Asper’s $237M Bombers stadium planned for U of M by 2010 pg. 3 the MTHEANITOBAN UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA STUDENTS’ NEWSPAPER THE OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA STUDENTS’ NEWSPAPER VOL 96 · NO 6 · SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 · WWW.THEMANITOBAN.COM The Large Hadron Collider: calm down people, seriously pg. 17 Artistic integrity: sorely lacking in removal of Marx mural pg. 7 News Editor: Morgan Modjeski and Ashley Gaboury 2 NEWS Contact: [email protected] / 474.6520 INDEX 2 News 7 Editorial 8 Comment 14 Features 16 Science 19 Culture 23 Arts cover image 30 Sports Photo by Rob MaCeachern U of M Events PHOTO BY HAO CHEN Sept. 19 S e p t. 2 2 Sustainable Tourism U of M World Cup Soccer in Uganda Monday is your last chance to register for this free, for-fun soccer tourna- STUDENts GO HUNGRY IN If you've thought about travelling in ment. Register at the information Africa or the economics of tourism in desk in Frank Kennedy or find more the Third World, check out this lecture information online at the Bison AUstRalIA AND CANADA by U of M prof Michael Campbell at 3 Sport and Active Living website. p.m. in Conference Room A (room 238 U of M food bank use increased by 38% of the Investor's Group Athletic Centre. Find it! In the library Learn how to locate books and all MORgan MODJESKI, staff end-of-year report, the food bank dis- According to the University of Jazz Masterclass of the other shortcuts that the U tributed a total of 799 hampers in the Regina vice-president (operations and An amazing free show of all that U of M of M libraries have to offer. This is ccording to the London year 2007-08 from September through finances), Craig Fink, students at the Music has to offer: featuring Yemenite only the first of many workshops Telegraph, Australian universi- March, and 578 hampers in the year U of R are also having some problems jazz vocalist Michal Cohe. Location held over the course of the term, Aties are officially distributing 2006-07. In total, in the 2007-08 year coming up with funds for food. TBA, check umanitoba.ca for updates. for more information contact food to students who cannot afford 1,651 people were fed. “ Obviously with rising rent, with [email protected]. the price of groceries. When asked if some students would rising food costs and with rising tuition The Telegraph reported that “The starve if it were not for the U of M that amount [of ] student loans is going University of Technology and Sydney food bank, Stone replied, “I think some as far as it used to,” said Fink. University have begun providing regu- of them might, in terms of ones who Two programs are provided at the lar free breakfasts for the first time this had difficulty getting to other food U of R, the communal cupboards and VOLUNTEER NOW! semester as students struggle to survive banks.” the good food box, provide students the city’s rental crisis and soaring food Transportation downtown is a huge who cannot afford food. costs.” task for some students, said Stone. The good food box is a box that Email your favorite U of M students are also look- “For students that are in and around students can buy for $10, $15, and $20 ing for support, as the University of campus it’s obviously a very conve- — getting more food in the box than editor or drop by the Manitoba food bank has seen a 38 per nient way for [students] to access food they would at the grocery store, said cent increase in users in 2007-08, com- if that’s the need and there definitely Fink. office to learn more pared to 2006-07. is a need.” Stone continued, “Students At the U of A food bank fed roughly about how to volunteer. Hampers range in side from a single obviously have a huge debt load, taking 1,800 people, 58 per cent of which person hamper to a three-person ham- a lot of student loans out to cover the depend solely on student loans as their OR, even better, check per, said Barry Stone, acting director of cost of university, what they get from primary source of income, said Lauren out the volunteer sec- student financial aid and awards. student loans is barely enough to keep Prince, Director of the University of “The food bank is a joint program them going [. .] buying food is a dif- Alberta Food bank. tion of our website! between the U of M through the office ficult thing for them.” The University of British Columbia of student affairs and the University of The University of Manitoba was not and Victoria also have food banks set Manitoba Students’ Union,” said the the only school with students who have up to supply students with food when U of M food bank web site. trouble supporting themselves when it they themselves cannot afford it. www.themanitoban.com/volunteer According to the U of M food bank comes to the grocery bill. How did you enjoy your U1 experience? Did you find that U1 helped or hindered your en- TOBAN TALKBACK trance into your faculty of choice? ASHLEY GABOURY TanIya BiswaS CHris adams Ivan Garcia ElIzabeth Priest IIan Ho third-year Science first-year U1 fourth-year Science first-year U1 fourth-year Engineering “I enjoyed my U1 experience. It did “I’m liking it so far. The whole “I found my U1 experience very “I think [U1] will help me because “Going through U1 before going to help because I kind of got a feel for experience is a lot bigger than helpful to get around campus right now I don’t know what I want engineering didn’t affect me at all. what university life would be like. high school. I don’t think it will and to know where everything is to do. I’m taking just taking a bunch I’m still going to be graduating on Even outside of a faculty, you got a help or hinder. I have a fairly but it didn’t affect my decision of random courses and I’ve found time and I took the same courses as feel for classes, grading schemes, decent idea of what I want to do of what faculty I was going into.” that I took courses that I would everybody else who went through how profs respond to students so I think I would be taking all never have thought of taking in high direct-entry. The only thing I couldn’t and large classroom settings.” the same [courses] regardless.” school. I found that they’re really do was take six courses but I interesting and that it will help me wouldn’t take that many because in my faculty choice next year.” that’s stupid and I had fun in U1.” VOL. 96 NO. 6 SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 WWW.THEMANITOBAN.COM News Editor: Morgan Modjeski and Ashley Gaboury Contact: [email protected] / 474.6520 NEWS 3 Federal government funds new BOMBERS STADIUM TO $10 M and $25 M research pro- BE BUILT AT U OF M grams ASHLEY GABOURY, Staff he construction of a new Bomber sstadium on the University of Vanier scholarship gives 500 TManitoba Fort Garry campus grad students $50,000 was confirmed during halftime at the Bison homecoming game on Sept. 13. MORgan MODJESKI, staff local research tanks,” said Deteiller. David Asper announced the $150 Deteiller stated, “It’s really targeting million plan that will consist of a new n Sept. 5, the federal govern- world-class leaders [in research] from CFL-sized stadium, refurbishment of ment introduced two new pro- outside Canada that we would like the current Bison stadium and the con- Ograms to enable more students in Canada which means training of struction of a separate fitness facility to to get involved with research while Canadian students by the best research- replace the “Gritty Grotto.” attending Canadian universities. ers in the world.” Asper confirmed that a letter of The Canada Excellence Research The selections committee for both intent has been inked between his Chairs (CERC) program and the the Vanier CGS and the CERC company Creswin Properties Ltd. and Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship program will consist of a number of the University of Manitoba. (Vanier CGS) have been put in research experts from Canada and “What we’re talking about is tak- PHOTO BY TESSA VANDERHART place put in place by the Natural around the world. These selection ing this campus to a whole new level. Asper said that the redevelopment Dobie is particularly excited by Asper’s Sciences and Engineering Research committees will be the ones deciding There will be a trio of new or refur- of Polo Park becomes a key aspect to new project. As part of the project, the Council (NSERC) and the Canadian on who will receive this funding. bished facilities,” said Asper. the success of the U of M project. He Bison football team will be able to use Institution for health research, reported University of Alberta assistant dean According to Asper, the first portion would not comment on what he plans the stadium and all of its facilities. Lab Canada. of research and professor of cell biology of the project will be the construction to construct at the Polo Park location. “In one fell swoop, the University of Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and neuroscience, Teresa Krukoff, said of a new CFL-sized football stadium.