THE LINK • SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 • THELINKNEWSPAPER.CA/NEWS NEWS 03 Federal plan fast Federal election tracks immigration process for students takes the limelight Canadian Experience Class Program aims to keep Politicians try to understand as by-elections go bye-bye skilled workers in Canada

• TERRINE FRIDAY of the people running for a seat • KIRSTEN GORUK, CUP ALBERTA AND in the House of Commons. NORTHERN BUREAU CHIEF Nobody’s happy to see the Anne Lagacé Dowson, NDP by-elections come and go with candidate for the Westmount- EDMONTON (CUP) – Hossein Safaie, nobody appointed to represent Ville Marie riding, thinks it’s an international student at the University of the Westmount-Ville Marie unfortunate Harper will host a Alberta, could be a permanent Canadian resi- riding. federal election in lieu of the dent within a matter of months, if a new fed- The by-elections for three scheduled by-elections. She eral program does what it’s supposed to. ridings, one of which was also thinks it’s unfair that the In a move that will drastically change the Montreal’s downtown core, three thousand ballots cast immigration application process for interna- were cancelled when Prime won’t count. tional post-secondary students, the federal Minister Stephen Harper “My eight-year-old daughter government recently unveiled its new announced a federal election said to me, ‘Isn’t that cheat- Canadian Experience Class Program. on Sunday. ing?’” Dowson said. “It’s been in the works for a few years. It’s The Canadian Federation of “Mister Harper is equal to something that we, and the government of Students Quebec, which every other citizen and does The Queen has yet to reply to a Montrealer’s letter of disapproval. Canada, find very valuable. It couldn’t have launched a voting campaign not have the power to destroy GRAPHIC R. BRIAN HASTIE come soon enough,” said Danielle Norris, a and produced a Candidate people’s right to vote,” said spokesperson with Citizenship and Report Card based on the run- David Rovins, running as an to the famous King-Byng Rovins, a McGill University Immigration Canada. ningmates’ platforms, won’t independent candidate in the Affair. alumnus is also a fighter for The program hasn’t officially passed yet, get to see the fruits of its labour Westmount-Ville Marie riding. In 1926, the then-Governor accessible education. One of but if and when successful, skilled temporary for another month. Rovins says it’s unconstitu- General, Lord Byng of Vimy, his major platform policies is foreign workers and international students “Now we have to wait anoth- tional to cancel the by-elec- refused a request by then- free education for all would have to wait months instead of years to er 35 days,” said Noah Stewart, tions, especially since some Prime Minister William Lyon Canadians all the way up to the complete the immigration process. a CFS-Q representative. votes had already been cast. He Mackenzie King to dissolve doctoral level. “The Canadian Experience Class Program Although Stewart calls the has even gone so far as to write parliament and hold a federal “Canada is one of the gives them the opportunity, as well as Canada, faux-campaign time a “political a letter to our Head of State— election. The King-Byng Affair wealthiest countries in histo- to keep the best and the brightest coming game by this government” he’s the Queen of England. resulted in Canadian political ry,” he said. “Health and edu- from other countries,” Norris said. happy about the response from “It’s difficult for the reform on grounds of inde- cation should always be our International students who have attended students. “We got really posi- Governor General to intercede pendence, which saw the role paramount concern.” a post-secondary institute for two years and tive results,” he said. as she would have in the of Governor General become Rovins is still awaiting a have been employed within Canada for one Even more upset are some 1930s,” Dowson said, referring largely symbolic. response from the Queen. year are eligible to apply for the fast-tracked program. Sorcha McGinnis, public affairs officer with Alberta Employment and Immigration, Old news is good news agrees with Norris and feels the addition of the program is a positive step by the federal Kosher foods already available at ConU, government. With labour shortages facing provinces but new packaging seals the deal like Alberta and B.C., the announcement comes as welcome news to addressing those • CLARE RASPOPOW by the university’s efforts to increase the vis- issues. ibility of their kosher and halal food options. “In response to a competitive environ- Students excited at recent advertisement “It’s very encouraging,” he said. “It gives ment, it gives us another tool to attract [...] of kosher and halal foods in Concordia’s cafe- the feeling of belonging for other faiths, that international students who have already terias and coffee kiosks might be surprised to they are being thought of.” made steps to integrate into society,” find out that these meal options have been Roig Ludovic, head of the Loyola cafete- McGinnis said. “They have the skills that are available for quite some time. ria, also appreciates the expanded menu and much needed in the labour environment.” Concordia has in fact had a contract with kosher food options. “I’m Jewish and many However, the widespread praise for the Montreal-based Homemade Kosher Bakery of the students are Jewish and it’s nice to be program doesn’t extend to the Alberta for almost three years and has been getting able to pick up a snack while I’m on campus,” Federation of Labour. halal chicken from Montreal’s Metropolitan he explained. “These foods are quality kosher “Workers in that group will now be given a Meats. products, sealed and safe.” new avenue to citizenship, which is something The university has recently insisted on Elmenyawi believes that the university’s we feel should be made available to all tempo- new sealed packaging, different labelling and move to halal and kosher products promotes rary foreign workers,” Gil McGowan, presi- an expanded menu of sandwiches in order to not only inclusion but also health. The rules dent of AFL explained. maintain hygiene standards and bring these of halal insist that chickens be fed a mini- McGowan’s concerns are the result of the options to the attention of the students. mum of one week before the animals are program’s separation of skilled workers from When asked why these foods hadn’t previ- killed. non-skilled and domestic ones. ously been marked as kosher Gary Camlot, “They have found that this procedure Kosher foods are now labelled at both Con U Other criticism stems from a lack of com- Concordia’s catering manager, replied “there cleans the chicken of viruses,” Elmenyawi campii. PHOTO ELSA JABRE munication on the part of the federal govern- hadn’t been a large demand for kosher” in explained. “These are good practices for “Nobody is controlling the certifications of ment. the past and that the new labeling was “for everyone. Many non-Muslims would prefer halal, so we don’t trust outside providers,” he Safaie is glad to know that steps have been the Islamics, because many would rather eat to eat halal meat.” said in defence of his company’s products. taken to improve the application process, but kosher, because kosher is halal.” In the face of the recent controversy sur- “[Some companies] can open one eye and he isn’t sure what the program means for him. Imam Salam Elmenyawi, president of the rounding the lack of monitoring for halal close the “The only thing that bothers me is that not Montreal Muslim Council, who recently meat providers, the spokesperson for other. [Metropolitan Meats] kill the chickens all the details are being advertised. I don’t spoke to The Gazette about the increasing Metropolitan Meats remains adamant about one by one. The chickens are ours, we control know what I can or what I can’t do, or what it demand for halal meat products, is pleased the quality of his company’s product. them from A to Z.” takes,” Safaie said. 04 NEWS THE LINK • SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 • THELINKNEWSPAPER.CA/NEWS In search of answers Truth Society demands deeper investigation into 9/11 A threat to

• JENNIFER FREITAS fraudulent document and that to be done. those behind the report are con- “This is a dialogue that we With Canadians set to cast sciously or unconsciously guilty need to draw the Canadian abortion their ballots in next month’s of covering up what happened on Government into,” he said. Lewis Federal election, Canada’s 9/11 Sept. 11, 2001.’’ is also a writer and resides in Truth Society urges everyone to The petition to the report Montreal. demand investigation into the reaped more than 130 signatures Peter Stoett, an International events surrounding the Sept. 11, and was read in the House of Relations professor at Concordia, rights 2001 tragedy. Commons by NDP Deputy Leader says the 9/11 Truth On behalf of the 24 Canadians Libby Davies last June. Society’s demands are highly murdered that day, the group is Federal Minister of Public unlikely and “diplomatically Proposed Bill C-484 would pushing political authorities to Safety, Stockwell Day, sent a impossible.” launch an independent investiga- hasty official response that “The “Challenging authority can be limit women’s right to choice tion into the terrorist attacks that Canadian Government has no very healthy, an indicator of a • TERRINE FRIDAY happened in the United States. cause to believe that the destruc- thriving democracy,” said Stoett. “[Members of Parliament] tion of the World Trade Center “But Canada has no authority to Accessible abortion may be on Other events this respond to pressure in Canada,’’ was due to reasons other than go into the United States and the federal government’s chopping week at the 2110: said Drew Noftle, co-founder of those citied in the 9/11 start demanding to interview block, but not without protest. the Vancouver 9/11 Truth Commission Report. some of the key players involved Concordia’s Centre for Gender TUESDAY Sept. 9: Society, who has sent more than “The government of Canada is [in the 9/11 attacks].” Advocacy, also known as the 2110, Accomodate This! A facilitated five letters to MPs about starting therefore not inclined to pursue On Thursday, which marks the will be hosting a discussion about discussion around gender, Canada’s own inquiry into what an independent investigation,” it 7th anniversary of the World abortion rights and the proposed race, religious identity and the really happened at Ground Zero. continued. Trade Center attacks, the Bill C-484. racism and sexism at the Noftle says he “won’t stop Robert Lewis, maker of Sept. Vancouver and Montreal 9/11 First tabled in the House of roots of the “Reasonable until our troops are out of 11-inspired documentary The Truth Societies will march to Commons earlier this year, Bill C- Accommodation” debate. Event Afghanistan [and] until a Truth Movement, is Montreal’s Parliament Hill. 484 will propose to amend the cur- starts at 2 p.m.. Canadian investigation into 9/11 9/11 Truth Society representa- rent Criminal Code of Canada, starts.” tive. Lewis says that the then- For more info on the Canada 9/11 allowing harsher penalties for harm TUESDAY Sept. 9: Zine-mak- Noftle and his colleagues American secretary of state, Colin Truth Society rally at Parliament Hill, to an unborn child. ing and book binding. Come and wrote citing “scientific and eye- Powell, promised he’d link they can contact Michael Pengue, Abortion rights activists say this learn how to make your own witness evidence shows that the Osama Bin Laden to the World co-founder of the Montreal 9/11 is only the first step in the wrong zines. Workshop starts at 6 p.m. 9/11 Commission Report is a Trade Centre attacks, but has yet Truth Group, at mtl911truth.org. direction towards making abortion illegal. WEDNESDAY Sept. 10: “We are calling for the legaliza- Abortion Access Teach-in in tion of abortion,” said Bianca response to Bill C-484. It will Mugyenyi, coordinator for the abor- focus around the history of abor- tion access teach-in at the 2110. tion rights, the state of access to “While [abortion] is not yet illegal abortion in Canada and the cur- […] it still has not been legalized.” rent attack on reproductive The 2110 is coordinating a two- rights and bodily sovereignty. A fold campaign: first is a discussion wine and cheese will follow at 8 on Wednesday about access to abor- p.m. tion and its limitations; and the sec- ond is to join in on the pan- THURSDAY Sept. 11: DIY Sex Canadian day of action on Sept. 28. Toys. Learn how to make your Attached to the Bill C-484 debate own sex toys with cheap and safe are three other bills that some materials. Workshop starts at 2 activists consider a threat to a p.m.. woman’s right to opt for an abor- tion. Bills C-338, C-537 and C-543 THURSDAY Sept. 11: Know all move to protect the fetus either Your Rights! Why Unions? An PHOTO ELSA JABRE by tougher sentencing in the event exploration of the benefits of to psychologically always be a of an accidental miscarriage or by a labour unions and an overview of Dawson College: two years later victim.” health care practitioner’s interven- worker’s rights. Discussion starts Gueorguiev’s skull stopped tion. at 6 p.m.. Dawson College commemo- killing one. the bullet from piercing his The discussion will be lead by rates the second anniversary of Kaloyan Gueorguiev, a first- brain. But that didn’t stop him Indu Vashist, coordinator for FRIDAY Sept. 12: Solidarity the fatal events that claimed the year Political Science student at from continuing his education McGill’s branch of the Quebec I.D. Campaign Workshop. life of Anastasia De Sousa. Concordia, was shot in the fore- and pursuing post-secondary Public Interest Research Group. The purpose of this project is to On Sept. 13, 2006, Kimveer arm and above the left eye that studies. discuss how identity is represent- Gill entered Dawson and day. “Life is more interesting The teach-in will be held at 2110 ed. Event is from 4 p.m. opened fire at random “I put the event in the past,” being in class,” he said. Mackay in Annex V-01 this to 6 p.m. The Solidarity I.D. bystanders, injuring several and Gueorguiev said. “I’m not going —Terrine Friday Wednesday at 6 p.m. For more info, Launch Party will be held after please call 848-2424 ext. 7431. the workshop.

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• GIUSEPPE VALIANTE, girl play on the floor of her neigh- with a mix of private and public seven-time Grammy award winner new construction, which might QUEBEC BUREAU CHIEF bour’s house with thin blue mark- transportation, the city is rebuild- Oscar Peterson. last many years, might destroy the ers. “She just turned two but she’s ing a cheaper version of the Darren Becker, spokesperson neighbourhood for good. Mireille Gagnon and her two- been at the hospital more times Turcot, said Gagnon. for the city of Montreal, said an “What will remain is very little year-old daughter, Laurence, live than I’ve ever been.” Moreover, the new plans run official report on the city’s posi- because there are very few services next door to a giant, grey monster. Her daughter has respiratory through her home along with tion, which he said will include here to begin with,” she said. It hovers ominously above their problems, chronic ear infections, about 400 other St. Henri resi- concerns of local residents, will be The project is scheduled to home. At night, they can hear it and mastoiditis, a bacterial infec- dents. presented to Quebec’s begin in 2009 and last until 2015 rumbling softly while they sleep. tion of the prominent bone behind Transportation Department, and is estimated to cost up to $1.5 Gagnon is sure the creature is the ear. “What will remain is which controls the project. billion. The Quebec government making her daughter sick. The Quebec government’s very little because “Hopefully the [transport] min- said when construction is finished This behemoth is called the Health Department cites that ister will take into consideration close to 100 hectares of land will Turcot interchange. A four-level mothers living within 20 metres of there are very few all the concerns,” Becker said. be available for development. highway system 23 soccer pitches a highway are 17 per cent more services here to “We’re fine-tuning the project,” But land that is bordered by long, composed of 180,000 cubic likely to give birth to underweight begin with.” said Mario St-Pierre, spokesper- heavy car traffic is nothing to be son for Quebec’s Transport desired, said Gagnon. metres of concrete, 23,000 metric babies. The elderly are also 53 per —Jody Negley, tonnes of steel that distributes cent more likely to die from respi- St-Henri resident Department. “We’re still talking to “Right now we have a great 280,000 vehicles daily from three ratory problems if they live within many people who are involved. neighbourhood but I’m sure we’ll highways, one bridge and sur- 100 metres of heavy traffic. A group called Citizens’ We’re taking care of the needs to lose it if we go ahead with the proj- rounding areas in Montreal. In June 2007, the Quebec gov- Committee of the Village des the city and the specific bor- ect as it is,” said Gagnon holding It slices through some of the ernment announced that the Tanneries, which was previously oughs.” There still needs to be a her daughter who is squirming most densely-populated areas of Turcot will come down. Built just responsible for building commu- series of public consultations and trying to break free from her the city, including Gagnon’s neigh- in time for Montreal’s 1967 World nity gardens and cleaning areas of before construction can officially grasp. “Urban planners are saying bourhood of St. Henri, and sup- Fair, the falling slabs of concrete Montreal that used to be part of begin. that this is a once in a lifetime plies residents with a daily dose of and dripping archways tell a story the cradle of Canada’s industrial But Negley said she and the rest opportunity to really correct the exhaust fumes and countless other of a construction feat—and a city— revolution, is taking up her fight. of the citizen’s committee fear the mistakes of the past.” carcinogens. in decline. The CCVT, along with other province’s mind might already be For more mobilization against the “She was born after 36 weeks But instead of taking this community organizations and made up, and the private car will Turcot, visit: mobilisation- instead of 40,” said Laurence’s opportunity to downgrade an anti- elected officials meet frequently to dominate Montreal’s roads for turcot.info/en/index.html. mother, watching her blond little quated road system and replace it inform the public and prepare decades to come. She also fears the themselves for the public consul- tations that will take place before the official green light is given to the project. “We have to have a public refer- endum,” said Pierre Bisset, archi- tect and a St. Henri resident who is a member of the CCVT. “As far as we’re concerned the whole [proj- ect] should be re-questioned.” Bisset wants the new road downgraded so car traffic is half of current levels, leaving the rest for public transport such as light rails and electric trams. “We need to make a sacrifice,” said Jody Negley, one of the neigh- bourhood group’s leaders. “We won’t have the convenience of an interchange, but we’re looking to the future.” Residents of St. Henri are used to sacrificing for the rest of the city—and the country. Bordered by the historic Lachine Canal and the Turcot, St. Henri residents lived side by side with some of the facto- ries that built Canada and helped make their mortality rates double what they were in richer areas of Montreal at the beginning of the 20th century. St. Henri used to be named the village of the Tanneries, for all the leather manufacturing factories in the area. The international classic book, The Tin Flute, about the working-class French poor by author Gabriel Roy, is set in St. Henri. And the area is also the birthplace of one of the world’s Old steps lead to a quaint building in the borough. PHOTO JONATHAN DEMPSEY best Jazz musicians, the late A view of the interchange from St-Henri. PHOTO JONATHAN DEMPSEY THE LINK • SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 • THELINKNEWSPAPER.CA/NEWS NEWS 07 Maple Leaf doesn’t make veggies Vegetarians urge omnivores to take the plunge, at least sometimes

• JENNIFER FREITAS Canadian slaughterhouses for noth- ing more than a fleeting taste of Montreal’s Vegetarian their flesh,” Solowey said. Association and Concordia’s “To have the best health you Animal Rights Association hope have to eat less meat and get [into] that the listeria and salmonella out- the habit of consuming more break that claimed a total of 14 lives legumes, whole grain products, over the last three weeks will fruits, and vegetables,” said Anne- encourage people to adopt a vege- Marie Roy, a volunteer counsellor tarian lifestyle. for the MVA and a vegan for the On Aug. 18, Canadians were past eight years. informed that Maple Leaf Foods’ “Even if it’s one [vegetarian] Toronto plant encountered a case of meal per week or per month, it’s tainted meat with listeria monocy- better than nothing,’’ said Tetrault. togenes that resulted in roughly 220 Solowey agrees with both Roy product recalls. and Tetrault. “The meat, dairy “We can’t bring back those lost in products, fish, and eggs on super- this tragedy, but in tribute to them, market shelves today are loaded we can all strive to reduce violence with bacteria, antibiotics, dioxins, and improve our health,” said hormones, and a host of other tox- CARA president Lucas Solowey. ins that can cause serious health Just 11 days after this contami- problems in humans,” said nation episode, Quebec residents Solowey. were notified that cheeses from On Sept. 5, The Gazette quoted Fromages La Chaudière (based in Maple Leaf’s CEO Michael McCain Lac Megantic, Quebec) contained talking about what was the cause of salmonella bacteria, which is found the listeria-contaminated deli in animal intestines. Eleven differ- meats. McCain said that it was ent types of the manufacturer’s “deep inside the mechanical com- cheeses are being recalled. ponents of two identical slicing According to the Canadian Food machines [...] where bacteria may Inspection Agency, it is estimated have accumulated and avoided our that there are 11 to 13 million cases rigorous sanitization procedures.” of food-borne illnesses in Canada Alexandre Gagnon, vice-presi- each year. In Quebec alone, an dent of the MVA, believes that GRAPHIC ERIKA BEDFORD annual average of 1,000 cases of sal- because of this recent bacterial monellosis happen. presence in animal products, meat nated animal products will surface, inated spinach recorded in Canada. “It is much easier for me to trust “Every time news like this arrives industries will probably raise their but she acknowledges the other side There was an outbreak of someone with mud on their feet it confirms our choice of becoming hygiene standards and he ques- of the situation as well. Escherichia coli, which is a species than someone with blood on their vegetarian,’’ said Veronique tioned whether it would be a good “Although it is safer to be a vege- of bacteria that lives in animal intes- hands,” concluded Gagnon. Tetrault, treasurer for MVA, a non- thing or a bad thing. tarian these days, fruits and vegeta- tines. Chartwell’s Dining Services at profit organization made up of sole- “Business as usual [...] some see bles also get contaminated,” Gagnon agrees with Roy in say- both the Loyola and SGW campuses ly volunteers. it as the end of this era, I see it as the expressed Tetrault. ing that listeria and samonella don’t have posted signs just in time for Solowey preaches about having a beginning of another one,’’ said “If there’s a contamination in grow on trees and that if any fruit the beginning of classes stating that “respectful diet” when speaking Gagnon. vegetarian food it’s because it came or vegetable is tainted it’s any of the products served are not about animal rights. “Over one mil- Tetrault agrees with Gagnon that into contact with animals,” said Roy because the contamination derived impacted by the Maple Leaf Food’s lion animals are killed each day in more and more cases of contami- referring to the first case of contam- from an animal. product recall. Lights out Some might say that Concordia found an ingenu- ous way to abide by its new budget the first day of school—turn off the lights. Come see what The surprising blackout hit the Sir George all the buzz is Williams campus at about 1 p.m. on Sept. 2 and last- ed for almost an hour. Although generators kicked in about at The throughout the hallways, several people were left in the dark. Link’s staff Just down the street at Dawson College, students meeting. reveled in the excitement as student services tried to figure out what the problem was. “Maybe we forgot to pay our bill,” said Paul Rastelli, student services coordinator at Dawson. Friday, Sept. 12 The power failure was caused by Hydro Quebec, @ 4p.m. in the who was working on underground maintenance just outside the university. Hall building In this photo Nathalie Hodgson, an archivist for Concordia Archives, follows instructions: room H-649. “Don’t panic.” —Terrine Friday, with files from Trina Pion and Vanessa Muoio, News writing contest The Plant, Dawson College THE LINK • SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 • THELINKNEWSPAPER.CA/LIT LITERARY ARTS 9 Words and music collide at Atwater Library Kate Story reads from her first novel, Blasted

• CHRISTOPHER OLSON

Ronald Wright speaking in the Hall building’s auditorium. PHOTO JONATHAN DEMPSEY First-time novelist, lifelong writer Kate Story kicked off her cross-country reading tour at the Atwater Library & Computer Centre on September 4th, The Wright stuff? reading from Blasted, her inaugural novel. Although she’s been writing since Author discusses U.S. foreign policy childhood, Story took up writing seri- ously ten years ago, about the length of • JUSTIN GIOVANNETTI of America's wealth is the displacement of time that Blasted has spent gestating in one race [Native Americans], and the trib- her mind. “Ruby [the central character Ronald Wright, author of the bestseller A ute system currently in place which is the in Blasted] demanded that I write a book Short History of Progress, was at nature of the American empire today.” about her,” said Story at Atwater Library Concordia on Sunday to offer a strong cri- Wright’s main criticisms of contempo- last Thursday. tique of the United States with his new rary America is a rift that he sees between Story’s life has been spent traveling book, What is America?: A short history of what he calls the “backwoods” and the back and forth between her hometown of the New World Order. “enlightened” population. Wright blames St. John’s, Newfoundland and Toronto, In front of a diverse crowd of nearly 200 the backwoods group for the militarism and where she became a playwright and in the Hall building's auditorium, Wright religious extremism that has come to char- stage performer. debated CBC Radio One Daybreak host acterize America around the world. By hav- The character of Ruby follows a simi- Mike Finnerty. The two deliberated about ing lived through what Wright refers to as a lar journey—at least geographically—as Newfoundland native and author Kate Story. links between the War on Terror and “300-year rolling war zone,” the backwoods that of her author. But Story insists that America’s past imperial adventures, the has aided in the election of presidents like creator and creation share less in com- attempted before,” says Story, who care- reaction to 9/11 and current events in the George W. Bush and/or Andrew Jackson. mon than their home addresses. Their fully monitored the response of the audi- American political system. Wright would like you to think that he differences are such that Story is some- ence that assembled at Atwater. But The debate, between these two white reserves special criticism for America and times baffled at her literary likeness’s judging from their reactions, “I’m sure Anglo-Saxon men saw some tough ques- the world at the end of the Columbian Age, decisions. [Dreidger and Bell] will be receiving lots tions from Finnerty about 9/11. When asked but his analysis is superficial. One of his few Story has been part of a writers’ circle of invitations to perform when we reach twice about whether the United States could striking observations is on the current eco- for many years, and credits it for her St. Johns, the final stop in our tour.” be blamed for the terrorist attacks of 2001, nomic system: “ever since Thatcher and ability to get through the dark and dry Originally from Peterborough, Wright provided two non-answers. Reagan bought into Friedman’s ideas, the patches in her writing. “I wouldn’t wish Ontario, Driedger and Bell’s music feels The focus of the evening was Wright's world has gone back to the pre-1918 eco- writing as a career on anyone,” she says. authentically Newfoundlandish. Even book, which the author says was written to nomic system, and we know how that “But it also happens to be what I love Tom Jones “It’s Not Unusual,” which buck a trend of intense specialization in his- ends—it crashes and burns.” The remainder doing.” makes a surprisingly seamless appear- tory that has made the public lose a sense of of his arguments are masked in rhetoric and Creative inspiration for her first novel ance during the performance, feels like a historical narrative. “I have written a cultur- empty prose. “We have two choices,” says came to her when a friend was studying genuine folk melody. Performed, as it is, al, as well as a political history about a cul- Wright, “we either need to share what is such unfolktale-like subjects as fetal- on mandolin might have something to ture that throws up such bad leaders and a here, or fight for it.” alcohol syndrome. “It dawned on me do with that. political system which epitomizes the The most stunning answer of the evening that [FAS] is pretty similar to native Story’s next book is already fully Columbian Age.” came near the end of the debate. When Newfoundland fairy-lore, specifically the formed in her mind, and some of it has Wright uses the term “Columbian Age” asked if America was our best hope, Wright story of Changelings [where a newborn even made it onto the page, but she to refer to the global economic system in use answered that America had been a force for child is swapped with that of an elf or plans on giving herself time before shop- since 1492, “the capitalism of new frontiers good in the past, but has since been coasting troll]. The feeling that your child has ping it around to publishers. With the and endless plenty.” An age, he says, that is on its reputation. He continued by stating been replaced, or somehow isn’t yours, critical reception for her first novelistic finally coming to an end. that “America is based on an archaic model isn’t just a local concept,” discovered outing positive, and the accolades still In answering the question of what is which just won't work. The European Union Story, “but a universal theme. I realized pouring in, Story doesn’t feel the need to America, Wright makes observations about is our best hope.” When asked by Finnerty there’s a reason people tell these kinds of rush her next work to the presses. the world's lone superpower that fit well in about American intervention into Bosnia stories, and a reason to keep telling a climate of anti-American sentiment: when the EU was incapable of action, them.” The Atwater Library Lunchtime Series “Seen from inside by free citizens, the young Wright answered to applause that the EU's As a performer and choreographer continues with author-journalist Julie Barlow, United States was indeed a thriving democ- decision to not intervene in the genocide herself, Story was interested in bringing who will talk about her recent book, The racy in a land of plenty; seen from below by has been vindicated due to the rupture it some life to her public readings. Story of French, on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at slaves, it was a cruel tyranny; and seen from could have caused with Russia. Accompanying her for the duration of 12:30 p.m. outside by free Indians, it was a ruthlessly Wright's book is a well-written and bal- her book tour are Curtis Driedger and expanding empire.” anced essay on America's failings that ful- Derek Bell, who provide musical accom- One of the most personal topics for fills its goal; an accessible answer to the paniment in the form of their own origi- Wright over the course of the debate was question, what is America? But the breath nal compositions. that of the treatment of First Nations people of Wright's writing, from current American The synergism between song and spo- in North America. The crowd, which had strategy to the condition European explor- ken word is sometimes symbiotic, as one earlier clapped and celebrated to jokes ers found this continent in should be a stan- facet of the performance begins to influ- made at America's expense, fell silent when dard for revisionist history. But Wright's ence the other. Although the music plays Blasted Wright chastised Canada for having a worse book will not be a classic. He answers his to the beat of Blasted’s words, Story’s Kate Story record with First Nations peoples than the question, but provides no solutions. One feet begin tapping in tune to the musical killick press United States. finishes his book feeling both enlivened and instruments playing just over her shoul- Fall 2008 Wright's criticism of Canada is put into depleted. The puzzle of modern America is der. 330 pp perspective when he writes “the true source laid out, but it seems impossible to solve. “This is something that I haven’t $21.95 THE LINK • SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 • THELINKNEWSPAPER.CA/FRINGE FRINGE ARTS 11 What’s It’s always going on

Events listing for the time for breakfast week Sept. 9-15

Getting to know the Montreal Benefit fundraiser “Growing Grassroots Media in innovators of Delta Disco music Palestine” Thursday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m. Le Sociale 1455 Bishop’s Street Cover: $5-10 Contact: Gretchen King, [email protected] 514-448-4041 ext. 6788

CSU orientation closing concert Featuring Velvet Trench Vibes, The Stills and Tabeli Kweli Thursday, Sept. 11, 6 p.m. Mackay Street 1455 de Maisonneuve W. Contact: 514-848-2424 ext.7821

Exhibits Peintures Today, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Édifice du musée des Beaux-Arts 1368, Sherbrooke Street W.

Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War Now-Oct. 11, 2008 Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery 1400, boul. De Maisonneuve W., Ground Floor J.W. McConnell Library Building, metro Guy- Concordia

Lost Layers Thursday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m. ‘til late General 54 All Day Breakfast members (right to left): Burnsy, Mother, K Dilla and Herv. 54 St. Viateur Ouest 514-271-2129 • JOHNNY NORTH turns out, people like food GarageBand don’t dance. The K Dilla: You find us another Contact: [email protected] almost as much as they like MacBook won’t flirt with me band that plays Delta Disco, All-night dancing and all- sex—they need it, actually! after I finish a vocal take. we’ll play a gig with them any- Singing day eating are heavily K Dilla: Herv’s right. You’re Burnsy: “Undo” is a nice time. The Singing Circle endorsed by Montreal band All out dancing all night, then you option to have, though. Burnsy: No one knows what Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Day Breakfast–a band that head home to sleep it off. Once What is your favourite venue he sings, no one knows his Workshop to create harmonies and blends genres like soul, blues, you wake up it’s like three in to play in and why? name. But the song grows rhythms inspired by world music. and country (to name a few) to the afternoon? Four? You’re El Verde: Our biggest fans deeper and deeper just the Contact: Gabriela, create a unique style they’ve gonna need a 3,000 calorie seem to be drunks and winos, same. [email protected] named Delta Disco. breakfast to get you going so I’d say Barfly. Do you find having Concordia or call 450-674-817 The Link sat down with before the clubs re-open. We Mother: Gotta go with Les students around makes for a bet- band members Kris “K Dilla” live in the dance music capital Trois Minots—Ray lets us book ter atmosphere or doesn’t really Theatre Michaud (vocals, guitar), Chris of North America—it’s no coin- all our friends’ bands. add anything? Dangerous Liaisons “Burnsy” Byrne (vocals, bass), cidence there are so many 24- K Dilla: Much love to Alex, El Verde: You’ve got the Now until Sept. 28 Timothy “Mother” Budde (lead hour breakfast joints in this Robin and Maude at the best-looking girls. Segal Centre for Performing Arts at guitar, lap steel, keys, banjo), town. Pound. K Dilla: Concordia kids are the Saidye Bronfman Hervé “El Verde” Jodoin Mother: It’s a big, dumb Burnsy: House of Reggae. arty, and they know how to 5170 cote St. Catherine Rd. (drums, percussion), to talk name. The idea is that we don’ They supply the bass amp, so I party. Contact: Box Office: 514-739-7944, about their new sound, playing t take ourselves too seriously. didn’t have to track one down Burnsy: Everybody has an segalcentre.org Admission live, and the most important Do you all prefer recording in that night. answer, they all get what’s 514-790-1245, admission.com meal of the day. studio or playing for live audi- How important is it to you to going on. Me I don’t see what’s The Link: What inspired the ences? be different than the other bands the problem—please just tell Of Mice and Men name of the band? El Verde: We have so many performing on the same show as me that there’s nothing wrong. Now until Sept. 13 El Verde: We noticed how imaginary friends that live and you? Casgrain Theatre sex had been used so effective- studio are about the same. Mother: As far as the expe- ADB will be performing this 21, 275 Lakeshore Road ly to sell consumer products Mother: I like playing live. rience of the audience, I think Saturday at 9 p.m. at Les Trois Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec like rock ‘n’ roll. We wanted to There’s more of a connection it’s super important. As far as Minots at 3812 St-Laurent with Contact: 514-515-9140 or tap into something similar when you can look ‘em right in being a good band, not at all. Con U student Marcus “MC [email protected] with our branding, so we hired the eyes. El Verde: It’s not important. Puzzle” Rosin rapping. Admission a market research firm. As it K Dilla: I’m with Mother. It just happens. is free. —compiled by Johnny North 12 FRINGE ARTS THE LINK • SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 • THELINKNEWSPAPER.CA/FRINGE Flamenco is not a pink bird Dancer Claire Marchand brings the traditional and dynamic Spanish dance to Canada

memorable moment on stage. In 2001 she danced in a ‘Misa Flamenca’, a 16th century Spanish Christmas mass, in an old Winnipeg train station. You could “hear the choir notes hang- ing in the air, the flamenco guitar hanging in the air, it was a pow- erful show. It almost went past performance into ceremony,” she recalls. Apart from dancing, Marchand is part of Theatre The villain of the film reading the novel Truck Stop Hustler. Flamenco, a dance collective with academies in Winnipeg, Ottawa and Toronto, which she founded For fame and noterity and where teaches. This month she’s branching out in a tour she organized with 19-year-old fla- 10-year project by Kidnapper Films Dancer Claire Marchand is a member of Theatre Flamenco. menco guitar prodigy Javier finally told in Who is KK Downey? • BARBARA PAVONE traditional folk dancing. After Conde. Initially, when a friend high school, she began studying suggested Marchand invite • JOHNNY NORTH of KK Downey in order to get Flamenco, the Spanish musi- flamenco with legends across Conde from Spain for a Canadian Huxtable’s novel Truck Stop cal genre performed by an Canada and Spain. “It’s become tour “it seemed like a dream,” but “How does a gang-bang on Hustler published. It’s the clas- ensemble featuring guitar, hand an obsession,” she says. now they’re only a few days away page four sound?” starts off the sic “get the girl with a new iden- clapping, singing and dance is Flamenco is rooted in improv- from their debut. insanity that follows in Who is tity” setup, but eventually it all gaining popularity in Canada isation where the dancers and Their ensemble also includes KK Downey?, a dark hipster starts to fall apart. thanks to Winnipeg-based musicians “communicate musi- guitarists Jose Antonio Conde comedy from filmmakers The movie has the gritty feel dancer Claire Marchand. cally on stage about what’s going (Javier’s father) and Juan Kidnapper Films, who wrote of and hilarity of SLC Punk. The Marchand’s inspiration to to happen next in the music.” It Manuel Moreno and singer Zaira and starred in their own first- comedy and sharp-to-serious dance came at the age of 14 from differs from other styles of dance Gomez. “To work with people like full length feature Canadian darker tones is eerily similar to an unlikely source—a film featur- because “the dancer is really a that […], that amount of energy independent film. the decade old film. Using only ing flamenco dance and music. It musician in the ensemble,” and generated on stage, is one of Terrence Permenstein digital cameras to make the was her first introduction to the unlike other dances you can’t those feelings you can’t put a (played by Darren Curtis), is a movie is very impressive—the style. “put on a CD and follow the name on [...]. It makes me just struggling hipster who lost the final product is more than up to At the time she lived in music,” explains Marchand. grin thinking about it.” girl of his desires, his band par of most independent films. Brandon, Manitoba where fla- Sometimes you’re “leading the slowly falls apart and he ends menco was non-existent. Her music and sometimes the music Theatre Flamenco will be per- up sleeping with a woman Who is KK Downey? is playing at aspiration to dance remained a is leading you. You’re an intrinsic forming this Saturday at 8:00 p.m. called the “Cum Dispenser.” the AMC Theatre at the Pepsi Forum, dream until she was 16. part of the musical direction of at Theatre Gesu (1200 Rue de Along with his friend Theo 2313 Saint Catherine Street W. Marchand decided to move to the piece,” she says. Bleury). Tickets cost $35 dollars Huxtable (played by Matt Listings can be found through Winnipeg and join her school’s The true power of flamenco is and are available through Silver), he creates the identity amctheatres.com Spanish club where she learned best showcased through her most admission.com. spins reminiscent of calmer electronic acts. The est project. Right from the start with solo album in Montreal recently means that soft I was listening to Bedroom record is undeniably a fun one; with song “Darkening Skies,” you get an instrumental melodies are now available for all to enjoy. The Madness and had Does It Offend You, Yeah? names such as “Attack of the 60 ft. Lesbian with acoustic guitars that start off the déjà vu 13-track album is a mixture of folk-indie-pop the strange impression You Have No Idea What You’re Octopus” and “Being Bad Feels Pretty Good,” of early Metallica and Megadeth by the time you featuring the use of a ukulele and acoustic gui- that I was listening to Getting Yourself Into DIOYY shows they don’t take their work too seri- get to “Frozen Hell.” “Attack Imminent” sounds tars to give it a cool retro vibe. The album is an the same song over and over. After each Virgin Records/Almost Gold ously. The end result? A fantastic, energetic, very much like a slower Slayer with similar- easy, smooth listen throughout and with the listen I thought about popping this indie-elec- fun, and original album that will undoubtedly sounding drums. In the end, it’s thrash metal use of a variety of instruments keeps each track tro-pop CD out, however, something make it into your favourite playlist. that you’re understand lyrically, but there’s a lot unique to the rest. “Cold Box” and “The Laws of interesting happened to prevent me from 4/5 more heavier thrash metal available. Sadness” are the only English tracks. “L’amour doing so. Soon after, I became suspicious Mathieu Biard 3/5 est un tricheur” and “L’arbre aux parfums” that I may be trapped in a time-loop. One thing is for sure, Does It Offend You, Yeah? Johnny North come off with the most emotion-filled songs. The only song that really stood out was “Ship has energy. Imagine nuclear fission in the form Hatchet Great to listen to when you’re feeling down or Going Down (Let’s Go! Let’s Go!)” simply of weird, catchy electronic music with a healthy Awaiting Evil Caracol need to chill. because it had a little more energy. Overall the infusion of rock and there you have it. Granted, Metal Blade Records L’Arbre Aux Parfums 4/5 album won’t blow anyone away, but it might not all the songs on You Have No Idea What Indica Records/Grosse Maman Johnny North hook a few indie or electronica fans. Listeners You’re Getting Yourself Into are intense. Most prone to experience flashbacks should stay songs will incite unstoppable urges to get up Hexes & Ohs away. and bust a move, especially the repetitive “Let’s Bedroom Madness Make Out” with vocals from ex-Death From Noise Factory / Outside / Darla / Cargo 2/5 Above 1979 Sebastien Grainger, but others are It’s a trip back to ‘80s metal with Hatchet’s lat- The launch of DobaCaracol’s Carole Facal’s first Mathieu Biard THE LINK • SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 • THELINKNEWSPAPER.CA/FRINGE FRINGE ARTS 13 Flamenco is not a pink bird Dancer Claire Marchand brings the traditional and dynamic Spanish dance to Canada

best showcased through her most memorable moment on stage. In GRAPHIC AMY SMITH 2001 she danced in a ‘Misa Flamenca’, a 16th century Spanish Christmas mass, in an old The power of tomatoes Winnipeg train station. You could “hear the choir notes hanging in Step-by-step video instructions of the air, the flamenco guitar hang- ing in the air, it was a powerful their favourite Italian cuisine from show. It almost went past per- Elena and Stefano Faita formance into ceremony,” she recalls. • JOHNNY NORTH main piece of machinery one Apart from dancing, Marchand needs to order to pull off their is part of Theatre Flamenco, a Italian families take a lot of tomato processing. The film dance collective with academies in pride in their traditions—creat- does not include all the back- Winnipeg, Ottawa and Toronto, ing a number of delicious ground information on the tools which she founded and where recipes through different uses of and equipment they use, howev- teaches. This month she’s branch- tomatoes is something er this information is included ing out in a tour she organized Montrealers Elena and Stefano in a manual that comes in the Dancer Claire Marchand is a member of Theatre Flamenco. with 19-year-old flamenco guitar Faita take quite seriously. DVD package. prodigy Javier Conde. Initially, Stefano comes off as the The addition of four recipes • BARBARA PAVONE she learned traditional folk danc- when a friend suggested novice in their cooking/canning inside the DVD package is also ing. After high school, she began Marchand invite Conde from instructional film, Tomato handy—the lack of subtitles or Flamenco, the Spanish musical studying flamenco with legends Spain for a Canadian tour “it Preserves, but with his mom an idea on how much time each genre performed by an ensemble across Canada and Spain. “It’s seemed like a dream,” but now (Elena) backing him up almost recipe takes is not necessary for featuring guitar, hand clapping, become an obsession,” she says. they’re only a few days away from every step of the way, there are the film. singing and dance is gaining popu- Flamenco is rooted in improvi- their debut. quite a few laughs and small While the production value is larity in Canada thanks to sation where the dancers and Their ensemble also includes spills along the way for the own- far from spectacular, the audio Winnipeg-based dancer Claire musicians “communicate musical- guitarists Jose Antonio Conde ers of the Mezza Luna Cooking is clear and the lighting is Marchand. ly on stage about what’s going to (Javier’s father) and Juan Manuel School and Dante’s. decent enough to show every- Marchand’s inspiration to happen next in the music.” It dif- Moreno and singer Zaira Gomez. Making sure every step is thing you need to see. A little dance came at the age of 14 from fers from other styles of dance “To work with people like that […], done in an exact way is extreme- more detail on what one could an unlikely source—a film featur- because “the dancer is really a that amount of energy generated ly important to the quality of the do with tomato purée, more ing flamenco dance and music. It musician in the ensemble,” and on stage, is one of those feelings food—they enforce their belief recipes and more on the history was her first introduction to the unlike other dances you can’t “put you can’t put a name on [...]. It that you need to put your pasta of tomato preserving would style. on a CD and follow the music,” makes me just grin thinking about in tomato sauce, never tomato have been helpful in order to get At the time she lived in explains Marchand. Sometimes it.” sauce on your pasta or you ruin a better understanding of the Brandon, Manitoba where flamen- you’re “leading the music and the taste. Faita’s way of life. co was non-existent. Her aspira- sometimes the music is leading Theatre Flamenco will be perform- The film lasts 35 minutes, tion to dance remained a dream you. You’re an intrinsic part of the ing this Saturday at 8:00 p.m. at with the majority of it spent Tomato Perserves by Elena & until she was 16. Marchand decid- musical direction of the piece,” she Theatre Gesu (1200 Rue de Bleury). explaining the tomato purée Stefano Faita is now available. ed to move to Winnipeg and join says. Tickets cost $35 dollars and are avail- process. The use of a processor Contact Lyne Dutremble at 514- her school’s Spanish club where The true power of flamenco is able through admission.com. they call the ‘Tic-Tac’ is the 952-5047 for more information. 9/11 was an inside job Films on conspiracy immigration coming to Cinéma Du Parc

• JOHNNY NORTH the shorts are under 10 minutes long. have the CIA, FBI, and bizarre European hench- men after him, but Flynn’s attraction to her is his migr@tions Able Danger biggest problem of all. Culture, social clashes, and the trials and There’s a new twist to the 9/11 Truth move- What will attract 9/11 conspiracy theorists to tribulations of being an immigrant are all the ment in this conspiracy-spoof-thriller film-noir this film is the fact that Able Danger was the rage in the short films featured in Radio Canada featuring neo-Nazis, conspiracy believers and name of 2.5 terabytes of real data destroyed in International’s migr@tions. someone watching every move made. March 2001. Also, Vox Pop, the café featured One of the films, Seeking Status, was made The film revolves around activist Thomas throughout the film, is the name of the real by Josh Usheroff, a graduate of Concordia’s Flynn who, with the help of a mysterious sexy Brooklyn café for radical readers. Communication Studies program. His docu- European woman, discovers proof of American mentary tells the story of two Zimbabwean intelligence involvement in 9/11 on a hard drive migr@tions will be presented in two programs in refugee claimants who struggle in order to gain called Able Danger. English on Sept. 18 and Oct.2 and in French on legal status in Canada. Flynn soon discovers that the mysterious Sept. 11 and Sept. 25. Able Danger will be shown Factual and fictional films were brought woman has put his life in great danger. Her nev- on Sept. 11 at 10 p.m. and Sept.12 at 9:20 p.m. together by RCI with footage being provided erending lies get him accused of killing his mar- Cinéma du Parc is located on 3575 Park Ave. GRAPHIC EDWARD FULLER from 16 countries spanning five continents. All ried friend, who she helped kill with a blowjob, Tickets cost $7.50 for students. THE LINK • SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 • THELINKNEWSPAPER.CA/FRINGE FRINGE ARTS 13 Anarchism through art Art & Anarchy’s disagreement on norms in society

GRAPHIC AMY SMITH The power of tomatoes Step-by-step video instructions of their favourite Italian cuisine from Elena and Stefano Faita

• JOHNNY NORTH main piece of machinery one needs to order to pull off their Italian families take a lot of tomato processing. The film pride in their traditions—creat- does not include all the back- ing a number of delicious ground information on the tools recipes through different uses of and equipment they use, howev- tomatoes is something er this information is included Montrealers Elena and Stefano in a manual that comes in the GRAPHIC MOLLY SOWIAK Faita take quite seriously. DVD package. Stefano comes off as the The addition of four recipes • LAURA GIACCARI ent points throughout the evening. One artist novice in their cooking/canning inside the DVD package is also explained that the piece “was a drawing war,” one of instructional film, Tomato handy—the lack of subtitles or One would not think that an old currency the men drew a character, then the other artist Preserves, but with his mom an idea on how much time each exchange office in the Old Port could contain so attacked his drawing by drawing a character of his (Elena) backing him up almost recipe takes is not necessary for much dissident art. The art, vibrant and loaded own to kill his opponent’s character. every step of the way, there are the film. with different messages expressing disagreement Some of the works displayed were those of Gord quite a few laughs and small While the production value is with various cultural, political and social norms of Hill, a social activist involved in indigenous rights, spills along the way for the own- far from spectacular, the audio today’s society, is too much to take in all at once. Dayna McLeoud, a Montreal video and perform- ers of the Mezza Luna Cooking is clear and the lighting is After the success of their first exhibit in May ance artist, Jackie Sumell/Herman Wallace, who School and Dante’s. decent enough to show every- 2007, Art and Anarchy Montreal decided to hold created a video presentation on what kind of house Making sure every step is thing you need to see. A little their second exhibit, Dissident Art, which runs now a prisoner who has been in a 6’x 9’ cell 23 hours a done in an exact way is extreme- more detail on what one could until Sept. 28. The exhibit displays art by artists day for 36 years would like. There were many other ly important to the quality of the do with tomato purée, more from different parts of the world. One artist, Diana artists who had work on display, as well as a room food—they enforce their belief recipes and more on the history Arce, came from Berlin to present her project, where unsolicited artists could show their work. that you need to put your pasta of tomato preserving would Politaoke. The project, a presentation that involves The opening night was quite a success as it caught in tomato sauce, never tomato have been helpful in order to get audience participation, allows audience members to the eye of many pedestrians walking down Notre sauce on your pasta or you ruin a better understanding of the interpret and truly understand the meaning behind Dame Street. the taste. Faita’s way of life. the speeches of different politicians. The film lasts 35 minutes, The other live presentation opening night was The Dissident Art Exhibit located at 55 Notre Dame W. with the majority of it spent Tomato Perserves by Elena & The Shining Mantis, a duo of men from New York (Place D’Armes metro) until Sept. 28, admission is free. explaining the tomato purée Stefano Faita is now available. who drew spontaneously on a chalkboard at differ- For more information visit artdissidentart.com. process. The use of a processor Contact Lyne Dutremble at 514- they call the ‘Tic-Tac’ is the 952-5047 for more information. 9/11 was an inside job Films on conspiracy immigration coming to Cinéma Du Parc

• JOHNNY NORTH the shorts are under 10 minutes long. have the CIA, FBI, and bizarre European hench- men after him, but Flynn’s attraction to her is his migr@tions Able Danger biggest problem of all. Culture, social clashes, and the trials and There’s a new twist to the 9/11 Truth move- What will attract 9/11 conspiracy theorists to tribulations of being an immigrant are all the ment in this conspiracy-spoof-thriller film-noir this film is the fact that Able Danger was the rage in the short films featured in Radio Canada featuring neo-Nazis, conspiracy believers and name of 2.5 terabytes of real data destroyed in International’s migr@tions. someone watching every move made. March 2001. Also, Vox Pop, the café featured One of the films, Seeking Status, was made The film revolves around activist Thomas throughout the film, is the name of the real by Josh Usheroff, a graduate of Concordia’s Flynn who, with the help of a mysterious sexy Brooklyn café for radical readers. Communication Studies program. His docu- European woman, discovers proof of American mentary tells the story of two Zimbabwean intelligence involvement in 9/11 on a hard drive migr@tions will be presented in two programs in refugee claimants who struggle in order to gain called Able Danger. English on Sept. 18 and Oct.2 and in French on legal status in Canada. Flynn soon discovers that the mysterious Sept. 11 and Sept. 25. Able Danger will be shown Factual and fictional films were brought woman has put his life in great danger. Her nev- on Sept. 11 at 10 p.m. and Sept.12 at 9:20 p.m. together by RCI with footage being provided erending lies get him accused of killing his mar- Cinéma du Parc is located on 3575 Park Ave. GRAPHIC EDWARD FULLER from 16 countries spanning five continents. All ried friend, who she helped kill with a blowjob, Tickets cost $7.50 for students. 14 FEATURES THE LINK • SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 • THELINKNEWSPAPER.CA/FEATURES A life-long problem One woman shares her cautionary

• ROSE DICKSON [THE NAVIGATOR through contact with an affected area. It would use a condom, at least at first in a It is commonly believed that stress (MALASPINA UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE) dies very quickly once off the body. There relationship,” Jane says. “But I would usu- increases the frequency of outbreaks. are two types of the virus, herpes simplex ally end up having unprotected sex with While scientific studies on the topic are NANAIMO (CUP) — “Jane” still one and two. Although it is herpes simplex boyfriends. I think most people do, once inconclusive, Jane has noticed that this remembers the day, many years ago. She two that is most often associated with gen- they get to know someone and feel safe.” seems to be the case. had been feeling a strange, prickly, sting- ital herpes, either one can infect the None of Jane’s boyfriends ever had vis- “My outbreaks increased after a death ing sensation around her genitals, the mouth or the genital region. In fact, any ible symptoms of herpes, and none ever in my family, and I think I also had some source of which seemed to be a strange mucous membrane, such as the eyes, mentioned it. post-partum depression. For a long time, I bump. inside the nose, and even cuts can become “I suspect it was one of two people who barely remember even having outbreaks, She visited the doctor, expressing a infected with the virus, causing herpes I got it from,” she elaborates. “The one guy but it was this sudden increase in out- concern that she might have herpes. The sores to show up in those areas at any time was just a short-term fling, and I have no breaks that sent me to the doctor about it doctor said it sounded more like an after the initial exposure. idea where he is now. The other guy, I again.” ingrown hair to him, but he took a swab of It is also possible to get herpes on your went out with for two years, and I don’t Jane now treats her herpes with herbal the area and sent the test off to a lab. genitals from receiving oral sex from remember him ever getting an outbreak. I remedies and tries to maintain a positive Jane never got a call so she assumed someone with herpes on their mouth and am afraid of asking him so many years attitude. everything was fine. However, every so vice versa. later if he is infected. If he is, did I give it “When I was first diagnosed, I felt so often since then she has been plagued by a dirty and disgusting,” says Jane, “but I familiar stinging sensation. In the last few realized I didn’t do anything wrong. I was years, Jane noticed a sharp increase in the “I felt so humiliated,[…]. It wasn’t like I was a slut. still the same person. If I stay healthy, I frequency of her mysterious outbreaks. Anyone could get this. Yet I was still too new to it, too am fine, but if I let my immune system get “It was just last year, over eleven years ashamed, and I didn’t speak up to defend myself.” run down, sure enough, I get a sore.” after that first visit, that I finally went to Jane has noticed that things like coffee, another doctor about this again,” says — Jane lack of sleep and poor diet seem to con- Jane; “‘looks like herpes to me’ said my tribute to her herpes outbreaks. Coffee is doctor. I was stunned. I mean, I knew all “There is to him, or did I get it from him? I just often a culprit in frequent outbreaks along it wasn’t just ingrown hairs, but I a huge don’t know.” because of its effect on the central nervous couldn’t believe it was really herpes stigma One of the mysteries about herpes is system, where herpes lives in the body. after all.” around the way it acts so differently in different “Herpes doesn’t like coffee,” says Jane, Like many people, Jane had been genital cases. There are many reported cases of laughing. “It makes [it] mad.” misdiagnosed, or rather, not diag- her- couples where one has the virus and the The other major influences are anxiety nosed at all, and had been living with pes,” other never gets it. Other times, just one and anger. herpes, a life-long viral infection. says sexual encounter can result in transmit- “One time, I had a minor little sore. I It isn’t uncommon for swab tests to Jane. “I ting the virus. remember getting really angry that day. come back negative for the herpes remem- Similarly, some people get just one or […] When I got home, the sore was really virus. That’s because the virus isn’t ber right two outbreaks in their lifetime, while oth- raw and bleeding. It sounds gross, I know, always hanging out on the surface of the after I first ers get them all the time. Jane considers but it was telling me something. Getting skin. In fact, a second, more recent found out that herself extremely lucky. freaked out about stress isn’t worth it.” swab from Jane also came was what I had, a friend She is now married, and her husband Jane takes herbs like St. John’s Wort back negative, but a was making fun of people has never shown any symptoms of herpes; and Lemon Balm, both of which are blood test confirmed with herpes. I felt so “We’ve obviously had unprotected sex, known for easing depression, calming that she had anti- humiliated, but angry lots of times, before I had any idea that I moods and for being anti-viral. bodies to the her- at his ignorance. It had herpes. I don’t know why he’s never “I know there are some pharmaceutical pes virus—it just wasn’t like I was a had any outbreaks.” anti-viral treatments that a lot of people didn’t show which slut. Anyone could Jane has also had kids, something she find success with, but I thought I’d try nat- type. get this. Yet I was still feels like she may not have done had she ural remedies first,” Jane says. Nothing “My doctor too new to it, too known she had herpes. Many people with will ever take away the virus, but through explained that the ashamed, and I didn’t herpes have successful vaginal births, but taking care of virus lives in my cen- speak up to defend it can be dangerous if they have an active herself, tral nervous system, myself.” outbreak. The virus can get into the and comes to the surface Because herpes can infant’s eyes, causing more serious prob- of my skin at the place remain dormant for many lems than it does in adults. In cases where where it originally entered,” years after the initial exposure, it an active outbreak is present, doctors per- she explains. “During that time, it is con- can be very hard to determine exactly form caesarean sections. tagious, but the thing is, it is impossible to where it came from. Often, though, initial “I didn’t know I had herpes,” says Jane, know for sure when that is. outbreaks show up anywhere between a “so I never took any precautions. But I was It could be at the surface, I could be few days to a couple of weeks after infec- just lucky to not have had any outbreaks ‘shedding virus,’ as they say, but not even tion. Jane doesn’t know exactly who she during my pregnancies. having an outbreak. On the other hand, I got herpes from. Because of her misdiag- “I feel like if I got pregnant now, the might get an outbreak, but by the time I nosis, she doesn’t remember the exact stress of worrying about getting an out- make it in to the doctor for the swab test, time frame, but that it showed up around break would surely cause one, and the virus has retreated back to its hiding the end of one relationship and the begin- I wouldn’t know what to do. I feel so place.” ning of another. lucky that I went through it and The herpes simplex virus is passed “I was always monogamous, and I everything was fine.” THE LINK • SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 • THELINKNEWSPAPER.CA/FEATURES FEATURES 15

tale of living with herpes

Jane has managed to greatly reduce the also means making the effort to eat an will reject them frequency of outbreaks. appropriate diet, stress management, and just because they Vancouver-based Herbalist, working on your emotional and mental have herpes. Who Naturopath and carrier of the herpes relationship with the disease.” would want that virus, Christopher Scipio, estimates that It is important for anyone with herpes, kind of superficial 60 per cent of the sexually active popula- be it on their mouth or genitals, to tell love anyway?” tion has herpes. He has developed a num- their partners that they are at risk of get- “Having herpes isn’t really ber of herbal treatments for herpes, and ting herpes, and to take precautions to that bad, once you get over the even a seaweed-based gel that, when used lower that risk. Condoms alone don’t pre- emotional shock of it,” says Jane. “I am with a condom or dental dam, is very vent it, as sores can occur in areas around finding ways to keep my outbreaks to a effective at preventing the virus from the genitals, areas a condom doesn’t minimum, and life pretty much goes on as infecting sexual partners. cover. And although it is usually the case, normal. […] It was really important to me He has a very holistic view of the dis- it is a myth that herpes is only contagious to share my story, because a lot of peo- ease, and writes about it in his blog. when there is an active sore present. ple out there seem to think that this “The herpes virus has been a great “Most people with herpes, maybe up to is some rare illness that only teacher to me,” says Scipio. “I wrote in a 70 per cent, don’t get noticeable out- affects gross people or some- previous article that having herpes taught breaks,” says Scipio; “you may be having thing. me how to be humble for the first time in sub-clinical [subtle] outbreaks or may be I want them to know my life. Struggling with my own outbreaks shedding virus asymptomatically [without we are normal people. during the early years of my infection symptoms]. You could be infecting others Also, I want people to taught me that I am not the dominant life- with herpes without knowing it.” be more cautious. form on this planet, a simple virus—which As Jane said, none of her partners ever When I was sexually is not even technically a living organism— exhibited symptoms that she noticed, yet active, I mean, can kick my ass any day of the week.” she caught it somehow. Using an anti- other than with my Scipio encourages anyone with herpes viral gel like the one Scipio has developed, husband, I used to to take treatment into his or her own with a condom, abstaining from sex dur- worry a lot about hands. He acknowledges that there are ing outbreaks and taking measures to pre- AIDS, but I some very affective drug therapies for vent outbreaks all reduce the risk of trans- never gave her- treating herpes. However, he maintains mitting the virus. pes a second that a better understanding of your body “The biggest challenge for people, I thought. If I’d is most important, and popping a pill will think, is how to be sexually active once known how com- never get you that. they know they have herpes.” Jane says. mon it is, I might have been more Vancouver-based Herbalist, Naturopath and carrier careful.” of the herpes virus, Christopher Scipio, estimates that 60 per cent of the sexually active population has herpes.

He also expresses concern about some “For me, I’m already married. My hus- of the so-called ‘natural cures’ being pro- band isn’t scared because he figures he’s moted for herpes, warning that products already got it, or else will never get it. But like lysine and dimethyl-sulfoxide can do I can’t imagine being single and having more harm than good, especially with this. Imagine having to tell a potential long-term use. partner before having sex?” Jane shud- “Real management of herpes means ders at the thought, and she is not alone. strengthening your immune system so “Some [people] are so shaken by [rejec- that it can keep the virus in tion] that they stop dating for years or To see Christopher Scipio’s blog go to check, which is what ghettoize themselves to only dating others herpesNation.blogspot.com. If you are worried your body is with herpes,” Scipio says of his clients. about symptoms you are experiencing, go to the designed to do,” “Herpes is a great litmus test to let you Concordia Health Centre. On the Sir George writes Scipio in know who really cares about you and Williams campus it is located at 2155 Guy one of his many desires you,” he goes on to point out. “No Street in room ER-407. At the Loyola campus it articles on the one who really wants a person, and I do is located on 7141 Sherbrooke Street W. in room topic. “Real man- mean wants the person, the whole person AD-103-10. More info can be found on their agement of herpes and the package that comes with them, website (health.concordia.ca) GRAPHIC AMY SMITH THE LINK • SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 • THELINKNEWSPAPER.CA/SPORTS SPORTS 17

Stingers defensive back breaks up passing play. PHOTO ION ETXEBARRIA Mahoney leads the way Stingers trounce Bishop in first game of the season

• DAVID KAUFMANN the game, in the second quarter Overall, the team was pleased Laval team. “We’re going to get to this season. The team’s they made life difficult for the with performances in this game. the Q final and beat Laval and performance certainly backed up Concordia 30 Stingers getting Con U into penal- “I thought my team really rose to then one step at a time, we’ll take his words. Bishop’s 15 ty trouble. It started four minutes the challenge, and played a very the game and make it to in, as Mahoney was stopped by gutsy and gritty football game,” the Vanier [Cup],” said The Stingers are in action again The Concordia Stingers Gaiters defensive back Matthew said coach Gerry McGrath. linebacker Cory Greenwood this Friday when they take on the opened their season on a high Gordon. This caused Mahoney to Mahoney, who had a touchdown when asked about what the McGill Redmen at Molson Stadium. note last Friday as they rocked the retaliate, which earned his team a and a field goal that night, agreed, team hopes to accomplish Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. Bishop’s University Gaiters in a 15-yard penalty for roughing. saying that his team played well 30-15 pounding on the Loyola Later on in the quarter Gordon for the first game. field, in spite of Con U’s penalty made a similar hit on Stingers Yet despite the outcome, the trouble. wide receiver Dan Rodriguez. team was concerned about The game got off to a rocky However, the Stingers got out of turnovers and penalties. “We’ve start as Gaiters runningback their little funk in the dying sec- got a lot of things we need to work Jamall Lee broke away from the onds of the first half as wide on, like no turnovers,” Mahoney Stingers defence four minutes in, receiver Tony Testa widened the said. He went on to say that to score the first touchdown. Not lead to 25-15. “penalties were big tonight, and long after, Stingers quarterback other than that I think we did a lot Liam Mahoney scored an 11-yard “I thought my team of good things.” field goal to put the team on the Before last Friday’s game the board. Shortly after the field goal, really rose to the Stingers came back from a train- Stingers defender William Miller challenge and played ing camp that the team found was found his way to the end zone a very gutsy and gritty successful; it also saw them play with a 39-yard touchdown to put football game.” against the top-ranked the team in the lead. Saskatchewan team. “I thought The Stingers added another —Gerry McGrath, we really prepared for this game Stingers coach touchdown toward the end of the by the trip to Saskatchewan and quarter, but got caught off guard The third quarter saw promise playing an exhibition game out in the dying seconds, as Bishop’s for both teams, as players from there,” said McGrath. “They’re a receiver Keith Godding ran 55 either side saw gains upwards of very good team so it was a lot of yards to score their second touch- 49 yards. No team managed to good things, a lot of momentum down of the game ending the first make it to the end zone. building.” quarter trailing the Stingers 18- In the fourth quarter, the As for the rest of the season for 14. Stingers would add a safety and a Concordia, they hope to make it Although the Gaiters didn’t field goal to close off the game in to the Quebec final which could add much more to their tally in a 30-15 victory. see them facing the top-ranked Stingers wide receiver, Tony Testa lays out for a tough catch. PHOTO JOSH BROWN THE LINK • SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 • THELINKNEWSPAPER.CA/SPORTS SPORTS 19 Women’s Slow start at the plate soccer Baseball club falters in pitching and hitting, but Hamel- Carey pitches gem in first win of the season strikes back Stingers getting • JOHNNY NORTH runs early,” said Glube, who was able to settle down after his head the word out Without a full roster and limit- coach Howard Schwartz talked to ed practice time, it was not sur- him on the mound. “I fought back • DIEGO PELAEZ-GAETZ prising to see the Concordia and kept the team in it all the way Stingers ball club start the season until the sixth.” The Concordia women’s soccer with a 1-3 record. The start is eeri- “He had a horrible first team is organizing an event to ly similar to last year’s start when inning,” said Schwartz. “He had drum up fan interest for their sea- Con U started 1-5—that season trouble getting into the groove.” son opener this Sunday at home ended with a trip to Nationals. Despite the five run deficit, in against the Sherbrooke Vert et Or. the third inning the Stingers For just four dollars in advance Concordia 3 chipped away at McGill’s lead. and five dollars at the door, fans Lafleche 11 With two outs against them, will be able to get a ticket to the Six runs in the first inning was Stingers second baseman Robert game plus a hot dog trio, as well as more than enough for College Kaymakcioglu nailed a line drive the chance to win a variety of door Lafleche to easily hand Con U down the middle to bring in one prizes. their first loss 11-3, in a game in run. A walk and a single by rookie The event was organized to Trois Riveres last Thursday where Edward Evans brought Con U address a perceived lack of fan the Stingers just weren’t ready to within two. interest in the team over the last play. Stellar stealing helped in the few years. There has been an fourth inning to tie the game, but advertising blitz over the last week Concordia 7 McGill was able to pull off some to get the word out to students McGill 8 needed steals as well in the sixth about the event, including a story An exciting comeback by the to get the one run they needed to in a local south shore newspaper as

Bumblebees was foiled by some win. Stingers celebrate victory over McGill. PHOTO JONATHAN DEMPSEY well as several radio spots on The sneaky steals by the McGill “I liked what I saw, I liked our Team 990 AM. Redbirds in an 8-7 loss at Pierre hitting and I like our defence,” for this one—his fastball not only difference from the last “There were lots of games the Elliot Trudeau Park in the first said Schwartz. “Obviously this fooled the McGill hitters for six game is our pitching was last few years where there would game of a doubleheader last was a much better effort than strikeouts, but the use of his there. I expect more hits, only be 10 or 20 people in the Saturday. Thursday. Still disappointed in change-up took away from the it’s something I’m going to stands,” said Stingers goalkeeper Pitching was a concern for the the score though.” confidence McGill had in the first have to address before the next Fanny Berthiaume. Rather than Stingers coming into the season— game. game.” indicating a lack of fan interest, the with their ace Julien Tucker away Concordia 2 “I like to mix both because I team believed that the lack of playing with his summer team in McGill 1 have a pretty good fastball,” said Concordia 1 attendance was due to lack of their playoffs, and the loss of A phenomenal pitching duel Hamel-Carey. “The change-up Lafleche 6 advertising for the team. “We felt three other starters, pitching is between Con U’s Emmanuel keeps the batters off balance.” The hitting Schwartz wanted like the students didn’t know when the aspect which the Stingers are Hamel-Carey and McGill’s Ben Rookie Stinger Jacob Gallinger didn’t come on Sunday in the our games were happening,” struggling the most with so far. Fax ended in a 2-1 Stingers win to brought home Concordia’s first Stingers’ third loss of the season added Berthiaume. “Hopefully if Con U got off to a 2-0 lead after tie their Saturday series. run in the first and hit a sacrifice and second to Lafleche this sea- they come out for the first game, the top of the first, however “Game one, we were more fly in the sixth to give them all the son in Trois Riveres. they’ll have a good time and want McGill went to school on third- aggressive at the plate, game two runs they needed. to come back.” year Stingers pitcher Rob Glube was a little tough,” said McGill “It’s tough to get the first [win], The Stingers look to get their sec- The event couldn’t have come at who filled the bases up with no head coach Ernie D’Alessandro. but I’m not really focusing on ond and third wins of the season with a better time, as the Stingers seem outs against him. It was only a “We weren’t as aggressive as we the victories as much as a doubleheader against the Ottawa poised to break into the playoffs matter of time until seven runs should have been. Both pitchers getting the team ready to play Gee-Gees this Sunday at 6975 for the first time in several years. A started piling on. played extremely well.” the way they’re suppose to Mackle Road, at Trudeau Park. First whopping 16 new faces will be on “I felt bad that I gave up seven Hamel-Carey was ready to go play,” said Schwartz. “The game starts at noon. the field for the Stingers on Sunday as they face their bitter rival Sherbrooke, who barely beat them out for the final playoff spot McGill keeps the cup the last three years. “We’ve got a lot of potential,” Another tight battle in women’s rugby rivalry said Berthiaume, before touting the abilities of freshman midfield- • ANDREW O’KILL-GRIFFIN Marcotte, who also snagged the winning try. finally resulted in the deciding points of the ers Monica White and Molly McGill’s captain and four-year vet Melany match. Hodes. The team’s preseason Concordia 10 Waring was rightfully proud of her team’s hard Stinger’s head coach Graeme McGravie fol- record of two wins and one tie McGill 14 work. “We got to the field ready to play, but lowed the action with keen eyes as the added speak to the potential of this Concordia’s women’s rugby team failed to knew it wouldn’t be an easy game. We started injury minutes ticked down slowly. It looked squad. steal the revered Anne-Kelly Drummond Cup off a little shaky and let some runs through our like Concordia would take it, winning 10-7 so At the end of the day, the team on a brisk Sunday afternoon, losing a closely- defensive line. We spent close to the end but surely he must have known hopes that this event will help fought battle 14-10 against the McGill Martlets. some time making small that a game isn’t over until the clock reads zero. them get on a more level playing It was a tight and tense fight for the first technical errors, but eventually adjusted to “They kept coming at us and we couldn’t field with the other sports teams as half. Concordia’s only try was earned by each other to minimize these mistakes.” tackle them,” admitted Mcgravie. “It’s always far as exposure. “We hope people flanker Kim Whitty and converted by centre Waring went on to compliment the for- going to be hard to beat them […] this isn’t high will come out, soccer is a beautiful Jackie Tittley, who also put in a penalty kick wards on the team for their flashes of brilliance school rugby.” game and the level of soccer in this later in the game. in the second half. “They kicked in and began Despite the loss, Concordia showed a lot of province is very competitive and The real excitement occurred during the last to play like a pack as we stole three scrums resolve and clearly is a promising team to keep entertaining,” said Berthiaume. 20 minutes of the match. The Martlets tied the from Con U late in the second half,” continued an eye on for the rest of the season. game at seven after dire attacks from their for- Waring. The Martlets were able to capitalize on The Stingers play this Sunday wards. The first try was scored by first year the scrums and score the winning penalty try Concordia’s next game is Sept. 14th at home against Sherbrooke at noon at centre Elissa Alarie and converted by Colleen late in the game, as their impressive teamwork against the Ottawa Gee-Gees. Kickoff is at 4 p.m. Loyola field. THE LINK • SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 • THELINKNEWSPAPER.CA/OPINIONS/ OPINIONS 21 The gravy click. train’s last stand Tory machine scrambles to turn crybabies and welfare bums into good, productive philistines before October election

• MATTHEW FIORENTINO author who has plenty of money to private enterprises to capitalize on travel on his own,” by an anony- investments made by the public Art is not a dirty word. mous Tory insider. But as Dwyer market.

PHOTO KATE ALLEN Art is legitimate. later revealed in a letter to the editor Not all art is immediately com- Submit your Click photos to [email protected] Art is essential. in The Globe and Mail, he was mercially viable or will ever be. This Last month Stephen Harper’s “asked to go to Cuba in early 2007 is why there is an acknowledgment Pres hits the press Conservative government cut over by the Department of Foreign of financial support from the gov- $46 million in funding to Canadian Affairs. I didn’t get paid for the ernment of Canada in my copy of A word from Dr. Judith Woodsworth, president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University. artists without prior consultation, work, but the Canadian embassy Leonard Cohen’s The Favourite At the start of this new academic this than at Concordia—where we including the abolition of the gave me $3,000 in cash to cover my Game. This is why Montreal band- year I want to take a few minutes take pride in celebrating diversity, PromArt and Trade Routes pro- travel costs. I never applied for a leader Patrick Watson needs a to welcome all new and returning promoting community engage- grams, two key components in grant, and I never heard of PromArt $14,000 grant to tour international- students to Concordia University. ment and encouraging dialogue establishing a Canadian culture until [the funding cuts], but obvi- ly. This is why Montreal silk-screen You will experience an intense and and debate. We foster innovation market abroad. ously some wily accountant at artists Chloe Lum and Yannick exhilarating year on campus. I and we dare to be different: this is Surely our great northern coun- Foreign Affairs took the money for Desranleau and their Seripop know I will. what makes Concordia special. try will be remembered for its eco- the Cuban project out of the wrong moniker had to struggle tooth and As some of you may know, I am And it wouldn’t be that way with- nomic policies and not Leonard pocket.” nail for the past five years to secure just returning to Concordia as out you. Cohen, the Group of Seven or its If you think that Canada needs to funding from the Canadian govern- president and vice-chancellor, In the months ahead, I will be national ballet? Just as all the bon- look to its big brother to the south ment. after having been away for 11 meeting many of you in different neted grannies sit ‘round their tea for guidance, you might be sur- Is it so unreasonable to think years—most recently as president settings. I look forward to speaking tables today discussing mercantil- prised to know that in 2008 George that French-language bands might of Laurentian University. with you and listening to your ism instead of Vivaldi? Or maybe W. Bush approved a $20 million need a financial push to establish It feels great to be back home comments and suggestions at the Kids in the Hall were right: they budget increase to the National themselves in a market dominated among so many dynamic, warm every opportunity so that we can just sit at home all day long scream- Endowment for the Arts, $37 mil- by the English language? What and welcoming Concordians. continue to build this institution, ing “Sausages! Sausages!” lion to Arts Education, $31 million about artists operating in rural or This will be an exciting year. The together. That’s a Canadian culture I can to museums and libraries and a $59 remote areas where securing private time you spend here will, in one Thank you for having chosen to get on board with. million increase to an international funding or generating significant way or another, touch each of you spend some of the best years of Anne Howland, spokesperson exchange program, very much like interest are insurmountable diffi- or even change your life. You will your life at Concordia. I wish you for Foreign Affairs said this of the the ones that were just cut here. culties? If there is not equal oppor- learn in the classroom from your all the best in the courses and pro- decision; “Certainly we felt some of Did you know that the combined tunity for everyone then we don’t knowledgeable and inspiring pro- grams you have selected. I hope to the groups were not necessarily budget surplus of the federal and have a chance at true representa- fessors, who will challenge you see many of you at this year’s ones we thought Canadians would provincial governments this year is tion. with new ideas and help you to Shuffle on Fri., Sept. 19, 2008, and agree were the best choices to be estimated to be $28 billion? An artist is not a welfare bum. find new ways to contribute to at many other events throughout representing them internationally.” If the government wants to elim- My friends and colleagues are not society. the year. Receiving the brunt end of the inate discrepancies in its funding society’s leeches. They have full I also urge you to get involved in government whacking stick has programs, the solution is to revamp time jobs. They support the econo- campus and community activities. —Dr. Judith Woodsworth been Toronto band Holy Fuck. The the programs through consultation my that supports them. They You won’t find a better place to do President and Vice-Chancellor Tories have used them as a scape- and peer review. Fiscal mismanage- plough their souls. goat, insinuating that some of the ment can be remedied by redefining Art is more than just painting, artists receiving funding were offen- mission statements. Documentary dancing, music and poetry. Artists sive or promoting unsavory ideals. filmmaker Avi Lewis, who was also are becoming social researchers and Letters Holy Fuck received $3,000 from a recipient of government funding, agents of reform. They operate on a PromArt to go for a weeklong UK estimated that the Trade Routes microcosmic level; facilitating tiny tour in 2007. The band has been program had a return of investment epiphanies; improving the nation in As an avid reader of The Link, I have a ly slanted views on an issue that is politicized nominated for both Polaris and of 10 to 1. Closing the book on a pro- small ways. question concerning an article you published. and sensitive to those involved. Juno awards. Does peer recognition gram with an ROI of that caliber is The Harper government has First, I’d like to commend you on your I don’t see any other advertisements for other not lead to some level of success and neither a responsible nor a mature shown its cowardice by quietly Orientation Issue in which you indicated ‘hot events that promote one-sided political financial independence? course. shoehorning these cuts into the spots’ for students, like restaurants and cul- events, and I think that printing about such Maybe the argument is simple If it’s Harper’s wish to privatize budget, pandering to its hardcore tural events. However, I find it ironic that while an event makes a statement and assumption economics? the arts, he needs to come clean Neo-con base while shying away you make the disclaimer that any Letters to on what interests Concordia students. This is Scapegoat number two was inde- with his Thatcherism. from national debate in the build- the Editor must avoid being “racist, sexist, not necessarily representative of the student pendent journalist Gwynne Dyer, Our government funds things up to an October election. Harper’s homophobic, xenophobic...[or] libelous”, that body’s opinions and should not be imposed or who received a $3000 travel grant that private businesses will not ideologies are quite clear by now. The Link itself does not seem to be compelled implied as such. The Link should adhere to to give a series of lectures at a con- because of their lack of definable Don’t mention art. I mentioned to abide by such principles. journalistic integrity and abide by the same ference in Cuba. Dyer was described returns on value. Promoting art and it once, but I think I got away with I was disturbed to see that in the section principles and restrictions it places on Letters as a “left-leaning columnist and culture in other countries allows it alright. labeled “What’s Going On?”, a protest event to the Editor. against so-called ‘apartheid’ in Israel was listed alongside comedy and improv shows. —Marian Pinsky This is imposing political and indeed extreme- Sociology [email protected] The Link’s letters and opinions policy: The deadline for letters is 4 p.m. on Friday before the issue prints. The Link reserves the right to verify your identity via telephone. We reserve the right to refuse letters that are libelous, sexist, homophobic, racist or xenophobic. The limit is 400 words. If your letter is longer, it won’t appear in the paper. Please include your full name, weekend phone number, student ID number and program of study. The comments in the letters and opinions sec- tion do not necessarily reflect those of the editorial board. And maybe that’s the whole point. THE LINK • SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 • THELINKNEWSPAPER.CA/OPINIONS OPINIONS 23

Across 1. if you’re feeling the need for chaps and stetsons you should try this province (short editorial form) crswrdpzzlol 5. sic ___ tyrannis • MATTHEW FIORENTINO 11. an idea ___ed to me the other day? 16. when you should lose those leggings and A sobering thought oversized bug glasses 17. central market where Athenians haggled for fruit and breadsticks (plural) Alcohol doesn’t protect you 18. cover your windows with a fine ___ to avoid creepy Rear Window-esque incidents from herpes or car fenders from happening 19. I stayed awake at night as a child, due to It’s halfway through Frosh and we’re doing alright. the pranks played by the ___ that lived in Our hangovers are subsiding, probably more from the our house extra sleep we’ve gotten in dark classroom corners than 21. your $2000 overdue Visa bill and the any real slowing of alcohol consumption. School is once $130 you owe your mescaline dealer are forms of this (plural) again a fact, instead of poorly written fiction. 22. soldiers from the south of the Our froshies have now retired their identifying t-shirts Peloponnese for less obvious signs of naivety–blocking the passing 23. Maple Leaf gives you listeria. Eat veggies lane on the Hall building escalators and complaining instead 25. the cure to your faulty summertime loudly about the mandatory Chartwells meal-plan, but assertions that you don’t burn we still have some of our biggest orientation events on 26. that sense of ___ you feel when you the horizon. graduate top of your class. Not for everyone The CSU is busy introducing Concordia with style, but 29. something for hockey moms to do in the off-season one thing remains to be said, a message aimed at first 32. what would an artist be if he didn’t have year students: alcohol won’t save you from car fenders or an ___ the size of New York? Freudian term herpes. 33. secular I know, I’ve been there. It’s tough to be new. For 34. if a steamship is going backwards, it’s going ___ Concordia’s non-Montreal Froshies, from this province’s 37. Jake The Snake’s signature wrestling small towns or a little place called “Not Quebec,” a title move profs will use to gloss over everything that goes on else- 40. to reheat hash browns where in our nation and the world, your September will 44. he’s very ___, very much a 90’s man. Confident be busy. You’ll be searching for a new group of friends, 47. Lake ___ Southernmost Great Lake. finding your footing in this strange city, all the while try- Creeeppyy ing to keep that I.D.—the one that states your birth year 48. a set of lines upon which melodies are placed as 1990—from burning a hole in your pocket. Life just got 49. a record of financial transactions a lot more difficult and a lot more exhilarating. 51. Latin for being, existence 2. I’m stuck in a ___ I’m stuck in a ___ I’m tonight’s county fair!” Everything you do has the potential of being a college 52. for long things, use a ___. For short stuck in a ___ I’m stuck in a ___... 29. “I ___ my final... with a 60, but still.” issue 3 story, which unlike high school stories can last until things, use a ruler 3. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy 30. a type of bloodsucking African fly 54. too many. En francais solutionz you’re 70, or at least until the thanksgiving reunion at balls secure to the ends of a strong cord. Not 31. ___ my love has come along. Etta James 57. ___ Murphy, annoying CBC pundit. Also CAMP I I KABBALA MED I A D home. sexual 35. to issue forth in bubbles O M O B C C R the last name of the Tyrannosaurus N AWO L C R T U Sadly, it looks like some froshies won’t make it to 4. the introduction to the main body of Indian 36. the Queen’s air force DEBT ABHOR TU I T I ON 58. Arabic nobles O U E L E V K music 38. peaches and cherries are this type of fruit R DORIC G INSOMNIA either milestone. The Link staff has noticed that some of 59. ski here when in CO G E F G B T S 5. nomadic people of the Syrian-Arabian 39. sent by system of teletypewriters con- PENC I L PLAGI ARI SM AM this year’s freshmen are running into oncoming traffic. 61. to consume food for nutritional purposes T A L R C E A A B deserts nected to telephonic network G PROFESSORS P U 63. X, Sting and Charles are all ____s DDT E H T B Y S ZERO Most days Montreal isn’t a dangerous city; we walk 6. the holiday concoction that everyone likes 41. someone in search of a good argument O HOMEWORK Z C 64. staunchness, resoluteness to buy, but nobody actually drinks 42. ___ Leone U N S O P T the streets with a general sense of ease and on the right 71. city in central Iowa. Anagram of ‘mesa’ CONCERT K TEXTBOOKS O 7. Larry, Curly and ___ 43. what do you mean the Pope isn’t infalli- H E W P day you can catch a smile from strangers. But this 72. prolonged ringing of bells. Often occurs FAD S ECHO E E MO I 8. to groom oneself with care. Pre-clubbing ble? ___! A O Y S F ANARCHY metropolis is far from the small town environment many on Sundays T W L S I P ritual 45. electro loft/bar situated on south St. A NOTLEARNING SCHOOLBAG 73. is that a drawbridge in your pants? L N A Y A A O I A first-years left. This is a city full of busy people—some of 9. fancy pants artists paint pictures on this Laurent. Acronym IDLE B S L U N M 77. dude ___. Also a type of dressing S U TRANSPORTAT I ON M whom may be busy stealing and stalking— too busy to type of stand 46. if you want to avoid herpes, it’s recom- T FROSH A 79. Keats’ Ode to the ___ 10. the worst jobs are in ___. Y’know, in mended you use a dental ___ when engag- check for venereal diseases (Feature, page 14) and many 81. Person of Japanese descent born and 66. alleviated by a massage, solved by get- stores ing in cunnilingus educated in North America ting rid of stress of whom are too busy to avoid hitting a stray froshie on 11. the ___ Couple 50. Jimmy Hoffa is on the ___ from death. A 82. Howard Hughes liked to ___ 67. this word isn’t in the dictionary. Try look- Sherbrooke. 12. everytime you spread this on your bagel, hasty escape, yeah 83. Concordia will be your ___ mater... if you ing it up an angel smiles 53. hipster word for neat restos and food Being on your own in the city is a big step and there’s graduate 68. a city of Northeast Illinois that sounds 13. if you need free ___ for your apartment, spots a lot to take in. You’re doing well, but remember: 84. Santa keeps spares in case of ballistic like it belongs to Lord of the Rings lore just ask the shady guy with the tool belt 55. row, row, row your boat... with this shaft attacks 69. Superman is the ___ of Jor-El although you’ve escaped underage drinking and the 14. ___ Sinclair shaped thing 85. passage of music in a slow tempo 70. how come you taste so good? quaint charm of small town life, you haven’t escaped your 15. sometimes I wish life was like a comput- 56. some people think two popped collars a 86. hopefully, your parents started one of 74. there are lots of these to boost back-to- er and had an ____ button. fur coat and an iPhone makes you this mortality. Be excited, be drunk, be slutty if you please, these for you. If not, you can work at Second school consumerism 20. yadayadayada 60. relating to the spleen but for the sake of us worrywarts here at The Link, be Cup with the rest of us 75. to give as one of the pillars of Islam 24. the Slavonic version of king. 62. tropical American evergreen shrub 76. Quantum ___. Television at its finest safe. 27. Ikea is into selling ___ furniture. For easy 64. mends with interlacing stitches 78. ___ or hers —Amy Smith Down construction/flexible arrangement 65. smoke signals to snail mail to pneumat- 80. baseball cap, beanie, beret, capuchon, 1. Cleopatra’s deadly accessories graphics editor 28. to hasten. “___ yourself down to ic tubes to ___ fedora. Head ornament

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY SEPTEMBER 13, 1988 Leaky nuclear reactor seemed unconcerned that hun- today. Derfel makes many refer- and carcinogenic fuel dreds of litres of PCB-laced oil ences to the toxic and carcino- were being used by Loyola’s genic properties of PCBs in his Welcome to the Hall building, main boiler and at the Hall piece. If a young reporter from 13 floors above your head is a building’s electrical substations. The Link knew, why didn’t the ticking time bomb of deadly The man in charge of both of “experts” entrusted with the PCBs. Below your feet, a warm Concordia’s PCB-problem areas, health of students? nuclear reactor is working, slow- Frank Papineau, is quoted as Derfel’s article also makes ly spewing radiation. saying that he didn’t know if reference to Concordia’s “neu- Twenty years ago Aaron PCBs posed a health risk, but the tron generator,” a small nuclear Derfel broke a story about quantity was too low for people reactor built to emit neutron The main burner at Loyola campus. Concordia’s misuse of toxic to worry. radiation. Built in the Hall build- PCBs at both campuses, as he History offers no defense for ing’s basement, the reactor room. It took four years for the pointed out, that was only the tip Papineau: information on the poured small amounts of radia- school to realize that it had not Concordia’s reactor, the neutron of Concordia’s toxic iceberg. risk posed by PCBs was as avail- tion into Concordia through a properly shielded one of the generator in the bowels of the Concordia’s administration able twenty years ago as it is neighboring telephone relay reactor’s walls. Hall building.