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RHIKAHJHllRE'l ACI INGEDITOR INCHIEF Finding parking has been a common topic for complaint and debate at UFV. However, there might bl! an altogether different s ·t of problems coming ur way. Many (or at least some) of you :will have heard about UBC being ordered to pay ba k $4 n,il11011of parkii,g tickets after they lost a class-action lawsuit.Apparently It doesn't say any• where in_thc University Act that unlversiti >s mi allowed to issue ti kets and coll ct fin ·s. .Beforeyou get dollar signs in your heads and go looking up the old tickets, k 'ep in rnind w 'vc only been under the University Act for a year, and it's likely very different for colleges. I don't think students at UFV will be collecting money any time soon. The other thing to consider Is do we even want to? Think of it this way. Right now lf you park illegally here you're given a fine. nlere Is no exact list of what TMpark will charge on the UFV faciliti ·s website, but it's logical to assume the fine would be some· where around $25. Jf UB 's appeal is denied and it's decided that univcrnitics cannot in fact fine peopl ·, U V wiH be left with two e~tremdy inconvenient opti ,,s. 1l1eycan ,ither irnmobilize your vehicle,or th1.ycan impound it.

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a utopian society UFV would realize that parking fees are irritating and

that students hate them, and just allow us to all park for free. That'sn' er going to happen. If it ever did, students would no doubt be slapped with a "parking lot maintenance fee" along with our other student fees at tuition time, and that would probably add more money than parking really docs all semester Jong, espe !ally since we have the money-saving option to par-

allel park on streds nearby or park at the church on ,ni c days. Obviously, being towed away immediat ·ly is a sucky d 'ill, and since towing fees are usually over $100, I'd definitely rather pay the measly $25 ticket and hope not to get caught next ti rne. Tmmob(Iization doesn't sound like fun either. Jf 1 get a ticket, 1 can curse at It, throw It in my dashboard, and drive away; still making It to work on

lin'I·. lrnmobilizing rny ar would mean having to walk all the way to facilities (which would involve finding out wh'r' facililics is located.. haven't they moved?) and Tl !EN paying them lo come an<l take their sweet time letting me free to be late for work. Neither scenario makes me happy, and both seem Um' consuming and decidedly inconvenient for all concerned. Per onally, I think th ·y should just amend the Univ rsity Act and allow universities to colkct fines. I abo wouldn't mind a rule about how affordable to make the amount of fir1esand parking ... but that's a rnnt for another day. lt seems like everyone is awaiting the results of the appeal, but 1 can't help thinking it'll go easier n all of us iflhe big guy~can just win this one. Sometim · s you've got to go with the lesser of two evils. Disagree? Write me n cm ii! You'll be famous and in the paper.

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StaffWriters SuzanneKittell Romi Chan SarahWelters AngelaOstrikoff Contributors l<1rryPortelance GIiiianWhit ly Sue Magnusson

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Relayfor ife June 19th in Abbotsford

Habitat for Humanity Golf ournament Friday, June 12th

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The Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life is a cclebnition of survival and a tribut<.:to the lives TheCl\s,:adeIsUFV'sautonomous Sun Life onstruction Crew's Annual GolfTour- of loved ones who have beeri touched by cancer. srudel\tne~paper.lt providesafurum nam nt for Habitat~. r I·lumanity Ison.rdday, June. T(1ams of p oplc ~ommit to raisingfW'!dsand fight- forUPV11\ldenta to h vetheirJolll1l8Hsm 12thatthcChilliwackGolfandCountry lub. This ing ba k a'gainst th is disease as they participate in published. It aw.u.;Ui asanalternativepre~R is the 4th consecutive year that Sun Lifi Finan ial a 12 hour non-competitive relay by taking turns fortheFraserValley.ToeC1tscaJe is funded withlJFVstudentfunds.'TheCi\SCl\de Is hasd 'Cidcd to giv a handup rather than a hand out w lking, running or strolling around a trac in ubllhedevt-ryToursJ.1ywitha drculatlon by volunteering to assist in th building of horn s your community. The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe through Habitat for Humanity. To dat Sun Life Fiof2000 andIs distributedat Ul1Vcampuses anJ throughoutAbbotsford, Chilliwack. Gallery 7 Theatre & Performing Arts Society nancial has helped to build 6 homes for families in Legion Highland Game andMissil1n. '!heCascadei6 II memberof present Th Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe at MEI LasVaras, Mexico. Saturday, June 20th theCanadianUniversity Press,a 11,11iona\ nrnatre In Abbotsford. Embark on th adventur · of a lifetime ·:1sfour young children wander into a The Fras iValley Pipe Band Society brings home coor,emtlvc of75 u11lvcrs11y andcollege Festival of Artistic and m:wspapc:rs from Vktorlu to St. John's.111t· mysterious wardrobe and land in the magical world the 2009 L gion Highland athering 011 Saturday Creative Expression of Nernia. Show times are June 5 & 6, ll • 13, 18 Jun 20th at Exhibition Fi ld, thehom of the hillCaS1..1de followsthe CUPethicalpolicy June 12-14 iwack Huskers, located behind th Landing Sports - 20, at 7:30 PM with a discount matinee June 6 & coni:crning mlltcrfaluf a.prejudicial or 1>p13 at 2:00 PM. Tl kets are available at the House of 1he Festival of Artistic and reative Expres- Centre in Chilliwack. There will be a parade beginpregslvenature. Submisstoru. urepreflTred in electronlc sion is back for it's second year; June 17and 13th ning at 9am, piping and drumming competitions, James 604-852-3701 at Matsqul Centennial Auditorltun. A.rt Matter's massed pipes and drums lead by the stoic rnm formateitherthroughe-mailor on CO. Plca&tsendsubmJssionsin ".txt" or ".do.:H Society produced the Fringe Festlval for fourteen Majors and the ever popular Pipe Band Contest. Go B iotis form11t only. Your B Lions are prcparin; for their 2009 CFL yl!arswhich has now become FACE;a shared learn- here for all the Info. Articlesandletlcrsto theeditormust Sea.sonwith a ba.ng right h re in the Fraser Val- ing experience with more of a focus.CJnchildren's ley! Tra!rting ell.mp will be In Abbotsford on the events. To celebrate our talented kids i'n the combe typed_. 'TheCascaderesc:rves the right Abbotsford Berry Beat Festival to editsubmmi,wfoeclarityand_longth. al\-weath ·r surfao tind grass !.el1 adja ent to W.J. munity, FACE is prese~1tlng the lwooni~ Talent July4 ' 1m- /Joldew.illnot print1rny ~cwt Mouat High S,hool (323'SSMouat..t>rl".c)·th Ab• Show, a great0 chfldren'; magic show. l.rult contaJ n nl.:ist, 11exist, homophobic: or botsford Exhibitipn T◊\inds Ju1,c4t!!.to a.th. . . Save tbe Baseb,aUMural Bundraise.i' • The Downtow.(l Abbotsford Busl.n~ss Assocla• libt~louscontent.'The!writer'spameand with . lune & June )4 . - . tfon preJents the 28th _Annual Abbotsford _:s~rry ,1udcl)tnumber111ustb¢ &ubmitt11d WRSFVWalk/Run for helter· Beat Festiyal, a family fnendJy eve11t!Celebrate the cllCh subni.tss~Let~, to the ~itor mi1s1 Sund;y; Jui:i 7th In J992 the;Abbot~fordD wntown Busines ·As• bou~t')l'of on~of the world's best and mostbeautiful br~cr-40Q fvor iflntc!leled for-print. onfyone lcttertoth( editor~ wrltrTin lbe W~men1s Resoumi.Sockty of the Fn1shVal- sociation commisfoned artist Dean iaur.eto paint berry P.N?duclngcommunities. Adl)llssion tq Beranyg_ivcn Cfdlti()n. · 1:iased on an oll p inlittg he re- rybeat Festival is Free and so ls parking! lt all hap~ ley iihaving askWalk ot I Ok Run fo~ Sheltct fur:id- th. Baseball Mural at din 1987call d "B9 to1i,of cv ·n."· Ure ADl}A pe.nsJuly4th & 5th, so mark your alendars fpr a Opinion~txpt·ess~dJo not 1wce$S~rlly raiser on Sunday, June 7th at Fraser River H ritag reflectthat'ofU FV,CMCAde swf anJ col Park in Mission. Rain or shlnel WllSFV is a non and PAPA (Friends of Abbotsford Publk Art) have fun fill d w ekend! kctivc,ur assodatedmember,~. profit organization thaL helps women and children created an Initiative to see the l:laseball Mural rewho are dealing with th, irnpn,ts of violence in stored ·to its original condition. their Iives.

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Are Parking Fees History at UFV? BC Supreme Court Judgement Questions the Legitmacy of University Parking Fines DAVID MILLER

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he future of parking fines at UFV might be in jeopardy after the BC Supreme ourt declared that universities, under the University Act, have no powers to issue fines to students for parking offenses, The declaration, made in April this year, came as a result of a class action lawsuit brought by a charted accountant against UBC In 2005. The outcome of thls ruling has used UBC, UVic and SFU to stop issuingfines,and instead r sort to v hide immobili:,,ationand towing, acts approved in the fudge's ruling. Imp ·rial Parking (IMP.ARK), the private company contracted out by UFV, still issues fines for parking infractions, Parking fines are scl by UFV. "We are advised that the court decision In the UBC case (Bubour v. UBC, 2009 BCSC 425) is currently under appeal," said Ian McAskill, UFV Director of Facilities. "It is our belief that fines are an appropriate penalty fol' those who incur infractions and arc a mor progressive approach to

are resorting more quicklyto towing vehicles. At UVic, security officers now issue one warning ticket before towing a vehlcle away. Before,a student ,ould expect to receive five 25-dollar ticket fines before having to pick up their car and pay a 125-dollar pick-up fee. "We have no choice but lo k ·p up with what other uI1ivcrsities arc doing," Pete Zacour, director of Campus Security servic s told The Martlet (UVic's student newsp11pr). justi lied the collection of fees thro~1gh private: "We weren't party to the case, but its du· diligenceto follow the new stanlaw. ln April this year, the dard." SFU, however,has sought a middle .8 Supreme Court Justice Richard B.T. oepel ground and now immobillzes cars ruled in Barbour's fa. wilho\Jt warning. In order to get se• curity officers to release the vehicle, vour and ordered tJJ3 to pay bar;k $4 million students have to puy 30 dollars, the r;ollectcd from parking same price as parking fine. "We will naturally gov rn ourfin's. It is un lear h w "It Is hard to conceive of a world UBC will go about doing this but th y selves according to the final legal determination In this m4tter, and in where universities are not able to have indicated they will appeal this tlic meantime we continue to manage manage parking with the remedy of decision. While this has been a cause of cele- our parking in the b, t interestsof evtowing vchicl s but without th' abileryone in the university community," ity to exact a lesser penalty,' said bration for students wlth outstanding parking tickets, it has meant that uni• said McAskill McAskill. vcrsitics unable to issue parking fines Daniel Barbour, whose car had been towed by UBC security, argued that while UBC could regulate parking, they had l'IO powers under the UniversityAct to is6uc fines. UBC argued that while they had no au• thority for this under the University Act they

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achieving parking compliance than strict use of towing." McAskill commented that everyon' in BC post-secondary sector o( Facilities management is watching this "interesting and curious case."

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North Korea Nuclear Test Nerves World

Leaders Kim Jong II, North Korean leader and holder of the title Head-of•

State-who-would-make-an-excellent-James-Bond·villain is at It again, after defying the United Nations with a nuclear test in north-eastern North Korea. This escalatlon In affairs has provided an opportunity for world leaders to blab about the needfor tough action (Nuclear armed North Korea: "Unacceptable" so says Robert Gates, US Defense Secretary). British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, provided a "Team America" Hans Blix moment, dealing the rogue state verbal ownage, saying, "I condemn North Korea's nuclear test in the strongest terms." In dip• lomat-speak this means that the world Isn't impressed with what North Korea is doing and wants them to stop, but after years of carrot and stick diplomacy there are few things left to do short of armed confrontation. Nobody likes that option really.

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Reporting James Miles, the BBC correspondent In China during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has written an insightful piece about the use of the term "massacre" and the historic protests. Noting the chaos of reporting and having to do on the fly reedits of stories before they reach the studio, Miles opines that the media, "got the story generally right, but on one detail I and others conveyed the wrong impression. There wasno massacre on Tienanmen Square." According to MIies, the western media's rush to talk of massacre at the historic square contradicted eyewitness reports and allowed the Chinese authorities to question the credibility of tha media's raporting. "What happened in 1989 was by far the most widespread pro-democracy upheaval in communist China's history. It was also by far the bloodiest suppression of peaceful dissent."

Writing for the BC publication, The Tyee, Canadian Internet expert, Michael Geist, highlighted the not-so-great state of Canada's broadband network. According to a report releasedby the OECD, out of 29 "developed" countries Canada ranks in the mid-range in terms of expense. The average consumer pays 45 dollars a month while those In UK or Japan pay around 30 dollars. While this might seem all right, when the report combines speed with price, Canada ranks 28th. "This may be the most telling metric, since it confirms that Canadians pay more for less," says Geist. Geist criticizes IP providers for not keeping up with technology, particularly Rogers: "Rogers announced new faster spaeds for two of its broadband Internet services last week. Although the new speeds were promoted as a free upgrade, the company raised its prices just two months earlier by as much as 10 per cent."

BC welfareon the rise The number of BC residents able to work on welfare has increased between September and March by 10,000 to 32,000. These latest stats come from Ministry of Housing and Social Development, and show that since April of last year, the number of able to work welfare recipients has Increased by 52 percent Reporting on this issue, the CBC highlighted a 2008 report released by the Social Plan• ning and Research Council of BC which concluded that BC welfare rates weren't enough to cover dally expenses. Wendy Pederson, an activist for Raise the Rates told CBC, "Welfare rates are abysmally low. And I don't know how people are going to survive. How wlll they pay their rents? An average onebedroom apartment in Vancouver Is $900 a month." As of March, BC's employment rate Is 7.4 percent with the forestry and con• struction sector being the hardest hit.

PetitionagainstWaste Incineration Makes Its Rounds In the Fraser

Valley According to Abbotsford Today, local city councilor Patricia Ross is helping to circulate a peti· tion against the practice of Waste Incineration. The petition Is part of a campaign organized by the Canadian Cancer Prevention Network (CPPN), who are becoming alarmed about the plans for an Increase in waste incineration sites across Canada (including Metro Vancouver). According to the CPPN, "Health Canada states that the biggest source of dioxins and furans, which are persistent carcinogens that accumulate in our bodies and In the environment. is the large scale burning of municipal and medical waste." The peti· tion calls on municipal, territorial, provincial and federal bodies to "phase out" current and proposed incinerators and adopt "a healthy and sustainable resource management policy for the 21st century." To learn more about this issue and view the petition go to www. preventcancernow.ca .

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UFV Student Union Increases Elllergency Grant Allocation StatisticsCanadareporthighlights StudentFinancialWoes

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t the end of March, the outgoing UPV student Union (SUS)board voted to increase funding for students in dire financial need for this year. The extra funding, totaling 5000 dol-

Emergency Student Grants (ESGs)to students. "Though it is the end of the fiscal year there are still students in need of aid, one specific occurrence was brought to my attention just last week,

and students needs don't always coincide with calendars," said Representative At Large (now Vice President Social) Craig Hornischfcgcr, At an Extra-Ordinary eneral Meeting, earlier this year students approved an increase in SG funds in SUS's 2009/2010 budget from 13,000 dollars to 25,000 dollars. The increase in funding reflects the increasing debt incurred by Students attending Post-Secondary Institutions. According to a Statistics Canada report, released this year, one in three post-secondary graduates have diffi-

ulty repaying their student loan two years after graduation. '!he report is being touted by Ca• nadlan student lobby groups as proof ofth flawsofthe student loan system in Canada. "This study confirms that there is a very disturbing in 'quality of access to post-secondary education in ana.da," said Katherin Giroux-Bougard, National hairperson of the anadian Federation of Students (CFS). " tudents that cannot pay up front are being driven deep into long-term debt." The report, " raduating in anada" tracked the _progressof 60,000 post-secondary grads who graduated in 2005. According to the report, 54 percent of university students graduate with debt with Bach lor Degree graduates averaging $20, 000 in debt upon graduation, the same as in 2000.

About 80 percent of this debt is th result of government loans . The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, which UFV SUS is a

member, showed alarm that the report highlighted an increasing trend of students relying on private loan source , According to the report, the proportion of graduates with debts to private lenders has Increasedby 37,5% from 2000 to 2005. These graduates owe an average of 32.4% more than those in 2000. "Students are finding that the Canada Student Loan Program does not adequately cover their financial needs", said Zach hurchill, outgoing National Director of the Canadian Alllance of Student Associations. "Theyarc beingforced to r ly on private debt as a result." In January this ,year, CFS highlighted the fact that student debt in Canada had reached $13 billion. Since January, student debt has Increased by $ll0 million. This figure only accounts for the federal Canada Student Loan and doesn't include student debt incurred from provincial loans. Students In dire financial need should approach Financial Aid at UFV student Services.

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FraserValleyInn of Downtown AbbotsfordRevampedfor Students ROMICHAN building to residentsIn Novemberand STAFF WRITER in February of this year the group incorporated into the Atangard Community ociety. This name references the historic Atangard Hotel that preceded the Fraser Valley Inn. It was important to the ACPS to off, r low-rent housing to post-secondary students and young cai:eer professionals. In ord 'r to manage this the ACPSis a Non-Profit lm;orporation that follows the model of a social enterprise. (ACPS), In a social enterprise model any profit lhc ACPS is made up of many members and made on behalf of a society Is later in• volunteers but among them the ExecutiveCoun- vested back into the society's projects. cil Is comprised of: Sophia Suderman, Elizabeth This also means that the society and Ashton, Daniel Bryce,Tessa Suderman and Da- their supporters are pouring hours of their time into the community project vid Suderman. The project began as a group idea between on a volunteer basis because they believe 2003 and 2004 ln a community planning class In their vision. The housing developthat Daniel Bryce was taking at This ls ment Is taking place on the second floor where his group came up with the.:idea for an of the Fraser ValleyInn, which ls located institution located in downtown ~\bbots£ord at 33790Essendene Ave, The ACPS plans to have the housing that would physically connect and ilT)proveth UFV's relationship with the mt of the City. development completed this S\lmmer so Later in 2007 after seeing a potential need for that the residents are able to move in on a hostel and while traveling In Central America, September 1st of this year. Each room Sophia Sunderman persuaded Tessa and David will have It's own bathroom with the Sunderman to propose a leasing off;r for the kitchen ar •a and laundry facilities besecond storey floor to the owners of the Fraser ing communal. The cost of a single room ValleyInn in Abbotsford'sdowntown core. is set as low as 375.00and larger rooms However,because of a turbulent past involv- would be up to 500.00 with the potential ing drugs, crime and prostitution the building for double occupancy. had been shut down. Although the owners were Interested individuals should contact interested they cautioned that the city might the ACPS at atangard@gmail.com and discard the offer because of the potential risk of fill out a tenant application, which will these problems repeating. This would be the first be available mid-July. Although the ACPSls well on It's way obstacle the ACPSwould have to conquer. After many written proposals and meetings to completing their project they are asking for with city officials_ a lease agreement was finally donations or help from the public, especially signed In the summer of 2008. lhe City then skllled volunteers. One aspect that .they are followed with passing a motion to reopen the focusing on are the appliances each room wlll

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tudent life is_often st~essful.Al?ng with the _ mass of reqmred reading, material to memorize and necessary papers and tests to complete most students also need to financially support themselves, Finding where to set the fulcrum to balance this scale of priorities is a never-cmding task, however, this coming September the students of the raser Valleycould find some relief from The Atangard Community Project Society

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receive. Even though they have already created a budget-for the kitchen facilities they are hop· ing that through donations of fundraising to improve the level of quality of appliances. The

ACPS is_alsoasking for any individual who enjoys cycling to contact them as they have a side project available. contact the society at atan• gard@gmall.comfor more details.

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Da Kine Busted REBEKAH DUPREYcian, having run for various elections.

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ACTINGEDITORIN CHIEF Felger has ,run as a candidate for the

im F lger, owner of "Da Kine" head hop Jn downtown Ab• botsford was taken into custody on May 13 at 5:00pm. He was arrested by Abbotsford Police rug Squad on charge of possession of marijuana for the purpose of traflkking, and of trafficking. Felger was out on bail last we k, although he was in custody when his store windows were smashed. He chose to represent himself in court on Monday, aware that the sentences might r suit in jail time. ""Every arrest Is a badge of courage, and every (jail] sentence is a medal of honour.'; He told the Tlmes. Whatever the result of the charges, Felger ls ln danger of having his Ji. cense to run a business in Abbotsford revok d. He has no plans to take down the signs or fold up shop however, Jnstead he intends to turn his store into a political headquarters for the 2011 civic election. A vocal marijuana a tivi t, Tim Felger Is also a committed politi•

marijuana party in two rec nt federal elections and the 2005 provincial election, and ju t last month he ran for the 2009 provincial election as an independent cancUd!ate.He has run for mayor as well, and has a number of support rs in Abbotsford. His arrest was met wlth outrage by many. nc sympathctl comrnenter states on Abb tsford Today.ca: "Yes,l agr e, Tim Felger doe not belong in jail. Indeed, when h rlln for M1,1niclpal Council three years ago, ironically he was probably one of the most (int llig nt and insightful) persons running for office fMayor." Mission resident Karen Gardner wrote in a letter to th editor of the Abbotsford-Mission Times: "Tim Felger may be thought of an oddball by the general publlc, but Is my hope that history w!ll prove him right and the kneejcrk mantra that "marijuaM !s harmful; marijuana leads to hard core addiction" etc., etc. ad nauseum, will be seen to be the false rhetoric that it truly is."

Not all Abbotsford residents share that opinion. "Jam a forty- om thing professional, voter, taxpayer and yes, pot smoker." Says an anonymous responder to an Abbotsford News article. "And while I might admir> Tim somewhat for his tenacity and dedication to his cause .. .I also kind of wish he would just shut-up. His incessant ranting about conspiracies does little to sway opinion ... and while a few youngsters may worship him, to the majority (pot smokers included) he

just comes across as a nutbar. J believe he is hu~tlng the cause more than he is hdping it. And Ju t for the record, I

also believe that elllng drugs to mi• nors - be it pot, alcohol or tobacco • Is simply unacceptable. Felger has been charged on two other occasions for production of marijuana, and ha~ previously had to pay a $210,000fine for production, which he stated to be for medicinal purposes. One of the contentious is• sues in this, Felger's most recent ar•

rest, is that he was allegedly selling pot to 16-yr olds. According to Felger "These kids will be eligible to vote in the 2011election." Felger also claimed that the police were aware of his running a medical distribution facility, and that they knew marijuana was being distributed to 16-year-olds with parental permission. According to Felger "we made a police board presentation, and they did not t ll me 'no, don't start selling pot."'

CanadianAboriginalCommunityReceivesApologyFromCatholicChurch AMANDA ROTH 'The federal government, by way

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ope Benedict XVI has been th subject of much criticism in the four years of his leadership over the world's Roman Catholic population, but recent apologies towards Canadian aboriginal children have shed a new light on a typically controversial term. He expressed his sorrow on April 29 regarding physical and sexual abuse experienced by aboriginal children In anadi~n atholic Churchrun boarding schools from th 19th century into the 1970s. '"fhe residential schools were run by Christian missionaries, not just Catholic, but the Catholics managed mor than Prot tt1nts,"said Maureen Luic,a hi t ry pr ~ or al Brock University who specializes in Canadian and aboriginal history. "I believe the Anglican church in Canada apologized some years ago.'' Th perspective that this is 'to little, too late' has added to th air of controversy surrounding the Pope. "TI1e chools were owned by the federal government, but managed by the churches. Most were established in the late 19th and early 20th cen• tury," said Lux. "1hey were Intentionally placed off res rves in order to remove children from the influence of their parents and elders. "'!be point was to change the children fundamentally. Children had th ir hair cut short, they were often dressed in uniforms. They were forbidden to sp ak their own language and generally taught to disdain th ir home 11ndfamilies. Often enrolled a six to seven year olds and kept until 17 or 18,the children were allowed visits home in summer."

of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, acknowledged the government's role in these abuses on June 11of lastyear, almost 100 years since the atrocities are said to have first begun. «lhe disruption to intergenerational relationships was especially damaging, where children could no longer understand their parents and grandparents,"said Lux. "But the parents and children had no choice; police regularly captured children who attempted to run away." These abusc;saffi·ct-d lS0,000 anadian aboriginal children within th years of the boarding s hools' operation. 'TI1egovernm ·nt provided funds to th churches on a per child, per yearba Is. All costs, including building maintenance, teacher sal• aries, clothing, food and school supplies, had to be paid out through the money within that fund. "Thegovernment kept the payment intentionally low whJch squeezed the churches to enroll more students and feed them less," said Lux. Also, due to this shortage of funds,

children were put to woi:kwithin the ' I schools. They aided in the maintenance of the buildings; boys worked In barns or out on the fields and girls did laundry and worked In the kitchens. After all of the labour forced onto these students, there was only enough time left over for half a day in the classroom.

This led to a deterioration in the children's health rather quickly. "As early as 1907,Dr. Peter Bryce, medical health officer for the depart• ment of Indian Affairs found that in the west, 69 per cent of students who had attended schools In the previous 10 yearshad died either at the school or shortly after discharge," said Lux.

On top of the above offences, physical and sexualabuses were stlll a factor throughout the years of these boarding schools' practices. However,It was not until the early l 990's that the atrocities within the schools were let out into the public eye.

CascadeNews· Thursday June4th 2009

Letter to the Editor Paying for Water at Cafeteria: Dear Editor,

UFV student should be outraged that they have to pay the oca Cola corporation if they wAnt a drink of water with their cafeteria meal. Since the drinking wat r tap was removed from the cafet ria during renovations, the only drink of wati:ryou can get is by buying it in a plastic bottle from Coca ala. There's something wrong when a university cafeteria do ·sn't offer a drink of water for free to its students. It'sespecially sad that students have to pay at school for what they are freely given at any restaurant in town. Isn't there a 1 w which says food services, '\!Ch a~ restaurants and cafeterias, must provide a source of drinking water to their patrons for free? ommerclally bottled water is no

more than tap water. Th only differenc is an en rmous price Increase to the consumer. Coca Cola sells you 2 cents worth of water for $2.00. It's outrageous that student have the fi. nancial burden of having to pay for a drink of water added to their already strained budgets. Also, recycling plastic water bottles is a significant strain on the environ• ment. Tt leaves a deep environmental £ tpri nt. Plastic water bottles decomposi: very slowlyin land fills. Recycling them demands a high cost in energy. lhere's all sorts of data that 'uggcsts recycling plastic water bot• ties is in fact not an environmentally friendly practice. Not only that, but food cons1.1mcrs -- the students at U V -- arc a captivi: audience. They have no option but to buy water. harging for a drink of wa•

ter seern · to me to be an unethical business practice. If we want to live up to our desire to be an exemplary university, and an outstanding leader in environm ntal matters, then I suggest that th UFV administration look into this matter. The Sodexho management should have some sort of source of free drinking water re-installed in the cafeteria. Sincerely Peter Raabe Philosophy

Social Democratic Economics vs Laissez Faire Economics SUEMAGNUSSON try an example:

fictional story. Scenario #t: I bring my car into the dealership to get the transmission fluid changed. Part way through the repair the sales rep says to me "We noticed that your rear brakes need

He is a "caring" person. lie is letting me know for my own go d what I need to do. (Also perhaps because the dealership needs the work today, so he Is also "caring" about his fellow employees and his own job.) I would not all this "caring," 1 would call this "good business practices." I now I ave the dealership very unhappy with my transmi ion fluid

months ago and they are still working. Scenario #2: ale rep comes to me part way through my repairs and says: "We notic:ed your rear brakes need fixing. We can do them now If you like and if you can claim the expense on your taxes you might as weUsave yourself the trouble of coming back. If you need time to find the money

fixing and luckily we have an opening right now and can get It done Immediately and it will only cost you 2 billion dollars because we already have the car up on the hoist and In little bitty pi ces." Ack! Jthinktomy elf,do I have any room on my credit card this month? No, I have to pay my measly tuition fee, I Back to the sales rep.: "Sorry I don't have any money." His response: "Well, this needs to be looked after pretty soon because it will put you on the side of the road without a paddle."

change. which I was fi cling very efficient about when I booked th appointment. l drive home with visions of losing control of my v'hiclc because of failed brakes and wondering if l will perish in a sp ctacular bull of flame or die a slow painful death with the sight of one wheel slowlyspinning to a stop on my upside down car in a ditch. Six months lat ·r I remember that my rear brakes need fixing, but hey wait a mlnu.te, that dealer made me feel it was essential I fix my brakes 6

you don't need to get them fix d today, in my professional opinion you can probably go another 6 months. Be prepared with a friendly father or BCAA. You will notlc the following as things get desperate ... Be car ful in the following situations ..." l now leave the dealership feeling like I am on top of things. I have done my transmission fluidand I have time to schedule my r ar brake job. The sales rep has taken a holistic approach. Some pc pie all this "caring" I think it should be call d "holistic." He has

CONTRIBUTOR A car dealership in fantasyland. The following is not II d scr.lptlon of recently had the wonderful expe• any dealership I know. It is a totally

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rience of being campaign manager for two NDP constituenci s in Abbotsford and I want to digest this knowledge. I am a mature student who takes courses at UFV for personal growth. What r mean by that, is that for my measly tuition fee I get extremely talented, intelligent and hardworking people glvlng me the bcn fit of their studies. Then I think about what they have told me, T read on the topic, 1 g t to discuss the topic with my fellow tudcnts and the prof, then I get t wri! i.t all down, which fort her expands my thinking and finally my teach 'f responds to the entire package in my finalpaper. I learned something about myself in th · process. As students, we hav · this once in a lifctim opportunity to experience this growth b ·fore we get on with our too busy lives again. The Cascade Newspaper as a student venue gives us the opportunity to condu l the same pro e l'v des,ribccl abl)ve ir1 other a,·ea . lhat Is why I said I want to digest my recent experit.:ncc~.Writing thls will help and it is important to know thers will t'ead it for me to try to make myself clear, to myself as well as to readers. R sponses from others would be nice and helpful too. Now after that lengthy and boring preamble the major point I think I learned in the campaign ls about the word "caring". l think It was used incorr ctly by both parties in the election, It seems to me there are two ways of doing things: Youcan do things because you are a part of humanity and everyon n eds and wants to do their share, or you can think of yourself as an individual who makes humanity better because you arc better - you are a kind of example for other . l'm even confusing myself so I'll

tried to take in all considerations and given me as many options as his experience allows. From an e anomic perspective, I think the second dealership would eventually make more money because he empowered m ·, he did not try to frighten me. I can be fright ned and I will do things b cause l'm fright n d, but J don't lik it and I will get ven. J will not patronize that dealership again. He might make his 2 billion dollars today but in the long run i:veryone knows not to go to that d alership because this happens to you. In boLh scenarios how does the sales rep and the repair persoa feel? lhe sales p rson is giv o inSLrnction from h ad offic how to conducl him• selfregardless of his personal opinion and the repair person knows he is doing a job that could have waited. Th y both go home In their 4 billion dollar lrucks and kick the dog. ·mey both did their job, got paid for iL nd are proud of their 4 billion dollar truck~ that prove how worthy they ar . Or, the Si\lesrep watches the cus tomer leave today and come back in 6 months and for years aft r because I hey know this dealership "cares" and "does business in a holistic manner." The repair person had to go home early today because there was 110 work, but in months he felt like he really helped som ·on when he saw the condition of their worn out brakes! And if one day thl ales rep or repair person says to me, ''You are not leaving this lot until you get these brakes repaired, I don't arc if you have to pay a trlllion dollars to go over your limit on your cr•dit card," I will listen. l. Guess which dealership Is the NOP one and which one ls the Liberal on? 2. Liberals out th re - write a new cennrlo. I don't think you'll convince me becallse J don't think I've convinced you, but at least I know why I worked so hard in the last campaign.

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Limbo isa HospitalWaiting Room AN6ELA OSTRIKOFFdoctors having sex In the lounge like

rey's Anatomy, are they caught STAFFWRITER up in their own daydreams based on or anyon whohas everb en sick real life like in Scrubs, are they all and needed to go to the emergen• caught up in George Clooney'sbeauty cy room, for well, an Cl)'lergcncy,they like th<.:yare on ER or arc th y trying have no doubt encountered a ridi u- to save House from himself, ironilously long wait tirn for a ridiculously small amount of people. And it seems as though the second the automatic doors close behind you, all time gets sucked into a vacuum and what was LOminutes turns into 3 hours. The long awaited Abbotsford Regional Ifospital opened for patients on August 28, 2008, effectivelyclosing down the MSA Hospital that Abbotsford residents used to go to. Th ARH facility is exceptionally nice, and has a stak-of-the-art cancer treatment center, but is g tting some criticism due to its high congestion and wait times. rn 2005, th · provinc s ·t a target that 80% of pllticnts shoLtldget 1\ bed within 10 hours. While the Vancouver Coastal hospitals improved (69% of pati ·nts m et this standard, up from 34%), Fraser Health hospitals have lagged behind; only 46% of pati 'nts will me t this standard. And 9 out of 12 FniScr Jlealth ho~pitals arc now more congested than they were in 2005-2006. The staff at the Abbotsford Regional hospital oft n hav to call, "code gridlock,'' which means ally only pushing hirn further away? that they cannot acceptany more am- Unfo!'tu11atelythe an~wer i~ nut that bulances, so they send them to alter• simple. nate hospitals. llcalth Minister, George Abbott, So what are the causes of all this believ<.:S th~l the new hospital is sufcongestion and wailing? Arc a.IIthe fering from a, "Field of Dreams" synin

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drome - the "build it and they will come" attitude that most people have. Statistics show that more peopie opting to go to Abbotsford's newer fa. cilities rather than the older ones of Chilliwack or Mission. But again I think that this answer

of the Fraser Valley. As the Fraser Valleygrows, we don't need to b<.: just opening up newer facilities, but adding them to the older ones. Abbotsford Is pretty big, there is no reason we shouldn'l have two smaller h<1spitals.

is a littl too simplistic, since it only r<.:allyexplains the problems at the Abhots(orclHospital. T think the an-

Secondly,family doctors are gener• ally obscure and hard to get a hold of, leaving no other option, than a walkin or the emergency room. Walk-in clinics are a good middle road between visiting your doctor, and goliig

sw ·r is three-fold. Firstly, th re aren't enough hospi• tals to accommodate the population

to emergency. However, most have odd times, and arc running at maximum capacity. It's sort of the perfect place to go for when you'r really sick and need some antibiotics right away, but Mt if you're bleeding out from a gunshot wound. And lastly, not ·veryon · in the emergency room needs to be there. After talking to some 3rd year UFV nursing students who have done clinical work at the n ·w hospital; r think this is a fair stat ·ment. One student shared that a patient went to the emergency room, because he "felt" as lhollgh he had high blood pressure. Well, to make a long wail shon, he didn't. There are some improvements that need to be made, clearly. At the end of the day, as taxpayers, we should care about what goes on at our hospi• tals other than when we are stuck in them. lhe staff is generally nice and hard working (some will tell you that you have AIDS, but that's a different story), so It's not fair to blame it on them, since they arc operating under the same system we are. Until some real changes happen, I think we II need to share the burden., that ca,, start with maybe not laking up <.:VCryon<.: 's ti me because you Iiave a feeling you may or may not be sick... If you're In an emergency, trust me, you will know. But as it stands, if you do actm1Jlyhave an emergency, bri11ga book; most likely you wi.ll be able to start and finish Frodo's Journey be• fore you even make It to triage.

Disneyland Magic Fades With Age SUZANNE KITTELL my life. There was a,, entire universe STAFFWRITER of amazing, mind-blowing awesomeness around me and there was 110 way i~n<.:ylnd is quit• obviously the that l could do it all. It also didn't help happiest pl,ace on earth, and if that after l broke down and cried on you disagree, chances are you have the PIMec:hin ride, r wasn't really no soul. Having just ended my fourth lak ··n on m~1chels1:.T ~Lill maintain, visit this week, l'm starting to realize however that the Pinocchio ride is the that the magic I never thought could scariest ride there. fade, is pel'haps doiI~gJust that. l wcn.t ngnin when l was tw>lv l went to Disneyland for the first and was psyched out or my gourd to time when I was six years <}Id.H was go back and dq ev·rything 1 couldn't the most overwhelming experience of do when I was littl ·. Oh Twent on all

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the rides, (cxi::cptthe Matterhorn whkh was closed the first three times J went....b,1stards), had lunch wllh Tlgger, 11lppcd my shit over Ra6kL n was a good t ip. The third time I went, I was sixteen and my parents had the goodness of heart to take my brother and I with them on their Disney honeymoon. w, w ·ren't th r for long, and ev1:ryonc ·xccpt me got viokntly ill. 0th r than that, it was still pretty damned magical. Tuer' weren't quite as ma,,y characters, but Tsl'ill h,ld a blast. This year, I'm twenty on· and made my fist visit sans family.Aft<.:r a few weekson the road, mylovelyfriend and I made it to Disneyland and were squealing with excitement like llttle girls. Okay, maybe that was just me. We spent fivedays between Disneyland and California Adventure and we only really saw the standard characters. Cruella Deville was the one exception to the boring lineup of Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Donald (though I'll admit I almost peed with excitement over Donald). We waited In line for twenty minutes before deciding that we weren't about to sp nd half the day in line to see the princcss,.;s.Apparently now, they all hide behind a wall ;ind you have to get sun stroke before you're allowed to catch a glimpse. T'm not much of a princess fan, but I remember the good

old days when the characters walked around and you ran up to them like an idiot when you saw them. Mind you, I'm sure I've now managed to get myself listed as a sexual predator for nearly tackling Aladdin when I saw him walking through Adventurclancl. Jasmine will be getting cropped out of the picture. Bitch. Point io, we bar ly saw any i:haractcrs aside from the staples and when we did, we had to wait in line for twelve hours to sec them. That and we got treated a little differently this tim around, perhaps becaus · we wer,.;n't with family and that apparently means that we're youngsters up to no good. There wen;!definitely some employees who were magically nice

and did in fact make my dreams come true. There were 1,lso,however some who Ignored us, some who yelled at us, and so,ne who forced .me to take olTmy child sized Snow Whltc dress that j1,1stbarely fit me. Apparently I'm too old to b a princess. We stlll had an amazing time, despite the fact that most lines were an hour long, and the Peter Pan ride was closed, but there was a little bit of magic missing. I refuse to believe that it fad ·s as you get ol<ler,because for th most part, I was as awed as the very first time I w nt. However,a~you get older, 80m · seem to treat you as if the magic isn't for you anymore and that's not what Disney ls about.

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RisingFromThe Ashes innegan's/Pheoni

Lounge Review

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inneg:.m'shas on c again opened Its doors for business. lt was four y ·ars !\So thal owner, Paul Esposito, watch d the originnl Finnegan's burn to the ground. In the firsl we ·k of May 2009 it has been reborn. Taking n cue from the mythological creature, the Phoenix, Esposito has re-opened Finnegan's as the 'ho nix Loung•. When you walk in the doors you get to lake your pick from upscale, lounge-style dining or low-key pub food. Finnegan's is on the left and The Phoenix Lounge is on the right. lbe staff is friendly from th start, either side you pick. You have to show identification which ls swiped, entered into the ystem, and have your plctur, tak ·n. H's a little bit intense for an aJternoon lunch, but I suppose on a packed night, It will be necessary. l jusl pretended l was on a top-secret mission, so It was cool. The architecture and decorating of the restaurants ls beautiful, and almost maj stic. It has a v ·cy trendy and classy look. Finnegan's featur ·s double bar that takes up the entire back wall, and boasts 15 beerson tap.

tables, and although very beautiful, la k. the Intimacy of smaller restaurant~. Th p:itio I~ definitely the be l seat in the house, perhaps even into the winter months, as IL is equipped with heaters, TVs and is fully covered. It will appeal well to the people from all over the mainland coming to the new Abbotsford Entertainment C nt r, as it is not only big enough, but big-city ·nough. The menu has a decent amount of substance for a pub, lots of Asian• inspired dish s, like wonton soup and the 1hai Templ ric bowl. There is also seafood, steak and a variety of appetizers. 'TI1 prices arc a bit high, p rhap in an ttempl to

limit the in• flux of unbathed, already drunk university students. I ordered the cedar plank salm• o.n which was just alright - it wasn't anything to writehome about,

but it wasn't the worst thing to have happer,cd to me. TI1edessert menu Is small, but quite delicious. And as for the drinks, there are plenty of concoctions to chose from, , s w II as r11lof the old staples. 1hey have daily drink specials and have a fair amount of virgin drinks for all the designated drivers out there. 11,e official grand opening is June 19th, since the owners wanted to give the staff a chance to get used to their jobs with a less busy crowd.

But once it gets off th ground, it will most likely be a hotspot: it's big, has alcohol, ls 11eara university and ls the only place around other than the Duke of Dublin, 'lh ov rall perience of Finnegan's/ Phoenix Lounge is cool, there isn't a whol lot to wow you. However, one• it has re.illy be n released it may just take off. At lhe moment, the phoenix ha risen from the ashes, but only time will tell If it has he ling powers too.

UFV Professors at Vancouver Poetry Reading l)oem Light Up Cafe Montnu1,rtc PAUL FAlARDEAU ARTS & LIFE EDITORsidewalk, still bathed in the last warm

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trolling Into the Cafe Montmarte, it's e11syto see where It gets its name. The cafe, named aft.er the section of Paris, is strewn with ulifacts of the kind of Prance North Americans dream of, including ·verything from vintage hand organs to retro bikesand carriag ·s, whi h hang from the ceiling. 'l11eplace is pack ·d tonight and, giving credit wh re it's due, the folks pushing suds her have produced the lethal combination of posters promoting alcohol liberally posted around the building (fitting with the theme they are lal'gely for things like long defun l vintages of wine and ab• sinthc) nd a sweltering heat that has patrons boiling In their threads. The effcclis a lot of thirsty customers. The key words there are "a lot". Th ·re is barely room to sit down in th• afc which !. tucked away 011 main strcel amidst the various eth• nic diversity (read: reslt1un111ts) coffee shops (fair trade, naturally) and local landmark like Neptoon Records.'Jhe hotly anticipated event of the night featuring re dings by several lo al poets and authors has the pa ked rowd abu:r.:r. with cxcitemenl. Th evening starts with UFV English department head John Carroll r ading from hi new book. The Plas• tic 11 art, Th· sc '11C soon becomes idyllic, with the packed lub listc,,ing in a near hush, as Carroll's words float from the stage, located near the front ofth club, with windows opening up to the streel, out into the city

rays of the newfound summer sun. Carroll is not Lhc only UPV Faculty memb r in attcnd(inc : Andrea MacPherson and John Pitcher,

thi kind ofs ne, like th• owners had planned for her to be in their window framed stage when they built the cafe. Sh h Ids the rowd captive with her words before r l asing lhcm to Ri~·t

amongst others are to b spotted amongst the crowd. Tlrn crowd also Included old men knocking ov r pints, middle ag d hipsters nursing their tonic based-booze and s veral attendants of a younger generation, Including a visible turnout from UFV students, enjoying seeing their pro• fessors perform. Jow11eArnott i.sn ·x:tup, dai:1.ling the crowd with poetry that reflects her Native American heritage. Always a treat, Arnolt seems made for

Bahtijarngic. Bahtijaragic is introduced by Sanja aric Korn nic and we arc soon lo be taken n one of the nights most d lighlfol tangents. Bahtijaragic has pr pored several poems written entirely in Bosnian. "Writing po ms in P.nglish is easy," explains Bahtijaragic, "Bo ·nian, not so mu h.'' Each reading, although in a language col'nplctely forelg11to my ears, has a captivating ton and a familiar tug, which seems to present

itself when you are In the presence of something wonderful. The feeling is confirmed wh n Korn ·nic reads th English translations. 'lbe poems are rcsplcr1dc11twith Imagery laid into their lines like gilding. Taking th· next act is another UPV professor, Trevor Carolan, who engages the crowd with dis ussion before reading pieces from Celtic l fighway and the "n1e Pillowbook of Dr. Jazz.as well as some unpublished poems and a story from his newly rclea ed callee-

tlon of writing from the Pacific rim in .Asia.C rot n re ites his p ems with a rhythm that belies his b ·at influences

and reads with a candor that breathes life into hi stories. Before leaving the stage, .arolan has made sur to note that we have the good grace to have renowned BC poet Jamie Reid in the audience and coaxes him up onto the stage (perhaps lo the chagtin of the musicians of the Vancouver Songwriters lrcle. who are waiting to perform), Reid produced two moving (and at times humorous) pieces. "111e first was a tl'ibutc to Ellen Tallman, Warren Tallman's wife and a poet In her own right. 'l11esecond, another po ·m d ·dical ·d lo a r ·cently deceased woman poet of Canada was about __ , and detailed her religious visions and her swim In th Ottawa riv r. There were other wellknown narn s in the audience, taking In the poken word In• cl~1ding olin f~m ·s Sanders and P ·ter Trow rs, who h lived in B since 194 0 nnd hns been publishing poetry that contr,tdi ts his grizzled ex-log• ger exterior. ·n1eliglll was finally beginning to fade by the time the Vancouver Songwriters Circle took the stage and started burning through classic tunes. 1he crowd had not di ipated so much as mingled together like excited atoms. Poets, old men, and fans alike joined ln tl c r vclry inspired by the night's readings. And like any good group of atoms, the crowd managed to exude a light of their own, long after the sun went down.

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MAKING THE 100 MILE DIET P0881BLE AND ENJOYING YOURSELF ALONG THE WAY ANCiELA OSTRIKOFF

STAFF WRITERto check out. Aside from pro-

duce you can oft n find pie , PAUL FALARDEAU ARTS &ti FEEDITORbread, dairy products, and other goodies. Farmers marhe reality TV show, based in kets usually have a guideline Mission, R , whi h dironidcd that all v ·ndors must hav the trials and tribugrown, mad' lntl ns orp ·oplc tryor baked ing to liv • on th 100 Farmers Markets what they Rr. mil diet has com s ·lling. A lot Abbotsford: to an end. 'fhc show of times there Saturdays 9am- 1pm MonroseAve proved that with is entertainsome wlll power and ment and free Chilliwack: Saturdays 9am- 2p1'11 a bit of know how the samples. 324 Spruce Street 100 mi.led let is easy! Fr e s h Mission: As a tribute to the produce and Saturdays 9 am - 1 pm show and with the even flowers 2nd Ave thought !hat knowlcan be found dge is power (in this on roadsides case, the power to succe ·d) we have everywhere; good pie cs to prepar d a guid to eating locally for chcckoutar Pras rHighways, UFV student . Abbotsford/Mission Highway, 100 miles is about 161 km - that country roads like Harris and Hunmeans foods brought in from a radius tington. Pretty well anywhere that of that distance farmland is near (starling in Abbots- which brings us Fresh Farm Products ford) could come to the beauty of from as far away as the farm produce Birchwood Diary 1154 Fadden Road, Abbotsford Merritt, or almost store. TI1ese are (they even give free tours) as far as Seattl or pl ntifol and can Yellow Barn Country Produce the Okanngan. This be found prelly 39809 No 3 Road, Chllllwack gives Fraser Valley well anywhere Jn SilverhillApple Orchard consumers a trctown, bLitthe one 30111 Sllverhifl Ave, Mission mendou amount f that arc a tually Forstbauer Natural Food Farm room to work with. on a farm arc the 49350 Prairie Central Road, ChllllEven expanding waok (beef) be~t. that radius slightly These a re just Kensington Prairie Farm includes several 1736 • 248 Street, Aldergrove o fi w of th hun(alpaca) more fertile comdred$ out there, munities. There to find more, Just Wisbey Veggies 40326 No. 3 Road, Abbotsford is liLLlcreason for look them up on(Asian veggies, as well as many British Columblline or be advenother local veggies) ans to look for any turous and go for products outsid a driv . You will their province a'nd often, they don't see at least one, guaranteed. even have to le.we their own regions. [t doesn't stop there. 111ere are As for as fresh fruits and vegetables plentyoffarms and producers of food go, farmer'. markets arc a grcal place for all kinds of dich including meal,

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hon y, ·ggs, dairy Rnd baking. There are also many farmers growing various non-indigenous pfants,common-

Beer: Okanagan Springs Dead Frog (Aldergrove)

1here Is also a. plethora of wines coming out of BC, mostly from the Oksnagan valley but also from other locales across the prov in c. Such as: There are countless local farms and businesses, just wtiiting Lo sec ~ome patronage. An i ncrcd ible website is http://www.bcfarm[resh.com/ which has a ci\rch feature thill allows you to

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It's nice to know that there are still places 1hat just want to make got)d food and meet unique people. Check out som of these places the n xt time you go out. And it doesn't have to stop th re, get your bread from a bakery, shnp at thrift. stores, check out flea markets, rent your movies from the little guys. All these activities will make you sl w down and think about what you nr · purchasing, and maybe let you think about life a little too.

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punch In the producLyou are looking for, and it gives a description of and Jy used in Asian and other cuisines, direction to the farms and producers and there are even several places that in B that carry your desired item. raise alpacas fol' 1J1erealso recipes, wool. maps and much Wines: more. There ar ·· many products that seem Other places Demaine de Chaberton (Langley) oul of reach, even to check out are things thnt seem locally owned resBlasted Church (Naramata) every day. Salt for tau rants and cofSee Ya Later Ranch instance and coffee shops. These (Okanagan Falls) fee, but many more places typically Campbell's Gold Honey Farm and that arc oft-i;:nH1r• try Louse local in• Meadery (yes, that's mead, or honey winel) prisingly close to gre<li ·nts, and cvhome. Beer and rything is again, wines are made close to home in large usually made on site. Not only will quantities. you have some tasty food, but also

OnMay25ththeUFV Visual ArtsDepartment breathed a littlelife oncampus whenthey planted a treeacross fromtoCbuilding. Thetreerepresents theorganic nature and growth ofartandart education.

Chapleo's Coffee: 114-2070 Sumas Way, Abbotsford Restaurant 62: 2001 Mccallum Rd, Abbotsford Little Farmhouse In tho City: 2551 Montrose St, Abbotsford Clayburn Village Tea Shop: 34810 Clayburn Rd, Abbotsford Eleni's Restaurant: 1st Ave, Mission

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Airport CoffeeShop: 46244 Airport Ad, Chllllwack Evangeline's BBQ & Soul Food: 9381 Mill St, Chllllwack Jackson's Steak & Grill House: 1-5725 Vedder Rd, Chllliwack

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Vocoders and Iron Lemonade

Black Moth Super Rainbow Gets hairy on Fourth Album PAUL FALARDEAU

or that you just saw Yoshimi battli.pg some pink robots in a pri ·st driv<.:n ambulance. The laid ba k trips of the album almost shouldn't have names as they bl nd scamle$6lyinto ach other, suggesting this album ism ·ant for full list ·ns, not breaking up. Al hough th overall effect this provides i amiabl , somelimes the ~ ·ling (n◊l lo mention the lyrics) of songs g t lost in the acid-dr nch d muddle of dr •amy Dave Fridmann, erstwhile producer synths, twittering Out'S and almost for the Flaming Lips. dance quality b·nls. Nol lhat the Frldmann's handiwork is vid nt rouddl • isn't sometimes beautiful and and there are more than a few times intriguing. For ·xamplc on 1hcadvenwh n y u might be persuaded to turously titled "The Sticky" all th se think that the clol!ds taste m Lallie elements come together in a marvel-

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hcr seems Lo be an abundance of psychedelic music making a return to Lhe market. From acts car• rying on Vancouver's local tradition like 1he reen Hour Band and Bl.ack Mountain to Ind le tricksters like Ani• mal Collective and household name8 like 1he Murs Volta and Wulfmother. Even many established acts arc adding psychedelic hooks and Jnflucn cs into their work, Psychedelic bands arc on the rise. 1hat means we will finally b th rough this deplorable so's phase. It also means that new P ychedellc bands have to really be on top of lhci r game if they want Logo anywh ·r . Psych·dclic music is a genre that can easily become a sink hole of bands that tried Lobe great and instead became merely good, or even merely good enough to get stoned to. ll can also be the begin· ning of great a1'tlsts; musicians such as Eric lapton and Jlmi Hendrix made thel r meteoric rises in psychedelic music, and the genres return is reason enough to start looking for an-

oth ·r king or queen. Ent r Black Moth Super Ratnbow with their fourth full-length album, Eating Us. Th· notable change from its pr decessor, Dand lion ,um is that BMSR has enlisted the help of

ous fashion and the opener "Born on the Day the Sun Didn't Rise" Is sure to be a crowd pleaser, Still, in other cases, you g t lostin songsthat som times are too repetitive. Taking the Flaming Lips formula, BMSR, cJCp,rnds their horl:i:ons by veering to a far more elc tronic landscape. Tnstruments like synths, 11 vatron and libern I us!! of v oders give the band a unique ound. T.1. or Kanyc West might spring to mind, but more accuratc:ly this sounds like Wayne Coyne or mayb even if Daft Punk got a hold of Nell Young's un• derrated 1982album, Trans. Will Ealing Us be condemned to be just an ther re rd n fumbling burnt oul hippie blindly throws on, or I will their electronic, folk and psychedelic st w b • just right to satisfy the m1.1sical1m.inchi·s its list ·n ·rs will undoubtedly have. Either way, the alb1,1mis satisfying in an immediately gratifying. Undoubtedly, Bia k Moth Super Rainbow ls worth a II t n.

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Straight-up Forward Music LarryPortlance This is where the sometimes Contributor duelling and oflen harm n izf one cannoL get enough of ing guitars com oul wilh the drums and bas to give one's the balls-to-the-wall, thumpear drums a pleasant and uning rock and roll to practice feltered what for. Certainly a one's air-guitar to, Moncton's Motorleague has you covered. gem of the Maritime music miMotorleague has a sound that lieu, Moncton's Motorlcague harken to the Queens of the makes music fitfor cyclist and Stone Age and Wolfmother, rampant runners to givc'r on bnt for a more appropriate lo- lhe straightaway like there is cal co11parison look to rockers no tomorrow. Unfortunately, Lhis need to Pride Tiger and Spreadeagle. To find fhe source of these keep pushing for heavy, discomparisons, check out tracks torted and fasl pbra ing begets lik "You Wear Me Down" and Motorleague's sonic strengths "Face Time With The Boss" a wee bit. Sometimes it seems

as though the musical ideas were rehashed and reordered to slap something together that was already heard a few tracks prior. Sometimes the drums, although very sol id, are haphazardly juggling the polyrhythrns to th point where th scams are about to rip apart. An example would be during th - bridge in the track "Fossils". It must be noted that these are but minor infractions in the path to putting out something that gives New Brunswick om thing else to be proud of.

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A dreamy psychedelic song, perfect for summer nights 1 complete with bea h boys-esque harmonies. Sure to please tho e ready to read a book in summer gardens, surrounded by colourful flowers.

Deep Purple - Speed King Get this turned up loud any time you hit the rond this summer. n1e song come across like mad scientists had created som<.:mvtntcd offspring of James Brown, Little Rkhard and Mic Jagger and lhen tricked it out by letting It do a lot of speed. lt's wild.

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99.3 the Fox 30th Annual Seeds Contest Internationally AcclaimedContest Heats Up with Final 20 Bands

UPCOMING ABBY SHOWS HPLAVOS MOBILE ELECTRO New BullAndRoven Bi-Weekly WithS2.7S Beer ond2for1Appys, whatbetter waytospend oTuesday night? BullandRaven: 33785 Essendene Ave, Abbotsford Storts ot8,ends at12every second Tuesday Night! Next show: June 16 Blu• Rodeo Thursday, June 4 7:30p atAbbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre, Abbotsford, BC An Eveningwith the TragicallyHip Saturday, Aug8 7:30p atAbbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre, Abbotsford, BC

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et ready for the most popular independent talent search in anada: 99.3 The Fox has begun it's annual Seeds competition, This year marks the radio station's 30th year of hosting "S eds," and from the sound of the songs samples the stakes are high. Starting in Jun the top twenty bands will proceed to compete in Pox's 8 o' lo k Cage Match where Ii t ners wlll be able to vote for their favourite contestant via a text message or by phoning in. At this stage in the comp tition the top twenty bands will be r ·duccd to ten. On June 15th th• surviving ten bands will be announced; fan· should make sure to tune in that day as th top JOband's Live Showcas date will ;ilso be reveal d that sam · day. 'ihe Live bowca Showd wn is plnnned for the weekofJune 22nd this ycar. 'rhi is where the top ten bands, orrtpiled by voter demand, will have their chance to show the publi th ir pot ntiid. This opportunity is a great st pping sto1,efor th locnl music$ enc and this year th ds contest will have omc of th· most influential Music [n duslry Giants attending. 'lh •se peopl include, but arc not limit d Lo; Ralph James who is the current president of The Agency Group lo• cat din Toronto, Ontario. As well as Alan Re·d ofM, pl• Mu i , both managers from Maple Music and anada's own Finger El ven. For a complete list of Music Industry's attendees check oul http://seeds.cfox.com/details. The Fox's Showcase Showdown will be held t The Bourbon which is locat d at 50 ordova St. West In Vancouver. Fans bould attend the Showcase on the w ek of June 22nd to ee their favourite band perform in front of the Must Industry judges. Th following Monday, June 29th the winners will be announced on 9 .3 The Fox during th ir 6 o'cl ck Ro k Report. This year the Fraser Valley's music scene i being represented

UPCOMING VANCOUVER SHOWS Tue JUN 091990's - MEDIA CLUB Wed JUN 10THE QUEERS • RED ROOM FriJUN 12RIDLEY BENT - BILTMORE SunJUN14JULIE DOIRON -BILTMORE TueJUN 16THE ORB -COMMODORE SatJUN 20NERVOUS FELLAS -ANZA SunJUN 21DEASTRO -MEDIA CLUB Tue JUN 23DEER TICK· MEDIA CLUB TueJUN 23ANDREW WKw/EVAPORATORS· BITLMORE ThuJUN 25LES CLAYPOOL -COMMODORE SatJUN 27THE DAN BAND • COMMODORE SatJUN 27JAMES COTTON BLUES BAND -JOE MATHIAS REC. CENTRE SotJUL 04GREEN DAY -GMPLACE (seated) Sun JUL05THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE - MEDIA CLUB MonJUL 06PRO-PAIN · PLAZA ThurJUL 09LOS RASTRILLOS -SHIP POINT VICTORIA FriJUL10THE SLACKERSSHIP POINT VICTORIA SatJUL11MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES. VICTORIA CURLING CLUB SunJUL12REVEREND HORTON HEAT - COMMODORE Wed JUL15HANDSOME FAMILY -BILTMORE ThuJUL16CASIOTONES & CRYPTACIZEBILTMORE ThuJUL16DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE & NEW PORNOGRAPHERSPACIFIC COL. MonJUL 20EAGLES OFDEATH METAL· COMMODORE TueJUL 20EAGLES OFDEATH METAL· COMMODORE TueJUL21THE DECEMBERISTS •VOGUE THEATER Wed JUL 22THE DECEMBERISTS -VOGUE THEATER Wed JUL 22MIKA MIKO· BILTMORE ThuJUL 23BLACK LIPS & DEERHUNTER -COMMODORE ThuJUL24PAINS OFBEING PURE ATHEART -BILTMORE FriAUG 14VANS WARPED TOUR -THUNDERBIRD FriSEP4 BAND OFHORSES -COMMODORE SotSEP 05JAGUAR ES-COMMODORE MonSEP 07MAXIMO PARK -RICHARDS TueSEP 15OBITUARY - PLAZA MonSEP 21EDGUY - PLAZA CLUB FriOCT 02STRATOVARIUS • PLAZA MonOCT 5MONO - BILTMORE

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from Abbotsford mi es heavy and edgy electric guitar riffs with pea ing back melodies. The lead sing r, Ii t ·d as only Darren on their My pace page possesses a voice which is able to keep up with the heavy music instead of being drowned out. In particular Llmosis' song entitled "Know" catches the listences c r instantly in its elfe tive Intro and building nmsical layers. Silvcrnine, the only band from Mission to enter the competition, will test their musical skill and metal technique against manyother bands of the same genre. The lead song on their e ds musi sampler is entitled enerntion Next. But after looking at pictur ·s of the bund one has to wonder tf they're cven qualified to sing about our generation.

The band to look out for would b Carnival Knights, who inlxlndie, rock and blues into th ir sound. The result produce fresh and creative song that range from the fast paced "Hero Green Lake" to the slower and more raw "Man of J-lawkridgeRanch." The band Instantly catches the listener' attention and infuses the type of energy into every song that one Ii~ to sense when enjoying music. "Horse Chariot, hariot Horse" is an exampl f the te hnlcal and artistic blend Carnival Knights hasp rfected. 99.3 Th · Fo 's 30th Annual Se ds Comp tition pr mises to out-shine the previous contests by far. Formore information on the b nds, eeds contestants or on the contest In general visit http://s ·eds.cfox. om/ or tune into 99.3 TI1eFox.

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he Rock'n Rebels from .Moncton op ned for Montreal's the Brains in an all fest-a-billy in support of the 3rd Annual Mari• time Tattoo F 'stival as the official after-party. But more importantly, this show was in support of the new self-title Brains album that was recently released by Stomp Records. In Halifax after a few nights through the Maritimcs with the Rock'n Rebels, The Brains had this Saturday night sorted out as the sure thing even if Kos was playing a free/pay•what-you-wantshow up the road. So the Rock'n Rebels took to the stage starting off strong with Harvester of Souls. As East Coast punk-a-billy, the Rock'n Rebels exuded an aura of slick action where the liquor and beer ought to flow freely and the point is to have a rocking time. The mission was clear but unfortunately the local kids tended to stoop behind in the back rather than glvin'r with this girl who seemed to be affiliated with the lad . Either the intent was lost or the kids just needed more liquid courage. The Rock'n Rebels played a

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smattering of stuff ranging from older era to songs off of their most recent release Nocturnal Hearts. Songs like Blood on the Sun har• kens back to anthem-esque punk ongsthat ma c nc want to shotgun a few cans o' pilsn 'r before jumping out on th floor to wr ck'r. The torr nt of toes tapping eventually morphed into kids rocking out Justb fore the Rock'n Rebel had to call it a set.Toobad, because the Rock'n Rebels certainly deserve the audi nc ··intera tio!,. By the time Montreal's The Brains took to the stage, the Coconut Grove was packed with scenea-billy kids with all manner of greaser and punk influenced garb and gestures. All was good because it was a good vibe that had little pretence. Thi trio from Mo.ntrcal, de pite heraldins the entire cult zombie phenomena, had this great ability to get people strutting their stuff and wr ckin' like champs. Renee de la Muerte would not hav the stoopage and quickly encouraged the crowd to push up and be a part of the actlo.n. Wearing their characteristic zombie make-up they were play-

Ing a good mix between new and old for the kids who like pomade. The songsfrom the earlier album like Hell n' Back and More Brain were sure fire ways to rlle up the crowd as many were singing along and rocking out The newer stuff' would draw a bit I 'S5 of a sing-along response, but would certainly push the crowd to feel the magic of pyschobilly. Natural showpeople and all around rad dudes, the Brains guys seem to be on the warpath to making It up there with pyschobilly heroes like Tiger Army and the Nekromantix. The Rock'n Rebels are currently working on a new album and look for it pr bably in th fall to the New Year. Who knows, but rnayb · if the west shows enough love, the Rock'n Rebels will find themselves coming through town one day. The Brains arc on a huge tour in support of their new self•tltled album and there Is a show at the Vancouver Grease 'n Grind at Pat's Pub May 30th 2009. If you miss them there, maybe you can follow them as they head back out east hitting places in the prairies before going to the USA.

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Breathers: A Zombie's Lament by S.G. Browne Pride and Predjudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith with his parents who keep him in the wine cellar SUZANNE KITTELL

STAFFWRIT R and shudder at his decaying appearance. Andy therefore joins a support group for the undcad ombies are making a comeback. l'm sorry, and meets several zombies who, Uk Andy, arc I didn't mean to care you - they're making adjusting to their new status in society. a comcba k into popular culture. '!bat's not to They live in a world where zombi s ar · hasay you sh uldn't have your zombie plan ready, rassed and beaten to death, wher they are unhowev r. Zomable to work bies have long or shop, and where a b en a cult favousimpl walk rite among horror movie buffs, but down the they're starting street means being pelted to appear with increasing fregu nwith rotting cy and in stories fruit. S. that question the Browne has taken a comvery foundation of the zombie pletely differworld. Two novent approach els have re ently to zombie fiction and has taken zombie lore given them and plunged it into very surprisentlence and emotion. We ing context. Released follow Andy In March of In his narrative as he this year, S.G. S.G BROWNE Browne's Breathmourns the ers: A Zombie's loss of his wife and (alls Lament t 11 the in love with story of a middle aged man who a reanimated has come back after a fatal car accident that suicidevktim namedRita. Browne'sdarkcomedydrawsthe readerinto permanentlykilledhis wife. Withhis daughterunawareof his reanimation, AndymovesIn a soda!satirethat puts zombiesin the placeof

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all those who have been oppressed. It's an addicting novel that will kc ·p th · reader intrigued until th· very last page. [Note: Miss Kittell would like. tor mind the lovely stu• dents of UPV that although Mr. Brown has written a rather interesting novel, the reader should remember that zombies should be killed on sight and not mistaken for anything human.] Only a month later, In April of this year, Seth Grahame-Smith released a novel that had zombie fans such as myself counting down the days to its arrival. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Is just what you think it ls; Jane Austen's classic novel revisited. rahame-Smith has taken Austen's work and has spliced into it a zombie subplot. This may sound like no greataccomplishment, but believeme dearreaders,it isn'teasy to writea zombiestory thatfits seamlesslyinto a piece of Victorian fiction. Grahame-Smith has btautlfollywovenzombiesIntothestoryIn

a way that completely matches the writing style o{Jane Aust n herself. A hilarious r ad complete with iilustrntions, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is an instant cult classic that will live on as one of the greatst pieces of zombi fiction ever written. So if you're looking for some comedic literature this summer that doesn't lack in gore, you should delve into the delightful realm of the undead. I highly recommend you read Breathers, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and for the serious zombie enthusiast, Max Brook's dasslc, The Zombie Survival Guide. Enjoy,zombie lov• ers, and I'll see you the next time we gather to eat the living.

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Movie Review

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s a child, mo$t of my viewing pleasure was prescribed to me by my father. Through him I learned to love such classics as: Legend, Blade Runner, Total Recall and anything by Monty Python. One of the shining stars in my father's repertoire of films was Terminator. Since the first Terminator came out before I was born I only watched it a select amount of times, it was Terminator 2: fudgement Day that captivated me. I watched it over and over hoping that In my adulthood 1 would grow to be as badass as Sarah Conner with a friend like Arnie/ lhe T-800. Arnold was actually my first experience with rejection. I wrote him a love letter to a fan mail address 1 got out of the back of an old, Teen Beat magazine. It was returned to sender. My heart throbbed with the agony of my rejection but I picked up the pieces of my

So I was completely elated when l saw the preview for Iermwator Salvation last summer. Every time I heard that classicsoundtrack I would thump my fists with excitement. When I finally sat in the theatre awaiting the film I was brimming wJth antlclpa• tion and nervousness. 1 was worried it would fall into the realm of Termi• nator 3: Rise of the Machines which totally failed to get my blood pumping. But I was not disappointed! Thls movie possessed all of the cool ofter· minator 2 with none of the cheese! At the beginning I was feeling like "Yeah whatever Christian Bale, I get it, you're talented.'' As I was introduced to the adult Tohn Connor, I felt like I needed some fresh meat. This movie was a sausage fo t! First we meet exy Aussie newcomer Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright, the first hybrid of man and machine. He Is a taciturn man, quietly smoulder-

Ing up the screen. Sexiness aside he ls a major badass and a splendid protagonist, awesome action scenes ensue. Anton Yelchin is KyleReesefrom the original Terminator film. I loved seeing him play this gritty character. After his role as Chekov in Star Trek, it was such a surprise. I wish he had more screen time because he ls one of my favourite young actors and I'm pretty sure he's on the fast track to fabulous. YES, Arnie does make an appearance in this film and NO It Isn't really him but who cares?! He was always Just a chunk of man meat anyways. Once again this film makes sawed off shotguns look both awesome and badass. Marcus does end up in some Terminatoresqu duds and the whole cod of the movie evokes the ending o{ T2. Danny Elfman honoured the original soundtrack - particularly the scary music that accompanies oncoming Terminator related danger. There were sev ral nods to the classic lines

of the original films, but they lacked the overdramatic flair and therefore did not make me cringe. There were lots of amazing action scenes involving explosions and car/ plane/massive machine chases. They did not abuse the cgl in this film, which was a relief because there were no scenes where I was like "This looks like total bullshit." At one point Marcus hacks into the Skynet information center and when he shuts down from information overload I could swear I heard a Mac start up sound. I did have some issues with the dates ln the film but they could easilybe argued around because they were deceptively vague about the past (all I'm saying is Judgement Day was in 1997 and everything looks fine in 2003 in this film). Thewhole movie I waspondering if I liked it better than T2, but then I realized that don't have to decide because that was then and this is now, literally time wise in the films, so I'm going to think of them as tw marv I-

lous separate entities. This movie is definitely sitting at number 2 for best summer movie at this point, spooning Star Trek. I'm sur there ar a lot of people who will take issue with it, those who will pick apart the scientific and technologicalprobabilities of the events In the movie, but I would ask them to remember Arnold's naked egg time travel ship just to keep things in perspective. At one point in the film Marcus saves his sexy lady friend Blair from getting raped by a bunch of post• apocalyptic rednecks and I began to think to myself, Hey! Maybe these guys aren't so bad! Maybe we should build a whole army of them and they could just escort girls to high school danc;es,barn dances or trips to any of the assorted "night dubs'' in Chilliwack. Seriously Skynet, where do l

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literary magazines will no longer be eligible for governnwnt fu ding. Last month, Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore announced that Canadian Magazine Fund and Publications Assistance Program will m rge, creating the anadian Peri• odical Fund. Funding would be availableonly to magazines with an annual clrculation above 5,000. Most Canadian literary and arts magazines, however, fall well below the 5,000 subscriber mark. The rationale behind the cut ls that it's not an efficlent way to use funds since thes · literary magazines involve a lot of time and paperwork fora very small amount of money. "Our answer to that Is maybe to find a way to bemore efficientbecause we're not eicpensivefor them at all. We're very, very cheap. lhey give a lot more money to big magazines like

different from something you would get out of the States;" said Anita ahey, editor of Arc Poetry Magazine. "Of course, we don't have a big audience In numbers, that's not the point of these magazines. The number of people who buy and read these magazines doesn't necessarily reflect their Impact on Canadian culture and society," Lahey added. Canadian literary and arts magazines are stepping stones for writers. 'It's where a lot of the people who go on to be· come really good writers start out," said Lahey. More than that, these literary magazines serveas a community not only £or beginning writers, but also £or those who are experienced and established, to publish works and

participate in the conversation about Canadian writing and literature. Many notable anadlan authors got their start in these very anadian literary magazines that are at risk of shutting down.

Yann Martel, author of the best• selling Life of P1, had his first short story published in the Malahat Review in 1988. Arc Poetry Magazine published poems by Pulitzer Prizewinning Carol Shields in the late

clfica.lly,It does still affect the way the n1e cuts are not definite, and a Uterarymagazine (s being handled. limited amount of exceptions will be Managing editor Marty ervais made, but the issue requires action if encourages publications to take ad.Canadian writers, artists, and pub- vantage of publishing online to aplishers want to l.<eeptheir funding. peal to a broader audience. A Facebook group, "CoThe Windsor Review Is currently alition to Keep Canadian working on their website and getting Heritage Support for Literary into e-publishing. The next issue will Arts Magazines," was c atcd be vailablc in print and online. "Youcan download an article or an to spread the word about the cuts. interview or images or whatever you The group currently boasts like. You'd have to pay for it, but it over 3,000 memb rs and encourag readers to writ to would be a very small cost. I think their nembers of Parliament. that's the future and unless we move Besides that, subscribing to a in that direction, we're all going to literary journal you don't cur• drown," warned Gervais. rently have a subscription to Other literary magazines have already begun moving onllne, even would help the cause. "It might put a lot of them before the cuts were announced. The over that 5,000 mark, even though Danforth ·Review is an online•only that 5,000 mark is completely ludi- magazine that has been in publication crous," Lahey said. for a decade. While these specific cuts won't Arc Poetry Magazine also has on• affect University Windsor's literary line-only content in addition to their magazine The Windsor Review spe- printed issues. 1970s.

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Comics Entertain, Educate, And Subvert SHANE SCOTI•TRAVIS them; they give me such a great feelNEXUSing."

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ut of the scarred and barren earth of the Dust Bowl of 1930s America amc a unique and decidedly different type of art form - the comicbook. Depression-born and distinctly American - tho1.1ghlate, Britain and Japan WO\l.ld muscleln on the scene.:comicbooks have often been regarded as 11bs1.1rd escapJsm, but they've been a part of our social strata for close to a century. Many attest that comic books, often now referred to as graphic novels, are socially relevantartifacts.There's a vibrant culture built around them, and a fan base growing stronger all the time. ''Well,the great artwork has always had its appeal," said Mike Rooth, a comic book illustrator currently workingfor Rubicon Publishing. Based out of Oakville, Ontario, Rooth creates graphic nov ls and mini-comics for the educational market. He's been collecting comics since he was 10 years old. "I g1.1ess I'm a big kid at heart, because I still love comics, but more so these days for the gr at storytelling," said Rooth. Pia Guerra, co-creator of DC Comics' award-winning series Y: The Last Man, has also held a fascination with comics since her early childhood. "T'vebeen reading them since l was lO,"enthused Guerra. "My cousin left an issue of -Mell at 01.1rhouse and I was hooked." Victoria, B.C. comic book scribe and illustrator Gareth Gaudin has been subverting the masses with his Magic Teeth Dailies since 1993. Gaudin also began collecting comics as a youngster. "l bought my first comic in October 1978; it was Godzilla #17 by Herb Farm,"he said. Gaudin speaks with great reverence of the sensory experience of comicbooks. "I love covers; they are the most Important part of the book," said Gaudin. "l also like the old pulp pap r they used to use. I love the smell of

Nostalgia certainly plays a part in what makes comics so appealing to fans and creators, but comics have also moved with the times and become far-reaching. "I love what you can do with the medium," said Guerra. "Storytelling

is all about creating a reality; if that created reality can help visualize a better actual reality, then it c11nhelp change preset attitudes, misconceptions, and Ignorance." Gaudin agrees, particularly when considering comics outside of the mainstream. "With underground comics, there are no censors," said Gaudin. "It is Just the artist directly relating to the

audience, which doesn't happen

have." Therecent rush of Hollywoodfilms based off of popular comics is a trend no one in the industry can Ignore. "I don't mind them myself,'' said Guerra. "Some are very well done, some not, but in the end it brings people to the book and that's a good thing for comics." audin, who also owns Legends, one of Vktoria, B.C.'s fin st comii; book shops, notes these movies benefit comic book sales. ''When a movie omcs out like Batman or Spider-Man, th re has n ·vet bc'n a spike in sales like you'd expect; but with Hellboy or Sin City - the on s nobody knows about - they s II through the roof." Rooth feelsa sense of chi Idlike glee about th· re ent glut of omic book .film adaptations hitting th box office. "Personally, I think this is a great time to b alive,"roars Rooth. "We've be n batt<.:rcdby a tsunami of comic book movi s for nearly a d cade now, and it's great to see." Th· recent blockbuster Watchmen has many sharing in Rooth's justifi• able joy. "Watchmen is Jn the collective ~inconscious," said ,audin. "Tcan't wait to se · it in IMAX; Dr. Manhattan's 15-foot blue penis ... no wonder it's restricted.'' Grins and guffaws aside, the abilities of comic books to entertain, educate, and subvert aren't Just avant• garde. They possess a unique communicative character, blending words with pictures in ways unable to be expressed in any other art form. And problem of illiteracy." that alone makes them a valuable Guerra's biggest success to date, commodity worthy of celebration and Y: The Last M11n,will soon be m11k- praise. ing the leap to the silver screen, but "I honestly don't know who or while movies can be an exciting me- where I'd be If 1didn't have comics in dium, she doesn't feel It's an absolute my life,"said Rooth. "J feelvery priviimprovement over the comic book leged and fulfilled to be able to play a part In making them." e pcrience. His love for comics Is shared by "Comics work in a very different system from movies," says Gu ·rra. millions of enthusiasts, and the po"Film is great, but even with a.JIthe tentialities of the medium are wonspecial effects 1n the world, there drous. "You can't change things for the are still limits to what you can do; lirnits that comics don't better without imagining them firSt," Guerra said. Rooth feels comics can draw strength from their appeal to a general audience. "[Comics) can cqver limitless topics and appeal to pretty well every social group, so there's a little something for everyone,'' reflected Rooth. "The thrust of my work, for example, tackles the very real and pressing

BOOK t"ONFIDENTUL Maybe comic books can't change the entire world, but they canatleast change your world. For proof, look no further than the JObooks on this list. A word of caution: Reading these books will forever alter perceptions of the medium. You'vebeen warned. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by AlisonRechdel S t in a funeral home, this sexy, gothic memoir is funny, sad, and un• forgettable. Louis Riel by Chester Brown This biography of Riel and the Mi:tis Rcbdlion should be taught in om public schools. riminal by Ed 1 Brubaker and Scan Phllllps A compendium of crime dicht!s that somehowtranscends the genre. 'I'rnnsmctropolitan by Warren El• lis and Darick Robertson EIHsand Robertson are the Vladlmlr and Estragon of the post-cyberpunk milieu. If you don't know what that means,you will soo11eno\1gh. Love and Rockets by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez Maggie, Hopie, and the other denizens of Palomar Inhabit one of th • most realized comtc book cos• mologie~ever onccived. Super-F"ckersby J;unes Kokhaka Those crass, cl'irnc-fightlng crusaders are sadistically sing1.1lar and a devilish delight. Pers ·polis by Mujane Satrapi This memoir brought Satrapi worldwide acclaim for good reason. Her history lesson, recently made Into a film, 1$shatteringand upliftIng in equal measure.

Prometheaby Alan Mooreand J.H.WilliamsIll Your typical metaphysicalpaycbedelk.uperherobookthat knock, clownthe fourth wtll aocoq,letely you b.-veto uk. wu lt everreally thetd AllStarSapenmnbyGrnt Mor• rlsonMd PrankQuttcly Mainstream comic will pN>bab)y neverbeas subvmive,auperlattw,or H welldrawn a thil award•wtnnlng mindfuclc.And,yes,It'sSuperm n. The Invisiblesby Grant Morrison Morrison cares about comics so much, he'll dissect them and elevate them to a form of art so pure noth• ing i;an touch it. lt doesn't get better than this. Mausby Art Spiegelman 'Ibis World War 11fable has the Nazis as cats, the fews as mice, and truly showcases what only comic books can. It won a much-deserved Pulitzer Prize.

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elcome back, my dear puppies. Wlth the summer sun seriously considering n·H\king ils pr,sencc known, the pressure creat d by corporate ctlrlglomcrat1;is to maintain a figure that Is perpetually siideen, and the inability to think about th· ab~urdity of that !deal critically, you willall die in pursuit of th, beach body this week.

Aries (March 21st -April 19th) ln a desperate attempt to d v lop some 111u~le for th · summer you wind up consuming a whole jar of protein powder daily. While you do snccessfully gain weight, it win.ds up collecting only in your head and you die when it explodes.

Taurus (April 20th - May 9th) You will attempt yet another "get slim quick scheme" instead of doing what you ought to know you should do - eating healthy and being physi• cally activ every day. You will go on a crash cli t which restricts your eating to the e~i;l~ive consump.tion of beets. You wilt tti'rn purple and become so mort'tied that' yo~ throw yourself from something very very tall.

Cancer (Tune 21st - July 2ht) Your horoscope will be vague and frustrating this week.

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Virgo (August 22nd - Septemb r 21st) Not really grasping the con ept of w ight loss, yo~1decide to expedite the process by shaving thick layers of flesh from your bones. l-iortunately for you, you die before you can see the results of yot1r work.

Libra ( eptember 22nd - October 22nd) You will be om · a jui r, g ·t t 'sticular cancer and die with bitch tits while trying to further the aims of "Project Mayhem." Your name is Robert Paulson.

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1. Sex on the Beach

The sound of the waves crashing onto the shore, the sunset as It hlts the watery horizon, the cool breeze through the hot, sweaty weather. Seems like a great place to passionately make love under the stars, right? Wrong ...very very wrong. Let's meander through the disastrous cons •quences of wh!\t appears to be a marvelous place to fuck. Sand. Yeah, this one's a no-brainer; there's a reason they left this one out of the drink: Sagittarius nobody i,vants sand in their vagina (Novemb r 22nd - De cmb r an9/orasshole. TI1atis NEVER a good 20th) , fa li-ng., N xt, ·w 've got the abun• You will su·rvlv¢ this week. J am. as ben.cvok11tas I am arbitrary. (October 23rd - November 21st) You will go on the new "don't eat anything" diet. After a week of fainting spells a starving child from Africa will come over here and slap you for being stupid. The force of the blow will be fatal. On the bright side, the child will heartily enjoy all lhat food that your family told you you were wasting.

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Gemini (May 20th - Tune 20th) In a bid to get thin quick you begin to consume amphetamines. You do get thin, and your simple mind will actually be satisfied with this, yet, your simple mind wlll not lend you ·notigh will power to quit your addiction. You will die to years later In the Balmoral Hotel with a guy named Sid. You will be delighted to know that whe11you dle your corpse will be all sorts ofh min chic.

ringes to goose poop. Neither of these things at'e sexy and at least 011c of them could kill you. Last but not least, and certainly the most terrifyin~ i8 the sea life. Lovers. if T could impart one piece of wisdom on you, it would be to NO'T' sere»' in bodies of i,vatcr, Ever h rd of Lhccandini? No? w,11,

.BAD MOYE. Guess who's attracted to the wonderful scents you give off while you're making the beast with two backs? BEARS. Fu king bears. Now, [ don't know what you're into, but T think T ,ould , l!fely wa er that if doesn't involve g •tting your fac ripped off by a bear. So, don't, dear readers, h~vc sc·x in th woods, Wait to maul your lover until th1;ireare no bears around to outdo you. ·

(December 21st - January 19th) You will jog yourseli right into an oncoming semi,

Aquarius (January 20th - February 18th) You i,vill fail in doing anything constn1,tive to g t yourself into the shape you want to be in. instead, you will cut out pictures of models' bodies from magazine and put them up all over your room with you face pasted on them. You will rock back and forth and cry and talk to your !mag!oary yous. Eventually your neighbour will become so· a1rnoyed 11 yow constt1rll wailing an.d muttetins tbat ~ beats you to. death with a sl:ovel. That Wli.S, gruesome - even-for " '

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(July 2.2nd ~ A.□,s1.1st 2Is~) . You will decide that it ._isa good Pisces • Idea to gel yourself "toned up" for (February J9tn - Mar.clpoth) th • summer se,ason. ~Oll will ;tart by You wil'l rid!¼you_r ~ike so 'vigor: pumplng weights .a ~'w day a week. onsly everywfiere !n the lM to lose 'Then It becomes an hour d.ii:lr,two, weight that your tli lghs rcatc fricfive, seven, nine hours daily. While _tlon enough for you to sp¢ntaneOu8ly you will get the buffer and buffer body combust. that you desire, all the veins in your -brain will clog as lhc blood metamor• phoses into muscle, Yes, this will kill

it lives in the ocean and has the ability to SWTM UP YOUR URETHRA. And not only that, it then latches on imide so that the only way It can be removed is through very painful surgery. Not worth it darlings.

2. Se'!:in the Woods So, you're camping and you've Just finished s'mores and campfire drinking for the night. You've refrained from doing It on the beach, because you're smart and would like to keep your urethra fish-free. You think that you'll have some hot tent . ,.

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Yeah, 1 said it. The 69 position is flawed in a serious way. 1t does hap• pen to be one of the most popularly cited positions, but let me tell you, darlings it has lts drawbacks. Are you a fan of placing your nose In your lover's asshole? Yes? Well, then carry on. No? Well, then 69ing will be a terrible wake up call as to just how disgusting the situation can be. No matter which way you cut it, you've got your mouth wher• you want it, but your nose smack dab in the middle of your lover's stink-eye. Yep, I said stink eye. And if the idea of achieving an orgasm while you ca11 literally smell your lover's colon is not enough to convince you, keep In mind that your sk!lls In oral sex wlll not be rewarded here. Whoever delivers the best oral ls ab ut to get Gyllenhallcd in the reciprocation department. [def: yllenhalled v. to be fucked up the ass without the courtesy of a reach around, Origin: Brokeback Mountain] It's quite hard to concentrate with someone's mouth on your business, and if ()!iel person's getting off, chances arc their min~ is not devoted to the tas,lc.at had (read: mouth).

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he Abbotsford Heat begins its first season this fall and to this ·nd, they need to find a head coach. Duane Sutter, director of player personnel was visitlng Abbotsford to share some input on the design of the AHL team's dressing room at the EntertaiJlmcnt and Sports Center. Sutter said he and his older brother, and the Flame's GM Darryl were reviewing a list of candidates. Officially Darryl offered the position to former NHLer fim l'layfair last Tuesday. Playfalr was the associate coach with the CalgaryFlames but he was Informed that his contract would not be renewed. I=Ichas refused to speak to the media but said a representative

would be speaking on his behalflater this week. A source claims that he is still "consid ring his options" reports the Abbotsford Times. However he did tell the Calgary cn1ld th11the "will be a head coach next year. I'm looking at other options, but Abbotsford is a helluva opportunity. Brand-new building. Brand-new market. Canadian cily. I have to determine wh ther or not it's what I want, what I need, to get back to where T want to be - and that's as a head coach in the NHL.'' Playfair, who's from Fort St. Jam s, B.C., has been a coach tn the Flames organization since the 2000-01 sea• on and in 2006 he took ov r th head coaching duties from Sutter and lead the Flames to the first round of the N playoffs before losing to the Detroit Red Wings in the Western

Conference quarter-final. The following year, he was moved to the associate coach's position upon the hiring of Mikr: Keenan. R viewing Playfair's resume, lfhe does accept the head coach position, he will no doubt bring a force to the team and hopefully insure a successful first season. Sources: http://www2. canada.com/abbotsfordtimes/news/sports/story. html?id:cdfbff513•402c• 4 b9-8eSc-91bafe02188d http://www.bcl o cal news.com /fr aser_ valley/abbyn ·ws/ sports/46497267.html

B.C.LionsTrainingin Abbotsford Parki.11gwill be provided on the school STAFFWRITER grounds. lhe Rookie Camp will also tak · place on these fields from June 4th to or the fourth year in a June 6th. For specific times regarding the row, the BC Lions will Rookie a.mpof training amp sessions visit http://www.bclions.com/page/trainrun their training session ing_camp. 1hc annual Fan Fest will take in Abbotsford. According place a week later on June 14, 2009 startto the official site of the BC Lions, "The BC Lions ing at l o'clock pm and ending at 5 o'clock pm. To attend check out Rotary St11diurn Football Club announced located on the Abbotsford Exhibition today that it has reached Grounds between these times, an agreement with the The impact of having the BC Lions City of Abbotsford, Abtraining camp in Abbotsford has always botsford Tourism and the Columbia Bibl • ollegc Lo b n a positive experience. For a week the local public is able to witness 11ndi11tcrextend its training camp ac1 with the Grey up champions. Also, partnership for another yenr, Training Camp 2009 the amount of tourism and publlclty that having a national football team in town will mark the fourth and final year the club will creales Is a chance for Abbotsford to conhold its training camp i11 nect with the rest of Canada. l-Iowcver, this is Lhc last year such an opportunity Abbotsford.'' Beginning on June 7, will be provided. Toe web page does not state where the BC Lions will be train2009 the BC lions will ing for the 2010 season but il does note start their spring train• the conclusion of its agreement with the Ing for the 2009 season on the fields adjacent to City of Abbotsford. Wh rever the Ch,1.b chooses to train, however, one fact will W_J. MouaL Secondary School. The web page also rernain; no matter how many Grey Cups the BC Lions win it will always come reminds the public not to park in the residential ar- back down to the effort of their fans to support them. as as you will be towed. ROMI CHAN

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ranks higher than orange juice, apple Juice and tea. 'Ihe reason why the berry is being hailed as "Superfood'' is because it docs aid in weight loss. Given that the berry is so high in fibre and omega 6 and 9 fats, it acts as a natural appetite suppressant. Th high fibre in the fruit lowers blood sugar levels which In turn lielp you lose w ight. Now, does this mean that all you should eat in your life is Ac:aiberries? No. The Acal berry is use• ful as a tool to h lp you, not to replace food altogether. Just like anything in life, moderation is key. Stop with the crazy diet fads. TI1ey're not good for you, A lot of web sites have blown Acal out of the water, and whil they are healthy, they aren't miraculous. Even though the berry has still nol been approved by the A to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease, th11t doesn't mean that the berry isn't good for you, it just means that if you are trying to treat cancer by drinking Acai berry juice, chances are it's not going to workout too well. Also, make sure that if you are buying this prodi1ct you arc in facLgetting good quality product. Many companies add useless fillers to juic s or other prod1,1ctsas money savers, so be careful to research where you're buying it, and make sure that you're getting what you are paying for. Also,

there have been several claims of internet scams involving "Free trial offers" of the b rry. So dumplings, make sure that you're smart. Buy from secure sites, and don't get trapped into believing everything that you read on the internet.