Volume 105, Issue 13 – November 25. 2014

Senate Decides your
Fate — page 2
BUASC’s Potluck —
page 6
Volleyball Bobcats
Win Big — page 3
Trans Day of Remembrance — page 7
Volume 105, Issue 13 — November 25th, 2014
Brandon University’s Student Newspaper: Laughing at the inappropriate since 1910.
The Trail Less Followed: Comedy in Brandon
The Weather Permitting Comedy Tour speaks on success
Michelle and Michael and their completely appropriate sex jokes. Photo credit. Alex Murray.
Alex Murray, editor-in-chief
Permitting ComTedyheTourWeather
started with 3 itinerant come-
dians looking to have the craziest, most
insane comedy tour that they could come
up with.
In two months.
As winter was setting in.
With the omnipresent blizzard just
kind of looming about, Michelle Christine,
Andrew Barr and Michael Flamank set out
to make history, or make people laugh.
Whichever came first. They stopped in
Brandon on November 21st, at the Keystone Motor Inn and began the magic.
The group worked well together and
soon had most of the room laughing to
their sometimes raunchy stories. Their
cohesion, in their words, comes from the
open mindedness important to all of them.
It also describes their kind of unique way
of becoming successful comedians.
The tour started when Michelle met
Michael through a mutual friend and
both were looking to do a comedy tour.
They then asked Andrew to come along to
complete the team and away they went. It
also helped that comedy was and is their
life. Any day jobs they had were easily left
behind for pursuing this lifestyle. In Michelle’s case there was no job to leave,
comedy is her job.
Many artists call what Weather Permitting does, the Deathground strategy.
This is where you place yourself in a position where you have to succeed. All or
nothing, if you do not win, there is only
death. It is what makes these guys so successful. That and the jokes about labias,
anal sex and cocaine.
The audience at the Keystone even
mostly participated in the show a bit, telling their own jokes and responding to the
comics with almost no hesitation. Only
mostly participated because just like in
every group of people there has to be one
who tries to ruin it for everyone. In this instance, one of the women in the front row
did not like the jokes, did not like the comics and really did not like that her friends
around her were enjoying themselves.
She went out of her way to be passively
aggressively standoffish to the comedians, especially Andrew Barr.
Despite her being less than five feet
from him, Andrew handled this perfectly
and called the woman out numerous
times during his set.
Thank you Andrew. Sometimes the
No Fun Allowed Crowd need to be put in
their place.
The Quill as able to sit down with the
group and talk to them before the show
and they gave some great advice to other
artists. Michelle started by saying “You
have to be fearless. There’s a lot of comedians who keep their day job and then
they don’t go out and don’t succeed. Fall
backs are a weakness. You also get way
more time to practice your act, making
you so much better.”
Micheal echoed Michelle and told us
that, “In my opinion you have to be someone who looks at the statistics and puts
them to the side. All the people who didn’t
make it weren’t trying hard enough and
failure was an option.”
Andrew was as short about the advice as his patience for hecklers are. “You
have to be smart but stupid.”
To make your art happen you have to
throw aside the rules and go after it.
For more information on these guys
you can go to www.weatherpermittingtour.
Or find them on Twitter, @michellestandup, @that_mike_guy @andrewbarr8. §
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Volume 105, Issue 13 — November 25th, 2014 — 1
Senate Takes a Speedy Turn
ándale, ándale, ándale!
Whitney Hodgins, senior reporter
Senate met on November 18
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and they were finished in a re-
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cord-breaking 55 minutes! Senator Heather Duncan touched base on the academic
plan that for weeks has been under much
confusion and debate. The committee
whose responsibility is to plan the academic action plan met a few weeks prior to
the Senate meeting and Duncan says, “We
are on to a very good start but we still have
much work to do in regards to the Academic Action Plan.”
Then came committee reports. Heather Duncan wished to change, edit, and remove different courses from many different
academic departments such as Biology,
Chemistry, Math and Computer Science,
and Psychology. These were approved and
Dakota Bicklemeier, Charlie Carrier,
then came time for Dean’s reports, which
Whitney Hodgins, Holly Kalyniuk, Ariele
had a few upcoming events announced.
Kehler, Robert Killam, Krista Mills,
Alex Murray, Reid Ogilvie, Ashlyn Pearce, First there was a congratulatory word to
Abigail Turner, Anthony Labonte, Jacob Mike Nada who just finished his PhD from
Wolfe and Everett Magee buga, Natashia the University of Manitoba. Then, NovemMarion buasc.
ber 25th the Canada Research Chair (CRC)
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News – 2
there will be the presentation by J. I. (Hans)
Bakker.
Following the Dean’s reports came the
Vice President’s report, in which there was
mention of the past month’s major events.
Starting October 20th, there was a celebration about Women’s Leadership in which
five of our professors attended and presented their work to the public. Then following that there was a Luncheon on October
28th, where 30 women of the BU Faculty
attended. They talked about providing support for women while they do research.
Next up was the Associate VP Tom Brophy’s report where among everything talked about there was emphasis on looking to
fill Rhonda McCorriston’s place as Director
of the IPC. Rhonda is considered among
those to be the mother hen of the IPC. She
is always there when you need help or just
an ear. Those who know her on a personal
level are deeply saddened that she’s leaving on November 28th.
BU President Gervan Fearon’s report
emphasized on some of the major things
going on among the student body. One
being the Positive Space Campaign workshop, where Dr. Mason was present as
well as representatives from the Rainbow
Resource Centre stationed from Winnipeg.
Over 40 faculty and students were present
and thus it was a great turn out. Fearon
also touched base on the BUABS Light up
the World Purple walk and how Tom Brophy
and a couple others were present. The Rural Development Institute also celebrated
25th anniversary since its start in 1989.
Dr. Fearon also spoke of his trip to
China a few of weeks ago. While in China,
Fearon had managed to sign several MLU
agreements which Fearon says, “is step
one which gives the universities and colleges permission by their government to work
with us.” It’s on to phase two of the operation and it will be a work in progress. Other
things mentioned was the Remembrance
day at the Keystone Centre, the swearing in
of the new Mayor of Brandon, Rick Chrest
as well as the president’s very own installation ceremony, in which Fearon commented saying, “I prefer to be in the background
rather than the foreground, but that day I
was very much in the foreground.”
Following the welcome of the new Arts
Senator named Justin, who told everyone,
“I am a political science student and the
new Arts Senator.” The meeting was adjourned at 2:55 PM. §
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
We can all ASIST those who need it
Ashlyn Pearce, reporter
ey BU, it’s time to get a little retroH
spective for a minute. Have you ever known
someone who has battled with thoughts of
suicide, or have you ever had thoughts of
suicide? Don’t answer, just think for a minute. People who think about suicide are all
around us, and as a community it’s everyone’s job to try and help them, be it a smile
to a stranger as you’re walking to class or
holding the door open for someone. Even
the small things count and make someone’s day. But there’s also the big things.
ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention
Skills Training) is a program for people
aged 16 years and older who want to try
and help people who are thinking about
suicide. It’s a two day workshop that will
be taking place on November 29th and 30th
here on BU campus. For a (relatively) small
fee you can learn the skills needed to help
someone out of their dark place, or at least
help them stay in a safe zone until someone more qualified can help them (like a
counsellor or other trained professional).
Think of this like a first aid course, you can
help someone in a way that allows them to
get all of the help that they will need. Like
splinting a broken bone until someone can
get to a doctor, except this is much more
important. This isn’t just a part of some-
SUDS Hours Changing in the New Year
one, this is a whole person. Every person is
awesome, and should be treated as such.
The ASIST model has been proven to
reduce suicidality and teaches you the
needed skills to intervene and help before
it’s too late while at the same time building and reinforcing networks throughout
the community of people taking a stand
against suicide. The workshop costs $75
for students (or $100 for non-students)
and you don’t need any prior experience
to partake. You can register for this quite
likely life changing workshop by contacting
Carla Kopmels via phone 204-578-2400 or
email [email protected]. §
Update on the pending 2015 kitchen renovations, a new liquor license and brand new hours for 2015
Krista Mills, web content coordinator
ednesday November 19 was
W
the SUDS board meeting and the tedious
th,
paperwork has been approved for the long
awaited kitchen renovations. Karla is now
pricing out the best deals. Renovations are
set to begin next summer, with the brand
new kitchen opening for the 2015/2016
school year.
SUDS is looking into new liquor license
options. Currently they are operating with
a member’s only license, which allows students, staff, alumni and their guests to use
the establishment. The license works so
far, but it does not allow SUDS to advertise
to non-members or outside of the Univer-
sity. They are currently looking at a Dining Room License, which would have food
available at all times. The other option is
an Entertainment License, the requirement
is two hours of entertainment per day, so
start practicing folks!
A new liquor license combined with a
new kitchen will hopefully lead to extended
hours for SUDS. The ultimate goal is to turn
SUDS from the campus bar into a bar on
campus, while remaining student focused.
SUDS’ last day open will be Thursday
Dec. 11th, finishing the semester off with
Jazz Night, and they will re-open for second
semester on Monday Jan. 5th. There are a
number of exciting changes happening second semester. First SUDS will have brand
new hours, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays
(if there are no socials) they will be open
from 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Wednesdays,
Thursdays and the Fridays (if there are
socials) they will be open from 12:00 PM
- 1:00 AM. With these new hours SUDS will
be serving a daily lunch feature, which will
consist of soup and a sandwich/wrap, or a
burger and fries. Tuesdays will feature two
appetizers for a flat rate, and Happy Hour
will be back from 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM.
With the new hours SUDS will be in
need of an extra part-time cook with afternoon availability, 3:00 PM onwards. If you
are interested email [email protected] .
Promotional and event ideas are also welcome. See you in SUDS in 2015. §
Volume 105, Issue 13 — November 25th, 2014 — 2
Mens and Womens Volleyball
Cougar’s Claw
and faced only a single lost game last
weekend while playing against the University of Manitoba.
The Bobcat women played well but
lost there Friday game 0 sets to 3 but won
on a hard fought Saturday game 3 sets to
1. Their closest set on Friday was 23-25
while their greatest win on Saturday was
25-14. The girls fourth set on Saturday
got the crowd anxious and then thrilled as
the Bobcat women took the game 27-25.
Some key stats for both of the girls games
include Shanlee McLennan with 24 kills,
Mary Thomson with 78 assists and Donata Huebert with 27 digs. It was an awesome spectacle and a well earned victory ladies.
The guys won both games Friday
and Saturday, winning 6 out of the 8
sets played. It got intense as the BU
men came out the dominant volleyball
team over the U of M last weekend
and was awesome to behold. Some
key stats for both of the games for the
gentle men include 96 assists by David Stasica, 37 kills for Sam Tuivai and
defense specialist Jeremy Davies with
22 digs. Also a man who scored high
dian Mennonite University Blazers. The
women’s team was up first and boy did
they start things off with a bang! They
won the first game after a hard fought
battle with a 3 - 2 victory. The points were
pretty spread out for the ladies with Tawny Shelvey leading the way with 14 kills,
Stephanie Willey adding 11 kills and 2
service aces, while Riese McArthur added another 13 kills and a block.
The Cougars and Blazers met again
later in the day. This time it was a commanding win for the ladies without letting the Blazers get a single match. They
pulled out a 3 - 0 victory with Tawny
Shelvey getting 9 kills for the cougars and
Riese McArthur adding 8 kills, 2 aces and
a block.
Unfortunately the men’s team wasn’t
as successful as the
Women’s.
When they
faced
the
Blazer
the
scores were
reversed as
they lost their
Strong fights and taking the wins
Robert Killam, sports reporter
he men’s and women’s volleyball
Tteams
won several hard earned victories
in kills and digs was number 7 Sebastien
Steigmeier with 33 kills and 17 digs. Very
impressive men, well done.
After these games the Volleyball
teams will be heading away for clashes
out in British Columbia, but will be back
home on the 28th of this month. For the
official stats of the Bobcats games, or
on the times of future games please go
to www.gobobcats.ca. Students of Brandon University, do not be afraid to get
out there and go wild for the sake of our
teams. Everything is free for us students
and I highly recommend taking advantage
of “free” when ever you get the chance.
Without our support the sports teams are
like a pencil without the tip… There’s just
no point. Good luck in your games this
weekend athletes, may the victories be
sweet. §
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Sports – 3
A mixed bag of wins and losses
Reid Ogilvie, reporter
he ACC Cougars were back on
TSaturday
with a match against the Cana-
first game 3 - 0, Tyson Peters gave his all
with 9 kills for the Cougars. In the second
round later in the day it was… more of the
same with a score of 3 - 0 for the Blazers.
Logan Jones had 12 kills for the Cougars
followed by Tyson Peters with 11 kills and
an ace.
The Cougars Volleyball teams head
off to face St. Boniface next weekend.
There’s a chill in the air and the
ground is freezing over which means it
is time to head to the rink. The Women’s
hockey team faced off against the Pembina Valley Hawks on Friday night. It was
a close game as Karissa Haney, Simone
Turner-Cummer, Kasie McLaughlin, Paige
Meikle and Brooke Lonoway each scored
a goal for the Cougars, with Laura Williams, Gabby Green, McKenzie Rowan,
Karissa Haney, Kasie McLaughlin and
Shayna Fluker helping out with assists.
The Hawks retaliated with Bobby Jo Conrad, Autumn DeGraeve and Hannah Petrie all scoring against the Cougars. But,
it wasn’t enough as the final score was 5
- 3 for the Cougars. The Cougars are at it
again next weekend with a game on Saturday at 7:30 PM against the Northern
Stars, and another on Sunday at 11:15
AM against the Silvertips. All happing
at the MTS Iceplex, hope to see you all
there! §
Social Media Taking Over Journalism?
When no one is a journalist, everyone is
Abigail Turner, contributor
nly seconds after the bombing at
O
the 2013 Boston Marathon, it became im-
possible to log onto Twitter, Instagram or
even Facebook without seeing pictures or
reading status updates, about the horrific
tragedy that occurred that April 15th morning. Within minutes there was already a
Wikipedia page dedicated towards it, with
thousands of people adding information
to it every second.
It’s times like these when it becomes
clear that social media is altering the
face of journalism. More threatening than
when print was overtaken by radio and
television. But is it possible for journalists
to evolve as quickly as social media has?
People are beginning to rely on apps,
like Twitter and other social media sources
now more than ever to get news information. Online news now generates more income than regular newspapers, but why?
The quick access by only a couple taps on
your screen makes it more obvious than
waiting to watch the six o’clock news or
to buy the Friday paper just isn’t reality
anymore.
The trend toward social media-based
news, comes with the rush to be first to re-
port a story. Although this type of competitiveness comes with drawbacks. Almost
50% of news consumers have received
“breaking news” via social media, only to
find out later it was incorrectly reported.
This makes it hard for consumers to know
just what to believe.
Most news companies will argue that
information is not journalism. Many will
say that journalism has discipline, analysis, explanation and context. The contradiction towards this is that many people
don’t look for the bigger picture. In a world
that’s getting busier and busier, nobody
has time to read an in depth analysis of
‘Tis The Season for First World Problems
TL;DR, Don’t be a dick
Ariele Kehler, reporter
this: you’re in a long line at
Iamagine
busy shopping centre, your cart is full.
You’re grouchy, you’re tired, and you just
want to go home. The line hasn’t seemed
to move for the past five minutes. All you
want to do is go home. So when it is finally
your turn you are in a less-than-stellar
mood. Your cashier is frowning, and then
you notice that the knock-off Ugg boots
you had spotted on a major sale are scan-
ning up full price. You lose your cool, raising your voice to the cashier and demanding that she fix it RIGHT NOW, or it’s free,
and what on earth is taking so long for
this price check?!
Let’s flip the tables: that cashier has
been standing at her till for approximately
eight hours, she gets very few breaks, and
she’s had to deal with approximately two
hundred irritable customers before you.
All she wants is to be able to go home, put
up her feet, and maybe watch this week’s
Features – 4
episode Game of Thrones. The person
trying to do a price check on those boots
has been stopped by at least two customers who need help finding their size or
wanting to know the location and price of
something that the employee has never
even heard of. They truly want to help you,
but they also need to help the customers
who are in their department. They’re trying their hardest to make your shopping
experience pleasant. These employees
are working for minimum wage, or slightly
news like missing flight MH370. If Facebook tells me that the plane is still not
found, than that is enough information for
me, like many other consumers, to accept
instead of taking the time to read a detailed news report like the newspaper.
This goes to prove that anyone has
the opportunity to be a journalist. It’s as
easy as posting a status update. So get
behind your screen and start typing. The
online world has a lot more information
than what a television broadcasting station can produce in a short hour. The
world is in your hands, or in this case your
keyboard. §
(very slightly) above. They have no control
over the price of your faux-Uggs, and they
certainly can’t control how many people
are working in the store.
We’re university students. We’ve
probably all had less than awesome jobs
in retail and in the food service industry.
If you’re in a long line, and you’re understandably upset by the time you get to the
till, look in your cashier’s dead, soulless
eyes, and have some sympathy. The holidays are hard on everyone. §
Erotic Bingo
G-O-N-A-D! G-O-N-A-D!
Whitney Hodgins, senior reporter
ell it’s that time of year again,
W
where you just have that burnt out dead
feeling and you feel like no end is in sight.
But not to worry, the Women’s Collective
is to the rescue with their Erotic Bingo!
November 14th, students came to blow
off some steam and play a good old fashioned game of bingo, except with a twist.
Gonad for the win. Photo Credit Whitney Hodgins.
Students weren’t just playing for dibs on prizes they
were playing for erotic
prizes courtesy and sponsored by Smitten. The infamous grand prize being a
purple dildo which as Kate
Crawford says, “it’s even
made in Canada!”
It is estimated that
over 50 students came to
partake in the event. There
were prizes for those who
had the number 69 on
their card again, which
was a penis lollipop. One
student was lucky enough
to get a penis lollipop
as well as two of the five
major prizes. With finals
creeping closer and closer
this was an uplifting way
to come together, socialize and forget about one’s
worries. §
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Study Brea� – 5
As� Quentin
Dear Quentin
My friend has changed since coming
to University. He dresses differently and
doesn’t hang around with his old friends
anymore. Is there anything I can do?
Kris Farmini
Dear Kris (if that is still you),
It sounds as if your friend has been
taken by the auspices of a symbiotic plant
form, or perhaps a minor deity. This is indeed a grave situation. I don’t want to give
you hope or anything but if he has been
taken by a plant then you will pretty much
have to burn your friend to the ground and
make a new friend from the ashes. Sometimes these things happen.
On the other hand, if it is a smaller God
or semi-divine being you have a chance.
The fickle bastards are always messing
around with mortal business. You have
to let them know who’s boss. During this
enlightenment it is important to establish
the boundaries between what is appropriate God behaviour and what is not. Why
just last week, Pan (that hoof-footed horn
beast) put my manservant Chauncy under
a spell. It took hours to reverse the affects and Chauncy still can’t make my bed
properly and with the suitable amount of
creased folds. I had to drag Pan back to
my sleeping area, rub his nose in it and hit
him with a rolled up newspaper. The nerve
of some Gods.
Luckily Gods like Pan are easily distracted by the female form. So I traded
him the highly secretive information of the
Internet Porn website I know about and he
released Chauncy.
I still think he is a bastard though.
My advice, find the God who has your
friend in thrall and either bargain with it or
kill it as circumstances warrant. Personally I’m in favour of the latter
Quentin Quill is an 18th century time
traveler trapped in BU. He has not yet declared a major or even attended class in
the last several months. He avoids irritating demigods by drinking Chimaera blood
and carrying his magic, demigod-killing
hockey stick.
If you have a question for Quentin
please email him at [email protected].
He promises not to yell. If Quentin chooses your question you get a free Quill Tshirt. They make for excellent washcloths
and/or rope, when tied together.
Quentin
Weakly Theory: Jungian Criticism
Definitions for the confused
Alex MurrAy, idiot
ungian Criticism: A theory that asJserts
that the human race has a “collec-
tive consciousness” that assumes that all
stories and symbols are based on mythic
models from mankind’s past. Racial
memory is a big topic in this theory, which
means that yep, we’ve come back around
to Psychoanalyses somehow.
The theorist Carl Jung might not have
been as infatuated with genitals as Freud,
his biggest influence, but that doesn’t
mean there are some flaws to this theory. You know, besides every human ever
reaching out to a shared metaphysical
mind. I mean, if you had access to this
joint mind and racial memory life would
be a lot easier. I wouldn’t have to guess
as to the ingredients in my Grandma’s
cookies. I could just look her up in the history database in the overmind, download
the cookies and be on my way.
If only.
That consciousness we are all reaching for and not getting is not a uniform
thing either. The nebulous, for lack of a
better term, overmind has archetypes
which are the Shadow, the Anima, the
Animus, and the Spirit. All of these match
up somehow to a masculine and feminine
side of everything. A thought that will no
doubt cause apoplexy on the modern
people who know there are more than
two sexes.
In literature you look for archetypes
and symbols to find parallels. Also, keep
a handbook of myth and symbols on
hand. You will need it. Or you could just
look it up in the overmind.
If you have a theory you need simplified or are confused by some high-end
$1000 dollar word you can email us at
[email protected]. We will do some halfbaked research, some three quarters
baked writing and help you out... kind of.
If your theory cannot be defined by
the Quill’s professionals, congratulations
you have won a free Quill T-shirt. Email
[email protected] and come collect
it. §
012 – Dr. George McMaster
Area: South Pacific Island
Cry: Turn your thinking around.
McMaster is a data-type Prof. He
is most commonly found in Coffee
Culture. His plans for world domination will go awry when he accidentally
creates Skynet from his homemade
gardening program. McMaster’s Social
stat rises when he uses his Special
Move, INTERCAL.
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Anime Review: Ghost Stories (English Dub)
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Jacob Wolfe, buga
host Stories is a very unorthodox
Ganime,
and for that reason I’m going to
review it in a style somewhat different to
the norm. Before any of that, however, I
need to provide a little bit of background
on this anime. Ghost Stories, or Gakkou
no Kaidan, originally aired in Japan in
2000 as a horror anime targeted towards
adolescents (think of it as a somewhat
darker, villain-of-the-week Scooby-Dooesque show). In 2005, ADV (the company
that brought Neon Genesis Evangelion to
the West) acquired the North American
distribution rights and began production
of an English dub. However, the higherups at ADV didn’t think that Ghost Stories
had any significant chance of selling and
Dubbing by ADV
gave the dub’s screenwriter full creative
freedom on the project, provided that he
not change character names or the central plot (as this would possibly void the
contract with the Japanese Publisher, Aniplex). The result was a hilarious dub more
akin to a parody or internet abridged series than to the source material.
The plot of Ghost Stories is remarkably simple. Satsuki Miyanoshita, along
with her family, moves to the town of her
deceased mother. On their first day of
school, Satsuki and her 1st grade brother,
Keiichirou, meet their neighbour Hajime
Aoyama, his friend Leo Kakinoki, and upperclassman Momoko Koigakubo. Together they visit the school’s abandoned older
building and discover it to be haunted. As
it turns out, Satsuki’s mother had sealed
BUASC Offers a Helpng Hand
Did someone say potluck?
Natashia Marion, buasc
of all, B.U.A.S.C. would like to
Fsayirst
thank-you to everyone who came out
to support our taco in a bag sale this past
Friday in the Mingling Area. This is our
third successful sale and we are pleased
to hear the positive feedback from our fellow students!
Are you travelling for the holidays and
have room for one or two extra passengers? Or are you looking for a ride this
Christmas season? There are two Travel
Buddy sign-up sheets in the I.P.C.; One
for those offering a ride and the other for
those needing a lift. If you are interested
and would like additional details, please
come to the I.P.C. and we will be happy to
answer your questions.
The Christmas Potluck is on December 11th from 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM. in the
I.P.C. and is open to all students and faculty members.
Bring your favorite dish to share and
sample a variety of other wares while enjoying time with other students and their
families. Santa Claus will be making an
appearance and he has a list in the I.P.C.
for children 15 and under and he is most
likely checking it twice.
We hope to see you there! §
Game Review: Watch_Doges
Genre: Action-Adventure
Everett Magee, buga
he game of Watch_Dogs has two
Tsides
to it: first is the actual game, where
we play as Aiden Pearce, a “Grey Hat” style
hacker, who is a member of the Hacktivist group known as “DedSec”, and whose
goal is to seek retribution for his niece,
who lost her life as an unintended cost
of his past work. Aiden makes use of the
interconnected city and its vast network
to complete this Batman-esque quest for
justice. I found the gameplay to be especially fun, from jamming communications
to hinder the police from scanning for me
while I hide in a truck, to hopping between
the control of cameras to snoop in hardto-reach areas, and even toggling bridges
BUSU/Clubs – 6
Rating: 4.25 / 5
away several ghosts into
the surrounding forest
and park years ago, and
now local urbanization
was releasing and aggravating them. Fortunately, Satsuki’s mother
left behind a book detailing how she managed to
exorcise each spirit. The
show proceeds with a
new ghost in every episode that the characters
must seal away to protect
their town and school.
Due to the “we can do whatever we
want with this because no one will ever
see it” mentality of the cast and crew,
combined with the freedom given to the
actors, this otherwise moody anime was
changed into an ad-libbed improv comedy. With the creative freedom allowed
to them, ADV changed the rather generic cast into a collection of weirdos and
stereotypes. Satsuki’s younger brother
Keiichirou was changed to be severely
mentally challenged, and their mother
was made a lesbian. Hajime (along with
most of the cast, really) was portrayed as
a profane sexual deviant. Leo, originally
just a boy interested in the paranormal,
became a practicing Jew with a serious inferiority complex, and Momoko, originally
a psychic, was changed into an evangelical Christian.
If it wasn’t already clear, Ghost Stories is not for everyone. If you find yourself
offended by any of the
above changes, or if they
simply do not tickle your
fancy, then I suggest you
steer clear of ADV’s dub.
If you have a more twisted
sense of humour, then be
prepared for one of the
most ridiculous and hilarious bouts of controversyinspiring black comedy
thinly veiled as a kid’s
show that you will ever
see. §
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Platform: PC, 360, XOne, PS3, PS4 Rating: 3.5 / 5
to open and close. Much of the game
revolves around interacting with your environment in some way, and I enjoyed it
immensely.
The other side of the game is the
message and story that the game is trying
to convey to us. I will say in advance that
I found it quite appealing. As a player, we
explore the effects of integrating technology so heavily within our society, both in
and out of the game. While the game tries
to show us how our privacy is just an illusion, it also subtly tries to warn us the consequences of breaking the illusion of others or trying to free yourself from it. On top
of all this we also deal with the concept
of an information warfare, with everything
being connected, and the world’s increasing dependency of technology we barely understand but
readily surrender our personal details to. Finally, the game
wants us to question who exactly runs the computers we
have become so fascinated
with and dependant on. In my opinion, the
best part is that it does all of this at a time
where anyone with the right tools, that are
not at all difficult to acquire, can easily violate the so-called privacy that so many of
us have grown accustomed to.
However, there are some things I
found that break immersion with the
game. The biggest one being that the
hacking novelty wears off after a point
and starts to feel redundant, as if it’s only
a mechanic, reminding us we’re playing a
game. Also, because the game is openworld, much of the traveling is best done
by train or car -- the latter being easier
to access. What still bothers me is how
poorly the cars drive, considering if we’re
trying to be stealthy one would expect our
character to drive like a sane person! This
is not the case; I found it quite difficult
when driving to avoid causing accidents
and get unwanted police attention.
Overall, my feelings for the game are
mostly positive, but cautiously so as I am
more excited about what is next. Being
that the game comes from Ubisoft, it’s
easy to draw similarities to their Assassin’s Creed games -- I find it quite similar
to the first Assassin’s Creed. While both
games are awesome, and each had great
ideas with lots of potential, both games
could have done magnitudes better, and
Assassin’s Creed as a whole did get better in its second and later installments.
For this reason, if you’re already
skeptical of buying this game, or are new
to games of this style, I would recommend
that you wait until either the game goes
on sale, or Ubisoft puts out a sequel. I say
this because getting into this game as is
is not worth the heavy price. Ubisoft has
also confirmed that they intend to turn
this game into a franchise, so it will likely
improve through the series. However, if
you already enjoy Assassin’s Creed style
games and you’re looking for something
new to muck around with, I would recommend getting this game as soon as you
can afford to do so. §
Volume 105, Issue 13 — November 25th, 2014 — 6
Clark Hall Print Shop
For all your printing needs
and double-sided copies changed at 8
Ashlyn Pearce, reporter
cents for black and white standard size
or those of you who are unaware, paper (8.5inX11in). Colour copies are a bit
we actually have a really good print shop more expensive. Coming in at 40 cents for
on campus. Located in Clark Hall room single-sided and 45 cents for double sid110 (roughly the middle of the building ed, again on standard size paper (8.5inXon the first floor) it’s open from 8:00 AM - 11in), colour copies are still quite reason4:00 PM (closed for lunch from 12:00PM ably priced. Anything that you require to
be printed can
- 1:00 PM) Monbe submitted
day through Frieither by email
day.
or dropped off
Services offered
in person, howinclude
both
ever anything
black and white
that you need
and
coloured
to be printed in
printing, binding
colour must be
(hardcover) and
Follow the arrows, Photo credit Ashlyn Pearce.
submitted eleclaminating just to
by email, or dropped
name a few. Any black and white printing tronically (either
off
in
person
on
a
disc
or USB drive).
can be done in sizes up to and including
For more information about the won11inX17in, colour printing can be done in
derful
services offered by the print shop
sizes up to and including Legal size (8.5inX14in). Pricing is fairly reasonable with please stop in, email [email protected]
single-sided copies charged at 5 cents or call 204-727-9730. §
F
WUSC Events
Pottery and appreciation for all!
Holly Kalyniuk, assistant editor-in-chief
randon University World UniBversity
Services of Canada (WUSC), an
organization that sponsors international
refugee students to receive an education
at BU each year, is holding two events on
November 26th to raise funds and awareness for their cause.
From 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, WUSC is
hosting a Ceramic Bowl fundraiser in the
Knowles-Douglas Building. Handmade
ceramic bowls will be available for purchase for $10, and participants can enter
a draw to win ceramic artwork by BU faculty. All proceeds go towards supporting
BU students and the university’s ceramics program.
Celebrating 35 years of the Student
Refugee Program, WUSC is has also organized a special Donor Appreciation Reception on the same evening as the pottery fundraiser. The reception will begin at
7:00 PM, with a speech by BU President
Dr. Gervan Fearon and a presentation by
SRP students beginning at 7:30 PM, and
refreshments will be served.
All students and faculty are encouraged to attend both events in support of
WUSC’s current and future projects, and
the students they support. §
7 — Volume 105, Issue 13 — November 25th, 2014
Remembrance
Community – 7
International Trans Day of Remembrance for those we’ve lost
Charlie Carrier, reporter
nternational Trans Day of ReImembrance
(ITDOR) was recognized in
Brandon this past Thursday, November
20th. ITDOR first began after the murder
of Rita Hester, a transwoman of colour,
in Boston, 1998. An unexpected protest
was held after Rita’s death to honour
her, and all other lives we’ve lost to hate
crimes, and has been repeated annually
and internationally with candlelight vigils
ever since.
This year we mourn the loss of 226
trans people, the youngest being only
eight years old. A memorial service was
held at Knox United Church to grieve for
the loss of thousands of trans identifying individuals. Decorating the sanctuary were 1002 paper cranes, folded by
community groups around Brandon. The
idea for the cranes originated from the
response to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. When 1000 cranes are folded it is
meant to represent 1000 years of peace.
Our cranes represented the original traditions as well as the lives we have lost
to hate crimes and violence. A smudging
ceremony was held followed by a speech
from the LGBT* Program Facilitator at
the Sexuality Education Resource Centre
(SERC), Rune Breckon. Time was taken to
be silent in memory of those we have lost
while the names of the deceased were
read. After the service, memory candles
were lit inside the sanctuary.
1000 cranes for peace by the BU Feminism and
Art Class. Photo Credit Charlie Carrier.
Later in the day a candle light vigil
of our own was held outside Knox United
Church. Around thirty members of the
community came to show their support
for the trans community. Another moment of silence was taken as each candle shone in the evening light. §
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