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CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON SEPTEMBER 29, 2005 02 GREENPEACE CO-FOUNDER DENOUNCES SEAL HUNT SEEDS OF CHANGE 11 STRUGGLE CONTINUES U OF M RESEARCHERS BATTLE UNIVERSITY SECOND ANNUAL CANADA-PALESTINE FILM FEST 16 THE LONG AND SHORT IN FILM PREVIEW ULTRA MEGA RADIO 21 INSIDE THE WEEKLY SPORTS SHOW ON CKUW 95.9 FM THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG STUDENT WEEKLY WEEKLY STUDENT WINNIPEG OF UNIVERSITY THE ♼ September 29, 2005 The Uniter 29 02 VOL.60 ISS.05 CONTACT: [email protected] September 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] 02 Business Coordinator & Offi ce Manager » James D. Patterson [email protected] Greenpeace Co-Founder Denounces Seal-Hunt, Urges Boycott NEWS EDITOR » Vivian Belik 03 [email protected] Beverley Maiers NEWS PRODUCTION EDITOR » 04 Derek Leschasin [email protected] aptain Paul Watson, founder and SENIOR EDITOR » Leighton Klassen 05 [email protected] president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and co-founder of 06 BEAT REPORTER » Whitney Light C [email protected] Green Peace, visited Riddell Hall on Sept. 17 BEAT REPORTER » Alan MacKenzie with a fervent message about the effects of a 07 [email protected] mismanaged bureaucracy. FEATURES EDITOR » Lori Ebbitt 08 [email protected] 09 ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR » Mike Lewis Watson has embarked on a cross-Canada [email protected] speaking tour this month. His goal is to raise awareness and promote action against commercial SPORTS EDITOR » Mike Pyl 10 [email protected] seal-hunting operations on the Canadian east coast, which amount to the death of nearly one COMMENTS EDITOR » Daniel Blaikie million seals each year, including many babies. 11 [email protected] Although the hunts are mostly carried out by HUMOUR EDITOR » Matt Cohen off-season fi shers, Watson thrusts his outrage 12 [email protected] towards the Canadian government’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). PHOTO EDITOR Wade Andrew » While the Department of Fisheries and 13 [email protected] Oceans does not directly fi nance the seal-hunts, LISTINGS COORDINATOR » they’ve demonstrated underhanded support 14 Nick Weigeldt [email protected] for the practice. Part of this consists of DFO- dispatched ships, sent to crash icebergs for sealing COPY & STYLE EDITOR » 15 Melody Rogan [email protected] vessel convoys, Watson claims. Since allowing the slaughters to recommence DISTRIBUTION MANAGER » in 1996, the DFO has continually raised its annual 16 Scott McArthur killing quota, currently set at 975, 000. The PRODUCTION MANAGER & government is seemingly lenient on the quota’s 17 GRAPHICS EDITOR » David C. Tan enforcement, however, as they allow hunters to [email protected] keep track of the fi gures themselves. “I’ve worked all over the world,” Watson Photo by: Wade Andrew ADVERTISING MANAGER 18 » Ted Turner [email protected] told his audience, listing countries such as Costa 786-9779 Rica, Mozambique, and Senegal as examples, “and let me tell you… I have never come across Captain Paul Watson speaks at the University of Winnipeg a bureaucracy more incompetent or more THIS WEEKS CONTRIBUTORS mismanaged than the Department of Fisheries Brett Hopper, Jon Symons, Stephen Harfield, and Oceans in this country.” Richard Leibrecht, David Christiansen, Jill He went on to explain that the ineffectiveness Johnson, Josh Boulding, Brad Pennington, of the DFO has led to the “collapse of commercial Robyn Heibert, Beverley Maiers, Kalen Qually, “I have never come across a bureaucracy more Kristy Rydz, Robbie Lietiphin, Cody Creed, Ben fi sheries,” on Canada’s east and west coastlines, and White, Mike Duggan, William O’Donnell, Iain that the “[DFO is] responsible for the irreparable incompetent or more mismanaged than the Ramsay, Tiffany Bartel, Stephen Harfield damage that’s been done to the ecosystems of the northwest Atlantic Ocean.” Department of Fisheries and Oceans in this country” The Uniter is the offi cial student newspaper of the University Cod stocks have been diminished by 96 of Winnipeg and is published by the University of Winnipeg percent in the Canadian Atlantic. According to Students’ Association. The Uniter is editorially autonomous and the opinions expressed within do not necessarily refl ect Watson, the DFO wrongly believes that reducing those of the UWSA. The Uniter is a member of the Canadian University Press and Campus Plus Media Services. the harp seal population will aid the species’ replenishment. SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES, LETTERS, PHOTOS AND GRAPHICS ARE WELCOME Articles should be submitted “Harp seals are not a threat to the recovery in text or Microsoft Word format to uniter@uwinnipeg. ca. Deadline for submissions is noon Friday (contact of cod,” Watson stated, denying that harp seals the section’s editor for more information). Deadline for consume enough cod to affect its stock. “We all advertisements is noon Friday, six days prior to publication. The Uniter reserves the right to refuse to print submitted know [that the cod were wiped out because] of the material. The Uniter will not print submissions that are homophobic, misogynistic, racist or libelous. We also greed of the fi shing industry.” reserve the right to edit for length or style. He also mentioned that the foremost marine WRITE TO US AT EDITOR@ animal consumer in the world happens to be the UNITER.CA OR COME DOWN TO THE CONTACT US » domestic housecat. UNITER OFFICE ORM14 BULMAN General Inquiries: 204.786.9790 In his effort to oppose the seal slaughter, CENTRE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG. Advertising: 204.786.9779 Editors: 204.786.9497 Watson is advocating a boycott against all GENERAL CONTRIBUTOR MEETINGS WILL Fax: 204.783.7080 Canadian seafood, using Red Lobster as a poster BE HELD THE FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY Email: [email protected] target. He believes that economic constriction is MONTH STARTING SEPTEMBER 12 FROM LOCATION » the only force that will infl uence the Government 12:30-1:30PM IN THE UNITER OFFICE. Room ORM14 of Canada to ban seal hunting. EVERYONE IS WELCOME. IF YOUʼRE RITING University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue Watson emphasized individual action as a AN ASPIRING WRITER, WRITE FOR THE Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 crucial means for change. In addition to a boycott UNITER. IN ? WER of Canadian seafood, he urges individuals to write TED NIT letters to the Canadian government, or to sign an RES U NTE international petition against the seal hunt. I THE COVER IMAGE FOR Information about the campaign and PHOTO BY: DAVID TAN about the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society can be found on the organization’s website, at www.seashepherd.org. The Uniter September 29, 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 Photo by: Vivian Belik Winnipeg Celebrates Car Free Day Alan MacKenzie Pagtakhan told the small crowd gathered in front of Mondragon. BEAT REPORTER The Commuter Challenge is an annual Photo by: Justin Pokrant national competition, which encourages innipeg hosted World Car Free Day active living and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the leading cause of climate change 2Mc14N McNamara Hall, Spence Street. An event on Sept. 22 in the Exchange and air pollution, according to Resource Downtown Community open house is tentatively being planned for District, where the city was presented Conservation Manitoba. During the week of sometime in Oct. W June 5 -11, participating schools and businesses Welcomes Student Also present was the West Central Women’s the Commuter Challenge award for the third travel by transit, cycling, carpool, or any other Resource Centre, advertising The West Central year in a row from a local environmental environmentally friendly mode of transportation. Involvement Community Cupboard, a small store where This year, 48 municipalities took part, and with people on a tight budget can come to stock group. over 9 thousand participants, Winnipeg had up on basic necessities. Understanding that the largest per capita rate of participation in Robyn Hiebert students are often limited fi nancially, Resource its category: cities with a population less than Centre administrator Linda Orr explained that One block of Albert Street, from Bannatyne 1 million. tudents interested in getting involved in students are welcome to take advantage of these to McDermot, was closed to traffi c for fi ve “With the rising cost of gasoline, services, as well as give back by volunteering. In hours to observe the event, which was intended more people are looking to other forms downtown Winnipeg have no shortage fact, she admitted that volunteers are the life- to focus awareness on the social, economic of transportation, be that rollerblading, of opportunities. This was especially blood of the organization, and said, “everything and environmental benefi ts of reduced car use. cycling, or public transit,” Pagtakhan said. S is done by volunteers.” As an added incentive Over 200 people showed up throughout the day LaRochelle said that, with recent evident on Wednesday, Sept. 21, as the to get involved, the centre provides references to enjoy live music, free cake and bike washes, increases in fuel prices, the time is right for University of Winnipeg hosted “Whatʼs Here and certifi cates for volunteers. and an old fashioned game of street hockey. interest in leaving the car at home. Public Other organizations present included: the Serge LaRochelle, coordinator with outrage over gas prices, he said, resulted in for You in the Community” Day.