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Listings@Uniter.Ca THE ISSUE 06 THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG STUDENT WEEKLY 2005/10/06 » VOLUME 60 INSIDE 02 News 07 Comments 08 Diversions 10 Features uniter.ca 14 Arts & Culture » 18 Listings 21 Sports ON THE WEB [email protected] » E-MAIL VOL. 60 ISSUE 06 ISSUE 60 VOL. DROPPING THE BALLOT OCTOBER 06, 2005OCTOBER 03 UPCOMING ELECTION OF STUDENT LEADERS DOWN TO THE DIRT 14 AN INTERVIEW WITH JOEL HYNES THE ART OF SOUND 16 A PREVIEW OF SEND + RECEIVE SHOULD HE STAY OR GO 23 BOMBER’S COACH ON THE BLOCK? THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG STUDENT WEEKLY WEEKLY STUDENT WINNIPEG OF UNIVERSITY THE ♼ October 06, 2005 The Uniter 06 02 VOL.60 ISS.06 CONTACT: [email protected] October 2005 NEWS EDITOR: VIVIAN BELIK SENIOR EDITOR: LEIGHTON KLASSEN NEWS EDITOR: DEREK LESCHASIN UNITER STAFF UNITER NEWS E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] Managing Editor » Jo Snyder 01 [email protected] Business Coordinator & Offi ce Manager Whitney Light 02 » James D. Patterson [email protected] Mayor Katz Agrees to Support RAY BEAT REPORTER NEWS EDITOR » Vivian Belik 03 [email protected] ayor Katz came face to face with NEWS PRODUCTION EDITOR » 04 Derek Leschasin the realities of homelessness and [email protected] Mpoverty on the streets of Winnipeg 05 SENIOR EDITOR » Leighton Klassen last Thursday while paying a visit to Resource [email protected] Assistance for Youth (RAY), a centre at the BEAT REPORTER » Whitney Light intersection of Broadway and Young St. 70 youth 06 [email protected] per day, aged 12 to 29, come to RAY from the street BEAT REPORTER » Alan MacKenzie 07 [email protected] to fi nd food, clothing, and start a “transition from a life of dependency to one of independency”, as the FEATURES EDITOR » Lori Ebbitt 08 [email protected] organisation states on their business cards. ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR » Mike Lewis 09 [email protected] Staff and youth expected to educate the mayor about life on the street and the SPORTS EDITOR » Mike Pyl 10 [email protected] struggle to re-enter society. The meeting took an unexpected turn when the mayor 11 COMMENTS EDITOR » Daniel Blaikie pledged support to the future of RAY, [email protected] which currently operates out of a cramped HUMOUR EDITOR » Matt Cohen offi ce space on unstable funding. 12 [email protected] Dawn Lavand, a youth who hit the streets at 15, sees homelessness as an PHOTO EDITOR » Wade Andrew ongoing and inevitable cycle. 13 [email protected] “A lot of us get lost in our teenage LISTINGS COORDINATOR » years,” she says. 14 Nick Weigeldt [email protected] Some leave because a life free of parents and rules seems like a tempting COPY & STYLE EDITOR » 15 Melody Rogan [email protected] escape, and others have no choice. Abuse, be it emotional, physical, or sexual, leads DISTRIBUTION MANAGER » 16 kids to the streets. In some cases, youth Scott McArthur run from poorly managed group homes PRODUCTION MANAGER & where they are beat up and stolen from by 17 GRAPHICS EDITOR » David C. Tan their peers. [email protected] Once out on the street, life only ADVERTISING MANAGER becomes more diffi cult. Because they’re 18 » Ted Turner [email protected] often unaware and unable to defend 786-9779 their rights, youth become a target for exploitation and harassment. The mayor listened as staff and youth talked about THIS WEEKS CONTRIBUTORS their encounters with landlords who offer Ben Wickstrom, Brett Hopper, Ben White, Erin squalid living conditions and steal from photo courtesy of Andrew Ward McIntyre, Joel CoteSelig, Sara Arenson, Iain tenants. Ramsay, Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson, Sarah Hauch, Stereotypes of the homeless, Thomas Assalin, Jon Symons, Sheri Lamb, Rhys Mayor Katz visits with RAY staff on September 29 Kelso, Dave Streit, Brad Penninton, Kalen Qually says Program Director Kelly Holmes, constantly work against youth on the streets. “The establishment Street location. “The establishment thinks these kids Currently, RAY receives some funding thinks these kids are The Uniter is the offi cial student newspaper of the University are from crack mothers in the inner city... through the Winnipeg Homeless and of Winnipeg and is published by the University of Winnipeg It’s not accurate,” she says, arguing that Housing Initiative, a tri-level government Students’ Association. The Uniter is editorially autonomous from crack mothers in and the opinions expressed within do not necessarily refl ect suburbia is just as often a source of social fund, and some from private individuals those of the UWSA. The Uniter is a member of the Canadian University Press and Campus Plus Media Services. problems. the inner city...It’s not and organizations. The city’s recent anti-panhandling After having listened to youth and SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES, LETTERS, PHOTOS AND GRAPHICS ARE WELCOME Articles should be submitted law has spurred increased harassment by accurate” – RAY Program staff for nearly an hour, the mayor asked, in text or Microsoft Word format to uniter@uwinnipeg. police. RAY staff also expressed frustration “What would you do if you were in my ca. Deadline for submissions is noon Friday (contact Director Kelly Holmes the section’s editor for more information). Deadline for with the Downtown BIZ, which has been position?” The unanimous response was advertisements is noon Friday, six days prior to publication. The Uniter reserves the right to refuse to print submitted taking a police mentality approach to to build a bigger, better home for RAY. material. The Uniter will not print submissions that are homophobic, misogynistic, racist or libelous. We also youth in the neighbourhood. Mayor Katz agreed to support the reserve the right to edit for length or style. For Lavand and others, it’s the a part-time job and is settled in a bachelor organization as it seeks to identify an resources available to start a new life that apartment. She continues to visit RAY in appropriate property to purchase and CONTACT US » will make the difference between roaming the role of a volunteer and guide to those renovate, stating that he was prepared to General Inquiries: 204.786.9790 perpetually in search of food and shelter still struggling. look at possible resources in the city as well Advertising: 204.786.9779 Editors: 204.786.9497 and re-entering society as a contributing Alex Hawkes-Kavanagh is another as meet with Premier Gary Doer to discuss Fax: 204.783.7080 citizen. youth who has seen life on the streets and homelessness initiatives. Housing and Email: [email protected] “Without a place like RAY we can’t made his way out through RAY. Now in fi nancial assistance fall under provincial LOCATION » make the transition back,” Lavand told an adult education program with hopes of jurisdiction. Room ORM14 Mayor Katz. studying at university next year, Hawkes- Lavand, Hawkes-Kavanagh and University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue RAY offers emergency services such Kavanagh took the opportunity to address staff envision a centre which offers all Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 as a food and clothing bank, drop-in the mayor. “What I have now is self- the current counseling and prevention services such as counseling and access respect. I thought I was going nowhere programs with an expanded area for life- to a public health nurse, and job search and I’d be stuck on the streets forever.” skills workshops, facilities for youth to resources. The centre is also active in In order to continue helping youth, get clean and fed, as well as some living COVER IMAGE homelessness prevention programs in RAY needs to fi nd stable funding accommodations. Winnipeg’s schools and colleges, offering resources. The Young Street location has Speaking after the Mayor had PHOTO BY: DAVID TAN workshops on various topics from Anger an operating budget of $400 thousand per made his exit, Holmes expressed hope Management to Suicide Prevention. year and if new funding can’t be found by and excitement towards the unfolding of Since coming to RAY at age 17, year-end, says Holmes, it faces closure, as events. “We didn’t expect this. He was Lavand has come a long way. She now has was recently the fate of RAY’s Osborne moved. He realized they’re bright kids.” The Uniter October 06, 2005 NEWS EDITOR: VIVIAN BELIK SENIOR EDITOR: LEIGHTON KLASSEN NEWS EDITOR: DEREK LESCHASIN E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] NEWS 03 Write to us at [email protected] or come down to the Uniter offi ce ORM14 Bulman Centre at the Uni- versity of Winnipeg. General contributor meetings will be held the fi rst Monday of every month start- ing September 12 from 12:30-1:30pm in the Uniter offi ce. Everyone is welcome. If you’re an aspiring writer, write for the Uniter. Photo by: Wade Andrew UWSA President Kate Sjoberg poses in the UWSA offi ce. New UWSA Executive Position to be Filled in Upcoming By-Election Whitney Light available, and the next meeting is scheduled BEAT REPORTER for Oct. 12, but the dates are subject to change. Notices are posted around campus three days prior to board meetings and one day prior to he engines of student government are committee meetings. A new website launched earlier this year in high gear down at the UWSA offi ces. also promises to make meeting schedules, TThe Board of Directors has been at work minutes, and policies available for students’ since the time of their election last spring, planning information. At press time, however, the website still featured events that took place to get the 2005-2006 year smoothly underway.
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