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The Key to Canada's Future The ISSUE 15 2005/01/13 VOLUME 59 THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG STUDENTS’ WEEKLY » к INSIDE 03 News 06 UWSA Info. 06 Comments 08 Humour uniter.ca 09 Features » 13 Arts & Culture 17 Listings 18 Sports ON THE WEB THE ON [email protected] » E-MAIL VOL. 59 ISSUE 15 ISSUE 59 VOL. JANUARY 13, 2005JANUARY 13, TSUNAMI RIPPLES AT THE U OF W 03 GLOBAL CITIZENS REMEMBER EMBRACING A LIFE WITHOUT MONEY 09 BEING A WANDERER, POSSESSING THE MINIMUM AND GETTING BY IN THE CITY INDIE BANDS 14 FROM POINT A TO POINT B & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN WESMEN REMAIN UNDEFEATED 20 WOMENS’ BASKETBALL TEAM SURGE PAST CALGARY AND LETHBRIDGE, PERFECT 10-0 THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG STUDENTS’ WEEKLY WEEKLY STUDENTS’ WINNIPEG OF UNIVERSITY THE » Photo by: Paul Wedel TSUNAMI RELIEF FUNDRAISING EVENT “WAVE RELIEF”. 17 Friday, January 14, 2005, from 10pm-2am at The Exchange SEE PAGE Event Centre, 291 Bannatyne Ave. Ɯ VOL.59 ISS.14 CONTACT: [email protected] 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 15 16 VISIT US, LINK TO UNITER STAFF MANAGING EDITOR » James D. STORIES YOU 01 Patterson [email protected] HE NITER HAS SPUN A NEW WEB. T U LIKE, AND IF YOU NEWS PRODUCTION EDITOR » 02 Derek Leschasin [email protected] WANT, YOU CAN NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR » Vivian SUBMIT YOUR 03 Belik [email protected] BEAT REPORTER » Josh Grummett к COMMENTS 04 (OR EVEN BEAT REPORTER » Jacob Serebrin 05 [email protected] UNITER.CA TRACKBACK FEATURES EDITOR » David Pensato 06 [email protected] PING US FROM ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR » Jo Snyder 07 [email protected] YOUR BLOG). SPORTS EDITOR » Leighton Klassen 08 [email protected] COMMENTS EDITOR » Daniel Blaikie 09 [email protected] HUMOUR EDITOR » Janet Mowat 10 [email protected] PHOTO EDITOR » Wade Andrew 11 [email protected] LISTINGS COORDINATOR » Jan Nelson 12 [email protected] COPY & STYLE EDITOR » Melody 13 Rogan [email protected] DISTRIBUTION MANAGER » 14 Scott McArthur PRODUCTION MANAGER & 15 GRAPHICS EDITOR » David C. Tan [email protected] ADVERTISING MANAGER » Ted Turner 16 [email protected] 786-9779 THIS WEEKS CONTRIBUTORS Michael Sitayeb • Bryna Hallam, Stephen Harper • Paul McCulloch • Michael Banias • William O’Donnell • Edward Cheung • Kania Keane • Paul Wedel • William Blades • Mike Lewis • Whitney Light • Asa Nodelman • Patrick Faucher • Sheri Lamb • Rhys Kelso • Dan Verville • Craig Ebbers The Uniter is the offi cial student newspaper of the University of Winnipeg and is published by the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association. The Uniter is editorially autonomous and the opinions expressed within do not necessarily refl ect those of the UWSA. The Uniter is a member of the Canadian University Press and Campus Plus Media Services. SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES, LETTERS, PHOTOS AND GRAPHICS ARE WELCOME Articles should be submitted in text or Microsoft Word format to uniter@uwinnipeg. ca. Deadline for submissions is noon Friday (contact the section’s editor for more information). 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CONTACT US » General Inquiries: 204.786.9790 Advertising: 204.786.9779 Editors: 204.786.9497 Fax: 204.783.7080 Email: [email protected] LOCATION » Room ORM14 University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 COVER IMAGE » Photo by: Paul Wedel 02 13.01,2005 NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR » VIVIAN BELIK E-MAIL » [email protected] TELE » 786-9497 THE UNITER NEWS PRODUCTION EDITOR » DEREK LESCHASIN E-MAIL » [email protected] TELE » 786-9497 NEWS Tsunami Ripples at the U of W Global Citizens Remember Josh Grummett Beat Reporter n Friday, spoke of how this disaster was January 7, a “ours, even knowing that oceans remembrance separate us”. service for Pagtakhan, and Axworthy, Photos by: Wade Andrew Wade by: Photos victims of the addressed the audience many December 26 times as global citizens, referring » Otsunami in Southeast Asia took to the Global College as a place in Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall “beacon of purpose”. at the U of W. Tables outside Differentiating between “not you the hall accepted donations or I, but you and I”, he said that for organizations working in we “care because it is our duty to the relief effort; inside, the care, according to the dictates of atmosphere was one of quiet our conscience.” The tsunami- respect. Issues of the day echoed affected regions were “shattered “you don’t have to in quiet conversations that were by disaster, [to be] shaped by be a millionaire— stilled when a candle at the human creation”, and that the just have a heart to centre of its candelabra was lit, concepts of “truth, knowledge, and Gordon MacDermid, Dean justice, freedom, and peace” pray to God to bless of Theology, took the lectern to have new meaning. the victims” Banda Aceh, Tsunami Survivor open the service. Three students—Harsh » In his address, U of W Dubey, from India; Tharangi the lectern, speaking of the then closed the service, with an Naucrates, an Italian organization president and vice-chancellor Hewawellage, from Sri Lanka; village nearest to his own— edge to his voice after noticing that helps preserve endangered Lloyd Axworthy spoke of a and Vassan Aruljothi, from Banda Aceh, close to the some early departures. sea turtles—she was previously “common circle brought Malaysia—next took the lectern, epicenter of the disaster. He Afterwards, Pagtakhan said on the Odyssey, a 3-year voyage together” to share their grief, each with a candle. Dubey spoke spoke of how “you don’t have to he considered the service to be to compile info on contamination and the rebuilding efforts, of of the “sad, tense, and worried be a millionaire—just have a “a golden opportunity to share in levels in the world’s oceans”. how this disaster is not so distant situation”, admirably keeping it heart to pray to God to bless the the grief of others”. He wondered “It’s awesome that we’ve from events in Sudan, from together as he walked over to the victims”. Aruljothi, too, l! it two how other universities were jumped on the bandwagon and Russian schools and refugees in candelabra and lit two candles candles, completing the responding to the tsunami, that we’re trying to help as much central Africa in recent memory, on either side of the central one. candelabra. MacDermid took the saying that new knowledge could as we can,” said Sookermany of of how those in tsunami-affected Hewawellage talked about how lectern, reading a portion of an arise from the convergence of the aid efforts in Asia. “It’s regions are “rebuilding not to the coastline itself of Sri Lanka e-mail from a Thai instructor at these efforts. going to be hard for the next old, but new models”, and how has changed, how a friend of her the U of W, then asked the The events in Asia have had a while, but I’m sure with the help, this event lets us reflect on the brother’s was the only one of his audience to stand in a moment of personal impact even on many we’ll be able to get through.” true meaning of human security. family to survive—“by hanging silent remembrance, to be people who would otherwise be True enough sentiments—and Dr. Rey Pagtakhan, Chair of on to a tree”—and her followed by the haunting fiddle removed from that part of the ones that echo across memories of the President’s Honorary appreciation of the Canadian music of Sierra Noble. He then world. Tiana Sookermany said the disaster, and the relief efforts Advisory Council of the Global DART team’s dispatch to her invited the audience to speak, that a cousin of hers, Rebecca and remembrance of the global College and Dialogue Centre, country. She, in turn, lit two asking for questions or Clarke, was in southern Thailand citizens here at the U of W. was next. In his address, he candles, before Aruljothi took comments—no one spoke. He doing “conservation work for the Local Group Prepares for “Beijing Plus 10” Jacob Serebrin Senior Beat Reporter started quite small, it has grown One of the issues discussed at budgets assess the differing impact Human Rights Scale significantly. However, the group the summit was sexual and of a government budget on men has suffered setbacks, members reproductive rights; rights that and women. Gender budgets have n January 5, had hoped to get government many of the NGO delegates worry already been used in countries the United support and take out a bank loan in are being eroded. These fears such as Australia and South Nations order to start a business. were strengthened by an Africa. Platform Unfortunately, both these endeavors announcement made by the mostly According to DeGroot, “the for Action were unsuccessful. male and “oblivious”, according to budget is a powerful tool... Committee UNPAC is currently preparing DeGroot, American delegation. government budgets can either O(UNPAC) held an open house for the “Beijing Plus 10” conference In the words of Smith, “the US exacerbate women’s inequality or and presentations at their new which will be held in New York was probably going to reaffirm the promote women’s equality and we Maryland Street office. this spring and will asses the The Winnipeg non- progress made in the ten years governmental organization has no since the Beijing Conference. “The effort there will be to actual ties to the United Nations, According to UNPAC member but UNPAC takes its name from Muriel Smith, “the effort there [in the “Platform for Action” set out in New York] will be to get get reaffi rmation of the the UN’s Fourth World Conference reaffirmation of the Beijing on Women held in Beijing in 1995.
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