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THE 2006/01/12 ISSUE 15 THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG STUDENT WEEKLY VOLUME 60 » INSIDE News Comments Diversions Features Listings Sports THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG STUDENT WEEKLY JANUARY 12, 2005 VOL. 60 ISSUE 15 E-MAIL » [email protected] ON THE WEB » uniter.ca 02 06 08 12 18 21 02 ADD ANOTHER ITEM TO THE BLUE BIN 10 WITNESS TO GENOCIDE HOW HARD IS IT TO RECYCLE COMPUTERS? A YOUNG MAN RECALLS HIS CHILDHOOD IN RAWANDA 14 BECAUSE SHE LOVES IT 23 ONE ON ONE WITH BOB IRVING KARLA ADOLPHE SHARES HER SECRET TO MAKING GOOD MUSIC CJOB’S BOMBER BROADCASTER VISITS CKUW’S ULTRA MEGA SPORTS SHOW ♼ January 12, 2005 02 The Uniter VOL.60 ISS.15 CONTACT: [email protected] UNITER S TAFF UNITER NEWS 01 Managing Editor [email protected] JANUARY 12 2006 NEWS EDITOR: VIVIAN BELIK E-MAIL: [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR: LEIGHTON K LASSEN E-MAIL: [email protected] NEWS EDITOR: DEREK LESCHASIN E-MAIL: [email protected] » Jo Snyder Coordinator & Office Manager 02 Business » James D. Patterson [email protected] NEWS EDITOR » Vivian Belik 03 [email protected] NEWS PRODUCTION EDITOR » 04 Derek Leschasin Donʼt Ditch Your Old Computer, “E-Waste” is Preventable [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR » Leighton Klassen 05 [email protected] REPORTER » Whitney Light 06 BEAT [email protected] 07 BEAT REPORTER [email protected] » Alan MacKenzie FEATURES EDITOR 08 [email protected] » Lori Ebbitt ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR 09 [email protected] 10 [email protected] 11 [email protected] 12 [email protected] SPORTS EDITOR » Mike Pyl COMMENTS EDITOR HUMOUR EDITOR » Daniel Blaikie » Matt Cohen » Wade Andrew 13 PHOTO EDITOR 14 LISTINGS COORDINATOR 15 COPY & STYLE EDITOR 16 DISTRIBUTION MANAGER 17 [email protected] » Mike Lewis photo by: Jo Snyder » Nick Weigeldt [email protected] » Beat Reporter Melody Rogan [email protected] Scott McArthur PRODUCTION MANAGER Sebastian Podsiadlo [email protected] » » ADVERTISING MANAGER Ted Turner 18 »786-9779 [email protected] THIS WEEKS CONTRIBUTORS Macho Philipovich, Jonathan Davis, Nathan Laser, Matthew J. Mulaire, Ben Snakepit, Ben Macphee-Sigurdson, Iain Ramsay, Kenton Smith, Ksenia Prints, Brett Hopper, Sarah Hauch, Josh Boulding, Daniel Falloon, Thomas Asselin, Tiffany Bartel, William O’ Donnel, Avi Braemer, Jesso Puddleduck, Shane Gibson, Matt Urban The Uniter is the official student newspaper of the University of Winnipeg and is published by the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association. The Uniter is editorially autonomous and the opinions expressed within do not necessarily reflect those of the UWSA. The Uniter is a member of the Canadian University Press and Campus Plus Media Services. SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES, LETTERS, PHOTOS AND GRAPHICS ARE WELCOME Articles should be submitted in text or Microsoft Word format to uniter@uwinnipeg. ca. Deadline for submissions is noon Friday (contact the section’s editor for more information). Deadline for advertisements is noon Friday, six days prior to publication. The Uniter reserves the right to refuse to print submitted material. The Uniter will not print submissions that are homophobic, misogynistic, racist or libelous. We also reserve the right to edit for length or style. » CONTACT US General Inquiries: 204.786.9790 Advertising: 204.786.9779 Editors: 204.786.9497 Fax: 204.783.7080 Email: [email protected] » LOCATION Room ORM14 University of Winnipeg 515 Por tage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 COVER IMAGE Whitney Light The Graffiti Gallery Presents “Archives” An exhibit Featuring documentation of Canadian Graffiti by railway workers and graffiti writers. Opening night January 26th 8-pm till 12am. Musical Performance by DJ Brace. Exhibit on display till March 20th.The works are enlarged photographs taken by local graffiti writers and Railway workers of graffiti that no longer exists. The pieces only exist now in the photographs. Some of the photos were taken in early 1990s when Graffiti in Winnipeg still just beginning to develop. I t’s a new year, and maybe you’ve decided it’s time for a new computer. But what do you do with the old one? It’s not broken, really. Whatever you do, don’t take it to the dump. Used computers are part of the growing amount of e-waste that includes everything from phones and TVs to fax machines and monitors. With the rapid advances taking place in the electronics and information technology industries, the lifespan of equipment is getting shorter and dealing with these not-so-dusty techno dinosaurs is becoming a pressing concern. Environment Canada studies show Canadians are generating over 140,000 tonnes of e-waste each year. Fortunately, business, government, and community organizations are banding together to recycle as much as possible and dispose of the rest in environmentallyfriendly ways. One of the largest computer recycling organizations in Manitoba is Computers for Schools, a national, federal government-led program, which collects and refurbishes donations of used computer equipment for use in public schools and libraries. On Dec. 22, Provincial Conservation Minister Stan Struthers announced that the not-for-profit organization would receive a grant of $24,900 from the Manitoba government’s Waste Reduction and Pollution Prevention Fund to manage school computer waste in an environmentally responsible way. Karen Kerr, Executive Director of Computers for Schools, said that when it began 12 years ago, the program was believed to be alleviating waste from landfi lls by re-deploying equipment to other organizations. “What wasn’t thought out was the fact that (the computers) are going to expire eventually,” said Kerr. The program has evolved to the environment. A poll conducted by encompass safe recycling and disposal of POLLARA in March 2005 reported that computers that have reached the end of the 88 percent of Canadians are willing to line. The WRAPP money will go in part spend more for consumer electronics that towards purchasing a weigh scale, to weigh are energy efficient, produce less waste, and and charge for donations appropriately, and a baler, to shrink and bale plastic parts are made of recycled materials. In Alberta, the Electronic Recycling making them less costly to transport. Association, a not-for-profit private “To recycle 100 percent, organization, has taken computer recycling transportation costs are 95 percent of our one step further by shipping good yet costs,” said Kerr. While the organization unwanted computers to third-world tries to use local plastics and metals countries. For people in those places it recyclers as much as possible, parts that might cost $500 to buy a new computer, contain harmful heavy materials such said Paduh, whereas the ERA can supply as lead, cadmium, and mercury must them for $5 a piece. be shipped “People always to qualified ”The only reason we have this want the newest thing. recyclers in People can be very Montreal. industry is because Canada inconsiderate of others Currently, is rich. In the third world, and the environment,” the province said Boyan Paduh, has no policy computer recycling doesn’t Director of the or plan in place exist.” - Boyan Paduh, Director Electronic Recycling to raise the Association (ERA) funds necessary of the Electronic Recycling in Alberta. “You’d to deal with Association be surprised by the electronics type of stuff you fi nd recycling. in Canadian and However, a American landfi lls.” discussion paper by Green Manitoba “The only reason we have this Eco Solutions on the development of industry is because Canada is rich,” said an e-waste stewardship program was Paduh. “In the third world, computer released in October 2005 and followed by recycling doesn’t exist.” a consultation with industry stakeholders It appears, however, that IT to determine the best way to deal with the manufacturers are becoming aware of e-waste issue. Plans are moving forward the e-waste issue. Electronic Product across Canada to manage e-waste on a Stewardship Canada (EPS) has the provincial basis. membership of 18 consumer electronics In Alberta in February 2005, the and IT manufacturers and is developing a province began collecting a fee, ranging national electronics end-of-life program. from $5 to $45, on electronics at point-ofEPS anticipates that a handling fee for purchase to fund recycling and disposal electronics products will be embedded in efforts. Policy Analyst for Manitoba the price of products, collected nationally, Conservation Rod McCormick said that and redistributed to provincial and regional Manitoba will not necessarily follow suit, organizations. though the effects of the policy in Alberta “I think manufacturers are starting so far have been positive. “We want to see an industry-led solution, and that will entail to jump on board” the e-waste issue, said some costs.” Kerr. “But over the next ten years, it will Most Canadians, it seems, will get worse before it gets better.” not need much convincing to part with more dollars if it means less impact on The Uniter NEWS EDITOR: VIVIAN BELIK E-MAIL: [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR: LEIGHTON K LASSEN E-MAIL: [email protected] January 12, 2006 NEWS 03 NEWS EDITOR: DEREK LESCHASIN E-MAIL: [email protected] Bolivian Election Brings Hope and Skepticism photo by: Dustin Leader “Village members listen to left-wing Presidential candidate Evo Morales, 46, of the MAS party (Movement Towards Socialism) during a campaign stop over. Bolivia, Yungas region, 11/25/05 Vivian Belik News Editor M edia coverage of the mudslinging tactics of Paul Martin and Stephen Harper during the lead-up to the Canadian election on Jan 23rd, has overshadowed a recent vote in South America that may prove to have wideranging consequences for Latin America and even North America itself. Dec. 28 marked the first time in Bolivian history that an indigenous leader was democratically elected as president. Carrying more than 50 per cent of the vote, Morales’ win signals an increasing trend towards left-wing populist politics in South America. With his electoral victory last month, Morales adds his name to the growing list of leaders in South America who have moved from grassroots labour struggles to electoral politics. Morales joins Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, Nestor Kirchner of Argentina, and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil among others, who claim to represent the needs of poor working class citizens and who speak out against US neoliberal policies. Morales began his political career in the mid-’90s as the leader of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), a radical grassroots union that aimed to secure political rights for coca-leaf growers in the Chapare region of Bolivia. As his popularity increased, especially amongst the indigenous people of Bolivia, he gravitated towards parliamentary politics. However, his rise to power has not been without controversy. Morales has been labelled a “narcotrade unionist” and has been publicly blasted for maintaining relations with Cuban leader, Fidel Castro. In his platform speeches last fall he spoke of legalizing coca production in Bolivia, challenging the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas, nationalizing the oil and gas sector, and rewriting the country’s Constitution so that it better represented the Indigenous people of Bolivia who comprise almost two thirds of the country’s population. Reaction to Morales’ win has been mixed; some see his election as confirmation of the spreading axis of socialism in the South while others consider his policies and promises to be mere rhetoric. Wilder Robles, a professor of International Development at the University of Winnipeg who specializes in South American development, represents the first category. Robles believes that the election of Evo Morales in Bolivia is indicative of a “growing level of disenchantment with the status quo in Latin America.” Robles says neo-liberal policies in South America have been unable to create the social and economic conditions that the US promised in the ‘80s. In fact, he says, these policies have had the adverse effect of widening the gap between the rich and the poor. “The Washington Consensus - [which is exemplified by] free markets and electoral politics - has not worked in Latin America for the last 25 years…and this has led to tremendously gross inequalities, ” says Robles. This failure is what Robles believes to be at the heart of the grassroots movements currently sweeping across South America. These movements, however, are also representative of the longstanding tradition of socialism in Latin American culture. Robles points out that socialism has been a part of the Andean culture for many centuries. The Incas, who ruled the Andean region before being wiped out by the Spaniards in the 16th century, were considered to be the first socialist economy in the world. Their communitarian economic model was found not only in the Andes but in other parts of Latin America long before the Spaniards colonized the South. Robles is optimistic about the growing tide of socialism in the South and says that this movement should not be compared to the unsuccessful form of Socialism that was found in the former USSR. “I think there is a hope [among the Latin American people] that the models implemented by these [left-leaning governments in South America] will succeed.” However, Dustin Leader, a photojournalist currently stationed in La Paz, Bolivia, is cautious about Morales’ win and says that “Bolivians in general view politics with a remarkable scepticism” and that they view this past election “no differently.” Leader says that Bolivians, having been disappointed by previous presidents, are hopeful that Morales will act in the complete opposite manner of past leaders. However, Leader has had a few people tell him “that if [Morales] can’t fulfill his promises they will have no more faith in politics.” Jeff Webber, an editor of the The New Socialist Magazine and a candidate for a PhD in political sciences at the University of Toronto, has spent a considerable amount of time in Bolivia and is also somewhat sceptical about Morales’ election. Although Webber concedes that there is a “rising sense of hope and optimism throughout Latin America at the moment,” the optimism in the case of Bolivia “is a little premature.” Webber cites the drastic change in focus of Morales’ party MAS as one reason for his hesitant optimism. “Since the 2002 presidential elections in which Evo Morales came very close [to winning the elections] from Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, the party has moderated its demands considerably.” Even though the party publicly claims to be looking out for the needs of the poor and underrepresented, Webber says that the MAS party has been ambiguous about the actual steps it will take to attain such goals as land reform, improved indigenous relations, and more equitable tax policies. Webber believes that at the current moment “MAS is not committed to socialism” and that if radicalization of the system is to happen in the near future, “it will not be a consequence of the benevolent leadership of Evo Morales or vice president Alvaro Garcia Linera.” Instead, he believes it will be a cause of popular grassroots movements that demand more radical forms of government and subsequently force the MAS to act on the peasant population’s demands. Jim Sanders, a local filmmaker responsible for the acclaimed documentary The Real Thing, which follows the rise of the MAS movement in Bolivia, is more hopeful. “[Morales] has no choice but to follow through with his [platform promises],” says Sanders, who believes that as president, Morales will become a “prisoner” to the demands of the Bolivian people. Sanders, who seems to brim with optimism, also thinks that what is happening in the South will have a positive effect on people here in Canada and the United States. In his mind, the South American grassroots movement “will be a source for our liberation [here in North America].” Jeff Webber will be at the University of Winnipeg on Jan. 26 to speak about his experiences in Bolivia. Catch him in room 1L04 at 7:00 p.m. Jim Sanders and Dada World Data will be re-screening their film The Real Thing with a newly added epilogue at the Cinematheque onFeb.20 More of Dustin Leader’s evocative photography can be found at www.digitalrailroad.net/dleader January 12, 2006 The Uniter NA TH AN JO Th e AV IS Un ite D r“ St re e te r” 04 NEWS Streeter: Did you give much thought to the upcoming federal election over the holiday break? Who will you vote for and why? Eric Peters – History Major “I did a little reading on it and watched the news, but I kind of took [the holidays] off. I’ll probably vote for the Green Party because they could use my vote - they’re not the lesser of three evils - but I like their environmental policies the best. Actually, as far as it went in the last election - the parties getting money for each vote they got - I thought that was a good idea.” Eric Trimble – First Year Student “No, but I ‘ve seen it in the papers and in the news, I know that it’s coming up. Probably vote for Paul Martin just because he’s been doing a good job running the country right now. The only thing is the crime rate that’s going on within Winnipeg and Toronto - first day of the year, a murder in Winnipeg and a murder in Toronto. We need more police.” Suzanne Lussier – 5th year Education Major “I read the paper almost every day... just trying to keep in touch with what the campaign announcements were for the day. Apart from that, not really seeking out information, just kind of whatever was being given through TV or the newspaper. And I’m going to drag all my friends out [to vote], because you can only complain if you vote. I don’t want to vote for the Liberals, just because I’m tired of it, but I don’t really know what the alternative is. I wish they had some new faces.” Leslie Sawatzky – 5th year Education Major “I choose to abstain [from voting], because I haven’t met a party that meets what I want. To tell you the truth, [I’m looking] for some actual honesty and some work done with our money, besides spending it all on things we never see. Delf Gravert – 2ND YEAR THEATER MAJOR “I think over the last two weeks I’ve been thinking about elections. No particular issues come to mind really - I’m not very political per say, but as I’ve been growing up I’ve seen the importance for it. I am voting Green because they are more in line with what I think is good for running a city. I’m more interested in local politics and building from there. Chris Willsey – 1st Year Commerce Student “I was before the holidays - but holiday time is not politics time for me - I believe the holidays are a time for family and not politics, so I haven’t really got back into it yet. My mind is decided for my riding, my vote only really matters there, and that was decided before the election even started. I’m going to vote for Brain Pallister [Conservative]. I feel he’s already done a good job representing us... he’s got things done for our riding, so let’s let him continue to do that.” NEWS EDITOR: VIVIAN BELIK E-MAIL: [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR: LEIGHTON K LASSEN E-MAIL: [email protected] NEWS EDITOR: DEREK LESCHASIN E-MAIL: [email protected] The Cat is out of the Bag: Canada in Haiti Macho Philipovich Recent weeks have shown a marked increase in Canadian media coverage of Haiti, poorest of poor countries in the western hemisphere. Much of this coverage has been in response to three events: On Dec. 1, long-time student activist Yves Engler was arrested for shouting “Paul Martin lies, Haitians die” at a Liberal event in Montreal. Then, on Dec. 30, the date of the Canadian-backed Haitian national elections were pushed back for the fourth time. Finally, two members of the UN force in Haiti died. On Dec. 20, ex-RCMP officer Marc Bourque was shot and killed in Cite Soleil, one of the poorest slums of the nation’s capital, Port-auPrince, and on Jan. 7, Reuters reported that the commander of the UN mission, Lieutenant General Urano Teixeira Da Matta Bacellar of Brazil, had killed himself in his hotel room. For most Canadians, the biggest shock was simply the realization that Canada has soldiers and civilian police in the Caribbean nation in the first place. Canada’s presence has been felt since February 2004, when they assisted U.S. marines in removing democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from the country, as reported on CNN. U.S. officials maintain that Aristide left of his own will, but Aristide has consistently denied this, claiming he was kidnapped in a coup d’etat. Critics were further outraged with two other developments. The first was the uncovering of the Ottawa Initiative, a conference that had been held in Canada a year before Aristide’s removal through leaked information published in the Quebec magazine L’Actualite. Canadian, French, U.S. and Latin American officials had met, without inviting the Haitian government, to discuss the country’s future, specifically regime change. The attendees were reported to have decided that “Aristide must go.” The second development was, after Aristide’s removal, the installation of an unelected interim government made up of business elites, with ties to sweatshop owners, including, ominously, one producing clothing for Gildan Activewear, a Canadian company who have been the target of anti-sweatshop campaigns in the past. These ties were discussed in a book co-written by Engler last year. This new government is detaining hundreds of political prisoners, including Amnesty International prisoner of conscience Girard Jean-Juste, who has recently been diagnosed with leukemia, as well as 69-yearold folk singer So Anne, who was arrested by U.S. marines. Members of the Lavalas party, the previous elected government, have been specifically targeted. As of yet, Canada’s Liberal government has not made an issue of the human rights situation in Haiti. Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Pettigrew went so far as to say that a report by the University of Miami School of Law on Haiti was nothing more than “propaganda” when a copy was presented to him by Engler in June. Engler’s arrest last month in Montreal marks the most recent escalation of the clash over Haiti in Canada. Jean Saint-Vil, a journalist and activist from the Haitian diaspora living in Ottawa, has become used to writing letters to Paul Martin on behalf of arrested priests in Port-au-Prince, but was surprised to find himself writing on behalf of a fellow Canadian peace activist. “Apparently, Yves Engler’s crime was to say too loudly and too clearly that the Prime Minister’s Haiti policy is criminal,” Saint-Vil said. Engler’s bail conditions ban him from communicating in any way with MPs or the Governor General, which could be interpreted broadly enough to include actions like chanting at demonstrations. The reasons for the suicide of UN commander Bacellar are unknown. Bacellar’s predecessor, General Augusto Heleno Ribeiro told a congressional commission in Brazil last year that “we are under extreme pressure from the international community to use violence,” citing Canada, France, and the United States. Barcellar had expressed concern with what he called the Haitian “business community’s” desire to invade slums in Port-au-Prince, and last Friday, Reuters reported that the UN Special Representative for Haiti said that future raids would claim further “collateral damage.” Bacellar’s duties have been taken over by the Chilean General Eduardo Aldunate Herman, a graduate of the School of the Americas who was involved in the coup against Chilean President Salvador Allende in the seventies. In the last year, ten groups have sprung up across the country to oppose Canada’s role in what they are calling the occupation of Haiti, from Halifax to Vancouver. Here in Winnipeg, the Canada-Haiti Action Network has demonstrated against support for elections in an atmosphere where they say political imprisonment and extrajudicial executions are commonplace, and against the UN force’s killing of at least 24 civilians in July in Cite Soleil, the same Port-au-Prince slum in which Marc Bourque was killed last month. The UN force had repeatedly denied that there had been any civilian casualties up until this international day of protest, but issued a press release the following day stating that they may have killed some civilians, and that they would conduct a full internal investigation. The local group has organized a film festival on Haiti that will take place throughout the month of February at the University of Winnipeg. Beau Burton of the local group noted, “What are passing as peacekeepers in Haiti are an occupying army. As Canadians, we need to force our government to let the Haitian community decide their destiny instead of dictating it to them.” The Uniter January 12, 2006 NEWS 05 Orgies at swingersʼ clubs on the rise following Supreme Court ruling Family groups ask: If group sex with strangers is not considered indecent, what is? By Jeremy Delman The McGill Daily (McGill University) MONTREAL (CUP) -- Owners of Montreal swingers’ clubs say that business is booming after the Supreme Court ruled in December to strike down a ban on clubs hosting group sex. The landmark decision, which noted that orgies among consenting adults in public establishments do not pose a threat to society, effectively brought the clubs out of legal limbo. Bernard Corbeil, a lawyer who has represented several swingers’ clubs and is now affiliated with Le 1082, said that people can now go to the clubs without fear of being arrested by police. “People were scared before, but now the police can’t come here,” Corbeil said. “As long as there’s a sign that says people can expect to see sex when they come in, then there can be sex.” Without the threat of legal action against swingers, there has been a marked increase in the number of patrons at Le 1082. Corbeil was a manager and lawyer of the now-defunct L’Orage, whose owner was convicted in 2003 of running a “bawdy house” and fined $2,500. When the Quebec Court of Appeal overturned a similar club’s conviction, both cases went before the Supreme Court. Due to the favourable verdict, Corbeil said that Le 1082 has plans to expand its operations with a new club on the South Shore and another one in Laval. Le 1082, which is recognized by Tourisme Québec as a one star hotel, will also be looking into lifting the restriction on where patrons can have sex, Corbeil said. Currently, patrons can meet at the on-site bar and spa but must take out a room if they wish to have sex. However, according to the new ruling, they don’t Province by province, hour by hour: New Brunswick decides to extend daylight savings time New Brunswick to join in U.S. in Daylight Savings Time switch By William Wolfe-Wylie CUP Atlantic Bureau Chief SACKVILLE, N.B. (CUP) - More Canadians will be getting an extra hour of daylight as more and more provinces move to extend Daylight Savings Time by one month. The province of New Brunswick announced its intention to join the U.S., along with several other provinces, in extending Daylight Savings Time from the beginning March until the beginning of November. Prince Edward Island, Ontario, and Quebec have already announced that they will take part in the shift. Currently, the Time Definition Act states that Daylight Savings Time is between the last Sunday in October and the first Sunday in April. The new bill would see New Brunswickers move their clocks ahead on the second Sunday in March and “fall back” on the first Sunday in November. The bill will come into effect in 2007. But contrary to the environmental reasons cited for the shift in the U.S., New Brunswick is moving ahead with the change for more economic reasons. “Our first concerns are due to our trading relationship with the United States,” said Mathieu Picard, a spokesman with the Office of the Premier. The U.S. introduced the change in August as part of an energy bill designed to cut the energy consumption throughout the United States. With more sunlight in the evenings, they argued, there would be less need for electric lighting in those peak hours. The rest of the provinces are still looking at the possible impacts of the shift. With major trade relations south of the border and between provinces, however, it is likely that more provinces will sign on to the switch. The province of Nova Scotia is currently examining the impacts of a change in Daylight Savings Time. But since Nova Scotia premier John Hamm is retiring from office next month, no announcements will be made until after the leadership convention scheduled for February 11, 2006. “Nova Scotia is likely to adopt the change,” said Hugh Fraser, with the Nova Scotia Premier’s Office. Saskatchewan is the only Canadian province that remains on Standard Time all year round. necessarily have to move to a room anymore. “It doesn’t have to be behind closed doors,” Corbeil said. “So it is possible that there could be sex at the bar.” Brian Rushfeldt, the executive director of the Canada Family Action Coalition, thinks the ruling will lead to a slippery slope of lewdness and obscenity. “I wouldn’t be surprised if these clubs started springing up all around the country,” he said. Derek Rogusky of Focus on the Family Canada, a Christian organization, also lamented what he sees as eroding social values. “In essence, the court said that as long as there are no injuries, then anything goes, so this decision opened up a bunch of other issues that are even more problematic,” he said. “What stops live sex shows from happening now?” Particularly worrisome for Rushfeldt is the wording of the ruling, which he said strips the power of local governments to oppose the opening of sex establishments. “It’s no longer possible for communities to strike down the construction of these swinger clubs,” he said. “They could be next to high schools.” Since there is no exchange of money for sex at swingers’ clubs, the court disregarded the initial argument that clubs were essentially brothels, which are illegal. Instead, the ruling was based on whether swingers clubs are indecent, and asserted that this was not the case. Rushfeldt mocked the Supreme Court for reducing the case to indecency. “For seven judges to decide what’s decent or not for all Canadians is ridiculous,” he said referring to the seven of the nine judges who voted to lift the ban. Corbeil, on the other hand, said that, according to polls he has done, a clear majority of Quebeckers and Canadians believe that group sex establishments should be legal. He further maintained that swinging is a right. “It’s a fundamental right to enjoy life,” Corbeil said. “The human being needs variety. You don’t eat the same thing all the time, or wear the same clothes, why should it be different for sex?” January 12, 2006 The Uniter COMMENTS EDITOR: DANIEL BLAIKIE E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 FAX: 783-7080 06 Comments The Possibilities of Proportional Representation As Canadians prepare to elect a new government on Jan. 23, it seems an opportune time to reflect on how our electoral system will effect, and to a certain extent has predetermined, the outcome of the election. While most analysts are predicting either a Conservative or a Liberal minority government, our electoral system and our past voting behaviours also mean that Canadians will probably get a parliament that is vastly different from the one they voted for (even when strategic voting is taken into account). Canada currently employs a single-member plurality system commonly referred to as First-Pastthe-Post. It’s a system based on singlemember districts (called ridings) in which the winner needs only to receive more votes than any one other candidate. Since voting in elections is the main way that we as citizens participate in our democracy, it is important that the electoral system produces a result that reflects our voting intentions as closely as possible. But our current system is biased. Among its many flaws is its tendency to under-represent smaller parties and groups, to over-represent larger parties and groups, to reward parties with regional concentrations of votes, and to punish parties with votes spread out across the country. Among options for electoral reform is a system of Proportional Representation in which political parties receive a percentage of seats proportionate to their percentage of the popular vote. The resulting system would be much more representative of the diverse interests in Canadian politics and present a voice for groups whose issues and opinions are largely ignored by our current system. Perhaps the most noticeable flaw of the First-Past-the-Post system is that only a plurality (not a majority) of votes elects individual members, and therefore governments. This means that a very large number of votes are “wasted” and do not count towards election of a representative. Majority governments are “manufactured” by the electoral system. In this case, both the local representatives and the national government do not have the support of the majority of voters but still claim a mandate from the people. It is through this flaw that the Liberals have governed our country unopposed from 1993 to 2004 even though they received much less than 50 percent of the popular national vote. Quite often, supporters of the First-Past-the-Post system argue that the exaggerated strength of the leading party and the resulting majority government is better because it is supposedly more stable, more capable of making tough decisions and maintaining consistent policies. But this stable government is not representative of the wishes of the majority of people and does not have to give a single thought to opposing views. It can effectively hijack control of the country until the end of its term. While the argument against majority governments obviously doesn’t apply to the current minority Illustration By: Tiffany Bartel By: Nathan Laser government (nor the one we are likely to get after Jan. 23), it usually does. Nevertheless, there are several equally important reasons against the First-Past-the-Post system that apply in both majority and perhaps more importantly in minority situations. The First-Past-the-Post system also systematically limits the opportunity of smaller parties to be fairly represented and in doing so censors minority views. If, for example, the Green Party has votes spread thinly across a wide geographic area but they still receive 3 percent, it is unlikely they will ever receive a single seat. Because it’s unlikely that these small parties will receive any seats, few exist. Likewise, since it’s unlikely that these parties will receive any seats, voters often do not cast votes for their preferred party for fear of wasting them. Instead, they vote strategically for their next favourite party to prevent a third from winning. This lack of clear voter choice and chance for effective representation can also lead to depressed voter turnout. Conversely, the First-Past-thePost system also rewards parties that receive votes concentrated regionally. In Canada, this phenomenon has manifested itself in the Reform/ Canadian Alliance/Conservative Party in the West, and the Bloc Quebecois in Quebec. With the resulting ‘balkanization,’ the FirstPast-the-Post system has accentuated the perception that everyone in the West is a Conservative and everyone in Quebec is a separatist. Although the emergence of these parties has allowed the representation of the Reform Party/ Canadian Alliance/ Conservative Party and the Bloc Quebecois at higher than proportional rates, both the Progressive Conservatives (now defunct) and the New Democrats have received a less than proportionate number of seats. The result is that depending on what party you vote for, your vote may be worth more or less. If you want to elect a New Democrat your individual vote will be worth much less to do it. If you want to elect a member of the Greens, your obstacles are almost insurmountable. The over-representation of regionally based political parties and their ideological agendas caused by the First-Past-the-Post system has negative implications for the future of the country. Current election polling indicates the distinct possibility of a near sweep of the Conservatives in the West and of the Bloc in Quebec even though a significant majority of people will have voted for other parties. This could lead to the dangerous result of a minority government with the decentralist Conservative Party being propped up by the separatist Bloc coalition partner. One of the main concerns about a switch away from the single member district is the weakening of votermember linkages. However, voters may elect their representatives but if members are lucky enough to be a part of the government, they are most often controlled by the strict party discipline of the party whips. Party discipline prevents the ability of an elected member to hold the governing cabinet responsible to Parliament (responsible government) and therefore the electorate. In Canada, voters rarely vote for an individual anyhow, but rather for that individual’s party, their leader, or the ideas of their party. Another claim made in favour of the status quo is that it’s simple for voters to understand. Though it is simple, the argument that proportional representation would be more complicated insults the intelligence of the public. If Canada were to adopt a proportional representative electoral system voters would vote for a party rather than an individual member and seats would be awarded proportionate to a party’s share of the vote. Voters would choose members from a list of representatives democratically decided by each political party. Many of the virtues of proportional representation directly address the problems associated with single member plurality. For example, fewer votes are wasted and this positively influences political participation. Most votes are counted towards electing representatives for a party. All parties (small, large, and regional) would receive seats proportionate to their national share of the vote. Small parties would be encouraged to form and provide a voice for under-represented minorities. Larger parties would be encouraged to appeal to a wider range of people in order to increase their bargaining power in attempts to form a working coalition government. In either case, smaller parties would have fair representation and large parties with only a plurality of support could not dismiss minority views out of hand. Proportional Representation would eliminate the problems associated with regional bloc voting. Instead of being able to win most of the seats in a province or region with less than a majority of the votes, large and regionally based parties would be allocated seats based on their actual (smaller) percentage of votes. As well, smaller parties, such as the New Democrats, and their voters would not be completely under-represented, actually electing representatives in provinces like Alberta and Quebec. Further, the Greens would stand a chance of electing several MPs. Opponents of Proportional Representation argue that in the process of forming coalitions, parties would compromise party ideals in a process that is not transparent. However, Canada has a tradition of brokerage parties in government that do not have an ideology in the strictest sense and the elected members of these parties regularly compromise party positions. The necessity of building coalitions among parties would only bring these decisions into the spotlight, or at least put them in the hands of people with a wider range of ideas. Under coalitions, cabinet members would be held accountable to the legislature because coalition party members would not want to compromise their values for fear of alienating their voter base (since party popularity is what they would owe their election to). The cabinet members would not be able to leave behind their backbenchers, thereby restoring some of the accountability originally intended under responsible government. Changes and realignments in coalition alliances and careful negotiations and compromises would mean that decisions would be made with more of a view to consensus than competition. Voter turnout has steadily declined over the years to an all-time low of just over 60 percent in the 2004 election. Without reforms politicians risk loosing legitimacy in the eyes of the Canadian electorate and we risk following our American neighbours into that realm of less than 50 percent voter turnout, a scary prospect for any country wishing to call itself a democracy. It is time we considered Proportional Representation as a serious option for Canada. The Uniter Comments Letter to the Editor Letters to the Editor On the Town with No Poverty It was with great interest that I read your article entitled “Researchers Examine the Town with No Poverty”, published in the December 1, 2005 edition of the Uniter, concerning the Dauphin part of the guaranteed annual income project. I had worked on the project, officially known as “Mincome Manitoba”, for several years as a Senior Researcher (Statistician) during the 1970s, until 1979 when it was terminated by Joe Clark’s minority Conservative government. Even though the Tories lost the election which followed eight months later, the returned Liberal government failed to keep the promise which they had made previously to analyze the data, and if the analysis showed that it was feasible to introduce a minimum guaranteed income as a replacement for most of the other income support programs which existed at the time. Unless the analysis showed a large withdrawal from the labour force, this would result in large savings even with generous income support levels; and since incomes over and above this minimum support would be taxed at a certain percentage (also to be determined by the project) it was expected that this would result in reduced welfare levels as well, thus increasing the labour force participation. It would be especially helpful to the working poor who refused to accept welfare payments and continued to work for low (minimum) wages. A guaranteed annual income could also be thought of as a negative income tax, whereby households would receive tax payments rather than make them, and the whole program would be administered by Revenue Canada. What was the basic concept behind the project, which made it a necessary preliminary step before introducing a guaranteed income to Canadians? In order to assess the cost of the programme (as compared to other programs at that time), the withdrawal from the labour force (if any) had to be estimated first since this would have a direct impact on cost the more households on a guaranteed income the greater the expenditure: and since the “generosity” of a programme could also be expected to influence programme participation, it was necessary to conduct an actual scientific experiment by putting a selected random sample of households on three income support levels and three tax rates; “low”, “medium”, and “high”. This was to be the main part of the Mincome experiment where 3,000 Winnipeg households were enrolled (over time) into the experimental group, with Dauphin as a secondary “saturation” site where anyone who wished and lived in town would be enrolled. Mincome Manitoba was the first (and last) social experiment ever attempted in Canada, made possible by an agreement between the Prime Minister of Canada (Trudeau) and the Premier of Manitoba (Schreyer). By the time it was shut down in 1979 this attempt to improve the condition of the poor in general, and the working poor in particular, had cost almost 18 million dollars, a substantial sum thirty years ago borne 80 percent by Ottawa and 20 percent by Manitoba. The project would also end in a mystery. The vast quantity of data which was gathered during the 1970s, stored on magnetic tapes, and eventually housed at the University of Manitoba would vanish mysteriously without a trace, compared by some to the vanishing of the Avro Arrow fighter plane during Diefenbaker’s Prime Ministership resulting in a large waste of public funds and leaving behind but shreds of evidence and memories of the individuals who participated in this progressive venture. Hopefully, Dr. Forget will be able to retrieve some evidence of the impact the project had on people’s lives in Dauphin. Sincerely, Alexander Basilevsky, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics The University of Winnipeg Increasing Add/Drop date, and patience The winter semester has begun and campus life is slowly returning to normal. As usual, students faced long lineups to pay tuition, change classes and buy their new texts. The last day to drop and add classes without financial penalty was Monday, January 9th, and it came and went incredibly quickly. Considering the long waiting lists, stress and financial crises that students experience in the first week back, a six day add/drop period is preposterous. Students deserve at least 2 weeks to attend classes, meet their professors and determine if the course is right for them. People who have a Monday night class are at a notable disadvantage because they must make their decision without attending a single lecture. The University of British Columbia has a three week grace period for two term courses and a 2 week period for half year ones. The U of M withdrawal dates were September 21st and January 16th. However, University of Winnipeg continues to leave very little time for their students. Extending the add/drop period would decrease waiting in line because people would have the opportunity to come back later. It would allow the school to send a message that it hopes students will find a class that’s enjoyable and right for them. As university students, we are willing to pay a great deal for an education. A longer drop period would help avoid wasting money on bad professors and overpriced textbooks. Ian Scott January 12, 2006 07 The Elephant in the Room Will we see accountability legislation after the election? Matthew J. Mulaire A nother election eh? Didn’t we just have one? Frankly I find elections really boring and kind of irritating. Far worse about elections, than actually having to interact with politicians, is the fact that the politicians aren’t really doing their jobs. Politicians should be doing what they get paid to do, legislating and governing, but instead we are having another election and important legislation is going to die on the order paper. This begs the question, if there is governing to do, why are we having an election? Has anything really changed since the last election? Canadians still care about the same things: universal health care, protecting the environment, a nonaggressive foreign policy based on foreign aid and peacekeeping, keeping the budget balanced, creating jobs, and tax cuts, if they can be managed without seriously impacting the previously mentioned priorities. Even if there was a relatively large proportion of the population that disagreed significantly with the aforementioned statements, would these people changed their minds? If I were a betting man I would figure that this election will largely be a game of musical chairs. Seats may change hands but Canadians will probably have roughly what they had before, a Liberal minority government with a strong Conservative/Bloc alliance forming the opposition and the NDP holding the balance of power. So what has changed since the last election that necessitates an election now?! Three syllables that English Canadians pronounce as two; Gomery (Gom-ree). The Gomery report was damning condemnation of the Liberal party and exposed criminal acts and the blatant exploitation of taxpayer’s money. In short, the Liberal government fell not because of policy or governance but because of moral issues and accountability. The issue that should be discussed before anything else in this election isn’t healthcare or the environment, we should be talking about accountability and the moral authority to govern. We just had an election to figure out where the parties and the Canadian public stand on these issues. So far this election has been about restating points and arguments that everyone has heard before. I don’t want to provide a detailed explanation because that would be long, complex, and boring (if you are really curious you can read the Gomery report online at www.gomery.ca/en). The “adscam” was able to happen largely due to the fact that accurate records were not kept and excessive secrecy allowed massive corruption. The report’s summary noted two key problems which allowed for fraud and “culture of entitlement” to persist. First, there was a veil of secrecy surrounding the administration of the Sponsorship program and the absence of transparency in the contracting process. Second, there was deliberate action to avoid compliance with federal legislation and policies, including the Canada Elections Act, Lobbyists Registration Act, the Access to Information Act and the Financial Administration Act, as well as federal contracting policy and Treasury Board Transfer Payments Policy Accountability, and transparency in particular, is my major issue as a citizen watching this campaign, so I did a quick survey of the major parties websites to see where they stood on the issue. The Conservatives hold this issue at the centre of their platform, proposing a Federal Accountability Act, but I have to wonder if they are simply stealing the Information Commissioner’s ideas without considering the ramifications of what they are proposing. The NDP also place electoral reform high on their election platform, but they are sketchy on details of accountability, simply proposing to “improve access to information” with out suggesting what improvements need to be made. The nomination of Ed Schreyer to for Manitoba Interlake is interesting in this context. Interestingly, the Liberals state six major issues viz. the economy, cities and communities, families, foreign policy, the environment and universal health care but not accountability. The opposition parties all agree that the accountability and transparency of the federal government needs to be improved. Like wise, the Liberal Party needs to address these issues in some way shape or form because Ad-scam happened under their watch. One would reckon with this kind of consensus in the opposition and necessity on the governing party, accountability legislation would be a sure thing after the election but when it comes to enforcing citizen’s Access to Information rights there is always reason for pessimism. Accountability and transparency is the elephant in the room of this election. Most Canadians are aware that the Liberals have been very, very bad but don’t understand intricacies of “ad-scam”; precisely why the Liberals have been bad. Likewise, Canadians have even less of an understanding of the solutions to the problems that the Gomery report exposed. Very few Canadians know who the Information Commissioner is and would be surprised to fi nd out that he has long been advocating against the encroaching culture of secrecy that is eroding the Access to Information Act and has allowed for this fraud and corruption to occur. The majority of Canadians probably don’t know what the Access to Information Act is and why it is important. Likewise, improving transparency and accountability is never in a government’s interest because all the little screw-ups and inconsistencies that invariably happen when running a nation-state become exposed to the media and make the government look bad. Ultimately this election will accomplish little in changing federal government policy. I personally don’t care how the election turns out. What I do care about is what legislation is introduced immediately after the election to deal with problems of transparency and accountability in the federal government. If we, as Canadian citizens don’t get accountability legislation after the election we should all become very concerned. This election was called because of a lack of accountability and transparency in the Canadian government but it is unlikely that this election will seriously address these issues. At best, it will wake me up on my days off when I could be sleeping in. January 12, 2006 The Uniter 08 Diversions Fun Chokes Iain Ramsay BY: BEN SNAKEPIT WWW.YOUNGAMERICANCOMICS . COM BE SEEN THE UNITER IS ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VOLUNTEER ARTISTS CONTACT US VIA EMAIL AT GRAPHICS@ UNITER.CA OR JUST DROP IN The Uniter HUMOUR EDITOR: MATT COHEN E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 FAX: 783-7080 Almost A Thought: January 12, 2006 Diversions Cross Campus 09 by Shane Gibson pshunt.keenspace.com By William O’Donnel When a CD skips, it is ever out of joy. A friend of mine had his house egged one month ago. I marveled at how well he took it, even after the culprits mysteriously disappeared. He does act kind of secretive about these egg and “meat” sandwiches he has eaten ever since. What’s even weirder is he yells “Who’s laughing now?!” after each bite. Across 1. Snatch 4. 4 down’s network, abbr. 7. Vote in favor 10. Exploit 11. French St. 12. Sun god 13. Exact 15. US tax org. 16. Be sick 17. Steal 18. Team from 8 down 21. ___- Alai 22. Team from 8 down 26. Actress Hamiltion 29. UPS colour Down 30. Focused 32. Silent yes 33. Team from 8 down 36. Team from 8 down 39. Tiny bit 40. Bull fighter yell 41. Cries of horror 45. Pub order 46. Alias letters 47. La. Sch. 48. Shade of 29 across 49. Cdn. Sports channel 50. Get older Straight Faced By: Matt Cohen Somebody commented yesterday that the fact that I write a weekly column likens me to Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City. The only exceptions being that I’m male and I don’t write a sex column. Seeing as I’m not planning on getting a sex change any time soon, to bring some validity to their statement, I’ve decided to write a sex column this week. I like sex and I feel comfortable enough talking about it. This being the case when I was having a candid conversation with one of my friends and he informed me of the fact that he had a nine-inch penis. That’s one huge cock. I believe him. He’d have nothing to gain from lamenting about the troubles that arise from this problem. Condoms that don’t fit, women that can’t handle the size, and incredulous looks in the 1. Bolt’s partner 2. Fire left over 3. Honey maker 4. Ferguson of late night 5. Injured standing limb? 6. Espy 7. Columbus’s intended destination 8. Home of 18, 22, 33, 36 across and 31 down; with New 9. Otherwise 14. ___ Antonio 17. Like Ivan 18. Wet weather 19. Aren’t, in slang 20. Chest bone 21. P.Diddy’s ex 23. Less than one 24. Low cards 25. Cell button 27. “___ of our Lives” 28. “Fit ___ fiddle” 31. Team from 8 down 34. Sacred text of Islam 35. Wind dir. 36. Castle circler 37. Jazz’s Fitzgerald 38. One aged 13 to 19 41. Had a seat 42. Montgomery’s State, briefly 43. Venue for 18 across and 31 down, briefly 44. Take to court shower room are just some of his hardships. The great debate does size matter eludes me somehow. I can’t see how it matters that much. Guys who aren’t well endowed don’t have to complain about the types of problems listed above. You rarely hear somebody with a small penis complaining that their lover gets hurt every time they engage in intercourse. You may end up hearing that, but that’s usually from the woman, and it’s referring more to their competence in bed rather than size. People with small penises seem to be worried about not being able to please their partner because of their shortcoming. This seems like a cop out. The other myth involving size is that there is a correlation between your manhood and how much of a man you are. Fantastic, you have a huge cock. That must mean that you can grow a thicker beard than the rest of us and are better qualified to be a lumberjack. Men, of all sizes are still men. As for the reasoning that it’s not the length but the girth, having WRITE sex with somebody shaped like a jar of olives is going to be uncomfortable as well. The only truth in this debate is that the grass is always greener. You may feel that you’re too small or too big, too thin or too thick, either way people feel like they’re missing out. In the end though, no matter what the size, if you’re that pre-occupied with your size, suck it up. Because really, if you’re worrying about it that much, you’re just acting like a dick. TO US AT EDITOR@ UNITER.CA OR COME DOWN TO THE UNITER ORM14 BULMAN CENTRE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG. GENERAL OFFICE CONTRIBUTOR MEETINGS WILL BE HELD THE MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH STARTING SEPTEMBER 12 FROM 12:30-1:30PM IN THE UNITER OFFICE. EVERYONE IS WELCOME. IF YOUʼRE AN ASPIRING WRITER, WRITE FOR THE UNITER. FIRST TED IN R? ES ET R NITE IN E U TH R NT O C IBU G TIN TO January 12, 2006 The Uniter Features 010 The Story of Survival: One man’s account of surviving the 1994 Rwandan Genocide By Leighton Klassen Senior Editor W e sat directly across from each other in a brightly lit room in the University of Manitoba’s student resource centre, our hands placed comfortably on the table. Elonge Christian Butera sported a dressy black sweatshirt, dress pants, and was clean shaven. We were strangers, so we broke the ice by talking about university – something we’re both involved in. But I was really there was so he could tell me about something I, and every other university student, can’t imagine–running from people armed with machetes trying to slaughter him, literally. Butera is a Rwandan Genocide survivor – he was ten at the time it happened, back in 1994. His lazy smile – showcasing his stark white teeth – turned to a serious face. He remembers the fi rst night vividly. “We were at home, less than three miles from the airport when the president’s plane crashed,” Butera says in a concentrated, severe voice. “We couldn’t tell if it was a plane crashing or just another explosion so we just went to bed.” Butera says it was only a few minutes after his mother, father, brother, and sister went to bed when they awoke once again. “We woke up because we heard on the radio that they were telling everyone to stay inside because the president’s place crashed.” Shortly after, a distant family member fi nished their shift at work and arrived at Butera’s home in a panic. “He told my father that his brother had been killed,” Butera says, straight-faced. And that was when Butera and the rest of his family experienced their fi rst tragic loss of the genocide. But it wasn’t the last – Butera says he lost nearly 100 members of his extended family by the end of the event. That evening, April 14, 1994, was when the genocide was brought to the doorsteps of Butera and the rest of his family. Within hours, members of the Hutu militia – the Interhamwe and the Impuzamugambi – were out in full force in the city of explains. Kigali, slaughtering Tutsis and And he remembers it all so moderate Hutus with machetes. vividly, especially one particular Butera and his family knew incident when he was crossing they had to flee from their the bridge to cross the city’s house. border. “We left the house and hid “We saw a family get in the bushes, just downhill from chopped up,” he says, gesturing our house,” Butera explains. a chopping motion with his He says he and his family hand. “There was a girl who spent the next three days lying got hit in the head (with the low, evading the military by machete) and she just fainted slowly moving through the and fell down in the ditch. They bushes en route to leaving the didn’t throw her in the river.” city. However, while spending When the militants a night in a catholic primary travelled forward, Butera took a school the closer look at inevitable the woman. happened. “Her “We were face,” he “(The Hutu militia) are stopped,” begins, empowered by an indif- squinting his Butera begins. “They started ferent society,” he says. eyes at me. shooting at remember “Bad things can happen “I us, and then looking at the crowd her and her and you can’t repair dispersed.” face was cut, this or the holocaust The the cut was crowd included or Rwanda – what was so clean, it Butera’s entire was white lost was humanity.” family and a – like the fi rst group of other snowfall. I people who were hiding out in remember it looked like she was the school. actually smiling, but she had no “Most ran back to the face.” church,” Butera says, adding Butera takes his hand and that his mother and sister were brings it to his jaw. included in the group that “You could see all of her returned to the school. “There teeth,” he says, adding that was about 10 of us taking cover all the muscle and flesh had by just lying on the ground.” been cut off. “Every time I Butera says while they w think about that girl, I think ere plastered to the ground, of her as the girl with no face,” one of the military officers he fi nishes, shaking his head approached his father – Butera timidly back and forth. knew it would only be a few But they moved on and moments until his father would moved into the city of Nyanza be axed by the officer. where his grandfather lived, but “He approached us, and soon learned the genocide wasn’t they were going to kill my confi ned to Kigali. father, but then he said ‘I can’t “My father was the fi rst to kill someone that saved my life.’” go – my father got killed and Butera’s father was a doctor then aunties, uncles,” Butera – the officer armed with a says. machete was one of his patients. Butera then moved to a But then the threat of death hous he owned by a friend of shifted from Butera’s father to the family where he and his fivehis mother and sister, who both year-old sister and brother hid out. Like Jewish people during ran back inside the school. the Holocaust, they were subject “They went back to the to several inspections by the school,” Butera says and pauses, military. Butera says they would his eyes grazing the floor. “The hide in a small area just above military went in there and were the roof of the house. killing everyone – we spent the “We could see them rest of the genocide knowing looking,” he says. “We were so that my mother and sister had afraid because if they found us, been killed.” they would kill us, but not just The way in which the us – everyone in the house.” people inside the church were “You have to hold your executed – and the primary breath and not move a muscle method of the militia executed until they’re gone,” Butera says, for all people – are arguably explaining what it was like barbaric. Butera says the during the inspections. military used machetes to kill Butera and his brother and people, in which they would sister eventually moved out of literally “chop them up,” as the house and travelled into Butera describes. And the rivers the province of Gikongoro and were used as burial grounds. in August – four months after “Bodies would be swimming into the rivers, people the genocide started – Butera experienced what he considers were being chopped up, houses to be the happiest moment of his were being burned,” Butera life thus far. He looks at me with a smile and tells me about the moment in which he saw a person walking up to him amongst a group of people travelling by foot – his mother. “Time – everything stops,” he says of the moment. “She was crying, praying on the ground on her knees and I just froze and started crying and didn’t stop crying. It was just unbelievable and the happiest moment of my life so far.” Butera learned his mother was one of the few survivors during the catholic school execution and following that event, evaded the military for months. However, Butera says she was taken to the mass graves on several occasions, but wasn’t executed because they could not determine whether she was a Tutsis. “They took her to mass graves 12 times and she still lived to the next day – she was too short to be a Tutsis,” he says. It was in August when Butera’s family were reunited and could live their lives without the threat of being slaughtered by the military. His family still lives in Rwanda, but Elonge moved to Canada four years ago to pursue a university degree at the University of Manitoba. He says he’s learned a lot from the experience, but still can’t figure out how human beings can act in such destructive and immoral ways. “There’s a lot that I learned but I think ‘what was all that about’ and I’m still trying to figure that out,” he says. “I believe I am happy, peaceful, and I know that sometimes things can be bad, but now I’m cautious – I know what people are capable of, but there still is room for happiness and fun.” One thing Butera does know is that the Rwandan genocide can never be repaired. The Uniter FEATURES EDITOR: LORI EBBITT E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 FAX: 783-7080 January 12, 2006 Features 011 MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD ONE CAMPUS AT A TIME WORKING ALONGSIDE PAUL RUSESABAGINA By Leighton Klassen | Senior Editor P aul Rusesabagina is travelling around Canada speaking about his role in saving hundreds of Rwandans during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, but he’s not travelling alone. Ryla Braemer is his partner in crime. She travels alongside him, doing everything from booking conferences to practically ensuring his coffee has enough cream and sugar in it. The former Winnipeg resident now resides in Toronto and is the director/ resource services for the National Jewish Campus Life – a Toronto-based organization that provides resources for Jewish campus organizations across Canada. It was only a week ago when she fi rst met Paul Rusesabagina in a hotel in Toronto where they were about to begin their tour, which will visit Vancouver, Winnipeg and Montreal. “When we came into the hotel the receptionist recognized him and said ‘oh, it’s a pleasure to meet you’ and then he shook her hand and said ‘it’s a pleasure to meet you too’ and then I just got all teary,” Braemer says of her fi rst encounter with Rusesabagina. The casual and nonchalant nature of Rusesabagina interacting with people is symbolic of his persona of being just a Paul Rusesabagina is travelling around Canada speaking about his role in saving hundreds of Rwandans during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. He spoke this past Monday at the University of Manitoba. ‘regular human being,’ Braemer says. “He’s just so humble about saving so many lives,” she said from the hotel in Toronto last Saturday afternoon. “He truly is a hero and he has such integrity, morals, and is really how the movie (Hotel Rwanda) presented him. He said he just acted like any normal human being would act, as a father, and husband.” Braemer says Rusesabagina’s optimistic attitude towards life was one of the fi rst traits of his personality she noticed. “He seems to have so much faith and isn’t discouraged and he believes that there is still good in everyone -- he still has such a faith,” she says. But Braemer’s job isn’t confi ned to ensuring Rusesabagina makes it to every conference on time -- she is also responsible for ensuring university groups are working together and furthermore educating students on how to make the world a better place. “On a professional level, this is a way to educate university students on how to better the world,” she says. And she’s already on track to achieving her goal -- she considers Winnipeg as a venue of success. “In Winnipeg, we have the Jewish and the African (student groups) working together and different newspapers as well, so everyone is just really getting together for this project which is important for the project and its outcome,” Braemer says. She also says that other initiatives involving her organization have also allowed student groups across Canada to work together in educating both within the group and outside, to other student bodies. In May of last year, Braemer partook in organizing March of the Living -- an event where 120 students from across Canada visited Poland to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp -- in conjunction with a national student group called Students Helping Others Understand Tolerance (SHOUT). “It was great because different student groups who normally don’t work together do... we used the (educating about) the holocaust as a border for the genocide,” she says. And these educating tactics can influence people on taking more social action that she says can prevent events like the holocaust or the Rwandan genocide from happening again. “One of the challenges is that we can talk the talk but can’t walk the walk,” she says of today’s society. “I think this can be rendered a success if people leave it and join an organization...or write a letter to the prime minister so people know that there are problems and issues.” Heroics from Hotel Rwanda Paul Rusesabagina speaks to a full house at the U of M By Avi Braemer There is an old Rwandese saying, that “God would move around the world during the day and come to sleep in Rwanda every night.” Over the last decade, though, many people have begun to wonder where God is, not only in Rwanda but in all of Africa. To help answer this question and to figure out a way to begin to make a difference in Africa, almost 1800 people gathered in the University Centre at the University of Manitoba to listen to Paul Rusesabagina speak. Rusesabagina is the man whose actions were depicted in the critically acclaimed movie Hotel Rwanda. But more importantly, he is the man who risked his own life to save the lives of others. In 1994 over 800,000 civilians were massacred in Rwanda by Hutu rebels and militia. At that time, Rusesabagina was a hotel manager in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda. He sheltered over 1200 people; saving them from certain death. When you meet Rusesabagina and listen to him speak you realize that he is an ordinary man thrust into extraordinary circumstances. This is what makes his story so remarkable, this is why so many people turned out to hear him speak, and this is why he was given three standing ovations - one before he even spoke a word. He is an ordinary man, who also happens to be a hero. Rusesabagina began his speech with an overview of the history of Rwanda. He told of the thousands that lived in refugee camps, parents without jobs and children without education. He used the old saying “If god does not take care, the devil will handle the case,” to explain how many of these refugees became rebels. In 1990 these rebels began killing civilians and the government responded by creating a militia. However, by 1993 the militia had also started killing civilians in the countryside and in Kigali. Everyone was living on edge, threatened by either the rebels or the militia. Many people fled, including many of Rusesabagina’s friends. Eventually a peace agreement was reached and a United Nations force of 2500 came to Rwanda to maintain that peace. Those who had fled began moving back home and a sense of normalcy returned to the country. Rusesabagina attended a hotel general managers meeting in Brussels, and toured Europe with his family, returning to Rwanda on March 31st. Little did he know that six days later his world would change forever. On April 6, 1994 he was sitting at his hotel with his brotherin-law and sister-in-law when a missile struck a plane carrying the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi, killing both men. Rusesabagina’s wife called and asked him to come home, so he said goodbye to his brother-in law and his sister-in-law. Unbeknownst to him, this would be the last time he would ever see them. He would later learn they were gunned down in a mass grave. At home the Rusesabaginas could hear people being attacked and butchered. Soon there were 26 strangers taking refuge in their home. On April 9 militia men climbed over his gate and entered his yard. In what may have been his fi rst act of courage, though it certainly would not be his last, Rusesabagina went out to greet the armed men. They were there to “escort” him to his hotel, which had been commandeered by the militia. Rusesabagina insisted on taking with him all of the people who were staying at his house. After a harrowing drive, during which they saw butchered bodies lying on the street, they reached his hotel. As Rusesabagina says, the hotel became “a small island of fear in a sea of fi re.” Soon the hotel was fi lled with refugees, innocent people trying to stay alive. Many times Rusesabagina found himself speaking with the militia, pleading for them to leave these people alone. He watched as supplies dwindled, wondering how many more days they could last. Water was so sparse, people began drinking the water from the hotel swimming pool; he said “a day felt like a month, and a month felt like years.” Then on May 2, Rusesabagina took action that cemented his place forever as a hero. The militia had agreed to allow some people to be evacuated, including Rusesabagina and his family. However, hundreds of people were told to remain in the hotel, where the waiting militia who had surrounded the hotel, would surely kill them all. Rusesabagina made the decision not to be evacuated with his family. “If I leave, I’ll be a prisoner of myself forever,” he realized. He loaded his wife and children on the UN trucks, and prepared to stay. Before they could even leave the hotel compound, the radio was announcing the names of those being evacuated, including the name of his son. The trucks were attacked and forced to return to the hotel. He went to get his wife, and found her “lying in a truck full of blood.” On May 26, the hotel received a new list of people to be evacuated, but again Rusesabagina refused to abandon those that would remain. This time he kept his wife and children with him. Finally on June 18, everyone in the hotel was granted safe evacuation to a refugee camp. Rusesabagina and his family were reunited with the children of his brother-in-law. As they drove through Rwanda down south, he found that “dead bodies lined the roads...the whole country was death.” Paul Rusesabagina now lives in Belgium, but he has never forgotten the horror of what happened in his country. He travels the world telling his story, but it is the message at the end of his speech that is the most important, “In Africa, everyday life is what happened in Rwanda. Since war broke out in the eastern Congo, four million people have been butchered. In Uganda 1.8 million people have become displaced, lost in their own country.” He told the audience he is thankful for what many Winnipeg groups did to try and bring awareness to the situation in Darfur, but that it is not enough. “Worry about all of Africa; it is a shame for mankind,” he said. “So many voices calling for your help... answer them.” January 12, 2006 The Uniter FEATURES EDITOR: LORI EBBITT E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 FAX: 783-7080 Features 012 The marketing of cool Teens through the ages By Tom Peotto Argus (Lakehead University) K ids talking on cellphones and buying lattes. Twelveyear-old girls dolled up like 16-year-old girls. The grade eights of today are definitely a more sophisticated bunch than the grade eights of yesteryear—at least, that’s the impression they want to give. Suddenly social commentators are throwing around phrases like “tween,” 10-year-olds are buying Axe body spray, and CBC Radio One is playing rap. What the hell is going on? The First Teenager The transition years between childhood and adulthood have been recognized in some form or another by almost all cultures, past and present, with ceremonies, rituals, and initiations. After this brief interlude however, the youth was shuffled into an adult role as soon as physical development permitted: labour, community roles, and property-ownership for men, marriage and domestic duties for women. While allowance might be made for youthful inexperience and confusion by one’s elders, the young man or woman was now for all intents and purposes an adult, with according responsibilities. In the West, particularly postSecond World War North America, the affluence and privilege of the Baby Boom generation led to a sort of institutionalization of youthful rebelliousness, particularly among middle-class youth with leisure time. This acceptance of the “teen” years (from thirteen to nineteen) – romanticized as a period of self-discovery, transition, and confusion – was so great that a new phrase had been coined by the 1950s: “teenager.” And with parental generosity, economic prosperity, and part-time jobs stuffi ng teenagers’ pockets with disposable income, marketers sat up and took notice. It was noticed that teenagers got a cheap thrill from questioning their parents’ values: ideology, affi liations, taste in clothing, music, and fi lm. Teen-oriented versions of pre-existing entertainment genres were launched, like drive-in horror movies with youthful protagonists whose monster sightings were disbelieved by ‘square’ adults (such as 1958’s The Blob) or teen pop songs whose attractions were catchy melodies, the plagiarization of African American music and its repackaging by white artists, and the disapproval of parents towards either the unintelligible lyrics of the song or the implication that it would cause “racial mixing”. In the 1940s, crooner Frank Sinatra’s youthful fans had created the distinctive fashion of combining poodle skirts with socks rolled down to ankles. These “bobby-soxers” were one of many youth cultures (and countercultures) which would be deliberately targeted (if not created outright) by marketing departments. In reaction to mainstream acceptance of what had once been ‘edgy’ and ‘dangerous’, disaffected youth would create new and shocking countercultures, which would be abandoned once those ‘edgy’ modes of dress and speech had gained mainstream acceptance and corporate backing. This trend continues to the present day. Teen idols like Sinatra were eagerly sought after, either by discovery or creation. Elvis Presley, once a shocking provocateur for his pelvic thrusts and racially-ambiguous backwoods music (part country, part blues), was tamed down by his management to become a sexually-non-threatening teen idol, as evidenced by the following lyrics to his song “Teddy Bear”: Don’t wanna be your tiger, ‘cause tigers play too rough, Don’t wanna be your lion, ‘cause lions aren’t the kind you love enough; I just wanna be your teddy bear. Other teen idols of the 50s and 60s included Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Ricky Nelson, Tommy Sands, the Monkees, and (during the earlier phases of their careers) the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The criteria for male teen idols was that, to be attractive to young girls, they had to be both cute and sexually ambiguous. Female teen icons, such as Annette Funicello, were mainly selected for cuteness and wholesomeness—in other words, the approval of young girls’ parents in their daughters’ media role models. However, female teen icons were also the subject of older men’s fantasies, a pop-culture undercurrent which was never very far away (an early Garfield strip from the late 1970s has Garfield watching reruns of The Mickey Mouse Club, in which the punchline is him muttering, “Shake it, Annette”). I want my MTV The next great change in teen marketing-slash-pop culture was to come with music videos, a sort of contraction of the teen-oriented music movies such as 1955’s The Blackboard Jungle. After the success of the Beatles’ 1964 fi lm A Hard Day’s Night, they began shooting short promotional fi lms for their songs which were to be used as fi ller on American television. This practice had been done since the 1950s (look up the Snader Telescriptions), but now the videos were incorporating storylines and camera effects to communicate the song’s message. This was copied by The Monkees, The Doors, and repeated by The Beatles with psychedelic videos for “Strawberry Fields Forever”, for instance, or their 1968 movie Yellow Submarine. By the 1970s, entire segments of TV shows—or entire programs, like Top of the Pops or Australia’s Countdown—were dedicated to music videos. If a music video was too salacious to be shown, it would gain a notoriety of its own (like the video for “Relax”). And by this philosophy—pushing the envelope while providing a voice for youth counterculture—MTV was born in 1981, beginning with the tune “Video Killed the Radio Star.” A moderately-talented yet ugly artist could no longer get away with a catchy radio hit. Throughout the 1980s, youth culture continued along the defi ned trends of its 1950s origin. Teen-oriented entertainment increased, particularly in the movies; the intelligently-scripted fi lms of John Hughes (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Weird Science, The Breakfast Club) never pandered to teenagers or dismissed their concerns, while a flood of derivative slasher movies (Friday the 13th, Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street) were all too happy to do so. Femaleoriented male teen idols were still cute and sexually-ambiguous, though male-oriented ones tended to be either the traditional, ultra-macho sports stars, or figures considered brash and intimidating by their parents—Alice Cooper, KISS, and Iron Maiden were all the center of controversies surrounding their allegedly-Satanic and defi nitely suggestive music. Nor were the squeakyclean female teen idols immune: Tiffany’s 1987 cover of a 1967 song, “I Think We’re Alone Now,” was assailed by parents’ groups as encouraging teen sex—specifically, their teenage daughters having sex. Marching to her own tune was Madonna, who has to this day sold over 200 million records with a combination of limited talent, skilled songwriters and producers, catchy tunes, and a controversial public image which included banned videos. Thanks to heavy rotation on MTV she became a megastar, emulated across the world by increasingly-younger girls. When the controversies over Madonna were considered alongside the controversies over Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, and Judas Priest (just to name a few), it was clear: controversy is free publicity. Also, the 1980s relaxation of certain broadcasting laws—specifically those related to advertising—meant that entire television series could be created with the express purpose of selling toys, and not vice versa. The fondly-remembered programs of our youth (well, mine, anyway) fall into this bracket of “half-hour commercials”: G.I. Joe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Masters of the Universe. Interestingly, the latter program was apparently created after Mattel executives, screening a preliminary cut of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1980 Conan the Barbarian, feared public backlash over marketing action figures inspired by an R-rated movie and thus changed the character enough to avoid affi liation with the fi lm. Action figures inspired by R-rated movies are routinely marketed to children today. Birth of the Tween The premanufactured popgroup formula of the 1960s returned with a vengeance in the early 1990s with New Kids on the Block. Throughout the decade, non-threatening boy bands (specifically picked so there was a member to appeal to everyone, from “the tough one” to “the sensitive one”) exploded on the music charts. Their female counterparts of about 1996 onward were still, outwardly, the squeaky-clean poppers of the 1960s: coiffed and pretty. But while these young singers professed wholesomeness—Jessica Simpson, for instance, is the daughter of Baptist-minister-turned-star-manager Joe Simpson, while both Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera co-starred with Justin Timberlake on the Disney Channel’s The New Mickey Mouse Club from 1989 to 1994—their outfits, lyrics, stage presence, and music videos all had lurid, Lolitaesque undertones. As Janelle Brown stated in a 2001 essay, “Sluts and Teddy Bears,” “…the teenage pop starlet boom of 2000 has given rise to a passel of virginal sluts – navel-exposing divas who proclaim that they are saving themselves for marriage while they shimmy across stages in second-skin white leather and spangled sports bras and the tiniest of belly chains. Crooning their come-hither lyrics from behind bleached-out tresses and blackened raccoon eyes, Spears, Christina Aguilera and their ilk have become style icons for a generation of teenage girls who acquire – before they’re even ready for training bras – a somewhat misguided education about fashion’s sexual message. The world according to these painted pretties is a place in which good girls can pretend to be bad girls without having to worry The Uniter FEATURES EDITOR: LORI EBBITT E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 FAX: 783-7080 about bad boys. And while these dingy divas sport a lot of modern “attitude”, their message is as old as their mothers’ mothers: It’s all about gettin’ yourself a man and, girls, he is gonna looove what those stretch bellbottoms do for your butt.” Big businesses have increasingly focused on the young in recent years, particularly attempting to build what is called “brand loyalty”: if consumers can be “hooked” while they’re young, the company will have them for life. In response to market research which suggested Camel cigarettes were “an old man’s” brand, the company created Joe Camel to attract young men age twenty and up. Controversy then ensued when Camel was accused of targeting underage smokers, who supposedly requested Camels more than any other brand. The campaign was discontinued in 1997. Whether or not the furor was accurate, it is clear that advertising aimed at children has steadily increased. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, concerned parents became aware of the phrase “tween,” coined to describe children aged eight to 12. Increasingly media-savvy and self-aware due to a steady diet of worldly television and movies, industry research has determined that many Western 11-year-olds no longer consider Features In 2003, Abercrombie and Fitch became the target of parents’ groups when its summer collection (aimed at 7- to 14-year-olds) was found to include thong underwear with messages such as “eye candy” or “wink wink” written on the front. Spokesman Hampton Carney told The Milwaukee Journal that the thongs were supposed to be a latterday version of Underoos, “cute, fun, and sweet.” Critics dubbed it pedophilic, and the “tween thong” was discontinued under massively negative publicity. For decades, mothers have watched their daughters for symptoms of eating disorders. Now eating disorders are on the rise in boys, too, as is a new disorder dubbed muscle dysmorphia or “bigorexia”;the belief that despite constant exercise and even use of steroids, the individual is not muscular enough. ʻEdgyʼ and ʻXtremeʼ To remain “cool” is to remain outside acceptable mainstream. With traditional rock-and-roll considered stale, Generation X turned increasingly to alternative rock with controversial and heavy subject matter (war, suicide, and alienation) as well as punk rock, or hip-hop and rap. The recording industry was quick to respond, ignoring the better elements of those musical genres (social criticism) and emphasizing the most saleable, controversial elements. On their heels were lifestyle magazines, VHS videos and DVDs, and sporting events. For rap and hip-hop, it was freestyle mixtapes, rap battles, and streetball (i.e. basketball with only a token adherence to rules). For punk rock, it was skateboarding, snowboarding, and the so- called “Extreme” sports. To retain its position as an edgy, innovative force in media, MTV embraced these new movements, and began pushing programming which emphasized crude behaviour, abusive language, and self-abusive or degrading pranks: The Tom Green Show (bought by MTV from Canada’s Comedy Network in 1999), Jackass (and its spinoffs, Viva La Bam and Wildboyz), The Osbournes, Punk’d, and pioneering reality show The Real World (viciously satirized by Dave Chappelle). In 2001, two 14-year-old girls were unwittingly showered with human feces during the fi lming of the pilot for an MTV prank show called Dude, This Sucks and then sued the network in a heavily-publicized case. American cable television, unhindered by many of the content restrictions of the major networks, has made great strides in seeking out the elusive youth audience. Leading the way have been such networks as Comedy Central (with South Park, the massively-popular Daily Show, and equally-influential Chappelle’s Show) and The WB (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson’s Creek, Felicity, Charmed, Gilmore Girls, Smallville, and 7th Heaven). The attractive teen stars whose careers begin in these programs are then hired by movie studios to give their blatantly-derivative youth pictures a chance at legitimacy—in particular, remakes of old horror movies which rely on stunt casting and ‘Xtreme’ scenes of torture and mutilation (such as 2003’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, starring Jessica Biel, or 2005’s House of Wax starring Paris Hilton). In case you, the reader, feel a smug twinge of Canadian pride at Hollywood’s recent crapshoot, let me remind you that the CBC is similarly attempting to pander to a youth audience. As stated in a Nov. 14 editorial in the Montreal Gazette, January 12, 2006 013 “The CBC naturally feels pressure to attract a larger rather than smaller audience. This impulse is detectable on television when our national broadcaster disgraces itself by airing one-star Kung Fu movies during prime time . . . Of course the CBC must operate in the real world as well as within its understood mandate. To drive its audience away with non-stop esoteric programming would be folly. But it is worse by far to alienate those loyal radio listeners for whom CBC functions an oasis of intelligence in a desert of pop, rap, pap and crap.” Questions & Concerns In the pursuit of the youth audience, marketers by necessity must provide what the youth audience seeks: something their parents won’t like. But many observers, and not just parents’ groups, are concerned for the messages that are being sent to children. Firstly, what message is being sent to young girls by the likes of Britney or even the Drew Barrymore Charlie’s Angels gang—that you can have everything you want, but should still dress and act a certain way so boys will like you? Secondly, what messages are being sent to young boys by boorish rappers or that Juicy Fruit commercial—that women are cattle, money is everything, and the weak are to be attacked without pity? Third, why are parents tolerating their children’s viewing of R-rated movies or M-rated videogames without analyzing them first? Fourth and final, can parents be on the alert for media’s mixed messages and guide their children through the intellectual and emotional minefield of adolescence? ILLU ST R ATING themselves children. The Toy Manufacturers of America have changed their target audience accordingly, from birth to 14 to birth to 10. Furthermore, a 2003 Federal Trade Commission report stated that Hollywood screenings of commercials, trailers, story concepts and rough cuts for Rrated movies are routinely evaluated by tweens—some as young as nine. To prove themselves to be self-aware consumers, tweens must therefore shop. And who’ll hype the products? Why not discover or create tween icons such as megastar Hilary Duff (dubbed “the 2002 version of Annette Funicello” by the New York Daily News) or Raven Symone, who’ll then preside over their own clothing and cosmetics lines? And where will advertisers draw the line at the selling of sexualized clothing to children? Short-shorts? Tube tops? Belly-baring shirts? Lowrider pants which require, and emphasize, a hairless pelvic region? ING R IT W n i ed G InterestUniter? N I e h T for t U C N O TR IB January 12, 2006 The Uniter 014 Arts & Culture Arts & Canadian to the Core On her new album, singer songwriter Karla Adolphe pays her respects to Canadian icons, and our national game Mike Lewis Arts and Culture Editor “You’ve gotta do it because you love it,” she says as we exchange war-stories of life on the road, and life in the music world. Karla Adolphe has only been at this a couple of years now, but she’s learned the most important lesson in music. Many have crumbled in the hands of education as they fall short of full comprehension of that lesson; it can leave one bitter and angry and tired. Karla has come through it all with nothing short of boundless enthusiasm for her art and a kind of optimism that leaves this writer feeling good about life in general for hours after the interview. Karla began her journey in 2000, when she began to write her own material. She spent the following years refi ning her work, distilling it down into something she felt was worth sharing. In early 2004, she began to play out to an audience that has been steadily growing. With a couple of small tours across western Canada, and one well-produced album under her belt, the singer feels she is ready to go at this full-time and that means more touring. This coming February and March, Karla will be hitting the road out west again, playing headlining slots across the prairies and the far side of the mountains on a tour she’s booked herself. It sounds like a lot of work, but, according to her, the only bad thing is that the Olympics are on at the same time that she’s out on tour. “I watch every hockey game that I can watch,” she proclaims. “I love hockey. I’m hardcore! (laughs).” Her passion for the sport is only outdone by her passion for music. She took formal music training in Edmonton where she honed her chops, learned her theory, and spent time singing in the school’s gospel choir. She learned how to lead a band while in the choir, including how to improvise as a band. This training has proved invaluable to Karla as improvisation is one of the key factors in her music and her live show where she and her partner-in-crime, percussionist Caleb Friesen, set about trying to have as much fun as possible. “Caleb and I change things up all the time, just to try it,” she explains. “Every show is different. That was the point. When people come, they’re not sure what to expect.” The live show is always Karla and Caleb, but others do get involved on a regular basis, with a bass player joining them for most shows around town, and a cello player by the name of Sarah Hanan who played on the album. “We did a show in September with accordion and banjo, and it was really rootsy. For my album release party we had more of a rock show; two guitars, big sound. I like that. I like doing different arrangements. It keeps us challenged and interested. If I had a fiddle player come in, I’d say this is the song, this is the key, go nuts.” Though Come Home is Karla’s fi rst album, it sounds as though she’s been doing this for years. The album as a whole has a warm feel, and despite the power coming through from the vocals, it is not intrusive; just the opposite in fact. Although her musical training is rooted fi rmly in her church background, Karla Karla Adolphe will be at the Park Theatre January 12, 2006 felt it necessary to step away from that with her own music. “I felt that the music I wanted to record that was true to me, was more general, lyrically more broad, not necessarily a spiritual message,” she explains. “I didn’t want it to be something that people would only listen to on a Sunday morning. I didn’t feel comfortable with that.” Karla is able to write in a folk style, but avoid the usual clichés that come with the genre, focusing less on story and more on emotional content. It is this that helps her stand out from many of the self-described singer/songwriters that currently occupy coffee houses everywhere. Come Home has the kind of feel that suits highway driving, or quiet afternoons at home. In that way, Come Home sounds a lot like Neil Young’s latest album, Prairie Wind, though while the vocal delivery is closer to Jann Arden than Young, it still carries the sincerity of both aforementioned singers. It is this sincerity that seems to be Karla’s greatest strength. She credits her vocal coaches from school with helping to understand the importance of sincerity in music. “I had an instructor who said ‘Karla, if you don’t feel it and can’t communicate the meaning of the number, I don’t even want to hear it.’ A lot of times I’d be singing in Latin or French, and so I had to feel it based solely on melody.” While on the subject of honesty, Karla describes the theme behind the album as being based on the “feelings and thoughts behind the songs, but not the music. It’s about returning to something happier, more pure, peaceful or restful. In your early 20s you’re forced out into the world and that can be very disheartening and very disillusioning. I wanted to give something to people that, when the shit was hitting the fan, they could have an hour long break from it. It’s not just peaceful music though, there are aggressive moments.” In every interview, the question is asked, ‘Why do you do this?’ The answers can range from simple ‘I don’t knows’ to deep, ontological discussions on the existence of God moving through them in the form of song. Karla, however, has a more interesting and unique theory as to her motivations. “Music, art, and the creative aspects of our life, those moments are transcendent; they take you out of your life for a minute. That’s an addictive feeling. To just bring that to people’s lives for just a minute, to take them out of a shitty situation, or to take them beyond themselves, make them think about something they’d never thought of before, even just a moment, is awesome. And if that moment lasts all night, one song, or one line, that’s great. I strive for that,” she answers. “I think that was the original intent of art. The original purpose for music was structured around the spiritual and social dynamic of a culture. They used music and art to maintain the things that aren’t tangible, like their spiritual life or their relationships, those things that can’t be spent. They used art and music to transport that into the next generation. I think it’s important and valuable. You can put on a song and you have a memory attached to it. It also requires you to respect and honour your audience.” While that may seem more profound than most answers, it is nonetheless borne of a simple love of the art; something Karla has in common with so many of the musicians in this city. Karla loves what she does, but she also loves the people involved in the whole process. In keeping with that, she’s hosting a show at the Park Theatre, Thursday, Jan. 12, where the inauguration of her street team will take place. She’s even managed to fi nd a way to combine her love of hockey with the music: each member of the street team gets a puck with her logo on it. Odds are, there won’t be many left after the show; she’s been selling out nearly every show she’s played since September. With the accomplishments of the last two years behind her, Karla has modest hopes for the future. “I want to be respected for my songwriting and playing,” she says. “I don’t want to be on MuchMusic. I don’t care about that sort of stuff.” That having been said, even she isn’t completely free of the trappings of potential fame. “I’d like to have the level of success where I could have a pink tour bus,” she muses. “Cherry Life Saver pink.” For more information on Karla Adolphe, visit www.karlaadolphe.com and go check out the show at the Park Theatre on Osborne, Jan. 12. The Uniter January 12, 2006 Arts & Culture 015 ARTS EDITOR: MIKE LEWIS E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 FAX: 783-7080 A Mafia Trip to New York Guys & Dolls comes to the MTC TEDIOUS MINUTIAE Or: Ineffectively Detailing One’s Cultural Consumption for the Uncaring Installment #12 By Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson By Ksenia Prints T ramps, criminals, wild chases, gambling, and bustling night clubs. Sounds like the credentials for any good action movie, doesn’t it? Combine all that with heartfelt romance, and composer as the play was launched on Broadway in 1950. It was a smashing success, raking in over 1,200 performances, expanding unto London’s stages and even inspiring a 1955 movie with Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, the perfect cast for a mafia movie. All this, of course, was only a preview for the musical’s true goal – appearing live before us Winnipeggers in freezing winter. So without further ado, let’s welcome the plot. songs. The story centres around Nathan Detroit, an unlucky petty criminal who runs the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York, and his attempts to organize a gaming session under the police’s watchful eye. Apparently, a fleet of heavy gamblers is coming to town, and if Nathan does not get the game on the go quickly, he might miss a weighty amount of cash. In all fairness, MTC did not invent Guys & Dolls. The original was written in 1932 under the title of The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown by Damon Runyon. A chap with an extensive history of gambling and drinking himself, Runyon wrote often of New York’s underworld, the colourful life on Broadway and even various sports events. Abe Burrows was the one who adapted the story into a musical, and Frank Loesser became the lyricist Alas, it seems as though fi nding a place to play is now virtually impossible, and the only available venue requires a thousand dollars in advance. To earn that money, Nathan decides to strike a bet with Sky Masterson that there is a gal the latter could not take to Havana. Confident of his skills, Sky agrees, but is quick to regret his words when he sees the ‘doll’ Nathan has picked, Miss Sarah Brown of the ‘Save-Our-Soul’ mission. This midnight trips to Havana and missionaries, and you’ve got yourself a healthy dose of Manitoba Theatre’s newest production, Guys & Dolls. Oh, and we mustn’t forget the 95.9 FM CKUW CAMPUS/ COMMUNITY RADIO TOP 10 CD - ALBUMS NOVEMBER 18 - 25, 2005 sparks an amusing courting ritual between the two, the ending of which we of course shall not reveal. In the meantime, Nathan’s own attempts to avoid romantic problems are shown as he keeps trying to elegantly squirm out of his engagement to Adelaide, a cabaret dancer. The couple has been betrothed for the last 14 years, and this extended period is not surprisingly beginning to weigh on the lady. All throughout, the play is sprinkled with comical interruptions by Benny Southstreet and Nicely-Nicely Johnson, two gambling crooks who cause the audience to burst with laughter upon each appearance. The play runs for about two and a half hours, which at times does seem like a bit too much. Some parts, especially the Havana dance, are bizarre to say the least, but if taken with humour they too can be accepted. However, these sour parts fade as you slowly sip a cup of hot chocolate during recess, looking at all the other neatly dressed spectators, and hum the musical’s unforgettable tunes. And when the performance ends, and you leave the theatre into the cold night, surrounded by centuryold downtown buildings, a strange feeling of excitement is bound to hit you too. After all, New York is rumoured to be fabulous in the winter. Lamented: Arrested Development How was it that I came to start watching Arrested Development? I wish I could remember. It was likely word of mouth, I suppose. Regardless, once I had seen an episode, I knew this show was different than most. First of all, an attempt at a synopsis: Michael Bluth (played with deadly timing by Jason Bateman) is a man trying to hold his family and the family company together in the midst of criminal investigations into the business practices of his father (played by Jeffrey Tambor) that may or may not involve Saddam Hussein. Corporate problems aside, Michael’s siblings are problems in and of themselves: a washed-up magician (Gob), a pseudo-activist (Lindsay) and her husband (Tobias, portrayed by the hilarious David Cross), and a panic-riddled grownup child (Buster). Their mother Lucille is a frigid, pill-popping alcoholic. There is no laugh track, which is by no means unique or revolutionary, but at least gives the viewers the benefit of the doubt as to judging what is and is not funny. It’s also shot in a documentary style, with Ron Howard narrating. Howard’s quips help ground the viewer as to what exactly is going on. Admittedly, FOX took a bit of a risk on AD, and in the fi rst season the show followed the long-running and incredibly popular The Simpsons, which would seem like a sure-fi re bonus. However, Arrested Development wasn’t bringing in the ratings the network hoped it would, and by season two the show was being shuffled and pre-empted like nobody’s business. FOX also reduced its order from 22 to 18 episodes, something the show incorporated into its storyline when the Bluth Company’s order for houses was also reduced from 22 to 18. When it appeared that the show might be cancelled, viewers took to the good old internet in an attempt to save the Bluths (see www.the-op.com for the most comprehensive fan site). ! = Local content * = Canadian Content *NB: RE=Re Entry NE = New Entry eek eek st W a is W L h T LW TW Artist Recording Label 1 2 6 NE 3 7 4 5 17 11 1 2 3 Various Artist Northern Faction 3 Balanced Records !Propaghandi Potemkim City Limits G7 *Ladytron Witching Hour Ryko 4 !The Hummers Modern Entrance Sisyphus 5 !The Quiffs The Quiffs Independent 6 !Fascade@137db Character of the Moment Balanced Records 7 !Albatross The Art Lodge Tapes Evil Evill 8 *Wolf Parade Wolf Parade Sub Pop 9 King Django Roots Tonic Jump Up! 10 Various Artists Impulsive Impulse Now in its third season, the show has been in fourth place in its Monday night time slot, and once again FOX has reduced their order, this time from 22 to 13. Thanks to the most boring sport on Earth (yes, baseball), the show wasn’t on the air for over a month. It appears the show is in its fi nal days, with (if my math is correct) four episodes remaining. Again, the show reflected its current reality, and the episode that aired on Jan. 2 (“S.O.B.,” or Save Our Bluths) had the family organizing a fundraiser for themselves. A plethora of stars have made cameos on the show; regulars include Liza Minelli, Henry Winkler, and Scott Baio, as well as sporadic drop-ins by Julia LouisDreyfuss, Ed Begley Jr., Charlize Theron, Dave Thomas and Martin Short. In “S.O.B.” guests included Judge Reinhold, John Laroquette, Ben Stiller, Zach Braff, Andy Richter, and others. Each in their own way has been self-deprecating and hilarious. Hollywood loves the show. Critics love the show (it won five Emmys at the 56th installment of the awards show). Why isn’t this show absolutely gigantic? Fans blame the network. Critics blame the viewing public (the show is fast-paced and clever— by their accounts, maybe too clever for the average viewer). The show’s writing is self-referential and the pace is nothing short of breakneck, so someone tuning in for the fi rst time could, in theory, be left in the dark as to just exactly what the hell is going on. Now it appears as if the show will, by some reports, move to either Showtime or ABC, if it can survive at all. An ideal pairing for this show would be with The Office on NBC, as the humour and style of the shows would complement each other brilliantly. I only watch two television shows on a regular basis (if you don’t include hockey), and it appears as if one of them is in serious trouble, and the other (The West Wing) has an uncertain future (R.I.P. John Spenser, who played Leo McGarry on the White House drama). If both of these shows are not long for this world, I may sell my television in February. If you don’t watch Arrested Development, start now. Both the fi rst and second seasons are available on DVD. This show may go the way of other greats like My So-Called Life, Freaks and Geeks, and Firefly and end up as cult faves whose chances were cut short by the bottom line. In the meantime, I’ve got a great mix of dry comedy, parody, self-deprecating slapstick and political intrigue to keep me busy—the federal election! Wanted: clever, smart television. Serious inquiries only: [email protected] Forthcoming: tediousminutiae. blogspot.com January 12, 2006 016 The Uniter ARTS EDITOR: MIKE LEWIS E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 FAX: 783-7080 Arts & Culture You’re all I ever think about. . . Photographer Meera Margaret Singh shares the spotlight with her subjects Alone on the Lanscapes of Forever: New Experiments in Prairie First Person Cinema By Mike Lewis Arts and Culture Editor By Kenton Smith T he first exhibition of 2006 at Winnipeg’s Platform Gallery, you’re all that I ever think about, a series of 12 large-scale colour photographs, is the first solo exhibition by Meera Margaret Singh, whose roots and close ties to Winnipeg have compelled her to make it the stage for her one-person debut. Although she currently resides in Montreal and is attending Concordia University’s Master of Fine Arts photography program, Singh obtained BAs in Anthropology and Fine Arts from the University of Manitoba, and was recently involved in a MAWA mentorship with ceramicist Grace Nickel. She first submitted her proposal for the present show to the Platform Gallery a yearand-a-half ago. Since its initial inception, however, the content and nature of the show has undergone considerable change, as Singh experimented with different photographic styles in the interim. She began looking more towards painting, especially the work of Caravaggio, with its harsh lateral lighting and stark chiaroscuro. Whereas she had previously used strobe lights to replicate daylight, Singh started photographing at night, using spot-lighting to focus upon her human subjects. This tendency merged with the Caravaggesque influence when trying to simulate the strong, high-contrast look of car headlights. The look of the lighting from fi lm noir was another influence in the mix. Singh also mentioned recently watching the DVD of the fi lm Jacob’s Ladder, and being struck by a statement the writer, Bruce Joel Rubin, made on the commentary track: “The greatest adventures are the ones that take place in the dark.” “The dark,” Singh tells me, “facilitates a turn inward.” To this end, Singh has deliberately left much of the space in several of her large-format compositions as empty -- even dark -- voids. While on the one hand the empty space serves an expressive end, suggesting the tension and lack of fulfi llment that can be involved in human relationships, it is also a void that is meant for the viewer to fi ll themselves, with the raw material of their own emotional experiences. Singh had been photographing friends and family during the first term of her Master’s program at Concordia during the fall of 2005, and many of the final photographs were taken only in the past few months, using a large-format process that is also new to Singh, but has allowed her to achieve pleasingly tactile results. The final images for you’re all that I ever think about were Meera Margaret Singh’s “ I Knew you Were A Truth”, seen above, will be showing at the Platform Gallery until Feb. 17. See listings ultimately selected on a consistent thematic basis, with the titles taken from songs, poems, and movie dialogue. Singh says that her overall style has changed considerably since she first started doing serious photographic work: whereas she began as a street photographer, now her work involves far more controls, and she feels that to a far greater extent she now makes, rather than takes, pictures. When she first started visiting people’s homes to photograph them, Singh tells me, she’d touch nothing, and her images were nearportraitures. Over time, however, she began to incorporate more external elements such as costumes and props, and “direct” subjects as if they were actors playing a part. Singh’s degree in anthropology figured into this equation. She is interested in exploring aspects of material culture through the way people express themselves through their possessions. It was this approach that she took in taking the photographs featured in the present show. It allowed her to play with the balance between truth and fiction – how much is honest portraiture and how much is contrivance? -- with the ambiguity created being central to the intended effect for the viewer. Some of Singh’s subjects are literally strangers she has encountered on the street and subsequently approached. She says that this has occurred based purely on gut reaction, and that she tries not to analyze such reactions too closely. It is from the gut that Singh says her work originates: she wants to thematically explore a given emotion or emotions. Working with her subjects, however, has produced surprising results, with the x-factor of any given individual human subject adding so much unexpected content to the final image. Whatever initial conception Singh may have had may end up going right out the window or significantly altered in situations that have demanded improvisation to head off contrivance. But Singh views this as a gift, not a pity: “I like to surrender control. I think that makes better images…I don’t feel like I actually have control until I’m printing.” When I ask Singh if there is anything she would like people to take away from this show, she takes a long pause, and then finally replies: “I may direct my subjects, but I don’t want to direct my viewers as much.” Singh definitely has an expressive goal in mind and seeks to provide the viewers “clues” as to what she had in mind when constructing the image but she doesn’t want to divulge too much about the intended narrative. “It’s too much like guiding the viewer,” she says, “and it ruins some of the mystery of encountering the images on one’s own.” Singh’s compositions behold open-ended mystery that suggests situations and latent actions without spelling out the backstory, like a painting by Edward Hopper. This can be seen in pieces such as You Can’t Begin to Get It Back, where Singh’s aforementioned use of empty space is used to suggest the presence and influence of another person, even when only one figure is present within the composition. But Little Did I Try, featuring Singh’s own mother, presents us with a lone figure apparently lost in thought, with whatever preoccupies her remaining undisclosed. Or consider the couple pictured in So Will We Endure, a personal favourite of Singh’s. Note the ambiguous gaze of the female subject, which, as does that of many of Singh’s other subjects, directly engages the viewer. What does her gaze reveal about the relationship between them? Defensiveness? Affirmation? Possessiveness? Manipulation? You will have to decide for yourself. You’re all that I ever think about is showing at the Platform Gallery until February 17. Telling a story without dialogue is difficult. Telling a story without clearly defined imagery is even more difficult. Yet somehow, the films presented in Alone on the Landscapes of Forever seem to tell stories that sit in your psyche, etching away at a meaning in the grey walls of your brain. Presented by Sol Nagler, this collection of work features short fi lms whose focus is on hand processing. The images are processed in chemical baths that leave each frame tinted and discolored, haunting yet beautiful. Each image is carefully placed to create a sort of ambience that is rarely achieved in fi lmmaking. Each scene is like a car crash victim, disturbing and alluring all at once. The fi lmmakers presented are from Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, and Montreal. Their works have been shown at festivals around the world. Each fi lmmaker was taught by Sol, or by his successor, Mike Maryniuk, to use fi lm itself as art and creative expression. The fi lms from the Winnipeg contingent of the showcase are simply stunning. Embowered, by Danishka Esterhazy, is the most disturbing. Using 16mm, the fi lmmaker provides a brief glimpse into the tortured mind of a woman. The effect is unsettling, and will leave you jumping at shadows in your own home afterwards. Why Are You So Sad? by Heidi Phillips is a stroll through the realms of regret and resolve to try again tomorrow. The fi lm has the effect of watching the world dissolve and coalesce repeatedly while you try to come to terms with regrets you didn’t even know you had. Cecilia Araneda, current president of the Winnipeg Film Group, provides a few moments of suspense in her short film Memory. We see the life of a woman flash before her eyes as she lies dying in a field. The concept of memories being what and how we choose to remember a certain event or person our way instead of what is actually reality is well represented with the use of tinting, over-exposure, and other effects. This film begs to be watched again and again. Rob Hancke’s Bahley Kehley is like a video travelogue from Africa. The only sound coming from hand drums, the film depicts daily life in an African village with dancers, workers, markets, etc. The colors are distorted throughout in such a way that it seems like computer animation rather than real, live, honest hand processing. The impact Sol Nagler had on these film-makers is huge. Known for his own work the world over, Nagler is in town to host this event and to pay tribute to some of his former students and contemporaries at the Winnipeg Film Group. These films, plus several more, will be presented by Nagler at the Cinematheque on Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. He will be on hand to introduce the films and to answer questions about the process involved in making the films. The Uniter ARTS EDITOR: MIKE LEWIS E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 FAX: 783-7080 The Rebel Sell Joseph Heath & Andrew Potter Harper/Perennial 374 pages Reviewed By Mike Lewis Arts & Culture So, have you ever ‘stuck it to the man?’ I bet it felt pretty good. But have you ever stopped to think about why it felt good, or why you felt the need to do it? As a student attending a fairly liberal campus, one can be bombarded with left-wing ideologies almost nonstop; some make sense, others do not. It seems as if counter-culture has become the standard against which it was once rebelled. This is the central theme to Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter’s book The Rebel Sell: Why the Culture Can’t be Jammed. Inspired by Adbusters editor Kalle Lasn’s decision to use his magazine’s popularity amongst the counter-culture to sell his brand of running shoes, The Rebel Sell examines in great depth the ‘co-opting’ of the beliefs and values of today’s rebels. What happened to the seemingly boundless enthusiasm for change that erupted in the ‘60s? Heath and Potter go step by step through the numerous aspects of counter-culture, exploring its origins, its evolution, and ultimately its death at the hands of the very people who created it. The authors argue that counter-culture has become the standard of today. The hippies of the past who rallied against capitalism have changed sides. The heart of counter-culture is the desire to be different, to stand out as unique. But for every so-called left-wing politically active youth who buys an anarchy t-shirt or wrist-band, another dollar is fed into the corporate machine. Corporations have taken the ideals set out 40 years ago and used them to sell the idea of counter-culture to our generation under the guise of individuality. Heath and Potter go on to explain that this need for individuality is what is doing the greatest damage in western society today, and that the race for individuality does in fact achieve the opposite effect. For every person who wants to be different or unique, then others must go without. This goes against one of the primary ideas in hippie culture that no one should have more than anyone else. It would seem that the hippies and punks and goths are in fact the biggest hypocrites on the planet. The authors single out Naomi Klein on a regular basis, citing her work in No Logo as the basis for what is wrong with counter-cultural thinking. Klein complains about the fact that her neighbourhood, once deemed ‘cool,’ is now becoming a haven for yuppies with too much money. Klein is upset because she is no longer special. That’s funny coming from someone who is frequently heralded as one of the ‘leaders’ of counter-culture in North America. This is the same person who endorsed the socialist idea of factories without managers as seen in her movie The Take. While all this must seem depressing to anyone currently on a campus somewhere, waving a placard indicating their distaste with the current state of whatever, it’s not that bad. There is hope. Change can happen. Heath and Potter simply want to show you that there is a far more sensible way to go about initiating it. It sounds crazy, doesn’t it? Pick up a copy and find out for yourself. This book should be required reading for all first-year university students throughout North America. January 12, 2006 Arts & Culture 017 CD Reviews Controller.Controller X-Amounts 2005 Paper Bag Records I became curious about Torontogroup Controller.Controller when I heard a quick interview with lead singer Nirmala Basnayake on CBC radio 3. Her quirky, playful personality hooked me as did the supercharged song, “Poisons/Safe” from their second album, X-Amounts. I couldn’t get enough – I had to listen to their CD. Enough I got, however, when I spun the CD more than a couple of times around. At first drop I could hardly believe my good luck at finding such a danceable indie-pop album but soon found subsequent listening experiences to be not as kind. Only a couple of the songs really jumped out at me (“Poisons/Safe, “Straight in the Head” and “Magnetic Strip”) - the rest seemed to run together into one soupy dance-punk medley. Not as spectacular a CD as I once thought but still a decent listen. (www. controllercontroller.com) -Vivian Belik Sometimes City and Colour 2005 Dine Alone Records Dallas Green, most recognizable as the mild-mannered vocalist and guitarist for the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire introduces his alter ego with the release of Sometimes. The record is a collection of 10 songs that reincarnate Green’s character to that of a lovelorn poet. Comparable to the early work of Chris Carrabba (a.k.a. Dashboard Confessional), the album essentially features a single guitar accompanied by Green’s soft unmistakable voice as he bares his soul in song while wearing his heart on his sleeve. Some will inevitably label Sometimes as emo, while others will simply describe it as depressing, but it is what it is-- beautifully crafted, well-written songs that will undoubtedly speak to a generation of people who can relate on some level. Although, it remains to be seen if it will spark a similar movement as Dashboard Confessional once did. However, die-hard fans of Alexisonfire can find reassurance in the fact that this is only a side project for Green and he will continue to perform his duties within AOF. (www.myspace. com/dallasgreen) (www.myspace.com/ dinealonerecords) -Brett Hopper Blackalicious The Craft 2005 Quuannum Projects I was first introduced to Blackalicious about three years ago after seeing an uncharted video on Much Music. The video in question was “Make You Feel That Way” off of 2002’s Blazing Arrow. It was the first time in a long while that I had seen a hip–hop outfit rhyme about something other than money, or “bitches, hoes, and pimps.” I was a little awestruck at the fact that Much Music would even play something of this genre that had a little more of a conscious mindset than the norm. Fast forward to 2005. After a three-year hiatus from each other to pursue solo projects, Blackalicious (rapper Gift of Gab, and producer Chief Xcel) collaborate once again on The Craft, a darker, more musically complex record than their previous works. A heavier beat, mixed with lighter musical cues dominates the upbeat opening track: “World of Vibrations,” which sets the tone for the rest of the album. Exploring themes of monetary corruption, breaking free from certain stereotypes that are visible in our society, and living life to the fullest extent, Blackalicious continue to attempt to shed the negative attention rap/hip-hop has garnered over the years with this latest release. 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LECTURE SERIES: EXPLORING Free registration is required; Instructor: Carl Radimer HILARY DUFF January 15th MTS 27th Centre culturel franco- January 22nd: The Black Stallion, Accountability Indicators in register online or call 786-9231. Date: February 18-March 25, 2006 Centre 7pm. Tickets $34.50/$49.50 manitobain 8pm. Featuring Kjarten from the classic novel. January 29th: Indigenous Communities. Guest January 16th, 12:30-1:20pm. Time: 6 Saturdays, 9:00am- 4:00pm through Ticketmaster. Valdemarsson on the piano. Tickets The Laurel and Hardy classic Big $10 at the door or 477-1515. Business. January 7th-12th at 7pm: Cost: $350.00 Speaker: Anna Hunter is a member of the Ktunaxa Nation and a faculty Career Exploration Workshop Location: 294 William Ave THE AFTERBEAT CD Release Party member in the Department of January 16th, 12:30 pm - 1:20 pm, Registration or Information: for “Personals” January 15th West NICKELBACK January 28th MTS Kar-Wai. January 14th at 7pm: Alone Political Science and the Director of in room 2C14. Wondering what 982-6633 Summary: In today’s End Cultural Centre 8pm. Tickets Centre. With Live and Danko on the Landscapes of Forever: New the Aboriginal Public Administration you want to do after university? fast-changing world individuals $6 in advance at Ticketmaster, Jones. Tickets $39.50/49.50 through Experiments in Prairie First Person program at the University of Attend this free workshop for tips who can apply the principles of WECC, Music Trader, Into the Ticketmaster. Cinema. January 13th-19th at 7pm Saskatchewan. January 13th, 12:30- on career decisions, self-assessment, public relations in a strategic Music, and SK8; $8 at the door. 1:30pm, Room 1L13, University of building a career portfolio, goal way are becoming increasingly Winnipeg. Refreshments will be setting, and employability skills. valuable to many organizations. served in the Aboriginal Student Discover career resources and Centre from 1:30-2:30 pm. This tools free to U of W students. 2046, 2005, by filmmaker Wong except January 14th at 9:30pm: Hot HORIZON 3 Electronic Hip Hop and Bothered Part One: Lie With MANITOBA CONSERVATORY Party. Jan 28th Ramada Conference Me, 2005, uncut and controversial, This introductory course lays a OF MUSIC AND ARTS Presents Centre, 331 Garry St. 9pm-6am. a hot and explicit film by Canadian solid foundation for a career in ‘The Spanish Connection’ January Tickets $30 through Ticketmaster Clement Virgo. January 13th, 15th- The Uniter LISTINGS COORDINATOR: NICK WEIGELDT E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 FAX: 783-7080 [email protected] 019 19th at 9pm: The Dark Hours, 2005, Hairy Ape’. January 19th - 21st, 25th meets for storytelling once a thealberthub.com Artist-run evenings 6-8pm. 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Until January issues of faith, life, theology and pop 9856 Mon 5-8 ,Tues-Fri 4-8, Sat and the New Face of Agriculture) by 29th. Tickets $22.47 - $32, or $18.19 culture. Come early as seating and 12-4. Featuring high quality artistic MARTHA STREET STUDIO 11 Ian Munro, Stephane McLachlan and on Wednesdays (rush seating). Call parking will be limited. Admission programming for kids and adults. Martha St 772-6253 Mon-Fri Jim Sanders. Jan 22nd – 26th at 9pm: 942-5483 or visit www.pte.mb.ca. is free. January 21st at 8pm: ‘In 12pm: As part of MTC’s O’Neillfest Michael Astil Drums Exhibit. 10-5. Showcasing the fine art of Through The Wardrobe: Why C.S. CREAM GALLERY 944 Portage Lewis Created Narnia, and What He Ave 957-7367 Tues-Fri 10-5, Sat printmaking. DANCERS present former WCD Found There’ - Rev. Jamie Howison, 11-5. 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January 15th and the American pharmaceutical mts.net. getting involved in the action. providing everyone opportunities to – 28th: ‘Small Works for Those 6:30pm Friday evenings. learn about visual art. January 19th Tiny Places’ Paintings, Photographs – February 18th: David McMillan and Sculptures by Gallery Artists. – ‘Mexico’. January 29th - February 11th: industry by Kathleen SlatteryMoshkau starring Katherine Heigl. MANITOBA CHAMBER WORDS PERFORMED A monthly ELLICE CAFÉ & THEATRE 585 Ellice Daniel Bolshoy with the orchestra event of Spoken Word where St 975-0800 Neighbourhood theatre on January 17th at Westminster open-mic and slam poetry are GALLERY LACOSSE 169 Lilac St Watercolour & Pastel in the Colours and restaurant. Monday, Tuesday United Church, 745 Westminster re-invented. Calling all Spoken 284-0726 Tues-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-5. of Winter by Maureen Johnson. and Wednesdays – free movies. On Ave, 7:30pm. Tickets $23 for adults, Word artists (and those that love Small neighbourhood gallery. Closed weekends, local musical acts. $21 for seniors and $7 for students, them). Spoken Word is: * theatre until January 15th. plus GST. Call MCO at 783-7377 or pieces * monologues * story telling pick up tickets at McNally Robinson * performance art * group pieces * GALLERY ONE ONE ONE Main 8th: Text Art 2006 - The Millennium or Ticketmaster. rap * poetry *. Words Performed Floor Fitzgerald Building, School of Library presents a visual arts show is a monthly event where open mic Art U of Manitoba 474-9322 Until THE GRIND Every second Thursday WINNIPEG SYMPHONY and slam poetry are re-invented. Jan 27th: An exhibition of the 1970s and sculpture will be accompanied at Ellice Café & Theatre (585 ORCHESTRA January 13th-14th The first half of the evening is work of Gordon Lebredt. This by poetry and prose created by the Ellice Ave) The Grind, a venue to at 8pm: WSO Special at the open-mic style, where participants exhibition will include paintings, writers and artists themselves. The encourage and develop performers Burton Cummings Theatre Silents can ‘sign-up’ prior to the event via drawings, prints and three- show features works by Winnipeg and their ideas through the with Orchestra – The Mark of email or at the door the night of dimensional pieces borrowed from Public Library Writers’ Circle presentation of scenes, sketches, Zorro. January 20th-21st at 8pm: the event. If you want to use props the artist, the Canada Council Art members Brenda Sciberras, Sandra monologues, spoken word, short Masterworks/Choral Series ‘Voice of or read/perform pieces written by Bank, the Winnipeg Art Gallery Stechisen and Ron Romanowski, film, stand-up and music in front of a the Prophet’ Mandelssohn’s ‘Elijah’. someone other than you, go right and the collection of Gallery One with special guest Writers’ Circle live audience. 7pm, $4 per person. January 26th at 7:30pm. Musically ahead. Anything Spoken Word is One One that were produced in alumnus Agatha Grant. Check it out Speaking – Go for Baroque. January possible within 5 minutes (for longer the 1970s, and will be the first at the main floor Reader Services. MAGIC N’ MIRACLES ‘Illusions’ 27th-28th at 8pm, January 29th pieces contact the organizer). The critical examination of Lebredt’s featuring North America’s premier at 2pm: WSO Pops Salute to the second half of the night is feisty, early attempts to deconstruct the OSBORNE VILLAGE CULTURAL Illusionists. Jan 13th at 2pm, 5pm Oscars. competive original Spoken Word! grammar and syntax of the visual CENTRE 445 River @ Osborne St The time limit is three minutes and image. 284-9477 Now showing: Works by and 8pm. In aid of the Winnipeg ‘Winter Pastels’ Paintings in MILLENIUM LIBRARY 251 Donald St 986-6450 January 12 - February with a twist! Photos, drawings Yisa the Artist. Firefighter’s Burn Fund. Tickets MUSIC ‘N MAVENS SERIES January you can use props. There are no $10-$20, with family pricing available 19th Klesmer on the Fringe, an score cards or time penalties, but through Ticketmaster. 8-piece band led by Eli Herscovitch. there is still a prize and a ‘winner’! 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Showcase of original ARTS) 121-100 Arthur St 942-8183 at the U of Manitoba. The classic at Rady Jewish Community Centre, [email protected]. contemporary art. Until January Tues-Sat 12-5. Until February 17th: coming of age story: high school 123 Doncaster St. Tickets $5/$7 21st: Remembering Ernie Wilson Meera Margaret Singh – ‘You’re All senior Richard Miller toys with available at 477-7510 or www. OUT LOUD is an open mic (1933-1987), Paintings and Drawings. That I Ever Think About’. Opening communism, love and alcohol on radyjcc.com. opportunity for you to give your the Fourth of July. Directed by Dr William Kerr. Tickets $11 adults LITERARY GRAFFITI GALLERY 109 Higgins January 6th with an artist talk at words voice. Every two weeks a LA GALERIE at the CENTRE special guest will kick off the evening CULTUREL FRANCO- 7pm and Reception at 8pm. after which the mic is open for your MANITOBAIN 340 Provencher PLUG-IN ICA 286 McDermot 474-6880 or visit www.umanitoba. McNALLY ROBINSON words of any genre in five minutes Blvd 233-8972 Mon-Fri 8am-10pm, Ave 942-1043 Until Feb 11th: ca/theatre. BOOKSELLERS (GRANT PARK) or less. Runs every second Tuesday Sat-Sun 12pm-10pm. January ’VOLCANA Icelandic Panorama’ January 12th: Maria Harden will read at the new Millenium Library after 12th – February 2nd: ‘Nature Drawing upon his frequent travels in THE CERCLE MOLIERE THEATRE and sign from Chicken Soup for the that. Sign up is at 7pm. Free. Morph’, recent works about the Iceland and the relationships he has SEASON The dramatic comedy Grandma’s Soul, 8pm. January 16th: transformations nature goes through cultivated here, guest curator Kevin ‘Visites à M. Green’ by Jeff Baron. Drew Hayden Taylor will present AD LIB is an evening of improv over the year, by Don Reichert. Kelly explores lingering traces of January 13th – Feb 4th at Theatre Me Funny, a far-reaching exploration style word games. Every night is de la Chapelle 825 Rue St Joseph. of humour and wit among the First guaranteed to be different and full of LABEL GALLERY 510 Portage Ave five female artists dividing their lives Tickets $11-29.50. Call 233-8053 Nations people of Canada, 8pm. laughs. From round stories to fridge 772-5165 Tues-Sat 12-5. Currently: between Reykjavik and New York. or email reception@cerclemoliere. January 17th: Orion Alexander magnet poetry, from opening lines Snaps: an exhibition from disposable com. and Kristin Gebhardt launch their to creating new endings, there’s no cameras. Snaps is a two-part URBAN SHAMAN 203-290 and $9 students and seniors. Call this mysterious land in the work of children’s book The Adventures of limit to the places these games – or photography show. One part is a McDermot Ave 942-2674 Until MANITOBA THEATRE CENTRE Captain Sox, Book I: Mysterious your writing – can go. Runs every display of photos from 12 disposable January 13th: ‘Land as History, Land presents one of the greatest Stranger, 7pm. January 18th: Launch second Tuesday, alternating with camera that where handed out as Power’, a photographic exhibition musicals of the 20th century, of Robert L. Peters’ book on Out Loud. 7:30pm. Free. to unsuspecting Winnipeggers exploring the unique landscape ‘Guys and Dolls’ directed by Robb designers Worldwide Identity, 8pm. to shoot snapshots. The second and history of the Prairies. Arthur Paterson. Until January 28th. Tickets January 19th: Stephanie Staples part is a collection of Winnipeg Renwick. January 20th – March 3rd: available at 942-6537. presents and autographs Your Life photographers showcasing their ‘Sacred Feminine’, a photographic skills. Together the exhibitions show testament to the ancestral lands of the Dakota people by Lita Fontaine. GALLERIES & EXHIBITIONS Unlimited: A Guided Journal at 8pm. ACE ART INC. 290 McDermot St the accessibility of snapshots and WAREHOUSE presents, as part SPEAKING CROW OPEN-MIC 944-9763 Tues-Sat 12-5. January the quality of a good eye. The goal of O’NeillFest 2006, ‘Long Day’s POETRY First Tuesday of the month 20th – February 25th: Brian Flynn of Snaps is to encourage people VIDEO POOL MEDIA ARTS Journey Into Night’. January 19th at Academy Bar & Eatery. 8pm. Free uses carpet underlay and his fingers to share what they see behind the CENTRE 300-100 Arthur St – February 4th. Tickets available by admission. to produce these huge portraits by camera. 949-9134 Contemporary media MANITOBA THEATRE CENTRE calling 942-6537. art. January 14th: Art’s Birthday. removing the black bits in ‘Belfast AQUA BOOKS 89 Princess St The PARK THEATRE presents, as part Stone Soup Storytellers’ Circle, of MTC’s O’NeillFest 2006, ‘The veteran Winnipeg storytellers, Classifieds ADVERTISE YOUR LOCAL BUSINESS HERE Until January 14th: Young Village ORCHESTRA presents guitarist THEATRE, DANCE & PERFORMANCE continued 11-5, Sat 11-4. Until January 15th: WINNIPEG CONTEMPORARY Deborah Garcia’s 2004 documentary The Future of Food. January 12, 2006 Portraits’. THE ALBERT HUB www. THE LION AND THE ROSE Video Pool joins artists and arts GALLERY 2nd Floor 70 Albert St organizations around the world in 452-5350 Mon-Fri 11-5, Thursday celebrating creativity, collaboration, Room & Board for female students in a Christian Faith and Vocation House of Discernment in Windsor Park; $450.00 per month; negotiable according to computer, phone and related needs. Easy access to public transportation downtown Wpg & to U Manitoba. No pets, no alcohol, clean, non-smoking environment, Call Sr. Elaine at (H) 253-9786 or (W) 474-9784 or email [email protected] IS YOUR BIRTHDAY IN March? First March-born U of W student to e-mail us winsTaste-the-World “allyou-can-eat” buffet for two ($30 value) plus $25 betting voucher to spend in our Las Vegas-style bigscreen horseplaying area at Assiniboia Downs. Five others win $10 betting vouchers. [email protected]. Watch this space each issue for new birthday months! LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, GRE Preparation Seminars. Complete 30 Hour Seminars. Proven test taking strategies. Personalized professional instruction. Comprehensive study materials. Simulated practice exams. Free repeat policy. Personalized tutoring available. Thousands of Satisfied Students. 1.800.779.1779. www.oxfordseminars. com. Teach English Overseas. E.S.L. Teacher Training Certification Courses. Intensive 60 hour program. Classroom management techniques. Detailed lesson planning. Internationally recognized teaching certificate. Job guarantee included. Thousands of Satisfied Students. 1.800.779.1779. www. oxfordseminars.com. January 12, 2006 The Uniter LISTINGS COORDINATOR: NICK WEIGELDT E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 FAX: 783-7080 020 [email protected] community and the generative BELLA VISTA 53 Maryland St the Poor Choices. Sundays: Blues with Danny Kramer. Thursdays: Saturday morning in the Ski Dept. photography for the beginner or power of art. Featuring a hands-on Wednesdays: Scott Nolan. Jam with Scotty Hills and Curtis Power Thursdays – various bands. Find out how to prep, wax and intermediate photographer. Part I Newton. Jan 14th: River City Hum, Jan 12-13th: The Attics. Jan 14th: maintain your x-country skis from will cover photographic equipment, installation of early video editing technology, streaming performances BILLABONG AUSTRALIAN BAR Funk Dubois. Jan 21st: Trouveres, The Perms. Jan 19-21st: Telepathic our knowledgeable staff. Call the with an emphasis on digital cameras from networked centres around the & BISTRO D-121 Osborne St. First The Reception, Castrati. Jan 28th: Butterflies. Jan 25th: Robbie Burns Member Services Desk at 943-4202 and technology. Also included world, the Cake Cam live web cam, Monday of the month: Open Mic. Banchee’s Wail, B.Sc. Day with the Dust Rhinos. Jan 27th: for more info. Saturday mornings, will be security and care for your The Dust Rhinos. Jan 28th: The 9am at MEC, 303 Portage Ave. equipment while traveling. Part contests for the best Real & Surreal Cakes, dancing with DJ Bikini, and CENTRE CULTUREL FRANCO- INN AT THE FORKS – THE selected artists performing a new MANITOBAIN 340 Provencher Blvd CURRENT LOUNGE 1 Forks concept in DJ-ing ... DJ 5 Records. Mardi Jazz, Tuesdays in Salle Antoine Market Road Thursdays-Saturdays: Gaborieau (2nd Floor) at 8:30pm. WAH-SA GALLERY 302 Fort St II will cover creative aspects of Wind-Ups. SKYWALK CONCERT SERIES photography including elements of TIMES CHANGE(D) HIGH AND AND LECTURES Co-presented a good photo, and tips for shooting January 12th-14th: Jodie Borlé. LONESOME CLUB Main St @ St. with the University of Winnipeg, people, landscapes, nature & wildlife, Free admission. Upcoming shows: January 17th-19th: Rosmarie Mary Ave Sundays 9:30pm: Jam with the Skywalk Concerts and Lectures cityscapes, special events and 942-5121 Contemporary Aboriginal January 17th: Keith Price. January Tomaschuck. January 24th-26th: Big Dave McLean. Jan 19-22nd: 5th series is held every Wednesday for more. The seminar will conclude art. 24th: Jay Harrison. January 31st: Paul Jodie Borlé. Anniversary Celebrations with Matt lectures and Thursday for music with a short session on storing, Monsoon and the Riff-Riders CD from 12:10 until 12:50pm at the cataloguing and showing your images Balcain. Every second Thursday: WAYNE ARTHUR GALLERY 186 Keith Price Trio and Invitees jam KING’S HEAD PUB 100 King Release (Jan 19th), Sue Foley (Jan Carol Shields Auditorium, 2nd floor, back at home. Part I: Photographic Provencher Blvd 477-5249 Manitoba- session, 8:30pm. January 12th: Paul St 1st three Wednesdays of the 20th), Righteous Ike, The D.Rangers Millennium Library. Bring your bag Equipment for the Travel based art gallery. Until Jan 24th: Balcain. January 26th: Zandra Cross. month: Filliment Funk, 8-11pm. Last (Jan 21st), and “The Whiskys” lunch and be informed, entertained Photographer Wednesday, January Wednesday of the month: Papo hosted by Big Dave McLean and enlightened! Free admission. 18th & Part II: Creative Aspects of COLLECTIVE CABARET / DIE Mambo Latin Jazz Night. Sundays: All and guests (Jan 22nd). Jan 26th: Seating is limited. Upcoming events: Travel Photography January 25th, MASCHINE CABARET 108 The King’s Men. Jan 13th: Godspeed. Righteous Ike. Jan 27th: Stony Point January 12th: Concert: Bolero both at the Sport Manitoba Building WINNIPEG ART GALLERY 300 Osborne St Thursdays: ‘80s and Jan 14th: The Original Painkillers. Bluegrass Band and Romi Mayes. Jan Dance Theatre – From Flamenco 200 MainStreet 7-9pm. Advance Memorial Blvd 786-6641 Until ‘90s Night. Fridays: Goth/Industrial. Jan 20th: Jodi King. Jan 21st: Rubber 28th: Andrew Neville & The Poor to the Tango. January 18th: Hinton registration is recommended. The Mar 5th: Selected Works 1980- Saturdays: WinnipegJungle.com Soul. Jan 26th: Men In Kilts. Jan 27th: Choices. Bradbury, U of W Psychology. 2-part series is just $15, or $10 per 2004 of Nancy Edell, including presents DJs Dexx, Whupass, Guy Abraham Band. Jan 28th: D. Lecture: Clever Malice: Couch individual session. This seminar, rug-hooking, paintings and prints. Krisco, Gumby Buzblaze and guests. Rangers. TOAD IN THE HOLE / THE Cartoons That are True to Their and others, is Free to Hostelling Until Mar 19th: ‘Aliyah Suite by Jan 13th: Of Human Bondage, CAVERN 108 Osborne St Sundays: Source. January 19th: Concert: International Members. (Two-year Salvador Dali. Commissioned to Nagasaki, Skull Fuck, Sleipnir, and McNALLY ROBINSON Vinyl Drip w/ Uncle Albert. Romanian Inspiration – performed memberships are available at commemorate the 20th anniversary more. Jan 27th: The Ruffnecks. BOOKSELLERS – PRAIRIE INK Mondays: Improv Supper Club by the Winnipeg Duo, violin & the door for $35.00). For more RESTAURANT: Portage Place Jan hosted by Steve McIntyre. Jan piano. January 25th: Jeff Martin, information, call 784-1131. ‘Paintings of love of the garden’ by Walter Veito. of the independence of the State of Israel, these works combine DYLAN O’CONNOR IRISH 13th: Rik Leaf, alternative music, 12th: Little Buddies. Jan 13th: The UW Physics. Lecture: People Are biblical texts with references to the PUB 2609 Portage Ave Mondays: 6:30pm. Jan 27th: Celtic fiddle with Adventures. Jan 14th: The Afterbeat Strange. January 26th: Concert: MANITOBA NATURALISTS’ Second World War, creating images Open mic night w/ The St. John’s Eric Ross, 6:30pm. Grant Park: Jan CD Release Party with JFK & The Canadian Mennonite University SOCIETY INDOOR PROGRAM at once both tragic and hopeful. Jammers. Tuesdays: Pat Alexander. 13th: Those Two Guys, folk/easy Conspirators. Jan 17th: Trivia w/ Student Classical Guitar Ensemble. “The Digital Naturalist: Global Beginning Jan 14th until April 2nd: Wednesdays: Guity Pleasures. Jan listening, 8pm. Jan 20th: Jennilee Spencer the Sound Guy. Jan 18th: ‘Early Masters’ a collection of Inuit 12th: Michael Jones. Jan 13th: After Martineau, a bluegrass quartet, 8pm. MAC’s Improv Players. Jan 19th: HOSTELLING INTERNATIONAL Conservation” with Dr. David Sculptures. January 27th – Mya 14th: All These Years. Jan 14th: Dust Jan 21st: Soft Rock & Blues with Love City Overdose. Jan 20th: MANITOBA PRESENTS Travel Talks Walker (Asst Professor, Clayton ‘supernovas’, an eclectic explosion Rhinos. Jan 15th: Scott Place. Jan Dem McLeod & Jan Smith, 8pm. Jan The Rowdymen. Jan 21st: National 2005/06. Slide show presentations H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, of art by Winnipeg’s emerging new 19th: Jenn Joziawk. Jan 20th: Jodi 27th: Jazz with Eddie Goertzen. Monument. Jan 24th: Dringo. Jan and travel talks featuring a world of Earth and Resources, U of M). artists--performance, video, audio, King. Jan 21st: The Black Aces. Jan 26th: D.Rangers. Jan 27th & 28th: travel opportunities. January 12th: January 23rd at the Pauline Boutal installation, sculpture, painting, 22nd: The Hamsteaks. Jan 25th: OSBORNE FREEHOUSE 437 The Perpetrators. Jan 31st: Trivia w/ ‘Pub to Pub in Ireland’. Travel Nights Theatre, Franco-Manitoban Cultural drawing, and craft. Thoughtful Funk Dubious. Jan 26th: Joanna Osborne St Mondays: Jazz Hang Spener the Sound Guy. are held at the Sport Manitoba Centre, 340 Provencher Blvd, and provocative with a distinct Colledge. Jan 27-28th: Quinzy. Jan Nights with Steve & Anna Lisa Building, 200 Main Street 7:30- 7.30pm. Admission $2 for members Winnipeg sensibility. January to 29th: Scott Place. Kirby and various other artists, WEST END CULTURAL CENTRE 9PM. Everyone Welcome! FREE with valid membership card and $6 8-11pm. Wednesdays: ‘Why Not Ellice Ave @ Jan 13th: Subcity Admission. Donations gratefully for non-members. For information call MNS office at 943-9029. March: Ione Thorkelsson ‘Arboreal Information Systems in Species Fragments’. Manitoba’s leading glass ELEPHANT & CASTLE PUB 350 St Wednesdays?’ Live local and touring Dwellers w/ the Farrell Bros. and accepted.For more information call artist, positions familiar objects in Mary Ave Fridays: Jazz guitar and music. Jan 18th: The Attics. Jan 25th: Dead City Disease. 784-1131. unexpected contexts, thus removing vocals by Lawrence Patzer. Sundays: Mystery Formula. 8pm, Tix $8 @ Into the Music. Jan the familiar and suggesting new Student Night. Jan 15th: Jo Snyder. possible meanings. Jan 22nd: Sean Buchanen & Doug McLean. Jan 29th: Jenn Jozwiak. WOODLANDS GALLERY 535 BOLIVIA IN REVOLT On December 15th: The Afterbeat CD Release. See AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 18, 2005, Evo Morales, the leader PARK THEATRE 698 Osborne St Concerts for more details. Jan 19th is holding a public meeting on of the MAS (Movement Towards Jan 12th: Karla Adolphe Street Team and 20th: The Duhks. See Concerts “Prisoners of Conscience in Eritrea”. Socialism), was elected president Kickoff Party feat. Caleb Friesen, for more details. Jan 21st: Doug & Two families from Eritrea will be of Bolivia. The election of an Academy Road 947-0700 Jan 12th ELLICE CAFÉ & THEATRE 587 Sarah Hanan, Mike Gavrailoff. 8pm, Jess CD Release. 8pm, Tix $10/$13 presenting their experiences. Please indigenous leader as president has – Jan 28th: Featured Artist Hugh G. Ellice Ave. Neighbourhood café $5. January 22nd: ‘Seize the Day’ @ Ticketmaster. Jan 27th: Bluebird call Louise at 475-4565 for more raised hopes for radical change. Will Rice, ‘Flatness of the Prairie’. Feb and theatre showing films and Musical Cabaret featuring songs North Tour. See Concerts for more information. Thursday, January Morales fulfill popular hopes? What 2nd – 18th: Art works by emerging showcasing local talent. from ‘Little Women’. An original details. Jan 29th: Sick City w/ The 12th, 7 - 9 pm. Welcome Place, lies ahead for the social movements Canadian musical by Jim Betts. New Aesthetic and the Alibi. 8pm, 397 Carlton St. Free admission, all that drove the two previous Bolivian FINN’S PUB 210-25 Forks Market January 24th: Bob Watts Live on Tix $7 @ the door. welcome. presidents from office in less than Rd Johnson Terminal Tuesdays: Ego Stage. WINDSOR HOTEL 187 Garry St U OF MANITOBA DEPARTMENT of New Socialist, returned in late artists from the University of Manitoba School of Art. BARS, CAFES & VENUES ACADEMY BAR & EATERY 414 Spank – Jazz w/ Murray Pulver, Marc two years? Jeff Webber, an editor Arnould, Gilles Fournier, Daniel Roy, PYRAMID CABARET 176 Fort St Mondays: Jams with Tim Butler. OF RELIGION COLLOQUIA ‘The August 2005 from his fourth visit to 10:30pm-2am. Wednesdays: Open Thursdays: The Mod Club w/ DJ Tuesdays: Latin Jazz Night featuring Act of Writing and the Myth of Bolivia. Jeff’s talk will be followed Mic w/ Guy Abraham. Sean Allum and the Invisible Man, Jeff Presslaff, Rodrigo Muñoz, Julian Narcissus’ by by presentations by local activists doors at 8pm. Jan 13-14th: 2006 Bradford, 10pm. Wednesdays: Jams Samantha Pascoe, Chair: Dr. Lisa reflecting on indigenous oppression Academy Rd Mondays: Student Night. First Tuesday of the month: GIO’S 155 Smith St Mondays: Freezer Fest – Nine Pound Hammer. with Big Dave McLean. Saturdays: Alexandrin. January 13th, 2:45PM, and resistance in Bolivia and Canada. Speaking Crow poetry night. Jan Student Night. Wednesdays: Jan 20th: Lynch Night: David Lynch The Perpetrators. Jan 12 – 14th: JP 111 St. John’s College in the Quiet Open discussion to follow. January 12th: Academy Idol playoffs with Karaoke. Thursdays: DJ Perry. Birthday Celebration w/ Querkus, Lepage. Jan 19-21st: B-Man and The Room. 26th, 7pm in Room 1L04 at the Keely Xavier and Philly and the Fridays: DJ Chris. 1st and 3rd Zublotnicks, Smallgirl, Slattern, and Chickenhawks. Jan 26-28th: Big Dave Blunts. Jan 13th: MB Songwriters Saturdays of each month: Womyn’s many more. $4.99, 9pm. Jan 21st: Mclean. Circle. Jan 14th: The Church Choir. Night. 2nd Saturday of each month: The Morning After CD Release DISAPPOINTMENTS: Anglican IS THERE A PLACE for Aboriginal Jan 15th: Funday Night. Jan 16th: live lounge music. 2nd Sunday each Party. Jan 25th: Jordan Knight, $15 WOODBINE HOTEL 466 Main Missions to the Inuit - Reading Inuit Traditional Knowledge In Native Mike Gavrailoff. Jan 17th: Tim Butler month: Prime Pages book club, 5pm. through Ticketmaster. Jan 27th: St Tuesdays: Karaoke and 3Ball Agency Through Missionary Texts. Studies? Dr. Rice will talk on his jam night. Jan 18th: Jason Bernstein Jan 19th: Mardi Gras Cruise Night. UMFM Party featuring Novillero, Tournament. Jan 13th & 14th: D. Dr. Chris Trott, Department of experiences as an Aboriginal person Quartet. Jan 19th: Academy Idol Jan 21st: Bad boys fashion show American Flamewhip and guests. Jan Rangers. Jan 20th & 21st: Billy Joe Native Studies will speak on the who taught in a Native Studies Finals. Jan 20th: Ashley Carter. Jan plus the Underwear or Hot Buns 28th: Ham 10th Anniversary CD Green. Jan 27th & 28th: Cal Richard Anglican Missions to Cumberland Department for six years. Upon 21st: The Monty Yanks. Jan 22nd: Contest. Release Party. & The Big Stone Band. Sound 1894-1913. He will consider graduating from an Aboriginal how, from the missionary point of Traditional Knowledge Doctoral Funday Night. Jan 28th: Arbra Hill. University of Winnipeg. THERE HAVE BEEN GRAVE HEMP ROCK CAFÉ 302 Notre REGAL BEAGLE 331 Smith THE ZOO / OSBORNE VILLAGE view, the mission was a disaster. Program, he lost his position in BARCA CLUB 423 McMillan Dame Ave Jan 21st: Liberte, St Tuesdays: Hatfield McCoy. INN 160 Osborne St Tuesdays: Nevertheless Inuit became Native Studies. Since then, he has Mondays: Live hip hop/R$B/soul & Senseless Destruction, The Wednesdays: Open Mic Nights. Heavy Metal & Draft Night. Fridays Christians in their own terms and never been short listed for a Native open mic with Breeze and the Nu Exception, No Hope, FTS, Lacka, and Saturdays: Stripfest. Jan 14th: their own way and expanded the Studies position outside of the Funk Federation. Wednesdays: Back Johnny Sizzle, Angel Lust. Feb 3rd: ROYAL ALBERT ARMS 48 Albert Saucerman w/ Tommy (from mission themselves throughout University where he once taught. to the Lab DJ Night. Attire Optional, Public Fallout, St Mondays: Karaoke. Saturday Edmonton) and guests. January 21st: the region. January 18th 12:30-1:20 This is in spite of having written Cunt Punisher, TNF, Ab-Negative, Afternoons: Blues Jam, 4-7. Jan Pretty Train Crash w/ guests. Feb pm, Room 125 St John’s College, numerous peer-reviewed articles, BAR ITALIA 737 Corydon Best Foot Forward, The Manhattan 178th: Castrati, Katelyn and Callahan 4th: Domenica, Devoid and TMF. University of Manitoba. Everybody manuals and books in the area of Wednesdays: Joints & Jam w/ Project. (Vancouver). Jan 27th: Misanthropik Feb 18th: F*ck Winter Reunion and Welcome. Free Admission. Native Studies. January 27th 12:30- Deity, Igor & The Skindiggers. Dinner Bash. Tickets $7. Hot Sauce Duo. Thursdays: D- COMMUNITY EVENTS 1:20 pm, 307 Tier Bldg., University A TWO-PART TRAVEL of Manitoba. Everybody Welcome. PHOTOGRAPHY SEMINAR Free Admission. LO. Fridays: DJ TwentyTwenty. HOOLIGAN’S NEIGHBOURHOOD Saturdays: My Generation featuring PUB 61 Sherbrook St Mondays, SHANNON’S IRISH PUB djharrychan. Sundays: Sindays Tuesdays, Fridays: Karaoke. 175 Carlton St Sundays: MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT CO-OP Hostelling International and Don’s featuring Spitz and ICQRI of Mood Wednesdays: The Perpetrators. fascade@137dps. Mondays: Patrick SKI WAXING CLINICS Join us for Photo have teamed up to bring “TOAST AND ROAST” EVENING Ruff. Thursdays: Andrew Neville and Keenan. 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Wesmen Spend New Yearʼs with Mickey Bottom of Form GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS: MANITOBA STUDENT AID SECOND Application forms for University of Manitoba DISBURSEMENT: When you receive your Graduate studies are available on the web Manitoba Student Loan document in the www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_ mail, the University of Winnipeg will have By Josh Boulding studies You can fill out the necessary forms electronically confirmed your full-time directly on-line. Hard copies are available enrollment and deducted fees that you owe in the Awards office. Applications must be to the University of Winnipeg. Bring this received in the Faculty of Graduate Studies document to the Manitoba Student Aid by Deadline: February 10, 2006. office located on the fourth floor of 1181 Portage Ave. for processing. THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA INTERNSHIP You will need to bring the following PROGRAMME: documentation: •your SIN card The Manitoba Legislative Assembly •some photo ID •bank transit information Internship is open to individuals studying in any discipline at one of the Manitoba Please note: if you have reduced your course universities and permanent residents of load, these changes will affect your Manitoba Manitoba studying outside the province Student Loan assessment. who have graduated or will do so before DID YOU KNOW..... you can check the hand experience of the legislative process status of your student aid application, find and provide research assistance to Members out what documentation is still outstanding, of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly and update your address information and much their caucuses. The program includes a more on line? Go to MySAO to log into your 10 month Internship, bi-weekly stipend existing account. Go to www.studentaid. of $1033.74, study tour of the House of gov.mb.ca Commons, Ottawa, study tour of the Minnesota State Legislature, and regular DID YOU KNOW.... Manitoba Student Aid special interest seminars. Applicants should staff is on campus regularly on Fridays meet the following criteria:•have a university - 4p.m. You can book an appointment by degree with academic excellence in any coming to student services or phone Tanis discipline by the time of the start of the at 786-9984. internship year •have facility in written and oral communication in English •knowledge of written and spoken French will be considered a strong asset Surely, the game played out like any other big brother-little brother relationship. The little brother comes out scrappy and fi ring on all cylinders, hoping that this could fi nally be his day. In turn, the older brother relishes his enthusiasm and naivety, but as the outcome starts to come into question, he quickly leaves no doubt in affi rming his superiority. The Winnipeg Wesmen fell quickly behind to the Brandon Bobcats, who were led by the freshman tandem of Neil Shaw and Joel Small, the younger brothers of Wesmen Trevor and Jarrod respectively, in losing the fi rst two sets of the match. Ultimately, though, no. 5-ranked Winnipeg eventually emerged as the national power that they are, toppling the Bobcats 3-2 (26-28, 22-25, 25-18, 25-15, 15-11). With the win, the Wesmen improve to 7-4 on the season, good for second in the Great Plains division of the Canada West Conference. Meanwhile, fourth-place Brandon drops to 3-7. Despite their opponents’ underwhelming record, head coach Larry McKay was still cognizant of the talent on the Bobcat roster, who are in their fi rst season of CIS play. “Brandon is a good team and we knew that coming in,” said McKay. “But you make that many mistakes against any team and you’re going to be in a tough situation.” To say the Wesmen made mistakes, especially early on, would be an understatement. After staking claim to an early 10-3 lead in the fi rst set that saw the Canada West assist leader, setter Dustin AddisonSchneider, effectively distribute the ball to all of his hitters, some strong serving by Joel Small and excellent defense by Riley Philips brought the score to a tie at 16. By the 21st point, however, a Wesmen net error, missed attack, and a poor serve receive saw Brandon reach set point. Even though Winnipeg fought through six Bobcat set points, it was to no avail, dropping the fi rst set 28-26. The second set played out similarly to the former, as the Wesmen saw an early lead evaporate as a result of their own errors. After Al Hart, who led Brandon with 15 kills, put the set away 25-22, a visibly dejected Winnipeg squad were in desperate need of a boost. Enter Alan Ahow and Paul Kjos. The decision to insert the two, who had played sparingly up to that point, for Marty Rachon and Richard Wiebe paid immediate dividends. The crispness of the Wesmen performance was clearly visible upon their inclusion. McKay insisted he had no reluctance to dip into his bench. “They’re good players,” he said of the two second-year players. “I have no hesitation in putting those guys in there. They are excellent players who would be starters on most other university teams.” Kjos quickly caused Brandon some problems soon after entering the third set with his unorthodox serve. Standing nearly against the back wall of the Duckworth Centre, his float serves seemingly dipped as soon as it crossed the net, reminiscent of a baseball pitcher’s slider. He also provided the offense with a boost from the middle, fi nishing with six kills. Ahow chipped in with four himself. However, McKay insisted their contributions extended beyond the stat sheet. “They brought a new energy. They hadn’t been playing and they had seen that the game was more as a result of our own errors and if they played relaxed and with some excitement then they would be fi ne. And they did that.” The next two matches would see Ben Schellenberg and Jarrod Small begin to assert themselves offensively, notching 18 and 17 kills respectively. Brandon had no answer for Small in particular, who was seemingly the hitter of choice for Addison-Schneider during clutch situations. He fi nished with an impressive .727 kill percentage. By the fi fth set, momentum had swung so radically that the outcome was never really in doubt, with Winnipeg going on a 7-3 run to end it at 15-11. The difference in experience between the veteran-laden Wesmen and the Bobcats, whose four of six starters are in their fi rst year, was palpable. “Experience defi nitely played a role,” said McKay. “Experience gets you to relax in difficult situations if you’ve been in those situations before.” Top of Form UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA September 2005. Six Interns will gain first Youthful Bobcats no match for savvy Wesmen 1 How did you spend your New Year’s Eve? Perhaps a social, or maybe with family, right? Wouldn’t you have liked to spend it in Disneyland, with the Wesmen men’s volleyball team? That’s a fair reward after traveling over 3000 kilometres and playing two exhibition games against the University of California–Los Angeles Bruins and the University of California-Irvine Anteaters. Unfortunately for the Wesmen, they were swept in both games 0-3. “It was a great time,” said Trevor Shaw, a veteran of the Wesmen team who has switched positions this year, from left side to libero. The head coach, Larry McKay, said their experience was a good one, despite the losses. In the first game, against UCLA, the team was defeated in successively shorter spans, 30-18, 30-25, and the third set 31-29. The next day they were again swept by Cal-Irvine 3-0 (26-30, 2030, 19-30). “They competed pretty hard,” said McKay. “They wanted to do well and there was plenty of effort.” The two biggest errors mentioned by McKay were timing and contact with the ball. The month without practice during exams hurt the team’s ability, but in displaying a tremendous amount of effort, they managed to finish their final set within two. “It’s something you can’t rush,” he said on the team’s performance during the games. “You need reps, you need training time, and we just didn’t have that.” Just being down in the States, though, was exciting for the team. Few teams from Canada travel down to play exhibition games. McKay said it was not difficult to arrange, and that it seemed odd that more teams don’t take the opportunity. “They were very accommodating,” he said. Previously, McKay had traveled with teams to Chicago, Indiana, Utah and Santa Barbara for exhibition matches. The experience has never been the same twice. “The experience is not so much more difficult as it is different,” he said, referring to the play against an international team versus a team from the Great Plains division or even from another part of Canada. If it had been a team from Canada, they may have expected to meet them in Nationals at some time. With that in mind, there would have been a little more on the line, rather than a simple exhibition game. The games were made more difficult in that both a different ball and a different court were used. Nevermind the fact UCLA is perennially an NCAA powerhouse, having won numerous championships on their home court before. Nevertheless, McKay felt that, with proper preparation, the Wesmen would stand a fair chance at winning one or both of the games they had played. The Wesmen were led by Richard Wiebe and Ben Schellenberg in the game against UCLA. Each garnered 14 and 13 kills for the Wesmen, respectively, in the loss. Against Cal-Irvine, Schellenberg led once more with 12 kills. Merit should be handed out to Dustin Addison-Schneider, too, for his performance while nursing the flu. The setter played very well for being under the weather, not showing his ill-fated circumstance during either game. Of note was that coaches at UCLA and UCI expressed interest in travelling north in the future. The Uniter SPORTS EDITOR: MIKE P YL E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 FAX: 783-7080 Sports January 12, 2006 023 Uniter Sports Sits Down with CJOBʼs Bob Irving By Thomas Asselin I n November of 2005, Bob Irving, CJOB’s voice of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, stopped by the CKUW studio for an interview for the Ultra Mega Sports Show. While there, he was kind enough to take extra time out of his always busy schedule to answer some questions for the Uniter. Please note that the interview took place before Doug Berry was named head coach. Uniter: You’ve clearly spent a lot of time with the team. Did it ever feel, by the end of the season, that the Bombers had given up on Jim Daley, that all of his “rebuilding” talk wore on them, like so many fans believe? Bob: In the last two or three games it felt like maybe a few of the players had given up to some degree. I don’t know if Jim Daley’s rebuilding talk got to them or not - I know it certainly got to some of the management people and they’ve said that since they let him go… but I’d say that after a losing season like this, it doesn’t matter if it’s the Bombers or any team, the players are just fed up. They’re fed up with everything, that includes the coach, the management everybody else, even their teammates. Uniter: Did rebuilding become an excuse for Daley? Bob: I don’t think Jim designed it to be an excuse. I think he started using it fairly early in the season when it became obvious to him that the turnaround was not going to be as easy as maybe he though it was going to be, and that’s when he started using the word “rebuilding.” I don’t believe he initially used it as an excuse, but it certainly started to sound like that as the year went on. Uniter: Can rebuilding be done without having to throw obscene amounts of money? Bob: Sure it can. Let me give you an example. In 1997 and ‘98, the Bombers were brutal under Jeff Reinebold. In 1999 - Dave Ritchie’s first year - they were 6-12, ok? Then they found Charlie Roberts, Arland Bruce, they acquired Khari Jones in a trade, they acquired Dave Mudge in a trade, they acquired Doug Brown in a trade, and there’s many more players who became the core of that team, none of whom were purchased with big free agent money. Drafts picks, trades and fi nding guys in the States, there’s no science behind that, that’s a matter of getting down there. Charlie Roberts is a classic example of just getting down there and fi nding them. And that Bomber team went on to win more games than anyone else from 2001 to 2002. And that was not a team built on big money free agents. Brian Clark is another player who was a free agent, nobody wanted him. The point is you can put a good team together without putting up big money in the CFL free agent market. It’s been done before... it was done by this team just five years ago. Uniter: Is the talent there in the secondary, and is it simply a matter of continuity? Bob: I don’t think it’s all there. I think there’s three or four players back there though who are good enough to play. And then it’s a matter of continuity and coaching. I think they do need to add a couple defensive backs but they have some players back there who can play, they just need to be properly schemed up. Uniter: In five years time, where do you think Kevin Glenn will be? Do you think he will evolve into an elite QB like an Anthony Calvillo, or will he fall into the journeyman mould of a Marcus Crandell? Bob: I don’t know if he’s going to become an elite quarterback. I’m not sold on that. He’s got some innate talents, though, that the really good quarterbacks have, you can see that. But at 26, to predict that he’s going to be one of the greats… no, I couldn’t do that. I’m not convinced of that - I hope I’m wrong, but I’m not convinced of that. Uniter: Why do you feel as though Khari Jones was never truly embraced as the starter in Winnipeg? It seems as though fans were always making excuses for his success, saying things like “it’s only because he had great receivers; any QB could succeed with those weapons.” Given that a Most Outstanding Player wasn’t fully embraced, what is it going to take for Bomber fans to truly get behind their quarterback? Has it happened in the history of you covering the team? Bob: Well they loved Tom Clements. Tom was only here for four or five years and I think the fans were not universally, but fairly close to universally, behind him. There’s a common denominator here and that is: if you’re winning, the fans are behind you in every respect. Now, they would get down on Khari whenever he had a bad moment, and I thought unjustly so. But my theory on that was this and I’ve said it many times. Khari Jones was not a pleasing quarterback to watch. He didn’t have the big arm, he’s not a great athlete, he’s kind of clumsy and he’ll stumble around sometimes, and he just did not look athletically pleasing when he went about his business. And I think it always came back to that with the fans. “Yeah he threw for 375 yards, but God, he didn’t throw any spirals…” Khari just never looked like a thoroughbred athlete. All he ever did was throw touchdown passes and throw for yards and win games. That’s my theory on why he was never fully appreciated. Uniter: You had more of an insider’s perspective; were the Reinebold years really as much of a circus as it appeared? Bob: Not initially, but very early in his tenure, yes it was a circus. I don’t know what more to say about it than that. Jeff was not very well organized; he did some very unorthodox things, but they just didn’t work. He didn’t have a quarterback, too, which in fairness to him, is one of the major reasons why he never had a chance at success. You can’t win in this league or come close to winning without a good quarterback and he never had one. Yeah, it became a circus, no doubt about it. Uniter: How did the players perceive him? Bob: Well most of them liked him! They were very fond of him. I found very few players who didn’t like Jeff. Jeff was a charismatic guy and it was hard not to like him, he had a way about him that just won you over very quickly. I think a lot of his players to this day still swear by him and feel he was just a victim of bad luck here. Uniter: Late in his tenure, it appeared as though the Bomber locker room began to tune Dave Ritchie out. Do you feel this assumption is justified, and if so, why did it happen? Bob: Yeah, I think some of them did tune him out, and that’s just a natural evolution, I believe, in pro sports with a coach who’s been with a team for five or six years. It doesn’t always happen, but there’s all sorts of examples of it where, for whatever reason, the coach in question loses the ability to get the best out of his players. Maybe it’s just that the message gets old or his methods become ones that the players no longer buy into, I don’t know. It happened here with Dave and it’s happened in all sorts of sports with all sorts of teams and managers. All coaches have a shelf life, they have a shelf life in my view, and some it’s a lot longer than others. Uniter: Of all the Bomber players you’ve ever been around, who would be the most naturally, freakishly athletic? Bob: Alfred Jackson, who was a receiver here and then went to BC, was a phenomenal athlete. Perry Tuttle, who was a receiver for the Bombers during the ‘80s, was a first round draft pick for the Buffalo Bills of the NFL and it didn’t work out for him down there. He was just a terrific athlete. Man, the moment he stepped on the field up here you could see the first round athletic ability that he had. He wasn’t tough enough to play down there and he was the first to admit it but on this wide open field up here, it was easy for him to excel. Those are two that stand out with their pure athletic ability. Leo Lewis, who was, I don’t want to say before my time, but I grew up watching Lewis as much as you could watch back in the ‘60s on TV. As a matter of fact, Bud Grant called him the best football player he ever coached, and this was when he was with the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL. I don’t know if there’s been a better athlete on the Bombers than Leo Lewis. Milt’s up there too but in terms of pure natural athletic ability, I would rate Lewis, Tuttle and Jackson ahead of him. Milt’s got a mental toughness to go with his athletic abilities that’s pretty special. Uniter: Had the most eccentric personality? The biggest clown? Bob: They’ve had lots of eccentric guys. Rod Hill was eccentric; you’d never call him a clown. Biggest clown? Probably a guy named Pete Catan who was a defensive end who played a few years here in the early ‘80s. Lots of characters… Chris Walby was a great character - the word eccentric doesn’t apply to him, but he was a real character and an entertaining guy. I would just basically sum that question up by saying they’re too numerous to mention because there’s been a lot of them. Uniter: The most valuable to his team? Bob: Well, Tom Clements would rank up there, when he came here to quarterback the team in ‘83 and then led them to the Grey Cup game in ‘84. You have to look at quarterbacks when you talk about that, you really do. That’s the most important position in football, that’s why they get paid ten times more than everyone else (laughs). Dieter Brock in the time he played was very valuable, when he wasn’t in there it was a completely different team. So, I think if I had to pick one it would be Clements. Uniter: The biggest “Terrell Owens” (biggest locker room disruption)? Bob: (Laughs) On the Bombers? Well they had nobody that I can recall that was in Terrell Owens’ league in that regard. There’s been some players over the years that maybe were not the most popular in the locker room but I can’t think of one off the top of my head that fits into that category. I suppose back in the early ‘70s Mack Herron and Jim Thorpe got into all sorts of legal trouble. As a matter of fact Mack Herron went on to spend many of his latter years in jail; I think he’s still in jail. Those guys were bad apples. Uniter: The one player you would give anything to watch? Bob: I’ve said this many times, but I think we in Winnipeg have been blessed to have the chance to watch Charles Roberts play. He’s a phenomenal player, you know, he’s defied all the odds with his size. He lifts you out of your seat. You’re asking me what players would lift you out of your seat and there’s not that many of them in any sport but he’s certainly one of them. Milt Stegall’s always been one of my favourite Blue Bombers. You’re asking for one, I’m gonna name three or four. Leo Lewis was a player who would lift you out of your seat, he was that good. I think those three would be at the top of my list. Lewis, Charles Roberts, and Milt Stegall. January 12, 2006 The Uniter SPORTS EDITOR: MIKE P YL E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 786-9497 FAX: 783-7080 024 Sports Fact Fact & & Fitness Fitness BY SARAH HAUCH BY SARAH HAUCH Are you frustrated by the astronomical amount ot “get in shape” slogans out there? Don’t know what to frustrated believe or by where to start? 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Courtesy of S.N. Blair of the Cooper Institute for Aerobic Research. Week 1 - Getting to Know You and Physical Activity History Objectives: (1) Learn the name of another person hoping to change their exercise behaviours. (2) Recognize what factors have kept them from being more active. Week 2 - Barriers to Being Physically Active - “Understanding the Barriers for Physical Activity” Objectives: (1) Identify personal barriers to being physically active. (2) Select a barrier you are willing to work on removing (ex: not enough time) (3) Recognize that two-minute walks are an easy way to begin accumulating physical activity (4) Apply basic problem-solving approaches to removing physical activity barriers. Week 3 - Self-Monitoring, Stimulus Control and Goal Setting Objectives: (1) Discuss different methods for measuring physical activity (ex: fitness journal) (2) Identify all types of physical activity that are “fun” to do. (3) Learn how to correctly identify moderate, hard and very hard activities (4) Learn how to estimate your activity as the number of calories burned to better estimate energy expenditure (ex: walking ½ hour = 150 calories) (5) Learn how to use this method to set specific short and long term goals for en- Project Active ergy expenditure (ex: walking = moderate / running = very hard) Week 4 - Social Support - Enlisting Aid and Asking for Help Objectives: (1) Recognize that asking for help is not a sign of weakness, but instead is a sign of strength. (2) Identify the kind(s) of support you need and who can help give you this support. (ex: ask your friend Sally to go walking with you) (3) Solicit support as needed. (4) Know how to provide support to others. Week 5 – Self-Satisfaction - Getting Confident Objectives: (1) Identify techniques that have increased feeling more confident about being physically active in the past (ex: when you kept up a program last year) (2) Learn how to use the strategy of considering the other point of view to become more confident. (ex: If you’re shy - do an exercise program at home first until you feel more comfortable) Week 6 - Relapse Prevention Objectives: (1) Learn the difference between a lapse and a relapse. (2) Learn how to get back on track by implementing strategies that will keep you going (ex: If you know you have to go out of town - get a hotel with a gym) (3) Learn how to plan ahead, iden- tify potential times when you might relapse and develop relapse prevention strategies. (ex: If you know that you tend to get sick around exam time, get your friend Bob to help you get back to the gym after you’ve been away for a while. Week 7 - Physical Activity Objectives: (1) Identify new ways to become more active. (2) Enlist friends and family to help you come up with fun ways to be more active. (3) Reinforce previously successful strategies that got you active before. Week 8 - Reinforcement and Rewards Rewarding Yourself Objectives: (1) Learn the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. (2) Identify rewards that would motivate you to continue being active (ex: get a pedicure for every two weeks that you stay on your exercise program) (3) Identify the reasons that being active will be beneficial for the long-term future. (ex: by improving strength I will keep osteoporosis at bay) (4) Understand that physical activity can be fun and rewarding in itself (ex: being active makes me feel better about myself.) Next week I will continue the last eight weeks of this physically active plan. 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