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RRC CAREER FAIR COMETH

Come one, come all! The annual Red River College Career Fair is just around the corner. /4 On March 14, 2007, just as it does eeach spring, the RRC Career Fair pops up like a crocus EDITOR-IN-CHIEF planting new and exciting ideas for careers in RRC students' money-starved minds. James Turner The fair takes place in the North Gym at the Notre Dame campus and is an excellent opportunity for students to meet and greet participating exhibitors from around the city. [email protected] Connections to be made, folks. (204)-990-7490 : The list of exhibitors is growing, but some of those signed up include: • Manitoba Nurses Union • Wells Fargo Financial NEWS EDITOR • Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre • R.C.M.P. Recruiting Joanna Fultz • E.D.S. Canada Inc. • Municipality of Killarney — Turtle Mountain [email protected] • Assiniboine Regional Health Authority For more information, check out the RRC website at www.rrc.mb.ca. See article this issue.

HEALTH, SPORTS & RRC AND MANITOBA MOOSE OPEN LIFESTYLES EDITOR THE BOOK ON "I LOVE TO READ MONTH" Players from the Manitoba Moose including Nathan McIver, Colby Genoway and Mike Keane Kathryn McBurney joined antlers with RRC President Jeff Zabudsky on Feb.27 at the Millennium Library in support of "I Love to Read Month". [email protected] After reading to students from Norquay and King Edward schools at the downtown library Zabudsky and the players visited seven other schools across the city to read to students, promote literacy and hand out prizes. ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Arnie Lesyk PROJECTOR WANTS YOU!

arts@theprojectorca The Projector is looking for writers from all ends of our college. Every program, from each campus is eligible to express themselves in this paper — it is your voice. We welcome any willing participants to join us at our next story meeting on Friday, Mar.2 in room W 102 (the newsroom) at the Princess St. campus — 12 noon.

LAYOUT & DESIGN EDITOR Bring some good ideas for what you'd like to write about, or listen to some of ours. If you have an idea and just can't wait, email us! Lynsey Sable

[email protected] CAMPUS TOURS Interested in becoming a student at RRC? Tempt yourself further by taking a pre-scheduled tour of the Notre Dame of Princess St. campuses.

Tours usually last around one hour in which you will find out all about college life, courses, programs, services for students and how to apply. The tour covers all corners of the campuses LAYOUT & DESIGN to give you a great idea of what it's like to be a student at RRC and a heads up on how to navigate your way around. Brooke Nelson Groups are limited to 25 and must be booked in advance. If you would like further information [email protected] about RRC campus tours call Carolyn Burton at 632-2115 or Lisa Vogt at 632-2402 for booking or general questions.

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[email protected] Contributing Writers The Projector Shawn Houde Tamara Forlanski Erin Chatelain Patrick Faucher ADVERTISING CONTACT: Sara Atnikov Aaron Zeghers c/o Red River College Chris Gmiterek Helen Cholakis Guy Lussier [email protected] Students' Association Jack Rach Don Duck P110 -160 Princess I'm Tired Matea Tuhtar Street Winnipeg, MB Jennifer Ryan Andrea Danylak R3B 1K9 Shannah-Lee Vidal Amelia Earhart Phone: 204.947.0013 Fax: 204.949.9150

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By James Turner [email protected] By Aaron Zeghers [email protected]

Did your reading week seem a bit shorter Revv up that resume, brush waiting list — including some than usual this year? Maybe it's because you're a those teeth, and for God's sake, coming from Alberta, which student at Red River College. RRC is the home put on an argyle sweater. is in need of skilled labour to to Manitoba's only "mini-break", a four-day weekend that takes the place of the traditional With graduation keep the oil-lamp lit on their week-long break. This has left some stressed-out approaching for many RRC booming economy. and overworked RRC students wondering when students, it's time to talk career Police recruiters in College administration is going to give them a — and the caring, even touchy- Edmonton are making the break. feely free-loving folks at the trek to Winnipeg in order "We spend so much of our time after school RRCSA are showing they want to ramp up the number of and on weekends doing homework, that we to help you drag yourself out recruits in their city. barely even have a social life," says second-year will commit suicide and 1 in 12 will make a suicide graphic design student Jessica Tait. "It would be from under the student-debt "Obviously, plan. nice if we could get at least a week to rejuvenate boulder. (Alberta's) Pat Bozyk, acting vice-president of Student and catch up on some sleep." Services and Planning at RRC, says that the four- RRC's annual Career Fair, Current RRC Students' Association (RRCSA) day mini-break was born when RRC switched from which has been growing in president Rex Masesar, also wonders why RRC a trimester system to a semester system. Under the popularity as a venue to pimp students are still stuck with a stunted vacation. trimester system, classes ran from September to students' skills since 2002, "If the other colleges across Canada can June and students were provided with two separate will take place at RRC's have a spring break implemented into their week-long breaks between semesters. When curriculum, why can't we?" Masesar said. Notre Dame Campus the school year was condensed into the current Masesar's argument is one that the on Wed, Mar. 14. semester system, RRC students were left with only RRCSA has been making for a number of the mini-break. Sponsored years. It was just under a year ago when "We have asked our research and planning and co-ordinated a petition of 657 student signatures from 48 department to assess the experience of the mini- by Guy Lussier of different programs was submitted to the RRC break over the last two to three years, and see if the Red River College administration by the RRCSA, along with a it has had a negative influence on student success Students' Association, proposal containing guidelines to implement the rates," says Bozyk. Although plans for this report break. this year's fair will see 96 began over a year ago, the report has just recently Written by former RRCSA vice-president different companies set up been started and is scheduled to be complete before short of people of the Princess St. Campus Matt DiUbaldo, the the end of this academic year. in RRC's cavernous North — they have a shortage of proposal argues that a limited break only adds to If a negative impact is discovered, the RRCSA Gym where they will scout for skilled labour," said Lussier. the stresses of being a college student. proposal suggests many ways to accommodate a "The average student age at Red River is 29, (well-educated and employable) "Our goal is to find jobs week-long holiday. One method suggested is to it's not like you're living in your parent's house," gerbils for the inescapable (and for people," says Lussier, cut the 10 minute between-class-breaks to nine squeaky) wheel of working life. says DiUbaldo. "Pi lot of these people have jobs minutes. This would increase the total class time by adding although the fair and families that they have to attend to. They need Some people, like former 35 hours or 4.25 days, which is enough extra time is targeted toward RRC a break." RRC student Kelly Holmes, to give RRC students a full spring break. students, the general public The proposal also contains warnings in regards If this plan sounds good to you, or if it saw the fair as a chance to is welcome to attend as well. to student stress levels and suicide. For students doesn't, The Projector encourages you to express be seen, and for Holmes, the Lussier says he's aged 20-24, an age group that includes almost half your opinion to the RRC Board of Governors at of RRC students, suicide is the second leading strategy paid off concerned students from [email protected]. cause of death. Out of every 1000 students, 7.5 "I was able to talk to the RRC's Princess Street right person at the right time," Campus know about efforts says Holmes in an e-mail. the SA is making to get Just within several days them to take in Career of attending the career fair, Feds Cool On Warming Fair — there's a hired bus Holmes says he got a call, and leaving the PSC every ultimately, a good job working hour beginning at 9 a.m. By Tamara Forlanski [email protected] Graphic by Jessica Phillips for Manitoba Public Insurance. and will shuttle people "I most definitely would back and forth from recommend attending a career the campuses • It seems Al Gore has started a slowdown is the waiting fair, it was the best chance for until 2:30 p.m. : trend. game being played with me to sell myself," he adds. Since his feature film documentary, the federal government. Space for companies to • An Inconvenient Truth, was released in "Most people who are exhibit at the fair is in demand, 2006, global warming has become a hot interested in hybrids are and it's causing the SA to : topic of conversation for many people, educated and pay attention to seriously consider making the : including political leaders. the media. They're waiting for fair a two-day event in 2008. Here in Manitoba, Gary Doer's NDP the federal government rebate Lussier says there are 10- • government has started a rebate program for • program," says Deuck. 15 companies currently on a people who purchase an environmentally friendly Stephen Harper's ; hybrid vehicle. Although the $2,000 rebate program Conservative government has yet was announced in November 2006, to make a formal announcement on beginning Mar.1, the rebate will be V a Federal hybrid rebate program. issued automatically. The provincial Deuck says there is very little rebate applies to anyone who difference in price between hybrid and purchases or leases a hybrid vehicle. non-hybrids. "They [hybrid vehicles] are very "It's only a couple thousand dollars RDK hot right now Everyone seems to be more more than a non-hybrid. Part of what concerned now about the environment," you're paying for is more technology." CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT LTD. says Erica Massie, 23, a prospective 0 For a new 2007 Toyota Camry, retail University of Manitoba education student. is $29,000. The same vehicle, in a hybrid "I like the idea of hybrids. It's trendy make is $33,000. With the rebate offer, new TAXES DONE YET? to be environmentally conscious right now," hybrids are in direct competition from their non- Starting February 21 2007 we will fie in the Library says Massie, who would consider getting a hybrid counterparts, and almost the same price. HaiAvay at the Notre Dame Campus from 9am - 3pm hybrid when she looks for a car in the future. "There is a perception of them being more But hybrid vehicle sales aren't as hot as money, but it isn't true," says Massie. Monday - Friday & in the Princess Street Atrium Monday & the idea of driving one is. Hybrid vehicles use smaller engines, electric Wednesday from 9am - 2pm starting February 26,2007 Nathan Deuck, a sales person from motors and rechargeable batteries, making them After Hours Please Call 885-5280 for appt. Sunshine Toyota, says that people are more fuel efficient than traditional cars. looking at the hybrids, but not buying. For information on the Manitoba rebate Basic Student & Stall Return Only "There definitely is a lot more interest program, with a list of qualifying vehicles, visit since the provincial rebate was announced. wwwgov.mb.ca/est. $35.00 Including Taxes [Sales] picked up in November, but slowed in January." See you soon!! Deuck says part of the reason for the Red River College STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION

Feel Free to Message for the Executive contact us at: The Executive hopes that you all have had good results from your mid-terms ex- ams and big projects. We also hope you had a good time to enjoy your "mini- Rex break". Masesar We also want to remind you that on March 14 th, the Students Association will be President holding its annual Career Fair at Notre Dame Campus. For students at Princess Street Campus, there will be shuttles throughout the day that will take you to the Notre Dame Campus and back to Princess. (204) 632-2474 Michael Campaigning for the Students' Association elections will begin on March 12 th . Cochrane Please come out to the Opening and Closing speeches, as well as the Q&A/ Debate sessions. Check out the dates below and please attend. If anyone is in- Vice President terested in working as a poll clerk and having an opportunity to win a $100 Best Academic Buy gift card, come by the SA Office to sign up for poll clerk training.

(204) 632-2477 • ■ ■ Helena Morales • • Elections 2007 VP Support • Services ■ ■ (204) 632-2480 Jesse Notre Dame Campus Wilson Opening Speeches Vice President Princess Street . Tuesday, March 13th (204) 949-8466 Princess Street Campus Up Coming Events Opening Speeches . Thursday, March 15th March 5 - March Gth NDC Class Rep Meeting Students interested in becoming poll clerks and have the Green Lecture Noon chance to win one of four $100 Best Buy Gift Cards, please March 7th PSC Class Rep Meeting come by the SA Offices to sign up for poll clerk training Multipurpose Noon March 13th II1VVV77VVV7VVVVVVV11VVVVVV1 V77 VV7V77VVVVVVV VV7 NDC Opening Speeches Class Rep Meeting Voyager Café Noon ► Notre Dame Campus March 14th Date: March 6th Career Fair NDC All Day Location: Green Lecture Theatre Time: Noon March 15th PSC Opening Speeches Princess Street Campus PSC Cafeteria Noon Date: March 7th Location: Multipurpose Room Join the SA Events Time: Noon Email List. [email protected] ...... AAAAAAAAAAAAIN CHECK OUT THE Notre Dame Campus Princess Street Campus SA WEBSITE @ CM2o - 2055 Notre Dame Avenue P110-160 Princess Street WWW.RRCSA.COM Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba R2H 0J9 (204) 632-2375 R3B 1K9 (204) 949-8466 YO.,01. ,00 t Wiii.. 100.101lNAN1000000tAk 1 , 1i,

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If you have time to turn on growing pains, and as it reach certain sales. The corporation the talking box tonight, you'll matures it has been devouring groups of experienced a 30 per cent notice television has gradually more and more of the market people that increase in viewership for becoming as personalized as to feed its expansion. In the might not all digital channels in the a custom ring tone. Specialty Canadian broadcasting sector, otherwise •■•10111111•11■■••■ 2004 to 2005 broadcast year. programming channels are AAC is a frontrunner in be watching • Since 2005, the company has targeted towards well-defined specialty programming and television," said 7 had five of their eight digital markets and crime investigation according to their website, Sean McKay, Food Network, BBC channels ranked in the top series are stealing the attention www.allianceatlantis.com, a cook at Mise Restaurant in Canada, BBC Kids, History ten for adults in the 25-54 age of audiences, leaving the they have accomplished goals Winnipeg. Television, Fine Living, Life brackets with Food Network generation of slap stick comedy of producing "well-branded Offering 13 specialty Network, National Geographic making an impressive jump in and variety shows nursing their specialty channels boasting channels (Discovery Health and HGTV Canada) the ratings at a viewer growth of 25 rabbit ears. high-quality programming". Channel, Showcase, Showcase corporation has developed per cent from 2004 to 2005. International media Tailoring channels to fit Action, Showcase Diva, significant viewer support, The CSI franchise that magnate Alliance Atlantis specific content guidelines in Independent Film Channel, subscriptions and high advertising AAC distributes is one of Communications (AAC) such programming as found on their principle money makers specializes in the broadcast of the Food Network to certain internationally. CSI: Crime high-quality specialty channels sections of the market has Introducing The Scene Investigation, CSI: customized to certain audience awarded the company with a Miami and CSI: New York segments. AAC also focuses varied, loyal audience that is Pr incess Grill were ranked in the top 15 much of the corporation's growing rapidly. Breakfast & Lunch Daily Monday to Saturday television shows in the United energy on the distribution of the "Food is a major part of my States in 2005. Each came immensely popular CSI: Crime life. It's nice to have a television in the top ten in the United Scene Investigation series. channel that is specifically Kingdom for highest ranked Since its establishment, aimed at my interests...specialty American television series. AAC has experienced few programming is a good way to In Spain, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is the most successful foreign series in Get Involved in your Spanish broadcast history. Specialty programming on STUDENT ELECTION television is not where it stops, the Internet is becoming a playground for people wanting Advance Polls - March 21st to watch and even produce Voting Days their own recorded adventures. March 28th & 29th YouTube.com is becoming one of the most popular sites to broadcast your own short Poll Clerks videos and watch others' Students and faculty order any platter Eat in or Take out homemade material. and receive free coffee or fountain pop. 943-9010 Needed! Earn a chance to win a (offer excludes breakfast and lunch specials) 85 Princess St $100 shopping spree @ Before ordering show your Student Card BESTB UY One ballot for every hour volunteered!

FREE PIZZA goelt the Vote Provided during a brief training session, required for all polling clerks. Training Sessions (Locations TBA) Notre Dame Campus - March 14th, 21st @ noon & the 27th @ 4:00 pm. Princess Street Campus - March 16th & 23rd/ noon. KEGGER Travelling This Summer? Thursday, -410 MTS CANADIAN Nothing saves you money March 29 j114.1114 like an ISIC Cave Lounge, ND

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If I was an anger A 30-year-old scientific question is in Canada - a region of the world that sees register at all 3000 stores as it seems management counsellor I would about to get some answers. On Thursday, the most northern light activity no one employed by the company advise any of my road rage Feb.16, the National Aeronautics and "There are few more awe inspiring actually knows how to make a clients to avoid all Tim Hortons Space Administration launched five small sights than the colourful and dynamic double-double. To be fair, I'll say restaurants at any cost. On the satellites into orbit that will spend two years beauty of the northern lights," said Frank that one out of every 10 times they other hand, maybe I would advise monitoring substorms which cause northern Snow, project manager of NASAs Goddard get it right. And who knows, maybe them all to meet there at the exact lights in the upper atmosphere. Space Flight Centre. "THEMIS is a it's not human error. 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All winter I repeat a phrase most By Chris [email protected] of you probably do as well. I can't wait for summer. The warmth of MUSIC PREVIEW the sun brings a sort of relaxed LAMB OF GOD, MARCH 6, BURTON CUMMINGS THEATRE gleefulness. It seems as though there are fewer worries dipping the corners of our smiles. I think there's All the stars were out in their a natural explanation between rising mday best at the 49th Annual temperatures and increased happiness. rammy awards on Feb. 11. The Things are simply better when you ual suspects were there —Justin don't have to wear (so many) clothes. mberlake, Christina Aguilera, Dixie Summer 2003 was one of the hicks, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lamb better ones that I can remember. I spent God - wait - Lamb of God? it in Brighton, England bartending at a few nightclubs. The late working hours Mostly hidden from the rewarded me with time to spend in coffee fight lights of the paparazzi, the ichmond, Virginia quintet made the shops or at the beach in the hot afternoon their first red carpet walk of their sun. original career that Sunday, nominated for Some of the clubs I worked for Doggystyle intro with electro-fied lazers. their 2006 Epic Records release, opened patios during the day and served It's like some sort of tribute / parody cold beer to sweaty tourists. Strolling similar to Tiga's of Nelly's "Hot in Sacrament. The , which along the arcs of the famous Brighton Herre." Scuola Furano's campy Italian since its August release has moved Beach I'd stop and say hi to coworkers version strips the garbage away, removing almost 200,000 copies, was hailed by and friends who any gangsta notion Revolver Magazine as 2006's Album gratuitously Snoop Dogg tried of the Year. The journey from the back roads of Richmond to the red carpet of fed me beer. In to carry. Scuola Los Angeles has taken Lamb of God nearly 15 years. The band's bassist, John retrospect, this Furano transforms Campbell, put the band's Grammy experience in perspective. was the only Snoop Dogg's "I don't know if we were really flattered by the Grammy nomination. That's melody from some perk for working not really the life we lead. We never went out thinking that we'd be nominated," he minimum wage sort of thug groove says. and even though to a dance workout Campbell, along with guitarists and Will Adler, drummer Chris I faced a bit with a dripping of a financial bass line and faster Adler and vocalist solidified their line up in 1999 under the moniker strain, I wouldn't tempo. and subsequently released their debut record. hesitate to say Another After changing their name to the friendlier-sounding Lamb of God, the band that summer in notable tune from released two well-received records on Prosthetic before signing to Epic in late 2003. Brighton was the four track EP The band released their major debut in the summer of carefree. is "6th of Juno." 2004, where it debuted at No. 27 on the billboard charts. Music from It's a bit more Lamb of God toured extensively behind Ashes including a headlining stint on Scuola Furano, serious and should the inaugural edition of the Sounds of the Underground Tour in 2005, as well as is what summer be directed more playing direct support to thrash legends Slayer on the Unholy Alliance Tour during is all about - it's towards the dance the summer of 2006. fun and can put floor, but would a smile on my be just as good In addition to their Grammy award nomination, which they ultimately lost to face from the first beat. Scuola Furano during a solitary stroll. In either situation Slayer, the band made their network television debut on the Conan O'Brien show are two young DJs and producers, Marco the juicy bass line and sharp synth stabs Feb. 9. "It was a great experience - a weird experience that's for sure - but we had Busolini and Borut Viola, from northern would keep your feet in motion. a lot of fun doing it," says Campbell. Italia, who began making music together Scuola Furano can be found at Many heavy metal media outlets have hailed the band as the future of metal. in 2004. Their latest EP, MAX POWER, scuolafurano.com and myspace.com/ Metal Hammer magazine went so far as to call Lamb of God "the next Pantera." is a collection of four campy robotdisco scuolafurano. Although Campbell says he is flattered by the comments, he knows those are tunes suitable for both sweaty dance some big shoes to fill. floors and sticky, sunny afternoons. "I think people see us as the forerunner of new metal bands that are carrying The single "G-Funk 3000" cuts up the torch for those bands that carried the torch back in the day," he says, "I just hope we can do that and do the genre justice. 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In any other of Dave Barber, programmer for you may have been led to believe that it would formulaic movie, the subtle flirting would Winnipeg Cinematheque, comes be just another fashionable and sexy femme develop into a romance, but Aldomovar's Winnipeg 19 — Experimental fatale story where the women nonchalantly movie is about more than that, there is no Cinema and Avant Garde Video discard men in their pursuit to get what they room for flimsy romantic subplots. from the Coldest City on Earth. want. This is not the case. Volver, which translates "to come back," The 19 short films were It is a story of women, but they are is a ghost story of sorts. Raimunda's mother gathered from Video Pool Inc. anything but fashionable — except maybe for has come back from the dead to care for and Winnipeg Film Group, two silver screen beauty Penelope Cruz (Sahara, her sick sister Paula. Volver is also a story of of Manitoba's leading indie film Vanilla Sky) who had to wear a prosthetic loneliness and forgiveness. bum to play Raimunda, a sexy but struggling "It is very lonely when a daughter distributors. of Sailor Boy, director Jenny Bisch's mother still coping with the death of her doesn't love her mother," Irene tells her A fair warning, people — this sexual charged tale explores one parents a few years ago. However, like the granddaughter, also named Paula. is not your typical Hollywood marine's frisky adventure for the industrious widows from her small Spanish Though all loose ends are tied up neatly production. And with nearly 84 hermaphrodite of his dreams across hometown, she stoically hides her pain and at the end of the movie, viewers may have minutes of runtime, viewers can the barren wastelands of Manitoba, carries on with life. figured it all out thirty minutes before the expect to experience short films and the Manitoba Museum of Man The women in the small Spanish town characters do. ranging from fantasy, surrealism and Nature. survive out of necessity The movie opens It is refreshing to see Cruz playing a and sexuality to violence, love, the Saving the best for last, with Raimunda, her daughter Paula (Yohana complicated role, and pulling it off with grace. subconscious and beyond. famed director Guy Maddin (The Cobo), and her sister Sole (Lola Duenas) Except for the prosthetic bum, push-up bra, Curated by Barber, this prairie Saddest Music in the World) unveils braving the harsh Spanish eastern wind, and one scene where Cruz lip-synchs — her film project exposes the filmmakers Odilon Redon, a surreal and dark scrubbing their mother, Irene's tombstone. expressive performance is convincing although that are not afraid to take chances interpretation of the painting The It is Spanish tradition, and the cemetery is Aldomovar chose to go with a voice that — and believe me, they aren't. Eye Like A Strange Balloon Mounts filled with widows, dutifully caring for their nowhere near resembles Cruz's — her portrayal At times, this film project is Towards Infinity (After Edgar A. husbands' graves. One woman, Agustina of Raimunda is entirely authentic. beyond comprehension, with some Poe, 1882) by French painter Odilon (Blanca Portillo), is tending to her own grave All of the other actresses deserve of the films bordering on intriguing Redon. because it makes her feel good. recognition as well for their subtly to the outright "what the hell did I Just like speed-metal, I can't Men are notably absent from this powerful performances. just see?" recommend this collection of short film, aside from Raimunda's It is a moving Going through and reviewing films to everyone. While some films husband Paco, an story, but "ghosts 19 short films would be impossible, are brilliant and engaging, some are unemployed alcoholic don't cry," Irene but expect one of your personal down-right confusing, drawn-out, who is found tells Raimunda. highlights to be Noam Gonick's and frankly, kind of dull. unceremoniously Viewers probably 1919. Director of the 2004 feature- But I give all the filmmakers sprawled face-down won't either. length film Stryker, Gonick's short credit. This isn't Hollywood and they in a pool of his own film explores the 1919 Winnipeg don't have big stars or big budgets. blood early in the general strike through the window of These films are personal projects film. a working-class sexually-driven bath that these filmmakers poured There is house. their hearts into, and for that, I also a second Not to be outdone in the sexual, recommend that for anyone who man, a Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Minim needs a change of pace from another member co-direct A Day in the Life of a Michael Bay big-budget crapfest. of a film Bull Dyke, an intriguing, raw and This might be the film collection for crew who satirical-comedic look at the lives of you. Hell, if not to stick it to Bay, is visiting lesbians in Winnipeg and the daily than watch it to support Winnipeg Madrid harassment they endure. filmmakers. In The Arousing Adventures

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Lately I've been trying to run. Girls! Girls! Girls! Armed with my extremely cheap, Y gym membership I dodge naked By Sara [email protected] bums in the locker room, and run my guts out for as long as I can. Ladies and gentlemen, Even though Every time I'm in the locker step right up and see Girls! they have some help, Girls! Girls! the show is still very room the television is on and Yes, it's all ladies, all the I sometimes get caught in its much a DIY event, me. We have women painters, and relies heavily on bluish glow. I don't have cable women sculptors, and yes, at home. What I do have is two the generosity of those we even have a women talking involved. fuzzy channels and one even fuzzier about their gynormous boobs. If it channel "I am always right involves women and art, we have it amazed that people are The other day, post-sweaty run, I from the comfort of sat and watched a portion of a reality right here, only at Girls! Girls! Girls! willing to work hard their own safe homes. "The idea came from working on and put in their free show and made a sudden realization. I have found in my experience There is an upside to reality an all women paint crew for a local time for no money," that people who have faced physical • NOIKON' t• 0111111/0611 WM, TAMP' fri1791118* children's show," says Girls! Girls! Girls! I MIL CONIIMIN1170., AMC W.I. OM, says von Wichert. "It's television. challenges are some of the most GAS STATION THEATRE CORSI R 01 RINI AR: 0 TITT,NE There are a lot of shows on certain creator Andrea von Wichert. "We were really amazing what intelligent and inspiring people. all professionally trained fine artists,. people do when you networks that follow around people They've faced numerous barriers that with various disabilities, ailments and and we discussed our work and the possibility ask them, and I am always blown away by the I myself have never even thought of. of showing it, and out of that I came up with support." challenges. Having worked with people Some of these friends have provided facing these physical challenges for the idea of doing a show" This year, instead of having a specific me with a valuable reminder of the That was three years ago. Since then, concept as a theme, the participants have to years, I don't know why I never saw the most simple, yet important, aspects value in this sooner. Girls! Girls! Girls! has grown from von Wichert work in a specific medium. of life. asking friends and acquaintances in the art For Girls! Girls! Girls! first show, the theme The shows offer a perspective of And these television shows, that disabilities that a general hasn't had community to be part of the show to people was self portrait, last year it was alchemical follow around people with various approaching her to get involved. transformation, and this year, the artists must for years. Unless armed with personal diseases and impairments might help experience, people who have never had The show has also grown to include Arlea contend with black velvet as the medium, to open people's eyes up a bit more Ashcroft as associate producer. which has proven a bit more difficult than the a chance to talk with a disable person and to carry forth a better attitude with carry assumptions. This can "The first year Andrea approached me previous themes. when meeting someone who is and was like 'hey, you paint, right, do you "When it's a concept it's easier to visualize develop into a wall, a way of thinking dealing with these issues in the future. that prevents this disabled person from want to be a part of this show?"' says Ashcroft. and materialize your ideas, whereas when it It will also help children develop "After that first year I got involved in a more is a specific medium it is more intangible. It's being just a regular human being in the a better attitude towards physically or viewers' eyes. hands on way." more like a leap of faith, you have to dive into mentally impaired people. Maybe it For Girls! Girls! Girls!'s third year the Gas the artwork feet first, and put your trust into I can name several occasions can debunk some of the myths that where I've witnessed this type of Station Theatre, where the show has been held material which is incredibly difficult to work children might carry and make these since it started, is stepping in and helping out with," says von Wichert, who herself has a discrimination, this wall, when issues a little less mysterious and physically disabled people are gawked with the event, which is welcomed by both von piece in the show scary. And ideally help them have Wichert and Ashcroft. "It's funny, velvet is a luscious, rich fabric, at or talked to like their physical better attitudes towards the subject impairments have rendered them "Last year we did everything ourselves but it has the connotations of being cheesy, and affected people from then on in. in terms of sponsors and everything that people seem to want to paint sad clowns and mentally inept. `Wow,' I thought as I packed up What these shows offer, are a was needed to put on a show," says Ashcroft. Elvis" say Ashcroft. "This year our sort of tag my bag and heading out. Amidst the "Before that it was Andrea doing everything, line is velvet: it's not just for Elvis anymore." chance for this audience to assign trash and the lust for fame, I actually relatable human qualities to people they which is just crazy. This year the Gas Station Girls! Girls! Girls! artist reception and gala found something good about reality is helping us out with publicity, sponsorship, night is on March 11. The various works are might have otherwise never felt they TV had anything in common with. It will organizing events and doing t-shirts and riow on display in the gallery at the Gas Station allow them to gain some knowledge buttons, which is a great help." and will be there until the end of April.

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Books connect readers are excellent. She has always CNIB Winnipeg recording need the help, who appreciate Anyone interested in with places, characters, and loved to read and wanted to studio production manager the help, you're spreading volunteering can check out the experiences, providing passage access the service when she Sean Hennessey says information, which is always CNIB website at cnib.ca or call to other worlds, eras and began having trouble reading volunteering can be a a good thing. And it's a lot of Genevieve Krahn at 204-789- ideas. Volunteers at CNIB with a magnifying glass. very rewarding experience. fun. You're hanging out with a 0934. make sure that connection is "I think I have quite a "You're helping out people who bunch of like-minded people." maintained for people who positive attitude about my are blind or have low vision. blindness," says Andrew, "but Every day, volunteer reading has been the hardest narrators at CNIB (formerly thing for me to give up. I gave known as Canadian National up my car - yes, you hate to Institute for the Blind) read give up your independence. I UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA books and magazines in gave up my house — yes, you recording studios. Their hate to do that. But that was voices are transferred to nothing in comparison to special compact discs by giving up reading." volunteer technicians. The Genevieve Krahn, summer DAISY (Digital Accessible executive secretary of Information System) CDs client services for CNIB Nivot# are available free of charge Winnipeg helps find and train to CNIB clients. A client can volunteers. She says there MAY •JUNE •JULY • AUGUST buy a DAISY player, which are almost 100 volunteers in costs between three and five Winnipeg. They can select hundred dollars, or put his or either two or three-hour shifts her name on a waiting list for and are asked to commit to one funded by donations. one session per week for two Plan to attend the U of M's Virginia Andrew is a years. Volunteer narrators Summer Session retired high school math must complete an audition teacher and principal. She and a pronunciation test Pick up your copy of the Summer Session has been a CNIB client for before being accepted. Once Calendar at Counselling Services, or call almost two years because of their training is completed, vision loss due to macular narrators choose a book to (204) 474-7018 to order a copy. degeneration and glaucoma. record from titles selected by She receives one talking CNIB. The Class Schedule is online at book from CNIB each week. CNIB records a wide umanitoba.ca/summer Andrew says she found it variety of publications, fascinating to listen to former including textbooks, novels Time magazine editor Henry and government publications. Grunwald's account of his There are recording studios experience with macular in Winnipeg, Montreal degeneration in his book and Toronto. The CNIB UNIVERSITY Extended Education Twilight: losing sight, gaining Library celebrated its 100th 2.E. MANITOBA insight. anniversary last November, Andrew says CNIB's and holds over 80,000 titles, talking book service is including braille books, marvelous for people like talking books and descriptive her, and says the narrators videos. Next time you see

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Jodi Moskal bounces into Tim of her crumbling pastry. Hortons with a smile. She approaches But whistling and gawking me and extends her hand. Unlike her are a separate issue. "It's a little website photo, in which she's climbing embarrassing," she says, but always a ladder, sporting a hard hat, Jodi was addresses the culprit. She knows the casual in tight jeans, high-heeled boots difference between teasing and sexual and leather jacket. harassment, even though, "It's a fine Jodi married Steve, an electrician, line." in 1991 and quickly had two boys. She explains that a woman in Sick of serving drinks and selling a trade environment will have some Avon cosmetics, Jodi got talking with difficulties, like lack of bathrooms Steve on starting a business. on construction sites. She also says a In 1998, Moskal Electric was woman in a trade "Shouldn't draw By Shawn [email protected] born with Jodi doing the paper work. unnecessary attention to herself, like She laughs about it now "I literally wearing a belly shirt," nor should she, The world's best are coming to And when it comes to passion for the lasted 12 hours," she states about the "fall into the shadow" She suggests Winnipeg, with a rivalry second to none in game, Paseshnik knows that Winnipeg bookkeeping, "I just couldn't do it." dressing professionally and dropping professional sports. deserves its reputation as some of the best So she asked for tools for Christmas any attitude, "take pride in your work From April 3-10, the 2007 IIHF World dedicated hockey fans. and sure enough got linesmen pliers, and accept criticism as a tool for Women's Championship will skate into "There's an energy that this community needle nose pliers, a Robertson learning." Winnipeg and Selkirk, and Team Canada will gives off that makes it famous, and that's screwdriver, a flat screwdriver, an Jodi believes in treating people be looking to regain its winning ways after a the reason Hockey Canada comes back to electrician's knife, wire cutters, side with respect on the job site. But 1-0 shootout loss to the United States in the Manitoba continually to host events like cutters, Philips screwdriver, cordless 2005 gold medal final. this." respect needs to be a two-way effort. drill, tape measure and electrical tape. One male employee refused to take After capturing gold at the 2006 Turin Benefiting from Hockey Canada won't But, when she first started in orders from her, only listening to her Winter Olympics with the rest of the only be the organizers, but the community the trade the experience was awful. husband. She tried numerous times Women's hockey team, Jennifer Botterill, a as well thanks to a promise by the Event Ten years ago, women were not to give out a task, but he snubbed her. Winnipeg native and Team Canada forward, Management team. welcomed into trades with the inviting She fired him. is excited to compete for gold with the rest "We put out a guarantee to raising response men give now Today, John Having a business, allows her of her teammates alongside the hometown $750,000 dollars in net revenue from the Thorvaldson, owner of Thor Electric, to control her time. Her smile is crowd. event to support amateur hockey" who occasionally works on the same motivated through helping her "The World Championship is the main According to Paseshnik, the money will site as Moskal Electric, says, "My guys community grow. She speaks at focus for us — the highlight of the year," said be divided up between Hockey Manitoba, want to work with her(Jodi)." schools across the city and volunteers Botterill, a three time medalist in the Winter the provincial hockey associations across Perhaps, it is because she is at the Rainbow Society where she Olympics. "Every year we're training and Canada, and support and training for the skilled. Lauren Gervais, president of building as players, and it's all a lead-up and a Women's national team. helps raise money to make children DataProbe Inc. was so impressed with with illnesses have a wish come true. stepping stone to the World Championships." And thanks to the funding, Botterill, Jodi's work, she proclaims on Moskal's "I love kids," she says. She also With the first championships in who admits many seats will be filled website, "The efficiencies offered by volunteers at United Way because Canada since the 2004 games in Halifax with her friends and family during Team Moskal electric have continually saved she loves Winnipeg so much. "I want and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Botterill Canada games, the World Championship me money," explaining Jodi finished people to stay in Winnipeg." understands how important the Canadian, in in Manitoba will be about making a her work in an hour, whereas another particular the Winnipeg home side advantage connection. Before the 5 foot 5 female contractor had taken longer. electrician hoists herself into her huge can be. "I think it's an experience that people . But the tradesmen's readiness red Moskal Electric pickup truck "When we get to play in Canada it's should share," Botterill said. 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If you're thinking you might be an I'll never forget the day my parents bland chicken teriyaki while the rest of escapist because last semester you drank beer, tried to feed me kippered snacks. I was the bunch scraped their sophisticated ate cheezies, farted and played video games around eight years old, it was a cold splinter sticks together, disintegrated on Tuesday when you had a test on Friday, Saturday afternoon after ballet class. mysterious mint-coloured paste into congratulations, you're normal. Mom hadn't gone grocery shopping soy sauce and nibbled on the coral But if you've read the word escapist, and yet and dad thought I'd be fine with pink soap shavings piled on their white by just thinking it, you get a little tense because eating bone filled, cod oil-coloured fish plates. you've left a few things way too long to do life because I'm not focusing on from a peel back tin — I usually didn't I'll admit, I was jealous of them. anything about, welcome to my home. the answering machine light that blinks day complain he thought, but this, this was Munching on these rolls wound tightly Escapists don't simply have problems in the different. and night. I see things in new ways because with what looked like electrical tape, same way we all have problems, Escapists have I refuse to accept a credit lady as a serious He reached into the very back filled with pure white rice and dotted problems squared. If you opened the closet of threat and choose to see her as a fascinating of the cupboard and pulled out a by colourful surprise centres. I always an escapist's problems, you'd find about seven old bag with a horrible job. rectangular object, blew the dust off felt like I should be sitting at the kiddy hundred of those little plastic monkeys from Take mold, for example. Mold is of it and scraped its quivering soggy table, away from the ground ups who that kid's game, tangled in eachother's arms and gorgeous. A person who deals with things contents on to a piece of brown toast. eat art — bah! So, I threw caution to tails and grinning at you. And then, like me, sees mold in the fridge and cleans it. An One bite and tears began rolling down the wind and tried my first taste of you'd very quickly shut the door. escapist sees mold growing in a bowl of my cheeks, the gag reflex pulsated, sushi. My eyes were enticed and my "Lynsey Demi Sable this is Missus cream of wheat and leaves it. I panicked and suddenly there were mouth was satisfied. The layering of Heinreich calling." Do you know how many different kinds mushy kippers all over the kitchen flavours was exquisite, and addicting. This nasal loud-mouthed cow otherwise of mold there are? Do you know what colour table and walls. Needless to say, I was Soon I was into it all. Sashimi, known as the credit lady has been calling cream of wheat, left under saran wrap in off fish for a while after that. Tuna, maki, miso, saki, I couldn't get enough; sixteen times a day since December 2005 the fridge for three months, can turn? A salmon, pickerel, battered, baked, I couldn't believe something could taste because I still owe the U of W three hundred true escapist can't deal with the idea of dirty broiled - you name it, I wasn't eating that good, healthy, perfect. That was bucks (and maybe two or three library books). dishes. A true escapist will simply see a bowl it. That smell, that strange fishy aroma until I went to my first all you can eat I want to pay the U of dub, I LOVE the U of of blue fluffy mold as a bitchin' ecosystem. was something I just couldn't stand, as sushi restaurant, we took it as more dub, but I simply can't deal with paying them So will escapism come back to bite us it brought back foggy memories of that of a challenge. That was the night I yet. in the ass? Are we the perpetually late ones? terrible shock to my palate. had my first sushi pizza, my first sushi Someday when I'm trying to buy a home The money borrowers? The people who have It wasn't until 15 years later, when dessert and my first sushi hangover. this might mean something to me. For now, I the library book you need next to their toilet? I found myself at a sushi restaurant Like a greedy pigeon at a wedding, I like to call Missus Heinreich at two a.m. and Maybe. in the Beaches in Toronto that my ate so much rice my stomach swelled leave incredibly fun, long, personal messages, Are we the people to point out the gills started breathing again for to an uncomfortable state and I was like, what I did that week, what I had for dinner beauty of mold as a stunning biological aquatic delicacies. This was my first immobile for quite a few hours. and how excited I am for my birthday. For extra process? Can we ask you whether you experience seeing food as something After my sushi overload, I hadn't fun, I pretend to forget who she is the next time consider mold progression or regression? more than sustenance, but as art. eaten it until last week. Now, my she calls. I don't see anything wrong with this. Can we concoct philosophies about society's Sushi is to me as much a pleasure for number one choice for sushi is right At all. fear of mold being similar to our fear of the eyes and the mind as it is for the here in Winnipeg at Wasabi on My guinea pig died last February. Poor death? Abso-frickin-lutely. stomach. Osborne — the Crazy 88 roll. Wow. thing is still in the freezer. Do we write columns instead of We would all pile into a co- Two little fish introduced us last week Some suggest escapists are simply numb, designing the newspaper and turn them in worker's Volkswagen and make the 30 and I have a feeling I will be stopping that in our attempts to 'forget', we avoid and four days late? Sure do. minute rush-hour ridden journey to the in more often to indulge, not so much I blank out. That's not true. I am passionate, But hey, if you've read this far down the best sushi restaurant in town. At first make myself sick mind you...that's just joyful, and if anything, I notice MORE about page, escapism must be worth something. I would go only for the Asahis and the the way I roll.

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