/ 02 01 2010 / 09 volume 65 the kicker o-Week 2010 SportS! SportS! SportS! Sam Katz and the five other Meet your UWSA exec University of Winnipeg CAMPUS NEWS mayoral candidates on why you page 5 expands its athletic program should vote Enjoy Your Pumas and SitDownTracy CAMPUS NEWS pages 7 news ARTS & CULTURE page 3 pages 11 & 13 Full schedule ARTS & CULTURE page 16 02 The UniTer September 2, 2010 www.UniTer.ca Looking for LiStingS? CAMPUS & CoMMUNITY LISTINGS AND CovEr IMAgE "we are killing Matilda VoLUNTEER oPPoRTUNITIES page 6, "The political summer of 2010 was because she deserves it. MUSIC page 12, "Chalk for Peace" a strange bastard indeed." She was asking for it." FILM & LIT page 14, PHOTO BY DaviD SeBurn GALLERIES & MUSEUMS page 14, To view more of David's work, visit THEATRE, DANCE & CoMEDY page 14, www.tinyurl.com/Seburn Comments page 9 arts & culture page 12 AWARDS AND FINANCIAL AIDE page 18 News UNITER STAFF ManaGinG eDitor Foreign disasters compete for international aid aaron epp » [email protected] BUSiness ManaGer Some people wary of Geoffrey Brown » [email protected] donating after flooding in PrODUcTiOn ManaGer Pakistan ayame ulrich » [email protected] AFGHANISTAN cOPy anD styLe eDitor Britt embry » [email protected] LaurEN PArSoNS Photo eDitor Cindy Titus [email protected] Beat rEPorTEr » newS assiGnMenT eDitor andrew McMonagle » [email protected] Two global catastrophes have left millions of newS PrODUcTiOn eDitor people crying for help, yet many are wondering Kristy rydz » [email protected] if Manitoba has helped Haitians and Pakistanis equally. arts anD culture eDitor According to the Disasters Emergency PAKISTAN Matt Preprost » [email protected] Committee (DEC), the United Kingdom’s cOMMents eDitor IRAN umbrella organization for 13 humanitarian aid INDIA andrew Tod » [email protected] agencies, at least 20 million people have been af- Listings cO-OrDinator fected by the floods in Pakistan with over 1,500 J.P. Perron [email protected] dead from flood-related disease. As a result, the » Pakistani government has appealed to the United caMPUS BeaT rePOrTer Nations (UN) for $459 million in relief aid. Karlene Ooto-Stubbs » [email protected] Nearly a month after the massive floods began, BeaT rePOrTer the country has received $687.2 million in do- ethan Cabel » [email protected] nations from around the world, as stated by the AyaMe Ulrich development initiative Global Humanitarian BeaT rePOrTer Assistance. realized that even though the publicity isn’t as Multiple natural disasters and a lack of infor- Sonya Howard » [email protected] The situation has drawn international com- great, the disaster is as great.” mation about the Pakistan disaster may not be BeaT rePOrTer parison to the fallout of the 7.0 magnitude According to Shahzad Musaddiq, media the only reasons people are wary of donating, ac- Lauren Parsons » [email protected] earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010. correspondent for the Islamic Social Services cording to some members of Winnipeg’s Islamic culture rePOrTer With 220,000 people dead and approximately Association Inc., Haiti received more immediate community. robin Dudgeon [email protected] 1.5 million homeless, there was a global out- attention than Pakistan because of the timing of “...People have a (misinformed) concept of » pouring of aid within weeks accompanied by so- each disaster. terrorism – people think maybe we are sup- cial media and aid organization campaigns that “It’s still summer,” he said. “People may be va- porting terrorists,” said Muhammad Waseem CoNTrIBUTORS: raised over $577 million within days, according cationing – once we get back to work, back to Jahangir, a representative of the Manitoba to the BBC. school, people will realize, ‘Oh wow, this thing Islamic Association. “They do not know if the When it comes to aid funding from the has been going on for a month now.’” money will get to the victims, or if it will go to aranda adams, Matt austman, Manitoba government for the two disasters, With the Canadian Government announcing terrorists.” Brandon Bertram, courtney the Manitoba Council for International Co- that it will match each donation made to reg- Jahangir asks that people put themselves in Brecht, Justin charette, James operation (MCIC), a coalition that distrib- istered charitable organizations between Aug. 2 the shoes of affected Pakistanis and consider the culleton, Mike Duerksen, Timothy utes funds of donating organizations including and Sept. 12, Musaddiq believes that Manitobans human factor in the crisis. Dyck, will Gibson, Kristy hoffman, the provincial government and the Canadian will be more inclined to contribute. “What if it were my country? What if my chris hunter, Sagan Morrow, International Development Agency (CIDA), “It will encourage people (to donate) – they children were dying like that? How would I feel Timothy Penner, Suzanne Pringle, said that the amounts were equal – eventually. know that what they give will be doubled,” he then?” he said. Sarah reilly, David Seburn, aaron Snider, Samuel Swanson, “The province gave $200,000 to both Haiti said. “And I think that even having a cap on the catherine van reenen, alana and Pakistan. Not as quickly, though,” said Zach timing will help the urgency. We’ve all got to With files from Kristy Rydz westwood, J. williamez Gross, MCIC’s outreach co-ordinator. “At first look out for each other, regardless if there is a they only gave Pakistan $100,000. 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For inquiries e-mail: [email protected] 03 www.UniTer.ca September 2, 2010 The UniTer News Local Winnipeg Police Service’s street crime unit, the Downtown BIZ Outreach program and The race is on a police helicopter. News Briefs “I believe Sam Katz’s values are the values compiled by Justin charette high stakes civic election of the people of Winnipeg,” Meyerson said. could change the On the other hand, Judy Wasylycia-Leis supports strictly public services over public- direction of winnipeg private partnerships and would give prefer- ence to local industries, like New Flyer buses, BipoLe iii controverSy when awarding city contracts. in a recent press release, Bob Brennan, She is also firmly in favour of complet- president and CEO of Manitoba hydro, EThAN CABEL Cindy TiTuS ing phase 2 of the Southwest Rapid Transit announced that the almost 1,400 km Bipole Beat rEPorTEr Promotional posters adorn the window of mayoral Corridor, which has received $195 million of high voltage direct current transmission line candidate Judy wasylycia-Leis’s campaign office provincial and federal cash, as a bus route would be built on a path down the western as the race heats up. rather than going against provincial wishes side of the province, near the Saskatchewan With the October municipal election fast to divert money into other infrastructure border, as to minimize environmental approaching and candidates announcing into the future,” said Paul Meyerson, 25, a projects. impact. The bipole project also includes the warring visions for the future of Winnipeg, University of Winnipeg business administra- Wasylycia-Leis’s crime initiatives include construction of two new converter stations, the slow-moving civic campaign has finally tion student and creator of the Re-elect Sam setting up a police tip line in every city neigh- in total estimated to cost more than $2 begun to pick up some speed. Katz for Mayor Facebook group.