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Failing to party on the green since 1993

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We don't really need Dis-O ... do we?

0 took place in March, for examSONJA SZLOVICSAK EDITOR-IN-CHIEFple, the SUS would have plenty of time to market the concert to stunother year, another Dis- dents. But, alas, it seems that the only lesson SUS learned was not O. Yet another disappointment. Some students came out and to waste money on an overpriced had a good time, but the majority arena.

How many students actually of students didn't bother. Granted, the poor weather and the tim- want their SUS fees going to a ing of the event probably had an "big" concert? Students fork a lot affect on attendance (Thursday of money over to the SUS; on top night isn't exactly party night), but of the health and dental plan, students pay $40 for the U-Pass, $35 considering last year's attendance for the Student Union Building, I doubt too many people planned and $30 in membership fees. That's to show up anyway.

Last year, Dis-O cost $100,000 $105 per semester. When handing and less than 800 students showed over that kind of cash to a group up. Tickets were free for stu- of students, you'd hope they'd be dents; community members were responsible with that cash.

Most of the time, the SUS is charged for their tickets, but since less than 500 people bought tick- responsible with that cash. The ets, the concert was a major finan- U-Pass has worked out well for cial loss for the SUS. There seemed students. The SUS funds numerto be a general feeling that Dis-O ous student clubs and associawould not happen again; if it did tions. The SUS has, on too many happen again, it wouldn't take occasions, made up for funding in place in September. At least if Dis- areas where the university's bud-

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gets have been chipped away. And and with their time. Their focus Casey's is one of the few places on should be on ensuring that UFV campus where a student can go for lives up to its obligations to stusome cheap, decent food (which dents, and ensuring that students is hard to find considering the are able to get the most out of their chocolate bars in the vending ma- education. Not expensive concerts. chines have gone up to a buck sevThere are systemic issues with enty five. Ouch!), and some good the SUS as an organization, and small shows. When compared to the board members don't seem to other student councils at nearby realize this. This is not meant to be universities, our SUS is a model a criticism of the board members of student governance - we have themselves; most of them are hard yet to catch any wiffs of cars and working and dedicated to improvproperty being bought with stu- . ing student's time at UFV (not to dent money. mention they are very tolerant of But why, oh why, can the SUS their loud newspaper neighbours). not just leave it at that? Why can't The problem comes from the fact they be content with ensuring that these are young people with students receive a rich academic no pre-requisite experience, runexperience? Why do they refuse ning a society with an annual to learn from their predecessors? budget $2.2 million - $500, 000 of Dis-O just doesn't work; students which is in the operating budget. aren't all that interested in being In those circumstances, it's easy Disoriented. It's time SUS realized to forget what students need from that. their student union.

There are so many better things What students don't need, is that SUS could do with that money Dis-O2011.

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THE UBYSSEY students at a Canadian journalism school have won an Emmy.

"It's awesome," said Dan Haves, ANCOUVER (CUP) - Student_s and faculty at the one of 10 journalism students inUniversity of British Columbia's volved in the project.

"We found out an hour ago, we journalism school have won an didn't expect to win, we're super Emmy award for a documentary that investigated the effects of thrilled that we did."

"Journalists work their entire electronic waste shipped to other careers for awards of this prescountries.

Ghana:Digital Dumping Ground, tige," Mary Lynn Young, director a PBS documentary produced by of the UBC Graduate School of the student~ and faculty, was the Journalism, said in a press release.

"Winning these awards early winner of the Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News in their careers will give these Magazine award at the 2010 News students a tremendous leg up," and Documentary Emmy Awards Young continued from New York, where she attended the award ceron Sept. 27 in New York.

The program, shown on Front- emony on behalf of the project.

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industry . . . something like this award may validate choosing to get involved in the first place."

But .hours after winning the award, Haves was asking simpler questions.

"One: Do we get a trophy?" he said. "And two: Where will I put it?"

The documentary was a project for the school's international reporting class, which is taught by Peter Klein, a former producer at 60Minutes.

Each year students produce a long-form documentary, which is funded through a $1-million gift from the Mindset Social Innovation Foundation.

Students traveled to China, India and Ghana in 2008 to film their project.

Klein is grateful for the support

UBC receives from Mindset Innovation.

"The e-waste documentary is the kind of project that the vast majority of newsrooms couldn't have done," he said in a press release.

"If an editor is going to give you tens of thousands of dollars, they want to be sure that there's going to be a story there. Our funding from Mindset Foundation is crucial, because we're able to give students this opportunity to really show that you can do good journalism independently."

The full list of students involved are: Shira Bick, Ian Bickis, Krysia Collyer, Allison Cross, Heba Elasaad, Dan Haves, Doerthe Keilholz, Jodie Martinson, Dan McKinney, Blake Sifton and Leslie Young.

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he University of the Fraser Valley and MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) have recently teamed up to install a satellite dish atop the Peter Jones Learning Centre.

The dish, which measures three metres in diameter and weighs approximately 1500 kg, will receive data from a complementary satellite known as "Sapphire" as it passes overhead. The data, in turn, will be transferred to the MDA headquarters in Richmond, and eventually added to an international database housed in the United States, known as the United States Space Surveillance Network.

Although the dish has officially been installed, the satellite itself is still under construction and is not scheduled for launch until 2011.

MDA's vice president and general manager Steve Oldham said that this is because the dish requires extensive testing before it can be put to use. "When we launch it, we have to do a number of checks on the satellite to make sure that it's working properly before [we] can put it into operation. [There are] several complicated pieces in a system like this that you have to put together, and ...we'd rather have that piece of the puzzle done, tested and ready to work [so] that we know that as soon as the satellite goes up, we'll be ready to use

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Sapphire was conceived as a solution to the problem of spacecraft safety in orbit. The growing number of objects orbiting the earth means that there is an increased 'likelihood of an impact with - and potential damage to - expensive equipment, such as other satellites or the International Space Station.

Sapphire addresses this problem by continually monitoring objects in space to determine their orbital location and predict poten- , tial collisions so that appropriate action can be taken.

Oldham said, "It's fairly common for the space station to ... change its orbit ... by a couple of kilometers [if] there's a prediction of something that's going to be coming through and potentially very close to it. So... operators in [the] space station and operators of their satellites will be able to make decisions to say: 'I wanna move a little bit to make sure I'm clear of any potential hazardous incident.'

So the idea is that by doing that,

we will be able to .. .limit or avoid big problems with space debris, which would be caused if satellites impact into each other, of course."

Oldham continued by saying that the satellite is unique in that it "is tasked at looking at things that we call resident space objects, or other things which are in space, orbiting the earth.. . as opposed to other satellites which typically take pictures of the earth, or they're used for communication to the earth, or TY, or that sort of thing."

Sapphire will be in operation 24 hours per day, and can monitor over 360 objects during that period. The objects selected to be monitored on any given day are chosen by the Canadian Department of National Defence. Its expected lifespan is five years, although many satellites have been known to function for longer than predicted. When Sapphire's lifespan is complete, MDA will remove the satellite dish from UFV. The new dish on the Abbots-

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ford campus is one of two used for students. "We're looking at a to communicate with the satel- number of opportunities; for exlite. The other is stationed in the ample, opportunities to bring in United Kingdom. The placement students into our workplace on of the satellites in relation to one co-op programs ...we're looking at [potentially] doing things like another was a very important consideration for the project. Ac- guest lectures at UFV... maybe cording to Oldham, "The impor- some collaborative course develtant thing is to keep them very opment."

There is also the possibility that far apart from each other, because when the satellite's going around information collected from the satEurope, you want to be able to take ellite could open up new "research as many opportunities to uplink opportunities for UFV." UFV's Dean of Science, Ora information to it or download ... the [information] from it. So if the Steyn, said that the project was dishes are too close together, they good news for the university, "I kind of overlap, [and] you lose op- hope to get some really neat visiportunities. Western Canada is a tors into the classes, [and] there's a great place on the grounds that it's possibility that we could do some a long way from the United King- fairly specialized curriculum ... dom." where we know there's a need in The Fraser Valley was chosen the industry." specifically as the location for the "I know that there was talk dish because of its temperate cli- of a possibility of a radar course mate, and because the frequency in physics, so we'll be looking at spectrum MDA uses to communi- those things and exploring them cate with the satellite was available further in the coining months. All to the area; in areas closer to the I can ... say is that we're really exLower Mainland, the frequency is . cited about the opportunities that already allocated for other uses, this ...will bring, and we hope to such as mobile news gathering. work with more of these larger The satellite dish's placement companies in the future [to] bring atop the Peter Jones Learning Cen- opportunities for students, espetre assures that its line of sight cially as far as job opportunities with the passing satellite will not go, and the possibility of future be encumbered by tall buildings. work."

Additionally, its location is relaSteyn encouraged any students tively close to the MDA headquar- interested in applying for a co-op ters in Richmond. position to visit the Career CenOldham said that the MDA's tre to check for any upcoming job partnership with UFV on the proj- postings. ect will have a number of benefits

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Just don't call him_Leo Exploring thelifeandinfluence ofLev Tolstoy "Tolstoy, the Nobel Peace Prize and Gandhi." Dart presented to NEWS& OPINIONEDITOR the audience one of several links that Tolstoy has with Canada Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is ev Tolstoy's writings and a descendant of General Kutuzov, activism remain as relevant and timely in twenty-first century the Russian general who repelled Canada as they did in late ninethe advances of Napoleon, and features as a principal character of teenth century Russia, accor_ding War and Peace. to a day-long seminar on Tolstoy Dart divided Tolstoy's life into hosted by UFV on September 22. two phases, the first of which Philosophy and Political Scispanned from 1828 to 1877. Durence instructor Scott Fast moderated the event, which took place ing this period, Dart described Tolstoy as a "groping pilgrim ... from ten in the morning to three in grasping with the issues" that he the afternoon in the boardroom in would develop in his later life and A Building. The event was attendthat would define him as one of ed by around 60 people, and featured a cross-section of students the greatest intellects and activists of the time. and members of the community.

For example, in War and Peace, The first talk was given by the Dart highlighted several charhead of the Modern Languages acters who he believes are symdepartment, Alan Cameron. The bols for issues and avenues of first point of order in Cameron's thought that Tolstoy would extalk was to inform the audience that Tolstoy's first name is "Lev," plore through his later work and writings. Napoleon represents not "Leo'' - Tolstoy's first name means "lion" in Russian, and Church - that encouraged and "the spirit of modernity, the sheer will to power," and his opposite when translated into English, his nurtured war sentiments.

Tolstoy's most acclaimed fic- number, General Kutuzov, is not translator used the Latin "Leo" tional works are 1869's War and an aggressor or a pacifist, but a and the name stuck.

Cameron's talk was titled "War Peace and Anna Karenina, which military strategist. With Kutuzov, Dart claims, Tolstoy is informing in Peace in the Writings of Tol- was originally serialized between stoy." According to Cameron, 1873 and 1877. Cameron's talk fo- the reader that "abstract pacifism Tolstoy's depictions of war were cused mostly on War and Peace, is not necessarily the answer" in directly influenced by his experi- Tolstoy's opus on the Napoleonic the struggle against oppressors or ences as an ensign between 1852 Wars, and on Tolstoy's "two-fold belligerents.

In the second period of his life, and 1856 in the Crimean War. His approach, [that is,] describing batworks The Raid, The Wood Fell- tles in horrific detail. .. and charac- from 1879 to his death in 1910,Toling and SevastopolSketches are all terization," which Cameron called stoy moved away from writing fiction and concentrated his efforts "Tolstoy's forte." works on war; Tolstoy expressed UFV Philosophy and Political on social activism. However, he a desire to depict "war in its real aspect," and als9 criticized organs Science professor Ron Dart next did finish another novel before his death, Hadji Murat, which Dart of the state - such as the Russian presented his lecture, entitled

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called the "great work on Christian-Muslim relations."

Tolstoy facilitated the move from Russia to Canada of the Doukhobors, a branch of Christianity that was persecuted in Russia for its commitments to pacifism, amongst other things.

Tolstoy saw the Doukhobors as a group that was living the ideals he was pursuing in his writings and activism. Larry Ewashen, Doukhobor museum curator and historian, talked on "Tolstoy and the Doukhobors."

In 1899, when the Doukhobors emigrated to Canada, Tolstoy raised 30,000 rubles, which was half of the cost of emigrating. The 7,500 Doukhobors who arrived in the Northwest Territories was, at that time, the biggest single immigrant group to Canada and, after persecution in the Northwest Territories, their move to Saskatchewan was the single biggest internal migration in Canadian history.

In 1897, when Tolstoy was offered the Nobel Peace Prize, he declined the award, and said that it should instead go to the Doukhobors. Ewashen said that Tolstoy was "the saviour of the Doukhobors."

The next speaker scheduled was Archbishop Lazar, but he had been called away to Europe; in his place was Father Michael Gillis, who spoke on Tolstoy's relations with the Orthodox Russian Church. In 1878,Tolstoy went through a "religious awakening" after the Church's support for the Russo-Turkish War - it was

"too much hypocrisy for Tolstoy."

Though he was excommunicated in 1901, Tolstoy had effectively excommunicated himself, though Father Gillis said that Tolstoy had rejected the hypocrisy and brutality of the Church, not its doctrine; in fact, Tolstoy visited Optina Monastery two days before his death in 1910.

The next speaker was Abbotsford teacher Brad Jersak, who gave a talk on "Tolstoy and the Mennonites." Jersak commented that Tolstoy and the Mennonites had a mutual appreciation for the other in their search for "allies of affinity."

The final speaker was UFV history professor Larissa Horne, with her talk "Tolstoy and the Russian peace Tradition." Horne raised the point that, though he is known as a progenitor of the world pacifism movement which was adapted and evolved by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, among others, Tolstoy himself never used the term "pacifism" in any of his writings. This is due to the word's connection with the idea of states or nation-states, which Tolstoy also rejected. Instead, Tolstoy used the term "non-violence."

On the eve of the 101st anniversary of Lev Tolstoy's death, his legacy and influence shows no sign of abating; if anything, the themes of his work and life - war, peace and religion's involvement in both; the struggle between individuals and the state - are more relevant now than they have ever been.

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Canada needs anewnational drug plan,says expert Marc-Andre Gagnon isrecommending Canada adoptanational pharmaceutical plan.

Gagnon, apublicpolicyprofessor atCarleton University inOttawa, saysina newstudythata national drugplancouldsave thecountry upto $10.7 billion.

Thestudy, entitled TheEconomic Case for Universal Pharmacare, notes thatthepublic andprivate plansthatCanada nowemploys are impractical forapopulation looking foraffordable drugcoverage.

Mostofthesavings wouldcome fromthecountry'sabilityto negotiate betterprices andenforce drugreviews oncetheplanbecomes installed, Gagnon says.

Theplanwouldnotonlyhelpto prevent costly drugprices, it wouldgetridofthemanyother problems Canada's pharmaceutical policyencountersonadailybasis.

MaryWiktorowicz, chairofYork's school ofhealth policy, saysCanada's drugplansuffers fromweak practices, especially intheprescription process.

"There area lotof drugsusedinappropriately;' saidWiktoroxicz.

"Pharmaceutical companies promote evidence thatisnotsolidanddonottalk aboutthesideeffects in usingthatdrug:' Victoria Alarcon - Excalibur (York University)

Students hithardest byHST, saysB.C. professor

CFS stillincourtwithitsformer Quebec branch

Canada immigration critics callfor overhaul

Canada mustoverhaul itsimmigration and Since Harmonized Sales Taxwasintroduced to Canada's largest student lobby group isstilllocked refugee system orriskoverwhelming social theprovince onJuly1,B.C. hasseennothing but inalegalbattle withitsformer Quebec branch, with services anddrivingupunemployment, anew controversy overhowthetaxwasintroduced, overhalfamillion dollars instudent funds upfor lobbygroupsays. whatitemsremain tax-exempt andhowother grabs. . iswhentheCanadian Federation of TheCenter forImmigration Policy Reform, which provinces, likeOntario, seem to besucceeding Atissue introduced itselfatapress conference inOttawa whereB.C. isfailing.

Students-Quebec, anincorporated not-for-profit sayspoliticians aretooconcerned "Alotofpeople havebecome confused bythe company, stopped being recognized bythenational onTuesday, aboutwinningthevotesofnewCanadians to rhetoric aboutwhatthey're actually paying now;' CFS asitsQuebec branch. admitthatthesystem isbroken. totake;' said saidMaureen Bader, B.C. director fortheCanadian "Wedon'tknowhowlongit'sgoing OneofeverysixCanadian residents wasborn Adrien Severyns, oneofthedirectors 6ftheRasTaxpayers Federation.

"People reallyneedtojust outside thecountry.

It accepts about250,000 semblement desassociations etudiantes - the takea breath andlookatwhatthey're actually immigrants and175,000 foreign temporary beingasked to payfor:' group formerly known asCFS-Quebec. workers ayear.

InMay, CFS-Quebec directors agreed tostopusing Bader says thatwhileit certainly depends on Butthegroupsays thecountry's social system theCFS name tosettle atrademark lawsuit the theindividual, manystudents aren'tpaying for handle somanynewcomers, andtheflow hadfiledagainst thegroup.

TheCFS isstill cannot anything morenowthantheywouldhavebefore federation ofimmigrants isoverwhelming itslabormarkets, $50,000 indamages fromRAE. - basic foodslikemilk,bread andvegetables are seeking ratenowatabout7 stilltax-exempt, despite thetax.

While theCFS daims theQuebec company stopped withtheunemployment percent.

OliviaChow, theimmigration criticfor being it'sofficial branch intheprovince in2007, "HST doesnotmake thingscostmore- it'sjust Canada's left-leaning NewDemocratic Party, said theQuebec group hasmaintained thatbecause it thatcertain itemswillobviously seemoretax theideas of"blame-the-immigrant group"would wasrecognized bythreeofthefourCFS members in now;'Bader said."It'llcostyouthesame to buy hurttheeconomy if putintoeffect. ajugofmilk,butit willbemoreto grababurger Quebec it hadofficial standing. isthatCanada "Thestudent money involved isquitesignificant;'he "Whattheyfailto understand atMcDonald's, forexample.

Perhaps, it willjust shesaid."Inorderto said.

"Because it isstudent money weretalking about hasanagingpopulation;' inspire people toeatbetter:' continue oureconomic growth, weneedyoung it wouldbeoutrageous toleave thiscase:' families, weneedyoungchildren:' Danielle Pope - CUP Western Bureau Chief TheNewDemocrats wouldliketoseeannual Jacob Serebrin - CUP Quebec Bureau Chief immigration at 1percent ofthepopulation, or 330,000 ayear.

JohnMcCrank - Reuters

Canadian courtstrikes downkey prostitution laws AnOntario courttossed outkeyprovisions of Canada's anti-prostitution lawsonTuesday, saying theydidmoreharmthangood,following aconstitutional challenge bythreesex-trade workers.

Prostitution isnotitselfillegalin Canada, but nearly everyactivityassociated withit is,suchas communicating forthepurposes ofprostitution, livingoffitsavails oroperating acommon bawdy house.

Thesex-trade workers wholaunched theconstitutionalchallenge argued therestrictions forced themto workinsecrecy andonthestreet, and thusmadethemmorevulnerable to violence from bothclients andpimps.

Justice Susan HimeloftheOntario Superior Court ofJustice agreed, "Thismeans thatwenolonger haveto beafraid.

Thatwecanworkwiththe appropriate authorities ...working together in andofitselfprevents alotofviolence;' saidValerie Scott, anadvocate forsex-trade workers' rights inToronto.

Although Tuesday's rulingonlystopsenforcement ofthelawsinOntario, it canbeusedasgrounds to strikedownsimilarlawsinCanada's other provinces.

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STAFFWRITER life right now, because the world has changed dramatically, not just n Thursday, September in the world of journalism, but en23, CBC news anchor Glo- try level positions for almost any ria Macarenko and sports anchor job now, the bar has been raised, Shane Foxman were in Abbotsford and the level of education you to do a live broadcast from the Ab- need just to get in now is so much botsford Sports and Entertainment different. The journalism students Centre as part of a week spent we see coming into our newsroom travelling to communities across now usually have four years of the Fraser Valley. While in Abbotsford, they were asked to visit the UFV campus to speak to the English 373 Rhetoric: Literary Journalism class, as well as to extend an open invitation to anyone else on campus with an interest journalism, broadcasting or media.

The session, which took place in University House, placed Macarenko and Foxman in the role of mentors.

Both anchors focused their discussion on the challenges facing students with broadcast aspirations, contrasting their own early experiences in the news world with the modern environment.

Whereas Macarenko's high school experience was enough to earn her university, plus a journalism dea scholarship to BCIT and launch gree, and they will come in as interns." her future success, and Foxman's degree from Loyalist College alMacarenko, who grew up in lowed him fo begin his own ca- Prince Rupert, also highlighted reer, Macarenko stressed "I'm not the advantages of living in a small sure how much it [her entrance in town, and said that Abbotsford's

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small size and distance from Vancouver can actually be worked in the favour of any local aspiring journalists. "I started working at the local radio station when I was in grade 12. So there is the advantage of living in a small town. If you are talking about the advantages of being in a small class, of living in a small community, it is not a disadvantage to be out here in Abbotsford.

Use all your opportunities, use your community, and you can excel, probably much quicker than you would in a larger community."

Journalism, it · would appear, is all about packaging. With every news station reporting the same stories, it is the anchor's presentation of the story that distinguishes one report from another but the anchor must also remain unbiased. So an incredible importance is placed on the story's arrange'ment: what questions to ask, what few se~onds of video to show, what sound effects to include ... Either that, or you find a story no one else has."

To do that, Foxman insists that you get out of the office and talk to people: "See, that's where you get your stories. Nothing good happens to you sitting at your desk, nothing good can possibly happen. You never know when something is going to pop up".

Gloria Macarenko and Shane Foxman took the time to answer some questions from UFV students. Here's a sample of some of the questions and concerns students had.

Do you ever find yourself where your values or morals conflict with the story you are reporting on, and if so, how do you find ways to avoid sounding biased?

writing on the [CBC] website or a newspaper?

Shane - Telling a story is still telling a story. You and me can go out to cover the same story, come back and our stories will look different. Everyone has their own way of writing, so it doesn't really matter whether you are writing for the web or for newspaper or. you're writing for television, there are different things you have to consider, but still the art is really telling the story.

Gloria - You can't appear biased, ever. Rule number one: you can never let your biases show. Do Gloria - In television there is a I have biases, personally? Yes, of course. Do we all? Yes, to a cer- real art to letting the pictures tell tain degree I believe, I'd be lying the story; just complimenting the if I didn't say that. There are is- pictures, not stating the obvious. sues that I feel strongly about in Otherwise we say it is wallpaper; my personal life; I will never ever you've got pictures and words and let that show on air. It is our job to no correlation between the two. show both sides of the story fairly. You don't want to state the obviI remember a comment that came ous on television. It's more sparse in once, that someone knew I must with words, with television. feel a certain way about a story How have you been respondbecause I raised my eyebrow at a certain time. It's terrible, I mean, ing to the sort of over-saturation I can't imagine doing that, but to of news sources that are available now, and how would someone this person, I had made an editorial comment with my eyebrow, deal with that, as someone who is and you can't do that. You just lay trying to get in to that world[as a · news consumer or job-searcher]? out the facts; that's our job.

Shane: When I used to work in Gloria - Isn't it about forming a news, especially when I worked at the legislature, if I did a story relationship with a source that you and afterwards both the Liberals trust? I mean, that's what I say: Is and the NDP were mad at me, I this a source that I trust, and why do I trust it? As news consumers thought "good," and if they both you have to be really discerning as were happy with me I thought "good"; either way, it didn't mat- far as what you choose to listen to. ter, as long as both felt that I was As far as how we deal with it, it is fair that's all I could ask for. And more competition in the marketyou carry that; when you go to in- place, for sure. terview somebody, and you know, Shane - As for looking for a job, maybe the person is not in a good situation, maybe they are in a the more news places there are, tough spot or a scandal, but if they the better for you, right? I look at know you have been fair in the how many stations there are now past, it will be good, because they compared to when I started, with kno}VI'm not trying to get a cheap all these digital channels and specialty chann~ls, there's a tonne, shot. I'm just asking the questions and you can answer any way you and they're all looking for content. want. If you have a reputation for So even if you aren't working as a being fair, it follows you; and your reporter, for somewhere, there are reputation is everything you have still avenues for your stuff to air.

Ultimately, no matter what you in this business. are interested in, there's -got to be How · different would you say somewhere that is doing that style, your role in journalism is com- or doing that kind of news or inpared to someone who works formation or entertainment.

HIRING:EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The current Editor-in-Chief is not standing for re-hire and as such will be acting as chair of the Editor-inChief Hiring Committee. All current UFV students are welcome to apply.

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FRIDAY,OCTOBER 1st, 2010

Another Dis- Apointing Dis-0 PAUL FALARDEAU ARTS& LIFEEDITOR

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t's a dark and rainy night at UFV, but that is hardly the reason that the yearly Dis-O celebration is going so poorly. Perhaps the dark clouds were an omen.

Perhaps not.

This year, 2010, was the sixth Dis-O I have been to during my years at UFV. For the uneducated or unimaginative, Dis-O stands for disorientation. The idea behind the annual event is that it should provide a stark contrast to the often bland and boring backto-school routine, not to mention a place to relieve stress and let loose a little. In short, Dis-O is an opportunity for students of UFV to have fun.

In the past, for students who can look far enough back, this has been exactly the case. The last few years, however, have been one disappointment after another, culminating in this year's Dis-O banality.

Sure, thete were some brave souls who showed up at Dis-O, but they were far from enthusiastic at any time that I braved the "crowd." As for that, giving a rough estimate, I would say that the group of people milling about in front of the stage was between 50-150 -at any given time. Wikipedia, our all-knowing master, tells us, that UFV was patronized by 21, 500 students circa 2007. Three years later, in 2010, we are dealing with problems of over-enrollment.

The problem doesn't seem to be spilling over into Dis-O just yet.

So what's the big deal? Year after year, Dis-O seems to be an utter ' disappointment., Honestly, how is a free concert with several notable bands not drawing students? It isn't the bands - last year's show featured crowd favourites, from rock and roll big-shots Finger Eleven to Abbotsford favourites You Say Party! This year the stage was handled ably by laid-back groove sharks Satori Tide and Said the Whale, who took a brake from rocketing to fame to play at our university.

So what else is dragging down Dis-O? After last year's quagmire that was held at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre and cost students an appalling $100,000, UFV's Student Union Society decided to try going back to basics and announced that 2010 would mark Dis-O's "Triumphant Return to the Green."

Triumphant is not the word I would choose. How about boring? Lifeless? Pathetic? Perhaps in fear of repeating last year's fracas by overspending, SUS decided to do the opposite and under-spend.

The soggy green was surrounded by horrid rent-a-fences, strung around with naked and caged light bulbs that gave the event the warm and inviting appearance of a gulag.

The bazaar booths, an inspired idea that was supposed to showcase local flair and add a fun distracti~n to those who wanted a break from music, turned out instead to just be a couple of sad tents strewn around the field.

There was a sad looking popcorn stand, a dreary pizza enterprise put on by Dream Pizza - who encouraged possible patrons with the amazing slogan "We only have one restaurant" - an airbrush tattoo hut that offered to put SUS's logo on your skin (no thanks) and

Q: Years at UFV and Major?

A; Two. Business Admin.

Q; Do you hang out on campus?

A: Yes. [At the] the library, prayer room and the cafeteria.

Q; Are you going to watch any of the UFV Cascades Varsity teams this year?

A: Yes. Men's Soccer.

Q: Have you seen a Heat game yet?

A:No.

-CIVL radio's booth which held ... nothing. Praise should be given to the remaining two booths: UFV's fashion students' booth, where they sold their handmade corsets and jewelry, and the reverse confessional put on by University Christian Ministries, which confessed the past sins of the religion to whoever entered the booth.

Still, apologetic Christians and handmade jewelry do not a disorientating night make. Dis-O sounds like a good idea, but the results are less positive every year.

Most students seem to have gotten wise to the game and have stopped showing up all together. One disappointed student stated, "If this is what they are going to give me, I'd rather they put that money towards my education instead."

Many students said they would have rather had the funds that went into the night put towards developing scholarships and programs at UFV. Another student said, "The problem we have with the SUS is that they can't organize their way out of a wet paper bag."

A harsh statement to J;,e sure, but it seems like students have finally gotten fed up with the humdrum offerings SUS has given to the UFV student body; many are already speculating that this will be remembered as Dis-O's death rattle. That doesn't have to be true.

Q: What's your major?

A: First year Biology. .

Q: Do you hang out on campus?

A:Yes. Q:Where?

A: Outside and the library.

Q: Are you going to watch any of the UFV Cascades Varsity teams this For those of us that hav~ stuck year? around like mountains, there is A:No more to see in the picture. Dis-O · Q:Whynot? used to be quite a spectacle, and A:Idunno.

SUS does have a lot of the right ideas; they just can't seem to get their shit together.

The people who put on this lackluster effort should be held accountable for the money they have been spending on less than memorable outings for students -over the past few years.

Also, if people want to see a better concert next year then they need to. go talk to SUS and make them change their ways or vote in someone who will.

This is a big, full-scale concert and it is clear that SUS officials don't know how to put something of this magnitude on - perhaps they should be consulting someone who does or electing people who know what student life means. The current SUS doesn't Q: Years at UFV and Major: A: Five years. BA in Sociology. seem to have a clue.

Q: Do you hang out on campus?

It was only a few sad minutes A:Yes. into this year's drowsy Dis-O that Q:Where?

I realized it would be my last, as A: Around the green on nice days or the library.

I will finish up my courses this Q: Are you going to watch any of the UFV Cascades Varsity teams this April. year?

Those who still wish to see A:No. something become of UFV's year- Q:Whynot? opening concert need to make A: Because I have no time! their voices heard or start applying for the Dis-O Memorial scholarship.

Sara

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Can UFV have an exciting Amendments totheMotor Vehicle Actdonothing tosolve therootproblem of campuslife?

BRITIANY WIESNER speeding ordriving while impaired STAFFWRITER

New Driving Laws Taking us for a Ride

across the Lower Mainland, and TREVORFIK STAFFWRITER speed limits not always clearly posted in communities, it is easy nder the guise of pub- to stray across the speed limit and lic safety the BC Liberal still remain unaware that you are government has introduced the doing anything wrong. Although toughest speeding-laws in the 40 km/h may constitute more than country. The new laws, which "straying," when a stretch of freewill result in a week long vehicle way that is normally 100 km/h is impoundment on top of fines of posted at 80 km/h, how difficult $483 for BC drivers caught going is it to reach speeds of 120 km/h?

40 km/h over the speed limit, co- Should somebody be punished incided with the establishment of this hard for what amounts to a a statute that will lead to individuminor lapse in judgement? als who blow over a blood alcohol Another issue with the new level of .05 receiving a driving ban driving legislation, as mentioned of three-days, $450 in penalties, as in The Province, is that the new well as a possible three-day vehi- laws effectively reduce any concle impoundment. cept of due process, making police Now I am not about to engage officers the "judge, jury and exin a debate over the safety of go- ecutioner" when it comes to levying 40 km/h over the speed limit. ing fines.

Anybody who has been behind the Although the idea of giving wheel knows the dangers of going police officers more power when too fast, or being in the presence of punishing speeders is logical in someone speeding through traf- theory, as it reduces the load on an fic lights and in and around sur- already burdened court system, rounding cars. Your reaction time the implementation will inevitais slowed, the time it takes to slow bly open a can of worms when it down is increased, and you risk comes to infringement of Charter causing an accident that would rights for individuals. have normally been avoidable if The laws may even have the you were going slower. reverse effect, as the court system Speeding is obviously an un- could end up being overwhelmed safe practice, but to punish some- by cases of individuals citing unone by effectively cutting off their fair treatment by police officers atlivelihood with a seven-day ve- tempting to punish them for cases hicle impoundment is not only of speeding. wrong, at a time when Canadians The BC Liberals, who introare just emerging from a recession, duced the legislation, have been it is irresponsible. To take away taking a beating in the polls as an individual's means of travel to a result of former premier Bill and from their job, school, or other Vander Zalm's anti-HST crusade. work related activities can result The timing in which they released in a far heavier penalty than the the new driving legislation has financial one laid upon drivers. occurred when public opinion of With construction present the ruling government is at an all-

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time low.

It is for this reason that the release of such legislation is undoubtedly peculiar, but in a twisted way makes sense; the Liberals are attempting to accomplish something of value in a year where they have been lambasted for behaviour that is becoming more and more out of touch with the population. The release of this legislation is more to appease certain interest groups, and less about actually listening to, and responding to, their constituents.

To call the legislation anything but a blatant cash grab is as misguided as the laws themselves.

The amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act do nothing to solve the root problem of speeding or driving while impaired. People will continue to drive the w,ay they always have, which includes some speeding with reckless disregard or drfving while impaired.

Until such time that the behaviour behind the actions is understood and addressed with something more than fines or financial penalties, people are going to be willing to drive with a blatant disregard for any punishment they might face.

With ICBC posting record profits, greed has become the new moniker of this Liberal government. Roads are falling into disrepair, the -quality of life of British Columbians continues to decrease under a sky-rocketing cost of living, and Campbell and his crew of flunkies continue to laugh all the way to the bank while pretending to care about a population that is now being used and abused for the money they possess.

Smoke Signals ALEX WATKINS STAFFWRITER

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lright, time to 'fess up.

After more than a year of devoted abstinence, and several months of surreptitious drunken cigarettes, I am once again a fullblown smoker. The funny thing is, I'm actually ashamed to admit it. A shift in our culture over the last few decades has turned smoking from something that was once entirely socially acceptable into something altogether disgusting.

Over the past 10 years, my entire family has quit smoking, even my European grandmother, for whom smoking was a cultural norm.

I firmly believe that you can never truly quit. Several months after I kicked the habit, I found the smell of cigarette smoke utterly repulsive; I couldn't believe that I had unknowingly been walking around smelling like an old ashtray for years, and that was as good a reason to keep myself on the straight and narrow as any.

The fact that I could suddenly run up a flight of stairs without feeling like I'd barf was also pretty encouraging. However, I found that after a few beers, the sight and smell of cigarettes was no longer repulsive, but inviting.

Though I'd abstained from smoking for over a year, and clearly had no physical addiction to nicotine, the mental addiction was still there. My mother, who quit smok-

-~ ing over 10 years ago, admits that she still occasionally watches a stranger smoking and thinks to herself, "Wow, that looks really good right now."

It's here that non-smokers seem to be baffled. What could possibly be so seductive about holding a tube of what is essentially burning leaves to one's lips and sucking the smoke into one's perfect, pink little lungs?

Most people will admit that their first experiences with inhaling cigarette smoke were very unpleasant and maybe even painful, regardless of whether or not they actually became smokers.

Cigarettes smell bad and they're detrimental to your health; they dull the skin and yellow the teeth and they bring all kinds of judgment down on your head whether it be from those who have had a smoking-related death in the family or from those who are apparently just self-righteous youknow-whats. At an old job, I once had a customer flat-out yell at me when he found out I was a smoker.

If it's disgusting, unhealthy and (in most circles) a social faux-pas, why do we do it?

A fellow UFV student I spoke with just the other day answered

the question perfectly - in my opinion anyway, and dammit, that's what this article is -au about.

"Smokers are just more social," she said. "Take you and me for example. Seconds ago, we were total strangers, and now -here we are just having a conversation."

I think that hits the nail right on the head. It's why I felt the most desperate yearning to light up a cigarette at parties and bars, and why I felt almost no temptation whatsoever in any other situation.

I could resist the cigarette in traffic with ease, even the one with my morning coffee, but somehow there was no denying the drunken alleyway cigarette shared with friends.

I'd be hard-pressed to li~t all of the people I've gotten to know over a cigarette throughout the years; I even met my last boyfriend while smoking outside of a concert, although he wasn't a smoker himself. Smoking pits and the like are great places for conversation, as they're chock-full of friendly people and aren't nearly as loud as the inside of a crowded bar.

Don't get me wr~ng, people, I'm certainly not advocating smoking; I think by now we're all aware of the numerous health risks it poses, not to mention the serious drain it puts on a gal's bank account. All I'm trying to say is, maybe at the heart of it all, what smokers are re~lly addicted to are their social lives:

verybody's heard this rant Ebefore; everyone's felt it too.

Every student who attends UFV pays to go here - they pay for the privilege to take classes and gain a higher education. While going to school most students also have to work to afford school and, in lots of cases, to afford living on their own. That doesn't leave a lot of extra time or money.

So little things, like the cost of text books and parking, add up and make for very unhappy students. The new semester has started and midterms are just around the corner. The inertia of life is taking over and we students are left feeling somewhat sad and lost.

What are we to do with our idle time (especially when we can't afford anything)?

This university is amazing, we're so lucky to attend such a high-class school. We have excellent professors, great classes and class sizes and wonderful facilities.

Why, then, does it feel like we're missing something essential to college life? I think we're missing that key university community feel. The school and its clubs and programs are trying to make campus life more enjoyable and interesting. But then why does it feel like nothing's happening?

In a way it is understandable that there is a sense of apathy in this school that seems to creep into everybody's mood. As well, the school is made up of people from all over the Fraser Valley, so coming to campus is harder for some (not to mention parking is expensive!). Despite this, I can't

help but wonder - is there little campus life because people can't come out to school or is there little campus life because people don't come out to school?

It's hard to make an effort when there doesn't seem to be much enthusiasm, but if there were more wildly anticipated events, or maybe more places to hang out, would campus life grow? ' Abbotsford has the chance to be a real university town, one that is fun and full of life, but it seems to fall short. The organizations on campus are doing an excellent job at trying to create a fun environment for students to hang out in but there just isn't enough interest.

I'm not sure what the answer is, but we do have the potential to make this school the place to be, and with the current boost in enrolment there are so many students on campus and so many activities we could be doing.

Yes, there has been some advancement: Casey's is getting busier, there are more clubs doing more events on campus, but we could take this to a whole new level! If we combined our efforts and brain power I'm certain there's a lot we could change. We are University students after all, right?

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1st, 2010

Dis-0 2010 Thechance to.chow down onialapeno peppers while a mannamed "Sunny D"mocks yourskincolour PAUL ESAU shine.

CONTRIBUTOR For those of you who didn't have the balls to show up, I'd like is-0. Disorientation. Dis- to say that the SUS did an excellent combobulation. Intellectual job. They brought in quality music disintegration. Last Thursday, the without breaking the budget (not event with the most promising of that I'm complaining about last titles returned to mark another year's Finger Eleven), they made year. We few who braved the ele- the event free and they arranged ments to attend may not have been for the sale of pizza and cotton UFV's best - we most certainly candy, both very good things. weren't its brightest - but we un- Also, they provided a beer garden derstood that there is something with su~h a high level of service special about the annual kick-off that, when you bought a beer, a which demands our involvement. solemn-looking man would actuThough what that "special some- ally crack it open and pour it for thing" is, is a secret I'm hardly go- you. ing to share.

Beer cans I must confess that when I being highly arrived a little after seven my dangerous hopes were not high. The general and all. atmosphere was somewhere beAnyway, tween "comatose" and "zombi- from the lanky fied," and I'd forgotten to ask my comedy of editor whether purchases in the Sunny D, to beer garden counted as business the reggae · expenditures. I've been to family rock of Satori gatherings larger than the rabble Tide, it was that was formed in front of the a thoroughly stage, and so I wondered, if only enjoyable for moment, if I'd made the right night. Of the choice. My resolution faltered, and various booths I regretted that I hadn't stayed set up around home and, like so many of the rest the green I beof you, spent a carefree evening lieve two spewaiting for the phone to ring, or cifically deplaying one-man Twister. Fortu- serve attention. The first was that nately, it was in that moment that of UFV Sustainability Rep Sheena This is Franco spun out their first Adams, who is working terrififew chords, and I realized that cally hard to make our university great music is great music, rain or a greener, more energy friendly

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institution. She's the one behind the U-House garden, the salad bar at the Kick-Off BBQ and many more of the new green initiatives.

If anyone's interested, her email is Sheena.Adams@ufv.ca.

The second booth was more mysterious: it, was a plywood hut reminiscent 0£ a rural outhouse bearing the title· "Confession

Booth." When I saw it, I was immediately intrigued, and I marched up to a helpful volunteer outside to demand an explanation.

"What is it?" I asked him.

"A confession booth," he explained helpfully, "a reverse confession booth. You see, we are going to confess to you."

It turned out that the "we" was the University Christian Ministries student group, and the "confession" was an apology for most of the boneheaded things Christians have done throughout the

ages. Whatever one's views on reli- · gion, a heartfelt apology is a powerful thing, and I look forward to more creativity from the UCM in the future.

So it might have been dark. So it might have been rainy. But I still believe that Dis-0 is an important part of the UFV experience. How many times a year can you meet other commuters? How many times a year can you attend a free concert? How many times in your life will someone open your beer for you?

Talking with Elena Edwards Mission World Community FilmFestival Organizer speaks totheCascade the way from the Chilcotin, and Alexandra Morton coming from the Broughton, and Rex Weyler from VancouForthesecond yearina row,Elena ver, they are all fightEdwards isspearheading theorganization ing against industries oftheMission Film Festival, which hopes to that are affecting waterenlighten thepopulace withitsthemes of ways, from mining, to sustainability andsocial action. fish farms to tanks going through Vancouver How any yearshasthefestival been Harbour, so having the runnilJ inMission? three of them speak, the one thing that connects The festival was actually them all is brought to Mission on a smaller What this waterway, the makes Mission's festival aifferent? scale about five years ago with river that connects them, and Martin Kelly and Gary CoulI've brought in a cpupl~ e!-!iln}s, you've got t!,e sahi~on swimming ·· ter, and it didn't really take off. like Blue Gold, about fhe, situation · through all of it.

Through collaborated efforts, we at Fish Lake, because'rr:eallyw,ant decided we really needed to do to support Chief Marilyn Baptiste; What kindofattendance areyouexpertsomething, you know, to raise The films from "In Praise of Wild ing? awareness, and a film festival is Salmon," our opening night gala, the perfect medium. This is the are also added, and thatrs because We are hoping for as big a crowd second year of the festival in its we are on the Fraser River and the · as possible. Those who can't afford new form. · whole issue is big, you can't avoid it, just need to contact us, and we'll it. , make arrangements. Plus, there is the student rate, which is really Where dothefilms andthefestival come good. The goal of the festival isn't Why thefocus onsalmon? to make money. We want people to It originates in Courtney, and Especially with the Cohen In- get in touch with what is going on, travels around Canada. A group quiry, the missing sockeye of we want them to see these films, in Courtney founded the whole 2009, and then this year's run be- to be inspired, to be informed and festival back in the nineties, and ing so big, it's really important to be educated. That's the whole they spend thousands of hours a that people remain educated and ·reason that it was brought to this' year going through documenta- up to date with what 1s going-on. town.

The film ;_fes~ivalfits in nicely ries and making a compilation of We want to say, let's look at how films that address sociaL global we can make every year thls good, with the Mission Folk Music Fesand enviroJlmental issues. Then it let's look at how to respect the spe- tival. It kind of turns Mission into is up to communities throughout cies and recognize that they _are an off-beat cultural centre within Canada to sign up and say "we part of an entire ecosystem and the Fraser Valley. would like to bring this festival to directly linked to an entire culture Yes, sort of a centre of diversity, town." The local people make the here on the Fraser River. a place to realize the connectedEveryone is connected with ness between all of us. The music festival their own unique experithis river, and that is the message festival has definitely embraced ence. of having Chief Marilyn come all world music and, you know, bring-

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ing the world to one small town is pretty cool.

Marilyn from the Chilcotin, and Alex [Morton] from the Broughton. Oh, and another big topic that Especially sinceMission nowgetsto do that has just come up for Saturday is twice, withtheFilm Festival.

Doyouseethetwo that Rod Maring, the navigator communicating a similar message? for Sea Shepherd, is going to come out to speak. That will be after the Yes, I mean, the films show that film At the Edgeof the World. the battles that are being fought over there are the same as the bat- - What isthecommunity bazaar? tles that will be fought here, and ' that we need to come together as This is a really important feaa community. Whether through ture of the festival. One thing music or film, the same point is about watching documentaries is made. that more often than not you walk out of the door going, "Oh my god, What doyouthinkwillbethehighlight for what do I do?" So it's really important to have people who can contheweekend?. ,nect, you know, have the audience It has actually become huge. able to connect with people who There is ,an energy that starts and are actually taking these issues it's sort of contagious and it flows. on, so under one roof we_try to People have been drawn to this get a variety of different environand they see the opportunity to mental groups, social groups and really come together as a commu- global groups. nity, so, for Saturday, another big highlight for me is Franklin Lopez Why should UFV students gotothefilm [director] coming out from Van- festival? couver to screen his film End:Civ. Also,· Rex Weyler will speak that This is your world that you live night after Sweet Crude, another in, and you need to be part of that, film about big oil. And all the oth- and you need to be part of maker guest speakers as well; again, ing sure that it is a world worth it's that community support, re- living in. Also, as you leave school alizing -how we all support each and complete your education, you ofher, that's another definite high need to consider the world around for Saturday. On Sunday, the J:,ig you. thing i~ 8[ue.Gold, about fighting Those interested can go to misthe mine there, that's the high- sionfilmfestival.ca to find out light. Chief Marilyn has come a more about the World Community long way to talk about this.

Film Festival which will run Oct 1-3 at Heritage Park in Mission, including ticket prices, how to vol~ Aremostofthespeakers local? unteer, film synopses and much From the Fraser Valley and Van- more. couver mostly. Except for Chief

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Bard on the Beach Falstaff intheSand exuberant companion, was played CHRIS BONSHOR

COPYEDITOR by Alessandro Juliani (of Battlestar Galacticaand SmallvilleFame). his week I attended a matinee Though he had fewer funny lines, performance of Falstaffat Bard Hal's timing and range of emotion were an excellent foil to Falstaff's on the Beach and was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the hilarity. acting and the hilarity of the comBob Frazer, played the role of edy. For those of you who don't Hotspur, the impetuous noble and know, Bard on the Beach is an an- antagonist, by clearly showing the nual event of Shakespeare plays ridiculousness of his character's that is finishing its twenty-first beliefs through his over the top year and is held in Vanier Park be- anger and dedication to honour side Kitsilano beach and the Van- (as well as by ignoring his wife's couver Planetarium. advances, preferring to go to battle Falstaffis a conflation of Henry like a proper man).

IV parts one and two. The play The beginning of the second loosely follows the plot of the two half was stolen by the excellent plays, though it prefers to focus portrayal of the Justices Shallow more on the character Falstaff, as and Silence. Their sheer buffoona sympathetic character, than it ery had me laughing out loud does King Henry or Prince Hal. more than once, especially' since The director also decided to use Shallow sounded almost exacta narrator to explain the develop- ly like an elderly Lister from ment of the plot, as it is not always Red Dwarf The fight scenes of the obvious how the plot develops simply through the dialogue of second half were very well the characters. Also, the director choreographed. The acdecided to end the play with a tors ran on and off the speech dedicated to the celebra- stage in a dazzling pation of life, despite Falstaff's death. rade of action. Only The title character, Sir John Fal- one moment made me staff, was played by Dean Paul wince, which was when Hotspur smacked Poins Gibson (who you may recognize from minor roles in various lo- on the back with what cally filmed television shows). He clearly sounded and played the lusty, fat man to perfec- looked like a foam rubtion with excellent comic timing ber hammer. and a boisterousness that made The only weak acthis character seem larger than life. ing, in my opinion, Prince Hal, his somewhat less . came from King Henry

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IV; who's odd, too-Canadian accent stuck out like a sore thumb among the hilarious delivery of his feilow actors - especially Bardolph, who made me laugh every time he spoke!

The atmosphere of the whole area was really nice and relaxed; my wife and I could easily have had a picnic there after the performance. The scenery is beauti~ ful, but it's a good idea to bring a sweater for the occasional cool breezes off the water.

While this year's performances ended on the Sept 25, I would strongly encourage you to take in a performance next year.

Performances run all summer, from

June to September, and ticket prices are reasonable, considering the quality of the performances (I went with my Shakespeare class and got a significant discount, so try and go with a group).

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alk into a sex shop, and what are the most common costumes you see? The police outfit (complete with handcuffs and hat), the slutty nurse/doctor outfit or the sexy school-teacher outfit (we'll deal with French maids another day). Often parodied in the media, these three sexual "characters" are very popular in fantasy, across all orientations and genders.

The commonality? Doctors, police officers and teachers are three types of professionals that hold a certain amount of authority over people as well as garner a lot of respect in society (note almost no-:'"' body fantasizes about lawyers). It is a well-known piece of truth that or doctor. In this fantasy, it is assex revolves around either domi- sumed that the "patient" is weak, nating or being dominated. In and unable to fend for themselves. this case, being dominated plays a Though this fantasy rarely coinhuge role, though not at all to the cides with rape fantasies, it cerextreme extent of, say, S&M. tainly plays with the idea of being Take for instance the nurse taken advantage of. The "patient"

must accept the nurse or doctor's advances and is gradually seduced "against" his or her will. This fan_tasytakes away the responsibility of sex, allowing the "patient" to be overcome with desire completely at another's instigation.

The school teacher functions in a similar way, though instead of taking advantage of a patient's physical weakness, the teacher takes advantage of the student's innocence and ignorance. This obviously has much in common with virginity fantasies. Again, the student is helplessly seduced, as the teacher "teaches" the student .about sex.

The roots of this fantasy can generally be found in high school, when the typical teenage student was seething with hormones and some of the teachers, now much closer in age to the student, were suddenly attractive, especially as an adult full of ma-

ture sexual experiences (who were not your parents!).

The police officer fantasy is probably the most extreme of these authority fantasies, and is often associated with bondage (handcuffs are an essential prop!).

Occasionally it is seen in much rougher play, even into downright violence. However, most find the "officer" as sexy, and enjoy playing with the idea that he/she is using his/her authority and respect to solicit sex. Most of the other common uniformed characters (firemen, army officers etc) function on this basis as well.

It is interesting to note that all three of these authority figure fantasies, accepted on the whole as "normal" fantasies, share some key similarities with fantasies considered "extreme": bondage, rape, losing virginity, rough play, and domination. The authority figure fantasies are the vanilla of the sex world, but they still have much in common with their kinkier cousins.

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Your Future Our Clutter

Teenage Dream

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The Fall

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As far as actresses go, there isn't one much cuter than Zooey Deschanel, and her second record with folk phenom M. Ward proves that, as far as folksy pop singers go, there isn't one much cuter, or more charming, than Ms. Deschanel. Combining the verve, retro candour and sweetly-wrought tales of lovesick boys and gals of 2008's 'Volume One, albeit with a slightly poppier, more simplistic approach, Volume Two proves to be even more accessible than its predecessor. Stunning opener 'Thieves' is pop-country at its finest, replete with heartbreak, effortless acoustic guitar and Deschanel's particular Memphis via Los Angeles lilt. The cheerfully resolute cover, "Gonna Get Along Without You Now," is an anthem for-all of us who have been forced to give back our sweetheart's class ring. A breezy summer album, made for those afternoons spent sitting on the porch, contemplating dragonflies. ;

On the Fall's ten millionth studio album, Mark E. Smith misanthropically shouts his way through some of the finest tracks The Fall has recorded in the past two decades. Verging on Witch Trials territory, the brilliantly awful production and repetitive,· grating instrumentation, along with a few psychotic hints of the distant future (2050, maybe?), make Your Future Our Clutter simultaneously fresh and classic. Single 'Bury Pts 1 & 3' sounds like it was recorded by a drowning ape, whilst the absolute tune that is 'Cowboy George' is Ennio Morricone as seen through the demented eyes of the bored and ornery. 'Funnel of Love', the penultimate track, sounds like something lost during the recording of 1985's 'This Nation's Saving Grace', despite being a cover of a Wanda Jackson track from the 1960's. Mancunian postpunk is alive and well, and it's living in this record.

Katy Perry seems to have forgotten that she is 25 years old on Teenage Dream, her second foray into catchy bubblegum pop. Come for the saccharine singles you know, "Teenage Dream" and "California Gurls," stick around for the juvenile chanting on "Peacock" and an ill-advised testimonial for weekly binge drinking on "Last Friday Night [T.G.I.F.]."The album takes a philosophical tum with lyrics like, "do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind," on the track "Fireworks," and examines serious themes like emotional abuse in "Pearl." Perry uses her very real talents to voice adolescent concerns with an innocence that belies her age, and ultimately succeeds.

PAUL FALARDEAU ARTS& LIFEEDITOR Goner Dead Confederate A Swell little number that sounds a lot more like Northwest post-grunge than anything to do with Southern Confederates. A really tight track that will have you drawn into the mix after the first listen.

Home Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros One the finest feel-good songs of all time. I don't think anyone can be sad while this plays nearby.

In fact, I'm finding it hard to ever be sad anymore because I know that somewhere it is being played.

Oh, and it's catchy as hell to boot.

Strange Weather, /sn 't It? !!!

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Smooth songsters from Sacramento, !!! (Pronounced chik chik chik) prove they've got the sound to keep you moving on their fourth full-length album, Strange Weather, Isn't It? True fact: I chair-danced the whole time I wrote this review.

The self-proclaimed dance-punk group seems more dance than punk on this release, which boasts pulsing beats and crooning vocals reminiscent of Joy Division with a little bit of extra polish. Notable tracks include "Jamie, My Intentions Are Bass" and "Even Judas Gave Jesus a Kiss." Downside: it's so smooth you might forget you were listening to it, and when it's over, it's almost like it never happened.

The Manchester band I Am Kloot have flown under the radar for the last ten years. This, however, is not for want of songwriting or effort. As city neighbours Elbow became elevated to the status of national treasures with a strong global base, they continued to scratch away at the edges, continuing to polish their beautiful, melancholic tunes and wait for their moment. Hopefully, with a little help from Elbow musicians Guy Garvey and Craig Potter, their moment will come very soon. The production coaxes all of the best from I Am Kloot and expands their sound without compromising their core of heartfelt, soulful lyrics and slow-burning tunes that burrow into your head and stay there.

Achilles Last Stand Halloween on the Barbary Coast Led Zeppelin The Flaming Lips Possibly the most epic song A Lips rarity, this hard-to-find that Led zeppelin ever wrote, and track is worth it. At times like that's coming from the band that a better version of U2, at times made "Stairway to Heaven." ·Ev- crunchy in a Pearl Jam way, and erything about this song is per- then there is the all too hard to try fect: from Plant's one man choir, to and nail down Flaming Lipness of Bonzo's thunderclap drums and it all. What a treat.

JPJ's stalwart bass. Oh and there's · the small matter of the super-slick guitar playing of one Jimmy Page.

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You Sure Love to Ball Marvin Gaye You Sure Love to Ball. Gawd.

How does this guy do it? He just says "you sure Love to Ball" with some sultry sax in the background and women just swooned. What a blunt bugger, yet... he-hey, where are my pants?

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"Let Spirits Ride" is almost in ancouver's Black Mountain is the realm of Iron Maiden with it's back for a third knock at the quick as lightning riffs and omiprize on Wilderness Heart. The al- nous temperament, not to mention bum is a real swing for the fences the title. Of course, weirdness is no for the band who started gaining strange thing for Black Mountain, some international recognition just try listening to a few of the with their last album, including a lines in the Led-like track, "The spotlight piece in Rolling Stone.

Hair Song," or the freak-flag ready Black Mountain's second al- title-track, which includes lines bum, In the Future was a stoner like "No more synthetic whispers, city won't you leave me alone." rock opus of dizzying magnitude.

The word psychedelic could be Black Sabbath riffs met Pink Floyd space-freakness. The mood was easily overused with this band, so it is nice to see that they are one of intense neo-hippydom, something that either spurned lis- branching out and tweaking their teners or drew them like nickels to sound. For instance, the organs _a magnet. are doing different things than on Black Mountain seems to be In the Future. Even more encourplaying to their strengths on the aging is the increased presence familiar sounding "Old Fang," the of Amber Webber, lead-singer, first single from the band's latest Stephen McBean's female countereffort. Pick up the LP and spin the part. Her contributions to tracks whole thing though, and you're in like "Rollercoaster" are palpable. for a few surprises. Good ones at The harmonies her and McBean strike are wonderful and should that.

Black Mountain seems to be remind listeners of Fleetwood Mac - if Tony Iommi had played consciously trying to broaden guitar for Fleetwood Mac, that is. their horizons on Wilderness Things get pretty out there for Heart. There is everything from Devandra Banhart folk to Stone "Buried By the Blues," a perfectly Temple Pilots-esque alt-rock. This placed middle track that cools may all be for the better. It seems things down before "The Way to like Black Mountain will have a Go" kicks them up again. There

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Old fans will enjoy the new directions and twists •that Black Mountain has packed into Wilderness Heart, and newcomers will love it for its down to earth rock purity. Either way, listeners will bite into a juicy sweet peach of an album that deserves to be played over and over and over and ...

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NICKUBELSof dance-in-spite-of-your-troubles ONLINEEDITOR approach to go-to themes such as regret and resignation ("Juevehanks to a string of c;ritically nilles"), guilt ("Torch Song") and acclaimed records stretching . wasted potential ("When I Shovel back to the band's 2002 debut, the Snow").

On what is one of The Walkthe understated, ramshackle clas-, sic Everyone Who Pretendedto Like men's best achievements, and Me Is Gone, The Walkmen have easily Lisbon's defining track, the garnered a reputation as a band band rockets through "Angela Surf City," an exuberant, cinematwho can do no wrong, inspiring intense devotion from their dedi- ic and disarmingly summery anthem about unrequited love and cated fan base. Successive albums have presented listeners with a communication problems.

The band shows great restraint consistently compelling collection of melancholy, elegant and highly as the song pulses and bubbles literate garage rock with each ar- under the surface for nearly a full guably more focused and confi- minute before launching into an explosive chorus replete with frandent than the last.

With many citing 2008's travel- tic, wall-to-wall guitar and proinspired You & Me as the full re- pulsive drumming reminiscent alization of the band's -potential, of the Feelies. Leithauser pushes to the top of expectations are running high, his vocal range, with many won"The band dramatically spitting out lines like: "You dering how and dials back the bleak if The Walkmen heaviness of You & kept your jaw wired closed, I will be able to Me, opting for a sort of dance-in-spite-of-yourtop their last renever noticed cord. before," which troubles approach" The Washunderscores the narrator's frus- surprisingly visceral experience ington, DC natives' response is Lisbon, which tration. amplified by the contrast between The production is flawless, with the band's delicate touch and sudis not a reinvention so much as a fresh, decidedly peppier, take on shimmering guitars hovering over den aggression. Lyrically, a series of evocative details draw the listheir distinctive brand of desper- Leithauser's anxious, reverb-laden ation-tinged minimalism that is vocals. The rhythm section plays tener further into the emotion and skilfully crafted and full of sur- tight and in the pocket, Matt Bar- conflict of the songs' first-person prises for long-time listeners and rick's drums popping with crisp characters.

Elsewhere, the band adds some snare hits and cymbal crashes that new converts alike.

"Don't get heavy, let's be light," punctuate moments of raw feel- unexpected musical flourishes ing. sings vocalist/guitarist Hamilton that stand out beautifully against The Walkmen have always the spare instrumentation Leithauser on "Woe Is Me," aptly on summing up the guiding aesthetic been masters of creating atmo- most songs. From the regal horns of "Stranded," to the completely driving The Walkmen's fifth stu- sphere, mood and drama through dio LP. Indeed, the band dramatitheir arrangements, and Lisbon unexpected da da da da harmocally dials back the bleak heavi- is a case-study in control and re- nies that form the outro of "Torch ness of You & Me, opting for a sort lease. Listening to the album is a Song."

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Like The Walkmen's earlier releases, Lisbonrewards repeated listening. Yet, this is their most accessible album to date, the band's pop instincts brought to the forefront.

More importantly, it demonstrates the band's versatility, which bodes well for their future releases.

While it would be difficult to argue that it represents the band's definitive work, Lisbon's summerinflected minimalism ultimately compares favourably to The Walkmen's previous output. And that might be the greatest testament to its quality and longevity.

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Of course, this argument has ast week, two CBC anchors been laid out decades earlier by gave a talk in UFV's University the unparalleled Canadian comHouse. During the talk, one of the mentator Marshall anchors, Gloria Macarenko, said McLuhan. If you that she took special care to nev- have fifteen dollars er impose her own views onto a and want to read one story. She mentioned a story when of the most prophetshe got both barrels from someone ic works of the twenfor raising an eyebrow in a man- tieth century, please ner that was deemed provocative, go out and buy his or an indicator of some opinion on book The Medium is the Message - I can her part.

Macarenko laughed off these only grovel like a big claims, but I think the rabble-rous- grovelling groveller er has a point. TV news is bullshit. at a World ConvenIt's crass, biased, objectionable tion of Grovellers. bullshit which helps to distort However, if you're and maim every single issue it at- sitting in A Building and you have ten tempts to cover impartially.

And I don't doubt that anchors minutes to kill besuch as Macarenko go into news fore your next class, casting with most of the best in- forget about McLutentions. I'm sure she sleeps like han's genius and ina baby and thinks she's done ev- stead stump for my 3-induced erything hunky-dory after a hard Tylenol ramblings. day's work. But the fact remains CBC anchor Glothat it's impossible (I'm no physics Macaroon major, but I'm pretty sure physi- rious cally impossible) to present the and her ilk always news on television without bias or act like they've just received a kidney prejudice.

If you take every sinew and par- punch from Rocky when ticle of your being and use those Marciano towards banishing your ideas and someone brings up prejudices at the announcement of the fact that TV news a news story, but you fail in hold- is more biased than a ing off your right eyebrow, so that guy standing in a Klan rally goi~g, when you reach a particular word "And you know what else? This or pause, you raise an eyebrow, may come as a surprise to many of guess what? You have not read the you, but I don't like black people!"

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Genocidal TendenThere are other questions - Why cies." sit behind a desk? Why pretend to As I said, numerous read off those sheets of paper or thinkers and scholars that laptop in front of you? Why have devoted years of have an image of some busy news their lives for me to room, replete with bail.ks of combastardise in 550 words puters and TV screens and people all that they have said, milling about, behind you? In fact, why have news anchors at all? and what I am putting What purpose does a TV news down here is less than a grain of sand on the anchor serve other than to disvast beach of discourse tort the news away from its role that exists on the news. as a representation of reality and Basically, if I don't fill toward a piece of entertainment? this word count, I don't Understand that I am making a get paid, and if I don't distinction between a journalist get paid they're gonna and a TV news anchor - journaltake my thumbs. So ists fulfill an important role in our society and we need those to act as hear me out, alright?

If television news is a mirror to reveal the truths of our actions as individuals and societmerely the extraction of facts and informaies.

What we don't need is some extion from a given situation or issue, why are Gap model over-pronouncing evnews anchors never ery second word and flashing us ugly? Seriously, think about it. If some Colgate grin. In this digital age, the art and vocation of jourCBC anchor Gyrating Machiavelli is right, and the news anchor is nalism is dying a fast death, and, if not there to influence you or alter we're not careful, soon all we'll be your perception of an issue, why left with is Glorious Macaroons. aren't anchors dog-rough, grease-

Ryersonprofscreate musicfor the deaf Newdevices allow thehearing-impaired toexperience song MATIHEW BRAGAing size and power to a user's

THEEYEOPENERback, the chair attempts to produce physical representations of ORONTO (CUP) - By gener- rhythm and voice.

"The solution with the chair is ating different types of vibration, a team of Ryerson University to separate the low and the high, to professors has developed a num- put different frequency channels ber of devices that allow the hard on different part of the bodies," of hearing to experience sound explained Russo. "And that really is the essence of why this thing and music.

"It's looking at ways of mak- seems to work." The same theory ing music accessible [and] expe- has been applied to another one of riencing music without sound," Russo's devices, a modified foam explained Frank Russo, director of pool noodle called a vibe worm.

By feeding wire through its the university's Science of Music, Auditory Research and Technol- hollow centre, the noodle can be turned into a makeshift speaker ogy lab.

He's quick to point out that this that transmits sound through "the isn't a new trend; Beethoven had skin instead of vibrations through the same idea when he began to the air."

What the team finds most imlose his hearing, playing piano close to the ground so he could pressive with these devices is not "feel" the notes vibrate through just the ability for deaf or hardof-hearing users to detect change the floor.

What has changed, however, in tone or pitch, but differences is how the technology is used to between voices or instruments as well, all thanks to subtle variances harness that sensation, resulting in a more effective experience for in the pattern of vibration.

"There are certain gestures that those unable to hear.

One of those devices is dubbed work very well, like sweeps in frethe Emoti-chair, and was first quencies that move up and down," conceived over two years ago by explained Paul Swoger-Ruston, Russo and two other Ryerson pro- who composed some of the Emotichair's music. fessors.

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While the human ear is capable of hearing a very wide range of frequencies, those that can be interpreted through vibration are far less - only between 1 and lO00Hz, approximately.

That means composers like SwogerRuston must be particularly careful to compose pieces that translate well into a vibratory experience.

"Obviously, rhythmicallycharged stuff is most readily apparent, so anything with a regular pulse most obviously comes through," he said. "But it is quite remarkable that the deaf can actually discern differences in vocal tambour through vibrations, so it's richer than I ever expected."

So rich, in fact, that one of the chair's creators, Maria Karam, is currently working to produce

RyersonprofessorFrank Russo.(Photoby MatthewBraga/TheEyeopener) a commercialized version of the chair that can be purchased by deaf users, or even musical enthusiasts like Swoger-Ruston.

The Emoti-chair will be debuted to the public at Toronto's annual Nuit Blanche festival on Oct. 2.

"What is particularly interesting about this performance, is

the fact that no-one will be hearing the music," explained Gwen Dobie, a theatre professor at York University. Dobie is one of the deaf performers involved in the exhibition.

"The public will be placed in a position to feel the vibrations, to experience music as -the deaf or hard of hearing."

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Huron'sAaronGoldstein:steel-ingthe show AARON LEVYatic in his own right as an unparalleled personal myspace (myspace.com/theCONTRIBUTORpedal steel and lead guitar player in goodrevoverdrive) that he's even done Southern Ontario. He's played with time with Hamilton's electro wiz kids first encountered Aaron Goldstein at everyone from Matt Mays and El Tor- Junior Boys.

Most of his time these days are pedo to Shotgun Jimmie, Dan Griffin a high school party in 2001. and His Regrets, Cowboy Junkies, as spent with Huron, a true testament to He was the one beside the staircase to the basement playing Purple Haze well as Tom Wilson's brainchild and the culture of Canadiana, and a perwith the band for what seemed like all Polaris nominated Lee Harvey Os- fect mix between the skipping midverse solo guitars of Neil Young and night, blowing my mind with the way mond.

He was _also intricate to the Surly the chantable choruses of your favoua high school kid could play Hendrix Young Bucks, whose offspring became rite local punk bands. like Hendrix. He wasn't just hitting Everyone hates grand proclamaJimi's notes right, he was playing his The Arkells, and launched a signifitions of living legends in the making, cant, Bruce Springsteen influenced, heart out through his instrument.

Still, what do I know? I'm just a kid and well received attack on Canadiana not to mention uber-hipster wannabes claiming to be in on the ground floor at my first high school :garty who had over the past two years. of some buzz sparking artist whose actually and literally never heard the Seeing Goldstein perform pedal steel on Junkhouse' Cancon classic · Facebook "likes" are soon to break resong Purple Haze before in his life.

That fact remaining, though you Shine with Lee Harvey Osmond and cords, but Goldstein, and Huron, are mightn't believe me, I've maintained to impresario Tom Wilson at this year's neither of those. this day that Aaron Goldstein played Hillside Music and Arts Festival in What are they?

They're a solid time, from some sethat iconic song so viscerally and with Guelph, Ontario, really brought evisuch verve and raw energetic talent dence of his talent full circle. Little rious gamers with some intense game that the song was unmistakable to me Aaron couldn't have been more than to take across the country and back as the anthemic composition that was 10 or so when the song was making its again. so emblamatic of the 60's: Jimi Hen- own assault on rock radio.

Huron's final night of a cross coundrix's Purple Haze.

Perhaps the most surprising part try tour is this Sunday in Abbotsford Forget my impression, though. at the Air Fare Lounge. of Goldstein's development throughGoldstein has gone on to be emblem- out the years is finding through his

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Movie Review Easy A BRITIANY WIESNERshown her comedic talents proudSTAFF WRITER ly since then. Her charisma on the screen is undeniable, this being, he highly anticipated fall her first film in the lead role. She is comedy has finally being re- easily able to handle that much atleased. Easy A stars Emma Stone, tention. She was the perfect choice Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes and for Olive: her unique charm adds many more. an extra element to the film.

Amanda Bynes plays Marianne, The film was partially inspired by the novel The Scarlett Letter by the Christian arch-nemesis of OlNathaniel Hawthorne and centres ive. While she is funny, she's also on Olive, played by Emma Stone, over the top at times and seems to who lies to her friend, saying she be playing the same role Mandy lost her virginity, which begins a Moore plays in Saved, only not as ton of rumours, which she uses memorable. Penn Badgley plays it to her advantage by sewing an Todd, the lead male role and love interest of Olive, and he is well "A:' on her wardrobe and agreeing cast, bringing his good looks and to pretend sleep with unpopular guys for money. This of course sets irresistible charisma to the screen. in motion· a hilarious set of events.

Overall the film is hilarious.

Emma Stone is not a veteran in The supporting cast has much to the acting world, but she's not a do with this. The comedic stylnewcomer ~ither. She found fame ings of Lisa Kudrow, Thomas in the 2007 film Superbadand has Haden Church and Stanley Tucci

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are a true delight, adding the perfect blend of wit and comedy. The film's hidden gem is easily Tucci, who plays Olive's father. His kind and funny remarks push him above the rest, making him the father you wish you had.

While it isn't the most plausible plot, it's funny, charming and very current, a perfect film for this generation. By adding the homage to_ The Scarlett letter, the references to the brilliance of the 80's film and all the comedi~ innuendos together, you get a hilarious teen romantic comedy as quotable as Mean Girls and as memorable as Breakfast Club. Overall, this film is easily the hit of September and one that the current high school students can count as the film of their generation. With its_ witty repartee and hilarious characters, it's sure to be a box office hi_t.

MovieReview Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D the first five minutes of Afterlife zombies. Evidently the producSARA BARTSCH

CONTRIBUTOR(spoiler alert!) a veritable army of Alice-clones storm the Japanese D esident Evil: Afterlife 3D man- umbrella corporation base wield1.'-aged to simultaneously meet ing samurai swords and wearing my expectations and blow them matching leather bodysuits, the away. In this latest installment of original Alice is injected with a the Resident evil franchise, Alice neutralizing agent which takes away her super-powers, the villain returns to take out the remnants escapes yet again and Alice manof the evil Umbrella Corporation once and for all. As if that alone ages to survive a helicopter crash were not a big enough job, Al- for the second time in the series. ice is also determined to find her It's almost enough to distract friends from the Arizona desert, from properly enjoying the grawho mysteriously. vanished after tuitous violence, which would be going to look for "Arcadia" - the a shame since violence is somelast place claiming to be free of in- thing this movie does so well. fection.

Most people will find themselves As the fourth film in a series not caring a crap about the film's based entirely off of a video game other flaws because, realistically, franchise, Afterlife is -predictably all we want from Afterlifeis a good - guaranteed not to engage your gore-fest with some fancy acrointellect beyond the question: batics; Afterlife delivers with dis"where the heck did that giant tinction! The action is much more hammer-wielding zombie c,ome engaging than in the previous from?" The plot has the depth films because, without her superand clarity of a muddy puddle, human abilities, Alice has to fight and many aspects of the story harder and be much more creative to win against endless swarms of are glaringly unrealistic. Within

ers realized the movie would be dead boring if Alice could just incinerate hundreds of enemies at a time with her mind. Instead, she has to sprint, slide, dodge, back flip and shoot like a madwoman.

Good move! The film also did an especially excellent job of utilizing the 3D format for maximum effect. Watching a hot Russian kick zombie ass is just so much more aesthetically pleasing when the quarters spraying out of her sawed-off shotgun appear to be flying towards you. 3D brings you closer to the action, which in this case could be a good or bad thing depending on how strong your stomach is.

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Endgame Review UFV Theatre performs Staged Reading oftheSamuel Beckett classic.

JOEL SMARTaround in his boots is Clov, the SPORTS EDITOR only mobile character in_the play.

Clov fetches biscuits, climbs lad//Nothing is funnier than un- ders, wheels Hamm around in his happiness," Nell said midway chair, and cleans up messes on the through the play. While that asser- floor, all the while comp\aining tion is up for debate, it is arguably and arguing with Hamm. Clov the theme of the Sunday afternoon seems to be the adopted son of Hamm, but his actions seem more performance.

His goal was to fill the center like those of a servant. section of the Chilliwack UFV theThe prevailing emotion of each atre, and Theatre, Sociology and character seems to be frustration Media Studies faculty member and depression. However, only and director Darren Blakeborough Nagg shows any emotion when was not disappointed as approxi- Nell dies, midway through the mately 80 people attended the play. In this sense, Endgame seems staged reading of Samuel Beckett's to be questioning the value of life.

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With such a sombre theme, it is The play, often considered miraculous that the play seems to Becket's masterpiece, takes a contain more than a few laughs. sometimes comedic, but mostly Dylan Schroeder, the only studepressing look at the miserable dent and non-faculty member in existence of an enfeebled blind the performance, did a superb job man who awaits his death. The as Clov. His sense of disdain for man, Hamm, sits center stage Hamm is palpable as he stomps with dark glasses, perched in his around stage, sighing and bickchair. In the corner, two giant gar- ering with the man he serves. bage cans sit. Inside each one are Ian Fenwick,- theatre department Hamm's parents, his father Nagg head, play•; a convincing Hamm. and his mother Nell. Clomping He is ever so mildly likeable, de-

spite being cruel, dark and deliberately unlikeable. He seems lonely, and only in small moments does his humanity come through, only to be squashed by the used and abused Clov. John Carroll and Virginia Cooke played the trashcan parents, and both were entertaining in their roles. Carroll, especially, was fun to watch as an old man, and was perhaps the most human of the bunch.

Surprisingly, having each character holding their lines in front of them didn't get in the way at all. In fact, it was only even really apparent with Schroeder, as all the other characters were sitting down or merely had their heads poking out of garbage bins. Why they were in garbage cans is questionable, really, but perhaps it was an.allusion

to the value Hamm placed on his parents, those who brought him into the world.

The set was simple, but high quality, and the experience was rich and entertaining, especially considering it was a free show.

This 2010 - 2011 Theatre Season is in year 31 at UFV, and it looks like it will shape up to be a great year,

with A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumbeginning on November 10, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl starting January 19, and The Tempeston March 9.

Endgame was a hit, and those who attended will likely find themselves reflecting on its morose questions for some time to come.

ters for the upcoming game. If you watched the credits, and listened to the song that played at the end of the first game, you shouldn't be too surprised to find GlaDOS is "Still Alive", and she isn't too happy.

What will give the game a whole new level of depth, though, is the new gameplay features. For example, the game has two experimental liquids that can splatter across the levels in glorious fashion; one is called Repulsion Gel, the other Propulsion Gel. The former will launch you in the air if you come in contact with it, while the other allows you to move extremely quickly across it. However, the only way to get it where you want it is to use the portal gun

to redirect streams of the stuff to the spot you want. It appears that the game will also feature outdoor segments, which could add a lot of depth to the way the game is played. To note the humour of the game, a teaser trailer notes that Propulsion Gel was initially advertised as a diet pudding, causing food to slip through the body with no time to absorb calories, but was pulled from shelves when "it was discovered that digestion plays several crucial roles in the eating process, such as breaking food down into small, manageable chunks before it is violently expelled from the human body."

There are numerous other additional gameplay elements as well.

Hopefully we won't wind up long-

ing for the relative purity of the first game.

Recent news about the game is that it will feature a second gameplay mode and story: cooperative multiplayer. It will focus on two robotic characters; one is a personality core, the other a turret gun (the robot enemies who always had the cutest things to say in the original). Both have been modified to run around, each with one half of a portal gun. This means players -will have to work very closely together to solve each puzzle.

Portal2, a creation of Valve Corporation, will be released on both Windows and Mac computers, as well as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

simple. Steve McGarrett, a former Navy SEAL, portrayed by Alex O'Loughlin, reluctantly accepts the Hawaiian governor's offer to form a task force to help clean up the islands' seedy underbelly after his father is killed by Irish gangsters.

"What kind of cops are you?" asks one of the baddies after being interrogated. "The new kind" replies McGarrett.

O'Loughlin's character is evidently a Jack Bauer-style hero, willing to employ extreme, and sometimes questionable, tactics to achieve his objectives. This adds a dimension of unpredictability to his methodology, which is missing from many of today's cop shows.

McGarrett quickly enlists the help of Detective Danny Williams, a New Jersey native played by a never-better Scott Caan. Williams hates the beach and only moved to Hawaii to be closer to his young daughter. "Danno" Williams' con-

servative, by-the-book approach _clashes immediately with McGarrett's reckless determination.

It's a familiar set-up, but one that yields instant rewards by way of persistently humorous dialogue peppered throughout the episode.

The rest of the team is likewise expertly played, with LOST alum Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park of Battlestar Galactica turning in memorable supporting performances as washed up ex-cop Chin Ho Kelley and his rookie upstart cousin Kona "Kono" Kalakaua, respectively. The cast's chemistry is undeniable and sure to have viewers tuning in week after week.

While the stakes never reach the end-of-the-world pitch of 24, Hawaii Five-0 seems heir apparent to its particular variety of end-to-end action. Yet, in the pilot, the pacing feels a bit rushed, as though the show is trying to establish too much too quickly. I

hope this will resolve itself over the coming weeks as the production team settles into a more judicious control over the material and characters.

Though far from perfect, the revamped Five-0 succeeds in its faithfulness to the spirit of the original; it refuses to take itself too seriously. The pilot episode is a flashy, big-budget, 42-minute joyride filled with fast-paced action and plenty of comic relief; a refreshing approach to the crime procedural in the era of endlessly mundane CSI clones.

If you like cop shows or are looking for a well-made, popcornstyle action-adventure, you should definitely tune in next week. Hawaii Five-0 is neither innovative nor challenging but remains a consistently entertaining diversion in its new incarnation.

cascadelrcade Porfol 2 Prieview JOEL SMARTthe hole in the floor and fall out SPORTS EDITOR of hole in the ceiling. It doesn't take long before these puzzles beortal is•a pop culture phenom- come challenging. The real magic enon, and for good reason. It's of the game comes from the story smart, funny, entertaining and and non-human characters you accessible. But if you missed out, meet along the way. If you haven't know that it is essentially a single- played the game, read no further player puzzle game stuffed into in this article until you play it. Enjoy the cake. the body of a first person shooter.

For the rest of you, Portal 2's Players must solve mind-bending puzzles by creating a set of in- February 9 release date draws ever terconnected portals within each closer. Our main character, Chel, of the game's enclosed "chamber" has been frozen at Aperture Lablevels. This is done by using a gun oratories for hundreds of years, that shoots an orange and a blue following the conclusion of the portal, which will manifest on original. She is awakened by one nearly any hard surface you aim of the personality cores, removed it at. Shooting one portal on the from GLaDOS at the conclusion ground and one on the ceiling of the first game. The cores have developed into separate characwill allow you to drop through

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in to CBS at nine Ifp.m.you lasttunedMonday, you would have joined the over 14 million North Americans who witnessed the return of a certain long-running, island-hopping, buddy-cop adventure series featuring television's most recognizable theme song.

After nearly 20 years off the air, Hawaii Five-0 is back with a distinctly 21st century makeover.

Behind the update are executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, veterans of Alias and co-creators of Fringe, who decided to reboot the franchise rather than produce a sequel.

Although this approach worked wonders by shedding convoluted storylines and affording more room for creative freedom in their pitch-perfect 2009 Star Trek reset,· TV remakes of the past decade

While highlights such as the gripping 2004 re-imagining of Glen A. Larson's cult classic Battlestar Galactica and the American version of The Office have won over audiences and critics alike, it is easy to overlook the scores of admittedly forgettable remakes littering recent fall television lineups.

Bad ratings, fan backlash, critical hostility or a combination of all three have plagued adaptations of Knight Rider, Melrose Place, Bionic Woman, Beverly :tfills 90210, Life on Mars, V and The Twilight Zone in recent years, with networks consistently threatening to pull the plug on the occasional series that manages to survive its first season.

So how does Hawaii Five-0 stack up in the face of such daunting odds? The answer is: surprisingly well.

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only they could do this well in the JUSTIN ORLEWICZ

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However, it wasn't Hall or Eberle that stole the show for Edmons expected, the Edmonton Oilers wasted no time work- ton in their first two preseason ing their new-found youth into games, it was their third uptheir preseason roster as quickly and-coming prospect that really as possible. Jordan Eberle was the showed the Edmonton fans what first Edmonton youngster worked they could expect this season. into the lineup in a win over the Magnus Paajarvi would make his Vancouver Canucks at the new- Edmonton debut with a three goal ly named Rogers Arena, or the performance in another Edmon"Phone Booth," if you will. ton preseason victory, this time The following night, the Oilers in front of a home crowd. With all returned home to unveil their oth- the emphasis on Hall and Eberle, it er two prospects in front of a sold was very easy for Paajarvi to go off out home crowd. The home fans the radar unnoticed and quietly just couldn't wait to get a glance at tally up a hat trick in his EdmonTaylor Hall, the future of hockey ton Oiler preseason debut. They in Edmonton. Hall didn't disap- weren't your average side of the point either, as he came out of the net tap in goals, either. Two of the contest with a goal and an assist three goals were well orchestrated in another Edmonton win. Now, if shots that were labeled for nothing

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but the net. The other goal was a nice move that looked like it was going to result in a broken play, but, due to an -----..-.. opposing error, it n;anaged to find the back of the net. What we are all forg et ting is that Magus Paajarvi played a season in the Swedish Elite League, so he has a year of professional hockey under his belt already.

When a European player comes from a European professional hockey league to the NHL, the transition is always much easier. Evgeni Malkin and Alexander Ovechkin are prime examples of players that spent a season in a Eur op ean league before making that jump to the NHL, and look what it did for them. The thing with the Euro-

pean leagues is that there is no age limit for its players, so if a player is deemed ready for professional hockey at age sixteen, then he is put right into the line up with all the other men. They start getting much needed pro experience right away, instead of having to wait until they are eighteen, like in the NHL. By the time they reach 18 or 19 they are matured veteran players ready to take on whatever role awaits them in the big show on North American soil.

I think watching these young Oilers this season will be interesting to say the least. The way they sit right now I can easily see them finishing in the ninth or tenth spot, or maybe even squeaking their way into an eighth round playoff birth. Expect the Oilers to be the next Chicago Blackhawks!

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JUSTIN ORLEWICZThen we come to our beloved SPORTSEDITOR national pass time, Hockey! Not "ice" Hockey, just Hockey! By the he month of October is great time the second week of Octofor many reasons: the foliage is ber hits, every NHL team in the starting, the Salmon are running league is gearing up for their first up stream and you can wear your regulation tilt of the season and it winter clothes without being com- has everyone in a major city lucky pletely freezing cold. But, the main enough to have an NHL team reason that October is so great is thinking; maybe this is our year to always overlooked. What most win it all, even though it probably people, especially non-sports fans, isn't. The last Canadian team to don't realize is that October is the win the Stanley Cup was the 1993 best sports month of the year, es- Montreal Canadiens. Who cares, pecially for North Americans. we own Sidney Crosby and the If you think about it, we have all most recent Olympic gold medal, of the big four major sports going plus it's still fun to watch. Even in full swing by the middle of Oc- the northern States in America are tober, and if you are lucky enough starting to go hockey crazy again. to have all six Canadian sports The game is on the up and up. channels, the choices are endless.

Last and least for the team Let's break it down; When October sports, we have Basketball startfinally strikes, we have the NFL ing at the end of October. If we going into week three as players still had the Grizzlies, I might acand teams are really starting to tually care, but since that coward heat up or flop.

David Stern pulled the plug on the At the beginning of October the Vancouver Grizzlies long before World Series also starts. I know he should have; I could care less what you non-baseball fans are about the NBA. So much for givthinking; Baseball is so boring. ing a little back to the country that Well to all those people that feel invented the game! that way, two things, firstly, you're Something else I can't fail to an idiot if you think that playoff mention when it comes to October baseball is boring, and secondly, sports is the Ryder Cup. The Ryder anyone who has had the pleasure Cup is a team oriented golf tourof witnessing a major league ball nament that takes place in Scotgame will never have that outlook land and has the USA facing off on baseball again. There truly is against the rest of the world. I love something magical about witness- watching the Americans lose this ing a home run and then watch- tournament every year to a couning over 30,000 fans screaming at try with a far more talented team. the top of their lungs after the ball All these reasons truly make Ocleaves the park. Don't knock it un- tober the best month to watch protil you've tried and experienced it. .fessional sports!

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eek three is a point in the NFL regular season where the true contenders begin to emerge. Teams begin separating themselves from the rest of division, and true superstars Women's Basketball their emerge in an attempt to claim an early advantage, as they lead up to Oct 1: UFV vs. TRU @TRU@ January's championship game.

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Redemption was the theme of the day for Minnesota and Dallas, Oct 2: UFV vs. TRU @ TRU @ both of whom were coming in to 6:00 p.m. their respective games with 0-2 starts, attempting to save face in Oct 8: UFV Alumni Game @ seasons that were spiraling desEnvision Athletic Center @ 7:00 perately out of control. The presp.m. sure was especially intense for Dallas, who has been heralded by Oct 14: UFV vs. Lethbridge @ many football analysts as having Envision Athletic Center @ 6:00 everything necessary to take it all p.m. the way this season.

With this year's Super Bowl being held in Dallas, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has already preWomen's Soccer dicted the Cowboys to play for the championship in front of a home crowd. With devp.stating losses to Sept-18: UFV vs. Victoria L 3-1 Washington and Chic~go, however, the season looks grim for the Sept 25: UFV vs. Victoria L 0-1 Tony Romo-lead squad. Going up against a Houston Texans team Oct 2:.UFV vs. UBC @ Bateman who have been riding a two game Park@ 12:00 p.m. · win streak, Tony Romo and Roy Williams picked apart the Texans Oct 3: UFV vs. TWU @Bateman on the way to a 27-13victory.

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The story for Minnesota is a similar situation. With Brett FaOct 8: UFV vs. TWU @ TWU @ vre being brought back to give 5:00 P.•!11· , the Vikings the necessary push to .;.-. make them Super Bowl contenders, an 0-2 start and losses to New Orleans and Miami were not what Favre had in mind when he signed on for another season with Minnesota. Up against a Detroit Lions squad that is facing the prospect of another winless season, the Vikings managed to comf through with a 24-10victory. Help came for the Vikings in the form of Adrian Peterson's 160 yard, two touch"' down performance that sealed the deal for Minnesota.

Redemption has also been a key term describing Eagles' quarterback Michael Vick, with much media attention surrounding the former Falcon as he filled in for in___.jured starter Kevin Kolb.

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Men's Soccer Sept 17: UFV vs. UBC L 1·0 Sept 18: UFV vs. TWU L 3-0 Sept 25: UFV vs. Saskatchewan L 1-2 Sept 26: vs. Alberta L 1-3 Oct 3: UFV vs. Victoria @ Victoria.@ 2:15 p.m.

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Vick looked in fine form Sunday afternoon in Jacksonville, leading the Eagles to a 28-3 win over the Jaguars. Vick threw for 291 yards, passing for three touchdowns and running for one, displaying athleticism reminiscent of his days in Atlanta. Eagles' coach Andy Reid, who was under much scrutiny for not giving Kolb back the starting position after he returned from his injury, appears to have made the right decision for the time being.

However, with the Eagles' taking on a fired up Donovan McNabb and Washington Redskins offence next weekend, Vick will have his work cut out for him in the week four match up.

The individual performance of the day undoubtedly goes to Baltimore Ravens wide-receiver Anquan Boldin, who ran all over the Cleveland Browns' defensive backs with ease, posting an eight reception 142 yard performance.

Boldin was the favourite target for quarterback Joe Fiacco, catching all three of Flacco's touchdown passes.

Another game that came down to the wire was the Atlanta Falcons visit to the New Orleans Superdome, where the former Super Bowl champions were unable to hold on to a victory in overtime,

losing the game 27-24. Saints' kicker Garrett Hartley, who had a chance to claim a viqtory for the Saints in overtime, missed from 29-yards out, which allowed for the Falcons' kicker Matt Bryant to make a 46-yard field goal later in overtime, ending the Saints two game winning streak and silencing a crowd of Super Bowl repeat hopefuls in Louisiana.

With the games on the East coast serving up prime football, much attention was diverted away from West coast action, where we saw the Seattle Seahawks eke out a victory over the visiting San Diego Chargers. Once again Seattle's "twelfth man" made it difficult for San Diego to operate in clutch situations, resulting in two false start penalties late in the game that stalled the Chargers offence at the Seattle 19-yard line. This resulted in Seattle holding on to their 27-20 victory, 'moving the Seahawks to 2-1 on the season. The plays of the game, and perhaps the year thus far, were Seattle running back Leon Washington's two kick-off returns for touchdowns Sunday afternoon. The return ·of 101 yards was the longest in Seahawks history, with a return of 99 yards keeping the Seahawks in the game.

BruinsStart 2010-11 Season on the Road MATTHEW TANNERcombining for 36 saves on 45 shots. The RESIDENT BRUINS EXPERT Bruins went two for six on the power-play while the Giants went two for five on the he puck dropped on the 2010-11West- man advantage. ern Hockey League season this weekFriday morning, the New York Rangend. The Chilliwack Bruins opened up ers reassigned Chilliwack forward Rotheir season on the road with a 9-4 loss man Horak to the Bruins. Horak, who to the Vancouver Giants Friday, followed contributed 21 goals and 26 assists for by a 5-2 win in Kamloops over the Blazers the Bruins during the 2009-10 campaign, on Saturday. did not arrive in time to suit up for the In Vancouver, the Bruins held a 4-3 game in Vancouver but was in the line-up lead late in the second period, but, with for Saturday's game in Kamloops. He imfive minutes to go in the second period, mediately made his presence known in Chilliwack surrendered three consecu- a big way, scoring once and assisting on tive goals to the Giants who took a 6-3 three goals for a four point night in Chillilead into the second intermission and wack's 5-2 win over Kamloops. never looked back. Giants forward BrenChilliwack forward, Ryan Howse condan Gallagher lead Vancouver offensively tinued to impress, scoring twice, bringing with a two goal, three assist performance. his total up to five goals in a season only Chilliwack Bruins forward, and Calgary two games old. Carolina Hurricanes draft pick Tyler Stahl had a big night on defence Flames prospect, Ryan Howse impressed with a three goal night. Forward Chris for the Bruins, scoring a goal and adding Collins had a two point night, as did an assist while keeping up the hard hitCzech import forward Robin Soudek for ting and sound defensive play that lead to him being drafted in this year's past NHL Chilliwack. In net, Made Segal earned the win for the Giants, making 25 saves entry draft.

The Kamloops Blazers' goals were on 29 shots. Bruins Goalies Lucas Gore and Braden Gamble shared the duties, scored by Ryan Hanes and }3rendanRan-

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ford. Bruins goaltender Lucas Gore impressed in front of his hometown team making 36 sa:veson 38 shots, earning him the win. Jon Groenheyde took the loss for the Blazers in net, making 27 saves on 32 shots. The Chilliwack Bruins special teams were clicking, as they were three for 10 on the Power play and a perfect seven for seven on the Penalty kill. The Bruins improvement on the penalty kill was their key to coming out on top in the contest. The Bruins made an adjustment on their PK, forechecking more aggressively and really putting pressure on the Blazers' skaters, forcing turnovers.

The home opener for the Chilliwack Bruins is' this Saturday, October 2 at seven p.m. versus the Kamloops Blazers. It is expected that Bruins forward Kevin Sundher will be returned by the Buffalo Sabres early this week and will play in-the home opener. Bruins defenseman and Captain Brandon Manning is still with the New York Rangers, and, although it seems that he will be returned to the Bruins this season, at this time, it is unknown whether or when he will be reassigned.