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45
Western’s Daily Student Newspaper • Est.1906
Noble files
grievance
Speaker describes
war-torn Sudan
By Sarvenaz Kermanshahi
Gazette Staff
Western students got a closer look
at the crisis in Sudan last Thursday
— a conflict that has resulted in
ethnic cleansing, systematic rape
and sexual violence and the displacement of over two million people in the northeast African country.
“I dream of doing a lot of
things... We should all get together
and get something done,” said Innocent Lotara, a Sudanese national
who came to study at Western from
Kenya two months ago.
Lotara spoke about his life in
southern Sudan after a government
crackdown on rebel groups
renewed a violent 18-year civil war.
At age 10, Lotara was abducted
by rebel groups and taken to a soldier training camp.
“We were meant to carry heavy
machine guns for long distances.
We learned how to survive in the
jungle, to eat and drink less,” he
said.
After six months, Lotara escaped
from the camp, and after walking
several kilometers he reached a
Catholic church where a priest
arranged for Lotara, his brother and
his mother to escape to a refugee
camp in neighbouring Kenya.
“It was very traumatizing and
depressing for all of us,” he said,
Elmasry
apologizes
By Sarvenaz Kermanshahi
Gazette Staff
A professor at the University of
Waterloo issued an apology for
controversial statements he made
last month concerning the use of
violence against Israeli civilians.
The apology followed an official
rebuke and investigation by the
university’s administration.
“I categorically retract the statements I made on The Michael
Coren Show with respect to the targeting of civilians,” said Mohamed
Elmasry in a statement released
last week.
“The statements were an aberration. It has always been a core
belief of mine that killing civilians
— any civilians for any cause — is
an immoral act,” he said.
The university accepted Elmasry’s apology and will not take further action against the computer
engineering professor, confirmed
Martin Van Nierop, Waterloo’s
director of communications and
public affairs.
“He indicated he has never
done anything like this in the past.
Previous to the show he was a
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referring to the forced soldier
training.
Lotara stated young boys are
routinely abducted, trained to hate
their own village members and
taken into war.
“The aggressive soldiers are
the younger ones, because they
don’t care,” he said, adding some
child soldiers are traumatized
after war experiences to the point
of being mute.
In Kenya, Lotara attended high
school, and he and other Sudanese
refugees were provided for in part
by programs run by the United
Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees. However, Lotara noted
that “starting to live from scratch”
was difficult.
He added that a huge investment is not required to aid the people of Sudan. “Donating food or
clothing is enough.”
Lotara is currently studying
computer science, but plans to
return to his country after studying
at Western.
Tarek Loubani, a second-year
medical student, also spoke on
Thursday about his work in Iraq
this summer as a hospital volunteer.
“We must spare no expense in
ensuring the safety of the people of
Darfur,” Loubani said, referring to
the region in western Sudan where
the conflict has escalated in recent
years.
“We have the responsibility to
do something. It shows... we can
put our political differences aside
and see how many are suffering in
the world,” said Sameer Mal, copresident of the Western chapter of
the International Society for
Human Rights and Peace, which
sponsored the event.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2004
By Jonathan Yazer
Gazette Staff
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I WANT TO RIDE MY BICYCLE, I WANT TO RIDE MY BIKE. Director
of Campus Community Police Service Elgin Austen and Detective
Constable Steve Stokan of the London Police pose amidst recovered bicycles in the evidence room at London Police headquarters.
York University history professor
David Noble — who has been
accused of targeting Jewish members of the York community — is
pursuing legal action against the
school and other groups that he
claims have defamed his character
and unfairly limited his rights as a
teacher.
“I filed a grievance this morning against the university for
infringing on my academic freedom,” Noble said, adding he is
under instruction from his lawyer
not to discuss the case publicly.
According to Nancy White, a
spokesperson for York, Noble distributed a memo alleging that specific members of the York community expressed bias in favour of
Israel during a meeting of York’s
Solidarity for Palestinian Human
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Pan-Canadian policy framework
By Allison Buchan-Terrell
Gazette Staff
Last Wednesday, Canada’s Council of Ministers of Education and
the federal Minister of Human
Resources and Skills Development initiated the Pan-Canadian
Designation Policy Framework
in an effort to establish standards
for institutions designated to
receive financial aid.
Patrick
Codrington,
a
research policy analyst in the stu-
dent support branch of CMEC,
said all institutions designated
for financial assistance will have
to meet minimum criteria.
James Kusie, national director of the Canadian Alliance of
Student Associations, said the
framework will only affect four
per cent of the post-secondary
institutions in Canada.
“It comes at a cost for universities — asking them to comply
with measures they are already
complying with,” he said, adding
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GROW, MY LITTLE FRIENDS, SO YOU TOO CAN PHOTOSYNTHESIZE. Fourth-year genetics student
Nicholas Watkins tended to some of his beloved plants yesterday. Photosynthesis is part of the circle of life along with respiration, the Kreb’s cycle and Batman.
CMEC should instead focus on a
national program to gain agreement on the future of post-secondary education in Canada.
“I would disagree,” Codrington said, adding that all institutions will have to meet higher
standards under the new framework.
Kusie said it is an accountability measure for the Canadian
taxpayers to ensure the portion
of tax money spent on student
financial aid is used effectively.
“What we’re looking for is an
agreement between the federal
and provincial governments [in
regard to] a detailed federal transfer to education,” Kusie added.
“Students and taxpayers have
the same goal — to ensure postsecondary institutions are providing a high-quality level of
education. The framework
ensures a high level of education
is provided by institutions,”
Codrington said.
Alison Forbes, VP-education
for the University Students’
Council, said she recognized
where the direction of the framework is coming from but emphasized it is not the most important
issue in post-secondary education right now.
“Although it is not an overarching policy change, the fact
they made a Pan-Canadian
agreement is big,” she said.
Forbes echoed Kusie in the
call for a direct funding transfer
from the federal government.
She added it is important for
the federal government to define
its role, stating very few students
understand where student loan
money comes from.
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York denounces
professor’s material
Rights last Thursday evening.
“SPHR didn’t have this on [its]
agenda list,” White said. “This was
an impromptu act on [Noble’s]
part.”
White also stressed the views
outlined in Noble’s memo do not
reflect the position of the university.
“York does not have a position
on any foreign policy matter, nor
does it have any geopolitical objective,” she said.
Noble says he has been attacked
by York and other organizations
since he distributed the memo.
“York strongly condemns this
highly offensive material, which
singles out certain members of the
York community on the basis of
their ethnicity and alleged political
views, including philanthropic volunteers who serve on the board of
the York University Foundation,”
said Lorna Marsden, York University President and Vice-Chancellor, in
a joint statement made by York University, Hillel at York and SPHR.
The statement explained, “York
University, the York University
Foundation and student campus
groups Solidarity for Palestinian
Human Rights and Hillel at York
have joined together to denounce
material targeting Jewish members
of the York community.”
Talia Klein, director of Hillel at
York, said the York University
Foundation — the fundraising
arm of the school — cannot be
aligned with any political views,
contrary to what Noble claimed in
his memo.
“I would venture a guess that
[the YUF] really has no political
leaning of any sort,” Klein said.
“Its whole purpose is fundraising
— it doesn’t have a mandate to be
political.
“It really doesn’t matter who
comprises its board, because I
don’t think any individual political
belief would affect its decisions,”
she added.
“We certainly support the university taking any action to ensure
the university is free from bigotry
and the targeting of individuals,”
Klein noted.
White said the university is not
currently contemplating any official
disciplinary action against Noble.
“Our understanding is that basically what happened does not fall
under any existing codes of academic discipline,” she explained.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2004
News Briefs
Remembering Kaarlo
There will be a memorial service dedicated to the
life of Kaarlo Koskiala, the beloved general manager of CHRW 94.9FM and TV Western, this Wednesday afternoon.
Grant Stein, program director and interim manager at CHRW, said the memorial service will take
place at 2:30 p.m. in the University Community
Centre’s McKellar Room.
“He passed away from complications due to diabetes,” Stein said about Koskiala, adding all donations made during the service will be given to the
Canadian Diabetes Association.
Stein said the service will include addresses from
Western President Paul Davenport and acting University Students’ Council President Bryan Szemenyei. There will also be a memorial video and a
reading of the Lord’s Prayer.
Attendees will be given the chance to sign a
Condolences Book, Stein added.
Prior to the service on Wednesday, there will be
a visitation at James A. Harris Funeral Home (220
St. James St. at Richmond) on Tuesday night from
7-9 p.m., said James McMillan, news and sports
director at CHRW.
— Jonathan Yazer
Eat my Purple Shorts
Finally, a chance to join Broadway without leaving
London! The producers of the Purple Shorts festival
are looking for burgeoning actors to audition for a
role in one of their new productions.
The plays will be performed in late January, said
Gio Paola, University Students’ Council VP-student
affairs. “The auditions will be taking place Thursday, Nov. 25 from 7 to 9 p.m., Nov. 26 from 5 to 7
p.m. and Nov. 27 from 11 to 1 p.m., all in the University Community Centre Council Chambers.
“[Purple Shorts] is an annual theatre production
that is particularly student-oriented,” Paola said.
“When it comes to Purple Shorts, the plays are student-written, so it is an authentic student production. We get students to write the plays for us and
we align actors to those plays.
“The plays will be taking place in late January at
Conron Hall in University College. About eight
plays will be shown over three days and awards will
be given out at the end of the weekend,” he added.
Watch male strippers without feeling guilty
Fraternity boys will be showing off their produce at
The Wave on Thursday for the 10th annual Alpha
Phi ‘Mr. Greek’ event.
“So far there are 10 participants from nine different fraternities,” said Ekaterina Stepanova, Alpha
Phi’s VP-marketing.
“The proceeds will be given to the Canadian
Heart and Stroke Foundation and Women’s Cardiac
Health Care, Alpha Phi’s charity,” she added.
“It is a wet/dry event, so anyone can attend,”
Stepanova said. “The tickets will be $10 at the door
and [the event] starts at 9:30 p.m. — and the guys
are really, really hot.
“There will be four elements. First the intro,
which is a question and answer period, and then a
talent competition, formal wear and finally the
strip,” said Blair Holdu, Alpha Phi member and
director of the event.
“There will be door prizes throughout the night,
including gift certificates to the spa,” Holdu added,
recommending that everyone come out and see hot
frat boys stripping for charity.
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Newf—oil—land
ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. (CP) — Air and ship crews were
keeping an eye on an oil spill off the coast of Newfoundland Monday as containment crews waited
out stormy weather to take action.
Up to 40,000 litres of crude oil was dumped into
the ocean early Sunday morning during a mechanical
malfunction at the Terra Nova offshore oil platform.
“This is the largest oil spill to date in the Newfoundland offshore,” said Simone Keough, spokeswoman for the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore
Petroleum Board that monitors the industry in the
province.
The board has suspended operations at Terra
Nova until further notice.
By Monday, two board investigators were at the
site of the spill, in the ocean 350 kilometres southeast of St. John’s.
“We are very closely monitoring the clean-up,”
said Keough.
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moderate,” Van Nierop said.
Halton Regional Police Services
are investigating the show, including comments made by other participants, said Sergeant Jeff Corey,
public affairs officer for HRPS.
Other panel participants in the
show, which was aired Oct. 19,
have also taken heat for their statements, including a B’nai Brith official who resigned after making
controversial comments regarding
the appropriateness of Israeli statesponsored terrorism.
“The theme of the investigation
is whether or not statements made
during the interview would be
considered hate crimes by definition under the Criminal Code,”
Corey said.
Corey stated hate crimes are a
unique offense and HRPS needs
the permission of the Attorney
General’s Office to lay charges.
The statements made by Elmasry violated the university’s memorandum of employment, which
says faculty members cannot make
statements in violation of the
Criminal Code, Van Nierop stated.
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problems with aggressive driving. At the end of the day, 139
tickets were issued, the majority
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FROM SUDAN TO WESTERN. First-year computer science student and Sudanese national Innocent Lotara spoke Thursday at
a session sponsored by the Western chapter of the International Society for Human Rights and Peace.
In addition to crime, The Usual
Suspects will examine another
theme this week: transportation.
Many students choose bicycles
as their primary mode of transportation, and this year has seen
an especially high number of
bicycles stolen.
“In early September 2004,
there was a marked increase in
bicycle thefts in the core and
north end of London,” said Constable Jeff Arbing, public information officer with the London
Police Department.
An ongoing investigation into
bikes stolen from campus and
around London by the LPD and
Campus Community Police Service culminated in the execution
of search warrants at two local
pawn shops. A total of 103 stolen
bikes was recovered and seized.
Thirty-three-year-old Andrew
Howe has been arrested and
charged with three counts of possession of stolen property.
Campus police and the LPD
are working to identify all owners
of the stolen bicycles. Bikes will
only be released to those who
have filed a formal report of theft
with the LPD.
Arbing also noted yesterday
that 14 officers from police services within the surrounding four
counties travelled to London in
order to assist the LPD traffic
management unit with a one-day
traffic blitz.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2004
The Gazette
Volume 98, Issue 45
“Everybody favours free speech in the slack moments
when no axes are being ground.”
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Freedom of
speech or hate?
Following the uproar over University of Waterloo professor Mohamed Elmasry’s controversial comments on The
Michael Coren Show, Elmasry issued a formal apology
— and a retraction of his statement that Israeli citizens
over the age of 18 were acceptable targets for suicide
bombers — that was accepted by the university. The
administration at UW also announced that it has no plans
to levy any further disciplinary action on Elmasry; the
apology has thus been deemed sufficient.
In an unrelated incident, York University publicly
condemned the actions of professor David Noble last Friday after Noble distributed material — deemed by the
university as targeting Jewish students on the basis of
their ethnicity and alleged political views — to attendees
of a Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights film presentation. In the material in question, Noble noted that the
York University Foundation is “biased by the presence
and influence of staunch pro-Israel lobbyists, activities
and fundraising agencies.”
These incidents show two highly dissimilar reactions
to the behaviours of the professors employed by notable
Canadian universities. In the case of Elmasry, the university chose to stand behind the professor, despite a vicious
media tornado encircling the event and repeated calls
from outside organizations to dismiss Elmasry or force
his resignation. But in Noble’s case, York’s administration denounced its professor’s actions quite adamantly
and with seemingly little outside provocation.
Is there a right way to deal with professors when they
take freedom of speech too far or skirt the line that separates ‘free speech’ from ‘hate speech’? Furthermore,
how do we determine what is too far, and where exactly
do we draw this infamous line?
When it comes down to it, that might be an issue best
left for the courts to resolve as opposed to universities.
The Criminal Code provides a definition of — and
recourse for dealing with — hate crimes, and if professors do not commit offenses grievous enough to merit
prosecution, universities should not be instructing them
as to what they can and cannot say.
Universities have long been lauded as the ‘last bastion
of free speech.’ While this should never give professors
license to spew hatred, it is nonetheless dangerous to create an environment in which self-censorship seems an
attractive alternative to creating discourse and opening
the floor to divergent ideologies.
It is also important to remember that professors do
not act as mouthpieces for the schools at which they
happen to be employed. On the Coren show, Elmasry
was speaking in his capacity as president of the Canadian Islamic Congress, not on behalf of the University of Waterloo. Assuming that a university endorses
the views and opinions of its entire professoriat in
blanket fashion is both irrational and potentially
destructive.
In defense
of Israel
Re: “UCC display hurtful,” Nov. 19,
2004
To the Editor:
My heart was saddened and angered by
the letter written by Aiman Jasar in Friday’s edition of The Gazette. I would
like to ask this person exactly why he or
she was affected by the Ethiopian Jews
Art exhibit, because from reading the
letter I was not able to understand what
this person was attempting to prove.
First, according to the writer of the letter, the art exhibit was “shocking, stressing and disheartening.” Why? The fact
that Ethiopian Jews were able to move
from their original country to the state of
Israel does not in any way lessen the
hardships they experienced. Many countries, including Canada, open their doors
to those who have experienced hardships
of any type in their country of origin.
As someone who comes from a family that has experienced the need to
move away from its original home, I
would assume that the writer would be
more understanding of this. Second, the
language used by the writer of this letter
is accusatory, completely untrue and
unnecessary to get one’s point across.
The Jewish people, after the horrors they
endured in the Holocaust, did not “target” Palestine for their home. The Jewish people simply traveled to a place
they consider their rightful home, as the
United Nations acknowledged in 1948.
Contrary to the belief of the writer,
Jews did not declare the state of Israel —
the United Nations did. In addition, after
its establishment, Israel invited Jews
from all over the world to come live in
Israel if they wanted, or needed to. As an
established country, Israel has every
right to do this. The writer questions
what there is to exhibit. My answer is
that Jewish unity and support for those
less fortunate than us is what there is to
exhibit, and I believe that is definitely
something worth celebrating.
Meredith Guberman
Social Science I
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To the Editor:
I am enraged after reading Aiman Jasar’s
letter. First, Jasar suggests that after the
Holocaust, the Jewish people should
have looked for a country that welcomed
them. Unfortunately there were very few
nations willing to open their doors.
In fact, Canada had implemented a
“none is too many policy” and only
accepted 5,000 Jewish refugees during
the Nazi’s 12-year regime. Second, he
claims that the Jewish people murdered
the Arabs, stole their land and established the state of Israel. On Nov. 29,
1947, the United Nations passed a resolution that legally recognized a home for
the Jewish people in the formerly British
mandated Palestine.
Furthermore, 82 per cent of the land
partitioned to the Jewish people was at
that time owned by the British or by
Jewish settlers. Third, just like Canada,
Israel is an accepting nation and the
exhibit in the UCC displayed this. In the
early 1980s the Ethiopian government
forbade the practice of Judaism and
forced conscription on many Jewish
boys at the age of 12.
Three historic airlifts — Moses
(1984), Joshua (1985) and Solomon
(1991) — brought 42,000 Ethiopian
Jews to Israel. This is the only situation
in history where Africans were brought
to another country as free people and not
as slaves.
Thank you for turning a display on
multiculturalism into a political debate.
Israel wants peace, and unfortunately it is
people like you who spread false information that acts as its primary obstacle.
Stephen Libin
Integrated Engineering & HBA V
To the Editor:
I am writing in response to Aiman
Jasar’s letter to The Gazette. Does
Aiman believe that since Palestinian
people inhabited part of Israel prior to its
Declaration of Independence, others
with equally valid territorial claims
should be prevented from settling there?
What if those people were escaping
religious persecution? For someone with
such strong opinions about freedom from
persecution, how can Aiman be willing
to let non-Palestinians suffer under racial
and religious bigotry? Perhaps Aiman
doesn’t know why Ethiopian Jews left
their homeland to begin with.
Their immigration to Israel was not an
‘experiment in colonization’; it was the
evacuation of a suffering people. The
Ethiopians who moved to Israel wished to
leave a nation that did not accept or tolerate their presence. They were fortunate
enough to be accepted into a democratic,
multicultural and ethnically diverse
nation. In fact, there are people from over
70 different nations now living in Israel.
Furthermore, Aiman insults and
degrades the experiences of all Holocaust survivors with his unfounded and
uneducated comments. Jews who emigrated from Europe did not invade a
Palestinian state. It was, in fact, under
British rule. As Churchill and other leaders realized, it was impossible for Jews
to live “freely and happily” under the
governance of an existing nation.
In the future, Mr. Jasar should research
his opinions more carefully before submitting them to the student newspaper.
Jonathan Ruelens
History II
Stop the
complaints!
To the Editor:
Would people please stop complaining about the strip club advertisements? Does anyone actually look at
those things? Besides, hasn’t anyone
taken a look around and seen a much
more obvious source of the objectification of women?
Without bad-mouthing any religions
or cities, is it not possible that the greatest cause of the problem on campus lies
with all these tanned, hair-streaking,
Paris Hilton wannabes? They aren’t
exactly promoting a socially healthy
image, people!
Stop complaining to The Gazette simply because it won’t slap you in the face
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want to bitch about something, put a little more reasoning into it.
Chad Lannon
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Arts & Entertainment
Meh to Music’s music
the single girl
by anna coutts
GREEN DAY
“BOULEVARD OF
BROKEN DREAMS”
★★★★
Few believed that this popular
punk group could ever return to the
beloved status it maintained a
decade ago.
With the success of the first single “American Idiot” and the quality of this surefire success second
single, Green Day proves it can
pull off one fantastic comeback.
“Broken Dreams” is a slower,
more melodic tune than “American
Idiot,” but it’s just as addictive.
With the track’s catchy guitar
riffs and slightly darker lyrics,
Green Day seems to have matured
musically, and it works.
Gazette File Photo
“HEY YOU! DOWN IN FRONT!” SpongeBob is allowed to be excited, since he’s starring in his first
movie. For anyone else that acts up in a theatre, prepare to be bombarded with popcorn and soda.
VANESSA CARLTON
“WHITE HOUSES”
Squaring off with SpongeBob
Just as the summer film White
Chicks suggested, Vanessa Carlton’s music deserves mocking.
While her voice is undoubtedly
beautiful, it’s too sugary sweet for
more than one lovey-dovey single.
Unfortunately, “White Houses”
sounds practically the same as all
her past singles. In an attempt to
show off her vocal skills, Carlton
once again creates a song that is far
too repetitive, with no intriguing
lyrics or truly enticing chorus.
Instead, she gives us more
corny lines like “He’s so funny in
his bright red shirt/We were all the
love and we all got hurt.” When
your lyrics are so lame that that
even the Wayans brothers are
mocking you, it’s time to try something else.
SpongeBob Squarepants the Movie
Starring the voices of: Tom Kenny, Doug
Lawrence, Bill Fagerbakke
Directed by: Sherm Cohen, Mark Osborne and
Stephen Hillenburg
By Dominika L. Grzelak
Gazette Staff
and
Ivan Barker
Gazette Writer
SpongeBob Squarepants is worth checking out
whether or not you are a SpongeBob fan — regardless
of your age, heart condition or species. Although this
movie is predominantly a cartoon, there is literally
something in it for everyone, including action, adventure, comedy and even partial nudity.
Besides cartoons, SpongeBob features live action
sequences, 3D animation and several other creative
escapades, including musical numbers and tons of
crazy, out-of-the-blue hijinks.
The movie begins with SpongeBob (Kenny) excited for the grand opening of the Krusty Krab 2, which
serves the delicious Krabby Patty. As SpongeBob is
heading to the ceremony, the nefarious Plankton
(Lawrence) plots the execution of Plan Z, a fool-proof
plan to get the secret formula for the Krabby Patty.
Plankton begins his plan by stealing the crown of Neptune, the King of the Sea, and framing Mr. Krabs by
leaving a note that says “I stole your crown” and signing Krabs’s name.
To prevent King Neptune from executing Mr.
Krabs, SpongeBob and his best friend Patrick (Fagerbakke) must set out to prove that they are not “bubble-
blowing babies” and conquer monsters of the deep —
including Dennis the assassin and even a Cyclops — to
get to Shell City and get back King Neptune’s crown.
The combination of slapstick comedy, one-liners
and adult humour makes this movie “coral,” as they
say in SpongeBob’s world. The plot of the movie and
the introduction of new characters make it very easy to
follow for people who aren’t familiar with the cartoon.
Although the plot is well-constructed and easy to
follow, most of the jokes are actually not aimed at
kids. Out of an entire theatre filled with young
SpongeBob fans, the ones who were laughing the
loudest were the university students, some of whom
actually had tears coming out of their eyes.
Sequences not meant for children included SpongeBob and Patrick overdosing on ice cream at the Goofy
Goober parlour — after which their symptoms closely
resemble a hangover — along with Patrick wearing
fishnet stockings and hooker boots.
The three directors do an excellent job melding
together the cartoon and live action sequences in the
film. The cartoons and people are integrated very well:
the fact that the characters are talking to each other is
completely believable.
The voice acting is also well done. In addition to
the usual cast of the TV cartoon, Scarlett Johansson,
James Earl Jones and Alec Baldwin also pop up in
guest roles. Baldwin stands out as particularly funny
as Dennis the hitman. David Hasselhoff plays himself
during the live action shots, as he helps SpongeBob
and Patrick in their quest to get the crown.
Although there are slight changes from the cartoon,
and there are many characters who play major roles in
the show but aren’t really featured in the film, SpongeBob surpasses all expectations. It definitely merits five
stars... or, in honour of Patrick, five starfish.
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THE MUSIC
“BREAKIN’”
★★★
★
This song will get your head bopping along to its catchy beat.
Lead singer Rob Harvey’s voice
is drowned out by the instrumentals for the majority of the track,
which is a pity because his voice is
definitely a strong contributor to
the band’s interesting sound.
Listeners will likely not miss
the fairly bland lyrics of the track,
but the repetitious sound of “Uhoh-uh-oh-yeah” plays a large role
in keeping the song catchy enough
to be a semi-entertaining tune.
While its lyrical talents need to
be improved and its vocals amplified, this single does display The
Music’s instrumental talents and
shows that this band is full of
potential.
THE KILLERS
“MR. BRIGHTSIDE”
★★★★
It’s rare that a band with a massive
first hit single can manage to return
with an even better second single,
but The Killers have proven to be a
rare exception.
After the fun-filled lyrics and
danceable beats offered up in
“Somebody Told Me,” “Mr.
Brightside” is an upbeat ballad that
portrays equally fun lyrics intertwined with catchy guitar riffs.
Lyrics like “Jealousy, turning
saints into the sea/Swimming
through sick lullabies/Choking on
your alibis” rival the now infamous
“You had a boyfriend/who looked
like a girlfriend” line from “Somebody Told Me.”
This band has found a unique
sound that is sure to offer several
more singles in the near future.
BILLY TALENT
“NOTHING TO LOSE”
★★★
The lyrics — as per usual in a Billy
Talent song — are fantastic. Lines
like “All the angels I know/Put
concrete in my veins” are simultaneously creative, innovative and
catchy.
“Nothing to Lose” is a slowerpaced tune than the band’s last few
hits. While it’s still a good track,
lead singer Ben Kowalewicz’s
voice is much better suited to the
spastic screaming that has come to
define Billy Talent. Kowalewicz
can pull off mellow singing,
but it’s not on the same level as
when he really rocks out.
As typical with a mellow rock
ballad, the instrumentals are a little blah. But considering this tune
is the fourth single from the
band’s self-titled album, it does
prove once more that Billy Talent
isn’t a one-hit
wonder.
T h i s
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not be as
stellar as
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Hone s t y, ”
but it’s
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Tuesday, November 23, 2004
The porn store diaries
Tie on
the wall
Tie Um
Graphics Editor
Since it appears that I’m the only
editor at The Gazette who has ever
worked as a porn store clerk, I am
therefore the only editor that can
give you a qualified exposé of
some of the craziness that goes on
behind those opaque white windows.
So, it’s time to make like a
pornographic Vice magazine feature and give you the dos and
don’ts when inside a porn store.
DO: Have an employee test any
of the electronic toys you plan on
purchasing. All porn stores in the
history of the world are supposed
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store accepts returned toys.
I don’t care if you have a
receipt, I’d rather watch Terms of
Endearment alone with Elton John
than touch that thing. Once it’s out
the door it’s either in your bum or
in the garbage. I don’t know,
maybe you can send them to a
recycling plant if they don’t smell
too badly of ass.
DO: If you’re a professional in
the current workforce, visit the
store during your lunch breaks!
There’s no dress code, which is
why I’ve seen people show up with
coffee stains on their suit from
when they were, how shall I say,
“pulling their file” at the office.
Or perhaps you can visit fresh
from a sewer, reeking of that
unmistakable potpourri of vermin
excrement that adds the subtlest of
finishing touches to your elegant,
city-issued ensemble. Without it,
you’d just be another dork in a
reflective vest.
When you arrive, Mr. Professional, you’ll get to our door only
to find it locked, with bystanders
watching and judging you as you
stand there with your motives obvious to all, and me watching and
laughing from my car in the parking lot on my own super-long
lunch break.
DO: Go into a porn store and
inquire about the most bizarre
product you can find, while pretending you don’t speak a word of
English.
If you’re lucky, the clerk might
give you a hilarious gesture-laced
demonstration of the product.
But generally they’ll just spit it
straight up with a painfully delib-
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it. And then... you have... SEX...
with it.”
This is a lot better than the time
I tried to explain to an old Indian
guy that the small size of the vibrator shouldn’t be a danger, because
it’s generally for clitoral stimulation and shouldn’t be deep inside
enough to lose in the first place.
DON’T: Try to lie to the
employees. We’ve heard it all
before.
A lot of the time people will
present long narrative reasons as to
why they’re buying a heavy rubber
mold of Jill Kelly’s pelvis and privates, because they want to make it
clear that it’s not THEM that’s
going straight home to hit that rubber like it owes them money. It’s
always “a present” for a “friend.”
There’s also usually a prepared
back story, like how this “gift” is
inspired by the “friend’s” wicked
anecdote he once told about how
much he loves the vagina.
Stories like these generally
wake me up from my hangover and
make me wonder how you’re
going to hide that monster from
your mother’s bi-weekly visits to
your tiny, lonely basement apartment you share with your pet
snake, Vader.
If you’re wondering why there’s
only one Don’t... well, there’s not
much you can’t do in a porn store.
Hanks deciphers Da Vinci:
Dan Brown’s best-selling novel,
The Da Vinci Code, is coming to
the big screen. The film will
reunite the team of star Tom
Hanks and director Ron
Howard, the dynamic duo
behind Apollo 13 and Splash. If
the movie is half as exciting as
the book, it’ll be a huge success.
The Law we love: His great acting and hotness have been highly regarded in the past, but 2004
has become Jude Law’s breakout year. He’s starred in half a
dozen films (including the
upcoming Closer), and People
Magazine has named him its
“Sexiest Man Alive.” Coming in
at second place, Gazette sports
editor Aron Yeomanson. Better
luck next year, pal.
Saturday night with U2: U2 hit
the stage of Saturday Night Live
this weekend, putting all other
SNL musical guests this season
to shame. We guess SNL decided
it was time to get a band that
knew a thing or two about performing live — props to Bono
for not lip-synching! The best
part is that U2 got three songs
instead of the usual two.
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It’s Stripper Lion Safari: A
stripper has decided to sue
African Lion Safari after she was
attacked by one the park’s feisty
felines. She claims that the scars
she supposedly received have
prevented her from becoming a
feature dancer and left her
trapped in the “freelance” lap
dancer position she currently
holds. You’d think she would be
used to being pawed at by ravenous beasts.
Moldy old Mary, anyone?: A
half-eaten grilled cheese sandwich, which appears to have a
picture of the Virgin Mary on it,
is currently up for grabs on eBay.
The woman selling it claims it
has brought her good luck, and
apparently people are believing
the cheese this woman is dishing
out — to date, people have bid
almost $20,000 for a chance to
own this half eaten slab.
WWJD? Not spend 20 grand on
a damn cheese sandwich.
Flagrant foul: Last Friday’s
NBA game between the Detroit
Pistons and the Indiana Pacers
ended in an ugly brawl when
Indiana’s Ron Artest went into
the stands to attack a spectator
who threw a cup of beer at him.
The NBA: it’s fan-tastic!
Sports
P7—Tuesday, November 23, 2004
ON DECK:
Examining fan violence in sports... Wednesday
Champions’ Cup puts women’s football on the map
By Matt Larkin
Gazette Staff
As hundreds of hard-working athletes proved on Sunday, tossing the
old pigskin around is no longer a
task reserved purely for men.
Sunday’s third annual Champions’ Cup, a women’s flag football
tournament that pits Western’s residences and affiliates against each
other, saw nine different teams battling for the title and crowds of raucous supporters for each squad.
In the end, the Medway-Sydenham Hall Vixens hoisted the Cup for
the second straight year, winning
21-7 in the final over the Elgin Hall
Heat. The game never truly
appeared in doubt for the repeat
champions, as they overpowered
the Heat with their speed on offense
and smothering defensive coverage.
The event is an extension of the
Brescia Bowl, a one-day annual
game between Medway-Sydenham
Hall and Brescia that was inaugurated in 1978 when Sydenham Hall
was still an all-female residence.
The Champions’ Cup was
founded two years ago by organizers who wanted to include all residences in competition and give
more than one game to the participants who train for months leading
up to the event. Sunday’s all-day
affair commenced with a round
robin at Brescia Field and ended
under the lights of TD Waterhouse
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the tournament’s birth in 2002,
braved the cold for almost 15
hours and commented on the
improving standard of play. He
also noted that women are as competitive — if not more so — than
most male football players.
“Over the last three years I think
play has become spectacular,” he
said. “In previous years there were
two dominant teams, but this year
there’s a major difference. The
games have become much closer.
The athleticism and comradery on
the teams have been excellent.”
As Vixen slotback Holly Prince
noted after celebrating her team’s
victory, the Champions’ Cup represents the emergence of women’s
flag football as a legitimate sport.
“It totally opens the door,”
Prince said. “The fact that this tournament has been going on for three
years now and that more residences
have been added each year shows
that there are enough girls out there
playing that we could get a flag
football team together at the varsity level. Maybe there will be interest from other universities as well.”
“I think you see the popularity
increase year-to-year — you see
the talent level improving and I
think that the play is pretty high
class,” added Heat wide receiver
and Elgin Hall President Amy Bi.
Each team put in months of ded-
icated training to prepare for Sunday, as tournament organizer and
Vixen team manager Dave Joyce
explained.
“We start by developing basic
skills like throwing and catching,”
Joyce said. “We then run specific
drills to find out who is strong at
certain positions. Later on we start
working on set plays. We have a
play book. It’s classified.”
“We make it widely publicized
throughout our residence that
everyone’s invited and no cuts are
made,” Prince said. “It’s amazing
that we have people who have been
athletes all their lives and others
who have never played anything
before, all working together.”
Prince also made a point of honouring the members of her coaching staff.
“They encourage everyone to
get out and play,” she said. “They
don’t create a sense of obligation
— people come to the team really
wanting to play.”
In playing a sport stereotypically reserved for men in the past, the
Champions’ Cup players faced
some mental hurdles.
“I can speak for Elgin personally — the general response is one of
support for our team,” Bi said.
“There are those individuals who
don’t take it seriously and see it as a
silly sport — just girls banging each
other around — but I think when
you see the quality of the play you
W e l c o m e t o T h e G a z e t te
realize that this is not the case.”
“While it is for fun, a lot of the
girls try really hard and some of
them are perfectionists,” Joyce
said. “Some are hard on themselves
if they have a poor practice. But it’s
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After suffering its first loss of the
season the previous weekend, the
Western Mustangs women’s volleyball team got back on track
against the Lakehead Thunderwolves on Friday night.
Before a large crowd at Alumni
Hall, Western managed to improve
its record to 7-1 on the year, easily
defeating a weak Lakehead squad
in straight sets by scores of 25-12,
25-16 and 25-9.
Throughout the match, the
Thunderwolves were crippled by
their inability to communicate on
the court, leading to many free
balls and easy Western points.
Following the match, Lakehead
coach Kathy Clouthier blamed the
Thunderwolves’ troubles on inexperience, injury and fatigue.
“We’re still a very young
team,” she explained. “We’re still
learning the game. We also had
two players playing who don’t
usually play because we had to
leave two of our key players at
home with injuries.”
While underlining the woes of
her now 1-8 team as the chief
explanation for the lopsided loss,
Clouthier was also quick to point
to Western’s strengths on the floor.
“The other side of tonight’s
game was that Western is a much
more polished team than we are,”
she said. “They’ve played at a
higher level more consistently than
we have. Western does all the little
things really well. They dig very
well; some of our balls would have
been on the floor against other
teams.”
One of the key ‘deep diggers’
for the Mustangs was Alexis
Karpacz. The second-year kinesiology major chipped in with 10
digs while partaking in two games.
Following a strong performance,
she cited the Mustangs’ poise and
confidence as keys to the victory.
“Tonight we were really confident coming into the game,” she
said. “We came out and did our job
and didn’t take Lakehead lightly.
We kept our composure and were
able to build confidence throughout the match.”
Building confidence was a key
for the Mustangs, after having surrendered first place in Ontario
University Athletics to the Laurier
Golden Hawks just one week earlier.
“We had a rough weekend at
Laurier last week,” Western head
coach Dean Lowrie said. “That
loss stung a little bit, so it was really important for us to come out
tonight, play well and recover a little bit emotionally and gain some
confidence.”
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642-7469
98.41.C.04
149 Oxford Street East
(west of Richmond)