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The 2009 Students’ Union generalelection attracted only 25.6 per centof possible voters.

Shockingly, this statistic was a sig-nificant improvement from 2008,when the total turnout was at 14.6 percent.

With the intention of drawingmore interest in the democraticprocess, the most recent URSU Boardof Director’s meeting, held on Feb. 10,passed an amendment to the electionby-laws that will now permit elec-tronic voting. The proposed ease ofonline voting has those involved withthe March 1, 3, and 4 election hopingto attract more students casting votesthan last year’s 2,726.

This year’s Chief ReturningOfficer (CRO), Tiffany Kearse, washired in October 2009 to oversee theby-elections that never occurred, dueto lack of nominations. She was study-ing abroad last year and was admit-tedly unfamiliar with the procedure atthe beginning. With the added pres-sure of a switch from paper ballots toan online voting system, her job isquite intimidating.

On Feb. 23 Kearse said, “I foundout for sure it was going to be elec-tronic not last week but the week be-fore, and then just today I went tolearn how to use the [system] ... it’snot quite finished yet, there’s still a

few little fine-tuning things we haveto do.”

When Kearse received the job, itwas unclear whether the transitionwould be made, given the difficulty ofcreating a secure and efficient system.“They said it was something theywere hoping for, but they had no ideaif it was going to work or if they’dhave everything in place.”

Elections are happening 24 daysbefore they happened last year, andwill not include referendum votes.With advanced polling, and the allcandidate’s forum in the RiddellCentre on March 1, there’s a small gapleft for campaigning before nomina-tions close on Feb. 12.

There is certainly skepticism cir-culating this change, but how Kearseexplains it, online voting might be theproper adjustment to boost participa-tion again.

On election days, “You’re goingto log onto UR-Self Service[uregina.ca], there will be a sectionthat will say URSU general election2010.” After the vote has been clicked,that information is sent to the univer-sity and will then be forwarded toKearse every hour.

When speaking with Kearse, theissue of security barely arose.

However, former CRO Scott J.Wilson maintained that the easiness ofonline voting may be exploited by ei-ther computer-savvy students, orsomeone wandering around with alaptop gathering rogue votes.

Though polling stations will stillbe placed around the U of R campus,the ability to vote from anywhere withInternet comes complete with a list ofsecurity issues. Wilson looked at theoption of electronic voting during histime as CRO in 2008 and 2009, andresearched the experiences of otherschools. “Other universities had thatproblem where the computer sciencedepartment ends up deciding thatthey like the challenge of it and justshow that they can,” he said. W h e nasked if he would have preferred toimplement online voting had time notbeen a pressing concern, Wilsonreplied, “I would have liked to do itjust for the sake of off-campus vot-ers.”

“Ultimately, I don’t think I hadthe sort of resources, the support staff,and everything else to be able to do itproperly. Having done it the year be-fore with paper ballots, I sort of knewwhat to expect, what we could do,and the limitations of that,” Wilsonsaid.

“I was a bit surprised that theygot it done this year, because when Italked to Computing Services, theRegistrar’s Office, and everybodyelse, they said this would take a longtime to develop the proper softwareand security and everything that’s in-volved in making it a secure election.So I’m a little bit puzzled at how theygot it done.”

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URSU general electionshit the web March 1

“It’s not quite finished yet, there’s still a few little fine-tuning things we have to do.”Tiffany Kearse

The slate known as the Four Studentsis again aiming for the Students’Union executive.

There are two new faces this year,both of which have been acclaimed.Matt Steen and Tyler Willox will bethe vice-presidents of Operations andFinance, and Student Affairs, respec-tively.

Kaytlyn Barber has also been ac-claimed but chose to shuffle to VP ofExternal Relations from her 2009 po-sition as VP of Student Affairs.

The only position on the execu-tive not acclaimed is that of URSUPresident. Incumbent, Kyle Addison,will be running against BhabaniPanigrahy. Panigrahy has opted totake an opposite approach toAddison’s visible (and brightlycoloured) campaign.

Addison, Willox, Barber, and for-mer VP of External Affairs, KatieHoney will fill four seats on the sen-ate. Allison Pilkey also has one of thesix seats while the other remained un-contested.

Lack of candidates was not onlyan issue in the races for executive po-sitions. Twelve of the 16 positions onthe Board of Governors remain va-cant, and only the Business Directorhas two candidates running for thesame position.

With only one executive race re-quiring votes, the only attractive fea-ture of the 2010 URSU generalelection will be the change of votingmedium. Regardless, as of press time,the Four Students had already poster-

blitzed the campus hallways, anaching reminder that elections requirecompetition.

While Addison will be the onlyone with anything at stake on March1 at the all candidate’s forum, Willox,Barber, and Steen will be preparingstatements. They believe that it iseven more important to let studentsknow who will be representing themon URSU now that the potential vot-ers had no voice in the matter.

Acclamations are bad for studentpolitics. URSU does not benefit whenonly four students have a visible cam-paign, despite the poster blackout thatis in effect until the election con-cludes.

When former Chief ReturningOfficer, Scott J. Wilson, filed the oblig-atory general election Final Reports in2008 and 2009, his first recommenda-tion in both documents was to haveacclamations dealt with by a Yes / Novote. Had this been implemented byeither of the past two URSU execu-tives, this election would have at leastsome democratic substance. Now vot-ers are left voting for one executiveposition, where the challenger has an-nounced he will not be running muchof a public campaign.

Current Chief Returning OfficerTiffany Kearse has already said thatshe will also recommend to have ac-clamations voted on by the students.

Politics are boring when no onecares, but it’s obvious that March 1, 3,and 4 will be strangely captivating.

Austin Davis

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URSU surplus tobenefit student clubsLazy Owl dividends to be allocated to campus societies The possibilities in Regina are infinite,

at least according to the newest sloganfrom City Hall.

The new Infinite Horizons brandwas revealed by Mayor Pat Fiacco athis annual State of the City address onFeb. 8.

“Opportunity abounds. Our po-tential is unlimited. Our future is asopen as the infinite horizons that sur-round us,” Fiacco said during the ad-dress.

More than 10 years ago, it was sug-gested by the Regina community thatwe do something to improve our city’simage. Thus, the old logo of the down-town skyline with a cursive Reginawas developed and released in 2001. Inmore recent years, a committee of com-munity partners was formed consistingof representatives from ReginaRegional Opportunities Commission,the Regina and District Chamber ofCommerce, Regina DowntownBusiness Improvement District,Regina’s Warehouse District, and theCity of Regina. This committee saw aneed to promote the city after recogniz-ing the dynamic growth of Regina.

“Our community is in a positionright now where things are going alongpretty nicely and now we just need totell our story,” said Nathan Morrison,Branding Manager for the City ofRegina. After the official municipallaunch on Feb. 8, the brand made it’sinternational debut at the 2010Olympics in Vancouver. Feb. 13 wasRegina Day at the SaskatchewanPavilion where the brand was greeted

warmly. “People were really recep-tive to it. We could tell it was starting tomove the people,” said Morrison.

There was a long process involvedin creating this new brand. Researchand focus groups were done through-out the country. The most strikingthing the committee found was thatRegina didn’t have any equity, any rep-utation, outside the provincial board-ers, save for a ton of misconceptionsthat this new brand hopes to help dis-solve.

“When I say Toronto or Vancouver,you think of something. What wefound is that Regina doesn’t have any-thing like that; people don’t reallyknow what to think. That’s somethingthat we need to establish,” Morrisonsaid.

The new brand comes with a heftyprice tag. The total of $320,000 hascome directly from City Council with-out any corporate sponsorship. CityCouncil approved the funding fiveyears ago and has planned to con-tribute $125,000 for the next threeyears.

Fiacco believes that spending thismuch on a new brand will more thanpay for itself through populationgrowth and job creation.

"This is how we will tell the worldwhat a great place Regina is to live, towork, to play, to invest, and to visit.Cities who do nothing, get nothing,” hesaid.

The website contains plenty of sta-tistics, most of which are obtained fromnational studies, that show the sup-posed advantages of living in, invest-ing in, and visiting Regina.

However, the website and infor-mation is lacking in several areas.

There is hardly a mention of Regina’slarge multi-cultural population andthere is very little representation ofRegina’s thriving art community.Morrison recognizes the need to keepadding to this section of the website.“That’s one area that we would cer-tainly love to improve upon. We’vehad conversations with the GlobeTheatre to see how we can get them in-volved.”

Along with the section on “GoingGreen,” the website appears to bebanking on its comparisons to big cen-tres like Toronto and Montreal. Thesemore populated cities have lower qual-ity of life rankings than Regina, accord-ing to a recent Omnibus Canada poll.The website is full of comparisons likethis which Morrison said are necessaryto let the people know that Regina is abetter option.

“We see an opportunity to attractresidents and investments as well astourists and in order to do that youneed to make comparisons to let peo-ple know how you’re doing,” Morrisonsaid.

When asked whether the city in-tends to change services in order to beconsistent with this new brand,Morrison also said that this brand “is-n’t intended to solve all of Regina’sproblems. It’s more like a springboard.” Much of the responseMorrison has received regarding thenew brand and corresponding websitehas been positive. The negative feed-back has been mostly concerning theprice tag of the project, somethingMorrison said is short sighted.

“We need to think strategically; weneed to think bigger than the negativefeedback regarding only the price tag.”

It has been five years since theUniversity of Regina Students’ Union(URSU) has had a surplus and nowthe Campus Clubs are going to bene-fit from the extra money.

Extra revenue is available fromthe Lazy Owl, which is owned byURSU, and these extra funds will bedistributed within the President’sAdvisory Council (PAC) based onmonthly revenue. The formula devel-oped for the PAC distribution of Owlrevenue states that the surplus will bespread out proportionately to the so-cieties of the PAC based on theamount of people in the variousgroups.

“The extra funding is paid to themembers of the PAC on a monthlybasis in correlation with the revenuestreams and thresholds set,” saidURSU President Kyle Addison.“However, in order for PAC mem-bers to be eligible for the funding inthis program, they must each organ-ize one event per semester in theOwl.”

This is meant to encourage fur-ther success at the Owl. If the Owlfails to produce a significant profit,the surplus will not be paid out.When the excess money is not dis-tributed, the members of the PAC willbe encouraged to host events at theOwl. This, in turn, will invest as over-all profits in the Owl, which will cre-ate dividends. With this extrarevenue, the surplus will cycle backto members of the PAC. This will in-spire a system of development thatwill benefit the PAC, the Lazy Owl,URSU as an organization, and inturn, students.

“PAC is currently the most inclu-sive way of providing students withservices and incentives,” saidAddison. “By working through PAC,URSU successfully reaches out tomany students and student societiesand associations from every faculty atthe University of Regina.”

Addison emphasised that thiswill not have a negative impact onthe financial support of the studentclubs on campus because the newfunding of the PAC will only reim-burse the surplus if the Lazy Owl it-self is making profit. “It is veryeconomically and financially respon-sible,” stated Addison.

The PAC funding policy formulaalso says that the clubs of the PACwill recommend and hire an em-ployee on a contract that will assist inendorsing and marketing all of theevents of the PAC all year long.“Responsibility hiring, performanceassessment, and termination for thisperson would reside with PAC,” saysthe second section of the revised pol-icy. Addison said that the PAC is a“great council” that will choose whowill promote the Owl.

“This is another initiative thathelps provide growth for the Owland URSU,” said Addison.

Jay Nauta, the Vice President ofOperations and Finance, said thatURSU has not seen a surplus for fartoo long. “The last time that URSUhad an overall surplus for the organ-ization was in April 2005, so the04/05 year.” Addison has not seen asurplus since his time here as aUniversity of Regina student.

The motion to allocate thesefunds was an item on the board meet-ing on Feb. 3 and a resolution wasmade at the URSU Board of Directorsmeeting on Feb.10.

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A new study warns that drinking sodahas an impact on the development ofpancreatic cancer.

Researchers from the School ofPublic Health at the University ofMinnesota conducted the study,dubbed the Singapore Chinese HealthStudy, that was published in theFebruary issue of Cancer Epidemiology,Biomarkers and Prevention released onFeb. 8.

The study followed over 60,000participants over 14 years and exam-ined the participants intake of soda andjuice.

The results indicate a link betweendrinking a mere two cans of soda (orother syrup based drinks) a week canincrease the risk of developing pancre-atic cancer by 87 per cent. The study’sfindings did not show any significantdata linking diet sodas or fruit juices topancreatic cancer.

“There was no association betweenconsumption of juice and risk of pan-creatic cancer,” the study stated.

The authors of the study are point-ing the finger at the amount of sugarfound in sodas as the culprit of the link.This is because the more sugar one in-takes, the more insulin is needed tobalance out the sugar and insulin hasbeen shown to support cancer cellgrowth.

While many fruit juices are alsoloaded with sugars, the researchersclaim that most people don’t consumefruit juices in nearly as high volume aswith soda pops. For example, a SuperBig Gulp from 7-Eleven is 1.89 litres ofsoda.

Over the course of the 14-year

study, 140 participants developed pan-creatic cancer.

Critics of the study, including thesoft drink industry and even theSaskatchewan Cancer Agency, pointout the lack of consideration of otherfactors and the exclusive group of peo-ple involved.

Gladys Wasylenchuk, public af-fairs officer for the SaskatchewanCancer Agency, said that the study wasbased on “a small number of cases andthere doesn’t seem to be any indica-tion that they looked at other factors aswell; factors like obesity, family history... a number of different items certainly

could have contributed to the devel-opment of pancreatic cancer. Thosewho did the study aren’t even sure itwas the sugar in the pop that createdthe problem.”

Noel Mueller, one of the study’sauthors, stated that soft drink con-sumers are more likely to have otherunhealthy behaviours like smokingand overeating; these factors make itdifficult to conclude for certain thatsoda is in itself a risk factor for pancre-atic cancer.

The senior author of the study,Mark Pereira, believes that the find-ings would apply to western countries

as well, despite the study being cen-tered on those of Chinese descent.

Regardless of the validity of thefindings, the study has brought up theissue of sugar intake. A separate studyat the University of Bordeaux in Franceconcluded that sugar is more addictivethan cocaine.

The Canadian Cancer Society saidthat “consuming a lot of sugary foodsmakes it easy to have more caloriesthan you need, which means you aremore likely to put on weight,” whichcan result in being overweight and de-veloping diabetes, both of which aredefinite risk factors for pancreatic can-

cer (as well as other cancers). Pancreatic cancer has the lowest

relative survival ratio at 6 per cent.Those diagnosed with pancreatic can-cer have a 94 per cent mortality rate af-ter five years.

To decrease your risk of develop-ing pancreatic cancer, among otherhealth problems, the Canadian CancerSociety suggests cutting down onsugar consumption. Switch to 100 percent fruit juices not from concentrate,they contain significantly less sugarthan soda. One 355 ml can of non-dietsoda contains about 130 calories, al-most all of them from sugar.

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In January, a monumentally destruc-tive earthquake struck the impover-ished nation of Haiti, resulting inbillions of dollars of damage and a stillunclear death toll.

While the catastrophe has done im-measurable damage to Haiti, equallynoteworthy is the outpouring of aidworldwide, ranging from internationalorganizations such as the Red Crossand UNICEF to institutions like theUniversity of Regina.

During the past month, the U of Rhas held numerous fundraising eventsincluding Lounge and DepartmentChallenges to raise money, raffles foritems such as Team Canada hockey jer-seys, and benefit concerts held on cam-pus. The University of ReginaStudents’ Union has spearheaded reliefefforts, such as the Jan. 29 Haiti benefit,the Feb. 4 Live Music Event, and theLounge and Department Challenges.Participation has been widespread,with nearly every student society, asso-ciation, and faculty participating in thechallenges and raising money throughevents such as “Hugs for Haiti.”

Even federated colleges Campionand Luther have made efforts to raisemoney, holding various events and ac-cepting donations. The university’s

fundraising efforts have been incredi-bly successful, accumulating over$10,900 which will be matched by thefederal government and sent to organ-izations such as the Red Cross.

Amanda Ulrich of the Red Cross’Regina office discussed how the organ-ization will be using contributions fromthe university and general public.“Money is distributed to the HaitianRed Cross and International Red Cross… we are trying to make sure thatwe’re meeting all of the emergencyneeds first; so that is the shelter and theclothing and the water and sanitation.”

Ulrich also elaborated on the RedCross’ strategy to respond “in threephases: the emergency phase, the onewe’re currently in, where we providemedical support, making sure every-one’s ok. The second phase is recovery,where temporary shelters are pro-vided. We’re partly in that phase now.The next phase will last three years,where Red Cross assists in rebuildingpermanent structures such as educa-tion and healthcare.”

Ulrich said that trying to assistHaiti has exposed how truly difficultthey will be to overcome.

“Supply shortages always will bean issue, especially when the ability toget the supplies in right off the startwas difficult. We have to rememberthat this is a massive disaster and itwill demand a very massive interna-

tional humanitarian response,” Ulrichsaid.

A massive response will be re-quired as a study published by theInter-American Development Bank es-timated that damages range from $8billion to $14 billion, exceeding thedamage done by the 2004 Indian OceanTsunami.

Despite the supply shortages andmonumental cost for rebuilding, Ulrichsaid that relief efforts have been “ex-tremely effective. We have been work-ing on the ground ever since the firstday that the earthquake hit them. Wejust can’t thank the public enough forthe support that they have provided;this is what makes it possible for us toprovide the aid to the people of Haiti asthey need.”

Ulrich went on to note that the RedCross has “been able to reach an in-credible number of people. Even daily,we are distributing millions of litres ofclean water to at least 300,000 peopleeach day. That lets you know howmany people we’re getting to. The RedCross is just one of many agenciesworking in Haiti.”

Even though the federal cutoff datefor government matching aid applica-tions has passed, events such as bene-fit concerts and skating fundraisers arestill being held in the country with pro-ceeds being sent to the Red Cross.

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“We have to remember that this is a massive disasterand it will demand a very massive international humanitarian response.”

Amanda Ulrich

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Feb. 25 - March 3, 2010

Canada and the United States maybe slowly recovering from the eco-nomic recession and its accompa-nying housing crisis, but thesituation in Hawai’i is not lookingmuch better.

The United States MortgageBankers Association announcedthat approximately 4.5 per cent ofcitizens were evicted from theirhomes because they could not af-ford the rent last year across thestate of Hawai’i. This constitutes7,535 bank loans. In addition, 7.3per cent were behind in their pay-ments. In other words, 12,182 mort-gages were outstanding. Themajority of foreclosures are takingplace in O’ahu, and this number is

increasing.“The Hawai’i housing market

experienced a more moderatedownturn that is only beginning toshow signs of improvement,”wrote Andrew Gomes in theHonolulu Advisor. “Continuedweakness in the local economy thatis heavily dependent on tourism isanother factor.”

Furthermore, the cost of livingin Hawai’i is very high. As of Feb.21, the average cost of a single fam-ily home was $597,500 in Honolulu,as reported by the Honolulu Boardof Realtors. This is more than dou-ble the average price of housing inRegina, which was $242,000 inSeptember 2009, say numbers re-leased by the Canadian Real EstateAssociation.

But the downturn in the hous-ing market is not entirely negative.

Jay Brinkmann, the principal econ-omist of the Mortgage BankersAssociation, said that this may soonend. Recent data showed that thenumber of loans that are 30 daysoverdue is steadily decreasing.

“This drop is important be-cause 30-day delinquencies havehistorically been a leading indicatorof serious delinquencies and fore-closures,” said Brinkmann in astatement. “It also gives us growingconfidence that the size of the prob-lem now is about as bad as it willget.”

With a gradual decrease in thenumber of foreclosures and theslow recovery of the economy inthe United States, Canada is likelyto continue to foster a growingeconomy in 2010.

lisa goudynews writer

Slow recovery for Hawai’ihousing marketDecline in foreclosures will only help Canadian economy

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All members of Regina City Council, with excep-tion of Mayor Pat Fiacco who was absent, votedto increase transit and paratransit fees. The priceto take the bus will now be increased to $2.50, thesame price as public transit in Vancouver. This

would seem fair if Regina’s buses were on routesmore frequent than a half hour, or if the buseswere worth $2.50 to ride on to begin with. Fine,municipal government, I just hope a quarter isworth such a chump move.

In June, Ontario will host the G8 and G20 sum-mits. They will apparently be the largest securityevent in Canadian history. This sets the politicalsummit up to be above the Olympics and thePope’s visit to Toronto. G20 will be in Toronto, at

a different venue than the city recommended.Prior to the G20, G8 will be held in Huntsville.Security will be provided by the Toronto police,RCMP, Ontario Provincial Police, the CanadianForces and Peel Region Police.

The NATO mission in Afghanistan has contin-ued on for eight years, and only since PresidentObama committed more troops has any realprogress been made to win the war geographi-cally. Unfortunately for America and its allies,fighting a war against insurgents is not solely

about obtaining and keeping territory, it is alsoabout winning the loyalty and trust of theAfghan civilians. On Feb. 21, a NATO airstrikekilled 27 civilians in the Dutch-controlledUruzgan province. Can’t cut and run though.

That was a pretty sad initiative to begin with.For the 2010 Olympic games in Vancouver, thehost country was excited to finally secure a goldmedal at home after two failed attempts in thepast. However, the $110 million invested in Ownthe Podium was too ambitious. Especially consid-

ering that the Americans have more than doubledthe Canadian medal count at press time. Beproud, Canada, you did a decent job of bringinga stupid event here and dealing with all the whin-ing. But you sure choke a lot.

The price of transit Security and summits

Mistakes and progress Loan the podium

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Do you remember The Core? SidneyPerkowitz does, and he’s still bitter.

The 2003 film, staring Hilary Swankand Aaron Eckhart, is about a group ofscientists who must make a journey tothe centre of the Earth, drilling down inthe hopes that they can make the Earth’score rotate again. It was mostly greetedwith critical ambivalence and commer-cial failure, falling short of its $85 millionbudget.

Perkowitz, a professor at EmoryUniversity, says in a recent Guardian UKarticle that “[science] fiction films shouldbe allowed only one major transgressionof the laws of physics,” a suggestion TheCore flouted again and again.

He’s speaking as a member of theScience and Entertainment Exchange, agroup hoping to open up dialogues be-tween the two areas to foster more accu-rate representations of science. Itsadvisory board includes Dustin Hoffman,Seth MacFarlane, and Rob Reiner.Hoffman himself has actually spoken outabout the science of The Core before.

Perkowitz also suggests that The Coremay have suffered from small audiencesdue to its insane reinterpretations of thelaws of nature. “The Core did not makemuch money because people understoodthe science was so out to lunch,” he toldthe Guardian UK.

Here, he overlooks a big detail: TheCore would probably be a bad movie evenif the science were right.

It’s hard to say for sure – altering themovie to make all the science correctwould drastically change the film, to thepoint where the plot would be entirelydifferent. However, The Core is bad first asa story and then as a representation ofhow the world works. Plotting and char-acter development can make a moviegreat; good science can only make it accu-rate.

Perkowitz really tips his hand whenhe’s talking about Starship Troopers, the1997 film directed by Paul Verhoeven.“Perkowitz said he liked StarshipTroopers,” said the Guardian UK article,“but criticised its giant insects, saying ifyou scaled up a real bug to that size itwould collapse under its own weight.”

Science fiction films create a universewhere the fantastic can exist. Its capacityfor allegory – and through that, much ofits power for social commentary – is tieddirectly to this. Creating a coherent plot isalways more important than getting all ofthe science exactly right, in part becauseif the story does its job well, its created alogical space where the unreal is real.

When we say The Core is a bad movie,it’s first because it just doesn’t work as amovie, and second because the EarthAaron Eckhart presents us makes nosense.

arts columnjamesbrotheridgea&c editor

The badscience of badmovies

“Plotting and char-acter developmentcan make a moviegreat; good sciencecan oonnllyy mmaakkee iittaaccccuurraattee..”

Firm future for Canadian film

In an effort to use funds more effi-ciently, as well as develop new ex-pertise in multi-platform digitalproduction, the National Film Boardof Canada (NFB) announced changesto its Prairie Centre offices.

The NFB established in 1939, fo-cuses on distributed and producingnon-mainstream Canadian films.

The region’s main office inWinnipeg will lose four positions,while two new ones for producersspecializing in multi-platform digi-tal production will be hired to open anew office in Saskatchewan. (“Multi-platform digital production,” in thiscase, means dealing with all the av-enues presented by Web 2.0 culture.)

Though the NFB has not experi-enced any recent budget cuts, theyhave also not seen any increase in thelast 10 years. With inflation and therise in the cost of living, the amount

put into production and fulfilling thecompany’s mandate had decreased.Based on the current economic situa-tion, it does not appear more fundingwill be coming any time soon.

“As the country deals with a dif-ficult deficit situation, we need to besmarter about how we use our re-sources to serve all Canadians bet-ter,” said Tom Perlmutter,Government Film Commissioner andChair of the NFB, in a press release.

By cutting the four positions inWinnipeg and moving administra-tive responsibilities to the EdmontonNFB office, more money will be puttowards production.

“We think it’s a good idea tocommit to the community ofSaskatchewan,” said Lily Roberts,Head of Communications at the mainNFB office in Montreal, “to havesomebody there to make sure we en-gage and communicate and workwith the Saskatchewan cinematiccommunity.

“We think it will probably be

more efficient, even if we’re small, tohave a base there, because we reallywant to work in collaboration withthe community. With Saskatchewanas well as Manitoba. We think it willbe more efficient in that sense.”

In recent years, the NFB has de-veloped many initiatives in digitaldevelopment. Last October, it de-buted an iPhone app, giving folks thechance to watch NFB films from thepalm of their hand. As well, they’velaunched a national online screeningroom where visitors have access totheir entire film library. So far, they’vealready totaled over 3.7 million filmviews. They also already have multi-platform digital producers employedin other regions.

“We have one person in Quebeccentre, and one person in PacificCentre, and as time passes, digitalproduction will become more pres-ent, so we do not want the prairiecommunity to miss that opportu-nity,” said Roberts.

“We have to develop that expert-

ise and we are sure that we haveplenty of talented people from both[Manitoba and Saskatchewan] thatcan work with the NFB and producesome kind of multi-platform digitalproduction.”

With the Prairies being set up asthe centre for digital production,more-traditional filmmaking will bethe focus of the Alberta offices.

Both new positions have yet tobe filled and the location of theSaskatchewan office is yet to be de-termined, but Robert hopes to an-nounce those decisions sometime thisspring. However, this does not meanthat one decision is effecting theother.

“With the technology, it’s veryeasy to be present in many placeswithout being there necessarily, so[the location of the office] is not nec-essarily linked to the person we hire,but it will be analyzed at the sametime.”

Visit nfb.ca for more information.

NFB to set up shop in Saskatchewan whilecontinuing to concentrate on new media

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James Brotheridge

The Encyclopaedia Metallum, hosted atmetal-archives.org, is a gargantuanrepository of all known metal bands. It’supdated constantly, it’s mostly made upof information that comes directly frombands, and it’s searchable by just aboutany criteria. A fun way to kill time is totype things into the search bar and seewhat comes up. It’s worth more than justa chuckle to do so, however – each clickof the “search” button feels like diving alittle further into the extraordinarilybroad universe of metal. Plus, some ofthese bands have fuckin’ awesome logos.

(If you want just a little more valueout of this list, though, go look thesebands up on the website, where mostprofiles have a band picture included.You’ll figure out why I mention this al-most right away.)

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Genre(s): Black metalLyrical theme(s): 19th Century, TechnicalRevolution, Verne, Hate

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Genre(s): Heavy MetalLyrical theme(s): Hammarby (SoccerTeam), HooliganismNotes: “The band was formed by mem-bers of the Swedish soccer fan club BajenDeath Cult for the team Hammarby IF.The band members are from severalSwedish bands like Grave, Unleashed(Swe), Grand Magus, Necrophobic (Swe),and Blackshine.”

Bajen Death Cult4

Genre(s): Death MetalLyrical theme(s): Death, Diablo 2 (videogame)

Breath of the Dying3

Genre(s): Electronic Dark MetalLyrical theme(s): Technology and Evilamong other topics

2The Evermind

Genre(s): Blackened Death Metal,GrindcoreLyrical theme(s): Fire, Death, Weed,Corporate America

1Exussum

While it often goes forgotten, manyof us have a small herbal apothecaryin our own homes. The herbs andspices considered commonplace inmost pantries often have propertiesthat benefit our health. Using theseherbs in recipes may yield a smalleramount of their active ingredientsthan concentrated supplementswould, but can often be cheaper, andmore readily available. Here is a briefrundown of some of the herbs andspices you may have at home, andwhat they can do for you.

Cinnamon contains antibacterialand astringent properties. It can beused to help with sore throats, or canbe applied to the skin when mixedinto a base ingredient such as honey

or agave nectar to help fight acne.Be careful not to use too much cinna-mon on your skin, or leave it on formore than a minute or two, or it maycause irritation. Cinnamon also helpsto regulate blood sugar levels, andaids circulation.

Chilli powder helps to boostyour metabolism.

Garlic may leave you smellingfunny, but will also leave you with ahealthier heart, as it helps to regulatecholesterol levels. Stay away fromgarlic salt; it will add unnecessarysodium to your diet, and will notcontain as much beneficial garlic.

Parsley’s high chlorophyll con-tent helps freshen your breath. Trychewing on a few fresh leaves after ameal.

Ginger can help to get your cir-culation moving and warm you up.It is also a wonderful remedy for mo-

tion sickness and other mild stomachaches.

Basil, according to the Rodale’sIllustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs, canbe beneficial to digestion, and helpalleviate gas. You could even brewthis spice as a herbal tea to drink af-ter a meal.

Turmeric contains a substancecalled curcumin, which acts as ananti-inflamatory.

Cayenne pepper aids in diges-tion, and also helps to relieve sorejoints when consumed, or applied tothe affected area with a poultice ormixed into a cream. Be careful not toleave it on your skin too long.

Almost every herb available forculinary purposes doubles in somemedicinal role. Adding some extraseasoning to your recipes not onlycreates flavour and variety, but canbenefit your health.

Coconut CurryQuinoaServes six

Curry is not actually a singlespice, but rather a spice blend,of which there are many varia-tions. If you are not fond of onecurry powder, keep trying dif-ferent brands until you discoverone you like. Several commoncomponents of curry powderinclude ginger, garlic, turmeric,and coriander, so you can re-ceive many benefits at oncefrom this one ingredient.Quinoa is a high-protein grainthat can be found in most healthfood stores. If you cannot findquinoa, try substituting rice byadjusting the amount of liquidsin this recipe and the cookingtime.

1 cup quinoa3/4 cup coconut milk1 cup vegetable broth2 green onions, finely chopped1 cup frozen or fresh peas3/4 cup pineapple pieces1 tbsp plus 1 tsp curry powder,or to tasteGround black pepper and limejuice to taste

1.) Rinse the quinoa well inwarm water, and drain using afine sieve.2.) In a pot, combine all of theingredients except the pepperand lime juice. Bring everythingto a boil, and then reduce heatto low and allow to simmer for15 to 20 minutes, or until thecenters of the quinoa grains aretransparent.3.) Add ground black pepperand lime juice to taste.

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Feb. 25 - March 3, 2010

Valentine’s DayDirected by GarryMarshallStarring Ashton Kutcher,etc.

Valentine’s Day draws from so many romantic-comedy clichés that it feels like the result of somemad experiment. How many tired tropes can becrammed into 125 minutes? Is it possible to do itin a way that is completely devoid of irony?

The film involves a number of stories that in-tersect at numerous points through the movie, al-ternating through a varied cast and culminatingin a series of passionate resolutions. If this soundsfamiliar, it’s because Love Actually did the samething in 2003, except that was during Christmasand in Britain. In Love Actually, a balanced cas-cade of scenes manages to give human depth toeach character. In Valentine’s Day, the device isused to showcase a dizzying cast of star actorswho really should have known better.

Ashton Kutcher plays a florist who proposesto his girlfriend, to the obvious disappointment ofhis best friend, a primary school teacher playedby Jennifer Garner, who has recently fallen inlove with Patrick Dempsey. Both couples areshaken by unexpected truths, with a result thatshouldn’t surprise anyone.

Everyone else has barely enough screen timeto flesh out their characters; that doesn’t mean,

however, that they don’t give strong perform-ances. Hector Elizondo and Shirley MacLaine aredelightful as an old married couple shaken by anold secret, while Anne Hathaway pushes throughher stilted dialogue with panache. Kutcher doesthe same thing he’s been doing for the last 12years, but he’s still fun to watch. The really de-pressing thing about Valentine’s Day is that youcould easily make a much better movie with anythree of its 19 cast members.

Valentine’s Day comes off as insincere, not be-cause of the individual performances, but be-cause its cloying undercurrent of cynicism neverprogresses beyond the superficial. Remember thewashed-up rock star played by Bill Nighy in LoveActually who records a terrible Christmas cover ofone of his crappy songs? He languishes in de-spair; his pain feels human. There is no self-awareness or humanity in Valentine’s Day. Thebest we get is Jessica Biel’s vacuous characterholding an “I Hate Valentine’s Day” party, whichends up being a celebration of female solidarity.Then Jessica Biel finds love from an unlikelysource, and true love conquers all.

alex colganfeatures editor

Nicholas SparksThe Last SongGrand Central

What does it take for there to be a new NicholasSparks novel? Inspiration? A paycheque? A sacri-ficed goat?

It doesn’t always have to be as much as that.Sometimes, it’s as simple as Miley Cyrus – néeDestiny Hope Cyrus, and also known as HannahMontana to her legion of Disney worshippers –sharing an agent with Sparks.

These days, Cyrus is hoping to break intomore adult roles and, to that end, Sparks wrotethe screenplay and the corresponding novel forThe Last Song, the book being released this pastSeptember and the movie currently being set tobe released March 31.

Sparks is no small player, though he isn’t anindustry onto himself like Cyrus. He’s the au-thor behind books like The Notebook, A Walk toRemember, and Dear John, all which had success-ful film adaptations. The movie version of DearJohn was even the film to dethrone Avatar from itsnumber one spot in the box office.

The Last Song is about a 17-year old girlnamed Veronica “Ronnie” Miller who visits herfather for the summer with her brother Jonah.

Ronnie and Jonah’s father, Steve Miller, is a

former concert pianist and Juilliard professor wholives in a quiet beach town where Ronnie andJonah join him for the summer. Ronnie sharesSteve’s talent at the piano. Juilliard even had aspot open for her, but Ronnie has not played inthree years.

Things pick up when Ronnie meets Will, a lo-cal heartthrob. They are completely different fromone another but they become attracted to eachother and find themselves falling in love.

Spark has a unique way of writing love sto-ries. There is more here, however, than just firstlove, but also a love between father and daughter.This book brought me to tears. It’s not largewords or twisted plots that makes Sparks such agreat writer, but the emotion and his tender prose. Some parts move slower than others, but most arefilled with emotion and charm. The charactersare unique and in almost all aspects, and the plotis surprising. One definitely hopes this isn’t thelast of Sparks.

brittany stenecontributor

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film reviews

Hot ChipOne Night StandEMI

London electro-pop quintet Hot Chip have justreleased their fourth studio album, One NightStand. The 10-track disc is full of melody. Thetrack “Slush” begins with “hum-ma-na”s reminis-cent of vocal exercises that then loop in the back-ground of the verses. The track “Alley Cats”sounds like it could be a Stars song. Beyond thesemelodies is a healthy dose of synthesizers anddrumbeats.

Though the band is known for its dancesongs, the album isn’t all that high energy. Rather,it’s mellow and heartfelt. To be sure, there aredanceable tracks, most notably “Take It In” and“One Night Stand,” the title track and lead single.Both of these are standouts on the album, butstill have a more subdued makeup.

The album has a running theme of happi-ness and being content. In opening track “Thievesin the Night,” frontman Alexis Taylor sings “hap-piness is what we all want,” finding him desiringmore happiness and lacking it at the same time.However, the album itself is certainly not wantingfor happiness. The album has a euphoric tonethat rubs off on the listener.

taylor tiefenbacha&c writer

Los Campesinos!Romance Is BoringArts and Crafts

You can’t be a precocious bunch of kids forever,something Los Campesinos! learned for their of-ficial sophomore album release, Romance IsBoring.

The seven-piece British indie-rock act re-leased their debut album, Hold on Now,Youngster ..., to rightfully-deserved critical praise.The disc captured their overabundance of snarkand energy, gushing out in hit-you-in-the-faceliterary lyricism and breakneck, upbeat indie-pop sing-alongs. The title “This Is How You Spell‘HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and theDreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics’”speaks volumes about the band then.

And what of the band now? Three tracks intothe album, they’ve reached the title track and aredeclaring romance boring. Far from that literal in-terpratation, however, the vision of romance theypresent here is pumped full of life-or-death spirit.In an interview with the A.V. Club, TomCampesinos said the album “is sort of obsessedand completely driven by romance.”

Instrumentally, there’s a starker contrast be-tween the two albums. It would’ve been unimag-inable to see Los Campesinos! of before godownright heavy, but this album can be punish-ingly loud at times, and purposefully abrasive, allto great effect.

james brotheridgea&c editor

Various ArtistsGrammy Nominees 2010Capitol

The Grammys are without a doubt the most rel-evant and critically lauded awards in the musicindustry, meaning this compilation of the 2010Grammy award nominees offers nothing but thevery best music of the past year.

The shimmering disc of wonder begins bykicking it old school with that classic jam from theBlack Eyed Peas, “I’ve Got a Feeling.” The Peasrarely get credit for it, but the lyrics of “I’ve Gota Feeling” represent the optimism and “let’sparty” attitude of the new decade.

After listening to the opening track, I’ve gota feeling this compilation of various artists is go-ing to be a good compilation of various artists.The next best track on this disc is Lady Gaga’s“Poker Face,” and what a surprise: it’s track two!

We can forget talking about the DaveMatthews Band selection because I know thatyou know it’s already a winner. Instead, skipright to track eight and check out Beyonce’s“Halo.” I love Halo, and it’s clear Beyonce doestoo because she keeps namedropping it through-out the song’s “chorus.”

If you don’t agree that Grammy Nominees 2010contains the best music of the past year, then youare a philistine! Get with the times! 2010 is uponus, and I’ve got a feeling that this year is going tobe a good year. So drink! Mazel tov!

christian hardycontributor

cd reviews

Massive AttackHeligolandVirgin/EMI

Are people still fucking to Dummy? Does anyoneeven remember the name of that UNKLE songwith Thom Yorke in it? Who’s even thinkingabout trip-hop in 2010?

In order: yes, no, and the members ofMassive Attack. They’re thinking about it prettyhard, too.

After close to a decade of soundtrack writing,they’re back with Heligoland, an hour-long collec-tion of stuttering drums, nauseous horns, andmore gloom than you can shake a Cure record at.Where fellow trip-hop luminaries Portishead re-turned after a decade with the insular and violentThird, though, Massive Attack’s sabbatical seemsto have filled them with an urge to reach out mu-sically.

Bringing in TV on the Radio’s TundeAdebimpe and Dave Sitek feels extraordinarilysensible in the context of what winds up feelinglike a down-tempo TVOTR record, full of thickhandclaps and scorching brass. The instrumenta-tion often shines, especially late LCDSoundsystem drummer Jerry Fuchs’ jittery, expec-tant percussion. This being Massive Attack,though, the record never explores a mood that is-n’t ominous, and an hour of dread is an awfullylong time.

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the carillon, Feb. 25 - March 3, 2010ffeeaattuurreess

alex colgan,austin m. davis

As the Olympics continue to drawthe attention of the world, a pow-erful undercurrent of dissent hasbrewed beneath the surface andspilled onto the streets. Olympicrage is triggered by many factors:corporate excess, expansion of po-lice powers, suppression of freespeech, mistreatment of the home-less, expropriation of native lands,corruption of native symbols,“green” hypocrisy, and burgeon-ing governmental debt are the firstthat come to mind. Still, there aremany more in the laundry list ofprotest.

One of the most troublingtrends to emerge from theOlympics has been the ballooningsecurity mandate, which has morethan quintupled the costs of secu-rity and led to a number of absurdmeasures on the part of overzeal-ous officials. The Olympic flamewas, until recently, surrounded bya chain link fence that made it al-most impossible to see. Now thefence has been moved closer, andpeople can take pictures through asmall Plexiglas window. UBC PhDstudent Darryl Bannon alleges thathe was fired from his job at theOlympics because of his academicaffiliations with a well-known anti-Olympics activist. There’s also thelongstanding mandate of securityforces to confiscate signs on pri-vate property in Vancouver thatoppose the Olympics.

Despite the stifling security cli-mate, with its symptoms of para-noia and suspicion, violence inVancouver has been rare. Turnoutto protests has been high, andwhile there have been moments oftension between protestors and se-curity forces, there has been onlyone significant outburst of vio-lence. On Feb. 13, a group promot-ing anarchy was among 200anti-Olympic protesters marchingthrough Vancouver, according to a

CTV report. The group smashedplate glass windows, overturnednewspaper boxes, assaulted by-standers, and spray-painted vehi-cles.

In the absence of the criminalelement, however, protests havebeen spirited and peaceful. Peoplefrom all walks of life, with varyingreasons for opposing the Olympicjuggernaut, have met, exchangingconversations and ideas. Manypeople are dissatisfied; they feelthat they have been pushed to thefringe by social, economic, and po-litical injustices that have beenmagnified and distorted by the de-scent of an international corporatecircus. On the fringes, they findsolidarity with likeminded indi-viduals, and gather until theynumber in the thousands.

This was the climate that theCarillon’s Austin Davis enteredduring this past reading week. Thephotos in this feature reveal acolourful cast of characters thathave been brought together by thedisruptive influence of forces be-yond their control. As you can see,some are angry, while others seemto despair. At least one man be-lieves himself to be Jesus Christ, areincarnated native chief, or both.They all see a world spinning outof control, with injustices allaround, and a lack of sympathyfrom those in positions of power.They hope that adding their voicesto the course of events willheighten awareness and perhapshasten positive change.

The Vancouver Olympicshighlight the best and worst thatCanada has to offer its citizens andthe world at large. While we accu-mulate gold medals and cheer onour athletes, protestors on thestreets remind us of the vicious cir-cumstances beyond the spectaclesand TV coverage. There is a worldoutside the spotlight, filled withpeople, many of whom are out-raged by the questionable actionsthat take place unnoticed behindthe scenes of the Games.

VVaannccoouuvveerr SSnnaappsshhoottss Stories and photos from the 2010 Olympics

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cynthia kooubyssey (ubc)

VANCOUVER (CUP) –– Eleven daysinto his new job at the RichmondOlympic Oval, UBC PhD studentDarryl Bannon was fired due to his ac-ademic affiliations with Chris Shaw, aUBC researcher and well-known anti-Olympics activist.

Based on the fact that Shaw isBannon’s supervisor at his regular jobat the Vancouver General Hospital,Bannon was labelled a security risk,questioned by members of the RCMPand subsequently fired.

“Last week the RCMP began call-ing me repeatedly – both on my celland at my hospital job,” wrote Bannonon Examiner.com, where he maintainsa blog about health science inVancouver.

“They wanted to arrange an ‘in-terview’ and refused to give me detailsover the phone, but threatened to re-voke my Olympic accreditation if I did-n’t attend,” he wrote. Suchaccreditation is needed to work atOlympic venues. When he accepted,he claimed that he was asked a “slew”of questions about his opinions aboutthe Olympics and also how Shaw feltabout them.

According to Bannon, the RCMPsaid that they were concerned becausestatements made by Shaw to the mediacould imply “violent intent.” He claimshe was told that his suitability as anemployee would be reviewed, and thenext time he came into work, a man-ager revoked his accreditation, iden-tity card, security tags, and even hisOlympic toque and scarf.

“It is all part and parcel of a largerproblem that Darryl is now beingviewed by these different entities asbeing guilty by association,” Shaw saidin an interview. “Because I’m anOlympics opponent and [Vancouver2010 Integrated Security Unit] has beenmonitoring me ... anyone associatedwith me is a suspect, even though theymay not share my views.”

He said that he does not even dis-cuss politics in the lab as a general rule.“He lost accreditation simply becausehe does experiments in my lab.”

Shaw deems the case yet one moreexample of an unfortunate legacy theGames have brought to Vancouver:“The punishment of those who are per-ceived to have the wrong political

views.”“I’m sure [the Games’ organizers

have] done tonnes of things ... and theywon’t be held accountable,” he said hebelieves. “If this were a human rightstribunal case, they would be foundguilty.”

He compared the case to a recentone in which two Muslim men, trainedin security work, underwent back-ground checks and were rejected as ap-plicants to work for the Vancouver2010 Integrated Security Unit (ISU),leading to accusations of racial profil-ing.

“The ISU is mandated to completebackground checks on individuals toenhance the security of the Vancouver2010 Olympic Games,” said ISU’s Cpl.Joe Taplin in a statement. “The ISUmakes individual assessments aboutwhether an individual could pose arisk to the Games and may updatethose assessments at any time.”

Taplin implied the ISU had no di-rect responsibility in this case. “OnlyVANOC or the International OlympicCommittee has the authority to revokeaccreditation, and can do so at any

time,” he said.According to Shaw, people who

feel their rights have been violated forthe sake of the Olympic Games havelittle recourse when it comes to appealsor compensation. Bannon “can go tothe Human Rights Tribunal after thefact,” said Shaw, “but keep in mindthat the company will say they werefollowing the mandate of ISU.”

He also noted that the entities thatadministrate the Olympics will disap-pear before long. “ISU will be dis-banded, and VANOC will bedisbanded, so who is he going to taketo trial?” he asked. “They are tempo-rary entities.”

As for Bannon, he will continuewith his day job at Vancouver GeneralHospital while experiencing the Gamesfrom afar.

“While I had mixed feelings aboutthe Olympics coming to Vancouver, Iwas largely supportive of the securityapparatus,” he wrote on his blog. “Ijust hope that my Olympic experienceis not reflective of what the majorityend up experiencing.”

jonny wakefieldubyssey (ubc)

VANCOUVER (CUP) –– Policeforces and several thousand anti-Olympic protesters met in a tenseclash outside of BC Place lastweekend as the 2010 OpeningCeremonies kicked off inside thestadium. The demonstration is, atpresent, the high watermark foranti-Games protest. Estimates ofthe peak size of the crowd rangefrom three to five thousand.

Demonstrators converged onthe steps of the Vancouver ArtGallery Friday afternoon at around2 p.m. The demonstration beganwith music, speeches from anti-games activists, and the occasionaltense confrontation between pro-testers and pro-Games visitors.

The protesters gave varyingreasons for attending.

“I think it’s just a few peoplewho really benefit from it whenmost of us will have a huge debt topay off,” said Mustafa Ururyar, apolitical science student fromSimon Fraser University. “It’s thecrony capitalists of the big corpora-tions who are close to the politi-cians that really make the money.”

At around 4 p.m. the demon-

stration moved into the streets. Atits peak, the crowd stretched fourblocks, and at one point saw agroup of First Nations people lead-ing the way with songs and chants.

Some onlookers expressedtheir annoyance with the protest-ers.

“I don’t believe in this. I’mproud to be a Canadian,” saidChristina Garson, a Vancouver res-ident decked out in red and white.“I came to show the tourists thatcame to Canada that we are a won-derful country.”

Things became tense as theprotest approached the B.C. Placestadium. Vancouver PoliceDepartment officers, some onhorseback, assembled in a line toblock the demonstration, and astandoff began. At 6 p.m., with theOpening Ceremonies playing onscreens along the block, cops andprotesters began pushing againstone another. Some demonstratorsgrabbed pylons from along thestreet and threw them at the policeline. The number of protestersdwindled after an announcementfrom organizers that the demon-stration would return to theVancouver Art Gallery. The protestended at around 8 p.m.

Chief Kitsilano. Wandering aimlessly in Vancouver could never be more entertaining. On Feb. 15, aroundnoon in Pigeon Park on the Downtown Eastside a man who claimed he was the reincarnated ChiefKitsilano (though at one point he referred to himself as Jesus) was attempting to start a rally for home-lessness in competition with the Olympics. Pigeon Park is a property that is notorious for having a lot ofhomeless persons gather and sleep in that area. As “Chief Kitsilano” played “Blue Suede Shoes,” andannounced that the land of Pigeon Park was his, he was booed by the increasing bystanders and protes-tors in the park. A rally was then lead by a women’s group that attracted much more positive attention.

PhD student fired from Olympic job

“Because I’m an Olympics opponent and[Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit] hasbeen monitoring me ... anyone associated withme is a suspect, even though they may notshare my views.”

Over 3,000protested Gamesopening ceremony

Photos by Amanda Smith

Chris Shaw, UBC researcher

Amanda Smith

features 13the carillonFeb. 25 - March 3, 2010

Colbert. Stephen Colbert, comedian and faux-political-pundit, paid a visit to Vancouver to tape two episodes of his show The Colbert Report in front of Science World.On Feb. 17 and 18 at 9:30 a.m. crowds nearing a thousand were standing in a muddy park to watch Colbert perform his shtick for a couple of hours. It’s not as smoothas it looks on TV, but the man is naturally funny, and off-camera a lot kinder than his alter-ego. He interviewed American snowboard cross gold-medalist, Seth Wescott,who let Colbert wear his medal, and presented him with a team jacket.

Riot Squad. On Feb. 13, less than 48 hours after the opening ceremonies, anOlympic protest was sabotaged by those with a different cause. The protest becamea riot as property was damaged. Robson St. quickly turned into a riot zone as pro-testors, civilians, media, and police were all stuck at a stale-mate on the busy down-town street. While a barricade was made by police, using bicycles, a group ofriot-geared police cornered off some protestors. After calm was restored to thecrowd, a police procession came up the street complete with riot shields, trun-cheons, M16s, and shotguns. It was clearly a demonstration that events of this na-ture would not be tolerated with the Games still on. This photo was taken usingPhotobooth on a MacBook for lack of alternatives.

Recycling deposit. East Hastings St. really hasn’t changed. Swarms of people in frontof the safe injection site and the bottle deposit marked the switch from West Hastingsto East. And though nobody seems interested in trouble, chances of getting asked fora cigarette are pretty good. The line outside was a heavy reminder that the harder offi-cials try to hide it, the more Vancouver’s blemishes come through.

End of East Hastings. There’s a sidewalk, but nobody seems to walk that fardown. After crossing a bridge, where all the businesses had heavy-duty barson the windows, the beauty of the city seemed to fade away. And what was leftwas a grey sky and an advertisement that no one looked at.

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Austin M. Davis Austin M. Davis

G8 Tent. Canada is the only G8 country that doesn’t have a housing initiative.Though not a major issue in Regina, homelessness is, and should be, a na-tional concern. Vancouver is a booming metropolis, and with that comes bigcity problems that the prairies avoid. Many preparations were made beforethe Games to relocate the homeless. The movement to stay in the city, in theplaces they considered theirs, was a strong stance, and when it was donepeacefully it had positive results.

Austin M. Davis

Sports Editor: Jordan Reidjleereid@msn.com

the carillon, Feb. 25 - March 3, 2010ssppoorrttssThe road to gold begins

With the arrival of the 2009-10 CanadaWest quarter-finals, the No. 4-rankedUniversity of Regina’s women’s bas-ketball team cannot afford to lose asingle game.

Technically they cannot be elimi-nated if they lose a game or two, butrealistically, the reputation and goalsof Dave Taylor’s squad cannot bemaintained without victories fromhere on out.

Under the tutelage of head coachDave Taylor, the Cougars have beenthe pride of University of Regina ath-letics for the past decade and anythingless that a berth in the CIS nationalchampionship tournament must beconsidered a disappointment.

Fifth-year Becky Schmidt ac-knowledged such expectations are rea-sonable explaining, “It’s been theculture of our program.”

Unfortunately for Taylor’s squad,the incredible accomplishment of win-ning a silver medal has become bitter-sweet and expectations could not behigher.

In 2007-08, the Cougars lost 67-46to UBC in the CIS national champi-onship final in Saskatoon, and lost 68-62 to Simon Fraser University in the2008-09 final in Regina. Losing back-to-back championships was no doubtdevastating, but after last season’schampionship loss to SFU, Taylor wasvery proud to have won back-to-backsilver medals, aware of how close histeams are to winning gold.

At the beginning of the seasonmany CIS analysts peggedSaskatchewan and Alberta to bestronger teams than the Cougars. Thiswas largely influenced by the fact thatRegina lost three starters from last sea-son, all-stars Chelsea Cassano andJessica Lynch, and Megan Cherkas.

However, after spending much of theseason ranked No. 2 in the CIS, andwinning the Prairie Division title witha 16-4 record, the Cougars are onceagain the team to beat outside of SFU.

The Cougars’ quest to reach theirthird-straight national championshipwill begin when they host theUniversity of Lethbridge Pronghornsin a Canada West quarter-final best-of-three series this week.

Schmidt said that defence is some-thing the Cougars have been workingon all season, and that they are confi-dent they have prepared properly fortheir upcoming clash with Lethbridge.

“[Lethbridge] are a perimeterteam, they’re a driving team, they’renot as much of a three-point threat,”said Schmidt. “They only have one girlwho really shoots the three-pointersvery well, so they drive and push outfor the screen.

“We need to contain the dribblethis weekend, that’s something thathas been pushed on us all week, andit’s really something we’ve been work-ing at.”

Schmidt also emphasized that theonly true goal against Lethbridge is to“play our style of basketball, to controlthe game.”

“I think in recent weeks our re-bounding - especially our offensive re-bounding - has lacked quite a bit andthat’s something we’re focusing on,”said Schmidt.

When asked if scoring more fromthe perimeter should be the focusagainst Lethbridge, Schmidt said thather team has always focused on suc-cess inside the perimeter, and thatwhen it comes to offensive productionthey have “complete confidence” intheir posts putting the ball into the net.

“I’d say we’re an inside team, in-side then out,” said Schmidt. “I’d saywe’re an offensive team [but] I thinkour three-point game comes from ourinside game. Our bad three-point shots

come when we come down the court,don’t bring the ball inside and shoot.Our good three-point shots comewhen we go from inside to out. Andoff rebounds.”

Without a doubt the biggest con-tributor to the Cougars success insideall season has been third-year double-double factory Brittany Read, whoproved to be a more than suitable re-placement for Cougar legend ChelseaCassano. Every time Read steppedonto the court against Saskatchewanseveral Huskies’ players yelled out,“Read! Read!”

The Cougars looked unstoppablenearly the entire regular season. Thatcame to a screeching halt in two back-to-back losses to the now No. 2-rankedUniversity of Saskatchewan Huskies.

The then No. 4-ranked Huskiescame into the CKHS in Regina andstole a 70-66 victory. The followingevening, the Cougars brought far lesscompetition, this time losing 88-67 inSaskatoon. However, anyone whowatched the game in Saskatoon couldsee the Cougars chose to work on theirweaknesses, giving bench players ex-tra opportunities, while never reallylooking like the No. 2-ranked team inthe country.

Second-year Lindsay Ledinghamexplained that the Cougars definitelydid not employ their usual level ofcompetitiveness against the Huskies,largely as a result of them clinchingfirst place in the Canada West’s PrairieDivision back on Feb. 5. “Going intothe U of S weekend … there was themind set that we’ve already clinchedfirst place,” said Ledingham, “yeaheveryone was going all out but… wewere cautious.”

Schmidt added that “especially inthe games against the U of S, some-times when we’re down, we’re frus-trated, we all tend to go into our ownshell and don’t play like a team”

Ledingham, who has been the

Cougars most aggressive player allseason, said passion, aggressiveness,and playing as a team definitely won’tbe an issue in the playoffs. This is epe-cially true for fifth-year CougarsCarmen Stewart, Stacey Walker, andBecky Schmidt, who will be playingthe last home games of their CIS ca-reers.

Stewart led the Cougars with 50steals this season and is Taylor’s go-toinside player when Read is on thebench.

Walker is one of the fastestCougars on the court and, along withJoanna Zalesiak, sets up nearly everyCougar offensive attack. Walker wouldbe wise to attract a lot fouls, consider-ing she is the Cougars all-time leaderin free-throw percentage (.804).

Schmidt, who tied ChelseaCassano for the Cougars career leadin games played (104), is one the great-est three-point shooters in Cougarshistory.

Regina and Lethbridge’s best-of-three quarter-final series takes placeon Feb. 25, 26, and, if necessary, 27 at 7p.m.

peter millseditor in chief

No. 4-ranked women’s basketball team enter the playoffs with championship aspirations

Tyler Dekok

On Feb. 12, Cougars fans watched fourth-year star-shooterGabby Gheyssen writhe in pain as trainers taped up and icedwhat appeared to be a significant ankle injury. Luckily, Gheyssenhas been practicing all week and is likely to play in the CanadaWest quarter-final.

“I think in recent weeks our rebounding – especially our offensive rebound-ing – has lacked quite a bit and that’s something we’re focusing on.”

Becky Schmidt

In other Canada Westquarter-final action, No.1-ranked SFU (17-1),who had their CISrecord 54 game winningstreak broken a weekago, will host theUniversity of WinnipegWesmen (10-10), theNo. 10-ranked UBCThunderbirds (11-7)travel to Edmonton toplay the No. 8-rankedUniversity of AlbertaPandas (15-5), and theNo. 5-ranked Universityof Victoria Vikes (14-4)will play host to theHuskies in what will bean extremely competitiveseries.

Photos by Jarrett Crowe

sports 15the carillonFeb. 25 - March 3, 2010

Did you buy Tiger Woods’ apology?

Austin M. Davis: What a disaster. I be-lieve that Barbie is closer to being areal human being than Tiger Woods.He’s like a robot attempting to feignemotion, but really the heart of hismessage was to leave his family alone.I didn’t want to hear his bogus, pol-ished script (including shout-outs tothe sponsors that stuck around); Iwanted to hear he’ll play at theMasters.

Nathan Frank: Tiger was followingstep four or 10 on his path to sexualhealing. Step 4: Admit your transgres-sions and wrongdoing to those ef-fected. In this case I guess thoseeffected was the world. I think he hasto hate himself for what he did to hisfamily. He believes it is not the world’sbusiness, though, which it isn’t.

Grant McLellan: Tiger Woods wasfake, he was unprepared, and worst ofall, he was rushed. What the fuck? Thisman is pathetic, but hopefully he canget out there and win a Masters and wecan forget this ever happened.

Peter Mills: I’m not sure if Tiger in-tended for there to be anything to buy.He apologized, took the blame,thanked a lot of people, criticized themedia, and never set a definitive datefor his return. He was definitely ro-botic. The most interesting aspect ofthe entire press conference was the factCNN kept cutting from Tiger to threefemales in the front row. Was that sup-posed to be the signifier to whether weshould support Tiger?

Jordan Reid: My answer is a resound-ing “Hell no.” It might’ve been a littlemore believable if he had taken a fewminutes to practice in front of a mirrorbefore getting up in front of the cam-eras – nothing screams insincerity likeblatantly reading from the script. Idon’t feel like he needed to apologize,but since he apparently thought other-wise, he could’ve done it a little better.

What has been the best part of theOlympics so far?

Davis: Maëlle Ricker becoming the firstCanadian woman to win a gold medalat home in snowboard cross. Afterfalling in her first qualifying run andadvancing with her second after theB.C. fog lifted, Ricker owned the quar-ter and semi-finals by staying on herfeet as other riders biffed. She thencharged out of the gate and provedCanadians deserve to be taken seri-ously on the hill.

Frank: I love the suspense of the eventsand seeing our Canadian athletes atthe podium – their excitement is conta-gious. The interviews make our ath-letes seem like such ordinary, kindpeople.

McLellan: The best part has been theLindsey Vonn controversy; this led meto discover the pictures of her in abikini posted on the Internet. Now callme a pig, but I enjoy when hot, femaleathletes choose to show off their body.

Mills: It sure as hell wasn’t the manyhours of Dan Levy and JessiCruickshank from MTV Canada’s TheAfter Show, or eTalk’s Ben Mulroneycovering endless hours of the Games.Other than Maëlle Ricker’s gold medalvictory, CTV forcing their intern to waitin line for six hours to take a 10 secondzip-line ride over Robson Street wasprobably my favourite moment.

Reid: I would say the women’s curlinghas been the highlight for me. Startingat the Scottie’s Tournament of Hearts, Ibegan to notice that curling wasn’tmerely for grandmas anymore –young, good-looking girls are floodingthe sport.

What was the worst?

Davis: Americans. As the medals con-tinue to be raked in by our southernneighbours, it’s becoming equally frus-trating watching almost any event.While our competition with the U.S.A.makes for a great hockey rivalry, theydominate. And as well as 33 year-oldCanadian snowboarder JustinLamoureux did in men’s half pipe, hedidn’t stand a chance against ShaunWhite, who had repeated his 2006 goldmedal win in only one run, before dis-playing his mind-melting DoubleMcTwist 1260.

Frank: I am not a big fan of curling orcross-country skiing. Both sports arejust so boring and slow.

McLellan: The worst part has been thefinal collapse of Jeremy Wotherspoon.Let us never speak of him again, exceptperhaps by renaming the HeimlichManeuver after him. Wotherspoon isbasically synonomous with choking, ifyou missed the joke.

Mills: The Hamelin brothers finishingfourth and fifth in the 1,000 metre shorttrack speed skating final. The worst byfar, however, was any time Dancingwith the Stars champion Apollo AntonOhno won a medal – he won two in2010, by the way.

Reid: I don’t know what’s worse – anovertime win over the Swiss or a beat-down at the hands of the Americans.Both are embarrassing, but dare I saynot nearly as embarrassing as a possi-

ble match-up against Russia will be.

The NBA trading deadline justpassed, with not much in the way ofblockbusters. Anything blow yourmind?

Davis: I just paid attention to theCavaliers as the deadline closed in. I’vebeen following them closely this yearbecause, in case you didn’t know,LeBron’s going to get his first champi-onship ring. The Cavs receivedAntawn Jamison from the Wizards,who could help them in the post-sea-son. The prophecy must be fulfilled.

Frank: Nope, my mind was not blown.Things won’t get interesting until thissummer. D-Wade, LeBron, and C-Boshon the open market – that should be in-teresting.

McLellan: What blows my mind ishow shitty NBA trades have become.With little in the way of blockbusters,teams now seem to be willing to getbent over, metaphorically of course.Teams dying to trade away salary willdo so with little regard to the influenceon talent it will gain in return.

Mills: I like the Celtics picking up NateRobinson, but T-Mac going to theKnicks is more interesting. The Knicksbetter be the most exciting team in theoff-season and this is a start – even if T-Mac doesn’t stay.

Reid: Nothing mind-blowing, thoughI’m getting slightly irritated with allthe rumours that fly around in theweeks before that turn out to be onlyrumours. I really wanted to see AmareStoudemire go somewhere, and I’m re-ally glad that T-Mac is finally back ona court, but I’m holding out until freeagent season for the real mind-blowers.

How can they fix the NBA Slam Dunkcontest?

Davis: Nate Robinson won the contestfor the third time in five years, becom-ing the first player to ever win the con-test three times. There was nothing asflashy as we’ve come to expect fromthis competition, but DeMar DeRozanwasn’t too bad. Make everybody jumpfrom the free-throw line. Then justkeep backing it up.

Frank: They can fix it in the short termif they could get the super stars to ac-tually compete. If we could have headto head, Kobe vs. LeBron, it would bewicked, regardless if the dunks werethe best in history or not. Who caresabout DeMar DeRozan?

McLellan: LeBron James, Josh Smith, arookie Raptors player, Derrick Rose,and Kevin Durant. Put stars in it in-stead of losers, and make it meansomething again like when M.J. andDr. J were dropping bombs on people.Get dudes like Vince Carter to coach upsome crazy dunks.

Mills: Force some big names (LeBron!)to do it or they’ll be suspended andfined – whatever the punishment is forbreaking David Stern’s “too muchbling” rule is suitable. If not, Jordan vsDr. J II is the only option.

Reid: This year’s edition was straightup abysmal, and not only because myman Shannon Brown shit the bed. Theyneed to up the prize money to a millionbucks or something and ensure that itreally is the best dunkers in it – I wantLeBron, Dwyane Wade, Kobe, andVince Carter at a minimum. Theycould also expand the field back to sixor eight guys, so we have more dunksto watch.

austin m. davis, nathanfrank, grant mclellan,peter mills, jordan reidthis week’s roundtable

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LeBron James, on the crowd at this year’s NBA All Star game.photo by Jordan Reid

16 sportsthe carillon

Feb. 25 - March 3, 2010

They did it!At the start of the 2009-10 Canada

West women’s volleyball season, theCarillon boldly said the success of theUniversity of Regina Cougars’women’s volleyball season relied solelyon whether Melanie Sanford’s peren-nial CIS top-ten squad could finallyclinch the Canada West Final Four forthe first time since the current playoffformat was introduced in 2002.

On Feb. 18, the Cougars, despitelosing former Canada West all-starsKelly Cowan and Tammy Jule to grad-uation, earned a spot in the Final Fourby defeating the No. 6-rankedUniversity of Brandon Bobcats 2-0 inthe best-of-three conference quarter-final series.

Third-year Meagan Onstad terri-fied Brandon at the net, finishing with19 kills. Onstad was virtually mistake-free as she was rarely, if ever, blocked at the net. Sanford told regina-cougars.com that she was particularlypleased with Onstad’s backcourt de-fence.

Third-year libero Rebecca Rink fur-ther established herself as a suitablereplacement for Cowan, leading allplayers with 19 digs.

Fifth-year Beth Clark, in the lasthome game of her CIS career, alsoplayed a significant role in leading theCougars past Brandon. Clark providedRegina’s most lethal service threat,racked up 13 kills alongside go-to killerOnstad, and tied for the match leadwith five blocks.

The Cougars only looked shaky attimes in the final match against

Brandon, but overall, they made a verysolid Bobcats squad look less thanmediocre.

If the Cougars need to work on onething going into the Final Four, it isconsistency serving the ball. Reginagave Brandon far too many points as aresult of hitting the net or serving outof bounds in the quarter-finals.

The strength of the Cougars is def-initely their offence and defence at thenet, with a core group of hitters andblockers.

The 2009-10 Canada West FinalFour will be hosted by the No. 3-ranked University of Manitoba Bisons(15-5). Regina opens the Final Fourwith an extremely difficult matchagainst the two-time defending CISchampions and No. 1-rankedUniversity of British ColumbiaThunderbirds (20-0) on Feb. 26. TheCougars will then play either theBisons or the No. 4-ranked TrinityWestern University Spartans (13-7) thefollowing evening.

The Cougars will be looking to fin-ish third-place at the very least, as thetop-three Canada West teams advanceto the CIS national championship tour-nament in Edmonton March 4-6.Regina has not advanced to thewomen’s volleyball national champi-onship tournament since the 1999-00season, which was their third all-timeappearance.

Sanford can take satisfaction fromthe fact that her squad finally brokethe Canada West Final Four barrier, butnow she must overcome the biggesttest of her eight-year coaching career inRegina – taking the Cougars to a na-tional championship tournament. Itcertainly won’t be easy.

Peter Mills

Megan Smith stuffing the shit out of an attempted Brandon kill

Final four, baby!No. 5-ranked Cougars advance to their first Final Four since 2002-03

The University of Regina Cougars en-ter the 2009-10 Canada West playoffs assignificant underdogs.

For the past decade, CIS men’s bas-ketball has been dominated by Ontarioand British Columbia teams.

As a result of the Canada West’snew playoff and divisional format, theCougars will play a team outside ofManitoba in the quarter-finals for firsttime since 2001 on their mission to fi-nally reach the Canada West FinalFour.

Last season, the Cougars were ex-tremely close to advancing to the con-ference championship tournament, butsuffered a devastating 78-76 home lossto rival Brandon.

Regardless of Canada West playoffhistory, fifth-year Jamal Williams saidhis team is both excited and confidentgoing into their best-of-three quarter-fi-nal showdown in Burnaby against theNo. 9-ranked Simon Fraser UniversityClan. “I actually like going into thisweekend [Feb. 25-27] because I think it

is a way better match up for us than ateam like Fraser Valley,” said Williams.“SFU is very predictable, they’re moremethodical, they’re not too dynamic inany spot, and they’re all kind ofmediocre.”

Williams may sound overconfi-dent, but he argues that’s perfectly nor-mal not to mention positive.

“Confidence is something you’vealways got to have, and I’m very con-fident going in. I like how we’re play-ing, and its my fifth-year so I’m veryconfident... we all like our match ups.”

The Cougars last played host toSFU on Nov. 13, 2009, but were over-powered in a 91-76 loss. SFU pulver-ized the Cougars with an astonishing18 three-pointers. Williams said thatSFU’s three-point game is somethingthe Cougars will be specifically tryingto shut down.

“For [SFU], it’s limiting their at-tempts from the three-point line. Wehave to make sure we limit their at-tempts, make them put the ball on thedeck, make sure they take shots frominside because they’ve been dynamitefrom the three-point line all year.”

The statistics from their last meet-

ing suggests the Cougars were com-pletely over-matched. However,Williams and company competed wellwith the Clan for much of the Nov. 13contest, ending the first half on a 14-3run and trailing by only four. In thatgame, head coach James Hillis, asusual, gave his entire bench an oppor-tunity to get involved, as eight playersaveraged more than 10 minutes on thecourt. Williams reiterated that thegameplan is to once again spread theball around.

“Darius Mole has been playing re-ally good in practice, Sterling [Nostedt]is going against his brother so he does-n’t want to lose. I’m going to do well,and Schubach is a fifth-year so he’s go-ing to do well. I’m pretty sure we’re allgoing to be pretty good, and it’s not go-ing to be one guy.”

Although receiving significantcontributions from several players isessential to any team’s success, theCougars will specifically rely uponWilliams and fourth-year Kris Heshkafor points and rebounds inside, whileoutside players Darius Mole, JeffLukomski, and Paul Schubach willneed to score outside the paint while

maintaining tight defence around theperimeter.

“We’re going to establish our in-side game first, then as [SFU] collapsefrom us killing them inside, easy shotswill be available for Sterling, and Ski[Lukomski], and Darius to hit the threeball.” Williams added, “We haven’t hita whole bunch of shots all season butplayoffs are a good time to start.”

The Cougars ended the regularseason on a sour note, losing back-to-back games to the No. 10-rankedUniversity of Saskatchewan Huskies.The Huskies clinched second-place inthe Canada West Prairie Division witha 14-6 record, while the Cougars fin-ished third at 10-10.

One positive for the Cougars intheir final regular season loss was thatfourth-year Jeff Lukomski became theCanada West’s all-time leader in careerthree-pointers (240). Fifth-year JamalWilliams also reached a significantmilestone against the Huskies, pullingdown his 723rd career rebound, put-ting him into a tie with Glen Nelson forthe U of R’s all-time record.

If the Cougars hope to get pastSFU and into the Canada West Final

Four, they will need Williams to betheir leader on each end of the court.

With the threat of this being hislast weekend of basketball, Williamssaid he intends to “Play every posses-sion to its fullest.”

“These games are a lot more fun.You just automatically play at a higherlevel than you have been all year justbecause of the fact that if you lose,you’re going home. Playoff time is anew world and a new season.”

J Will “very confident”

In the other three CanadaWest best-of-three quarter-final contests, the No. 10-ranked Huskies will play hostto the University of FraserValley Cascades (11-7), theNo. 6-ranked University ofCalgary Dinos (15-5) willhost the University ofLethbridge Pronghorns (10-10), and the University ofAlberta Golden Bears (10-10) will travel to Vancouverto take on the No. 1-rankedUBC Thunderbirds (17-1).

peter millseditor in chief

peter millseditor in chief

Jarrett Crowe

Regina’s men’s basketball team travels to No. 9-ranked SFU for quarter-finals

sports 17the carillonFeb. 25 - March 3, 2010

My reading week break was signifi-cantly more exciting than years past; Ididn’t get sick, for once, and I wentand checked out NBA All StarWeekend in Dallas, Texas. I’d be lyingif I said that this wasn’t unquestion-ably the greatest weekend I’ve everhad. Three straight days of nothing butNBA-related activities and the game’sbiggest stars, which pretty muchamounts to Heaven on Earth for a su-per fan like myself.

We got to Dallas on Friday, withonly a few hours to prepare before at-tending the T-Mobile Rookie Challengeand Youth Jam. After a wallet-smash-ing trip to the outlet stores, we headedfor American Airlines Center. I can’timagine a time where I’ve ever beenmore excited, at least not until later inthis tale. An early highlight of the tripwas our encounter with BryanColangelo, general manager of theRaptors. I told him he’d better re-signChris Bosh, or we’d have a problem,and he reacted in much the same fash-ion as I’m sure he does whenever hehears something so stupid from a fan –he laughed it off. The game itself wascrazy, with the rookie team pulling offa rare win against the sophomores.Tyreke Evans and Russell Westbrookwere probably the best to watch, but Idefinitely enjoyed seeing StephenCurry, too. Man is that guy smoothwith the ball.

Next on our to-do list was a stop atJam Session, which is like an NBAtheme park. Seriously, 11 acres of NBA-related activities, displays, shops;pretty much all the NBA you couldpossibly take in. The hot rumour flyingaround was that D-Wade and KobeBryant would be appearing that day,

and I wasn’t disappointed. Less than 20minutes after getting there, I managedto get around back of the NBA 2K10display that Kobe was at. I bided mytime, waiting for his police escorts toget him out of there, and pounced atmy first chance. Shamelessly throwingmyself into the crowd, I was treated toboth a stiff-arm from a cop and a finger-grazing high-five with Kobe. Wow. Iwas shaking like a 12 year-old girl at aBackstreet Boys concert circa 1998.Later on, I got to high-five DwightHoward and Kevin Love, too, but bothexperiences paled in comparison to mybrief Kobe encounter. I’m a little tooold to be neglecting hand washing, butit certainly crossed my mind. AlthoughJam Session was sick, and there wasplenty to see, there were far too manyscreaming children to make it reallyenjoyable. Everyone saw what theywanted to and we left.

Super Sunday, and the day of theAll Star Game itself, came really fast. Itwasn’t until our ride to the newCowboys Stadium, however, that thereal excitement came. Words can’t evendescribe how awesome that place is. Itis so big, and just so cool looking; prob-ably worth a trip for any sports fan.Once inside, it was nuts. How can youexplain being in the same building asthe best players in the world, alongwith NBA legends like Magic Johnsonand Charles Barkley, not to mentionthe celebrities like the Governator,Floyd Mayweather, Spike Lee, andDiddy who were taking in the sights aswell? Crazy, just crazy. When they an-nounced the world record crowd of108,713 people at halftime, I thoughtthe noise would blow the roof off thestadium. The East won, D-Wade tookMVP (though only because Kobe was-n’t playing), and it still feels totally sur-real that I was there. Rest assured thatI will be doing everything possible toscore tickets to next year’s game, andevery year after.

Best trip ever.

The NBA: Where peeing your pants withexcitement happens

Jordan Reid

sports columnjordan reidsports editor

The Canadian men’s hockey team hasyet again failed to meet expectationson the world stage. Is gold the ulti-mate goal? Definitely, but this wassupposed to be a statement about ourhockey dominance; complete and ut-ter subordination of the sport that webrought screaming into this world.Right here, at home, with the bestplayers in the world and the bestgoalie to ever strap a pair of pads tohis scrawny legs: the home fan sup-port and the NHL surface would playto our advantage.

The result so far has been lessthan wonderful, with Canada’s onlytruly authoritative match of the tour-nament coming against a relativelyweak Norwegian team. The two mostrecent games have been lacklustre atbest; granted the opposing netmin-ders have competed fiercely to turnaside a startling 86 shots, allowingonly six goals. Jonas Hiller and RyanMiller are both excellent goaltendersin the NHL, starters for Anaheim andBuffalo, respectively. The Canadianssqueaked out a victory in a game thatsaw Brodeur looking rusty (or old)and an own goal by Canada’s PatrickMarleau.

The game against the United

States showed again how dominantCanada can be, but still breakdownsoccurred. In the debacle against theUnited States, Martin Brodeur single-handedly managed to baffle an entirenation with his bizarre, Leaving LasVegas-type, “I don’t fear death” styleof puck handling. His efforts weresimply those of a cocky idiot. None ofthe plays he attempted to make war-ranted the risk of the procedure. Alunging poke check at a puck in frontof a defender to take out only saiddefender, leaving a gaping net pro-tected by Dan Boyle truly shouldhave been the hook for Mr. Brodeur.Patrick Roy probably giggled at thecomplete ineptitude Brodeur showedin net.

Obviously, as a hockey fan and aCanadian, I have an opinion, and I’llbe damned if somebody shouldn’thear about it. The straight facts showus that three Martin Brodeurturnovers led to U.S.A. goals. He sim-ply lost the game for Canada. RyanMiller kept the Americans in thegame, and Brodeur coughed up ahuge hairball.

Roberto Luongo came off a stellarperformance in the first game, thoughhe was faced with less than 20 shots.The change must be made. This iswhy you bring three goalies, and thisis why you started Luongo in the firstgame. You want to have the opportu-

nity to have a fall guy, and if you lookat this from an unbiased perspective,Brodeur has played his way out ofthat net.

Brodeur is not the only veteranlooking out of place, as Chris Prongerlooked more like Derian Hatcher (fat,slow, ugly, old, etc.). Perhaps it is timeto bench the old timer and run with asimple six-man rotation on defence.He has a booming shot, but so doesShea Weber. Pronger was brought infor experience, but he has become aserious liability.

The road to the gold medal gameis now much more difficult, with amatch-up against a weak Germanteam (0-0-0-3), with the victor set toplay Russia in the quarter-final. If youget Luongo in against a weak oppo-nent, he gets a chance to get his focusback and prepare for a test against astrong Russian team. It is difficult notto look past the Germans, who mostrecently fell to the Belarusian team 5-3, but it is not unheard of for Canadato choke. Remember the lastOlympics? And 1998? It is difficult toimagine that we could actually put acomplete game together and win out-right, but maybe the players and thegoalie that play on the 23rd can do itand keep their Olympic dream alive.Or maybe they will choke. I’m keep-ing my expectations low if Brodeurstarts.

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Behind closed doorsWhen the locker-room becomes a chamber of secrets

Tiger Woods felt a public apology wasin order.

Woods, the professional golf starwho has fallen from grace after report-edly cheating several times on his wifeElin Nordegren (a former Swedishmodel), made a public statement to themedia on Friday, Feb. 19.

“Many of you in this room are myfriends,” Woods stated at the begin-ning of the press conference. “Many ofyou in this room know me. Many ofyou have cheered for me, or haveworked with me, or have supportedme. Now, every one of you has goodreason to be critical of me. I want to sayto each of you simply and directly, I amdeeply sorry for my irresponsible andselfish behaviour I engaged in.”

The surprising allegations ofWoods’ infidelity arose on Nov. 25 oflast year. The National Enquirer, atabloid magazine, broke a story statingthat Woods had engaged in an affairwith New York nightclub managerRachel Uchitel. While there was notmuch attention paid to these claims,Woods certainly drew the media’s at-tention when he crashed his car into atree on his block a mere day later.

After that incident, the story brokewide open. San Diego cocktail wait-ress Jaimee Grubbs came forward, stat-ing that she had an affair with Woodsfor over two years. She was able to pro-duce voice and text messages she hadreceived from Woods, asking to deletehis name off of her phone. SinceGrubbs came forward, several otherwomen have addmitted to having rela-tions with Woods. Woods, who has twochildren with Nordegren, even admit-tedly checked into a sex addiciton re-hab clinic.

“I was unfaithful, I had affairs, I

cheated,” admitted Woods in a pressconference. “What I did was not ac-ceptable, and I am the only person toblame. I stopped living by the core val-ues I was taught to believe in. I knewmy actions were wrong, but I con-vinced myself that normal rules didnot apply, I never thought about who Iwas hurting, instead I thought only ofmyself.”

There were also rumours thatNordegren hit Woods on the night hecrashed his car, raising questions ofpossible domestic violence. Woods wasquick to shoot these rumours downduring his apology, and stated thatNordegren has handled this tough sit-uation beautifully.

“Some people have speculated thatElin somehow hurt or attacked me,”said Woods. “It angers me that peoplewould fabricate a story like that. Elinnever hit me that night or any othernight.”

Woods continued, “There hasnever been an episode of domestic vi-olence in our marriage, ever. Elin hasshown enormous grace and poisethroughout this ordeal. Elin deservespraise, not blame. The issue involvedhere was my repeated irresponsible be-haviour.”

Before this incident, Woods wasviewed as the class of the golfingworld. One of the most successfulgolfers in the history of the game,Woods has won 71 official PGA Tourevents and 14 majors. Furthermore,Woods has earned the most careerearnings of any player in the history ofthe PGA Tour. Did all of the successand fame simply go to Woods head?

“I felt that I had worked hard myentire life and deserved to enjoy all thetemptations around me,” Woods ex-plained. “I felt I was entitled. Thanks tomoney and fame, I did not have to gofar to find them. I was wrong. I was

foolish. I do not get to play by differentrules. The same boundaries that applyto everyone else apply to me.”

But Woods has left his mark notonly in the golfing community. Woodshas founded a number of charitable or-ganizations including The Tiger WoodsFoundation. That particular charitywas founded in 1996 by Woods andhis father Earl. The Tiger WoodsFoundation is aimed at helping chil-dren, especially disadvantaged ones,learn to play golf. The charity has alsodistributed many scholarships. Besidescharities, Woods has also been in-volved in many endorsements dealswith companies such as Nike andGeneral Motors. Woods said he knowsthat his actions have not only affectedhis sponsors and those involved in hischarities, but the millions who idolisehim.

“I have let down my fans,” saidWoods. “For many of you, especially

my friends, my behaviour has been apersonal disappointment. To those ofyou who work for me, I have let youdown personally and professionally.My behaviour has caused considerableworry to my business partners, toeveryone involved in my foundation,including my staff, board of directors,sponsors, and most importantly theyoung students we reach.”

Near the end of Woods speech, henoted that his behaviour does not givethe paparazzi the right to terrorize hisfamily.

“My behaviour does not make itright for the media to follow my twoand a half year old daughter to schooland report the school’s location. Theystaked out my wife and pursued mymom. Whatever my wrong doings, forthe sake of my family, please leave mywife and kids alone.”

TORONTO (CUP) –– The first rule ofFight Club is that you don’t talkabout Fight Club.

This is the code followed by somany university athletic teams.Because there is such a strong em-phasis on team cohesion in sports,athletes must succumb to the addi-tional pressure of protecting theiradopted family.

At Ryerson University, this hasmeant everything from the mass sus-pension of members of the women’svolleyball team because of a drinkingviolation to the departure of themen’s basketball coach. Athleticsteams are one group that alwayskeeps quiet.

Caroline Fuscos, an assistant pro-fessor at the University of Torontowho has researched the sociology ofathletes, says that athletes are “notreally people who rock the boat oftenwhen it comes to challenging teamnorms.”

Last year, Ryerson Rams men’sbasketball coach Glenn Taylorabruptly left the team, and to date nocoaches or players have been willingto talk about his sudden departure.

“We really as a team decided thatnone of us are going to make anycomments on this,” said star forwardBoris Bakovic after Taylor’s exit.

There is one thing athletes canagree on, however – that the code ofsilence does indeed exist.

Tessa Dimitrakopoulos, a fourthyear member of the Ryersonwomen’s hockey team and formersoccer player, has been one of fewathletes willing to consistently speak

publicly about team drama. Whileshe was willing to discuss the reasonshe stopped playing soccer – beingdriven out after too many headacheswith coach Peyvand Mossavat – sheknows it’s not an easy task to goagainst the team.

“When it comes down to it, youdon’t want everyone outside [of theteam] to know what’s going on orknow the weaknesses of the team,”she said, noting that speaking up is“what a leader has to do. Just to clearthings up, you don’t want to hidethings from people or not tell themthe truth. That’s just one role.”

But breaking the code of silencecan’t be done with just any memberof the team. Depending on the cultureof the room, some athletes may feelthey don’t have the authority tospeak out. Richard Dean certainly be-lieves in a hierarchy of powers. Deancoached Ryerson basketball teams for18 years before the axe fell this pastfall.

“Everybody has a certain role.For a player, their role is to play thegame and listen to what their coacheshave to say. To speak to the media, itmight fall to another person like theathletic director or the coaches,” Deansaid.

Athletes also feel the pinch ofpeer pressure or worry they may getleft out from the rest of team if theyspoke out on a prickly issue.

“Without conformity, athletes arenot going to be able to produceworld-class times or personal bests,”Fuscos said.

“How do you produce these per-formances by taking into accounteverybody’s identity? Well, it’s notpossible.”

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Women’s hockeyThe Cougars finished their regular season by losing back-to-back gamesagainst the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. The Cougars got two goalsfrom second-year Rianne Wight, and one apiece from fourth-years KelcieMcCutcheon and Rae-Lynn Somogyi in their 7-4 loss on Saturday. Third-year goalie Lisa Urban made 28 saves for the U of R, who fell to 7-11-6 on theseason. Despite their losing record, the Cougars travel to Edmonton thisweekend for the Canada West semi-finals against the University of Alberta.

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Men’s hockeyThe Cougars lost both games against the No. 2-ranked University of Alberta,though the second one was a real heartbreaker. After trailing by a score of 3-0, the Cougars roared back to take a 4-3 lead in the third period, only forAlberta to score with less than two minutes on the clock. The overtime periodwas short lived, as the Golden Bears scored only 30 seconds in to win the game.The loss dropped the Cougars to 9-15-2, and they will finish their season offthis weekend with a pair of meaningless games against Manitoba.

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The Saskatchewan Roughriders got alittle more versatile during the firstweek of the CFL free agency period.

The Riders biggest move in the freeagency period, which began on Feb.16, was the acquisition of running backDominique Dorsey. Dorsey, a runningback and special teams demon, spentthe 2005-06 season in Saskatchewan.

Dorsey never really excelled withthe Riders, but found award-winningsuccess when he signed with theToronto Argonauts in 2007. It didn’ttake Dorsey long to impress tying aleague record by returning a missedfield goal 129 yards for a touchdown.The next year Dorsey continued toshine as he was named a CFL All-Star,compiled a league high 2,892 all-pur-pose yards despite missing five gamesto injury, and won the John AgroSpecial Teams Award, awarded to theleague’s most outstanding specialteams player.

While Dorsey’s stats certainlypaint a pretty picture, the question is:where will he fit in on a talented Ridersoffence? With the future of Riders run-ning back Wes Cates unknown, willDorsey be the new starting runningback?

Perhaps, but Dorsey has neverbeen a starting running back in his ca-reer. His best rushing total came in2008 with Toronto, when he gained 410yards.

Will he then be the new kick re-turner?

Again, perhaps, but the Riders spe-cial teams was rejuvenated by the ex-plosive play of Jason Armstead lastseason.

Dorsey will likely do a little bit ofeverything for the Riders, which is fit-ting, as he has been such a versatilethreat throughout his career. On kickreturns, Dorsey could definitely add ascoring touch to a Riders kick-returngame that faltered last season. On of-fence, Dorsey could be used as a speedrunning back, and catch some passesout of the backfield to contribute toSaskatchewan’s dynamic passing at-tack.

The Riders did not bring in anyother notable players during the freeagency period, but were quick to se-cure some of their own players.

Saskatchewan GM Brendan Tamanbrought back running backs ChrisSzarka and Stu Foord, receiver AndyFantuz, longsnapper Jocelyn Frenette,offensive guard Marc Parenteau, de-fensive lineman Marcus Adams, line-backer Tad Kornegay, and defensiveback Omarr Morgan. A contract exten-sion was also given to offensive line-man Gene Makowsky.

There are two big contract exten-sions that remain on the table, how-ever. Neither quarterback DarianDurant or receiver Weston Dresslerhave signed extensions with the Ridersduring the off-season. Both playerswere named CFL West All-Stars lastseason, and have been pivotal parts tothe Green and White’s offence.

Saskatchewan also added somefresh blood in the coaching staff.Former Winnipeg Blue Bombers headcoach Doug Berry was named the newassistant coach and offensive coordi-nator, Bob Dyce takes over as the re-ceivers coach and as the passing gamecoordinator, while former Rider headcoach Jim Daley was named the specialteam’s coordinator.

There were vacant spots in the

Riders coaching staff thanks to theWinnipeg Blue Bombers, who effec-tively raided Saskatchewan’s forcoaches this off-season.

Winnipeg signed former Riders of-fensive coordinator Paul LaPolice astheir new head coach, former assistantcoach Jamie Barresi as their offensivecoordinator, and special teams coachKavis Reed as their defensive coordina-tor. The Bombers are also rumoured to

be the inevitable home of free agentquarterback Steven Jyles.

Jyles has spent the last two sea-sons in Saskatchewan, and has beenwaiting for an opportunity to be astarting quarterback in the CFL.

The Riders also lost middle line-backer Renauld Williams to the NFL’sPittsburgh Steelers.

Though most of the free agency in-tensity has slowly begun to die down

in Riderville, a few questions stilllinger. Will the Riders re-sign Cates?Will Kerry Joseph return toSaskatchewan after being releasedfrom Toronto? What will the Riders doabout their lack of defensive ends? TheTaman era has officially begun, manymore changes are on the horizon, andso far he seems perfectly content deal-ing with such questions quietly.

Track and FieldThe Cougars track and field teams hosted their final home meet of the seasonFeb. 12 and 13. Four members of the No. 6-ranked men’s team recorded first-place finishes, including third-year Justin Baker in the hurdles event, second-year Jeremy Eckert in the long jump, second-year Connor MacDonald in thehigh jump, and second-year Chris Pickering in the weight throw. Third-yearNicole Breker led the No. 8-ranked women’s team with first-place finishes inboth the hurdles and long jump. Next up for the Cougars is the Canada Westchampionships on Feb. 26 and 27 in Edmonton.

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Women’s VolleyballIt was a good weekend for the No. 5-ranked Cougar women’s volleyballteam, as they swept their best-of-three conference quarter-final series againstthe University of Brandon Bobcats to earn a place in the Canada West FinalFour. The second match of the weekend saw them win in three straight sets,by scores of 25-20, 25-16, and 27-25. The Cougars hope to be one of the threeteams to come out of the Final Four to advance to the CIS Championship inEdmonton. It would be the Cougars’ first appearance in the national tourna-ment since the 1999-2000 season.

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2008 CFL special teams player of the year Dominique Dorsey returns to Riders

Rider reportBerry, Dorsey join Riders, future home of Cates and Jyles unknown

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The Olympics couldn’t possibly be in Canada without a little bit of gripingabout the inequality of French and English.

The Planning Committee is being accused of lack of exposure andrepresentation of francophone culture at the Games.

Quebec Premier Jean Charest has expressed disappointment, as havemany of the province’s journalists. Heritage Minister James Moore and of-ficial languages commissioner Graham Fraser both complained thereshould have been more French in the opening ceremonies. Even Liberalleader Michael Ignatieff told the media that it was a “little bit of a letdown.”

On the flip side, there are the disgruntled voices of the West. The gov-ernor general shouldn’t have declared the games open first in French, thenin English. Why is the French text on Olympic signage larger than theEnglish? Why can’t the French just stop criticizing?

Tension between Francophones and Anglophones has existed since be-fore Canada was even a country, with the arrival of European settlers in the1600s. When the English conquered the French in 1759 on the Plains ofAbraham, everything changed. Since this time, national unity betweenthe two cultures has been tumultuous at best. The strain reached a climaxin the ’90s with two attempts by Quebec to separate from Canada in theform of referenda.

History has made the Quebecois bitter. For years, they were prisonersin their own home – until the Quiet Revolution, the majority ofFrancophone workers were living below the poverty line in their ownprovince. In fact, Canada only officially became bilingual in 1982. When itcomes to numbers, they are indeed a minority. In Canada, just over 20 percent of people speak French as their primary language.

However, bilingualism does not follow fractions. It’s an equal partner-ship between the French and English to create a more harmonious nation.We are stronger united, but only if we accept each other.

That’s where all this debate troubles me. Hundreds of years later, nei-ther side wants to forget the past. There is a deep resentment embedded be-tween the French and English cultures.

I have visited Quebec City twice and both times felt like I was made tobe less of an individual because I spoke English as a first language. Whenspeaking to store clerks and servers, I tried to keep up in French. But notoften did they speak more slowly for me when they could see I was strug-gling and there have even been a few dirty looks.

This just isn’t fair. I had no say in the cultural conflict four hundredyears ago. It’s not right for anyone to feel marginalized or as though theirculture is undervalued, especially that of the Francophone. Why do I haveto pay for the mistakes of English ancestry just because I speak the lan-guage?

National problems shouldn’t translate onto a personal and individuallevel. Likewise, the Olympics should be a symbol of the nation as a whole,with both cultures being equally celebrated.

Why can’t we all just put on our parkas, watch the events, maybe ashare a poutine?

Why can’t we all just get along?

NNoo tthhaannkk yyoouu,, PPaannkkiiww On Feb. 5, former Member ofParliament Jim Pankiw announced heis returning to federal politics. Pankiwwill run as an independent in the ridingof Saskatoon-Humbolt.

For those of you unfamiliar withPankiw’s work, allow me a brief his-tory.

Pankiw served in the House ofCommons from 1997 to 2004.Throughout Pankiw’s two terms as aMember of Parliament he was alignedwith the Reform Party, the CanadianAlliance, the DemocraticRepresentative Caucus, and finally asan independent. When Stephen Harperwas elected to lead the Alliance, whichultimately became the ConservativeParty of Canada, Pankiw was deniedre-admission to the party. Reasons fornot allowing Pankiw back into theparty mainly swirl around his contro-versial actions and comments.

Pankiw has long been an advocatefor ending, what he calls “race-basedprivileges.” This means the rights givento Aboriginal people under the treatiesand legislation. Pankiw has comparedsupporters of affirmative action to theKu Klux Klan.

In 2002 and 2003, Pankiw distrib-

uted controversial leaflets warning con-stituents of “Indian crime.” As a resultof many complaints, the CanadianHuman Rights Commission appointedan investigator. The investigator foundthat Pankiw’s leaflets were not hatespeech as defined by the Criminal Codeof Canada. Rather, a report drafted forthe investigation stated that Pankiw’swords were discriminatory and in vio-lation of the Canadian Human RightsAct.

Now that you are a little more fa-miliar with Pankiw’s work, let us re-turn to Feb. 5. Pankiw called a pressconference to declare his intention torun again. He then told all the reporterspresent that he didn’t need the media,because he has a new and powerfultool – the Internet. When one of the re-porters asked why they were called toa conference, Pankiw stated, “To rub itin your face.” He also would not an-swer yes or no when asked if he wassober. Pankiw then went on to com-pare FSIN Chief Guy Lonechild to aKlansman, simply for wearing a tradi-tional Native headdress.

The fact is that Jim Pankiw needshelp. His constant derogatory com-ments are sickening, and repulsive. I,

personally, am not of Aboriginal ances-try, but when Pankiw points to allAboriginals and calls them racists, I amdeeply offended as a human being. Heis, without a doubt, a small man. Youwill be hard-pressed to find a more vo-cal defender of freedom of speech thanme, but what spews from Pankiw’smouth is not speech. What crosses thatman’s lips are slurs, insults, and purenonsense.

Pankiw has become nothing morethan a running joke, a washed-up has-been. He wants people to distrust eachother and to get angry. But we will not.Some even feel sorry for Jim Pankiw,because he truly is a desperate, deso-late, and empty soul.

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Coffee HouseControversies7:30 p.m.Chapters“Where are the People?Mapping Population” pre-sented by Julia Siemer.

Sharing Circle2:30 p.m.ASC, CS 117Restarting student sharingcircles to learn about oneanother and receive tradi-tional guidance.

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Everything ReligiousStudies Lecture series2:30 p.m.TBA“Fundamentalism inIsrael: a threat fromwithin” presented by Dr.Jacoba Kuikman.

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International Polar BearDay

Peruvians Before Profit5 p.m.St. Mary’s AnglicanChurchSolidarity benefit and sup-per for the Indigenouspeoples of the PeruvianAmazon - $20 advance,$25 at door.

Royal Red Brigade7:30 p.m.The ExchangeLocal punks celebratevinyl release.

Cops and Robbers Cabaret9:00 p.m.The Lazy OwlThe Justice StudiesStudent Society presents anight of drinking anddress up.

Sunday, Feb. 28

Nick Faye, Andrew Love,John Fettes, Adam Ennis7:30 p.m.The ClubRegina-based six-stringstrummers singing sicksolo sets.

Monday, Mar. 1

Port Noise8:00 p.m.SohoThe band’s first officialgig.

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