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BY JESSICA HEBERT Friesen believes the public engineering technology • stu- is impressed by the building's dents. The award-winning car ull-time enrolment at esthetic value. She says that raced in July 2005 from Texas to contributing writers & photographers Red River College is people are becoming aware of Alberta in the North American F now at a record high, the different programs Red Solar Challenge. Paul Adair Jack Rach with a four per cent increase River has to offer, making them Red River College President Kyle Bakx Darren Ridgely from last year. According to the more likely to come down and Jeff Zabudsky wants people to Carmen Barnett Laura Ruddock Winnipeg Free Press, Red River's check out the campus. know that the increase in enrol- Mitch Calvert Kelly Rybachuk full-time September enrolment "It's really nice be involved in ment should benefit students, Erin Carter Haide Segura has increased 23 per cent since a unique and intimate program rather than cause enrolment fees Jessica Friedle Nicole Shawnowsky 2001.The programs with the to go up. Joanna Fultz largest percentage increases Krista Simonson "It's really nice "A larger college means that David Gardner Dave Smith include early childhood educa- we are in a position to offer Jessica Hebert Amanda Stephens tion, mechanical engineering be involved in more kinds of services to more Arnie Lesyk Carly Thompson technology, graphic design, and a unique and people," says Zabudsky. Alan MacKenzie James Turner business administration. intimate program, Creating student housing and (hrista Mariash Dan Verville Business administration a recreational area for students Renata Marsden Brigit Waples instructor Jim Hebert believes where the instruc- to enjoy on breaks, is something Davina Pessagno Rudy Zacharias the Princess Street campus tors actually know Zabudsky would like to see in I Aura Power has raised the college's profile, your name." the future. contributing to the increase in KALYNN FRIESEN Zabudsky also acknowledges enrolment. that the college is living down "Students that were not aware where the instructors actually stereotypes that were created in of Red River College, are now know your name." the past. The college was viewed aware of it - it's a new oppor- The college's marketing and as a secondary option to univer- the next story meet,i, tunity." public relations department sity. With help from the college's Hebert says the new Princess affirms that the mechanical advertising campaigns, which for the projector is: Street campus is a work of art, engineering technology program demonstrate the success of col- creating a positive atmosphere has seen a 16 per cent increase lege alumni, public opinion is for the students as well as the since September 2004. beginning to change. 12:00 p.m., Friday, administration. The increase is partly attribut- "We're not a second choice, Second-year graphic design ed to the national media cover- we're a different choice," says October 21 2005 student Kalynn Friesen also age the college received over the Zabudsky. praises the college's Princess Red River Raycer, a solar power n W 102 Newsroom. Street building. vehicle created by mechanical letters to the editor the projector: Phone: 204.947.0013 Fax: 204.949.9150 The Projector Got something to say? We want to here from you. c/o Red River College Students' Association Email your letter to [email protected] P 110 - 160 Princess Street Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 1K9 Dear Editor, you guys are making them eat their crappy masthead. What you've got here is a sleek, bal- For advertising information, contact I am a former student of Red River College anced, entertaining publication, and you deserve Guy Lussier at: now a number at the University of Manitoba, I kudos. Easily better than the garbage they churn 204.632.2070 finally had a chance to pick up an edition of this out at the U of M. Keep it up. [email protected] year's projector. I've got to admit, as insanely gifted and creative as last year's editorial staff was, Ambiguously Anonymous october 11 2005 theprojector 103 news from the paying for print

BY DAVINA PESSAGNO tem can handle the software. has been taken advantage of. Students can pay the cashier unnecessary costs; however, the Secondly, it is a way to monitor Therefore, the college needed and resolve any problems that overall feeling of the students is s of Oct. 1 a new usage in the labs by staff and to find a solution. arise at both locations. If the bleak. software program called students. centres are not open, there Out of 25 students -asked, the AEquitrac Express was The program was approved "Over the last will be pay stations to accom- majority were displeased with installed at the Notre Dame last year by the Red River modate the students working the colleges' decision to charge and Princess Street Campus. College finance committee. few years, outside normal school hours. them for print. Equitrac is a print manage- The decision was made when there has been At the beginning of the next "If it's an assignment that you ment solution system; it helps concerns were raised about the a tremendous academic year, all programs will have to hand in at the end of to monitor usage and cut excess printing and paper waste be allotted a certain amount of class, then it's not fair to ply," unnecessary costs in the col- at both campuses. amount of usage. print allowance for each stu- says Kelly Rybachuk, a first- leges' print labs. By January 2, Director of campus services, ROB OLSON dent. The amount will be based year creative communications 2006, each page printed will be Rob Olson says, "Over the By January, all students want- on assignment requirements for student. "We don't have the charged to students at ten cents last few years, there has been a ing to print at either campus each program. choice to go home and print per copy. tremendous amount of usage. must uphold a user account. This amount will be deter- it." However, for the first three Where is it going...free service These accounts will be man- mined by the academic dean Donald Bouvier, a third-year months it will run at no cost to students and staff?" aged by the Print and Graphic or chair of each program at the RRC student says, "It's sad to students. It is being run Free print has been avail- Centre at the Notre Dame cam- start of each New Year. for the college to make more cost-free primarily as a security able to students for academic pus and at the Copy Centre at The new program is going money from the students." precaution to ensure the sys- purposes; however the system the Princess campus. to cut down on waste and

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BY CARMEN BARNETT the high cost of books, many of get up here," says Heal, "and we which never saw the light of day want all students to have access to utlaw Booksellers, the from their cellophane. these savings." underdog alternative in "It's something many people Outlaw Booksellers is also 0 the textbook industry, have thought of," says Heal, "but repeating its student book contest has taken on the controversial no one but Brenden had the guts next term. job of telling students that there to get started in it." By filling out a ballot with her We are currently seeking for enthusiastic are options to campus bookstores Outlaw Booksellers provides purchase, RRC student Belle individuals for various positions: that will save them hundreds of main provisions for all RRC Fandych won a $500 purchase at dollars . night and day programs and will the store. • Individuals aspiring towards possible "Selling textbooks is cut-throat, special order books for students "We're looking at new incen- apprenticeship baby!" exclaims Alison Heal, from other institutions. • Motor Winder — 2 years experience tives on top of the $500 credit • Machinist advertising and assistant manager Books can be purchased new this term, possibly electronics like of Outlaw Booksellers. and used at a cost 15 per cent an MP3 player or a BlackBerry." Qualified candidates should have the ability Three weeks ago, all of their lower than campus bookstore Outlaw Booksellers tried to work independently as well as a part of a team. SA approved posters at the RRC prices. They will buy your used advertising to students in trade Notre Dame campus were torn textbooks for half of the original programs through the Manitoba If you are interested in joining our team, down. book cost, with an additional 20 Apprenticeship Board, who please forward your resume and identify "It was absolutely an attack on per cent credit in the store. rejected giving students the which position you are attracted to: the business," says Heal. "We sort Before the January term begins, option. of appeared out of the mist, and GE Canada the upgrade of their website, Heal says, "In the long run Winnipeg Service Centre it shook a lot of people." www.outlawbooksellers.com, that will only hurt them, not us. 2033 Dugald Road Brenden Dreger, owner of will accommodate online orders Word is starting to spread. We'll Winnipeg, MB R2J OH3 Outlaw Booksellers and a busi- with no minimum purchase and be around indefinitely." Fax: (204) 958-7477 ness administration graduate, provide a daily drop-off at the For more information visit (no phone calls please) opened the store across the street! Princess Street campus. them at 48 Stevenson Rd. or call from the Notre Dame campus six "We know not everyone can 697-3939. We thank all who apply and advise that only weeks ago out of frustration over those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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BY DAVID SMITH on the volunteer bandwagon as well. BY JAMES TURNER He said it was the one time out of olunteer fundraisers pro- the year he went out to sell newspa- eff Zabudsky, in his second year as ' moting family literacy in pers, and it was a great reason to get president of Red River College, was Manitoba took to the streets out of the office. at the Princess Street campus to par- on Sept. 29 to participate part in "Literacy has been taken for jicpate as a self-proclaimed 'student for the fourth annual CanWest Raise- granted and it's part of our job to the day' in a fast-paced broadcast journal- dents today is that they are so much bet- a-Reader day. promote it," Cox said. - This year ism class. ter than they were in my day," he says. Three hundred and forty two is my first time volunteering for An experience he described as fasci- "There's much more of a comfort -volunteers, including 26 first-year the Raise-a-Reader campaign and I nating and nerve-wracking, Zabudsky level with the technology. When I went creative communications students think it's an important issue because jumped on the chance to revisit his back- through (school), you were scared of from Red River College, volun- literacy is at the core of what news- ground in the broadcast environment the camera, you were scared of being on teered at 21 locations across the city papers are all about." after being invited to attend the class by mic.... there's an ease on air that they have between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. First-year creative communica- instructor Steve that is much Vogelsang. Volunteers handed out copies of tions student James Turner said this "He's really down to more innate the Winnipeg Free Press and National year was his first time volunteering Zabudsky, because Post in exchange for donations to for the campaign as well and that who holds a earth and approachable." they've the Raise-a-Reader campaign, col- raising money for literacy was a degree in broad- grown up DOUG DARLING lecting nearly $24,000. A combined great thing to do. casting, had around that total of $2,055 was collected at two "I'm big believer .that literacy is a clear motives for technology" RRC student volunteer sites located tool that can be used to offer people getting involved in the class. Alongside the technical aspects of downtown and in St. Boniface. options in life." "I am very concerned about visibil- writing and producing a news piece, Standing on the corner of St. Raise-a-Reader coordinator Alissa ity," he said, "It's very easy to get lost Zabudsky also had presidential side- Mary and Vaughan, volunteer Deley said she was happy to be part in the day-to-day things, sitting in your duties to attend to. On that same day, Lisa Ito, who works as a travel of such a great event. office...one of my priorities is to try and Red River College went public with its consultant supervisor for Carlson "The raise a reader campaign is be a visible president." highest enrollment numbers ever, which Wagonlit Travel, said she was happy very important, and its something For broadcast majors Allison Forzley resulted in media attention that required to be out supporting such a great great that CanWest can do for the and Doug Darling, being teamed up his immediate response. campaign. community," Deley said. with the commander-in-chief didn't faze Over six thousand students are attend- "It's so important that everyone According to CanWest spokesper- them. ing Red River this year, a fact that have the ability to read, and this is son Lisa Best, the campaign is active "He's really down to earth and Zabudsky is clearly proud of. a great opportunity to get out and in 13 cities across Canada. Best also approachable," Darling said, "It's nice to "To 'see people going back and creating support the community," Ito said. remarked that over the last three see someone at that level coming down empowerment in their lives through edu- "It's amazing how many people years, $137,000 has been collected to a student level... at other schools they cation [is] what makes it exciting for me," say no," Ito added, in reference to for Raise-a-Reader in Manitoba. All might forget it's about the students." he said. "It's one of the most important those people who refused to provide funds raised are distributed among Zabudsky was equally impressed with days for a college president." a donation. 45 beneficiary programs that pro- the professionalism that he witnessed in Free Press Editor Bob Cox jumped mote family literacy in Manitoba. the students in the class around him. "The thing that strikes me about stu-

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BY KELLY RYBACHUK nity. We want to change the stigma." institution funding ver 200 people, chant- Following the march, par- PHOTO I RUDY ZACHARIAS ing and carrying ticipants met at Graffiti Gallery 0 signs, took to some and listened to a spoken word BY RUDY ZACHARIAS by contradictory statements plex needs. Many have dual of Winnipeg's most dangerous performance and a list of miss- made by Family Services and diagnosis or aggressive behav- streets to participate in the ing women with unsolved cases ver 500 people Housing Minister Christine iours and require 24 hour sup- Take Back the Night march on was read. swarmed the grounds Melnick. He claimed she port. As well, the majority of Thursday, Sept. 22. According to organizers, 0 of Memorial Park on attended the CLM annual residents have lived there most The annual event is organized Take Back the Night originally September 30th to publicly meeting and assured attendees of their lives. This is their to bring attention to the ongo- began in Germany in 1973, in oppose the provincial govern- that no additional contribu- home and the safest place for ing issue of violence against response to a series of rapes. ment's decision to spend $40 tions would be made to MDC. them, she said. women and children, an issue The march later came to the million on renovations to the However, less than a month But Cam Dore, director organizer Tanya McFadyen US with a focus on prostitute Manitoba Developmental later, she announced the $40 of the Home Society of BC, said isn't focused on in any real and street safety. Beginning Centre in Portage la Prairie. million funding. disagreed. way. with San Francisco in 1978, it The rally, spear-headed by A formal plan for inclusion, "On the contrary, it's insti- "Citizens still have the right became an annual event in cit- Community Living Manitoba, entitled Full Citizenship: A tutions that instigate aggres- to protest, to go out onto the ies all over the world. This was was part of a two-day forum Manitoba Provincial Strategy sive behaviours. People live in streets and make noise. The the 25th march in Winnipeg. advocating institutional clo- on Disability, was developed fear of being isolated or having march can empower women." Participants had different sure. by the NDP in 2000. Kendel their privileges revoked. It's no Traditionally the march has reasons for joining the march. "The government continues felt the announced funding wonder they act out. Within begun at the Legislature, gone Many were thinking of miss- to promote myths about the contradicted this policy, so he community, people feel safe through the Spence neigh- ing or murdered loved ones need for institutions," said submitted an alternate pro- and are surrounded by love bourhood and ended at the or urging the government to CLM executive director Dale posal to Melnick. and support." University of Winnipeg. This take action. Others felt it was Kendel. "This decision was The minister upheld her "It's an absolute myth that year it took a different route. important to support the cause not based on any scientific decision, claiming it did not the most challenging people Marchers gathered in the gar- and be part of a larger com- research." can't be serviced in the com- den at the North End Women's munity. Dr. James Conway, president "The government munity," he continued. "These Centre on Selkirk Avenue, a Marcher Carrie Winslow of the Center for Outcome continues to people have twins. People just place the director of the centre, said, "We have an obligation, Analysis in Pennsylvania, was a promote myths like them are already in the Bernice Getti, called the jewel we need to use our voices." keynote speaker at the confer- about the need for community and having their of the North End. McFadyen was pleased with ence. Since 1985, Dr. Conway needs met." A Cree elder offered a bless- the march's outcome, noting has closely observed more than institutions..." Dore said the freedom to ing and songs and the North the diversity of the participants 7000 institutionalized people, DALE KEN DEL make choices and grow in End Women's Drum Group and the success of the new both before and after their relationships only occurs out- violate the Full Citizenship played. The march then trav- route. transition to the community. side an institution and that objectives. eled down Selkirk to Salter, "To see people come out of "Based on my extensive successful integration is the "Although I remain commit- Dufferin, Main and Higgins. their homes to see what was research, I conclude that result of proper preparation ted to accelerating the pace of "It was important to branch going on and to have kids fol- people who leave institutions and specific planning for each transitioning MDC residents out the march to another com- low us, it was a nice, exciting are better off in every possible individual. to the community, I have an munity," said McFadyen. "The feeling." way I know how to measure," Manitoba is the only prov- obligation to ensure a safe North End is seen in a negative he explained. ince increasing funding to environment and adequate light but it is a vital commu- Kendel said he was upset institutions. developmental supports for "The Doer government the comparatively small num- must change its mind on this ber of individuals who will ipsos-Direct issue. The province is falling continue to reside at MDC," way behind," said Opposition she said. "The redevelopment leader Stuart Murray. SOS initiative is meant to ensure Shelley Rattai is the national Need a job with flexible hours? that this declining resident coordinator for People First of population can enjoy an We've Got It! Canada. "The fact that this improved quality of life." is 2005 and we're having this We are currently hiring for the position of With no new admissions, an conversation is ridiculous," aging population, and approx- she said. "We don't have resi- Market Research Interviewer imately seven transitions per dential schools or orphanages year, the numbers at MDC Daytime Interviewer anymore, yet we're still locking have been declining regularly Shift choices: people up in places of horror. throughout the past decade. Monday to Sunday It's wrong." Evening Interviewer 8:30am-2:30, 9am-3pm Suspicions concerning the Perhaps the greatest oppo- Shift choices: large distribution of money sition to the announcement Monday to Friday abound. came from former residents 4pm-lOpm, 4pm-11pm or "This was a politically unin- of MDC. David Weremy 5pm-11pm formed decision," said Liberal spent 18 years there. He ran Saturday 11am-6pm and leader Jon Gerard. "The Sunday 3pm-10pm away nine times before being announcement was made at released. the same time consultations What You Need: "They finally let me go," he were being made about closing - Strong written & oral communication skills joked. "It was a bad place to - A typing speed at least 24 wpm the jail in Portage. I suspect it live. If I didn't do what they - Be able to commit to a minimum of 3 was a political trade off." said, I was yelled at, beaten, shifts per week (including 1 weekend shift) Mavis Taillieu, persons with and locked up with nothing disabilities critic, expressed on." further doubts. "I'm wonder- Weremy turned to the leg- ing why all this money is being islature and yelled, "Get off put into this building if the your ass and close it down!" numbers continue to decline. Kevin Johnson, another Does this government have a ex-resident, encouraged the hidden agenda for its future user crowd to fight for those who remain institutionalized. 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d are Bears, Lite Brite and says Hruda. "We decided to try But in the first three days, Pic-a-Pop isn't exactly what it for business, Hruda says they Teenage Mutant Ninja to bring it back." Sugar Mountain sold nearly used to be. You used to be able brought it back for more nos- CI Turtles. These are the After a failed attempt to con- 10,000 bottles of Pic-a-Pop. to return your bottles for refills, talgic reasons. things you think of if you grew vince original Pic-a-Pop manu- "The response has been over- buy cases of 24, and be able to "It was an emotional move, up in the '80s. facturers to sell their product, whelming," says Hruda. choose from 30 flavours. "We're not strictly business," says If you're from Winnipeg, Sugar Mountain bought Pic-a- Hruda admits that Sugar seeing how the market responds Hruda. "Growing up in Pic-a-Pop is probably high on Pop and is contracting it out Mountain didn't order stock first," says Hruda. Winnipeg, I was excited to see that list. to local bottlers. Currently, Pic-a-Pop is retailing for it back." Pic-a-Pop, the uniquely Sugar Mountain is using Clarus "The response $1.69 per 355 mL bottle. Hruda's not alone. Graham Winnipeg soft drink company Canadian Springs, who bottles has been "We want to compete with Ududec, a digital multimedia that boasted over 30 flavours, spring water from Pinewood other soft drink companies in technology student at Red went out of business 10 years Springs, Manitoba. overwhelming..." our market, like Jones Cola," River College, is excited for his ago. Now, the beloved drink Hruda says the decision to BART HRUDA says Hruda. "We were able to childhood drink of choice to be is back, thanks to Sugar contract the bottling of Pic-a- keep the price under $2." put back on the shelves. Mountain's purchase of Pic- Pop came from wanting to start the most efficient way. Pic-a-Pop is available in "From Grades two to four, I a-Pop and a bunch of Pic-a- out slowly. "We thought that people six flavours, including grape, remember Pic-a-Pop from our Poppers who wanted it. "We didn't want to purchase would buy one and go remi- orange, lime, root beer, cream special days at school," says Bart Hruda, the owner of a bunch of expensive equip- nisce," says Hruda with a soda and blue raspberry. Ududec. "I found a Pic-a-Pop Sugar Mountain on Corydon ment and have it flop," Hruda laugh. "In the next batch, we're bottle cap years later and kept Avenue, says that because the says, adding that it was a risky "But people have been com- introducing two more flavours, it," says Ududec. "It reminds store sells nostalgic confections, decision to bring back a prod- ing in and buying cases," says black cherry and strawberry," me of when I was little." people were asking for the nos- uct that already had a lifespan. Hruda. "Selling 10,000 bottles says Hruda. And they're open talgic drink. "Pic-a-Pop had already been to 10,000 people is a lot differ- to requests. helping new socialists: disaster disaster and discrimination efforts

BY JAMES TURNER "The process by which society is BY JAMES TURNER Orleans, fellow U of W student segmented is always biased," he said. Geoffrey Young and a colleague form it. 5 S disaster relief efforts in the "Disaster is an intersection of two en you hear Kent Davies Montreal emptied their bank accounts Gull- Coast have discriminated opposing forces: social process creat- talk about the Hurricane and traveled down to the Gulf Coast Katrina relief effort that's " agai nst the disadvantaged, ing vulnerability and natural disaster. W with hopes of creating wireless taking place in the southern US, Says a group of social activists who When these two forces collide, we have Internet access points between various assembled in a public forum at the a (larger) disaster." there's an urgency in his voice that shelters so that displaced victims of i suggests he knows something more University of Winnipeg last week. Rahman asked, "Is it so amazing the devastation could hopefully locate Sponsored by national activist group, that a natural event is biased towards about the situation down south than missing family and friends. iThe New Socialists, and titled 'The the poor?" you might learn through the main- Young has been reporting back to Hurricane Katrina Disaster: Racism, 1Raliman was asked if the seemingly stream media. Winnipeg at least every second day, Class, and Empire in Bush's USA,' the endless bureaucratic problems govern- Davies, a University of Winnipeg sharing photos and reports on the forum was organized to discuss why so ment agencies had coordinating relief student, has been living the destruc- reconstruction efforts taking place. many lives were lost in New Orleans efforts had interfered in delivering aid tion, frustration and danger of both According to Davies, reports describe and why the US government didn't to those in the greatest need of it. Katrina and a tragic and protect its most vulnerable citizens. "Disaster management is essen- Rita disas- "It's grassroots orga- horrible situ- Dave Brophy, argued that funding tially political," replied Rahman, ters from nizations down there ation. cuts to the Army Corps of Engineers "who gets how much, and what goes Winnipeg for "Please give caused the gradual erosion of the struc- where...political process is a necessity the last two doing all the work..." to the organi- weeks as a tures in place to protect New Orleans of managing disaster. KENT DAVIES zations that from storms like Katrina. Rahman also discussed the changes coordinator for give a damn," Brophy, who holds an MA in in the government after criticism of the Canadian said Davies, talking about howWin- Environment and Geography, sug- the relief efforts. Communications Relief Project nipeggers can help. gested that the "planned catastrophe" "People vent their anger by blaming (CCRP), a non-profit group set up to According to Davies, Common of Katrina could be attributed to the someone...Bush blamed (ex-FEMA provide 'aid to Hurricane Katrina sur- Ground, a New Orleans community Bush administration's unshakable faith director Michael) Brown and fired vivors in the form of communications organized group that consists of doc- and an economic environment that him...suggesting that 'now we will do expertise,' according to the CCRP tors and aid workers, is especially pits the capitalist marketplace directly it properly' website (www.ccrp.info). worthy of people's consideration for against people. "For fear of cost, the Governor did "It's grassroots organizations down donations. Brophy also said that the media's not listen to the FEMA director, now there doing all the work," says "They were the only group open unusual analysis of race and class he (Brown) has become the scape- Davies. "People are waiting every during Rita," he says. issues in the aftermath of the storms goat." day for FEMA (Federal Emergency On Sept. 9, 2005, the U of W points to "perceived weaknesses in the The New Socialist Group (NSG) Management Agency) to give them announced that it was taking action to US Empire." is an organization of socialist activists their money...every possible group assist US students affected by Katrina Maithur Rahman, who teaches who hope to motivate people who working with FEMA gave up and through measures such as waiving International Development and want a fair and democratic alternative started their own groups." tuition and arranging housing for Disaster Management Issues .at both to the capitalist economic model of He described the hazardous con- them. the University of Manitoba and the today. Operating under the credo of ditions in the area caused by toxic The university also made a cash con- Menno Simons College (U of W) `Ideas for Radical Change,' the NSG chemical spills, "The water- one of tribution to help cover part of Young's said the disasters were centered on maintains a presence in major cities our guys stepped in it. It burned right efforts in assisting the reconstruction. the theory of social process creating across Canada. They can be found on through his shoe." vulnerability. the Internet at www.newsocialist.org. Just after the storm struck New 08 october 11 2005 theprojector-

your millions health raised for breast cancer matters BY BRIGIT WAPLES ness coordinator from recreation services at the college. ne in nine Canadian This year the total number beating breast cancer women will develop of participants in the run's exis- 0 breast cancer at some tence reached over a million. point in their life. This year The participants either run or LAURA RUDDOCK, COLUMNIST "The foundation began 20 years ago in alone an estimated 21,600 walk a five or a one kilometre 1986, when breast cancer wasn't really spo- women and 150 men will be course, depending on their fit- o you know someone who has breast ken about, it was a family problem and it diagnosed with breast cancer. Of cancer? ness level. There are 40 run loca- was very hush, hush," Mesbah says. "It's very those diagnosed, 5,300 women tions across Canada. There's a good chance your D encouraging that women talk openly about it and 45 men will die from breast The participants in the run answer is yes. Why? Because according to the today, because of that, research is open and cancer. wear white t-shirts with the pink Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, one out we're making strides." On Oct. 2, over 180, breast cancer ribbon logo on the of ever nine women will develop breast cancer Mesbah adds, "Many breast cancer sur- 000 Canadians participated in at some point in their life. front. The men and women who vivors will tell you that the disease isn't the The Canadian Breast Cancer have survived breast cancer wear In 2005 alone, 21,600 Canadian women same disease it was 20 years ago, there are Foundation CIBC Run for the the same t-shirts only in pink. will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and support groups...people talk about it, overall Cure, raising money for breast "This day isn't about how 5,300 will die from the disease. And accord- quality of life is better." cancer research. This was the far or how fast you go," says ing to Cancer Care Manitoba, 200 of the Today, early detection through self-breast fourteenth time that the run Erin Selby, host of CityTV's women who die this year, will be from exams, physician breast exams and mammo- had taken place, and over $21 Breakfast Television. "You're all Manitoba. That's 200 of our mothers, sisters, grams can lead to better chances of complete million heroes for par- daughters and friends. recovery. has been "You're all heroes ticipating and Experts are still unsure of what causes the Mesbah says that you can decide with your raised by abnormal cell growth that leads to breast raising money doctor what sort of a breast health plan is the run for participating for this impor- cancer. right for you. Women with a family history since it tant cause." "The challenge with breast cancer is there of breast cancer may want to be more active began in and raising money Winnipeg is no definitive cause, it's a complex disease in checking for lumps and changes in their 1992. had 7,304 par- like any other cancer," Mariam Mesbah for this important breasts. Money ticipants this spokesperson for the Canadian Breast Cancer The majority of breast cancer cases are raised cause." Foundation says. year, with hun- reported in women aged 50 - 69 (48 per goes to ERIN SELBY However, doctors are in agreement that dreds of people cent). Twenty-two support registering on making some preventa- per cent of cases are breast cancer research, fund tive lifestyle changes can "The challenge with the day of the run because of found in women less education and awareness pro- the warm weather. decrease your risk of devel- breast cancer is there than 50 years of age. grams, and assist in treatment of oping breast cancer. Winnipeg raised $802,475 is no definitive cause, The remaining 30 the disease. for The Canadian Breast Cancer Cancer Care Manitoba it's a complex disease per cent of cases are For the past eight years Red Foundation. Seventy-five per said maintaining a diet reported in women River College has entered a low in saturated fats and like any other cancer..." cent of all of the funds raised aged 70 and over. team in the run. Registration is during the walk stay in the getting regular exercise is MARIARN MESBAH "It's still a disease $35 per participant and partici- region that they were raised in, crucial. Equally important, is of women over 40, but pants are encouraged to obtain avoiding cigarettes and excess drinking. meaning $601,856.25 will stay at the same time it's touching young women. donations. in Manitoba. "We encourage women to be proactive Its a disease that doesn't discriminate; it The team is made up of staff, about their health and their breast health...we Heather Watson-Burgess has effects women of all cultures, races and ages," faculty, family and friends of been touched by breast cancer, really encourage people to take good care of Mesbah says. Red River College. The 65 and has mixed feelings about their bodies, treat their body well. Also talk October is breast cancer awareness month. Red River participants this year participating in the run. to you doctor, let him know your history and The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation include The Bosom Buddies, a "Coming from three gen- your concerns," Mesbah says. CIBC Run For the Cure, which took place group from the nursing pro- erations of the disease I'm never The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation on Sunday Oct. 2, brought in an estimated gram. quite sure if I'm chasing after reports that mortality rates are at their lowest 21 million dollars. Mesbah says this money "We had about 13 participants a goal or if I'm running from since the 1950s as a result of earlier detection will be used for research and support at a local the first year, around 30 the next something that is chasing me." through organized mammography screening and national level. and for the last couple of years programs and improved therapies following If you would like to find out more about we've had about 60 participants" surgery. . fundraising initiatives during Breast Cancer says Michael Whalen, the well- To put it in other terms, since 1986 -alone, Awareness month, or information on how mortality rates have declined by 20 per cent to conduct a self breast exam, visit the and doctors are very optimistic about the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundations website future of breast cancer and breast cancer at www.cbcf. org. research.

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BY ERIN CARTER I don't know what astounded me more, If you don't eat, the assumption is that left Pangnirtung and lived at a tradi- seeing the barren landscape below or you aren't hungry. tional summer camp, living off the land his summer I had the most listening to one of my fellow students Social behavior was a continual learn- and learning from four Inuit families rewarding cultural experience chatter on about his drug ideologies and ing process and often contradicted our who served as our patient leaders and Tand memorable adventure, and past trips. own southern social learned behaviors. teachers. the best thing was I never even left The adventures started right away as One fact I found interesting was The men showed us how to hunt cari- Canada. we swerved and lurched on the gravel that Inuktitut words like ullakut (good bou and seal, fish for Arctic Char, and For six weeks I lived amongst and runway until finally coming to a halt in morning), unasakutt (good afternoon), we had the chance to dine on muktuk in the surrounding areas of an Inuit front of the Pangnirtung airport where a and qanuipit (how are you?) were only (beluga whale) and walrus. community on Baffin Island called sign said 'A Good Blow Could Last for created by the Inuit to adopt and satisfy The women showed us how to crochet Pangnirtung. I was part of a group of Weeks.' the behaviours of the quallanatt (white and sew. I went through the arduous 28 university students from 'across the Pangnirtung , was a vibrant communi- people)and desire their to engage in process of sewing sealskin mitts, which, country who signed up for a program ty where children small talk. much to my dismay, were ripped out called Pangnirtung Summer Bush played, teen dances For six weeks I lived Throughout at least three times. The women were School (except the only bush I ever saw occurred regu- the program, patient but unforgiving teachers. was an old Charlie Brown christmas larly, and adults amongst and in the we camped in We saw bowhead whales, played many tree, which now functionally marks the welcomed us into surrounding areas of an tents on a little games, sang, and ate pallouga (bannok), hole of one of many golf tees in Pang). their homes. I hill behind the the simplest form of bread one can Young kids from Pangnirtung may immediately had Inuit community on Baffin town, over- make. You can bake it or fry it, but the not be able to drive a golf ball as far as the sense of com- Island called Pangnirtung. looking the best and most delicious way is to deep- Tiger Woods, but Woods would be hard munity, which Pangnirtung fry it. We called it the arctic doughnut. pressed to maneuver his golf balls like could be attributed ERIN CARTER fijord. We often We also went swimming in the Arctic the kids from Pang through the natural to inclusiveness. had women from Ocean, although it was more like going northern obstacles. Through day and For example, doors on houses, which the community asking us if it was too in and out of the water as fast as you night these kids played and practiced, in are usually obstacles that stop others ikki (cold), and offering us their homes can. an effort to better hone their skills from entering, were treated indifferently to stay in at night. At the end of the program, six of us I will remember this summer not only in Pangnirtung. No one ever knocks In many ways this was a great way to extended our stay for another seven days for its memorable experiences but also and the social normality is to simply meet people from the community. It and went hiking into the Auyuittuq for the chance to make positives come walk in. would fall to about four degrees Celsius National park. It was a good way to from the negatives in life. The same thing applies to food. If you at night and would reach a high of about conclude, unwind and process our expe- I remember being on the plane from are hungry, you should simply eat the 12 to 15 degrees during the day. riences from Pangnirtung. Iqaluit to Pangnirtung on June 28 and food that is available wherever you are. In the later part of the program, we

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Most Outstanding player six times in seven years, but that is an interesting example, considering Sal's Katz claims money made from the condos doesn't make Maryland a Canadian province. chairman, David Wolinsky, is an old Katz will go towards the park, and the last time I Labatt Blue has a strong Canadian brewing heritage that chum. checked, the Assiniboine Park Zoo was the extends over 150 years. From St. John's, Newfoundland to Let's look into the future and assume Katz main attraction of said park. New Westminster, British Columbia, the company has over gets his 280 units on our parkland. Where will It seems to me that this is the best idea that 3,000 employees. Nonetheless, in July 1995, John Labatt Inc. they put the parking lots they'll need for the any Winnipeg politician has had in years, and was acquired from Belgium-based Interbrew. condos that they built on top of the parking yes I'm taking Riel Esplanade into consider- Flip over the Mini-Wheats and I'd be sure most Americans lots? What about the Starbucks and tanning ation (just kidding). would assume Neil Young, Mark Messier, and Jazz Golf needs of the residents? Well, hey, look at all of The Assiniboine Park Zoo is disgusting. We were all products of the U.S., never mind that they are from this green space! It's like there's a park back are a city that knowingly has poor weather and Canada. here or something! long, cold winter months, and yet we feel the You've probably mixed up Canadian and American more Katz defends his infuriating idea with the need to provide sub-par indoor living condi- than you think. Most Canadians would make the same type one million dollar annual revenue the condos tions for those animals that require it. There of mistake again if they were asked, what is the automotive will generate. This will go towards the $200 is no way that shit like that would fly at a capital of North America: Ontario, Canada or Michigan, million Assiniboine Park renovations. So in reputable zoo. United States? 200 years, the year 2205, the park will be Sure it's fine when all those cute furry ani- Ever since Henry Ford and the Model T, Detroit has domi- paid for. If development starts now, what will mals are outside on a hot summer day, but nated the automotive world, but last year Ontario stole the our park look like in 200 years? People are what about those days when it's not so hot robe and crown. concerned about Debbie the polar bear now. and sunny? Michigan produced roughly 2.6 million vehicles, a very Imagine how she'll feel standing on an ice There is absolutely nothing and nobody impressive number. Even so, Ontario crept out of the shadows cube surrounded by condos and strip malls. that can be hurt by building condominiums like a fox and produced 103,000 more. The upset had been If Sammy really wants to fix the 'eyesore' of off of Roblin Blvd. in two parking lots that pulled off in the same year the Boston Red Sox ended their these two parking lots, why not use the land really only get used to their full capacity a few slump winning the World Series. for desperately needed lower-income housing? times a year. According to WardsAuto.com, which tracks industry Or welcome recent refugees to Canada by set- In fact, it's really irrational to not take advan- trends, model changeovers was partly to blame because some ting them up on one of our most beautiful tage of this opportunity. Most of Assiniboine Michigan plants had to temporarily be closed. But other fac- parks? Park is in great condition and in little need tors like health care costs and government intervention were Because that doesn't fit into the plans for of funding, but the Zoo is one big area that at play. SammyLand. I'm glad I don't live there. desperately needs adequate annual cash flow, U.S. health care bills are skyrocketing, while Canada sub- Doesn't sound like there's a lot of green space. which it is currently not receiving. sidizes much of workers' health care tabs. The province of You aren't jeopardizing the environment Ontario also has a $500 million fund it created to attract because the city has already paved paradise automotive projects. The province has made other changes and put up a parking lot. 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I 1 1 cctobe:. ii 2005 two red speak sense Are you a pussy cat or a savage lion? Have you ever asked yourself which animal you supporting would like to be if you weren't human? In most cases, you identify with an animal because diverse students of the way it behaves, a characteristic that makes it special or unique, or how it looks. The projector wants to find out, "Which animal you RENATA MARS DAN, It's exciting and it creates a out about it. At first I was very would be and why?" COLUMNIST vibrant city. It's also great for shy, but speaking English with the college. There will be an Jeff has given me more confi- ver the next five years, increasing need for enhanced dence. In discussions, he would the Government of language programs. We are listen and I would tell him our Canada's proposed working towards meeting the culture and about things we immigration levels could needs of new students at RRC. used to do back home as well as increase by about 40 per cent. A The Diversity office now has 3 the differences here." growing need for skilled work- full-time staff to support the Zabudsky said he helped in ers, low birth-rates and an aging department." areas like schoolwork but also Jing Ling (Sunny) Chen population is whr more people Zabudsky is also a participant with English idioms that can be computer accounting technician could be entering Canada annu- in one of RRC's initiatives, The awkward for second-language ally. Last year 235,824 people Cultural and Language Mentor students. "A rabbit because it is cute, white became Canadian citizens. Program. Students are part- "I worked with him for the and small. Also because if I were an The higher number of new nered with immigrant students whole year. It was great. We animal I wouldn't like to eat meat." Canadians in the country to interact and learn more about both had such a good experi- would be finding their place in other cultures. Students who ence and we are going to con- the workforce as well as post- participate can also sharpen tinue to our partnership." secondary institutions. their English language skills and Sheriff said, "For people who Some post-secondary insti- further understand Canadian don't know about the mentor- tutions like Red River College culture. ship, we should try to let them are increasing their in-school Zabudsky shared one aspect know. It helps both people, we Gillian Chang support for so idents like RRC's, of the benefits he and his part- learn from each other. I will creative communications Diversity and Immigrant ner Mohamed Sheriff gained by continue doing this partnership; Student Support office. The sharing each other's knowledge it gives me confidence and helps "A horse because it is a brave, free- office promotes diversity and and experience, me greatly with the language." spirited animal." has various initiatives to sup- "Mohamed described where Lauren Phillips, immigrant port immigrants and second- he came from, Sierra Leone, student advisor at RRC said the language students. which I knew nothing about. program currently has 60 stu- Red River College president, We can only imagine what he dents participating. All students Jeff Zabudsky agrees there will experienced. It puts things into can contact her to participate be an increasing need of support perspective. To meet someone in the cultural and language structures in post secondary like Mohamed who has such a mentor program and other ini- institutions like the Diversity positive demeanor. I just learned tiatives by calling the Diversity Mukul Atri and Immigrant Student Support so much from him." and Immigrant Student Support commerce/industry sales and marketing Office, Business administration stu- Office at 632-2404. "I'm thrilled to see new dent, Mohamed Sherrif said, "It "A dog or a horse because they are hon- Canadians come to Manitoba. was through Lauren that I found est and reliable." New Clothing

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BY MITCH CALVERT forget that goalie John. Grahame played missing 60 games in 2003-04? He is 4- 29 games during the regular season and 11 in the postseason and has never won ell, here goes nothing. The had better numbers than Khabibulin. a playoff series. longest off-season has finally But he lacks big game experience. That Will Mario Lemieux stay healthy? come to a close. There's no downgrade will make a repeat next to Can Sydney Crosby adjust to the question it's an entirely different sport impossible. NHL in his first season? now. The rules have changed, stars of They'll win the division crown again Lots of question marks on._ this team, yesteryear have retired, and rosters have this year, but will fall short of last sea- but they will undoubtedly be much had drastic changes. A changing of the son's Cup victory. improved from the AHL squad they guard is developing, with the youngest threw together during the last NHL

players set to shine the brightest. This Boston Bruins – 4th season. makes predicting how each team will GM Mike O'Connell was very active All things considered, the Pens should fare quite difficult, but nonetheless, this off-season, building a team that be playoff-bound with the signing's of I will boldly go where few have gone will surely compete for the East title. premiere free-agents Ziggy Palffy, John before. Here's a look at the Eastern O'Connell bolstered an already solid LeClair and Sergei Gonchar. There will Conference. lineup with free-agents Brian Leetch, be no shortage of goals in Pittsburgh; Dave Scatchard, Alexei Zhamnov, both offensively and in their own net. Ottawa Senators – 1st Shawn McEachern, and Brad Isbister. They should outscore enough teams to If these new rules do mean more They'll have a deep lineup offen- sneak into the playoffs. goals then the Senators will score a sively, but the defence has holes with

ton. The blockbuster deal of the sum- the departures of Sergei Gonchar, Dan Florida Panthers – 8th mer saw Dany Heatley arrive in Ottawa McGillis and Sean O'Donnell from a Roberto Luongo will give this team a for Marian Hossa and Greg De Vries. season ago. chance night in and night out. But can Heatley is coming off a disappointing Joe Thornton is a franchise player they score enough goals to compete for World Cup performance, but the change ready to elevate his game, Patrice a playoff spot? of scenery should help him regain the Bergeron is a star, and Sergei Samsonov They have two young stars in the form that saw him score 41 goals dur- has the skills to excel in a more open making with Jay Bouwmeester and ing the 2002-03 season. I expect him NHL. Goaltending should be solid as Stephen Weiss. And veteran free-agents to have huge numbers playing with the well with Calder Trophy winner Andrew Joe Nieuwendyk, Gary Roberts, and talent on this team. Raycroft between the pipes. Martin Gelinas will surely help the The blue-line corps is the best in the youngsters develop. But will the young

league. Led by Zdeno Chara, Wade Atlanta Thrashers – 5th players improve and will the older play- Redden, and Chris Phillips, this group Thrashers in the playoffs you say? ers stay healthy? can bang bodies and move the puck As shocking as it may sound to most 011i Jokinen continues to improve exceptionally well. hockey fans, this team has a legitimate and will lead this team, especially now Rookie left winger Brandon Bochenski shot. It has been a slow, painful process, that he has the supporting cast around had nine points after five pre-season but the Thrashers are ready to take him. If the Panthers can beat up on games, and would be a huge boost to their game to the next level. The NHUs Washington and Carolina, they may an already deep offensive lineup if he schedule this year will surely increase be able to make it three teams from the can carry that success into the regular their chances. Southeast in the playoffs, and I can't season. Playing Carolina and Washington remember the last time that happened. Will goalie Dominik Hasek's 40 year eight times apiece will give them plenty cont'd on page 13... old body hold up? He is no longer .the of easy wins. Bobby Holik gives the Dominator from his Buffalo days. But Thrashers much-needed size up front. with this team, he doesn't have to be. Their defence is solid with the additions of Jaroslav Modry and Niclas Havelid Philadelphia Flyers – 2nd from a summer ago. GM Bobby Clarke has put together Ilya Kovalchuk has yet to sign, mak- a solid mix of young and old, fast ing a playoff appearance dependent on and gritty. Free agent signings Peter his return. He has 60 goal potential in Forsberg, Derian Hatcher, and Mike an obstruction-free game. Rathje only make a good club better—if Kari Lehtonen brought the Chicago they can stay healthy. Wolves to the American Hockey League Their mobility on defence is a bit of a final last spring, and looks to be the go- concern. Lacking a speedy defenceman to guy in goal. to complement the big guys back there

might hurt their chances come playoff Montreal Canadiens – 6th time. This is a young squad that made Mike Richards and Jeff Carter are top- strides last season, upsetting Boston in notch rookies who appear to be fitting the first round of the playoffs. But they in just fine. have Alexei Kovalev and Radek Bonk. But will goalie Robert Esche be con- These guys can have Superman-like sistent enough to win them the Cup? performances one night, and can be The Flyers can roll four capable lines in invisible men the next. Signing Mathieu front of him. Dandenault certainly helps. He's a I'm not completely sold on this team physical presence on defence and has running away with the East like many a wealth of playoff experience coming observers expect, but they will win their from Detroit. division quite easily. Star goaltender Jose Theodore was signed to a long-term contract and

Tampa Bay Lightning – 3rd should follow up last season's success They are loaded up front, with with another banner year. Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis, If Mike Ribeiro and Michael Ryder and Brad Richards leading the way. continue to progress, the Canadiens They also have an agile defence with should make the playoffs. Dan Boyle and Pavel Kubina.

However, not having Nikolai Pittsburgh Penguins – 7th Khabibulin in goal come playoff time Can free-agent goaltender Jocelyn will sorely hurt their chances of repeat- Thibault, 30, be the answer in net after ing as Stanley Cup champions. Let's not 113 october 11 2005 theprojector nhl nmvip

Toronto Maple Leafs— 9th excelled at both ends of the with Rochester in the AHL last Carolina Hurricanes — 13th ing the bank on aging free The Leafs are aging. And it's rink. season, should contribute. They scored the fewest goals agents doesn't work. Note to not the fine wine variety. This Small, smaller, and smallest But I don't see much sem- in the league in '03-04, but GM Glen Sather: rebuild now team would've been a Cup up the middle (Scott Gomez, blance of any defence, and improved in that regard by before it's too late. contender... in 1999. If Jason a generous 5'11", Sergei Brylin, as much as I like Teppo signing snipers Ray Whitney Allison and Eric Lindros can 5'10", and Brian Gionta, 5'7"). Numminen, his 37-year-old and Cory Stillman. Martin Washington Capitals — 15th stay healthy and perform, the Alexander Mogilny returns legs can't carry the bulk of the Gerber has always been a This is without question the Leafs might make the playoffs. as a free-agent, looking to find defensive responsibilities. backup in this league, and will worst team in the NHL. The But the chances of that hap- the scoring touch he showed as now be expected to face a lot of only thing this team has to look pening are slim. Both were a member of the Stanley Cup New York Islanders — 12th shots playing behind the Canes forward to is getting the right hampered by minor injuries in winning Devils in '99-00. But Active in the free agent frenzy lackluster defence. They will to draft American phenom Phil the pre-season already. I can't see him revitalizing his in July, the Isles snagged Brent continue to get high draft picks Kessel next June. That should They'll need big improve- career at this stage. A lack of Sopel from the Canucks, and for years to come, so they will be the Caps' plan this season. ments from youngsters offensive weapons in the new 13-year veteran Alexei Zhitnik be fine...in five years. Be as bad as humanly possible. Nik Antropov and Alex NHL will hurt their chances of from the Sabres. Unfortunately, And it won't take much to Ponikarovsky if they intend on a playoff appearance. they did lose three top defence- New York Rangers — 14th accomplish that task. keeping pace with their divi- men in Roman Hamrlik, Adrian Trade Jaromir Jagr! The only bright spot will sional rivals. The signing of Jeff Buffalo Sabres — 11th Aucoin, and Kenny Jonsson. Getting rid of Jagr's ego, and be 2004 No. 1 draft pick O'Neill was a good step, but it This team surprised me. Not Rick Dipietro is good, but he his $8.4 million contract, will Alexander Ovechkin. He's doesn't make up for the depar- because of what they did in the will face a ton of rubber in net clear cap space, allow you to the real deal and is the fran- tures of Mogilny, Roberts, and free agent market, but rather playing behind this team. Trent develop players, and select high chise player to build this team Nieuwendyk. what they didn't do. I thought Hunter could be the surprise of in the draft. He looks good so around. They should trade Olaf for sure owner Tom Golisano, the season. He has great hands far and is healthy, so get rid of Kolzig for draft picks. New Jersey Devils — 10th president of Paychex, Inc., was and could viably lead this team him while his value is high. There are organizations out The Devils are starting to going to spend big to add to in goals. They plugged a few holes there that have good teams resemble the Minnesota Wild, this sparse roster. They have But with Alexei Yashin in the with free-agents Steve Rucchin, with questionable goaltending. except they have the best goalie speed up front, with Daniel fold (and his lofty $7.6 million Martin Straka, and Martin The Caps won't be a legitimate in the world in Martin Brodeur. Briere and Chris Drury set to contract), the Islanders won't Rucinsky. Not overly wise use Cup contender for three to four Losing Scott Niedermayer shine. make the playoffs. of money, considering the years. to Anaheim is disastrous. He Rookie sensation Thomas depth is simply not there. logged a ton of minutes and Vanek, who scored 42 goals Previous years proved break- drug confession shocks Canada's cycling community

anada's cycling com- visited Sheppard's home in do things they wouldn't nor- potential sharing of needles positive sample without taking munity was shocked on Kamloops, British Columbia mally do. and bodily fluids. rEPO. Subsequently, WADA Sept. 22, when former for a standard out-of-competi- Similarly, Sheppard told The rEPO is the same drug that launched another in-depth national team and Pan Am tion urine test. Daily News he spent seventeen American Lance Armstrong has study to improve the rEPO test Games medallist, 32 year-old The test showed evidence years in cycling knowing that recently been accused of using this time using urine samples Chris Sheppard publicly admit- of recombinant erythropoietin drugs were always out there but at the 1999 Tour de France, but from the 1999 Tour de France. ted to using a performance- (rEPO), a prohibited drug as chose to embrace hard-work. his case is different than that of According to Ressiot's report, enhancing drug. established by the World Anti- The drug, rEPO, is one that Sheppard. twelve athletes in this study His actions have lead to a Doping Agency (WADA). builds endurance by increasing On Aug. 23, Damien tested positive and six were two-year suspension from com- According to Sonia Tran, the amount of oxygen-rich red Ressiot, a reporter whose full- Armstrong's. Usually the sub- petition, a lifetime suspension CCES athletes services man- blood cells in the body and time assignment is to investi- jects of such a study are kept from federal sport funding, ager, it is Canada's first positive increases energy. gate doping cases, published anonymous, but somehow this and a revocation of his contract drug test for rEPO. a story in L'Equipe linking information was leaked and from his professional cycling Sheppard told The Daily Armstrong's name to positive went to the press. team Haro-Adidas. News in Kamloops that he was "People talk rEPO urine samples. However, Unlike the case of Sheppard, "I was shocked when I read driven to cheat by the failure about drugs Ressiot's story evokes more where he willingly acknowl- about it on the Internet," says to succeed. His results in 2004 concerns than it does answers. edged cheating, Armstrong's Winnipegger Kylie Case, a fel- had plummeted as a result all the time According to Gannon, rEPO recent drug allegation is a low National Team cyclist who of an accident, where a truck testing wasn't used until the breach of ethics. Gannon has been on the team since had struck him causing head in cycling..." 2000 Sydney Olympic Games alleges that it is unethical to 2003. and back injuries, and he had KYLIE CASE and wasn't validated until link a name to an anonymous After meeting Sheppard a become depressed. Out of des- Dr. Greg Gannon, a sports 2001. The research that went study. few times, Case feels the news peration and disappointment physiologist at the University into ensuring the rEPO tests Gannon feels that CCES and is harder to take. he had turned to the Internet to of Manitoba, says the drug was were accurate had used urine WADA are professional organi- "When you meet someone, find out how to obtain rEPO, originally borne from kidney samples from the 1998 Tour zations helping to combat dop- they become a real person. He and then he went two steps fur- and cancer technology but now de France where 14 of the 102 ing in sport, both nationally" seemed like a nice guy." ther: ordered and injected. has become a dangerous perfor- samples tested positive with and internationally. Approximately, four months Case empathizes with mance enhancing method. clear evidence of rvEPO, but "WADA is the police and ago on May 29 the Canadian Sheppard. Gannon indicated that over no names were released. CCES is the education," says Center for Ethics and Sport "People talk about drugs all doses of rEPO can make the In 2004, a Belgian triath- Gannon. "However, as long as (CCES), the organization that the time in cycling," says Case, blood like glue and can cause lete, Rutger Beke, challenged there's something else, there administers Canada's domes- who sees how the pressure to cyclists to die. He also feels the accuracy of the rEPO test will be drugs in sport." tic drug-free sport program, succeed could drive people to it is dangerous because of the by proving he could give a

the 114 october 11 2005 projector a drive-up LC copyright students in NB operate illegal business? for Internet? BY STEPHANIE DESROCHES graphics. The flyers passed the inspection because BY NADYA BELL Allen believed the liquor service is legal as long as SACKVILLE, N.B. (CUP) -- Last week, age checks are performed. OTTAWA (CUP) -- Universities could have to pay students at Mount Allison University received a Allen did have some. concern over the • legality for students and professors to use free Internet sites, if flyer in their mailboxes advertising a new "Round of printing the prices of alcohol, especially in the an amendment to the copyright act passes in the House Table Delivery Service." The notice offered to absence of a license. of Commons. deliver alcohol to students, much like the services Subsection 142 (1) of the New Brunswick Bill C-60, is intended to adapt Canadian copyright to provided by locally-operated called Sackville Cab. Liquor Control Act states that "no person shall the Internet, and regulate things like music sharing and But as a student-run enterprise, it has sparked canvass for, receive, take or solicit orders for the website use. questions concerning its legality. purchase or sale of any liquor or act as agent Under the proposed bill, internet services that would Jeff McMillan and fellow student Eric DeMos or intermediary for the sale or purchase of any be free to use at home would require copyright royalties began talking about the business last year, and liquor." to be used in the classroom, or if they were used for have now turned it into reality. DeMos describes According to Courtney Wall, manager of the homework. the business as an alternative to Sackville Cab, Sackville, N.B. Liquor Store, the service is illegal Opposition MPs and education advocates are calling noting that it is not a big money maker for he if it is operating without a liquor license. on the government to allow schoolteachers and profes- and McMillan. "I'd be a little skeptical about running a service sors an exemption from copyright restrictions. He said their goal is to offer competitive prices like this," said Wall. Universities already pay about $15 per student for based on a delivery charge per item, instead of the Another major concern for Wall is the check- copyright fees on things like course packs and reserve flat rate offered by Sackville Cab. But, according ing of identification to ensure all purchasers are readings. - to DeMos, the service is operating without a pro- legal drinking age, but DeMoss asserts that ID is Chris George from the Council of Ministers of vincial liquor license. checked with every delivery. Education, Canada, says the cost of using these materials Companies do not have the right to advertise • Owner of Sackville Cab, Larry Parsons, would be a "head tax" on students using Internet materi- the sale of alcohol if- the business is without a expressed similar concerns. Although Sackville als in university, and likely rolled into tuition. liquor license. Cab is now in competition with the new service, "The government needs to make a good policy deci- Mt. Allison Mail coordinator Ian Allen was Parsons feels it is unlikely that the venture will sion and make sure teachers and students have reason- not surprised to hear that the flyers were raising succeed without the appropriate licenses and able access to Internet resources in the classroom," said some concern. According to Allen, the flyers were insurance coverage. George. scanned according to certain criteria before being Parsons also expressed concern that, without a Steve Wills, manager of legal affairs for the Association placed in student mailboxes. license, the students could be slapped with heavy of Universities and Colleges of Canada said the new bill These scans look for offensive material, espe- fines. would create problems. cially language, as well as examining the use of "We're already paying a lot of money to copyright," said Wills. "Adding to the fees would be particularly galling in the case of publicly available materiel on the internet." A small percentage of the Internet is Canadian, so any money collected fronTschools would likely go to com- panies in the United States. Think you're in Conservative industry critic MP James Rajotte says his party believes an educational exemption is necessary. "Most information that is put up for public consump- tion should be considered in the public domain," said Rajotte. NDP Charlie Angus agrees. The heritage critic and said he is concerned that the government will try to rush through the bill. "I am deeply concerned about a fast track approach on government bills that would basically put toll booths all WITH YOUR FEELINGS? across the information highway," said Angus. Chris George called for immediate action by the government, saying the -government should be ready to make a decision after four years of consultations. But Angus said the government is going back for more consultations because they still don't understand the complexity of the issue. Professors' access to movies and music should be also expanded, as long as access is restricted to students, said Wills. Wills said in one case a professor was quoted $66 per minute for a video clip he wished to use in class, but under American law a professor would have free access to the same material. Currently the act requires that teachers destroy copy- right protected materiel after 30 days, Wills said this will force teachers to do things over again, and the access Stress and anxiety are early signs of problem gambling. should be limited, but not destroyed. Wills said inter-library loans would also be compli- Set limits and play for entertainment only. cated by the legislation. Journal articles published origi- nally on the Internet would have to be sent to another university as a printed copy. Printed journals, on the Manitoba Gaming other hand, could be sent over email. control Commission • Bill C-60 was tabled in the House of Commons last July, and it will be debated again this fall before being sent back to committee. disclaimer Canadian University Press (CUP) is a national student journalism organization which provides university and college newspapers with daily wire services. 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BY NADYA BELL Jean compared people across After immigratirtg to Canad the country, saying Quebeckers with her family at age 11, Jean OTTAWA (CUP) -- have a flourishing culture studied Italian and Hispanic Michaelle Jean, 48, took the and generous spirit, Atlantic languages at the University of oath as Canada's 27th Governor Canadians are funny and hos- Montreal, eventually becoming General on Parliament Hill on pitable, westerners honourable, fluent in five languages. Tuesday Sept. 27, replacing and Ontario has an "impressive Professionally, Jean was a TV Adrienne Clarkson as Canada's economic vitality." journalist for 18 years, hosting head of state. A recent Globe and Mail poll programs such as Le Monde ce Although her role as the indicated • that Jean is much soir and l'Edition Quebecoise Queen's representative in more popular in Quebec than for Radio-Canada, and more Canada is largely ceremonial, the rest of Canada — 71 per cent recently, The Passionate Eye for Jean, a Haitian immigrant and of Quebeckers said she was a CBC Newsworld. French Canadian is not a typical good choice, compared to 46 "As a journalist, the profes- choice for the office. per cent of all Canadians. sion I practiced with passion National unity was a chief In her speech, Jean said her and resolve, I have been a speaking out concern in Jean's speech. She mixed background was a sym- privileged witness both of a said she would like to unite the bol of the possibilities open to good many upheavals and of `two solitudes' of French and Canadians. an unprecedented opening onto for sex workers English Canada under common "The story of that little girl, the world," said Jean. "I pledge values of respect, tolerance and who watched her parents, her that I will go on listening and BY SARAH COLGROVE 213, the law that prohibits sharing. family, and her friends grap- that my curiosity will remain the solicitation of prostitu- "We must eliminate the pling with the horrors of a ruth- keen." MONTREAL (CUP) -- tion, a lot more," she said. spectre of all the solitudes and less dictatorship, who became The environment and chil- This past year was the best of "They did a huge sweep of promote solidarity among all the woman standing before you dren's rights were two areas of times and the worst of times the streets this summer." the citizens who make up the today, is a lesson in learning to policy that Jean said she would for Montreal sex workers. Boucher said the current Canada of today," said Jean. be free." focus on in her new office. Stella, an organization of laws punish sex workers for sex workers aimed at improv- communicating their trade, ing the lives of people in their but not for exchanging sexual Office: trade, held a retrospective acts for money. She said that meeting this month, and the police have started using Room FM66 Notre Dame Campus or Students' Assoc. Office Princess Campus looked back over a year of undercover cops pretending P-110 (reduced hours) police oppression and inter- to be clients to catch girls national solidarity. soliciting their trade, leaving Jenn Clamen, a spokesper- the streets nearly empty. STUDENT son for Stella, said that the "It's very hypocritical. It's focus of the year had been not illegal to be a sex worker, HEALTH & DENTAL PLAN hosting an international XXX but everything you need to Forum that brought together do in order to work is illegal," 250 sex workers from around said Boucher. OPT-OUT DEADLINE the world last May to share Stella has acted as a forum stories, strategies, and soli- for discussion about sex work 30 Days from Start Date of Program darity. for a decade. Boucher, who "We forged a lot of used to be a sex worker, said OPT IN - RETURNING STUDENTS: links between sex-worker that isolation is one of the 30 Days from Start Date of Program groups internationally," said most difficult and dangerous Clamen. problems sex workers face. FAMILY ADD ON DEADLINE: Valerie Boucher, an out- "If you don't know the 30 Days from Start Date of Program reach worker for Stella, said people around you, your one highlight of the XXX work gets a lot more dan- Forum was a speaker from To obtain appropriate deadline forms, coverage information, gerous. There's a lot more New Zealand, where sex work and the MB.Pharmacare application to receive your SA CARE CARD violence," she said, "and a lot was decriminalized in 2003. of sex workers live in isolation (eligible prescription drug card) please visit the: "One of our goals is because it's not easy for a sex decriminalization, and to worker to talk to [a loved one] Student Benefits Plan Office ROOM FM 66 — Notre Dame Campus know that someone at the about it." or end of the world actually did "But when you sit with Students' Assoc. Office Princess Campus — P-II0 (reduced hours) it is really empowering," said other sex workers, you can Boucher. exchange information on how Or call (204)632-2503 In Canada, sex work itself to be safe, and you tend to be sahealthOrrc.mb.ca is not illegal, but under article proud, not ashamed of what 213 of the Criminal Code, you do," Boucher added. solicitation of sex work can Stella regularly publishes www.gallivan.ca/studentnetworks result in a fine or jail time. a list of bad tricks, accounts Clamen said Montreal of people and situations that police have been cracking sex workers should avoid, and down on sex workers who offers condom distribution, a violate this code. needle exchange, and vaccina- disclaimer "The police started to apply tions for sex workers. Canadian University Press (CUP) is a national student journalism organization which provides university and college newspapers with daily wire services. 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the system of swing System of a Down - w/ The Mars Volta, Hella MTS Centre Sept. 22, 2005

BY DAVID GARDNER also a part of the band's repertoire, an hour and a half, leaving virtually and when Serj repeatedly chanted everyone in attendance exhausted Mezmerize, System of a Down's last "my cock is much bigger than yours" but satisfied. es album, and Hypnotize, its follow up, during Cigaro, the crowd couldn't Before System took the stage, CBGB's due next month, are the best words help but laugh as it mimicked the prog-rockers The Mars Volta, played JEN ZORATTI, to describe the reactions of nearly lyrics. an impressive set The eight man ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR 8,000 fortunate concert goers. To the crowd's delight, System act, led by ex-members of At the The loudest band to play the MTS played as much material from Drive-In, made it clear why they're Even though I'm miles away from New York Centre made it clear from the begin- Mezmerize, as they did from their regarded as a modern day Pink City, I am still distraught over the thought of los- ning that they were on a mission to breakthrough album, Toxicity. Songs Floyd. With their blend of bluesy ing CBGB's. I'll admit it, the idea makes me well shake things up. Arriving fashionably such as Question!, Revenga, Forest, rock, psychedelia, and unusually up a little. late from their hometown of Los and Prison Song, created a frenzy in long song composition, the band It makes me sad to think that the underground Angeles, System got the party started the mosh pit. And when the band was nothing short of remarkable. rock institution will close its graffiti-covered doors. as they opened with crowd favourite belted out Toxicity's title track, as Singer Omar Rodriguez-Lopez had How dare somebody take away my dream? I, too, B. Y. The song, melodic yet full well as the album's other hits, Chop an uncanny stage presence, as he wanted to see where Blondie got her start, where of anti-war sentiments, was a good Suey! and Aerials, the entire arena danced along the entire stage, and The Clash introduced themselves to America and predictor of the set that followed. harmonized perfectly. executed the moon walk to perfec- where Sid Vicious did his weight in heroin. Isn't Much of the group's material con- Halfway through the set, the tion. that every girl's childhood dream? sists of political romps, but seeing crowd was treated to a cover of Opening act Hella, was also inter- CBGB's is undoubtedly a legend. It probably is them live made it apparent that they The Dire Strait's Sultans of Swing, esting but mildly reminiscent of The more a part of New York identity than the Empire have no motive to convert fans to a in which the band rearranged the Mars Volta, minus the flair. State building could ever hope to be. And certainly similar mind set. chorus's lyrics to "We are the system Overall, it was a great night to more important. This is the birthplace of New The band was content to see the of swing". Very fitting. check out distinctly talented bands York punk rock. This is where The Ramones and crowd sway and sing along, and System also previewed songs from perform rocking numbers with pro- The Talking Heads came from. This is history. frontman Serj Tankian spouted out their forthcoming album and closed vocative lyrics. And all of this because of a fight with a fat cat songs in such a relaxed fashion, it the show with Sugar, off of their landlord. How fittingly punk rock. was easy to forget how heavy the self-titled debut. Although there was After 32 years of digging up the underground, band's lyrics really are. Humour was no encore, the band played for over CBGB's has to give up the shovel. Even after sev- eral hundred people rallied to keep the club open in August, the Bowery Resident's Committee, who leases the space, still refused to renew their increas- ingly more expensive lease. The struggle to stay open isn't new to the dive. dramatic night BRC holds a 45 lease on the building which houses CBGB's, and rent is currently sitting at $19,000 a month. But this isn't 1979. CBGB's isn't raking in the cash they used to. with Queensryche But like the good punks that they are, CBGB's is still rocking the casbah and refusing to close, despite not having a lease. Benefit concerts are Queensryche being held in hopes of raising the $300,000 that Burton Cummings Theatre the club owes in outstanding rent fees. Sept. 23, 2005 I get that BRC would like their $300,000. I understand that it's bad form to not pay your bills. BY MIKE UHRICH the best voices in the music business of the band, made up of drummer What I don't understand is why cities allow their by banging out hit after hit including Scott Rockenfield, bassist Eddie most legendary places get shut down, boarded up wenty four years after their Take Hold of The Flame, Walk in The Jackson, and guitarists Michael and never heard from again. formation, Queensryche is Shadows, Jet City Woman, and the Wilton and Mike Stone, played Right here in Winnipeg we have plenty of our Tstill impressing audiences Pink Floyd-esque Silent Lucidity. around the actors through hits like own examples. They almost shut down the Walker around the world. And nearly twenty Following the 'Best Of' set, the I Don't Believe in Love and Eyes of a Theatre. Then Burton Cummings saves it (possibly years after the release of their hugely band left the stage in preparation for Stranger. just so it could be named after him and not Randy successful concept album Operation: round two, a complete performance, Following the Mindcrime set, the Bachman) and they threaten to shut it again. Le Mindcrime, Queensryche is nearly with actors, props and videos, of band featured a promo for Operation: Rendezvous was' shut down and then re-opened, ready to release the sequel. Operation: Mindcrime, the band's Mindcrime 2, the follow-up album only to rarely be used. It was only fitting that the band 1988 concept album. due out in February 2006. Thankfully, The Burty was given some money, embark on their world tour with The crowd, mostly in their '30s The album comes out as America and Broken Social Scene is rocking Le Rendezvous. one thing in mind and that was to and '40s, marvelled at the sound is under similar conditions as it was As fragile of a grasp as we have on them, the places create buzz for an album and a con- quality of the band which was when the original was released back that house the history of the Winnipeg music scene cept that had faded away from fans' simply outstanding. Luckily for all in 1988. There is a Republican pres- are still here. memories. After all, the band has parties, Queensryche was touring ident, the economy is in shambles, Sure, sometimes it isn't lucrative to keep these released five albums since then and with not only the full stage set up and the country is at war. places open. brut small venues like these are neces- parted ways with lead guitarist Chris for Mindcrime, but also their own Nikki, who has been in jail for sary. What if CBGB's didn't let a bunch of people DeGarmo. sound system which made Sound twenty years, has been released and who couldn't play instruments go on 'their stage? In order to create that buzz, Art, the usual provider of sound he'll find out that things haven't We wouldn't have The Ramones. What if places Queensryche did what few bands are for The Burty, look and sound like changed at all. like the Albert and Le Rendezvous didn't exsist? gutsy enough to do and produced a garbage. The same can be said for Would we even have a Winnipeg music scene? kick-ass one-band super show. For the remaining 70 minutes the Queensryche's live performance. It History is important, but so is the future. CBGB's Essentially, the band opened for band played through Mindcrime, rocked twenty years ago, and it still is still acting as a home to new talent. Bands like themselves by playing a 60-minute which tells the story of Nikki, a rocks today. Hopefully Mindcrime 2 Interpol and Thursday have graced their stage, and greatest hits set filled with all of the junkie brainwashed into killing can do the same. now they're indie rock darlings. songs that made the Seattle metal political and religious figures by the Musicians need the bars, the clubs, the dives and band so popular throughout the mysterious Dr. X, in its entirety. theatres. Musicians need the paint-peeling walls, '80s. The performance featured four the scrawled on bathroom stalls and the beer- Singer Geoff Tate, proved that he actors with Tate himself also playing soaked floors. still has, and always will have, one of a role in the presentation. The rest But most of all, they need a place to start.

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ruckus at the ramada media fest Strung Out w/ Comeback Kid, Bane, The Reason Sept. 25th, 2005 Ramada Entertainment Centre comes to BY DAN VERVILLE which seemed to encompass the Partners In Crime, while play- entire lower level of the Ramada. ing the odd song off of their f the line outside' was any At one point, lead singer Jason first album. indication of what the atmo- Cruz was booted in the face by This was the second time I sphere inside was going to a wayward crowd surfer and that Comeback Kid played host city be, many knew what they were looked • as if he was ready to at the Ramada. They seemed in for. Chaotic and frenzied. snap. right at home, ordering the When Strung Out finally took But being the seasoned veteran hometown fans to "get some BY JACK RACH are encouraged to call to the stage answering the chants that he is, he smiled slyly and circles going" in the mosh pit 949-91.34 ext. 6 before the of the fans, the room literally gave the crowd surfer a healthy and didn't seem to mind when Winnipeg has a thriving festival and ask O'Hara exploded. Clad in black T-shirts high five his next time around. nearly half the fans on the floor arts and music scene. Send any question. O'Hara will bearing their own logo, Strung Strung Out clearly showed why jumped up on stage and helped + Receive: A Festival of answer these questions Out brought their revered SoCal they've been around for thirteen them finish off their last song Sound is a prime example. during the performance punk energy to the stage and years, putting a show that would of the night, Wake The Dead. The eighth annual mul- with the aid of her Electric: never let it slip away all night. put many punk bands to shame. Bane and The Reason set the timedia festival runs from Dress. Opening up with Analog, Comeback Kid didn't hold stage for Comeback Kid and Oct.14 to 22, at a num- "The performance is Strung Out played a varied set anything back either. Still rid- Strung Out, making for a qua- ber of different venues based on me compos- and being around as long as they ing high off their sophomore druple bill. Despite the rather in downtown Winnipeg. ing musical numbers in have, they had a rather large release Wake The Dead, these long wait between Comeback The festival will showcase answer to the questions musical library to choose from. Winnipeg boys have moved Kid and Strung Out, fans sound-based media arts that are loaded onto Being around since 1992 has to the forefront of the hard- attending the sold out show programming from inter- the Electric Dress," says other advantages besides a fat core scene. Comeback Kid's had nothing to complain about national and local artists. O'Hara. "The dress is music catalogue. The older aggressive, and at times melod- on this night, as the beer was "The festival was started made from a nurse's dress crowd seemed to enjoy Strung ic, hardcore was well received readily available and the bands out of a desire. Winnipeg with copper connectors Out, shouting out the words as they stormed through new were definitely above and is a remote place," says sewn into it." inside the teeming mosh pit, songs like False Idols Fall and beyond anyone's expectations. Deanna Radford, admin- There are midi triggers istrative coordinator for that play samples of ques- Send + Receive. "The tions left prior to the festi- Store Hours idea with the festival was val. It Was developed with Mon—Thurs to bring sound art to the help of Mike F)uemo. 7:45am to 8:15pm Winnipeg and also pro- - Mike Duemo [is] an vide a place for Winnipeg engineer who has thus far Friday artists and audiences to get designed the electronics 7:45am to 4:15pm a taste of what's going on behind three pieces for Saturday - to experience this kind me," O'Hara says. 9:00am to 1:00 pm* (ND Only) of art." Send + Receive is partly The performances and sponsored by CKUW installations will range 95.9 FM and UMFM in focus, spanning from 101.5 FM who will each sound and video installa- broadcast the SONIC, November tions to abstract hip hop EMISSIONS RADIO RED RIVER and DJ events. SERIES, seven separate MERCANTILE "It's a cross between broadcasts featuring Post Secondary sound and multimedia. performances from the It's a festival of sound. festival's artists. Building from that it is Radford encourages Bus Passes a multimedia festival," everyone to come see the Radford explains. "We many performances next host installations, work- week. shops, screenings of film "Send_+ Receive is about and video, performances providing a place for $ale and other forms of mul- exploration and showcase. timedia to show the dif- We've been able to bring ferent ways that you can some really remarkable consider sound as an art artists to the festival and form." that can be an inspiring Oct.24th One of the featured per- agent for local creators formers is Montreal artist and audience members," and former slam poet says Radford. In be able champion, Alexis O'Hara. to view all of these things The Ox - Mall Level C Tower O'Hara uses a number of together in a concentrated different mediums in her period of time can be and The Mercantile— South end Jubilee Atrium interactive performance, really rewarding." Subject to Change. People RRCSA Ventures

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Disturbed Ten Thousand Fists 0 Warner Music Canada

Once again, Disturbed is guitar riffs. They are meant to imply that their previous releases The on the scene, howling and The thing is, this is gener- they represent some revolu- Sickness and Believe. This leads cackling it's way through their ally all the band has ever done, tion, or some disenfranchised a listener to think that either third album, Ten Thousand making this third record seem group that they never bother the band is either out of ideas Fists, a title that is about as tired at times. The band seems to name specifically. or they're very comfortable in vague and nonsensical as their to do its best when its trying to Like Todd McFarlane, who their niche. The album is still music. be dark, such as in the single did the artwork for the album decent, but this is a band in The album both succeeds Stricken or in the high-adrena- cover, Disturbed manages need of some serious reinven- and fails by being exactly what line track Sons of Plunder. to put out a product that is tion. you would expect out of a However, when the band fundamentally solid, but is The bottom line is, only the Disturbed album: lead man tries to take things down a bit getting stale fast and is simply Disturbed faithful will want to David Draiman continues to and do something slow and nothing special at the end of put down money for this one. make those strange noises with introspective, it always seems the day. While the tracks are his throat, while the band to come off as hollow, often technically new, it's nothing - DARREN RIDGLEY belts out fast, hard-hitting because their lyrics lack depth. we haven't already seen in

George and the Class of '84 Weapons of Mass Distraction Maple Music

I like a little bit of every- Martinson, and Ian Strachan guitarist .Onufreychuk. The by the middle of the album. thing: rock, punk, etc. What I reunited in 2003 and released album is vocally weak on some Catchy and fun, Bring Me don't like is when a band can't their album in September of songs, lyrically lacking and Down delivers the first stand- decide on its sound. George 2005. occasionally cheesy on others. out song of the album, fol- and the Class of 84's first full- The intro of the album Despite this, Onufreychuk lowed up nicely by foot-tap- length album Weapons of Mass is followed by pop-punk turns out a decent perfor- ping Unlucky and melancholy Distraction comes across as a Automatic Love Song, the first mance as lead vocalist. There Fall These songs, along with compilation piece put together single. This begins our adven- are a few notable exceptions grunge-inflected Not Yet and by many different bands, not ture through genres of rock. to this, such as the skippable the Nickelback-reminiscent all of them good. George experiments with hard The Perfect Lie and the incred- Speaking Truth, counteract George and the Class of 84 rock, indie, and my personal ibly repetitive Sold for Nothing the less cohesive tracks at the (whose name I suspect is a ref- favorite - grunge. This appears (which made me want to rip beginning of the disc. But hear erence to George Orwell, and in the track, Not Yet, which I my ears off, so as not to subject it out. Turning off the disc in his novel 1984) is a Winnipeg liken to the vocal stylings of them to such torture). Both the beginning means you miss band that formed in 1998 Courtney Love. bassist/vocalist Martinson and out on the decent tracks at the under the name Slowjam and Instrumentally, the entire Ian Strachan offer substantial end. split in 2002. Band mates track list is primarily guitar- performances throughout. Mike Onufreychuk, Blaine driven, delivered by vocalist/ The band hits its stride - AMANDA STEPHENS

Sigur Ros Takk... Geffen

Through the opening lyr- understand. All in all, it was bands website for the names of farther into the ethereal world ics of the fourth album from beautifully imaginative. the untitled tracks. and it's one of those albums Sigur R6s, we wave goodbye Now the band's lead singer The album begins as beauti- that can unequivocally instill to a language. In retrospect, we Jonsi has chosen to sing in his fully as it ends with each song emotions in any listener with say farewell to more than that. native tongue on Takk... an being an intricate blend of tracks Hippipolla and Milano We acknowledge the departure album that can arguably be piano, strings, drums, and even being hauntingly beautiful. of a foundation, a building described as their crowning some horns. The band makes If you're a fan of mellow block and an old friend. We achievement. each track flow seamlessly into music, there is really no place say goodbye to Hopelandic. This time Sigur Ros has the next, which means the better to start than with an Hopelandic is the imagined done casual fans a favour and CD is basically meant for one album by Sigur R6s. And since language used by the bands has included the song titles of track listening, which makes it each album is utterly phenom- singer on their first three the 11 tracks along with the a perfect album to fall asleep to enal, why shouldn't you start releases. It was a hybrid ver- album. This is a change from or to relax to. with Takk... sion of Icelandic and a lan- their previous album ( ) for You get lost in the music guage that only he could truly which fans had to scour the with each track taking you - MIKE UHRICH

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Red River College WRW Events It's nothing to boast about. Canadians Many EnviroSpies from 2004 have already signed up to participate in 2005. They found All Week- Clothing Drive produce the most waste of any country in the world per capita. At 2.7 kg per person per that rewarding people, instead of chastising Tuesday, Oct 18th (12:00 p.m.) — day, we throw out more than our own body them on environmental issues, was a uniquely weight in garbage every month. enjoyable experience. It is possible to have Film in the Cave: Crapshoot A fun, get serious, and make a difference, all at hazardous mix of waste is flushed into the sewer It's an amount that's not only every day. Where does it all go? From ancient unsustainable; it's also unnecessary. the same time. times, countries have chosen the sewer to get rid Approximately two thirds of household If you would like to be an EnviroSpy at of household and industrial waste, yet the waste can be either recycled or composted, Red River College, please contact Natalie contaminants we flush resurface in our food and if people are conscious about what they Seaba at nseaba(brrc.mb.ca. All EnviroSpies chain. Filmed in Italy, India, Sweden, the United will be entered in a draw for a $50 gift States and Canada, this bold documentary are purchasing and using, the overall questions whether the sewer is actually reduction can be even higher. certificate to Humbolt's Legacy. This store compounding our waste problems. While Waste Reduction Week 2005 (October sells products that are better for both human scientists warn of links between sewage practices 17th to 23rd), is in its fifth year as a national health and the environment. Anyone "Caught and potential health risks, activists, engineers and event. The purpose is to encourage in the Act" will also be eligible to win a $50 concerned citizens challenge our fundamental gift certificate. attitudes to waste. Does our need to dispose of Manitobans to reflect on their waste disposal waste take precedence over public safety? What and resource consumption habits, and to take are the alternatives? 53 min action to cut waste. Waste Reduction Week in Manitoba is supported by the In Manitoba, Waste Reduction Week Manitoba Product Stewardship Corporation, Manitoba Wednesday, Oct 19th 11:00 a.m. Conservation, the City of Winnipeg, and Manitoba adopts an unconventional approach to the Hydro. Grand Giveaway: Notre Dame issue: positive reinforcement. This is Library Hallway achieved through the 'Caught in the Act' concept, first tried here in 2004 with great Friday, Oct. 20th — EnviroSpy Prize How Waste Wise Are You? success. The contest sends `EnviroSpies' 1. Draw For every tonne of virgin paper into schools, workplaces and public areas, to produced, how many trees are consumed? pounce on unsuspecting persons who are a. 1 b. 3 c. 17 d. 36 Monday, Oct. 24th — Draw for those discovered committing acts of waste "Caught in the Act" reduction. 2. Making recycled paper consumes how Last year, EnviroSpies went underground much energy compared to making 1 tonne in communities all across Manitoba of virgin paper? Red River College will host a clothing drive during (including Churchill), and rewarded people a. 60% more b. the same amount c. 60% Waste Reduction Week in support of Big Brothers Big for everything from taking the bus to printing less Sisters. Collection bins will be located in the foyer double-sided pages. The responses that between the back of the Ox and the SA offices at the Notre Dame campus and in the Atrium at the Princess EnviroSpies received from those who were 3. Which of the following is a hazardous Street campus from Oct. 17th — 21st. Please bring all `caught in the act' ranged from pleased waste? your gently used clothing and linen so the Big Smiles surprise to outright uncontrolled laughter. a. paint b. batteries c. oil d. all of the Collection Crew has something to smile about! Once again this year, Manitobans all across above the province can also 'turn themselves in' by registering on Resource Conservation 4. Hazardous waste can be potentially Manitoba's web site harmful to: (yvww .resourceconservation.mb.caiwm/) to a. air b. Water c. land d. all of the above become eligible for prizes such as re-usable shopping bags, gift certificates, fridge 5. The 3Rs of effective waste management magnets, and energy-saving compact are , and fluorescent lamps.

6. What percentage of the Canadian waste stream is packaging? a. very little b. 30% c. 50% d. almost all of it

7. The largest component of the average Canadian's waste is: a. kitchen & yard waste b. pop cans c. plastics d. newspapers

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rom old folk doc ages gracefully thecutting . GOT `midnight movies' BY ALAN MACKENZIE

true film fanatic knows you need the right environment to enjoy a great movie to its full Apotential. Sometimes that environment is at Sunset Story home with close friends. Sometimes it's in a dark Cinematheque theatre, late at night with total strangers. Oct. 7 – 13 People who see 'midnight movies' are not your average couple out on a date, and certainly not families. This crowd is made up of rabid fans, or "cultists" as Danny Peary called them in his 1981 book Cult Movies. Cultists don't follow mainstream BY ALAN MACKENZIE crowds to the biggest hits; they go out of their way each other and were soon insepa- fusedly with an attendant about rable. The film is slow at times, where she is—Irja and Lucille to see the same movie(s) repeatedly. And these are et in a nursing home for usually films the general public couldn't be both- but the strength of the relationship are alert and talk openly with the "aging radicals," Sunset Story between these two people keeps filmmakers about sex and the roles ered with. is a documentary feature that Before VCRs became as common as refrigerators, S the viewer interested. One of the the elderly play in society. promises to "change the way you midnight screenings were regular occurrences, par- most touching elements is repeat- Eventually, however, Lucille is think about aging." edly watching Irja with a walker diagnosed with terminal cancer ticularly in bigger cities like New York or Chicago. Originally planned to be about Offbeat films that couldn't normally pack theatres, in one hand and pushing Lucille's and she isolates herself from the the San Francisco rest home wheelchair with the other. rest of the residents, including Irja, classics that people missed, or films that had a Sunset Hall, the film became the niche audience played late nights regularly. Films Director Laura Gabbert follows but Irja remains dedicated to her story of two close friends: Lucille Irja and Lucille not only to pro- friend and struggles to keep their like David Lynch's Eraserhead, John Waters' Pink Alpert, 95, and Irja Lloyd, 81. Flamingos, and George A. Romero's Night of the tests, but to other activities that bond strong. It seems that their Not content to sit about watch- might seem more routine to most friendship gives them the strength Living Dead were typical midnight fare. ing TV and playing bingo, the Occasionally older b-movies with a so-bad-its- people their age, such as getting that some of their peers lack. Sunset Hallaresidents are political manicures together and escaping Sunset Story might not change good kind of appeal, including Ed Wood's 1959 activists who regularly go to ral- anti-classic Plan 9 From Outer Space and the to their favourite deli. However, how you feel about aging, as the lies and protests. The film doesn't the impression Gabbert gives is filmmakers promise. In fact, it precautionary 1936 drug film Reefer Madness, focus on the protests though, just would finally find an audience that could appreci- that the protests are just as com- reinforces just how hard it can on the friendship between Lucille mon to Irja and Lucille. be—but it does serve as a gentle ate them. In these cases they caught on for reasons and Irja. The uniqueness of the that weren't originally intentional. (Reefer Madness While some of their fellow resi- reminder that everyone is an environment, which also includes dents have difficulties aging—we individual, we all age differently, was designed to scare people from using marijuana, aging artists, is only a backdrop. but caught on with pot smokers who laughed at the see one heart-wrenching scene and friendship and compassion is Lucille and Irja moved in to involving a woman suffering from always an important part of life. weed-leads-to-murder storyline.) Sunset Hall within two weeks of The film most often associated with the term Alzheimer's disease talking con- `midnight movie' is The Rocky Horror Picture Show. A box office flop upon its initial release in 1975, Rocky Horror became a major hit at midnight screenings, playing weekly to fans that would dress in character and interact with the screen by throwing toast, shooting water pistols, and calling out lines at experimental shorts, perfectly timed moments. Here in Winnipeg, the film played for years at the Epic Theatre, a Main Street movie house that also showed pornography. The VHS release of Rocky Horror in 1989 slowly moo erize brought an end to the weekly midnight screenings that took place across North America. Once in a HalluciNATIONS Film Festival while a theatre owner who is unwise, or just doesn't Cinematheque mind cleaning up the inevitable post-show mess, Sept. 23-25 will host a Rocky Horror experience to reunite old fans or to introduce the experience to 'virgins' (a label you have if you haven't seen the film in a the- BY NICOLE SHANOWSKY ing you places you never thought ing. atre before, even if you've seen the film countless you'd go, pushing you to explore Shot all in black and white, the times on 'video). alluciNATIONS was realms of the mind you didn't film relies on the use of sound. Thankfully for Winnipeggers hungry for a late the newest collection of know existed. HalluciNATIONS Photograph is divided into four night movie ft,. the newly refurbished Park Theatre H experimental short films was all over that. parts, and each section is very & Movie Café on Osborne Street is reviving the released by the Winnipeg Film My favourite pick was similar to the next. A woman experience. On October 22, Rocky Horror will play Group. The films were a colli- Harmaline by Michael Stecky. It's is shown in profile. Dark room just in time for Halloween and other cult classics are sion of moving pictures and art, a such a peaceful film. It sucks you chemicals swish around in trays. screened Wednesdays at 11:00 p.m. reminder that film is an art form into its abstract representation of Photographs hang from a clothes- Cinematheque also shows the occasional mid- and of the many possibilities of the world with its moving patterns line in a basement to dry. night movie and has one scheduled for the end the medium. and nature images and reminds What was interesting is that of October: Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Each of the 10 films were so you there's more to life than meets each film section is accompanied Love. different from the next. Some the eye. Very Dziga Vertov-esque. by different sounds, creating dif- Now, more than ever, the movie industry needs challenged me to think, some just The kaleidoscopic patterns com- ferent moods for each segment. cult films. According to Statistics Canada, box took me along for the ride, and bined with the overlapping layers Howling winds and the sound of office attendance in Canada was down 4.6 per cent a couple attempted to put me to of images got me thinking about a train passing at high-speed make this summer compared to the same time last year. sleep. how much work went into this 5- the images feel ominous and fore- Ticket sales suffered a similar fate in the U.S. but, As I drifted in and out of minute film. And the hard work boding. Slow, quiet music leaves as long as there are passionate film fanatics, there colourfully animated landscapes was worth it. The film totally a melancholy impression. It's will be a need for theatres. and black and white tormented submersed me into the abstract, interesting to consider how much Even if all the obnoxious multiplexes went away, basements, it really did feel like psychedelic visual trip that it was. sound can alter our perceptions of places like the Park or the Cinematheque would hallucinations. But that's what I Photograph by Coral Aiken is a visual scene. still cater to the cult fan. As far as I'm concerned, love about film; it's capable of tak- another film that got me think- a movie theatre should be home to someone who can accurately recite dialogue from their favourite movie, not someone who's just there to play video games and talk on their cell phone. 121 october 11 2005 the projector

The Corpse Bride Various Theatres Now playing burton s bride cute but old news BY ALAN MACKENZIE cute characters are the skeletal ring on what he believes is a all the pretences and social it to Nightmare. Nightmare remains of a dog and mind- stick, waking up a beautiful mores that held them back seemed fresh when it came 0 my Tim Burton reading maggot. corpse (yes, I said beautiful in life and start having a good out in 1993, but Corpse Bride could make a family Tim Burton's The Corpse corpse), played by Helena time. Thematically, this is has a bit of a been-there-done- film with overtones Bride follows Victor Van Dort Bonham Carter. similar to his 1988 comedy, that feel. Elfman's songs are of necrophilia and get away (voiced by Johnny Depp), a Now unwittingly married Beetlejuice, in which the liveli- less memorable this time with it. young man who gets pre-wed- to a dead girl, Victor joins his est characters were ghosts. around, too. Much like his last animated ding jitters the night before his new bride in a fun watering The amazing visuals in Still, the stop-motion ani- outing, The Nightmare Before arranged marriage to Victoria hole in Land of the Dead. The Corpse Bride are quite similar mation is amazing to watch, Christmas, Burton—along (Emily Watson). He falls for world of the dead is vivid and to those in The Nightmare and there are so many visual with composer Danny Victoria, but both sets of colourful in this movie, while Before Christmas, which is jokes that the film is definitely Elfman and co-director Mike parents make the situation the land of the living is dull great for fans of that film, entertaining enough. Also, Johnson—creates a family- uncomfortable for Victor and and grey—it almost looks as but is also a bit of a weakness. with CGI becoming so domi- friendly film that still man- he has trouble memorizing his though it was filmed in black The film is fun and definitely nant in recent years, it's nice to ages to be as dark as his best vows. When he walks through and white. Burton seems to one of the best family movies see a more traditional form of live-action work. You have to the forest alone practicing his see death as a time when those released this year, but it is hard animation being used. enjoy a movie in which the vows, he places the wedding who were once alive can shed to watch it without comparing

Introducing The Princess Grill music adds life Breakfast & Lunch Daily Monday to Saturday to classic NFB clips

40 Below: Canadian Propaganda Films of the 1940s Send + Receive Festival of Sound Cinematheque Oct. 19-20

BY ALAN MACKENZIE Secret Mommy, Meek, ing society. The film begins Akufen, prhizzm, DJ Dopey, with a man playing piano, 40 Below, if anything, is Low Fish, Hellothisisalex, and but Venetian Snares makes it an interesting film experi- Deadbeat. sound as though he is playing ment. Ten Canadian elec- DJ Dopey takes the 1940 distorted circus music. As the tronic music artists rework short, Children From Overseas, camera pans over a group of the soundtracks to National a film promoting Canada as a disfigured soldiers and shows Students and faculty order any platter Film Board propaganda' films Eat in or Take out safe destination to English them cheering and drinking and receive free coffee or fountain pop. 943-9010 from the Second World War; children during the Battle at an obviously staged party, breakfast 4nd lamb specials) 85 Princess St each artist is allowed creative of Britain, and uses sound you can't help wondering freedom with their sound, but to show the fear and alien- if David Lynch and Guy Before ordering show your Student Card cannot change the original ation these foreign kids must Maddin decided to combine filmed image. have felt. Narration from the their talents to remake the PRAYER ROOM AT NOTRE DAME CAMPUS Taken individually, each original film by Lorne Green 1930s cult film Freaks. film is a fascinating mixture (star of the classic western The imagery and sound We are pleased to announce that the Notre Dame Campus has a of old and new, but grouped TV series Bonanza and the of The Guinea Pig Club new "PRAYER ROOM" in Room A2-33. This prayer room has together the collection gets original Battlestar Galactica) and Children From Overseas been in process for quite some time and is now open and old pretty fast. It's surprising is used, but made to sound were pretty hard to shake. available to both staff and students. It is open from 6:00 a.m. to that with all the leeway the inhuman and evil. It probably Unfortunately, the other 9:00 p.m. People of all spiritual paths, cultures and artists are given, the films, uses the most of the original films seemed too similar to traditions are welcome. for the most part, seem quite narration of all the films pre- each other to have that kind The PRAYER ROOM will be used for "silent prayer, meditation similar. sented and it works. of effect. But if you're a fan and stillness". It is a place of PEACE AND SERENITY, amidst However, there are a The Guinea Pig Club, on the of electronic music and don't the busyness and many activities of college life. Our hope is that couple of stand-outs, includ- other hand, doesn't use any of mind sitting through a few all those who enter there will find renewal and tranquility. ing The Guinea Pig Club by the original narration, but repetitive shorts, there is some A "Grand Opening" of the prayer room will be hosted later this Winnipeg artist Venetian instead adds creepy sounds interesting stuff here. fall and will be announced as soon as it is scheduled ... so be Snares (aka Aaron Funk). to the disturbing images of Note: Venetian Sanres will be on the lookout for this upcoming event. Other contributing artists a 1946 film about facially performing live in addition to include Knifehandchop, disfigured soldiers re-enter- the screening on October 19. Everyone is invited to use the prayer room whenever there is a need for some "quiet time" and we hope you will enjoy this "OASIS" that we have been gifted with. 22 october 11 2005 the projector fringe show goes to church

BY JILLIAN BROWN a practicing Christian thought it would be "We're not doing despite a strict a good things to have Intersections to say heatre fanat- Mennonite upbringing, at church so we could you're right or you're ics raved about admits he was a little discuss it." wrong. We're open TJason Neufeld's wary about performing Neufeld says his to exploring the issue The Rise and Fall of in the church. characters show how because it's a reality in Bloody Redemption at "It makes sense in debauchery and moral- life." this year's Fringe fes- more progressive ity are the two sides of Neufeld agrees that tival. The Manitoba Christian churches, but the religious coin. These religious fundamental- Association of I had to think about it two extremes need each ism is an issue= that Playwrights awarded for myself. It had to be other to exist, but the needs to he addressed. him with the Best New comfortable for me. But solution is for people "This day and age i Manitoban Play of the they are questioners. to find a healthy middle seems more and mo festival. They are not the fun- ground. was trying to co Not surprisingly, the damentalists that I'm After the play, the on how damagi fringe theatre commu- criticizing..." audience will join in a can be. It's about peop lf nity loved this one-man ...Bloody Redemption discussion led by a panel being set in their ways. show satirizing religious is a story of two for- including Neufeld, It's the cause of so much fanaticism. mer childhood friends Karen Toole, a spiri- confrontation." But Neufeld never who become Christian tual counselor; William Intersections, at imagined a • church fundamentalists, but on Neville, a political sci- Crescent Fort Rouge would also embrace it. the opposite extremes. entist; and Barb Janes, United Chtirch on So when Crescent Fort Zak Funk is the self- the church's minister. the corner of Wardlaw Rouge United Church righteous front man for Gillis says extremism and Nassau, is open to asked him to perform the Christian rock band is a very real issue in the public on Frida ...Bloody Redemption to Bloody Redemption religion, not only with October 21 at 7:30 p.m. launch its new program and Pastor Billy Reimer terrorism but also the Tickets are SIO and are Intersections: Arts/ is a zealot preaching vocal religious right available at the door Spiritualities/Living against sins such as rock in the US. He defines or McNally Robb on in the 21st Century, `n' roll. extremists as people Booksellers. Neufeld admits he was Bill Gillis, chair of who believe whatever The church plans surprised. the church council, they do or believe is on hosting a fe ns "I never expected came up with idea to right. Intersections sessions anyone from the church recruit Neufeld for For Gillis, throughout the year to be interested because Intersections after seeing Intersections is an using all types of art it's a little critical of reli- ...Bloody Redemption in opportunity for the form to discuss current PHOTO I ALIX SOBLER gion and Christianity in the summer. United Church to issues in spirituality. general." "I was quite taken by address this contempo- Neufeld, who is not the subject matter...I rary issue.

local theatre troupe needs volunteers BY LAURA POWER get to get this thing rolling. We need volun- teers for everything: people to do advertising, () range Snail Entertainment, a non- crewmembers, anything." Some of the specific BOOK BY profit theatre and short film produc- positions they need to fill include actors and OCT. 17TH FOR tion group in Winnipeg, is looking for TRAVEL COMPLETED all types of crewmembers, such as set designers BY DEC. 15TH, volunteers to put together Ken Ludwig's play, and painters. No singing experience is neces- 2005. Lend Me a Tenor. This hilarious Tony award- sary, but acting experience is preferred for those winning play is an adult comedy set in 1934, auditioning for the roles of actors. involving drunkenness, mistaken identity and The theatre group would like to perform various other mishaps. The set has a total of the play by August 2006. Because it can be five doors, splitting up two rooms, but it still expensive to put on a play, especially for a leaves room for gut-splitting laughter There is non-profit entertainment company, Orange minimal use of language in Lend Me a Tenor, Snail Entertainment will be holding various as most of the comedy is based on physical and fundraising events in the coming year. Some visual acting. of their ideas for fundraisers include socials Ally Kashty, the co-producer of the play and possibly a car wash in the warmer months says, "This would be a great play to put on in of 2006. Winnipeg, since it hasn't been performed here There will be a short meeting for since sometime in the 1980's or early 1990's." anyone interested in volunteering for the pray, gular fares. Discount does not apply to Mastic,' sate or promo faresNot sais? girth am other Travel CUTS offer. in-Store purchase only N ew bookings only. tocirrs nomretundable, The Manitoba Theatre Centre Mainstage or for anyone who would like more informa- taxes Foes sod surcharges are extra where applicable. Certain other cendbitros apple. Performance History lists the 1991-1992 sea- tion. It will take place Friday, October 14 at Sofsfata•e • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • son as the last time it ran Lend Me a Tenor. 12:30 PM, in the Red River College Princess 473 Portage Ave. :TRAVEL CMS Because Orange Snail Entertainment is an Street Campus cafeteria. Anyone who is inter- 783 - 5353 See the world your way emerging group, they are in need of people ested, should contact Chris Reid, director, at www.travelcuts.com to fill numerous roles in many aspects of this [email protected] or 997-2205, for more play. Kashty says, "We need all the help we can information. 23 october 11 2005 theprojector

light exhibit plays

Erwin Redl: MATRIX XII Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art August 11 - October 29, 2005

BY LYNSEY SABLE time and effort to enjoy. was just another object occupy- light. New York. He has lectured in By suspending over 700 LEDs ing space. Behind a closed curtain are Europe, the U.S. and at the U he human eye collects in a simple grid across the gal- The LEDs hanging from the several prints by Redl which of M in 2004. light in order to see. It is lery, Redl allows his audience to ceiling create a sense of won- complement the exhibit. These I found my experience Tthrough the absorption embrace the notion of physical der. They are the only things also play on his fascination with at MATRIX VII incredibly and reflection of wavelengths space. After carefully navigating separating a blind, pitch black colour and space, highlighting thought-provoking and would that we see colour and texture through the dangling lights, I existence from a hyper-sensitive how the human eye is so easily recommend it for anybody who and sense beauty and space. stood at one end of the grid awareness. I imagined a pre-life manipulated. I left the room a simply wants to see something Internationally acclaimed art- and looked around. No mat- planet earth where there was little bored, Redl is obviously different. ist Erwin Redl works with space ter where I stood, it was clear nothing but night and day, better off with the LEDs. Be The Plug In Institute of and light to create an image, or that I was physically taking up darkness and light. I considered sure to visit the projector room, Contemporary Art is at 286 the idea of an image. His instal- space, that space had existed that the whole universe runs it plays through Redl's art over McDermot Avenue, MATRIX lation at the Plug In Institute before I stood there and that it on the same principles in that the past two decades. VII is free of charge and runs of Contemporary Art is not would exist again after I walked room: physical space, the laws Redl's work has been expe- until October 29. new (first presented in Texas away. In the grandest scheme of that govern space (like gravity) rienced all over the world, 2003), but certainly worth the things, it occurred to me that I and the absence or presence of largely in Milan, Vienna and

Ma er! F i/Spirit/Ground Video Works of Wendy ( ;del 'innipeg Art Gallery Sept. 28, 2005 features feminist video

BY JESSICA FRIEDLE woman cleaning her home. encourage women to strive for ., Each phrase coincided with a prescribed beauty. he video work of the woman's action. "You The remainder of the work Wendy Geller, which glide over me" was shown shown by Geller was unfortu- was shown at the T before showing the women nately lost on me — Jill Skinner Winnipeg Art Gallery on vacuuming over her carpet. - Diary of a Star (1986), September 28, explored This was particularly interest- Learning about Feminine women's issues. Geller's work ing because of the parallels Sexuality (1986), and Seven was raw and haunting and drawn between this woman's (1987). in some cases laden with sar- mundane cleaning and her I found the content difficult casm. Geller is described as a sexual desires. Geller shows to follow. All cut roughly back fierce feminist and her work that there is an inherent sexu- and forth among scenes of reflects this. I have found that ality in her despite her banal what seemed to me as inexpli- I am not a fierce feminist or existence inside the house. cable monologues concerning

particularly artistic. 48-Hour Beauty Blitz fame and sexuality. the exhibition titled Matter/ (1982) showed Geller herself Geller who is a native of Flesh/Spirit/Ground: An attempting a weekend make- Winnipeg, passed away in Overview of the Video Work over found in ' an issue of 1996. James MacSwain, a of Wendy Geller, featured five Glamour magazine. Instead of media artist and curator of the videos. The work ranged from verbally ripping the makeover exhibit, fondly remembered her first piece in 1973 to her regiment apart she meticu- Geller and her work. third last in 19.87. Some of lously followed the regiment "She was fearless, which Geller's work was sporadic and for the entire weekend, from is rare and unusual. This is hard to comprehend; however, eating meals extremely slow, something that should be there were two videos that I to putting egg on her face, celebrated," said MacSwain in found particularly intriguing. to 6:00 a.m. wake-up calls. his introduction to her video The opening video, Private All of this proves to be quite work. Residence (1973), was filmed funny to watch, along with Geller's work is bold and from what seemed like a hid- Geller's sarcastic tone. The painfully real, and I believe den camera. A black screen video shows how absurd the that is something to be cel- was shown with an erotic beauty regiment is and how ebrated as well. phrase between shots of a magazines such as Glamour 124 october 11 2005 the projector

local poet and the birds and the bees

Speaking Crow f/ Barbara Scott Academy Bar and Eatery Oct. 4, 2005

BY JOANNA FULTZ open—mic poetry night put on with unexpected themes of love an interpretation of geological cold lines. by the Writer's Collective at and sexuality to paint a truly descriptions and the dedica- Although some of her poems s I sat in a cozy corner Academy Bar and Eatery. original picture. Neil Young's tion to love and relationships. were repetitive in content, her sipping on buzz worthy Inspired by her travels around lines "take from these eyes Descriptions of the Canadian descriptions sketch a stunning A3ailey's lattes I found the globe, Schott describes a what they have seen" translated Shield brimming with 'dog- picture. The quality of her writ- myself floating somewhere wide variety of natural settings. perfectly as the inspiration for wood, jack pine, fireweed, ing holds the listeners atten- between the vivid observations The graceful beauty of lilies of a poem about the contrast in moose, and killdeer birds gave tion, giving an overall satisfying of a wild Ganadian landscape the Far East, the spruce-lined wildlife and the purity of love. an eastern Canadian late sum- auditory experience. and descriptions of the rawness north shore of Lake Superior, Her new work includes a lot mer feel. Again, sexual desire If you appreciate the beauty of love in the beautifully tex- and golden fields swaying under of familiar prairie images cen- contrasts with earthen images of nature, and the pain and tured poetry written by Barbara the prairie summer sun are just tering on themes of domestic as she describes touching a man lust of love, check out Barbara Schott. some examples of her poetic women in the selections Schott and "finding the river of your Schott as a potential new poetry Author of Memoirs of an accounts of the outdoors. refers to as the Farmhouse spine". favourite. Her words settle well Almost Expedition (1999) and Schott's older poetry com- Poems. Schott kept a light feel in the ears, and effortlessly com- The Waterlily Pickers (1988), bines her obvious love of the In the poem Plain Song, the throughout her reading with bine the picturesque, comfort- the Winnipeg born writer read Canadian landscape through beating heart of the earth is the exception of a poem enti- ing descriptions of Canadian some old and new selections descriptions of rugged settings brilliantly contrasted by the tled Proofwhich had a dark and scenery, seasoned with heated of work at the Speaking Crow and feral animals combined beating heart of a woman in grim meaning attached to its hints of sexuality and love. Aboriginal Student Support Centre For more information call Manager Community Relations Officer, April Krahn at Notre Dame Campus 632-2183 or email at.akrah.ngrrc.mb.ca Aboriginal Centre Coordinator, Sara Mclvor Prouty at 632-2106 or email [email protected]. Student Support Representative, Rhonda Klippenstein at Notre Dame Campus 632-3773 or Princess Street Campus at 949-8402 or • CHRISTA MARIASH, COLUMNIST [email protected] t's one of the first things you think Counsellor, Jay-Lynne Desilets-Makinauk at Notre Dame Campus 632-2418 about when you get up in the morn- I ing. Or Princess Street Campus at 949-8506 or [email protected] It's right up there with: What's on the agenda for the day? What should I have for breakfast? What route am I taking to school today? Check our website for more events and information at Choosing what to wear in the morning is something everybody thinks about. kttp://www.rrc.mb.ca/aborig Ice ntre/ Whether you put absolutely no thought into what you wear or way too much thought into what you wear, there's no denying, it's one of the major decisions of the day. tiers in Kesidence rrogram at KKC We can't escape it. We dress according to the weather, we dress according to the Mae Louise Campbell occasion, we even dress according to age. So, how does one decide what to wear in the morning? Ultimately, it all comes Jules Lavallee down to your individual style. There are many styles and many Can be reached at 632-2+72 tastes to choose from. You can't define style. Style can't be bought or forced. It Please see online for their monthl y schedule. doesn't come from the pages of a maga- zine or from those annoying hosts of TLC's, What Not to Wear and just because http://www.rrc.mb.ca/aboriginalcentre/ a celebrity like Jennifer Aniston's wearing it, it doesn't necessarily mean it will look good on you. Aboriginal Student Support Centre Upcoming events I believe it's innate. It's imagination mixed with experience and personality. It Wed October 5th Circle of Voices club sign up at noon can be expressed in one's taste in cloth- ing or one's actions. Style is about about Wed October 5th MB Liquor Control Commission looking for employees at noon what colors suit you, what fit's well, what's comfortable and most importantly Fri October 7th Fall Potluck Feast it's about how you feel when you step out of the house in the morning. Tue October 18th Hand Drumming Circle with Mae Louise Campbell at noon I'm curious about your style. Next Mon October 24th Big Drum, drumming circle with Jules Lavallee at noon month I would like to profile some "styl- ish" students on campus, so email me at Mon October 31 st Halloween Costume Party at noon [email protected] and give me your definition.

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• DAVID

BERGEN, The Time in Between TH TWE By David Bergen h Imes for Bergen

PHOTO BROOK JONES new book listed for Giller BY CARMEN BARNETT Boatman, and his three chil- a Dark Wood, is an account of River College Princess Street novel. dren, Ada, Jon, and Del. the war from the Vietnamese Campus, Bergen discussed the Apart from the change in etween its much antici- Twenty-eight years after his perspective, calling Charles novel and his writing. He said setting, there is little in The pated release in August tour, Charles returns to Vietnam to Vietnam. Conspicuously, that his depiction of Vietnam Time in Between that is notably B to present day, David still haunted by his past. It is Bergen's time in Vietnam nine was based on notes and obser- superior to any of its preced- Bergen's novel, The Time in there, in search of their father, years ago seems something of a vations he made while living ing works. Read Bergen's first Between, has garnered vast that Ada and Jon learn that parallel quest as he searched for there for six months in 1996. published compilation of shorts media attention, and not the secret Charles carried, that North Vietnamese author Bao "I leave it up to the reader Sitting Opposite my Brother without warrant. This fifth subsequently shaped their own Ninh unsuccessfully. to decide whether I've accom- and it's evident that while its published tome (fourth novel) lives and was a truth that would "There is no more of David plished that depiction accu- international impact might be of the Winnipeg author has outline their futures. Bergen in the character of rately and believably." lower, his standard of enthrall- made the Scotiabank Giller Charles Boatman's return to Charles than there is in Ada The book bounces between ing rhythm, ardent imagery, Prize short list. Vietnam is provoked in part or any other character," Bergen Canada, the U.S. and Vietnam, stirring characterization, and The Time in Between is a by a personal quest to seek out said to inquiry of any deeper a shift from Bergen's usual astute metaphor has always harrowing account of the Vietnamese author Dang Tho, implications. Manitoba setting. His publish- been high. human condition told through with whom he is fascinated. As a guest author of the ers, McClelland & Stewart, American war veteran Charles The fictitious Tho's novel, In Writer's Festival hosted at Red refer to it as his breakout road memoir Got nothing to do? drifts over Every Thursday, Friday & Saturday Night at pages THE CORRAL

Continental Drifter LIVE BANDS By Dave Cameron Hosted by DJ DICKIEZ (Thursday & Friday) and BY CARMEN BARNETT and enlightenment is tricky, passing that is frequently DJ SOX (Saturday) particularly when your overlooked. Elaboration ave Cameron's reading audience is 24 to with his technique on any CLASSIC THURSDAYS Continental Drifter 34, and likely aspiring writ- one character, including (Classic Rock, Dance, Hip Hop) D is his start-and-stop ers themselves. Cameron himself, would have been account of four months trav- flip-flops too quickly welcome. Or visit our VLT Lounge elling on a Greyhound bus between well-depicted and The greatest tragedy & Shenanigans Pub from Dawson City, Yukon to interesting characters and of Continental Drifter is Key West, Florida. his own fears and revela- not in the writing, but the THE CORRAL A freelance journalist, tions to allow any genuine disenchantment of other- 3740 PORTAGE AVENUE Cameron forfeits his girl- level of reader involve- wise great writing gone (THE HOWARD JOHNSON EXPRESS) friend and clean-cut nine- ment. Raising questions is sour within the story. The to-five life in Ontario with not enlightening when the parallel between the short- hopes to discover the value reader came up with the lived chance meetings one in undemanding existence. same introspective theo- encounters travelling by The place to be! Along the way he meets ries before their own 25th bus and the choppy struc- an abundance of vibrant birthday. If the reader can ture of the book distracts call for submissions characters: Red Max, the relate too well, possibilities and lingers much like a drunken profit; the Texas quickly become generic. long-winded bus trip that stripper he almost shares Cameron's flare for strik- feels like it will never end. turkey dinner with; and the ing portrayal of the people This could have been have you taken photos that young poet who lives kitty and cities he visits is his a much richer read had corner to Jeb Bush. Each redemption in Continental Cameron abandoned the of them provides Cameron Drifter. As a journalist, desire to document his own you would like to see on the with the insight to muse the he flaunts his capacity to life and told it through a direction of his own life. capture observation and few developed characters in cover of the projector Seemingly in the end, it's detail. Each encounter has a work of fiction. Cameron Cameron alone with the been illustrated with the had all of the ingredients for insight. varying shades of indi- a soufflé, but with them he e-mail: [email protected] Depicting personal growth viduality found in everyday baked cupcakes. I 26 october 11 2005 theprojector

BY AMIE LESYK of his installations purchased In the installation, twelve old "There are a lot of compo- lished a career retrospective by the National Gallery of fire alarm bells hang from the sitional elements that are semi book of Gregory's work and i ocal artist Ken Gregory Canada. The room-sized sound ceiling in various places of an musical that you get a chance to a CD that are available at the uses discards of industrial installation, 12 Motor Bells, empty room. Hanging beside get drawn into," said Gregory. Survey Exhibition or locally T society to create amazing will become a permanent part each bell is a small AC motor 12 Motor Bells was at Mondragon Café, Into the pieces of art that seem to per- of the Ottawa gallery's collec- that powers a soft brush wheel part of Gregory's Cheap Meat Music or the Plug In ICA. form on their own. tion. which then rubs the edge of Dreams & Acorns exhibit at the "I've been supported very The pieces consist of recycled 12 Motor Bells, accord- the bell. The bell then vibrates Plug In ICA Gallery last fall. much by the local art scene," scraps that he molds into ing to Gregory's website, is a acoustically at a low volume. This is when the installation said Gregory who credits several interactive installations. "I'm " computer controlled electro- The timing of the motors is caught the interest of National exchange district art groups and interested in the discards of mechanical audio installation," controlled by computers that Gallery of Canada's director, local magazine Border Crossings industrial culture. I'm always and is designed so that the are also linked to motion and Pierre Theberge, and chief with getting local artists known looking for a way to bring out viewer has an impact on the art. temperature sensors placed curator, David Franklin. After on a national and international the beauty of what the item is Part of Gregory's inspiration for around the room. showing at the National Gallery level. and redirect its use," explains the project was Tibetan singing The sound is constantly for four months 12 Motor Bells Currently Gregory has the exchange district artist. bowls. He searched out devices changing depending on how was packaged to tour with the a robotics installation in Gregory's inventive style that would resonate similarly many bells are activated, the Survey Exhibition. the Bug City Exhibit at the and bold use of electronics and found the bells. With old number of people in the room The Survey Exhibition will Winnipeg Art Gallery that have made him known as one fire alarm systems being tossed and the activity of the people in be in Windsor, Charlottetown, runs until January 8. For more of Winnipeg's foremost media out in favour of new technol- the room. The bells also sway and Hamilton over the next information on Gregory you artists. He has recently received ogy, Gregory was able to find with the motion of energy, pro- two years. can check out his website at major recognition, having one many of the old bells. viding intriguing visuals. The Plug In ICA has pub- cheapmeat. net.

Not sure how to address that touchy situation? Maybe a PC response is just E-MATILg a rilyanclipatuil what you need. @theprojector.ca Dear Paul and Carly, Dear Paul and Carly,

.Here's my problem. I have a crush on this girl. I met her The other day I came home from a long day. I was making through a friend a month ago and I thought we were hit- myself a sandwich when I heard some strange noises coming ting it off until I saw her kissing another guy at a party last from the patio. Bn usually the only one home at that time weekend. She says they were both drunk and that it doesn't of the day, so I checked it out. mean anything but I still feel like someone punched me in There, on the deck, were my parents furiously making the gut. love in broad daylight. As I turned away, I knocked over a Am I making a big deal out of the kiss? Should I even lamp in our living room, causing my mom to look pursue this crush any further? up at me. We have not spoken about this event but there's Feeling Crushed, Winnipeg obviously a nervous tension when we're all in the same room together. Any suggestions? PAUL SAYS: Traumatized for Life, Winnipeg Starting a relationship with a girl is like solving a murder. The first 48 hours are ,the most important. After that, everything gets a whole lot harder. PAUL SAYS: Now maybe the kissing really didn't mean anything because, like you said, they were both drunk. That doesn't change the fact, though, that nothing hap- Unless you're Kate Hudson, I get the idea that seeing your parents hav- pened between the two of you for a month. It sounds to me like you got stuck ing sex is pretty disgusting but I don't get what the big deal is. So your somewhere in the friend zone, which blows. parents get their freak on during the day and in•compromising positions. Guys don't need more friends, they already have friends, and they're called Where exactly do you think you came from? other guys. That's why I think you should just tell her, sayonara sister. Then I'm guessing you probably came from the sweaty, hairy man you call move on. Dad, and the sweaty, not-quite-so hairy woman you call Mom. And if you can do that, just tell me how because, seriously, I got no idea. If parents didn't fornicate, there wouldn't be any children and nobody would ever buy Marvin Gaye records. That's just the way it is. CARLY SAYS: You want a suggestion on how to handle your parent's sexcapades? I suggest laughing about it. I know I did and I feel great. First problem is you call it a crush. Are you seven? Judging by the maturity level I am sensing here, you need to be a smidge more upfront about your feelings. CARLY SAYS:. This girl might not even be sure- how you feel about her. Otherwise, what's to stop her from making out with some other guy? Ew! Paul, how can you be so insensitive? This poor person wrote in for However, if she did know you liked her and she kissed some guy anyway then I help, not for you to find clever ways to insult them and gross them out think she's made it pretty clear where her interests lie. further! Apply a little bit of your brain to this situation, and speak up a bit. Good things Listen, my poor little puppy, time heals all wounds. A formal discus- tend to pass by those.who wait too long, or forget how to be honest about their sion about this is only going to strengthen the awkwardness of the whole feelings. situation. Be a grown up and realize that everyone has sex, and the longer you stay disgusted, the more damage you do to yourself. Diversity & Immigrar Student Support WORLD PEACE HEROES DISPLAY HUMAN RIGHTS DISPLAY ...,0AorPo In honour of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday on October 2nd, The United Nations states that human rights are this display celebrates individuals from around the globe "those rights which are inherent in our nature and without who have worked to foster the principles of truth, justice, which we cannot live as human beings!' Throughout the human rights, and non-violence. month of November and leading up to the 2005 RRC Visit the Display and Enter to WIN PRIZES! international Human Rights Festival, this display will highlight a series of human rights issues that affect us all. Win a Draw for GREAT PRIZES! Visit the Display and Enter a Draw for Great Prizes! October 11th - 14th, Notre Dame Campus, I ibrarti Hallway October 17th - 21st, Princess Stleet Campus, A trium November 7th - 11th & November 21st - 25th Notie Dame CarnoTis, Librara Fialkval.4 FOREIGN FILM FRIDAYS- OCTOBER November 14th - 18th & November 28th - December 2nd Living (and Dying) for Peace: Street lampus Ati The Lives of Peace Heroes October 7th - Gandhi FOREIGN FILM FRIDAYS- NOVEMBER October 14th - Kundun Human Rights: October 21st - Romero Ordinary People in Extra-Ordinary Circumstances October 28th - Beyond Rangoon November 4th - The Ki'bng Fe 11 am The Cave _ Notre Dame Campus November 18th - in My Country November 25th Rwanda Et Shake Hands with the Devil LANGUAGE FAIR 2005 11 am _ The Cave Notre Dame Campus Come celebrate the diversity of languages spoken by RRC students & staff! COMING UP IN NOVEMBER.... Learn about the state of the world's languages. The RRC International Human Rights Festival Take part in the Language Challenge for a chance to win AWESOME PRIZES! Music by Clyde Heerah on the Caribbean Steel Pans! ALSO...THE 7TH ANNUAL DIVERSITY ESSAY

October 2 bit 12:00 - 1:0 0 pm CONTEST PRESENTS._ Pro[ess Street Carro ,...ts, Atrrum THE STEP-OUT-OF-YOUR-BOX November 1st, 1130- 1:00pm 4:4471L4 DIVERSITY CHALLENGE! Notre Dame Campus, Library Hallway ;':-...,;2 111101114.10:'41fill . 1.11...1 $500, $300, Er $200 Awards! All are welcome to learn a new language or share their own! Experience a different cultural, religious, or ethnic tradi- tion or maybe spend a day with someone who is new to LANGUAGE FOR LUNCH: Canada. This essay contest challenges you to step out of FREE LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS your cultural box and open yourself up to the diversity in Spanish, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Cree... your community. Then create a project (it doesn't have to be an essay!) that expresses what this experience taught Choose from a variety of free workshops! you and what diversity means to you. October 27th,1200 - 1:00pm DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15TH, 2006 Princess Street Campus, HeriTsacie For more info or to pick up your entry form contact: November 2nd, 12:00 - 1:00pm Diversity & Immigrant Student Support Building D, Room t05, Notre Dame Campus Notre Lam,: Lampus Room P-2101, Princess Street Campus All are welcome to sign up at the Language Fair, or by Phone: 949-8393 - Email: [email protected] contacting Reynolds by phone: 949-8393 or by email: [email protected] FREE WORKSHOPS FOR IMMIGRANT & HALLOWEEN EVENT: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS MEET A WITCH FOR LUNCH! IMPROVING YOUR PRESENTATION SKILLS Learn about modern-day witches & magic from Saturdays, October 15, 22, 24 a real witch. 'Time: 11:00 1:00 Place: W411, Princess St. Campus (Tentative Event) October 31st, 12:00 - 1:00p TO REGISTER: Phone: 632-2404, email: [email protected] or drop by P210.1, The Cave, Notre Dame Campus Princess Street Campus or 0105, Notre Dame Campus. AU students and staff are welcome!

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