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Inside 22 19 10 09 06 02 ISSUE 2007/10/040VOLU5ME 62 INSIDE 02 News 06 Comments 09 Features 10 Arts & Culture uniter.ca 19 Listings » 22 Sports EB W HE T N O [email protected] » E-MAIL . 05 . ss I L. 62 L. O V OCT 04, 2007 EEKLY W T DEN TU QUESTIONS ARISE A WEEK AFTER SECURITY THREAT STUDENTS AND FACULTY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SECURITY MEASURES F WINNIPEG S F WINNIPEG 03 O Y NEED FOR BIKE PATHS PRESSING, SAYS ADVOCACY GROUP T 05 BIKE TO THE FUTURE PRESSURES CITY FOR CHANGES ERSI V MONTREAL POP COMES TO WINNIPEG SERIPOp’s hipsTER POSTERS HANG ON MARTHA STREET’s WALLS NI 14 U UNITER SPORTS TEAM PREVIEW CHECK OUT WHAT’s in sTORE FOr men’s and WOmen’s V-BALL THE THE 22 ♼ October 4, 2007 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 02 NEWS UNITER STAFF NEWS EDITOR: STACY CARDIGAN SMITH NEWS EDITOR: KSENIA PRINTS E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] MANAGING EDITOR News Jo Snyder » [email protected] BUSINess MANAGER James D. Patterson » [email protected] International students PRODUCTION MANAGER Sarah Sangster » [email protected] contest U of W’s residence entry dates PHOTO EDITOR JAMES JANZEN Natasha Peterson » [email protected] BEAT REPortER COPY & STYLE EDITOR Jacquie Nicholson » [email protected] irst-time students arriving from overseas should be allowed access to student housing NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Fearlier, international students say. Stacy Cardigan Smith » [email protected] The move-in day this year was Aug. 30, a day before university orientation and six days before News PRODUCTION EDITOR classes started, including a long weekend where Ksenia Prints » [email protected] many venues were closed. “This has always been an issue,” says Vassan COMMENTS EDITOR Aruljothi, a third-year psychology major from Kuala Ben Wood » [email protected] Lumpur, Malaysia, and the UWSA’s International Students’ director. ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR International students, he says, often arrive at Whitney Light » [email protected] an earlier date than the official residence move-in day and are temporarily stuck somewhere else and LISTINGS COORDINATOR have to move again. Kristine Askholm » [email protected] “For Canadian students it’s not a problem, they are used to the customs,” Aruljothi says. “But for in- ENZEN SPORTS EDITOR ternational students it’s a lot more difficult.” S J Kalen Qually [email protected] » He adds that during their move to Winnipeg for AME J university, international students face 40-hour plane BEAT RepORTER rides, endless transfers and the culture shock associ- Vassan Aruljothi believes international students encounter special problems when faced with the Jenette Martens » [email protected] ated with arriving in new country. residence’s late entry date. But the university position is that rooms must BEAT RepORTER be prepared for the students’ arrival, and moving up Cameron MacLean » [email protected] the date is not as easy as it sounds. For international students, it’s often hard to co- have been giving information to everybody over the “Our move-in date is very specific,” explains ordinate arrival times with the move-in day because summer,” Jones says. BEAT RepORTER Lynn Jones from the housing department of student of all the preparations needed in advance. Visas and Sandra Alwardt, a German student attending Dan Huyghebaert » [email protected] services. “Sometimes we have little over a week to study permits need to be sought out and interna- the U of W for the fall semester, says that the inabil- get prepped; there’s a lot of annual maintenance that tional flights are often more available or more af- ity to access Lion’s Manor when arriving at the end of BEAT RepORTER needs to get done.” fordable on days which don’t necessarily line up with August was an inconvenience, but it wasn’t that big James Janzen » [email protected] housing dates. of deal in the end. Aruljothi accepts that uncertainty and stress Aruljothi points out there are differences be- are part of travel, but believes “more could be done.” tween someone coming from Europe and some- He recalls a situation when a student from one coming from Asia who has never visited a west- THIS WEEK ’ S CONTRIBUTORS Turkey arrived in Winnipeg and was picked up from ern country before. He emphasizes the importance the airport by another student. Neither of them knew of reducing initial stress levels for such students by Curran Faris, Laura Kunzelman, Kelly Nickie, Tom Llewellin, where they were supposed to go. Aruljothi, a former having a place to stay where they can safely unpack Aaron Epp, Jennifer Hanson, Dana Murray, Mikale Fenton, resident advisor at Lion’s Manor, was called on his their belongings and start settling in before the Holly Rose, Ashley Buleziuk, Don Moman, David EisBrenner, cell phone. school year begins. Graham Podolecki, Conrad Sweatman, Matthew Gemmel, Brooke Dmytriw, Alex Garcia, Jon Villaverde, “Where do we go now?” they asked him. “We can’t blame the housing office though,” Brad Pennington, Steven Kotelniski Because the pair were unable to access student Aruljothi says. “We’re not at all against the university housing, Aruljothi helped arrange accommodations administration. They are doing really great, but there The Uniter is the official student newspaper of the University of for the new student. are certain issues we need to pinpoint.” Winnipeg and is published by Mouseland Press Inc. Mouseland However, international students aren’t being The University of Manitoba had similar move- Press Inc. is a membership based organization in which students and community members are invited to participate. For more left out in the cold en masse. Information about stu- in dates and guidelines at the beginning of this school information on how to become a member go to www.uniter. ca, or call the office at 786-9790. The Uniter is a member of the dent housing and residence guidelines is available year, but many students had the opportunity to stay Canadian University Press and Campus Plus Media Services. online and in both the university’s International with a “welcome family,” says Margarita Rowley, the SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES, LETTERS, GRAPHICS AND PHOTOS ARE WELCOME. Articles must be submitted in Students Guidebook and the Residence Handbook. U of M international student advisor. text (.rtf) or Microsoft Word (.doc) format to [email protected], or the relevant section editor. Deadline for submissions is Plenty of resources for anybody coming to Canada According to Rowley, the welcome family pro- 6:00 p.m. Thursday, one week before publication. Deadline for and the University of Winnipeg for the first time are gram is very popular and effective. Local Winnipeg advertisements is noon Friday, six days prior to publication. The Uniter reserves the right to refuse to print submitted material. easily accessible on the university’s website. families volunteer to take in international students The Uniter will not print submissions that are homophobic, misogynistic, racist, or libellous. We also reserve the right to edit Jones explains that student residence stan- who arrive earlier than the assigned move-in day for length and/or style. dards need to be consistent, and affordable tempo- and give them a place to stay until they can get into rary options are made available for those who arrive student residence. CONTACT US » early. Aruljothi believes he has the answer to the U of General Inquiries: 204.786.9790 Advertising: 204.786.9790 “We’re very clear in all of our correspon- W’s problem, though: Editors: 204.786.9497 dence [regarding the move-in day] . we certainly “Just let us in.” Fax: 204.783.7080 Email: [email protected] LOCATION » Room ORM14 University of Winnipeg HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THE INCREASES 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 IN SECURITY MEASURES? MOUseLAND PRess BOARD OF DIRecTORS: Mary Agnes Welch, Rob Nay, Nick Tanchuk, Ben Kelsey Romano, Steven Holt, Becky Rudd, Wickström (chair), Dean Dias, Daniel Blaikie, Vivian 1st year Education 4th year Computer Sciences 1st year Education Belik, Brendan Sommerhalder, Brian Gagnon “It’s good to know people’s “They’re not thorough “They put the students’ minds For inquiries email: [email protected] bags are being searched.” enough. If someone was at ease, especially the first to bring a gun and they year students. But if someone saw a bag search, they’d wanted to sneak something in COVER IMAGE put it in their pocket.” it would be easy.” Kurtis Podolecki, Navsharan Warraich, Kim Penzhorn, 3rd year “TERRITORY PART 1 - AMAZE 2006” 1st year Criminal Justice 1st year Sciences Business Administration BY SERIPOP “If someone actually wants “They make you feel safer “When people checked the to do something, the cops than usual.” bags I could’ve had lots of Seripop is currently showing at won’t prevent them.” stuff. They weren’t checking the Martha Street Studio well at all.” PHOTOS BY LAURA KUNZELMAN contact: [email protected] The Uniter October 4, 2007 NEWS 03 Questions arise in the wake of graffiti threat FACULTY MEMBER WARY OF ADMINISTRATION’S ACTIONS Local STACY CARDIGAN SMITH in terms of security. ing the reasons behind school threats and not just News Briefs NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDItor He also questions whether some of the tactics the increased security that results from them. Compiled by Alex Garcia, Cameron MacLean, employed by university administration focus on a “What is the rage that drives young men to Laura Kunzelman, Stacy Cardigan Smith “governance through insecurity” approach, which threaten to shoot or to commit violence against ampus life regained some normality he explains as follows: their classmates?” he asks. Tuesday as doors, which had remained “You take a disturbance, magnify it, amplify Hurley agrees this is important and says the locked since the security threat two weeks it through the media, through other authority fig- university will look at how it can best gather infor- C ures like the police and the administration, and you mation and put it into practice.
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