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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Volume IV, Number 5
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Potential tuition
increase in Alberta
ASEC urges premier
to reconsider market
modifiers.
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The griff interviews
the godfather of
Canadian hardstyle
James Bayliss about
the debut of hardstyle
in Canada. Ticket
giveaway inside!
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The sound of Q-Dance
Comics, space, sex and cannibals.
the griff recaps Edmonton’s comic and entertainment expo.
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Volume IV, Number 5
Experimenting with MDMA
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With the number of deaths linked
to party drugs on the rise, a group
of University of Alberta researchers are looking to provide further
insight about their chemical composition.
Alan Hudson, a pharmacologist
in the U of A’s Faculty of Medicine
and Dentistry, said the project aims
to test samples collected by the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) in order to understand the substances
that drugs, such as MDMA, are being laced with.
In the last year, Alberta Health
Services’ Poison and Drug Information Services (PADIS) received 33
calls across Alberta about MDMA.
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Seventeen calls were being actively
managed in Alberta hospitals with
five being instructed to proceed to
emergency.
“There’s this perception as if no
one is taking drugs, but there is a
problem with ecstasy and contaminated drugs,” he said.
Rather than criminalizing people, Hudson said the project focuses on harm reduction and keeping
users informed about the substances they are taking. He added that by
providing rapid testing of the samples, both EPS and emergency room
physicians would know more about
what is out on the streets.
“After testing, EPS could put
out warnings to people in emergency medicine to look out for patients
coming in with these drugs in their
system,” Hudson said.
This rapid testing could be done
anywhere in a day or two with samples on-hand, he noted. The initiative’s idea was suggested two years
ago, and despite being unable to secure funding for it, the researchers
are still looking for ways to set up a
pilot program.
Department of Educational Policy Studies assistant professor Kristopher Wells said they plan to do
more than testing, as the project will
also educate people about the harms
of using these potentially contaminated substances.
“We’re trying to develop a project where we can do real-time testing to engage a real-time response,”
he said. “The message is that any
time you take illegal substances you
are at risk.”
In addition to rapid testing, the
project would help in the development of treatment protocols to
ensure that emergency room physicians will know the best available
treatments — potentially saving the
lives of patients who have overdosed
on tainted substances.
“The risk with these drugs and
contaminants is that one never
knows how their own body or genetic make-up is going to process the
drugs,” Wells said. “We have seen
devastating impacts on particularly
university age students, young people and families.”
Hudson said one of the contaminants found in “Blue Dolphin,”
a drug sold as ecstasy, increases
blood pressure and could potentially cause a heart attack in users
with heart problems. The unknown
adverse effects of contaminants in
the drugs prove to be a public health
risk, as many of these drugs are not
found in their pure form, which is
more expensive to make. The danger with many of these drugs is that
people don’t know what they’re taking, Hudson said.
Wells said this research is especially important since Canada produces one of the highest volumes
of MDMA-like substances in the
world.
“We know they are out there and
we don’t know what they contain,
but we do know that there seems to
be an increasing public health risk,”
he said.
With the number of recent
deaths linked to the use of these substances, Wells stressed the importance of awareness around the risks
of using these substances. Working
with EPS could provide institutional support in reducing this public
concern, he added.
“Information and knowledge is
power, that is what we’re aiming for.”
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Potential tuition increase in Alberta
Alberta Students’ Executive Council urges premier to reconsider market modifiers
“
enticed to go to an institution with
lower tuition,” Pedersen said.
They give out such a
substantial amount
of student loans. It’s
shocking.
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Anna McMillan
Writer
Post-secondary students might be
seeing an increase in their tuition
fees in the near future.
The Government of Alberta
is making moves to reintroduce
market modifiers and this will ultimately lead to elevated annual
tuition fees.
Specific guidelines are in place
to ensure that tuition fees do not
increase at a rate higher than inflation in Alberta.
Market modifiers provide an
opportunity for both the Alberta government and post-secondary schooling institutions to step
around tuition and fee regulations
for what is supposed to be a onetime increase in tuition fees.
The purpose of market modifiers is to provide post-secondary
institutions with the ability to
competitively match the tuition
fees of other Alberta institutions.
Katey Pedersen, chair of Alberta Students’ Executive Council, is
“disappointed to see the government moving in this direction,”
and notes that market modifiers
negatively impact the accessibility and affordability of post-secondary.
An overwhelming negative
response to the possible reintroduction of these modifiers has occurred. Many students believe that
they are already paying more than
enough money for their tuition
fees.
On the other side of the debate
about whether these modifiers
should be implemented or not, the
Alberta government holds the perspective that increased tuition fees
will enhance the education that
students receive.
“Obviously when you’re increasing the cost of a program, the
quality of the program needs to go
up with it,” explained Pedersen.
Market modifiers were last
used in 2010 and were meant to be
a one-off increase to student tuition fees.
Some post-secondary institutions hold the perspective that
their programs are being viewed
at a lesser value because similar
programs in the province are being
held in a superior light because of
higher tuition fees.
In reality, “Students may see
the [price] difference and be more
- Katey Pedersen
“According to Statistics Canada, the average tuition was $5,675
in 2013/14,” Pedersen said. “Alberta has the highest compulsory
[non-instructional] fees at $1,025
for 2013/14,” which highlights the
hidden costs that are associated
with post-secondary education.
For many years now, the affordability of receiving a post-secondary education has been a constant
source of concern.
The Government of Alberta is
fully aware of the concerns that
exist and programs have been implemented to help deal with the
problem.
Bursaries, grants and scholarships are available to a wide range
of Alberta students.
“They give out such a substantial amount of students loans. It’s
shocking,” Pedersen explained.
Despite highlighting the aid
that is provided to students by the
government, Pedersen stood by her
anti-market modifier perspective.
“They do seriously affect the
predictability, accessibility and affordability of post-secondary education in Alberta.”
Students have not been silenced in the process of determining whether market modifiers
will be implemented in the future.
Pedersen emphasized that stu-
dent associations around Alberta
are involved in the debate. As the
ASEC Chair and a student herself,
Pedersen represents 17 different
student associations and 175,000
students in Alberta.
“We are urging the premier to
reconsider using market modifiers
to increase tuition,” said Pedersen.
Student associations are representing students in this process by
providing a united voice that the
Alberta government is not ignoring.
During the decision-making
process, student consultations will
occur and many institutions are
working to keep student associations informed and aware of any
changes that may occur.
As far as individual student involvement goes, Pedersen stressed
the importance of remaining informed and knowing your rights as
a student.
“Talk to your student representatives or your student executives
on campus for information,” said
Pedersen. “I would urge students
to be involved in their student politics. Vote for the people you want to
represent your voice.”
Student associations have a significant presence in the decisionmaking process that occurs when
dealing with issues that impact
students, and Pedersen encourages people to volunteer for these associations to amplify the sound of
the collective student voice in the
province of Alberta.
The voices of students, postsecondary institutions and the
Alberta government are all being
heard in the debate over market
modifiers.
The conversation will continue
after the market modifier proposals are submitted on Oct. 15.
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Volume IV, Number 5
Bringing boom to the classroom
MacEwan professor brings scientific flare to students across Edmonton and area
Daren Zomerman
Online Editor
If you grew up in Alberta, chances are you’ll remember a day when
a chemistry professor from MacEwan University created a sonic
boom in your classroom.
Lucio Gelmini has been performing small experiments in Alberta classrooms and at events
for the past 14 years. During that
time, his show has adapted to the
audience.
“The way [it started] is my
son’s preschool teacher said, ‘oh,
you’re in chemistry — can you
do some little things?’ So we did
some little things,” he said. “It
kept going and then once you get
to Grade 5, it became ‘can you
come in and do something where
it will kill us, then just back it off
a little bit?’”
Today, his show is constantly evolving depending on what’s
happening in the media.
“It depends on what people
find interesting,” Gelmini said.
“It’s a lot of space, so we might be
talking about rockets and such,
and CSI, we try to bring some
of that in, too. But I know when
something happens in the news,
we might try to work in a demo towards that.”
Gelmini uses explosions and
predictable reactions found in every day life such as oxidation, the
formation of gels using Sodium
Polyacrylate (found in diapers),
and dry ice to get young kids into
science.
“It’s one thing looking at it in
a book, but actually getting to see
Gelmini demonstrating the explosive properties of hydrogen.
it, right, like the hydrogen balloon
blowing up and actually feeling
the heat come at you, you can’t really get that from a book,” Gelmini said.
All of the experiments that he
does are ones that aren’t necessarily accessible to the majority of
schools.
“Even if they could get the
stuff, it’s whether they could handle it safely,” Gelmini said. “So you
have to get someone who has routinely used the stuff, otherwise
you’d just be doing baking soda
and vinegar.”
“I don’t do those, because I
know they do it just fine. But then
bringing stuff in they don’t have
access to, little bit more exciting
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things.”
The best part about these
tours is that they are completely
free for the schools.
“It’s free, so I tell people they
don’t have to pay for mileage or
chemicals or time or anything,”
he said.
Gelmini estimates that he has
reached around 120,000 students
over his years traveling to different schools, many of which end up
at MacEwan. Every year Gelmini
teaches new students who have
seen him perform at their schools.
The professor also does seminars at teaching conventions
where he demonstrates new experiments that teachers can safely show their students.
Striving to expand in a 2D world
MacEwan computer science majors receiving local and global attention for new game
Ana Holleman
Writer
A pair of MacEwan University
students and a professor are currently developing a globally recognized children’s video game after
one of the students developed the
concept as a project for a MacEwan computer science course.
Makayla’s Quest, a game centred on the character’s mission
of delivering party invitations in
the face of various traps and monsters, was conceived by MacEwan
computer science major Brittany
Lohner for a second-year course
before classmate David Brookwell-Reuber and professor Brian
Brookwell joined Lohner to broaden the project’s horizons.
“[Lohner] did this as a game
design back in her second year,
and then we decided in third year
. . . that we’d try to implement it,”
explained Brookwell-Reuber. “[T]
hen it got to the point where it is
now, where we thought, ‘Well, you
know, why not just implement
it over the summer?’ because we
needed something to work on because we couldn’t find programming jobs.”
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Screenshot from gameplay of Makayla’s Quest.
Since then, Makayla’s Quest
has garnered both local and global
attention. Reviews for the project
have been mixed — BrookwellReuber attributes the positive attention the game has received
locally to the fact that it is a reallife application of skills acquired
through studies. Meanwhile,
Brookwell-Reuber notions that
the wider-scale criticisms are due
to the unconventional nature of
the game.
“More globally, it’s actually
been somewhat negative . . . because it’s not a traditional style of
game, so you can’t really describe
it in terms your gaming popula-
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tion understands, and most people won’t try it unless they know
exactly what it is first, even if it’s
free,” Brookwell-Reuber elaborated.
He also believes the gaming
community is too accustomed to
violent games to readily accept a
“running simulator” game in the
style of Makayla’s Quest. However, this same non-violence is what
could widen the game’s demographic, according to BrookwellReuber.
At the present time, the game is
aimed at an audience aged nine to
12 years old.
Because the project is still a recent development, it is only available for the PC. Despite this, the
team hopes to export the game to
tablets and phones, and the team
is presently working to have the
game available on the Xbox.
Although the team has had
less time to work on Makayla’s
Quest, Brookwell-Reuber confirms the group is still working
on it and hopes to make improvements. He cites the game’s current
artwork as being the major area
for improvement.
“I think that’s our biggest problem, is that none of us are artists,
so we we’re making do with what
we can kind of finagle our way
through generating,” the developer conceded, before lightheartedly adding, “it’s not pretty. It works,
but it’s not pretty.”
Makayla’s Quest is slated for a
spring 2015 online release.
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arts
AGA goes French for Halloween
and
Where
When
What: Nocturne:
Mascarade à la Moulin
Rouge
Where: Art Gallery of
Alberta. 2 Sir Winston
Churchill Square
When: Oct. 25 at 8:00
p.m.
Price: $150 each, $125
for AGA members. $100 on
Oct 1
Sara Knourek
Writer
Burlesque dancers, Parisian art,
stunning costumes, absinthe bar
— oh my! The Art Gallery of Alberta is inviting you to leave Edmonton behind this Halloween
and immerse yourself in the sensuous world of Moulin Rouge.
The Senior Manager of Patron
Relations, and all-around likeable
mademoiselle, Natalie Ozipko
shared a few tantalizing details
with the griff about the second annual Nocturne Masquerade ball.
Quelle chance!
Building off of the success of
Nocturne 2013, and inspired by
Geoffrey Farmer’s exhibit The Intellection of Lady Spiderhouse,
Have a night of Moulin Rouge themed fun during AGA’s Nocturne party.
this year the AGA channelled the
enchantment behind this season’s
fabulous French exhibit ToulouseLautrec and La Vie Moderne: Paris 1800-1910, which Ozipko calls
the gallery’s “blockbuster for the
fall.”
Ozipko mentioned that last
year’s event attracted a different type of demographic altogether — a younger crowd that
had never even stepped foot in
the gallery until that very night.
Being a non-profit organization,
fundraisers like this are essential
for the AGA, as they are not only
supporting themselves, but collaborating with all types of artists
within the city and throughout
the province.
The Theatre Garage is offering
30 per cent off of costume rentals with your ticket purchase and
Girls Club DJs will be spinning
throughout the night.
Since the AGA is not shy when
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be catering the delicacies paired
with French-themed cocktails
and the evening boasts more than
300 guests, all decked out in their
best Moulin Rouge inspired ensembles.
“Guests really are encouraged
to dress up.If not in full costume,
come with a spectacular mask,”
Ozipko says. “Last year, everyone
really went all out.”
Think rhinestones, feathers, fishnets, can-can skirts, top
hats, high collars, and more lace
and ruffles than a Broadway drag
queen’s closet.
“Nothing is too bold for the
Moulin Rouge!”
Despite my best efforts, Ozipko remained charmingly aloof
regarding the evening’s entertainment details.
My money is on a certain type
of dancer that either rhymes with
tan-tan or schmurlesque.
Regardless of what the Nocturne Mascarade à la Moulin
Rouge will have in store for us, I
bet that it will be a soirée spectaculaire.
A Nocturne preview will be
held for the AGA’s Late Night
weekly event. This is a one-night,
in-person offer only.
Your ticket includes access to
the host bar, food, exhibit and the
night’s entertainment.
If you’re looking to experience
a Saturday night out on an entirely different level, then it is highly
encourage d that you support an
organization that brings art to life
in the city of Edmonton.
“Last year, when we were collaborating, we realized that there
really isn’t any other kind of event
like this in Edmonton,” Ozipko
said. “Once we knew that, we really ran with it.”
Inspiration for women in metal
Courtney Bettin
Writer
Anyone who has heard of the
thrash metal band GWAR thinks
of disfigured mythical creatures
performing obscenities onstage.
Their unique attitude both on
and offstage has made the band an
unparalleled attribute to the metal
scene.
When frontman Dave Brockie,
died in March due to a heroin overdose, fans were devastated.
No one knew who the outlandish band would bring on as their
new frontman.
They certainly did not expect
female savage Vulvatron.
GWAR is known for its outrageous stage antics and astonishingly offensive lyrics.
That being said, their new female counterpart is not here for exploitation.
Vulvatron, played by Kim Dylla, made her debut with GWAR at
Riot Fest in Chicago earlier this
month.
Slaying beasts and drenching
her unsuspecting audience with
cascades of blood from her prosthetic breasts, she plays the part
well.
Her stage presence proves that
she can be just as vulgar and grotesque as her male bandmates.
Unlike Slymenstra Hymen, the
last female to take on this band,
Vulvatron is not settling for the
back seat.
She is empowered and in
charge.
In a genre that is so male-dominated, this female monster is setting an example for metal bands all
over the world.
Despite growing recognition,
female presence in the heavy metal
genre is still scarce.
The guttural sounds and uncouth actions have generally been
reserved for big burly guys covered
in tattoos.
A big band like GWAR taking
on a female lead is a huge revelation.
Not only is Vulvatron up front
and center, she is no damsel in distress.
Her brash demeanour redefines the role that women have in
the underground, showing that female musicians are no longer dependent on their femininity.
Hopefully this change will persuade other metal bands to take
the same approach and female faces will start popping up across the
board.
As far as GWAR goes, if itsaudience can support the disfigurement of popular politicians
onstage, they should have no problem with Vulvatron joining in on
the fun.
Vulvatron made her blood-spraying debut at this year’s Riot Fest in Chicago.
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Volume IV , Number 5
This year’s Expo was filled with all sorts of cosplay characters.
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Comics, space, sex and cannibals
Edmonton’s third annual Comic
and Entertainment Expo was filled
with awe, fear, colour, and adventure.
For just three long days, fans and cosplayers were able to meet and greet
with some of the very actors that appear on screen in their living room.
The griff decided to parade around
the expo this year, interview a wide
array of actors and voice actors, and
retell a couple of eventful stories at
this year’s expo.
There were a variety of characters at this year’s expo, each
with their own perspective to offer to an unsuspecting fan.
After talking to a couple real
die-hard cosplayers, the general
consensus of why they cosplay is
for two reasons:the obvious one
being that they themselves are admirers of the pop culture/comic
book world; the other being that
they get to feel like mini celebrities for a day.
Ben Shultz, a frequent cosplayer from Calgary, is always taken a
back by how many kids want to
hug him when he is fully decked
out in his boiling Chewbacca costume.
“I see their little faces and
they just light up when I, this huge
hairy mass, walks around. It’s a
great feeling.”
Local voice actor Mark Meer,
best known for voicing Commander Shepard in the Bioware Mass
Effect game universe, was one of
the many popular appearances at
this year’s con.
While sporting his Mass Effect
N7 leather jacket, he had a little
time to chat about his improv work
and his presence as a voice actor.
Meer is very “humbled” to be
a huge part of the Mass Effect se-
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ries.
“I’m a geek myself,” says Meer.
“To get to be part of such a fully
realized fictional universe of what
Bioware has created is really a
dream come true.”
Meer also wanted to point out
that he owns a full life suit of the
Commander Shepard armour as
well as various Mass Effect merchandise.
Meer may be more known
worldwide for his voice acting, but
he is also a sporadic improv actor
as well.
It was clear that Meer is fond
of both the improv and voice acting world, and that he never wants
to leave either.
“Voice acting is great and it
does tend to pay better than improv, in general,” laughs Meer.
“Improv is something that I
can never leave behind, especially
performing in front of a live audience: that’s hard to match.”
Some of Meer’s unforgettable
characters that he creates while
performing improv have gone
on to have a longer life than one
would expect.
One of the creations Meer cannot let go of is the Dancing Man.
The Dancing Man is what Meer
describes as an “embittered children’s performer with a jester
hat,” and can be seen at almost every Fringe Festival.
Meer is excited for his upcoming act in the post-apocalyptic game, The Long Dark, set in
Northern Canada, where he will
be voicing the main character
along with his Mass Effect co-star
Jennifer Hale, who voiced the female Shepard in the game.
Expo goers could also see the
incarnation of the brilliant, cannibalistic Dr. Hannibal Lecter,
played by Mads Mikkelsen at this
year’s con.
When he wasn’t signing autographs in support of his newest NBC TV show, Hannibal, the
48-year-old Danish actor could be
seen exploring the floor grounds
every now and then. Mikkelsen is
very content with the way Hannibal is going so far.
“I love this character. He’s
probably the happiest man I’ve
ever played,” says Mikkelsen with
a straight face.
“He’s living in the moment. He
has no time for banalities. He has
no time for bad wine, bad food or
bad company.”
Mikkelsen believes that the
show is a new type of breed in
the psychological thriller-horror
genre.
“It’s not a brutality or a bloody,
in-your-face show. It’s more like
a painting with the universe of
Hannibal.”
He is also surprised with how
much the show’s writer, Bryan
Fuller, can get away with in terms
of writing and subject matter.
“There was one scene I remember vividly where a man came out
of a horse and he had a bird inside
his heart and they were all alive
and I was like ‘Bryan, you gotta stop smoking, man’,” chuckles
Mikkelsen.
He loves working on the show
for not just the acting involvement, but also the eating portion.
“We do the real dishes. The
food that’s on the menu in the
show is what we eat. The food is
fantastic. It’s spectacular. Janice
[Poon] is a fantastic chef,” says
Mikkelsen.
“I remember me and Laurence
Fishburne deliberately fucked up
a scene a couple of times to get the
coquilles once again,” he laughs.
Mikkelsen noticed that people
were reluctant to watch the new
manifestation, but he believes it
was for good reason.
“Anthony [Hopkins] did it
to perfection and that can never be erased,” says Mikkelsen.
He thinks that when people first
watch Hannibal they will always
have the thought “Whoa, whoa,
who’s this guy? What’s with the
funny accent?”
The term “Fannibal,”(a person
obsessed with anything to do with
Hannibal-related) was something
that was being constantly advertised at this year’s con.
Mikkelsen has very recently
heard this new phrase and has met
some of these “fannibals.”
“Being a kid from the former
millennium, I’m not on Twitter
or Facebook so I met them in real
life a couple weeks ago. I love them
all,” says Mikkelsen.
He believes that the reason the
character of Hannibal has had so
much success is due to people’s allure of the “dark side” in life.
“I always call Hannibal the
fallen angel … I have a hard time
putting him in a box as a psychopath or sociopath,” says Mikkelsen.
“He’s a person like you and
me, but slightly twisted. He finds
something beautiful while we find
it horrific and we are so happy that
he is not us.”
- Stephan Boissonneault
Upon entering the third Annual
Edmonton Expo of Comics and Entertainment, one could not help but
notice f constant chatter.
This being ongoing conversations between total strangers who
were defined by one commonality:
they shared a mutual interest in all
things pop culture.
No matter what anyone says,
they will always have some obsessive interest toward one of many
cultural phenomenoa.
Be it a movie, television series
or comic book, the Edmonton Expo
is simply a cultural gathering where
fans interact with fans and the creative minds behind their shared obsessions.
Seventeen-year-old voice actor
Jeremy Shada, who is most famous
for playing Finn in the Cartoon
Network series Adventure Time,
was one of the numerous guests featured at this year’s expo.
When asked about the early
days of his career and the start of
Adventure Time, Shada claims that
once the shows original pilot aired
on Nickelodeon, it was first rejected.
After three years, Cartoon Network picked up the rights and the
part of “Finn the Human” eventually came round to Shada. What Cartoon Network did not know is that
the original voice actor who played
Finn a few years back was Shada’s
older brother, Zach Shada.
“My brother told me that he did
the show and he showed me the old
pilot. My voice sounded just like his
and I even copied it a little bit,” says
Shada.
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Eventually, after a few auditions ,Shada got the part in Cartoon
Network’s revival.
“Nobody even knew I was his
brother until the first day of recording. They must have thought they
got lucky and found someone who
sounded like the original.”
After almost five years of playing Finn, Shada is fully aware of the
show’s popularity and influence. He
first realized the magnitude of the
show’s cultural impact at the San
Diego Comic Con.
“The first big moment where
I realized ‘wow this is definitely a
huge thing’ was at San Diego Comic Con the first year we went … you
step out on to the panel and you see
just a sea of people all wearing Finn
hats,” says Shada.
The series is beyond that of just
a craze, and is truly a global pop culture phenomenon. Shada proceeded to discuss how there are theme
parks being constructed in Dubai
and even bullet rains in Taiwan that
are Adventure Time inspired.
“This one guy in Australia
painted his entire two-storey house
Adventure Time themed. The whole
outside is this canvas, it’s just insane stuff!” Shada exclaims.
When delving into the character of Finn the Human, Shada
could not help but personally relate
to him. “Everything kind of grows
with time. In the beginning [of the
show] Finn was very shouty and yelly, but not overly cartoonish. He was
just an adventuring type of character,” says Shada.
“As the show goes along with
Finn, you start seeing the darker
undertones and the deeper backstory with the post-apocalyptic backdrop of everything.”
Shada also believes the progression of Adventure Time is important.
“You see Finn age, which is
weird because in most animated
shows characters kind of stay the
same age. In the beginning of the
Finn the human from Adventure Time and Chip Zdarsky of Sex Criminals.
show he started out as 12 and now
he’s 16 … At first it was all very
black and white and just fighting
evil, but as you see him age his character has to adjust to the grey periods in life. It is a great relatable
thing that people who are going
through that stage in life can recognize.”
Shada then began to discuss his
other projects aside from Adventure Time. He is currently in a California based pop punk band Make
Out Monday.
It consists of various members,
including Shada’s brother Zach
Shada, whom is the original voice of
Finn from the pilot. “We played our
first show at the San Diego house of
blues during last Comic Con, so that
was incredible and a huge jumping
off point,” says Shada.
Whether he is performing in a
band or saving Princess Bubblegum in Adventure Time, it seems
that Jeremy Shada is a young talent who still has a lot of adventure
ahead of him.
To walk through the Edmonton expo without noticing some
sort of distraction was an impossible feat. There was constant tal-
ent that bombarded you every time
you turned a corner. Be it elaborate
Lego designs, paintings and drawings or even body paint, there was
some example of endless artistic
pursuits everywhere you looked.
What made these vendors of eye
candy so pleasant to interact with
is that even if you had no intent to
purchase anything, they just loved
talking about their work.
Aside from these various independent artists from all over the
world who were promoting their
work, there was also a huge margin
of professional artists conversing
with fans and sharing their knowledge.
One of the numerous professional illustrators at the Expo this
year was Chip Zdarsky.
Zdarsky has recently burst onto
the scene with one of last year’s
most read and well-reviewed comics Sex Criminals, where he works
with acclaimed modern comic writer Matt Fraction.
The story revolves around a
young couple that discover whenever they engage in intercourse they
can stop time. When asked about
who really came up with the idea,
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Zdarsky responded with, “I basically sent [Fraction] an email with
a dumb idea and he emailed me
back with a better idea which was
Sex Criminals … after a few hours
of talking with one another, we already had everything figured out,
but we didn’t think it would last.”
This was not the case and Sex
Criminals went on to be one of the
most well-reviewed comics of 2013
placing number one on Time ‘s
graphic novel list of 2013.
Zdarsky is still coming to terms
with the overall success of Sex
Criminals.
“When issue one came out and
people were rapidly buying it and
it sold out, the only thought that
came to my head was, ‘what people
like the thing that we like? That’s
weird’,” says Zdarsky.
Due to the subject matter of Sex
Criminals Zdarsky and Fraction
knew it would be a hard thing to
push on the public.
“I remember when the preview
issue first came out and I saw people
in comic books stores walking by it,
saying ‘why would they would buy
some called Sex Criminals?’ due to
how impropriate it sounded” says
Zdarsky.
Luckily enough this worked in
their favour and the near-infamy of
the book propelled it to fame. Zdarsky went on to discuss how, earlier
in the year, Apple blacklisted the
digital versions of the comics.
Zdarsky and Fraction feared
that would hurt the comic’s reputation, but the notoriety got people
into comics stores to get their hands
on the physical copy. Zdarsky’s art
style is one of the many catalysts for
the book’s popularity.
Using a vast array of colours
Zdarsky paints a crazy and creative world. “You can try and make
it look like real life but what’s the
point? Ultimately, with the colors in the book we wanted to make
them look like you wanted to eat
them. Just take a bite right out of
the page!”
With the combined wit of the
two creative minds behind Sex
Criminals, there is no doubt that it
will continue to grow in popularity
and be one of the pillars of modern
comics.
The Edmonton Expo is a fine
example of the impact of popular
culture in the 21st century.
In an era where it is getting
rapidly cooler to be a bit of a nerd,
these types of conventions are only
going to continue to grow in popularity.
People who are involved in just
about everything pop culture are
getting involved in conventions.
This sustains the market and
keeps it alive.
A gathering of passionate people is one of the most sustainable
forms of energy. Due to the fact that
there is no way that these people
are going to lose steam, their passion drives them and thus it drives
the industry.
So maybe next year dust off your
old Batman cape or Sailor Moon baton and spend a day at the Edmonton Expo. I guarantee you’ll find
something that you like.
So you think you can drugs?
Danika McConnell
News Editor
Being a musical festival frequenter in my early 20s, I have stumbled
upon friends and strangers alike
experimenting with all sorts of
substances. Festival environments
bring a sense of acceptance and
community, an “everybody loves everybody” vibe that brings people together.
Sadly, a frame of naïvety and ignorance casts a shadow on the positive atmosphere.
With all the experimentation
and trust in these communities of
assumed-to-be-good people, there
are very bad apples.These bad apples want your money and they’ll
accomplish it in the shadiest ways
possible — by giving you misrepresented substances.
What’s In My Baggie? is a film
highlighting the harsh truths about
these substances. It provides critiques of what the filmmakers deem
as an “ineffective drug policy.”
These filmmakers went from festival to festival to expose the truths
of these substances that are circulating and growing.
Over the course of eight music
festivals, five recent college grads
with next-to-no filming experience went forward with one goal:
to spread awareness of the dangers
of misrepresented substances in
hopes of saving lives.
This film was far from narrow in
its scope, as those involved conducted interviews from one spectrum to
another with medical physicians, a
former DEA specialist, drug distributors, tragic testimonials from festival-goers and more.
The worst of all the interviews
and exploration was hearing the
surprise and fear in the voices of
those purchasing the drugs. These
people were realizing that they were
actually buying bath salts instead
of what they believed to be psychedelics such as LSD or MDMA.
It was a reassuring thought that
there is a force of people who want
to help others make safe decisions.
But at the end of the short film I
was left feeling uneasy with a sense
of fear. I found myself questioning
Test kits can cost as little as 20 dollars.
the other dangers that lie out there,
unknown.What else is going to
come along with such tragic ends?
Obviously there are dangers
to every drug floating around, but
when you’re led to believe you’re
taking something you’re not, it increases the risk. This film wasn’t
made to promote the anti-drug mes-
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sage we have had shoved down our
throats since our teen years, but to
warn people about the dangers.
Injury by ignorance is a poor excuse with the amount of technology to help you decipher what is and
what isn’t. If you are willing to consume these drugs, be aware of what
you’re getting yourself into.
Hearing the warnings is one
thing, but actually taking note and
being aware of your choices is another.
I’m not up here screaming from
a mountain not to do drugs. Do
what you want, live and learn, but
please, use your head and hey, check
out this film.
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You’re never too old for dinosaurs
A mother and child Brontosaurus.
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After being fed lemonade and cookies, I went on a journey Sept. 24
with the favourite creatures of my
childhood: dinosaurs. My dreams
have come true — Just 10 years too
late. Enter walking with dinosaurs,
a show that takes its audience
through the Mesozoic era, showcasing its most epic creatures in the
coliseum of Rexall Place.
Huxley, a paleontologist, is
our guide. He reminds me of Indiana Jones with his leather vest and
satchel. Huxley tells the story of
the dinosaurs from their humble beginnings up until their catastroph-
ic end, peppering in fun facts and
some humour for the adults (jokes
about politicians and home life) and
the kids (poop jokes).
He runs around the set narrating the dinosaurs’ lives while avoiding their monstrous bodies. He
talks about the movement of the
tectonic plates and the evolution of
flowers. Huxley also brings up paleontologists’ work and what they
find out through fossils.
At one point, he brought up
the importance of footprint fossils.
They could tell you plenty about a
dinosaur: the way it moved, how
fast it was going, how heavy it was,
what it was doing at the time and if
it travelled in herds or not.
The presentation was impressive. The actual dinosaurs moved so
fluidly for their size. I realized they
were robots, but sometimes I forgot.
The way the wrinkled skin draped
over the robotic bodies made them
look weathered and real.They
grabbed my attention. I wanted to
touch one.
In the background, music
played that resembled Jurassic
Park’s score. The lights changed
with the environment, filling the
room with a hot red and yellow for
volcanic eruptions and moving to
soft greens and blues with nights
in the jungle. Fog rolled around the
set, giving it an ancient forest feel.
Again, the target audience is
something closer to age 10, but I still
enjoyed the show. I learned a little
and was given some nostalgic feelings. If only this was around a decade ago.
-Tomas Acuna
Walking with dinosaurs captivated the audience of children and
adults from beginning to end. The
extensive production elements —
like watching a baby dinosaur hatch
from an egg, seeing plants bloom
and die within mere seconds, and
witnessing a carnivore swallow its
prey went above and beyond the impressive..
Creative intricate details, like
the naturalistic blinking of the di-
Post
Prohibition
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Daren Zomerman is the griff’s resident beer columnist,
seeking out the weird and wonderful beers from all over
the world in a variety of styles. Every week he will talk
about a different beer, as well as the history and characteristics of the style.
I wanted to refrain from reviewing IPA’s for as long as
possible, because the style is honestly a trap. It’s a style
loved by almost every reviewer out there, many of whom
don’t drink anything else, or look down on other styles
for not being bitter enough.
I’ll admit that my fridge always has at least one hopforward beer, and that IPA is my favourite style. But that
doesn’t mean that it is a style for everyone.So that brings
me to Alley Kat’s Pink Dragon IIPA (double IPA). This
beer was launched Thursday, Sept. 25 at the Alley Kat
brewery, where all proceeds went to The Breast Cancer
Foundation.Pink Dragon IIPA pours light amber with
a thin white head that has an exploding scent of piney,
earthy hops and a touch of caramel.
Sterling hops are known for herbal and spicy flavours. The hop is a cross breed of Saaz and Mt. Hood,
and is generally used to add either bitterness or aroma
to the beer.After the first sip, the hops are immediate
and upfront. They start off with a lingering, piney, resin-like feel that leaves behind notes of spice with just a
touch of citrus.
The malt body on this beer is light for a IIPA, which
was intended by the brewery to let the hops speak for
themselves while still achieving a higher alcohol content.According to the Beer Judge Certification Program, the word double stands for the amount of alcohol
in the brew, and not the amount of hops. A double is
usually around 6 to 7.5 per cent alcohol, and can go up
to quadrupel at 9 per cent and higher, although anything above 13 per cent is considered a barley wine.
Alley Kat’s Pink Dragon runs at the 7.5 per cent
threshold, meaning a single, 650ml bottle may be
enough for the night. This beer would go down well any
season — if only it were available. Alley Kat only made a
single batch of this beer, so get it while you can.
nosaurs and the visual difference
between the older and younger dinosaurs’ skin truly boasted the
craftsmanship that went into creating these amazing creatures.
I was enchanted by this fictional world, and like the little boy behind me who sporadically kicked
my seat throughout the first half of
the show, I also wondered if I could
ride the baby T-rex.
The dialogue throughout the
experience, narrated by the likeable
paleontologist Huxley was the perfect balance between entertaining
and educating — with just the right
amount of adult humour.
Most of the audience was made
up of parents with their children
and, from what I saw, the majority
of those children were under the
age of 10. However, some elements,
like the fight scenes and even the
loud dinosaur roars I think would
be too intense for children under
the age of four. I say this only because I’m certain I will have nightmares about Utahraptors for the
rest of this week.
-Sara Knourek
To say that I reverted to the
state of an excited seven-year-old
would be true, because I was about
to spend the evening watching a
bunch of dinosaurs. It was definitely the moment when the first massive and very realistic dinosaur
appeared on stage that did the trick.
Between sitting on the edge of
my seat watching Littlefoot bat-
tle with the dreaded sharp tooth,
to watching two Torosaurus duke
it out, there was hardly a moment
where some sort of action was not
taking place onstage.
As well as the non-stop action,
the show itself was rather educational.
Hosted by a daring paleontologist who was dressed in nothing less
than full safari gear, he darted nimbly around the stage, commentating not only on the dinosaurs but
also on the present time era and key
events that played out in each new
scene.
By far the most impressive part
of the night was the mechanics put
into the dinosaurs.
Each new dinosaur was an
amazing experience unto itself,
with the tallest standing a staggering 36-feet tall and 56-feet long yet
still enabled with fully functional
and, needless to say, nimble motion.
Watching the solemnly blinking eyes, slow and steady steps and
a steadily swaying tail, it was very
tempting to believe the real deal
was in front of the audience.
Needless to say, after waiting 65
million years to watch dinosaurs
once again come back to life, I can
confidently say the wait was well
worth it — not to mention my favourite part of the evening was when
a baby T-rex stole the audience’s
heart with a cheeky return to the
stage to show off his squeaky roar
and flash a toothy grin.
- Michaela Ream
WHAT’S ON AT UALBERTA?
Violinissimo
Saint-Saëns, Debussy, and MacDowell.
Faculty Guillaume Tardif (violin) and
Roger Admiral (piano).
Convocation Hall
Oct 4
8 p.m.
MFA graduation shows
Until
Oct 25
The Presence of Absence
Agnieszka Koziarz, Sculpture
Everything Now Forever
Nora Myers, Painting
FAB Gallery
Prism
A vibrant spectrum of student ensembles,
choirs and bands, faculty strings,
pianists and vocalists.
Winspear Centre
uab.ca/shows
Oct 23
8 p.m.
OPINIONS EDITOR
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MEAT, a restaurant just off Whyte Avenue, was the site of a protest gone wrong.
MARC W. KITTERINGHAM / THE GRIFF
Protesters make MEAT look good
Sara Knourek
Writer
A recent video shared on Facebook has carnivores and herbivores alike defending their rights to
choose what, or who, they eat.
The video showed a passionate
vegan entering the popular Whyte
Ave. restaurant MEAT, holding a
photograph with graphic images
of animals being slaughtered. The
photo was printed with the phrase
“it’s not food it’s violence.” He paces around the busy space, saying
things like “these animals did not
want to die,” and “they are someones not somethings,” continuing
on with statistics about how many
animals are killed for the food industry each year.
The video is interrupted by a
“MEAT” enthusiast, who blocks
the frame and lists all of the delicious menu items and how much
he enjoys them. The managers of
MEAT politely yet repeatedly ask
the pair of activists to leave until
they are ushered out of the restaurant. At the end the vegan passes on
the #stopspeciesism challenge to a
fellow vegan activist to “disrupt a
place of violence.”
I myself am not a vegan, vegetarian or anything of the sort. I
have eaten at MEAT a handful of
times and enjoyed it very much. It’s
safe to say that the majority of patrons at this restaurant do not agree
that eating meat or animal products
is wrong. I also do not form the basis for most of my beliefs from what
a stranger yells at me, whether it’s
on the street or in a public place.
MEAT itself is not a physical
slaughterhouse or a “place of violence.” It is a restaurant where, like
the name suggests, meat is on the
menu. So the setting for this protest
is already all wrong, and was going
to be ill-received.
Let’s look at this type of activism and put it into a different perspective. If two passionate bacon
lovers decided to print off a photo saying “pulled pork gives pigs a
second life” and videotape themselves disrupting Padmanadis,
a vegan restaurant, during their
lunch hour, they would look like
ignorant, disrespectful morons. If
two Catholics with a Bible recorded themselves heading into a Jew-
ish synagogue, shouting Catholic
doctrine, they would look like ignorant, disrespectful morons.
Maybe those two examples
seem extreme, but essentially activism in the wrong setting is just inevitable failure. Your message will
not be well received, your voice will
not be heard, and your video will be
interrupted by passionate patrons
who have a completely different
opinion than yours.
In a sense, this stunt was entirely effective, as it sparked my interest enough to write about it and
will continue to get people talking
about the issue of speciesism. Some
would argue that activism isn’t polite, and it’s supposed to be aggressive and in your face. I would in turn
argue that you were born with a
pair of lips and not a megaphone attached to your face. There are ways
of stating your beliefs tactfully.
I have a lot of respect for vegetarians and vegans, as it is a commitment and it’s not a lifestyle that
is easily accommodated, especially
in Edmonton. It’s ignorant to think
that there aren’t any inhumane
practices happening at slaughterhouses, and people as consumers should be much more aware of
where their food is coming from.
But whether it’s religious, political or moral, no one wants anyone’s
beliefs shoved down their throat. In
fact, the only thing I wanted down
my throat after watching the video
was MEAT’s beef brisket.
Thom Yorke challenges the record industry
Opinions Editor
Radiohead’s front man Thom
Yorke released his new solo album, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
on Sept. 29, and he did it in the
most unconventional way possible.
Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
was a surprise release on BitTorrent for a set price of $6.99. Thom
has always been one to go against
the grain. Radiohead’s 2007 album
In Rainbows was released over
the Internet with a “pay what you
want” model. Since then, many
other artists have stepped away
from the traditional record industry business model. Beyoncé’s new
album was dropped without any
warning, and we all know about
U2’s album that nobody really
wanted.
This is a bit of marketing ge-
Thom Yorke recently released an album using BitTorrent.
nius from Yorke. It has already
gotten over 400,000 downloads
and that number is growing each
day. By choosing BitTorrent as the
host site of his album, he went directly to the source of the modern
record industry’s anguish. Yorke
is a smart guy; he knows that most
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people use sites like BitTorrent to
get their music, so he went to the
source— cutting out the middleman, as it were.
By choosing to host his album’s download on BitTorrent,
Thom Yorke is saying that he
doesn’t need the record industry.
He is saying that half a million
people want to download his album without the input from giants like iTunes, Amazon or the
major record labels. With this
move, Yorke is proving that the
ancient institution of the record
industry is just that: ancient. He
doesn’t need it anymore, and if he
can survive as a musician using
BitTorrent, so can a lot of other
up-and-coming musical acts.
Times are changing. We don’t
need big monolithic record companies lumbering around the musical landscape deciding what
people should enjoy listening to.
Thom Yorke is an artist who ischampioning new ways of putting
out music, and all power to him.
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Hardstyle
debuts in
canada
By Emily Jansen
All photos from THE SOUND OF Q-DANCE LA at The Shrine Expo Hall on March 13, 2014.
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t long last, one
Canadian artist’s
dream of bringing his passion to
Canada will be realized. Hardstyle music
is coming to Edmonton. On Oct. 10, event
organizer Q-Dance will launch its very
first Canadian event featuring some of
the best that hardstyle has to offer.
The majority of the musical acts hail from the Netherlands, the home of hardstyle, with one exception. For the past
six years, James Bayliss has been working to promote hardstyle and bring it home to Canada. With his performance at
The Sound of Q-Dance, he hopes to capture Canadians’ attention and blow their minds.
Bayliss found his origins in hard house music. “That basically transformed into me finding hardstyle and I decided to
take it upon myself to start promoting it,” he says.
Promotion was focused on the Canadian music scene, but
especially in Alberta, Bayliss says. Not long afterward, he was
picked up by promotional company Boodang Music Canada
and has since been involved in a cooperative effort to build
hardstyle here in Canada.
Hardstyle music grabbed Bayliss more than any other
genre. “It kind of had all the aspects that I was looking for in a
style of music,” Bayliss says.
His work to promote and support hardstyle has earned
him the honour of being called the “godfather of Canadian
hardstyle.”
Q-Dance organizes some of the most popular music festivals worldwide; the stage production alone is insane. The fact
that one of the biggest hardstyle shows is visiting Canada is a
big deal. Bayliss says that the shows put on by Q-Dance “cannot be surpassed by anything else.”
Recalling his experience at the Defqon.1 festival in Australia this month (organized by Q-dance), he says, “Nothing
touches how big and how extravagant and how important [Defqon.1] is.”
When asked about the upcoming show in October, where
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Bayliss will be the sole Canadian performer, he says that he
has always strived to bring his personality and the best of his
skill to his performance as a DJ.
Bayliss describes The Sound of Q-Dance as an inevitable
step in his career he’s always known he was going to take. “I
was kind of thinking ‘well it’s about fucking time.’ I’m ready
for it,” Bayliss says about the upcoming show.
“When I’m done my set, first thing I’ll probably do is go
down a shit ton of beer.”
Aside from the excitement of performing at such a huge
event for hardstyle and the prospect of large amounts of alcohol, Bayliss looks forward to appreciating what years of hard
work and dedication to the music has brought him. With hardstyle’s Canadian debut so close at hand, the Canadian artist is
looking ahead.
“I’m already looking down the road,” he says. “What is the
next thing we need to do? How can we make the scene bigger?”
Celebration is well deserved, but his continued resolve to
encourage the growth of hardstyle is admirable. At the beginning of his musical career in hardstyle, Bayliss encountered
inevitable barriers. He was consistently told to “switch styles”
in order to play more. Despite refusing to change his sound
because of hardstyle’s relative obscurity here, Bayliss has enjoyed success in the community.
To those who told him that hardstyle would never take off,
Bayliss quips, “Say it. Say you’re wrong.” He adds that anyone
who said that any kind of music would “never take off” is a moron for thinking that way.
“Hardstyle has a lot of elements that people want. It’s very
unique,”Bayliss says, “but it’s also got a soft touch to it. It’s a
very diverse style.”
Diversity is the element that sets hardstyle apart from other styles of electronic dance music. The sound emerged from
experimentation with hard core and quickly rose to popularity in the Netherlands. Something that Bayliss emphasizes is
that no sound is out of place in hardstyle.
“People are gonna be really taken back by it, but it’s gonna
sound good. It has that quality to it that it’s not so abrasive that
you can’t really use the sounds. Hard core has a lot of sounds
in it that you can’t really use everywhere else. With hardstyle,
you can.”
As Bayliss states, the hardstyle community, even on an international level, is small and close-knit. Sharing ideas about
new sounds is common and many of the big names in hardstyle cross paths so frequently that everyone knows everyone
well.
I draw inspiration from everybody,” Bayliss says. “As far
as hardstyle goes, I love Frontliner’s sound, I love Wildstylez’s
sound. I love, you know, Noisecontrollers’s sound. I love all of
those guys.”
In terms of his own sound, Bayliss says simply, “I’m going
to take in what I got, and what comes out is what comes out.”
To students who might be skeptical about going to the
event, think hardstyle isn’t for them or who just have no clue
what hardstyle is all about. “I dare you to google event shows.
Hardstyle is not about just the music,” says Bayliss, “Q-Dance,
bar none, creates the most elaborate and most [intense] stages
on this planet, regardless of what style of music is playing.”
Alongside Canada’s top hardstyle act, James Bayliss, is an
array of fellow Dutch artists to show Canada what hardstyle
is all about. The lineup for the event showcases the many faces of what the style has to offer. Q-Dance adheres to a certain
level of production value and that experience as a whole is totally unmatched. The use of pyrotechnics and the fact that the
stage changes at least four times throughout the show should
ensure that attendees are always on their toes. According to
Bayliss, internet videos simply can’t do Q-Dance events justice.
“It’s one of those things where people that are skeptical,
if they could just come see it [they’d] understand exactly why
people love hardstyle. It’s because they know that what they’re
getting isn’t just the music, it’s the full package.”
The Sound of Q-Dance comes to Edmonton on Oct. 10
at the Shaw Conference Centre. Performing at the event are
Dutch acts Audiofreq, Bass Modulators, Coone, Frontliner,
Gunz for Hire and James Bayliss, together representing a diverse and talented slice of what hardstyle has to offer.
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Volume IV, Number 5
Downtown changes an improvement?
Construction continues on the new arena on 104 Street and 104 Avenue.
Arts Editor
Edmonton wants to be a metropolis
within the next 10 years.
I’m all for expansion, but this
plan to completely cover Edmonton’s downtown area in skyscrapers and so-called entertainment
buildings is ludicrous. I enjoy living in Edmonton because it is not
a metropolis. If these plans actually see the light of day, I’m heading
for someplace nice, either near the
ocean or the mountains. I don’t understand the need for Edmonton to
be a global tourist attraction.
One of the ideas discussed was
a $34 million canal in the Rossdale
area just past Telus field. Let’s just
stop and think for a second. We are
living in Edmonton, Alberta not
Venice, Italy. What do they hope to
achieve with this canal? Gondolas
through the city? I don’t think so. We
already have the North Saskatchewan flowing proud through our
city so why do we need another body
of water? Unless we have a massive
flood within the next 10 years we
should have to make do with what
we got.
One of the most laughable plans
is the plan for the office/condo/hotel
dubbed The Edmontonian planned
by Stantec. First off, the name is ter-
ribly unoriginal. Second, they want
this behemoth to be 62 stories or 224
metres tall according to the Edmonton Sun. That doesn’t seem to be Edmonton’s style.
The only good thing that has
come from this metropolis plan is
the Artists Quarters building, developed by the City of Edmonton,Arts
Habitat Edmonton and Artists Urban Village. Edmonton is always going on about be an “art capital” and
the Artist Quarters is a fantastic
idea to prove it.
Overall, I understand the idea
to expand Edmonton’s Downtown
area, but there should be no need to
rush into creating a metropolis.
Sara Knourek
Writer
The fact that downtown Edmonton will look entirely different in 10
years than it does today is an amazing advancement, not just for the
city’s centre, but for the city as a
whole.
The well-known cliché “you
have to spend money to make money” will prove to be entirely true.
With the current prospects,
some already beginning construction and with others yet to be confirmed, more than $4 billion is
expected to be invested into the revitalization of downtown, accord-
ing to a Sept. 15 Edmonton Journal
articleWith all of these new prospects comes countless jobs and opportunities that will provide people
with secure and obvious reasons to
stay or relocate to Edmonton.
With downtown changing and
this increased revenue from within the city, we’ll be able to focus on
other issues, such as expanding resources for homeless people and
donating more to city-funded, nonprofit programs.
With advancement and changes comes revenue, progress and
growth. The downtown revitalization will enable Edmonton to invest
more into itself.
NASA contracts leave the little guy behind
Mingoo Kang
Writer
NASA has awarded $ 6.8 billion
in contracts to two private companies to build rockets for upcoming space missions. Space X and
Boeing, privately owned corporations, will build the shuttles that
send astronauts to space. It’s not
the first time that private firms
have sent rockets into space but
it is the first manned mission that
isn’t government-sponsored.
The reason why this contract
has been receiving global attention is that NASA is now starting
to depend on the private sectors
for their missions. NASA is outsourcing tremendous amounts of
money for companies like Space
X and Boeing to develop technology that they already have. Moreover, the money that Space X and
Boeing will receive comes from tax
dollars. Basically, U.S citizens are
paying taxes to give rich people unforgettable memories.
$6.8 billion is a large enough
amount of money to give an advantage to Space X and Boeing over
their competitors. They will have
better capsules than other corporations because of NASA’s funding, largely made up of taxpayer
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NASA awarded two contracts to private aerospace firms, paving the way for more commercialization of space missions.
dollars. With a foot in the door at
NASA, it will be easier for the two
companies to get future contracts
and they will receive more funding
from the U.S. government in the
near future. As a result, the smaller competitors will be squeezed
out and NASA will be entirely dependent on the two giants.
Developing capsules to send
astronauts to space does have scientific purposes, but the companies also are looking for business.
Specifically tourism. According to
a Sept. 18 CBC article, both Boeing and Space X are planning to
allow paying customers to be tourists on their vessels. Another company, Virgin Galactic, is charging
$250,000 per seat on their space
planes, according to its website.
This business will be highly profitable. After a series of governmental contracts and the research and
development that comes with that,
the two companies’ space tourism
programs will be more feasible.
However, few people will be able to
afford trips to space and only a few
companies will profit.
NASA privatized space. If
NASA becomes entirely dependent on private sectors, they will
create a monopoly for certain companies and the cost of space travel will not remain cheap. If a few
big companies occupy the whole
market, then NASA will not have
any other options. Even if Boeing
NASA
or Space X drives up the price of
their vessels, or their capsules are
defective, NASA will still have to
give them contracts.
It is hard to understand paying money to private companies to
make capsules that were already
made by NASA dozens of years
ago. With the commercialization
of space exploration, it will be the
rich who get to explore space, leaving everyone else back home with
their feet firmly on the Earth.
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Park(ing) day is just an annoyance
Activists took over parking spaces in the downtowns of many cities across the globe on Sept. 19.
Ana Holleman
Writer
Edmontonians saw the conversion
of downtown parking spaces into
interactive art exhibitions on Sept.
19 in the name of reclaiming public
space.
Park(ing) day is a worldwide
event. On the third Friday of September every year, people across the
world take to the streets to reclaim
parking spaces.
Edmonton’s event was spearheaded by The Drawing Room’s
Chelsea Boos. Park(ing) Day coincided with the relocation of the studio to 97 Street and they celebrated
the move by taking part in Park(ing)
day and installing temporary art
pieces — which ranged from eight
hours of knitting to a mini-golf
course — in parking spaces from 96
Street to 97 Street along 101A Avenue.
Public art is an important fixture of any municipality, make no
mistake. I mean, I support the evercontroversial Talus Dome, so I’m
really willing to accept any form
of public art. But Park(ing) Day
crosses a line between being an important statement about art to just
being obnoxious for the sake of being obnoxious.
Right from the get-go, Boos’s
plan of action sounded lofty and arrogant. According to an interview
with the Edmonton Journal, Boos
had no intention of obtaining permission from the city for Park(ing)
Day — which is fair, in my books,
because public demonstrations
should not be dependent on civil approval.
However, when Boos clarified
her reasoning behind this was because “[311] won’t know what to
say” and that “people don’t know
what to do when faced with something weird and confusing,” she lost
me. That mindset is reminiscent
of many-a-12-year-old’s belief that
saying the word “cheese” spontaneously is the most hilarious thing
ever. These mindsets set out to be
“quirky” and “unique” but they
end up being annoying and embarrassing to almost anybody who has
moved past that stage.
There’s also the matter that the
participants in the event planned
on plugging the parking metres,
preventing anyone from parking in
the area.
I did not personally have the
chance to check out Park(ing) Day
for myself, but the simple concept of
plugging the metres is fairly rotten.
Boos explained to the Journal
the aim of plugging the metres was
to humble drivers and to take focus
“
Park(ing) Day crosses a
line between being an
important statement
about art to just being
obnoxious...
- Ana Holleman
away from them for the day. While I
agree some drivers are self-centered
and harmful (I’ll admit to flipping
off more than one driver in my lifetime for turning before I had safely
crossed the road), it’s also not fair to
punish drivers who need to park.
Contrary to the organizer’s belief, many drivers do not see themselves as the be-all end-all of society.
When most drivers are trying to
find a parking space, they’re not doing it because they believe themselves central to the existence of
the world; they’re doing it because
they need to park so they can live
their lives.
When a person considers that
an inability to find accessible parking can result in lateness for important appointments or work shifts,
which can, in turn, result in severe
repercussions for the driver and
others, Park(ing) Day’s tactic itself
seems self-centered.
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More support for public art
is needed. It is very much needed. However, “zany” events like
Park(ing) Day are not effective,
sustainable means of raising this
awareness.
Rather than garnering the af-
fections of the average person,
they are turning people off from
public art.
Call me a no-fun killjoy, but in
a world where people won’t take
my beloved Talus Dome seriously,
increased public distaste for art —
and artists — is the last thing that
is needed.
Unfortunately, this could
be the potential consequence
of Park(ing) Day, and it is not a
consequence the art community
needs.
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Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund will meet with Albertans to
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Meeting
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HPV shots for boys is a step forward
HPV protection should be a responsibility for all genders.
Daren Zomerman
Online Editor
Alberta is slowly getting rid of parasites. First it was rats and now it’s
human papillomavirus (HPV).
HPV is a common sexually
transmitted infection that, in most
cases, only harms women. And in
the recent past, women were the
only ones who were vaccinated
against it. So why such a conservative, short-term oriented province
as Alberta would be the second in
Canada to offer the same protection to men is beyond me.
According to the Center for Disease Control, some strains of HPV
can mutate cervical cells to cause
cancer and infertility, while other
strains can cause genital warts. It’s
impossible to know if someone is
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infected with HPV until such symptoms occur, unless under unusual
circumstances when doctors can
determine HPV’s presence.
Vaccinating men as well as
women against HPV is a proactive
move for the province, and one that
I support.
The old practice of vaccinating
just the half of the population HPV
affects doesn’t really help solve the
problem — it just allows the disease
to run rampant in the half that will
never know its
significance.
Providing children with the
vaccine is a cheap way to save money on health care in the long run —
in the same way as keeping out the
rats saves money in border patrol.
The biggest disagreement to
this vaccination campaign comes
from the Catholic church. A recent letter sent out by the Calgary
Catholic school board claims that
vaccinations would encourage premarital sex.
This is the 21st century, and we
are (mostly) free from the old-fashioned use of the ball and chain,
chastity belts, and anti-self-rape devices.
As well, HPV is not generally a
visible STI. There is no way that a
person, especially men, can know
if they have it or not, so it is never
a factor in the decision to have sex.
Vaccinating boys against HPV
is a step forward for the health
care system, and I hope that it sets
a precedent for more changes like
this to come. This is not some small
victory; this is a change in the Alberta government’s line of thought.
It shows a step forward from
the illogical, dichotomous thought
that only women should be treated
for HPV, and that not treating men
will stop people from having premarital sex.
HPV is not the most dangerous
infection that we can catch, but it
is far more preventable than other
infections that are transferred sexually. Let’s keep this moving and
continue promoting a healthy, sexpositive province.
Sex is going to happen, and
there is no shame in that. There is
no reason to make it something that
only happens in the dark.
Tearing up tracks tramples history
The end of the line: the train tracks along Gateway Boulevard have been removed to make room for more cross streets.
What’s
Left
Marc W. Kitteringham is the
griff’s political columnist.
Each week he takes apart a
current political issue, and
gives his opinion from an
alternative point of view.
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Opinions Editor
Not so long ago, MacEwan’s City
Centre Campus did not exist. In
its place was Edmonton’s CN railyard. There were tracks running
down 104 Avenue, out of the city
and all the way to the west and east
coasts of Canada.
Now, all there is to remind us
that it was there is a small display just east of Safeway in Oliver
square and the remains of a roundhouse under the residence parking
lot.
Not only were there trains running east and west across the city,
but also north to south. The tracks
along Gateway Boulevard were
older than the province before city
council decided to remove them.
These trains are part of Edmonton and Canada’s heritage.
The tracks are what unified our
country into the vast coast-tocoast nation that it is today. A lot
of people seem to forget that.
City council’s decision to remove the tracks makes sense in the
short run. The tracks along Gateway make it impossible to build
cross streets heading east and
west. In the event of an emergency,
EMS has to go out of their way to
find a busy cross street and waste
valuable time in an emergency situation. It makes sense, but there
are other ways to get around the
problem.
Instead of tearing up the
tracks, the city could turn them
into another streetcar in the summer, with railroad crossings at the
junctions between street and rail.
This would’ve been an easy
and scenic way to visit Old Strathcona from downtown, to add bike
and multi-use trails to the area and
still provide access to emergency
vehicles.
Unfortunately, the rails have
already been pulled up along Gateway Boulevard, and the City Centre train station is long gone. At
this point, the least we could do is
build some kind of monument to
the train system that once unified
Canada and made it the country it
is today.
SPORTS EDITOR
Kyle Muzyka
[email protected]
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With “Making Miles Matter for Myeloma” on his chest, Nelson Wiebe looks to raise awareness about the incurable blood cancer.
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Making marathons matter for myeloma
MacEwan student running five marathons to raise awareness for incurable blood cancer
Kyle Muzyka
Sports Editor
Nelson Wiebe sits in front of me,
maintaining his posture uncomfortably when the recorder begins
to listen.
As a tall, thin man, the communications student from MacEwan is
shaped like a runner. In fact, he is a
runner, still seeming sluggish from
his marathon on the weekend in
St. John’s, Newfoundland. He completed it in four and a half hours,
a decent time for the 42-kilometre,
hill-infested run.
He wasn’t always a runner,
though.
“I’ve always played sports, but
I’ve never been like, ‘I just want to
run,’” the 24-year-old Wiebe, still
maintaining the slightest amount
of nervousness in his body language.
He’s always been physically active, but he only started training
for marathons three years ago. It’s
never been for his personal gain,
though.
Instead, the excessive running
is for his aunt Ruth, who has been
a mainstay in Wiebe’s life, always
maintaining positivity and support
for her nephew.
When asked about Aunt Ruth,
Wiebe’s body language flips from
uncomfortable to passionate. He
means what he says.
“She’s done a lot for me in my
life,” Wiebe says, confident in what
he says but seemingly unsure about
whether those words explained her
importance adequately.
In 2010, his aunt Ruth was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a
rare form of cancer that affects the
bloodstream. Multiple myeloma affects close to 2,300 Canadians every year, according to the Myeloma
Canada website.
When the news hit Wiebe, he initially reacted as most people would.
An overwhelming amount of sadness covered him like a wet blanket,
refusing to let him out.
Fortunately for Wiebe, he was
ready to begin his journey almost
immediately.
“I didn’t want to be there just
verbally and emotionally. I want[ed]
to actually try to change her life,” he
says.
He started training.
Soon, he was able to run 42 kilometres, but not necessarily because
his body was primed for it. Rather, it
was his pure determination to make
a difference that propelled him to
finish the marathon.
His goal was to run a stretch of
marathons in hopes of raising money and awareness about multiple
myeloma.
“When I told her [Aunt Ruth],
she was pretty emotional,” Wiebe
recalls.
He contacted Myeloma Canada, the only national organization
geared exclusively towards multiple myeloma. Not only do they fund
additional research, they also assist with treatments for the incurable disease.
After he received their blessing
to partner with him, his aspirations
became a reality.
Straying away from traditional means of raising awareness and
funds, Wiebe looked to marathons
because they closely compare to the
struggle with cancer.
“A marathon is symbolic of the
cancer struggle. Your body is giving out on you and you have to keep
fighting,” says Wiebe.
Even after he finishes one marathon, the journey isn’t complete;
because he pledged to complete five
marathons, he still has others to battle through, strikingly similar to the
waves cancer seems to come in.
“That’s the reason I wanted to
do five, because cancer is long-term,
it doesn’t just stop.”
Wiebe has completed three of
his five marathons thus far, with
stops in Ottawa and Vancouver before the cold bite of winter takes
over from autumn. His aunt, who
lives in Abbottsford, B.C., will be at
the finish line in Vancouver to cheer
him on.
In addition to Vancouver, Aunt
Ruth was also present during the
Edmonton marathon on Aug. 24.
Raising his arms at the finish line,
Wiebe completed his first of five
marathons for his aunt Ruth, and
seeing her cheer him on from the
sidelines was enough to overtake
him.
“There were waterworks when I
finished [in Edmonton],” Wiebe recalls. He, his aunt and his girlfriend
had a cry-angle, or a three-way hug
full of tears.
His girlfriend’s name is Shelbi
Haberman, and Wiebe doesn’t seem
to be able to stress enough the importance of her assistance both
with the campaign and for support.
It’s not just his family and
friends supporting him. Wiebe has
received a lot of support from his
place of residence in Edmonton all
the way to Newfoundland, where
he’s met some inspiring people. He
even met another man with multiple myeloma, who finished his first
marathon since being diagnosed.
As inspiring as that is, no one
is more inspiring to the 24-yearold than his auntie, who still maintains her restless attitude despite
what some would believe to be a
limitation. Wiebe recalls finding his
auntie always doing something at
family get-togethers, whether it was
doing the dishes, dishing out desserts or making sure everyone was
comfortable.
“She enhances the life of every
person she’s ever met,” Wiebe says.
He knows that nothing he can do
can express the amount of gratitude he feels for her, but raising
money and awareness in her name
is a pretty good start.
Though the support has been
great, the MacEwan student always
appreciates any additional support,
whether it’s a donation or even a
simple hello.
“If you see me in the hallways
here [at MacEwan], let me know
that you’ve seen my story,” he says,
coming back to one of his central
goals: awareness.
He also encourages everyone
to participate as much as they can,
from sharing his story with others,
all the way to running right beside
him.
“It’s lonely by yourself,” Wiebe
says, though, in reality, he’s the furthest thing from alone in his journey to help his aunt Ruth live life as
best as she can.
His next race is slated for Oct.
12 in Ottawa, where he will participate in the Fall Colours Marathon.
By following Myeloma Canada on
Facebook or Twitter, you can track
his real-time progress during the
race.
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Volume IV, Number 5
First-time experience: FC Edmonton
A griff writer attends a live soccer game for the first time and writes about it
Courtney Bettin
Writer
“Boys in blue! Boys in blue!”
Various fans crowded the
stands of Clarke Stadium on Sept.
28 to cheer on the FC Edmonton
team.
Despite the cool wind, supporters were bundled up in blue and
white scarves, obviously cold but
all-around happy to be there.
Fans that weren’t sitting in
their seats were busy with other activities, whether it was lining up for
hot coffees or the chance to win a
prize from a local company’s booth.
An electric atmosphere arose,
spreading throughout the audience as the game got underway.
Both the FC Edmonton team and
its competitor, the New York Cosmos, were playing for a crucial
three points that could send either
of them into the playoffs.
The game was very fast-paced,
with opportunities on both sides
looking to break the tie. Clusters
of young soccer enthusiasts gazed
awestruck at behind-the-back passes and scissor kicks from the players.
A group of fans, dressed head
to toe in blue, banged drums and
yelled out chants to get the audience excited and involved. Everyone in the stands seemed to be
interacting with each other. They
made lighthearted jokes at the Cosmos’ expense and talked about the
stats of their favourite FC Edmon-
FC Edmonton’s fanbase is growing every year, with more growth expected on the way.
ton players.
The beginning of the game was
fairly slow and it wasn’t until after half time that the action really
started. The Cosmos scored first,
earning a collective sigh of disappointment from the audience.
Despite the setback, only motivation resulted from it. The team
from Edmonton looked to retaliate,
and rather quickly. FC Edmonton
forward Tomi Ameobi managed to
put the ball past the Cosmos goalkeeper to even the score.
The stadium erupted, everyone
jumping to his or her feet and highfiving everyone within reach.
Staff from Clarke Stadium
match in the 75th minute.
MacEwan desperately held
on, clinging to the 1-0 lead to upset
the team from across the river. The
Bears came dangerously close to evening the score with their own goal in
the 89th minute, but the attempt was
quickly thwarted by a huge save from
Hajji.
With only extra time remaining, it seemed as though the Griffins might go home with a win. Yet,
when a red card took defender Kenny M’Pindou out of the game, the
Bears wasted no time in seizing the
opportunity. Niko Saler of the Bears
evened the score on a penalty kick,
leaving the game to end in a tie.
“I think I’m still a little upset
that they were able to tie in the last
30 seconds of the game,” said Leverman.
“I thought we deserved the win
from that game.”
It was not surprising following
such a close match that the tone was
already set for Sunday’s game; Saturday showed what was in store at Jasper Place Bowl the next day.
Now that the Griffins had been
so successful in holding their own
again the Golden Bears, expectations and tensions were high by the
start of Sunday’s match. As opposed
to the match the day before, it was
the Bears who stole the first goal. In
just the 26th minute of the game, the
Bears’ Stefan Bozunovic managed to
put the ball past Hajji.
However, not to be outdone,
the Griffins evened things out once
again in the 45th minute of the game.
Matt Hanson fed a smooth pass to
Dejan Gajic who answered by putting one past the Bears’ keeper.
Despite losing their lead, the
Golden Bears kept up a tight and
solid, formation keeping the Griffins, for the most part, at bay. The
Griffins, refusing to back down, responded with stellar defence against
any attempts from the Bears, particularly team captain Theo Ehiwe.
Ehiwe saved the Griffins on
more than one occasion by heading the ball with daring dives. By
the second half, the Griffins caught
their second wind and proved their
dangerousness to the Bears. Needless to say, the audience endured
plenty of nail-biting moments as the
Golden Bears managed to keep the
ball in the Griffins end of the field for
a long period of time with multiple
shots on goal.
Both teams, however, had to contend with a tricky wind that affected the course of the ball on multiple
occasions, leading to multiple close
calls. The defence prevailed, however, resulting in another 1-1 draw.
All in all, the weekend was a
success for the Griffins. Ehiwe was
pleased, though he felt like his team
could have won Saturday’s game. “I
think it went well coming into our
first season against the cross-town
rivals, to have picked up two points
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gathered at the foot of the turf and
began throwing out prizes and coupons to willing hands. Streaks of
blue smoke wafted over the field,
creating a celebratory haze around
the cheering team huddle. The result of the game was a 1-1 tie, met
with satisfaction from both teams.
The stands slowly cleared as the
traditional round of handshakes
from the players was concluded.
Members from the FC Edmonton
team came out onto the grounds to
sign autographs and chat with the
remaining fans.
I spoke to a few fans about the
state of their team. Not surprisingly, they were ecstatic about their
team, providing great detail about
the team that was founded in 2010.
Though a lot of people are unaware of the North American Soccer League, FC Edmonton has
managed to gather quite a large
number of season seat holders.
The rapid growth of fans has
prompted the stadium to add a new
section of bleachers and if it continues they will be obliged to further the development.
Many regular attendees try to
circulate news of the games to new
faces who can come out and support the team.
A bigger stadium will mean bigger teams attracted to the area and
as a result, bigger opportunities for
our home team here in Edmonton.
Overall, it was an afternoon
well spent. You certainly don’t need
to be a huge soccer fan to enjoy the
atmosphere that FC Edmonton provides.
From the camaraderie of the
crowd, to the booths of unique merchandise, to the ever-relevant bottle of Heineken, there is something
for everyone.
MacEwan ties two against Golden Bears
Michaela Ream
Writer
Playing against a team that was
ranked seventh in the entire league
and also happen to be cross-town rivals must have looked like quite the
challenge to the MacEwan University men’s soccer team.
The Griffins stood up to the challenge, however, forcing the University of Alberta Golden Bears to two 1-1
ties over the weekend.
Saturday’s match marked the
beginning of a rivalry between the
two Edmonton teams. Having been
beaten rather handily in previous
matches versus the University of
Saskatchewan, the team wasn’t expected to compete with the Golden
Bears.
“If you would have asked me a
week ago if I would accept two ties
this weekend [versus the Bears], I
would have taken it,” said Cam Leverman, head coach of the MacEwan
Griffins.
During Saturday’s match, the
Bears applied pressure in the early
going, chasing after the Griffins and
keeping them on their toes. Griffins’
keeper Adam Hajji had the answer,
though, relentlessly holding the
Bears at bay.
The action was kicked up a
notch in the second half, highlighted by MacEwan rookie Josh Ongaro,
who snuck behind the Bears’ defenders and scored the first goal of the
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Defender Kenny M’Pindou moves the ball through the
midfield.
against them with all the injuries,
that’s a good weekend for me,” he
said.
“It could have been better, but
we’ll take the two points.”
Heading into next weekend, the
Griffins look to build off the momentum gained in two tough matches
against the Golden Bears. MacE-
KYLE MUZYKA/THE GRIFF
wan faces the University of Calgary
Dinos, a team that has won three
straight.
“We’re looking to win,” Ehiwe
said. You can catch the action at Jasper Place Bowl on Oct. 4 and 5, with
both matches slated for 12 p.m.
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Two
games,
two
clean
sheets
MacEwan Griffins hold top two scorers in division pointless over weekend doubleheader
Kyle Muzyka
Sports Editor
Despite the sudden drop in temperature, the MacEwan women’s
soccer team took four of a possible
six points away from the University of Saskatchewan team.
Temperatures dipped down to
three degrees on Saturday afternoon, which proved to be quite
a surprise for the fans. The Griffins, however, were not phased by
the chilly weather, playing well
enough to earn a tie against a
tough opponent in the Huskies.
As per usual, the game was
physical, with each team maintaining aggression in the first half.
Both the Huskies and the Griffins
exchanged chances throughout
the first half, but no one could find
the back of the net.
The pace picked up even more
in the second half of Saturday’s
match, with each team’s chance
seeming more dangerous than the
last.
Despite outshooting the Griffins 13-6, the Huskies were unable
to break the tie, thanks in large
part to a back end led by midfielder Erika Vecchio, who made all
the right moves this weekend. Her
efforts earned her Player of the
Game on Saturday.
“She’s been unlucky to not receive a Player of the Game earlier,”
Head Coach Dean Cordeiro said of
Vecchio, who was named a CCAA
all-Canadian last season. Vecchio
was key in all areas of Saturday’s
match, from helping generate scoring chances to maintaining her
composure while under pressure.
Unfortunately, despite Vecchio’s play, MacEwan couldn’t get
anything past Saskatchewan’s defence either, leading to a 0-0 draw.
Both teams were unhappy with
their performances.
“We felt like we could have got
three points today,” Cordeiro said.
On the other side, the Huskies
were visibly unhappy, expecting to
win as well.
All of this added to the assump-
Griffins forward Nicole Palladino battles for a 50-50 ball against Huskies forward Erika Hindmarsh.
tion that Sunday’s match would be
an interesting one.
Before this weekend, Cordeiro’s Griffins had not faced the
same team twice in one weekend,
meaning the doubleheader against
the Huskies would be a testing
ground for how his team reacts in
the second game.
The first game acts as a bit of
a feeler; especially with teams that
haven’t faced each other, considering that they wouldn’t be sure
what to expect from the other side.
The second match, however, is
a chance for either team to prove
themselves, setting the stage for
Sunday’s game between the teams.
As expected, both the Griffins
and the Huskies stepped up their
game on Sunday. The Huskies, obviously upset with their performance in the previous game, took
it to the Griffins early.
“We had to absorb a lot early
on, as Saskatchewan wasn’t happy with their play yesterday,” Cordeiro said. He added that his team
took it well, waiting for their opportunities to strike.
With added aggression comes
more fouls, something that Saskatchewan was no stranger to on
Sunday.
The Huskies were carded three
times, including two on defender
Jennifer Miller, which forced her
to leave the game. Cordeiro noted
his team’s strategy behind forcing
Miller to be aggressive after she received her first yellow.
Not even three minutes after
Miller was carded the first time,
she collided hard with Griffins
forward Shaelan Donnovan, forcing the referee to give her the red
card. The loss in player allowed
Cordeiro and his team to zero in
on their advantage.
Just five minutes later, the
aforementioned Vecchio made a
brilliant individual effort, weaving through three Huskies before
springing teammate Kassandra
Jajczay, who promptly tucked the
ball in for the 1-0 lead.
All the Griffins had left to do
was to defend. As expected, Saskatchewan “threw everything and
the kitchen sink” at MacEwan, according to Cordeiro.
Despite a few close calls in the
crease, MacEwan was able to hold
off Saskatchewan, winning the
game by one goal.
Head Coach Cordeiro was
very satisfied with his team’s performance, mentioning the clean
sheets, or shutouts, his team has
been working very hard to maintain over the last few games.
MacEwan hasn’t let in a goal in
four matches.
The team is plenty talented
enough to score goals; Cordeiro reminds his team that as long as they
do their job in their own end, the
goals will come.
Saskatchewan boasts two of
the biggest offensive weapons in
the Prairie Division, with Jenelle
Zapski leading the division with
eight goals and Erica Hindmarsh
leading the division with four assists.
By holding them to two scoreless performances, the Griffins
completed their job.
MacEwan is gearing up for
next weekend, where they head to
Calgary to play the Mount Royal
University Cougars. Both games
are scheduled for a 6 p.m. start
time.
Griffins’ golf teams ACAC champions again
Both men’s and women’s teams win provincial championships, look ahead to nationals
Jordan Gill
Writer
After sweeping the Alberta Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season, the MacEwan Griffins
golf team continued their dominance as both the men’s and the
women’s team won gold at the
ACAC Provincial Championships.
The golf team has been competing for six seasons and have
had a lot of success since they began the program.
The women’s team has won
the Provincial Championship five
times, including four in a row, and
the men have won three times, including two straight.
As a result of their success,
Coach Jodi Campbell understands his team is always under
a lot of pressure to come up with
strong performances.
“We sort of had a target on our
back,” said Campbell. “We’ve set
the bar within the ACAC.”
One aspect that Campbell emphasizes to his team is being mentally prepared. Having players be
able to bounce back from a bad
shot and continue to make the
shots they know they can make is
critical.
“Golf has such a mental strategy to it, it’s not just physical,”
said Campbell.
“All of the players are going
to feel pressure and when you’re
coming down to the wire the difference between making a putt or
making a solid stroke is 100 per
cent what’s between your ears.”
The men’s team was able to put
this practice to use as they came
away with a narrow two-stroke
victory.
After the first round, MacEwan led by two strokes over Lethbridge College, while Medicine
Hat College was just three back.
“It was a pretty tight race on
the men’s side,” said Campbell. “It
came down to the last couple players and we were able to win.”
The men’s team was led by veterans Barrett Belland and James
Charpentier, who finished fourth
and fifth respectively in the individual standings.
“They’re the driving force on
our team,” said Campbell, “and
their consistency is what’s given
us the success we’ve got.”
The women’s team had a much
more comfortable victory with all
four players finishing in the top
five in the individual standings.
“The women definitely had
more of a dominating presence,”
said Campbell, who attributes the
team’s success to their depth.
“We’ve had some returning players come back and we’ve
got four really good players that
would equate to everyone else’s
number one player.”
With the amount of success
the golf program has enjoyed over
the years, Campbell believes that
the team has developed a culture
of winning.
“We want to be able to go to
every tournament and we want
to win every tournament,” said
Campbell.
So far they’ve done very well
at maintaining the goals they’ve
set.
Heading into Nationals soon,
MacEwan looks to do more of the
same.
“We’ve got a team that can
definitely contend for a medal on
both the men’s and the women’s
side,” said Campbell.
Last year the women’s team
brought home the bronze medal,
while the men finished in eighth
place.
The CCAA National Championships will take place Oct. 15-18
in Quebec.
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Volume IV, Number 5
5 NHL Fantasy
sleepers and busts
SLEEPERS
DAREN ZOMERMAN/THE GRIFF
Each week, Kyle Muzyka and
friends attempt to play various
sports while typing a 140-character tweet. This week, we’ve taken on
the difficult task of playing baseball
while under the texting influence.
This week on the griff’s texting
while sportsing challenge, we partook in the great American pastime: baseball.
Baseball is a wonderful sport
that is not really meant to be played
with one hand on the bat and the
other on your phone, but we at the
griff like to break the rules.
W
We had a pretty basic set up.
Both Kyle and I would take our
turn at bat, swing at three pitches and try to send a tweet that was
both coherent and grammatically
correct.
It took a lot longer than expected. We got more hits that I would’ve
guessed, but Kyle managed to get
the tweet sent first and won the
game.
Of course, the tweets weren’t
very grammatically sound, including the auto-corrected “wonton,”
as well as the made-up word “textikchalleh.”
There was also another cell
phone casualty on the field. With
a wayward pitch, Kyle knocked my
phone from my hands as I stepped
up to bat. Fortunately I had a case
to prevent any screen shattering
like last week.
I think I’d rate baseball as a
4.5/10 on the toughness level. I
barely broke a sweat while playing,
while it was hard to keep both your
eye on the ball and on your phone. I
was hardly out of breath while playing, but really isn’t that the point of
baseball?
- Marc W. Kitteringham
Love of God
e can argue that the existence of pain and suffering and of
evil, suggests that God does not exist, but we cannot deny
that we each have a conscience which tells good from
bad. If then we are interested in understanding pain and suffering
or what evil means, we should pay more attention to the choices we
make. Our thoughts, what we do and what we fail to do, all matter.
Choices affect not only our lives but the lives of others. With a closer
scrutiny we may not be entirely satisfied with who we are and we
may desire transformation to a person we can be proud of. One way
to start is by repeating the following words:
“God if you exist, come into my heart and clean it. Teach me to love
you and to love my neighbor as myself. I am sorry for the bad things
I have done and the bad thoughts I have had about others, please
forgive me and please help those that my actions and my words have
brought pain to. I promise to pay attention to what I do, minute by
minute, hour by hour.”
If we are serious about a change of direction, then we should be
prepared to set aside time daily to pray and we need to put our
faith into action.
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor
do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and
it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father
who is in heaven.”
www.loveofgod.ca
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1. Brad Richards: Richards had a bit of a down year last
year playing with the Rangers scoring 51 points. However, his move to
Chicago and his current placement
on a line with Patrick Kane should
see him generate more points this
season.
2. John Gibson: Missed
out on all the top goalies? No need
to worry, just snag Gibson late in
your draft. While you should grab
another goalie before the draft gets
to Gibson, he is in an excellent position to have a good fantasy season.
3. Nazem Kadri: After a
solid season last year, Kadri is playing great this preseason. If Kadri
continues to make strides he may
force the Leafs to take Tyler Bozak
off the top line. While Bozak has
earned his position on the top line,
by being Phil Kessel’s buddy, Kadri
is the better player.
4.
Tyler Toffoli: Despite
playing limited minutes, Toffoli put
up 14 points during the Kings playoff run good for sixth best on the
team. Toffoli is primed to take on a
larger role within the offence and is
definitely worth grabbing over an
aging vet who played well last year.
5.
Ales Hemsky: In his final 20 games of the season, after he
was traded to Ottawa, Hemsky had
17 points. After following Jason
Spezza to Dallas, Hemsky should
continue to produce at a high level.
With Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin
taking the opponents’ top defenders, Hemsky should be playing
against inferior opponents.
BUSTS
1.
Roberto Luongo: Despite his up and down play last year,
Luongo is a bust candidate only
because of the team he plays for.
Since most fantasy leagues give out
points for wins and shutouts, he is
in a bad situation in Florida.
2.
Jarome Iginla: Iginla
had a good season last year with
the Bruins but he is getting older.
The Bruins play a more physical
game which suited Iginla well. I see
him having a tough time keeping
up with Colorado’s younger, faster
forwards and eventually being used
as a depth/powerplay specialist.
3.
Steve Mason: Much like
Luongo, Mason is in a bad situation. Philadelphia has a subpar defense and that should lead to poor
results for Mason. Unlike Luongo,
Mason is simply not a very good
goalie. He simply can’t be trusted.
4.
David Backes: While
Backes may start the season on the
Blues top line, the team won’t hesitate to switch him with the new
addition, Paul Stastny. In fact,
Stastny could end up taking the
first line job away before the season starts. With Stastny in the picture, Backes is in line for a bit of a
letdown offensively.
5.
James Neal: When Neal
was dealt to the Predators many
questioned the trade. Maybe Pittsburgh felt that Neal was so successful because he was playing with
Malkin and Crosby. Going from
two of the best players in the league
to centers like Mike Ribiero, Olli
Jokinen and Derek Roy could spell
disaster for Neal.
- Jordan Gill
sports
30 for 30: The NHL preview
Writers from the griff attempt to predict more than 9 of 30 teams correctly this season
Paul Gazzola, Jordan Gill,
Kyle Muzyka
Writers
Another early October issue,
another season preview from your
dedicated professionals at the griff.
As per usual, these predictions
look absolutely awful at the end of
the season, but here’s where we see
each team place this upcoming season, and why.
ATLANTIC
1. Boston Bruins
It’s simply too difficult to bet
against the Bruins, who are coming off a 117-point season last year.
They lost 30 goals in Jarome Iginla,
but a healthy Loui Eriksson along
with a bounce back year from David
Krejci should fill that hole.
2. Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay surprised last year,
especially considering they played
a lot of their season without their
best player, Steven Stamkos. Now
armed with proven goaltender Evgeni Nabokov and a couple of additions on the blue line, people can
finally expect this team to do well.
3. Montreal Canadiens
This team rode Carey Price
all the way into the third round of
the playoffs last year, and with P.K.
Subban on that back end and Alex
Galchenyuk returning, the team is
poised to make an improvement this
year.
4. Detroit Red Wings
A playoff mainstay struggled
to make it into the post-season last
year, but that was due mostly to the
barrage of injuries they faced. Besides Pavel Datsyuk being injured
to start the year, the Red Wings are
hoping to stay healthy.
5. Toronto Maple Leafs
The Leafs have a lot of the right
pieces to make some noise this year;
unfortunately, that isn’t news. Head
Coach Randy Carlyle will have to
put more trust into players like Jake
Gardiner, Cody Franson and Morgan Rielly if he expects his team to
improve from last season.
6. Ottawa Senators
Outside of cornerstone blueliner Erik Karlsson, the Sens’ defence
is lacking. Couple that with losing
Jason Spezza and Ales Hemsky, and
you have a team that has definitely
gotten worse since last season.
7. Florida Panthers
Despite their large amount of
free agent pickups this season, the
Panthers still look like a bunch of
B-list scorers that won’t be able to
put up more than 50 points during
the season.
8. Buffalo Sabres
By losing practically all of their
starting lineup over the past couple
seasons, Buffalo will hit their low
point this season. They have a lot
of talent on their roster, including
By looking at this photo, you don’t even need to read the post below.
newcomer Sam Reinhart, but they
need time to develop.
METROPOLITAN
1. Pittsburgh Penguins
When you have the two best
players in the world in Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, you don’t
really need to say much more than
that. Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury doesn’t instil a ton of confidence
in any Penguins supporters, but he
tends to play well enough during the
regular season.
2. New York Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist showed during the Rangers’ playoff run last
year that he can still play at a Vezina-calibre level. If the Rangers get
playoff Lundqvist during the season, they could challenge Pittsburgh for first in the division.
3. Washington Capitals
The Capitals have once again
changed coaches and overall team
philosophy. Barry Trotz will do his
best to get Ovechkin and the Capitals to buy in. Though both were
most likely overpaid, the additions
of Matt Niskanen and Brooks Orpik should help their defence a ton.
4. Columbus Blue Jackets
The uncertainty that comes
with stud centre Ryan Johansen’s
contract dispute pushes the Jackets
down the standings a bit. Their goaltender may have to pick up a lot of
the slack from the team. This sounds
like a job for Officer Bobrovsky.
5. New York Islanders
With cornerstone centre John
Tavares returning from injury, the
Islanders were poised to improve
already. Couple that with the additions of Mikhail Grabovski and
Nikolai Kulemin, their offence
should improve dramatically.
6. Philadelphia Flyers
Goaltending is a definite weakness with the up and down Steve
Mason manning the crease. They
overpaid for Andrew MacDonald
and their defence still looks rather
underwhelming.
7. New Jersey Devils
Not even Jaromir Jagr can propel this team into the playoffs by
himself. The departure of Martin
Brodeur will help the team with
some victories, but the team needs
to hope and pray that defender
Adam Larsson is finally able to
make the jump into the NHL.
8. Carolina Hurricanes
The fact that TSN has Anton
Khudobin ahead of Cam Ward on
the depth chart says a lot about the
question mark in goal. The defence
is subpar, with former Oil Kings defender Keegan Lowe acting as the
seventh man.
CENTRAL
1.Chicago Blawkhawks
After losing Michael Handzus,
Stan Bowman signed centre Brad
Richards as his replacement, who is
already fitting in on the second line
that also features Patrick Kane and
Brandon Saad.
2. Dallas Stars
The Stars barely made the playoffs last season. That will surely not
be the case this year, given General
Manager Jim Nill’s acquisition of
Jason Spezza in the offseason, who
will continue to build chemistry
with skilled winger and former Edmonton Oiler Ales Hemsky.
3. St. Louis Blues
With key departures Vladimir
Sobotka and Ryan Miller, the Blues
supplemented their lineup with former Colorado centre Paul Stastny
and hope Brian Elliott can emerge
as an elite goaltender.
4. Colorado Avalanche
Their defence performed better than expected last year, but as a
group they still look shaky. The loss
of Paul Stastny will be huge, but perhaps sophomore Nathan MacKinnon can step in and fill his role.
5. Minnesota Wild
Who is going to be the starting goalie for the Wild? Will Niklas
Backstrom return after an abdominal injury? Will Darcy Kuemper improve enough to take the number
one job? Or will Ilya Bryzgalov continue his awesome NHL career?
6.Nashville Predators
Taking a look at the forward
depth charts for Nashville, they
have a lot of proven NHL players,
but no real bona fide superstars. Filip Forsberg may make an impact,
but it is more likely that Shea Weber
will be once again relied upon to be
a key offensive contributor.
7. Winnipeg Jets
With the way Winnipeg struggled last year, it was shocking to see
them do nothing to improve in the
offseason. Hopefully the Jets are
bad enough to draft top two in June
and can pull in one of either Connor
McDavid or Jack Eichel.
younger core of players. Players like
Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Tomas
Hertl will be counted on heavily to
lead. Antti Niemi will have to continue his solid play for the club to
halt plans of overhauling the team.
4. Edmonton Oilers
Last season’s goaltender acquisitions Ben Scrivens and Viktor
Fasth helps the club’s chances right
out of the gate, as well as bringing in
more experienced defenders Mark
Fayne and Nikita Nikitin. Forwards
Teddy Purcell and Benoit Pouliot
also insulate the top nine forwards.
5. Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks battled through a dispiriting season
last campaign, amidst goaltending conflicts, coaching issues and
underachieving players. Their solution was a complete overhaul
of their roster. The question as to
whether these departures are significant enough to send the team into a
downward sprial.
PACIFIC
1. Los Angeles Kings
There wasn’t much to change
this offseason for the two-time Stanley Cup-winning General Manager Dean Lombardi. Assuming the
Kings are without a hangover following their Stanley Cup win, they
could continue towards achieving
dynasty status.
2. Anaheim Ducks
With such a stacked lineup, it’s
hard to outline any discrepancies
on the roster, but surely there is one.
The team’s loss of previous starting goaltenders Jonas Hiller and
Viktor Fasth leaves the position at
the helm of two incredibly inexperienced goaltenders. With so much
depth, the team is still expected to
be strong, but it will be interesting
watching how the goalies adapt to a
full NHL season.
3. San Jose Sharks
Stripping the captaincy of Joe
Thornton symbolized the team’s
focus to shift leadership to their
6. Arizona Coyotes
The Coyotes added a few former
Oilers in the offseason with centre
Sam Gagner and backup goaltender
Devan Dubnyk. However, it won’t be
easy replacing the loss of their two
leading goal-scorers last year, Radim Vrbata and Mike Ribeiro.
7. Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames will continue to rebuild their franchise, developing young assets like Johnny
Goudreau, Sam Bennett. These
players will be the future of the
club. Despite their prospect pool
flooding with talent, the Flames
are still premature and it will take
some time before we witness the
club make a push for a playoff spot.
Like any NHL team, all we’re
looking to do is improve on the previous season. Hopefully, we can do
better than last year, where we only
managed to correctly predict nine
of the 30 teams correctly.
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Volume IV, Number 5
Camera Slide by Michael Chau
Horoscopes
Chelsey Tattrie
Resident Horoscopist
Capricorn (Dec. 22 to Jan 19)
This week you’re blessed with flawless skin, but next week expect a
weird rash to develop. My advice:
stock up on calamine before it’s too
late.
Aquarius (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)
Feeling lonely? Try LARPing; you
will have found your people.
Pisces (Feb. 19 to March 20)
Your gym efforts seem to be working. You’ll be so swol by the end of
the month that you’ll take up two
seats on the bus.
Aries (March 21 to April 19)
This week a smile goes a long
way… it may even result in a free
doughnut.
Taurus (April 20 to May 20)
If you don’t mind bending your
morals, expect some money to be
coming your way.
Gemini (May 21 to June 20)
Congratulations. You’ve seemed to
be able to keep on top of your workload so far this semester. Midterms
shall be a breeze for you, but expect
the unexpected come December.
Cancer (June 21 to July 22)
This week brings hope of actually meeting that Tinderella you’ve
been bread-crumbing for the past
couple weeks. Just don’t let your
nerves make you act like a douche.
much luck with men as T-Swift.
Leo (July 23 to Aug. 22)
Expect the cliché “we need to talk”
sometime this week. Yeah, you’re
pretty much screwed.
Virgo (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)
You’re going to end up as the neighborhood “crazy cat lady” if you
don’t start putting effort into what
you look like.
Libra (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)
This month you’ll have about as
Scorpio (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)
So you couldn’t find an Adderall
dealer for midterms? Don’t worry,
there’s a stingy man coming your
way with an eight-ball later this
week. I mean, you’re still awake…
right?
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)
You got out of bed today. Good Job!
Hey, people deserve a thumbs-up
for that.
Crossword
Down
1- Fool
5- What’s left
9- Diminutive being of
folklore
14- Suit to ___
15- Switch ending
16- Causing goosae bumps
17- Celestial body
18- Large village
19- Spoil
20- Short-tempered person
22- Where junk may be held
24- Extraterrestrial
26- Yes, to Yves
27- Occur
30- Infinite time
35- Bottomless gulf
36- German Mister
37- Exultation
38- Craggy hill
39- Dancer Duncan
42- Nav. officer
43- Paradise lost
45- Sect
46- Fable
48- Resound
50- Emphasis
51- “… ___ the cows come
home”
52- Mead subject
54- Taro
58- Relate
62- Moral precept of conduct
63- Object of devotion
65- ___-European
66- Peter of Herman’s
Hermits
67- Songwriter Bacharach
68- Draft classification
69- Supermodel Cheryl
70- Cpls.’ superiors
71- Snack
1- Cummerbund
2- Sock ___ me!
3- Crux
4- Possibly
5- Keep possession of
6- Eat into
7- Plant
8- Heaps
9- Circuitous way
10- Eroding
11- “Tosca” tune
12- Circular band
13- Celebration
21- Varnish resin
23- It’s human
25- Teases
27- Misanthrope
28- Dwelling
29- Funeral fires
31- Horse’s gait
32- Actress Graff
33- Camp sights
34- Approvals
36- ___ monde
40- Climb
41- Role player
44- Naught
47- Speech
49- Sisters’ daughters
50- Separates metal from ore
53- Nautical direction
54- Fender bender
55- Yours, in Tours
56- Foot covering
57- Pen points
59- Part of A.D.
60- Mid-month times
61- Flood survivor
64- Made a hole
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Puzzles provided by BestCrosswords.com. Used with permission.
Across
diversions
“What’s stressing me out the
most right now is working
to execute my projects with
high quality work in hopes to
create a killer portfolio, as well
as balancing my part time job
and scavenging for a social life
to keep me in my knockers.
Long story long, life is effing
stressful, but I’m thankful
every day because I get to
choose what I want to do.”
Inspired by Brandon Stanton’s blog Humans of New
York, every week we take intimate portraits and uncover
personal stories of the inhabitants within MacEwan’s halls.
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