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I n d e p e n d e n t S t u d e n t J o u r n a l o f Mo u n t A l l i s o n U n i v e r s i t y
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Jessica Emin
ere are many new faces around
campus, and perhaps many more than
Mt. A has seen in a long time.
While the numbers are still being
nalized, Mt. A is set to meet if not
exceed the number of new students
as seen in the budget, said Ron
Byrne, VP International and Student
Aairs. e budget estimated 720 new
students this year, representing thirty
to thirty-ve per cent of the overall
enrolment.
e numbers are astonishing, said
David Torrance, Head of the History
Department.
According to Byrne, the key factors
in increased enrolment this year are
extensive planning, better data analysis,
eective and ecient recruiting,
individual focus and attention, positive
external surveys, and most of all,
campus visits. Students who see what
the campus has to oer, including the
new student and tness centers, and
the increasing focus on a green Mt. A,
will be more likely to want to attend,
explained Byrne.
Next year, Mt. A is expecting 750
new students.
e university has been careful
to look at how we grow and why
were growing, said Byrne. We just
graduated our lowest number class. [...]
Weve planned for and have capacity
in a number of areas.
Academic availability is a topic
of concern, with many introductory
courses lled to if not over capacity as
seen on Connect. While still oering
a normal number of intro courses, the
History department has doubled the
number of student assistants for each
heavily subscribed course in order to
ensure classes get the opportunity to
have small group discussions. Still, with
Mount Allison set to see largest incoming class in years
Residence lounges converted to bedrooms to accommodate number of applicants
Justine Galbraith
Argosy Staff
the increasing numbers of students,
certain departments like History
will need more person power, said
Torrance. Were stretched pretty thin
as it is.
However, the most notable part of
campus that has seen the eect of the
large number of incoming students
has been the residences. Lounges in
Windsor, ornton, Hunton, and
Bigelow were temporarily converted
to bedrooms to accommodate twenty-
two students. Most of these students
have since been assigned to permanent
rooms. Edwards House had four of
its six lounges permanently converted
into single bedrooms, because the
[d]emand for single rooms in Edwards
from new incoming students was very
high, explained Michelle Strain,
Director of Administrative services.
According to Byrne, the
administration did everything they
could to accommodate as many
students as possible, and the majority
of students living in temporary rooms
were late applicants.
Lounge conversion isnt a new
practise. Byrne explained that the use
of residence lounges as temporary
bedrooms was more regular in the
past.
One of the benets of the lounge
conversions is that the University is
able to expand or contract depending
on the number of new incoming
students, said Strain.
Most students assigned to
temporary rooms, like Jonathan Currie
and Michael Allain in ornton, dont
mind the situation.
e very idea of living in temporary
residence at rst wasnt too reassuring,
said Allain, but [after] a couple weeks
into living in temporary res, its actually
not bad at all.
Upon the loss of one or more lounges,
houses do experience inconveniences,
explained Byrne. at being said,
theres still capacity in these houses for
students to get together.
Lucas Mol, president of Edwards,
does not agree. Edwards House was
the only residence on campus to
have lounges permanently converted
to rooms, and its just been a mess,
basically, he said.
With fewer lounges, residents have
taken to the hallways and laundry
room to get together, causing more
disturbances in the house. Also, while
the converted rooms are much larger,
they were incomplete when students
arrived. One room was missing ten
items that appeared on the rooms
check-in list, while another had no
curtains, Mol said. Students had to
use their own money to furnish the
rooms.
Also, single bathrooms are now
being used by eight or nine people,
more than the normal six.
e bathrooms are actually running
out of supplies over the weekends. Its a
big issue, said one Edwards resident.
While there have been glitches,
Byrne is condent they wont reoccur
in the future.
And if the number of students
continues to increase beyond the
current capacity, theres always the
option of assigning students to older
residences.
We currently have two satellite
residences closed, said Strain. If
extra space is required we can open
buildings or we can open extra beds
in residences.
Mt. Allison campus is lled with new and returning students. The incoming class of 2012 is set to meet
if not exceed the estimated number of students in this years budget. Some introductory classes have
adapted to meet the needs of the students, and many residence lounges have been temporarily altered
in order to ensure a spot for everyone. Most students assigned to temporary rooms have since been
relocated.
Reaganomics
p. 12
Jessica Emin
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What do you want out of your Mt. Allison
degree? As part of the Academic Renewal process,
students, faculty, and the greater community are
being given the opportunity to discuss important
issues and have their input shape the future of
academics at Mt. A.
e process began with a discussion paper
written by Provost and VP Academic and
Research Stephen McClatchie, entitled Changing
to Preserve: Renewing Academic Programming
at Mount Allison. After initial student, faculty
and community response, working groups were
assigned to research, discuss and report on
ve areas of interest: outcomes and literacies,
chaired by Mark Blagrave; course and program
delivery, chaired by Frank Strain; distribution
requirements, chaired by Rob Ireland; credit,
chaired by Carrie MacMillan; and graduate
studies, chaired by Nancy Vogan.
ere seemed to be a real consensus that
[these ve areas] were topics that people were
interested in talking about, said McClatchie.
e working groups are designed to broadly
represent all stakeholders interests, and include
students, faculty, and sta volunteers. e people
[in each working group] are interested in that
issue and are there because they want to be there,
said SAC VP Academic Brian Crouse.
e Academic Renewal process is coordinated
by a steering committee, responsible for keeping
the working groups interconnected, informed, and
working together. Its members are McClatchie,
Crouse, the chairs of the working groups, the
A call for input in the Academic Renewal process
Justine Galbraith
Argosy Staff
three academic Deans, and Chris Parker, the
Registrar.
is past Saturday, students were invited to
discuss four of the ve main topics of the working
groups at the Academic Renewal Forum. e
discussion of graduate studies has been a longer
process, explained Crouse, and more information
is forthcoming. e forum was co-ordinated by
the steering committee and moderated by Eileen
Herteis, director of the Purdy Crawford Teaching
Centre.
is is the rst opportunity for students to
contribute and engage with the process, said
McClatchie, explaining that faculty had been
presented with the working groups ndings on
Teaching Day at the end of summer.
At the forum, working group committee
chairs gave updates on their topics, informing
attendants of their considerations, conclusions,
and continuing questions. About forty-ve
people were in attendance, and about eighteen of
those people were students.
Crouse and McClatchie were pleased with the
turnout of the forum. I was really excited that
people came and that there was great discussion
between students and faculty, Crouse said.
Topics that came up in the forum were
exibility in delivering courses, joint degree
programs, concentrated course blocks, evening
courses, integration of speakers with academic
programs, credit value, challenge for credit,
certicate programs, distribution requirements,
faculty advising system, rst year seminars,
possible language requirements and making the
pre-existing learning outcomes explicit.
Discussion focused on whether or not
distribution was valuable, the benets of a
rst year seminar, the importance of program
advising, the conicts of evening classes with
extracurricular life at Mt. A, and whether or not
learning a second language should be required or
encouraged. While agreement was not reached,
individual concerns were brought to the attention
of the working groups, who will take them into
consideration for their nal report.
e Academic Renewal process continues this
week with four student discussions on credit,
outcomes and literacies, distribution, and course
and program delivery. Crouse, who organized the
student discussions, explained that the topics at
hand aect all students, and as such input and
feedback is critical.
is could have very real eects on students
degrees in the near future, said Crouse.
Everybodys opinion at this university counts in
this.
McClatchie will attend the October 2 faculty
meeting and one of the rst SAC meetings to
report on the process, and will present another
report to the community before the working
groups are required to submit their ndings and
recommendations on November 15.
e reports of the groups will be reviewed
by the Academic Matters committee and then
presented at university Senate.
As for the future, McClatchie sees this
as a multi-year process. Depending on the
outcome of the reports, next year might see the
implementation of easy program changes, such as
a pilot program of the rst year seminar.
Still, according to McClatchie, many outcomes
of academic renewal will have to be phased in
over time.
Environmental artists use Sackville as their canvas
Storm, vandalism destroy two of ten sculptures
Helena van Tol
Argosy Staff
Voyage by U.S. artist Rob Staab
Jessica Emin
Ten internationally acclaimed environmental
artists converged in Sackville this summer. Using
pieces of local history and their surroundings,
these sculptors created works of art in and around
the community, with only the landscape as their
canvas.
Some artists stayed as long as a month
working on their projects, educating the public
and beautifying the town in the process. e ten
artists included: Gilles Bruni (France), Yolanda
Gutierrez (Mexico), Nils-Udo (Germany), Bob
Vershueren (Belgium), Roy Staab (USA), Jerilea
Zempel (USA), Michael Floman (Canada),
Francesca Vivenza (Canada), as well as Kip Jones
and Paul Grin from Sackville.
Now, only eight out of ten sculptures remain.
Zempels piece, entitled Homeland Security
(Blanket), was an SUV covered in crochet, and
could be found just outside the Waterfowl Park,
near the Swan Pond. Zempels artist statement
explains how he turned an oversized, macho, gas-
guzzling vehicle into a technological ghost by
shrouding it a white, fuzzy cover, reminiscent of
womens handwork from another time, another
place. It was torn up in a storm and had to be
taken down soon after.
Environmental art, by nature, has to be
constantly maintained. Other pieces, such as
Flomans ag-like structure that twists and turns
with the wind, have also suered storm damage,
but will soon be repaired.
However, Francesca Vivenzas piece was
actually trashed by vandals.
Vivenzas Tentative Itineraries, was constructed
from ve painted polystyrene spheres, placed
around the Ladies College Park, becoming lost
moons that make reference to the worlds highest
tides that occur in the Bay of Fundy.
Virgil Hammock, Sackville town councillor
and retired Mount Allison Fine Arts professor,
explains the situation.
We rather expected that [this] might happen,
and we certainly documented the work. We were
hoping that people would leave it alone, but
I guess it didnt last the second week into the
university year.
Hammock and the artist considered putting a
fence around the sculpture, or leaving the security
tape, but decided against it, believing that it would
take away from the work. But a fence wouldnt
stop vandalism anyway.
Hammock proposed the sculpture project as
Sackville applied for cultural capital status. e
idea came several years ago as he was visiting a
Finnish community, about the size of Sackville.
e town was home to a national arts school
and was built on a peat bog. Every other year,
that town invited artists to do environmental
sculptures out of natural materials from the area.
Now, with the money from the towns cultural
capital status, Sculpture Sackville is set to become
a regular exhibition, occurring once every two
years.
Its been embraced by the people going
through the Waterfowl Park, says Hammock,
ats why we hope to repeat this and make it
a regular thing in our community. It can bring
tourists into our community, it can bring beauty
to our community, and it can enhance our
understanding of the environment.
Unfortunately, not everyone appreciates the
eort and talent invested in this project. ere are
no leads, so far, as to who vandalized Tentative
Itineraries and its unlikely that there will be
any charges. Nevertheless, Hammock has some
suspicions.
I would say it was a bunch of drunken students
because they really smashed the hell out of them
[]. ey were just too vulnerable. One likes to
think that university students are art-loving and
intelligent, but I would say not all of them.
Even so, university students may not be the
only community vandals. Another piece, Bob
Vershuerens Translations, found near the United
Church side entrance to the Waterfowl Park, was
also vandalized during construction. However,
there has been no damage since.
Over the summer, another series of
environmental art sculptures, with four of the
same artists, were installed in the Hamilton
Royal Botanical Gardens, a larger town outside
of Toronto. Sackville was able to piggyback on
some of the costs and avoid charging admission
for the exhibition. e same curator, John Grande,
was used for both exhibitions, the only two of
this type in Canada. Sometime this term, Grande
plans to give a talk to the Fine Arts department.
I was hoping that it would last because the
whole idea of public installations is that they are
for the public and to add beauty to the landscape,
laments Hammock, Its unfortunate that there
are people out there who vandalize and destroy
such things, and particularly unfortunate if it was
university students because theyre also part of
this town.
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US Treasury Board oers up
$700 000 000 000 to bail out
nancial sector
In the wake of the series of collapses
in the American nancial sector last
week, the Bush administration has
oered $700 billion dollars to the US
Treasury to buy up the defaulted loans
that are seen as having caused the
meltdown. e move has no parallel in
world history, and the amount at stake
represents 5% of the entire countrys
gross domestic product. When
announced Friday, it gave world, and
Canadian stock markets, a considerable
boost, but doubts continue to linger as
to whether the plan is a good idea, the
BBC reported. Details are still unclear
on the specics, but it is known that
American national debt will now stand
at $12.3 trillion dollars. Since the fund
exists to buy up largely worthless debt,
analysts see the cost increasing down
the road. British Prime Minister
Gordon Brown, whose country has
seen the worst of the trouble second
only to the US itself, called for more
regulation, stating that rules in place
have not caught up with...the global
nancial economy. Also, the last two
investment banks left in the country,
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs,
sought an approval over the weekend to
change into bank holding companies,
meaning they would begin consumer
operations and no longer focus just on
investments.
South African president abo Mbeki
sacked
abo Mbeki, the president of South
Africa and the successor to Nelson
is week in the world
A weekly miscellany compiled by Tom Llewellin
Mandela, was forced to resign from
his position as the countrys president.
e move is highly unusual, and has
prompted accusations of regicide,
reported the BBC. His ring was the
result of a long-standing feud with the
leader of his party, the African National
Congress, Jacob Zuma. Zuma, who was
acquitted on charges of raping an HIV-
positive woman earlier this year, had
corruption charges laid against him by
Mbeki, centred around a tainted C$4.8
billion arms deal. ey resulted in his
dismissal as deputy in 2004. However,
he managed to claw his way back, and
it was the South African High Courts
Decision to throw out the charges two
weeks ago that placed Mbeki in an
untenable position, essentially forcing
his resignation. He will be succeeded
by Zuma next week.
4.4m aected by oods in East India
e death toll related to ooding
in the Utter Pradesh region of India
has reached at least 200, ocials
reported. In addition, half a million
people are stranded in various areas
of the highly ood-prone province.
anks to heavy rains in the last week,
the Mahandi River has risen to record
levels, displacing some two million
people in total. e Bihar province has
witnessed twenty-nine deaths, thanks
to a broken dam that ooded much of
the area, and 2.4 million have been left
homeless. Appeals to Indias central
government in New Delhi have been
plentiful, but leave much to be desired,
as far-heavier than normal rains
during this years rainy season have
left the governments disaster relief
agency very thinly stretched. Indian
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
pledged C$245 million in aid, and 500
000 kilograms of food. Civil engineer
Danish Kumar Mishra, interviewed by
Time magazine, pointed out that the
Kosi river has been changing course
for years thanks to an ill-maintained
network of government-constructed
dams, but improvements that would
minimize ood damage have been
dogged by corruption.
Suicide-bomb attack on Islamabad
Marriott leaves fty-four dead
e Marriott Hotel in Islamabad,
Pakistan was the target of a suicide
bomb attack on Saturday, leaving an
estimated fty-four dead. e ve-
star hotel is a favourite of Western
diplomats and Pakistani elite, which
may have led to the attack. ose
responsible are reportedly the Fidayeen-
e-Islam, a loosely-knit coalition of
militants of the Afghanistan border.
e bomber drove a truck containing
500 kilograms of explosive into the
hotels underground parking garage,
just four hours after Asif Zardari,
the countrys new president, gave
his inauguration speech. e group
claimed that the citys eleventh
suicide-bombing of the year is due to
continued American interference in
Pakistan, and by bombing the hotel
they would stop the crusaders. In
the last week, American helicopters
have own twice into Pakistan, and
on Wednesday ve Pakistani villagers
were killed by American missiles red
near the border regions. However,
virtually all the dead were Pakistan
and British nationals.
Mount Allison students come from
high schools all across Canada and
around the world, so its not surprising
that skill levels in rst year classes
are far from uniform. Now, at least
for math students, there is a program
that goes some way towards leveling
the playing eld the Math Resource
Centre.
e Resource Centre is new
this year, an initiative of professors
Margaret and Ron Beattie of the math
department. Were just starting on
a small scale, says Beattie, its the
beginning of what could be a Math
Enhancement Centre. e Centre,
now operating out of room G11 in the
library, is being run by Mt. A graduate
Matthew Lewis, who oers help with
pre-calculus and calculus classes. Says
Lewis, [] if you have pre-calc work,
I will be there, and I will help you.
Also it is a place where, if you are a
student in any math course, I will nd
you a tutor.
According to both the Beatties and
Lewis, there is a great discrepancy in
the skills and knowledge of rst year
math students. e focus is on M1111
and M1011 because, says Lewis, these
are the big problem ones. You have to
take them for a lot of degrees, some
of which dont have a whole lot to
do with math I think everyone is
capable of doing [rst year] calculus,
but a lot of people havent seen math
Math help for all!
A much needed resource now at Mt. A
at least for this semester
Zoe Williams
Argosy Staff
like this at all.
e Beatties have high hopes for
the Centre. Aside from expanding
the range of courses for which help
is oered, they hope eventually to
have training teams of students doing
math problems. According to Lewis, a
resource centre like this is standard at
many other schools. We are behind
other schools, he says, because we
dont have a masters program which
would supply grad students to run the
Centre.
Lewis himself is leaving at the end
of the semester, and the future of
the Centre is unclear. When asked if
someone is lined up to replace him, he
says there is not. Ideally they would
have someone on part-time so they
would be considered sta. According
to Beattie, one obstacle is the size of
Mt. A Big schools have a permanent
centre with a someone with a Ph.D.
I dont know if we are big enough to
have that.
ere is undoubtedly a need for
this Centre, and a resource like this is
crucial for math students, and those
in other disciplines alike. If you need
math help, the centre is open Sundays,
7-9 pm, and Tuesdays and Wednesdays
6-8 pm in room G11 in the library. If
you want to be a tutor, or have any
other questions about the Resource
Centre, please email Matthew Lewis
at mnlws@mta.ca.
Mount Allison University can boast
about another academic honour, this
time in the Commerce department.
e Certied Management Accounts
of Canada (CMA) ocially accredited
the university in a ceremony in
Convocation Halls foyer, ursday,
September 22.
e tangible benet for students is
immediate. Any Commerce graduate
with an average of seventy ve per
cent of higher who applies to CMAs
Strategic Leadership Program, which
bestows the CMA title, can waive the
entrance exam. Shelley Pelkey, CEO
of CMA New Brunswick, touted the
program, saying that CMA [is the]
designation of choice of employers
when hiring mid to senior nancial
positions.
Mt. A is the thirtieth university in
Canada to receive the accreditation,
and second in Atlantic Canada, behind
Memorial University.
Excellent academic achievements
were regarded as the main impetus
behind the CMA accreditation of Mt.
A., said president of CMA Canada,
Steve Vieweg. e universitys number
one ranking (a tie with Acadia) in last
years McLeans Magazine, several
As received in the Globe and Mails
report card, as well as the forty seven
Rhodes scholars that have come from
Mt.A. all demonstrate the quality of a
Mt. A degree explained Vieweg.
Provost and VP Academic Stephen
McClatchie said this recognition
reects the high quality of work and
teaching and hinted at an important
future announcement for the
Commerce department later this year.
William Gregory
Argosy Staff
Jessica Emin
Commerce department gets cred
Students of the commerce department. The accreditation of Mt. Allisons Commerce program means that students
with an average of 75 per cent of higher can waive the entrance exam to CMAs Strategic Leadership Program.
NATIONAL
Elizabeth May gears up for her coast-to-coast train campaign in Vancouver, B.C.
VANCOUVER (CUP) Its going
to be a week of quick waves at
whistle stops for Green Party Leader
Elizabeth May as she travels via train
from Vancouver, B.C. to Truro, N.S.
with short stops in small towns and
rallies in larger ones along the way.
With 90 stops, many of them a mere
ve or ten minutes long and sometimes
scheduled for the middle of the night,
the leader might be running on little
sleep.
But May told supporters at her Sept.
21 send-o in Vancouver that the trip
will be an ideal way to connect with
communities on her carbon-neutral
campaign because it doesnt have
near the amount of pollution as jetting
around in our own private planes.
Some 150 people gathered at the
Vancouver train station for the rst
rally, but May seemed to know the
support she saw there wouldnt follow
her through all the small towns shed
visit.
is Green campaign is more than
anything about democracy . . . we
want Canadians to know that every
vote matters, May said. If they cant
embrace voting for the Green Party,
they can still embrace themselves as
communities and embrace the power
to vote and a commitment to make
Oker Chen, CUP
Green leader kicks o green campaign, literally
Elizabeth May travels the country on a train to curb pollution
Sam VanSchie
CUP Western Bureau Chief
this a better world.
When you do this and I know
Canadians can, because I saw you all
rise up to get me in the debates we
see the wind of change sweeping across
this country, she added.
Mays participation in the televised
leaders debates on Oct. 1 and Oct. 2
gained national attention when the
Conservative and NDP leaders said
they wouldnt participate in the debates
if May were allowed to.
Days later, when faced with
hundreds of self-identied NDP
voters saying they wouldnt vote for
Jack Layton if he didnt debate with
May, the NDP leader decided hed
debate if the prime minister did. e
Conservative begrudgingly agreed to
participate, making this the rst time
all four parties will be present.
In a matter of weeks we went from
no girls allowed to ladies rst, said
May, who recently won the lottery to
speak rst in the English part of the
debate.
Blare Wilson became the rst Green
MP when he switched his status from
an independent MP representing
West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea
to Sky Country.
People of British Columbia want
to vote Green . . . theyre passionate
about the green movement and this
time they know they can actually go to
the voting booth and vote Green and
elect Green members of Parliament,
said Wilson.
As we go [on the train] we can say
for sure that were going to have Green
Party members from coast to coast,
said May.
Even coast to coast to coast, she
went on, noting that former MP Peter
Ittinuar will be running for the Green
Party in Nunavut.
Before departing, May urged her
supporters: Wake up, throw o the
cynicism, throw o the apathy, look
at the choices before you, and vote for
tomorrow.
A Sept. 20 Angus Reid poll of
party popularity found that in British
Columbia, the Tories are leading the
NDP (thirty-eight per cent to twenty
-nine), with the Liberals (eighteen per
cent) and Greens (fourteen per cent)
far behind.
SASKATOON (CUP) Winnipegs
frigid prairie winter will provide a stark
contrast to Kenyas oppressive heat, but
for Ritha Abemba the extreme change
creates a useful metaphor for her lifes
new path.
is time last year, Abemba,
originally from the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, was living in
Kakuma, a refugee camp in Kenya
currently housing more than 70,000
people escaping war. Today, the twenty-
one year-old nds herself studying
economics and business in a country
thousands of miles from home.
In addition to being one of the
University of Winnipegs newest
scholars, she is the 1000th student to
come to Canada through the World
U of Winnipeg welcomes Canadas 1,000th sponsored refugee student
Students from refugee camps say Canadians dont know how good theyve got it
Wendy Gillis
CUP Central Bureau Chief
University Service of Canada Student
Refugee Program.
Abemba is one of a select few
chosen by WUSC to leave the refugee
camp and pursue higher education,
and more importantly, nd renewed
hope for her life.
While shes noticed not everyone
appreciates a chance to learn, the
opportunity is not lost on her.
Im more than happy. Im excited,
Im delighted to be here,Abemba said.
But Ive come to realize that most
student here dont know what they
have, and when you have something
you might not understand its worth.
Abemba describes Kakumas living
conditions as beyond dicult. In an
environment where tens of thousands
of people live in huts in desert-like
weather, it is dicult to have any hope
for the future, she says.
at hopelessness is something
to which Paul Davidson, executive
director of WUSC, can attest.
Davidson visited Abemba and others
at Kakuma, and says the reality of
refugee life hit strikingly home.
is was an absolute scene of
desperation and despair, he said,
adding there is little access to water or
food.
But amongst all this, he says, there is
a classroom lled with eager students
trying to learn without electricity or
textbooks.
ats why thrity years ago, WUSC
started its Student Refugee Program
to give students in asylum countries
a chance to start fresh, and learn
in a situation of peace and safety,
Davidson said.
Since then and thanks to the
eorts of countless Canadian students
who organized and raised funds
1,000 refugees have been placed in
forty-vedierent universities across
Canada.
Refugee students are sponsored
by a local campus WUSC group and
provided with nancial and social
support during their rst year in
Canada.
Mike Luti is among those students.
He successfully completed a masters
degree at the University of Regina
after living in a refugee camp in the
former Zaire, currently the Democratic
Republic of the Congo.
Now working for Saskatchewans
minister of health, he says the chance
to learn in Canada was a godsend.
But he feels for the many students
who have not been as lucky as he and
Abemba have been.
Having been in a refugee camp, I
know that there are a lot of talented
students that go nowhere, he said.
Although about 400 students from
Kakuma qualied to come to Canada
through WUSCs refugee program,
only forty-ve could be nanced.
eres just such a huge demand,
said Davidson.
But knowing 1,000 refugees were
able to come to Canada through
WUSC keeps Davidson going paving
the way for 1,000 more.
In the meantime, Abemba is
counting her lucky stars that her hard
work and dedication meant she was
chosen to participate in the WUSC
program.
While she says she deeply misses
her three sisters and one brother still
living in Kakuma, shes beginning to
get used to her new life in Canada,
where she says the people are hard-
working and nice.
When she graduates, she hopes
to become an entrepreneur, and
eventually return to her home country.
ere, she hopes to use the knowledge
shes attained to help those in need,
and return some of the good will and
fortune she feels she has received.
MONTREAL (CUP) Concordia
University students in Montreal let
out a collective sigh of relief when the
schools Facebook ban proved to be
less extensive than it rst appeared.
e ban on the popular website,
implemented for the 2008-09 academic
school year, is limited to hard-wired
computers on the Concordia network.
Concordias Instructional and
Information Technology Services says
its a much-needed measure in order to
ensure the reliability and performance
of Concordias Internet service.
Concordia Facebook ban not so bad, admit students
Filter blocks hard-wired computers from site, leaves wireless access unrestricted
Sarah Tooth
The Link (Concordia University)
Andrew McAusland, associate vice-
president of Concordias IITS, says
its not as bad as some students have
made it out to be. While Facebook can
not be accessed from any hard-wired
school computer, connecting through
a wireless access point remains
unrestricted.
[Facebook] has not under any
circumstance been banned, he said.
[Wireless] access to that service is
completely undiminished.
McAusland says the risk of
jeopardizing the entire universitys
network is too high. Facebook, known
for its virus-riddled applications,
would aect all of the universitys
50,000 users.
All of the universitys business
is transacted on the core network,
McAusland said, and highlighted
IITS mandate to protect the integrity
of that network.
Morgan Krout, a rst-year leisure
sciences major, says its a precaution he
understands completely.
Students are supposed to be
doing work while they are in the labs
anyway, and I think we all know what a
distraction Facebook can be, he said.
Sarah Rogers, a third-year
biology student, says the initial ban
announcement was a scare she wasnt
prepared for.
[Facebook] is the easiest way for me
to keep in touch with my cousin who
lives in Vermont, she said. Rogers,
like several other Concordia students,
logs onto the site frequently to check
messages, which became an everyday
ritual for me.
Larissa Dutil, Concordias Co-op
Bookstore manager, says the ban scare
made her realize Facebook was more
than just a social utility, and opened
her eyes to how useful and integral to
her business Facebook is.
Over the past six months we really
began to use Facebook to promote
what we do [and] reach out to our
members, she said.
Facebook was really a tool that
we started using and then realized
it was a really powerful method in
community organizing, and getting
people mobilized too.
Dutil says Facebook not only
provided a free method to promote
awareness of the bookstore business,
but was also a powerful way to
encourage community activism and
recruit new people.
We have gotten so many volunteers
through Facebook, she said.
While Facebook may never again
be accessible from school computers,
McAusland assures Concordia
students will always be able to access
the much-loved website.
I would never ban it, he said.
OPINIONS
Zoe Williams
Argosy Staff
ink back to high school. If you
were anything like me, you probably
spent a lot of your time in class, bored
out of your mind, and wishing you
were somewhere else. If you were like
me, you may also have spent some of
your time wishing that the money you
had in your wallet would cover both
an order of fries from the cafeteria,
and your bus ticket home. Now, high
school students have a solution to both
of these programs the military co-op
program.
Actually, the program has been in
existence for a few years and is in place
in school boards across the country
under the auspices of the regular co-
op program; it just hasnt been terribly
If you were in high school right
now, you could be shooting a gun!
well publicized. For anyone not
familiar with the co-op program more
generally, it provides students with one
semester work experience, generally in
trades such as carpentry and plumbing.
e work is not paid, but students earn
high school credits for the semester.
e military co-op program is
a little dierent. e students who
participate in the p program do earn
four high school credits. However,
they also earn about $600 a week over
the course of the second semester, plus
dental insurance, and possible summer
employment with the military. e
program covers basic military training,
which includes, according to a TDSB
memorandum: military drill dress and
deportment; rst aid, re safety, and
proper handling of hazardous materials;
weapons handling and range practice;
military structure, laws, and traditions;
eld-craft and survival techniques; use
of communications equipment; and
physical tness training.
is summer I talked with a high
school teacher who is actively involved
in attempts to get the military co-
op program out of the Catholic and
public schools in Ontario. He stated
his concern, beyond the implications
of encouraging organized violence
and teaching sixteen-year-olds to kill
people, about the incentives oered
to be a part of this program. He said
he conducted an informal survey in
his classes in which students admitted
that their interest in the program
would decrease if the monetary
incentive were not oered. Who will
this program attract then, and for what
reasons?
e co-op program is just one part
of a larger recruitment campaign, called
Operation Connection launched in
2006. is coincides with Canadas
increased military involvement in
Afghanistan, and an increase in
military spending by the Conservative
government.
Stephen Harper has called
military service the highest calling
of citizenship. I dont agree, nor do
I think the military co-op program
is an appropriate way to earn high
school credits. I see it as part of trend
towards militarization in this country
that makes me uncomfortable, to say
the least. But I am interested in a
discussion on this issue. Do you think
the co-op program is a great idea? A
terrible one? Have thoughts about the
Canadian military in general? Please
dont hesitate to write in!

DELTA
You are reading this because you
have the power to aect change.
e consensus among many world
leaders and leading scientists is that
climate change is the most pressing is-
sue that the world faces today. Rising
sea levels, increasing severity of weath-
er, massive famines, and geopolitical
conict are all likely consequences of
climate change in the next 50 years.
Canada has the ability and resources
to clean up its act, and provide global
leadership; yet we continue to drag our
feet. So what can we do?
An election is coming up shortly,
and the biggest way to make signi-
cant change on the environment, and
on climate change, right now is to get
out and vote. Were not advocating
who to vote for; we believe everyone
can make up their own minds. But
there is a clear distinction between the
platforms of the ve federal parties,
so who we elect matters immensely.
Were advocating that people vote, and
vote with climate change in mind. To
make this successful you must be a part
of it.
By increasing political awareness,
particularly in youth, we become more
involved in the governance of our
country; we become less apathetic; we
become a vote to be earned. We will be
a voice to show our encouragement or
disproval to the actions of our leaders.
Now is our time to act
Take responsibility on October 14
With this election, we have the oppor-
tunity to take this country in a new di-
rection that is essential to our survival.
Sooner or later everyone will wake up
to the reality of climate change. e
earlier we start making big and hard
decisions, the less future impact cli-
mate change will have on us. We can
do this now. We need to vote.
is is a plea for your help. Vote!
Get those around you to vote! Dem-
onstrate the merits of voting and the
change it can make on any issue. Were
not asking you to try to convert any-
one, were just asking you to bring is-
sues to their attention, and get them to
vote for the party of their choosing. We
need to combat apathy, and we need
to change the direction this country is
going. You can be a signicant part of
this change.
For decisive action from our leader-
ship, it is necessary, but not sucient,
that you vote on Election Day; you
must also bring as many people into
the process as you can. ere are a
great many issues that divide us, and a
great many debates to be had, but we
must nd common ground on climate
change action. Tell neighbours, speak
to a friend, talk to strangers on the
street, because it is only through our
collective voice that we will be heard.
We all have a stake in the future, if
we treat this issue as a game there will
only be losers.
Take responsibility for your future
on Oct 14. Vote.
Yana Banzen
When I came to Mount Allison in
2005, I was ecstatic over the number of
clubs and societies that were available
to students, and were represented
at the Sacktivities Fair. I signed up
for ten clubs and societies at the
Sactivities Fair, and religiously read
the e-mails sent out to members of
groups that I signed up for, but rarely
attended any of the meetings, except
for one club. My favourite club was the
Legal Society because I had a goal of
applying to law schools after the four
years of Mt.A-ing.
At the meetings of the Legal Society,
we met to watch movies and eat junk
food, there was some talk about a
mock trial (which never happened);
we talked about our aspirations of
becoming lawyers, and how we all
would change the world for the
better. At the end of the year each of
us got a T-shirt three sizes too large
with a clever slogan (Trust me, I am
a lawyer, and on the back Subject
to Question), that made us feel like
members of an important, elite group
that was on its way to become lawyers,
to earn big bucks working for law
rms; nally becoming a partner and
Law after Mt. A
Survival guide for those who are thinking about law schools
earning even bigger bucks.
Outside the Legal Society, however,
there were limited resources available
on campus for students planning to
pursue a career in law. Within the Legal
Society, the information provided was
inadequate, both in the amount and
quality. So, in my third year I became
the Vice-President of the Legal
Society. Chris Chu and I re-wrote the
constitution of the society, and in the
Winter term, we desperately tried to
nd people who would be interested,
but everyone was planning to wait, take
a year o after Mt. A, or did not apply
just yet. In 2008, Chris was in his nal
year at Mt. A, and this September he
started the rst year of his law degree
( Juris Doctor) at University of St.
omas in Minneapolis, MN, USA.
He will be one of the law students that
I will be working closely with in order
to answer any questions that students
may have about what it is like being in
law school.
is year, the purpose of the Legal
Society will be to assist students who
are planning to pursue a career in
law, and are applying to law schools
in Canada and United States. e
time commitment is minimal, once
a week we will have a thirty minute
meeting, during which we will provide
information about dierent Canadian
law schools and programs that they
oer. We will also hold tutorial sessions
for the Law School Admission Test,
write some practice tests, and review
application criteria for law schools.
We will talk about how to ll out
the applications oered by OLSAS
and LSDAS and how to ll out the
Financial Statement (dont worry if
you dont know what all this means
yet). We will inform students about
funding opportunities and deadlines,
we will teach how to write a personal
statement, and how to get good letters
of recommendation.
We will talk about the profession in
general and what it entails. We will
have guest speakers, lawyers, or people
with law degrees who will be able to
answer questions, and tell us what we
can do with a law degree. In summary,
we will tell students how to get into
law school, what law school is like, and
what you can do with a law degree.
For further information about the
Legal Society, or if you have concerns,
questions or suggestions you may
contact me, Yana Banzen at ybanzen@
mta.ca.
Kasie Morris, 06
Trueman House Alumni 2002-
2003
It is a shame that every morning
on this campus, 2000+ persons walk
the paths between buildings, blithely
unawares of the rich history the
university has to oer. A few ghost
stories make the rounds, recalling
deaths of the past, but how many
know the individual stories behind the
names that adorn our buildings, or, the
names of those we have neglected to
etch in the sandstone?
Dr. George J. Trueman grew up in
nearby Pointe de Bute (his ancestors
were one of the founding families of
the area), studied at Mount Allison,
and would go on to teach in numerous
rural schools, as well as take on the
Principalship of Stanstead College in
Quebec. In 1923, Trueman relocated
from Toronto, back to Sackville to
become our sixth President. He was
installed on October 18, 1923, and
would remain President through to the
end of the Second World War, leading
his nal Convocation procession on
May 22, 1945.
During his tenure as President, he
would see Mount Allison through
the issues of Maritime University
federation, economic depression,
World War, and several destructive
and deadly campus res. He was not
to be deterred by these circumstances;
rather, he crafted and shaped much
of the campus that would survive
through the twentieth century. Placing
a strong emphasis on education (he
was our rst President with a doctoral
degree), he would establish both our
Continuous Learning Department,
and our Department of Education.
In March 1933, campus witnessed
a series of res that destroyed three
academic buildings. First, the Mount
Allison Academy, followed two weeks
later by the Science Building and
Centennial Hall. Dealing with the
relocation of students and resources,
as well as the Depression, Trueman
In Loving Memory of
George J. Trueman
managed to provide strong leadership
and organization, and successfully had
two buildings rebuilt and restored by
the fall of the following academic year.
At the outbreak of the Second World
War, Trueman debating retirement,
made the decision to continue during
these tumultuous years. During these
last years as President, he suered
great loss. In his personal life, he was
experiencing health problems and on
September 4, 1940, Sackvilles rst war
casualty would be Pilot Oce Alec
Trueman, Truemans only son. Finally,
one year later, on December 15, 1941,
another re struck the campus, this
time resulting in death. e University
Mens Residence burned to the ground,
taking the lives of three men, with a
fourth later dying in hospital. In one
of his nal acts, Trueman would later
lay the cornerstone for the rebuilding
of that grand residence.
George J. Trueman would later
be described by his nephew in the
following words:
Uncle George, was a man of rather
stern aspect, with a battleship jaw,
and an erect and sti way of carrying
himself, but no one had more sympathy
for the erring student than heWith
all of them he reasoned, persuaded
and forgave. Deeply religious, [he]
governed his personal life by the tenets
of the New Testament.
Trueman would later serve as
Sackvilles Mayor in 1949, passing
away while in oce. In his twenty-
two years as President, Trueman gave
us more than money can buy. He kept
Mount Allison in Sackville, shaped
our educational values, and began the
process of rebuilding our campus. As
you walk the halls of the new student
centre, please remember, that with
you walk the ghosts of the past. And
forget not, that as Mount Allison
moves forward in the twenty-rst
century, we made it this far with much
gratitude owed to the men and women
who dedicated their lives, daily, to our
institution.
Kasie Morris, 06
Chris Durrant has
temporarily resigned
his position as co-
editor-in-chief of the
Argosy to run in the
federal election as the
NDP candidate in this
riding.
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your contributions, so I
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ENTERTAINMENT
e third annual Polaris Prize
Stars
In Our Bedroom After the War
(Arts & Crafts)
Many are of the opinion that Stars
In the Bedroom after the War made the
short list on the strength of previous
releases (the same has been said of
e Weakerthans), principally 2004s
Set Yourself On Fire. A lot has changed
in the Canadian music scene since
Stars rst arrived along with Broken
Social Scene, and this disc reects
that. e boy-girl vocals between
Torquil Campbell and Amy Milan
overtop lush arrangements remain
strong, even if Campbell seems to be
in the focus more often. Moreover, the
albums more ambitious and daring
tracks, like the triumphant title track
and e Ghost of Genova Heights
feature Campbell far more than Milan.
However, the strongest track e
Night Starts Here, and the morose
Personal, which chronicles the end
of a relationship before it begins in a
narrative form, sound as if they would
be at home on previous releases.
Black Mountain
In e Future
(Scratch Records)
Black Mountain approaches In the
Future from a decidedly retro point
of view. For Black Mountain, the
inspiration comes from classic rock
and roll of the 1970s mixed with new .
at in itself can explain the absolutely
sprawling songs that appear on this
disc, Tyrants and Bright Lights
which clock in at 8:03 and 16:41
minutes respectively. Powerful ris
oset by keyboards gives In the Future
an odd mix of old and new, but usually
tends towards the staples of 70s rock
& roll, especially Led Zepplin and
Pink Floyd. However, Black Mountain
has cultivated a more diverse sound
than their parents vinyl collection, as
evidenced by Queens Will Play, an
almost tender piece with fragile female
vocals overtop an ambient choir and
synth, but keeps a crunching rhythm
guitar for good measure. Wucan is by
far and away the highlight of the disc,
although the whole ten song disc is a
work to behold.
Two Hours Trac
Little Jabs
(Bumstead Records)
Prince Edward Islands warm pop/
rock darlings are a surprise entry onto
the Polaris shortlist in my opinion.
ats not to say that Little Jabs is
not a great piece of work - it really is
- but rather that it seems too fun for
Polaris, especially when compared
with the previous two winners: Final
Fantasy and Patrick Watson, Little
Jabs is stacked with catchy sing-a-long
lyrics and infectious melodies, a far cry
from the symphonic pretensions of the
previous winners. ats for the best
however, as when Two Hours Trac
decide to get more serious, it doesnt
work quite as well. e lyrics by and
large are asinine - Stolen Earrings is
a good example of this - and work best
when accompanied by sharp guitar
hooks. Little Jabs is full of great songs
that will stay stuck rmly inside your
head for weeks on end, even if they
dont break many rules.
Plants & Animals
Parc Avenue
(Secret City Records)
Plants & Animals sounds like a very
large and full band - a la Broken Social
Scene or Arcade Fire- despite being
comprised of three members. Most
songs sport string arrangements that
makes Parc Avenue sound epic and
utterly gorgeous even when featuring
lines like it takes a good friend to
say youve got your head up your ass
in Good Friend. e ethereal pace
of Faerie Dance gives way to the
manic energy of Feedback in the
Field seamlessly at the front end of
the disc, displaying the range of Plants
& Animals. Mercy is an interesting
funk inspired track with sharp bursts
of horns that seem to be pulled from
Tower of Powers What is Hip. e
craftsmanship on Parc Avenue is simply
phenomenal, complex yet approachable
and not afraid to try new things.
Kathleen Edwards
Asking for Flowers
(Zoe)
A female singer with a country
air seems out of place among the
Polaris nominees. Keeping with the
country roots, Asking for Flowers is
quite bittersweet, sometimes falling
into despondent melancholy like on
Sure as Shit. Edwards denitely has
a beautiful voice although it can be
obscured by the grating and twangy
steel guitars that are present on
most tracks. Her songwriting is also
exceptional, poignant and crushingly
everyday, which is good since vocals
are the basis of the entire album.
Edwards, however, is not content to
simply spew the trials and tribulations
of ordinary life and does include
some biting criticism in songs like
Oh Canada and Oil Mans War.
Although the country element does
detract from the overall appeal, Asking
for Flowers contains some real singing
and songwriting gems.
Basia Bulat
Oh, My Darling
(Hardwood Records / Rough Trade)
Against an intimate chamber pop
background of strings, piano, autoharp
and acoustic guitar, Basia Bulat sings
of love both lost and found. Its
pretty, its pleasant, its unremarkable
the kind of music that plays over
coeeshop speakers or at the end
credits of primetime medical dramas.
ats not to say Bulat isnt talented
shes a talented multi-instrumentalists,
and she opts for understated emotion
instead of melodrama in her lyrics,
vocals and arrangements. e problem
is that most everything sounds the
same midtempo, strummy, singer/
songwriter fare. ere are highlights,
though the gorgeous, whimsical title
track and the giddy stomp of the single
In the Night. As it stands, Oh, My
Darling is a pleasant enough haze that
evaporates as soon as it ends.
Holy Fuck
LP
(Young Turks)
ere are bands who struggle
their entire careers to translate the
immediacy and energy of their live
show to the studio. ere are bands
who just cant get their impeccably
produced songs to work onstage. en
theres Holy Fuck. e Toronto band
with the unprintable name specializes
in improvisational electronica
using everything from synths and
sequencers to cheap keyboards and
kids toys. eir second album, LP,
consists of ve studio tracks and four
live ones, but without the liner notes
thered be no way of knowing which
is which. Highlights include the
headbanging live opener Super Inuit,
the creeping bassline of Milkshake,
and the hypnotic e Pulse. Best of
all is the single Lovely Allen, with its
impossibly catchy ri getting tossed
around by burbling, abrasive synths.
Live or in the studio, Holy Fucks
infectious energy never ags.
Shad
e Old Prince
(Black Box Recordings)
You might be familiar with Shadrach
Kabango, better known as Shad, from
his music video e Old Prince Still
Lives at Home, which recreates the
classic opening of e Fresh Prince of
Bel-Air. But theres more to e Old
Prince than that (pretty hilarious)
single. Shads melliuous, lightning-
quick ow is socially conscious, but
not preachy; funny, but not gimmicky;
personal, but relatable. His excellent
beats are drawn from vintage jazz
(e Old Prince) and funk,
(Compromise) and he matches them
every step of the way. Its an engaging,
necessary salve for listeners weary of
mainstream hip-hop; its the sound
of an average guy with extraordinary
talent trying to stay true to himself in
an image-driven industry.
e Weakerthans
Reunion Tour
(Anti-)
It was perhaps inevitable that e
Weakerthans would get a Polaris
Prize nod; few other bands are as
quintessentially Canadian as this
Winnipeg-based foursome. On
Reunion Tour, singer/songwriter John
K. Samson explores the bruised hearts
and minds of goalies, curlers, Bigfoot-
hunters and lovesick bus drivers on
cold winter mornings. While Reunion
Tour boasts some new Weakerthans
classics (Civil Twilight, Sun in an
Empty Room, Night Windows)
too many of these songs lack the
memorable hooks or lyrics that made
previous albums so brilliant. Overall, a
good record thats just a little weaker
than usual (sorry, I had to).
Caribou
Andorra
(Merge)
Andorra breaks with the experimental
electronic music of previous Caribou
releases and plunges into a world of
sun-kissed 60s psychedelia. From
Technicolor garage rock (Melody
Day) to robot doo-wop (Shes the
One) and kaleidoscopic motorik,
(Sundialing) Dan Snaith (Caribou
is his stage name) fuses his unique
style to classic pop forms, and the
results couldnt be better. e sounds
are as math equation precise and vinyl
crackle warm; its a summer album you
can spin all winter long.
Holy Fuck, Shad, Caribou, The Weakerthans and Basia Bulat reviews by Neil Bonner.
Kathleen Edwards. Plants & Animals, Two Hours Trafc, Black Mountain and Stars reviews
by William Gregory.
Wills Pick: e committee has shown a tendency to favour
darkhorse picks. I expect this trend to continue, so I pick
Plants & Animals to take home the prize this year since
Holy Fuck is too controversial and raw.
Neils Pick: Since its inception in 2006, the Polaris Prize has
gone to the underdogs, lesser known bands or artists that few
predicted to win. Following that logic, I have a feeling the
committee will give the prize to Shad, Basia Bulat or Two
Hours Trac.
Reviews and predictions for the ten shortlisted nalists
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 ENTERTAINMENT THE ARGOSY PAGE 7
Geoff Hutchinson
Argosy Contributor
Leaving residence on Friday night,
I was denitely in a bit of a funk,
considering the fact that most people
were beginning their Friday nights
with a vengeance, whereas I was
heading out into the chilly night to
stand in a tent for 4 hours. I didnt
anticipate an overly enjoyable night;
its nice to be completely, staggeringly
wrong sometimes.
By the time I arrived, with a few
friends in tow, the opening act was
minutes away, tuning their instruments
and checking the sound. I settled
in near the stage and was pleasantly
surprised. e Grass, a band based
in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, blasted
onto the stage in a brilliant symphony
of sound. e music was a great
combination of old and new. Although
they could be primarily classied as
punk or indie rock band, this would be
an incomplete description. e Grass
combined musical styles awlessly,
taking classic rock guitar sounds, and
mixing in punk-style drumming to
a very soul/gospel keyboard ri. e
lead singers voice was reminiscent
of an early McCartney, or possibly of
the band Muse. e fast drumming
combined with power-chords and
a strongly unique lead guitar ri
reminded me at once of Hot Hot Heat
and the Beatles. It was interesting, to
say the least. ere was even a song
that seemed to be straight o of a Bob
Dylan album; a song for every mood.
e Grasss new album, Rogue Waves,
will be released later this fall.
After an amazing set, and a rather
quick-witted retort to a very uncouth
heckler, the Grass left the stage to
strong applause from the crowd that
was beginning to gather in earnest.
e families with small children began
to disperse, and were replaced with
university students, abuzz with the
reviews they had heard from others
about the headliners playing at the
First Class Bash. I happened to steal
a place right at the front of the stage,
close enough to touch the band if I
had so desired. Hey Rosetta! came
on stage to much applause, opening
their set with New Goodbye, and
gaining momentum from there. e
crowd was very receptive, to say the
least, applauding loudly and dancing
enthusiastically to every song played.
Hey Rosetta! didnt miss a beat,
moving seamlessly from song to
song. For almost two hours, the band
played without break, nally taking a
twenty-minute intermission. During
this time, the crowd was abuzz with
positive comments. Most people
stayed right where they were, not
wanting to lose their positions relative
to the stage. It seemed that almost
instantaneously Hey Rosetta! was
back at it, with their unique blend of
indie rock and harmonic ballads. ey
have a very hard style to dene, which
seems reminiscent of a cross between
fast-paced Celtic ballads and indie-
instrumental rock. ough hard to
dene, its not at all hard to listen to.
Every song is well written, with great
harmonies and generous blend of the
guitar and cello, along with ddle and
drums, and even keyboard. Needless
to say, this concert was as good, if not
even better, then their opening act for
Matt Mays and El Torpedo; at the very
least, Ive had Lions for Scottie stuck
in my head for the last few days.
Fall Fair takes over Bridge Street
Hey Rosetta! and e Grass captivate street partiers
Hey Rosetta! performing under the big white tent on Bridge Street.
Claire Kelly
Betty Liang
Argosy Contributor
Troll 2 (1990, Starring Michael
Stephenson, George Hardy, Darren
Ewing, Jason Steadman and Jason F.
Wright; Directed by Drake Floyd)
Oh yes, theres a very good reason as
to why Im writing a review on a movie
thats over a decade old. Believe it or
not, no one that Ive talked to has seen
the amazing horror classic, Troll 2.
Such ignorance is quite appalling and
I plan on enlightening all you who are
reading this.
e rst thing that Im going to tell
you about Troll 2 is that, as hard as it is
to believe, it has absolutely nothing to
do with the 1986 lm, Troll, nor does
this movie even feature a single troll.
Instead, the plot revolves around a
family on vacation in a town inhabited
by goblins and, being the little buggers
that they are, they try their darned
best to turn the vacationers into plant-
human hybrids in order to feast upon
their vegetated esh.
I hope that youre still reading this
because, I know, I know that summary
of Troll 2 sounds pretty stupid and
youre right, it is, but that stupidity is
what saves this movie from being a
complete op.
eres a ne line between a bad
movie and a bad movie; a bad movie
merely makes you walk out of the
theatre, regretting spending your
allowance on a waste of time, but a
bad movie is just so ridiculous that you
cant help but enjoy yourself. e latter
applies to Troll 2.
I dont think that Ive seen a movie
with worse acting than Troll 2. e
line delivery makes you groan and
giggle simultaneously. If the actors
arent overacting, they are delivering
their lines in such a deadpan manner
that you know they failed high school
drama actually, they probably didnt
even take high school drama. You
have to be pretty special in order to
exclaim theyre eating her and then
theyre going to eat me in a perfectly
monotone voice.
Despite having a cast of amateurs,
the acting may not be as bad as Troll
2s storyline. Its no wonder that the
director and writer of this shoddy
screenplay are one and the same
no one else would have been able to
decipher such a poorly written plotline
that begs the question: How did they
manage to put this in to production?
Oh, and I dont think I can even talk
about how dreadful the special eects
and music are.
Of course, the accumulation of the
bad acting, the bad writing and the
bad everything is actually a plus for
this movie. Troll 2s able to cross that
ne line between bad and bad to the
point of actually making you believe
that maybe, just maybe, all of it is
So bad its good
Troll 2 provokes many unintentional laughs
Dylan Cunningham
Argosy Contributor
Lady Vengeance (aka Sympathy for
Lady Vengeance)
(2005; Starring Lee Young Ae
and Choi Min-sik; Directed by Park
Chan-wook.)
If South Korea really is as bleak a
place as director Park Chan-wooks
lms portray it, its a small wonder the
whole nation hasnt collapsed under the
weight of its own depression by now.
Lady Vengeance comes as the third part
of the directors vengeance trilogy,
preceded by Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
and the exceedingly brilliant Oldboy.
ere is no relation between each lm
aside from their central themes and
utter contempt for people smiling in
anything but a really dark context.
I havent seen Mr. Vengeance yet, but
Oldboy was a heavy, uninchingly
brutal trip on a downward spiral of epic
proportions that felt like something
Shakespeare would write if he was a
serial killer. Lady takes dierent route.
It is a ponderous lm, methodological
and dirty just like the revenge around
which it is centered, and is somehow
even more disturbing than Parks
previous work. Which is roughly akin
to saying something is somehow even
bigger than the Big Bang.
Recommending this movie so highly
is in a sense a dicult decision to make.
Parks portrayal of humanity comes
across as so miserable, so hopeless and
nihilistic that Lady is hard to identify
with. Everything about this movie is
unsettling, even seemingly everyday
conversation at times, and when the
credits roll the audience is liable to be
left with a strange sense of dirtiness.
e jumpy, confusing style of direction
is also likely to leave many very much
lost and in need of a rewind, something
I readily admit to at the risk of losing
what little reviewer credibility I have.
For most people, this would be a movie
they would rather forget than one to
share with others. Despite all this, I
still give this top marks, and Ill do my
best to explain why without making
myself look utterly crazy.
Maybe it is that faint glimmer of
hope beneath all the gloom, the touch
of black humour that rises to the surface
when it seems most inappropriate but
I could not help feeling just a little
uplifted in the end. Okay, so the whole
not seeming crazy for recommending
this thing isnt going very well so far, I
know. To get the full eect from this
movie, it is important to acknowledge
it as a movie, a work of ction. By
lming a completely de-romanticized
portrayal of the act of bloody, merciless
revenge, Park has put forth what could
be called his interpretation of the
reality that Hollywood obscures in
the name of excitement and drama.
In his world, gloried things like
violence and sex are stripped down to
their nastiest, most uncomfortable and
degrading cores, robbing them of any
glamour they ever had.
On the other hand, what were left
with is the impression that everything
in life is so miserable were probably all
better o dead - not exactly Saturday
night popcorn material. It is important
to view this and other works by the
same director as reective works of art,
rather than manifestoes on the proper
way to live and think. I honestly dont
think he is a miserable man. Instead, he
is fascinated by misery, by hatred, by all
the things most sensible people would
rather not think about. By exploring
them, he seeks to better understand
them, not to dwell on them. ough
in hindsight, this review would have
been easier if he really was just plain
nuts. Anyway, if youre having an odd
craving for gloom anytime soon, this is
one you Must See.
intentional. It makes you believe that
its a surreal comedy with an in-the-
closet boyfriend, a strange woman who
wiggles her eyebrows excessively and
rubber masked, burlap sack goblins.
Personally, I love this movie not
only for the sheer novelty of its
poor production, but also because it
genuinely does make me laugh.
If youre a connoisseur of the its-
so-bad-its-good genre of lms, or if
you liked Evil Dead (I, II, or Army of
Darkness), Troll 2s denitely a movie
for you. However, if youre still not
convinced that Troll 2s worth your
time, at least look up Troll 2 corn
porn on YouTube.
e dirty side of revenge
Korean lm, Lady Vengeance painfully
depressing yet uplifting
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PAGE 8 THE ARGOSY ENTERTAINMENT SEPTEMBER 25, 2008
Neil Bonner
Argosy Staff
e worldwide success of Broken
Social Scene has been a boon for
the Canadian music scene. Besides
bestowing indie cred upon our home
and native land, it helped shine a
spotlight on the solo careers of band
members including Leslie Feist, Emily
Haines and Jason Collett. Since taking
a break from Broken Social Scene in
2005, Jason has been focusing on his
solo career, which is now more popular
than ever. His latest record Heres to
Being Here is a collection of forward-
thinking folk: think Bob Dylan or Je
Tweedy of Wilco singing over classic
70s pop rock with a modern alternative
twist.
Opening for Jason is Halifaxs
Rebekah Higgs, who was nominated
for two ECMAs including best new
artist. Already a veteran of Georges
Roadhouse, Rebekah plays a dreamy,
hypnotic brand of folk pop music thats
winning fans from coast to coast.
Rounding out the bill is Halifaxs
Share (not to be confused with Cher).
eyve been touring the country since
the release of their album Pedestrian,
and this month they shared the stage
with Hey Rosetta and Grand eft
Bus at Frederictons Harvest Jazz and
Blues Festival. Citing inuences as
varied as Stevie Woner, Pavement,
Talking Heads and Wilco, Share play
unpretentious and catchy electronic-
tinged indie rock thats been captivating
audiences around the Maritimes.
Jason Collett, Rebekah Higgs and
Share will be performing at Georges
Fabulous Roadhouse this Friday,
September 26 at 10pm. Tickets are on
sale now for $10 at Duckys and Robert
Lyon Graphics. You can also get them
at the door for $12, but theyre going
fast!
Broken Social Scenes Jason Collett
to play Georges Roadhouse
Betty Liang
Argosy Contributor
e Wackness (2008, Starring Ben
Kingsley and Josh Peck; Directed by
Jonathan Levine)
For anyone who has seen
Nickelodeons Drake & Josh, they
might get a surprise when Luke
Shapiro, the protagonist of e
Wackness, is introduced. I know that
it denitely took me a few minutes
to nally convince myself that it was
indeed Josh Peck playing a drug dealer
in New York during the early 1990s I
guess I am just too used to seeing him
as the fall guy in silly preteen sitcoms.
Despite having this image of a
chubby and clumsy character already
engraved in my mind, I am glad that
Peck was able to break out of his mold
to play a character that is drastically
dierent from what he has always been
cast as. ere is the perfect combination
of awkwardness and condence to
Shapiro that makes him believable and
I found myself impressed with Pecks
performance.
e addition of Sir Ben Kingsley
to the lms cast helps immensely as
Pecks Shapiro is able to successfully
play o of his Dr. Squires to portray
the hope and hopelessness that goes
along with living your life.
is desperation and bittersweet
atmosphere of the movie is further
enhanced by colour lters and camera
angles, eectively creating a world
where one is able to believe they are
in the grit and sweat of Shapiros New
York summer. Just viewing the lm felt
like you were going to be smothered
and suocated by the city and people,
mimicking the emotions that Shapiro
and Squires reveal as the movie
progresses.
However successful these treatments
are, other eects merely come o as
cheesy. An example of such can be
seen in the progression of the summer
shown through scenes cutting to show
the month in a fake grati spray. Not
only is it tacky, but it undermines
the ow of the lms script and the
audiences intelligence. If this were
a movie about a pregnant teenager
named after a Roman Goddess, it
would have added to the movies quirky
attitude, but ultimately such transitions
through time only took away from the
overall mood which I believe to be the
heart of this particular lm.
e second major aw of e
Wackness lies in the characterization of
everyone around Shapiro and Squires.
It is as if everyone, except for the leads,
is a ghost oating in and out of the
movie. ere is the perpetually high
hippie girl, the seemingly cold and
emotionless wife, and the father who
loses it all, to name a few of movie
clichs. None of these characters
have real depth to their personalities
and when it came time for their
actions to become signicant, I was
unconvinced.
Frankly, what bothered me most
about the lm was not any of the above;
rather it was how hard e Wackness
tried to be profound. Nothing is more
annoying than a lm that gives o the
vibe of pretension. It is not as if the
theme of taking the good with the bad
has not been featured in any other lm
this century, yet e Wackness persists
on trying to make itself grander,
forcing the viewer to acknowledge the
need to experience everything in life.
e Wackness is certainly an
interesting lm that creates an
excellent atmosphere and has a few
good humorous scenes. Although
I was not enthralled by the lms
conclusion, eager to watch it again and
again, it is worth seeing once if only for
the sake of seeing it. Perhaps I do not
relate enough to the personalities in
the movie to fully appreciate all of its
aspects, however, I for one would have
found it more appealing had it been
handled in a simpler fashion, showing
its message without any pretense.
Sackville Film Society unspools
e Wackness
Sundance audience choice a little too pretentious
Lucy Niles
Argosy Contributor
On Weezers sixth studio album,
theres denitely a fresh new attitude.
Trading in his vow of celibacy for a
wife, daughter, and a Bee Gees-worthy
moustache has done some good for
notoriously bizarre front man Rivers
Cuomo. And hes not afraid to admit
it. Weezer have always been a band
whose best songs were rooted in
insecurity-so much that their 1996
album Pinkerton is widely hailed as the
record that begot emo as we know it
today.
But the band that we have to thank
for this highly dubious blessing has
now done a 360 degree turnaround. e
Red Album is not melancholy. e lead
single Pork and Beans is a shout-out
to the haters who Cuomo dont give
a hoot about. e epic e Greatest
Man at Ever Lived is a ten-part
ballad that changes from hymn to rap
to rock without any sort of transition
(and quotes William Shakespeare as
someone). Both e Greatest Man
at Ever Livedand Pork and Beans
Weezer
e Red Album
Lucy Niles
Argosy Contributor
If Husker Du were hired to write
a Billy Joel-avoured musical about
a bunch of Springsteen-loving,
recreational-drug-taking poets who
decided to form a Guns N Roses cover
band, the resulting soundtrack would be
the discography of Brooklyns number
one bar band, e Hold Steady. e
hypothetical fourth act, this summers
Stay Positive takes the narrative in
a logical arc. 2006s Boys and Girls in
America told the story of just that:
tales of boys and girls sucking o each
other at the demonstrations, making
sure theyre thinking straight.e disc
featured many of the characters we
have come to know and love, including
Charlemagne the pimp and Holly the
lapsed Catholic. Stay Positive follows
these same boys and girls, as they
grow older and the scene rages on.
e rst cut, Constructive Summer
is a joyous throwback to 80s hardcore
- a triumphant group chant about
the insatiable thirst of youth. Our
psalms are singalong songs, declares
the always eloquent Craig Finn, as
he recounts the tales of drinking on
top of water towers and compares he
and his friends to the drums on lust
for life. e next track, Sequestered
in Memphis, is an upbeat, sardonic
recounting of a one-night-stand gone
awry; In bar light she looked alright,
e Hold Steady
Stay Positive
Lucy Niles
Argosy Contributor
Slippery Rabbits is the latest musical
project of St Johns indie veteran
Chrie Pyne, and her rst eort since
relocating to Montreal in 2007. Like
2006s Little Springboard, La Maree Noir
is full of spacey, shimmery indie rock,
with Pynes vulnerable yet determined
vocals carving rock-hard melodies into
the ethereal wall of noise. Paranoid
Complainer in a Ceramic Container
is straight-up power pop, with a hook
that drives along the almost-jovial
lyrics. Looming (e Black Tide) is a
diamond sharp, Sleater-Kinney-esque
rocker. Brooklynis a delicately picked,
Slippery Rabbits
La Maree Noir
share the same sentiment: Cuomo is
older and less attractive, but he still
rocks, and you know it. e sentiment
behind Heart Songsis a nice-a shout-
out to everyone from Debbie Gibson
to Slayer that celebrates the music
of Cuomos youth. And I ought I
Knew is a pleasant surprise-a biting
kiss-o that recalls e Lemonheads
and calls in longtime guitarist Brian
Bell for vocal duties. All in all, one
might venture to say that e Red
Album is the best since Pinkerton. Its
more organic than e Green Album,
more natural than Maladroit, and
more soulful than Make Believe. e
experimentation is certainly welcome
and it seems like the most fun Weezer
has had since e Blue Album. However
, in amongst the standout tracks there
are several forgettable ones-both
Trouble Maker and Everybody Get
Dangerous are excessively boisterous,
and the overall message of the album
is clear-Cuomos out to prove hes got
nothing to prove. When hes done
proving this, Weezer will make an
album thats celebratory, natural, and
hey, maybe even better than Pinkerton.
in day light she looked desperate.
ats alright I was desperate too, Im
gettin pretty sick of this interview,
sings Finn. e album takes a somber
turn with One For e Cutters, an
Outsiders-esque tale of a girl whose
friends all seemed nice, she was
getting good grades who would party
with townies when there was nothing
better to do. A haunting mandolin ri
underscores the eerie tale of one drop
of blood on immaculate Keds. Lord
Im Discouragedis a straight up power
ballad about the pain of growing up,
and Both Crossesis a Western-tinged
acoustic number without shout-outs to
the twelve disciples. e albums title
track is a bittersweet but optimistic
reminder to keep going in the face
of inevitable change, that reprises the
group chants and asserts that its one
thing to start it with a positive jam and
its another thing to see it all through.
Slapped Actressis a world-weary tale
of a cycle of violence that has gotten
monotonous. In amongst the standout
tracks are several forgettable ris
and tales of loneliness, but in typical
Hold Steady fashion, even the worst
songs have lyrics that put any other
contemporary artist to shame. Stay
Positive preaches the gospel of the
power of youth and music once the
drugs have dried up and the lovers
of long ago have gone their separate
ways, and the music stands up whether
or not you still drink on top of water
towers.
bittersweet love song, Christmas is
an angry, catchy, spiky-ried indie
dance-jam, and Oh Helen is another
fragile, wistful acoustic number. La
Maree Noir retains the meandering
trip-pop vibe of Little Springboard,
but the rockers rock harder and the
soft jams sound more poignant. With
the kind of catchy, dance-along hooks
that were foreshadowed on 2006s Spur
Bathroom (Everybody Wants to Know),
La Maree Noir showcases Pynes best
songs yet; swirling sonic landscapes,
steady beats, and catchy hooks that cut
through the chaos. With an air-tight
new band, and unique, hand-crafted
CD cases, La Maree Noir is organic in
every sense of the word.
theagencygroup.com
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 ENTERTAINMENT THE ARGOSY PAGE 9
Anastasia Llewellyn
Argosy Contributor
British band Radiohead made
headlines late last year, when they
released their latest album In Rainbows
online with a pay-as-you-wish policy.
is marketing stunt generated a lot
of buzz for the band. However, while
all aspects of this newfangled selling
strategy were discussed, critics and
fans alike seemed to be forgetting one
of the most important things about
Radiohead: theyre a great live band.
And they proved this last August in an
outdoor concert in Montreals Jean-
Drapeau Park.
While the concert was not set to
start until 7 pm, by the time the gates
opened at 5:30, the venue was inundated
with eager fans trying to get as close
to the stage as possible. Around that
time, the heavens opened and a large
downpour greeted the concert-goers.
For the next hour and a half, there was
a constant shower. Yet, the crowd did
not let the rain dampen their spirits.
If anything, the precipitation provided
the fans with a bonding experience,
giving people a sense that everyone
was in this together.
Sometime after 7 pm, the opening
band, Grizzly Bear, appeared onstage.
While their set was tight, most of the
audience appeared to agree that they
sounded something like a washed-out
version of Radiohead. Good, but as
one restless audience member asked,
why not just skip to the real thing?
Still, they gave a solid performance and
engaged in entertaining banter with
the crowd, congratulating everyone on
surviving the rain.
As Grizzly Bear departed and
the stage crew began the nal
preparations, the excitement in the air
was palpable. While people had been
relaxing, enjoying a drink or a smoke
during the long wait, when Radiohead
nally burst onstage shortly after 9
pm, the mood suddenly became very
Summer concert extravaganza
seriousit felt like everyone was there
for the same purpose. Indeed, the band
attracted a healthy crowd of 35,000,
one of the largest Montreal has seen
(Metallica holds the record, having
attracted 42,000 fans in 2003).
While the crowd generally seemed
to sing along loudest to the hits from
In Rainbows, highlighting the success
of the bands marketing strategy, by
far the most poignant moment of
the evening came during Radioheads
performance of OK Computer classic
Karma Police. While one felt almost
compelled to hush and look on in awe
as lead singer om Yorke poured
his heart into his performance, not a
person was silent, as every individual
in the crowd of 35,000 merged into
one wailing mass of lost souls. Yorkes
rendition of the song felt genuine,
beyond what one would expect from
a band that has seen such huge
international success.
e stage was lit by a series of
environmentally friendly LED lights,
arranged in the form of a rainbow
encircling the band. In addition, the
image of each member of the band was
projected onto a colourful screen that
acted as a backdrop to the performance.
e vibrant lighting made it seem
almost like daytime. Radiohead made
clever use of this visual support.
Yorke spoke little during the show,
channelling his energy into the music,
but started out the set by apologizing
for the rain. Partway through the show,
reworks appeared in the sky, part of
Montreals International Fireworks
Festival. While they might have
been considered a distraction, they
instead added yet another dimension
to the experience. Yorke even paused
to comment on them, saying that
organizers should have thought to
trigger them in time with the music.
Radiohead spent a respectable two
hours on stage, with two short pauses.
While they played most of the songs
from their latest album, as well as from
mega-hit OK Computer, they provided
fans with a good balance of old and
new hits, as well as a couple of lesser
known tracks. Everyone exiting the
venue appeared satised with their
evening.
Radiohead In Rainbows tour fantastic in Montreal stop
Anastasia Llewellyn
Alexandra Theroux
Argosy Contributor
e characters we know and love
are back, and theyre not getting any
younger.
Since Bruce Willis rst said Yippee
Ki Yay action movies havent been
the same. As Ocer John McClane
in the movie Die Hard (1988), Willis
was the only hope for the employees
of Nakatomi Plaza on Christmas Eve,
when a group of German terrorists led
by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) took
the building hostage during the annual
Christmas party. He did it again in Die
Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) two years
later at an airport when Colonel Stuart
took its control tower hostage, forcing
incoming planes to stay in the air while
running out of fuel. Finally McClane
is thrown into the most dangerous
game of Simon Says in Die Hard:
With a Vengeance (1995) after a man
called Simon ( Jeremy Irons) threatens
to blow up a school if McClane
doesnt do everything hes told. Samuel
L. Jackson joins him as Zeus, a shop
owner with a bad attitude.
ese movies were great when
they came out and remain great to
e sequels are coming!
The original action hero: French poet Arthur Rimbaud
Not your great, great granddaddys Rimbaud
this day. In June of 2007 the fourth
instalment Live Free or Die Hard was
released with Bruce Willis (now 52)
reprising his role as the legendary
John McClane. Joining him was funny
guy Justin Long as a computer hacker,
Matt Farrell. McClane spends much
of the movie trying to maintain order
and do what no one else will do stop
the terrorists from hacking the United
States of America and causing wide
spread panic. Timothy Olyphant plays
a very convincing bad guy as omas
Gabriel (see, even a cool bad guy
name), a former programmer for the
government.
McClane is consistently reminded
of how old he is in this installment,
as the computer terminology whizzes
by. A good move on the part of script
writers, saving us from suspending our
disbelief just a little bit.
e comedic element is a highlight
in Live Free. Farrell gets in a few very
good one-liners as well as an amusing
scene in which Kevin Smith playing
the hacker Warlock puts Willis in
his place. Even the bad guys get some
time to shine (not too much, though,
or else they wouldnt be scary). All in
all, the movie was just as good as the
others and denitely ts with the rest
of the series.
Now for the next former trilogy:
Rambo.
Alright, Ill admit it, I didnt like the
rst one... actually I didnt like any of
them. I found each of the rst three
movies relied too much on the action
and gore and not enough on a reason
for all of it.
at said, it can be seen as an
interesting portrayal of the life of
returning Vietnam vets. In First Blood
(1982) John Rambo returns home to
the States from his tour of duty and
all he wants is to nd a place to eat.
Hes stopped by a local Sherri and
it all spirals out of control from there,
when the Sherri refuses to take him
to a diner and politely kicks him out
of town. Needless to say this is where
the movie got a little stupid. Rambo,
refusing to leave gets thrown in jail and
when the ocers try to cut his hair he
goes crazy and kills one of them with a
razor blade. en, an all out war with
Rambo running around in the woods.
e next two movies are much the
same except Rambo isnt a bad guy -
hes the guy you call in when no one else
can or will do the job. e good thing
about these is the semblance of a point
to the violence and gore. roughout
the trilogy Rambo is constantly trying
to come to terms with the person he
has become.
Twenty years after Rambo III (1988)
Stallone (now 62) revisits the role of
John Rambo. Now retired, Rambo
tries to put his past behind him. When
a group of missionaries from Colorado
request his aid in reaching a village in
Burma (a deadly war torn area) Rambo
reluctantly agrees. After dropping
them o at their destination he nds
out that the village has been attacked
and the missionaries are missing,
likely dead. Rambo is hired by their
pastor as a guide for hired mercenaries
and eventually joins the rescue party.
Embracing his past, he puts his violent
tendencies to good use, in order to save
the researchers.
However, this is no doubt the most
horrifying display of violence and
gore that Ive seen since Mel Gibsons
Passion of the Christ (2004). Soldiers
attack a village and hack limbs o,
throw children into aming buildings
and make people run through mine
infested waters for fun. Its the
senseless violence which made the
Rambo movies so popular in the rst
place.
Last, but not least, Harrison Ford
(66) returns nineteen years later as
archeologist Indiana Jones in Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
Skull.
Its hard to beat Indian Jones -
despite the political incorrectness and
sexism throughout, the movies are
timeless.
In the original trilogy Indiana Jones
confronts religious and paranormal
relics, events, and people. In the other
three lms, Indy spent most of his
time and research in temples, holy
landmarks, etc. is time he ends up in
Area 51 looking at a highly magnetic
alien skeleton.
For someone who (Im ashamed to
admit) only saw the original trilogy
for the rst time three days before
seeing the fourth in theatres the movie
was great. It was funny, lled with
action. e movie wasnt that much
of a stretch for me. ere were a few
moments when Fords age was a bit
of an issue but for the most part they
did a great job of not making that the
most important aspect of his character.
Shia LaBeouf Made a great entrance
as well, and the rumours that peg him
as the new Indiana Jones dont make
me want to run and hide.
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Jocelyn Turner
Argosy Contributor
Two people meet and fall in love
the bare necessities of any tragic love
story. Dan is(recently deceased, Heath
Ledger) an out of work poet and
Candy (Abbie Cornish), his girlfriend,
is an artist: a match made in heaven?
Unfortunately not, as an addiction to
heroin proves to be their undoing. ey
set themselves up on an adventure, led
by their addiction and their love for
one another. With regular trips to their
dealer, Casper (Georey Rush), they
nd themselves on a long spiraling
decent into unhappiness. Candy and
Dan nd themselves losing touch with
their creative gifts and making some
immoral choices in order to make
money to nance their pricey habit.
Cornishs portrayal of the drug
addicted artist steals the show. Her
pain and desperateness arresting
as you observe her character going
down the road of addiction. Ledgers
contribution is not without its charm.
He is a very conservative actor is
this lm and compliments Cornishs
performance perfectly. eir chemistry
together as an acting couple was
heartbreaking to watch as their
characters stormed through their lives
and almost destroyed them.
To prepare yourself when sitting
down to watch this older release,
one must remember to bring tissues,
and lots of them. e characters go
through so many rough ordeals that the
audience cannot help but sympathize
and cry with them. When Cornishs
character is in the hospital after giving
birth to her stillborn child, audiences
feel her pain with every breath and sob
she takes. When the couple is forced
to decide whether or not they should
remain together, you feel your heart
beat faster, your palms get sweaty and
youre silently praying that they are
able to make it work.
e script, an elegant tragedy of love
and addiction, is close to a modern day
Romeo and Juliet. I do not recommend
watching this movie if you are sensitive
to tragedy. I could not help but sob
hysterically when watching some of
the horrors they went through as a
couple. During one of the most intense
moments in the lm, I had to take a
break before going back and nishing
it. Overall denitely worth watching.
Fresh from the dusty
projector
Candy: A tragedy that puts Shakespeare
to shame
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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26
GEORGES ROADHOUSE
10 PM
ADVANCE TICKETS $10
@ DUCKYS
& ROBERT LYON GRAPHICS
$12 AT THE DOOR
19+
If you havent made your way down to the Roadhouse
yet this school-year then let this be your introduction.
Three great acts, one Friday night. This is not to be
missed.
Jason Collett will be bringing his simple and evocative
folk-pop to Sackville for the first-time and this Broken
Social Scene affiliated heart-throb is sure to please.
Touring in support of his latest release Heres to Being
Here, a collection of rootsy Dylan-channeling tunes,
were happy to have him.
Warming up the stage will be Rebekkah Higgs with her
sunny sea-water soaked songs of love, loss and lolli-
pops, And another musical heart-throb Andrew Sisk
with his band Share. Well-loved here in Sackville, both
these acts will be bringing their indie-rock A-game.
Please come. Youll be sad if you dont.
FINAL FANTASY
JASON COLLETT

CHMA CHARTS
* indicates Canadian artist. Chart ranking reflects airplay during the week
ending 16-Sep-2008.
01 CHAD VANGAALEN* Soft Airplane (Flemish Eye/Sub Pop)
02 BECK Modern Guilt (DGC)
03 JASON COLLETT* Here's To Being Here (Arts & Crafts)
04 SNAILHOUSE* Lies On The Prize (Unfamiliar)
05 THE HOLD STEADY Stay Positive (Vagrant)
06 VANCOUGAR* Canadian Tuxedo (Mint)
07 HEY ROSETTA!* Into Your Lungs (Sonic)
08 MATMOS Supreme Balloon (Matador)
09 GIANNA LAUREN* Fist In A Heart (Independent)
10 ELLIOTT BROOD* Mountain Meadows (Six Shooter)
11 REBEKAH HIGGS* Rebekah Higgs (Outside)
12 THE CONSTANTINES* Kensington Heights (Arts & Crafts)
13 TANYA DAVIS* Gorgeous Morning (Wordy Music)
14 ATTACK IN BLACK* The Curve Of The Earth (Dine Alone)
15 HUMAN HIGHWAY* Moody Motorcycle (Secret City)
16 VARIOUS* This Beautiful City (Fontana)
17 MARDEEN* Read Less Minds (Independent)
18 FEMBOTS* Calling Out (Weewerk)
19 ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI Like It Or Not (Polyvinyl)
20 OLD MAN LUEDECKE* Proof Of Love (Black Hen Music)
21 CONSTRUCTION AND DESTRUCTION* The Volume Wars (Indie)
22 PETE SAMPLES* The Jumper Cables (Independent)
23 KOAK* Morningtime Stumble (Delorean)
24 ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS* Forest Of Tears (Independent)
25 OKKERVIL RIVER The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)
26 WOLF PARADE* At Mount Zoomer (Sub Pop)
27 BRENDAN CANNING* Something For All Of Us (Arts & Crafts)
28 SIGUR ROS Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (XL)
29 THE ACORN* Glory Hope Mountain (Paper Bag)
30 SHOTGUN JIMMIE* The Onlys (Delorean)
Charts compiled by Mark Brownlee, outgoing music director.
Student Administrative Council
Graham government opts for irrational stop-gap student aid policy
ey are willing to sit down with us, but time will tell if they will listen
On average, New Brunswick
students on government loans will
graduate $32,000 in debt, the highest
in the country and almost $10,000
higher than the national average.
President of the SAC Mike Currie
and I have been working with the
New Brunswick Student Alliance to
respond to this pressing problem over
the summer. I think the students of
this university deserve to know what
has been going on with student aid
in this province. Particularly in the
last year, the NBSA found renewed
purpose and has successfully posited
itself as the bastion of student nancial
concerns, serving an integral role in
providing a counterpoint to what
has traditionally been a government
dominated narrative in this province.
In January 2007 Shawn Grahams
Liberals ordered a review of the New
Brunswick Post Secondary Education
system. e result was an exhaustive
policy review:public sessions were held
across the province, lobby groups gave
their cases, and hundreds of interviews
were conducted. e commissioners
were impressed with the work of
the NBSA, and included many of
their recommendations. e report
recommended, among other things, the
removal of the $2000 rst year bursary,
the implementation of a debt cap, and
argued against tuition freezes.
We were very pleased with this
report: while tuition remains too high
(especially here at Mt. A), tuition
freezes are expensive programs that
target everyone equally, regardless
of family income. It is little known
that almost all research done on
tuition freezes (Educational Policy
Institute, Canadian Alliance of
Student Associations policy reports,
Millennium Scholarship data) reveals
their ineectiveness when judged by
a variety of indicators; often tuition
freezes merely function as a middle-
class tax break.Especially considering
the wealth of a province like New
Brunswick, it makes more sense to
spend that extra money to aggressively
help students from poor backgrounds.
A debt cap automatically targets those
who need it most, and would serve as a
useful measure, working toward more
transformative reform.
However, nobody remembers the
commission report for these qualities.
Any progress the report demanded on
the student aid le was overshadowed
by the furor over recommendations
regarding polytechnics and the survival
of UNBSJ. Frantically, the Graham
government ordered another review
of New Brunswicks post-secondary
institutions, to be conducted entirely by
the administrative heads of universities
and colleges, with no formal avenue
for student input. ankfully, the
government responded well to a request
for a meeting, and almost all NBSA
directors (including myself ) met with
Education Minister Ed Doherty (and
later the Finance Minister) to plead
our case. We argued for a debt cap,
which the comprehensive commission
on post-secondary education referred
to as entirely feasible and relatively
simple to administer, and to help pay
for this we oered to give up the $2000
rst-year bursary and the $10,000 tax
rebate. He was generally amicable and
receptive to the evidence we presented,
and we had no reason to believe that
our recommendations would be totally
ignored.
When the Working Group report
was nally released in June, it too
recommended the elimination of the
rst year bursary to be reallocated to
signicant reductions in student debt,
albeit not in the form of an upfront debt
cap, which was our recommendation.
e report also advocated a tuition
freeze, and hundreds of millions of
dollars in additional capital funding,
which was predictable considering who
was drawing up the report. is report
was further from what we wanted, but
the suggestions, if implemented, would
have helped.
Mike and I were there in Fredericton
when Sean Graham nally announced
the Action Plan to Transform
Post-Secondary Education in New
Brunswick. It would appear that his
government ignored our personal
meetings, not to mention the results
of two lengthy, erudite reports on
post-secondary education reform. In
opposition to both reports, there was
no real change in the plan to address
student debt, and the wasteful and
pointless $2000 bursary was extended.
Instead the government chose to waste
money on a tuition freeze. For a short
period, media outlets courted student
representatives. Little relief in plan
for crushing debt: students page A.1
of the Telegraph-Journal screamed
Despite taking a reasonable stance
and utilizing all formal conduits at
our disposal, we were ignored. Now
the summer is over and the voting
public has likely forgotten any media
attention we garnered on this issue.
e Liberal plan was nothing short of
a showy appeal to the pocketbooks of
already relatively wealthy parents. e
tagline that this plan was a Student-
Focused System was orchestrated
around a show of smoke and mirrors.
Fortunately this plan for student
nancing is short term. In the coming
months we will know the extent of
the damage. Grahams government
can still choose to listen to our
recommendations, which, coupled
with more progressive environmental
policies, would capture the student
vote wholesale, getting his government
out of jeopardy. If they choose to
continue to ignore us however, we will
be obligated to mobilize against this
government, and stoop to the realist
politics that has so far won the day.
Debating on What
to Do on the 28th?
Mark Brister
Mount Allison SAC
VP External
Come out for the exciting federal
debate September 28 at 7:30 in
Brunton Auditorium. Check out the
Facebook event for the details.
Be Informed
Abigail McGillivary
Mount Allison SAC
VP Communications
Are you an informed student?
Are you informed of the major
issues on campus? Take initiative
and jump head rst into discussion
with the major decision makers on
campusabout pertinent issues aecting
your life at Mount Allison University.
Only taking up a small part of your
Wednesday night, your Student
Administrative Council is holding their
weekly meetings from 7 pm onwards.
e rst meeting is happening on
October 1. Make your opinion heard.

Questions to ask yourself are: What do
you think about Distribution Credits?
What do you think about Evening
Classes? What do you think about
ree-Week Concentrated Courses?
What are your positive thoughts and/
or negative thoughts on these issues?
By the time you leave Mount Allison
University, what should you know and
what skill do you believe you should
have?
Your Student Administrative Council
From Left to Right: Abigail Dawn McGillivary (VP Communications), Dan Wortman (VP Finance and Operations), Jessie Boorne (Ofce
Manager), Brian Crouse (VP Academic), Mike Currie (President), Joy Estabrooks (Ofce Administrator), Mark Brister (VP External), Pat Barry
(VP Campus Life).
Mark Brister
Mount Allison SAC
VP External
FEATURES
Corey Isenor and
James Goddard
Argosy Contributors
Mels Tearoom
17 Bridge Street
is week, we are reviewing an
institution here in Sackville, New
Brunswick: Mels Tearoom. Mels is
designated a Local Historic Place for
its location, architecture, and for its role
within the community. It was opened
at its current location, 17 Bridge Street,
in 1945, but has been established as a
business since 1919. Despite its age it
continues to thrive, even though the
sta still have to stoke a wood burning
furnace in the basement. ey are
open almost every day until midnight
(though they close a bit earlier on
Sundays). If you are wanting to eat
late though, we recommend that you
get there and order before 11:30pm as
the cooks and employees close down
the kitchen around that time, and nd
it annoying when someone comes in
too late wanting a burger and fries. Its
quite understandable.
We, personally, are what one might
call veterans-in-training of Mels,
being patrons of the tearoom for over
three years now. We decided to head
out to dine this Sunday at around six
oclock, so dinner was on our minds.
Mels oers not only dinner options,
but also a breakfast menu, appetizers,
and desserts. Basically, you can get
something to eat there for whatever
mood youre in. Furthermore, Mels is
not just a diner, oh no. It also functions
as a small convenience store, providing
candy bars, chips, magazines, soft
drinks, cigarettes, and more.
e atmosphere at Mels is what
would be expected of any old diner.
ey have all the amenities - bountiful
booths, a bar area with stools for those
soda pop days, and a functioning
jukebox. We would say its an inviting
environment for both sitting down for
a meal or dropping in for a snack during
a busy day. e booths are a particular
highlight making Mels all the more
comfortable, and isolating you and
your dining partners somewhat from
the coming and goings of the people
on convenience store runs.
When we arrived, we were quickly
greeted by one of the many friendly
employees who often work as both
waiters/waitresses and shop keepers.
Within about ve minutes, we had
our booth set, and our orders taken.
James ordered an Extra ick Vanilla
Milkshake, grilled cheese sandwich,
with added bacon and tomatoes, and
a side of poutine. Corey ordered an
Extra ick Chocolate Milkshake,
two cheeseburgers, and a side of onion
rings. e wait until our food was
served was a little long, taking about
half an hour. ey were busy since it
was dinner time, and there were a fair
number of diners. Both our meals
came to just over $14, which while not
cheap, was not terrible for the amount
of food.
e food is solid diner fair. e Mels
sta arent looking to experiment.
Grilled cheese is grilled cheese, a
burger is a burger; this is one of Mels
strong points. ey are good at what
they do. Although we tend to stick to
the Sandwich Shop side of the menu,
they also have a pretty robust la Carte
selection, oering chicken dinners, and
sh and chips.
As we walked into Mels Sunday
evening, there was country music
playing loudly over the jukebox, and
the jingle of the VLTs was chiming
in the background, as a familiar blue-
green booth beckoned to us; we were
handed menus with little penciled in
prices. As we sipped on our milkshakes
our conversation ranged over topics
political and personal, and, frankly,
it was a little hard not to feel like we
were home.
Corey and James give Mels two
thumbs up. It might be the hit-the-
spot right diner food ,or all the nights
weve spent there eating onion rings
at ten oclock; either way, Mels is just
right in our books, and if youre ever
looking for a bit of comfort with a bit
of history, Mels Tea Room is the place
to go.
On Friday night, like all Friday
nights, there was a party in my
kitchen (where I keep the booze,
naturally). It got a bit drunken, and
someone brought up your mom
jokes, something about someones
mom being a rusty trombone. We all
had a giggle, until someone piped up
with Whats a rusty trombone?
Now, there are certain terms,
relating to sex, that have entered the
university student vernacular, which I
thought were well known. Depending
on where you grew up, which region
of the world you might be from, or
even how much of a sheltered life you
have led, this might not be the case.
So, heres a quick rundown of some
interesting terms that might help you
make it through the school year.
ink of this as Sex Vocab 101.
Rusty Trombone: Essentially
analingus while giving the guy a
reach around. So, getting your face
up close and personal with some
guys ass, reaching around, giving him
a handjob at the same time. If you
picture this in your mind, it looks like
someone playing a trombone, though
quite rusty, as they may not exactly be
procient with this sort of activity.
e G-spot: youll be surprised at how
many people dont know about this,
but its short for the Grafenberg spot
(as he was the rst dude to describe
it), and is located a few inches up the
anterior wall of the vagina. Its kind
spongey and highly erogenous. If you
like women, you should know where
this is. For homework, go practice
with your girlfriend, or thing on the
side, to nd out exactly where this is
located. Youll need to know where
the G-spot is in order to give a girl
a G-spot orgasm (no, really, some
people dont know this), which is a
particularly intense orgasm, and may
cause a bit of squirting, if youre lucky.
Bottom or Top: these are terms relating
to dominant or submissive sex roles.
If youre a Top, youre a Dominant, if
youre a Bottom, youre a submissive.
Note the capitalizations of the words,
Dominant is capitalized, because its,
well, Dominant, whereas submissive
isnt because you get it, right?
Fisting: now, Im a small girl, so this
isnt possible for me, but I think the
general idea is for you to slowly put
your st up someones vagina, or
anus, depending on what youre into.
Some have said that you want to put
your st up, and then open your hand
once youre inside, but I think thats
for advanced members of the class
only. Ive never done this, nor had this
one done on me (see above), so I cant
really say much on the matter. Maybe
wiki this one?
Cream pie: this isnt something you
nd in the grocery store, its when you
shoot your load into the girls vagina,
not onto, but into, you know, that
whole cream lling thing. I suppose
its related to a Mud Pie, where you
nish o in the ass, sometimes known
as the anal cream pie. Side note: if the
male sprays his jizz all over the pubic
hair of the female, this is known as
Jazz in the Park.
Tossing Salad: this was mentioned in
a song, for those of you who are as old
as I am, but its another word for a rim
job, which is eating out someones ass.
Im not sure how the word salad got
into the mix, but its certainly much
nicer to say than ass eating.
Various terms for male masturbation
include: spank the monkey, choke the
chicken, beat o, whack o, beat the
meat, og the dolphin, og the bishop,
wankathon, and glazing the donut.
Various terms for female masturbation
include: ngering, icking the bean,
and tickle the bearded clam.
Fellatio: going down on a guy, blowjob,
giving head, playing the skin ute, deep
throat, and hummer (though with this
one, you hum as you go down).
Cunnilingus: going down on a girl, also
giving head, eating out, rug munching,
eating pussy, and mu diving.
Sadism/Masochism: sadists get o
on causing pain, masochists get o on
experiencing pain. Read the Marquis
de Sade.
Pearl Necklace: these are not your
grandmothers pearls, its where a guy,
albeit one with good aim, cums around
your neck. e little globs of semen
look like pearls. is actually takes a
lot of skill, and Ive yet to be with a
guy who can perform this act.
Camel Toe: have you looked at a
camels toes recently? Well then, what
female body part does it resemble?
If you guessed outer labia, you win a
prize! A camel toe is where you can see
labia through tight womens clothing,
and why men love leggings so much.
Money Shot: having the moment of a
guys ejaculation caught on lm, usually
used in reference to pornography.
Tea Bagging: essentially having a guy
dip his nuts into your mouth; think of
a wet teabag, and what male body part
it looks like. Sometimes the guy will
take this further, and grind his nuts
into your mouth, or onto your face.
Its more of a dominance thing than
anything. However, when going down
Vision In Blue
on a guy, and you suck on his nuts, this
can also be called tea bagging.
Red Wings: when you eat out a girl
during her monthly visitor. is is
somewhat related to Little Red Riding
Hood, which is where you have sex
with a girl while shes on her period,
but while wearing a condom (the
hood).
Mozart: some people like to play
dress-up, this can involve wearing
wigs; a Mozart is when youre fucking
the person so hard, their wig falls o.
Cash in the V-card and Pop Her
Cherry: terms for a girl losing her
virginity.
Reaganomics: this is my favourite one,
its from that whole trickle down
economics theory that Reagan set up
in the 1980s. Its when a guy cums in
a girl, and after a period of time, his
spunk trickles down out of her. Its
beautiful.
Trojan Horse: where either the male
or the female perforates the tip of
the condom to trick the other person
into thinking theyre having protected
sex, when really the female is either
trying to get pregnant, or the male
is trying to get the female pregnant.
is actually happens more often that
youd think, so inspect those frosh
condoms before using them! You
can usually tell if a condom has been
tainted if theres a little hole in the
centre of the package (where the tip
of the condom would be).
Corey and James eat out
A proud Sackville Institution.
Chris Campbell
Internet Photo
F
SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 FEATURES THE ARGOSY PAGE 13
Rev. John C. Perkin
University Chaplain
Summertime, as we know, is
generally a slow news time. Apart
from the ongoing American
presidential campaign, and continued
suggestions that Canada might go to
the polls, there seemed little to ll
the pages or web pages of the news
this past summer. Such was the case
in mid-July, when on a particularly
slow news day a small item appeared
from Oklahoma City: the free AK47
semi-automatic assault rie would
not be given out from a draw at the
youth rally at Windsor Hills Baptist
Church. However, interestingly, the
door prize would not be given away,
not because the leadership of the
church suddenly thought that perhaps
this was an odd way to draw people
into a commitment to a religious
tradition based on the life of the one
known as the Prince of Peace, whose
teachings included statements such
as Blessed are the peacemakers , I
say to you, Do not resist an evildoer.
But if anyone strikes you on the right
cheek, turn the other also and Love
your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you. Rather, the reason
given for not giving away a gun was
that the pastor who had organized
the event, and who would run it, was
injured and unable to attend (a gun
accident, one wonders?) e youth
minister at the church had indicated
that the assault rie giveaway was
used as a way of trying to encourage
young people to attend the event. A
similar draw for a gun had been used
the year before. While the focus, they
maintained, was about teens nding
faith, the chance to win a gun was
used as a marketing ploy to attract
teens to attend. e Windsor Hills
Baptist website describes the church
as teaching a faith that encourages
each and every listener to live a life
that will be pleasing to God and be an
example to the world. One wonders
what the example of a semi-automatic
assault rie is, and how, exactly, it
might be pleasing to God, but to ask
such questions perhaps suggests that
I approach the text with a dierent
hermeneutic, or that I hold a dierent
theological perspective.
While Christianity and Islam are
growing religions in the two-thirds
world, it is a commonplace to set out
the increasing disinterest in organized
religion particularly Christianity
in the western world. Witness the rise
of works speaking against religion,
including the recent bestseller by
Christopher Hitchens, God Is
Not Great: How Religion Poisons
Everything, or e End of Faith, by
Sam Harris, and Michael Onfrays
Atheist Manifesto: e Case Against
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. e
challenges to faith, and the continued
decline in church attendance, perhaps
combined with national security
fears, suggest that it might be natural
to oer self-defense hardware. Who
could blame a church for getting a
little creative in marketing the faith
to young people?
But therein lies the challenge;
putting a faith that is based on a
counter-cultural idea into a cultural
context and making it appealing. A
signicant task of the Judeo-Christian
tradition, as enunciated in the Hebrew
prophetic tradition, and echoed in
Jesus who stands in this tradition,
is that of speaking against abusive
wealth and power, and speaking for
those who have been marginalized.
One wonders, for instance, what the
prophets would make of a presidential
candidate who, when asked how many
homes he actually owns, stammers a
response that he would have to get
his sta to check on that. Or what
the prophets would make of the
inability of the most powerful nation
on earth to assist its people following
Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Or one
might further wonder, for instance,
what the prophets would make of the
staggering cost of almost six hundred
billion dollars of the war in Iraq,
compared to the power of that money
were it to be used for constructive
purposes.
How does one market a counter-
cultural institution in a culture
comfortable with its own forms, and
resistant to change? Does the barrel
of a gun, at a church youth rally, have
any power? What does the church lose
in gaining numbers? I often joke with
those who come to the chapel that
the goal is to understand and enter
into the demands of this counter-
cultural church, not to simply ll the
pews, saying that if numbers are the
ultimate goal, the marketing method
can be summed up in two words: free
beer. Or maybe I should change my
example: free guns. What does it prot
a church if it gains a congregation but
loses sight of its principles?
Often ministers compare notes,
in an unfortunately comparative and
competitive manner, focussing on
the measurables and quantiables of
church, community and faith; such
comparisons almost inevitably end
up with the question of how many
worshipped in your church (or chapel)
last Sunday? e usual answer is to
give a number, and to demonstrate
that the number is always on the rise.
I hope always that I can truthfully
answer everyone who was there. As
we contemplate the ways of the one
who taught love for enemies, welcome
for the excluded, and friendship for
the marginal, I trust that those who
gather are indeed those who look to
see the world dierently, seeing the
world and life through stained glass.
rough stained glass
Argosy Contributor
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
An editorial in the New York Sun
on September 21, 1897 appeared,
printed with the headline, Is there a
Santa Claus? in response to a letter
sent in by eight-year-old, Virginia
OHanlon, voicing her new doubts of
the beloved symbolic gures existence,
after her fathers suggestion to ask
the newspaper, saying if you see it
in the Sun, its so. Whether her dad
was trying to avoid telling poor little
Virginia the truth is hard to guess, but
he gave one of papers editors, Francis
P. Church, the opportunity to address
philosophical issues with the simple
question.
During the Civil War, Church
had been a war correspondent, and
saw rst hand the suering, and lack
of hope and faith in the greater part
of the American society. He felt he
could not ignore this letter on a quite
controversial subject, and that he
should answer her as truthfully as he
could. is memorable editorial was
reprinted every Christmas, until 1947
when the Sun went out of business.
Still printed annually, Churchs
message remains the same: as long as
you believe.
Financial panic: Black Friday
In September of 1869, a group of
American nanciers ( Jay Gould and
James Fisk, who had previously been
involved in stock fraud) attempted
to corner the gold market on the
New York Gold Exchange. When
Ulysses S. Grant became president,
he continued a monetary policy,
started by Andrew Johnson that would
improve the economy by reducing the
supply of greenbacks (paper bills) so
the government would buy back these
bills using gold. If the US government
decided to hold onto its gold, Gould
and Fisk planned to buy up as many
gold stocks as they could, and could
watch the value grow; if the value of
gold reached a certain point, theyd
make a large prot, and sell it; but if
President Grant decided to put more
gold on the market to exchange for
greenbacks, the value would stay rather
low (and ruin their plan).
Using Grants own brother-in-law
(Abel Corbin), they arranged meetings
with Grant at social events, and
attempted to dissuade the president
from selling the gold. ey nally
had Grant agree to have an assistant
treasurer of the United States (a man
who agreed to tip o Gould and Fisk
when the government was ready to sell
the gold) handle the gold sales. Gould
and Fisk began buying up gold stocks,
and the prices went up as planned, but
Grant caught on. His suspicions of
Corbins new interest in gold stocks
and a letter between his wife and
sister discussing the matter led him to
realize he was being conned. Furious,
Grant ordered to have the government
sell four million dollars in gold. e
price of gold continued to skyrocket;
reaching its highest on September
24 (30% higher than it was when
Grant took oce). But as soon as
the government gold hit the market,
the price plummeted and panic set
in. Within mere minutes the price
dropped faster than it had rose over
the past few days, leaving investors
scrambling, trying to sell o their
holdings. Many of them had loans
to buy their gold, but with no money
to pay o the loans, most of them,
including Corbin, were nancially
ruined. Gould managed to escape
ruin by selling o his share before
the price dropped; Fisk also avoided
nancial ruin, and both managed to
bypass legal punishment. However
they caused a severe disruption in the
national economy in the months that
followed.
Happy Birthday Nintendo!
Founded on September 23, 1889
by Fusajiro Yamauchi, Nintendo rst
produced Japanese playing cards under
the name Nintendo Koppai. ese
cards, known as hanafuda (meaning
ower cards), came in decks of forty-
eight, and were made from the bark
of mulberry trees. Yamauchi sold his
cards in two dierent shops in Japan,
with one in Kyoto, and one in Osaka.
e Nintendo cards soon became a
success, forcing Yamauchi to hire extra
help to speed up production, in order
keep up with the growing demand.
Eventually, Yamauchis grandson,
Hiroshi Yamauchi, became president
of the company, and during a visit
to the US, realized the limitations of
playing cards. In 1963, the company
was renamed Nintendo Company,
Limited (from the former Nintendo
Playing Card Company Limited),
and then began to experiment with
other areas of businesses (between
1963-68): as a taxi company, a chain
of love hotels, a TV network, and a
food company, selling instant rice.
However, all of these ventures
failed, and after the 1964 Olympics
in Tokyo, playing card sales dropped.
Nintendo began to dabble in toys and
games, producing popular toys like the
Love Tester and a series of light gun
games. Following this new success,
Nintendo began making dierent
light gun games for the new arcade
scene, and soon found a protable new
market. Nintendo began to produce
video games ranging from its rst
light gun arcade machines, and after
its success with arcades, started home
gaming systems. In 1983, the company
launched in North America, under
the name Nintendo Entertainment
System, bringing about the Super
Mario Bros, GameBoy handheld
systems, Nintendo 64 (which started
the use of analog sticks and multiplayer
games for up to four players), the
GameCube and, most recently, the Wii,
which uses motion sensor technology
and has a online function.
Also this week:
Sept. 21, 19 BCE: death of Roman
poet, Virgil
Sept. 21, 1937: e Hobbit, by J.R.R.
Tolkien, is published
Sept. 22, 1515: birth of Anne of Cleves,
third wife of Henry VIII
Sept. 22, 1761: coronation of George
III
Sept. 23, 1939: death of psychiatrist
Sigmund Freud
Sept. 23, 2002: rst public version of
Mozilla Firefox web browser released
Sept. 25, 1980: John Bonham of Led
Zeppelin dies of asphyxiation
Sept. 26, 1960: Fidel Castro announces
Cuban support of the USSR
Sept. 27, 1905: publication of Albert
Einsteins paper, Does the Inertia
of a Body Depend Upon its Energy
Content? introduces the equation
E=mc
A weekly compilation by Sarah Robinson
Emily Bird
Argosy Contributor

e lifestyle of the metropolis has
inspired designers to present this season
with multi-functional sophistication
for both genders. e work place has
regained its seniority, replacing our
adventitious summer that, although
ended only a few days back, seems to
have abandoned us several weeks ago.
Now that personal lives are following
those lingering iterative weeks, the
weather chooses to enliven each day
with arrays of unanticipated weather.
Be that as it may, no amount of
herculean raindrops, glacial winds,
or colossal snow inhibits one from
embracing the season in a debonair
fashion while protecting oneself from
the indecisive weather.
e female gure maintains
an authoritative air with quality
tailored suits, laying down a focus
on powerful silhouettes and ladylike
accents, forgoing all of summers
girly embellishments. e female suit
presents a forceful drive this season,
with designers producing arrays of
royal pieces for every career woman
to select from. Whether she leans
towards an aura of calm masculinity,
or holds rm to the revolution of
power-chick, every woman is capable
of commanding a prosperous career
while unveiling a coordinated versatile
wardrobe.
Invest this season in form-tting
sculpted suits that evoke a tailored
silhouette of polished sophistication.
Focus on autumn hues, such as peaches,
champagnes, chocolates, and golds for
all wardrobe staples; these will bring
out the warmth in an ensemble, as well
as complimentary tones within the
delicate winter skin.
e fall runways were buried in a
magnitude of luscious elegant fabrics
to adorn the gure. Ensembles were
pulled together in form-tting blazers,
enhanced with delicate silk fabrics, and
luxurious leathers. Designers acquiring
the artistry of sculpting, displayed
tasteful structures invoking hints of
shoulder pus, and peaks of rues.
e perfect blazer is the must have
item of the season to wear atop slinky
feminine blouses, cinched at the waist
with statement size buttons, and ornate
waist belts. Not only does a simple
blazer take an ensemble from casual
to sophisticated, but it balances out
lower proportions, whether it be loose-
tting trousers, or a gure gripping
skirt. e dynamic pencil skirt remains
a key staple in this seasons wardrobe,
but has extended to new heights and
lengths. Complement the feminine
hourglass gure with a modern twist
on the pencil skirt, and conquer the
workplace in lengthy high-waisted
nesse. To ensure that the skirt molds
perfectly to the gure, bring a belt into
play, and make that stately piece the
highlight of an alluring ensemble.
In the immediate weeks of fall, some
individuals may have the courage to
show a little bare leg however, for those
who nd it dicult to endure the brisk
morning, take cue to the magnitude of
leggings that designers tossed. Tights
and leggings were sported in an array
of patterns and knits, and catwalks were
garnished with Yves Saint Laurent
sleek sheer plaids, DKNYs intricate
lace tights, and DSQUAREDs lively
reds, greens, and purples that paraded
in New York Fashion Week. Although
skirts are an acquired taste for some,
pants have always held a permanent
position of signicant importance
amid the hazardous workforce.
Stove pipes remain on the scene,
but are delicately placed into the
background as slouchy menswear-
like suits take precedence. Loose
pleated trousers evoke an essence of
calm masculinity in multitudes of
tweed in grays and autumnal browns.
Keeping pants simple and streamlined,
pleated and loose, denes them as the
functional staple for every style of
unannounced weather.
Tailored suits were loosely
constructed for both genders this
season, educing comfort and relaxation.
Designers such as DKNY, presented
a menswear collection of multi-
functional suits, inspired by uptown
New York, as well as the country life.
Mannequins were admired, sporting
everything from Michael Kors
collection of sophisticated luxurious
fabrics and soft hues of browns and
greens, Dolce and Gabbanas outdoors
inspired slouchy pants, grey knits, and
rich maroon jackets, and Burberry
Prorsums plaid sweaters enveloped in
enchanting knee-length tweed coats.
Take on this seasons workload
sporting a spectrum of indulgences.
Whether you prefer to display hints
of luxury in accessories, such as an
apple red cashmere scarf, or a classic
tote framed in an exotic print, or make
an entrance into fall sporting berry
coloured tights with a snug pencil
skirt, designers have diligently doused
this season with a royal alliance of
innovative silhouettes, and classic
elegance.
Quiet sophistication
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PAGE 14 THE ARGOSY FEATURES SEPTEMBER 25, 2008
Rebecca Dixon
Argosy Contributor
ere is quite a bit of fuss around
Mount Allison these days about
homecoming. All students are being
encouraged to go out and be a part
of it. However, many of you may ask
what exactly is homecoming, and why
should anyone take a Saturday out of
their busy lives to be there?
For one thing, youll be part of
a century-old tradition in North
America. Homecoming was created
as a annual opportunity for alumni
to return to their universities and mix
with current students. Usually centered
around a football game, it was meant
to be a weekend, or even a week, of fun
events for everyone, building school
spirit.
Homecomings have always
included a mix of the following events:
parades, marching bands, barbecues
and picnics, dances, and rallies (which
would include humourous games and
speeches to get everyone energized
and excited). Often these activities
continued right through the game for
people who did not have tickets but
wanted to be part of the general festive
atmosphere.
ere is also commonly a
Homecoming Court, complete with a
King, Queen and entourage of royalty
honouring students who have shown
above-average contribution to the
school life. ese students participate
in all the events and yes, they get
crowns!
While Queens University and the
University of Western Ontario tend
to have the largest homecomings in
Canada, homecoming is a highlight of
the year for many universities south of
the border. In the United States, the
traditions origins even garner some
heated controversy.
e debate over which university
held the rst homecoming is ongoing
and will likely never be resolved.
Alumni have been invited to return to
the annual Harvard-Yale football match
since the 1870s, but neither of these
universities are usually considered as
the founder of homecoming. e rst
university to hold a fully-scheduled
e homecoming tradition
Wray Perkin
Argosy Staff
Homecoming. e word excites
any Mountie football player, past or
present. e event itself, on the other
hand, takes that excitement level to a
completely new level. e thought of
playing in front of the largest home
crowd of the year pumps up any
player like no other game.
is years Homecoming game
is against the St FX X-Men, who
defeated the Mounties 29-24 in
week one this season. It will be the
third year in a row that the X-Men
come to Sackville on Homecoming
weekend. e Mounties have hosted
the X-Men in six of their last eleven
Homecoming games, going 2-4
against them in these games.
Homecomings at Mount Allison
have always been interesting, and this
writer has been to the last twelve.
Presented is a brief recap of each of
the last eleven Homecoming games,
dating back to 1997.
1997 MTA 30, SMU 7. Hello,
Dan Capone.
In front of 3,500 fans, the Mounties
went to 3-0 on the season after rolling
over the Huskies. Star running back
Eric Lapointe had 105 yards rushing,
and quarterback Dan Capone,
making his rst ever start, passed for
299 yards and two touchdowns. e
Mounties had 552 total oensive
yards, and current professional actor
John Reardon had seven catches for
108 yards. Mt. A went on to win the
AUS championship and lose in the
national semi-nal to UBC 34-29.
1998 MTA 38, StFX 7. e Eric
Lapointe Show.
Eric Lapointe ran for 285 yards
and three touchdowns while sitting
out the entire fourth quarter, and half
of the third as the Mounties trounced
the X-Men. e Mountie defence
was outstanding, with rush end Matt
Gauthier picking up three sacks, and
defensive back Jason Dutrizac getting
two interceptions. Yannick Lacroix
opened the scoring with a 58-yard
catch that bounced o an X-Men
defenders helmet, and into his hands
for the score. e Mounties hosted the
league championship at seasons end,
losing to Acadia 35-28.
1999 MTA 24, Acadia 41. e
game of two halves.
Mount A outscored Acadia 21-6 in
the second half, but it was not enough.
Capone passed for 294 yards, as well as
a touchdown pass to tight end Cedric
Lafreiniere. Capone also set a team
record with 53 pass attempts, a record
that would be broken in 2007 by Kelly
Hughes. e team missed the playos
in 1999 for the rst time since 1995.
2000 MTA 9, StFX 14. Goodbye,
Dan Capone.
Future CFL-er Mark Irvin kicked
a forty-eight-yard eld goal into a
strong Sackville breeze, but the X-
Men overcame a 9-0 decit, scoring
two touchdowns to win it. Although
throwing a 41-yard touchdown to JP
Lariviere, Capone went only 8-of-
21, and was pulled in favour of Mike
Forster. Capone cleaned out his locker
after the game, never again to be seen
in a Mountie uniform. Mt. A struggled
the rest of the season, missing the
playos again.
2001 MTA 10, StFX 17. Whod-a
thought?
Seven days after being demolished
105-0 by Saint Marys, the Mounties
welcomed back several alumni coming
back to use up eligibility, and put forth
a strong eort against the X-Men. Phil
Connolly returned an interception
sixty-ve yards for a touchdown, and
Irvin kicked a thirty-ve-yard eld
goal for the Mounties. Even though
enduring the 105-0 loss, the Mounties
would pull something positive out
of the season; in the season nale, at
home against these same X-Men, the
Mounties won a thriller 10-9 for their
only win of 2001.
2002 MTA 0, St FX 39. Yikes.
e Mounties managed only eighty-
eight total yards on oense as they were
easily handled by the visiting Axemen.
Linebacker Derick Fury, a Sackville
native, broke his thumb early on in
the game, but still played through it,
nishing the game and the season in
strong fashion.
2003 MTA 4, Acadia 7. Yawn
In a boring defensive battle in
the rain, the Mounties put forth an
excellent defensive eort but still
victory eluded them. Acadia did not
complete a pass all game, and the
Mounties totaled 151 oensive yards
to sixty-seven for Acadia. In attendance
were CFL-er and former Mountie,
Eric Lapointe, as well as many alumni
and members of the 1984 Vanier Cup
nalist Mounties, who were honoured
in a banquet following the game.
2004 MTA 6, Acadia 19. Not
again.
e year before, as mentioned,
Acadia mustered zero passing yards.
is game it was reversed, as the
Axemen this time ran the ball for a
horric minus-nine yards. However,
again another strong defensive eort
was made irrelevant by a lack of
oence from the Mounties. Sackville
native Pat Blagrave kicked eld goals
of thirty-three and thirty-four yards
for the Mounties.
2005 MTA 0, Acadia 48. See
previous title.
is was a dismal year all around
for the Mounties, and Homecoming
was no exception. Matt Harding tied
an AUS single-game record at the
time with fteen tackles (this record
was broken last Friday night by MtAs
Callan Exeter), and Colin Weldon was
all over the stats sheet, with twenty-
eght rush yards, six receiving yards,
147 kicko return yards, and three
punts to his credit.
2006 MTA 21, StFX 38.
Foreshadowing.
At this point in time, this was
Mount Allisons best game since
defeating Montreal in 2002. Many
alumni now point to the sight of Gary
Ross high-stepping into the end zone
at the tail end of a sixty-seven-yard
touchdown catch as the proof that
Mountie football was no longer a
pushover. Kelly Hughes passed for 223
yards and a pair of touchdowns as the
Mounties foreshadowed the future in
a way. ree weeks later, the Mounties
snapped a thirty-four-game losing
streak at StFXs own Homecoming
with a 24-18 win. e program was in
good shape again.
2007 MTA 25, StFX 13.
VICTORY.
is game would see Hughes pass
for 254 yards, and a touchdown to Jon
Dyer, aka Jonny Sticks. Ross returned
a punt sixty yards for a touchdown in
Summaries of the past eleven homecoming football matches
Homecomings of the past
the fourth quarter to seal the victory
for the home team. Mount Allison
did not trail at any point in the game,
and won their rst Homecoming
game since 1998. Lapointe was again
in attendance, as were many other
members of the 1997 team. Two years
after setting an AUS single-game
tackle record, Harding broke the all-
time tackle record, and defensive end
Scott Sheer had a godlike game,
recording 7.5 tackles, including four
for a loss, and two sacks.
2008 See next weeks Argosy.
alumni event whose focus point was
a varsity sports game was Baylor
University in Texas in 1909. However,
their next similar event was in 1915,
causing some to discount them for not
having begun an annual tradition. e
University of Illinois held a collegiate
homecoming event in 1910, a year
after the rst Baylor game. ey claim
it is the rst such event and it was
indeed the start of a yearly tradition.
However, the University of Missouri
is given the credit (and the glory)
in popular culture by games such as
Trivial Pursuit and Jeopardy.
Regardless of where it started, there
is no question that the practice spread
rapidly throughout the continent
and the range of events expanded.
Students can enjoy the chance to leave
their studies for a bit and alumni are
enthusiastic to return and participate
once again in school life.
Yes, all this fuss may remind you
of cheesy, sentimental Hollywood
sports movies, but putting aside those
stereotypes, heres an opportunity
to relax, support our peers and show
some Mountie spirit!
Wray Perkin
Wray Perkin
Top: Matt Gauthier lying on a player - A common sight at Mountie
Homecomings in the late 1990s. Bottom: Matt Harding bleeding - He
gave it everything he had for ve Homecoming games in his career.
Understanding a North American university institution
All photos Sue Seaborn, unless otherwise indicated.
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 FEATURES THE ARGOSY PAGE 15
Flora Chung
Argosy Contributor
As implied by the name,
Homecoming is an event to celebrate
the return of alumni to our university,
their academic home. It aims to
strengthen the bonds between students
and oering a chance for the gathering
and reunion of students and alumni.
Homecoming is a tradition unique to
North America. erefore at Mount
Allison, international students are
strongly encouraged to get involved in
the Homecoming events as they may
nd the experience completely new.
Homecoming at Mt. A. has a
long tradition of over thirty years.
People who have a fervent interest in
football games tend to be big fans of
Homecoming as football games have
always been one of the highlights of
this festival. Often, football tended
to be the only sport featured in
Homecoming as the celebration has
actually sprung from universities
football games in the US. since the
late 1800s. At Mt. A., however, soccer
games have been included, like this
year where soccer players have the
chance to shine again.
Every year at homecoming, there is
screaming and cheering for the varsity
athletes from tremendous crowds,
surging with excitement as they watch
the athletes. Students get very excited
and take part in all kinds of traditional
residence activities. It is denitely a
chance for students to experience the
Mounties spirit as Homecoming has
always received rst-rate support and
Sasha Van Katwyk
Argosy Staff
Following last weekends Sackville
festivities, this weekend will be
devoted to celebrating Mt. As faculty
and students homecoming. e
celebrations this year will focus on the
completion of the Student Centre, with
most of the activities occurring within
the centre. On Saturday, Sept 27, the
day will begin with a VIP tour of the
Wallace McCain Student Centre,
guided by President Campbell and
Rob Byrne, who will show principal
alumni and contributors to Mt. A the
facilities before having a luncheon at
the caf. Following that, at 12 pm,
students and faculty join the festivities
at the pre-opening ceremony activities
that will occur at the centre.
At 12:30 pm, the ceremony will
begin, and is planned to include the
debut of a new Mountie ght song,
the opening remarks of Ron Byrne
and comments by Dr. Campbell, SAC
president Mike Currie, and the days
honoured guests, Wallace and Margaret
McCain. Coordinators of the day also
said to expect some surprises in the
opening ceremony before the ocial
entry into the Student Centre.
Now while we have all gotten to know
the Student Centre rather intimately,
to the point that most of us could
answer questions on the colour of
insulary tape used, where the wiring
leads through the walls, and what the
workersfavourite sandwich ingredients
are, we will be given the opportunity
to walk through the centre (if all goes
to plan) in peak shape. At 1 pm, there
will be a reception with the McCains
in Tweedie Hall, and information
stations throughout the building about
all the facilities for alumni coming for
the opening as well as for those who
have been living under a rock for the
rst month of school.
At 2 pm, the central event takes
place, our Mountie football team going
up against St. Francis Xavier, hoping to
repeat their momentous victory at least
years homecoming. Before the game
begins, however, the 1978 mens soccer
championship team will be presented,
and take the ceremonial kick o.
Following the game, the ocial parts
of the day will conclude, and the rest of
campus and the town will open up for
everyone (no VIP status required!).
Sackville, still partially regrouping
from last weekends celebration, isnt
expected to have much in relation to
the homecoming, however there is
the Sackville Early Music Festival
occurring on Bridge Street from 11-
4 (for those who want to skip out
on the formal side of homecoming).
ere is also the Charivari: Sounds of
the Tantramar, playing at the Live Bait
eatre at 8 pm.
On campus, the big follow up event to
the game will also occur on the football
eld, when thirty of the football players
will shave their heads in support of the
Canadian Cancer Society Relay for
life being held on October 3.
e following day, the Early Music
Festival of Sackville will be happening
all day and will include the talents
of Suzie LeBlanc, Nathalie Paulin,
Matthew White, and Khalid El Idrissi
with Michael Cardin. e Womens
and Mens soccer games against UNB
will also be happening at MacAulay
Field at 1 pm and 3:15 respectively.
Homecoming 2008
A preview of the upcoming events
Homecoming at Mt. A
The ofcial opening of the new Wallace McCain Student Centre will take place on Saturday.
Jessica Emin
participation from the students.
Homecoming is also a time for
athletes to ght and win honour
for their teams. For many years, the
Mount A football team has been
competing with St. FX, leading to
a very intense rivalry, even though
Mt. A has played other teams in the
past. In 1982s homecoming game,
the MTA team took a commanding
lead (38:6) and the football players
enjoyed a great victory. e team
members have always taken the games
seriously. e two teams will clash
again this weekend and an exciting
game is certainly to be expected.
Apart from the football games,
there will be a reunion of alumni, a
music festival, and Student Centre
tours. Hope you enjoy the thrilling
and energizing games this weekend!
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PAGE 16 THE ARGOSY FEATURES SEPTEMBER 25, 2008
Jennifer Musgrave
Argosy Contributor
Fall is coming like a speeding
train this year, with a heavy cargo
of festivities, events and activities,
including Sackvilles sixth annual Relay
for Life event. is is a team event
where groups of ten or more people
take turns walking, running or strolling
around a track to raise money to help
in the ght against cancer. ese teams
can be made up of families, schools,
unions, companies, hospitals, and other
groups, so everyone can get involved.
In the very rst lap of the relay as many
cancer survivors as possible are invited
to walk in the survivors victory lap,
which is dedicated to those that have
survived the disease, and will be led by
a kilted piper.
At dusk there will be a ceremony
where candles are lit and placed
around the track to commemorate
both survivors and those who have
lost their lives to cancer. At 10 pm,
the walkway will be lit with as many as
1,000 ickering lights paying tribute to
family and friends who have passed.
e luminaries sell for $7, and
the purchaser has the opportunity of
lighting their candle that is placed in
a bag on which the name of the victim
has been placed. is is an important
time as family and friends share a few
minutes of grief for their lost ones.
Many of the participants have lost a
friend or family member as has the
co-chair of the event, Amy Lynn Ellis,
whose aunt died earlier this year, and
for whom she has committed hundreds
of hours in planning and organizing
the Relay.
Additionally more than seventy
survivors of cancer will be welcomed
to a special dinner on October 2, at
the Main Street Baptist Church, to
be toasted for their success. A cancer
survivor will deliver a brief address and
talk about his successful battle against
cancer. e chair has also issued a
special invitation to any survivors in
the area who have not yet been notied
to come to the dinner, after contacting
either Erma Black or Gerry Hart.
is entire event is enthusiastically
organized by the members of the
yellow ribbon society, alongside Mount
Allison Student Health Services. is
year they are hoping to encourage the
participation of other teams from the
University. e relay will take place
beginning at 7 pm on October 3,and
continuing on to 7 am on October 4, in
the academic quad. Ellis says there will
be continuous entertainment, and that
a number of bands and groups have
already committed to it. ere will
also be a constant supply of food and
refreshments, provided by Aramark,
the university caterer. Participants will
be welcomed to the Manning Room of
the Chapel, where the food and drink
will be available. As well, Owens Art
Gallery will remain open during this
time so those involved in the event
may have a chance to rest and view the
various art exhibits.
People wishing to get involved in the
early fund raising may do so at a table at
the Farmers Market, or by contacting
any member of the organizing
committee. Ellis is predicting there
will be close to fty teams by the start
up time with the entire Tantramar area
being represented. She has announced
that Atlantic Windows of Port Elgin
has recently signed on as a corporate
sponsor joining with the Town of
Sackville, Mount Allison, and the
Main Street Baptist Church.
ere have been a great number
of local entries received, coming
from service clubs, businesses, most
of Sackvilles churches, and other
community organizations that have
committed to walk. For the rst time
there will also be sports teams involved
as well. Ellis says the planning is all
nished, and now the hundreds of folks
taking part are out there raising just as
much money as possible. Now we will
just have to hope for nice weather and
no doubt everybody will be proud of
the results.
e local Relay is the only one
held at this time, the hundreds of
others across Canada are staged in
June. However, to encourage the
participation of university students,
special arrangements have been made
to delay it. is years has been moved
ahead by two weeks, hopefully hitting
a day when the weather will be ne
and reasonably mild. Organizers of
Relay for Life are hoping to exceed
their goal of $35,000 this year with
some additional interesting fundraiser
ideas. Amy Lynn Ellis has announced
that thirty members of the Mount A
football team have volunteered to have
their heads shaved as their contribution
to the project. e players, both
veterans and rookies, will give up their
locks on the MacAulay Field gridiron
following the Homecoming Game on
Saturday, September 27, against St.
Francis Xavier X-Men. Both Ellis and
town coordinator Amanda Ehler are
condent that this years fundraising
will be a huge success with not only
these events, but many of their on-
going fundraisers they have held
this year, such as yard and bake sales,
drawings, dances, and barbecues.
If you wish to register your team
for the relay, participate as a survivor,
or purchase a luminary please contact
Natalie Wynberg at (506) 536-2667
(relayforlife@mta.ca), or visit the web
site www.mta.ca/relayforlife for more
information. Its that easy, so get out
there, and help make a dierence in
the lives of millions of cancer patients.
A chance for hope
Tom Llewellin
Argosy Contributor
Prime Minister Stephen Harpers
gesture was unprecedented. A full-
blown apology for the quagmire of
the residential school system, and
$1-billion in compensation packages
to its victims. For a leader who had
been largely silent on native issues,
particularly ones involving large-scale
reparations, who would have thought?
Wire services around the world ran the
headline, Canada apologizes, to much
snickering and fond remembrances of
delightfully inept Mountie stereotypes
with a Sorry, eh? always at the ready.
Reactions to the apology and package
range from a welcome relief to a
partisan move to a farce.
One of the more interesting aspects
of the redress package, however,
is the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission. Established this May, it
sets up a framework similar to the royal
inquiries that are performed when
major government wrongdoing occurs,
to determine exactly what happened
at Canadas residential schools. Harry
LaForme, an Ontario Court of Appeal
judge and Missisauga First Nation band
member, will chair the commission
until the end of its mandate in 2013.
e Commission hears testimony
from students and sta and deduces
evidence from it. However, since it
isnt a criminal proceeding, there are
no charges stemming from it, nor are
there guarantees of legal representation
for anyone who takes the stand.
Residential schools were rst
opened by Jesuit missionaries from
France in the 17th century, but it wasnt
until the signing of Treaty 1 with the
Mtis of southern Manitoba and the
creation of the Indian Act in 1876
that the schools became an ocial tool
of the Canadian government in their
eorts to civilize Canadas remaining
aboriginals. Running the schools was
left to local missionaries; the Catholic
Church was responsible for about
seventy per cent, and the various
denominations of what is now the
United Church of Canada handled the
other thirty per cent. ere was little
government oversight, and the students
- who were forcibly taken from their
reserves had to contend with prison-
like overcrowding, forced labour, and
physical and sexual abuse, although
the exact extent of the latter is unclear.
A Globe and Mail investigation
uncovered that the mortality rates
from tuberculosis reached twenty-
ve per cent in Western Canadas
schools during the rst four decades
of the twentieth century, with one
school losing sixty-nine per cent of its
students to the lung disease, brought
on mainly by unclean drinking water.
After more than 150 000 had passed
through school doors, the last one
closed in western Manitoba in 1996.
e Commission has been promoted
by a wide-array of organizations
from both the First Nations and
church-related sides of the fence, who
promote its work but also testify at
the quasi-inquest proceedings that
take place. e Assembly of First
Nations, chaired by Phil Fontaine,
supports the commission and
regularily attempts to hold it to task
through press conferences. Among the
religious groups are Remembering the
Children, a multidenominational group
consisting of Anglican, Presbyterian
and United Church leaders who will
tour the country and testify at ve
Western and Central Canadian cities.
e Roman Catholic church, despite
its central role in the ownership and
administration of the lions share of
the schools, has only a small presence
in the group. e Commission and the
Church, however, are both very tight-
lipped about the relative omission, with
the Commissions website containing
only a skeleton of details.
e nuts and bolts of the
commissions uncovering of abuse
claims occurs through informal trials,
referred to in the mandate document
as truth-sharing, performed by its
Adjudication Secretariat. Appointed
adjudicators, usually lawyers of some
standing, chair the tribunal and hear
evidence from both sides. Names are
concealed in the documents that the
public will see.
A Winnipeg-based adjudicator,
speaking on condition of anonymity,
pointed out that despite the impressive
appearance of a courtroom setting for
the survivors to air their grievances,
getting there in the rst place can be
dicult. e application process is
daunting for most non-lawyers, and
going in front of an adjudicator in
and of itself is a dicult occasion to
prepare for when the spectre of past
abuses dangles overhead.
Also, the usual requirements of
what constitutes evidence in a trial
according to the Charter of Rights have
been signicantly relaxed. You have
this situation where hypothetically
someone could just say they abused
me or some other piece of hearsay
evidence and have it be entered into
the record as [fact], he said. Of course,
the opposite is also true.
To get a better sense of what
the commission actually means for
residential school survivors and for First
Nations in general, its important to see
it in the context of the communities
themselves, and what a sudden inux
of billions of dollars actually means.
For each former attendee, a lump-sum
common experience payment of $10
000 is made, along with $2 500 for
each year that they are shown (through
archived school records held by the
federal government) to have attended.
Little dierence will be made,
according to Don Sandberg, a member
of the Norway House Cree Nation in
northern Manitoba (whose residential
school attendance was among the
largest) and fellow of the Frontier
Centre for Public Policy, a conservative
think-tank. In a population living
mainly in what an RCMP ocer
famously termed third-world
conditions, a sudden inux of money
into the hands of those who are used
to only hundreds a month and $10
one-litre cartons of milk is bound to
have unpredictable consequences.
Dream Financing is squirreled away
in an industrial park in Winnipegs
south end. Trevor, a former employee,
recounts his duties. We would call
up reserves, the ones whod just had
a bunch of people get the settlements
and go to court, and wed oer them
a car loan. Most of these people have
never had a car in their lives. And wed
charge them something like 120%
interest.e business was so lucrative,
each operator received $500 for each
survivor they signed up for a loan.
It is a sombre reminder that the only
real redress that does justice to the
people involved is the telling of their
stories. e Commission, with its mix
of native and non-native ocials, sets
out to change that. Its ndings will be
published sometime in late 2010, but,
as Chief Justice LaForme is fond of
reminding the press, it will be years
before the full impact of both the past
problems and the proposed solutions
will be known.
Net Chamaplin
Argosy Contributor
Nuclear proliferation, testing, and
usage has remained a relevant issue
ever since its literal explosion onto the
world stage. e use of nuclear energy
for civilian purposes can potentially
allow for military proliferation, and
limitations have been put in place to
reduce the chances of this. e Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is
meant to ensure that a country uses its
nuclear technology for purely civilian
purposes. e Nuclear Test-Ban
Treaty (NTBT) restricts the testing
and detonation of nuclear weapons.
India has refused to sign the NPT
and has therefore been unable to
engage in the trade of nuclear materials.
However, a recently discussed waiver
from the Nuclear Suppliers Group
(NSG) on Sept. 6 would lift the ban
on civilian nuclear trade with India.
In the past, the NSG has limited
the export and production of dierent
forms of nuclear energy or technology,
as well as adhering to safety guidelines
compiled by the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) of the United
Nations. Countries which have not
signed the NPT or the NTBT are not
party to these agreements. In response
to Indias nuclear testing in 1974,
the country was left to develop fuel
reactors and a nuclear program on its
own. Given Indias massive population,
energy and electricity consumption
is skyrocketing beyond what the
country can produce at present. is
has fueled Indias desire to increase
its use of nuclear energy for electricity
production and access available fuel
from the NSG.
e Hyde Act of 2006), which
specically calls for US civilian
nuclear cooperation with India,
has signicantly strengthened ties
between the countries and their
leaders, leading to the bilateral Indo-
U.S. civilian nuclear agreement that is
currently waiting for US congressional
approval. e Bush administration has
put pressure on the NSG, asking for
a waiver for India, so that it is able
to increase its nuclear capabilities.
e administration claims that the
exemption should be granted based
upon the potential economic growth
associated, as well as the possible
signicant global energy contributions;
additionally, India has made voluntary
eorts to limit uses of their available
nuclear resources to civilian purposes
despite not signing the NPT.
e NSG waiver will be granted
upon Indias commitment to some
IAEA safeguards, those which were
approved by the IAEA Board of
Governors last month. However, just
because the NSG approved of the
exemption does not mean that there
was no opposition to the agreement.
In fact, on the contrary, many opinions
from dierent countries sprung forth.
On the domestic front, the Indian
Parliament has had both positive as
well as negative feedback. For those
who supported the agreement, the
NSG waiver is evidence that Indias
place in the world stage has changed.
ey claim that the increased access
to nuclear fuel from the NSG would
serve to reduce the amount of carbon
emissions by a signicant amount,
thus having positive eects on global
warming. On the International front,
supporters include countries such as
Germany, Russia, Japan, France, the US
and the U.K, although many countries
state clearly that their support will
only remain as long as India takes
appropriate actions to comply with
regulations.
However, arguments have been
made by non-proliferation activists
and organizations around the world
in opposition of the waiver, and some
countries governments have called for
specic amendments to the agreement.
ey claim that the IAEA safeguards
for India are insucient, and thus that
India should take further measures to
ensure the resources will not be used
for military purposes, specically
by signing the NPT, the NTBT or
additional IAEA protocols. Moreover,
as the NSG waiver hardly species
conditions to be met other than
some limited IAEA safeguards, many
parties want to be ensured that no
special safety measures exceptions are
to be in place for India. Others doubt
Indias cooperation with regulations,
and therefore call for an end to all
negotiations and cooperation if India
tests a nuclear weapon or in any way
uses the gained resources for deterrence
purposes. Furthermore, other parties
insist on other measures to control the
chances of Indian nuclear proliferation
by suggesting limits to the resources
and technology provided to India to
the types that cannot be converted into
aggressive weapons, or that India be
restricted to do nuclear business with
countries that have signed the NPT or
other appropriate IAEA protocols.
Pakistan has strongly protested the
NSG waiver, asserting that the granted
exemption would only increase the
possibility of a nuclear arms race,
and hinder the eorts towards global
nuclear disarmament. On the other
hand, some in India oppose the
waiver for entirely dierent reasons
claiming that India will no longer
be able to test its nuclear weapons
due to the fact that the waiver, which
grants access to increased resources
today, will ultimately be what limits
India in the future. According to this
view, even though no treaty or protocol
has been ocially signed against the
testing of nuclear weapons or other
non-civilian developments, the waiver
will easily become Indias binding legal
prohibition as opposed to its current
voluntary moratorium.
us far, despite opposition from
many parties, the dream of the waiver
is still a real possiblility. e remaining
step in the process would be the
consideration of the US Congress,
scheduled for next week.
Truth and reconcilation at home
Indias nuclear-powered dreams
ARTS & LITERATURE
If youve been at Mt. Allison for any
length of time, youve been exposed,
in one way or another, to the work
of addeus Holownia. Whether
through the framed reproductions of
prints that adorn the walls of some
of the buildings on campus, or the
black and white postcards available
at Tidewater books, chances are
youve felt his presence. Recently
that presence has become even more
obvious; in late spring of this year,
Holownia, who heads the Fine Arts
department here at Mt. A, released
his latest publication. Silver Ghost, an
80-page, 19-by-10-inch book released
in a limited edition of 1400 copies,
contains fty full-size reproductions
of Holownias photographic prints
accompanied with text by Nova Scotia
writer Harry urston. It is a visual
exploration of the Atlantic salmon
rivers of Eastern Canada, coupled with
prose that manages to be subtly yet
eectively cautionary about the plight
of the now-threatened sh.
You have only to leaf your way
through a copy of Silver Ghost to
see that it has clearly been a labour
of love for the artists. e book was
published by the Anchorage Press,
which is owned and operated by
Holownia in his home, near Jolicure
Pond. It is an impressively tactile
work; this is a quality that Holownia
values highly, and is a large part of
the reason he self-publishes. As he
explains, doing so gives him complete
control over his projects. Everything
from size and format to the fonts
used and the placement of images in
relation to text can be determined by
him. Holownia originally came across
the small-press printing when he was
living in Toronto as a young artist.
After settling in Sackville, he began
collecting letterpress equipment. is
collection evolved gradually into what
is now the Anchorage Press.
e idea for Silver Ghost came to
Holownia following the completion of
his Newfoundland project. It stemmed
from a desire to do something more
local, one that embodies a respectful
point of view about where we live.e
work teams Holownias photography
with the prose of Harry urston.
Holownia and urston rst met
in the early 1980s, when Holownia
attended a reading of urstons poem
Junebugs. Over the years they have
collaborated on several occasions,
including the creation of the book Ova
Aves. e knowledge that urston is
a passionate y sherman, however,
came as a surprise.
Harry urston is a graduate of
Acadia Universitys biology program,
and has been a full-time writer for the
past twenty-ve years. His decision
to become a writer, he explains, came
from his view that the language of
science could not reect his feelings
about the natural world. His prose
and his choice of subjects are heavily
inuenced by his interest in and
knowledge of biology. is interest,
coupled with his experience as an
angler and his previous collaborations
with Holownia make the evolution of
Silver Ghost almost inevitable.
From its conception to its
completion, the creation of the book
was a ve-year process. Despite its
contemplation of the plight of the
Atlantic salmon, the sh itself is not
pictured in the book. is is partly
due to technical reasons. Holownia
makes his photographs using a 7-
by-17-inch view camera, which
cannot be submerged to capture a
rapidly escaping sh on lm. It is
also an aesthetic decision; e sh
as an image didnt need to be there,
Holownia states. Its a paring-away of
unnecessary information.
urston elaborates further,
explaining that the book is not as
much about the sh as it is about the
environment we share with them; We
are dened as a species by rivers as
well, and to cohabit we must protect
that habitat. He describes the book
as a celebration of the salmon and
a rst step towards protecting and
conserving them. In its function
as an environmental tome, Silver
Ghost is surprisingly gentle. It is
not a political statement, and the
environmental slant is subtle. Its not
slamming people over the head with
environmental issues, but it promotes a
high sensitivity, enjoyment, and respect
for environments and local places,
says Holownia. People respond to
it because they respond to the place
where they live.
e physical process of creating Silver
Ghost was an arduous one at times.
Over a ve-year period, urston and
Holownia made numerous camping
and hiking trips to areas of varying
accessibility to capture images for the
book. Once the body of photographs
were nally ready, Holownia made a
series of small prints in order to work
out the layout spreads of the book. e
images are tied to the structure of the
essays, but as urston explains, he
didnt write them with the images in
mind. In fact, all the prose in Silver
Ghost was written at once. Its an
unconscious process, to some degree,
elaborates urston, explaining that
when Holownia brought him the fully
structured idea for Silver Ghost, It
drew things out of me I didnt know
were there.
e title of the book came about
at the very beginning of the project,
and contains several levels of meaning.
Most obvious is its environmental
aspect, referencing the disappearing
nature of the sh. It also refers to the
quality of light on rivers as explored in
Holownias photographs. irdly, it is
something of a play on words referring
to a y-shing pattern proving
that there is such a thing as angler
humour.
e distribution of Silver Ghost, and
of all Holownias books, is somewhat
unconventional. Holownia distributes
online through the Anchorage Press
website, in person at exhibitions and
readings, and through a small network
of specialty bookshops. Over the years
he has also built up a loyal clientele
base. But he isnt a fan of the large
bookstore process you arent going to
nd this book at Chapters. e fact that
it is a limited edition makes it more of
a collectors item, but as Holownia
stresses, Its bought to be used, not left
on a shelf.e tactile nature and large
format of Silver Ghost encourage the
reader to sit down and leaf through it
its a book that begs to have its pages
turned.
For urston and Holownia, the
creation of Silver Ghost has been a
rewarding undertaking. You really
have to enjoy yourself along the way,
Holownia states. at enjoyment is
visible on every page of the book, and
the eect is impressive. Silver Ghost
is a book that is delicately beautiful,
gently cautionary, and, above all,
undeniably tangible.
Julie Cruikshank
Argosy Staff
A photo from Silver Ghost. The photos display not the Atlantic Salmons pieces themselves, but instead
the environment of the sh.
Wading upstream
e creation of addeus Holowinas Silver Ghost
Windsor eatre may be the only
remaining tenant of the old STUD
building, but the upcoming theatre
shows for the fall semester promises to
warm up anyone who enters.
e rst production for eager
theatre-goers is Charivari: Sounds
of the Tantramar, a bilingual, comic
seventy-ve minute show that will
take you on a theatrical adventure
to the Tantramar Marshes. When
speaking with Alex Fancy, director
of Tintamarre, the aim of the show
becomes clear. Fancy, describing the
show as an eye-opening experience,
explains that the play is based on the
massive and constant change that
has occurred within the Tantramar
area. From the tides of the Tantramar
River to the introduction of Mount
Allison University, Sackville and
the surrounding areas have been an
epicenter of change. Charivari takes
a unique look at the change through
the medium of sound. e Tintamarre
cast will use only their voices - no
sound system - to create the bilingual
production. Fancy has no worry about
his audiences language skills. French
is one of the sounds of the Tantramar.
e production, which follows six
tourists and their guide through a
comedic adventure through time and
experience, plays September 26 and
27 at 8 pm in Sackvilles Live Bait
eatre (tickets are $10, available at
the new SAC Oce and through
Tintamarre eater [509-364-2480]).
It is presented by Tintamarre with a
Mount Allison cast and crew.
Another production already in the
works is the English Baroque opera
Dido and Aeneas by Windsor
eatre in collaboration with e
Opera Workshop. e production has
started rehearsals and plans to have a
set of performances in February.
For any students looking to actively
participate, Alex Fancy, director
of Tintamarre, is pulling together
an ambitious project titled e
Argument, a production for which a
script is yet to be created. Fancy started
o with a sketch which students are
now developing into a story, creating
a full-length script. Casting will take
place in the theatre on October 20
with rehearsals beginning the week
after, and performances are set for
November 26 to 29. Despite this
realtively short span of time alloted to
the plays production, Fancy guarantees
it will be a knockout.
For those who prefer spontaneous
acting, Justin Collett, a 4th-year
student at Mount Allison, is looking
for participants in a drama experiment
called Long-form Improvisation.
ese students will meet once a week
for workshops in character formation
and other improvisational activities
that conclude in a forty-ve minute
play - made up completely on the
spot. e dates for workshops and the
performance date will be posted soon
on the information board (second oor
of the old STUD).
Other annual activities include
Masterworks, a play created and
performed within a span of 24 hours
(scheduled for late September or early
October); An Evening of Monologues
self-explanatory in its title in
which student actors and directors or
drama students pair together to work
on a chosen monologue (set for the
beginning of the winter term), and
Shakespeare in Schools,a new project
working with children from middle
schools in and around Sackville, with
the goal of helping them understand
Shakespearian text by performing the
plays. e faculty plans on announcing
even more productions and workshops
later this term but theyre always
looking for hands backstage.
For more information you can
contact Windsor or Tintamarre or
walk in and give them a shout!
eatre opens its curtains to the fall season
A preview of theatre to come at Mt.A
Alia Karim
Argosy Contributor
Sackville was recently treated to a
concert by Mount Allison fourth-year
music student, Michael ibodeau,
who kicked o his Maritime tour
with his award winning ve-piece
programme at Brunton Auditorium
last ursday.
ibodeau was this years winner of
the Atlantic Young Artist Competition
and Tour. After the tour he will return
to studying at Mt. A, working on
his bachelors degree in music. He is
currently studying under Dr. Stephen
Runge, and has previously studied
with Dr. Edmund Dawe, as well as
Robin Harrison.
Approximately two-thirds of the
auditorium was lled and the crowd
was appreciative of the quality of
ibodeaus performance. Students
and Sackvillians alike came out to
recognize his achievement and talent.
e evening programme included
Beethoven, Chopin, Messiaen, Liszt
and a contemporary piece by David
L. McIntyre. e contemporary
piece, Butteries and Bobcats, was
composed in 2004 for a National
competition.
ibodeau received a research grant
from Mount Allison to study Liszts
piece in 2007, and he took the time
before performing it to explain to the
curious audience that the piece is a
response to Dantes Inferno; however
in the case of this sonata-style piece,
the persona nds himself in hell,
purgatory, and then back in hell with
no nal visit to heaven.
In moments of intensity in the
music ibodeau would not hesitate to
use his body fully to convey the true
emotion which was expressed through
the musical phrasing of the pieces.
Bouncing from the bench, he appeared
to be dancing along to his own music,
in such a way that made the piece even
more exciting to witness. ibodeau
savours the power of both the bold,
solitary notes as well as the playful
slurs. e content of these pieces was
impressive to hear, and what made it
more so was to know that this is only
the beginning to his musical career.
I became aware of the strong
story-telling quality in ibodeaus
playing as the concert progressed. He
is conscious of this I am sure, and
developed each individual note to be
as powerful as a word in a story. is
quality made Butteries and Bobcats
and Annes de Pelrinage: No. VIII
prominent in my memory. Generally,
the smiling crowd seemed, myself
included, amazed at his ability and
performance skills.
Young Artist Concert
Michael ibodeau at Brunton
Judi Keefe
Argosy Contributor
addeus Holownia
Julie Cruikshank
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In search of economic growth,
nancial stability, and good
governance, the Conservatives
recently cut $45 million dollars from
Canadian arts and culture funding. e
programs facing funding cuts include
PromArt, Canadian Independent
Film and Video Fund, Audio-Visual
Preservation Trust, Canadian Memory
Fund, Canadian Arts and Heritage
Sustainability Program, Canadian
Music Fund, Northern Native
Broadcast Access Program, and Book
Publishing Industry Development
Program. Described as censorship
and described as Harpers personal
vendetta against the arts, the cuts have
raised attentions and opinions from
across Canada.
Over the summer, the Conservative
government announced planned cuts
to arts and culture funding that will
take eect in the New Year with the
new budget. e cuts included removal
of funding from art, music, theatre,
media, and literature programs.
Reportedly the cuts are based on a
review and revise program which the
Harper government sees as progressive
for Canadian economy and culture.
By reviewing all programs to which
the government supplies nancial
aid, it is hoped that irrelevant costs
and excessive spending can be erased.
e costs and spending referred are
credited to to the arts and culture
programs under review.
e cuts to funding have been
deemed controversial by those in the
political and cultural communities.
When talking with John Murchie,
the Coordinator of Struts Gallery, it
seemed that the overall opinion was
that the people of Canada have to
be concerned about this; a sentiment
that has been echoed across Canada.
On August 25, a formal protest march
was launched in Montreal. Protesters
emphasized that the cuts will not
be accepted lightly by the arts and
cultural communities throughout
Canada. Murchie pointed out a fact
which several groups have echoed over
the recent weeks: in cultural areas,
youre talking about parts of our
lives that are pretty fragile in terms
of trying to get them established, and
trying to keep them going, and trying
to make them work. Several of the
programs that have received notice of
cut funding have stepped forward and
made formal statements about their
displeasure over the decision made
by the Harper government. PromArt
a program that helps to promote
Canadian culture abroad by sending
artists, authors and performers overseas
has asked concerned citizens to send
letters of protest to MPs and the Prime
Minister.
e changes to arts funding come
at a relatively problematic time for the
Conservatives. With the upcoming
federal election looming over the
political world, other candidates have
all had their say on the Conservatives
decisions. Stphane Dion announced
recently that if the Liberals are elected,
the party promises more than $500
million in arts funding and support, in
order to cover what was removed from
the programs by the Conservatives as
well as to further the promotion of
arts and culture in Canada. Elizabeth
May, the leader of the Green Party,
has indicated that she sees Stephen
Harpers choices as undemocratic.
Mays also indicated that the arts cuts
show a lack of cultural belief on the
Conservatives part. e Conservatives
are answering back by declaring
that the other party leaders claims
are untrue and unsupported. It has
become a veritable he-said-she-said in
platform issues.
In defence of his governments
actions, Stephen Harper has spoken
out against viewing the cuts as
censorship and detrimental. In one
of the rst interviews he gave on the
subject, Harpers defence seemed to be
limited to stating that he still plays
the piano every day the lack of any
connection to the arts cuts was palpable.
Eventually, when a more detailed
interview surfaced with Harper, his
defence was notably better articulated.
e cuts were not made ideologically
nor were they targeting specic
groups whom the government deemed
unsupportive. Harper maintains that
the Department of Canadian Heritage
played an optimal role in the decisions.
He also admitted that while the cuts
were broadly made, the accumulation
and amount can strike a harsh point
with the arts community.
Although they do not aect Sackville
directly, the cuts to Canadian arts and
culture programs raise a grave signal to
the arts community. Murchie points
out, I think as much as anything, these
cuts just put a ag, saying beware, this
is the road were going to take. When
asked about his opinion on the whole
situation, Murchie commented that is
is somewhat scary, and that on one
hand, we have yet to really nd out that
there was any particular consultation
with any of the communities that
are involved with any of this the
programs have been cut. ere may
have been some kinds of discussion
in terms of the bureaucracy of things
and so on, but nothing besides that. It
brings to light the fact that, as Harper
mentioned, while involving the
Heritage Department in the nancial
decisions, the Department received
funding and other groups were cut
o. Should the arts and culture
communities have been consulted
during the review process or were the
cuts pre-meditated?
Sackville may not be directly
aected at the moment but if cuts to
arts funding continue, students seeking
exposure outside of the town, local
artists applying for grants, and scholars
looking for progression could begin to
feel the eects. Murchie comments,
that much of it is about trying to
control right from the start areas
like education, cultural activities,
artistic expression you dont know
where theyre going to go. Its risky
business and so here in Sackville I
dont know if its any dierent than any
where else. Its a fragile business, its
not perceived generally in our society
that really contributes to the economy,
and so on. Sackville is home to a wide
variety of artists and cultural outlets.
From the numerous galleries to the
events and functions that decorate a
community members calendar, the
town and university are known for
supporting and developing arts and
culture. e Conservatives actions may
pave the way for changes in Canadian
arts and culture. It is a good idea to be
informed, considering the upcoming
election that will help to determine
what lies ahead.
Only time and further reports
from the government will tell if we
in Sackville will eventually be aected
by the changes in funding. Whether
or not Harpers government has a
personal vendetta against arts and
culture, the fact remains that the area is
a fragile one in Canada. Only recently
has the country seen an increase in
pride in areas such as arts, music,
and lm. It will be interesting to see
how the values of Canadians pan out
throughout the Federal Election. For
now, the future of arts and cultural
funding lays waiting.
Snip, snip go the ties of culture
A look at the recent cuts to Canadian arts and culture funding
Julie Stephenson
Argosy Staff
e Scotiabank Giller Prize is an
award given annually for the best
Canadian ction, both for full-length
novels and short story collections. e
prize was established in 1994 by Jack
Rabinovitch to honour the memory
of his wife, Doris Giller, who was a
literary journalist until her death in
1993 due to cancer. Originally worth
$25,000 for the winner, the prize
money changed to be worth $40,000
for the winner, and $2,500 for each of
the authors whose books were in the
short list all this after joining forces
with Scotiabank in 2005.
With the main goal being to
applaud Canadian writers of their
literary eorts and commitment, the
foundation is already going on to
its 15th year anniversary perhaps
explaining the recent increase of prize
money to be won to a whopping
$50,000 for the winner, and $5,000 for
each of the nalists. Judged by three
juries, the literary work must adhere
to many rules for eligibility, such as
the following; the literary work must
be submitted by a registered publisher
and not by the author himself,
the language must be in English
(including translations), rst editions
and ction only, published within a
specic time frame given (this year
the date is between October 12, 2007
and September 30, 2008), and the
author must be a Canadian citizen or
permanent resident of Canada. is
prestigious award is also scheduled
to be broadcasted live on CTV from
Toronto on November 11th, and the
short list to be announced October 7th
this year. With all the publicity, sales
boost, not to mention the honor and
award money involved, who wouldnt
want it when it is a Canadian ction
authors dream?
Well, not me says Stephen
Henighan. Henighan is a Canadian
literary journalist and author, including
an outspoken critic of the Giller prize
as well as other Canadian literary
institutions. He stated openly that the
outreach of the Scotiabank Giller Prize
is insucient, awarding only authors
of books from the Toronto area in the
past fteen years, with the exception of
two writers. Henighan questions the
transparency of the process, stressing
what he regards as a monopolized
system of winners, as winning books
tend to be from the Bertelsmann
group (e.g. Knopf Canada, Doubleday
Canada and Random House Canada).
He also believes that such awards are
causing a decrease in sales of smaller
publishing groups books, and that this
ironically encourages Canadians to
read the same few books that received
awards, rather than encouraging the
audience to explore lesser known
Canadian literature. He aims criticism
at the Giller Prize as well as Margaret
Atwood (famous author and juror of
the Scotiabank Giller prize) for having
undue inuence on the outcome. is
has caused much debate in the literary
community, and Henighan has both
supporters and those who accuse him
of spouting conspiracy theories.
Is there something to Henighans
allegations? Could there be conicts of
interest if certain authors won instead
of others? So far, his theory remains
only a theory and considered mere
personal opinion although more and
more people are now closely watching
the Scotiabank Giller prize events
unfold.
If the winning author is yet again
from the Bertelsmann Group, this
will surely incite much debate. e
method of judging must also be
examined. Given that there are three
jurors, the winning authors book
may actually not have been the
best, but just the book that all three
jurors could agree upon as most well-
written. e subjectivity involved in
the process is impossible to avoid, as
literary works are not entirely suited
to objective judging. e evidence
cited by Henighan could be chalked
up to a series of coincidences. Yet to
many others who support Henighan,
these coincidences present a darker
perspective of such committees.
However, Henighans argument
that literary awards create a shortlist
of books more often read by the
public than other lesser known works
is interesting. While some might
argue that that award winner sticker
guarantees a good read, an exploration
of Canadian literature should move
beyond the borders of jurors picks.
Controversy surrounding book prize
e Scotiabank Giller Prize under scrutiny
Net Chamaplin
Argosy Correspondent
Charivari: Sounds of the Tantramar
A bilingual production staged by Tintamarre eatre Troupe; a Cultural
Capitals Celebration supported by Mount Allison University, the Windsor
eatre & Festival by the Marsh.
September 26-27, 8:00 pm
Live Bait eater
Contact: 364-2480
Presence & Absence: e Body Now
Faucet Media Arts Centre and Struts Gallery
A free public forum on issues arising from the impact of contemporary
technologies.
September 27, 7:30 pm
Sackville Music Hall, Bridge Street
Contact: 536-1211
Diana Burgoyne
e Politics of Individuality, Visiting Artist Program
Presentation on her art work in new media, installation, and performance
September 29, 7:30 pm
Owens Art Gallery
Contact: Leah Garnett 364-2498
Cadence - a cappella vocal band
Mount Allison Performing Arts Series
October 4, 8:00 pm
Convocation Hall
Individual Tickets: $25 adults, $13 students
Series Subscriptions: $120 adults, $50 returning students, $25 frosh
Tickets are available at the Mt. A Bookstore, or contact Margaret Ann Craig,
364-2262, performarts@mta.ca
ursday Painters group
Sackville Art Association
Watermedia instruction by Joan Gregory and constructive critique
Weekly meetings ursdays, 1:30 - 4:00 pm
Tantramar Civic Center
$7 per visit, rst visit is free
Contact: Margaret Myles, (902)667-8790, Laurell Hamilton (902)251-2619
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Drunk guy in meal hall:
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
So Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld
walk into a bar...
Christina Ashley
Argosy Contributor
Facebooks facelift
Erik Fraser
Argosy Contributor
Consider this your ocial welcome.
Facebook users across the world this
past week noticed that they no longer
had the option to go back to the old
Facebook. e popular social net-
working website ocially switched
over to their new appearance last week,
much to the grave disappointment of
many of its users. e website has pro-
vided a considerable amount of warn-
ing about the switch and continues to
accept feedback on the new layout.
Although Facebook founder Mark
Zuckerberg has yet to give ocial word
on why the switch has occurred, Face-
book support sta have provided some
explanation. e new layout is said to
help the network store more informa-
tion, and accept more users without
overloading the system. It will also al-
low for faster navigation throughout
the website. On the commercial side,
the new system has allowed companies
to more easily purchase and post ad-
vertisements on proles.
e new change to the appearance
of the system has sent loyal Facebook
users into a fury. Despite over 1,000
groups protesting the changeover (the
largest has around 2.4 million mem-
bers), Facebook programmers contin-
ue the switch. Mainly, I just think it
is stupid to change a good thing, says
rst year student Jessica van Zanten.
Everyone was so comfortable with
the old one, why switch it now?
Most obviously, the prole page has
combined the old sections Recent
Activity, the Wall, and Status Up-
dates into one new section, known as
the Publisher. Personal information
is no longer immediately visible either;
users must nd the applicable tab near
the top of the page to read dierent
sections of a prole.
Perhaps the greatest change comes
with the movement of the applica-
tion guide to the bottom-left of the
page alongside Facebook chat. I never
have the mouse there, everything that
is current is always at the top of the
screen, so it is just a nuisance that is at
the bottom, van Zanten says. Other
drastic changes include the regularly
updated news feed on the homepage,
complete with large status update sec-
tion, and people you may know ap-
plication.
Second year student Julie Stephen-
son remains indierent to the big
change. I just think everybody is get-
ting out of sorts. Everything changes,
thats the way it works. To not update
with the times is ridiculous. At the end
of the day, Facebook is a business, and
to not move with the times would be
foolish.
As of now, the website plans to keep
the changes they have made, and will
be adding more features to the new
layout as the year goes on. Complaints
regarding the changes can be made us-
ing the Submit Feedback button in
the top right hand of the window. For
now, the only question that remains is
what will happen to over 2.4 million
upset Facebookers.
What would a shoe shopping spree
with Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld look
like? Try 300 million dollars and a di-
sastrous end product that clearly misses
the mark. Some could say that the new
Microsoft ad campaign, headed by the
Crispen Porter and Bogusky advertis-
ing agency, is a perfect example of how
uneven some say Microsofts products
themselves are.
e rst set of ads features superstar
comedian Jerry Seinfeld, and Micro-
soft mastermind Bill Gates shoe shop-
ping and spending time with a regu-
lar family. How the ads relate to the
operating system Vista, the product
Microsoft is ostensibly advertising, is
a bit unclear. e ads seem to be try-
ing to portray Vista in the same light
in which people see Jerry Seinfeld and
Bill Gates; that is to say they are trying
to make Vista look beyond normal, to
make it look cool and superior. Sure,
its comedic to see Bill Gates adjust-
ing his shorts on national television,
but inevitably the comparison between
these and the ubiquitous Im a Mac
Apple ads must be made. It seems clear
that Microsoft is trying to achieve the
ephermeral cool factor said Apple ads
seem to have accrued, but they de-
nately fall short; where Apples ads are
topical and entertaining, these ads fall
a bit short. Between the shoe shopping,
the shower sequence and the bottom
wiggle (yes, bottom wiggle), its hard
to see where Vista comes into play.
e new campaign was launched
late this summer, and made its op-
ping premiere on September 4. e
campaign cost some 300 million dol-
lars, and is set to include some big
names to try and pump up Microsofts
image. e software giant is rumoured
to be planning additional ads, with the
likes of Sarah Silverman, Willie Nel-
son and Matthew McConaughey. Yet
somehow, even with all this star power
and money lined up, some feel less
than impressed about the campaign.
e ads do have some comedic value
to them, but not nearly enough to stop
you from becoming utterly confused
about what the actual message about
the product is. With experience from
ad campaigns such as BMWs Mini
and Burger King, it would seem as if
marketing genius Alex Bogusky could
make anything, including the ailing
Vista, look appealing, yet somehow his
rm manages to make it look just as
confusing and awkward as many pun-
dits claim it is.
After seeing many businesses and
individuals downgrade to XP from
Vista, many wonder if Microsofts
budget of 300 million dollars for this
campaign wouldnt be better spent on
ironing out some of their products en-
during problems.
On Saturday night, Mount Allison
hosted Lester Brown, world renowned
environmentalist and founder of the
Earth Policy Institute, as this years
Josiah Wood lecturer.
Here to talk about the ideas in his
book, Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save
Civilization, he was introduced as the
proof that leaders can and do make a
dierence in the world by Mount Al-
lisons own Brad Walters.
Climate change is a problem nearly
as big as some of the chunks of melt-
ing ice falling into the ocean. Parts of
Greenlands ice sheet the size of the
United Kingdom, are breaking o and
disappearing. Even without using car-
toons of drowning polar bears, Brown
was able to make his message clear: if
the entire ice sheet were to melt, the
oceans of the world would rise twen-
ty-three feet, ooding and destroying
major coastal cities of the world like
New York, Shanghai and London.
e glaciers of Tibet and the Hima-
Susan Rogers
Argosy Contributor
layas will also likely be gone by 2050,
changing river patterns, and disrupting
the production of food coming from
China and India, the worlds largest
producers of rice and grain. is could
be, in Browns opinion, the most mas-
sive threat to the world food supply
that weve ever seen, all due to the
melting of glaciers around the world.
Brown points out that we dont
know the magnitude of the problem
yet. Environmental stresses create gov-
ernmental stresses, and we see see the
rapid increase in the number of failing
states around the world. Food prices
are being dragged upwards because
of rising oil prices, and the desire to
use ethanol to replace oil. e concept
of converting corn and similar plants
to ethanol is gaining strength, even
though the amount of grain needed to
ll the gas tank of an SUV is roughly
the same as the amount of grain one
person eats in year. Failing states have
to deal with multiple interlinked envi-
ronmental and economic issues at the
same time. How many failing states
will we need, Brown asks, before we
have a failing global civilization?
It is obvious to Brown that we need
a plan; one that involves an eighty per
cent cut in carbon emissions by 2020,
an eradication of poverty, and a resto-
ration of environmental support sys-
tems. If we were to change all of the
worlds lights to compact orescent
bulbs, we would lower global energy
use by twelve per cent. To replace the
fory per cent of the worlds energy that
comes from coal with wind energy,
we would need fewer wind turbines
than we make cars in a year. Already
the owners of massive oil companies
in Texas and Wyoming are invest-
ing in huge wind farms that have the
potential to provide energy for entire
states. In the deserts of Algeria alone,
it would be possible to harness enough
solar energy to power the entire world
economy.
e zeitgeist of Browns lecture was
nowhere near as doom-and-gloom as
many others might be; he is optimis-
tic about the future. With all of these
plans being set into motion, he won-
ders if his hope of an eighty per cent
reduction in carbon emissions by 2020
isnt a conservative number. It is a race
between natural tipping points and
political tipping points he says. When
asked whether he ever gets depressed
about the state of the environment, he
says I dont seem to.
He cites the fall of the Berlin Wall
as an example of how quickly social
change can happen; in his opinion
no one sees it coming until a drastic
change is made.
Following the lecture, most people
who spoke with Brown were interested
in the concepts of solar and wind en-
ergy as an alternative energy sources.
e students and Sackville residents
were enthused, and the reception at
Owens Art Gallery became a place
for discussion and debate between
students, residents and Brown, of ev-
erything both mentioned, and left out
of the lecture. Most asked what they
could do in Sackville to make a dif-
ference, bringing up the feasibility of
using community wind turbines and
household solar panels to reduce the
use of coal and nuclear power. After
the lecture, several students said that
they had never felt so optimistic about
the future of our environment because
they were actually told what they could
do to make a dierence.
So, what is it exactly that we can
do? Brown says changing your light
bulbs and recycling is important, but
what we really need is to become in-
volved to help change the system. We
are up against an extraordinary chal-
lenge; we are now facing the need to
save civilization. During World War
II, it didnt take years to restructure the
American economy to produce weap-
ons, it took months. We need a change
that will occur, and occur quickly, and
the way to do that is to get involved.
Get involved politically. Find friends
who share your concerns and organize
campaigns; take action. at is how
we will get the change we need in the
time available.
As Brown pointed out, saving civi-
lization is not a spectator sport.
Legendary environmentalist Lester Brown addresses Allisonians on climate change solutions
Lester Brown: Saving civilization is not a spectator sport
Sci/Tech Quick Facts
Youve probably been told that a piece of paper can only be folded seven times, right? Anyone
whos tried it knows its true, right? Well, not quite. e world record is twelve times, and the
ground-breaking, seemingly-impossible task was accomplished not by a PhD in math or a
origami master, but a high school student, Britney Gallivan, in search of extra credit.
Check it out: http://pomonahistorical.org/12times.htm
S
SEPTE|8EF 25, 2008 - SCENCE E TECHNDLDCY - THE AFCDSY - PACE 2J
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On September 2, the 800-pound
gorilla of the internet made yet another
inroad into the somewhat crowded
market for alternative web browsers.
e Chrome web browser is Googles
latest toy: blazingly fast, user-friendly,
and with the raison dtre of improving
life for users of web applications.
More of the important work we do
on the computer now occurs through
web application sites, with all our
data sitting on a distant (almost always
American) web server and not on our
own computers. Webmail services such
as Gmail and Microsofts Windows
Live Mail (formerly Hotmail) are the
tip of the iceberg, and the most popular
implementation of this technology;
web word-processing and spreadsheet
creation via mainly the Google Docs
suite is gaining momentum as a quick
way to create and share documents
with whole oces or the internet at
large.
To the benet of those who rely on
these types of services to communicate,
Chrome is an order of magnitude faster
than Firefox and Internet Explorer at
processing JavaScript, the underlying
code which drives many of the webs
interactive features that applications
require.
ZDNet, a popular technology
blog, has run tests which show a two-
fold speed jump over Firefox, and
performance over twelve times faster
than the last widely-released version
of Internet Explorer.
Also, Chrome includes an address
bar which allows you to search through
the textual content of every page you
have recently accessed. e move
has been applauded by PC World
magazine as revolutionary, as it allows
web-based information to be that
much more transparent and easily-
accessible. As a counterpoint, theres
also a privacy mode - dubbed cynically
by traditionally tech-shy Fox News as
a bona de porn mode - which does
not use this functionality.
Google released a cheery 38-page
comic explaining why Chrome benets
pretty much everyone who uses the
internet, but three weeks after its
release, doubts are already beginning
to surface. e companys tradition of
oering the deeply-integrated ability
to search just about anything, may well
prove to be a double-edged sword for
those concerned about the privacy of
their online activities and data.
As ForensicFocus.com reported last
week, virtually anything that the user
browses is searchable later, including
most startingly encrypted sites, such
as online banking and shopping.
As reviewer Humphrey Cheung
stated, the process is as simple as any
other search of your web history. To
get my [Citibank] account balance,
I just typed in balance and to get
transaction information I entered
transaction. Typing in costco
pulled up how much I spent on my last
trip. e usual requirement of having
to sign into these sites with a card
number and passwords is absent all
thats required is access to the Chrome
program.
Also, the license agreement the
thick wad of terse legalese that must
be waded through before most any
software is installed boasted a rather
gaping hole that allows Googles stated
goal o-f [world] data stewardship
to take on a much more invasive
meaning.
As ArsTechnica.com reported,
several clauses provided that any
content created or displayed through
the browser was by denition now the
exclusive, nontransferrable property of
Google, to use as they pleased. After
a brief furor, the more direct clauses
were removed, but thanks in no small
part to their aggressive recording of
user activity, questions persist. What
are they doing with our data anyway?
puzzled a commenter. e answer, for
the moment, remains unclear.
Has Google violated
dont be evil motto?
Tom Llewellin
Argosy Contributor
Geek Chic
of the Week
As long as youre comfortable with the iTunes Store creepily poring over your music, download iTunes 8 and re up
the Genius Sidebar. Choose a song, and Genius constantly-updated algorithms scope your library to make a 25, 50,
or 100 song playlist of songs from your library that sound a whole lot like the one you chose. However, since money
makes the world go round, Genius also takes the liberty of displaying iTunes Store purchases it thinks youd like in
the sidebar. Guess thats the price of progress.
Know a useful/nerdy/awesome program/toy/gadget? Email us at argosy@mta.ca and share your nd!
September 25, 2008:
iTunes Genius
Fast, user-friendly Chrome browser has
slightly seamy underbelly
SPORTS & FITNESS
After a pair of close, promising
games to start the season, the Mounties
took a step back in their search for the
playos on Friday, losing to the third-
ranked Saint Marys Huskies 50-20 in
Halifax.
Nothing seemed right for the
Mounties, who led 20-10 at the half,
but only mustered a single rst down
in the second half.
e game got o to a poor start for
our players, giving up an opening-drive
touchdown for the second game in a
row. Huskies quarterback Erik Glavic,
playing in his rst game of the season,
found Darcy Brown open in the end
zone to put the home squad up 7-0.
e Mounties were able to get on
the scoreboard six minutes later with
a 39-yard eld goal by Olivier Eddie.
Early in the second quarter, with
Glavic now out of the game because
of his bad knee, a high snap resulted
in a fumble recovery by Mounties
defensive end, Dustin Timothy. On
the ensuing drive, quarterback Kelly
Hughes went deep for Adam Molnar,
who made a dicult catch look very
easy for a thirty-six-yard gain. On
the next play, Hughes swung it out to
wide-open tailback Matt Pickett, who
went twenty-ve yards untouched for
a touchdown.
Two plays later, Jeremy Snider
popped the ball loose from the Huskies
running back, and it was recovered by
Scott Sheer. After a two-and-out,
the Mounties punted but yet another
fumble by the Huskies, recovered by
Scott Brady, making his return to the
lineup after sitting out the previous
two games with a broken wrist.
is drive brought about another
Eddie eld goal, from twenty yards
out to make the score 13-7 for the
Mounties.
When it was time for the Huskies
to punt on their next drive, the stage
was set for the Mounties to show why
they have the best special teams unit
in the country. Ben Halpern broke
through, blocked the punt, and it was
then picked up by Eddie, who took it
forty-ve yards to the house for his rst
career touchdown. is was the fourth
punt the Mounties have blocked in
the past two games, and later on in the
game they would tackle the punter in
the backeld for the second straight
game.
Saint Marys kicked a eld goal
before halftime to cut the lead in half,
and when the third quarter started,
there was no looking back. Two
safeties, two touchdown receptions by
Shawn White, and a touchdown run
each by Alistair Blair and Craig Leger,
brought the score to 42-20 after three
quarters; another touchdown run, and
a single o a missed eld goal rounded
out the score.
Hughes was unable to get anything
going on oence, completing only
nine passes on 24 attempts, and was
picked o twice. e ground game
was nonexistent for the Mounties,
rushing for a team total twenty-
two yards compared to 390 by the
Huskies. Mounties star Gary Ross was
essentially shut down, amassing only
84 yards on nine touches. is marks
the rst time since October 13, 2007
that Ross was unable to get over 100
All-Purpose yards.
Defensively, safety Callan Exeter
set an AUS record for tackles in a
single game with sixteen, breaking
the record of fteen previously held
by former Mounties linebacker Matt
Harding, along with former X-Men,
and current starter in the CFL, Mike
McCullough. Snider and defensive end
Taylor Pritchard each had six tackles,
and four dierent players recovered
fumbles for the Mounties.
Olivier Eddie continued his
outstanding special teams play, going
two-for-two on eld goals, bringing
him to 10-for-11 on the season. He
leads the AUS in scoring, sits tied for
third in the country with forty-two
points through three games, and has a
healthy punting average of 37.9 yards
a kick.
Eddie and the Mounties will try to
get Head Coach Kelly Jerey his rst
career CIS win on Saturday, when they
take on the St FX X-Men at home in
the annual Homecoming game. e
Mounties will be unveiling their new
home jerseys at the game, so be sure
to come out wearing your Garnet and
Gold to cheer on the Mounties! Game
time is 2 pm.
Paul Lynch
Adam Molnar and the Mounties will take on St. FX in the Homecoming game on Saturday at 2 PM
Mounties fall victim to powerful Saint Marys Huskies
Look forward to Homecoming Game
Wray Perkin
Argosy Staff
is week in the CFL was marked
more by the loss of a legend than
by the passage of four games - Ron
Lancaster died this week at the age of
sixty-nine. In 1960 he started his career
as a quarterback with the Ottawa
Roughriders. In 1962 he was traded
to the Saskatchewan Roughriders
and spent the next sixteen years there,
leading them to a Grey Cup victory in
1966, the rst in franchise history. His
stats include 333 passing touchdowns;
3,384 pass completions; 50,535 yards
passing; and an incredible fty come-
from-behind-in-the-fourth-quarter
victories. He was named the leagues
most outstanding player in 1970
and 1976. He was a man of many
talents; he taught school in Regina
for over seven years while he was
playing, and after his retirement, was
active as a commentator and then a
coach. rough it all he was known
for his honesty and integrity. e
59 Pennsylvania native was a proud
Canadian, and one of the CFLs best
promoters. He will be missed by CFL
fans everywhere.
Last weekend:
e B. C. Lions visited the
Saskatchewan Roughriders and
continued their winning streak by a
score of 27-21. e game was marked
by a spectacular catch by B. C.s Geroy
Simon (Simon has caught at least one
toss in 100 consecutive games) and
two exciting touchdowns by Regina
native, Stu Foord. Unfortunately
things turned ugly when a missed face
masking call caused some Roughriders
fans to start pelting the B. C. bench.
Lions coach Wally Buono removed his
team from the sidelines until the fans
calmed down. e incident did not sit
well with Riders fans or anyone else. In
fact, former Rider turned Lions kicker
Paul McCallum went so far as to call
those particular fans absolute idiots.
Most Riders fans would oer the sage
wisdom too much Pilsner and this is
what happens . . ..e game puts B. C.
at 7-5, and the Riders at 8-4.
e Toronto Argonauts failed to break
out of their funk in a blowout versus
the Stampeders in Calgary. Argos
coach Don Matthews started Cody
Pickett at QB, but the change wasnt
enough to beat the hot Stampeders
defence. On the other side of the ball,
QB Henry Burris expertly led the
Stamps oence to the 34-4 victory.
Calgary players, already known for
their cocky attitude, decided to play
mock Guitar Hero in the end zone
following one touchdown. ey may
be tied for top spot in the league at 8-
4, but would do well to heed the advice
that pride goes before a fall. Toronto
falls to 4-8.
Hamilton was again unable to
pull out a victory as they hosted the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers. e Ti-Cats
are now 2-10, but new coach Marcel
Bellefeuille, made the observation
that until youre mathematically out,
youre not out. ough the CFL is
always changing, Bellefeuilles remarks
were likely little comfort to fans of the
beleaguered Tiger-Cats. Winnipeg
meanwhile is vying for a playo
position, bolstered by Torontos loss.
Winnipeg sits at 4-8.
e Allouettes destroyed the
Edmonton Eskimos 40-4 in Montreal.
In a battle of two great oences, one
defence stood tall and the other laid
at. Edmonton coach Danny Maciocia
called the bout totally embarrassing.
Montreal QB Anthony Calvillos
expert leadership gave the Als points
on all six rst-half drives. In the second
quarter alone, the Als scored twenty-
four points. e Eskimos drop to 7-4;
the Als lead the East at 7-4.
is weekend the Eskimos visit
Winnipeg, the Stampeders head to
Toronto, B. C. hosts the Ti-Cats, and
the Riders travel to Montreal. My picks
were fty per cent correct last week.
is week Im predicting a Western
sweep, with Edmonton, Calgary, B. C.,
and Saskatchewan all victorious.
CFL Report
Loss of the Little General
Martin Wightman
Argosy Contributor
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When you think of the summer
Olympics what are the rst few sports
that come to mind? Track and eld,
swimming, gymnastics, and rowing
would be the most likely answers; while
we are all aware that there are indeed
other sports at the Games besides
these four, how many of you pay
attention to them? Unless you are an
avid fan of one of these other sports, or
just happen to catch one of them while
channel surng, the vast majority of us
probably dont. I, on the other hand,
am quite the Olympics enthusiast, my
family resigns themselves to the fact
that from the minute I get home from
work until I got to bed, the TV is going
to be tuned in to the Olympics, and the
channel isnt changing for anything. I
try to watch as much Olympic coverage
as possible, but sadly, there is a serious
lack of coverage of my favourite sport:
wrestling. Not the WWE, Im talking
actual wrestling, the kind that takes
skill and hard work, not acting skills.
is year Beijing proved to be an
important stage for wrestling, not only
at home in Canada, but internationally
as well. e Beijing games were only
the second Olympic Games in history
to have womens wrestling as an
event. Canada was one of only four
countries to qualify a full womens
squad (one wrestler per category); we
also qualied a wrestler in the Greco-
Roman category (the rst since 1996),
and the Canadian team was one of
the strongest teams weve sent to the
Olympics. Sadly, the country would
not get to watch this, unless the
country stayed up until 5:30 in the
morning watching live video feed on
the CBC sports website. Of the three
major sports broadcasters, only TSN
had coverage on the air and it again
was at ve in the morning.
While quite annoyed with the lack
of coverage, this did not stop me in
my pursuit to watch our Canadian
wrestlers take the world stage. So
there I sat on day eight of the Olympic
competition, huddled in front of my
computer screen at 5 am watching
Canadian Carol Huynh wrestle
for gold. I couldnt help but cheer
when she scored points against her
opponent from Japan, or when she
successfully defended an attack, and I
most certainly couldnt help but jump
up and down cheering as she won the
gold. e success of Huynh, was soon
to be followed up by Tonya Verbeek,
the defending silver medallist from
Athens. is year in Beijing, while
Verbeek nished third, she commented
that she had earned this medal: silver
is given to you because you lost, and
you win gold and bronze. e other
two womens team members Martine
Dugrenier and Ohenewa Akuo also
had strong showings, but unfortunately
did not nish with a medal.
Unfortunately, the Canadian mens
team did not enjoy the same success.
While there was high expectation
of our men to nish on the podium
and regain some of the success that
Daniel Igali had generated in Sydney,
none of them were able to live up to
these expectations. None of the mens
team was able to reach the podium.
In the world of wrestling, its hard
to constantly remain dominant since
there are many factors that go into a
match. For example, it is possible to
be beaten by someone whom you have
beaten several times before and vice
versa, you just always have to go out
and give it your all. is is what both
the mens and womens teams did, they
went out, represented the country, and
performed to the best of their given
ability on that night.
e nal results for Canada were as
follows:
Womens 48 kg 1. Carol Huynh;
55 kg t3. Tonya Verbeek; 55-63 kg 5.
Martine Dugrenier; and 63-72 kg 10.
Ohenewa Akuo.
Mens - 55-60 kg 10. Saeed
Azarbayjani; 60-66 kg 16. Haislan
Veranes Garcia; 66-74 kg 18. Matt
Gentry; 74-84 kg 15. Travis Cross;
84-96 kg 14. David Zilberman; and
96-120 kg 16. Ari Taub
Another wrestling story that
captured the headlines at the Olympic
Games was the Swedish Greco-
Roman wrestler, Ara Abrahamian,
who captured the bronze medal, but in
protest to a missed call by an ocial in
his semi-nal match that would have
put him in the gold medal match, would
not accept the bronze. While on the
podium, he removed his medal after
it was placed around his neck, walked
o the podium while the other medals
were being handed out, laid his medal
in the center of the ring, and walked
away. e IOC immediately stripped
Abrahamian of his medal, and removed
his name from the record books. ere
is now only one bronze medallist in
his division (at the Olympics there
are two bronze medals awarded to
wrestlers from the repechage who lost
to the wrestlers that were in the nals).
It was decided his actions violated the
Olympic charter, and was disrespectful
toward other medallists. Abrahamin
has since led a protest to try and
overrule this decision by downgrading
their decision to a warning; the ruling
should come in in about four months.
Grappling their way to the podium
Recap of wrestling at the Olympics
Cejay Riley
Argosy Contributor
Carol Huynh celebrating her victory
Every two years, the crme de la crme
of the athletic world comes together
to compete for eternal Olympic glory
and national pride, with the hopes
and expectations of an entire country
placed upon their well-muscled
shoulders. Under the pressure of such
an ultra-competitive environment,
something is bound to go wrong. Even
the most seasoned athletes can lose it,
while others rise to the challenge and
have exceptional performances in the
face of overwhelming odds. Sometimes
athletes just have bad luck. Here is a
collection of just a few of the most
remarkable, bizarre and unpredictable
moments from the Olympics, both
past and present.
In the 1896 games in Athens,
Australian marathon runner Edwin
Flak had his butler bike alongside
him to ensure a constant supply of
refreshments. Unfortunately, unlike
his employer, the butler was denitely
not a world-class athlete and collapsed
during the race. During the 1986
games, West German pentathlete
Hans-Jurgen Todt began to beat his
horse after it became uncooperative.
Todt had to be pulled away from
the horse by teammates. Despite
losing his leg after being run over by
a train, American gymnast George
Eyser dominated the 1904 Summer
Olympics competition, winning six
medals (three of them gold) while
competing with a wooden leg. Russian
rower Vyacheslav Ivanov was so
excited after winning his rst Olympic
gold that he lept with joy, only to see it
y o his neck into Melbournes Lake
Wendouree. He tried searching the
lake, but could not nd the precious
medal. For Irish boxer Christopher
Finnegan, winning the gold at the
1968 games was a breeze compared to
peeing in a cup. Ocials tried in vain
to stimulate his bladder with copious
amounts of water and four pints of beer
but could not get the boxer to pee for
drug testing. After following him for
several hours, the required urine was
nally obtained. For Haitian athlete
Dieudonne Lamothe, competing in
the 1976 Montreal games was literally
a case of life or death; threatened with
execution by Haitian dictator Baby
Doc Duvalier if he did not nish the
5000m, he completed the race with
the slowest time in Olympic history.
When 1932 Olympic gold medal
winner, twenty-time world record
holder, and track and eld hall of
fame member Stella Walsh was shot
and killed, police autopsied her body.
Confusingly, coroners found a set of
male genitals. It was discovered soon
afterward that Stella was actually
born Stanislawa Walasiewiczowna
of Poland. Stella had mosaicism, a
genetic condition in which both male
and female chromosomes are present.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a
Swedish Tae Kwon Do referee was
kicked in the face by previous gold-
winner Angel Matos of Cuba, after
disqualifying him from the bronze
medal match for taking too long to
tend to an injured foot. e Cuban
coach then accused the Kazakhs (who
won the bout) of xing the match and
bribing the referee.
e best, the brightest and the most
bizarre: the Olympics has it all. Even
if youre not a sports fan, youre sure to
nd something to entertain you. e
next games are coming to Vancouver
in 2010: dont miss it!
Olympic moments
e best, the brightest, and the most bizarre...
Bobby Peace, Australian Olympic
rower, was forced to stop during
a race to allow a family of ducks
to cross his lane.
Kelly OConnor
Argosy Staff
As you may have heard by now, you
are going to gain something known as
the
Freshman fteen. Well, you can relax
and breathe as of now, not everyone
gains those useless fteen pounds. I
have come up with the fool-proof plan
to keep healthy and t during your
rst year.
Most of you may be thinking that
you barely have time to eat at meal hall,
let alone work out, but believe it or not
this will t right into your schedule.
1) Breakfast / Eating - As you may
of heard from your parents, breakfast
is the most important meal of the day,
Well, guess what, they were right. You
cant expect to get up for that 8:30am
class, not eat, and perform well, it just
doesnt work! Eating breakfast in the
morning helps you to stabilize your
blood sugars, which will have a positive
eect on your energy and appetite.
So the plan is, have something to eat
before you head out. If you are that
person that gets out of bed at 8:25am
and runs to class, the best thing to
invest in are apples and granola bars.
Having something in your stomach
makes a big dierence, so if youre
in a rush, eat on the move! Skipping
meals will have a negative eect on
your body, making you feel weak and
sluggish. If you dont feel like walking
to the meal hall, stock up on some
munchies to always have in your room
for that quick energy pick me up!
2) Staying Fit - As most of you
already know we have two gyms on
campus. All you need to bring is your
student ID and indoor footwear. e
gym has treadmills (which have fans
built into them ), specialized machines,
bikes, elliptical trainers, and even more.
If working out isnt your thing, they
also oer many programs, ranging
from step aerobics, yoga, and many
dance classes.
3) Meal Hall - So for some people,
who have always gone directly to
pizza, ice cream, and french fries, I
would like to inform you that there is
a great sandwich and salad bar - use
it! Try to have new food at least once
a day, and remember the brighter the
vegetable is, the better it is for you. My
most important piece of advice for the
meal hall is: yes, the waes look good,
but dont eat them for every meal!
4) Drinking - e main objective
of drinking is to beat the beer belly.
Instead of beer, hit something with
less calories. Just because it says light,
doesnt mean that it is calorie free. If
you choose to hit the hard liquor,
the best way to prevent that awful
hangover that will follow is by having
a glass of water after every one or two
drinks; you will thank that water in the
morning.
5) Staying involved - Mount Allison
oers a number of dierent intramural
sports. is is a great way to stay t,
and take a break from studying at the
same time. Make sure to join at least
one club, not only will it give you a
How to conquer the
Freshman 15
Ellen Williams
Argosy Contributor
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Top: The mens and womens cross-country team pose for a team picture. Both squads won the ACAAs rst
meet of the year at St. Thomas University. The team is:
SEATED (left to right): Kim Cox, Laurel Carlton, Pat Lamrock, Caila Henderson
MIDDLE ROW (left to right): Kaitlin Fitzgerald, Duncan Bowes, Parker Vaughan, Chris Ritchey-Conrad,
Virginia King
BACK ROW (left to right): John Peters (Coach), Mitchell Peters, Matthew Wheaton, Anna Travers)
Left: Defender Allie MacLean chases down a forward from Acadia during Saturdays game. The womens
team lost a heartbreaker to Acadia, with the visitors scoring in the 90th minute to prevail 1-0. Sunday, the
Lady Mounties fell to St. FX 3-0.
Below, Left: Goalie Corey Yantha stretches to make a save. The mens team topped Acadia 4-2 and tied with
St. FX 1-1 to take six of eight points in the standings.
Cejay Riley
Cejay Riley
Sue Seaborn
Mount Allison prides itself
on oering its students a diverse
experience; allowing anyone enrolled
to graduate as a well-rounded
individual. ere are numerous
activities, committees, charities, and
sports teams to check out, however as
we all know - to keep improving and
developing further, a solid foundation
must be laid. Although focused on
the eld, the Mount Allison Mens
soccer team has put a lot of eort into
fundraising to better their program,
and building strong athletes.
e Mount Allison Soccer
program has built on its integrity and
determination in the past couple of
years, thanks to a new face yielding
from England, Barry Cooper. Cooper,
who has been the Mens coach since
last year, has put into action two new
fundraising methods: Goal Pledges
and coupon vouchers.
e vouchers, which have a value
of $40, are being sold for $10. ey
can be purchased from any of the
team members, or from the Mount
Allison Bookstore. ey oer deals
such as a two-for-one movie pass
at Vogue Cinema, Joeys meal deals,
movie rentals from Movie Experts,
Home Hardware shopping, two-for-
one bowling passes, and Jean Coutu
deals. When asked how Cooper came
up with the idea, he mentioned that
in order for something to y with
the students, it has to be something
relevant; something they can use.
Its always good to build a solid
account, but what other reasons are the
men fundraising for? Cooper states,
For the overall soccer experience;
to improve, enhance and make it
enjoyable for all athletes. Mount
Allison is a very academic oriented
school, which is good, but also means
that if the team wants to improve their
quality, they need to take responsibility,
decide what they want to do, and put
their ideas to work. A few priority
items include: new soccer equipment,
uniforms, track suits, and international
travel/recruitment opportunities.
e men plan to travel to Bermuda
during Spring Break 2009 in an attempt
to recruit students for Mount Allison;
play overseas, form new contacts, and
further develop existing contacts with
alumni. Cooper feels that since many
alumni, currently residing in Bermuda,
have donated a lot of money to enhance
Mount Allison (especially with regards
to the new student center), that this
would be a great way to repay their
generosity.
In fact, Cooper is very set on making
sure all supporters are aware of how
much their donations are appreciated.
e Goal Pledge fundraiser is a way for
people to receive a shout out for their
help. e highest supporters will have
their names printed in the Argosy. e
Goal Pledge system works in such a
way that you can donate any amount
(even as little as a dollar) for every goal
the Mounties score in the 2008-2009
season. Already at $613 a goal, Cooper
states that, this is a great opportunity
for anyone to feel like a part of the
team, either by donating $1 or $50,
they are making a dierence. When
asked if he thinks the fundraising has
promoted self awareness within the
team, Cooper replied, it has made
them more aware of just how much
support they have on and o campus;
especially from the administration and
sta at Mount Allison. Its a great way
for the team to become more aware of
what they can achieve.
One proud supporter is the
University President, Dr. Robert
Campbell himself. Not only pledging
$50 a goal, he has also challenged team
captain, Corey Yantha, by pledging
$100 for every shut out Yantha
manages to take. is special friendship
between the two should inspire Mount
Allisons superb goal keeper to keep his
hands moving as quick as his mouth.
In fact, one of the teams best strikers,
Jules Alie, even decided to pledge $25
of his own money for every goal he
scores. One could say that this might
make him less apt to score, however,
as he has already scored, he proves that
he in fact, is solely interested in the
teams advancement as a whole.
Cooper has also formed the Golden
Goal Club, which allows anyone,
especially alumni, to sponsor the soccer
program, and stay involved, even after
graduating. Its important to involve as
many people as possible. Its a circular
idea - if current players understand
what a dierence fundraising can
make, then they will most likely return
the favor in the future.
Not only can the men use their
heads eciently in the game, they can
also put their intelligence to good use
by giving back to the community, and
raising money to better their program.
Each year, they make sure to stay active
within the community. Last year, the
boys bagged groceries at local grocery
stores to help support the food bank.
Yantha states, its important people
realize that were trying to do stu for
ourselves, and not just asking for it. By
giving back to the community, were
helping improve the image of athletics
at Mount A.
And yes ladies, the mens soccer
team will have another Valentines
Day Auction, since they are going to
be hot commodities after having so
many shutouts.
For more information regarding
the Golden Goal Club, and what the
soccer program is currently involved
in, check out the new letter at the
following link:
http://alumni.mta.ca/alumni/soccer_
newsletterF08.html
Building a better soccer experience
Apryll Stanseld
Argosy Contributor
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Athlete of the Week:
Ian Kelly
With a 4-2 win over Acadia, and a
1-1 tie with St.FX, the Mounties
speedy striker Ian Kelly has won
Athlete of the Week honours for
his leadership and gritty play in the
Mounties weekend successes. Ian
was an inuential gure in both
games as his team collected six points
out of a possible eight in the Atlantic
University Sport (AUS) mens soccer
action. Ians spirited play, especially in
the rst eight minutes of play against
Acadia, transformed his Mountie
teammates into believers and boosted
their condence immeasurably. Twice
involved in the second-minute move
that created the rst goal by Mike
Walker, Ian then settled all Mountie
nerves just ve minutes later when he
got on the end of a throw ball, and
smashed it pass the surprised Acadia
keeper. In a high scoring game, Ian
remained a threat throughout the
match. Against a strong St.FX team,
the game was tight and tough, with
most of the second half locked at 1-1.
At this point, Ian realized he needed
to work hard to put pressure on the
opposition, and this he did. By the
end of the game he had nothing left to
give, and the two points were secure.
A 59 resident of Summerside, PEI,
Ian is a former two-time ree Oaks
High School MVP, and was also
Rookie of the Year for the Mounties
and Mount Allison in 2004-05. is
past university season (2007-08),
Ian won second-team AUS all-star
honours, and last summer he was a
member of the Dartmouth United
team. Ian is currently in his fth
year of the Commerce program, and
is majoring in honours economics.
Other Athlete of the Week nominees
were: Nikki McMillan (soccer), and
Callan Exeter (football).
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Sue Seaborn
Youre standing in meal hall, plate
in hand, thinking, is there anything
that isnt deep fried and covered in
grease? It is true, most of Jennings
main entres are either fried, greasy, or
completely devoid of nutrition. With
an all-you-can-eat buet serving style,
including unlimited pizza and deserts,
it is easy to pack on that freshman
fteen. So, how do you work the meal
hall diet? Is it possible? Of course it
is, but nobody said being healthy was
easy. ere are plenty of ways to stay
healthy and lean on the meal hall diet,
but some of the best are: the sandwich/
veggie bar and portion control.
I know what youre thinking,
obviously the sandwich/veggie bar
is healthy, but who wants to eat
sandwiches all day everyday? By no
means do I think you should only eat
sandwiches and veggies for every meal.
It just happens to be one of the greatest
sources of nutrition in meal hall. It is
the easiest place to get your four food
groups, and its not deep fried, always a
plus! You can create whatever you want,
from a chicken wrap to a salami and
veggie stued sandwich. Even better,
just because the name says sandwich,
doesnt mean that you have to have
a sandwich or wrap. You can use the
healthy foods that are oered here for
numerous dierent combinations. For
example, the grill has hamburgers and
fries; with the sandwich bar as your
tool, you can ask good ol Bruno at the
grill for just the beef patty, wander over
to the sandwich bar, and grab a whole
wheat bun, grab your xings, and then
use the veggie bar to make yourself a
salad. By simply switching fries for
a salad, and opting for a whole wheat
bun, you not only spice things up, but
you also save yourself a few hundred
calories, which means there is room
for desert, perhaps some peaches with
a spoonful of brown sugar on top!
Next up on the list for healthier
eating in meal hall, and to avoid those
freshman fteen, is portion control.
What the heck is portion control? It
is controlling the amount of food you
consume in a sitting. is can be tricky
with meal hall. Its buet style invites
you to ll your plates to the max and
go back for seconds. Overeating is the
main cause of weight gain, you can
health up a meal as much as you want
, but eat too many whole wheat bun
hamburgers, and the pounds will start
packing on. So how do you control the
amount of food you eat? Simple! Take
only what you need and eat slower. For
example, instead of taking two large
pieces of chicken, start by taking one,
and instead of loading your plate with
potatoes, only ll a quarter of your
plate ( and ll the rest in with some
veggies!). Once you have what you need
take you time and enjoy the food, dont
hoover it! Go to meal hall with friends
and have a conversation while you eat,
and be sure to take breaths between
mouthfuls! A good trick is to take your
time cutting your food, and count to
ve in your head between each bite.
If you like to eat alone, bring a book
and eat as your read; the distraction
of reading slows the process of eating.
You will nd you get fuller faster when
you eat slower. A lot of the time we
take more than we need because we
dont know how much we need. When
you take your time and enjoy the food,
you will nd that you dont really need
that second or third piece of chicken. If
you are still hungry after you take your
time and nish your rst plate, then, of
course you should go get some more
because your body needs that energy.
However, if you feel like another plate
e Meal Hall Diet
might just make you want to roll (
instead of walk) home, I would avoid
getting seconds.
is weeks recipe to try:
Go to the rice pot and ll half a cereal
bowl with rice. en stroll on over to
the veggie bar and ll the other half
with some corn and peas. Take it over
to the microwave, throw some herbs
on top, microwave for 40 seconds, and
voila! An easy, healthy alternative to
potatoes or fries.
Christina Ashley
Argosy Contributor
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