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the UniVersity Of winnipeg stUdent weekly APR 05, 2007 VOl. 61 issUe 25
LAST ISSUE UNTIL SEPTEMBER!
HAVE A SUPER SUMMER.
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JeneTTe MArTens
having an effect. They are just not very visible in
the university.
sTAff reporTer
“If we do have events, we have them down in
the Bulman Center, which is extremely hidden,”
says Vinay Ivey, who was elected vice president
The newly elected University of Winnipeg
Students’ Association board hopes to
address student concerns about issues
advocate in the recent UWSA election.
The goal of the new UWSA board is to involve
students in the organization. They hope to
like the tuition freeze, voter apathy, and the ref- visit classrooms, give speeches in the buffeteria
erendum.
and the cafeteria, and advertise more for events.
“We want to see people, not posters,” says David Jacks (president-elect), Amanda Shiplack
first-year student Sarah Watkins when asked (vice president of student services-elect), Scott
what the UWSA needed to do to interact more Nosaty (vice president internal-elect) and Vinay
with students. Students don’t know anything Ivey (vice president advocate-elect) talk of
about the student association that is supposed things the new UWSA hopes to do next year.
to be representing their views. The new UWSA One of the major issues is tuition fees. The
members agree that the current methods of rais- Day of Action was the UWSA’s most advertised
ing awareness among students—which consist event this year; however, student turnout was
mainly of hanging posters and banners—aren’t lower than it had ever been. It has been debated
whether this was because of
the weather, apathy from
students, or a general lack of
support. Many students see
how pressed the university
is for money and can’t make
the connections with lower-
A new study on Canada’s long-bemoaned youth obesity problem
ing tuition.
revealed last week that the current generation of young people
“We don’t want it (fees)
will be the first on record to die younger than their parents.
to turn out like the United
How can we motivate children to give up addictive electronic
activities like video games and online communities and adopt
States where education becomes
a business; we want it
healthier lifestyles?
to be reasonable and affordable,
but just like anything
else, you have to pay for
what you get,” says second-
Tanya Zeghers, 1st year International
Development/Religious Studies
year student Dylon Buhr.
Lief Norman, a fifth-year
student says, “I don’t think
“In schools, they need mandatory
they’re (the UWSA) reading
phys. ed. from grades kindergarten
(the students) at all. I think
to 12. [The programs] also need to
focus onlife sports, not just running
laps around the gym. In grade 11, we
went skiing, golfing, we even learned
first-aid. Those are sports they’ll
continue with.”
they have their own agenda . .
. not everything should be for
free; if everyone gets a degree
for free then it’s not worth
anything.”
Though students are
concerned about the afford-
Kelly Oleski, 1st year Education
ability of university, they
don’t want to sacrifice qual-
“The only way they’ll be forced to be active
is by being at school. Parents don’t
force them [to be more active]. They are
busy with jobs, and are not taking their
ity education.
President-elect David
Jacks explains that the new
kids out skiing or camping.”
UWSA board is still very
seNior reporter: derek Leschasin
e-mail: seNior@uNiter.ca
Addressing students’
concerns, or lack thereof
NEW UWSA ExEcUtivE oN thE hot SEAt
Justin Neufeld, prospective student
“All the emphasis is on new videos, new
games. There’s no emphasis on outdoor
activity. Its all about electronics.”
Tara Bhamra, 2nd year Psychology
“I work at 7-11, and [the problem] is
terrible. I see parents coming in and
letting their kids choose the worst
things possible; it’s insane.”
CORRECTION:
News editor: derek Leschasin
e-mail: Newsprod@uNiter.ca
much for the freeze. He doesn’t think the tuition
freeze has anything to do with the lack of money
in the university. The lack of government funding
is the problem, he says, and since the government
has recently allocated $800 million a
year to post-secondary institutions, perhaps the
situation will improve.
Voter participation is another important
discussion topic among the new board. Only 8
per cent of the student population voted in this
year’s election. Shereen Sabile, a first-year student
says, “I had some people asking me about
when are they making speeches. We wanted to
vote but we didn’t know what to vote for.”
Sarah Watkins agrees: “I didn’t even
know what was going on or how to vote . . .
we’re electing people, but what are they going to
do for us?”
Hanging posters was not enough. Students
rarely saw the candidates and many students
just didn’t care. They didn’t know how the UWSA
affected them and they didn’t know anything
about the candidates running.
Shiplack thinks next year’s elections will be
better. The goal of the new board is to make the
UWSA more visible. If students were involved
during the year, they would have more interest
during election time.
Scott’s reasoning behind the low voter
turnout is the amount of uncontested positions.
“The year before there was more turnout
because there was more contestation . . . it
forced people to go out and campaign more vigorously,”
he says.
The referendum for the new gym was another
big issue in the UWSA this past year. The
massive amount of student support for the referendum
after the UWSA’s reluctance to release
it is a volatile issue. Students have suggested it is
a sign of the UWSA being out of touch with the
student body.
“The referendum is an excellent example
of the UWSA making massive assumptions,”
says fifth-year student Leif Norman.
The new UWSA board hopes to be in touch
with students if another such issue arises. They
hope to go out and talk to students and see what
they want. Ivey mentions how easy it was to talk
to students in the buffeteria and the cafeteria
every day. Shiplack says that they will perhaps
have a panel in the buffeteria to discuss the
issue so that students can ask questions and be
aware of the issues.
CorreCTIoN
In the March 29 Issue of the Uniter, we wrote in the article “Blaikie
steps out of the house and into the U of W” that Bill Blaikie was joining
the religious studies department. He is in fact joining the university
as a professor of politics, and Theology, not religious studies. The two
departments are often confused, though distinctly different.
We apologize for our error.

KsenIA prInTs
BeAT reporTer
Despite the fact that they affect a large percentage
of the population, much remains
unknown about learning disabilities within
the general public. A recently released country-wide
report attempts to change that situation, while issuing
a call to all provincial governments to increase investment
in affected individuals.
On March 26, the Learning Disabilities
Association of Canada (LDAC) released their threeyear
study, Putting a Canadian Face on Learning
Disabilities (PACFOLD), which strove to detail the
hardships that individuals with learning disabilities
(LDs) between the ages of five and 44 face on
a daily basis in Canada. The report focused on the
six key areas of education, personal and social development,
employment, parent and family, health,
and finance, and relied on research gathered from
10 different survey sets from Statistics Canada and
data from 12 focus groups in varying provinces.
The study was funded through a $302,000 contribution
from the Disability Component of the federal
government’s Social Development Partnership
Program.
LDs are identified by the LDAC as a number
of disorders that “may affect the acquisition, organization,
retention, understanding or use of verbal or
nonverbal information.” Affecting anything from oral
language to mathematics skills, LDs are lifelong conditions
which can greatly change the lives of affected
individuals.
The study was welcome across disability services
centres throughout the post-secondary system.
“The more information that’s out there, the
better it is for everyone,” says Andrea Johnston,
the accessibility coordinator for the University
of Winnipeg’s Disability Services & the Disability
Resource Centre. She believes awareness is higher
within the post-secondary system than within businesses.
PACFOLD reported that only 28.3 per cent of
children with LDs finish high school, and most do not
attain post-secondary education. But even for those
who make it this far, problems still remain.
According to Claudette Larocque, LDAC’s information
officer, it begins with the process of being assessed
as having a LD, which can cost up to $1,200.
There are also no uniform standards across the board
for LD accommodations within post-secondary institutions.
“They know that according to the Charter
of Rights and Freedoms they have to provide accommodations,”
says Larocque, but how it is done depends
on the institution. She recommends forming a
national guideline for LD accommodations and services.
Johnston objects to the idea of a uniform protocol
for disability services. “Each LD is completely
unique, so coming up with a general blueprint is
never a good idea,” she says. She believes that by getting
so far, people have already developed personal
coping strategies, and the university’s role is to incorporate
these into the system.
Within the post-secondary system, Larocque
also believes many professors are unaware of how to
treat people with LDs. “It’s embarrassing and humiliating
for many [students],” she says, recommending
“sensitivity training” for faculty.
Other areas colleges and universities have to
work on are the availability of adaptive technologies
for reading and improved training for service providers
within disability services.
According to Johnston, there is little that disability
centres can financially do for a student. In
the University of Winnipeg the centre provides notetakers,
private exam rooms, and free tutoring for students
in need. But for financial assistance, specialized
computer programs or the purchase of neces-
rIcHArd LIeBrecHT
neWs AssIgnMenT edITor
The University of Winnipeg has joined a
Canada-U.S. scholar program that promises
to bring American scholars north and
offers money for students to study down south.
U of W President Lloyd Axworthy signed a
memorandum of understanding last Thursday
that subscribes the university to the Network
on North American Studies in Canada (NNASC).
The network operates the Canada-U.S. exchange
of a larger international bilateral studies program
known as the Fulbright Program. The organization,
started by the U.S. after World War II
to spawn international cooperation and understanding,
sponsors the exchange of academics,
researchers and students between countries.
NNASC national director Michael Hawes,
who signed the memorandum with U of W,
says the program will offer a number of student
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Government support for students with
disabilities falls short
sary adaptive technologies students must apply for a
Canada Study Grant, a federal loan that depends on
an application for a provincial student loan.
Larocque admits that certain provinces “are
much more accommodating and ready to provide the
support and services.” This depends on the amount
of money each institution receives from the province
for providing disability services.
Consequently, PACFOLD concludes that there
is much more provincial and federal governments
can do to help people with LDs succeed. Within the
post-secondary education system, Larocque suggests
co-operation as they key to increased funding.
“[Universities and colleges] can demand more
money,” she says. “It should be a joint effort between
our provincial offices across the country, and at the
federal level [LDAC] can also provide pressure.”
Johnston agrees with the need for increased
government support. “I would love to see those supports
in place,” she says. She nonetheless believes a
change to an ongoing disability services plan from
elementary to post-secondary schools is more important,
in place of current detached programs. This
program could be tweaked and adjusted according to
each student’s changing needs.
“It’s a lifelong disability… it has to be something
that’s ongoing,” she concludes.
UW joins Canada-U.S.
scholar program
StUdENtS to SEE fUNdiNg, ExchANgES
benefits, including sponsoring one-year study
abroad programs going to the U.S. The Fulbright
Program also facilitates international speaker
events at participating universities, and will give
subsidies for students to travel to other universities
in Canada to take in some events.
U of W joins a group with other major universities
across Canada, like the University of
Toronto, University of British Columbia, and
the University of Alberta among others. The
University of PEI is the only other small or
medium-sized university on the list.
Hawes says the network was especially
interested in U of W because its downtown location
could be taken advantage of for unique
areas of study.
“There’s environment, social welfare issues,
social policy; a city university brings a lot to the
mix,” says Hawes.
The NNASC is already planning to sponsor
some students to attend a conference at UBC
next October.

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Upstanding yoUth sUpport worker
dies in sUspicioUs car crash
Mourners gathered at a makeshift memorial
at the Legislature last Saturday for 22-yearold
Tannis Bird, who died in an early-morning car
crash last week that is still under investigation due
to some strange circumstances.
According to the Winnipeg Sun, Bird died
while 9 people survived a horrific car crash at
McPhillips and Pacific Avenue. at 3 a.m. when a
1998 Dodge Neon slammed taxi that police say
was carrying 7 people, well above the legal passenger
limit. Witnesses said one of the cars were
tossed into the air by the force of the crash, possibly
doing a complete flip.
Bird was an active volunteer at the local
Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, where she worked
with sexually exploited youth. An uncle said to the
Winnipeg Free Press that she was really appreciated
by the Centre, which has offices near the UW
on Ellice Ave and in the North End.
city development plan
threatens water safety for
450 st. vital residents
Part of St. Germaine/ Vermette developments
from the Red River to Christie Road in the
southernmost part of St. Vital, are under a well
digging moratorium after a report raises concerns
that a nearby salt-water aquifer will contaminate
the underground fresh water body that the community
relies upon for water if the western areas
were to subdivide.
The Free Press uncovered a three-year-old
report about the potential for drinking water to be
contaminated if a 28 year-old plan for development
was not revised. Jim McNairnay, the
Winnipeg City Planner is looking into the possible
options for development with concerned community
leaders, proposing either limitations for expansion
or freezing development entirely in the western
part of the community. However the perceived
shortage of lots in the South of Winnipeg could
pose a concern about future development affecting
the long-term water supply in the community.
aboriginals threatened
with financial aUdits in face
of threatened sUmmer protests
Local Liberal MP Anita Neville and Indian
Affairs Minister Jim Prentice exchanged shots
last week over the minister’s threat to audit any
First Nation that chooses to hit the protest line
this summer.
The Canadian Press revealed that letters
sent to chiefs across Canada warned against the
use of government funding in a rumoured summer
of protests. The audits, according to Prentice, are
meant to assure that First Nations’ funding, which
comes almost exclusively from his department,
isn’t put to use against the government.
Neville said in a letter to the Free Press that
Prentice is insinuating that such will happen. She
called the threats an effort to quash democratic
freedom.
Chiefs have warned recently that aboriginal
youth are becoming particularly angry and
unsettled over poor social and economic conditions,
and may take combative action against
development projects. In response to Prentice’s
letter, Grand Chief Ron Evans of the Assembly of
Manitoba Chiefs threatened to block development
projects, which must consult Aboriginal leaders
before proceeding.
Relations between the Federal government
and Aboriginals have turned particularly frosty
with a number of ongoing land issues and unapologetic
moves by Stephen Harper’s Conservative
government that have found little favour in the
Aboriginal community.
grAHAM podoLecKI
VoLUnTeer sTAff
Former Olympic rower, Sandra Kirby now
chair of the Department of Sociology at
UW, was one of 14 international researchers
working on a consensus statement for the prevention
of sexual harassment and abuse at the
Olympics and other IOC-sanctioned events. On
Feb. 8 in Lausanne, Switzerland, the executive
board of the International Olympic Committee
made a landmark decision, adopting this consensus
statement. Sandra Kirby was on hand when
they presented it to the IOC medical commission
in October.
“It’s like having all your Christmases on the
same day,” exclaims Kirby, a former Olympic rower.
“The IOC is showing real good leadership on this.”
The document addresses some problems of
international sports, notably for child athletes and
the disabled. It also addresses the problem of homophobia
in sport, a large problem in more conservative
cultures.
The new policy ensures that organizers will
be held to a standard at their events and ensure the
safety of all their athletes. This is particularly important
for child athletes traveling abroad who are
vulnerable to abuse, especially sexual abuse. The
statement also ensures that when national teams
are selected, athletes will not be pushed aside because
of their differences.
“They have the right to be treated with dignity,”
Kirby says.
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U of W Prof player in
IOC Consensus Statement on human rights
University of Winnipeg
student wins Excellence Award
JULIenne IsAAcs
VoLUnTeer sTAff
When it comes to being communityminded,
Reino Jarvenin virtually sets
the standard. The third-year business
and economics major recently became the recipient
of a national In-Course Excellence Award from
the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation,
partly due to his work as a University of Winnipeg
residence assistant at Lion’s Manor.
The Foundation distributes more than 2000
Millennium Entrance and In-Course Excellence
Awards to students yearly, with the highest award of
$5000 given to national laureates. According to the
Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation, candidates
for the award are evaluated on their demonstration
of leadership, innovation, and community
involvement as well as academic achievement.
The award program was formed to encourage and
“recognize outstanding student leadership, community
involvement and innovation.”
Jarvenin fits all of these requirements. During
his stint as a residence assistant, he has singlehandedly
organized events and programs to make
life in residence a little easier for first-year students.
Last fall Jarvenin initiated a weekly soccer game for
residents in order to do a little community-building
in a non-academic setting. Jarvenin also organizes
monthly potlucks in the residence.
Beyond events planning, however, Jarvenin
has a real concern for first-year students
struggling academically.
“I help them to bring papers up to standard,
and give them confidence,” he says. “I like seeing
the people I live with doing well on their papers.”
Jarvenin got a chance to learn more about
community-building when he attended the 2007
Think Again conference for national award laureates
in Ottawa. The conference, held in January, focused
on discussing environmental and aboriginal
issues with the laureates, and equipped them with
tools for better serving their home communities.
Not that Reino Jarvenin needs much help
figuring out how to serve the students in his residence.
He is enthusiastic about his job.
“I want to see other students achieve success
here at the university,” he said, adding that
Kirby applauds the IOC for its “proactive” decision.
In recent years, many have seen the IOC as
greedy, slow and reactive, with the bribery scandal
of the Salt Lake Olympics and the increasing presence
of steroids.
With the upcoming Olympics in Beijing and
the Chinese government being questioned about
its human rights record, the document helps make
sure that the Chinese and future IOC event holders
“will be held to a higher measure.”
While human rights policies have been widely
respected in western countries, Kirby notes that efforts
are still necessary to support them in less developed
countries.
“We in Canada have really been at the forefront
of this.”
he wished all the students at the university were a
little more interested in helping each other achieve
their goals. “It doesn’t take all that much time to do
this—people don’t really realize that. And on the
whole our university would be a better place.”
Efforts like Jarvenin’s clearly do not go unrewarded.
The Foundation reports that each participating
university can nominate 1 candidate per
800 undergraduate students, and over 1000 awards
are distributed yearly.
Jarvenin sees the Millennium Excellence
Award as more than just a cash bonus. “It’s a
great opportunity for students to meet people
from across the country at the conference,
and learn new skills. It will inspire you to help
your community.”

enee LILLy
VoLUnTeer sTAff
Winnipeggers will soon have a
new place to hang out during
the summer, as new plans for a
bike dirt jump are awaiting the okay by city
councilors on Tuesday April 2nd. After being
told his mountain bike was not permitted on
the newly built skate park property, George
Mason from Bikes and Beyond was angered.
The day after, he wrote a letter to the mayor,
who then prompted him to contact the city’s
Parks Department. It was then that Mason
came up with the idea to build a new park
that did permit mountain bikers.
The park if okayed, will be located by
the Nairn overpass on Nairn and Watt.
Its features will include 3-4 lines of bike
jumps from beginner to advanced levels, as
well as a BMX track, 4X track, and a pump
track, which is a looped track of high bank
rollers; the biker must get around it without
pedaling by building momentum with
their bike. The park will feature group
rides, club activities, free ride clinics, and
Super Sticker Sundays.
When asked, Mason laughs and says
the triple alliteration came from what is
commonly known as Devil’s Dip in
Assiniboine Park.
“It’s a type of reward system for bikers
that can pull off really interesting tricks.
Whoever can do a trick without crashing gets
a biking sticker.”
People of all ages can participate.
However, Mason plans to challenge more experienced
bikers to do more complicated
tricks in order to receive a sticker.
Once it gets it authorization, the new
bike jump will be the first legal bike jump
in the city. The dirt jump will be run by the
Winnipeg Dirt Jump Association (WDJA), a
group of about 35 BMXers and mountain
bikers that Mason founded in September of
last year. It is a not-for-profit group, and all
of its money from membership (only $10/
person, $15 if you want a shirt, or $25 if you
want MCA insurance) is used solely for
the running of the group and funding for the
new dirt jump park. Its members range in
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age from 12-42.
There are no official sponsors of the
new jump site, however Bikes and Beyond is
an avid supporter, as well as YFC, MCA
The Uniter
NEWS
April 5, 2007
BMXers may get their own track this summer
WiNNipEg coNSidERS bUildiNg fiRSt officiAl bikE JUmp
NATASHA PETERSON
Bike enthusiasts may have their own park this summer, adding to the growing support for alterantive sports
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(Manitoba Cycling Association) and NORCO
(Performance Bike Company). The city has
also volunteered machinery to help with
the project, and sand from the floodway
is being donated, but not everything is
going to come cheap.
The cost for drainage of the area is
$2,500, which the WDJA hopes to raise at
a social on April 27 at the Energy Lounge.
Tickets are $10, door prizes are included at
the social, as well as a contest to win a bike from
NORCO. You must be 18 or older to attend. All
funds will go to the development of the park.
The hope for the park is that it will relieve
pressure off of the skate park by giving a
place for just bikers to go, and the skate park
will accommodate more skaters. The WDJA’s
goal is to have the park completed by this
year. Mason says he hopes that someday the
park will host provincial and national races
such as the World Cup Points Race. Serious
bikers enter this race series in hopes of winning
so they can qualify for the Olympics.
They then have to go to the U.S. to compete
further for the World Cup Points Race.
“It would be nice for Canadians to qualify
here instead of going over there,” says
Mason as he works on a bike.
There are no membership or user fees
for the park. It is open to everyone in the
community, whether they bike or not. The
official acceptance for the park looks very
positive, which means Winnipeggers will
most likely be enjoying a new hangout in
the months to come.

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MAnAgIng edITor
Recently I cut down on coffee think-
ing it would expand my attention
span, making me a less jittery and
a less easily distracted person. Though I do
feel a little less inclined to snap at the drop
of a pen, I must admit that for me, distraction
isn’t a side effect of caffeine. Nor is it for
most people.
In his article “Driven to Distraction” published
in this month’s Walrus, John Lorinc
writes that we are suffering from what he calls
“chronic distraction.” We are distracted by our
constant communication. We are distracted
by… (just checked my email and made a phone
call, and subsequently lost my thought).
Lorinc’s argument, one of them, is
that the exact information that is designed
to aid our efficiency is obstructing it. The
fact that there is so much data available
to us almost renders it useless. But there’s
more than just information, there is constant
communication. We are hooked up to
Blackberries, email, text messaging, the internet,
cell phones—constantly. It enables
us to get the latest scoop on the Mayor’s
gaffe at city hall, or the instant an important
decision is made behind closed doors, or
even a global event of massive significance.
The first images of the hanging of Saddam
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Why WE ShoUldN’t pRidE oURSElvES oN mUltitASkiNg
Hussein were transmitted via camera phone.
How many people stopped everything
they were doing to watch it on Youtube?
How many people did this while working?
While in the middle of an assignment? And
does this detach us from the severity of
the situation?
The interesting point that Lorinc uncovers
is that our brains are just not built
to take in and process the amount of information
that’s coming at us, nor at the speed
that it’s traveling. Technology is developed to
aide our multitasking, to make people more
efficient at work, but the opposite seems to
be the outcome. We are not the multitaskers,
the machines are. For example, Firefox
designed each browser window to open an
infinite number of tabs enabling the user
to easily switch between web pages. For
me, this often results in having three online
news sources open, plus two email accounts
(which I monitor constantly for incoming
mail), the Onion, and possibly Myspace. On
top of this, I have two or three word documents
open. The fantasy with all of this awesome
software is that I can do everything at
once. But of course, I can’t. At least not with
any amount of efficiency or focus.
The idea that multitasking wastes time
and lowers productivity isn’t exactly a new
one, however, the activities with which we
divide our time may be. Our distractions are
not only part of what lowers our productivity,
but it also is the result of our newly overly
communicative generation. This week there
were a lot of articles written about the phenomenon
of web communities like Myspace
and Facebook. These are all highly social
spaces and though they seem like they
would be only for teenagers, the adult traffic
is astonishingly high. In one article, adults
confessed to sneaking out of conferences to
check their Facebook account, wanting to
hear the latest gossip in their online community.
But the reality is that most of these
communities simultaneously exist in the
concrete world.
“Hooking up in a hooked-up world”,
an article written by Erin Anderssen in last
Saturday’s Globe and Mail told the story of
a high school girl whose prom date dumped
her via text message only an hour before
prom. This behaviour isn’t abnormal or considered
socially stunted anymore. The point
is that our over-communication not only distracts
us, it makes us coarsely impersonal. We
talk constantly, but text messaging, MSN,
Facebook, Myspace, etc. has replaced faceto-face
combat and perhaps a little bit of
personal accountability.
This technology is at once exhilarating
and sad. When a Myspace or Facebook community
offers more social connectivity than
a concrete group of friends, we’re missing
something essential about humanity. Aren’t
we? When someone can text message you to
tell you they are canceling a date at the last
minute, we’re breeding a new generation of
passive aggressive techno-freaks. Maybe?
Blaming technology is the wrong thing
to do, however. Who doesn’t love having
massive amounts of information at your literal
fingertips, or being able to get a hold of
who you want when you want? It’s amazing!
The important discerning feature is knowing
when to shut the whole thing off.
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Behold! Election season is upon us! The cat
calling and backroom antics that have recently
made the political virtuous look like ankle-biters
has finally come to a head. The NDP set the tome
of the election on Monday dropping not only their
own attack ads, but also the website whoishugh.ca
focusing on Tory Leader Hugh McFayden.
Of particular amusement is the ‘Tory Translator’,
a flash media illustration interpreting what
exactly Hugh meant by that comment. Although
there is no doubt it could have been dome better,
top marks should be given for inventiveness
and vindictiveness, while not making yourself
look too bad.
And don’t expect things to change if we have
a federal election this summer because Stephen
Harper has launched launch his third round of attack
ads this week as well.
Already, the media is predicting this provincial
election, now expected to be called on April 5th (just
after the budget is released), will be one of the dirtiest
in recent history.
I feel the accusation is a touch dramatic.
These are not personal attacks and at least they are
based on issues.
Make no mistake about it people, any mudslinging
you see in the north of the border, pales
in comparison to the putrid, more often than not
untrue, slander that makes up the bulk of election
planning to the south of us.
Late last year the Washington Post did a
roundup of some of the worst negative campaigning
in the United States some which included:
1. Claiming a candidate was using public
funds for a phone-sex fetish. It was later found out
that one call in question was a misdial by an aide
that cost the government $1.25
2. An opposing party tried to link a candidate
to a convicted serial killer and child rapist. This was
achieved by loosely connecting the killer’s lawyer
to the politician.
3.In a barrage of attacks, one commercial insinuates
a candidate had inter-racial relations with
a playboy bunny. A follow up commercial accuses
the same candidate of wanting to give the morning-after
pill to children. It was later found out none
of it was true.
4. One attack ad documents how extrapolated
that a candidate form a candidate’s joke about how
he has been paying for sex (with personal suffering
sort of ‘paying’) since he decided to get married.
Form that it was established that he paid for sex
studies on prostitutes in Veitnam, masturbation
habits of old men, and paid for women to watch
pornos in these studies, but voted against increases
to the military. Also, untrue.
Every two years the American politics industry
fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous,
wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every
political practitioner in the country - and then declares
itself puzzled that America has lost trust in
its politicians.
-Charles Krauthammer

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Name the dead
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When you step outside on June the 4th
this spring, stop for a minute and
think about the bullets that aren’t
flying around your ears. Then remember the bullets
that flew in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square only
18 years ago.
Thousands of students, intellectuals and
urban workers gathered in the Square from April
16th to June 4th, 1989, to protest high-level governmental
corruption and widespread inflation
and unemployment. They demanded freedom of
speech and of the press, as well as the acceptance
of “bourgeois democracy.”
The seven-week student-led protest in
Tiananmen Square was triggered by a death—the
death of Chinese party leader Hu Yaobang from a
heart attack, shortly after being exorcised from the
Chinese Communist Party for his reformist views.
Thousands of students poured into the Square to
pay their respects, but what had begun as a memorial
evolved into a succession of massive nonviolent
demonstrations against the government—
sit-ins, marches, and hunger strikes. Calling the
movement a “plotted conspiracy,” and the stu-
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This university is expanding. Back in
September, the Richardson Firm donated $3.5
million in order to establish The Richardson
College for the Environment. In December,
CanWest Global donated $3 million towards
renovations on the theatre building. This new
building will boast new stage equipment,
labs, as well as a 150-seat venue. Both of
these staggering donations are helping to
make the University of Winnipeg a more recognizable
presence within the city, but also
within the country.
These new and renovated spaces are expected
to elevate the university’s status and are
predicted to help draw larger enrolment numbers.
In the fall, the university received high grades
and top rankings from The Globe and Mail and
Maclean’s in their annual rankings of undergraduate
universities in Canada. Clearly, the university
is on its way to establishing itself on the national
scale.
In addition to this, action is also underway
to strengthen its ties to our south. Recently, the
university signed onto the Canada-U.S. Fulbright
Program, which enables students and faculty to
teach and study in the United States. According to
the university’s press release, these collaborations
with the U.S. are supposed to “enhance mutual
understandings between the people of Canada
and the people of the United States by providing
support to outstanding students, faculty, professionals
and independent researchers.”
These initiatives highlight the university’s
divided mandate, which is to be both a large, respected,
and recognized university on the national
and international scale, and a unique and
integral part of the community. So many of these
recent grants and proposals would suggest that
much more focus is being placed on the former.
dents “violators of democracy,” the Communist
Party declared martial law in mid-May, and on
June 4, cleared the Square with tanks and live ammunition.
Government statistics maintain that
there were 23 student deaths in total—but the
Chinese Red Cross counted 2,600.
Ladies and Gentlemen, democracy is dangerous,
for two reasons. It is dangerous when
you are fighting for it fiercely within a system
that holds such tight control over all aspects
of social life that you cannot walk the streets
for a day without breaking the law—much less
attempt to overthrow the system. And democracy
is also dangerous when it has been the norm for
years and we casually spend our votes like tokens
in VLTs, and when we forget what—or why—
we should protest.
The use of public protest as a means of actively
participating in the democratic process has
waxed and waned across Canada in the last few
years. Here in Winnipeg, of course, we do have
our annual Holy Day of Action, during which we
scream bloody murder at the possibility that we
might lose our icy grip on fixed tuition fees. Oh,
and last year, a vast crowd of a few dozen people
gathered in solidarity with the city’s Sudanese to
protest the government’s inaction over the situa-
However, it is the latter, the community focus, that
I believe to be the key role of the U of W, and one
that should not be forgotten and abandoned.
The fact is that all of these exciting new developments
clearly show that investors, along with
the university, are willing to put money into new
developments. These spending habits might lead
some to wonder what will happen within the university,
specifically: will there be any more discussions
about new coffee shops, such as Starbucks
or Tim Horton’s, or a campus bar, that are understood
to bring out a more dynamic campus life?
I would counter this by positing the idea that
with the creation of a student bars or coffee shops,
we run the risk of losing the university’s vision of
having a connection to the surrounding community.
While the expansion of the university, along
with its elevated status and presence on the national
and international scale, are undoubtedly
great things for the university, the integrity of the
university’s contribution to its surrounding community
is at stake.
If the university were to partner with some
chain coffee shop or put in a campus bar, there
just might be no reason to leave the U of W doors.
There are many places to go that are within minutes
of the university: restaurants, coffee shops,
and even the salsa bar, which can meet the drinking
needs of students.
Large universities tend to be a community
within themselves and this is what makes the U
of W unique. While, at present, we are not a very
large university, this may soon not be the case. I
understand this community focus as an integral
and appealing aspect of the U of W and should
not be washed away come the flood of expansion
money, high status, and a heightened presence
across the country. It is a matter of pride, for me,
that we are able to involve ourselves within the
community instead of becoming an unwelcoming,
elitist structure that opposes its surroundings.
A gentrification in the core downtown—
as a result of an increased student popula-
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tion in Darfur. They signed a petition and sent it to
parliament, the whole handful of them.
There is strength in numbers. The students
of the Beijing Spring knew this, and showed up in
the thousands to shout for China’s reinvention.
“We strongly urge the birth of an autonomous
democratic organization based on unity
among intellectuals, workers, and all citizens,”
they wrote in an open letter to the nation at large
in the spring of 1989. “Not until such an organization
comes into existence can we claim that the
students’ struggle for democracy has come to a
successful end.”
Students—where the hell are our priorities
these days? What are we protesting? What aren’t
we protesting? What does it take to get us out in
the streets?
There is strength in numbers. In Beijing, the
students channelled so much power through their
growing numbers that for a few weeks all of China
believed political reform would occur at last. The
students were so numerous that it took an army to
silence them, and with a bit of help from Google,
a government conspiracy has been trying to
stop the characters for “June 4” and “Tiananmen
Square” from yielding anything in restricted
Chinese Internet searches since then.
Resting in perfect Canadian peace it’s easy
to forget that there are routine human rights violations
occurring in the developed as well as the
undeveloped world, and even among members of
the inimitable Human Rights Council. Has China
tion, an expansion of the university’s buildings
and a large influx of money—does not need to
happen. Campus life does not need to be an exclusive
thing. That is, in the case of the U of W,
student and faculty activities should not be
restricted to the confines of the university. We
should take advantage of our location. We should
be an inclusive structure.
There are, however, positive steps being
taken by the university to keep its community
focus. The Opportunity Fund, which is a bursary
and tuition credit account program, is focused
on inner-city youth and is designed to give these
forgotten the students of Tiananmen Square?
Perhaps on the surface, but if so, it is only because
those who supported martial law and violently
crushed the student uprising still hold influence
in the government. Li Peng, for example, who was
the mastermind behind the imposition of martial
law, was chairman of the Standing Committee of
the National People’s Congress until 2003 and will
be movingly eulogized by the government upon
his demise for his contributions to the party. Zhao
Ziyang, the only party leader to oppose martial
law that spring, was not so lucky when he died in
dishonour under house arrest in 2005.
This story, the real story, is not told enough,
and in China the dead have never been named. But
the students of Tiananmen Square left a legacy for
students everywhere. Before they were silenced,
they showed the world how important the student
voice can be—and how crucial the public protest.
The students in Beijing in 1989 thought that if
they cared enough they could change the future
of their nation; change the world for the better.
And they were right. On June the 4th this
year, let’s honour the memory of the students
of Tiananmen Square, those nameless thousands
who were buried by their own government
under white sheets of propaganda and black dirt.
Students, we can—and must—tell their story to
a world with a short memory. They do not have
to remain nameless. Their story can become our
history, and their cause our future victory.
The university as a part of the community
youth a chance at post-secondary education
when financial constraints would otherwise prevent
them from such opportunities.
We should not feel pressured, upon our
arrival at the ranks of the larger Canadian universities,
to abandon the community we exist
within. Life on campus should not mean life only
on campus.
If we are to continue to strengthen our
community focus, then it might just become another
unique aspect of this university, one that
suggests a university does not need to oppose
its surroundings.

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It’s been said both in the media, and in society
at large, that sport exists as little more than
the “toy box” of life.
Cynics scoff at the hours sports fans spend
adjusting our fantasy hockey lineups, mocking
Peyton Manning (a.k.a., Mr. Laser, Rocket-Arm)’s
342nd commercial, and insisting there is simply
no way Daisuke Matsuzaka can actually throw a
gyroball. They insist it’s a waste of time with no
actual bearing on society (“if only society had
committed these resources to science, we’d have
cured cancer AND be flying around in hover cars
by now”). Those cynics with Marxist leanings may
believe Sidney Crosby to be the powerful, repressionist
tool of the capitalist class that is merely
a barrier hindering a glorious socialist uprising
(did you know Fidel Castro once participated in a
failed tryout with baseball’s Washington Senators?
Scouts liked his breaking ball but felt he lacked
enough heat). Other, more religiously-oriented
skeptics may feel it provokes false idolatry (at least
Michael Jordan wasn’t nearly as divisive as Allah).
Allow me to preface: it’s been four years now
that I’ve written for the Uniter Sports. During my
time first as a volunteer contributor, then for the
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SACKVILLE, N.B. (CUP) — On March 22,
Maclean’s will launch a new section on their
website dedicated entirely to covering issues relating
to post-secondary education: the cheating
epidemic, the tipping gender balance in
favour of women, the debate about who should
fund post-secondary education.
These debates and topics are nothing new.
The stories have been printed a hundred times
before under a hundred different headlines. But
instead of having them lumped under the general
Canadian news category, they are being
provided a category of their own.
This is just the latest step in a massive
movement to make post-secondary education
relevant and important to every Canadian, not
just students and university employees.
The Walrus, a national general-interest
magazine, recently published an essay about
the changing face of post-secondary education
in Canada and the effect it is likely to have on tomorrow’s
Canada. In February, Statistics Canada
published a study entitled “Why are youth from
lower-income families less likely to attend university?”
Only a month earlier, another study
was released by that same organization entitled
“Do universities benefit local youth?”
last two years as sports editor, I’ve spoken with
Wesmen athletes and coaches, NBA and NHL
players, professional sports journalists, those involved
at grassroots levels, as well as others who
have committed large portions of their lives to
sport. I’ve witnessed fans (including myself) experience
the once-in-a-lifetime jubilation of seeing
their team win a championship, and the griefstricken
misery when they lose. Why bother? It all
seems a tad dramatic.
In my four years, this is what I’ve learned:
Let’s face it—on the surface, sports are relatively
unimportant. Watching the Final Four or reading
Sports Illustrated is no different than watching the
latest Mark Wahlberg flick or flipping through an
US Weekly. It’s entertainment. It doesn’t redirect
monetary aid for impoverished third-world countries,
and it doesn’t invest in green technologies to
help stave off global warming. Sure, sport at an individual,
recreational level helps combat obesity
and fosters leadership skills and work ethic, but
there are many other less extravagant means of
doing so.
But while it may seem trivial, sport has a profound
ability not only to mirror the values and actions
of society, but to shape and enhance human
behaviour.
There is a tangible, cathartic quality to sports
that is undeniable, and that extends far beyond
On the political side of the fence, the newly
established Commission on Post-Secondary
Education in New Brunswick will begin their
public consultations around the province next
month. Last month, during the day of action organized
by the Canadian Federation of Students,
politicians across the country had statements at
the ready as students poured into the streets.
All in all, Canadians have been paying a lot
of attention to universities and questioning the
role that they play in the Canadian cultural and
professional landscape. Notable of all of these
studies and articles, though, is that they are not
falling into the trap of examining immediate repercussions.
Rather than examining the quarterly
economic returns or the fact that more
computer science courses are being offered,
these articles take a macro approach and look
at what changes at the university level mean for
future generations of Canadians.
They take an approach similar to that
taken in many articles about the environment.
They tell the reader to panic, not for what will
happen tomorrow, but for what will happen to
their children. Barring major taxation and legislative
reform regarding the funding of post-secondary
institutions in Canada, after all, nothing
is going to change for the current generation of
students. Instead, the media are examining the
long-term effects of current policies and trends.
Bemoaning the legitimacy of students who
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The meaning of Dice-K’s gyroball
ANd thE plAcE of SpoRtS iN SociEty
an individual, participatory level. The existence of
sporting rivalries is often merely just an extension
of rivalries in general. Rivalries, in turn, are integral
in defining a populace. Cities are one example.
The collective identity of a city’s population is
quite often defined by a comparison to another.
We’re Winnipeggers, for example, because we don’t
need to call in the army after a snowstorm, unlike
Toronto. There are tons of rivalries out there, from
Calgary and Edmonton to New York and Boston.
But without the Labour Day Classic, or Yanks-Sox,
these cities may opt to indulge in their rivalries in
ways that could be much more destructive.
Religious animosities may also be played out
through sport. Much has been made of the sectarian
overtones to the Rangers-Celtic rivalry— the
two major soccer clubs both based in Glasgow,
with the former having come to represent the
country’s Protestants, and the latter, its Catholics.
While its matches have provoked fan violence and
hooliganism, one wonders the effect their games
have had in mitigating some of the overarching
social and political tensions that have plagued
Scotland for years.
Sports are able to establish a common denominator
among people who, otherwise, would
have nothing to do with each other. Arguably the
key to developing an equitable, harmonious society
is to foster interaction between all its seg-
Universities as a microcosm of the future
cheat to pass and the low rate of those who are
caught, Maclean’s noted that “business students,
at 56 per cent, were the worst offenders
– no comfort to prosecutors in the aftermaths
of recent corporate corruption scandals.” The
three-author article on cheating students begs
the question of what we are producing in our
commodity-oriented educational world.
The Walrus took another angle. Noting
that the students at Montreal’s medical school
are 75 per cent female, it takes a social education
standpoint that we are not doing enough to
promote boys’ involvement in their own education.
“A favourite theory of media watchers is
that young males have been receiving endless
‘you’re a dork!’ messages, and an entire generation
is now living up to those low social expectations,”
argues the article (notably written by
two men). They note that in the popular media
of the past two decades, “when media depict incompetence
and stupidity is typically exemplified
by a male.” The piece notes Bart Simpson,
Red Green, and the Trailer Park Boys as popular
examples.
The point to note, however, is that in all of
these cases, universities are being examined as
the fishbowl of the future and a benchmark of
how we’ve conducted ourselves in the past. The
people currently in the system are those who
will be running the country in ten or twenty
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ments—whites and aboriginals, the poor and the
rich, etc. It’s easy for upper or middle-class suburbanites
to ignore inner-city poverty when the
only time it’s even acknowledged is when they’re
zooming through Winnipeg’s downtown streets
in their SUVs. It’s a lot harder when they’re relying
on them to block their quarterback’s blind
side, or even when they’re high-fiving each other
at Portage and Main after a Blue Bomber Grey Cup
victory.
I ask you, what other social movement has
the ability to galvanize a group of people as effectively
as sport? The hundreds of thousands that
would gather after every playoff game last season
on Edmonton’s Whyte Ave. would say there are
few. When was the last time a political protest on
Canadian soil attracted those numbers?
Most rational human beings would agree
sports aren’t directly saving any lives. But in some
way, they may be making them. Despite sport’s apparent
insignificance, no one can deny there are
billions of people scattered throughout the globe
who love it, and who dedicate large portions of
their existence to it. For that reason alone, it’s one
of the most important social forces on this planet,
if not the most. Sure, sport’s prominence is a reflection
of society’s skewed priorities.
There’s just nothing wrong with that.
years. A 75 per cent female class of doctors is
going to translate into a 75 per cent female hospital
in 20 years. Similarly, it can be argued that
social education systems in elementary schools
and in media geared to promote female involvement
have perhaps overshot their mark. In fact,
we may have shut out the boys.
The tone of reporting on post-secondary
education now has taken the angle that if we
look close enough at universities today, we’ll see
our country tomorrow.
To argue that universities are important
for the development of the country is not a new
idea, but to use the post-secondary sphere as a
microcosm of the future is. This recent outburst
of research and reportage into who is attending
university, why they’re attending university, and
what they’re studying is indicative of a fresh realization
of the importance of a properly educated
population.
The results of this development of education
as public discussion cannot be anticipated.
But having any discussion at all about the future
of our post-secondary institutions and their
effect on the future of the country is a big step
forward. Talking about who will be leading the
country, its corporations, and institutions after
the current boomers have moved on is a necessary
step in formulating a plan for the future. It’s
nice to see the country’s research institutions
and media taking that transition seriously.

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divERSioNS
Comments diversioNs
Milk On A Dime
MATT coHen
There are many varieties of milk; from the
hearty homogenized to the smooth skim. This
column is a guide to the ins and outs of milk
and the bouquet you can expect with each variety.
This has been a very good year for 2%. Its robust
taste and hearty notes leave the taster refreshed and
satisfied. Lucerne has been doing some great things
with this variety. Watch for this batch to go far.
Retail Supermarkets - $2.99 2 Litre
Banana’s popularity has been on the decline as
of late. Coming to its peak in 2006, its popularity has
waned over recent months. Vanilla is a strong contender
for the number one spot and has been making its presence
known in the milk industry. Keep an eye out for
Parmalat’s variety. Earthy tones with a light vanilla flavour.
A sure pick me up after a long day at work. Retail
Supermarkets - $1.69 1 Litre
Chocolate’s battle with powdered and liquid
additives has been good fight. It’s hard to say who
will come out on top, but purists put up a good case
for the former and industry insiders agree. I recommend
Beatrice 2007. Retail Supermarkets -
$1.19 500 ml
A little adventurous? Why not try Goat from
Dairyland. A tangy savour with a haunting aftertaste.
Good body with plenty of kick. Retail Supermarkets -
$3.29 2 Litre
Such as with non-alcoholic beers, Sensational
Soy offers the flavour of the real thing without guilt. A
staple for any milk aficionado’s cupboard. March was
a great month for this variety. Retail Supermarkets and
Specialty Shops - $2.09 1 Litre
I hope some of these recommendations will help
you in the grocery aisle. Bon appetite.
Questions? Comments?
Email: thatmilkguy@gmail.com
oBscUre reference – By graham spencer, excalibur (york University)
editor : Matt cohen
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Straight Faced
MATT coHen
dIVersIons edITor
People say that goldfish are the only pets
where it’s actually cheaper to buy a new
one than it is to feed them. I feel sorry for
them. They only have a memory of five seconds
and I can say from experience that anything that
only lasts five seconds can’t be good. The only positive
thing in their lives is that they get a lot of cool
toys to swim around in. You have the glowing skull
with the snake coming out of it. There’s the underwater
scuba diver. For an animal that’s so disposable,
they really get to live it up while they’re alive.
As with any living thing, eventually goldfish
die. I figure with such an unfulfilling existence, the
owner would treat the fish to a nice burial in the
end. Unfortunately, a burial in sewer is more likely
than a burial at sea. This whole situation bothers
me. When a parrot dies I’m sure you don’t escort
him to the men’s room for a final goodbye. Don’t
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try to use the excuse that they’re too big because
other small pets get treated better.
Hamsters for example; I figure they would go
in the garbage. It’s not like the garbage is the greatest
place either, but it’s a luxury compared to a
treatment plant. At least their spirits can roam free
in the open fields with the gophers and mice of the
city dump.
The other option in death disposal would be
incineration. I figure that this would be the way to
go for larger animals like dogs or emus. I guess that
partially depends on how much money the owners
have. The really rich ones get them stuffed as a permanent
reminder of their pet. Yet again goldfish
lose out. I’ve never seen one mounted over a roaring
fire with a plaque that says, “Here lies Goldie.
Sweet dreams, fair fish.” Is that really that weird?
Of course it is. It’s a fish, but at least they only cost
a quarter each. And really, any excuse to get more
fish tank accessories in my home is reason enough
for me.
aCross
1- agitated state
5- Barbarous person
9- Back streets
14- Castro’s country
15- splotchy
16- To talk, usually in
a pompous manner
17- related by blood
18- Cab
19- Concerning
20- remove spots
22- republic in N
africa
24- schemes
26- encountered
27- Positively
charged ion
30- Portable weather
protection
35- embarrass
36- sign of injury
37- Irritate
38- Not emp.
39- Not sociable
42- Wager
sudoku
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43- sheltered,
nautically
45- single, individual
unit
46- Last letter of the
greek alphabet
48- Unconditional
50- stevedore
51- Purse
52- episode
54- Bewhiskered
58- Whenever
62- Customary
63- Previously
65- Paradise
66- Cavalry weapon
67- Brief letter, paper
money
68- Interpret
69- old stringed
instruments
70- Large jug or
pitcher
71- Without
DoWN
1- great quantity
2- Dangerous weapon
3- Large wading bird
4- so much the worse
5- Choice
6- Huge
7- Latin king
8- Prepare for
publication
9- one that loans
10- Judge
11- greek temple
12- sewing case
13- Bristle
21- Hawaiian greeting
23- shadow
25- Favorable
termination of
endeavors
27- Unit of weight in
gemstones
28- White-barked
poplar tree
29- spud
31- Disfigure
divERSioNS
32- Like ears
33- Feudal vassal
34- vow locale
36- Drunkards
40- surround
41- Crackers
44- Hug
47- affairs
49- soup spoons
50- Fuzz remover
53- Flavor
54- male of a bovine
mammal
55- son of Isaac and
rebekah
56- em, e.g.
57- sandy tract
59- Notion
60- Intend
61- Finishes
64- rank
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Features
FaITh aND FIcTION
Local writer Jan Guenther Braun talks about first novel
Jo snyder
sTAff
It’s difficult not to read it as an autobi-
ography, but an advance chapter of Jan
Guenther Braun’s first novel, Somewhere
Else, leaves the reader with many questions
about the close similarities between Jan and her
main character Jess.
“I always wanted to go to church. It was
never an issue. I just really enjoyed it,” says
Braun.
Jan Braun is an unassuming woman: fairbrown
shoulder length hair, a slight figure, and
a soft, round voice. She’s calm and thoughtful:
the kind of woman that would make a good
spiritual leader, and may some day.
“My little spirit, from the time I can remember,
always got something out of being
there.” Jan Braun is very genuine about her
faith. Growing up in Osler, Saskatchewan, she
attended a General Conference Mennonite
church. The General Conference are an association
of Mennonite churches, originally formed
in the late 1800s, made up of churches from
across the country, and includes Mennonite
churches from Pennsylvania, Iowa, Ohio, and
others from that area. Some of the common
goals of the conference from the very beginning
were to pursue education and missionary
work. These goals reflect Braun’s experience,
too.
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fEAtURES
“I wouldn’t say it was that conservative
of a church. I was always encouraged and
sort of groomed into positions of leadership,
into preaching and worship leading. From as
long as I can remember, women in ministry, or
in positions of leadership was never an issue
in my church…. There was a strong emphasis
on social justice and good works, no emphasis
on evangelism.”
Braun is very honest about her connection
to the church. She has thus far had no
separation and return, no prodigal daughter
story to tell the new converts. Instead, she
has a steadfast faith and a true desire to be
part of the broader community, which is the
foundation of many Mennonite Churches.
Braun was very active in her church growing
up, spending evenings with youth
group members and speaking her mind,
which was always acceptable, she says.
But as easily as a community like this
can embrace you, so too can it shut you
out when you do something it doesn’t ap-
NATASHA PETERSON
Jan Guenther Braun’s first novel Somewhere Else is to be published by Arbeiter Ring this fall
prove of. For every measure of warmth it
gives you upon entry, the dosage of cold on
your way out is double.
In Braun’s novel Somewhere Else the
main character, Jess, is a 16-year-old growing up
in rural Saskatchewan with conservative parents.
Sitting on a pew one day during church,
Jess discovers the lecture topics for that year’s
national church conference, one of which is
homosexuality
and church
membership.
As Jess reads
the associated
Bible passage,
Judges 19: 22-
26, in which
a man would
rather have
his virgin
daughter raped
and beat all
night than send
out a visiting
man to have
sex with the
men of the city,
the character
feels alienated,
and a powerful surge of rage.
I looked around and for the first time
cast from this family a stranger to everyone.
They were talking about me at a national-wide
church conference. My heart fell out of my
chest and I watched it beating on the pew in
front of me.
Like her character, Jess, Jan Braun is a queer
Mennonite. In February 2006, Braun spoke at
the University of Winnipeg, a lecture she titled
“Queer and Mennonite: Putting My Protestant
Work Ethic to Good Use.” During this talk, Braun
spoke at length about the community, and the
importance it held for her. A normal reaction for
someone who feels rejected by their faith may
be to self-correct (live in denial) or to leave the
community altogether and find one that shares
your beliefs. But Braun has a deep faith, and
the Mennonite community, though not always
the most discreet in matters like homosexuality,
does share her beliefs. Church is a family,
says Braun through not only her lectures, but in
her book as well. The idea of accepting where
you are born, and working within that, is also a
predominant theme, again both for her life
and for her novel.
“When I look at in terms of a bigger picture
I feel like I was born into a situation for a
reason,” Braun says. “If I was born into a family
that was within any context of faith I would still
have a real sense of spirit and God. I just happened
to be born into this context.”
As Jess battles with her parents in an icy
scene in her bedroom, she comes to the realization
that they may not be accepting of her orientation.
One trait of the Mennonite culture is
silence. “Silence follows silence, our house was
built with bricks of silence,” writes Braun. And
true enough, such sensitive topics as homosexuality
sadly still quiet a room in many families.
Though the narrative shadows Braun’s experience,
it is not an exact retelling of events.
“I would say all of the emotional quality
of my life is there and I’ve really tried to channel
my emotional experience into a set of characters
and stories and into a narrative that’s my
voice. There are a few experiences that are my
own; the main character grows up in a small
town called Blaurock, which is sort of standing
in the place where I grew up in Saskatchewan,
and in that same context of relative liberalism,
and also slightly conservative upbringing with
the church. But in terms of the parents of the
character, my parents are very different.”
There’s a danger, she says, that when writing
about your life, people you know will see
themselves in it, whether they should or not.
Her parents haven’t read the book yet and she
says it’s hard to tell how they will react.
For Jess, in what promises to be a heartwrenching
book, the life of a queer Mennonite
is a hard one; but like the message of Braun and
her book, it’s one not chosen, yet deserving of
being lived to the fullest.
“I’ve always said if it gets to hard, I’ll walk
away, to stay healthy.” However, it’s hard to tell
what it would take to make Braun leave the
community or her faith.
“I don’t know yet,” she says. “I can’t
imagine it.”
Jan Braun is a local poet and writer. She
won the 2005 CBC Poetry Face-off competition.
She has written for Ruhbarb Quarterly and Juice
magazine. Her first novel Somewhere Else is to
be published by Arbeiter Ring Press in fall 2007.

Arts & Culture arts
WHITney LIgHT
ArTs edITor
Expect the unexpected in the world of craft
today. It’s probably not your grandmother
who’s sitting in the rocker with knitting needles
and yarn. Now it’s just as likely to be your boyfriend
trying to crochet you some racy underwear,
or your dad knitting up a big wooly sweater. And
that rowdy party next door? A gossiping gaggle of
grrls holding a stitch ‘n bitch, working on all kinds of
crafty projects.
Speaking of the unexpected, here I am sitting
with local artist Kristin Nelson at the Ellice Café
when she pulls out of her bag an embroidery project
she’s working on.
“You think they’ll kick us out of here?” she
asks, only half-joking. Turns out it’s a set of pillowcases,
decorated with designs of genitalia based on
drawings from an anatomical textbook. The stitch-
work is impressive, beautiful even. But what inspired
the design?
“I don’t want to make craft just to make craft. I
want to say something,” explains Nelson. She is one
of many artists today finding that sometimes craft
techniques speak to their subject matter best. Craft,
it seems, is becoming as popular in the art world as it
has among young people in general. And the line between
art and craft is increasingly blurred, as Nelson’s
work clearly shows. As an artist, she is interested in
exploring queer art and queer identity. These particular
pillowcases happen to be a gift for a friend.
Other crafty art projects by Nelson include a
series of t-shirts printed with sayings such as “Love
Sucks.” They depict a mosquito. But, she says, while
it might not obvious to others, those shirts were for
her a humourous take on oral sex. Presently, a series
of drag queen trading cards are in the works. “They
explore queer identity but they’re also a way for me
to document the drag community here and my involvement
in it,” she says. “They’re totally crafty.”
As anyone who makes crafts knows, it is a timeconsuming
labour of love. No matter what the result,
the product is special and often symbolizes family
or social history. Artists are finding the same. The
special quality of art created with the materials and
techniques of craft makes it choice for addressing
personal themes, as Nelson’s work demonstrates.
“To create notions of identity, legacy, sexuality,
gender, and other personal, tactile themes,
craft is extremely well suited,” says local artist Kerri-
Lynn Reeves. She showed some of her crafty work at
Nelson’s multi-artist craft show in December called,
incidentally, “This Ain’t Your Grandmas’s Craft Show.”
The work was a series of finely embroidered ‘reject’
badges that she had made, but not used, in her final
presentation of an installation artwork called Girl.
Reeves hand embroidered badges, similar in style
to Girl Scout badges, that symbolized 12 tasks completed
on the path to womanhood—from general
hygiene to oral sex.
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“Because craft has been labeled women’s work
it is an obvious place to start to explore notions of
femininity and sexuality,” she says. The installation
included a “girl uniform” decorated by the sash of
badges and accompanied by a video documentation
of Reeves completing each task.
“I conceived of it as a re-coming of age, an exploration
of what it means to become a woman, and
specifically what it means to become a woman as a
rural Manitoban girl,” explains Reeves, who grew up
on a farm in the southwest of the province. At home,
craft had been an everyday sort of activity. Now
Reeves is pleased to be part of craft as an exciting artistic
community.
On a theme related to Girl, Reeves also created
a series of hand-embroidered sheep’s fleece dolls
which she called One of a Kind. The individuality of
each doll, however, isn’t apparent until you flip them
over. The viewer literally had to “look up their skirts,”
says Reeves.
Clearly, the days when craft held a negative
connotation among artists have ended.
“Craft is not a bad word anymore,” says Nelson,
though she can remember debating the difference
between art and craft in university. Now, craft is the
field to be working in, with prominent and relatively
young artists picking up the trend.
Canadian artist Barb Hunt, for example, knitted
her series called antipersonnel. Pink wools were
knit and purled into models of many varieties of
landmines. Her work seems at once a protest against
use of these weapons but also, as the AGO pointed
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Sexy Stichwork puts a twist on arts and crafts
MK CARROLL
MK Carroll, Womb
Kristin Nelson, Love Sucks knitted bookcovers
Kerri-Lynn Reeves, Sex badge from Girl installation
Kerri-Lynn Reeves, Girl installation
out during her show there between 2001 and 2002,
a process-based way of dealing with the difficult
and painful emotions that arise from thinking about
their victims.
And on now at the New York Museum of Arts and
Design is a show called Radical Lace and Subversive
Knitting. Twenty-seven artists from around the world
are exhibiting artwork created from fibres using not
so traditional techniques: Yoshiki Hishinuma has
created vibrant and organic abstract sculptures from
machine knitted wool. And as the curators point out,
many of the works are exploring themes of identity
and sexuality.
Likewise, sexuality was the chief theme at
Toronto sex shop Come As You Are’s exhibit called
the Erotic Arts and Crafts Show. The show took place
in February this year and featured several artists creating
everything from sex toys to anatomical sculpture.
MK Carroll made little pink knitted womb dolls
and Bud Fujikawa made Japanese-style wooden
phalloi, elegantly carved and sanded ‘til smooth in a
variety of earth tones.
As the popularity of this show and others suggests,
perhaps the most encouraging aspect of art
made through craft is the response it generates. Most
of us have at least some familiarity with craft, whether
our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, or
our friends are into it and spending countless hours
at their work. Craft, we know, is something special. It
is “a comfortable and true place to work from,” says
Reeves. And that sentiment works for the viewer just
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Look out Sarah McLachlan: you’re not the
only one who can put together a celebration
of women in music. Nathan Terin of
Sidelined Productions is organizing Winnipeg
Women in Rock II.
But unlike McLachlan’s 1999 Lilith Fair,
which featured a lot of folkie, singer-songwriter
types, WWR II features more aggressive music,
showcasing the ladies of Anthem Red, The
Gorgon, Wife, and Domenica. It is being held at
the Collective Cabaret next Saturday night.
The first Winnipeg Women in Rock show
took place in March 2006. It was such a success
that Terin wanted to put together another.
Though the first show was organized to coincide
with International Women’s Day, he insists that
there is no underlying issue or cause he is trying
to promote with the event.
“I was on a local punk message board the
other day, and some people were trying to create
a stir about the show, wondering, ‘Is this a feminist
thing?’” Terin says. “No, it’s just a chance to
highlight some of Winnipeg’s best female-fronted
rock bands.”
When this writer foolishly suggests that
“There aren’t very many women in bands in
Winnipeg,” Julia Ryckman of grunge-rock trio
The Gorgon is quick to correct the mistake.
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The Gorgon
“There are tons,” she says, listing bands including
Mad Young Darlings, The Angry Dragons,
American Flamewhip and two of her other projects,
Slattern and DADADADA:Lazers.
“There are a lot more than I was aware of
when I became a part of the scene.”
Normal Jolyn of punk four-piece Wife
agrees that females playing in bands is far more
common than it once was.
“It seems like the ‘women in rock’ thing becomes
less of an issue as time goes on. It was a
Broken Revolutions
dEAdpAN hUmoUR mUddiES ActiviSt ARchEtypE
monkey Warfare
plot revolves around a
simple love triangle that
is brought on with the introduction
of the young,
politically astute, drug
dealing susan, played by
Nadia Litz.
It’s Nadia’s political
radicalism that spurs
Dan’s interest prompting
him to impress her with
such things as his col-
Dan (Don McKellar) and Susan (Nadia Litz) in Monkey Warfare
lection of political books
and music. But his attract
to susan also rekindles his past experience with radical politics
Monkey Warfare (2006)
and direct action that has forced Linda and Dan from vancou-
Directed by reginald Harkema
ver into a desolate underground existence; a past that has forced
75 Minutes
Linda and Dan’s relationship to become lifeless and akin to roommates.
Cinematheque april 6-12th, 9pm nightly
In short their lives, though radical by conventional terms,
have become as burdensome and mundane as the childbearing
hipsters or suburbanites that they resent.
susan devours the ideas in Dan’s revolutionary book collection,
literally destroying them as she reads. When Dan questions
how much the damage will affect the value of the material it
becomes apparent that their politics have morphed from ideas of
freedom and equality to something that can be bought and sold.
JAMes pATTerson
The movie ends with susan abandoning her friends in
sTAff
search of change, only to botch the experience herself.
monkey Warfare is steeped in social commentary about the
Canadian Filmmaker reginald Harkima’s latest film monkey role and place of rebel ideas and change in today’s society. It is
Warfare, this year’s winner of Best Canadian Film at the Toronto not unlike other recent critiques such as The rebel sell, which
International Film Festival, situates itself around the lives of Linda point out what some consider a flawed reality.
(Tracy Wright) and Dan (Don mcKellar), two aging Toronto based Is it fair? maybe, but if your not watching closely mon-
activists squeaking out a low-key, meager existence in the name key Warfare can come off in a juvenile critique of modern dis-
of revolutionary politics and social change.
sent rather that asking the viewer to question the ability for social
They are portrayed as this generation’s hippies; bike change to happen in Canadian society, or to question the chic of
riding, sprawl opposing, ebay capitalists that sell trinkets adopting a radical archetypes.
found from adventures in dumpster diving and yard sales. They In the end, monkey Warfare is rich with layers of
idolize nostalgic 1980s’ punk rock and revolutionaries like humour, and a subtle dark criticism as it drags the modern
The vancouver Five, The red army Faction, and the Baader- activist archetype through the mud as much as it can. some
meinhof gang.
may think that it is for it’s own good.
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bigger deal 20 years ago when I was a teenager.
Now it seems normal.”
Why was it such a problem in the past? And
why is rock music still predominantly a boys’
club? Rebekkah Friesen of Domenica believes it’s
a lack of role models.
“Not a lot of girls are encouraged at a
young age to go for it and try [rock music] out,”
she says. Friesen says she has been denied access
to some of her own shows because of her gender,
suggesting that a stigma against female musicians
still exists.
“I think it’s because a lot of females who are
popular in the mainstream are not full of talent,”
she says. “So when people see a girl in a band they
think everyone’s helping her out or doing everything
for her.” Still, she agrees with Normal Jolyn
and Ryckman that more and more rock bands featuring
female musicians are appearing every day.
Normal Jolyn observes that because
women today have grown up with mothers who
have more rights than women had in the past,
“the new generation of girls just do what they’re
gonna do. The lines that used to be drawn are a
IraQ In fraGMenTS (2006)
Directed by James Longley
94 Minutes
Cinematheque april 6-12th, 7pm nightly
The term ‘data smog’ can sometimes be found within internet
chat rooms to describe the modern condition of media overload. If
modern mass media distribution could be equated with this type of
pollution, one that constrains visibility and slowly chokes those that
live in it’s midst, then the war in Iraq would be a perfect example.
The four years of war in Iraq have created a dearth of new warrelated
information techniques ranging from crassly imbedded journalist
reporting, documentaries showing the lives of er doctors, websites
tallying death tolls of the combatants and innocents, and a plethora of
films examining the politics and conspiracies of the conflict.
With the constant barrage of information, the human-side of the
conflict is easily lost. James Longley tries to set the record straight
with an award-winning documentary, (that includes a recent nomination
for best documentary at the up-coming academy awards),
Iraq in Fragments.
The film begins with mohammed Haithem and 11year old orphaned
boy, working as an auto mechanic apprentice in shiite dominated
Baghdad. His father, a dissenter of saddam Hussein, went missing
before the war, and as the story unfolds, shows the boy’s struggles
with school and coming to terms with his loss. Life is hard for mohammed,
but despite his loss, struggles with school, and the Dickensesque
relationship with his boss, his dreams and goals provide a
hopeful and touching future outlook.
The second section of the film occurs within the developing
shiite cleric movement of al sadr in southern Iraq. The politics, religious
tradition, and morals clash that we have come to understand in
little shakier.”
And that’s a good thing, Ryckman believes,
because female musicians often have something
to offer that male musicians do not.
“I’ve noticed quite a commitment to playfulness
in female bands,” she says. “The costuming
is more elaborate and spontaneous—or not
spontaneous—than your average male band.
“That playfulness happens in the music too,
so certain rules might be broken. It’s new and interesting,
and it creates something for the ears
that people don’t hear all the time.”
Still, Ryckman tries not to evaluate the differences
too much.
“[Our band] gets attention because we’re
women, but I don’t try to analyze that,” she says.
“I know I’ll go see an all-female band because
it’s interesting to me. But, in the end, we’re musicians.”
See Winnipeg Women in Rock II at
Collective Cabaret on April 14. Tickets $6 at the
door, show at 10 p.m. Visit www.myspace.com
/sidelinedproductions.
Stories of War, Without the Soldiers
film lookS to chANgE ANd pEoplE, Not SoldiERS, AS A focAl
poiNt iN A REfREShiNg lookiNg At middlE EASt coNflict
Press Photo for Iraq in Fragments
news clips are mixed with the society altering by war and holding on
to some semblance of normalcy in a dramatically altered, constantly
changing, Iraqi life. The militia is portrayed more like a defacto security
force holding onto traditions deemed important to the muslim tradition.
There is a grizzly scene of a militia group arresting individuals
selling alcohol, a practice that is prohibited by many muslims.
Finally, the film rests with a family in the northern Kurd territory
that has seen a resurgence seen to the invasion. after years
of drought and political neglect, the desert is in a spring bloom and
a brick foundry burns in the background symbolizing the renewal.
The story follows a family who maintains a trepid hope as the region
moves forward from saddam Hussein repression. For many, the time
is one of mixed emotion; a hope for the children, and loss for traditions
that will fall from the radical changes that are occurring within
their society.
The presence of the military and the war itself is never frontand-centre
but straddles a line that is both omnipresent and the driver
of the film’s plot. Instead of war imagery, the filmmaker, knowing
that the viewer understands the Iraq conflict, opts to illustrate his
characters with common images of afternoon tea, political discussions
in store-fronts, back alley markets, funeral processions, cleric
speeches, religious ceremonies, and political rallies.
The result is a simple but powerful award winning film that gives
the touching stories of humanity stripped of military jingoisms found
in many war films. The main message is of a deeply split and complex
society rooted in traditions and full of hope, trapped in a complex situation,
prompted by, but ultimately bigger than the war itself.
shot over two years beginning in February 2003 (one month before
the conflict began) Longley brings together the complex nuances
of average Iraqi life like no other media organization has; through individual
examples of those dealing with the fallout of a false freedom
and a country with strained by religious and cultural strife. The film is
the product of over 300 hours of footage taken before the country became
too dangerous to work in.
It is expected that Longley will produce a fourth chapter of Iraq
in Fragments from the remaining stock, but for now the present product
is well worth the time and money. It will be a new perspective from
a story you have heard over and over again.

arts & culture editor: whitney Light
e-mail: arts@uNiter.ca
phoNe: 786-9497
Fax: 783-7080
contact: uniter@uniter.ca
The Uniter
ARtS & cUltURE
cd reVIeWs BooK reVIeW
THe posTMArKs
The postmarks
Unfiltered
From its first notes
down to the liner
notes, The Postmarks’
debut album is a
masterpiece of curious
serenity. It is the kind
of album that would
go well in any weather,
provided you’re in the mood to just lay back and dream.
Despite the fact that when the band’s waiflike lead singer,
Tim Yehezkely, breaks into song it feels more like a summer
breeze than an invigorating autumn shower, the music is inspiring.
as Yehezkely gently weaves her melodies to the old
sounds of the banjo and the theremin, The Postmarks seem
like they have just escaped the pages of a victorian children’s
book. In fact, the entire album feels like plunging back into
childhood, with songs like “Winter spring summer Fall” and
“Weather the Weather” feeling like the awkward love letters
10-year-old girls used to write in their notebooks. For any
girls who miss the golden days, or boys who want to understand
girls, The Postmarks are a mandatory listen.
Ben MAcpHee-sIgUrdson
TedIoUMInUTIAe@gMAIL.coM
Well, the end of the school year is yet upon us—err… I
mean, upon you—which means my tenure in this corner of the
paper must come to a close. It’s difficult for me to comprehend
exactly what my function in this paper is, if there is a function that
can even be identified.
regardless, kudos to the Uniter staff for all their hard work
in putting together what could quite possibly be the best year of the
paper’s storied existence. autonomy has been good to you. You wear
it well. Lookin’ good, autonomous Uniter…
I had only planned on doing the column until the December
break, as my daughter Frances was born in January and I figured I
wouldn’t have the time. In a sense I was right, in that I don’t feel like
I’ve been able to direct the column in the way I would have liked, a
way which I think would be difficult to explain and not entirely worth
the time and effort.
This column has, however, proven to be a good venue for
me to vent about baby-related issues. I’m sure you care very little
that the inconsistency in baby clothing sizes is, relatively speaking,
ridiculous. Indulge me for a moment, if you would.
Imagine you go to buy a pair of pants, and you are (like this
almost-svelte writer) a size 33. Imagine the kid working at, say,
randy river (why are you shopping there?) fetched you a pair of
size 33 jeans, but they fall to your ankles. Yet at old Navy (why, god,
why?) you try on some of them skinny jeans the kids are wearing
(and should sToP wearing) and it would take a crowbar to fasten the
zipper. Now, add the fact that a baby outgrows clothes in days, and
one can see where the difficulty lies.
*****
Ksenia Prints
BAnsHee’s WAIL
My oh My
encore entertainment
Celtic music is
something often associated
with big hairy
men, overflowing beer
mugs, and saucy
wenches in greasy
taverns. But the members
of Banshee’s Wail, all good Winnipeg boys of barely
legal age, are as far away from the traditional image as
you can get. Yet when the fiddles begin trilling and Brendan
Jowett breaks into song, it requires only a mild state of intoxication
to transport the listener to a Dublin pub. as one of
Winnipeg’s best live performers, Banshee’s Wail has quite
a reputation to sustain in playback. Luckily they manage
to put on an impressive act, especially in original songs
like “Tomorrow Night.” They also manage a terrific job on
well-known covers like “Waltzin’ matilda” and “Johnny
Jump Up.” Yet it is slightly imbecilic songs like the opening
number “sleepy maggy” that emphasize the band’s relative
inexperience and diminish this otherwise tremendously
enjoyable disc. But take it from someone who likes
her men Irish and her beer rancid, my oh my is a worthwhile
$10 investment in the local economy.
Ksenia Prints
LoW
drums and guns
subpop
Duluth indie rock
group Low have released
their latest in a
long line of spiritually
confusing records. Low
has the ability to make
the listener feel like
they are simultaneously
at some weird alternative church and a cramped underground
club. This new album is full of uplifting yet dark songs
with many mentions of angels, halos, and dark tones. “Your
Poison” is short but potent, almost like a gospel song shaped
like a knife. “Dragon Fly” is a possible painful lament to a love.
Instrumentally the band stays committed to its low-fi sound
with minimal instrumentation, relying heavily on strong melodies
and harmonies. This record is amazing, beautiful, and intense,
but prepare yourself for feeling distressed after you’ve
listened to it.
TeDIoUs mINUTIae
or: Ineffectively Detailing one’s Cultural Consumption for the Uncaring Installment 2.25
The meandering, underwhelming final installment
I suppose some of you (or, as Winnipeggers are prone to say,
‘yous’) might currently be shivering on the sidewalk just off university
property, puffing away on a cig whilst cursing the school’s
administration and awkwardly flipping through the pages of this
fine paper. To you I say: Be resilient! stay strong! or…consider
quitting smoking!
*****
I never talked about the end of Zadie smith’s on Beauty,
mainly because I hadn’t finished it. I don’t want to go into too much
plot summary, but still feel the need to emphasize smith’s stellar
capabilities as a writer. I’ve never read anything before where I kept
thinking to myself, “Yes, that’s exactly how I would have written
Jo snyder
that.” of course, that’s not very high praise if you’re not a fan of
this column (in which case, how did you get this far in?).
smith manages to bring forward many voices in a way that
feels effortless, while also providing internal narration for characters
black and white, american and British, and so forth. It’s a
story about trust, betrayal, family and familiarity with a brilliantly
conceived ending. Consider it highly recommended.
oK, so long, and thanks!
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April 5, 2007
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HIppIes And BoLsHeVIKs And oTHer pLAys
By Amiel gladstone
148 pages
coach House Books
Three plays are collected
in Hippies and Bolsheviks
and other Plays by emerg-
ing Canadian playwright amiel
gladstone. some that have been
performed are garnering praise
for their wit and ability to draw
audiences close to their characters from start to finish.
reading the plays is enjoyable for the same reasons.
gladstone starts the collection with a forward, saying
“my writing is usually an attempt to figure something out.”
His characters reflect that. all relatively young people, they
are coming to grips with how they came to be where they are
(mostly in their romantic lives) and what happiness or reso-
lution might mean. and to some extent, they try to attain it.
Because gladstone gives each character a likeable style, their
struggles feel real and its easy to care.
The first two plays are quite short. The Wedding Pool is
about a group of friends, two guys and a girl, none of whom
are married or have been married despite that they’re getting
to that age when its going to be hard to find a partner. They
create a bank account together, each putting in $50 dollars
a month, for the sum to be collected by the first one to offi-
cially tie the knot. Their project leads to learning more about
life than romance.
Lena’s Car is even shorter, and is for one actor only. a
married woman is unhappy with her relationship. Bored, she
takes a trip down memory lane, narrating her life as a teen-
ager and her more impulsive forays into intimacy. The brev-
ity of this play leaves much to suggestion and more to the
imagination.
Last, Hippies and Bolsheviks is the only play that war-
rants an intermission. But like the others, this play also has
a small cast and minimal stage directions. Three charac-
ters form a bit of a love triangle. It’s the 1970s and Jeff is a
draft-dodger who winds up with a girl named star after a Led
Zeppelin concert. In the morning star’s ex, allan, shows up.
But allan is no villain and doesn’t throw Jeff out. He’s strug-
gling, as are the others, and between the three of them some-
thing is resolved.
reVIeWed By WHITney LIgHT
Dialogue is thrown back and forth naturally and often
with humour. Jeff, for example, is particularly endearing as he
tries to maintain some normality (he makes tea) in the apart-
ment where the awkward scenario is unfolding.
each play is full of hope. Their endings are open, and
there are no promises for happily-ever-afters. But there is the
resolution that every character has done the right thing as much
as they can, which is all most of us can say for ourselves.

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SOuND TEST
Mahogany Frog’s music has been described
as progressive rock. So maybe
it’s no surprise when guitarist/keyboardist
Jesse Warkentin shows up to the interview
wearing a shirt that says “I [Heart] Prague
Rock.”
His band will play the Collective at the beginning
of May with Electro Quarterstaff and
Ham. Although the three bands are quite different
in terms of genre, all three “challenge people’s
ears a little bit, and give listeners something they
might not always hear,” Warkentin says.
The “prog rock” label is one that reviewers
have used to describe each of the bands.
Originally conceived in 1998 as a psychedelic
rock act, Mahogany Frog has spent four albums
incorporating rock, electronica, jazz, late ‘50s
“ultra” lounge and ambient music to create their
unique instrumentals. They are currently recording
their fifth release with engineer Mike Petkau
at MCM Studios. It will be released this fall.
Electro Quarterstaff released their first full-length
album, Gretzky

Party for Earth
KsenIA prInTs
BeAT reporTer
As Earth Day turns more and more each year into a
political hoopla, it’s nice to see some groups still
recognizing the day’s original cause for celebration.
On April 22, JUST Community Market Co-op and the
Organic Food Council of Manitoba will give Winnipeg an
event to remember: live performances, a poetry slam, and
a vibrant night bazaar at the Pyramid Cabaret. Just don’t
wear polyester.
This event will combine Earth Day celebrations and
a fundraiser for the two groups. Money will be collected
from ticket sales and a silent auction. It is the first of two
Earth celebrations this year, the second being September’s
Harvest Moon Festival. Earth Day seemed a perfect fit for
the event, which will celebrate the natural world and its
preservation.
It will also be the kick-off event for the JUST Coop,
a new 10-member marketing co-operative that promotes
ethical businesses, artisans, and food producers
The Breakfast classic
VIVIAn BeLIK
photos by natasha peterson
I’m not going to lie; I’m a breakfast snob. Ever since I
had the good sense to learn how to cook my own breakfast
I have snubbed my nose at runny eggs, spat upon
burnt toast, and looked the other way from greasy meat.
breakfast is a meal to be championed: it’s a comforting
friend after a restless night of sleep, an undemanding date,
and a loving nurse after a long night of partying. And so
I have decided to look off the eaten track for the best in
Winnipeg’s downtown diner scene and have enlisted the
help of the Uniter’s Natasha Peterson.
chapter #8 — ham ‘N’ Eggs Grill,
273 Princess
Since this is the last issue of the Uniter before the
printing press officially breaks for the summer, I feel the
need to reign in some of my recent breakfast bitterness
and detail to you folks a diner that the inner-city should
champion.
Say the name Ham ‘n’ Eggs and you may get
a knowing grin or an enthusiastic nod from a local
Winnipegger. Admittedly, I myself, who I consider to be
no foreigner to the Winnipeg breakfast circuit, was unaware
that this little diner existed until a couple months
ago. It’s shameful, I know.
The Ham ‘N’ Eggs (more affectionately known to
some as the Ham ‘n’ Egger) is hidden away at the corner of
who practice sustainable agriculture. The co-op will also
sell the products of local organic producers, and, onceavailable,
even the group’s own sustainably-grown food.
The concept of the JUST Community Market
emerged out of concern for the future generation and the
search for a better way to produce and consume food.
“There’s a critical mass building, and a lot of grassroots
organizations are partnering… because we need to
rethink how we do things,” explains Paulette LaFortune, the
JUST Co-op’s secretary/ treasurer and the event manager.
The Organic Food Council of Manitoba, the event’s
co-organizer, is a not-for-profit local chapter of Canadian
Organic Growers. They are one of the leading networking
and education resources groups in the province, working
to promote the growing and consuming of organic food.
The council also publishes a guide for local organic and
ethical producers.
“Our vision is that all food will be grown in a sustainable
matter,” explains Sharon Taylor, who is currently
acting as Secretary for the OFCM. “[The JUST Co-op] does
a lot of work with the sustainable agriculture community of
Manitoba. We want to support them in this event.”
She hopes the event will help increase awareness
STREET cORNER OFFIcE
erIn McInTyre
VoLUnTeer sTAff
Busking, a.k.a. street performing: a performance of
varying kinds (magic, music, juggling, escapes) by
which the artist gathers an audience from passersby,
who in turn thank the artist with payment. It is an artistic
medium often overlooked, misunderstood, and shrouded
in relative mystery. How can one survive on “pass the hat”
alone? How would one even start? Why choose a life of uncertainty
and reliance on the kindness of strangers when
there are performing arts jobs that offer honorariums and
health benefits, jobs that offer security? Why not settle for
being an investment banker and get your creative kicks from
karaoke on Friday nights?
According to Wikipedia, The Forks is a worldwide
hotspot for busking (go figure), so whether or not we
Winnipeggers realize it, busking is a rather intrinsic element
of our artistic community. Who doesn’t remember jugglers
at the Children’s Festival or guitarists lining Corydon on
hot, gelati-dripping days? Yet for all that we work and play
surrounded by busking, no one really seems to know that
much about it.
Christopher Cool, a local busker who specializes
in magic and escapes, has some answers. Cool’s interest
in magic started at five years old after a visit from Ronald
McDonald to his kindergarten class. Since then he’s never
stopped and never looked back.
Cool has seen both sides of the performing arts life. He
made a living for a while doing a mix of busking and parties
or corporate gigs to pay the bills, which is how most buskers
make a living. But he also took a five-year hiatus from hiredout
events and made busking his sole means.
“I put my hat out, that’s how I lived my life,” he says.
An average day in Cool’s life includes “two to five
shows a day, weather permitting,” and more often than
not, living out of a suitcase. Winnipeg in winter is clearly not
busker-friendly so, just like my grandma, Cool flies down to
Florida every winter where there is an annual busking festival.
Travel is a necessary component of the busker lifestyle,
as weather will always be a formidable foe. But despite the
pleasantness of performing for the retirees on South Beach,
Cool maintains that The Forks is his favorite place to work.
Another challenge often encountered by buskers is
legal restrictions on when and where busking is acceptable.
Not everyone finds it entertaining. As Cool points out, “the
common perception of a busker is that they are a panhandler,
which bothers me because of the amount of work I put
in.” For him, street performance is an art.
The Forks is a rather unique busking environment
to say the least. Andrea Clow, assistant general manager
of the Forks Market, is especially proud of the way busking
NATASHA PETERSON
Princess and logan amongst car part stores, tiny Chinese
grocers, and overflowing antique shops. The Ham ‘n’ Egger
may look like a hole in the wall from the outside, but do not
be deceived. This restaurant is a diamond in the rough.
Walk inside and it’s like falling in love for the first
time. Your heart rate increases as you run your eyes
across the brightly painted yellow and blue walls covered
in campy stencils of cows, pigs, and roosters. Your breath
quickens as you inhale the deep smell of fresh potato hash
browns cooking on the grill. And the corners of your mouth
turn into a smile as you look over the collection of kitschy
pictures and signs hanging on the walls. I hadn’t even
eaten yet and I was already in breakfast ecstasy.
The Ham ‘N’ Eggs is a one-man operation run by
a fellow named Al who, according to local legend, used
to head up a local punk band in the late ‘80s called The
Stretch Marks.
Al opened up shop in 1988 and would sling eggs
and bacon to customers every day of the year (apparently
even on Christmas). These days, Al keeps his restaurant
open six days a week until three in the afternoon, serving
even the tardiest of breakfast-goers.
On this day our larger than usual group showed up
at about 10:30 a.m. and had no trouble finding space for
ten people to sit. This is somewhat surprising considering
that there are only about 10 tables at this restaurant—ex-
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of food politics and boost the council’s membership.
As part of its promotion of ethical artisans, the event
will feature five performances. The artists include poet
John Weier, Tribe of One, founder of JUST Artists Rik Leaf,
the Antigravity Project, and the headliner, Madrigaia. All
artists were chosen based on their philosophies and community
involvement.
“Art is a powerful way to get the public to listen to a
message,” says LaFortune. “These people are all very community-oriented
and connected with the Winnipeg scene.”
According to Andrina Turenne, a member of the
all-female a cappella ensemble Madrigaia, the event
immediately resonated with the group members, who
named their group after Mother Earth.
“This was a great opportunity to support a cause
that we all believe in,” she says. “I hope we can round up
a few people and entertain the crowds… through celebrating
the music of the Earth.”
The first annual JUST Words Poetry Slam will also
take place that night.
“The spoken word scene is pretty hot at the
moment,” says LaFortune.
Each artist must present a piece about the Earth
actly four more than the number of hot sauces available to
drench your hash browns and eggs in.
After settling in I was so satisfied with the atmosphere
at the Ham ‘N’ Egger that I almost forgot to order
my food. So I went up to the counter (no table service
here), shouted my order to Al, self-served my own coffee,
and sat back down by the window. Within about five minutes
I had a great big plate of breakfast deliciousness sitting
in front of me.
The breakfast is everything you could ask for:
well-textured eggs with the right amount of runniness
in the yolk, delicately greased hash browns, golden
brown toast coloured to perfection, and love—yes, lots
of breakfast love.
The Uniter
April 5, 2007
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EARth dAy EvENt pRomotES oRgANic food
ANd EthicAl ARtiSANS
oNE WRitER’S iNvEStigAtioN of
WhAt it’S likE to bE A bUSkER
is done at The Forks, explaining how well-orchestrated
the system is. First, a busker must get a busking
pass through an audition process. Once a pass
is granted, the busker must adhere to time limits,
stay at the busking stop assigned (there are 11
“busk stops” around The Forks). Also, buskers are
prohibited from personally requesting donations,
although The Forks encourages patrons to ante up
if they’ve enjoyed a show.
The Forks buskers draw a wide age range of
spectators. Kid-friendly acts are especially appreciated.
They make keen audiences. In fact, Jen and
Zach, a brother and sister duo aged 10 and 12, were
so keen, they’re now into busking, too. The two hold
a coveted Forks busking pass and were even part
of the Festival of Fools, a street performance-filled
fundraiser for the Children’s Festival. Learning their trade
first at the Greendale Community Club, Jen and Zach now do
shows at The Forks, hospitals, parties, weddings and more.
Both are undecided, however, whether they’ll stick with it.
Asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, Jen says,
“A magician…and maybe a lawyer.”
The reality is “(busking) is really not for everyone,”
Cool warns.
“It took me three years to get my show to where it
needed to be. You have to be sociable. You have to need
to do this.”
NATASHA PETERSON
or an environmental issue, and another piece of their
choice. The slam will feature spoken-word artists
Shannon Pidlubny and Nereo, and DINAC, drummer for
the Antigravity Project.
And, since Earth Day is political, environmental and
social, organizations will set up info booths at the night
bazaar, presenting things like natural incense and organic
cleaning supplies. There will also be busker performances
and a seed and used gardening tool exchange.
“We want to present the issues, but we also want to
present solutions,” says LaFortune. “There needs to be a
change in public perception and consumer spending.”
But change, they know, happens slowly. Securing
a full sponsor for the event has been a challenge, as organizations
are hesitant to invest in the new enterprise.
But LaFortune remains optimistic. The JUST Co-op and the
Organic Food Council hope the event will be an annual
tradition.
The Earth Day Celebration will take place at
the Pyramid Cabaret on April 22 the doors open
7:15 p.m. The seed and garden tool exchange is
from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Tickets $15. More info at http://
mysweetspotproductions.com
NATASHA PETERSON
To busk means to travel, to live hand to mouth (at least
for a while), to be exceptional at what you do, to work with
the public everyday, and to be continuously at the mercy of
the elements and the generosity of strangers.
But there are some big rewards. You get to make
people laugh. You meet new people, experience new places,
and find great stories to tell.
Of course, before you cut all ties to the world and hit
the road with your dancing monkeys on spinning plates balanced
on your nose act, take Cool’s advice:
“Don’t quit your day job.”
Topping this is the discovery of a yellow sign beside
the counter that reads “All food prepared without trans
fats.” An almost laughable statement, considering that the
sign beside it advertises one of the restaurant lunch items,
a “quadruple by-pass special: a four patty bacon cheeseburger,
fries, and coleslaw.”
“The Ham ‘N’ Egger is the great equalizer of people,”
says one of our guests, Adam, as he points to two businessmen
in the restaurant sitting beside a table of people
who appear to live on the street. Not only is the food great,
the décor quirky and endearing, but the people of this city
are able to come together in peace at the Ham ‘n’ Egger,
and share a bit of breakfast bliss.

April 5, 2007 The Uniter
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ENGlISH lANGUAGE PARTNERS
needed in the language Partner
Program, U of W Continuing Education
Campus, 294 William Avenue.
language partners are native (or
fluent) English speaking volunteers
who give ESl (English as a
Second language) students an
opportunity to practice speaking
English outside of the classroom
and to learn more about the Canadian
way of life. The day and time
partners meet is flexible. The time
commitment is 1-2 hours/week.
Contact Andres Hernandez at
982-6631 or email a.hernandez@
uwinnipeg.ca.
UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG TOAST-
MASTERS Meetings are held regularly
on Friday mornings at 7:15
a.m. in the UWSA boardroom in the
bulman Centre. Students, faculty,
and members of the community
are welcome. It’s an opportunity
to improve confidence in public
speaking and writing, share your
creativity, meet a diverse group
of people, and become a leader.
Come and be our guest! For more
info call 284-5081.
eveNTs
aPrIL 5 oNWarDs
KING lEAR Christopher brauer
directs the University of Winnipeg
Theatre department’s “Interpreting
Shakespeare” students in the
classic tragedy, “King lear.” April
3 - 7, 7:30 p.m. at the Gas Station
Theatre, 445 River Ave.
dEPARTMENT OF WOMEN’S ANd
GENdER STUdIES COllOQUIUM
April 7, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. in
room 2M70, Manitoba Hall. The
9th Annual Women’s and Gender
Studies Colloquium showcases
dynamic research and study undertaken
by various students over
the past year. Join us to celebrate
the knowledge and theorizing of
WGS students, including the thesis
work of Honours students’ Mandy
Fraser and Courtney Slobogian.
Feel free to stop by. lunch will be
provided.
VIRTUOSI CONCERTS Presents
lafayette String Quartet featuring
“The Final Quartets” Haydn,
Schubert and Schafer. April 14, 8
p.m. at Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall,
University of Winnipeg. Tickets
$29 adults/$27 seniors/$17 students.
Call 786-9000 or visit www.
virtuosi.mb.ca.
UWSA ANNUAl GENERAl MEET-
ING is an opportunity for you to
propose and vote on changes to
the UWSA by-laws and policies,
set the fees for the organization
and propose standing resolutions
that help set the direction for the
UWSA. by-law changes must be
submitted 21 days in advance
and motions 10 days in advance
to: uwsachair@uwinnipeg.ca.
April 18, 12:30 p.m. in the bulman
Student Centre.
SICK OF THE NORM? With dJ
brace, dJ Co Wreckt and guests.
April 20 University of Winnipeg
bulman Centre, 9 p.m. Tickets $5
at the door, $3 with student Id.
VAGINA MONOlOGUES April 20
& 21 at Eckhardt-Gram atté Hall.
University of Winnipeg Theatre
Performance. For more information,
visit www.vday.org.
AURORA FAMIlY THERAPY CENTRE
FUNdRAISING CONCERT: With
Sam baardman and Friends.
April 20, 8 p.m. at Young United
Church, 222 Furby St. Aurora Family
Therapy Centre, a non-profit
agency located at The University
of Winnipeg and offering family,
couple and individual therapy on
an ability-to-pay basis is hosting
an exciting fundraising concert
featuring Sam baardman. The
evening will include a Silent Auction
with all proceeds going to our
benevolence Fund to help support
clients who are unable to pay the
lowest therapy fee of $13 per session.
Tickets are $25 and available
by calling 204.789.1405.
FIFTH ANNUAl UNIVERSITY OF
WINNIPEG STUdENT FIlM FES-
TIVAl April 25 - 27 in Eckhardt-
Gramatte Hall. Screenings on the
25th & 26th from 7 - 9:30 p.m.
with a Friday evening gala beginning
at 7 p.m. Students wishing to
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9 at 4 p.m. For more information,
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aNNoUNCemeNTs
KAPATId IN-SCHOOl MENTORSHIP
PROGRAM Partnering university
students with Filipino new comer
high school students as in-school
mentors. Weekly Mondays to
Thursdays from 4:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m. learn how to become
eligible for the UWFSA bursary.
To volunteer email the University
of Winnipeg Filipino Students’ Association
at uw_fsa@yahoo.ca for
more information.
WII CHIIWAAKANAK lEARNING
CENTRE VOlUNTEER OPPORTU-
NITIES do you need volunteer
hours on your resume? do you
need volunteer hours for a class?
Come and volunteer in the Wii Chiiwaakanak
learning Centre. The
Community learning Commons
is located at 509-511 Ellice Ave.
Please submit your resume to:
Christine boyes, RbC Community
learning Commons Coordinator,
Wii Chiiwaakanak learning Centre,
The University of Winnipeg. Phone:
789-1431; Fax: 786-7803; Email:
clcc@uwinnipeg.ca.
WRITERS COllECTIVE ANd WINNI-
PEG FREE PRESS ANNUAl SHORT
FICTION CONTEST With several
age categories and prizes up to
$200. Winners will be published
in Collective Consciousness, the
Collective’s bimonthly journal.
Entry fee is $10 per submission
or $5 for Collective members.
Entry forms available by calling
786-9468 or emailing writerscollective@uwinnipeg.ca.
Contest
submissions must be postmarked
by April 10, 2007.
HAbITAT FOR HUMANITY in
conjunction with the Richardson
Foundation will be building a
“Student build” home this spring
for a low-income, hard working,
family. The project has 232 spots
available, but on a first come first
serve basis. Students do not have
to have training or skills to take
part, but all will have to take part
in a safety training course prior to
the build. There will be leadership
on site to assist the students. The
dates are from April 19th through
to May 25. Interested students can
drop by Counseling and Career
Services, Room 0GM06 (Mezz
level, Graham Hall) to pick up application
and waiver forms.
aroUND ToWN
CoNCerTs
PRIESTESS April 7 The Zoo. With
The Ripperz, Knuckleduster. $10
at Osborne Village Inn.
JOEl KROEKER April 7 West End
Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Tickets $12
at Ticketmaster, WECC.
THE ClIKS April 10 West End Cultural
Centre, 8 p.m. Tickets $10 at
Into the Music, Music Trader, WECC
and Ticketmaster.
EUREKA! MUSICA! April 11 University
of Manitoba Smart Park,
7 p.m. U. of M. students playing
jazz, opera and classical. Reserve
tickets at 480-1434. Free performance.
THE bIllS April 11 West End
Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Tickets $17
at Candor books & Music, WECC,
Ticketmaster.
A NORTHERN CHORUS, SORTIE
REAl April 11 Collective Cabaret.
$8 at the door.
A NIGHT bY THE FIRE PART I & II
April 11 and 13 Mondragon bookstore
and Coffeehouse, 8 p.m. each
night. April 11 features Ora Cogan
and Anni Rossi. April 13 features
lara Yule Singh and Alexia Melnychuk.
Entry by donation.
THE RObOT ATE ME April 13 Royal
Albert Arms, 10 p.m. With Run
Chico Run, Kram Ran. Tickets $10
at Music Trader, Into the Music,
Kustom Kulture, or $12 at the
door.
TOMI SWICK & JEREMY FISHER
April 14 The Garrick Centre, 7 p.m.
Tickets $17.50 through Ticketmaster.
SICK OF THE NORM? With dJ
brace, dJ Co Wreckt and guests.
April 20 University of Winnipeg
bulman Centre, 9 p.m. Tickets $5
at the door, $3 with student Id.
RESONANCE OF SPIRIT MUSICA
SPECIAlE April 20 Winnipeg Art
Gallery, Muriel Richardson Auditorium,
8 p.m. In support of Varity
Children’s Charity. Reserve at 261-
3600 or musicaspecial@hotmail.
com. Tickets $20/10.
THIRd ANNUAl KIdS HElP PHONE
bENEFIT CONCERTS April 20 & 21
West End Cultural Centre. April 20:
Port Amoral, The Knockarounds,
Asado, The braggarts. April 21: JP
Hoe, Guy Abraham band, Serena
Postel, Jd Edwards, Katie Murphy.
Tickets available at Mixtape, Into
the Music. $8 in advance/$10 at
the door for each show.
COMEbACK KId April 25 Royal
Albert Arms. benefit for Kids Help
Phone. With This Is Hell, daggermouth,
The Alx. Tickets $12 in
advance, $15 at the door at Into
the Music, Mixtape.
ComeDY
THE CAVERN 112 Osborne St
– Comedy at the Cavern. Every
second Wednesday.
THE KING’S HEAd PUb 120 King
St – King’s Head Half Pints Variety
Hour, Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Featuring
standup, improv, sketch and
alternative comedy.
lAUGH RIOT local comics take a
crack at breaking the ever-cynical
crowd at Mondragon.
FILm
CINEMATHEQUE 100 Arthur St.
925-3457. April 6 – 12, 7 p.m.: Iraq
In Fragments, lonley, 2006. April
6 – 12, 9 p.m.: Monkey Warfare,
Harkema, 2006. April 13 – 19, 7
p.m.: Verdict on Auschwitz, bickel
and Wagner, 2007.
EllICE CAFÉ & THEATRE 585 Ellice
St 975-0800 Neighbourhood theatre
and restaurant. Free movie
nights Monday – Wednesday.
PARK THEATRE 698 Osborne St
478-7275 Neighbourhood theatre
and venue. April 10: Herbie the
love bug night, 7 p.m. April 11:
Shae Murphy premiere of two short
films, 7 p.m. April 12: 3d ladies
Cinematic Society, 7 p.m. April 17:
Who Killed the Electric Car? with
the Manitoba Eco-Network.
IN THE blINK OF AN EYE features
commissioned experimental film
and video shorts from thirteen
nationally acclaimed media artists
reflecting the vast diversity
of media art production in Canada
today. The videos will be screened
on kiosks throughout the Winnipeg
Art Gallery and also before select
feature films at the Globe Cinema
at Portage Place until April 22. For
more information, visit www.wag.
mb.ca.
THeaTre, DaNCe
& mUsICaL
PerFormaNCe
THE GRINd First Thursday of the
month at Ellice Café & Theatre (585
Ellice Ave) The Grind, a venue to
encourage and develop performers
and their ideas through the
presentation of scenes, sketches,
monologues, spoken word, short
film, stand-up and music in front
of a live audience. 7p.m., $4.
INdIA SCHOOl OF dANCE, MUSIC &
THEATRE INC. April 21, 7 p.m.: ‘The
Gypsy in Me’. Muriel Richardson
Auditorium, Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Tracing the influence of the dance
of the gypsies featuring Kathak by
deepti Gupta and Flamenco by liliana
deIrisarri with special guests
Magdaragat Philippines. Tickets
Adults $15, Seniors/Students 10$.
To reserve call Pamela 256-7812
or Julie 336-0484.
MANITObA THEATRE CENTRE 174
Market Ave. Tickets available at
942-6537. Until April 7: Maugham’s
The Constant Wife.
OUT OF LINE
THEATRE
out of Line theatre presents
‘Witch’ at the Wcd Studio
from april 26 - 28.
OUT OF lINE THEATRE presents
VVitch created and performed by
Ian Mozdzen and Mia van leeuwen.
Winnipeg’s Contemporary
dancers Studio, April 26-28, 8 p.m.
nightly with a 3 p.m. matinee on
April 28. Tickets $15/$12.
PRAIRIE THEATRE EXCHANGE Third
floor, Portage Place. Call 942-5483
or visit www.pte.mb.ca. Until April
15: Norm Foster, Here on the Flight
Path.
WINNIPEG’S CONTEMPORARY
dANCERS Second Annual dinner
and dance. April 15, 6 p.m. at
Oui bistro & Wine bar, bannatyne
Ave. at King St. $50 per person,
with a $25 charitable tax receipt.
Reserve at 452-0229 or tickets@
winnipegscontemporarydancers.
ca.
GROUNdSWEll CONCERT SERIES
WCd Studio Theatre, 211 bannatyne
St. April 12 – 14: Ground-
Swell joins Winnipeg’s Contemporary
dancers and Chartier danse
to present Screaming Popes, 8
p.m. Tickets $28/18/15. Visit www.
gswell.ca for info and tickets.
MANITObA CHAMbER ORCHESTRA
Call MCO at 783-7377 or pick up
tickets at McNally Robinson or
Ticketmaster. All concerts begin
at 7:30 p.m. at Westminster United
Church. Next concert is on April
25.
VIRTUOSI CONCERTS Presents
lafayette String Quartet featuring
“The Final Quartets” Haydn,
Schubert and Schafer. April 14, 8
p.m. at Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall,
University of Winnipeg. Tickets
$29 adults/$27 seniors/$17 students.
Call 786-9000 or visit www.
virtuosi.mb.ca.
WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHES-
TRA Concerts almost weekly
during the winter. Call 949-
3999 or visit www.wso.mb.ca.
lITERARY
McNAllY RObINSON GRANT PARK
April 5, 8 p.m.: Marueen Fergus, 8
p.m.: Exploits of a Reluctant. April
9, 8 p.m.: Oni the Haitian Sensation
Ghettostocracy. April 10, 8 p.m.:
Arthur Kroeger, Hard Passage: A
Mennonite Family’s long Journey
from Russia to Canada. April 11, 8
p.m.: Uma Parameswaran, Figher
Pilots, Never die, The Forever
banyah Tree and The Sweet Smell
of Mother’s Milk-Wed bodice.
April 12, 8 p.m.: Alison Calder,
Wolf Tree. April 16, 8 p.m.: Andrea
Mandel-Campbell, Why Mexicans
don’t drink Molson. April 23 – 27:
Manitoba book Week.
McNAllY RObINSON PORTAGE
PlACE April 12: Open mic night,
7 p.m.
SPEAKING CROW OPEN-MIC PO-
ETRY First Tuesday of the month at
Academy bar & Eatery.
AQUA bOOKS 89 Princess St. The
Stone Soup Storytellers’ Circle,
veteran Winnipeg storytellers,
meets for storytelling once a
month on Saturdays at 7:30 p.m;
next get together is on April 14:
ideaExchange: Aqua books, in
conjunction with St. benedict’s
Table, is pleased to present our
award-winning monthly conversation
series dealing with issues
of faith, life, theology and pop
culture. April 16: Prairie Writers
Vol. 2, 7:30 p.m.
OUT lOUd is an open mic opportunity
for you to give your words
voice. Every two weeks a special
guest will kick off the evening after
which the mic is open for your
words of any genre in five minutes
or less. Third Thursday of the
month at the Millennium library at
251 donald. Sign up is at 7 p.m.
Open mic at 7:50 p.m. Free.
MANITObA WRITERS’ GUIld Ad
lIb is an evening of improvestyle
word games. Every night is
guaranteed to be different and full
of laughs. From round stories to
fridge magnet poetry, from opening
lines to creating new endings,
there’s no limit to the places these
games – or your writing – can go.
First Thursday of the month at the
Millennium library at 251 donald
at 7:30 p.m. Free.
THE WRITERS’ COllECTIVE
PRESENTS Freelance writing for
newspapers with Gerald Flood,
comment editor with the Winnipeg
Free Press. learn to pitch a story,
or a commentary worth publishing;
what works, what doesn’t.
April 21, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. in room
2C10, University of Winnipeg.
$15 for WC members, $30 for
non-members. To register, email
writerscollective@uwinnipeg.ca
or call 786-9468.

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gaLLerIes &
eXHIBITIoNs
ACE ART INC. 290 Mcdermot St.
944-9763. Contemporary art. Until
April 21 ‘Transition/Transaction’
featuring two video works by
Aboriginal media artists Gabriel
Yahyahkeekoot and daybi. Curated
by Elwood Jimmy.
ARTbEAT STUdIO INC. 4-62 Albert
St. 943-5194. Community-based
contemporary art.
ART CITY 616 broadway Ave.
775-9856. Featuring high quality
artistic programming for kids and
adults.
THE EdGE ARTIST VIllAGE ANd
GAllERY 611 Main St. Contemporary
art.
GAllERY 1C03 Centennial Hall,
University of Winnipeg 515 Portage
Ave. 786-9253. The Gallery
provides the campus community
and general public with opportunities
to learn about visual art,
thereby reinforcing and emphasizing
the educational mandate of
the University.
GAllERY 803 - 803 Erin St. 489-
0872. Featuring local artists.
GAllERY ONE ONE ONE Main Floor
Fitzgerald building, School of Art
U of Manitoba 474-9322. Showing
and collecting contemporary and
historical art at the U of M.
GRAFFITI GAllERY 109 Higgins
Ave. 667-9960. A not-for-profit
community youth art center, using
art as a tool for community, social,
economic and individual growth.
Until May 14: Patrick Ross solo
painting exhibition.
HIGH OCTANE GAllERY, OSbORNE
VIllAGE CUlTURAl CENTRE 445
River @ Osborne St. 284-9477.
local community art gallery.
KEEPSAKES GAllERY 264 Mcdermot
Ave. 943-2446. A non-profit
gallery promoting handmade art,
crafts, pottery, cards and more.
KEN SEGAl GAllERY 4-433
River Ave. 477-4527. Showcase
of original contemporary art. Until
April 28: ‘Second Nature’ by Keith
Wood.
lA GAlERIE at the CENTRE CUl-
TUREl FRANCO-MANITObAIN 340
Provencher blvd. 233-8972. Until
April 29: Shahla bahrami.
lAbEl GAllERY 510 Portage Ave.
772-5165. Volunteer artist-run
non-profit art centre showcasing
works of community artists.
MARTHA STREET STUdIO 11
Martha St. 772-6253. Showcasing
the fine art of printmaking. Until
April 20: lynne Allen’s ‘Shortcut
To Heaven.’
MAWA - MENTORING ARTISTS FOR
WOMEN’S ART 611 Main St. 949-
9490. Supporting women artists at
their new home on Main Street.
MEdEA GAllERY 132 Osborne St.
453-1115. Until April 14: ‘Our Winnipeg’,
leo McVarish.
OUTWORKS GAllERY 3rd Floor
290 Mcdermot Ave. 949-0274. Artist-run
studio and exhibition space
in the Exchange. On now: ‘Into the
Fire’, delaney Earthdancer.
PlATFORM (CENTRE FOR PHO-
TOGRAPHIC ANd dIGITAl ARTS)
121-100 Arthur St. 942-8183.
Photo-based media. Salon Nights:
Hosted and directed by a different
local artist.
PlUG-IN ICA 286 Mcdermot Ave.
942-1043. Until April 28: Clifford
Wiens’ ‘Telling details: The Architecture
of Clifford Wiens’.
SEMAI GAllERY basement Corridor,
264 Mcdermot Ave. 943-2446.
Until April 10: Patrick dunford’s
‘beekeepers’.
URbAN SHAMAN 203-290 Mcdermot
Ave. 942-2674. Contemporary
Aboriginal art. Until April 28:
‘Across the divide’, with two master
printmakers Ahmoo Angeconeb
and lynne Allen.
VAUlT GAllERY 2181 Portage Ave.
888-7414. Until April 7: A collaboration
of Manitoba women artists
entitled ‘Epiphany’. Opening April
13: Clarence Tillenius “National
Treasure.”
VIdEO POOl MEdIA ARTS CENTRE
300-100 Arthur St. 949-9134.
Contemporary media art. Until
April 13: ‘Sidereal Projections
[rover]’ by Erika lincoln.
WAH-SA GAllERY Johnston
Terminal at The Forks. Aboriginal
artwork. April 19 – 30: Gayle
Sinclaire.
WAYNE ARTHUR GAllERY 186
Provencher blvd. 477-5249. Gallery
for Manitoba-based artists.
Until May 2: Ecstasy and other
paintings by Peter Van Went.
WINNIPEG ART GAllERY 300 Memorial
blvd. 786-6641. Wednesdays:
Art for lunch. 12:10 p.m. – 1
p.m. Until April 22: ‘In the blink of
an Eye,’ video exhibition. Until April
22: Antler Into Art. Until April 29:
Take Comfort, the Career of Charles
Comfort. Until May 6: ‘deliverance
and Hope-The Significance of
Marconi in the Sculpture of John
McEwen. Until May 6: ‘deliverance
and Hope—The Significance of
Marconi in the Sculpture of John
McEwan.’ Until May 20: Through
the Eyes of a Child. Until June 3:
Masters of the baroque.
Bars, CaFes & veNUes
ACAdEMY bAR & EATERY 414
Academy Rd. Mondays: Open Mic.
Wednesdays: Karaoke. April 5: No
Nonsense. April 6: Jeremy Proctor.
April 12: broadkaster. April
13: Manitoba Songwriters’ Circle.
April 14: Hook Norton.
THE CAVERN / TOAd IN THE HOlE
108 Osborne St. Tuesdays: Three
Piece Madness. Every second
Wednesday: Comedy at the Cavern.
April 13: The Farrell bros., The
Crackdown.
CENTRE CUlTUREl FRANCO-
MANITObAIN 340 Provencher
blvd. Tuesdays: le Mârdi Jazz.
April 10: Mike Swickis. April 17:
les ensembles de l’Universite du
Manitoba. April 24: Peter Frohlich.
COllECTIVE CAbARET / dIE
MASCHINE CAbARET 108 Osborne
St. Thursdays: Good Form, Indie
Club Night, $3. Hosted by dJ Font
Crimes and Rob Vilar. Fridays:
Punk/Hardcore Night w/ Fat Mat
& Scott Wade. Saturdays: Goth/
Industrial Night. April 7: Giv’R’s
fourth annual Cobain Tribute
with Normal, Neumenon, Ends
& Means. April 10: School’s Out
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Party Hard Meltdown with Andrew
WK. April 11: A Northern Chorus,
Sortie Real. April 14: Women in
Rock with Anthem Red, Wife.
ElEPHANT & CASTlE PUb 350 St.
Mary Ave. Thursdays at 8p.m.:
PubStumpers. Sundays: Student
night with live entertainment.
April 8: boat.
EllICE CAFÉ & THEATRE 587 Ellice
Ave. Neighbourhood café and theatre
showing films and showcasing
local talent.
FINN’S PUB Johnson Terminal
at The Forks. Tuesdays: Ego
Spank, 10:30 p.m. Mondays:
Open mic with Guy Abraham.
April 5: Les Voyous. April 12:
Athavale. April 13: Guy Abraham
Band. April 14: Groovy
Moustache. April 20: Les Voyous.
April 21: Justin Lacroix
Band.
FOlK EXCHANGE 211 bannatyne
Ave. Traditional Singers’ Circle
(third Monday of each month, $2
at the door). drumming Circle
(fourth Monday of each month, $2
at the door. Folk Club (first Monday
of each month, $4.99 at the door).
Hootenanny Nights (first Saturday
of the month). Tickets for all Folk
Exchange concerts are available
at the Festival Music Store (231-
1377), or at the door. April 13:
diana Pops, 8 p.m.
GIO’S 155 Smith St. Wednesdays:
Karaoke. Thursdays: bump n’
Grynd. Fridays: dJ daNNo dance
party. First Saturday of the month:
Womyn’s night. Q-Pages book
Club, 5 p.m. April 5: Fake Friday.
April 14: debutante ball.
HOOlIGANS NEIGHbOURHOOd PUb
61 Sherbrooke St. Mondays &
Tuesdays: Karaoke. Wednesdays:
little boy boom.
KING’S HEAd PUb 100 King St.
Tuesdays: The Original Comedy
of the Kings Head. See Comedy
for details. Sundays: All The Kings
Men. April 5: Subcity dwellers.
April 7: Justin lacroix. April 13:
billy Joe Green. April 14: Rubbersoul.
April 20: Men In Kilts. April
21: Whole lotta Angus.
lAbEl GAllERY 510 Portage Ave.
local art gallery and music and
literary shows.
MONdRAGON bOOKSTORE ANd
COFFEEHOUSE 91 Albert St. Political
bookstore and vegan restaurant
hosting readings, speakers
and concerts. April 11: A Night by
The Fire part I. April 13: A Night
by The Fire part II. April 19: Mike
Palecek launches The American
dream, 7 p.m.
THE SECRET
Wcaa presents the Secret,
april 5, 7 p.m. at the Park theatre
THE PARK THEATRE 698 Osborne
St. Mondays: SoapScum presents
Cruise boat, an improvised soap
opera. Fridays: Riverview Club, 5
p.m. April 5: WCAA presents “The
Secret” 7 p.m. April 6: AbC Talent
Fundraiser, 6 - 9 p.m. April 9: Saxology,
7:30 p.m. April 13: Scene It
fundraiser for the Manitoba Playwright
Assocation, 7 p.m.
PYRAMId CAbARET 176 Fort St.
Wednesdays: New Wave w/ dJ Rob
Vilar. Thursdays: The Mod Club.
Sundays: Search 4 RA NRG. April
5: dJ Co-op and Hunnicutt. April
7: dJ Zahn vs. dJ Cory Ash. April
9: Kyle Riabko. April 17: The Nods,
American Flamewhip, Racecar.
REGAl bEAGlE 331 Smith St. Tuesdays:
Hatfield McCoy. Wednesdays:
Open Mic Nite. Weekends: blues.
ROYAl AlbERT ARMS 48 Albert
St. April 5: Kursk, dead dogs, Sea
Wizard. April 13: The Robot Ate Me,
Run Chico Run, Kram Ran. April
18: The Clorox Girls, The Red dons,
The Singletons.
SHANNON’S IRISH PUb 175
Carlton St. Sundays: Nate bryski.
Mondays: Jeremy Williamez.
Thursdays: 80s Night.
TIMES CHANGE(d) HIGH ANd
lONESOME ClUb Main St @ St.
Mary Ave. Sundays: blues Jam
with big dave Mclean. No cover
charge. April 5: Twerps with The
d-Rangers, Zeke Preston. April
7: Trucker blowout 2007 Mach
1 with The Jakebreaks. April 12:
The d-Rangers. April 13-14: The
Perpetrators Cd Release. April
19: Romi Mayes and Chris ladd.
April 20: Righteous Ike. April 21:
Twilight Hotel.
WEST ENd CUlTURAl CENTRE Ellice
Ave @ Sherbrook St. See Concerts
for details. April 5: C-Weed
with Eagle & Hawk and friends.
April 7: Joel Kroeker. April 10: The
Cliks. April 11: The bills. April 13:
S.O.S. with Moments of brilliance,
losing Focus.
WINdSOR HOTEl 187 Garry St.
Tuesdays: Jam with Ragdoll blues.
Wednesdays: Jam with big dave
Mclean. April 5: Silent Nite benefit
featuring South Thunderbird. April
7: South Thunderbird. April 12-13:
Gary Primich. April 19-20: diane
brathwaite & Chris Whiteley.
THE ZOO / OSbORNE VIllAGE INN
160 Osborne St. Thursdays: New
band Showcase – No Cover. April
5: Indy Nosebone with Intransformation,
Coda. April 7: Priestess,
The Ripperz, Knuckleduster. April
12: Grindfest with Early Grace,
Cunt Punisher, Perdition, Nail
brick. April 13: Grindfest with Cruelty,
Mandatory death, big Trouble
in little China, Red blanket. April
14: damascus, Krull, Amongst the
Filth, Savannah, Infraction Psychotic
Gardening. April 19: losing
Focus, dia dolor, Floor 13.
eveNTs
CommUNITY
(see also On-Campus Events)
THE bIKE dUMP Just in time for
your spring bike tune-up! Starting
April (not this week, but the next)
the bike dump will be open to the
public from 5-9 p.m. on Thursday
evenings. This is in addition to
our current hours on Sunday from
12-5 p.m. Or, if you have no bike,
and no time to build one, we have
nearly a dozen affordable recycled
bicycles for sale. At 631 Main
Street, in the back.
CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS ON THE
WORld’S STAGE by Ingrid Iremark,
the Swedish Ambassador, on her
visit to Winnipeg. Hosted by the
Winnipeg Press Club. April 5, 8
- 10 p.m. at the Winnipeg Press
Club, 331 Smith St. Tickets $5 for
WPC members, $7 otherwise.
FARMING THE CITY bENEFIT CON-
CERT Entertainment will be provided
by Papa Mambo, Rockalypso,
ARd-RI, Viva Capoeira, Three Piece
Ensemble. Growing and Gardening
displays by “Friends of Earthshare”.
All proceeds to the Earthshare
Agricultural Cooperative.
April 17, Pantages Theatre, 180
Market Ave. $15, available at
Welcome Place, 397 Carlton Ave.,
or call 832-4197 to reserve.
CHIldHOOd AFTER MOdERNITY?
With dr. Joseph dunne, dublin City
University’s St. Patrick’s College.
A few of his current research
interests include: the philosophy
and history of childhood, practical
knowledge and professional practice,
and liberal and republican
conceptions of citizenship. April
19, 7:30 - 9 p.m. in room 224,
Education building, University of
Manitoba.
MAMMOTH AllIANCE FIlM INdUS-
TRY ASSOCIATION presents “How
to Get a Job on a Film Crew (How
to Get Work in the Movies)” on
April 21 at 10 a.m. on the fourth
floor of 100 Arthur St. This 3 hour
workshop will be very comprehensive
and cover all aspects of getting
work on a film crew. We will
go over actual forms you will have
to complete and photos of equipment
or vehicles you would work
alongside. $40 includes handouts,
snacks and refreshments.
aNNoUNCemeNTs &
oPPorTUNITIes
dO YOU lIKE WORKING WITH NEW-
COMER CHIldREN IN OUR COMMU-
NITY? If so, consider volunteering
with some of our programs. The
Citizenship Council of Manitoba
Inc. International Centre is looking
for student volunteers to help new
arrivals to Canada learn English
and feel welcome in our country.
Opportunities exist to give their
time and support to the Centre’s
Immigrant Children and Youth Programs
including Sports Activities
for Newcomer Kids, Empowerment
for Newcomer Youth, Newcomer
buddy Welcome Program and our
After Class Education Program.
If you’d like to help out, contact
Si-il Park at 943-9158 ext 285 or
688-1941.
SPREAd THE WORd! Manitoba’s
book Publishing Industry not only
provides interesting jobs for arts
grads as authors, editors, designers
and publicists, they also create
quality books every year on every
subject under the sun. From the
ass-kicking new kids at Arbeiter
Ring through the literary presses
to the venerable U of M Press, it’s
a young and vital industry. The 16
member publishers of the Association
of Manitoba book Publishers
invite you to SPREAd THE WORd
with a series of interesting events,
mostly free, during the 10th annual
Manitoba book Week April 23
– 28. See www.bookpublishers.
mb.ca for an event near you.
lOOKING FOR WAYS TO GIVE bACK
TO THE COMMUNITY, develop
new friendships, make a positive
impact and lasting influence in
people’s lives, and volunteer within
a multi-cultural community?
The Immigrant and Refugee Community
Organization of Manitoba
(IRCOM) has exciting volunteer
opportunities for you with afterschool
programs for kids who
live at IRCOM with the purpose
of developing healthy friendships
and exposing them to new experiences
in Canada. Contact Evelyne
Ssengendo at 943-8765 or email
at evelynes@ircom.ca if you are
interested in volunteering or have
any questions.
THE lATE lUNCH SHOW Attention
independent artists and producers!
beginning September 15,
2006 at 1:00 p.m. Arts and Cultural
Industries Manitoba (ACI) presents
the late lunch Show, a series of
9 fabulous workshops designed
specifically for the self-employed.
With topics ranging from Healing
Through the Arts to Financial Management,
each hour-long session
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liStiNgS & AWARdS
with professionals, network with
other independent artists/producers,
and gain valuable knowledge
about the cultural industry. Registration
is $5.00 and includes a
delicious lunch, so call 927-2787
to reserves your spot today.
ARE YOU INTERESTEd IN A CAREER
IN FIlM? Manitoba¹s growing film
industry is looking for people who
are hard working, self-motivated,
and have strong communication
skills to become members of
Manitoba¹s film crew. To learn
more about working in Manitoba¹s
expanding film industry, attend a
free Monthly Information Session
the first Wednesday of every month
from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Film Training
Manitoba, 100-62 Albert St. For
more information call 989.9669 or
visit www.filmtraining.mb.ca.
THE FRIENdS OF SHERbROOK POOl
are dedicated to promoting and
preserving the 75-year-old West
End pool from the threat of closure.
The Sherbrook Pool has a modern
cardio and weight room and offers
specialty fitness programs for
seniors, fibromyalgia, and arthritis.
There are a variety of swim times
starting at 6:45 a.m. There are also
FREE swims on Fri, Sat. and Sun.
from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. and loonie
swims on Saturday and Sunday
from 2-3:30 p.m. The pool is located
at 381 Sherbrook Street, one
block north of Portage. For detailed
schedules drop by the pool or call
986-5926.
CAMP QUAlITY MANITObA, a
non-profit volunteer organization
is looking for a few good people.
Camp Quality provides a unique
weeklong camp experience (from
August 11 – 18, 2007) to children
with cancer and provides support
for their families. It is staffed
entirely by volunteers. If you are
interested, please contact Noelle
at 1-866-799-6103 or email Manitoba@campquality.com.
SENd + RECEIVE CAll FOR
SUbMISSIONS from Canadian
media and audio artists for Send
+ Receive: A Festival of Sount, May
8 – 13, 2007 in Winnipeg. For submission
guidelines, please contact
sendandreceiveorg@gmail.com.
bUSINESS bASICS FOR MUSICIANS
with the Manitoba Conservatory
of Music & Arts. discover occupational
opportunities for musicians,
learn basic artist management
techniques, and find out how to
prepare promotional materials.
Join instructor Julie biggs for this
5-week course, starting Saturday,
April 7. Space is limited - sign up
today. For details or to register,
contact the Conservatory at 943-
6090 or visit www.mcma.ca.
2007 PRAIRIE FIRE PRESS - McNally
Robinson Writing Contests (bliss
Carman Poetry Award - Judge:
barry dempster, Short Fiction
- Judge: bill Gaston, Creative Non-
Fiction - Judge: Mark Anthony Jarman.
$6,000 in prizes. First prize
in each category $1,250, 2nd prize
$500, 3rd prize $250. deadline: November
30, 2007. For information
contact: Prairie Fire Press, 423-100
Arthur St., Winnipeg, Manitoba R3b
1H3. Phone: (204) 943-9066, Email:
prfire@mts.net, or check out
our web site for guidelines at www.
prairiefire.ca.
AWArds & fInAncIAL AId: InforMATIon
UNIversITY
oF WINNIPeg
INTerNaL aWarDs:
grAdUATe & professIonAL sTUdIes
expenses BUrsAry:
This bursary assists students with respect
to the high costs associated with applying
to graduate and professional schools. Applicants
must meet the following criteria:
1) have a minimum gpA of 3.55 in the previous
academic year;
2) be registered in the final year of an
honours or four year degree program in
Arts or science, or in the final year of the
Integrated B.ed program;
3) have documented financial need: a
canada student Loan/provincial Loan or a
student line of credit at a banking institution;
4) both full-time and part-time students
may apply.
Applications are available in the Awards
office located in student services. Applications
will be evaluated on a first come, first
serve basis, and as funds allow.
docTor JAMes ross BUrsAry:
This bursary will be awarded to a full-time
student or students graduating from the
University who have been accepted into
a medical school. The value of the award
is $5000 and up to five awards may be
awarded. Interested students should
complete the application and financial need
assessment form.
The assessment of financial need will be
based on the applicants’ expenses and
resources for the current academic year
(2006-2007), not on costs of attending
medical school in 2007-2008. The successful
applicant(s) will be notified in the
spring. This will be a tentative offer, pending
confirmation of admission to a medical
school.
Applications are available in the Awards office
located in graham Hall and at student
central in centennial Hall. deadline: April
20, 2007.
UnIVersITy of WInnIpeg InTernATIonAL
sTUdenT BUrsAry progrAM
International students who are attending
The University of Winnipeg and who have
financial need may apply for bursary assistance.
The value is up to $2500 per term
or a maximum of $5000 over the May to
March academic year.
To be eligible, students must meet the
following criteria:
• be an international student attending
the University of Winnipeg on a student
Authorization;
• have documented financial need;
• be registered on a full-time basis:
minimum 60% course load (18 credits for
fall/Winter academic year) (9 credits for a
single term);
• pursuing a University of Winnipeg degree
program;
• satisfactory academic progress: successfully
completing at least a 60% course
load;
• maintains satisfactory academic standing:
regular status or a “c”average (2.00
gpA).
Interested students should complete the
Application and the financial need Assessment
form, available from the Awards
& financial Aid office, student central or
from the International office. students are
required to also provide four months of upto-date
bank statements. return completed
applications to the Awards office in graham
Hall. deadline: April 23, 2007.
eXTerNaL aWarDs:
UnIVersITy of MAnIToBA grAdUATe
scHoLArsHIps
go to website http://www.umanitoba.
ca/faculties/graduate_studies/funding/112.
htm for more information.
foLK ArTs coUncIL of Wpg: MArK &
doroTHy dAnzKer scHoLArsHIps
five scholarships of $1,000 will be awarded
to students who demonstrate excellence
for the preservation of cultural heritage,
through volunteering in a cultural activity
in the general community and perform well
academically with a 3.0 gpA or better. you
must be accepted or be currently enrolled
in a university, college or other recognized
post-secondary institution within canada.
you must be between the age of 17 and
25. you must be a resident of Manitoba for
at least 50% of your life. Applications are
available in the Awards and financial Aid office
in graham Hall or on the website www.
folklorama.ca. deadline: April 13, 2007.
reTAIL As A cAreer scHoLArsHIp progrAM
2007 AppLIcATIon
The retail council of canada is offering
scholarships to students entering or
currently in a business or retail related
program at a canadian post-secondary
institution. The scholarship values are
20 - $1000 retailer sponsored scholarships
and 20 - all expense paid trips to sTore
– canada’s retail conference in June for
scholarship awards presentation.
To be eligible to apply, students must meet
the following criteria and provide the following:
• attending a canadian college or University
full time or part-time in fall 2007;
• pursuing a retail or business-related
program;
• working at least part-time in retail;
• complete the Application form and release
form found at www.retaileducation.
ca;
• provide a reference letter from your
current retail employer. The letter should
demonstrate the applicant’s commitment
to the retail industry, how the applicant
has distinguished; his/herself from other
employees and why the applicant should
be awarded this scholarship (200 words or
less max);
• a typed essay that answers the following
question: At present, most canadian
industries are competing for tomorrow’s
most talented professionals. Today’s
students will lead canadian businesses
toward continued future prosperity. What
information and insights would you provide
to students to encourage them to make
retail their career? Why do you want to
build your career in the retail industry?
(500 – 700 words max.);
• proof of enrolment in a canadian postsecondary
school (letter of acceptance or
proof of payment will suffice);
• official transcript;
• current employer/supervisor contact
information.
forward your application and all documentation
to: retail as a career scholarship
program c/o retail council of canada,
1255 Bay street suite 800, Toronto, on
M5r 2A9.
deadline: April 13, 2007.
THe WALTer & dUncAn gordon foUndA-
TIon: 2007 global youth fellowship
This fellowship is targeted towards emerging,
young canadian leaders who demonstrate
potential to enhance canada’s role
on the world stage. The fellowships will
provide successful candidates with a cash
award of $20,000 as well as other forms
of support.
To be eligible you must meet the following
criteria:
• be a canadian citizen or landed immigrant
• 24-35 years of age
• have previous international experience
– paid or volunteer
• demonstrated sustained commitment to
international issues through studies, career
choices and volunteer activities.
Applications and more information can be
found at www.gordonfn.org. deadline: April
20, 2007.
MTs: pUrsUe yoUr cALLIng scHoLArsHIp
progrAM
Are you entering the University of Winnipeg
next year and planning for a career in
economics, statistics or Business computing?
If you are, check out the MTs pursue
your calling scholarship program. Benefits
include: $1000 towards tuition fees for up to
four years, summer employment opportunities,
and much more.
Applications can be found on-line at www.
mts.ca/careers. deadline: April 30, 2007
donALd H. LAnder scHoLArsHIp
This scholarship is valued at $1000 and
offered annually to students entering third
year of a program leading to a degree in
business administration or management.
eligible candidates must be a canadian
citizen or landed immigrant and will have
achieved a high level of academic excel-
The Awards and financial Aid staff of the University of Winnipeg provides our student body with
current information on award opportunities. This information is updated weekly.
lence (A average) and have demonstrated
an interest and involvement in international
management studies. This many include
participation in an organization such as
AIesec.
Applications are available in the Awards
office located in graham Hall. deadline:
May 1, 2007.
MÉTIs HeALTH HUMAn resoUrces InITIA-
TIVe scHoLArsHIp progrAM:
Manitoba Métis federation is offering
a unique funding opportunity for Métis
students entering into or already involved
in health related studies. This scholarship’s
goal is to:
• create a representative workforce of
Métis nurses, physicians, physiotherapists,
pharmacists, dentists, and other health
system providers
• encourage more Métis applicants into
health related fields and professions
• ensure the support necessary for success
and continuation in the chosen professions
• build a network of Métis professionals
who will ensure culture competence and
safe health care for Métis people
noTe: University of Winnipeg students
enrolled in degree programs with the intention
that their degree will lead them into a
priority health and wellness profession can
apply for this program.
for example, Bsc, BA Kinesiology, BA
sociology, BA psychology and psychiatric
nursing programs will be considered.
please identify on your application your
career interest. some career examples are:
dentist, dietician, environmental Health
officer, Health Administrator, occupation
Therapist, physical Therapist, respiratory
Therapist, nurse Bn, nurse Bn (ep), nurse
Midwife, registered psychiatric nurse,
nutritionist, optometrist, pharmacist, physician,
psychologist.
To be eligible, you must meet the following
criteria:
• 18 years of age or older;
• resident of Manitoba;
• admitted to or pending admission to
University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg,
or University of Brandon;
• you must have high school standing,
have a minimum gpA of 2.5, or be a mature
student;
• be an involved volunteer in your Métis
community or be involved in Métis cultural
activities;
• have potential for success (community
leadership, extracurricular involvement);
• supply a letter of support from your
Métis community leader and a personal
reference.
Applications are available on website www.
mmf.mb.ca. Look under the department link
and then the Métis Health and Human resources
Initiative. deadline: May 15, 2007.
norMA epsTeIn AWArd for creATIVe
WrITIng:
This biennial national prize of $1000 is
open to any student regularly enrolled
in an undergraduate or graduate degree
course at a canadian University. The
categories include fiction, drama or verse.
Two typewritten copies of each entry must
be submitted with a complete entry form
bearing the official stamp and signature of
the registrar of the authors own University
or college. More details are found on the
application forms which are available in
the Awards office located in graham Hall.
deadline: May 15, 2007.
spInA BIfIdA And HydrocepHALUs AssocIATIon
of cAnAdA BUrsArIes:
This bursary program was established
in 1993 to celebrate and support canadian
persons with spina bifida and/or
hydrocephalus in their efforts to pursue an
education. Applicants may be accepted for
studies at university or another recognized
program at any post-secondary facility in
canada. Application forms are available
on-line at www.sbhac.ca. deadline: May
15, 2007.
cAroL THoMson MeMorIAL fUnd scHoL-
ArsHIp
This scholarship is for an individual with
a learning disability, who through effort
and perseverance, is seeking to use his or
her potential to its maximum. The purpose
of this award is to encourage canadian
students with learning disabilities to pursue
college, private vocational school or an
undergraduate program at a canadian
university. The value of this award is $1000.
More information about this award and the
application form can be found on website,
www.ldac-taac.ca. deadline: May 15, 2007.
JoAnnA ToWnsend AppLIed ArTs scHoL-
ArsHIp
Awarded to a canadian student with learning
disabilities who demonstrates an interest in
pursuing an education and/or career in any
of the various applied arts programs including
the performance of music (instrumental
or vocal), drama, dance, the creativity
of visual art such as fine art (sculpture,
painting), illustrations, animation, film or
graphic design. The value of the award is
$1000. More information about this award
and the application form can be found on
website, www.ldac-taac.ca. deadline: May
15, 2007.
THe HArry JeroMe scHoLArsHIps: BBpA
Apply for these scholarships if you are a
black African or black caribbean student.
you must be a canadian citizen or a permanent
resident who is between 17 – 30
years of age at the end of september 2007.
you must be enrolled in full-time graduate
or undergraduate studies at a canadian
college or University for 2007-2008. Applications
are available at www.bbpa.org.
deadline: May 31, 2007.
MoTHers AgAInsT drUnK drIVIng (MAdd)
BUrsAry:
It is MAdd canada’s goal to provide financial
assistance to canadian students who
have had a parent or guardian killed in an
impaired-driving crash. To be eligible you
must be pursuing a full-time post secondary
educational program that is approved
by a provincial Ministry of education. MAdd
canada Bursary values are up to a maximum
of $2,000. Applications are available
on-line at www.madd.ca. deadline: May
31st 2007.
MAryMoUnd BUrsAry progrAM
The Marymound Bursary program aims to
assist students financially with their education
and training goals. Applicants must
meet the following criteria:
• presently or in the past have received
services at Marymound for at least a six
month period of time. persons receiving
services from all program areas are eligible
including the Treatment foster care program,
Marymound school, all Marymound
community group homes or closed units,
the sexual Abuse Treatment program and
Marymound north.
• be under the age of 30 years at the time
of application.
• show proof that he/she has been accepted
to an education/training program at
an accredited learning institution.
Applications are available at www.
marymound.com or in the Awards office in
graham Hall
deadline June 1, 2007.
nATIonAL ABorIgInAL AcHIeVeMenT
foUndATIon:
nAAf scholarship applications for 2007-
2008 provide a variety of awards for
canadian Aboriginal students. deadline
dates vary depending upon your program
of study. To apply, you must be a canadian
resident, an Aboriginal student: (first nations,
Métis or Inuit), and enrolled in
full-time post-secondary studies. Award
amounts will vary. Juries review each
application individually. submit your application
no sooner than two weeks prior
to the deadline. Applications are available
at www.naaf.ca. deadline: June 1, 2007 for
programs in Business, science and general
education.
JoHn gyLes edUcATIon AWArds:
The John gyles education Awards are available
each year to students in both canada
and the Us. They are the result of a private,
benevolent endeavour established in 1990
with the help of a canadian/American
benefactor. They have a value up to $3,000;
the field is unrestricted; must have full
canadian or American citizenship and a
minimum gpA of 2.7. criteria other than
academic ability and financial need are
considered.
Applications are available at www.johngyleseducationcenter.com.
send completed
application form to: John gyles education
Awards, Attention: r. James cougle,
Administrator, p.o. Box 4808, station “A”,
259-103 Brunswick street, fredericton, new
Brunswick, canada, e3B 5g4. deadline:
June 1, 2007.
MILLennIUM exceLLence nATIonAL IncoUrse
AWArds:
The canada Millennium scholarship
foundation offers awards to recognize
and foster academic excellence, creative
leadership and active citizenship in upperyear
post secondary student. Awards will
be made to students who have not been
previously recognized with a substantial
merit scholarship.
The foundation will distribute
• 100- $5000 awards renewable for one
additional year;
• 200-$4000 renewable for one additional
year;
• 900-$4000 one-year scholarships.
criteria:
• canadian citizen or have permanent
resident status;
• enrolment in a recognized undergraduate
first-entry program leading to a degree,
diploma or certificate at an eligible and
approved canadian post-secondary educational
institution. In the past five years,
an applicant may not have already obtained
another degree, diploma or certificate from
a program of at least 2 years’ duration (16
months );
• be enrolled as a full-time student with a
minimum of a (80% course load) which is
24 credit hours in the 2006-2007 academic
year;
• students with disabilities may be
enrolled at (60% course load) which is
18 credit hour in the 2006-2007 academic
year;
• student must also be expecting to enrol
in a minimum of 24 credits (80% course
load) in the 2007-2008 academic year;
• gpA 3.5 minimum;
• no previous receipt of a substantial
merit scholarship to support post-secondary
education, regardless of the source of
the scholarship (e.g. school, government,
private source etc.) students applying after
their second year may not have received
more than $3,500 in scholarships in any
one year, with a total of no more than
$5,000 to date.
for more information and application form,
go to www.awardforexcellence.ca.
Hand in your applications to the Awards
office in graham Hall 1g05B.
deadline date: June 13, 2007.
cAnAdIAn HydrogrApHIc AssocIATIon
AWArd:
The canadian Hydrographic Association will
provide an award of $2,000 to a full time
student enrolled in an accredited survey
science program. you must be going into
your second year of study, and be a student
in good academic standing (70% average)
and have financialneed. Applications are
available in the Awards office in graham
hall, or at www.hydrography.ca. deadline:
June 30, 2007.
sUrfIng for More doLLArs?
U of W students go to www.myuwinnipeg.ca
> Awards link.
Try these websites for more possibilities!
These two sites will lead you through
canadian based scholarship searches.
www.studentawards.com
www.scholarshipscanada.com
MAnIToBA sTUdenT AId progrAM
(MsAp)
dId yoU KnoW…. Apply for a government
student loan online at website www.studentaid.gov.mb.ca.
• spring/summer 2007 applications are
available on-line March 15, 2007.
• fall 2007/08 applications are available
on-line June 1, 2007.
dId yoU KnoW... you can check the status
of your student aid application, find out
what documentation is still outstanding,
update your address information and much
more on line? go to www.studentaid.gov.
mb.ca. Link to MysAo to log into your
existing account.
dId yoU KnoW... Manitoba student Aid staff
can be on campus on fridays from 1 - 4p.m.
To meet with them, you need to set up an
appointment time. come to student services
and book an appointment, or phone Tanis at
786-9984.
The Awards and financial Aid staff at the
University of Winnipeg will continue to keep
you informed of available awards, scholarships
and bursary opportunities. please
direct your questions regarding awards and
scholarships to Tanis Kolisnyk. t.kolisnyk@
uwinnipeg.ca.

Sports sports
JosH BoULdIng
VoLUnTeer sTAff
Only exams remain and for some of
us, these next few weeks may contain
the last moments ever spent in
a university setting. For Cal Botterill, the next
few weeks will be the last time he will spend
as faculty at the University of Winnipeg, after
the renowned sport psychologist submitted a
formal resignation effective August 2007.
With no courses running in the Spring/
Summer session this year, the 27-year veteran
of the U of W will be cleaning out his office
come the end of this semester.
“I think [the University of Winnipeg] has
been for me what it’s been for most students,”
says Botterill, “a very personal place.”
“I felt I had the support of people in service
departments and other faculty,” he says.
“Teaching was always my priority…I took
a lot of pride in it. I’ve always enjoyed the
smaller classes and the relationships that developed
with students.”
editor: Mike PyL
e-mail: sports@uNiter.ca
a LEGacy IN SPORT
pioNEER bottERill SEt to REtiRE
Over the years, Botterill has worked
with many different people in a multitude of
sports and in varying settings, from the 1994
Stanley Cup-winning New York Rangers to
the Canadian Olympic team.
“[Cal’s] awesome,” says Larry McKay,
head coach of the Winnipeg Wesmen. “I look
at his list of accomplishments, with athletes
and teams, world championships, NHL
championships, league championships. He’s
been a part of winning.”
“To have someone like [Cal] who is so
well traveled and so successful…four doors
down and accessible and open. That has been a
Cal Botterill and family, all successful winter athletes: L-R Cal, Jennifer, Doreen, Jason
COuRTESY OF CAL BOTTERILL
fantastic pleasure.”
Botterill, as one of the top sport psychologists
in Canada, has been to eight different
Olympic games.
“My role was a part of the support staff,”
he says. “Most of the teams now have a physiologist,
nutritionist, sport psychologist as
well as the coaches.”
“The most prestigious role has been with
Olympic teams. [The Olympics] is what everyone
in sport aspires to,” says Botterill on his
contact: uniter@uniter.ca
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SpoRtS
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international work.
“I’ve been involved
with several different
sports, national teams
at that level. Probably
the speed-skating
team in Nagano probably
gave us the most
notoriety.”
Botterill was a
pioneer in Canadian
sport psychology.
Having completed
his graduate
work at University
of Alberta, Botterill
found himself in
Manitoba alone in his
field except for Gary
Martin, who taught
at the University of
Manitoba.
“He’s made
the University of
Winnipeg the hub
of sport psychology
training and educa-
Cal Botterill, as one of the top sport psychologists in Canada, has been to
eight different Olympic games. This year he says goodbye to the u of W.
tion,” commented
David Telles-Langdon, a colleague of sented itself at the Health Sciences Centre,
Botterill’s at the U of W. “I think he’s made where Botterill conducted a study over the
Manitoban athletes very comfortable with past year. He has found that medical students
sport psychology earlier than it was accepted have benefited from the exposure to the ideas
elsewhere in Canada. Athletes in Manitoba he has presented.
are ahead in terms of their mental skills com- “I found [the work] very rewarding bepared
to most other provinces.”
cause [the students] are bright, young pro-
“It was a privilege to spearhead things,” fessionals, but very overloaded and stressed,”
said Botterill, “to develop a group of young said Botterill. “I don’t want full-time, but I see
professionals, many of who have gone on to maybe continuing to be a catalyst in trying to
do very well.”
develop that [area] to help our young doctors
The majority of people use the term to cope and perform.”
sport psychology to describe the kind of work While doing this, Botterill intends to
that Botterill has been doing and continues to remain active in support to a few different
do. However, he feels that the efforts put forth sports, noting the cross-country skiing team
by his profession are not limited to sport and has plans going through to the 2010 Olympics
can be applied to other areas of life as well. that will be held in Vancouver.
“The most important thing, I think, that’s “Hopefully we can hold on for nine,”
happened during my tenure is that I’ve gone said Botterill with a laugh.
from being sport psychology to being health It should be safe to say that Botterill will
and performance psychology,” he said. “The be missed as a faculty member at the University
ideas certainly aren’t limited to sport.”
of Winnipeg. In the words of Larry McKay,
A new job opportunity may have pre- “He’s awesome.”
Expires May 1, 2007
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COuRTESY OF CAL BOTTERILL

April 5, 2007 The Uniter contact: uniter@uniter.ca
SpoRtS
It’s a good thing LeBron James is
getting his mansion built.
Heaven forbid he has
to leave the house to
get a haircut.
king James to bUild castle
If Cleveland Cavaliers’ guard LeBron James
has yet to appear on MTV’s Cribs, it’s only a
matter of time now.
The 22-year-old All-Star, whose stated goal
is to be the world’s first billionaire athlete, is
building a 35,440-square-foot palace in suburban
Cleveland that will include a theatre, bowling
alley, casino, and barber shop. James purchased
the 5.4 acres of land in 2003. He has
bulldozed an existing 11-bedroom house to
make room for his own.
The house will feature a master suite measuring
approximately 40 feet wide and 56 feet
long, which is bigger than half the homes in the
town. His house will expectedly dwarf those
surrounding it. The average square footage is
3,209.
The house is also replete with a limestone
sculpture of James’ head, replete with trademark
headband.
“People who come to photograph it are disrespectful,”
said neighbour Tom Bader of the attention
its construction has garnered. “They park
their car in the middle of the street – with their
doors open! And you’re sitting behind them! All
I wanna do is go home after a hard day’s work.”
(SI.com).
greece sUspends all pro sports
The Greek government suspended all professional
sports in the country last week after a
fan was killed, and seven others hospitalized, in
a riot before a women’s volleyball match.
The suspension, covering soccer, basketball,
and volleyball among others, is to last two
weeks.
“Violence in sport is something that affects
our entire society ... and cannot be tolerated,”
said government spokesman Theodoros
Roussopoulos after an emergency cabinet
meeting initiated by Prime Minister Costas
Karamanlis. Roussopoulous also promised
tighter laws, and mandatory surveillance cameras
in all soccer stadiums by 2008.
In the women’s volleyball riots, several
dozen motorcycle-riding fans of rival clubs
Panathinaikos and Olympiakos launched petrol
bombs and rocks at each other. Eighteen were
detained, with 13 having been arrested.
In an unrelated event two weeks ago,
Greek soccer fans clashed among themselves
and pelted Turkish players with sticks, coins,
and plastic water bottles in their country’s 4-1
home loss in a European Championship qualifier.
The national team is now likely to face
UEFA sanctions.
The violence in Greece comes nearly two
months after the Italian government issued a
week-long suspension of all soccer matches,
and closure of all stadiums, in the country’s
top three divisions after a policeman was
killed during rioting between rivals Catania and
Palermo (SI.com).
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INTERBASKET.NET
Men’s volleyball won cIS championship this year
—are they ready to repeat?
JonATHAn oLIVeros VILLAVerde
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At the beginning of their season, Wesmen
men’s volleyball head coach Larry McKay
said the team was ready. They showed
that this year with their national championship
hardware. The win marks Winnipeg’s 10th CIS title,
a record they now share with the Manitoba Bisons.
Which begs the question: Can they do it two years
in a row and have sole possession of the record
next year?
Richard Wiebe, having completed his
fifth year, will be the only one missing from the
squad. Nevertheless, the team leaders in Ben
Schellenberg, Dustin Addison-Schneider, Andrew
Town, and Marty Rochon are returning as the core
of the team to join young players Ryan DeBruyn,
Alan Ahow, Dan Lother, and Justin Duff as they will
look to repeat in Quebec City for next year’s CIS
championship.
Wiebe was able to go out with a bang. He was
a large reason that the Wesmen were able to win
the deciding set while earning tournament allstar
honours. Wiebe’s last game in a Wesmen uniform
seemed to fit his hard-working style. It was a
five-set thriller that demanded intense effort. The
whole team seemed to be affected by Wiebe’s leadership.
The team time and time again had won
close matches this year because of Wiebe’s noquit
attitude that has rubbed off onto the rest of
the Wesmen.
“We’ve had some awesome players coming
through here, Richard being one of them, and
you don’t replace someone like that,” said McKay.
“(But) another player will move in and do the best
that they can.”
Addison-Schneider has all the accolades to
prove his own worth: national tournament allstar,
tournament MVP, and player of the game in
the championship final. The setter will continue to
play for the team next year. He had a tournamentleading
11.36 assists per game and a second best
2.55 digs per game. He was the volleyball equivalent
of having a Steve Nash on your team.
“Dustin played well and he played as well as
our serve receivers allowed him to play well in that
aspect of the game,” said McKay.
The fact that the team is sticking together
greatly helps the Wesmen’s odds to repeat as na-
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Ben Schellenberg (left) and Dustin Addison-Schneider (centre) will be returning to defend their title next season.
tional champions. This year the team was very successful
at playing a controlled game because they
played as a single, cohesive unit. All year Winnipeg
was able to play a disciplined style based on digging
and strong transition play. So with a player
like Addison-Schneider still around to set players
up, the team can continue that style.
“Dustin was part of an overall, a real good
process that was going on, a real good team play
process,” boasted McKay. “The serve receivers
did a nice job getting him balls that he could set
well and he really did a good job from there, and
the spikers did pretty a nice job from the sets that
Dustin gave them.”
Also, don’t forget about Big Ben. Schellenberg,
the other piece of the puzzle that led to the fifth
set victory and the third tournament all-star of the
team, has the ability to be the top player not just
on the Wesmen, but in the whole CIS.
“Ben thrived from the balls that Dustin was
able to give him,” remarked McKay, “and Ben
blocked pretty well for us as well, and had a real
nice serving tournament too.”
Town and Rochon both played key roles
on the team as well. Although they do not get
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the superstar attention as Addison-Schneider
or Schellenberg, they prove their worth in every
game. The team simply could not win without
these two players. They will be returning to help
insure national glory.
The only other question mark is the possibility
that libero Trevor Shaw might not be returning.
He has one more year left of eligibility but, because
he graduates, he might not want to take classes
again to play another year. The hopeful Wesmen
might be crossing their fingers on his return, but
it is up to him. He would be missed on the team
but you cannot fault the guy for wanting to start
his post-university life.
The young guns of the team have contributed
a lot to the team. DeBruyn was able to follow
up his rookie of the year performance with another
solid one this season as a starter. Ahow has really
made good on every chance he has had. Coming
off the bench he provided the Wesmen with tons
of clutch points, including a great performance in
the third set in the championship game.
“Alan probably will be looking at next season
as being one of our strong players,” said McKay.
can’t Get Enough Footy
Oh the horror; stranded on an island halfway around the world
with no way to watch hockey. What to do? Well the island is
Australia, the weather is gorgeous, and I’ve decided to take up
rugby. Yes, that weird sport that’s kind of like football but without whistles
or forward passing. For anyone who has ever seen rugby played in
Canada, they may be scratching their head wondering what palm tree
I fell from.
“League” rugby differs from “Union” rugby, which is played internationally.
In League, as soon as you are tackled, the opposition must
rush to get back onside and there are far fewer scrums to slow down a
game. The play is based on “downs” much the same way football is and
doesn’t require a human pile to decide possession. But aside from how
the game is played, the league I’m obsessed with is the National Rugby
League, and it’s got everything you could want in a professional sport.
It’s got tradition! It’s been around for ninety-nine seasons now. Not
the NRL specifically, but stuff happened, leagues merged …it’s complicated.
Like I said, it’s been around for a really long time and, like your
grandpa’s stories about Eddie Shore, there are plenty of Rugby League
tales of toughness as well. My personal favourite: in 1970 South Sydney’s
captain John Sattler played 70 minutes of the grand final with a badly
broken jaw. Refusing to leave the game, ol’ “Satts” asked a teammate to
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FacT aND FITNESS
sArAH HAUcH
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Well, it looks like they’re actually graduating
me. This will be my last submission
for the Uniter. I have greatly enjoyed
writing for you and I hope that you learned
something of interest from my articles.
I have decided for my last installment that I
would include a few of the tips and tricks I have
picked up over the years and use myself (most of
the time). Sit back, open your minds and enjoy!!
bREAKFAST: Make sure you have a full meal
for breakfast. In the morning you haven’t eaten
for eight hours, so you’re running on little to no
fuel. If you don’t refill the nutritional tanks, your
body will start to break down muscle for energy
(i.e. your metabolism will slow down). Countless
studies have shown that people who eat breakfast
eat fewer calories throughout the day and make
healthier lunch choices. Your breakfast should
include a carbohydrate, and protein and some
healthy fats. That might mean whole grain toast
and peanut butter, a boiled egg and a glass of milk.
Stay away from sugary cereals, white bread, pastries
and sugary drinks. These foods will raise your
blood sugar levels rapidly (giving you that energy
jolt) but then leave you hungry and tired again an
hour later. Eating healthy fats and fibre will ensure
that you stay satisfied until lunch.
EAT ENOUGH “HEAlTHY” FAT: Women need
45 grams of fat a day and men need 60. These fats
should come from plant sources (such as nuts,
soy, avocados) and fish (salmon or tuna). These
fats lower your cholesterol, and help scrape off
the plaque stuck on your arterial walls (plaque
causes heart attacks, blood clots and strokes). I
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take 2 tbsp of organic omega 3, 6, 9 oil a day (Udo’s
oil). The results have been incredible. It sucks that
“being fat” and fat are the same word. Fat is one
of the three essential macro-nutrients (alongside
carbohydrates and protein). When you eat
enough healthy fats, you’ll notice that your cravings
for chips, chocolate and grease will go down.
dON’T dRINK YOUR CAlORIES: Contrary to
popular belief, liquid calories count. It amazes
me that my girlfriends refuse to eat a McDonalds
burger and fries but would drink six Smirnoff’s
(which contain more calories). If you want to lose
weight, watch what you drink. A Starbucks white
chocolate mocha with nonfat milk is 400 calories.
For the same amount of calories you could have
had a two-egg veggie and ham omelet and a cup
of yogurt for breakfast. Pretty crazy, eh? Losing
weight doesn’t mean giving up foods you love, it
means eliminating foods you don’t need.
WHENEVER POSSIblE, EAT ORGANIC: Why?
A) It tastes WAY better.
B) It contains higher levels of nutrients, vitamins
and minerals.
C) It contains fewer heavy metals (which
cause neurological damage, affect IQ levels, and
can cause Alzheimer’s).
D) It has fewer pesticides (which cause many
types of cancer).
E) Organic meat products do not contain antibiotics
(which are given to animals to keep them
from getting sick because they’re packed into such
close quarters). Eating non-organic meat exposes
you to the side effects of the antibiotics. Think
beyond just burgers and chicken—hormones can
be found in milk, eggs, yogurt and cottage cheese
as well. Ever wonder why girls these days are more
physically developed? Non-organic farmers inject
growth hormones into their animals to make
them grow faster, which consequently goes into
hold him up, saying; “Don’t let me fall, I don’t want those bastards to know I’m crook.” Now
that’s tough.
Another amazing tradition in footy is the annual State of Origin game. A brilliant idea
of matching up rugby’s finest player-producing powers, Queensland and New South Wales.
It would be like the NHL organizing an exhibition game between North America and Europe
every single year. Oh, wait, they tried that and it sucked. But Origin is mind-blowing. It earns
the NRL millions in revenue every year and the players play for their lives.
It’s got celebrity owners! The South Sydney Rabbitohs, formerly one of the NRL’s basement
dwellers, were recently purchased by local mogul Peter Holmes a Court (his father
was Australia’s first billionaire) and Russell Crowe. So far this season the Rabbitohs are 2-0,
a monumental turnaround considering their history. Could you imagine if the Detroit Lions
turned into Superbowl contenders, only after they were purchased by Donald Trump and
Tom Cruise? Or Ted Rogers and Mike Myers bought the Maple Leafs, projecting them to their
first Stanley Cup in decades? I know, I’m getting ahead of myself…the Leafs will never win
another cup.
It’s got the Oakland Raiders! Well not EXACTLY, but pretty close. It’s the team everyone
loves to hate. They are the Cantebury Bulldogs (or the “Wog Dogs” as some refer to them).
They boast some of the biggest (Willie Mason, 6’5” 250 lbs) and toughest (Sonny Bill Williams)
players in the league. And where they lack drug and assault charges, they make up for in sex
scandals. In 2004, six players were accused of raping a 20-year old woman at a motel pool in
Coffs Harbour. The Bulldogs manager and CEO were both fired as a result and the club was
fined $150,000 for bringing the league into disrepute. Who wants to cheer for that?
It’s got a Gretzky! His name is Andrew Johns and he is widely considered the greatest
player to ever play footy. He has impeccable field vision, can toss a ball 40 yards to a teammate
right in the ad logo (the equivalent to “right in the numbers”), and is tougher than a
war story. Johns is the subject of another inspiring Rugby League tale of perseverance under
pain. In the 1997 Grand Final, Johns’ Newcastle Knights were to face the Manly Sea Eagles.
As a result of a punctured lung and several broken ribs, Johns was strongly urged not to play.
The headline in the papers read, “You Will Die”. Johns defied the odds (or didn’t read the
paper) and played anyway, setting up the game winning try with six seconds remaining. Just
recently in round one of NRL play this season, ol’ Johnsy took a shoulder to the head, having
laid unconscious on the field for several minutes. The blow, delivered by Sonny Bill Williams
of the Bulldogs, called for a four-game suspension.
Most importantly, it’s got game. It’s fast, furious, and skilful. I’ve never seen a game not
played on ice with as much flow and constant action. Maybe it’s the blood thirsty sports fan
in me, but the endless big collisions are hypnotizing. Not to mention the finesse passing,
open field maneuvers, and desperate goal line stands. If you’re ever stranded or vacationing
in Australia, I strongly advise checking out NRL. Or if I’ve inspired you enough, go get
FoxSports World now. And don’t bother with Aussie Rules Football, its pure anarchy as far
as I’m concerned.
your body as well.
Does organic cost more? Yes…but think
of the money you’ll save on reduced medical
bills, not to mention the increased energy and
life span.
CHOOSE WHOlE-GRAIN bREAd–NOT WHOlE-
WHEAT OR WHITE: White bread has no nutritional
value. To make white bread, processors heat
the grain to a point that burns off the bran and
wheat germ. This is done because white bread
lasts longer on the shelf and is bug resistant. Do
you know why it’s bug resistant? Because no bugs
could sustain life eating it. So why should we?
You might have batted an eye when I said
that whole-wheat is bad. It’s more so deceiving.
Whole wheat is all wheat, but no grain. Grain is
the bran and wheat germ (the nutritional part).
Saying a bread is whole wheat is a clever way to
make consumers feel that they’re being healthy
by choosing. Ever wonder why Sara Lee’s whole
wheat bread “tastes just like white bread”? That’s
because essentially it is. Look at the ingredients
in whole wheat bread, and notice how it has molasses
in it. Manufacturers use molasses to dye
the bread brown. This tactic tries to fool you into
thinking that the bread has bran in it (the component
which gives whole grain bread its brown
color).
It looks like I’ve run out of space. There are
so many more things that I’d like to share with you
all. Although I’m leaving, you can always contact
me at sar_endipity@hotmail.com with your questions
or comments. I’d love to hear from you.
Thank you so much for four wonderful
years. I wish you all a happy, healthy and active
life. Namaste.
Sarah Hauch xoxo
scoTT cHrIsTIAnsen
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So much promise, so much talent, but just
not enough wins. This was, in short, the
story of the Wesmen women’s basketball
team this season.
Justified optimism had spread through
the entire Wesmen program prior to the beginning
of the season. Veterans like star guard Uzo
Asagwara, reliable scorer/rebounder Stephanie
Timmersman, and third-year speedster Jenny
Ezirim were supposed to help the team recapture
the glory of years past. Although the team enjoyed
some moderate overall success, compiling a regular
season record of 14-8 and winning the Great
Plains Division, they failed to qualify for the coveted
berth in the National Championships.
The season began strongly, as the fall schedule
donated several wins to the Wesmen cause.
The women opened the year with three wins in
four games. However, towards the end of the first
half, the team began to show some signs of slowing
down, exemplified by consecutive heartbreaking
losses to Simon Fraser and Trinity Western in
late November. But while the team struggled to
find its stride, Asagwara began to find hers, establishing
herself once again as a premiere scorer. As
well, point guard Ezirim started to look more comfortable
quarterbacking the offence.
After sweeping the Manitoba Bisons in the
two-game Duckworth Challenge, the Wesmen
appeared to be headed into the playoffs in good
form, having won five of their last seven games
entering the post-season. After breezing through
the divisional playoffs, thus earning a berth in
the Canada West Final Four, it became apparent
they had a serious chance to make Nationals,
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stUdents get credit for
attending final foUr
A group of students from Lynn University,
enrolled in what may be one of the best uni-
versity classes ever, attending last week-
end’s Final Four in Atlanta – and received
credit for it.
The students are sports management
majors taking a class called “The Final Four
Experience”. As part of the course syllabus,
they are making the trip to learn what goes
into running the event.
“It’s a chance for us to meet people with
high positions and see how they got to where
they are now,” said student Emily Lipman.
Her and her classmates arrived three days
prior to the first games to tour the city’s college
and pro stadiums and meet with team
representatives and sponsors.
The trip also included a hotel room for
six nights, food, roundtrip airline tickets, two
rental minivans, a Georgia Tech baseball
game and Thrashers hockey game, along with
tickets for the Final Four and championship
games at the Georgia Dome. The students
were responsible for keeping a diary and a
presentation after the trip.
“It’s not just basketball that we are
doing,” Lipman said. “It’s a networking week
for us.” (SI.com)
up and down season ended much too early
WomEN’S bASkEtbAll WRAp-Up
needing only one win in two games. However, another
more troubling realization occurred: the
Pacific Division teams were darn good. Despite a
strong effort from the Wesmen, especially fourthyear
centre Nicki Schutz, the team was ousted by
Simon Fraser after a first-round loss to UBC.
It was the inexplicable inconsistency of the
team that prevented them from joining the conference’s
elite. Throughout the season, numerous
duds often offset several impressive performances,
a recipe fit for failure. These unspectacular
games were not simply due to problems with
rebounding, turnovers or scoring support for
Asagwara, but a mixture that is both hard to identify
and remedy. This inconsistency prevented
the team from gaining any notable momentum
or identity within the league, both of which are
needed for prolonged and significant success.
Even though they eventually prevailed over their
divisional competition, their inability to guarantee
a quality performance prevented them from
competing against the Canada West leaders.
The team’s struggles were often countered by
numerous impressive individual performances.
Asagwara was named to the second All-Canadian
Team, piling up 28.1 points per game along the
way; Stephanie Timmersman had an outstanding
season in support, and Jenny Ezirim proved that
she can manage a game and carry the Wesmen
into the coming seasons.
Next year, the team will have to rely on Ezirim,
Schutz and others to carry the load due to the graduations
of Uzo Asagwara, Stephanie Timmersman
and Jae Pirnie. However, fans shouldn’t worry too
much, as new recruits and current player development
should give the Wesmen another chance at
National Championship contention.

April 5, 2007
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