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Ground broken

Big Birded

Open access

Lethal Weapon The Commish

Construction begins on worldclass Active Living Centre

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Is Romney's plan to cut PBS funding worthwhile? page 10

Field of particle physics to go open. Is that good? page 11

Shortlisted Polaris rapper coming through Winnipeg page 15

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VOL. 99 ½ NO. 10 October 17, 2012

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Aboriginal education in need of reform

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Correction: In our Oct. 10 issue of the Manitoban an article entitled “send + receive: a festival of sound” incorrectly stated certain dates and times significant to the history of the send + receive festival.

In effort to correct our mistake, the Manitoban would like to clarify that the send + receive festival began in 1998, and was incorporated in 2001. Additionally, current director Crys Cole took over as Director of S+R in the year 2008.

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Don't diss the commish

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Following the herd

Toban Talkback

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Abdi Hassan

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“I'm too busy, and schedule conflicts. If there was better scheduling, then I'd go.”

“I have once. I went to a dentistry lecture, to find out what it takes to become a student there. That's the only one I've been to.”

“I haven't yet but I've definitely been interested in a lot of the topics that have come up. Right now I'm busy with midterms, studying, papers, and that kind of thing.”

“I haven't attended any of them, but I would be interested in going. The problem is that I don't find out about them until they're happening. I see them online, on Facebook, but usualy it's too short of notice.”

Do you ever attend extracurricular lectures on campus or in the community?

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Suzuki and Rubin give lecture on sustainability Biologist and economist team up to talk about the environment Jill Patterson, staff

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n their new cross-country speaking tour authors Jeff Rubin and David Suzuki made a stop in Winnipeg’s Manitoba Theatre Centre. The lecture was held at the John Hirsh Theatre in Winnipeg’s Exchange District on Oct. 1.

The two authors lectured to a sold out theatre on issues surrounding economics, of which Rubin specializes in, and ecology, which is one of Suzuki’s areas of interest.

The speaking tour, continuing on until Nov. 8, elaborates on the main points made in both of their newly published books, Everything Under the Sun: Toward a Brighter Future on a Small Blue Planet, by Suzuki, which was published May of this year, and The Big Flatline: Oil and the No-Growth Economy, by Rubin, which is to be published Oct. 16, as a follow up to his previous book Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller.

The tour includes an additional eight more talks throughout six provinces, and will end with the last lecture in Victoria, BC on Nov. 8.

Photo by Stephen Michael Barnett The Winnipeg lecture lasted a little under an hour and began with an introduction by CBC Radio host Terry MacLeod.

The speakers took turns at the . . . ] the very fuel that our economy podium, with Rubin up first fol- runs on is way beyond our reach.� lowed by Suzuki, and ending with Rubin concluded by calling for a question and answer period. economic change for the sake of the What makes this series of lec- environment. tures interesting, as was pointed “We need to accept that our econout by MacLeod, was the fact that omies cannot grow as rapidly as they both speakers “come from very dif- have in the past, and our efforts to ferent backrounds.� Rubin has his make them grow that fast are going background in economics, being the to be counterproductive. It’s going ex-chief economist and managing the make the issue of triple digit oil director of CIBC World Markets, prices that much more difficult.� and Suzuki is mainly interested Suzuki spoke on our biological in ecological and environmental beginnings and how we have become issues. detached from nature.

Rubin focused his portion of the Suzuki said, “We no longer see lecture around the economics of oil the world in a way that allows us to and stressed the fact that oil prices see the reality of nature.� By that have been, and will continue, to rise he meant that we have lost focus on and that it should no longer be an how everything humans do has an energy source for us to rely on. environmental consequence. “Oil continues to remain the “We seem determined to take over world’s largest source of fuel, and the entire biosphere and change it while we’ve been successful in using and shape it as we want.� other things to replace oil, such as To illustrate, Suzuki made the natural gas, we still rely on it heavily point that “in only 100 years we have as a transit fuel.� gone through an absolutely amazing He continued, explaining the change such that in Canada over 85 connections between the economic per cent of us now live in big cities, recessions the world has been expe- and over 50 per cent of us around riencing and the fluctuation price the world live in big cities. We have of oil. become an urban-dwelling humanRubin claimed, “every major created environment.� global recession that we have had Along with our new urban dwellin that last four decades has been ing tendencies, Suzuki claims that caused by oil [. . . ] If oil prices would humans have also evolved such that have stayed at $30 a barrel Leman we are heavy consumers of manBrothers would have never gone made products. This has resulted in under.� extreme harms to the environment.

Similar to that is the fact that, “We have become the most numeraccording to Rubin, “peak oil isn’t ous living being on the planet. The about how much oil you can drill its very act of living leaves a huge ecohow much you can afford to extract [ logical footprint,� noted Suzuki.

“We need to accept that our economies cannot grow as rapidly as they have in the past, and our efforts to make them grow that fact are going to be counterproductive.

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Ground officially broken on Active Living Centre construction World-class facility to encourage student, community to get fit Marc Lagace, staff

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onstruction for the new training facilities including an University of Manitoba’s elevated 200-metre indoor running new Active Living Centre will get track, a 40-foot climbing wall, and a underway shortly, as jackhammers cardio and resistance training area. broke ground at the future site of The ultra modern, eco-friendly, open the $46 million fitness and research concept building is expected to centre on campus. The state-of- attract new students and ultimately the-art facility—slated to open in become another major social hub on 2015—will be adjacent to the Frank campus for students, faculty, and the Kennedy Centre and sit at the corner community. of University Crescent and Dafoe On top of athletic and recreation, road. the building will also serve academic Connected to the university’s purposes; the facility will be home existing tunnel system, the facility to brand new research space for will make up 100,000 square feet of faculty of kinesiology and recrenew space which will house brand ation management. The Applied

Research Centre will allow faculty and students to help populations affected by chronic diseases related to inadequate physical activities, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension.

Representatives from all three levels of government were in attendance to speak about the importance of the world-class health, wellness, and fitness centre.

“We all know that active living is a key, not only to good educational outcomes, but to good life outcomes,” Manitoba Premier Greg Sellinger told the Manitoban, “This facility, with the faculty of kinesiology being the organization in charge of it, will make a gigantic difference.”

“We have to promote this kind of research, and we have to encourage people to have active living at all stages of their life.”

Other important dignitaries present at the ceremony included Minister of State (Transport) and Charleswood-St. James MP Steven Fletcher, Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz, U of M president and vice-chancellor Dr. David Barnard, dean of kinesiology and recreation management Jane Watkinson, and former U of M Bison and Chicago Bears end Israel Idonije.

The project received funding from all three levels of government, including $2.5 million provided by the City of Winnipeg, which accounts for the net proceeds from the sale of the Polo Park Stadium site.

The University will end up covering the majority of the costs, which will be reflected with a raise to student tuition. The added cost will allow students to make use of the University’s facilities – negating the required purchase of a Bison Recreation Services membership.

Students will also get into Bison Sports events once the new tuition fee is put into place.

According to the U of M president, about 180 groups—which include Sport Manitoba, school divisions, and private groups— make use of the U of M’s current facilities. Once the Active Living Centre opens its doors in 2015, it has the potential to influence the activity levels of the over 35,000 U of M students and staff, as well as 25,000 users from around the Winnipeg community.

Photo by Jeremy Brooks

Campus News Briefs Rachel Wood, staff Study on electronic monitoring for car thieves completed by U of M student

A study of the effect of electronic monitoring (EM) for high risk car thieves, conducted by Ashley Pearson, U of M criminology student, found that the devices had an impact on the decline of car thefts in Winnipeg.

Pearson’s master’s thesis, “An Evaluation of Winnipeg’s Electronic Monitoring Pilot Project for Youth Auto Theft Offenders,” was defended on May 25, 2012 and found that 44 per cent of youth declared that EM would deter them from stealing cars.

U of M criminology professor Rick Linden guided Pearson while she studied teenage car thieves in the province to determine the success rate of EM. The study found that, while EM was effective in deterring auto theft, the installation of mandatory immobilizers in some vehicles had a larger affect on the decline of auto thefts.

Decline in auto theft due to EM, however, did not mean that crime in general declined in the youth offenders.

“My life was worse after EM. I stopped stealing cars but I started doing other crimes instead [ . . . ] I did not want that bracelet, but it did help me stop stealing cars, but I have moved on to more severe crimes,” said a study participant.

Open house held for Visionary (re)Generation Competition

An invitation for students, staff, and faculty to learn more about the Visionary (re)Generation Open International Design Competition included an open house on Oct. 11 from 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

The purchase of the Southwood lands in 2008, which included land inside the border of the Red River, the Fort Garry campus, the new Investors Group stadium, and Pembina Highway, led to this competition.

Those eligible for creating the plan for the open land space include any team of architects, ecologists, engineers, urban planners, and other professionals from across the globe.

The competition begins in December, 2012.

More information can be found on umanitoba.ca/admin/ campus_planning_office.

Conference on artistic representations of global atrocities held by U of M

The U of M, in partnership with the Languages and Cultures Circle of Manitoba, discussed atrocities throughout history as represented by artistic mediums such as literature, film, photography, museums, and public discourses.

Global tragedies, including the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, the Middle East conflict, and Indigenous issues were discussed.

The conference took place Oct. 11 to Oct 13 at the Fort Garry Campus and Inn at the Forks.

Diamond Jubilee Medals awarded to U of M faculty, staff, and alumni

Fourteen U of M faculty, staff, and alumni were awarded the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medals on Oct. 11. The recipients included U of M president and vice-chancellor David Barnard, associate VP (external) John Alho, Dr. Madhav Sinha, and pastor Mark Hughes.

Winnipeg South MP Rod Bruinooge presented the medals, which were awarded due to the individual’s contribution to the community, province, or country.

The diamond jubilee medals were created to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s appointment to the Queen of Canada. Recipients were nominated by partner organization, members of the public, or NGOs. World Opportunities Week held by World W.I.S.E Resource Centre

The U of M World W.I.S.E. Resource Centre is holding the World Opportunities Week from Oct. 22 to Oct. 25.

The four-day long event includes different workshops being held on campus, including sessions and lectures focusing on campus diversity, food security, exchange programs, and other educational and volunteer opportunities available internationally.

The World W.I.S.E. Resource Centre is a place for students to access information regarding international opportunities. It also exists to raise awareness of global issues to students on campus.

They are located at 541 University Centre.

For more information on the event go to umanitoba.ca/student/ics/wwise/ wow_2012.html.

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Federal government ends non-Christian prison chaplain contracts Experts worry decision may violate prisoner’s rights Quinn Richert, staff

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he Canadian government’s recent decision to cancel its contracts with non-Christian prison chaplains has many law and human rights experts worried that the rights of religious prisoners are at risk of being violated.

This month the federal government announced that as of March 2013 only about 80 full-time chaplains would continue to work in the federal prison system. All but one identify as Christian. Non-Christian prisoners will be expected to receive religious counseling from one of the 80 left on staff acting as “interfaith” chaplains.

Conservative MP Candice Bergen defended the contract terminations in the House of Commons, characterizing the plan as an attempt to cut costs for taxpayers. She also compared the interfaith chaplain system to that used in the Canadian Army.

“The Canadian Forces have used this type of chaplaincy program for years. If it is good enough for our armed forces, then it is good enough for inmates in our federal penitentiaries,” said Bergen.

Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews, who is responsible for overseeing Canada’s prison system, also released a statement on the decision to do away with non-Christian chaplains.

In an email to CBC news from Toews’ office, a media relations employee of Toews’ wrote, “the gov-

ernment [ . . . ] is not in the busi- allow, but to facilitate, religious prac- order for freedom of religion to actuness of picking and choosing which tice by inmates. ally exist [ . . . ] freedom of religion religions will be given preferential “Section 75 says that an inmate is means the state has a positive duty to status through government funding. ‘entitled to reasonable opportunities provide what is required to engage in The minister has concluded [ . . . ] to freely and openly participate in, religious life.” chaplains employed by Corrections and express, religion or spirituality.’

The decision may also violate Canada must provide services to Prior to the Harper government, rights protected in certain sections inmates of all faiths.” both the CSC [Correctional Service of the Canadian Charter of Rights and The email also states, “the Minister of Canada] and the federal govern- Freedoms as well. Kerr notes that secstrongly supports the freedom of ment understood that to mean there tion 2 of the charter guarantees the religion for all Canadians, including is a positive duty to provide religious right to religious freedom. prisoners.” services in the prison context [ . . . ] This guarantee “must be interAlthough the removal of non- I would argue that if you imprison preted in context,” says Kerr. An Christian prison chaplains is being someone, a duty arises to facilitate environment such as prison transdefended by the Conservative gov- religious l ife in lates to “a positive duty on the part ernment as an attempt to demonof the Correctional Service to facilistrate religious impartiality, many tate religious contact and practice.” law experts have said that the cuts Restricting the religious services violate prisoner’s rights. available to the degree outlined by Debra Parkes, an associate profesthe federal government may serisor of law at the U of M commented, ously inhibit the ability of some to “most legal experts who work in this adequately practice their religions in area agree that the decision to de-fund jail. chaplaincy services for minority reliWhen asked about the governgious groups violates both the equality ment’s assurance that volunteer chapguarantee in s. 15 of the Canadian lains will still be permitted to visit Charter of Rights and Freedoms and prisons, Kerr points out that such the prohibition against discriminaan arrangement does not meet tion in the provision of services the standard of equality in in the Canadian Human the delivery of services, Rights Act.” which is protected in the Lisa Kerr, a lawyer and Canadian Human Rights doctoral candidate at New Code, section 5.

York University, argues “Only Christian pristhat the 1992 Corrections oners will receive religious and Conditional Release counsel directly from regular Act puts an onus on the paid employees, who will be in a government to not only position to build ongoing relation-

ships with those prisoners. Only Christian chaplains will have prison offices and everyday access to all prisoners [ . . . ] Volunteers are more likely to attend on an occasional basis, and will not have the benefit of standing security clearance.”

Another concern raised by many has been the impact chaplain job cuts might have on the rehabilitation of religious prisoners, many of whom see their spirituality as a fundamental aspect of preparing for re-integration into society.

David Koschitzky, chair of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, recently articulated this concern to CBC News.

“It is no stretch to say that chaplains are at the forefront of the rehabilitation process, and work every day to ensure that inmates awaiting release have the tools they need to avoid re-offending [ . . . ] While this is a matter of protecting freedom of religion, there is also an important aspect of public safety at stake in this decision.”

Currently about 12.5 per cent of inmates in federal prisons identify themselves as followers of non-Christian religions.

Contracts with aboriginal elders will be unaffected by the government decision. illustration by bradly wohlgemuth

Aboriginal education in need of reform Funded education systems for reserves an ongoing battle Alycia Rodrigues, staff

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he Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development recently came out with new figures showing that funding for education is equivalent for aboriginal students, if not more than funding for nonaboriginal students.

The announcement was made amid criticism from Aboriginal and human rights activists who have claimed that the government underfunds education for First Nations people.

A decision was made last year to resolve the inequalities between native and non-native primary and secondary school systems. Records show that Aboriginal students received approximately $13,542 per student in 2010-2011, while non-aboriginal students received $10, 439 in 2009.

Assembly of First Nations contradicts these figures by stating that Aboriginal students only received $7,101 per student on average. The government claims the funding

is equal without including money lion into the system with a focus on nine years old. Attempted suicide for infrastructure and building infrastructure and building literacy rates among youth raised to 74, while maintenance. rates. A portion of the money will be 82 said they contemplated suicide.

Churchill Member of Parliament used to build three new schools on Those who attempt suicide Niki Ashton raised this issue to reserves this year, while another por- within the reservation are flown into the Harper government last week. tion of the money will be used toward Winnipeg for treatment. Youth told She said she would like to see the renovations of five other schools. health care workers Nancy Thomas government step in to improve the The new schools are scheduled and Victoria Redhead in 2007 that conditions of First Nations learning to be built in Canada’s reservations many of the attempts are due to boreenvironments. most in need of educational reform. dom, in that there is nothing to keep “On First Nations across Canada These areas are Pikangikum and Fort them occupied. The reservation is there are schools that don’t have Severn in Northern Ontario, as well rife with peer pressure, and drug and enough paper. They don’t have as Shamattawa in Manitoba. alcohol abuse is rampant. enough materials, the classes are Shamattawa is a reservation 1,200 “It’s getting really out of hand. overcrowded, the rooms are full of km northeast of Winnipeg. Records They tell me they’ve got nothing mould,” said Ashton. show that the approximate popula- to do, there’s peer pressure. They Minister of Aboriginal Affairs tion of Shamattawa was 1,101 in 2011. just want to get out of here,” said John Duncan stated that this issue Conditions on this reservation, along Redhead. has already been raised and the gov- with many others, are said to be bleak Shamattawa will now be able ernment is aware of the issue. with high suicide rates. From January to access a school system after five The government is currently work- to May of 2007, 37 children and 10 years of being in this state. Situations ing on a First Nations Education Act adults attempted to commit suicide, similar to this are common on which is aimed to improve gover- while 52 people told a health care other reserves. Various programs nance and accountability. The plan provider or family member that they have been implemented, such as a includes making improvement in plan to attempt suicide. The youngest $100,000 suicide prevention program First Nation’s educational systems of those who tried to commit suicide in Shamattawa, however, the proa top priority by infusing $275 mil- within the five-month period was grams appear to be bandages on an

overflowing wound. The government acknowledged this ongoing situation is in need of a long term solution.

The First Nations Education Act is aimed to be used as a tool for a long term solution. The target is directed at youth for early prevention. The goal will be for reserves to eventually become self-sufficient and take control of their own education systems.

“We are working to put students first and ensure they have an education that supports strong, self-sufficient individuals who can participate fully in Canada’s economic opportunities,” said Duncan.

Pressure has been placed on the government due to the sense of urgency attached to this situation and commitment has been made for a legislation to be passed by 2014. The $275 million is the first step to improve the school systems with school-board equivalent procedures that give First Nations control over the general direction of their curriculum.

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XL Foods recalls beef after 11 cases of E. coli appear across Canada Tainted beef recall one of Canada’s largest Alycia Rodrigues, staff

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anada has experienced one of that 1.134 million kilograms of potenthe largest beef recalls of its his- tially tainted beef was distributed in tory. XL Foods, a beef-processing the U.S. alone. factory that exports to over 20 counNews of the tainted beef reached tries, has been under scrutiny since the Hong Kong Centre for Food Sept. 4.

P ubl ic a le r t s were issued after E. coli cases appeared across Canada. Cases have appeared in A lberta, Quebec, Newfoundland, and Vancouver, with a total of 11 cases in Canada so far. The recall included beef products produced on or after Aug. 24 , 27, 28, 29, and Sept. 5.

The recalled meat came from approximately 20,000 cows, which were packaged, processed, and sent to stores across Canada and more than Safety where they advised stores to 20 countries, including the U.S., recall or stop selling the potentially Hong Kong, and Japan. tainted beef. According to the centre, The U.S. Food and Safety the amount of beef that reached Hong Inspection Service tested the beef, Kong was a small. Future imports of which was positive for E. coli, on Sept. XL products produced after Aug. 24 3. The Canadian Food Inspection have been suspended.

Agency (CFIA) was notified on Sept.

There has been widespread criti4. The same day the CFIA also found cism of both the CFIA and XL Foods more beef that tested positive for E. since the recall. There are two syscoli. tems involved in the safety of food: Some meat product was stopped the plant’s own system and the govat the U.S. border but it is estimated ernment’s system. The government’s

system is responsible for watching the plant to ensure the company is taking the correct steps to ensure food safety.

The recall occurred on Sept. 16 after an accumulation of positive tests and illnesses linked to the tainted meat occurred.

XL Foods is one of the largest employers in Brooks, Alberta with over 2,000 employees, and is one of Canada’s largest

mum requirements that have to be met before the beef will be processed or shipped elsewhere. These requirements are based on maturity, meat colour, sex, fat colour, carcass muscling, fat coverage and texture, meat texture, and marbling level based on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) marbling scores. The quality grades met for their beef include Canada Prime, Canada AAA, Canada AA, and Canada A. Their business vision is built on four pillars that their people, their products, their performance, and their passion.

The Nilsson brothers, who bought the familyrun company “I understand them from their father, have, to be good honest for the most part, stayed people, but now is out of the the time for them to public eye throughbe stepping up out in beef procesout the beef public and putting a sors. The comrecall. pany claims However, face to the product to be federally on Thursday, and saying, ‘Look, inspected and Oct. 11 Brian Hazard analyNilsson comwe’re fixing this.’” sis and critical mented on control point the recall.

(HACCP) “We absoapproved, with state-of-the art food lutely take full responsibility and safety inspections in order to produce apologize to all those affected,” said high quality beef.

Nilsson.

According to XL, there are miniDoug O’Halloran, the local 401

president of the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW), who represents the 2,000 workers at the XL Foods Lakeside Packers plant, the plant which is the source of the recall, acknowledged that the Nilsson brothers have remained in the background, but also acknowledged their need to step up to the public scrutiny.

“I understand them to be good honest people, but now is the time for them to be stepping up out in public and putting a face to the product and saying, ‘Look, we’re fixing this,’” said O’Halloran.

After the Nilsson brothers moved into the processing side of beef production, their goal was to expand through buying out American companies. They achieved this and became one of Canada’s largest companies involved in beef processing. Their motives for moving into processing were questioned by a parliamentary committee on agriculture in 2004.

“When we bought the plant, I had every guy in the cattle business tell me, ‘Boy, you’re stupid. You should never do that. You can’t fight those big Americans.’ Well, I built a business around it. Anybody can get into this business if they want. That’s how it works. We’re entrepreneurs,” said Neilson.

Illustration by Brad Wohlgemuth.

Personal care bed shortage at risk if no action taken

Study predicts increasing demand for beds across the province, through 2036 Quinn Richert, staff

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study released this month by the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP), a U of M faculty of medicine research department, predicts that the province is set to undergo a rise in demand for personal care home (PCH) bed equivalents between 2012 and 2036.

The increasing need for long-term care is attributed to a growing senior population in Manitoba. As the baby boomer generation continues to age, PCH bed requirements are projected to increase accordingly.

From 2011 to 2021, only a slight increase in demand is predicted for Winnipeg. Other health regions of Manitoba, including the Interlake and Northern regions will feel a somewhat greater pressure.

A sharper rise in demand across the province is anticipated to occur between 2021 and 2031, when the first baby boomers are aging from 75 to 85.

The study asserts by 2036, between

5100 and 6300 additional bed equiva- PCH bed equivalent needs by region. coming need for care that this study lents (on top of the current 9700 PCH Although the report is being released deals with.” beds in Manitoba) will be needed. simultaneously to the reorganizaAn upcoming study at the MCHP, This translates to a 55 to 69 per cent tion of Manitoba’s 11 regional health lead authored by Greg Finlayson, entiincrease in beds. authorities (RHAs) into five, it is tled “The Cost of Publicly Supported The research also shows that an able to show, according to a summary Housing for Seniors - Implications individual’s marital situation, as written by Michelle Houlden, “how for Future Funding Approaches,” will well as whether or not she or he has Manitoba’s older population is likely investigate the cost-effectiveness of children, impacts one’s likelihood of to grow in each of the new RHAs as supportive housing compared to requiring long-term care. For exam- well as the former ones.” nursing home care. Data from this ple, a senior who is a married man Additionally, the new study con- project will be “used to help plan has a 40 per cent decreased chance of siders PCH bed equivalents. This future Aging in Place initiatives in requiring long-term care. A married takes into account a finding from Winnipeg and other health regions,” woman has a 23 per cent decreased the 2011 report showing that some according to MCHP’s website. chance. An individual with two chil- PCH care can be provided “by other Aging in Place refers to the dren has a 34 per cent decreased risk means” – for example, in supported Manitoba government’s long-term of requiring admission into a PCH. housing. care strategy for seniors. The program The report, entitled “Projecting Dan Chateau, lead author/ focuses largely on finding alternaPersonal Care Home Bed Equivalent researcher on the study, explains that tives to PCH placement for aging Needs in Manitoba Through 2036,” the findings do not necessarily mean Manitobans when possible. makes two significant improvements that Manitoba is doomed to endure a Chateau also commented on the on prior studies. shortage of bed equivalents. impact a rise in need for PCH beds First, this month’s release, which “I don’t think we can make the and PCH bed equivalents will have succeeds a report published in 2011 assumption that what we are facing for current post-secondary students. (released by the MCHP and authored is a bed shortage. It is not a shortage “There’s no two ways about it, it’s

by Doupe et al.), provides analysis of unless nothing is done. I’d say it’s the definitely going to increase the need

for human resources to address the increased demand for care. There will be a linked demand for all those positions if more personal care homes are made. Even in the alternatives, if it’s more supportive housing, you’re going to need staff there as well.”

Students currently attending postsecondary institutions will also be affected, according to Chateau, when their parents and relatives begin to require long-term care.

“Post-secondary students’ parents will eventually begin to require longterm care at some point in this era.

Many people begin to require PCH placement, or an alternative form of long-term care around the age of 75. So, although it isn’t necessarily immediate, it is worth considering and planning for.”

MCHP conducts research on the health of Manitobans using an anonymous database of health care service usage by residents of the province.

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hose who find solitude and comfort in burrowing their heads in large newspaper centrefolds are now grieving the state of the written word. Last month’s news of the layoffs of several Winnipeg Free Press staff came as a shock to many in Winnipeg, particularly those in love with the idea of the newspaper. It meant the loss of many talented writers and, for myself, fear of the future for individuals with journalistic aspirations.

The demise of many journalism careers expanded when it was recently announced that weekly arts magazine Uptown would undergo similar staffing cuts and replace Winnipeg Free Press’s weekly entertainment pull-out “The Tab.” The aftermath of these journalistic rampages has brought many writers to social media lamenting the death of the written word. This editorial is no different – it is a eulogy of the literary talent that has been killed far too soon.

I became obsessed with the idea of the newspaper after graduating high school.

Although the idea of journalism always drew me in, it wasn’t until I was living abroad that I fell in love. Every morning I consumed myself in the daily issue of the UK paper, The Guardian. It became a way to adjust to the unfamiliar culture. It gave me a sense of home – that for a short time, I belonged to England.

In a nearly entirely technological world, the printed newspaper has become increasingly threatened. In a society that demands instant gratification, news has become immediately available on the Internet. In a culture as impatient as ours, there is less of an appreciation for the black ink that stains your fingers as you read yesterday’s news in the morning paper.

Technology has a valuable place. It has

This literary rampage goes beyond just Winnipeg. The CBC has continually endured financial problems as funding cuts persist under Harper’s government. While not necessarily a form of written word, the CBC allows for culture and news to come in the forms of other important mediums, including radio. The emergence of the Tories’ federal budget publicized a $115 million cut from financial support to CBC over three years. Political and economic discussions and debates are bound to materialize from this statement, but that is not the point. The point is that funding is cut from a valued and important part of the news scene and CBC, along with Winnipeg Free Press and Uptown, will suffer.

This developing trend is consistently attributed to one main killer: the budget.

The world’s bleak economic environment has lead to the death of the aforementioned papers. With more and more content being available online and less print subscriptions being paid for by citizens, the cuts have to come from somewhere. Money is the game we all play. The executives of these papers are lovers of the written word as well (at least, I hope) and I am guessing that they don’t revel in these losses. They are just trying to keep illustration by ryan harby their papers afloat. Unfortunately, it is the writers that suffer. allowed for a world that is closely interSo what is the solution? Will the death connected. It has enabled more informed of the written word be prevented by any citizens. It makes it possible for individual’s one action or budgetary solution? Can I to be informed of tragedies and triumphs convince the greater part of society to find across the globe minappreciation in the utes after they take newspaper centre fold In a society that place. It enables me and allot $20 a month to carry around five to the local daily? Or demands instant of my favourite news should I merely accept sources on my trusted the fact that news is gratification, iPhone and keep the slowly, but surely, news has become constant updates in turning into a mainly my pocket all day electronic medium? immediately long.

I don’t know what available on the Technology, howthe answer is. I don’t ever, has also allowed know if I will still be Internet. In a culture for misinformation. It reading the written as impatient as has enabled anyone to word, my ink-stained post inaccurate facts, finger tips gripping my ours, there is less producing a somecoffee cup in one hand times ill-informed and turning the page of an appreciation culture. Anyone can of the daily paper in for the black ink become a journalist on the other, in 20 years. the Internet. Anyone I don’t know if I will that stains your can claim error as get to be that crazy fingers as you read truth on Wikipedia. old lady with stacks A website dediof old newspapers in yesterday’s news in cated to reporting both her closet, each issue the decline and rise signifying the date of the morning paper. of newspapers, newssomething meaningpaperdeathwatch. ful that happened in com, lists 14 daily US her life. papers that have shut down since the site was I do know that maybe, just maybe, I can created in 2007. These include the Kentucky be that old lady. Maybe everyone can ask Post, Cincinnati Post, Albuquerque Tribune themselves if they see importance in the and the Oakland Tribune. The site also lists written word. If so, maybe everyone can help 10 daily papers that have transformed into fill the dark void of the literary world. Pick mainly or solely online news sources. up your pen, laptop, tablet, whatever, and These statistics paint a bleak picture of try to write something. Buy the next issue the future of the literary world. In a city of a local paper and see if you see value and like Winnipeg with three daily papers, such worth in its existence. If you do, join the severe cuts to one of them leads to a depress- fight to save the written word. ing void in the journalism scene.

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Maybe Jess Chapman should do some preliminary research before bashing the student movement that UMSU is an engaged part of. For Jess Chapman it’s pretty easy to make such brash statements considering their parents set them up as they practically left the womb; but for many students in Canada they’re carrying huge amounts of debt. Today Canadians owe over $15 billion in student loan debt alone. It’s interesting to note, that annually the Federal government issues $2.4 billion in education tax credits and savings schemes.

Restructuring these credits as upfront grants that would be non-repayable, the government would have a surplus of $200 million left over annually. For many students unlike Jess Chapman they carry their debt load for decades, Jess Chapman shouldn’t be so ignorant toward those that weren’t “set up� by their parents.

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Mitt Romney cracks down on Sesame Street Getting rid of Big Bird won’t fix the U.S. economy Richard Jung

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n the night of the first U.S. presidential debate, Mitt Romney had announced his first target if he was to be elected into the highest office in the United States.

“I’m sorry, Jim. I’m going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I’m going to stop other things. I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you, too. But I’m not going to – I’m not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it. That’s number one.”

Romney had told the moderator Jim Lehrer in advance that he would have to search for a new job once Romney had won the presidency.

The question that immediately arose in my mind was this: how much does the Public Broadcasting Corporation receive from the Federal government every year?

In 2012, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) received US $444.1 million, which is about 0.012 per cent of the entire federal budget.

Of the $444.1 million, the CPB must give 72 per cent of its appropriation to other stations, including the PBS.

The CPB estimates that it would cost $1.35 per American every year, but PBS returns six-times that amount in programming and services. What I fail to understand is why Romney would focus on 0.012 per cent of the federal budget, instead of talking about exit strategies for the War in Afghanistan or cutbacks on the national defense budget.

Romney plans on cutting PBS because the United States cannot afford to borrow money anymore.

He is proposing to “cut back” on the US expenditure by slashing PBS while planning on having a US $5 trillion tax cut! The Tax Policy Centre has shown the price tag for the first year of his tax cuts will cost US $360 billion in revenue, up to US $5 trillion in one decade alone.

He plans to, get this, balance out his tax cuts by closing loopholes and deductions in the current tax code. He has not yet mentioned what loopholes he will close, but the Tax Policy Centre reports believe that Romney’s plan would create a “net tax cut for high-income tax payers

and a net tax increase for lower- and or middle-income taxpayers.” As if the income disparity in the United States wasn’t bad enough, he plans on cutting government revenue and increasing the income disparity even more.

Now, Romney did enjoy a better debate than President Obama.

Newsroom moderating this debate.

The problem is, until Romney releases his full platform and specifics on what types of programs that he would slash and move to the State level, we still have no idea what kind of president he would be if he were to win. Romney was a better debater in round one than Obama, who often doesn’t do well in debates—as was shown with his debates against Hillary Clinton four years ago— but to suggest from one debate that Romney will take this election is farfetched. Obama is attempting to win this election by presenting the facts, and although this may be boring at times, I believe it is what a politician needs to do. illustration by Phillip Fische I believe Obama put it better than It seemed that Romney was more anyone else could have during the confident and more prepared than debate when he said, “Governor, it is President Obama. That being said, not possible to come up with enough I think that Romney misled vari- deductions and loopholes that only ous people into believing that he affect high-income individuals to was speaking the truth. Oh, if only avoid either raising the deficit or burLehrer could pause the debate and dening the middle class. It’s – it’s fact-check the debaters. How I wish math. It’s arithmetic.” we had Will McAvoy from The

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he University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are working with the University of Manitoba to become a fair trade

Fair trade is a different way of doing business.

It emphasizes principles of fairness and decency in the marketplace.

designated campus. If successful, we would be one of only a few campuses across Canada to receive this designation, and it’s important everyone

knows what “fair trade” means and what this designation means for our campus.

What does “fair trade” mean?

Fair trade is a different way of doing business. It emphasizes principles of fairness and decency in the marketplace, which translates into better deals for farmers and producers and the promotion of long-term and meaningful trading relationships.

Fairtrade Canada notes that fair trade “is a way for all of us to identify products that meet our values so we can make choices that have a positive impact on the world.”

Why should we become a fair trade campus?

Becoming a fair trade campus provides an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff at the University of Manitoba to make a real impact on

our community and the global marketplace. By paying attention to what we are buying and the conditions of those who are making it, we are able to engage our university community in creating a wide scale and long standing social change in attitude and behaviour. It also highlights our campus as a world leader in fair trade purchasing and makes a statement of our values to others in the global community.

How do we become a fair trade campus?

In order to receive designation as a fair trade campus, we must meet the three standards of availability, visibility, and committee:

Availability

Requires a campus provide the following: 100 per cent fair trade certified coffee, three fair trade certified tea options, and one fair trade certi-

fied chocolate bar option.

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Requires making these changes known to the university community (students, staff, faculty) as well as to the general public.

ments by January 2013, and then apply for official designation from Fairtrade Canada.

If you are interested in becoming a part of this important work, join the Fair Trade Campus Working Group through the following ways:

Committee

Email: fairtradeuofm@gmail.com Requires the formation of a com- or fairtrade@umsu.ca mittee to ensure a cross-section of Follow on twitter: FairTradeUofM community stakeholders are engaged Visit on Facebook: www.facebook. in the process of creating a fair trade com/universityOfManitobaFaircampus. The committee will meet on TradeCampus a regular basis to challenge and grow Get info on the UMSU Website: the meaning of fair trade campus www.umsu.ca/about-umsu-umwithin the university community. sumenu-2/campaigns-umsumenu-15/ fair-trade

When will we become a fair trade campus?

UMSU and EWB have made terrific progress in advocating with the University to meet the standards to become a fair trade campus. We are planning to meet all of the require-

Bilan Arte is the president of the University of Manitoba Student’s Union. Kyra Nia is the fair trade executive with Engineers Without Borders at the University of Manitoba.

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Dutch psychologist to be prosecuted, and Monsanto’s GM corn Tom Ingram, staff Dutch authorities to prosecute psychologist Diederik Stapel

suspended from his post at Tillburg for Scientific Research. Dutch invesUniversity when it came to light that tigators are trying to determine Dutch psychologist Diederik he had fabricated large amounts of whether Stapel, in falsifying his Stapel is under investigation data in dozens of studies. The com- accounts and using the money for by the Openbaar Ministerie mission that investigated his work research he did not actually carry (Public Prosecution Service) of recommended that the university out, committed fraud. the Netherlands for alleged fraud file a criminal report and consider To date, at least 25 papers with and misuse of government money. the possibility of revoking his degree. Stapel as a co-author have been Authorities have confiscated Stapel’s On Nov. 10, Stapel voluntarily gave retracted. According to the science equipment and records and are up his PhD from the University of website Retraction Watch, if he is attempting to determine whether Amsterdam. convicted and jailed, he would be the academic misconduct for which Stapel’s fabrications varied in one of only three people to serve jail he was fired last year constitutes a scale. In some cases he massaged time for offences involving fabricacriminal offence. When the inves- the data to get a desired result, and tion of data. tigation is concluded (which could in others entire data sets were faked Verdict out on take several months), they will – questionnaires were “administered” Monsanto’s GM corn decide whether or not to prosecute by Stapel alone at nonexistent public Stapel. schools. Stapel’s work was funded The European Food Safety In September, 2011, Stapel, a with EU $2.2 million in grant money Authority (EFSA) has deemed a major researcher in his field, was from the Netherlands Organization controversial study of genetically

modified food to be “of insufficient study’s author, Gilles-Eric Séralini scientific quality to be considered of the University of Caen, to proas valid for risk assessment.” The vide them with additional informastudy, published in the journal Food tion not contained in the published and Chemical Toxicology, observed article so they can make a more intumours earlier and with greater fre- depth assessment. Séralini said in a quency in rats fed the NK603 variety press conference last month that an of genetically modified corn, created EFSA review of his study would be

by Monsanto. Since it was published, a conflict of interest, because the it has been seized on by organiza- EFSA approved the strain of corn tions concerned about genetically that is being investigated. modified crops. However, several The German Federal Institute for scientists have pointed out design Risk Assessment came to conclusions flaws in the study. similar to the EFSA’s. The French EFSA criticized the study’s small Agency for Food, Environmental, number of test groups and small sam- and Occupational Health & Safety ple sizes, the use of a strain of rats is currently reviewing the study, and prone to tumours, and the uncon- is going to publish its findings on ventional statistical analysis, among Oct. 20. other things. They have asked the

Open Access is a red herring Have academic journals lost their value?

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he entire field of particle physics is going to switch to open-access publishing within the next few years, making almost all new research available for free.

This move will be paid for by SCOAP3, an international consortium of libraries, laboratories, and research funders. The strange thing about the deal is that it will hardly change anything – currently, the articles aren’t open access, but they are almost always available for free from the authors’ websites or the arXiv preprint server. It’s safe to say that anyone who wants to read particle physics research (and a good many who don’t) already can.

This deal has not changed the amount it costs to publish these articles, and these costs are still being paid by the same groups. The money is flowing from the same source to the same destination, it’s just been rerouted slightly in the middle. This might be pointless, but at least it’s not harmful, right? Well, open access advocate Stevan Harnad has argued that the arrangement is unstable.

Once the SCOAP3 consortium has made the articles available for free, he says, “non-members are free-riders, and members can cancel if they feel a budget crunch.” The deal has very little if any benefit, and may introduce some problems that did not exist before. That something like this could happen highlights some of the major flaws of the journal system as it exists today.

The point of a journal is to get the research out to others in the field. But in this day and age, when you can upload a PDF to a globally accessible website for virtually no cost, it seems that journals are providing a lot of expensive services that are no longer needed.

Open access is a distract ion, a buzzword, a red herring. What is really needed is a complete overhaul of the way we d isseminate research in the twenty-first century.

There is no logistical reason why we still need scientific journals to publish research. They are lumbering, unwieldy relics of an era where quarterly magazines were an efficient way

of distributing information around the world. The main reason scientists are still publishing in journals is that publications do double duty

as credentials. Your status in the academic world depends largely on the number of your publications, and the exclusivity of the journals in which you publish. But this secondary goal

of journals often detracts from the made at replication, and none were much more important goal of making published or followed up. high quality research available to as Negative results—“we tried X, it many people as possible. didn’t work, X is a dead end”—are For also unlikely to appear in journals, example, but these can be some of the most replicaimportant results we get. Psychiatrist t ion of and science advocate Ben Goldacre studies is recently published an article in The not more Guardian about the antidepressant common reboxetine. Goldacre prescribed because reboxetine for a patient on the basis of journals published academic research showoften will ing that it was safe and effective. not pub- However, in 2010, researchers put lish rep- together all the data on the drug and lications. discovered that seven trials had been They are conducted between reboxetine and a miserable, placebo. Only one showed reboxetine uninterwas more effective. Coincidentally, esting this was the only one of the seven drudgthat was ever published. Other ery that unpublished studies showed more no one frequent side-effects in patients given wants to reboxetine. read and The problem with academic pubthat do lishing today is much deeper than not look high subscription prices – they are impresbarely even a problem at all. The sive on a system is a weird Frankensteinian CV. But mishmash that does not meet all our they are needs or make the best possible use also inte- of today’s technology, and in some gral to the sciences, this can be a matter of life smooth and death. operation of certain sciences. Diederik Open access cannot save us. Only Stapel, the Dutch psychologist who a ground-up revolution can do that. was fired last year for fabricating data, was able to keep up the ruse for so illustration by Silvana moran long because very few attempts were

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Corvids and causal reasoning Further evidence of higher-level cognitive processing in crows Bryce Hoye, staff

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orvids (birds of the crow fam- cognitive tasks and tool-using stratily) have long been accepted to egies, was featured once again in a be among the most intelligent bird study released this summer. Published species. on Aug. 16, 2012 in the journal Crows have proven imaginatively Proceedings of the National Academy of playful, adept at problem solving, as Sciences, Alex H. Taylor et al. observed, well as being keen surveyors of their “that the crows can reason about hidenvironment. One study published den causal agency [HCA].” Causal in the journal Animal Cognition in reasoning—the ability to make May, 2012 demonstrated that indi- inferences about unknown cause(s) viduals from a species of carrion crow based on their known effects—was were able to recognize and differen- previously only known to occur in tiate between the human familiar and species.

‘Sensory systems are unfamiliar When human voices. from our tuned to alert animals Authors of vehicles to moving objects in the book we see, for Gifts of the example, a their environment at Crow, John murder (or a very basal level in N. Marzluff group) of and Tony crows cirthe sensory system, Angell, comcling and activating all sort of municate the diving an findings of area of the responses’ – Professor researchers highway off in northern on the disJames Hare, University Japan that tant horizon, of Manitoba. illustration by lauren boulet observed though being crows stuffunable to i n g de er directly see dung into what is caus- dom. That is, until our vehicle reaches suggestive of increased nervousness. example where rhesus macaques were “To test between [hypotheses], we presented with eggplants. A curtain the deer’s ears, seemingly in a spirit of ing them to behave in this way, we the horizon and affords a direct view playfulness. In another case, research- might make inferences to make sense of the goings-on. measured the degree of caution in the would drop down, and when it was ers revealed New Caldonian crows to of their behaviour. Based on their Taylor et al. designed an experi- crows’ behaviour,” explained Taylor lifted an eggplant would be present be industrious tool manufacturers nature as scavengers, we might sur- ment with two scenarios in order to et al. “[In] the second, unknown and the macaques would happily and users, capable of forming hooked mise that the crows are picking over measure the sample group of eight condition, if the crows were capable eat it. However, when the curtain implements from pandanus tree road kill or maybe assaulting another crows’ capacity to make connections of causal reasoning, they would pre- would drop and lift to mysteriously materials for prying food from crev- bird – this would be an example of between a series of events, and infer dict that the stick might move again reveal, say, two or three eggplants, ices. And we can now add “capable of causal reasoning. Because we cannot the presence of a hidden causal agent. because they had not observed a the confused macaques would “fix causal reasoning” to that list. readily detect what is causing them to “[The crow] had to infer what caused potential causal agent leave the their gaze on that outcome because it The same species of New behave in this way, we infer the cause an inanimate object to move,” cite the hide.” had violated what they had expected, Caldonian crow just mentioned, based on a mix of well-established authors. The object: a wooden stick The authors conclude that the revealing that they have this expectaprized for its completion of complex observations and conventional wis- protruding from a hide (or blind). increased “inspection” rates in the tion [of one eggplant] and a cognitive The crows were first habituated to unknown causal agent scenario is ability to work with numbers.” using a tool to extract food from a box proof that the crows were capable of What’s interesting about the that lay atop a table, facing the hide something analogous to the kind of HCA experiment with the crows (and protruding stick) in the crows’ causal inferences humans are capable is that their increased level of cauaviary enclosure. In both scenarios, a of. tion, inspection, and nervousness is passive researcher stood in the room “Animals are predisposed to asso- demonstrably related to the absence with its back turned to the crow, hide, ciational learning,” remarked animal of the human actor entering the and table. behaviour specialist and professor at blind. “They are clearly having their In the first scenario of the the University of Manitoba, James expectancy violated when they can’t “unknown causal agent” experiment, Hare. “[It] is highly adaptive in their have a human associated with [the crows perched atop a beam in the environment to associate things movement of the protruding stick],” aviary witnessed an actor enter the that are occurring, the movement of reflected Hare. room, walk behind the hide, and a objects, with those things that preWhen the human is known to be wooden stick protrude from said hide. ceded them.” behind the hide, the crows may be The stick was then wiggled back and In a recent conversation with the attributing the stick movement to the forth by the hidden actor, followed Manitoban, Hare discussed the merits benign actor they’ve witnessed enter by the actor reemerging from the of the causal reasoning experiment, and leave the hide. When that actor hide and leaving the room. The crow where he emphasized the importance isn’t present, information pertaining then came in to investigate the box of moving objects in nature. These to the nature of the mechanism operfor food with a small tool, turning its crows, in some sense, are assessing ating the moving stick is no longer back to the previously moving, now the causal relationship underlying the publicly available, or reliably known static stick. movement of the protruding stick. to be benign, and thus suspicious.

The second “hidden causal agent As Hare noted, “Moving objects This explains why the crows are, in (HCA)” set of events occurred simi- should never be ignored [ . . . ] Sensory Hare’s words, “engaged in more vigilarly, although no actor ever entered systems are tuned to alert animals to lance to collect more private informaor left the hide, and the behavioural moving objects in their environment tion” in the HCA condition versus outcome observed in the crows was at a very basal level in the sensory sys- when they witness the human enter quite different. Researchers oper- tem, activating all sorts of responses. and exit the blind. ated the movement of the protruding So where there’s something moving, It appears that Taylor et al. may stick from outside of the enclosure. it’s not surprising they’re cuing in on have made a very important contribuFollowing the cessation of stick- other elements.” tion to the growing cannon of crow movement from the hide, the crows The experimental design, accord- cognition research, providing tentacame to investigate the food-box once ing to Hare, is not unlike previous tive first evidence of sophisticated more; however, this time the crows expectancy violation experiments “causal reasoning” processes previously were more cautious then in the previ- that have been performed with only attributed to humans. ous trial, exhibiting flighty behaviour mammals and birds. Hare cited an

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Down-toearth humour The self-deprecating, observational and societal comedy stylings of Louis C.K. Jenna Diubaldo, staff

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ouis C.K. has quickly become bonuses, US $280,000 was donated one of the biggest names in the to various charities as suggested by comedy world over the past few fans following C.K.’s Twitter account, years. Performing stand-up comedy and the remaining US $220,000 since 1984, C.K. is known for his went to C.K. himself, to care for his signature style of subversive com- daughters and pay his rent. edy that features self-deprecating, It’s acts of humility like this that observational, and societal humour contribute to the success of C.K. and that is in your face and knows no make him such a likeable celebrity. bounds.

He is a regular guy, with a regular With the release of his most recent family, who happens to tell hilarious full-length special, Live at the Beacon jokes that make millions of people Theatre, C.K. has been thrust into laugh. the limelight and has singlehandedly I recently had the pleasure of changed the business of comedy. experiencing Louis C.K. live for Live at the Beacon Theatre is C.K.’s the first time at the Minneapolis fourth full-length special and was Convention Centre. His performance independently produced and directed was as expected­­– no fuss, no muss, by the comedian himself. Rather just straight up comedy for an hour than utilizing physical media, the and a half. special was released via C.K.’s official While his comedy was still dark website, made available digitally for and boundary-pushing at times, it felt the price of US $5. as though his material was a bit more The special was released on Dec. PG than usual. C.K. focused more 10, 2011, and by Dec. 21 C.K. released on topics such as annoying interaca statement confirming that he had tions between the comedian and his grossed over US $1 million. neighbours, or strangers at the airport, “So it’s been about 12 days since rather than past topics such as C.K.’s the thing started and yesterday we failed attempts at sexual encounters, hit the crazy number – one million or simulating hilarious masturbation dollars,” wrote C.K. in a news post fantasies on stage. on his website. “That’s a lot of money.

C.K.’s success has not come withReally too much money. I’ve never out a cost. Recently, the FX network had a million dollars all of a sudden, announced that it would be delaying and since we’re all sharing this experi- the return of C.K.’s successful comence and since it’s really your money, edy television show Louie until spring, I wanted to let you know what I’m 2014. The show features the comedoing with it.” dian living everyday life and dealing In the same statement, C.K. with the hilarious, and sometimes announced that he would be divid- dark or scary situations, that come ing up his new found wealth in four with it. Given that C.K. produces, ways: US $250,000 was used to cover edits, and stars in the show, along the costs associated with creating the with creating it, the hiatus will prospecial and promotional website, US vide what C.K. describes as “a little $250,000 was given back to the come- breathing room.” dian’s staff in the form of substantial

Arts & Culture Editor: Kara Passey Contact: artsculture@themanitoban.com / 474.6529

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A fucking tidal wave of synthesizers Mahogany Frog’s Senna Jenna Diubaldo, staff

how to write one hell of a song.

Graham Epp, one of the band’s founding members, discussed the band’s newest release, as well as their recent trip to Brazil, the experience working with producer John Paul Peters, and beluga whales. Here’s what this instrumental mastermind had to say:

GE: We knew how to perform the material on Senna very well by the time we entered the studio. This

GE: The belugas are part of a sound collage that Andy [Rudolph] put together for the close of the record.

They were recorded by a local duo called WHALE whose aim is to connect with beluga whales through experiments in art and sound. There’s M: How do you feel that working a short film about what they do. with John Paul (JP) Peters, one of Who wouldn’t want belugas on their Winnipeg’s most sought after pro- record? ducers, added to this album in comparison to your last few releases?

M: The band recently played in Sao Paulo, Brazil – how was that GE: It was a real treat to work with JP. experience?

I was always impressed by [ . . . ] his meticulous microphone placement. GE: Our trip to Sao Paulo was a He would always record [using] unique experience and pulled us several microphones, and when in a new musical direction. For we would listen back to a take he years we’ve been intimidated by the would play each microphone track prospect of doing shows overseas. separately so we could really hear the Reason being that we rely heavily subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, on the instruments we use and shipdifferences between them. This prac- ping several old, heavy, and fragile tice enabled us to capture the hot keyboards really isn’t an option. and dirty sounds we like and give The Brazil gigs forced us to relearn the different instruments separation our music on rented gear. All of the in the mix. sounds we’ve created on three of our keyboards were saved onto a M: The song “Aqua Love Ice Cream computer and then loaded onto the Delivery Service” includes a track rented models in Brazil. The experiof beluga whale sounds recorded ment worked and we’re now able to in Churchill, MB. Why did you do more South American, and possido this, and how did you go about bly European, shows in the spring. recording it?

While there are physical reasons you might not be able to experience orgasm (anorgasmia), there are also psychological barriers that keep the gates to pleasure locked. Things like stress, trauma, depression, substance abuse, or past sexual abuse can make it harder for you to cum. As well, sometimes the pressure to have an orgasm can alone be self-defeating.

If you have been trying to orgasm, try being a little less hard on yourself and enjoy the pleasurable sensations that trying to get there brings you. Try masturbating or having sex when you are fully mentally and physically relaxed. If you are still unable to orgasm and desire to experience The Big O, check in with a doctor.

Orgasms can occur with a partner or during solo play, so if you’ve never had one the good news is you don’t

have to wait until next time you are getting it on with someone else to try and make it happen. Well—if you are reading this in a public place—please wait until you get home to give it a go.

Only 25 per cent of women* consistently orgasm during penetrative intercourse, which means that “P in V” sex is usually not enough to do it.

Self-pleasure is an amazing skill to have and important self-care because it increases your knowledge of your own body and what feels good. This way, if you are one of the 75 per cent of women who aren’t cumming during sex, you can help direct your partner to the places and techniques that get you feeling hot.

There are many erogenous zones on our bodies, but orgasm is achieved primarily by stimulation below the belt.

For people with vaginas this means

The Manitoban: Mahogany Frog has been playing music in various incarnations since 1998 – how have you guys managed to keep things interesting, and maintain your friendship for so long?

Graham Epp: I guess one key to our longevity is that we don’t perform a lot, at least here in Winnipeg. We get together with the purpose of getting new material ready for a tour and then every few years we record the best songs and release a record. As long as we are challenging each other musically then the band will go on.

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ahogany Frog, one of Winnipeg’s most well-known, long-standing, and weirdest instrumental electronic rock bands, recently released their sixth fulllength album.

The album, entitled Senna, is a fucking tidal wave of synthesizers,

fuzzed-out guitar riffs, and indescribable sounds. I don’t know what constitutes a good instrumental/ prog-rock/experimental/electronic album but, there are two things I am certain of when listening to this album – these guys know how to play their instruments, and they know

preparation allowed us to focus more on the tones and textures of the instruments rather than on the performance itself. The record sounds live and natural and that is what we’ve always tried to capture on our records.

M: Senna is your sixth full-length release as a band – how do you feel this album differs from your past releases?

Orgasms are awesome: Part 2 Jodie Layne, staff

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ast week we talked orgasms; Universally, it can be said that what they are and why they are cumming feels like a buildup of sexamazing for your health, and why ual tension that reaches its peak and they aren’t the then breaks, like a most important boiling kettle. For There are many thing when havsome people, this ing sex. So how can lead to wholeerogenous zones can you have an body tingling or orgasm? What tingling in their on our bodies, does it feel like? extremities, shakbut orgasm is Read on, fearless ing or trembling, pleasure-seekers, increased heart achieved primarily read on. rate, breathing by stimulation A common heavy, ejaculation, question is: “How or a throbbing feelbelow the belt. do I know if I’ve ing in the genitals. had an orgasm?”

Although people Tr u s t me can experience – you will KNOW. Everyone experi- orgasm with few or none of these senences orgasm differently, so there is sations, it is also typical for orgasm no one sensation or “symptom” that to not be experienced the same way you have. every time.

a combination of the clitoris, vulva, vagina, g-spot, or anus are particularly good areas to focus on if you are looking to cum. For people with penises the most sensitive areas are the penis, the testicles, the anus, and the prostate.

People report that orgasm from stimulation of different body parts can feel different – a g-spot orgasm can feel much different than a clitoral orgasm or a prostate orgasm could be much different than a penile one.

Next week, I will wrap up my series on orgasms when we talk about multiple orgasms and ejaculation! Until then, have an orgasmic week. *It is, unfortunately, best to assume studies like this are overwhelmingly hetero and cis-normative.

You can confidentially submit a question or topic to jodie.m.w.layne@gmail. com.

Arts & Culture Editor: Kara Passey Contact: artsculture@themanitoban.com / 474.6529

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The Heist Review: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Marc Lagace, staff

Hope in Dirt City Cadence Weapon brings his new album to the Park Theatre Jodie Layne, staff

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adence Weapon is my kind of rapper; I can’t decide if I want to sit down and talk literature and philosophy with him – or party really hard to his music. His new album, Hope in Dirt City, was shortlisted for the Polaris Prize this year, and he also recently finished his two-year stint as poet laureate of Edmonton. Cadence Weapon is a musician who embodies the title artist – his love and enthusiasm for his craft are incredibly evident in all the music he makes, but on this album especially.

Hope in Dirt City is the third album from Edmonton native/ Montreal transplant, Rollie Pemberton.

“To me, it’s a maturation of my style. I’ve always experimented with genre and had certain themes in terms of content but on this album, I crystallized my ideas better than on any other release of mine,” says Pemberton.

In true Cadence Weapon style, the beats are complemented by heavy electronic elements. However, this album adds collaboration with instrumental musicians and blends genres. On tracks like “Hype Man” he seamlessly moves from oldschool rap to reggae to rock to pop with careful care and obvious mastery to pull the collection of songs together.

“I think I’ve improved as a songwriter and producer, especially in terms of using live instrumentation and working with other musicians,” he says.

On the title track, his flow is stylistically lazily spit over 80s-style synth and the track “Jukebox” lets the horns do their thing in what is easily the highlight of the album.

The best part is that it just sounds like he is having fun; creating, experimenting, and making music that will make you think and dance.

While the instrumentation demands attention and is easily the focus on Hope in Dirt City, the

lyrics take a different tone than we have come to expect from Cadence Weapon. Pemberton attributes this to his heightened awareness of the writing styles of different genres.

“Over the past few years, I’ve gotten heavily into 60s and 70s pop music, stuff like Van Dyke Parks, Robert Wyatt, Harry Nilsson, Brian Wilson, and Randy Newman. As weird as it may seem, I relate to these songwriters more than a lot of rappers,” he says.

Pemberton cites “Surf ’s Up” by the Beach Boys as a song he dismantled and claims helped him become clearer in his own writing process.

“That said, I think rap is already extremely relatable. It appeals to basic human instinct and contains universal themes. If anything, I’m trying to get closer to the essence of what rap is meant to provide,” adds Pemberton.

The honouring of rap tradition paired with the progressiveness of the music makes for an interesting meeting of old-school/new-school avant-rap.

He will bring his show, with local DJ Tim Hoover (a.k.a DJ Co-op), to Winnipeg this week.

“Rollie and I have a great set with a mix of new and classic Cadence Weapon tracks, with a few surprises in there as well. It’s a great show if having fun is something you’re into.

Obviously, the Lytics rule and are going to put the evening over the top,” says Hoover.

The two recently performed a set together for the Polaris Prize awards show, which Hoover describes as exciting and surreal.

“It’s a trip to be playing and look out to see Leslie Feist nodding her head and rapping along to the hook.

The coolest thing about our performance that night is it went exactly as rehearsed. Imagine that!”

Catch their near perfect performance skills this Friday, Oct. 19 at the Park Theatre.

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acklemore & Ryan Lewis deliver the goods with their first independent full album release, The Heist. A project three years in the making, the entire album is a labour of love for the Seattle-born Macklemore, aka Ben Haggerty.

What we get here feels like a breakthrough album that pushes the hiphop genre into a new and exciting direction.

Macklemore has been making waves in Seattle since his 2000 EP,

Open Your Eyes, then going by the the album, as Macklemore cuts moniker Professor Macklemore. to the core of social issues and With The Heist, Macklemore tackles the apathy that appears to persist political and cultural issues much within the YouTube and Twitter like other “socially conscious” rap- generation. “Same Love” (feat. pers have done in the past. What Mary Lambert)—made in partreally sets Macklemore’s lyrics apart nership with a Seattle-based camis just how open, honest, and blunt paign called Music for Marriage he is. Haggerty candidly shares Equality—is an emotional gem stories of growing up, making it that cuts to the core of the issue. as an independent artist, and his The music video—released on struggles with addiction.

YouTube Oct. 2—has over three Lewis’ production values shine million views and only adds more as he blends traditional hip-hop momentum to an already powerful rhythms with live instrumentation song and positive message. that lays down rich layers of sonic As independent artists—husbliss for Macklemore to rhyme over. tling their own wares the hard The use of piano specifically is beau- way on tour and through social tifully executed on several tracks. media—Macklemore & Ryan “Wake” (feat. Evan Roman) and Lewis managed to top the iTunes “Starting Over” (feat. Ben Bridwell album download charts on the day of Band of Horses) are some of the The Heist dropped. That’s an impresbest examples of Macklemore’s sive feat, but completely deserving penchant for social consciousness for these talented up-and-comers and honesty. “Wake” in particular who should get everyone’s attention has perhaps the smartest verse on with this one.

First Spring Grass Fire Musician Rae Spoon publishes their first book Kara Passey, staff

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ae Spoon is a transgender a young age that they are different; musician/writer/workshop they struggle with being comfortfacilitator who has been nominated able in their own skin and being for a Polaris Prize, released six solo accepted socially. Rae attends albums, toured internationally, and church in spite of constant doubts now has published their first book, and experiences a power struggle First Spring Grass Fire, in September, with their father who has schizo2012 with phrenia.

Arsenal Pulp Between “My own identity is Press. stories of First surviving based on a narrative Spring Grass abuse, selfI am constantly Fire is a harm, relicollection gion, finding revising for myself.” of relating love, and short stoself-accepries inspired tance – it’s by coming of age as queer and impossible not to relate to one of transgender in Calgary, Alberta. these stories, and reconsider the Each story encompasses a moment effect that the experience has had worth remembering for the narrator on your own identity.

– whether it be a moment of hope While First Spring Grass Fire is for a world outside of the narrator’s categorized as fiction, the narraevangelical family, or a realization tor shares Spoon’s first name and the writing draws from their life of a new piece of their own identity. experiences.

The book jumps all over the time“My own identity is based on line and delivers the narrator’s very a narrative I am constantly revispersonal, vulnerable inner dialogue ing for myself, so I see fiction and along the way. nonfiction as things that inform The narrator, Rae, knows from each other. I do believe the cliché

that people write the best about what they know and I’ve tried to stick to that without being too specific about my actual history,” says Spoon.

Rae—in the book—expects that the completion of high school will be the end of their struggles.

Instead, their girlfriend goes off to university, they break up, and Rae learns that adulthood doesn’t come easily either. Rae concentrates on writing music and eventually moves from Calgary to Vancouver. They attempt to grow a new history but come to the realization that their past is responsible for constructing the identity that they have now.

“The narrator [ . . . ] has a difficult childhood, but there is always the possibility of escape,” says Spoon.

“I think the message of survival and acceptance is important. Also, finding something to be passionate about and live for in spite of loss.”

Rae Spoon is currently on tour promoting their new book and playing music. You can see them at the Mondragon on Friday, Oct. 19 or at McNally Robinson Booksellers (Grant Park) on Saturday, Oct. 20.

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Good People Bad Things Daniel Thau-Eleff’s new one-person show to play at the Rudolf Rocker Centre Tiff Bartel, volunteer staff

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seem to have multiple pieces involv- America over the past half-century. DT: I studied acting and directing in ing with aspects of Jewish identity [These] are particular experiences, university. I produced and directed – how did you choose to write about but I think these are experiences my first show in the Fringe in the this? people from other cultures and eth- summer of 2000. I started Moving nic groups can also relate to. I talk Target Theatre Company in 2003.

M: Some of the aspects of the plot DT: One commonality is the ten- about Jewish identity, but I think That year, there were some artists I of this production seem to be quite sion between the personal and the there are lessons in it for everyone. really admired coming to Winnipeg dark. How do you maintain a bal- political, or in other words between to create a one-person show—Daniel ance between tragedy and comedy internal and external struggles. [ . . . M: What inspired you to start your Brooks and Rick Miller—and I asked in a play such as this? ] I think this is an interesting time to own theatre company? them if I could assistant-direct and basically sit in on their process. That DT: This is DT: For an got me wanting to write and perform probably indepena one-man show, which I did in the one of the dent artist, summer of 2004. most diffiit’s basically cult things a necessity. M: Are you working on anything about Good I t h in k else at the moment?

People Bad everyone The Manitoban: How would you Things. I’m should do DT: I have a new play in its very early describe Good People Bad Things? trying to it. It’s a lot stages. Mostly what I’m working on, What is it about? embrace of work, other than Good People Bad Things is the darkdepending making theatre connections outside Daniel Thau-Eleff: It’s about ness and on the scale of Winnipeg. I toured my first soloevil, but it’s also about connecting horror of you r show on the Fringe circuit. My next [and] acknowledging the terrible and heaviproducthree shows were just in Winnipeg. things that happen in the world; ness of the tions, and So it’s time to start getting my work Adolf Eichmann and his role in the material, it involves seen in other cities again. I’ve been Holocaust. We also tell a fictional while keepdeveloping attending Canadian theatre festivals story about a couple who get into ing a sense a whole in other cities and meeting people, an abusive relationship, we also talk of lightsk ill set and we’ll see what kind of fruit that about the events going on in Israel/ ness. It will that I bears over the next couple of years.

Palestine and, in the show I’m ask- probably be didn’t learn Good People Bad Things opens ing, “How do we do something about more about lightness than comedy – be Jewish. Particularly in the fallout in acting school. on Oct. 18, and runs until Oct. 28 at the this? How can we do better? How do but there will be at least a few laughs, of some of the major events of the Rudolf Rocker Centre (91 Albert Street these things begin? And how do they I promise. twentieth century – the Holocaust, M: How long have you been work- on the third floor, above Mondragon). play out?” [In] theatre, but especially of course, and then the first sixty- ing in theatre? How did you get into To reserve tickets, call (204) 221-1120 or one-person shows, [what] the show is M: Would you say there are some some years of the State of Israel, the it? e-mail movingtargettheatrecompany@ really about is an artist pouring out common themes in your work? You changes in Jewish culture in North gmail.com. oving Target Theatre Company founder Daniel Thau-Eleff isn’t just a triple threat – aside from starting his own production company, writing and starring in his own plays to much critical acclaim, he is also an artist, an activist, and has worked as an actor, assistant director, and stage manager for numerous other theatre companies.

After successful runs of his own company’s last productions, Remember the Night and King’s Park, Thau-Eleff’s newest piece, Good People Bad Things, a one man show black comedy about evil, makes its debut Oct. 18 to 28 at the Rudolf Rocker Centre.

their heart and brain, and creating connections - between myself and the audience, between different events and ideas.

Eight Days of Pledge-O-Rama Tune in and donate!

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he first annual UMFM fun(d) raiser—Pledge-O-Rama—kicks My Generation off this Friday, and will run from Oct. 19 to 26. This is not only a time for Time: Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 listeners to pledge their hard earned p.m. cash to help support this volunteer- Hosts: John Einarson driven radio station, but it is also a Genre(s) Indie Rock / Folk & time for those unfamiliar with the Roots station to take advantage of the quality Jump into John Einarson’s time programming that UMFM and its machine, while he takes you on a wild many hosts broadcast 24 hours a day, ride back to the 60s and 70s! This DJ seven days a week. knows his shit, so allow him to not Here’s a little sampler of the shows only educate your ears with chart topthat this community radio station has pers, B-sides, and rarities of this era, to offer – one for every day of Pledge- but your mind as well through his vast O-Rama. So, get out your transistor historical music knowledge. radios, tune your dial to 101.5, and start pledging!

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Men’s hockey splits home opener against Huskies Bisons now 1-3 after two weekends of play Derek Gagnon, Staff

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he Bison men’s hockey team entered this past weekend’s two game series against the University of Saskatchewan Huskies after having a bye week in Canada West play. The boys stayed fresh by playing a pair of non-conference exhibition games in the USA, losing 5-3 to the University of North Dakota and playing Bemidji State to a 3-3 tie.

The games in the States seemed to help the 0-2 Bisons squad, as they came out looking sharp on Friday night against the Huskies.

Manitoba was the dominant team throughout the night and were able to maintain consistent pressure in the Saskatchewan zone throughout the first period.

Good physical presence sent Huskies players sprawling about with crushing body checks, as the pressure eventually led to a Bisons goal with three minutes remaining in the first period. A soft floater of a shot by fourth-year player Blair Macaulay found its way passed the glove hand of Huskies goalie Ryan Holfeld.

Holfeld might have been distracted by the boisterous Engineering Faculty Band on the play, as the rowdy bunch were in full voice behind his goal throughout the game.

The Huskies managed to catch the Bisons napping to start the second period, as they evened the score just 19 seconds into the frame and silenced the crowd at Max Bell Centre. A slap pass by Garrett Thiessen found Jimmy Bubnick alone to the right of Bisons goalie Jesse Deckert, and Bubnick was able to walk out front uncontested and slip a backhand shot through the five hole. Moments later the Bisons’ Tyler Dittmer took a stick to the mouth that went unnoticed by

the refs and was forced to temporar- ing by the top line of Tyler Dittmer, ily leave the game to receive medical Ian Duval and Blair Macaulay saw attention in the dressing room.

Macaulay net his second of the night The Bisons and Huskies each took and third of the year as his linemates a pair of penalties in the period, but picked up assists on the play. both teams failed to take advantage of The game continued to get testy as the extra man a minor brawl and the game erupted durwent into the ing a Manitoba The Bisons’ inability second interpower play to score on the mission tied that sent two 1-1.

Bison and one power play came The Bisons Huskies player back to bite them in appeared to to the box, grab the lead nullifying the game 2 of the series at the 18:04 remainder of on Saturday night. mark of the the power play. third period The Bisons when first-year managed to kill centre James off their penalHenry wrapped the puck around ties, but continued to face mounting the net and passed Holfeld, but the pressure from the Huskies.

Huskies managed to knock the net off Bisons goalie Deckert made two its moorings to both disallow the goal stellar saves and Del Cowan made a and somehow evade a delay of game diving block as the Bisons endured penalty. The Bisons took the lead for an onslaught late in the third. Bisons real at the 15:14 mark, as nice pass- coach Mike Sirant called timeout

and slipped a shot passed a sliding Deckert. The Huskies almost made it 2-0 moments later when a sloppy line change lead to a two-man breakaway that was denied by a great pad save

by Deckert.

The Huskies scored their second goal of the frame when a shot by McCallum was spilled by Deckert and Brennan Bosch knocked in the rebound. The Bisons got one back before the period was out when a shot by Ian Duval was deflected up by Holfeld, off the legs of Tyler Dittmer and into the net. It appeared referee Ryan Galley had swallowed his whistle during the second period, photos by beibei lu as numerous questionable hits went uncalled, including a couple of hits with 1:52 remaining after an icing call from behind that the Bisons bench prevented his team from getting a didn’t like.

The Bisons had numerous opporlate line change. The strategy worked, as the Bisons put the game to bed tunities to tie up the score in the third just 20 seconds later. Macaulay and period, including three power plays, Duval hooked up once again, this but Ryan Holfeld and the Huskies time a 2-on-1 resulting in a deft pass shut the door to hold on for the 2-1 from Macaulay to Duval, who deked win.

The Bisons power play went out the Huskies goalie and slipped a backhander into the vacated net, giv- 0-for-6 in the game, and is 3-for-21 ing the Bisons a 3-1 lead they would on the season. The lack of production with the extra man came back not relinquish.

Game two on Saturday night to haunt them in the second game of saw more aggressiveness from the the series on Saturday night.

The schedule does get easier for the Bisons, but it was the Huskies who capitalized on the few opportuni- 1-3 Bisons, having now faced the two ties they had. The Bisons had pos- top ranked teams in Canada West session for most of the first period (Alberta was ranked #2 in the nation, and outshot the Huskies 11-6, but Saskatchewan ranked #4), The boys it was Saskatchewan who had the play on the road against Mount Royal best chance when Deckert robbed this weekemd and then in Calgary Huskies forward Craig McCallum following weekend.

The Bisons do not play another with his glove while on a breakaway.

The Huskies did capitalize on a game at home until Nov. 9-10 when breakaway in the second period, as they host Lethbridge at Max Bell Chris Durand broke in after Bisons Centre.

Captain Dane Crowley blew a tire

Women’s hockey earns a victory in Saskatoon Team goes 1-1 against the Huskies Derek Gagnon, Staff

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ead coach Jon Rempel and the 0-2 Bisons women’s hockey team travelled to Saskatoon this weekend to take on the 0-1-1 U of Saskatchewan Huskies. The Bisons were looking for their first positive result of the season after a pair of losses at home against the U of Alberta Pandas.

The Huskies dominated the first period of Friday’s game, scoring a power play goal and outshooting the Bisons by a margin of 17-8. However, the Bisons were the better team for the duration of the game. Maggie Litchfield-Medd scored her second goal of the year on the power play

two minutes into the second period.

Nellie Minshull and Jessica Carswell added even strength goals for the Bisons before Saskatchewan got one back as Manitoba outshot the Huskies 17-5 in the period. Neither team scored in the third period as the Bisons held on for a 3-2 victory.

Leiette Klassen turned aside 26-of-28 shots for the Manitoba’s first win of the season.

The script was much different on Saturday. Despite Manitoba outshooting Saskatchewan 14-5, the Bisons would see their 1-0 lead disappear, as Saskatchewan scored three goals in quick sucession. Leiette

Klassen was pulled in favour of DéeAna Marion before the period was out. The Bisons got one back in the second period, but the Huskies put the game to bed in the third by adding two more, winning 5-2. Caitlin MacDonald and Captain Amy Lee had the goals for Manitoba.

The Bisons now have an improved record of 1-3, and will play against the Mount Royal Cougars next weekend at Max Bell Centre here on the University of Manitoba campus. The Cougars’ record is 2-1-1 after a pair of losses against the Alberta Pandas this past weekend.

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Amazing weekend of soccer at U of M Bisons pull off back-to-back wins to stay in the race for the last playoff spot Grace Romund, staff

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t was an action-packed weekend of soccer on the University of Manitoba Turf Fields West as the Bison women fought with all they had to ensure they stayed in the running for a playoff spot in their last home games of the regular season, winning back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday night.

First, the Bisons faced off against University of Lethbridge Pronghorns.

The Bisons knew that they had to get some points out of the game if they were going to have any chance at the playoffs, but after a six-game losing streak with only one goal scored, poor results had become the norm midseason.

However, Manitoba did have a series of incredibly tough matchups.

The combined record of the six teams they lost to is 31-7-2. By comparison, Manitonba’s last four games of the season are against opponents with records much more similar to their own.

Against the Pronghorns, the Bisons rallied and came away with five goals

and three points in the standings.

Head coach Hayden Sloane-Seale was very pleased with the performance by the team in the Lethbridge game.

“We knew we had to get something out of the game, we knew we had to get at least a point. It was great that we got the win. The [Bisons] played really well: knocked the ball around, had great spells of possession, and really outclassed Lethbridge, which is hard for us to say that typically, but we did do that, I felt.”

The final score against Lethbridge was 5-0 for the Bisons.

A great result again, the Bisons a great run to beat out the defender, only increased the pressure going impressive first-year striker Daniella into a do-or-die game against the Scerbo chipped the ball just past the Calgary Dinos, who sat directly reach of the Calgary keeper and across above Manitoba in the eighth and the goal line. final playoff spot.

The Bisons managed to hold onto Even in the opening minutes of the 1-0 lead for the rest of the match. the first half, the Bisons looked hunHead coach Sloane-Seale stated, gry for a win. They created a series of “We’re really, really pleased with how goal-scoring opportunities through the [Bisons] performed because we organized short passes up the field, haven’t put together two back-to-back but were unable to find the back of the wins like that for quite some time, so net until the 35’ of the first half. After fantastic job by the players [ . . . ] abso-

lutely outstanding.”

The only goal-scorer of the game, Scerbo noted that the Bison women knew this one was pivotal in their road to the post season.

“This game was really important for us to us to win. This is the one we needed if we wanted to get into the playoffs. It was really crucial to win this one so I’m really glad we did.”

Although there was no scoring in the second half there was definitely no shortage of excitement as Manitoba

and Calgary exchanged threatening free kicks right outside the crease.

There were also a number of yellow cards handed out as the Dinos ran out of time to find the equalizer. In the end, Calgary received two yellow cards to Manitoba’s one.

“We knew we had to beat Calgary.

This was a must-win for us. If it had gone differently, or if Calgary had gotten a tie even we would have really been up against it, and we’re still up against it. There’s nothing safe now,” said Sloane-Seale.

Despite a great weekend for the Bisons women’s soccer team, nothing is guaranteed yet. The Bisons will have to continue this momentum into the last week of the regular season if they want to continue on into the playoffs.

The Bisons play back-to-back games against Mount Royal and Alberta in Alberta on Oct. 20 and 21

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Don’t diss the commish Give Gary Bettman the respect he deserves Scott Billeck, volunteer staff

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hen you think of the most hated figure in the NHL, who comes to mind? In all but a few rare cases (Peter Pocklington, Oilers fans?) the image that comes to mind is one of a short, cocky looking fellow named Gary Bettman.

Indeed, Bettman has become a household name, one that is synonymous with the sound of hockey fans booing. Certainly NHL fans have many reasons to hate Mr. Bettman—he has orchestrated three lockouts during his tenure as league commissioner and paved the way for the Jets dismissal from our city back in 1996—but what about all the good work he has done for the NHL? Undoubtedly, the NHL has grown since he took the reins after receiving mentoring from NBA commissioner

As mentioned above, since Bettman took the reins the league has expanded to 30 teams – the Minnesota Wild, Anaheim Ducks, Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators, Columbus Blue Jackets and the team formerly known as the Atlanta Thrashers. He has advocated for expansion in the southern United States, and while some franchises have been less than successful, like the Phoenix Coyotes, several Bettman-era teams—the Ducks, Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche—have hoisted the Stanley Cup. Bettman has created profitable hockey markets in regions that were previously thought illustration by justin ladia to be uninhabitable for a sport that wasn’t the NFL or the NBA. David Stern. As hard as this is going Bettman has flexed the majority to be, I offer a shameless plea to you of his Cornell-educated muscle by to think about the positive side of growing league revenue. The NHL Gary. hockey-related revenue in 1993-94 Bettman came onto the scene in was around $700 million. Eighteen 1993, becoming the first commissioner years later, Bettman has overseen a of the NHL, as the incumbents before $2.9 billion dollar increase to where it him were referred to as presidents. sits today at an estimated $3.3 billion.

He came from the NBA, where he Staggering increases in television revwas the Senior Vice-President under enues are nothing short of incredible.

David Stern. The league had 24 teams In the American market, Bettman and annual revenues of around 400 negotiated television rights with FOX million dollars. What Bettman Sports in 1994 at a paltry $155 milhas done since, in terms of market- lion over a five-year term. Seven years ing, television rights, and revenues, later, in 2011, Bettman struck gold additional teams and annual revenue landing an otherworldly $2 billion league-wide, has been nothing short dollar 10-year contract with NBC and of amazing. Like it or not, Bettman Versus. Meanwhile in Canada, CBC has grown Canada’s game like no agreed to a $569 million deal in 2007 other – even if it hasn’t always been that is set to expire in 2014. on this side of the border.

Gary Bettman has done wonders

for the NHL in terms of business, to note that Bettman had the final marketing, and increased revenues. say on bringing the Thrashers to I’d also argue that you would be hard- Winnipeg. Regardless of how you pressed to find a fan these days that look at it, it is hard to argue against doesn’t find post-2004-05 lockout his accomplishments. hockey better than its previous iteration. You may also find it important

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askatchewan Huskies quarOffensively, the Bisons struggled the two schools. terback Chase Bradshaw tied at the quarterback position. Cam The Bisons find themselves on the a Canada West record for most Clarke was pulled at halftime after cusp of missing out on the playoffs completions in a game, as Manitoba completing 8-of-17 passes for 112 for the fifth straight year since winlost a heartbreaker on the road to yards and no touchdowns. Second ning the Vanier Cup in 2007. With Saskatchewan 44-39. string quarterback Ryan Marsch two games remaining, the Bisons The Bisons led through most of saw his first significant action of will be playing for their playoff lives the game, and even had a 13-point the season, but could do no better in their final home game of the sealead heading into the final quarter, against a Saskatchewan defense that son against the UBC Thunderbirds but the Huskies offense turned it essentially shut down the Bisons pass on Oct. 20. on and outscored attack.

UBC got off to an awful start losthe Bisons 28-10 Anthony ing their first four games, but have “This game was in the fourth.

Coombs was since won two straight and will head Bradshaw the outstanding into University Stadium with conreally important completed offensive player fidence and momentum. A UBC 38-of-60 pass for Manitoba, win this weekend would mean that for us to us to at tempts for as he ran for 161 Manitoba and UBC would be tied at win. This is the 426 yards, three yards and two 3-4 heading into the final week of the touchdowns, touchdowns on Canada West regular season. one we needed if and two intercep13 carries. The In that f inal week, the we wanted to get tions, including majority of his Thunderbirds are on the road in two touchdowns yards came on Saskatoon, while the Bisons finish into the playoffs.” during the his two scores – their season with a tilt against the – Bison forward fourth quarter 49-yards on the yet-to-be defeated Calgary Dinos. comeback. final play of the If Manitoba’s playoff chances come Daniella Scerbo.

The Bison first quarter, and down to winning against Calgary, special teams 70-yard run in then they’re in for a rough outing: a nd defence the fourth quar- through six games so far this season, accounted for 18 points on the day; ter. Excluding those two huge plays, the Dinos have outscored opponents Bison fifth-year defensive back Coombs averaged under four yards by a staggering margin of over 240 Teague Sherman recovered a blocked per carry on his other 11 rushing points. punt in the end zone in the second attempts. Kienan LaFrance also It all comes down to this quarter, and defensive end Ranji scored on a 5-yard run, his only carry Saturday’s game—at home—against Atwall returned one of Bradshaw’s of the game. the team that the Bisons defeated interceptions 77-yards for a Bison With the loss, Saskatchewan and in their season opener 31-24. Win touchdown late in the third quarter. Manitoba are tied for third in the and the Bisons are in. Lose, and Nick Boyd was 1-for-2, completing a conference with identical 3-3 records, Manitoba’s playoff hopes are all but 27-yard field goal in the fourth after but Manitoba is bumped down to dashed. settling for a rouge on a 16-yard fourth on account of Saskatchewan Kick off is at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. attempt in the second. now holding the tiebreaker between 20 at University Stadium.