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2006/10/19
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The university of Winnipeg student weekly OCT 19, 2006 vol. 61
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03 Conservatives Cut Student Job Funding
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13 Artist Village Lights Up Main Street
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CFS Estimates thousands of jobs have been lost
University of Winnipeg Students establish unofficial NGO
north main project continutes to grow
wesmen volleyball preview
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Gerald Stephen, Julienne Isaacs, Stephen Spence, Brooke
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LOCATION
Room ORM14
University of Winnipeg
515 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9
Cover Image
Christian Worthington’s art will
be showing at The Edge artist village
and gallery, 611 Main street.
This show runs until Nov. 1.
Saturday, Oct. 21st Christian
Worthington will be giving an
artist’s talk at 2:00 p.m.
Beat Reporter
I
ncumbent Donald Benham was first elected
to city council in the 2004 by-election and,
along with Councillor Jenny Gerbasi, has
formed the mayor’s “official” opposition. He is
facing considerable challenge to his re-election. Two conservative candidates are hoping
to oust Benham and his unwavering drive for
Bus Rapid Transit: Jennifer Zyla, first vice-president of the Progressive Conservative Party of
Manitoba, and Brenda Leipsic, who co-chaired
the dinner at Mayor Sam Katz’s City Summit
conference this past spring.
Other than previous terms on council, what experience will you bring to
City Hall?
JZ: My husband and I own a business called Nu West Decorating. What
that is, is a commercial paint and wall
company. We wallpaper and paint offices and shopping malls, that kind of
thing. We’ve owned this business since
1992 and every day I experience the inability to find skilled labour. Our jobs
are delayed because of the slow permits department. Every year, I pay the
business tax and ask myself, “What
benefit am I getting?” That’s the primary experience I would bring. I’m a
business owner.
DB: I have taught at the U of W. I
developed the curriculum for Politics
and the Mass Media, which I taught for
3 or 4 terms, and I adapted that to continuing education. I was also a journalism instructor at Red River College
for seven years, and during that time,
I perceived a need for a relationship
with university. I persuaded both the
U of W and Red River to develop a joint
communications program. As a result,
the graduates get two years of university education, which I think teaches
about the big picture, and two years
of very practical training. So that’s
something important to me. I’ve been
a journalist, working at the Winnipeg
Tribune, The Sun and CBC radio. I’ve
also had time in public relations and
political communications. I was director of PR at the U of W, and I know a lot
about the U of W as a result.
BL: I have a background as a marketing and fundraising consultant.
I have served on many community
groups, boards and foundations, and
believe it is always important for all
of us to serve our community and volunteer. Communities could not exist
without volunteerism. I believe in education. I went back to university
myself to complete an advanced BA,
and I think that’s critical to giving us
the ability to make good decisions and
to work with all people.
Major issue facing your ward?
JZ: The first one would be safety
of property, automobile break-ins and
theft, that kind of thing. I’m told stories on every single street of patio lanterns being stolen, shrubs being dug
out of the yard - that sort of petty
crime. In addition to that, you would
be surprised at the number of people
who deadbolt themselves into their
house, even though River Heights-Fort
Garry is statistically not a hotbed of
crime. Where there’s a perception, in
my view, there’s a reality, and we need
to fix that.
DB: I think first and most urgent is
infrastructure. That’s something most
candidates will agree on. I have said
that people in River Heights, because
of the value of their homes, pay some
of the highest taxes for some of the
worst roads. We are one of the worst
wards, by any objective measure, for
roads in Winnipeg, and we fall further
behind all the time. We shouldn’t be
taxing people on their houses for their
roads. We need federal money. The
$13 billion surplus the federal government announced last week should go
to roads. We could take just $2 billion
of that and use it right away. I want the
federal government to transfer income
tax points to the city to pay for infrastructure.
BL: I’ve knocked on thousands of
doors, and the main issues in the ward
overall is neighbourhood safety. As I
was campaigning this weekend, there
were two break-ins on streets I visited.
It’s all over the community, whether
it’s Fort Garry, Lindenwoods, or River
Heights. Homes are being invaded
while people are in them. Second biggest problem is infrastructure. There’s
no joy or pride in being called the
“Pothole Capital.” Our infrastructure
requires great improvement and longterm strategic planning.
Bus Rapid Transit – will it help
alleviate Winnipeg’s transit woes?
JZ: I have to tell you, that when I
first heard of Rapid Transit, I thought
it was light rail. When I discovered that
it was Bus Rapid Transit, the first question for me was, “Winnipeg Transit
has been struggling for decades with
ridership issues, and what has been
their solution?” To raise fares, and that
again reduces ridership. If we’re going
to have BRT, we have to look at the
problems rooting it, and what the fares
would be. We need to look further at it,
and look smarter at it.
DB: I’m delighted to talk about
BRT. I ran on BRT in 2004. I made it
part of my policy brochure. As soon it
was threatened, I went into high gear
to save it. As a councillor, I have very
consistently supported it. I introduced
a motion as recently as last month to
set aside $5.5 million a year in order
to build BRT. That’s what we need to
be serious. If we don’t set aside the
money, this thing will never be built.
Light rail costs eight times as much to
build it, and then you have to buy the
trains. We just need to build roads for
buses. Once that happens, transit will
compete with automobiles on price,
speed and comfort.
BL: I’m hearing people all across
the ward saying they want improvement, and people favour the Rapid
Transit concept. But again, there’s a
vast population in southwest Winnipeg
that is getting even larger, that Waverly
and Kenaston cannot accommodate.
What’s the plan for five years, ten years
from now? I don’t see any.
What needs to happen to improve
the state of Winnipeg streets?
JZ: As I’ve been knocking on doors,
everyone seems to accept the fact that
our roads are bad. No one will dispute
that. It seems Winnipeggers have come
to terms with the fact that our roads are
never going to be perfect. The reason
why this happened to begin with is because Winnipeg has never ever had a
long-term infrastructure renewal and
development plan. Once and for all, we
have to make a long-term plan looking
at traffic flow and population projections, and ward land use.
DB: Like I said before, it would
cost $2 billion to bring Winnipeg infrastructure up to standard. The federal
government doesn’t know what to do
with $13 billion? Just send $2 billion of
it over here. Of course, that’s not going
to happen, but we should move some
of the taxing power to the city. Instead
of the money going to the federal government, it would go to the city.
BL: We have to get a grip on our finances, so that money is allocated well,
and properly distributed so that we
don’t have these terrible roads. Visitors
to Winnipeg notice this immediately.
The big thing is maintenance. If we
were maintaining our roads properly,
we wouldn’t have these problems. It
always amazes me that roads built by
the Romans hundreds and hundreds
of years ago are still being used. And
ours can’t last one winter?
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October 19, 2006
NEWS
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$55 million cut from student job program
Michelle Dobrovolny
Beat Reporter
S
tudent lobby groups from across
Canada are gearing up for a fight to
preserve funding for student summer
jobs. Service cuts announced by the federal government in September include a 60
per cent budget slash to the Summer Career
Placement Program, which subsidizes wages
in career-related positions for students. With a
total funding cut of $55 million, the Canadian
Federation of Students estimates that 22,000
student jobs have been lost.
Stacy Senkbeil, Manitoba chairperson to
the Canadian Federation of Students, said the
cuts were a major topic of discussion at a CFS
conference in Ottawa last week.
“There have been student representatives from across Canada meeting with senators and MPs. We’ve had a good response in
that people didn’t realize how much had been
cut,” she said. “Some of the Conservative MPs
said they were cutting waste, but we told them
the program is not just about getting money
for tuition. It’s also about getting experience.
It’s training for future careers.”
Arranged through the constituency offices of local MPs, Career Placement jobs are
government partnerships with public, private
or not-for-profit employers. Any business
or organization can apply, but it must offer
career experience for high school or post-secondary students.
“It’s not like Safeway or Burger King are
applying, and getting students to flip burgers,” said Senkbeil.
Winnipeg North MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis
said the program has been beneficial in her
riding, both for organizations who gain an
employee at reduced cost and for the student
who gets a beefed-up resume and money for
the coming year’s tuition.
“We only get funding for about 100 students per year, but that little bit helps small
businesses and agencies, and gives invaluable
experience to students. A cut of any number
will be very hard for us,” said Wasylycia-Leis.
“We could do a lot more. Surely, we’re all interested in youth employment.”
Last summer, Winnipeg ridings had on
average about 100 such jobs. According to
CFS estimates, the funding cut will reduce the
number to 75 jobs per riding.
Speaking for Human Resources and
Social Development Canada, media manager
Alain Garceau said that he didn’t know where
Some of the Conservative
MPs said they were cutting
waste, but we told them the
program is not just about
getting money for tuition.”
-Stacy Senkbeil,
MB chairperson of CFS
the CFS numbers came from, since HRSDC
had not yet calculated any statistics, but admitted that there would certainly be readjustment as a result of the cuts.
“This is an important program, and it
U of W works towards a greener campus
Julienne Isaacs
T
he University of Winnipeg is getting greener. On Tuesday, Oct. 3,
U of W’s Board of Regents officially approved a new Sustainability
Policy for the campus. The policy, which
offers a definition of sustainability as
“the capacity of a thing, action, activity or process to be maintained indefinitely and meeting the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs,” will act as a guideline and
springboard for future sustainability
policies and initiatives.
Mark Burch, who works as
Coordinator in the U of W’s Sustainability
Office, says the policy leads the way for
the approval of six subsidiary policies,
which will deal with administration,
water and risk management, transportation, and sustainability planning and
development. “We need to do something within the University because it
is a public institution,” he says. “The
policy should change everything.”
Among
other
things,
the
Sustainability Office is working on
making the U of W Kyoto-compliant—
which is no easy feat. Many of its buildings, as Burch points out, are 30 to 100
years old, and were not built with a
concern for sustainability. Inefficient
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heating practices are a big drain on
efficiency. Achieving Kyoto-compliance, says Burch, would require a 20
per cent reduction in greenhouse gas
emissions.
We need to do something
within the University because
it is a public institution.
The policy should change
everything.”
-Mark Burch,
Coordinator of U of W’s
Sustainability Office
The Sustainability Office is relatively new to U of W—it came into existence in the spring of 2005, after
President Lloyd Axworthy committed
to seeking sustainable solutions at the
March OmniTRAX/Broe Quest: North
conference held in Winnipeg. In July
2005 the first Sustainability Task Force
was assembled, and began to work immediately on developing a Sustainability
Management System. The Task Force,
which is comprised of 20 volunteers in-
cluding students, faculty, and administration, attempts to implement sustainability practices on three levels: economic, environmental, and social.
The U of W’s student-run environmentalist groups EcoMAFIA (Ecological
Males and Females in Action) and
SUNSET (Sustainable University Now,
Sustainable Earth Tomorrow) work
cooperatively with the Task Force to
reduce the U of W’s ecological footprint,
though the organizations are independent. “The issue,” says SUNSET’s Vivian
Belik, “is getting students involved.” She
wants to see an academic program introduced which crosses all university
disciplines, and “studies sustainability
from many angles.”
This year, the Sustainability
Office hopes to tackle the crafting and implementation of further policies, and find ways to
make the U of W more Kyoto-compliant
through energy audits of its buildings
and examination of transportation efficiency, among other things.
Burch is quick to assert that,
although the Sustainability Office is
centred at the U of W, it looks to the
wider
community
for
answers.
“Sustainability emphasizes participation,” he says. “Decisions are more sustainable if more people participate.
Wisdom on how to live well is diffused
throughout the community.”
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will carry on. We still want to assist students,
but concentrate on students who have more
difficulty in finding employment, such as
at-risk youth and students from rural areas,”
he said.
Garceau added that though $55 million
is being cut from the Career Placement program, the government still spends $335 million annually as part of its Youth Employment
Strategy. Furthermore, Garceau said that a
survey carried out by HRSDC last year concluded that 1/3 of students employed through
Career Placement could have found comparable employment without the program.
“It’s an effective program, but the labour
market has evolved and improved a lot.
Summer employment was also happening on
its own.”
According to HRSDC numbers, approximately 1.4 million students are employed
over the summer each year, of which Career
Placement accounts for just 3.4 per cent or
47,000 students.
But Senkbeil and the CFS see a different side to the story. “A surplus of jobs doesn’t
mean that those are jobs for students,” said
Senkbeil.
Campus &
Community
Briefs
New digs for the Bike Dump
–Carlo Sobral
The back of 594 Main Street used to be home
to The Bike Dump - a place where cyclists could go
to find bike parts, fix their bike, or even become one
of the many volunteers there to help others out with
their bike repairs or questions.
Now, the Bike Dump is moving. The Neon Factory, currently located in the Exchange District, has
bought their building, giving them until the beginning of Nov. to be out.
The newly decided location, however, is just
across the street, at the back of the Red Road Lodge.
Once they re-open, the Bike Dump will stick with
their regular hours of 5-9 p.m. on Thursdays, and
12-6 p.m. on Sundays.
For anyone interested in making use of The
Bike Dump, you can look forward to the new location being bigger and better than the previous one.
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NEWS
Canadian
& World
News BriefS
Compiled by Brooke Dmytriw
NASSAU—A Bahamian man was
sentenced to a whipping for the attempted
sexual assault of an 83-year old woman.
Reuters reported that Altulus Newbold would
receive eight lashes with a cat-o’-nine tails
in addition to his 16-year prison sentence.
The judge instructed that Newbold was to
receive four lashes at the commencement of
his sentence and the remaining four upon
completion. The use of the whip, which is
usually made of nine knotted cords, was a
punishment inflicted by the British navy. The
cat causes deep flesh wounds in the victim’s
back. The Bahamian government reinstated
flogging as a criminal punishment 15 years
ago. The cat was last employed in a 2000
case on a child rapist. Reuters clarified that
prior to 2000, the cat had only been used
once in 1994 since its 1991 reinstatement.
MONTREAL—L’Office
de la
langue française is investigating promotional packaging on DVDs in Quebec. The
department, acting on a complaint, is looking into whether DVD packaging violates the
Charter of the French Language of the province. The offense in question is that under
the charter, a DVD with a French soundtrack
should also have French text on the exterior packaging. According to the Canadian
Press, the Quebec City resident who filed
the complaint with the office informed it
that he had found more that 900 DVDs infringing the language law. Gerald Paquette,
spokesman for L’Office de la langue française, stated that both retailers and distributors would be contacted should the department find any wrongdoing.
SHANGHAI—A recycling entrepreneur was named China’s wealthiest businessperson. Zhang Yin’s estimated fortune
worth $3.4 billion (USD) was amassed by
turning recycled paper from the United States
into Chinese packaging products. The 49year old businesswoman established Nine
Dragons Paper Co. and achieved success
by listing her company on the international
stock exchanges. The Associated Press reported that Zhang was raised in northeastern
China and later emigrated to Hong Kong.
There, she founded Nine Dragons Paper
Co., which shipped waste paper from the
United States to China. In China the paper
is recycled into cardboard packaging for the
country’s extensive exports.
TORONTO—The Greater Toronto
Area’s GO Transit transported its billionth
commuter Oct. 11. GO Transit generally
transports 190,000 people throughout the
GTA on a typical workday, making 181 train
and 1700 bus trips. The commuter transit system, which has been operating since
1967 initially carried 2.5 million commuters annually. According to the Toronto Star,
GO’s bus and rail services now process 48
million travelers annually. Ninety-six per
cent of GO’s train passengers’ destinations
are Union Station and downtown Toronto.
Seventy per cent of the bus passengers
commute to and from the GTA.
Family in sanctuary could stay for months
Ksenia Prints
Beat Reporter
F
or over two months the Raza family
has been living in the Crescent Fort
Rouge United Church (CFRUC), escaping a pending order of deportation. Sleeping
all in one bedroom, unable to step off church
premises, and relying on the generosity of
strangers, the eight family members are grateful to be here. The alternative, going back to
Pakistan, seems inconceivable. But due to unfavourable government and court proceedings, they may have no choice.
As of Oct. 4, the United Church’s attempts to negotiate with Monte Solberg, the
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration,
were rebuffed. The family’s court appeal is
still pending, and there is no telling how long
it could take.
The Razas escaped Pakistan in 1998 because of extreme sectorial violence. Hassan
Raza, a leader in the Shia committee, had
married a Sunni, Safraz. When their first two
children, Rubab and Mohsin, were born, the
violence escalated and the family left.
They came first to the United States,
where they had another two children. The
events of 9/11 and the upsurge of Islamic
intolerance caused them to flee to Canada.
After some moving around, they settled in
Winnipeg. Working on a permit, Hassan believed he was finally at ease, and Safraz gave
birth to their youngest two children. But on
Aug. 3 their refugee claim was denied in federal court, resulting in an immediate deportation order.
The decision to shelter the family was
made within two hours of their deportation
order. “We had a very narrow window,” says
Rev. barb janes of the CFRUC, “It’s an overwhelming thing to think of, but what it came
down to was whether we could live with ourselves if we refused.”
David Matas, the family’s lawyer, has
filed for appeal. “The claim is filed on the
basis that the decision to remove them was
legally incorrect, for it failed to take into account the best interests of the children,” he
explains. These cases usually last several
months, he says, but the result might be successful.
Janes says that the government’s strategy “has always been to move as slowly as
possible in hopes that everybody just gets
tired.” As an afterthought, she adds: “But now
we have a conservative government, so we’re
really in untested water.”
GOMA—Amnesty International reported that Congolese ex-child soldiers are
being lured back into their violent professions.
Despite the government’s attempt to rehabilitate and reintegrate child soldiers back into the
population, thousands of children remain in the
clutches of various rebel groups. Amnesty estimated that 11,000 child soldiers are unaccounted for. It also reported that girls make up
40 per cent of children captured by the armed
forces. Young girls are taken and become the
sexual possessions of their armed captors.
Reuters reported that most of the children who
went through the government’s reintegration
program received little or no educational or
counseling support afterwards. Amnesty is advocating that after the presidential run-off election on Oct. 29, the new administration take
steps to provide ex-child soldiers with educational opportunities in the DRC.
PHOTO: NATASHA PETERSON
the Raza family (from Left-right) Kausar holding Massam, Favar, Hassan holding Seema,
Zain, Mohsin, and Rubab are in sanctuary at the Cresent Fort Rouge Church.
Janes also believes that even though
Canada claims to emphasize the rights of
children, that seems not always to be the
case. “The government has said that repeatedly, but doesn’t always act upon it, in terms
of refugee claimants,” she says. “Some of
[the Raza children] have never even been [in
Pakistan], so it’s not a return. Our concern is
how Westernized the children are, and if we
return them to a culture that will be quite
hostile to Western ways will it put them in
danger.”
Hassan Raza agrees. “She doesn’t remember anything,” he says of his oldest
daughter, Rubab, who was four when departing Pakistan. Even the language, Urdu, is a
problem. “They speak, but don’t know reading and writing,” he says.
The United Church has, in the meantime,
filed a Humanitarian and Compassionate
Case Application. Heather MacDonald, the
United Church’s national representative for
refugee and immigration advocacy, has been
attempting to negotiate with the federal government. “I have questions about our elective
government declining to meet with a representative of Canada’s largest protestant denomination,” says janes.
Will harbouring the family inspire others
to look for illegal ways to avoid deportation?
Janes doesn’t think so. “Being in sanctuary like
this family is basically a benevolent prison.
People don’t realize how difficult it is.”
With the appeal pending, the children
are home-schooled by volunteers. Food is
also provided by volunteers, but Halal regulations (food that is permissible according to
Being in sanctuary like
this family is basically a benevolent prison. People don’t
realize how difficult it is.”
– Reverend barb janes,
Crescent Fort Rouge
United Church
Islamic law) cause various problems.
There is no telling what awaits the family
back in Pakistan. Parts of the country, including the mother’s home region, were devastated by last year’s earthquake. Child labour
and potential terrorist recruitment are other
concerns. Most of all, Hassan Raza fears for
his children’s future. “Maybe my problems
can be solved, but I don’t go to school, I don’t
know English, I don’t know everything. My
daughter (Rubab), she knows everything,”
he says. “She wants to be a lawyer, she has a
future here – I know.”
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October 19, 2006
NEWS
Manitoba forum discusses
earth-friendly fuels
Stephen Spence
N
ational Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Day, a one-day event promoting
advanced vehicle technologies and
alternative fuels, took place Oct. 12. People
with a wide variety of interests gathered at
Canada Inns Polo Park to share their ideas
and ask questions about where Manitoba
stands on these issues.
An important theme was the fact that
Manitoba seems to be leading the country
when it comes to alternative fuel development. According to Rob Altemeyer, MLA for
Wolseley, our “developments span the gamut
from alternative vehicles and new power
sources to green [geothermal] buildings.”
Presentations were made by developers including the Red River Valley Clean
Cities Coalition and Manitoba Hydro, and
the Canadian Lung Association and various
other groups with environmental concerns.
Members of the automobile industry promoted and demonstrated advanced engine
systems. Various government employees affiliated with energy development issues
were also present.
Representing U of W’s EcoMAFIA was
Andrew Basham, a student service group coordinator in his third year of Environmental
Studies and a leadership candidate for the
Green Party. According to Basham, the meeting focused too much on technical matters of
distribution and commerce and not enough
on potential environmental concerns surrounding alternative fuel sources.
“One thing often neglected in discussions of alternative fuels such as ethanol is
the source thereof. They come from monoculture agribusiness…farms that are rapidly
deteriorating our soils and water. I think any
proposed alternatives to fossil fuels must be
subjected to critical thought and due diligence taken to ensure that the solutions to
today’s problems do not become or create
other problems.”
Though this concern was raised in the
forum, it tended to be dismissed as a concern that is irrelevant and out of date, based
Is Winnipeg on the road
to better transportation?
Ksenia Prints
Beat Reporter
I
n a city of over 700,000, transportation is
important. According to Manitoba Public
Insurance, 2005 saw the most cars registered in 40 years. Transit ridership, on the
other hand, has declined steadily since 1986.
Taking into account the deterioration of roads,
lack of rapid transit opportunities, and traffic congestion, the idea of sustainable green
transportation seems to drift away. What will
get the City and Province back on track?
We can put [transit]
recommendations forward to
council, but they’re going to
decide in the end what they
want to do and direct us.”
– Alec Stuart,
City Environmental
Coordinator
Currently, road conditions are a major
obstacle. “The roads’ age is one of the biggest challenges,” says Jeanie Dalman, CAA
Manitoba’s Public Relations Coordinator. “The
deterioration over time continues, making
proper investment in our road infrastructure
so important.”
The 2020, Manitoba’s Transportation
Vision report (MTV), recognizes inadequate
condition of the province’s roads, lack of funding, road safety concerns, and the need for
environmental improvement. It outlines various courses of action to deal with the problems, including improving road accessibility
for cyclists, changing the allowance of funds
for future programmes, and using hybrid
and hydrogen-fuelled vehicles. In July 2005,
the provincial Minister of Transportation &
Government Services accepted the report’s
recommendations.
But mostly, to reduce pressure on the
roads and lower greenhouse gas emissions,
Dalman encourages using alternatives. “You
can make individual life choices. You can carpool, take the bus, walk, or ride bikes,” she
says.
Alec Stuart, the City’s Environmental
Coordinator, agrees. He says that the City’s
administration has been taking steps to improve its available public transportation options.
For example, 20 hybrid buses will be
purchased. Running on petroleum and electricity, these busses produce fewer emissions and pollution, and are also 60 feet long.
“They will be a lot more environmentally
friendly, and carry more people. Right now, a
full 40-foot bus can take about 40 cars off the
road. Consequently, a 60-foot bus can take
the equivalent of 60 cars off the road,” says
Duncan. Other technological improvements
that transit is putting in place include a GPS
locator on buses. “This will make scheduling
much more efficient,” says Stuart.
More green ideas are found in the
Rapid Transit Task Force (RTTF) implementation plan. Done by the transit department,
this report looks at the various necessities
for improving Winnipeg’s public transportation. But it’s only a recommendation.
“The RTTF is essentially a roadmap,”
says Stuart. “We can put recommendations forward to council, but they’re going
to decide in the end what they want to do
and direct us.” The council’s action plan will
come out in January.
As for financing the proposed transportation improvements, Stuart says money can
come from various areas such as property
tax revenues and the federal gas tax agreement. “It really depends on what can be feasibly done, and what council wants to make
their priorities and spend the limited resources on.”
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on inaccurate information and research.
Robin Speer, Director of Public Affairs for the
Canadian Renewable Fuels Association had
this to say about developments in the alternative fuel industry:
“This is a win-win situation for everybody. It’s beneficial in terms of emission reduction and offers a serious clean air solution for Canada. There is a five percent renewable fuels mandate that will be in place
by 2010. This means that it will remove the
equivalent of 300,000 cars from the road.
It may not solve the problem of climate
change, but it is a piece of the puzzle and will
have tangible results.”
Speer was optimistic that current developments will be highly profitable for
Manitoba and Canada, meeting concerns of
energy security, sustainability and renewal.
Current research seems to be divided
on the economic and environmental suitability of bio-diesel and ethanol. Some environmentalists and ecologists argue that they
yield a negative return and that they only
appear beneficial in light of government
subsidies. Against this view, it was stated that
government subsidies for alternative fuels
are no longer in place in Canada and that the
business community in Manitoba perceives
sufficient advantage and profit in these industries to pursue them.
Though there were dissenting voices
in the forum, the overall message and attitude was positive. The City of Winnipeg and
many of its transportation-based industries
(Duffy’s Taxi, Winnipeg Fleet Management
Dalman thinks a larger portion of the gas
taxes should be allocated to the municipalities
to address transportation issues. “It’s a partnership between all levels of government. The
city only has so much money it can draw.”
There are also ideas to encourage more
citizens to use public transportation. “There’s
the Eco-Pass, in which workplaces can provide bus passes to employees at a discount,”
says Stuart. Transit has also been building
more Park’n’Rides, large parking lots that
allow people to leave their cars and take
the bus downtown. More signs that detail
bus times and newer bus shelters are also
planned. Additional diamond lanes would in-
crease transit’s speed, but are still under consideration.
In the meantime, other organizations are
coming up with more rapid transit solutions.
For example, The Marconi Line bus pass,
stretching from Elmwood to North Kildonan,
was purchased by John Buhler several weeks
ago. And the Province tested a hydrogen bus
last month. Winnipeg Transit is glad to see
these initiatives.
“I think we’re getting [to an eco-friendly
transit system],” Stuart says. “Who knows
what the future will hold? With the AT report
and the RTTF report the city is actually looking at real solutions.”
(Alternative fuel) may
not solve the problem of
climate change, but it is a
piece of the puzzle and will
have tangible results.”
– Robin Speer,
Canadian Renewable
Fuels Association
Agency and the Winnipeg Parking Patrol)
have already begun to replace their vehicles with gas-electric hybrids. Some, like
Winnipeg Transit, have begun cold-weather
testing of hydrogen-based alternatives.
The new definition of sustainability,
as put forward by Arne Elias of the U of W’s
Centre for Sustainable Transportation, is to
begin living here as if we are planning on
staying.
1st Ever Annual General Meeting of Mouseland Press
November 16, 12:30 p.m. in ORM06 (The UWSA Boardroom)
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NEWS
Students flock to mayoral debate
Mayoral candidates (L-R) Ron Pollock, Marianne Cerilli and Kaj Hasselriis. PHOTO: NATASHA PETERSON
Whitney Light
NEWS PRODUCTION EDITOR
T
hree mayoral candidates showed up
to debate at Eckhardt Grammaté Hall
on Oct. 11. One did not. Incumbent
Sam Katz was present only in the form of an
inflatable punching bag, to which his smiling
face was pasted.
The official statement from the Mayor’s
office said that he had previous commitments, and would be attending the debate
at U of M on Oct. 12. He also managed an
appearance at the Winnipeg Chamber of
Commerce sponsored debate at Fort Garry
Hotel.
Nonetheless, several hundred students
gathered to hear Ron Pollock, Marianne
Cerilli, and Kaj Hasselriis speak. CBC’s Margo
Watt mediated as questions were taken from
the audience. In spite of the amount of youth
present, it was mostly adults who stepped up
to the podium.
The candidates answered questions
on urban Aboriginal issues, infrastructure,
public transportation, crime, and the integrity of city council. The end suggested a tie
between Cerilli and Hasselriis.
The strength of Cerilli’s arguments came
from her evident experience with civic issues.
On the topic of infrastructure, she pointed
out problems in the City’s land use planning
such as the proposed development of Waverly
West. “Sprawl has created have and have not
neighbourhoods,” she said. When Hasselriis
suggested that a fee be collected from suburban developers to re-invest downtown, Cerilli
was the only candidate to see how this would
not fix the problem of sprawl, but encourage
developers to move outside the city.
Hasselriis’ presence, however, was the
most commanding. He answered questions
with practiced polish, stressing the idea that
he will be a better mayor than Katz. “I want
to be a full-time mayor. Right now we have
a part-time mayor,” he said. “The Mayor just
doesn’t go to community events.”
For Ron Pollock, the debate was his first
public speaking engagement in this election.
It was a rough one. The audience didn’t well
receive the expression of his proclaimed conservative blue-collar views. After failing to
grasp the significance of a question regarding the City’s Executive Policy Committee,
Pollock seemed at a loss to justify his candidacy. “People who like sports are going to
vote for me…They pay taxes, too,” he said.
“I’m not Mayor Katz’s spokesman.”
Indeed, questions and comments for
Katz were frequently directed to his air-filled
counterpart.
The Uniter
October 19, 2006
EDITORIALS
Editorials
Managing Editor: Jo Snyder
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Comments Editor: Brad Hartle
Let’s Jane Jacobs this place and spray paint the town red
in the polls casts a dark shadow on the potential
of this city. If we primarily promote our arts scene
with the Guess Who and the MTS centre then we’re
mention of a firm plan to build some cool, afford-
ronmentalists, including Tim Flannery and David
in a lot of trouble, culturally speaking. These things
able lofts. But, maybe Katz is committed to this de-
Suzuki, are saying that these changes need to start
aren’t bad at all, but it can’t stop there. If our clamp
mographic, however weak his ideas, but this demo-
on the personal level. What better way to encourage
down on inner city crime consists of more arrests,
graphic seems to feel alienated by his paternalistic
that than within civic policy? With all of the newly
not necessarily legitimate ones, compstat, and a
approach to civic politics. His plan for taking action
inspired attention to global warming, evoked by our
ban on purchasing spray paint, then we’re in a lot of
he race for mayor is leaving the city cold.
against graffiti is to prevent people under 18 from
governments, and Hollywood, and Al Gore, it’s not
trouble, legally speaking. But Cerilli and Hasselriis
Maybe the early snowfall is appropriate as
buying spray paint. What if they get caught with it?
really a “left-wing” issue anymore and it won’t ever
are serious candidates with their sights set on real
our hopes for a brightly lit debate quickly
Is he going to send them to their room?
be again.
improvements for this city. It’s almost unfortunate
JO SNYDER
MANAGING EDITOR
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become dreary. The Free Press reported (via a probe
I think there are really only two choices in this
Another issue of concern is Katz’s willingness
they aren’t squished together into one super candi-
research poll) that Katz is hovering around a 70 per
election, and unfortunately neither of them will re-
and eagerness to use private money for public in-
date that could easily defeat the incumbent Mayor:
cent approval rating, though soft as it may be, it
ceive their fair share of the vote. Both Cerilli and
frastructure. This may be a way to bail the city out
Casselriili. Maybe? To avoid robbing them of their
means that Katz will still be our mayor come Oct. 25.
Hasselriis have progressive views on the environ-
of some financial predicaments from time to time,
individuality, each candidate does bring their own
At the few debates Sam Katz bothered to
ment, including ideas for rapid transit. Hasselriss
but what are the long-term implications of having
flavour of politics to the table, the initial sense of
appear at (The University of Winnipeg not in-
is arguably the most apt to deal with this last issue
private money pouring our concrete? Cerilli and
Cerilli firmly focusing on grassroots community in-
cluded), he talked a lot about his commitment to
given his long involvement with Bus Rapid Transit
Hasselriis have been very vocal about retaining
terests and ridding city hall of the politics of favou-
the young people of this city. In a statement from
issues, his concrete connection to our arts com-
public investment and ownership over the city.
ritism, and Hasselriis on these issues, but also a spe-
the Mayor’s office read by Margeaux Watt at the UW
munity, and his devotion to rejuvenating our dying
Often people look at these sorts of agreements with
cial, and important devotion to the arts.
event, the Mayor apologized for not coming and re-
city centre. Density is arguably the answer to a
private business as economically responsible, and
One of the best things that Cerilli said in the
minded us how important we were to him, at which
dying core, not sprawl. In one of the most influen-
business oriented. Katz is certainly perceived as the
debate at the University of Winnipeg on Oct. 11,
point the packed hall erupted with laughter. He is
tial books written on urban planning The Life and
more business savvy of the candidates. However,
was that if Sam Katz is re-elected then we won’t
interested in creating jobs that keep young people
Death of Great American Cities, author Jane Jacobs’
Hasselriis’ ideas for business improvement are very
even recognize this city in four years. If she’s right,
in the city, we just don’t know what these jobs are. In
advocates large residential blocks within the down-
progressive and they focus on small business and
that is a scary thought. For those of us who actually
an interview with The Uniter he actually admitted
town, mixed-use and mixed-income business and
arts oriented business. Winnipeg is more than ca-
think Winnipeg is a great place to be — and it is —
that maybe condominiums, like the $250 000 one
living spaces. These are ideas that come up in the
pable of and ready to sustain these kinds of endeav-
then that’s a serious consequence to face, one that
bedrooms currently being built in Osborne Village,
Cerilli and Hasselriss platforms.
ours. The north main project is a great example, es-
shouldn’t leave us feeling apathetic in the polls on
the 25th, in fact quite the opposite.
or in the Exchange District, weren’t exactly afford-
Environmentally friendly policy is becoming
pecially in light of the extremely successful opening
able for everyone who may want to live downtown
increasingly important, especially on a civic level.
of The Edge Artist’s Village and Art Gallery last week.
or in the village. However, there wasn’t really any
Many of the arguments from academe and envi-
Katz isn’t my favourite candidate and his lead
Cities can be so much more
I
development be contributed to enhancing the
Winnipeg’s to shame.
city’s public art. They have also instituted Avenues
This is not to say Winnipeg’s street-plowing
A theory behind voter apathy
Initiative, a project intended to increase the den-
budget should be turned over to increase public art.
Mike Pyl
sities of existing arterial roads to accommodate a
There’s nothing wrong with Sam Katz pledging to
tions arise – let’s take Rapid Transit as an example.
projected increase in population, as an alternative
fill potholes and cut the grass - these are necessary
Sports Editor
While it has garnered many vocal supporters, dis-
to forcing these people out into the far-reaches of
municipal services. But these things should happen
cussion has rarely been framed under a planning
the GTA’s expansive suburbs.
regardless of the mayor. The election should be de-
ethos. Proponents argue transit will be faster and
Even in the conservative American Midwest,
t would be easy for me to sit down and piece
sleeker, but do they mention its potential role as a
the 700,000 residents of Des Moines, Iowa, could
together a diatribe bemoaning the overwhelm-
catalyst for denser, mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly
teach Winnipeg a thing or two. A Winnipeg Free
Until our city council chooses to engage in
ing disinterest towards the upcoming civic
neighbourhoods, like the ones Winnipeggers fly to
Press feature from this past spring spoke of the
creative ideas that can significantly enhance the vi-
impressive coordination between the city gov-
brancy and livability of Winnipeg, you can count on
election among Winnipeggers young and old.
I could emphasize the fact that it is possible to
Europe to see? Or drive to Corydon Avenue on a
summer evening?
have your voice heard in city politics, as opposed to
The mayoral candidates haven’t done much
the federal or international level, two realms which
better. All have discussed issues pertaining to plan-
stimulate much more engagement and enthusi-
ning, but none have engaged in deep and serious
asm. Or that you will be confronted with the deci-
conversation. Marianne Cerilli came the closest,
sions of our City Council on an everyday basis, as
pledging to make it a priority, but offered little detail
opposed to, say, our country’s foreign policies.
as to what that actually means.
But when the front-and-centre ideas on the
Well, what does it mean? Winnipeg should
platforms of our “visionary” mayoral candidates
look to other cities to see what a civic government
begin with snow plowing and end with the in-
is capable of.
creased synchronization of traffic lights well, voter
apathy is certainly understandable.
ernment and the private sector which puts
Gerald Stephen
A quick browse of Vancouver’s official website reveals a neatly organized and thorough list
(If keeping the grass on our city’s boulevards
of projects under different subheadings, such as
neat and trim doesn’t inspire the city’s populace, I
Information, Cultural, and Community/Planning.
don’t know what will!)
There is a weekly television show GVTV, available
Cities can be bold, exciting, and vibrant.
on Shaw or online, that discusses “issues, people,
They can inspire passion, provoke creativity, and
and ideas” pertaining to the Greater Vancouver
drastically enhance one’s quality of life. But do
region. There is also downtown transportation plan
Winnipeggers really understand the extent to which
which tangibly supports the development of non-
this is possible?
automobile transportation in the city’s core. Unlike
The general electoral malaise in this city can
Winnipeg, Vancouver has its own social planning,
be attributed to the belief that a civic government
drug policies, and cultural affairs departments. And
is a purveyor of basic services, and little more. It
all of these policies are tied together by a framework
is their job to plow the roads in the winter, cut the
that increases the city’s sustainability and livability,
grass in our parks in the summer, stack our librar-
a framework that’s actually put into practice.
ies’ shelves with books, and protect our streets and
As a guiding principle, the Toronto city coun-
homes with police and fire services. Any new devel-
cil has adopted urban design as a strong prior-
opment is shaped and determined by private in-
ity, that is, the belief that “every new building con-
vestors, so let’s do our best to stay out of their way,
tributes to the overall urban design of the city, and
lest we upset them and they take their money out to
that the City’s streets, parks and public spaces are
East St. Paul, or Calgary.
key shared assets that require special design atten-
In a political climate like this, does it really
tion”. They are contemplating the establishment of
matter if Sam Katz, Ron Pollock, or Burton
a Design Review Panel, a board that provides pro-
Cummings oversees our snow-clearing policies?
fessional advice in enhancing the physical public
Dialogue concerning planning issues is vir-
realm, similar to those that already exist in Boston,
tually non-existent, not only during this election
Seattle, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Montreal. They
campaign, but long-term as well. Every once in
have passed a program which recommends one per
awhile, issues with significant planning implica-
cent of construction costs for each private sector
Denis Vrignon-Tessier
termined by much more elaborate concepts of municipal governance.
the city’s electorate to remain largely disengaged.
October 19, 2006
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The Uniter
EDITORIALS
Letter to the Editor
Reply to: Who’s in the House? J.C.!
-Katrina Lagace
battle. Satan wants to destroy this nation, he
teaching intelligent design, the anti-evolu-
government officials I have mentioned aren’t
wants to destroy us as a nation, and he wants
tion doctrine, not science. The creationists on
just Christians or even just Christian funda-
to destroy us as a Christian Army.”
the school board have been criticized by sci-
mentalists. Some of them are fascists who
Let’s review who’s in the house and
What about the judges of the Supreme
entists from the beginning, because they are
aren’t afraid of taking over and ruling their
running it – that is – the Whitehouse, the
Court of the United States? One example is
changing the definition of science into some-
country and the world how they see fit. They
Pentagon, the U.S. military, the Republican
Samuel Alito who has been in office since
thing completely not science at all, driven by
see no harm in murdering 655,000 people or
and Democratic parties, as well as Canada’s
January and was nominated by George
the Christian fundamentalist movement.
giving the go-ahead for Israel to bomb out
ruling party. It’s more than just “J.C.”.
W. Bush. Alito has strong support among
More recently, George W. Bush has
Remember Hurricane Katrina? This is
Americans who believe there should be no
vetoed a congressional bill that would have
what representative from the 6th congressio-
such thing as a separation between church
allowed for more federal research into stem
lieves that it’s Canada’s job to bring de-
nal district of Louisiana, Richard Baker had
and state. Alito doesn’t think there is any legal
cells. These were the cells that would have
mocracy to Afghanistan. This democracy
to say: “We finally cleaned up public hous-
reasoning for women to have abortions or
been thrown away anyways. But no. Now the
upholds Shari’a law, where women can be
ing in New Orleans. We couldn’t do it, but
for nonresident immigrants should have
U.S. will not be having government funded
tortured and killed for committing adultery.
God did.”
rights. So, the Bush Administration wanted
stem-cell research – the most crucial research
A member of Harper’s cabinet, David Sweet
Alito on the Supreme Court to help carry out
for finding out about human diseases.
has said that the reason Jesus spoke only of
William Bennett, advisor to George W.
Bush, is quoted as saying on his morning
their agenda.
millions of homes in Lebanon.
What
about
Canada?
Harper
be-
So this is where it begins, similar to
men is because… “Jesus knew women would
radio show, in Sept. 2005, “If you wanted to
And there are tons of groups in the U.S.
Nazi Germany. First, laws begin to change.
naturally follow. Men, on the other hand,
reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole
that support this agenda. They are groups
Women’s rights begin to disappear. Lies are
had to be called.” Sweet is the minister
purpose, you could abort every black baby
like the David Horowitz’ run Students for
taught in the classroom. Innocent people
responsible for women’s rights. Darryl Reid,
in this country.” The President responded
Academic Freedom, which has created a list
worldwide get shipped off to Guantanamo
another cabinet member has let his views
through his spokesperson by simply calling
of the “100 Most Dangerous Professors in
Bay and secret torture cells. People are called
be known: “I think every Christian’s under
the quote “inappropriate.”
the United States”. Why are they so danger-
‘terrorists’ and ‘anti-American’ for opposing
an obligation to change laws to reflect bibli-
One of the men in charge of the hunt for
ous? They have spoken out about the War
an unjust war where 655,000 civilians have
cal values…”
Osama bin Laden, Lt. William G. Boykin, has
on Terror or commented on Bush, possibly
already died (according to a study). All of this
claimed that President Bush wasn’t elected
only once or twice. The list was denounced
is being done in the name of freedom and de-
by a majority of voters, but God, instead,
by tons of academic and student groups for
mocracy, but also in the name of God.
as quoted in the L.A. Times. At a church
its lunaticism.
This is not just ‘J.C.’ in the house. This
in Oklahoma in October 2003 he’s quoted
The Kansas school board has introduced
is a government’s crusade. This is the early
saying “The battle that we’re in is a spiritual
creation-science into the classroom. That is,
stages of a government run by fascists. These
I’m Sorry You Feel That Way, Winnipeg
Nick Weigeldt
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This is only the beginning.
If we were in Nazi Germany in the late
1930s, what would you have done? More
importantly and urgently, what will you
do now?
of the world’s truly dangerous places are). The
of dropping because of the supposed rampant
Urbas family, after indicating they’d probably
crime rate.
never return to the city, were offered an all-ex-
The point of the mayor apologizing to these
tapes of their vacation. Later on in the summer, a
penses paid return trip to Winnipeg by the pro-
selected visitors is said to instil confidence in
former Winnipegger and his wife, Les and Wendy
vincial crown corporation Travel Manitoba, os-
these unfortunate victims to return them and
Hiebert, were accosted while walking in front of
tensibly to show them the ‘real’ friendliness of
their friends and family back to Winnipeg in the
Portage Place during broad daylight, and were
the citizenry.
future. While it’s likely as genuine as it could be,
n Sunday, October 8th, Santos Ruiz, a
almost pushed into traffic. Afterwards they called
Does any single car break-in, or a rough up
the gesture itself isn’t made for the shaken visi-
teacher from Mexico visiting Winnipeg
Winnipeg “one of the most dangerous places on
perpetrated on any single person deserve to be
tors; it’s entirely political and entirely for the citi-
was attacked and robbed at his down-
Earth”.
splashed all over the front pages, in turn result-
zens who live here year round.
town hotel. The assailants made off with sev-
I don’t have a problem with people helping
ing in a gain of sorts for the victims? Does the
The issue of crime is a high priority amongst
eral items, including his passport, credit cards
out others in getting back on their feet, replacing
plight of a visitor to Winnipeg deserve more at-
the citizens of Winnipeg during the current civic
and watch, and did damage to his eyeglasses and
a few lost necessities, or giving visitors a place to
tention than what most Winnipeggers would re-
election campaign and, as a result, also amongst
teeth.
stay during a time of personal crisis at all; it seems
ceive had they been in the same situation?
the candidates vying for office. Standing up
Not a pleasant story to be sure, but, as
to be in our nature as individual Winnipeggers to
I don’t think so, but the fact that these situa-
against crime (as vague as the term is) is pretty
per usual when an out-of-town visitor encoun-
donate our time, money and help to those who
tions garner the attention by politicians (namely
much a no-brainer – after all, what candidate is
ters some hardship during their stay in the city,
need it and who may or may not ask for it.
the mayor) and by sensationalist newspaper ar-
going to say that crime is at acceptable levels?
Winnipeggers responded by swiftly coming to
What I do have a problem with, however, is
ticles that they do is a sign of how fragile we per-
And what better way to “stand up” to crime
his aid with a place to stay, a new watch, and
the sensational coverage that stories like this re-
ceive our city’s reputation – to people who live
than to publicly apologize to a tourist for a crime
some free-of-charge dental work. Winnipeggers,
ceive, and, even more so, the resulting reaction
both inside and outside city limits – to be, when,
that happens daily to people who live here? Plays
after all, are known to have generous hearts that
by both politicians and the public, both of whom
in fact, these things happen everywhere, to cit-
into the feelings Winnipeggers have that any-
are opened easily when others are in need. By
simply eat up the story.
izens and visitors alike. We hate to love to read
thing is better than what we have now. Then the
about these incidents because it reinforces the
citizens see a mayor who is “taking action” each
inferiority complex we have with our city.
and every time he says he’s sorry, lending to a per-
media accounts a few days later, he seemed to be
Two days after he was attacked, Mr. Ruiz met
in good spirits and harboured no ill will towards
Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz for lunch. The mayor,
anyone but his attackers.
of course, was full of apologies on behalf of the
Calm down, Winnipeggers: we’re a relatively
ception that something has been done since last
city and assurances that most Winnipeggers
large city – crime happens here. It’s not pretty,
time, whether or not anything had been, or even
were in fact decent, friendly people.
and it’s not acceptable, but it’s as much a fact of
needed to be done. Play off the fear of crime and
This kind of incident has unfortunately
happened several times in recent months; in
July, the Urbas’, a family of four from Illinois had
Previously, he had personally apologized to
life here as it is in any other city in the world. Yet
rejection by outsiders, and you’ve got the recipe
their car broken into downtown, losing a re-
the Hieberts (and hopefully pointed to a few of
people continue to travel. The thousands of vis-
for Winnipeg political success every time.
placeable video camera and irreplaceable video
the global hotspots on a map to indicate some
itors the city gets a year hasn’t shown any signs
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The Only One
STUDENTS HELPING STUDENTS
UofW Peer Support
and taking time out for yourself will help. If you
don’t look after yourself, how can you look after
your child? Also, try to find a support group to
I am a single mother with a young child.
talk with - friends, family, or other students with
I am feeling guilty about not having enough time
children at the University. Counseling Services
for my child and everything else on my plate.
located at OGM06 can be a great resource and
What can I do?
offer free counseling too. Finally, talk to your
The first thing is to realize that you are
professors. That may help to alleviate your fears
building a better life for your family. Getting
about getting everything done. It may be hard
a degree will benefit both of you long term. It
to reach out when you’re feeling overwhelmed,
can be really hard for any mother to balance
but feeling guilty about your circumstances
time between their children, work, and school.
won’t help the situation. Remember…you’re
Realize that you can’t do it all. Finding a balance
not the only one.
Useless Trivia
Wine On A Dime
Michael Banias
W
e’ve all seen wine
magazines before,
but do popular
ones such as Wine Spectator
and Decanter have a lot to
offer? It depends.
Wine magazines are just
like fashion magazines, and
just about as commercial.
Their experts try thousands
of wines, write some notes,
apply a number (usually
out of 100), and the wine
is given a “score”. It’s just
like reading about a designer in Vogue and why
you need to have their
fashions right now.
It’s just wine
right? It can’t be
so
commercial
and shallow. Well,
these magazines
do receive exorbitant amounts
of money for
ad space, and
they are run by
multi-million
dollar corporations. These
magazines,
especially
the ones mentioned above, are
read by millions of people,
and most are serious followers. In fact, the ratings
that are given to wine can
make or break a vintner, especially if he or she is independent.
They do stay on top of
important events in the
wine world, climate conditions, vintage years, and
other wine related information; however, it’s important
not to take the ratings too
seriously. I’ve tried plenty of
wines with very high ratings
and plenty of them were
pretty terrible. I’ve tried a lot
of wines that didn’t
make the cut and
they were great.
Wine is 100% subjective.
Here
are
a
couple great wines
that you may want
to try:
Pelee Island VQA
“Monarch”
Vidal
2004 - ($10.49 - private wine shops) This is a great Vidal,
and even better, it’s
made in Canada.
This has a nice big
floral and honey
nose, good flavours
of honey dew, tropical fruit, and a hint of
grass. It’s got some nice
acidity, and should be
quite good with spicy
food.
Sensi Chianti 2005
- ($10.99 - private wine
shops) - This is a good
Chianti for beginners. It’s
quite light, not much oak,
but nice fruity nose. Quite
a lovely flavour of cherries,
minerals and earth. Very
mild in acidity, and is quite
well rounded with a great
finish. This is great for pizza
nights at home.
Sam McLean
T
oday’s useless trivia is Martial
arts. I specifically wish to
mention
the
astounding
accomplishments
of
a
Mr. Masutatsu Oyama (1923-1994)
the founder of Kyokushin-style
karate. The most notable demonstration of his power was in
1950, when Oyama fought a series
of battles against live bulls. He
fought 52 bulls barehanded, and
on three occasions, killed bulls
instantly with one devastating
punch to the skull. He took the
horns off the other 49 with knife
hand blows. Although this is a blatant example of animal abuse,
you have to admit that the man
meant business. His explosive
power earned him the title “The
Godhand.” In his long carrier, he
seldom had fights last longer than
a matter of seconds. He believed
that flashy moves were for amateurs and a proper fight should be
a show of force. The style of karate
he developed, Kyokushin, literally
translates to “the ultimate truth.”
His life story is an impressive one,
accomplishing things many would
think humanly impossible. It’s hard
to believe such a man even existed, but his teachings continue on
even today.
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Features
Ideas and Attitude
Cerilli snaps, crackles, and pops in late
on the Winnipeg mayoral race
T
That said, Cerilli has unique politics compared
to the other candidates.
that because we keep constructing new roads that
are going to need servicing. There’s 20,000 lots avail-
“I would describe my politics and values as the
able within the existing area. We need to develop
values that have built this country...The values that
mixed-use housing in the areas that are already ser-
got us Medicare; you know, values of hard work - the
viced.”
era of Tommy Douglas. At the same time, there’s a
Cerilli says convincing people to give up com-
new environmental ethic that I represent, what I
fortable suburban lifestyles in favour of a denser,
often call green labour. Its not jobs at any cost. Its
more transit oriented city is about leadership, a
Richard Liebrecht
lieved to be a verbal agreement between the two to
looking at high quality, safe, jobs that are going to
quality that she had a hard time defining, but cer-
News Assignment Editor
fold their camps together to avoid a vote split, Cerilli
build the community and that are going to have a
tainly picked out an aspect which she feels is lacking
felt violated when Hasselriis decided to run anyway,
sustainable focus.”
in the current city hall atmosphere.
concerned that Cerilli was not getting on the ground
his year’s civic election isn’t the first time
fast enough.
Cerilli’s focus on sustainability shows in her at-
“I talk about when I say the politics of inclu-
titude toward urban planning, which seems to be a
sion, its about bringing people to the table and
favourite topic of discussion.
when community is at the table with business and
mayoral candidate Marianne Cerilli has
“What really bothers me is we talked about
campaigned in competition with Sam
working together, and we talked about bringing
“We’ve got to stop that downward spiral, of
government, really interesting things happen…That
Katz. In 1989 a younger Cerilli was chief or-
our committees together, and I respected that, and
sprawl, urban decline, poverty, crime, which then
idea of democracy is really crucial to a sustainable
ganizer forward councillor candidate Glenn
I wish he would have respected that. If Kaj hadn’t
drives more demand for suburban development be-
agenda.”
Murray who finished first place, to Katz’s third.
gone in, we wouldn’t have started so late,” says
cause they try to escape that. We got to stop this at-
Cerilli sighed when discussing the discourse
While the weather turns cold the memory of this
Cerilli, a 13-year veteran of provincial politics as
titude that people get to live where they want and
around OlyWest, a hog plant project that has stirred
success must keep Cerilli warm as polls indicate
MLA for Radisson in Gary Doer’s NDP government.
others are left.”
harsh reaction from residents in the St. Boniface
that there’s a lot of work for this candidate to do
“We made our strategy based on him not running.
Cerilli says Winnipeg needs to increase its
in the short amount of time left in the 2006 may-
Then there was this pressure, and I mean I’ve been
population density, or the number of people per
oral election.
in politics for a long time. I know how to win elec-
square kilometre of land. High-density develop-
“Citizens were locked out of the council cham-
“With a campaign this short, things started
tions. If I was going head to head with Katz for a
ments, which would include many more apartment
bers because Katz stacked it with his buddies sup-
off intense and haven’t let up,” says Cerilli as she
longer time…then he would have really gotten a run
and condominium blocks and downstairs/upstairs
porting the OlyWest deal and the people who were
sits down for an interview in the basement bunker
for his money.”
commercial and residential mixes, would help to
opposing it couldn’t even get in and have a seat.
and Transcona neighbourhoods, many of whom she
represented for years as MLA for Radisson.
of her Sherbrooke campaign office. There’s little
Trying to put a positive spin on what she
solve Winnipeg’s predicament of taking up almost
That’s just really, even people that would support
question in the general discourse around the elec-
admits was a lost opportunity, Cerilli throws back to
double the space per capita population compared
that, just bother then that that’s the approach this
tion that Cerilli got off to a late start, with many
her experience, a reason she cited as her advantage
to any other major city in Canada. She says increas-
mayor takes toward democracy. It’s that lack of in-
questions of why she bothered entering mere days
over her running-mate.
ing density would help to solve some of the prob-
clusion, the backroom deals that (people) don’t like.
lems that draw the most complaints in Winnipeg:
It’s the favouritism.”
before the election began.
“I don’t think I needed as much pre-elec-
Though admitting that there is lots of work left
This sentiment draws ire from Cerilli, who is
tion time because I do have more of a record, so
not scared to detail the political manoeuvring that
I think the fact that Kaj got out earlier was to his
“Any of the good things that are happening in
to do, Cerilli believes she will cash in on the frustra-
preceded the race. She lays out a political tragedy
advantage, and then there was this sort of
terms of reinvestment into the existing infrastruc-
tion of groups like those opposing OlyWest (the larg-
of conversations with fellow mayoral candidate Kaj
sense that we shouldn’t split the vote…but he didn’t
ture, its almost like pouring money into a leaky
est of which, OlyOpp, has endorsed her) and NDP
Hasselriis about joining forces under her wing to
have the impact over the summer that people
bucket where if we are going to continue to allow the
support from her days in government hoping this
defeat incumbent Katz. After getting what she be-
thought he might.”
urban sprawl, we’re not going to feel the impact of
will swing a surprise result on Oct. 25.
infrastructure and roads.
Mediocre NGO gives excellent effort in Java
University of Winnipeg Students found unofficial NGO
Julienne Isaacs
Yogyakarta — Since its independence, Indonesia, long a site of civil, political, and environmental unrest, has received more than its fair share of trouble
– and this year was no different. The devastating earthquake that hit Java in May killed
roughly 6000 people and left nearly one million homeless.
In the worst-hit area, the Bantul
District, 25 km southwest of Yogyakarta,
ninety per cent of buildings were demolished. Two University of Winnipeg students Kevin Freedman (25) and Kristy
Rebenchuk (25), taking a gap year from
International Relations and International
Development Studies, respectively, were in
Yogyakarta when the 6.2 magnitude quake
hit. Unhurt and wanting to help, Freedman
and Rebenchuk spent a few days volunteering in hospitals, but quickly realized they
could be more effective distributing supplies to devastated communities.
“We felt that with our knowledge of the
area, support base back home and resources
(however limited) we could better contribute to the disaster through working on our
own, separate from any big NGOs,” says
Freedman. He and Rebenchuk recruited
Michael Grantham (23), an Australian
teaching English in the area, and Indonesian
writer and teacher Galang Lufityanto (25)
to help them gather and distribute supplies. The four founded their own unofficial
NGO, the Mediocre Crisis Response Team
(MCRT). Together with temporary volunteers from England, Germany, the US, and
Japan, they began to purchase basic goods,
books, toys, and medicines. Over six intense
weeks the MCRT distributed nearly seven
thousand dollars worth of goods in the
worst-affected areas.
Although the MCRT stayed connected
with NGOs such as Handicap International,
the International Committee of the Red
Cross, and Solidaritas, they worked almost
entirely independently. And while funds
constantly ran low, the local response was
enough to keep them going. Says Freedman,
MCRT’s mix of foreigners and locals “really
helped us to connect with people and also
make them feel cared about on a larger
scale.”
Why ‘Mediocre’? “This was sort of a joke
that one of our early partners, Michael from
Australia, came up with,” says Freedman.
At the beginning, he explains, “We were not
very organized and got lost a couple times
trying to find certain villages…We felt very
mediocre when compared to the big NGOs
that were beginning work in the area.”
But such mediocre initiatives were badly
needed.
Despite the extent of the damage, it
didn’t take long for Indonesia’s plight to virtually disappear from worldwide media.
In actuality, the crisis was just beginning.
Steady eruption of east Java’s Mount Merapi
has wiped out villages, factories and farmland, and caused the number of internally
displaced persons in Indonesia to rise to
hundreds of thousands. Added to the prob-
(L-R) Kevin, Kristy, Galang and Michael
lems resulting from the May earthquake is
a pressing need for intervention and aid in
the regions surrounding the mudflow.
In total the Canadian government has
given Indonesia approximately $11.5 million for humanitarian assistance and reconstruction, distributing the funds to organizations such as OXFAM, World Vision, and
UN subsidiary programs. But Freedman
and Rebenchuk remain doubtful as to the
efficiency of converting cash to practical
aid. “When it comes to donor aid for a disaster like this I bet you could ask most everyone at the federal treasury where the
PHOTOs: Kristy Rebenchuk and Kevin Freedman
money went and they would have no clue,”
Freedman says.
The Indonesian government itself was
far from efficient in dealing with the calamity. Refusing to declare a national state
of emergency because the province would
then be forced to forfeit control of the situation to the federal government, provincial
and federal governments installed basic military presence in the area and left the bulk
of aid efforts to NGOs, says Freedman. But
the needs of communities are often not appropriately met even by NGOs, Rebenchuk
adds; groups like UNICEF spend months
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Destroyed village
in meetings before they get on the field.
“Needs of communities change quickly,
and aid groups address these needs far too
slowly,” she says.
Now, with Indonesia’s increasing social
and environmental chaos, international
assistance is insufficient. “The rebuilding
effort and the number of homeless is absolutely mind-boggling,” says Freedman,
“The level of aid for this disaster does not
come close to the need.” Recent figures rate
the number of Indonesians living under
the poverty line at nearly twenty per cent.
Many do not even have the most rudimentary shelter, though groups like Save the
Children and the International Organization
For more information on MCRT or
how you can assist reconstruction efforts in
Indonesia, visit http://www.geocities.com/
aqualord.
MCRT and village
We were not very organized and got lost a couple
times trying to find certain
villages…We felt very mediocre when compared to the big
NGOs that were beginning
work in the area.”
– Kevin Freedman,
Mediocre Crisis Response Team
for Migration are working to build tarpaulin
shelters before the November rains begin.
However, says Rebenchuk, the bulk of
the responsibility is shouldered not by international aid groups but by the Indonesians
themselves. “They do things together; they
help each other,” she says, adding that often
“it has nothing to do with international
groups.”
But Indonesia remains in rough shape,
says Freedman, now working with Peace
Brigades International in Papua, an east
Indonesian province. Continued environmental concerns, Christian-Muslim conflicts, women’s rights struggles, and massive widespread poverty are dragons
clouding Indonesia’s skies. Transparency
International this year rated Indonesia’s
corruption level at roughly 94 per cent. This,
too, deeply complicates aid distribution.
The only hope Freedman can see is
that “there is no lacking for amazing people
living and working here.” And as President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono stated in his
recent State of the Nation address: “No one
nation grows into a great nation without
trial.”
With the help of ambassadors like
Freedman and Rebenchuk, and the international community, Indonesia could one
day reach this ideal—against all odds.
Kevin hands out toys
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Arts & Culture
Breakin’ Out – FemFest 2006
Arts & Culture: Mike Lewis
Staff Reporter: Kenton Smith
As a result, says McIntyre, aspiring female
PHOTO: LYNNE KOHLER
playwrights are left with few female role models.
Audiences also have a harder time accepting female
voices, and since this is the case, it’s harder to get
producers to stage plays written by females. It’s a
cycle McIntyre is hoping to break.
“FemFest gives female playwrights an opportunity to test out their skills and material,” says
McIntyre. “They can use this opportunity to make
their work stronger, or become more confident in
their work, so that other companies will want to
produce their plays in the future.”
Another reason behind FemFest, says
McIntyre, is that it trains emerging artists in all as-
PHOTO: LYNNE KOHLER
Absolute Perfection - Lisa Lorteaux and Jessica Burleson
pects of theatre production—-from acting on stage
to backstage work. There is also a workshop com-
AARON EPP
W
Bitter Rose - Amy House
ponent to this year’s festival.
McIntyre is helping to change that statistic
“You can come and be an audience member,
with FemFest 2006: Breakin’ Out! She is the artistic
but you can also sign up for one of our workshops
Winnipeg performance artists Shawna Dempsey
director of Winnipeg’s Sarasvati Dramatic Theatre
in skill development,” she says. “There are work-
and Lorri Milan contribute to the festival as well
omen may have come a long way in the
Productions and Repertory, Inc. FemFest 2006,
shops dedicated to acting, community theatre, and
with their new piece, “Target Marketing.”
fight for gender equality, but there is at
begins tomorrow. It is their fourth annual celebra-
performance art.”
least one area in which work remains
tion of plays written by women, for everyone.
to be done: the theatre.
The “Breakin’ Out!” theme has multiple
This year’s FemFest features an exciting line-
meanings. FemFest is physically “breaking out” in
“History has a lot to do with why women aren’t
up including a wide variety of styles and media as
that, for the first time, it will take place at two dif-
“In Canada, there continues to be fewer pro-
as accepted in the theatre world as men [are],” says
well as the introduction of cabarets featuring nu-
ferent venues. Artistically speaking, “the festival is
ductions of plays written by females,” says Hope
McIntyre. “You have this canon of plays by men like
merous local artists. Winnipeg playwright Cairn
breaking out by adding cabarets and performance
McIntyre. “A recent study showed that only 30 per
Shakespeare, Shaw and Ibsen, so automatically
Moore’s “Absolute Perfection” is a moving por-
art,” says McIntyre. “Also, the plays break the the-
cent of plays produced in Canada are written by
most of the plays produced by theatre companies
trait of how women learn to live day-to-day with
atrical mould by covering new territory.”
women.”
are ones written by men.”
cancer. Minnedosa native Lori Gwyer’s new play,
Although there is a theme, McIntyre points
“The Home for Unwed Fathers,” is a gender-bend-
out that the plays themselves are each very differ-
ing comedy that explores what would happen if
ent.
young boys who impregnate women showed phys-
FemFest Close Up
ical signs of their transgression.
Also included are Charmaine Leblanc and
with Shawna Dempsey and Lori Millan
Georgia Barker
F
emFest 2006 is just around the corner
and excitement is building. The festival is running from October 20-29 and is
featuring many performance artists from across
Canada including three from Winnipeg; Cairn
Moore, Bonnie Holmes, and the internationally
recognized team of Shawna Dempsey and Lorri
Millan.
For four years the festival’s goal has been to
produce one-act plays by women and showcase
both established and emerging women theatre
artists. Although women produce the festival,
the product is for everyone.
Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan are set
to debut their latest work “Target Marketing.”
This piece juxtaposes the increasingly violent
images that dominate the evening news with a
discussion on brain function using storytelling
and powerful narrative. In the piece, Dempsey
is dressed as a human target used in target practice for pistol marksmen. Their oeuvre is filled
with humour and subversion — think back to
the 1985 performance of “Lets Talk About Vulva”
Target Marketing - Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Milan
where Dempsey is dressed in an oversized
vulva costume singing about the female genitalia. As Millan notes, “We tend to create pieces
whose work “Absolute Perfection” is a portrait of
that reflect social issues — things that bug us.
how women learn to live day to day with cancer.
And humour is almost always present in some
For her, FemFest is a chance for her work to be
degree of the work.”
seen for the first time. Allowing emerging artists
Now, with “Target Marketing” the focus is
to present what they are working on is one of the
shifted to the performance. Without any spe-
ways that FemFest enriches the national and re-
cial effects, Dempsey and Millan are hoping
gional scene.
to create a deep connection between the per-
FemFest is also an important forum for the
former and the audience with the power of sto-
diffusion of ideas within performance art and
rytelling. As Dempsey comments, “The impor-
contribute significantly to the Winnipeg cultural
tance of telling tales that can transform feels
scene. As artistic director Hope McIntyre notes,
especially pressing now, as our world teeters be-
“You certainly would not see this mix of perfor-
tween self-destruction and (in North America)
mances anywhere else!” The festival’s ability to
unprecedented abundance.”
expand the boundaries of the Canadian the-
Telling tales is what FemFest is all about.
atre scene is one of the reasons that it attracts
The festival gives many playwrights the chance
such high quality work. Shawna Dempsey and
to show their work, address issues, but above
Lorri Millan affirm, “We are thrilled and hon-
all, to tell stories and to express themselves.
oured to present our work within a feminist fes-
Cairn Moore is a new writer from Winnipeg
tival dedicated to cutting-edge work.”
Michoue Sylvain from Montreal with their ironic
“The line-up is chosen to show the whole
range of what female playwrights create,” she says.
“Ultimately, what we’re celebrating with FemFest is
diversity.”
introspection, “Blue Tempo en Cinq,” about the
FemFest runs from Friday, Oct. 20 to Sunday,
times we live in, our obsessions with everlasting
Oct. 29 at the Contemporary Dancer’s Studio and
youth, materialism, narcissism, our insatiable thirst
Colin Jackson Studio Theatre. For complete festival
for life and fear of death. Internationally renowned
information, log on to www.sarasvati.ca.
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Let’s Get Baked
Ksenia Prints
Dunlap, who has been an avid vegan baker
for several years, knew immediately what direction the show should take.
U
sually found on the Food network, or
“We’re definitely about good food,” he
the lifestyle channel, cooking shows
are rarely transformed into the radio
format; when they are, the result is dull at
best. To most food enthusiasts the idea of not
seeing all the mouthwatering dishes is absurd.
But to Mat Dunlap and Dave Ewenson, the
men behind Lets Get Baked, it has served as
Vegan is definitely a big
thing, but not the only thing”
– Dave Ewenson
inspiration.
“It was sort of a joke: hey, there should be
a radio show where there would be baking with
says, “we hope good food and eating healthy are
rock stars,” says Dunlap of Baked’s humble be-
becoming more popular, and we stress organic
ginning. When Ewenson became involved in
just as much as vegan.”
radio, the joke turned reality.
They refuse, however, to get political.
Each episode features a different musical
“We want to make good radio that is acces-
guest (Alicia Silverstone being an exception),
sible to everybody, and we’re conscious about
who comes into the kitchen and helps prepare
getting preachy,” says Dave, “It’s more about
the weekly course.
the taste of the food. We don’t tend to stress the
“They really enjoy learning something new,” he
says, even the meat fanatics.
“We also love to get them to teach us recipes,” adds Dunlap.
“We hang out, learn about them and the
vegan aspect; we hope that people will focus on
Baked became wildly popular on its home
food, and play some music in between,” Mat
the musicians. Vegan is definitely a big thing,
station in Halifax. So much so that it branched
cheerfully explains the show’s format. The
but not the only thing.”
out to 11 other stations all across Canada, with
Winnipeg being the latest addition.
trivia break is provided by Tom Westoll, the an-
This dietary limitation forces them to be
nouncer, who digs up informative tidbits about
a lot more creative while attempting to come
“I think everybody can get something out
anything even remotely related to the episode.
up with yummy alternatives for omelettes and
of it,” says Dave, “whether it’s the musical guests
Sometimes the team also goes outside the
cakes. Their enthusiasm is contagious, and “the
or the cooking and the food, and there’s also a
studio for field interviews.
guests are pretty into it,” according to Ewenson.
lot humour about it.”
Taking art to The Edge:
WHITNEY LIGHT
NEWS PRODUCTION Editor
S
ometimes, if you want something done you have to do it
yourself. That’s the attitude
Richard Walls takes, drilling holes and
hammering nails on a sunny Saturday
afternoon at 611 Main Street, The
Edge Artists’ Village and Art Gallery. It
was one week to grand opening celebrations on Oct. 13.
Last fall, The Uniter reported that
Walls, a designer-developer with ADI
Design Works, bought The Edge (formerly Norman Meats), The (New)
Occidental Hotel, and The Annex
(formerly Monty’s Pawn Shop), with
hopes of fostering urban renewal. It
was dubbed the North Main Project.
The New Occidental had already been
revamped, stripped of its VLTs and
vendor license. New programs started
to help the area’s drug addicts and
poverty-stricken residents heal.
Now a shake-up is happening.
Aside from The Edge opening, the
main floor of The New Occidental is
now Studio 631. It’s an artists’ workshop with a focus on community wellness and healing through participation in the arts. The Neon Factory is
moving from the Exchange District
into the building that was The Annex.
Although the Factory’s move is not
Walls’ initiative, he sees all these developments as part of the effort to grow a
cultural cluster on North Main.
Geared towards artists from all
walks of life, The Edge has several functions. The main floor is a gallery. The
basement houses studios and workshops. For the moment it is cramped;
PHOTO: MATT DUNLAP
Dave Ewenson, Tom Westoll, Mat Dunlap size it up
dust, paint cans, and tools are everywhere. But plans include spaces for
painting, neon-bending, music-recording, wood-sculpting, metal-working, and even a darkroom. Artists can
rent studio space for $100/month.
Upstairs are eight live-work spaces —
all are already full.
“The idea of a cultural cluster,”
Walls says, “is about making this area
economically viable. It’s also about enriching the lives of street people, culturally if not financially.” Eventually,
he hopes, a lively arts community will
exist throughout South Point Douglas.
With no help from provincial
government social service supports
(aside from the Affordable Housing
Initiative), funds come out of Walls’
pocket. Progress takes a little longer
this way, but it’s clear that those involved are serious about seeing the
North Main Project through. “We have
limited funds, but a lot of ideas and
energy,” says Walls. He expects that
the Project will be more successful in
acquiring aid from government arts
and cultural funds.
“You have to be able to look poverty in the face.” Government, Walls
laments, won’t do that. Through some
twist of logic, he says, the location
of The Edge is not considered part
of Downtown or Point Douglas and
thus ineligible for funding through
Neighbourhoods Alive. “We’re in
limbo, and that’s reflected.”
Amidst the piles of lumber, power
tools, and old meat shop equipment
(giant weigh scales and grinding vats),
Amy Teakle is perched at a small computer desk. She is The Edge’s director, and busy lining up artists to rent
studio space and teach workshops.
“My goal is to see arts become
a viable career in Winnipeg,” says
Teakle, “I want to see life become a
little bit easier for these artists.” But
has art ever been considered a viable
career option? Isn’t struggle part of
being a serious artist? Teakle doesn’t
think so.
A
self-taught
photographer,
mother of four children, and current student of Arts and Cultural
Management, Teakle knows of what
she speaks. It was a series of setbacks
that brought her to The Edge, on the
search for a place to pursue art as
social betterment.
“I started by trying to put art
into medical clinics in the area, but
that didn’t work out. I applied for a
Winnipeg Arts Council grant, and that
didn’t work out. The Edge came up,
and it’s perfect.”
As for the concept’s seeming absurdity, the
creators disagree.
“People probably laughed at the idea…I
mean, it’s two guys doing a baking show!” says
Mat. “But we take it seriously, so I think people
[do as well].”
Let’s Get Baked airs on UMFM 101.5 every
Tuesday at 9am, and is downloadable at http://
www.letsgetbaked.ckdu.ca/.
Artists’ village to
renew North Main
Artists who use the space must
be prepared to share their skills. The
focus is access and improvement by
helping one another. And successful
artists, says Teakle, know their business. To teach that aspect, artists will
have opportunities to show and sell
their work. The gallery’s success, then,
relies on all Winnipeggers. Making a
living at art requires a market.
Erasing North Main’s bad reputation is no easy task. But The Edge
is a step forward, helping to change
the community’s attitude about itself
and envisioning a brighter future.
Says Walls, “Traditionally, there’s
been a need for churches and soup
kitchens. They have their place, but
we see a broader need. Youth have
questions, and it’s up to everybody to
provide answers.”
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Phone: 786-9497
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ARTS & CULTURE
Winnipeg Short Film Massacre
Dan Huyghebaert
F
The Sound of Being Second Hand
Downtempo and heavily-laden with
analog electronics, You Go Now is
a dark, mellow, and brooding trip
through Moore’s psyche. The album
sounds like a cross between Coldplay
and Massive Attack, but comes off
better than anything Coldplay has
ever done (and I like Coldplay, so
that’s saying something). Moore’s
deep, throaty voice is a soothing
counterpoint to the cold, sterilesounding drum loops, leaving the
listener in the middle with an album
that soothes while slides a knife into
your heart.
While half the album is
instrumental (with dialogue provided
by various samples), the lyrics tell
of one dealing with a recent and
sudden separation; the astronaut
theme, from the front cover and from
the dialogue, is fitting. Lines like “I
can see that you’ve finally got me
where you want me, guess I can’t
complain though ‘cause I can’t go
home” from “Nice to Know”, or
“You’re everything you dreamed
you’d be, what a civilized way to be
angry” from “Another Permanent
Address” are indicative of the overall
tone. Even the instrumental tracks,
“Lunar” or “When You Drive” conjure
up a feeling of distance.
It’s a solid album, and worth
getting. Moore takes all the best
elements of pop music from the last
decade and synthesizes them into
something worthwhile.
MIKE LEWIS
ARTS & CULTURE Editor
This week:
Chroma Key – You Go Now (2000)
Kevin Moore gave up a promising
career as keyboardist for progressivemetal band Dream Theater so that he
could go do his own thing. Fortunately
for Moore, Chroma Key turned
out to be something of a success.
Unfortunately for Dream Theater,
subsequent keyboard players never
quite lived up to the benchmark set
by Moore.
For people not familiar with
Dream Theater’s work, or for people
who cringe at the term ‘prog’,
Chroma Key is absolutely 100 per
cent nothing like Dream Theater.
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Domino
or Winnipeg Short Film
Massacre organizer Jenn
Jozwiak, horror films have
always been a product of culture.
She sees a similar culture that
exists now in terms of uncertainty
regarding the future. “1970s horror films, such as
the Texas Chainsaw Massacre,
seem to result from the dismantling of 1960s optimism. Films such
as Rosemary’s Baby deal with the
waning relevance of religion and
The Exorcist combines this lack of
spirituality with the popularization and perceived threat of feminism,” she says noting that famed
special effects great Tom Savini was
a former combat photographer in
Vietnam. “We are currently living
in a culture that is affected by similar threats — the resurgence of war,
religion and gender debate is often
reflected in the content of the new
horror fiction film, many of which
are remakes of 1970s horror flicks.”
For Jozwiak and co-organizer
Jeremy Gillespie, this marks the
third year running of their film festival, a celebration of not only all
that is horror and Halloween, but,
more importantly, one of community as well.
“We want to promote Winnipeg
as a centre of arts and culture, as
well as emulate the theater before
cable reruns existed. These are
new local short films, and they
are only going to be playing once
at Cinematheque.” Jozwiak says.
“Our hope is that this festival will,
by the nature of its subject, attract
an audience that is unfamiliar with
the Winnipeg film community, and
will serve as an introduction to that
community, its members, and their
work.”
The films are no more than 10
minutes each, and according to
Jozwiak, more artistic than perhaps
other years.
“There are quite a few Asian-inspired films this year with some very
intense effects.” The turnout for
the past two festivals has been sold
out, so you should get there fast
and early. Jozwiak and Gillespie
are always on the lookout for more
films; the deadline for entry is Oct.
18 (VHS or DVD only please). Some
local directors included in this year’s
festival include Matt Kennedy and
Connor Sweeney.
Prizes will be awarded by a
panel of judges, which includes
David DeCoteau of Creepozoids
fame and writer David Annandale
(Kornukopia). Prizes are donated
by Rapid Heart Films and will
include signed pictures of Linda
Blair and Anthony Perkins among
other nasty goodies. The festival
is always on the lookout for more
volunteers as well. If you are interested, get in touch with the organizers at http://www.myspace.
com/winnipegshortfilmmassacre.
Costumes are welcome, of course.
The Winnipeg Short Film
Massacre happens Oct. 27 at
Cinematheque. Tickets are $5.
Phone: 786-9497
Fax: 783-7080
Motörhead
Shout Out Out Out Out
Drive-thru records
EMI/Sanctuary Records
Normals Welcome Records
Just when you thought
the 80s revival was over,
along comes the band
hellogoodbye. Coming out
of Huntington Beach,
California, this pop quartet combines indie sensibilities with ‘80s-influenced synthesizer power pop music
and sugary vocals. With the first song, “All of Your Love”,
we are landed squarely in sock-hop territory, with a bass
line influenced by New Order and synth-vocals that Gary
Numan would be jealous of. The most obvious ‘80s tune
is “Touchdown Turnaround” and comes complete with the
obligatory handclap. The modified vocals on a few tracks
may seem like a gimmick, but the band makes it work.
While vocals of this sort can get downright irritating at times,
the band does not overdo it, throwing in a Beatles inspired
track, “Baby, It’s a Fact”, to mix things up. Songwriter and
guitarist Forrest Kline seems to only have one topic here,
also a very ‘80s thing: geek love, as evidenced in the tune
“I Saw it on Your Keyboard”. There’s a lot of catchy stuff
here, and it is probably the only record in history to have a
writing credit by the band leader’s dog. I can only assume
he wrote the melodies.
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Kiss of Death
www.imotorhead.com
It’s been a full 27 years
since
Motörhead’s
debut album, Overkill,
and since that time
Lemmy Kilmister and
company have been
blazing a debauchery
filled path that every metal head can be proud of. Kiss
of Death is their first album in 3 years and it gets off to
an incredible start with “Sucker”, a juggernaut of speed
and force that harkens back to their glory days. But just
when you thought they weren’t showing their age, the
disc slows down somewhat with some laughable tracks,
such as “Christine”, which is summed up by the lyric “I
just wanna jump her bones all the time”. The rest of the
disc is somewhat uneven, but has some incredible tunes,
such as “Devil I Know”, a throwback to classic metal, and
“Going Down”, which picks up where “Sucker” leaves off.
There is even a Motörhead ballad (?!?!), “God Was Never
on Your Side”, which is Lemmy’s ode to atheism. Awww,
how romantic.
-Dan Huyghebaert
Not Saying/Just Saying
www.nrmlswlcmrcrds.com
Edmonton, you’re in good
hands. Shout Out Out Out
Out have proven themselves able representatives of your fair city’s
music scene with their
new album, Not Saying/
Just Saying. Essentially, this is dance music that doesn’t shy
away from rock. By layering instrument over instrument,
Shout creates a solid groove. Immediately you’re overwhelmed by the sounds of two drummers. Some songs, particularly “Your Shitty Record Won’t Mix Itself” and “Chicken
Soup for the Fuck You”, hearken to what a live Shout show
must be like. The poor listener can do nothing but dance in
response to the bombardment. This is a group to keep in
mind for a live show. I must admit, this record has it going
on. The excellent drums, bass and synthesizer melodies
on this album make it accessible to every listener. If I one
day feel compelled and confident enough in my abilities to
dance, this record will certainly be playing.
Shout Out Out Out Out is here on the 28th opening for DJ Coop
and Hunicutt at the Pyramid.
-David Christiansen
-Dan Huyghebaert
Journey to Wellness:
Designing a People-Centred
Health System for Canadians
By Dr. R. Vaughan Glover
Hushion House Limited, 2005 (183 pages)
Reviewed by Stephen Spence
The
author
of
Journey to Wellness,
Dr. R. Vaughan Glover,
has
practiced
pri-
vately as a dentist for
over thirty years. He
is the founder of the
Canadian Association for People-Centred
Health (CAPCH), a grassroots organization
dedicated to making the health care system
more responsive to Canadians. The book is
divided into two sections concerning solutions that he proposes to some of the problems existing in the health-care system and
how they can be implemented.
The main problem, he argues, is that
health-care is not people-centred. What
this means is that the needs of people are
subordinate to the system, the politics surrounding it and the election goals of politi-
TEDIOUS MINUTIAE
cians. Citizens need to be informed of the
Or: Ineffectively Detailing One’s Cultural Consumption for the Uncaring Installment 2.6
available to them outside of the legal con-
options for care and assistance that are
fines of the system in order to make the
principle of informed consent valid. They
By Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson
must be given, but must also take more re-
[email protected]
sponsibility for their own health and well
being and be willing to step outside of the
Contemplated: Danger. DANGER!
simulated bacon bits, which pose their own
to knock some windows out of the Newport
traditional and authoritarian doctor/patient
delicious liquid smoke-driven danger.
Building, then succeeded in dislodging win-
relationship to become questioning individ-
dows from the parkade of the Radisson Hotel.
uals in pursuit of a self-defined conception
You may think that you’re safe, that the
world is great and there is nothing to fear.
Nowhere are the dangers of the world
It was Friday the 13th — what did you ex-
Alas, poor reader, you would be wrong. No,
more glaring than when you’re trying to get
pect? You think that’s bad? Last week winds
the danger is real.
your house ready for a baby. From this point
in Churchill reached 115 kilometres per hour,
forwards, all stairs and everything with a
just five kms weaker than hurricane-force
Say, for example, you’re a vegetarian.
corner is hazardous. In theory I should sell
gusts.
Spinach, carrots and lettuce are super dan-
all my tables, chairs, and bookcases and
gerous. How could you ever even consider
replace them with beanbag chair-type things
Or maybe you’d prefer to ram your ve-
but is instead an insurance principle—en-
eating such ticking time bombs? People are
(whose innards become choking hazards if
hicle into a too-low underpass on Disraeli
tailing what can legally be covered by the
dropping like flies from eating these so-
punctured). In retrospect, it also would have
— there may still be one or two available.
system—with no goal-defined definition of
called ‘healthy’ foods (at least in their juice
been safer to buy a house without stairs.
Some greedy concrete pumper truck already
health. This has led to a drain on motiva-
snatched up one of the underpasses, so you’ll
tion and a decline in the ability of doctors,
have to hurry if you want in on the action!
nurses and caregivers to serve the needs of
form). Every time you eat a vegetable you’re
of health, thereby empowering them to influence the election goals of the politicians
who depend upon their votes. An impediment to this happening is the fact that the
Canada Health Act is not a Health Act at all,
taking your life in your own hands. If you feel
If you crave danger, you should be a can-
obliged to eat these sinister foods, consider
didate for the leadership of the federal Liberal
deep-frying them.
party. It seems they can’t say anything right,
Try and think of the consequences of
especially about conflicts in the Middle East,
avoiding danger — knocking on wood could
Just be glad you don’t go to Mount Allison
without drawing fire from all angles. If that’s
result in serious slivers, and throwing salt
In particular, Dr. Glover feels that
University, where a Norwalk-like virus has
not enough for you, danger can be ramped
over your shoulder could result in assault
up by agreeing to appear on The Rick Mercer
charges if anyone’s nearby.
people need to know that we are mistaken
caused vomiting and diarrhea in around 100
students. Officials are blaming communal
Report for fishing and skinny-dipping.
patients and the ability of patients to like-
Now if you’ll excuse me, my bath is
washrooms and/or (and let’s really hope it’s
“or” and not “and”) salad bars. I remember
But fear not — danger is available for all
ready…where did I leave that hair dryer?
eating at salad bars as a kid, at restaurants
of you on a more local level. Just take a stroll
like Bonanza and Ponderosa, or the glorious
downtown and wait for a window to fall on
Biohazard: [email protected]
Mother Tucker’s. My favourite was always the
you. Last Friday’s vicious winds threatened
Mild toxins: tediousminutiae.blogspot.com
wise express their own needs in a knowledgeable fashion.
if we think Canada has a one-tiered system
of health-care that is not run for profit.
Structural weaknesses exist and opportunities are created for the wealthy, knowledgeable and privileged, i.e., those who are
close to or participate in the functioning of
the system itself.
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Sick City – Defining Success
Aaron Epp
H
ow exactly do you define “success” if you’re in a rock band?
For Winnipeg’s Sick City, the
answer is simple.
“Being able to pay off our van would
be nice,” says frontman Josh Youngson.
“But really, when we’re in the studio
making a good record that we’re all
proud of, and that people in Moose Jaw
and Idaho and wherever will be able to
listen to — that’s success.”
For many bands, a definition of success might include signing to a record
label. That’s just what Youngson — along
with bandmates Dorian Paszkowski
(guitar), Dave Grabowski (guitar), T.J.
Stevenson (bass) and Joel Neufeld
(drums) — has done in the past month,
signing with local imprint Smallman
Records (Comeback Kid).
To celebrate, the band is headlining the Smallman Records showcase at
the Western Canadian Music Awards tomorrow night at The Venue. Labelmates
Our Mercury, Ghosts of Modern Man,
and local acts The Alibi and Accepting
Silence will be playing as well.
“Good things are happening for us,
so we wanted to put on a show,” says
Youngson. “MuchMusic will be there
too, filming a segment that will air some
time in the future.”
Sick City formed in late 2004 by
former members of Fast Track, The
Novella and The Recovery. Last year, the
band independently released its debut
five-song EP, Where Do We Go From
Here. They have been playing shows
consistently since then, opening for the
likes of Deftones and Story of the Year
for the Winnipeg stop on the Taste of
Chaos tour, as well as Yellowcard and
Comeback Kid.
While their mix of rock, punk and
metal can be compared to bands such as
Underoath and The Used, Youngson believes Sick City has a unique sound. He
grew up listening to ‘60s pop and rock,
while other band members are heavily
influenced by skate punk and hardcore.
“I think we separate ourselves
from other bands,” says Youngson. “We
haven’t made a conscious decision to
sound like anything. We just concentrate on making catchy, melodic, honest
music that people can enjoy.”
The band plans to enter the studio
Sick City (L-R) Dorian Paszkowski, Joel Neufeld, Josh Youngson, TJ Stevenson, Dave Grabowski
this November to record its first fulllength CD. They are aiming for a spring
release date. Smallman will be releasing the CD throughout Canada, and the
band is currently working out a deal with
a U.S. label to handle the release of the
CD there. The quintet then plans to tour
throughout Canada and the U.S.
“It’s not going to be easy, but we’re
all quitting our jobs so we can put everything we have into the band right now,”
Apple
Prairie Theater Exchange
Oct. 12-29
Reviewed by Erin McIntyre
T
William Shakespeare’s The Tempest
Manitoba Theatre Centre
To November 4
Tickets: 27$-64$
Reviewed by Stephen Spence
of the King of Naples and the failed at
tempts of Caliban to overthrow Prospero and reclaim the island on which he was born.
Opening night for the first MTC play of the
season met with enthusiastic response from the
A
warning to those in the first few rows
audience, both throughout the show and at the
of the theatre: you will get wet, but only
end of the night. Overall, the performances were
slightly. The famous storm scene that in-
well done, though the players were in much
troduces the Tempest is conveyed to the audi-
better possession of their characters at the com-
ence by a light, though steady stream of precip-
mencement of the second act. Particularly note-
itation that drips down a fore-screen in front of
worthy was the performance of Peter Haworth
the audience. With the passing of the storm and
as Antonio, who seemed well suited to his char-
the commencement of the play, the screen rises
acter.
to reveal the island of Prospero, inhabited by
Unexpected was the addition of several
the sorcerer, his daughter Miranda, the monster
extra songs and the extension and elaboration
Caliban, the sprite Ariel and various other spirits
of some of the original tunes that have often
and goddesses.
been carried off without any sense of grandeur.
For anyone who is unfamiliar with
The costumes, designed by Judith Bowden, and
the play, it is the story of Prospero’s revenge
the stage, designed by John Thompson, were fit-
upon and chosen forgiveness of his brother
ting and elaborate, but did not distract from the
Antonio
actual performance.
(now
Duke
of
Milan),
Antonio
the King of Naples, and the King’s brother
It may be noted that Daria Puttaert
Sebastian for usurping his power and send-
(Miranda), Matt Kippen (Trinculo) and Laura
ing him into exile on the enchanted island he
Lussier (Iris, Mariner, Harpy) were all students
now inhabits. It is also about the love estab-
at the University of Winnipeg, with the latter two
lished between Miranda and Ferdinand, son
graduating from the Honours program.
he combination of a superb cast and
good intentions can often redeem
a play with script issues, and fortunately for playwright Vern Thiessen, this is
certainly true for Apple.
The story centers on Andy, a sad-sack of
a leading man, who just can’t seem to keep
it together, either in his professional life or
with his wife Evelyn. An obvious love triangle ensues when Andy meets the sweet and
sexy Samantha and is forced to make a decision. An examination of the power of choice
and importance of “knowing,” Apple is good
at the core, but a little bruised on the edges.
Marina Stephenson Kerr was truly
breathtaking as Evelyn. Her flawless capture of every emotion made her utterly dynamic, and truth be told, a far most interesting character than the show’s protagonist.
Evelyn’s inability to separate work and home
becomes evident in the first hilarious five
minutes of the show in which she describes
a conflict with the “bitch face” co-worker
Darlene to Andy: “she knows shit, and she
KNOWS she knows shit, so you know what I
said? I said ‘you know shit’...did you pick up
the dry cleaning?” Evelyn’s brutal honesty
and touching vulnerability make her quintessentially relatable.
Michael Spencer-Davis plays Andy,
who is, by no fault of Spencer-Davis’ own, a
character that invokes little sympathy from
the audience until well into the second act.
Spencer-Davis does well with what he is
given, and when Andy starts to become more
complex he does a beautiful job. Splices of
medical lectures found throughout the play
appear to foreshadow some turnaround in
Andy and his relationship with Evelyn, citing
that in cells “breakdown is normal, it allows
all living things to grow.” While eventually
Andy’s character matures into this motif,
it’s a little bit too little to late to make him
truly admirable.
PHOTO: DAN HARPER
says Youngson. “No one knows what will
happen, but we’re going to roll with the
punches. It looks like it’ll be good.”
See Sick City play at The Venue on
Friday, Oct. 20. Tickets are $10 at the
door, or they can be bought in advance
for the same price at Sk8 and Into the
Music. You can visit the band online at
www.myspace.com/sickcitymusic.
Andy’s temptress Samantha is another
anomaly, as the audience never really understands why she would ever be even slightly
interested in Andy. Tracy Michailidis’s portrayal of the young, live in the moment, seductive, vulnerable, wounded-bird cliché
Thiessen appears to have based Samantha
on (the Penny Lane archetype if you will)
is exquisite in its execution. The audience
questions her motives for loving Andy, but
never questions that she does in fact love
him, demonstrating Michailidis’s prowess as
an actress in the face of a plot hole.
Brian Perchaluk’s set was visually
simple, with only a bench, screens, and tree
made out of nylons gracing the stage. The
tree seemed to be possibly representative of
cancerous cells, the interconnectedness of
the characters, or feminine sexuality, all of
which are major players in the story.
Apple weaves together lust, marriage,
death, and human growth to poignantly
comment on what it is to love. Apple argues
that “living in the moment” does not mean
instant gratification; it’s about exploring
what each moment should be, and choosing how it should be lived. Truly, “it’s about
knowing.” Unfortunately, knowing usually
comes hand in hand with suffering.
Apple is running at the Prairie Theatre
Exchange (on the third floor of Portage
Place Shopping Centre) from October 12-29.
Tickets are available at the box office, 9425483, and cost $24.38 for students.
PHOTO: DAVID MCKNIGHT
Apple - Love triangle plays out at the PTE
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ON CAMPUS
second floor of Duckworth Centre!
Games begin at 6:15 p.m. All students in attendance get free tickets
to the after-party at Alive nightclub
in the Exchange! All people in attendance can enter to win two Grey
Cup Tickets.
ONGOING
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PARTNERS needed in the Language
Partner Program, U of W Continuing
Education Campus, 294 William
Avenue. Language partners are
native (or fluent) English speaking
volunteers who give ESL (English
as a Second Language ) students
an opportunity to practise speaking
English outside of the classroom
and to learn more about the Canadian way of life. The day and time
partners meet is flexible. The time
commitment is 1-2 hrs./week.
Contact Rina Monchka, 982-1151;
[email protected].
UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG
TOASTMASTERS Meetings are
held regularly on Friday mornings at
7:15 a.m. in Room 2M70. Students,
faculty, and members of the community are welcome. It’s an opportunity to improve confidence in public
speaking and writing, share your
creativity, meet a diverse group of
people, and become a leader. Come
and be our guest! For more info call
284-5081.
EVENTS
UWSA DO IT YOURSELF
WORKSHOPS All workshops
are free; contact Vivian Belik at
[email protected] to sign up.
Clothing Alteration Workshops: Silk
screen, knit and more: Wednesday at
lunch until Oct. 25.
SHOULD CANADA GET OUT
OF AFGHANISTAN? Live debate
followed by Q & A. Oct. 20, 12:30
p.m. in the Bulman Centre. In partnership with the UWSA.
WAR AND THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR CONFERENCE Will highlight the experience
of Canadian conscientious objectors
in the Second World War. This
conference will take a critical look
at the experience of the Canadian
conscientious objector, but it will
also include speakers who have
carried on that value and stance in
recent times. Experts on pacifism
in Canada, university students, and
actual conscientious objectors will
speak. This event is free and all are
welcome to attend. Oct. 20 & 21 in
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall.
WII CHIIWAAKANAK LEARNING CENTRE offers an Elder’s
Teaching Circle on Oct. 24 from
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at 509-511 Ellice
Avenue. Please register by calling
789-1431 or emailing [email protected].
FAIR TRADE HALLOWEEN
promoted by WUSC who will have
a table set up in Centennial Hall on
Oct. 25 – 27 and on Oct. 30 – 31
in the Atrium in the to sell fair trade
chocolate, coffee, and books from
Ten Thousand Villages. We will also
have pamphlets and other information to promote this cause.
JAMES YOUNGBLOOD HENDERSON, “Dialogical Governance:
Honor and Implemenation” as part
of the Harry Daniels Distinguished
Lecture Series, presented by the
Aboriginal Governance Program.
Oct. 27, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. in room
1L12. Refreshments to follow in
the Aboriginal Student Centre. This
event is free and all are welcome to
attend. For more information, call
204.786.9305.
CELEBRATING ABORIGINAL
WOMEN’S VOICES An evening
to celebrate and recognize the work
of Aboriginal women in many avenues in different communities, and
nations. Nov. 1. This is a collaboration between the UWSA and the
University of Winnipeg Aboriginal
Governance Program.
WESMEN TAILGATER PARTY
Come out and show your school
pride while your Wesmen play
against the U of M Bisons on Nov.
2. Pre-party begins @ 4:30 p.m.
Want to submit your listing to Uniter Listings? Email your listings to [email protected]
Deadline for submissions is Wednesday, eight days before the issue you’d like your
listing to first appear in. The Uniter publishes on Thursdays, 25 times a year.
Oct. 25: Understanding Your Rights
and Responsibilities: 12:30-1:20
p.m. Room 1L04. This session will
give you important information
about immigration, the legal system
in Canada, and tenants and landlords. Be informed about what you
can and cannot do!
DIVISION OF
CONTINUING
EDUCATION
TAILGATE PARTY
The UWSA is hosting a tailgate
party before the University of
Winnipeg Wesmen's season
opening basketball games
against the Manitoba Bisons.
Program: Arts & Cultural Management
High profile guest speaker from
Quebec
Title: Marketing for Arts & Culture
Instructor: Francois Colbert
Date: 1 Friday / Saturday, Oct.
27-28
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $350.00
Location: 294 William Ave
Registration or Information:
982-6633
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FAIR EXCHANGE: A conference
on fair trade issues and activism
featuring a fair trade fair, workshops
and more on Nov. 3 from 8:30 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. in the Bulman Student
Centre. Hosted by the UWSA.
Interested students can register to
participate in the UWSA General
Office, Bulman Centre or by email to
[email protected].
VIRTUOSI CONCERTS presents “INTENSITY & REFLECTION” with Steven Dann, viola &
Rena Sharon, piano. Saturday, Nov.
4, 8 p.m. Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall,
University of Winnipeg. Tickets: $29
adults / $27 seniors / $17 students.
Call 786-9000 or visit www.virtuosi.
mb.ca. Free Parking available in the
CBC Lot, accessed via Young Street.
Co-Presented by The University of
Winnipeg & CBC Radio Two.
WORKSHOPS AND
SEMINARS
MATH / STATS
STUDENTS’
ASSOCIATION
MATH PROBLEM-SOLVING
WORKSHOPS by Dr. J. Currie.
Every Monday, 1:30-2:20 p.m. in
room 3C29. For students planning
to try either of the upcoming math
competitions or for students simply
interested in learning some techniques for solving interesting math
problems.
THE WRITERS’
COLLECTIVE
WORKSHOP FOR NEW AND
EMERGING WRITERS: Oct.
28, Writing for Radio with Ron
Robinson from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
To register call 786-9468 or email
[email protected].
Workshops will be held in room
2C10 at the University of Winnipeg.
Writing workshop for Radio costs
$15 for WC members; $30 for nonmembers.
COUNSELLING AND
CAREER SERVICES
The University of Winnipeg Career
Services is offering a series of
Free Career Workshops, open to
all students at the University of
Winnipeg and the Collegiate.The
workshops will be held in the
Career Resource Centre (0GM09).
To sign up, stop by the Counselling Services office(0GM06), email
[email protected], or
phone 786-9231.
Oct. 24: Resume Writing, 1:15-2:15 p.m.
Oct. 25: MBTI Introduction, 12:30-2 p.m.
Nov. 1: MBTI Career, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS’
INFORMATION
SESSIONS
DO YOU LIKE WORKING WITH
NEWCOMER CHILDREN? Do
you believe you can change our
community? If so, consider volunteering with some of our programs.
The Citizenship Council of Manitoba
Inc. International Centre is looking
for student volunteers to help new
arrivals to Canada learn English
and feel welcome in our country.
Opportunities exist for volunteers
to give their time and support to
the Centre’s Immigrant Children
and Youth Programs including
Sports Activities for Newcomer
Kids, Empowerment for Newcomer
Youth, Newcomer Buddy Welcome
Program and our After Class Education Program. If you’d like to help
out, contact Si-il Park at 943-9158
ext 285 or 688-1941.
WII CHIIWAAKANAK LEARNING CENTRE VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES Do you need
volunteer hours on your resume?
Do you need volunteer hours for
a class? Come and volunteer in
the Wii Chiiwaakanak Learning
Centre. The Community Learning
Commons is located at 509-511
Ellice Ave. Please submit your
resume to: Christine Boyes,
RBC Community Learning Commons Coordinator, Wii Chiiwaakanak
Learning Centre, The University of
Winnipeg. Phone: 789-1431; Fax:
786-7803; Email: clcc@uwinnipeg.
ca.
THE WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE
is always looking for contributions
for our bimonthly journal, The
Collective Consciousness. We
publish poetry, short fiction, short
non-fiction, screenplays, plays,
articles, interviews, book reviews,
and more. All submissions should
include a brief (roughly 3 lines)
personal biography. We prefer email
submissions to avoid inaccuracies
in retyping text for the journal.
Submissions should be emailed
to
writerscollective@uwinnipeg.
ca with “Collective Consciousness
submission” in the subject line. By
mail: mark as Collective Consciousness submissions, and sent to: The
Writers’ Collective, 4th Floor Library,
University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage
Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9.
ART HISTORY STUDENTS’
ASSOCIATION All students are
welcome at our meetings, Thursdays
at 12 p.m. Meet in the History Common, Room 3rd Floor Ashdown. If
you want to discuss arts & culture
and meet new friends, check us out!
It’s also a great opportunity to get
involved in student projects, from
arts writing to campus socials.
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS AND
WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE ANNUAL NON-FICTION CONTEST
The challenge this year is to write a
non-fiction story on the theme “I
won!” What did you win? The lottery?
The match? The day? A reprieve?
His heart? Or how did you win? By
persevering? By leading a good life?
By taking a chance? By means that
made you proud or ashamed? Prizes
are $500 for first place, $300 for
second and $100 for third. Fee is
$5 for Writers’ Collective members,
$10 for non-members. The deadline
is Nov. 1, 2006. All entries MUST be
sent with an entry form, available by
calling (204) 786-9468, or emailing
[email protected]. AROUND TOWN
CONCERTS
LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO Oct. 21 Burton Cummings
Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets $34 and $39,
plus fees at Ticketmaster.
HALLOWEEN BLACK & BLUE
BALL Oct. 21 Purple Peanut, 160
Osborne Street, 9 p.m. With DJ Evil
Bastard. Tickets $15 in advance, $20
at the door. Visit www.blackandblueball.ca for more info.
THE REGULATIONS, UNDER
PRESSURE Oct. 21 & 22 Red Road
Lodge (Main at Logan). With The
Detentions, Neon Blitz on the 21st
and Hot Live Guys, The Untrained
Eyes and Dead Dogs on the 22nd.
Tickets $7 for one night/$12 for both
at the door. 8:30 p.m. All ages.
A NIGHT OF ART, A NIGHT
OF COURAGE Oct. 22 Empire
Cabaret, 8 p.m. Featuring music
by Flo, Erik Athavale, Papa Ev and
more, comedy by Shonette, spoken
word by Bola, Ingrid D. Johnson.
Tickets $10 in advance at McNally
Robinson, Urban Bakery, Academy
BnE, EMK/Stulka Clothing and Para
Mix or $15 at the door.
HATEBREED Oct. 23 Garrick
Centre at the Marlborough, 7 p.m.
Tickets $23.50 at Ticketmaster.
THE ELECTED Oct. 23 Collective Cabaret, 8 p.m. Tickets $13 at
Ticketmaster.
DOUBLE DAVE ACOUSTIC
WITH DAVE GOGO AND BIG
DAVE MCLEAN Oct. 26 West End
Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Tickets $17
at Ticketmaster and WECC.
RAGGA-WEEN with King Django,
JFK & The Conspirators, Subcity
Dwellers. Oct. 27 West End Cultural
Centre, 8 p.m. Tickets $10/$12 at
Into the Music and Sk8.
HALLOWEEN FUNKADELIC!
Oct. 27 Manitoba Museum, 190
Rupert Ave. 7:30 p.m. Winnipeg’s
hottest spinmasters - DJ Co op and
DJ Hunnicutt - will have you dancing the night away with their special
mix of funk, soul, and house music.
Come in costume for a chance to
win some fantastic prizes. Tickets
$10 in advance and $15 at the door.
Call the Museum box office at 9880629.
CMTDG MUSICAL THEATRE
HALLOWEEN COSTUME BALL
Oct. 28 Park Theatre, 8 p.m. Support
the development of Canadian Musical Theatre. Come dressed as your
favourite musical theatre character to
win prizes. Tickets $15, $1 of which
will be donated to Unicef. For tickets
or info, email [email protected].
JET SET SATELLITE Oct. 28
Garrick Centre at the Marlborough,
6 p.m. Tickets $12 at Ticketmaster.
SKALLOWEEN 8 Oct. 28 Fort
Garry Community Centre, 6 p.m.
With The Farrell Bros., The Wedgewoods, Ten Too many, The Perms,
The Brat Attack, Burden of a Decade,
The Mouth Boat. Tickets $7 at the
door.
ISLANDS W/ THE BESNARD
LAKES, SUBTITLE Oct. 29 West
End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Tickets
$12 in advance at Ticketmaster,
WECC, Into the Music, Music
Trader.
XIU XIU W/ CONG FOR
BRUMS, THE DIRTY PROJECTORS Oct. 30 West End Cultural
Centre, 8 p.m. Tickets $12/$15 at
Ticketmaster and WECC.
COMEDY
TOAD IN THE HOLE / THE
CAVERN 112 Osborne St – Comedy at the Cavern. Third Wednesday
of the month.
Listings Coordinator: Nick Weigeldt
Phone: 786-9497
Fax: 783-7080
THE KING’S HEAD PUB 120
King St – King’s Head Happy Hour
Weekly Comedy Night, Tuesdays at
9 p.m. Oct. 24 Jack ‘Um & Attack
‘Um – Improv. Oct. 31 Hallowe’en
Spook-tacular Stand Up Comedy
Party.
CANZONA Peppery Part Songs
of Passion & Pleasure. Oct. 21, 7
p.m. at Westminster United Church.
Tickets $20 adult, $10 student. Call
942-1917 or at McNally Robinson
Booksellers.
CRUMBS – Nine Years of Improv
and Awesome. Oct. 28, 8 p.m. and
10 p.m. at the Gas Station Theatre,
445 River Ave. Tickets $8 or $12
for both shows. Featuring DJ Hunnicutt.
MANITOBA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Call MCO at 783-7377
or pick up tickets at McNally Robinson or Ticketmaster. All concerts
begin at 7:30 p.m. at Westminster
United Church. Next concert is on
Nov. 2.
FILM
CINEMATHEQUE 100 Arthur St
Oct. 20 – 26, 9 p.m (and 7 p.m. on
the 20th and 21st): Leonard Cohen:
I’m Your Man by Lunson, 2006. Oct.
21 & 22, 11 p.m.: Coachella Music
Fest by Thomas, 2005. Oct. 22, 6
p.m.: Food and The Moves featuring
Babette’s Feast by Axel, 1989. Oct
23 – 26, 7 p.m.: NFB presents At My
Mother’s Breast by Watson-Burgess,
2006.
ELLICE CAFÉ & THEATRE 585
Ellice St 975-0800 Neighbourhood
theatre and restaurant. Free movie
nights Monday – Wednesday. Oct.
28: Halloween movie fundraiser for
Echo Theatre’s production of ‘Jumpers’ at Stoppardfest 2007. Oct. 30,
7 p.m.: Poltergeist. Oct. 31, 7 p.m.:
Dracula. Nov. 1: Ray of Hope.
PARK THEATRE 698 Osborne St
478-7275 Neighbourhood theatre
and venue. Monday nights: Monday
Night Football. Oct. 24: A Simple
Exorcism. Oct. 25: Documentary
premiere, 7 p.m.
CINEMENTAL MANITOBA’S
FRENCH-LANGUAGE
FILM
FESTIVAL is celebrating its 15th
edition from Nov. 1 – 5 at Portage
Place’s Globe Cinema. Nine of 14
movies – including Bon Cop, Bad
Cop, Cheech, A Sunday in Kigali,
and Congorama – are subtitled in
English. A full program will be announced at www.cinemental.com.
GLOBAL JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL Nov. 3 & 4 at the University
of Winnipeg. Featuring films from the
Travelling World Community Film
Festival, discussions, entertainment
and displays. Tickets $20/$10 for
both days. To register online visit
www.globaljusticefilmfestival.ca/.
THEATRE, DANCE &
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
THE GRIND First Thursday of the
month at Ellice Café & Theatre (585
Ellice Ave) The Grind, a venue to encourage and develop performers and
their ideas through the presentation
of scenes, sketches, monologues,
spoken word, short film, stand-up
and music in front of a live audience. 7p.m. $4 per person. Next
event: Oct. 4.
FEMFEST
2006 Sarasvati
Productions’ fourth annual theatre
festival of plays written by women
for everyone. Plays by local and
national playwrights are performed
Oct. 20 – 29 at the Contemporary
Dancers Studio, 211 Bannatyne Ave.
at Main Street and at Colin Jackson
Studio Theatre, PTE, third floor of
Portage Place. For tickets or information, call 586-2236 or visit www.
sarasvati.ca.
CERCLE
MOLIÈRE
340
Provencher Blvd.Tickets available at 233-8053 or visit www.
cerclemoliere.com. Until Nov. 4: Le
Professionel.
MANITOBA THEATRE CENTRE 174 Market Ave. Tickets
available at 942-6537. Until Nov. 4:
Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
MANITOBA THEATRE CENTRE
WAREHOUSE Third floor, Portage
Place. 140 Rupert St. Tickets available at 942-6537. Season starts
Oct. 26 with Nicholson’s The Retreat
from Moscow.
PRAIRIE
THEATRE
EXCHANGE Call 942-5483 or visit
www.pte.mb.ca. Until Oct. 29: Vern
Thiessen’s Apple.
VIRTUOSI CONCERTS presents “INTENSITY & REFLECTION” with Steven Dann, viola &
Rena Sharon, piano. Saturday, Nov.
4, 8 p.m. Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall,
University of Winnipeg. Tickets: $29
adults / $27 seniors / $17 students.
Call 786-9000 or visit www.virtuosi.
mb.ca. Free Parking available in the
CBC Lot, accessed via Young Street.
Co-Presented by The University of
Winnipeg & CBC Radio Two.
WINNIPEG JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Oct. 22 with Double Threat! Phil
Dwyer and Dave Young. Concerts
2 & 7 p.m. at the Winnipeg Art
Gallery. Tickets available by calling
632-5299.
THE WINNIPEG SINGERS
Call 989-6030ext1 or visit www.
winnipegsingers.com. Next concert
is Nov. 7 at Westminster United
Church.
WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Concerts almost weekly
during the fall. Call 949-3999 or visit
the WSO box office at 555 Main Street.
LITERARY
McNALLY ROBINSON GRANT
PARK Oct. 19, 7 p.m.: Matt Jackson presenting and signing Mugged
By A Moose. Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m.: Talk
and Q&A on the topic of Policing
and Punishment in London 16601750 by J. M. Beattie, University
Professor Emeritus at the University
of Toronto. Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Contemporary Verse 2 launch. Oct. 26,
7:30 p.m. Brenda Hasiuk reading
and signing Where the Rocks Say
Your Name. Nov. 1, 7 p.m.: Stuart
McLean signing copies of Secrets
from the Vinyl Café. Nov. 1, 7:30
p.m.: Elizabeth Woods reading and
signing Beyond the Pale. Nov. 1, 8
p.m. Paul Hindle launches Jackrabbits in the Outfield.
SPEAKING CROW OPEN-MIC
POETRY First Tuesday of the
month at Academy Bar & Eatery.
AQUA BOOKS 89 Princess St
The Stone Soup Storytellers’ Circle,
veteran Winnipeg storytellers, meets
for storytelling once a month on
Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Next get
together is on Nov. 11. All are welcome. ideaExchange: Aqua Books,
in conjunction with St. Benedict’s
Table, is pleased to present our
award-winning monthly conversation series dealing with issues of
faith, life, theology and pop culture.
Oct. 28 at 8 p.m.: Playing God: Ethics and the World of Biotechnology
with Jim Read, Salvation Army Ethics Centre.
OUT LOUD is an open mic opportunity for you to give your words
voice. Every two weeks a special
guest will kick off the evening after
which the mic is open for your words
of any genre in five minutes or less.
Third Thursday of the month. Sign
up is at 7 p.m. Open mic at 7:50
p.m. Free.
AD LIB is an evening of improvestyle word games. Every night is
guaranteed to be different and full of
laughs. From round stories to fridge
magnet poetry, from opening lines
to creating new endings, there’s no
limit to the places these games – or
your writing – can go. First Thursday
of the month at 7:30 p.m. Free.
WORKSHOP FOR NEW AND
EMERGING WRITERS: Oct.
28, Writing for Radio with Ron
Robinson from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
To register call 786-9468 or email
[email protected].
Workshops will be held in room
2C10 at the University of Winnipeg.
Costs $15 for WC members; $30 for
non-members.
Phone: 786-9497
Fax: 783-7080
GALLERIES &
EXHIBITIONS
LA MAISON DES ARTISTES
219 Provencher 237-5964 Mon-Fri
9-5. Until Nov. 7: ‘Confidences’ by
Diane Lavoie.
IN PLAIN VIEW Winnipeg Studio
Tour 2006 A group of Winnipeg
artists have organized two weekend
self-guided studio and gallery tours
to take place on the weekends of
Nov. 4 & 5 and Dec. 2 & 3 from 12
noon to 6 p.m. on these days. Visit
www.inplainviewwinnipeg.com for
info.
LABEL GALLERY 510 Portage
Ave 772-5165 Tues-Sat 12-5. Volunteer artist-run non-profit art centre showcasing works of community
artists. Until Nov. 2: “In Good Faith
(We’ll Agree to Disagree)”
ACE ART INC. 290 McDermot St
944-9763 Tues-Sat 12-5. Until Nov.
18: Shelley Low, ‘Self-Serve at La
Pagode Royale’.
ADELAIDE
MCDERMOT
GALLERY 318 McDermot Ave
987-3514.
THE ANNEX GALLERY 594
Main St 284-0673 Tues-Sat 12-5.
Contemporary art.
ARTBEAT STUDIO INC. 4-62
Albert St 943-5194. Communitybased contemporary art.
ART CITY 616 Broadway Ave 7759856 Mon 5-8 ,Tues-Fri 4-8, Sat
12-4. Featuring high quality artistic
programming for kids and adults.
THE EDGE ARTIST VILLAGE
AND GALLERY 611 Main St.
Grand Opening: Featuring exhibits
by Winnipeg artists Christian
Worthington and Kelvin Adair Free.
FLEET GALLERIES 62 Albert St
942-8026 Mon-Thur 8:30-5:30, Fri
8:30-5, Sat 9:30-4:30. Until Oct. 20:
Jason Cyr’s landscapes in oil and
encaustics.
GALLERY 1C03 Centennial Hall,
University of Winnipeg 515 Portage
Ave 786-9253 Mon-Fri 12-4, Sat 14. The Gallery provides the campus
community and general public with
opportunities to learn about visual
art, thereby reinforcing and emphasizing the educational mandate of
the University. Until Oct. 21: Cliff
Eyland’s solo exhibition ‘Cameras,
Cellphones And Hard Drives’. Opening Nov. 2: Lynn Richardson’s ‘InterGlacial Free Trade Agreement.’
GALLERY 803 - 803 Erin St 4890872 Local artists featured. Until
Nov. 4: ‘Sexy Body’ Felson Nest
and Nestor Finch Inc. by Dominique
Rey and Cyrus Smith, with William
Eakin.
GALLERY LACOSSE 169 Lilac
St 284-0726 Tues-Fri 10-6, Sat
10-5. Small neighbourhood gallery.
Until Nov. 1: ‘Images of Canada’s
West Coast’, Michael Cox.
GALLERY ONE ONE ONE Main
Floor Fitzgerald Building, School of
Art U of Manitoba 474-9322. Showing and collecting contemporary
and historical art at the U of M.
Opening Oct. 26: Show featuring
works by local artists Eleanor Bond,
Aganetha Dyck, Wanda Koop and
Diana Thorneycroft.
GRAFFITI GALLERY 109 Higgins Ave 667-9960. A not-for-profit
community youth art center, using
art as a tool for community, social,
economic and individual growth.
Until Nov. 2: ‘Neighbourhoods’, a
show honouring the neighbourhoods the Gallery works in and the
elements that create community.
HIGH OCTANE GALLERY, OSBORNE VILLAGE CULTURAL
CENTRE 445 River @ Osborne
St 284-9477. Local community art
gallery. Currently showing work by
Mirek Weichsel, “Flatlands”.
KEEPSAKES GALLERY 264
McDermot Ave 943-2446. A nonprofit gallery promoting handmade
art, crafts, pottery, cards and more.
KEN SEGAL GALLERY 4-433
River Ave 477-4527 Tues-Fri 10-6,
Sat 10-5. Showcase of original
contemporary art. Until Oct. 28: New
Ceramic Works by Tanis Dick.
LA GALERIE at the CENTRE CULTUREL FRANCO-MANITOBAIN 340
Provencher Blvd 233-8972 Mon-Fri
8am-10 p.m. Sat-Sun 12 p.m. - 10
p.m. On now: ‘Gilles Carles un cinéaste de premier plan’ and ‘15 ans
inoubliables’, celebrating 15 years
of Cinémental.
MANITOBA CRAFTS COUNCIL
EXHIBITION GALLERY 214
McDermot Ave 487-6114 Tues-Fri
11-5, Sat 11-4. Contemporary arts
and crafts.
MARTHA STREET STUDIO
11 Martha St 772-6253 Mon-Fri
10-5. Showcasing the fine art of
printmaking. Until Nov. 8: Prints by
Lisa Tagnon.
MEDEA GALLERY 132 Osborne
St 453-1115 Mon-Sat 10:30-5, Sun
1-4. Until Oct. 30: ‘Lake Images’ by
Meribeth Coyne.
MAWA - MENTORING ARTISTS FOR WOMEN’S ART
611 Main St 949-9490. Supporting
women artists at their new home on
Main Street. Until Oct. 28: ‘Grrls,
Chicks, Sisters & Squaws: Les
Citoyennes du Cyberspace’ curated
by Skawennati Tricia Fragnito.
OUTWORKS GALLERY 3rd
Floor 290 McDermot Ave 949-0274.
Artist-run studio and exhibition
space in the Exchange.
OSEREDOK GALLERY 184
Alexander Ave E. 942-0218. Oct. 28
– Nov. 25: ‘Convergence’ art exhibit
and sale.
PLATFORM (CENTRE FOR
PHOTOGRAPHIC AND DIGITAL ARTS) 121-100 Arthur St
942-8183 Tues-Sat 12-5. Photobased media. Until Oct. 20: ‘The
End of Scanning’ by Richard Dyck
with Flower and Leaf Arrangements
by Susie Rempel. Oct. 25: Salon
Night, hosted by Richard Holden
and Susan Close.
PLUG-IN ICA 286 McDermot Ave
942-1043. Until Nov. 18: ‘Unlearn’
– international range of emerging
and established artists, curated by
Steven Matijcio.
WOODLANDS
GALLERY
Tanya Klimps' showcase of
abstract art is showing at
Woodlands Gallery until
November 4.
BARS, CAFES & VENUES
ACADEMY BAR & EATERY 414
Academy Rd. Oct. 19: Tammy Bargen
and Tim Braun. Oct. 20: The Ruckus
with the Oopsy Daisies. Oct. 21:
Elephant Island and Black Photographs. Oct. 25: Grace Murillo. Oct.
26: Ann Walton and David Celia.
THE CAVERN / TOAD IN THE
HOLE 108 Osborne St. Third
Wednesday of the month: Comedy
at the Cavern. Sundays: Debra Lyn
Neufeld and Gord Kidder. Oct. 19:
The River City Hum. Oct. 20: Burnt
Project 1 w/ The Upsides. Oct. 21:
Groovy Moustache. Oct. 25: MadCaps. Oct. 27: Orilla Opry. Oct. 28:
Halloween – 70s Disco Revue. Oct.
31: The Mahones.
CENTRE CULTUREL FRANCOMANITOBAIN 340 Provencher
Blvd. Tuesdays: Le Mârdi Jazz. Oct.
24: The U of M. Oct. 31: Papa Mambo. Coup de couer Francophone
Concert Series: Oct 20: Véronic
Dicaire in concert, 8 p.m., $16 at
CCFM. Oct 26: Duo Benzakoun, 8
p.m., $20 in advance at CCFM, $22
at the door or $16 for students and
members of Alliance française.
COLLECTIVE CABARET / DIE
MASCHINE CABARET 108
Osborne St. Thursdays: Good Form,
Indie Club Night, $3. Hosted by DJ
Font Crimes and Rob Vilar. Fridays:
Punk/Hardcore Night w/ Fat Mat &
Scott Wade. Saturdays: Goth/Industrial Night. Oct 23: The Elected,
Margo & The Nuclear So and So’s.
Oct. 27: Punk Rock Halloween with
Asado, The Hearsemen, burnthe8track, The Savants, In 2 Months. Oct.
31: The Afterbeat, The Farrell Brothers, The Barrymores, Realitys End.
URBAN SHAMAN 203-290
McDermot Ave 942-2674. Contemporary Aboriginal art. Oct. 27 – Dec.
1: Nadia Myre: ‘The Want Ads &
Other Scars’.
VIDEO POOL MEDIA ARTS
CENTRE 300-100 Arthur St 9499134. Contemporary media art.
WAH-SA GALLERY 302 Fort St
942-5121. Aboriginal artwork.
WAYNE ARTHUR GALLERY
186 Provencher Blvd 477-5249.
Gallery for Manitoba-based artists. Until Nov. 1: Open Minds 2:
David Cooper, Bill Lucenkiw, Omer
DeWandel.
WINNIPEG ART GALLERY 300
Memorial Blvd 786-6641. On now:
Masters of Inuit Sculpture. Until Oct.
22: ‘Manitoba Modernist Painters:
Head, Leathers, Lochlead, Tascona’.
Until Oct. 29: ‘Manitoba’s Modernist
Architecture: 1945-1975’. Until Dec.
3: Masterworks of Inuit Sculpture.
Until January 1: Exhibition of
Sculptures by Auguste Rodin. Until
January 7: Exhibition of the works
of Christopher Pratt. Opening Oct.
28 until March 25: Mammatus – An
Installation by Max Streicher.
WOODLANDS GALLERY 535
Academy Rd 947-0700. Until Nov.
4: ‘Bigboys’ by Tanya Klimp.
KEEPSAKES GALLERY 264
McDermot Ave. Musical Keepsakes:
Live music every Saturday evening.
KING’S HEAD PUB 100 King St.
Tuesdays: The Original Comedy of
the Kings Head. See Comedy for details. Sundays: All The Kings Men.
MONDRAGON BOOKSTORE
AND COFFEEHOUSE 91 Albert
St. Political bookstore and vegan
restaurant hosting readings, speakers and concerts. Wednesdays:
Wobbly Wednesdays. Oct 21: ‘The
Five Hole Stories’ launched by
author Dave Bidini. Nov. 5: Community Harvest Dinner. See Community
Events.
OSBORNE FREEHOUSE 437
Osborne St. Mondays: The Cool
Monday Night Hang, 8 p.m. First set
followed by a jam session. Acoustic
Night every Tuesday and Thursday
evening beginning at 8 p.m. Oct 24:
Ben Spenser, Fraser MacDougall,
the ory no’man too. Oct. 25: Tornay.
THE PARK THEATRE 698
Osborne St. Mondays: Monday
Night Football on the big-screen,
free admission. Oct. 24: Music and
a Movie – jazz musicians and ‘A
Simple Excursion’. Oct. 28: Musical
Theatre Halloween Costume Ball.
PYRAMID CABARET 176 Fort
St. Thursdays: The Mod Club. Oct.
20: WCMA with Moses Mayes,
Hinterland, Skavenjah and E-Twins.
Oct. 21: WCMA with Tele, Alverstone, Dudes, Starwell. Oct. 28: DJ
Co-op and DJ Hunnicutt with Shout
Out Out Out.
REGAL BEAGLE 331 Smith St.
Tuesdays: Hatfield McCoy. Wednesdays: Open Mic Nite. Weekends:
Blues.
COLLECTIVE
CABARET
The Elected play a show on
October 23 at the Collective
Cabaret.
ELEPHANT & CASTLE PUB 350
St Mary Ave. Thursdays at 8p.m.:
PubStumpers. Sundays: Student
night with live entertainment. Oct.
22: Myles Lampquist. Oct. 29: TBA.
ELLICE CAFÉ & THEATRE 587
Ellice Ave. Neighbourhood café and
theatre showing films and showcasing local talent. Oct. 26: Callahan
and the Mery Belle. Oct. 28: Halloween movie fundraiser for Echo
Theatre’s production of ‘Jumpers’ at
Stoppardfest 2007.
FINN’S PUB 210-25 Forks Market
Rd, Johnson Terminal. Tuesdays:
Ego Spank, 10:30 p.m. Wednesdays:
Guy Abraham Band.
FOLK EXCHANGE 211 Bannatyne
Ave. Traditional Singers’ Circle
(third Monday of each month, $2 at
the door). Drumming Circle (fourth
Monday of each month, $2 at the
door. Folk Club (first Monday of each
month, $4.99 at the door). Tickets
for all Folk Exchange concerts are
available at the Festival Music Store
(231-1377), or at the door. Oct.
27: Penny Lang, 8pm. Tickets $12
advance, $15 at the door.
ROYAL ALBERT ARMS 48
Albert St. Oct 20: Showcase w/ Hot
Live Guys, Agriculture Club. Oct. 21:
WCMAs. Oct 24: The St. Catherines.
Oct. 27: Pretty Girls Make Graves.
Oct. 28: Halloween with Thor! And a
special screening of “Rock and Roll
Nightmare” with live commentary by
Thor!
SALSA BAR & GRILL 500
Portage Ave. Thursdays: Urban
Hip Hop. Fridays: Salsa/Top 40.
Saturdays: Salsa. Sundays: Reggae
and Calypso.
SHANNON’S IRISH PUB 175
Carlton St. Oct. 19: 80’s night with
DJ Brian St.Clair. Oct. 20: Krome.
Oct. 21: Dust Rhinos. Oct. 22: Nate
Bryski. Oct. 23: J. Williamez. Oct.
25: Jeff Drieger of Steeplechaser.
Oct. 26: 80’s night with DJ Brian St.
Clair. Oct. 27: Banshee’s Wail. Oct.
28: Halloween Bash featuring SubCity Dwellers. Oct. 29: Nate Bryski.
Oct. 30: J. Williamez.
TIMES CHANGE(D) HIGH AND
LONESOME CLUB Main St @ St.
Mary Ave. Sundays: Blues Jam with
Big Dave McLean. No cover charge.
Oct. 19: WCMA event featuring A.A.
Sound System, Andrew Neville &
The Poor Choices and more. Oct.
20: WCMA event featuring Jay
Semko, Romi Mayes, Leeroy Stagger and more. Oct 21: WCMA event
featuring Ox, Cara Luft, Nathan and
more. Oct. 24: C. R. Avery Band
(solo project of T.O.F.U.), 10 p.m.
Oct. 26: Nathan EP Release. Oct.
27 & 28: The Perpetrators and The
D.Rangers.
October 19, 2006
19
Keynote speaker Dr. Yuri Scherbak
of Ukraine, “Chornobyl – Lessons
for the 21st Century, ” at 3 p.m. and
a panel presentation on the “Aftermath of Chornobyl,” at 1:15 p.m.
Moot Court, Robson Hall (Faculty of
Law) at the University of Manitoba.
HEMP ROCK CAFÉ 302 Notre
Dame Ave. Local and touring acoustic and punk shows.
HOOLIGAN’S NEIGHBOURHOOD PUB 61 Sherbrook St.
Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays: Karaoke. Wednesdays: The Perpetrators.
Thursdays: Andrew Neville and the
Poor Choices. Sundays: Blues Jam
with Scotty Hills and Curtis Newton.
The Uniter
GIO’S 155 Smith St. Wednesdays:
Karaoke. Thursdays: Bump n’ Grynd.
Fridays: DJ daNNo dance party. First
Saturday of the month: Womyn’s
night. Q-Pages Book Club, 5 p.m.
Oct. 28: Halloween Party.
SEMAI GALLERY Basement Corridor, 264 McDermot Ave 943-2446.
Until Oct. 29: ‘Scouting’ by Noam
Gonick.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG’S ARCHIVES AND HAMILTON GALLERIA 4th and 5th
Floors, Centennial Hall, University
of Winnipeg. Until Nov. 20: Photographer Tyrrell Mendis captures
the history of places of worship in
his solo exhibit ‘Testaments of Faith:
Manitoba’s Pioneer Churches’.
TIMES CHANGED
Singer-songwriter Leeroy
Stagger is in town for the
Western Canadian Music
Awards and is playing at Times
Change(d) on October 20.
WEST END CULTURAL CENTRE Ellice Ave @ Sherbrook St.
See Concerts for details. Oct. 19:
WCMA CBC Manitoba Showcase
with Cracker Cats, Kate Weekes,
The McDades and Papa Mambo,
8 p.m. Oct. 20: WCMA CBC Radio
3/DNTO Showcase with T-Nile,
Telepathic Butterflies, Ridley Bent,
Junior Pantherz, 8 p.m. Oct. 26:
Double Dave Acoustic with Dave
Gogo and Big Dave McLean. Oct.
27: Ragga-Ween. Oct. 28: Manitoba
Independent Songwriters’ Circle.
Oct. 29: Islands. Oct. 30: Xiu Xiu.
WINDSOR HOTEL 187 Garry St.
Tuesdays: Jam with Ragdoll Blues.
Wednesdays: Jam with Big Dave
McLean. Oct. 20: WCMA Festival
featuring Brent Perkin, The Agnostic
Mountain Choir and Big Dave
McLean. Oct. 21: The Little Miss
Higgins Band, Gordie Tentrees &
The Perpetrators. Oct. 26 – 28: River
City Blues Band.
WOODBINE HOTEL 466 Main St.
Historic downtown hotel bar. Oct. 20
& 21: South Thunderbird. Oct. 27 &
28: Rumblefish.
THE ZOO / OSBORNE VILLAGE
INN 160 Osborne St. Thursdays:
New Band Showcase – No Cover.
Oct. 19-21: Western Canadian Music Awards. Oct. 19: Whitfield, The
Perms, Sweetheart, The New Meanies. Oct. 20: The Morning After, The
Attics, The Murder City Sparrows,
Mad Young Darlings. Oct. 21:
Quinzy, Wheat Monkeys, The Nods.
Oct. 26: Lick My Feedback, Trophy
Wife, Sparky, Endast. Oct. 27: Freq
107 presents “Night of the Living
Dread” with Dreadnaut, Damascus,
Still Village, Port Amoral. Oct. 28:
Pretty Train Crash, River City Hum.
Oct. 31: Igor & The Skindiggers,
Cunt Punisher, Besieged, The
Hearsemen.
COMMUNITY
EVENTS
SKYWALK CONCERTS &
LECTURES 2006/07 Wednesday
Lectures: Leading teachers and
researchers from the University of
Winnipeg will inform, engage and
challenge you on topics of broad historical, political and scientific interest. Thursday Concerts: We present
a showcase for some of Manitoba’s
finest musicians - from jazz to folk
and classical to contemporary. Free
admission, Carol Shields Auditorium, 2nd Floor Millenium Library
downtown, 12:10-12:50 p.m.
PASSION IN ACTION: THE
2006 CD/CED GATHERING
with Flo Frank as guest speaker:
Flo Frank is an internationally
recognized specialist in community
development, partnerships, and preparing organizations for a sustainable future. This is a fabulous, free
professional development opportunity for organization staff, active
community members, students,
academics and anyone interested
in community development and
community economic development.
Lunch provided by SEED Winnipeg.
Oct. 27, all day at R.B. Russell
School, 362 Dufferin Ave. For more
info contact 927-3203.
THE NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE: CHORNOBYL TWENTY
YEARS LATER a symposium
to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the nuclear accident at
Chornobyl. Oct. 20, 1:15 – 5 p.m.
FROM NATION BUILDER TO
NATION WRECKER: The Changing Imperatives of US Hegemony
with guest speaker Radhika Desai,
U of Manitoba Political Studies. Oct.
25, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., Private Dining Room, 204 University College,
U of M. Everyone welcome and free
admission.
FIRST NATIONS ASPIRATIONS & THE PLACE OF
EDUCATION with guest speakers
Grand Chief Dr. Sydney Garrioch
and Grand Chief Chris Henderson.
7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. room 224,
Education Building, University of
Manitoba. Everyone welcome and
free admission.
LEBANON & IRAQ: A Challenge
to the Rules of War with guest
speaker Emily Muller of Cornell
University. 12:30 p.m. – 1:30
p.m. in the Private Dining Room,
University College, University of
Manitoba. Everyone welcome and
free admission.
ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR
HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES? The Independent
Living Resource Centre is hosting
an annual symposium with the topic
being “Housing for People with Disabilities.” Please join us on Oct. 26,
2006 at the ILRC office on the 3rd
floor of Portage Place across from
the Imax Theatre from 9am - 3 p.m.
To RSVP or for more information
please contact Heidi at 947-0194 or
1-800-663-3043.
TOURISM IN PARKS AND
PROTECTED AREAS: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Research Forum. Oct. 26 & 27, 8
a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel,
1445 Portage. The purpose of the
Parks and Protected Areas Research
Forum of Manitoba (PPARFM) is
to encourage research, support
scientific approaches to parks and
protected areas management, and to
develop the skills of professionals
in the area. The forum is targeted to
professionals (public, not-forprofit,
and private sector), academics,
students, and those with a general
interest in parks and protected areas.
END CANADA’S WAR ON
AFGHANISTAN Rally! March!
People’s Forum! Marking the 5th
anniversary of military action in Afghanistan. On Oct. 28, a large-scale
rally and march in downtown Winnipeg will be organized, culminating
in a people’s forum at the Bulman
Centre, University of Winnipeg. Assemble at 1 p.m. at Central Park.
MANITO AHBEE: A Festival for
All Nations consists of five main
components – International Competition Pow Wow, Education Day, Music Festival, Indigenous Marketplace
and Trade Show, and the Aboriginal
People’s Choice Music Awards.
Nov. 2 – 5, with most events taking
place at the MTS Centre. For more
information, visit www.manitoahbee.
com.
MONDRAGON’S COMMUNITY
HARVEST DINNER Nov. 5 at
Mondragon, 91 Albert Street. Featuring delicious heart-warming food
from our community farmers. With
live entertainment. Reservations
may be made at Mondragon. Tickets
$35 or $5 for an accompanied child
under ten.
ANNOUNCEMENTS &
OPPORTUNITIES
DO YOU LIKE WORKING WITH
NEWCOMER CHILDREN? Do
you believe you can change our
community? If you said yes, consider volunteering with some of our
programs. The Citizenship Council
of Manitoba Inc. International Centre is looking for student volunteers
to help new arrivals to Canada
learn English and feel welcome in
our country. Opportunities exist for
volunteers to give their time and
support to the Centre’s Immigrant
Children and Youth Programs
including Sports Activities for
LOctober
istings Coordinator: Nick Weigeldt
19, 2006
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Phone: 786-9497
Newcomer Kids, Empowerment with
the Girl Guides, Newcomer Buddy
Welcome Program and our After
Class Education Program. If you’d
like to help out, contact Si-il Park at
943-9158ext 285 or 688-1941.
THE LATE LUNCH SHOW Attention independent artists and producers! Beginning September 15,
2006 at 1:00 p.m. Arts and Cultural
Industries Manitoba (ACI) presents
the Late Lunch Show, a series of
9 fabulous workshops designed
specifically for the self-employed.
With topics ranging from Healing
Through the Arts to Financial Management, each hour-long session
provides an opportunity to connect
with professionals, network with
other independent artists/producers,
and gain valuable knowledge about
the cultural industry. Registration
is $5.00 and includes a delicious
lunch, so call 927-2787 to reserves
your spot today.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN A
CAREER IN FILM? Manitoba¹s
growing film industry is looking for
people who are hard working, selfmotivated, and have strong communication skills to become members
of Manitoba¹s film crew. To learn
more about working in Manitoba¹s
expanding film industry, attend a
free Monthly Information Session
the first Wednesday of every month
from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Film Training
Manitoba, 100-62 Albert Street. For
more information call 989.9669 or
visit www.filmtraining.mb.ca.
CALLING ALL BUDDHISTS
A Canadian film and television
production company is currently in
developing a television documentary
that explores Manitoba’s Buddhist
history and the contemporary practice and experiences of Buddhists.
We are seeking people who are
willing to talk about their spiritual
beliefs and how the practice of Buddhism has shaped and transformed
their lives. If you are interested in
participating in this documentary
and would like to learn more about
the project, please email us at [email protected].
In the subject heading please note:
Attention Rob re: documentary.
NSI FILMEXCHANGE CANADIAN FILMMAKERS: Call for
Submissions: 2007 NSI FilmExchange Canadian Film Festival
Is your film project ready for the
big screen? NSI FilmExchange
Canadian Film Festival, Canada’s
Coolest Film Festival, is looking for
the best Canadian dramatic shorts
and features to screen February
28 to March 3, 2007 in Winnipeg.
Submission deadline: Nov. 1, 2006,
4:30 p.m.
2006 PRAIRIE FIRE PRESS MCNALLY ROBINSON WRITING CONTESTS (Bliss Carman
Poetry Award - Judge: Lorna Crozier,
Short Fiction - Judge: Sandra Birdsell, Creative Non-Fiction - Judge:
Stan Dragland). $5,250 in prizes.
Deadline: Nov. 30, 2006. For information contact: Prairie Fire Press,
423-100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg,
Manitoba R3B 1H3. Phone: (204)
943-9066, E-mail: [email protected],
www.prairiefire.ca.
MANITOBA WRITERS’ GUILD
INC. Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the MWG, ‘Friends:
A Contest for Writers’ Tell us what
it means to you to be a friend.
Your original, unpublished writing
should demonstrate the importance
of friends. Fiction and non-fiction:
max 5000 words. Poetry: max 25
lines. Submission forms may be
downloaded, and more information obtained, from www.mbwriter.
mb.ca. $15 entry fee; Deadline: Dec.
31, 2006. Mail entries to 206-100
Arthur St, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 1H3.
Phone: 786-9497
Fax: 783-7080
AWARDS & FINANCIAL AID: INFORMATION
UNIVERSITY
OF WINNIPEG
AWARDS &
FINANCIAL AID
OPPORTUNITIES
DENNIS LYSTER LEADERSHIP
2006 BURSARY:
This bursary will provide a
maximum of $5000 to a student
whose work-study background and
leadership potential is helping (or
will help) develop the co-operative
system. To be eligible, the student
must be a Canadian citizen, have
a demonstrated financial need and
be 40 years of age or less as of
Jan. 1, 2007.
Applicants for the bursary will be
assessed on the following criteria:
1) member of a credit union or
co-operative.
2) co-operative leadership
potential.
3) academic and professional
excellence.
4) values that support the
achievement of excellence.
5) community spirit.
For further information, please
contact Marketing & Communications at 306-956-1904 or email to
[email protected].
Deadline: Oct. 21, 2006.
DENNIS FRANKLIN CROMARY
MEMORIAL FUND:
The purpose of the Dennis Franklin
Cromarty Memorial Fund is to
financially assist others in fulfilling
their aspirations. Decisions are not
based solely on academic records.
Criteria:
• recipient must be a member of
Nishnawbe Aski.
• the University student
candidate must have completed
one year of post secondary
education with a consistently
successful academic record, and
be confirmed as continuing the
program.
•Applicants should provide the
following:
(i) a three page essay on the
topics mentioned below
(ii) a letter of reference from a
current teacher, or an elder or
mentor.
(iii) proof of current academic
record
•Essay topics to be covered
· An introduction including:
your name, the name of your
community, year level, program,
school’s name and general
information about yourself
· Why should you receive the
monetary assistance?
· Educational goals
· Career plans
· Why do you think it’s important
to stay in school?
· Community and volunteer work
· Hardships you’ve encountered
· How you contribute to your
family, school & community
Go to website www.dfcromartyfund.ca. Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Oct.
31, 2006.
JOURNALISM SCHOLARSHIP FOR
NATIVE CANADIANS
The Gil Purcell Memorial Journalism Scholarship for Native
Canadians is now being offered
by the Canadian Press. Valued at
$4000, the purpose is to encourage
aboriginal Canadians to enter the
field of journalism through study at
a Canadian post-secondary institution. In addition to the monetary
award, there is a possibility of
summer employment. Eligibility
requirements are as follows:
•Native Canadian (status or nonstatus Indian, Metis, or Inuit)
•Registered at a Canadian university or community college
•Enrolled in a journalism program
or actively involved in a volunteer
capacity with a student newspaper
or broadcast station.
• Open to both French and English
speaking native Canadian.
Applications are available from
schools of journalism, native organizations or from Deborah McCartney, HR, The Canadian Press, 36
King Street East, Toronto Ontarion,
M5C 2L9. Her email address is
[email protected].
Deadline
date: Nov. 15, 2006.
UKRAINIAN RESOURCE
AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
SCHOLARSHIPS:
Applications are now being accepted for the following awards
offered by the Ukrainian Resource
and Development Centre (URDC).
• The International Initiatives in
Deaf Studies Award ($500) to enable a post-secondary student (full
or part-time) to pursue his/her
interest in deaf studies and/or
hearing impairment as it relates to
an international context.
• The Roger Charest Sr. Award
for Broadcast & Media Arts (two
awards of $500 or one award of
$1000) to create a special program
or series which may later be suitable for broadcast and may further
the cause of multiculturalism in
Canada.
• The Roman Soltykewych Music
Scholarship ($500) is available to
applicants (individual or group)
determined to pursue further studies in the field of Ukrainian choral
or vocal music.
• The Anna Pidruchney Award for
New Writers ($1000) is available
annually to a novice writer for
a work on a Ukrainian Canadian
theme. Submissions for this year’s
award must be in English.
• Wm. & Mary Kostash Award
for Film and Video Arts ($1000)
is offered to a novice writer for a
work promoting Ukrainian Canadian identity through the medium
of film, video or multimedia (i.e.
DVD)
Applications are available from
URDC. Phone (780) 497-4374 or
email
[email protected].
Deadline: Nov. 20, 2006.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II SILVER
JUBILEE ENDOWMENT FUND FOR
STUDY IN A SECOND OFFICIAL
LANGUAGE AWARD PROGRAM:
All disciplines are eligible, except
translation. Applications are by
nomination by the candidate’s
university. One nomination per
university. Eligibility requirements
are as follows:
Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents and
be enrolled in the second or third
year of their first undergraduate
university program.
Candidates attending a Quebec
institution can be in their first year
of a first undergraduate program.
The value of the award is $7,000,
plus travel costs. A minimum of
two awards will be given and nonrenewable. For more information,
please contact [email protected].
Deadline : Nov. 30, 2006.
FRANK KNOX MEMORIAL
FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM:
These awards are open to Canadian
citizens or permanent residents of
Canada who have recently graduated or who are about to graduate
from an institution in Canada,
which is affiliated to AUCC (the U
of Winnipeg is affiliated to AUCC).
The Fellows will be required to
devote the major part of their time
to study in one of the Faculties
of Harvard University: Arts and
Sciences (including Engineering),
Business Administration, Design,
Divinity Studies, Education, Law,
Public Administration (John F.
Kennedy School of Government),
Medicine, Dental Medicine and
Public Health. Eligibility requirements are as follows:
• Open to Canadian citizens or
permanent residents of Canada
who have graduated no earlier than
the spring of 2005 or will graduate
before September 2007 from an
institution in Canada. Applicants
to the Harvard Law School should
have graduated no earlier than the
spring of 2004.
•Candidates are responsible
for gaining admission to Harvard
University by the deadline set by
the various faculties. Candidates
should note that the competition is
very keen and that only candidates
with extraordinary records should
apply.
The value of the award is $20,000
U.S. plus tuition fees and student
health insurance. Up to three awards
for graduate studies (Master's and
Ph.D.) will be offered. The normal
duration is for one academic year
however, students in degree programs may be eligible for renewal.
Please note that all applications
and supporting documents must be
submitted in English only. For more
information, please visit awards@
aucc.ca. Deadline: Nov. 30, 2006.
SHASTRI INSTITUTE MOUNT
ALLISON UNIVERSITY SUMMER
PROGRAMME:
The Shastri Institute and Mount
Allison University are pleased to
announce the Summer Programme
in India. Students who have completed two years of undergraduate study and have completed a
substantial component of India
Studies coursework, or have a particular academic interest in Indian
Studies may apply. The total cost
of this programme is $5945 which
includes application fees, tuition,
airfare, room and board, materials,
health and field trip costs. Provide
a statement of purpose no longer
than 300 words outlining how
this programme will benefit you,
an official transcript of all postsecondary studies and a complete
application form. Applications are
available by visiting our website
www.sici.org. Deadline: Jan. 15,
2007.
THE DATATEL SCHOLARS
FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS:
The University of Winnipeg is a
new Datatel client institution and
as such, Datatel is offering unique
scholarships ranging in value from
$1,000 to $2500 to students from
our institution.
• Datatel Scholars Foundation
Scholarships – for outstanding students currently attending eligible
Datatel client instituitions.
•Returning Student scholarships
– for outstanding students currently attending eligible Datatel client
institutions, who have returned to
higher education after an absence
of five years or more.
•Nancy Goodhue Lynch scholarships – for outstanding undergraduate students majoring in
Information Technology related
curriculum programs at eligible
Datatel client institutions.
Application Process:
The Datatel Scholars Foundation
online scholarship application
process is as follows.
1. A student attending an eligible
Datatel client institution may apply
via the online application form between September 1, 2006 and Jan.
31, 2007. (NOTE: applicants must
submit their completed application
with two letters of recommendation by Jan. 31, 2007 in order to be
considered for nomination.)
2. The scholarship administrator
from each participating Datatel client institution reviews, evaluates,
and nominates applicants between
Feb. 1, 2006 & Feb. 15, 2006.
3. Nominated student applications
are forwarded to the Datatel Scholars Foundation review committee
for final evaluation and award
determination in the spring.
For more information go to their
website or email scholars@
datatel.
Deadline: submit online at www.
datatel.com/dsf by Jan. 31, 2007.
Surfing for more Dollars?: Try
these websites for more possibilities! These two sites will lead you
through Canadian based scholarship searches.
www.studentawards.com
www.scholarshipscanada.com
MANITOBA STUDENT AID
PROGRAM (MSAP):
REMEMBER… please make sure
you get your Pre-Study Confirmation of Income form to Manitoba
Student Aid to facilitate calculations for Jan. loan documents.
DO YOU KNOW... you can still
apply for a Government Student
Loan on-line for the 2006-2007
academic year. Go to website www.
studentaid.gov.mb.ca.
If you have questions, phone the
MSAP office at 204-945-6321
or surf their website mentioned
above. Their office is located at
1181 Portage Avenue, 4th floor in
the Robert Fletcher building (Portage and Wall St.).
DO YOU KNOW... you can check the
status of your student aid application, find out what documentation
is still outstanding, update your address information and much more
on line? Go to www.studentaid.gov.
mb.ca. Link to MySAO to log into
your existing account.
DO YOU KNOW... Manitoba Student
Aid staff can be on campus on
Fridays from 1 – 4 p.m. To meet
with a representative, you need to
set up an appointment time. Come
to Student Services to book an appointment or phone Tanis Kolisnyk
at 786-9984.
The Uniter
October 19, 2006
sports
Sports
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Sports Editor: Mike Pyl
Wesmen men's
Volleyball Preview
High Hopes for the Wesmen Men
Jonathan Oliveros Villaverde
“Ready.”
That’s the word men’s volleyball head coach Larry
McKay used to describe his volleyball team. Ready to win
a few matches? Ready to win a few tournaments? Ready to
win a CIS championship? This year’s version of the Wesmen
men’s volleyball team is talented, balanced, and most importantly experienced.
Opposing teams will have trouble preparing against
this team because they are not one dimensional. They will
have solid hitting out of Ben Schellenberg who was last
year‘s Wesmen male athlete of the year. He will be set
up by setter Dustin Addison-Schneider, whose 677 assists
were good enough for fifth in the CIS. Trevor Shaw will pick
up the defensive end, as he finished sixth in the Canada
West with 101 digs in his first year as libero.
“Nothing,” said McKay when asked to consider his
team’s weaknesses. “I mean, nothing jumps out.” The team
continues to work on their blocking but nothing needs immediate improvement.
Schellenberg, Addison-Schneider, Shaw, along with
Marty Rachon are all returning for their fourth year. These
veterans are expected to just keep improving. They are the
core of the team that have been growing together since
their club years in high school. Also returning is last year’s
Canada West and CIS rookie of the year Ryan DeBruyn.
This past spring saw star middle Jarrod Small exhaust all five years of eligibility. However, the team should
not suffer from his loss. Rookie Justin Duff, fresh from
winning the bronze medal over the summer at the 2006
NORCECA Continental Championship in Monterrey, Mexico,
with the Junior National team, is now playing in Small’s
spot. He is not, however, replacing Small.
“You don’t replace a player like Jarrod,” said McKay.
“He was the kind of player teams focused on and we don’t
have that this year.”
Small’s presence and impact on the game will be
missed but Duff is just expected to play his game. The
Maples product wants to prove himself after being left unranked last year in the annual MHSAA top 10 high school
player rankings.
Also moving on is left side/libero Marc DeSpiegeleare.
His veteran presence and leadership will be missed by the
team. The players he influenced are all expected to step
up and take on the role he once had.
The team has also added depth to the roster. One
of last year’s top-ranked high school players, setter Dan
Lother, also joins the team this year.
“He’s a winner,” said McKay when asked about
Lother. “He works exceptionally hard.” The former Jeanne
Sauvé Olympien is expected to improve everyday.
So far in exhibition, the team played Trinity Western,
the reigning CIS champions and the team that beat the
Wesmen in the first round of the playoffs last year. McKay
feels that every player matched up well with every player
on Trinity Western. The exhibition experience obviously did
not match up to the playoff experience but it was a good
test to gauge the Wesmen’s progress. In the two matches,
Trinity Western won the first one in five games and the
Wesmen won the second, winning 3-1. This past weekend, they went undefeated at the 2006 Cougar Invitational
Challenge in Regina.
Last year had the Wesmen go 1-3 against big rivals
the Saskatchewan Huskies and the Manitoba Bisons. This
year, McKay expects the team to battle well against them.
“Not to be cliché but the games will be won when
the teams step on the court,” McKay had to say about the
games against both teams.
The Wesmen play the Huskies at Saskatchewan Jan.
19 and 20. They play the Bisons at Manitoba on November
3 and at home for the Duckworth Challenge on Jan. 24.
They also are in the U of M tournament this coming weekend, with their home opener slated for Oct. 27 versus the
always-tough UBC Thunderbirds.
What to Watch
Mike Pyl
Sports Editor
With Wesmen season arriving imminently, each
Winnipeg team has their own set of questions up in the air
right now. In concurrence with each team preview, Uniter
Sports offers up their take. Here are some angles to keep
an eye out for. This week: Women’s basketball and men’s
volleyball.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Is the supporting cast ready to take the next
step?
Uzo Asagwara and Stephanie Timmersman were outstanding last season. Timmersman averaged 15 points, 7.9
boards, and 3.6 assists per game, while Asagwara led the
country in scoring in being named a second-team CIS AllCanadian. However, with the Wesmen failing to qualify for
the national championship tournament, there were times
last year when it looked like their primarily young supporting cast, including then-rookies Randie Gibson, Nicki Schutz,
Jessica Stromberg, and second year point guard Jenny
Ezirim, were not ready to match the level of play set by the
team’s leaders. They have the makings of a good core of
role players; with another year under their belts, can they
help re-elevate the Wesmen to a national championship contender? Encouraging sign: Jenny Ezirim nabbing MVP honours at the BOB FM Shootout two weeks ago.
Uzo for Player of the Year?
Asagwara’s campaign to bring home the Nan Copp
Award as season MVP is officially kicking off here. The fifthyear guard/forward, who averaged 24.5 ppg last season, has
a number of things going for her. One, she led the CIS in
scoring last year, so she is definitely on the national radar
screen. Two, the Wesmen should be an improved team, and
the highest individual accolade is nearly impossible to attain
without leading your team to gold medal contention. Three,
the award has gone to a player from the Canada West conference an astounding nine consecutive years.
Are the Wesmen set to re-emerge as a national championship contender?
Last year was the first year of the post-Joanne Wells
era, a three-time first-team All-Canadian and 2004-05 Nan
Copp Award winner who led Winnipeg to two bronze and two
silver CIS medals over her five year career. Not surprisingly,
they took a bit of a step back in a rebuilding season. But after
returning last year’s core, and adding transfers Jill Hanson
and Nina Adusei, and rookies Caity Gooch and Tremaine
Francis, their absence from last year’s national tournament
looks like it should be little more than a one-year hiatus.
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
What happens in the middle?
Fifth year middle hitter Jarrod Small graduated last
spring, leaving behind a huge hole to fill. One, he was a
second-team Canada West All-Star last season, and a real
force. Two, he was the only true middle on the roster, with
the other spot being filled in a “by committee” approach.
In the offseason, head coach Larry McKay inked Maples
Collegiate product and junior national team member Justin
Duff. But he still is a rookie, and there are still no true middle
hitters among the vets.
How will coach McKay use Dan Lother?
Dan Lother, a two-time MHSAA Final Four MVP and
one of the most touted recruits in recent memory, joins the
Wesmen after a prolific career at College Jeanne Sauvé that
saw him lead the Olympiens to three provincial volleyball
titles. However, Lother’s a setter, and right now he’s stuck
behind one of the best in the country in incumbent Dustin
Addison-Schneider. And setter, of all positions, is where consistency is most critical. Timing and location of sets can vary,
so much like a quarterback in football, you will rarely see two
setters being shuffled in and out. Lother’s the setter of the
future, but what do you do with him in the present?
No more “Keeping up with the Joneses”. It’s time to
surpass them.
Canada West is undoubtedly the toughest conference in the country. Among the top eight teams heading into
last year’s CIS championships, the top four (Alberta, Trinity
Western, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan) were from Can
West, with Trinity, Alberta, and Manitoba eventually sweeping the medal podium. The Wesmen finished a very respectable 12-8, but could not get past the first round of the playoffs. However, the fourth year core of Addison-Schneider,
Ben Schellenberg, Marty Rachon, and Trevor Shaw, who have
either started all, or a significant number, games throughout
their Winnipeg careers are back. They have won numerous
national championships in the past at the club level against
players their own age. Is this the year their previous successes translate to the CIS level?
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“When I grow up, I want to be just like T.O.!”
T.O. Takes a Page From Robert Munsch
Terrell Owens, the talented wide receiver whose
on-field skill is matched only by his erratic and controversial behaviour, is set to add the title of “children’s
author” to his resumé.
No, seriously.
The Dallas Cowboys star will see his first children’s book, titled “Little T Learns to Share,” released
next month. It tells the story of a little boy who first refuses to share his new football, but eventually learns
he can’t enjoy it without friends to play with.
“I tried to play outside alone and throw it by
myself, but football isn’t football unless you play with
someone else,” Little T says in the book.
The outspoken Owens is seemingly the last
NFL player that would release a children’s book.
Last season, he was suspended indefinitely from the
Philadelphia Eagles after repeatedly criticizing QB
Donovan McNabb in the media. Prior to his one and a
half seasons with the Eagles, his stay with his previous
team, the San Francisco 49ers, was marred by Owens
calling QB Jeff Garcia “gay” in the media, among numerous other infractions.
The book is the first instalment in Owens’
Timeout series. The second book, “Little T Learns
What Not to Say,” is set for release in the spring, with
a third, “Little T Learns to Say I’m Sorry,” scheduled to
come out in fall 2007 (co. Yahoo! Sports).
Stern Responds to
Widespread Complaints
NBA commissioner David Stern pledges criticism towards the league’s new ball, led by stars such
as Shaquille O’Neal, Dwayne Wade, and Steve Nash,
will cease given time.
“To make me feel better, I went back and looked
at reactions when adidas introduced its new soccer
ball,” Stern said, referring to the storm of criticism
heaped upon the ball used in last summer’s World
Cup. While it was scorned prior to the tournament,
protest was effectively halted once play began.
Many players have gone on record to complain about the ball, which replaced the traditional
leather with a microfibre composite formula, citing
the Spalding is too sticky when dry and too slippery
when wet.
O’Neal has said it feels like “one of those cheap
balls that you buy at the toy store, indoor-outdoor
balls.”
Stern had conceded earlier that if rigourous
testing does validate the complaints, a return to the
leather ball could be a possibility.
The 2006-07 NBA regular season is set to tip
off Tuesday, October 31 (co. ESPN.com).
7-Eleven:“Let’s Play Ball!”
Outcry began when teams started selling the
naming rights to their stadiums, and continued through
down to everything including first down measurements.
But the Chicago White Sox have taken it to a
whole new level, selling the rights to its start
times to convenience store giant 7-Eleven.
As part of the sponsorship deal, weeknight home games will now start at 7:11
pm, bumped four minutes ahead from 7:07.
“Every time the media announces the game’s start time
it will be a gentle reminder of our sponsorship,” said
Margaret Chabris, spokeswoman for 7-Eleven. The
chain had been looking to develop sponsorships with
other teams and entertainment venues; the Chicago
area was targeted, she said, because of its more than
180 stores (co. ESPN.com).
Chelsea Keepers Take Beatings
Chelsea star goalkeeper Petr Cech underwent surgery for a depressed fracture of the skull after
being kneed in the face by Reading midfielder Stephen
Hunt.
Cech, one of the best players in the world, was
hurt in the opening minute of Chelsea’s 1-0 victory last
Saturday.
“You see players avoiding the keeper by jumping or going with the foot for the ball, but when a player
goes with the knee direct to the face he doesn’t want
to avoid him,” said Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.
“After that he turned, came back and was laughing
right in front of us. He was motivating his people but
gave not one single sign that he was worried about
the situation.”
“Jose will have his views but I don’t believe there was any intent in the challenge,” retorted
Reading manager Steve Coppell. “There was a heavy
collision, but there is no way Hunty went in to damage
the keeper. Referee Mike Riley was 10 yards away and
he didn’t book him. That tells me a lot.”
Making matters worse, Cech’s replacement,
Carlo Cudicini, was also taken to hospital after colliding with Reading defending Ibrahima Sonko in the
89th minute. He was released later that night.
The injuries forced defender John Terry to
finish the match in goal.
I’m happy to report that this past week’s batch of
games in the CFL was by far the best of the year, with each
game’s outcome being in doubt until the final guns were
sounded. The following are some random CFL musings that
crossed my mind while watching the action this week…
With the Edmonton Eskimos’ loss to the Toronto
Argonauts on Saturday, both the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
and Saskatchewan Roughriders clinched spots in the CFL
Scotiabank Championships. The playoff picture is now
slightly clearer with BC, Calgary and Saskatchewan set
to duke it out in the West while Toronto, Montreal and
Winnipeg will battle for the Eastern spot in this year’s
Grey Cup.
The picture has already been set out West with
BC finishing first and Calgary clinching second this past
Sunday. Both will host playoff games while Saskatchewan
will head into Calgary with the winner of that match heading to BC the following week for the West final. It will be
interesting to see how the former Roughriders playing in
Calgary and BC play against their former club (if the Riders
manage to beat the Stamps).
In the East things are not quite so clear-cut.
Toronto currently holds top spot at 10-6 while Montreal
and Winnipeg sit at 9-7 and 8-8 respectively. The best
Winnipeg could finish is second, as it’s impossible for both
Toronto and Montreal to go winless in their last two as they
face one another in the final week of the regular season.
In the case that all three Eastern teams are tied at 10-8
at season’s end, Montreal would finish first, followed by
Winnipeg and then Toronto based on the season series
between the clubs.
An interesting aspect of this year’s CFL postseason
is that it is the first in 35 years that will not feature the
Edmonton Eskimos. Currently sulking in a miserable 511 record, both third place in the West and the crossover
spot to the East are out of reach for the sad sack Eskimos
who are just one year removed from winning the Grey Cup.
Offensively they were ineffective in the red zone all year.
In fact their offensive woes date back to the last third of
the 2005 season when Ricky Ray went several games without throwing a touchdown pass. The Eskimos were devastated when Milt Stegall managed to steal back a win from
them on a 100-yard touchdown catch on the final play in
Week 6. That loss sparked a downward spiral that they, for
one reason or another, couldn’t escape. The Milt Stegall
Miracle was just the first of several late game collapses
for the Eskimos including a botched snap on a final play
field goal attempt against BC in Week 10, a fumble deep in
Toronto territory in Week 17 and a late game interception
return for a touchdown versus Toronto just this past week.
Speaking of which, it’s interesting to see that the
league’s two worst teams, the Edmonton Eskimos and
Hamilton Tiger-Cats, are the same two teams that pulled
a fast one on the rest of the league last year with the
controversial trade that sent Dan Comiskey and Troy Davis
to Hamilton for virtually nothing. Davis and Comiskey
proved to be the missing ingredients that helped propel
the Eskimos to their Grey Cup championship, along with
backup quarterback Jason Maas who filled in for the ineffective Ricky Ray in both divisional matches. At the time
rumors were saying that Maas was the missing piece from
the trade…these rumors proved to be true as Maas was
sent to Hamilton mere weeks after the Grey Cup. The trade
caused an uproar across the league and forced it to change
the trade deadline, pushing it up several weeks. One might
Suspensions Point to Bigger Problem
Scott Christiansen
While flipping through the seemingly endless selection of sports on Sunday television, I happened to come
across the highlights of the Titans-Cowboys NFL game. I
expected to see another on-field rant by Terrell Owens or
another seven sack game on Drew Bledsoe, but what I saw
was, surprisingly, far more shocking. Albert Haynesworth
stomped on the unprotected head of an opposing player.
Later that day, still unable to digest the garbage that I
had seen earlier, I turned on the Maple Leaf NHL highlights. I was prepared for the usual one-point night from
Mats Sundin and some shaky play from goaltender Andrew
Raycroft, but in this game, I saw something actually less
shocking, an on-ice attack in an NHL game. The Leafs’ defenseman Pavel Kubina crosschecked Jiri Hudler in the
face with the shaft of his stick.
I mention these events not to condemn the players
for their ridiculous behavior, as so many others have, but
to analyze the reactions of the leagues, the media and the
public to these two similar events. Unlike the equally intense NFL, the NHL has created an environment of complacency towards pointless violence (not to be confused with
“physical play”).
Both of these leagues have a responsibility to govern
their players and to limit extremely inappropriate behavior. But how differently they have chosen to deal with this.
Pavel Kubina intended to injure the player, his assault took
place after the whistle and was not warranted, but the NHL
chose to suspend him for only the season opener. Missing
one game in the nearly endless regular season of the NHL
is more of a vacation than a deterrent to violence. Compare
this to the NFL’s five-game suspension of Haynesworth,
equaling almost one-third of the entire season, for a similar infraction. Some claim that hockey is based on physical
presence and intimidation, but so is football, and it does
not excuse extreme behavior.
I did not really expect the NHL to take this event seriously after thinking back to the “slap on the wrist” punishment of Todd Bertuzzi (24 games for breaking Steve
Moore’s neck with a sucker punch) or Tie Domi (three
games for blindsiding Scott Niedermeyer with an elbow,
resulting in a severe concussion). The Kubina suspension
puts the NHL on the level of those pushover parents who
can never punish their kids. If they aren’t going to stop it,
who will?
The NHL’s attitude towards these problems has recently filtered down into the media. Often accused of
overanalyzing every story because of a lack of material,
sports media still chose to ignore the Kubina attack. The
Haynesworth incident was plastered over the front page
of the sports section of every newspaper in the United
States, and was a hot topic on all sports talk shows. The
Kubina crosscheck was mentioned during game highlights
and maybe in a blurb in the local papers, but was otherwise ignored. It was described more as “a stupid penalty”,
whereas the Haynesworth stomp was a “despicable violent
attack”. The fact that Kubina wasn’t newsworthy shows just
how the NHL has got the media thinking that it is all just “a
part of the game”.
And finally, there are the poor old sports fans. NHL
fans are just too darn loyal, have watched too many games
and seen too many fights, so they don’t really notice it anymore. We have become so in tune with our violent sides
that we do not see this most ridiculous aspect of the game.
The Kubina incident would not have made it into conversation with even the most hockey-loving family. There
seemed to be no uproar or protest by the fans against the
measly suspension given to Kubina, but sports fans debated the Haynesworth incident endlessly. The NFL apparently received several letters suggesting that Haynesworth
be banned for the season.
All of this complacency in hockey, absent in other
sports, proves that the NHL has built up this barrier to critics and common sense that allows their players to continue swinging their sticks, raising their elbows and playing cheap hockey.
argue that karma has come to punish the two teams for
their shady dealings last year.
On the subject of karma, I’d say Milt Stegall is due to
receive some good fortune. He’s currently just three touchdowns shy of setting a new record for touchdowns in a
career at 135. Legendary running backs George Reed and
Mike Pringle are tied at first all-time with 137. It’s been
an up and down season for Milt who’s second in the CFL
in receiving despite missing four games to injury, three
for cracked ribs in the summer and this past week’s game
against Hamilton after sustaining a injury to his knee from
a low hit from Davis Sanchez. If karma truly does exist, Milt
should have some big games over the next few weeks and
finish the season with 138 or 139 career touchdowns. While
I’m talking about Winnipeg receivers I’d like to give props
to Kwame Cavil and Derrick Armstrong who were both
spectacular while filling in for Milt in Winnipeg’s win over
Hamilton. With Stegall expected to come back next week,
Winnipeg will boast one of the deepest receiving corps in
the CFL for their playoff stretch.
To end things on a lighter note, I’m happy to report
the continuation of a 17-year postseason streak. I’m of
course referring to the dismal 17 consecutive years that
the Saskatchewan Roughriders have managed to fail to
host a home playoff game. The last time they managed
that feat was in 1989 when the majority of the students at
U of W were either in diapers or in preschool. Since then,
the team has gone through several coaching regimes and
countless personnel changes. Yes, it appears as though
in Saskatchewan the more things change, the more they
stay the same.
Thomas Asselin is the host of the Ultra Mega Sports
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i.a.cnn.net
Albert Haynesworth was rightfully vilified for his attack
on Cowboy Andre Gurode…
After looking at the general reactions to these two
events, as well as the NHL’s response to a couple of other
infractions, it is clear they have been allowing these vicious
attacks to transpire in the game. In turn, it has created an
environment in which no one contends that things should
be any different. It is definitely time to address this problem, and to clean up the game that has lost much over the
past few years. Stand up against the league and the goons,
and demand that something be done. Stop the trend of
concealing this murky aspect of the game and get back to
the days of goals, glory and clean gutsy play.
sportsnet.ca
…but does anyone even remember Pavel Kubina’s crosscheck to the face of Red Wing Jiri Hudler?
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The Score
FACT & FITNESS
BY SARAH HAUCH
men’s Volleyball
(Preseason)
Our Endless Battle With Food
UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
COUGAR INVITATIONAL
Thursday, October 12
“Eat this, don’t eat that.”
much about gaining weight that we are
stay married to Brad Pitt, Lindsay Lohan is
“Carbs are good, carbs are bad”.
depriving our bodies of the nutrients it
skinny but she’s crazy, and when was the last
Wesmen 3
“Protein supplements help build muscle
needs to function properly. Tell me, do you
time you saw a runway model smile?
(25-18, 27-25, 20-25, 27-25)
enjoy living this way?
after your workout.”
Regina 1
But on a serious note, if you find that
Our bodies need calories to live. We
you are perpetually worried about losing
Friday, October 13
“Foods that help you lose weight.”
need carbohydrates, protein and fat. We do
or gaining weight and would like help, the
“Get five servings of fruits and veggies
not need calorie-free anything. Calorie-free
counselors and dietitians at Klinic Student
Wesmen 3Brandon 2
means it’s made of chemicals. You don’t
Health Services, located on campus in
need chemicals. Eat food that you enjoy,
McNamara Hall North. Eating disorders
Saturday, October 14
but eat smaller portions. Make sure you get
encompass more than binging and purging;
“Try McCain’s new whole wheat fries.”
enough fat. Fat tells you that you’re brain
it can also be an overwhelming fear of
Wesmen 3Calgary 2
Feel overwhelmed yet? I bet. The
that you’re full. If each of your meals contain
gaining weight.
previous examples are a mere smattering
about ½ carbohydrate, ¼ protein and a ¼ fat,
“Eating disorders are very complex and
of the information that fills the pages, radio
you’re doing well. This could be a poached
the best approach for helping people with
waves and television screens of our lives
egg sandwich with a slice of cheese and
them is a multi-disciplinary team approach,”
and it’s clogging our brain. The media has
tomato. It could also be a cup of brown rice,
said U of W nutritional counselor Beckie
convinced us that our self-worth is dependent
half a chicken breast and a salad with 1 tbsp
Grobb, “that could include doctor, nurse,
on having rock hard, size two, Abercrombie
of full-fat dressing.
psychiatrist, dietitian, etc. If someone were
“Vitamin C combats prostate cancer.”
a day.”
“Trans-fats are dangerous for your
health.”
to come to see me at the U of W, I would
bodies. Okay fine, so you try each fad diet
(25-20, 25-16, 15-25, 22-25, 15-12)
(23-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-16, 15-6)
Wesmen 3
Saskatchewan 0
(25-18, 25-20, 25-17)
Men’s Basketball
(Preseason)
KINGSTON INVITATIONAL
in order to lose the weight that is detracting
Sarah’s Magical Weight Loss Cure
do a nutrition assessment and then decide
from your happiness. Unfortunately, dieting
DO NOT EAT BECAUSE YOU ARE BORED
what the appropriate course of action should
Friday, October 13
only makes things worse; you’re hungry,
AND STOP EATING WHEN YOU ARE FULL
be.” She can also help you put together
grumpy, missing your favorite foods and you
Eat smaller portions
an eating plan that is both satisfying and
Wesmen 72
RMC 62
Saturday, October 14
still haven’t lost that much weight. Once you
Eat a variety of foods
(gasp!) healthy. Grobb also notes that, “the
Queens 76
quit, you actually weigh more than when
Avoid white bread, rice and pasta – they
goals of nutrition therapy should be to: 1)
hold only 10% of the nutrients of brown
provide nutritional guidance that fosters a
or whole-wheat. You will eat less, be fuller
nourishing eating style and promotes normal
and we are obsessed with changing the way
longer and consume fewer physiological function and physical activity;
our body looks. Admit it, when you walk by
result.
you started.
We are constantly thinking about food
calories as a
2) to support eating behaviours that bring
a magazine that reads, “Celebrity dieting
Drink eight glasses of water a day
about a peaceful, satisfying relationship with
secrets”, or “Recipes to fuel your workout”
Essentially, eat less and move more!!
food.”
or “I lost 27 pounds in just two weeks, learn
We have to eat to live so why not enjoy
Go visit the Klinic. Sounds better than
how you can do it too”, you are tempted to
it. And don’t worry about being supermodel-
eating tuna and spinach for every meal
pick it up and discover the magical, quick-fix
thin. Jennifer Aniston is said to be the hottest
doesn’t it?
technique to losing weight. We worry so
woman in the world but she couldn’t even
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COMING UP
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Home – Midway Chrysler Invitational
(Preseason) – Oct. 20 – 21
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Away – University of Manitoba Invitational
(Preseason) – Oct. 19-21
Wesmen vs. brandon
Wesmen vs. REGINA
PhotoS: NATASHA PETERSON
PhotoS: NATASHA PETERSON
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