a stadium could not be built. In Nov. 2007, the site of the 2014 Commonwealth was the New York Giants’ front seven. to get their own CFL team, John Ryerson organized the games will be chosen. If Halifax is selected, then a sta- Down East Kitchen Party at the York Hotel Friday and “I believe our league should be represented coast dium will be built. Saturday night in hopes of creating enough attention for to coast,” commented Wright. However, he added at the “If they have a stadium, then I have every confi- Smith a Star on Field, Stage Halifax to gain their own CFL team. State of the League address, “I think it’ll take some time. dence that they’ll have a team there in the early 2010s,” His nimble feet helped the Dallas “We want people to think, ‘Hey man, these guys The ideal number of franchises for our league is ten.” said Wright. Cowboys to three Super Bowl titles and the league’s all-time rushing yards title. won’t go away’,” said Ryerson, who started organizing Currently, the league has eight teams, meaning the Ryerson has similar hopes. But they also helped Emmitt Smith garner these parties for the last three years. Ottawa Renegades would have to gain re-entry into the “Within two years, providing Halifax get the one more equally-impressive accolade: Dancing With the Stars champion. John Ryerson is a diehard CFL fan that is optimistic league. However, the team’s last attempt to lasted only Commonwealth games, ownership will line up.” Smith upset favourite Mario Lopez, aka the league will expand to the east. four seasons, as they had to fold due to financial woes. Another problem is the price for travelling coast to AC Slater from Saved by the Bell fame, to take home the glittering trophy awarded by ABC’s re- “[With the current number of teams] it sends the Ottawa, being the capital, looked to be a huge market, but coast, since football teams are much larger than hockey ality show, which pairs a celebrity with a profes- message that the country ends in Montreal.” Ryerson would beg to differ. teams. However, Ryerson believes it doesn’t even matter. sional dancer. Among the people attending the party was “Ottawa is not a football city - they are a politics “If that’s what is preventing Halifax from having a “It is awesome! It is awesome!” declared Smith, hugging partner Cheryl Burke. “We came Commissioner Tom Wright. He has been very influential and business city.” team, then the CFL has bigger problems.” a long way, we really have.” in attempting to get a Halifax team. “I think that the CFL would do their homework,” said “What’s so great about you is you are the everyday man who became a dancer in our eyes in the past 10 weeks,” judge Carrie Anna Inaba told Smith after his victory was announced. In addition to Lopez, Smith managed to out-dance such notables as former Blossom star Joey Lawrence, talk show host Jerry Springer, and political pundit Tucker Carlson (SI.com). Phoenix Formula Full of Faults Flutie named CFL’s Best Ever While his native US will remember him Why the Toronto Raptors’ New Philosophy is Doomed to Fail for one famous Hail Mary pass during his colle- giate days at Boston College, his adopted home of Canada will remember eight seasons worth of memorable plays. Last week, TSN announced its list of the Mike Pyl CFL’s Top 50 Greatest Players of the modern era Sports Editor as part of its extended Grey Cup coverage, with wing positions with shooters, and urged head coach Doug Flutie topping the list. Named the league’s Most Outstanding Sam Mitchell to run their opponents off the court. Player a record six times, the former quarter- Prior to the start of the 2004-05 season, few However, with a disappointing early season back of the BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders, and Toronto Argonauts received 35 of 60 pundits and media members were giving much record of 2-7 as of Sunday, they seem to have first place votes as determined by a panel of thought to the Phoenix Suns, figuring there would tripped over the starting blocks. 60 past and present executives, players and be little improvement on their 29-53 record from Toronto is finding out first hand that, if it looks media who sorted through an original list of a 185 candidates. the previous season. to good to be true, it probably is. Success under

“It brought the fun back to football for TSN.c me, coming up to Canada to play,” said Flutie. Any basketball fan could tell you what hap- the Phoenix formula has simply not arrived, and will “I spent eight years up here... maybe I should pened next. not, for one glaring reason: talent. TJ Ford and the Toronto Raptors are simply not good enough to not bother with defence. have spent my whole career up here because it The Suns became the class of the league, Colangelo brought in nine new players in was so much fun to play.” “You’ve got to understand,” he said in re- accomplishing it in style. Phoenix reintroduced the off-season and, invariably, it was a major up- sponse to those who felt his prime would have the Run-n-Gun offence to a league that, since the grade over last season’s roster. He combed through been better spent in the NFL, “I loved those days. I enjoyed it and the whole thing about days of Run-TMC Golden State, or maybe even the Europe and uncovered two of the continent’s best ing to endless drive-and-dish opportunities that coming back to the NFL was just something for Showtime Lakers, had been stuck in a perpetual in Jorge Garbajosa and Anthony Parker, signed ath- leave one wondering why opponents are always me. I wanted to prove something to myself.” George Reed (1963-75), Jackie Parker state of walk-it-up-the-court point guards and mind- letic combo guard Fred Jones, and drafted versatile hot against Chris Bosh and crew. Speaking of Bosh, (1954-68), Mike Pringle (1992-04), and Warren numbing isolations. Paced by would-be MVP Steve big man Andrea Bargnani, who should blossom into while he has been monster on the boards in leading Moon (1978-83) rounded out the top five. Eight Blue Bombers cracked the top 50, Nash, they ran at every possible opportunity, creat- a star one day. the league with 13.9 per, the rest of the team is still beginning with John Helton at 12 followed ing fast breaks by simply beating their opponents Unfortunately, quantity does not equal qual- struggling in an area they’ve struggled with over the by slotback Milt Stegall (15), Chris Walby down the floor. While they would eventually lose in ity. Over the last two seasons, Phoenix has been past two seasons. (22), Less Browne (23), Leo Lewis (29), Matt Dunigan (39), Tom Clements (47) and Bill Frank the Western Conference finals to San Antonio, their able to win the way they have been winning be- On offence, they have become far too reliant (49) (WinnipegFreePress.com). style became all the more appealing when they du- cause they’ve had incredible talent. Consider this: on the three ball, leaving them vulnerable to pro- plicated their success the following year, even with two seasons ago, their FOURTH best player was longed stretches where nothing drops. Phoenix is Wesmen Take Lumps Out West superstar forward Amare Stoudemire sitting out es- Joe Johnson, currently averaging 28.9 ppg for the guilty of this on occasion, too—the difference is, While BC Lions fans rejoiced over their sentially the whole season after microfracture sur- Atlanta Hawks. however, that they have the weapons to dig them- team’s performance in Winnipeg last weekend, gery. Journeymen Boris Diaw and Raja Bell sud- Is it possible to win 62 games with less talent? selves out of it later in the game. But when the Raps the Wesmen were not quite as successful out denly became household names. Yes. Is it possible to win with less talent, Phoenix- start going cold, they’re often done for the night. in Vancouver. Both the women’s and men’s basketball The Suns were winning, they were playing the style? No way. In order to start winning games, Toronto must teams headed out to the Left Coast for a back- league’s most entertaining brand of basketball, and What’s particular about the way they play is address this hideously unbalanced ratio of empha- to-back, visiting the UBC Thunderbirds on Friday, then crossing the Georgia Straight for a they were doing it with seemingly interchangeable the little regard they give to defence. They figure sis between offence and defence. They have proven Saturday date with the Victoria Vikes. players. they have enough star power to practically eschew capable in small spurts, but they must do it consis- The men fell 80-78 to UBC despite a val- iant effort against the no. 2-ranked team in the In professional sports, it is fashionable to em- half the game of basketball all together, challeng- tently. Right now, nearly all their perimeter play- CIS. Down by 19 at one point in the second ulate success. After their 1995 Stanley Cup victory, ing their opponent to keep up with their scoring. ers are struggling to contain dribble penetration, half, their comeback fell just short, despite three Winnipeg posts fouling out. Captain Erfan the New Jersey Devils and their neutral zone trap The Raptors’ problem is that they simply lack sending the rest of the team into rotational chaos. Nasajpour filled out the stat sheet quite nicely, nearly made hockey nearly un-watchable. In 2003, the offensive prowess to pull this off. Judging by This team does have playoff-calibre talent on its dropping a game-high 32 points, while adding the Tampa Bay Buccaneers saw their Cover 2 de- talent alone, Toronto may in fact be good enough to roster, particularly in a mediocre-at-best Eastern eight rebounds and five steals. The next night, they could not match their effort 24 hours prior, fence duplicated dozens of times by dozens of op- make the playoffs—but that assessment does not Conference. Sam Mitchell just has to find a way to dropping their matchup with Victoria, 78-66. ponents the season after winning the Super Bowl. take into account their scheme. To succeed with the get some stops when their shots aren’t falling. The women struggled against UBC, losing to the Thunderbirds 80-70, but responded well With a proven, entertaining playing style now Phoenix Formula, your players better be exceptional Despite all of the drastic off-season changes, the next night, taking it to the Vikes 81-61. Fifth available, and having acquired the former Phoenix scorers, so good that they can survive with minimal the 2006-07 campaign is looking a lot like last year guard/forward Uzo Asagwara particularly enjoyed her time on Vancouver Island, light- GM who had put together the archetype in Bryan defensive effort. This, the Raps lack. year—the Raps still can’t play any defence. And ing up the scoreboard for 38 points, and adding Colangelo, the stage seemed set for the Raps to To see what Phoenix would look like with sub- unless they do, a shot at Greg Oden, the most cov- seven steals. finally gain some teeth this off-season. Colangelo par talent, check out a Toronto game. The Raptors eted big man entering the NBA Draft since Tim acquired his new “Steve Nash” in T.J. Ford, filled the are plagued with atrocious perimeter defence, lead- Duncan, may be the best Toronto fans can hope for. Sports Editor: M ik e P y l contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 23, 2006 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 786-9497 Fax: 783-7080 SPORTS 23

THE PANELISTS NFL Picks Dustin Addison-Schneider is the starting setter for the Wesmen men’s volleyball team.

Thomas Asselin is co-host of the University of Winnipeg’s only sports radio talk show, the Every week hundreds of thousands of Ultra Mega Sports Show, broadcasting every Monday at 4:30 p.m. on CKUW 95.9 FM. fans spend hours scrutinizing the week’s Mike Pyl is The Uniter's Sports Editor and founder of the paper’s NFL Picks. most pivotal matchups. They scour web- Kalen Qually is a regular contributor to Uniter Sports, and NFL Picks defending champion. sites, watch the sports networks’ tickers Dan Verville is a columnist with Red River’s Projector, as well as a regular voice The Score at the bottom of the screen, dial pricey 1- on the Call-Ups, which can be heard Wednesdays at 7pm on 92.9 Kick FM. 900 numbers, all in search of the particu- Nick Weigeldt is The Uniter’s very own Listings Coordinator. lar insight that will guarantee them a big Men’s Basketball (2-4, 3rd in Great Plains, payday. Well, look no further. unranked)

Each week we preview five of the Friday, November 17 UBC 80 Wesmen 78 league’s juiciest matchups of the week. Game #2: Chicago @ New England Game #4: New Orleans @ Atlanta

If NFL football is your Sunday religion, “This game looks to be the top matchup of “Is there a harder game to pick in Week Saturday, November 18 Victoria 78 Wesmen 66 the week. In my opinion, this could be the Super 11 than the Falcons - Saints? Hard not because Uniter Sports will be your Bible. Our crack Bowl preview right here. Although Tom Brady both teams match up against each other step team of analysts will show you the way. and the Pats looked almost unbeatable against for step, or because they’re both bottom- Green Bay last weekend, they will not look the feeders, but hard because we don’t know ex- Women’s Basketball (As to which way is anybody’s same against the Monsters of the Midway. This actly which teams are going to show up to (4-2, 1st in Great Plains, no. 7(tie) CIS Coaches’ Poll) guess.) game will be close – however, the Bears’ defense play on Sunday in Atlanta. The Saints team will win them this game as long as Grossman that has been burned in big ways by Willie Friday, November 17 doesn’t have another meltdown like his Monday Parker and Chad Johnson in the past two UBC 80 Wesmen 70 night performance against Arizona. Look for the games or the one that has taken the city of New Bears to try and keep their turnovers to a min- Orleans onto their backs, instilling some civic Saturday, November 18 imum by running the ball with Thomas Jones. pride after a dreadful year last year? Or the oft- Wesmen 81 Victoria 61 Bears will win this game but it will be a closely brilliant flashes of talent that the Michael Vick- fought battle!” – Dustin Addison-Schneider led Falcons can produce, only then to lay sink- ers at the hands of the hardly-mighty Lions and Addison-Schneider says: Chicago Browns. Consistency, people, consistency; it’s Women’s Volleyball (1-6, 6th in Canada West, Asselin says: Chicago all I’m asking for. It’d make my job a lot easier no. 8 CIS Coaches’ Poll) Pyl says: Chicago (albeit less interesting). Take Atlanta because, Qually says: New England well, why not?” – Nick Weigeldt Friday, November 17 Verville says: New England Calgary 3 Wesmen 0 Weigeldt says: New England Addison-Schneider says: Atlanta (25-15, 25-21, 25-22) Asselin says: Atlanta New Orleans Saturday, November 18 Pyl says: Calgary 3 Wesmen 0 Qually says: Atlanta (25-15, 25-18, 25-21) Verville says: Atlanta Game #3: Cincinnati @ Cleveland Weigeldt says: Atlanta

“Last week, Ohio State quarterback Troy Men’s Volleyball Smith put the finishing touches on his brilliant Game #5: Philadelphia (3-2, 5th in Canada West, Game #1: Arizona @ Minnesota senior season which will almost undoubtedly @ Indianapolis no. 4 CIS Coaches’ Poll) yield a Heisman Trophy in little over a month. Carving up the no. 2-ranked rival Michigan de- “Vikings’ new coach Brad Childress was “Philadelphia is reeling after the loss of fence like his Thanksgiving (American) turkey supposed to bring discipline and a new attitude quarterback Donovan McNabb for the rest of this week, the pivot threw for 316 yards and 4 to a team that had none of one and too much the season. Even with McNabb, the Eagles have TDs. With only the BCS National Championship of the other. And for a brief period it seemed to been struggling to win games in recent weeks. Game left in his collegiate career on January 8, be working as they started 4-2. Now 4-6, they Indianapolis will be looking to start another his sights will soon turn to the NFL. The Browns are in desperate need to right their sinking ship winning streak after they were defeated in an COMING UP seem a natural fit, given the team’s near-guaran- and what better time to do so than against the upset by the Cowboys. If the Colts can string to- tee of a high draft pick, their lack of a long-term Cardinals (2-8)? Especially after losing to Miami gether another nine straight wins, they’re Super answer under centre (sorry Charlie Frye), and MEN’S BASKETBALL (4-6), Green Bay (4-6), and San Francisco (5-5) Bowl champs. A McNabb-less Eagles will be Home vs. Trinity Western – Nov. 24 (8:00) the fact Smith hails from Cleveland. The count- in the previous weeks. Expect them to show up no match for a still very good Colts team.” – Home vs. Simon Fraser – Nov. 25 (8:00) down is delayed a week, but the Buckeyes’ #10 at home.” – Kalen Qually Thomas Asselin will surely be on the fans’ minds…” – Mike Pyl WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Home vs. Trinity Western – Nov. 24 (6:15) Addison Schneider says: Minnesota Addison-Schneider says: Indianapolis Addison-Schneider says: Cincinnati Home vs. Simon Fraser (no. 3) – Nov. 25 (6:15) Asselin says: Minnesota Asselin says: Indianapolis Asselin says: Cincinnati Pyl says: Minnesota Pyl says: Indianapolis WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Pyl says: Cleveland Qually says: Minnesota Qually says: Indianapolis Away @ Simon Fraser – Nov. 24 & 25 Qually says: Cincinnati Verville says: Arizona Verville says: Indianapolis Verville says: Cincinnati Weigeldt says: Minnesota Weigeldt says: Indianapolis MEN’S VOLLEYBALL Weigeldt says: Cincinnati Away @ Trinity Western (no. 1) – Nov. 24 & 25

behind at the second, finishing the set by only giving up Sitting on the bench, forced to watch her teammates fight Wesmen Fight a Losing Battle three more points to the Wesmen before closing the set a losing battle at the net with a large black brace support- down 25-18. ing her left knee. Women struggle without star player A common time for teams to rally together is in the After injuring her ACL against the Manitoba Bisons final moments of a losing struggle and unfortunately for three weeks ago, the second-year hope of the Wesmen the Wesmen, this was their time to shine. At least for a has been awaiting an MRI and the possibility of surgery Josh Boulding cellent defenses. few moments in the third set, it was the Wesmen, rather on her knee to repair the damage. Volunteer Staff Saturday night’s match was pretty much the same than Calgary, putting successive points on the board. Kills “Maybe December of next year (2007)?” said Bragg as the Dinos began a game that seemed to echo times of from Nicola Dirks, who finished the weekend with 25 more after the game on Saturday. “If all goes well [with the re- a recent past, as the Wesmen trailed only by two at the kills under her belt, Dayna Kiesman and service ace from covery].” It was another lonely night for the Winnipeg Wesmen first technical, but seemed to, again, succumb to chaos on Kaitlyn Lewis allowed Winnipeg to come within one point Damage to knees have some of the longest recov- as our women’s volleyball team hosted the University of the court while the Dinos capitalized on errors to find an- late in the set (21-20 Dinos leading). However, Calgary ery times in sport injuries and tearing a ligament gener- Calgary Dinos this past weekend. The Dinos stomped the other 25-15 victory over the Wesmen. Oddly enough, both finished strong and took the final four of five points to ally means at least 12 months of recovery and rehabilita- Wesmen in three straight to take both games on Friday Friday and Saturday night’s first sets posted the same finish the weekend with a 25-21 set victory to finish the tion. With Bragg out for the rest of the season and pos- and Saturday night. scores at both technical time-outs and the final. match off. sibly some of next year, the Wesmen have to fall back on Friday night seemed to spell doom early for the The second set repeated much of the firsts’ mis- The losses on the weekend leave the Wesmen with their less celebrated players to pick up the slack. struggling Wesmen as a tight break at the first technical takes for the home team and while the Wesmen seemed a 1-6 record and an 8th overall CIS ranking while the 3rd “We’re really diverse,” commented Bragg. “Jamie quickly opened to a Dinos lead by the second, with Calgary to almost come together a points, there just wasn’t ranked Dinos move to a perfect 6-0. Menzies sometimes plays and she’s a utility player, able finishing the set neatly ten points over the Wesmen at 25- enough there to keep a steady enough drive up to catch Missing from the court was Marlee Bragg, the to play both left and right sides.” 15. The second and third sets (25-21, 25-22) finalized the a charging Calgary team. The Dinos put the Wesmen two Canada West Rookie of the Year in the 2005/2006 season “We can just…mix things up,” said Bragg. evening with the Dinos fending off the Wesmen with ex- points behind at the first technical and again five points who was also named to the CIS all-rookie team last year. November 23, 2006 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 24

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