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Art Attack PAULESAU "censoring a work prevents the

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outset, negates reciprocity, and reverts dialogue to a conflict of I am writing this week about power; the exertion of this power something that's going to get me remains unchecked by the need in trouble. I know it and I suspect for justification or conversation." you know it too, just not. quite After you've read that sentence yet... so read on and let's get .this the necessary four times, I think circus on the road. you'll agree that, in a society fa1rlier this semester, a piece of that defines art as a "dialogue" student art was pulled off the wall between artist and audience, of a gallery at Trinity Western De Jong is casting censorship as University, for being so shocking, the ultimate artistic sin. He later so outrageous, so downright con- states that such action reduces art troversial, that innocent bystandto decoration or propaganda, and ers were being instilled with dan- ominously warns, "if this instigerous levels of righteous anger tution has the absolute power to merely by standing in its presence. revoke any expression without Also they were developing an in- precedence or dialogue, there can explicab~e appreciation for pagan be no freedom." fertility rituals and the sensuous De Jong's statement is actually taste of dark chocolate, sure signs the more moderate .one made in that their vulnerable minds were the Mars Hill. Mathew Braun, the being corrupted.* Arts & Culture editor, has previThe piece of artwork in ques- ously implied that the purpose of tion, a screenprint with the sin- the censoring was to prevent conister (and possibly heretical) title troversy and that "Trinity WestIrreverEaster, depicts the cruci- ern University will not achieve fixion scene of. Christ hanging greatness if we are unwilling to limply upon the cross, except that address controversy," a statement Christ's head has been replaced that (while fair at the abstract with that of... wait for it... level) places far too much of the blame for this specific situation The Easter Bunny. upon the administration.

Here is where I get in trouble.

Actually.

Obviously the act of censorship does imply that the displayed art The image can be found online. should conform to certain expecI'm not going to reproduce it here, tations, and obviously the unibecause, as anybody who's read versity's decision to remove the Violet Hart's column knows, this artwork also removes any potenis a family newspaper and we tial viewer's ability to "dialogue" have certain standard of morality with it, but does this actually deto enforce. What I am going to do stroy art as we know it? is talk a little bit about the controNot in my opinion. In fact, I versy this "authoritarian dogma- sense ·a false dichotomy here. It tism"** has stirred up at Trinity, seems that according to De Jong, and whether Rabbit Jesus 0 truly all true art must be accepted unideserves his time in the limelight. laterally, because to censor a sinThe central issue, as in all simi- gle piece destroys the integrity of lar cases, is one· of freedom of art as a whole and compromises expression. As Dylan De Jong, the ethos of the artist. We, the una contributor to Trinity's Mars creative masses, have neither the Hill student news_pape_rwrote, vision nor the understanding for

such power, as we are bound by our sociological and cultural constructs. In fact, ideally we would have no say on the matter; our sole purpose being to show up at the exhibition and "dialogue" the heck out of everything in sight.

It seems that De Jong is saying that the validity of art, by its very definition, must never be rejected - only explored.

After all "the comical and ridiculous irony" (according to De Jong) of the situation is that Daniel Hurst (the artist) intended a very positive message for his piece. In his artist statement Hurst proposes that by "allowing Easter to be these two ideologies simultaneously. I am materializing what is conflicting in my mind; this sacrilegious amalgamation of self-indulgent chocolate bunny and selfless Jesus."

Here, as a religious person myself, I sympathize. Hurst's piece does have a noble message and he's not the only one who has regretted the loss of religious meaning to consumer-oriented holidays, yet I doubt this has much bearing upon the censorship. Hurst's work was not removed from the exhibit because of its intended meaning; it was removed because the medium by which he conveyed that meaning could be construed as a blatant misuse of a religious icon. While some might see this "shock value" as necessary in the struggle to draw attention to a relevant issue, what it has instead done is polarized a community over a controversy unrelated to the artist's point. Hurst mentions that his negative association with Easter chocolate stems from the fact that much of the cocoa is harvested by child slaves in the Ivory Coast, yet that valid concern has been submerged in the waters of controversy.

Instead of immediately denouncing the censoring party for

being narrow-minded, ignorant, and dogmatic, I think we should take a step back, and ask a couple of questions about the work itself.

If the point of "Rabbit Jesus" was indeed to be the medium for a nob~e point, and not just to shock a response from the religious crowd, then _is it not fair to criticize the efficacy of the medium in conveying that point? And if the medium is the message itself, created for the express purpose of eliciting shock (some might remember the infamous jar of urine dilemma), then by what moral imperative does it demand recognition? Is it indeed, by nature of being labeled "art," beyond rejection? . If so, then that sets a dangerous precedent that I look forward to exploiting in the future. But I also realize we just strayed into dangerous waters, so I'm cutting myself off. The official reason given for the removal of IrreverEasteris "due to concerns it could offend because it [was placed in] a reception area." The unofficial reason is obviously to give one lucky student the chance to use "authoritarian dogmatism" in a sentence. *This paragraph is mostly sensational rubbish. **This either refers to the administrative decision to remove the artwork or the mentality behind the Spanish Inquisition. I got the feeling that the writer who used this term considered both to be comparable evils. °Come to think of it, that's only one letter away from Rabbi Jesus.

The world is full of small ironies.

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DiscoveriesSeminar Series Lecture As the final lecture of the DiscoveriesSeminarSeries,Or. DanSelbie- of Fisheriesand Oceans Canada, Cultus lake Salmon Research Laboratory Adjunct Facultyat UFV- will be givinga lecture Thursday December I, 2011from 12-1 p.m. in room A413. Dr. Selbie's research focuses on the trophic ecology of sockeye salmon, nursery lake ecosystems, and freshwater and marine forcing systems.

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TheJapaneseCultureClub will be hostinga luncheon on FridayDecember2 at UHouse. TheJapanese Culture Club hosts this event weekly on Fridays between 1.2-1 p.m. on Abbotsford campus to allow for anyone who is interesting in joiningthe club, or anyone who is interested in talking and learning about Japanese culture while sharing some good food. Anyone is welcome to come out. The menu is yet to be determined and will be served on a firstcome-first-serve basis.

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- time to light the Christmaslipts. On December ◄ from 1-4p.m. this yea,-1s new Christmas lights on the big Christmas tree In historic downtown Abbotsford will be lit. Mr. and Mrs. Claus will be arriving at some point during the event on a big red vintage firetruck. There will be vendors' booths to look at, hot cocoa to drink and cookies to eat. Local artists will be singingall of your favourite Christmas tunes throughout the afternoon.

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lookingfor an excitingnew holiday recipe to impressfriends with at a Christmas party this season,the AnnualWest Coast Christmas show may have just the inspirationyou need.

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UFV tests positive for •academic steroids" Students increasingly using prescription stimulants as study drugs ALI SIEMENS

25 hours." Dexedrine is supposed

THE CASCADE to increase wakefulness as well Students are known for spending long evenings in libraries, coffee shops and at their dining room tables studying and finishing projects throughout the semester. Many students consume large doses of caffeine to help them stay focused, but an increasing number are turning to study drugs - prescribed stimulants such as Adderall, Concerta and Ritalin usually used to treat narcolepsy, ADD or ADHD - to enhance their abilities. Trends in study aids have eve~ been welldocumented in popular culture: Jessie Spano from Saved by the Bell became addicted to caffeine pills while studying to get into Stanford, Dixon from 90210 started using Ritalin when he became stressed about trying to be successful in the music industry and Matthew Good Band's song "Hello Time Bomb" includes the lyrics, "did it on Ritalin, I got me some good grades."

The increase of study drug use has been reported all over the country, and UFV is no exception. A third-year male English major admitted to using prescription medication that is normally prescribed to people who have Attention Deficit Disorder. "I've used Dexedrine, a dextroamphetamine, to help me study, work and do an exam ... [it] heightened my ability of concentration for about 10 hours... and made me feel attentively awake for about

as aid in concentration. Some students find drugs like Dexedrine, Adderall, Concerta and Ritalin helpful for these reasons.

The student praised Dexedrine's effects on concentration: "I took it before writing a paper and it helped me keep on task very well." A second-year General Studies student who uses Concerta, a similar drug to Dexedrine, reiterated, "They make you have more energy and stay focused." Both students praised the drugs' abilities to help them during stressful experiences, allowing them to get tasks done in time.

Dr. Shale Blane, a family doctor in Abbotsford, explained that these medications come with certain risks. "Ritalin products have many side effects ·including rapid heart beat, headaches, dizziness, spaced-out sensations and seizures, to name a few." Students who used the drugs confirmed their experiences of some of these side effects - the English major noted that "[Dexedrine] made me a little jittery and twitchy," adding that "[it] reduced my appetite to nothing [and] dried out my mouth." The General Studies student said that Concerta gave her "headaches, stomach aches," and made her "really jittery."

Blane also noted that "prolonged use [of Ritalin products] can lead to dependency and addiction."

Doctors are not unaware of the rise of this study drug fad; Blane

mentioned that a memorandum had circulated around family practices reminding doctors that students are looking for these kinds of prescriptions even when they are not realistically dealing with ADD. But there is also a black market for these products.

"I got the drugs from a friend who had gotten them from a relative, who got them from a doctor as a prescription," said the English student.

Given the sometimes overwhelming pressure to be successful and get good grades, using this medication makes sense to many students. "I am in five classes a semester, and I need a good GPA to get into graduate school," admitted a fourth-year student studying History. "If I don't achieve a 4.0, with the competition that is out there now, I'll never get in. I am willing to sacrifice my sleep and appetite to get the grades I need."

At this point, students aren't being tested for the use of these drugs-which some refer to as "academic steroids" -and there are no studies that prove students excel while using them. The drugs may allow students to stay focused longer, but nothing shows it seriously affects their ability to actually comprehend material. If the question of academic integrity surfaces, Blane suggested, "rather than saying that these students are cheating, I prefer to think of them as foolish and nai:ve; drinking coffee, cola or other caffeine drinks is just as effective and definitely safer."

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The voice of reason Advice fromthe

StudentAssociationfor Phllosophlcal

to hang out together. Over the last few months every time I ask her to hang out she seems to have plans or just doesn't want to hang out with me, but when she asks me to hang out I'm expected to drop all of my plans to accommodate her. And to top it all off, she expects me to drive everywhere even when she's inviting me to go run errands with her. I'm just ~etting really frustrated. I don't know how to approach this without the possibility of losing her as a friend. Any suggestions?

Counselllfll (SAPC)servtna the students of UFV DearSAPC,

Confused friend I'm having difficulties with my best friend and I'm hoping you can help me out. We have been friends since high school and I cherish long-term friendships very much but I have noticed that every time we hang out it's because she wants or needs something from me and not simply because we are friends and we want

Dear Confused friend, Before we can give you any direct answers, we have some questions of our own to ask you.

You are expressing friendship issues but I would like to know

your definition of "friend" and your definition of "best friend."

Is it simply someone who will hang out with you, or someone that shares general interests, has commonalities with you and supports you through good times and bad? Word definitions are an important part of philosophical counselling as they allow the counsellor to understand what your beliefs and your understanding of words are. This helps to see where your conflict might be coming from. Understanding your definition of friendship will also help in determining where your beliefs, values and assumptions might conflict. I would also like to know how you see yourself as a friend. Do you meet the criteria you set out for others? Does your best friend meet the criteria for your definition of friend?

Should friendship require effort?

If you describe your friendship as someone who will simply hang out with you; perhaps you should rethink your definition. You are a

social being who requires a sense of belonging, and you deserve that. Just because a friendship has developed and grown apart does not mean that it is unimportant - it simply means that maybe you have grown apart and now it's time to find a new friend who shares in that friendship equally.

If you feel as though you are putting in a lot of effort, as you seem to be in your letter, and your best friend is not putting in the same amount, maybe you need to bring this to her attention. It may be a simple misunderstanding because it has been happening for so long that it has become routine and she does not recognize that you are in fact frustrated and upset.

If you are upholding to your own standards of friendship with honesty, support and compassion, you need to do the same and bring it to her attention. Keeping it bottled up and not expressing your frustration will only cause problems for-and anger about-

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your relationship. You need to be fair to your friend.

Do yourself a favour: go meet your friend for coffee or at her house, and politely and calmly tell her how you feel. Remember to use "I" statements, such as "I feel that our friendship has become a bit one-sided and it hurts my feelings as I feel that my needs have been neglected" to remove the blame from your friend and to keep a positive atmosphere. If she is truly your best friend, she will acknowledge the issue and make an effort towards you and your needs.

We hope this helps, SAPC If anyone reading this would like to respond to this issue or would like to ask a question themselves, please request advice from the SAPC by emailing alex@ ufvcascade.ca

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WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER30, 2011

The dodor is in: Banmanelected as Abbotsford's·newmayor GRACEROMUND Banman was openly opposed to THE CASCADE the proposed public-private partIn the recent civic election, Abbotsford citizens brought about significant change: although most of the city council and school trustees remain the same, there will be a new mayor in town.

The incumbent George Peary had won the last civic election with more votes than all four of the other candidates combined. But on November 19, Mayor George Peary lost the mayoralty election to Bruce Banman, a local chiropractor whose vision of what Abbotsford could be tempted him into politics. Even the mayorelect, Banman, stated he did not anticipate'he would become mayor of Abbotsford.

"Joy was my initial reaction [to discovering the election results], followed by shock, followed by fear, and finally a huge sense of responsibility. I knew there was going to be a great responsibility going in, but until you win it's not real. There's a huge amount of responsibility, and now I have a· lot of hard work to do."

nership (P3) for the Stave Lake water project. The project intended to create a new water resource for Abbotsford with the assistance of private partners.

"I had some serious concerns about the P3 option. When I first started out I was open to a design build or a P3. I was not opposed to that concept, but as I learned more about problems other places had had with P3s [I became] more suspicious," Banman admitted.

"It's perhaps something that could still work, but you have to be incredibly careful with the details. This truly is a case where you have to think not what if it goes right, but what if it goes wrong? I think the people have spoken loud and clear on the issue. I have no intention of reintroducing a P3 ... It was resounding."

The crux of George Peary's election campaign was making the public aware that his fellow candidates were all inexperienced in comparison. Banman recognized his inexperience in politics and civic government, but maintained, "I'm only the mayor. There

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Youth-led advocacy grouppressures Billto scrapCanadian WheatBoard government torethink crimebill monopoly advances OnNov. 24,Leadnow, a youth-led independent advocacy organization, organized a national day ofactionto protestthefederalConservatives' omnibus crimebill.

Citizens fromacross thecountry, donning cowboy hats,delivered toMPs' constituency offices petitionsandcopies ofa condemning reportreleased bytheCanadian BarAssociation, encouraging theirmembers ofParliament notto"messuplike Texas.• ·oneofthethingsthatwe'veseenisthateven conservative Texans havecomeuptoCanada and warned usnottofollow theirpathbyusingthings likemandatory sentences tofilltheirprisons, and create,really, a permanent under-dass ofpeople thathavebeencriminalized inavastlyexpensive prison system thatsucksresources awayfrom crimeprevention andrehabilitation; explained Leadnow executive director JamieBiggar.

Approximately 500participants, manyfrom regions outsideofurbancentres, participated in themassaction.

'Thecorething.thatwe'reopposed toismandatorysentences; saidBiggar.

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are eight other people on council.

The reality is people think the mayor has far more power than he or she does."

"I really have an awful lot of learning to do. It's one thing to run. It's one thing to have ideas and concepts. It's another thing to realize what the details of the job are ... It's like any other job; you have to find your way and figure out what your responsibilities and duties are."

Throughout his mayoralty campaign, Banman repeatedly discussed his vision for the city of Abbotsford and where he would like to see it in future years. Now, after having been elected, he says he would like to see it discussed at city hall in the days to come.

"I would like to take the city in the direction of the vision that I painted. I think we need to build up, not out. I think we need to create niches in which small businesses can thrive. That's the backbone of the economy, that's what fires the engines up. I would like to make Abbotsford the friendliest, most livable city in the world."

TAgovernment billtoscraptheCanadian Wheat Board's grainmarxeting monopoly dearedthefinalstageof approval byCanada~ House ofCommons onMonday, leaving itallbutcertain to become lawnextmonth.

ThebillwouldendtheWheatBoard's six-decade old marxeting monopoly forWest emCanada's wheatand barley formilling orexport,asofAugust 2012,thestart ofthe2012/13cropmarxeting year.

Thenewlawwould alterthewestern grainindustry as farmers couldimmediately commit nextyear'scrops toprivate grainhandlefS likeViterra andRi<hardson International limitedthrough forward pricecontracts.

Agriculture ministers fromCanada's two-biggest wheatgrowing provinces, Saskatchewan andAlberta, repeated theirsupport forthebillfromthefederal Conservative government.

Bothprovincial governments havestrong tiestotheConservatives.

"All producers areasking hereforisthechoice tomarxet theirowngrain-theyhavenovendetta toseetheend oftheWheat Board;Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister BobBjomerud toldreportefS inOttawa.

Manitoba, theprovince inwhichtheWheat Board is based, opposes thebill,saying itwillresultinlower returns to farmers, a lossofjobsanda reduction inshippingthrough itsnorthern portofChurchill.

Farmers havelongbeendivided overtheWheatBoard monopoly, although a majority surveyed ina nonbinding summer pollbytheCWB favored keeping the wheatmonopoly.

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Enbridge Inc'sproposed C$5.5 billion ($5.3billion) Students unhappy withtheKwantlen Student Associa- Facebook willberequired togetusefconsent forcertain pipeline toBritish Columbia poses a raftofenviron-tion(KSA) aretakingaction,calling fottheimpeachchanges to privacy settings aspartofa settlement of mentalrisks, according toa newreport thatsignals mentofmostoftheKSA's current boardmembers. federal charges thatit deceived consumers andforced theproject willbecome thenextbattleground over Kwantlen senaterepresentative andnon-voting council themtosharemorepersonal information thanthey thefutureofCanada's oilsands. member Christopher Girodat presented a277-signature intended.

Thestudybyatrioofenvironmental groups, petition totheKSA earlier thismonthrequesting that Thesettlement withtheU.S. Federal Trade Commission released onTuesday, comes ontheheelsofa U.S. a special general meeting (SGM) beheldNov. 30torewillalsosubject thecompany, whichisreported to decision topushbackapproval ofTransCanada movethefiveexecutives andeightothervoting council preparing a $1Obillion initialpublic offering, to20years Corp's Alberta-to-Texas Keystone XLpipeline by members fromoffice, andtoinst.all a newsetofby1aws. ofindependent audits. morethanayear.

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Time to help-portrait Abbotsford Volunteers and clients needed for December 10 community event JOEL SMART THE CASCADE For UFV student Laura Henderson, Help-Portrait Abbotsford is a fun way to make a difference.

For many financially-struggling families, the idea of getting a Christmas portrait done is just not possiple, but Henderson and her friend Tamara Okoti aim to change that with their second annual event on December 10.

"We're going to try and photograph 500 or 600 people in the community in one day," Henderson said. This year's Help-Portrait will be from 8-11 a.m. at Bakerview Church at 2285 Clearbrook Road. Despite the location, she clarified, the event is not religiously affiliated.

A picture can tquch someone's life in a way many wouldn't expect. "It's one of those things that a lot of people take for granted," Henderson said. "It's like, 'Yeah, of course there is a picture of me and my family.' But we had so many people last year who were like, 'This is the first photo of me with my three-year-old,' or, 'This is the first photo of me ans my husband."' The incredible feedback last year encouraged them to make the event even bigger this year. "There were a lot of people who like, 'This has been the worst year of my life, and this is just so cool, and I feel so pretty and so happy,"' said Henderson.

Because of the growing scope of the event, there is also a growing need for volunteers. "It would be cool to get as many people out as possible - volunteers and clients," she said. The event isn't just for photographers to take part in, but also photographer's assistants, photo editors who can work with Photoshop, hairdressers, makeup artists, anyone who wants to film or live-blog the event, or even those who just talk to those who come out. One group might even come in to help with wardrobe.

"Some of these people had never had their makeup or hair done by a professional," she said. "It might not seem like a big thing, but... some people ... were really excited to get {that] done, and have that picture to show people."

This will be the second time the event will be held in Abbotsford, but this year has included a lot more planning. "Me and my girlfriend found out about it online

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last year a few weeks beforehand, and we're like 'this is so cool, let's do it.' So with no sleep and without any support we did a really quick version last year and it was really, really cool and we got 270 people photographed." What really touched Henderson were the reactions of people who had never had portraits done before.

"Moms were crying because this was the first time they had a photo of them with all of their children together," she said. "There was a married couple that had been married that summer, but didn't have any pictures of them together since their wedding.

Them getting this photo - they were so excited!" she said. "It was a really big deal to them to get this picture."

Henderson realized that it isn't

an easy thing to get people to come out. "It's a Saturday in December, so we understand we're asking people to give up a potentially paid day of work," Henderson said. "We certainly won't say no to anyone who wants to help out."

She also wanted to emphasize that students at UFV who are struggling financially are encouraged to come out and have their picture taken. "I know there are people at UFV who would qualify for this. Lots of us have had to take financial hits to do this education," she said. "For a lot of people going to school and feeding themselves takes up more income than they have."

"People have kids and are in school full time, and there is no way they're going to get a family

States Student Association (USSA) written interview question reor the Student Labour Action sponses stating: Project (SLAP). This campaign for Post Secondary Education in Brit"The Where's the Funding ish Columbia isn't the first to use Campaign is betng jointly orthe title "Where's the Funding" ganized by the UVic Students' but that doesn't connect us with Society, Simon Fraser Students' any other group or organization Society, Capilano Student Union, that use the title. There is also a Langara Student Union, UBC WTF campaign for Lung Cancer Alma Mater Society and UFV (http://www.wtflungcancer.com/) Student Union Society ( with but like USSA and SLAP, this has UBC, UVic, SFU as its founding no connection to the movement members ). The campaign was for Post Secondary Education in 'launched in early September of B.C. this year. We are a loose affiliation of schools committed to working I believe I made the origins of together to improve the condition the WTF campaign clear in my of post-secondary in B.C."

photo for Christmas - so come out and get one," she said.

Getting financial support in the city of Abbotsford has proven a challenge so far. "It's surprisingly hard to get community donations of anything in this city ... it's impossible to get a donation from Tim Hortons. Trying to get anyone in this city to even donate some coffee is really, really hard ...

We're not a super well-connected community in a lot of ways."

However, one volunteer-an employee for the Telecommunications Workers Union-was able to convince his employers to donate 700 dollars to the cause. The donation enabled the group to purchase some printers, ink and paper - allowing Help-Portrait to print off the pictures on-site.

"I'm really excited about that,"

Had the author had questions about the involvement of American student lobby groups I would have preferred them to be raised in the interview questions. It was surprising to see SLAP and USSA mentioned in the article as no materials have been published linking either of these organizations to this campaign.

Where's the Funding is being organized by British Columbian students for British Columbian students. It is the first campaign of its kind in the history of this province. It is massively impor-

she said. Thrifty Foods has also agreed to donate baked goods to those who attend. Nutrilawn is covering the costs of the shirts for volunteers, and Shoppers Drugmart has donated a gift basket to be raffled off, with the proceeds to help with printing costs.

Still, the event could use more support. "One thing we wanted to do try and do, that isn't going to happen this year, is to have more resources there that people can walk away with," Henderson said. The group wants to be able to send people home with food, or maybe even some luxury items - things struggling individuals can't afford to buy for themselves.

"How cool would it be to be able to give some of these young, impoverished, expectant mothers a nice gift bag. Here are some bath and beauty products, some nice stuff. It would be great to have more donations and community support," Henderson said.

She also wished that there was a way to bring families in need from surrounding areas to the event. "We don't have any transportation or any way to get them," she said. "It would be awesome if a church or a group or someone with a bus steps up and says 'yeah, we're going to do a taxi out to Chilliwack and pick up 40 people and bring them in."'

Whether you're interested in being a volunteer or if you'd like to come in and have your portrait done, you're encouraged to learn more by emailing Henderson at HelpPortraitAbbotsford@gmail. com or visiting the website at HelpPortraitAbbotsford.blogspot. com. There is also a Facebook group: "Help Portrait Abbotsford 2011."

tant movement that is making a lot of noise in provincial politics and I believe that implying it is the newest chapter of an American campaign both belittles the movement and is factually wrong.

Sincerely, Kate Nickelchok VP Academic Student Union Society

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"Hiring a programming coordinator will allow more time for Between December 5th and 9th, volunteers to be supported by a UFV students have a decision to focused staff member," said Levy, make: CIVL, UFV's campus radio "and [we] will be able to provide station, is asking for students' more intensive direction and vote to increase funding. Right mentoring to the students." now, every student at UFV pays Rebekah Makepeace is one CIVL three dollars per semester CIVL volunteer who visited classas part of student fees. Through es to raise awareness about the the referendum starting on the referendum. "I was lucky enough fifth, CIVL is asking students to do a work study with CIVL and to increase this contribution to it was great experience for me," seven dollars per semester; this she said, "and I hope, in the fui:r:1creasewill almost triple the to- ture, other UFV students will be tal funding they receive from stu- able to have the same opportudents - from $70,000 to $190,000 a nity ... I think it's really cool that UFV students and our surroundyear.

"The station doesn't and never ing community members have did want to ask students for a access to this alternative media lot of money, but originally it outlet."

Right now, 25 UFV students run looked like CIVL could sustain their own radio shows on a weekitself with less," station manager Aaron Levy explained, "And the ly basis, as well as 25 community changing global financial situa- members. "The diversity is amaztion makes that a little tougher." ing," said Makepeace, "We have Right now, Levy is the resi- shows that offer everything from dent jack-of-all-trades at CIVL; Polish reggae to classical music." as the only paid employee, he not CIVL is more than open to addonly manages the station but is ing to this schedule as well - any responsible for marketing, pro- interested student is more than gramming, fundraising, dealing welcome to drop by the CIVL offices in C building and become with technical issues, organizing, training, supervising, and involved. recruiting student volunteers . It's If students choose to increase a lot for any single person to keep funding, their contributions will on top of, and if students approve directly affect a number of inthis increase, CIVL would be able dividuals, who will receive into hire at least one more full-time creased funding and support employee. First on the wish list is from CIVL. But Levy is also lookhiring a programming coordinaing towards the future of CIVL

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as a whole: "Our functioning at present is not sustainable," he said. "We are functioning fairly excellently now, but {it] leaves no room for error, essentially."

Part of the proposed increase would -ensure that CIVL could start saving up a pool of funds to make sure that the station can handle tough times, should they arise. A financial advisor estimated that a station like CIVL should be putting away about five per cent of overall funding as a nest egg - which could then go towards emergency repairs or upgrades, or cover CIVL if operating costs suddenly rise. Right now, Levy says, having a safety net fund like this is simply a luxury the station can't afford.

Students often balk at having to pay more for anything; however, Levy said, "If this increase goes through ...it will allow us to avoid having to request a student fee increase for a long time."

As things stand now, CIVL needs this increase to hire enough employees to support itself properly, and to update its equipment to be on par with other, similar university stations across Canada.

The referendum runs online at my.ufv.ca from December 5th to 9th. Students can vote "Yes" to increase funding to seven dollars, or "No" to keep funding at the current three dollars a semester.

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SUS by-election· resultsusherin freshfacesand new Ideas JOE JOHNSON valuable asset, as the role of the

THE CASCADE VP Social is to be involved in all

The SUS By-election results are in: 515 UFV students cast a ballot for the VP Social, Clubs & Associations Representative, Residence Representative, and Representatives at Large positions. The campaign period ran from the 16th of November to the 23rd, leaving a six-day voting period. The SUS's newly elected candidates will take office on December 1.

VP Social-elect Wyatt Scott received 238 votes, beating out Tuong Thai and Zack Soderstrom.

This effectively leaves Soderstrom, who was previously Residence Rep, without a place in the SUS. The VP Social position will also see Mehtab Singh Rai, who was serving in the interim, step back to his previous Representative at Large position.

Scott is a committed member of the Political Science Students Association, and is also a student in the Political Science program.

He plans to use his experience in the entertainment industry as a resource to draw on in his new position. This may prove to be a

public concerns of the SUS - such as engaging with agents external to UFV, working with AfterMath, keeping the SUS website current, and posting flyers and banners around the campus.

Cody Willems-Kutz was elected the new Clubs & Associations Representative - a position that was new to this election. The position marks a greater outreach to the many diverse groups that are working to make UFV a studentfirst university. Willems-Kutz sees his role as one of championing greater communication to and from the SUS. While receiving 233 votes, he was unchallenged in his candidacy.

The Residence Representative will be Christian Doyle. He received 245 votes, and was another unchallenged candidate. Doyle champions a greater and expanded U-Pass, as well as a new residence card. He envisions working with the Baker House Residence Association and speaking for not only student residence, but also the university. Doyle's noted in his Candidate Statement, "The issue on campus that bothers me

the most is student apathy and I want it to be SUS's job to attempt to get the student body out of the comatose state that it currently resides in."

For both uncontested positions, voters were given the option of choosing: yes, no, or no opinion.

Finally, as three of the nine Representative at Large seats

were vacant at the time of the byelection, one was taken by Anne Franklin at 173 votes and another

by Greg Strickland at 142. The third seat was held for Rai as he reverted back to his original role.

Reps at Large essentially work as advocates for the student body.

Franklin, in addition to engaging with students, would like to see a

transit line between Chilliwack and Abbotsford, cheaper food and events that bring together the UFV community. Strickland, on the other hand, is a major proponent of increasing the SUS's web presence in forums like YouTube and Facebook.

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Dr. CherylSuzackcomesto UFV DESSABAYROCKputting

together a similar work "Indigenous Women's Writing and the Cultural Study of Law." Suzack's lecture followed along the same lines: she explained to her audience how aboriginal women in North America have been treated in terms of "issues of race and gender discrimination" when it comes to both federal and tribal law.

The contrast between law and aboriginal culture is not a new one; the interesting angle Suzack took was to compare her findings to literature discussing the same topics. Although her work still "has the touch of academic research to it," Suzack said that she still feels that joy and curiosity are the underlying currents in all her work; she also feels that this is an area that should be studied and spoken about. The aboriginal community, she said, is very tightly knit - to the point where these issues are simply not spoken about, despite being universally understood. "Women... are confined by their cultural responsibilities," said Suzack, and when it comes to tribal law, they can be recognized as members of a culture while still suffering from a

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How do law and culture intersect to make indigenous women the target of discrimination?

Last week, UFV guest lecturer Dr. Cheryl Suzack from the University of Toronto addressed questions like these during her talk "Trapped in one of the oldest ways: Indigenous women, literature and the law." The event, held on November 22, was hosted by the Faculty and Student's Association. Suzack's specialty is a cross between literature, law and aboriginal culture.

About 25 students, faculty and staff turned out to see Suzack speak. She began her lecture by thanking the local St6:16 people, as well as the Status of Women Committee who invited her to speak at UFV. "It's so inspiring to see students who are actually curious!" Suzack began, before commencing her lecture.

Suzack recently co-edited UBC Press' collection IndigenousWom-

en andFeminism:Politics,Activism, Culture and is in the process of

constant gender bias.

Suzack used an example from the United States to illustrate this point: Julia Martinez of the Pueblo people in Santa Clara was one of the first aboriginal women to stand up and struggle against clear gender bias in tribal law by fighting to have her half-blooded children accepted as members of her tribe. Traditionally, children with native fathers are accepted by the tribe as full members; children borne by native mothers and non-aboriginal fathers, however, are not. It's partly and most obviously in this q-tanner, Suzack said, that tribal law has "played a key role in diminishing native women's role in their communities."

Suzack said that it has been her goal, through her published work and lectures, to encourage the identities of aboriginal women by bringing together literature and law. "I'm delighted by the language of the human being," she said, "and I want to embrace a community where every person can be accepted, heard, and respected, regardless of race, gender, or law."

Standingroom only at UFVmicrolectures NICKUBELS THE CASCADE "Green means go, yellow means you have 30 seconds left, and red means you're out of there!"

These were the instructions given by associate vice-president of research and graduate studies Yvon Dandurand as he outlined the ground rules for the third edition of UFV's popular microlectures series.

Sixteen professors representing 12 UFV departments took the two-minute challenge, presenting summaries of, their research projects for an eager crowd of students and colleagues at the Road Runner Cafe on UFV's Abbotsford campus last Wednesday.

"We call them microlectures, but they are major events," Dandurand said.

The concept behind a microlecture is simple: researchers are given a strict time-limit of two minutes to deliver as much information as they can about their current project. In this way, the event is similar to student elevator pitch competitions held by other universities' business departments. The c};lallenge is how to most effectively generate interest in one's research in such a short timespan among researchers and students from other backgrounds of study.

According to Satwinder Bains, who presented on her research into the development of racial and pel'sonal identity of South Asian students here at UFV, there are three key elements to any successful microlecture.

"You need the premise, a little bit of findings, and you need the hook," she said. "It's really hard to take 40 or 50 pages of a journal article you wrote and size it into one and a half pages and try to present it in two minutes."

The condensed approach was effective as it kept the event's

running time well within the attention span of most of the attendees. In less than 40 minutes, audience members heard about the latest research across a wide variety of disciplines, from geography to linguistics and communications to criminology.

"What we wanted to do was get the word out on research and what's happening at UFV with respect to research," explained Brad Whittaker, director of research services.

Whittaker also emphasized the importance of the event's location to its success. The Road Runner Cafe - momentarily transformed into a makeshift lecture hall with a stage, podium, and projector screen covering the large windows and rows of deck chairs filling the small space - is one of the school's highest-traffic areas thanks to its proximity to the transit loop. At the end of the 40 minute session, it was standingroom-only with audience members spilling out into the hallways and leaning over the second-level railing to listen in.

To the left of the stage, a traffic light rigged to change colours according to the amount of time remaining cast a tinted glow across the podium. This meant that the audience knew immediately when a professor was nearing the end of their allotted time, if the increasingly rapid metre of the presenter's speech was not already enough to give this away.

Satwinder Bains explained the sense of panic when the yellow light comes on.

"It's like oh my god, oh my god, I have to finish now," she said.

"You're prepared for the yellow light, but there's so much more to tell and it feels like you're leaving people hanging."

First up was Eric Talvila, an instructor in the mathematics department who presented on distributional integrals, a revolutionary new theory that allows students and researchers to effectively bypass the complicated manoeuvres of twentieth century mathematics once required to achieve the same results.

"It's kind of like jumping from

the telegraph right to the cellphone without ever using the land line," he said. "It's a nice way to bring undergrads right to the forefront of research."

Talvila's approach was catered to a diverse audience. Instead of going into details about the math behind his research, he chose to describe the implications for undergraduate research.

"We have introductory math courses called Calculus I and Calculus II," he explained. "I need to get you up to about Calculus XV in one minute and 50 seconds."

One theme that emerged during the brief event was a general focus on researching local issues.

Annette Vogt's presentation discussed the success of extrajudicial alternatives to incarceration of young offenders in the Fraser Valley, while Tom Baumann spoke about efforts at the newlycommissioned Berry Resource Centre to solve pollination problems associated with declining honeybee populations.

English professor Jamin Pelkey's use of analogies from bi-

ology in linguistics demonstrated the inter-disciplinary potential of these events. His current research looks at the use of three categories from evolutionary biology in the study of language change: ecology, or environmental influences; phylogeny, or inherited influences; and ontogeny, or areas where the t:wo prior categories converge.

Pelkey's belief is that, "this three-way distinction could help . linguistics out of a _rut."

"If linguists embrace the fact. that languages are always in process, language varieties could be reimagined as organisms or species growing through space and time, being conditioned by both the environment and determined by inherited traits," he said.

Satwinder Bains said that these events are important in building a sense of community across the disciplines at UFV. "I feel that sometimes we don't have enough time to read other people's work because, at this level, you're so concerned with your own area that you can't branch out," she said. "I was so fascinated with the issues of education, biology, math and agriculture."

According to Brad Whittaker, UFV students will have the chance to present on their own research work at a similar event planned for March 2012. Unlike professors, students will have an extra minute to help reduce the stress.

"A lot of students who do research here go on to graduate school; they have to make themselves known," Whittaker said, encouraging students to take advantage of the opportunity to talk about their undergraduate work.

"So come out and tell us what you're doing. Last year the student research day and presentation was fantastic," he said. "I'm not exaggerating, it was great."

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Scotland's bid for independence escalates SASHAMOEDT THE CASCADE A turbulent political situation has surfaced in the United Kingdom as Scotland's desire to break away from the UK has escalated since the election of the Scottish National Party (SNP), and now a referendum looms. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, leader of the SNP, has made it clear that he wants a referendum in the second half of his term.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron strongly opposes the referendum, though after Salmond's first ever majority victory in the 2011 election, Cameron said he would not put any legal obstacles in the way of a referendum, according to The Guardian.

Instead, Westminster officials are looking for ways to appease Scotland's discontent. The UK government is considering the Scottish Bill, part of a commission to review devolution. This would grant Scotland more fiscal independence.

A summary of the Scottish Bill reads as follows on the UK parliament website: "jt would make changes to the finances of the Scottish Parliament, including a new Scottish rate of income tax, and

make a number of adjustments to the boundary of devolved responsibilities."

However, the Scottish National Party does not appear to accept the Scottish Bill in itself. Rather, discussion and debates continue on the campaign and question of the referendum.

David Cameron is looking to Canada's own Clarity Act to provide guidance to the government of the United Kingdom with respect to the referendum. Not un-

fairly, Cameron wants a clear, concise question and outcome.

The Clarity Act was a response to the perceived obfuscated question that was put to referendum by the Government of Quebec in 1995. The Liberal government of the day, after narrowly averting disaster, put a reference question to the Supreme Court of Canada to determine whether or not a province could unilaterally cede from the country and what requirements there would be for both federal and provincial governments in the event of a successful referendum.

The ruling on Referencere Secession of Quebecformed the basis of the ClarityAct, which requires the federal government to negotiate in good faith with any province that wishes to cede in the event of a clear majority agreeing with a clear question.

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the voter level, Scotland actually wants independence - a complete breakaway from the UK. To have more power in managing their own affairs is one thing, moving more towards devolution, but a complete break creates issues and conundrums in the constitution and economy. The stats are as follows: according to The Scotsman, 53 per cent of the Scottish people questioned would vote "no" in a referendum, found in a poll carried out by the Scottish Daily Mail, while 28 per cent were in favour of it, and 17 per cent were unsure.

Scotland may not have voted Salmond in for the sole purpose of giving him the reigns to lead the move towards complete autonomy - perhaps they only want more political influence in issues directly regarding themselves.

But, look at Abbotsford's municipal election. George Peary was a proficient political figure with years of experience behind him but he was ousted because of his campaign for the P3. We've seen it in the provincial elections, too, with the backlash against Gordon Campbell's introduction of the HST. What a leader pushes for can decide an election. Salmond's landslide victory must mean something.

The Scottish people brought a

nationalist into power to fulfill a desire. Whether that desire is secession from the rest of the UK, is something we'll find out.

Unification of England and Scotland took place in 1707, to strengthen both countries' wealth.

That in itself was a controversy; some say that in 1707, Scotland was in dire need of financial aid, and England stepped in to help, but others argue that influential Scottish officials were bribed by the English to carry out the unification. Whatever the case may be, the discontent is clear. Why should the Scottish pay taxes to fund the London 2012 Olympics?

Why should the Scottish, a separate and unique culture from England, be lumped in and managed with and by another country?

Questions of how Scotland would manage their independence politically and financially dominate the discussions. Can Europe handle another financial blow at this time of economic crisis?

With Canada's similar experience with Quebec's movement towards secession, and with Canada's own bid for independence from Great Britain behind us, the development and results of Scotland's movement towards autonomy will be an interesting progression to follow.

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THE CASCADE DearOVL, Bro, I feel for your cause. I do.

You're kind of broke, and hombre, I .get that. I've been there. You've got big dreams. I get that too, and you know what, I'm all for giving you another four dollars of my hard-earned dough. I'm going to vote, I'm going to vote "yes," and I'm going to convince some peeps they should do the same. You're a chill dude, OVL. We should hang out more. Let me throw you some fundage.

But I've got a bone to pick with you. Your advertising for this referendum sucks. It doesn't just suck It sucks hard. Your posters are tiny, crowded, and hard to read. If you want to win some student love, you can't crowd your shit. Cool graphics, bro, for sure._But if I can't read it while balancing a stack of books and rushing to class, it's not going to work I only noticed because I like you. We're friends. That's what friends do.

But most students don't care jackshit for you, OVL, they don't know what you're on about or what you're trying to do. Bro, that's gotta suck So you have to make your campaign simple. Punchy. You don't need that huge paragraph superimposed on a

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typewriter or whatever that sweet graphic is. Black on white. Barn barn barn. What do you want? You want four dollars. Bro, simple. Students aren't going to begrudge you four dollars. That's a coffee. That's a beer.

If you ask for straight up money, they aren't going to like it. Why would they? Student fees are shitty.

Nobody likes paying anything. But we're all bros, right? We're chill.

Don't pop your signs full of dollar signs. Just be all, "Bro. Buy me a coffee." Dude, I buy my bros coffee all the time. (You're welcome, Van Veen.) They aren't going to judge on you for needing a coffee.

Then tell them what you're going to do with that coffee. All you have to say is, "Bro, with that coffee, I'm going to hire more students just like you." Say,"Bro, you want to work on a radio station? Of course you do. DJs get the ladies. Come see me. Buy me a coffee and we'll make some shit happen."

OVL, four dollars a semester isn't a huge deal. Play it cool. Don't make

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it seem so life-and-death. Be chill.

When you crowd your tiny posters with tiny words, I get all confused.

I start wondering what you really want. I don't want to pay more. You lose me.

But tone it all down, play it all chill. Sure, hombre - I'll buy you a coffee. I'm just helping a bro out.

And I'm sure plenty of other students would do the same.

Just get the word out there. Plaster the walls with your message. That's my other beef: how many peeps actually know this is going on? Shout it out. Fight apathy. Stop using tiny posters. Let me see big words for a big message. "BUY OVL A BEER" "BUY OVL A COFFEE.""CMON, BRO- WE'D DO THE SAME:' 'Cause, bro- I know you would.

GUIF. Cheers, D.Bayrock

CHRISHEARN

Qatar has long had a desire to be seen and heard. It recently won the WINNIPEG (CUP) - As I pre- honour of hosting the 2022 FIFA pare to head back to Doha, Qatar, World Cup. It also signed the richafter a six-month hiatus in lovely est sponsorship deal in football hisWinnipeg, I appear to be going back tory to have the Qatar Foundation to a much different place than I left. logo on the Barcelona Football Club Physically, not much has changed; jersey. Now, it is taking its role in the there is still a lot of sand, and the Middle East into the realm of regiontemperatures during the summer al leadership. can still be hot enough to bake cookWhat this has done is make the ies in a parked car. But politically, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin little state of Qatar, jutting off into the Khalifa Al-Thani, a very popular Arabian Gulf from Saudi Arabia, has man in his country. I believe that if become a diplomatic powerhouse in a person is going to be a dictator, Ala region that has been completely Thani is showing how it can be done changed by revolution. quite successfully. Through his quest Qatar took a very bold step by to build Qatar into an internationally getting involved in the overthrow renowned country, he has brought of Libyan leader Moammar Gad- a tremendous amount of pride to hafi. It sent planes to back NATO's the nearly two million Qataris he no-fly zone, helped fund and arm leads. This is on top of spreading the Libyan rebels, set up a television sta- wealth from the third largest natural tion based in Qatar to counter Libya's gas reserves in the world to make state television, assisted the rebels in Qatar one of the richest countries in selling Libyan oil and gave injured the Middle East. He's also incorporated democratic elements into his rebels medical attention. And now that Gadhafi is gone, Qatar is com- rule, giving women the vote in 1999 mitted to getting Libya back -0n its and recently announcing that he will hold a national election for an advifeet.

Qatar has spearheaded another sory council in 2013.Who is going to bold move in pressuring the Arab overthrow a dictator when the popuLeague to suspend Syria. This comes lation has it so good? after months of state-sanctioned, The Qatar I am going back to is deadly violence towards· anti-gov- one that is being taken more seriously, and is set to take the Arab League ernment protesters in the country.

For this step, Qatar and the Arab into a new era of increased credibilLeague have won a great deal of ity. I could be in the right place at the praise from the international com- right time, watching a former desert munity. Qatar has alsodrawn a great wasteland tum itself into a powerdeal of anger from Syrian leaders, ful Middle Eastern country before who are already upset over Qatar's my eyes. The Arab Spring, it would Al-Jaz.eera news channels, which appear, hasn't just helped get rid of they feel have helped fan the flames brutal dictators. It has managed to of revolution. Either way, it shows a shift power and create new players willingness on the part of Qatar to to guide the region into the future. push the Arab League to take hard action in the region.

THE MANITOBAN (U OF M)

Callingfor Teaching ExcellenceAward Nominations.

Chris Bertram: Recipientof the 2011UFV TeachingExcellenceAward.

Once again UFVwill provide an award to an individual in recognition of teaching excellence.

Those eligible for nomination include all UFVfaculty and lab instructors who have completed two years of instruction or sessional instructors who have completed the equivalent time.

Nominations will be accepted from faculty, students, alumni, and staff.

Selection criteria includes mentorship, attention to student learning in the instructional environment and in coursework, respect for students, exemplary scholarship and professionalism.

Nomination packages are available at the offices of the Deans, Faculty Services, and Student Services.

Packages can be downloaded from www.ufv.ca/tea.

For more information, contact LisaTassone at 604-504-7441 ext 5114 or lisa.tassone@Ufv.ca.

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FRASERVAILEY Deadline for nominations is January 13, 2012.

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Thank Christ it's not Christmas J.O.R.BROWN tired and

cry out to be fun.kified.

But apart from some brave souls in THE CASCADE Funkadactyl or Mannheim SteamNovember is only nearing its end roller, the sickly sweet fluff that and I have already been bombarded fills all the stores and invades the with Christmas music and Yuletide radio pounds home one message advertising. li it were only the case over and over - it is time to shop! that this apparent devotion to the It certainly did not used to be this holidays really meant joy and good- way. Amongst the various denomiwill amongst men (and women). nations of Galileans that celebrate Alas, such early signs of Sinterklaas this feast, the Christmas season does and Saturnalia mean no such thing. not even begin until December 25.

No, instead it is something much The month prior, beginning on the more momentous and oh so impor- last Sunday of November, is a petant shopping season has arrived. riod called advent and is observed I am sure that there are some in preparation for the great feast to that find the whole experience en- come. It is the beginning of the liturjoyable or gratifying. Gift giving to gical year and for many it is a solemn loved ones can be most uplifting and exciting time, with the anticiand satisfactory, but I am at the point pation of the coming of the Christ now where I find even that a sorry With everything that Christmas shield in the face of the onslaught of and "Christmastime" has become, I bad taste. The thought that I might would not even begin to contemplate soon have to brave the mall with the calling this anything approaching waves of bargain hunters haunts my a holy day. I am sure that if I were dreams and gives me a chill so cut- a believer, it would pain me to see ting that no amount of mulled wine a relatively minor festival ripped can cure it The Christmas tunes from its vestments, stripped of even that will begin to fill the streets are the most superficial sanctity and

reformulated into a capitalist extravaganza. What was it that Jesus said about material riches, again?

This year, I am going to do something entirely unoriginal and vainglorious. I am not going to buy anyone any Christmas presents, nor will I be indulging in the other secularized accoutrements (except for eggnog, because that is delicious). I will do my best to stay away from the malls and turn off the awfully infected radio, and rather than anxiously anticipating the 25th of December, I will look forward to an astronomically interesting date, the winter solstice. And most importantly, I will endeavour to be more joyous and generous than I otherwise am.

I do not expect anyone else to humour my proposal for a boycott of bad taste and Silver Bells. But being a little bit more reflective is something that all of us ought to strive for, especially in the face of such unthinking and unbridled buying. What could be more in the Christmas spirit than that?

Pope disc9urages discussion Controversial ad pulled after Vatican gives it thumbs down HILARYSINCLAIR THE LINK (CONCORDIA) MONTREAL (CUP) Imagine Pope Benedict XVI locking lips with an imam.

That image got real last week.

It appeared, along with images of other world leaders locking lips, on billboards and bridges in Rome, Paris, Tel Aviv, New York and Milan on Nov. 16. It was clothing company United Colors of Benetton's newest ad campaign.

The Vatican-in typical Vatican fashion-got offended. The sensual depiction of its leader prompted threatsoflegalactionagainstthecompany. In response, Benetton removed the image from the collection of controversial kisses that make up its newest campaign, entitled "Unhate:' This latest move by the Catholic church comes during the Pope's visit to Africa where he preached to leaders that they should stop depriving theirpeopleofhopeforabetterfuture.

There's an irony to the Pope making these optimistic statements while the Vatican uses its influence to censor conversations that could actually cultivate this hope.

As of late, our society seems to value large-scale conversation more than ever. Look at the tents and demonstrations that have popped up in hundreds of cities around the world.

Starting a conversation is what this ad was meant to do as well.

Benetton is no amateur when it comes to using shock tactics. Their past ads have included a man dying of AIDS with his grieving family next to his hospital bed, a black woman breastfeeding a white baby and three identical human hearts labeled black, white and yellow.

All these contentious images

have a purpose, however. They may be intended to raise consumer awareness of Benetton's products, but they're doing so by attempting to shock the population into having a conversation.

People are angry because they feel their religion is being mocked. But I think what is really being mocked here are the people themselves people who can't see past the homosexuality (and a lot of people are up in arms about that), who can't look up from their religious texts and see what is really going on around them.

Religious intolerance is breeding hate and war, and guess what our society is not working.

So let's talk. Let's look at these ads and ask ourselves why they shock us, why this meeting of ideas is so unfathomable that the Vatican feels they should be tom down and many in the religious community are upset It is because in our limited view of the future, we

cannot picture a time when this is possible. That is the message here.

The ad campaign extends its shocking imagery to political figures. We get U.S. President Barack Obama locking lips with Otlnese President Hu Jintao, French President. Nicolas Sarkozy sucking face with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas playing tonsil hockey. These are not awkward grandma kisses. They are intimate, eyes-closed mouth parties so skillfully edited that they could be real. And maybe they could be (should be) real.

This campaign, ultimately, is about more than selling clothes.

This campaign is about forcing us to talk about the power of these images. It's a shame that a valuable participant in the discussion has opted to shut it out, rather than speak up.

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JAMESINGLIS Is there a better way to reflect on the CONTRIBUTOR year's good fortune than by standing in line for days to ensure the acquisition of that $2 waffle iron? I Our American cousins (with think not Apparently many in apologies to Mrs. Lincoln) have re- agreement with me'. In New York cently celebrated the Thanksgiving City, NBC News reported that 10,000 holiday. President Obama pardoned people were lined up in front of Mathe turkeys' liberty and peace while cy's department store waiting for the other Americans consumed an midnight opening. estimated 45 million of the lucky It's not that the Thanksgiving turkeys' brethren and cistern. In spirit has been forgotten. Take the schools across the United States, chil- example of one grjllldfather who dren are taught the story of the first took his grandson to a Wal-Mart to Thanksgiving where the pilgrims get a great deal on video games. Fox and the native Warnpanoag shared a news reports that in the frenzy that feast of venison, duck and oodles of followed the rush to get to the video other stuff the Wampanoag brought games,·Grandpa was thrown to the as even then the white man rarely floor and handcuffed by the local pogave anything to native Americans lice. The grandson was trampled in (not counting those questionable the melee and ended up with a split blankets of course). No one had rea- lip. Grandpa faces charges of resistson to complain, as there was food in ing arrest and shoplifting. abundance. Well apart from master Be assured that it is not only WalJohn Uppity who complained about Mart that has great deals. CBS News the lack of mashed potatoes, but reports that Victoria's Secret was there was little that could be done, having a great sale on yoga pants. as mashed potatoes had yet to be Yoga as you recall is a "physical, invented. What is not taught to the mental and spiritual discipline leadschool children is the other story, the ing to the attainment of perfect spiridatker side of the past no one likesto tual insight and tranquility:' CBS talk about It is a topic that even the reported women were fighting over official chroniclers of all American the yoga pants. They were pushing history, the Walt Disney Company, and shoving and "girls were punchwill not discuss. It is the event that ing each other''. many say was the origin of the disThe Post-Standard of Syracuse retrust between Native Americans ports that in a local Wal-Mart a fight and newcomers that exists even to broke out at the cell phone display this day. and two women received back inThe revellers having gorged fUries. One man has been charged themselves and watching a game with disorderly conduct and others or two of Blind Man's Bluff (for the are also awaiting charges. record there was no malice intended When lining up to get the best by the Wampanoag during the first deal it is always best to have a plan game. The confusion was caused by that will give you the best chance poor translation and Thomas Hud- of obtaining the prize. As the Boy son functioned perfectly well for the Scouts say, "be prepared". A woman rest of his life with only the one eye). at a Los Angeles Wal-Mart (is it just As continues to be the tradition to me or is there a pattern here?) came this day the men left the women to prepared to make sure she got the clean up as they discussed the poor deal on the Xbox 360. BBC News recalls by the referees. Following es- ports she made a trail through the tablished custom, when night fell the line up by shooting other shoppers pilgrims and the Wampanoag head- with pepper spray. The woman paid ed over to the Ye Olde Wal-Marte for her purchase and left the store Trading Post, purveyor of coloured ·before police arrived. More than 20 bobbles, trinkets and other shiny people required medical attention. stuff to line up for the next day's At one Wal-Mart, 2000 people unbelievable sale prices. Everything were lined up outside chanting, was going smoothly until captain "Push the doors in." Throughout Miles Standish cut in line in front the country people jumped barriof chief Massasoit which resulted in cades, pushed through their fellow much pushing and shoving, planted man and fought for the prize of that the seed for the great Pequot Indian 60 inch flat screen TV The BBC estiwar and provided the blueprint for mated that half the U.S. population future Black Fridays. shops the deals during the three days In the 21st century, Black Friday following Thanksgiving. Canadians has evolved. No more do people shouldn't be jealous about the deals, waste time giving thanks or having because the Black Friday movement to make a feast Today, a day or so is beginning to make inroads with before Thanksgiving the masses in retailers here too. Boy, those pilgrims the spirit of the Pilgrims and Wam- have a lot to answer for. I can't wait panoag leave their homes and line for the Christmas sales to start up for the unbelievable sale prices.

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Amy: Everyone can toot their horn about how Kermit and the gang affected their childhoods.

Everyone has a story about their favourite Muppet. Or about their favourite Muppet movie (just going to take my turn to say, The Muppet Movie is my favourite Muppet movie). The point is the real discussion that comes around with Jason Segel' s The Muppets has to be the uncertainty and prerelease criticism of Muppets creator, veteran Muppeteer and famed voice artist of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Animal (and Yoda). According to his interview with The Metro, Oz is on record with his disapproval: "I wasn't happy with the script. I don't think they respected the characters. But I don't want to go on about it like a sourpuss and hurt the movie." After watching The Muppets, though, I can't think of a more respectful way to bring back the old gang. From the attitudes of the characters, the dynamics with the human actors and the brilliant use of cameos that they're famed for, I was left smiling so much my face was both frozen and in severe pain at the same time. Do you think the characters were respected?

Nick: I really enjoyed The Muppets. While it's near impossible to measure up to the quality of the first three films, especially 1979's The Muppet Movie, I feel like the new movie works in a lot of important ways: the laughs are often right on the mark, the original music courtesy of Fligl_it of the Conchord'sBret McKenzie is a major highlight and you can tell that Jason Segel and Nick Stoller's script is coming from a place of sheer admiration for Henson's beloved series. Frank Oz' comment has to be taken with a grain of salt. After all, he was working on his own script when Disney decided to go with Segel' s instead. After seeing the film, I would argue that Segel' s undying love for the Muppets might have hampered some of the potential for originality. Aside from the Walter and Gary plot, there seems to be an unwillingness to try a whole lot new when it comes to the classic Muppet characters. They are framed in a story that deifies Kermit and friends before we ever see them onscreen. The producers tread a very fine line between nostalgia and respect, sometimes veering too much towards the former, like when we get a new version of the Muppets' most famous song "The Rainbow Connection." These obviously heartfelt moments unfortunately feel more like really high budget fan-fiction. It's charming, but will it stand the test of time like Henson's early movies?

Amy: First of all, I must say I was ignorant that Bret McKenzie was involved in the music, but it makes sense why it struck such a chord with me (pun intended). As for the question of whether or AMYVANVEEN not it will stand the test of time, I'm okay with the fact that it was, as you say, "high budget fanTHE CASCADE fiction" because that's exactly what I wanted to see-even if I wasn't aware of it as I headed into the theatre. After such a long hiatus, I think this film had to play that role to both reintroduce the Muppets to new fans and reignite the Muppet flame with old fans. I felt convicted of my faded love for the Muppets over the years and the childlike enthusiasm that Segel brought from his own experience into the film was contagious. Even as I was leaving the theatre, I brought up the issue o~Frank Oz-as you mentioned-and the people I was with easily responded, "Well then let him make another movie! I want more!" The general consensus seems to be a new wave of Muppet magic for the generation that grew up with them back in the '70s to the generation we grew up in with Muppet TreasureIsland and The Muppet Christmas Carolto today's generation of tweeting, internet savvy, CCI-everything fools who have the chance to learn to love Muppeteering. Do you think this revival of Kermit, his banjo and his friends is as sincere as the movie wants us to believe? (That does include a genuine interest in whether or not there will be a big musical number in the streets.)

Nick: I like what you said about sense of wonder Jason Segel brings to the film. It's one of the Muppets' most appealing aspects and draws on Henson's storied whimsy. I have no doubt that this is not the last we've seen of the Muppets. The box office numbers have yet to come in, but even the late weeknight screening I saw was nearly half-full. If it is even remotely successful, I'm sure Disney will take full advantage of the newfound brand popularity. The "magic of Disney" is downright distracting in the tacky Cars 2 poster placement that we see in the two aerial shots of the Muppet Theatre. This brings me to another problem I had with the film: it felt like it was a movie around the Muppets rather than starring the Muppets. The point of the movie seemed to be to celebrate the Muppets, which I wholeheartedly support as a general principle, but this theme lacks the requisite weight to anchor a movie. It's a little too on the nose. Show us why we should love them, don't just tell us to love them. More might have been done through a story that focused on what made the Muppets so endearing rather than talking about it so much. It's hard to divorce these elements from the film as this meta-Muppets approach certainly allows the filmmakers to do a lot that they would not otherwise be able to do (the standout "Man or Muppet'' sequence comes to mind). Like I said, it definitely works, but in the end, I think Segel and company sacrifice a lot by playing it a little T~ too safe. I'm also curious about your take on the degree to which the movie breaks the fourth wall.

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Nick: Another problem with this celebratory approach is that it (perhaps unintentionally) skews the characters' values ever so slightly. It positions fame as the most important value, whereas other films in the series put a premium on togetherness and putting on a show for the hell of it. I think this most comes out in Kermit's storyline. When we run into Kermit, he's a big shot Hollywood recluse who lives in a giant house populated by poster-size magazine covers of the famous frog. It's funny, but I never really imagined Kermit as that much of a narcissist; he's always been the humble everyman. The hermit thing definitely makes sense considering his origins as the only singing frog in the swamp. This crops up again in the end when Kermit tells Miss Piggy that if they don't make enough money to save the theatre, this might be the last time they'll sing together. I don't buy it. If there's one thing the Muppets have taught me, especially in The Muppets NICK UBELS TakeManhattan, it's that if you THE CASCADE have a dream, you can't give it up so easily. If you love to sing, · you should still do it even if it isn't in front of a big time audience. And in the end, when Kermit exits the theatre and legions of fans are waiting for him, we're being told everything will be okay because the Muppets are still famous. In a strange way, this makes it impossible to dislike The Muppets lest you be accused of disliking the Muppets. Luckily for me, neither is true.

Amy: I think you raise a couple of incredibly valid points. In regard to Kermit being a narcissistic Hollywood recluse, I didn't see him as being all that narcissistic. For some reason he reminded me of Alan Alda - living in a home in a city that he loves and surrounding himself with these photos and magazine covers not as a means of vanity, but as a memory. Walter's the one that wants to get everyone together and save the theatre and, additionally, if Kermit was as narcissistic as he seems, he would have filled the empty spot in the-telethon with his own act, instead of asking a new kid to fill in because they're all together in it. As for the idea that dreams conquer everything, I think it's still there, but I also think Kermit shows his humanity (or frog-ity?) with being disheartened. He recognizes that Miss Piggy has a life and he's not really part of it anymore - in that way, too, he's not so self-involved because he doesn't assume everyone else will drop their lives for the show. I do think, though, that these are not the same Muppets. The years have changed-maybe even hardened-some of these friendly fellas.

Nick: O~e element of the film that I would like to discuss is the blurring of the previously strict lines between The Muppet Show and the Muppet movies. It seems that Henson's classics exist in a world outside of The Muppet Show. The tone is certainly different. This latest movie not only acknowledges tlte existence of the television show, I feel it draws more on its style by way of pop music covers, pop culture referencing gags and the inclusion of characters like Dr. Honeydew and Beaker.

Amy: I thought the switch was really apparent, too, but in a different way. Instead of not acknowledging the TV show in the previous movies, this movie didn't acknowledge previous movies and instead built off The Muppet Show.If this was, in fact, a reunion of all the characters, you think they'd have mentioned the Muppet TreasureIsland that was released in 1996, but instead they focus on The Muppet Show that ran from 1976 to 1981.It was an odd choice to do it that way, but I can see why they would -they're building off the idea of a reunion and a reunion only makes sense if there's been a large absence. Additionally, Gary, Mary and· Walter need a journey and The Muppet Studios in Los Angeles is the perfect device for that.

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Dine & Dash:Bagel Classic Cate a portion of their menu. There is a large selection of all day breakfasts, a number of different· sandwiches (which can obviously be made with a bagel instead of bread), soups, salads and pastries.

Most interestingly, though, are the four different "hot food" options AMYVANVEEN for under $8: spaghetti with garlic THE CASCADE bread, chicken teriyaki, beef teriyaki and coconut curry chicken. To In Walnut Grove, on 88 Ave, in say this little shop is a renaissance the same parking lot as Panago restaurant would be an underand Videoworks (yes, they still exstatement. The name doesn't do it ist), there's a little spot called Bagel justice.

Classic Cafe.

I ordered the clubhouse sandBefore even entering this little wich on an everything bagel and, eatery, I had a vision of walls upon since all sandwiches come with walls of bagels and a mosaic of either soup or salad-for only cream cheese flavours. The only $6.99-1 also ordered the clam bagel places I know of are the chowder. The bagel, though oddly quintessential New York ones-untoasted, was fresh and not in the like H&H Bagels--and that one slightest bit stale, and the ingredion Robson Street in Vancouver, ents were obviously fresh: the turthough now I think it's been turned key consisted of real chunks, the into a cupcake store. Unfortunatebacon was crispy and the tomato ly, though, bagel meccas of yore no was just juicy enough. The clam longer have a place in our Western, chowder wasn't anything specno-carb, vegan, gluten-free, dairytacular, but the inclusion of cheese free obsessed trendiness. melted on top was just the right It is understandable, then, that touch and just the right complethe Bagel Oassic Cafe had only ment to my bagelwich. five different kinds of bagel to The atmosphere in this cafe is choose from, and bagels were only 206-21183 88Ave Langley,BC 778.298.1332 Hours: 8:30-5:30 Mon-Fri, 8:303:00 Sat, ClosedSun Prices:up to 18.99

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There are a fair number of dark wood tables with black leather chairs, as well as a couch and four black leather armchairs - all in all, they make an excellent use of

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space. The large windows facing where, if you go more than twice, south let in quite a bit of natural you'll quickly rise up to "regular" light, so it's not like eating a bagel status and have this same kind of in a cavern, and-bonus to all stu- back-and-forth every time you dents--they have free Wi-Fi. come in.

The service was also adorably Although "Bagel Oassic Cafe" friendly and the proprietors ob- is a bit of a misnomer, the service, viously have a good relationship . food .quality_ and definitely the with their regular customers, call- price all make me a repeat customing several by name and having er. Next time, I'm definitely going sincere conversations with them. to see what their coconut curry It seems like one of those cafes chicken is all about.

Drinko'theWeek: Hot Mulled Brandy Cider

MichelleFietjeis the treasurerof the Engl~h Students Association(ESA). She is an Englishand History student in her third year at UFV. She loves cooking,and most recently cookedand served her Irish Stew with hercolleaguesat ESA's JamesJoycecommunitydinner.

"My grandmothergave me this recipe,and it is always a wonderfulmeal on a coldwinter evening."

Ingredients: 1 Tbsp olive oil 1-11/2 lbs of stewing beef (or lamb) 4-6 carrots 4parsnips 2 turnips 1 large oajon 4-6 boiling potatoes 3 cups beef stock (I use low sodium) 2 pips of water 1 Tbsp flour 1I 2 Tbsp dried thyme 1/2 Tbsp dried rosemary 1/ 4 Tbsp dried marjoram Salt and pepper to taste 1 can of Guinness (optional) Image· Michelle F1et1e

Directions: Iri.a large pot, heat oil to medium and brown the beef in batches, colouring on all sides and then removing to a plate.

Once you are done, use the same pot and add the chopped onion, stirring and caramelizing it for about 5-7 min. I like to add a splash of Guinness here to deglaze the pot, but you can add a touch of water instead if you prefer.

Chop up carrots and parsnips, and add to the pot with the onions; stir to combine. I scrub my veggies and leave the peels on, but do what you like.

Chop and add the turnips and the potatoes. Stir to combine and add the beef back to the pot. Here is where you would add the Guinness; stir and deglaze your pot.

Add your beef stock, marjoram, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper. Add additional water to cover vegetables.

Bring to a boil. Turn down to simmer, cover the pot and let simmer for two hours, stirring occasionally.

Here is where you have time to make soda bread or biscuits!

Uncover pot, stir and check meat and vegetables for <loneness. Add in flour and stir to combine.

Cook uncovered until stew is thick, approximately 10 minutes.

Grab a bowl, a pint, and some bread and enjoy!

Estimated cost: $15-20 dollars.

A drink full of Christmasflavour that's perfect to sharewhen it's cold outside.

4 c. apple cider 1/ 4 c. brown sugar 1/ 4 tsp. ground allspice 1/2 tsp. whole cloves Dash ground nutmeg 1/8 tsp. salt 2-3 cinnamon sticks 2oz. brandy Put all ingredients except brandy into a medium size pot and bring to a boil. Simmer for a half an hour. Remove cinnamon sticks. Add brandy and serve.

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songs. "The Weight of Love" is a slightly gothic track with an almost Nightwish-esque symphonic base, and "Called out in the Dark" is a strangely semi-electronic club friendly track that seems like an odd departure form Snow Patrol's usual work.

This isn't to say that the album holds no musical merit in itself.

Standout tracks include "Never Let Go" - anthemic, with synthy guitar licks, and a heavy, almost foot-stomping Celtic inspired beat.

"The Symphony" also stand outs as an upbeat track with picturesque lyrics, as well as the longingly poignant, Coldplay-rivaling "New York,." a piano driven, "stadium track" that showcases perfectly Gary Lightbody's gently

powerful vocals.

While definitely not a hall-offame record, or even one that will have much foothold in top 40 lists, FallenEmpiresmarks a distinct shift taken by Snow Patrol to something a little bit different.

For the general populace, this appeaz:s to be more of a "buy a few tracks from iTunes" package.

For fans very familiar the band, this album showcases Lightbody' s voice, and makes use of the qualities that shot Snow Patrol to fame in the first place, such as lyrical quality and melodic attention (with a little twist of something new, and little more U2 arena rock). In that respect, it will certainly not be a disappointment.

An evening of ln-~ianclassical music PAULFALARDEAUStill, CONTRIBUTOR The lighting in the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies (OCS) was dim on Wednesday evening, Novembei;- 23. Flickering candles gave a surreal mood to the room, and cushions and sheets were arranged on the floor for seating.

The occasion was a first-ever for UFV: a performance by virtuosic Indian classical musicians, Pandit Manu Kumar Seen and Ustad Akram Khan.

Hosted by The CICS in association with the Virasat Foundation, the concert, scheduled to run from 7-9 p.m. featured Seen on Sitar and Khan on Tabla. Both men are from the Northern Punjab reason with Seen making his first appearance Canadian appearance in Vancouver in 2002.

After some warm-ups and a brief introduction by event organizer and CICS director Satwinder Bains the duo started the first of two sets, an instructional lecture and demonstration. Each performer explained some of the basic points of his instrument and, although the hour-long demonstration only hit the tip of the iceberg, the complex nature and requisite skill needed to play both instruments became immediately evident.

Khan remembered how boring it was as a thirteen-year-old boy, playing a single composition over and over again to learn tabla "but we never questioned [the Guru]."

he affirmed that it was through this repetitive, disciplined practice that he was able to master his craft. He still regularly plays that first composition.

Ever calm and always speaking in humble tones, Pandit (a similar title to Italian "maestro") Seen explained that he feels "music is a universal language because there are no words, only songs. Words have _no meaning in them inherently; it is based on sound that we find meaning."

On this note he explained all the different sounds available to the classic sitarist and Khan did the same for Tabla. After this tutorial the audience of about 50 was treated to coffee, tea, samosas and other treats.

They returned to play a.full mini concert that ran well past the 9 p.m. end time. Yet the audience, captivated by the duo's sound, did not seem to notice while in the meditative state the music encouraged.

Seen explained that different.ragas (scales) are meant for different seasons, times of day and moods and that some, mostly devotional in nature, are fine to play any time. With this is mind the evening started off with a raga intended for the rainy season, but also delved into songs for evening, songs of marriage and everything in between.

The fact that Indian classical music is obviously tied to the place of its creation is reflected in the specific times different pieces and meant to be played, but also by the

instruments sound. Ragas morph from languid, sweaty reverberation to blistering finger runs where the players' hands become a blur over the fret board and skins of their respective instrument.

One idea repeated throughout the night was the importance of "preservip.g the rich culture of India." The intersection of western and eastern views of these instruments was an interesting and easily-accomplished goal. Many westerners still see the sitar as exotic and usually as part of the psychedelic sound where it was first introduced. Pioneers like Brian Jones and George Harrison opened the world of Indian classical music to the average western music fan.

Harrison, himself, was a student of the legendary Ravi Shankar and instrumental in Shankar playing at· the first Monterey Pop Festival.

Still, with the Sitar dating back at least to the time of the Mughal Empire, it can be held in a different light entirely by people of South Asian descent. Oassically, as the events name implies, the way the west would hold Mozart or Vivaldi or simply as a quintessential piece of Indian culture, as inseparable as the guitar in modem western music. This, as much as the Beatles or Ravi Shankar is a part of the "rich culture of India" and through events such as this one, should preserved-and reveredfor ages to come.

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The Q&A: Jon Tobin ALEXEIC. SUMMERS

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THE CASCADE them. For example, the guitarist JonathanTobinis a pianist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist,studying Jazz Pianoat CapilanoUniversity in North Vancouver.He graduatedfrom Mennonite EducationalInstitute in Abbotsfordand ~as active throughout highschoolin the Abbotsfordmusic scene, playing in venues around town such as Gourmet Gallery,Go Go Beans,City Blends,theJamIn Jubilee summer concert series,and the OlympicLive Site. He plays a variety of genresfrom rock and funk to jazz, and has performedwith a plethoraof bands,such as Capilano's6 O'Clock big band, the TD Jazz Intensive big band,and the CasinoJazz Trio.Forhis compositionand playingwork,he has receivedawardsfrom the Vancouver Jazz Festival, the Envision Jazz Festival, and the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, to name a few. His latest post-highschool projectsincludea rock band,a jazz quartet,and a piano-bass duo.

What does your musical creative process look like?

My musical creative process usually involves me sitting down at a piano and just playing. I guess I don't usually tend to plan out what I'm going to do when I create music this way. I sit down and play whatever I'm feeling. I've written quite a few songs that way - actually. Other times I'll have a motif or a theme in mind and I'll elaborate on those ideas when I sit down to play. One other way that I create is by playing with others

Abbotsford but none of them were more favourite-y than the others.

in my band will play a riff and I build a chord progression off that riff. We've written quite a lot of material. The key is just to write often. I used to find myself being overly strict with myself from a compositional standpoint, and it becomes limiting when you're so hard on yourself. Lately I've begun to just write whatever comes out as bad or awkward as I may think it sounds. It's better to write a ton and a larger number of great songs than to just write a little bit and have only several.

What's the most rewarding thing about musk to you?

There are so many rewarding things about music. For me I really enjoy the transcendent spiritual aura of grandeur emitted in lightwaves from the music. Connecting with an audience's consciousness is important. Make sense? [Laughs] No, New Age stuff aside, I do really appreciate the spiritual aspects of music. You don'~ even have to believe in God or anything to see the spiritual aspect to music, and I really love how music is so uniWhat are your fav9urite genres? versal. People can have a shared [Laughs] It's really hard to nail experience and it really has unifying powers. It also is able to strike down my favourite genres. Lately emotion in people and that's a reI've been listening to a lot of jazz warding thing that I find for myand ambient/ alternative music (Jon Hopkins, Coldplay, Mut-=-- self, just that ability to touch peomath, U2, etc). It all really depends ple in a powerful way. Sometimes on my mood. I'm particularly fond music can express things more strongly than simply saying them. of what I like to label "indie-style jazz" stuff. Like Bad Plus or Esbjom Svensson Trio, or Darcy James What's next for you?

Musically speaking I'm involved Argue. That sort of modem thing that doesn't really sound the way in quite a few things. I'm working with a band playing a wide range that jazz traditionally does. of music from rock, soul, blues, What is your favourite venue to and funk to jazz, fusion, and progressive metal. We rearrange ourplay at? selves to play various venues, such Well I'd have to say I don't have as in a jazz trio format, or a quartet one to be honest. I just moved out of Abbotsford a few months ago with a vocalist. We've written a lot and I'm starting to get involved in of original tunes and I'm excited to see where it heads. The main rock small bits with the scene in North Vancouver/Vancouver. I feel like band is called Under The Weather I'm still on the verge of finding and I'm planning to do a bunch of side projects out of that and branch my favourite place to play at. I did quite a few fun gigs when I lived in out with other musicians. Mainly I

just don't want to be constricted to one band or one style.

Who put the "bomp" in the "bomp a lomp a lomp"? Who put the "ram"in the "ram a lam a ding dong''?

That would be Big Bertie Golson.

First white rapper. I remember buying that album on vinyl actually. "Stompin' At The Savoy (feat.

Benny Goodman)" was a smash hit.

What's on your iTunes playlist these days?

Well as I said before, it's an eclectic mix of things. Going to music school (and specifically studying jazz all the time) I got tired of jazz the last while but I'm getting back into it. I've been listening to a lot of local musicians - Steve Kaldestad, Tyler Summers, Brad Turner, etc. there's a really talented bunch of players in the Vancouver jazz scene and I'm lucky to be attending a school that many of them teach at.

What are your musical inspirations?

This question's almost as bad as the "favourite genre" question.

There's so much I'm inspired by.

And almost anything I have listened to has influenced me in some

way or another. In,terms of actual inspiration, my biggest one right now would actually have to be my piano teacher, Ross Taggart. He's a pretty big figure on the Canadian jazz scene as a pianist and a saxophonist and I'm super blessed to be taking lessons from him. He's got a really warm touch on the piano, and his playing is just downright fun to listen to. It leaves you on the edge of your seat wondering which new turn he'll take. My inspirations change on a regular basis so ask me next month and you might just get a completely different answer.

Quick! Think fast! You have three seconds to name three things that are not Jackie Chan!

Umm umm, okay, let's see. Bruce Willis. John Williams. Ravioli. Do I win?

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It's been eight years since we last heard from Fonda. Formed in Los Angeles in 1994, the band rode the first wave of post-My Bloody Valentine acts to blend dreamlike guitar layering and incessant pop-mindedness. After three albums, Fonda split; principal members [and married couple] Emily Cook and Dave Klotz then moved on to gigs in the film industry. Better Days, their new, six-song EP, is set up as a comeback, but it fails to lend the band any newfound relevance.It's clear that they have settled for the middle of the road, taking great lengths only to dress up a failing impulse to string something compelling together. Mediocre at best, Better Dayl peifectly passable wash of Technicolor noise pop can't hide the lack of substance; the saccharine gloss that coats the entire project reveals a lack of depth or vigour. It's all formula and no imagination. After so long on the sidelines, Fonda succumbs to the impulse to get lost in shoegaze atmospherics, creating an EP that is devoid of purpose, passion and dynamics.

Albums offer up the chance for musicians .to make a cohesive statement, while EPs seem more of a quick update or a promise of what's to come.

Swedish indie legend Jens Lekman's new EP An Argument With Myself comes almost four years after the re~ lease of his critically acclaimed 2007 album Night Falls Over Kortedala, and contains five songs that, according to Lekrnan, didn't fit the mood of the songs he had been compiling for his next full length release. Lekrnan seems unashamed to simply release a group of savvyballads that tell engaging stories, the stand out being his throwback to earlier work "Waiting for Kirsten."

Recounting his close encounter with American actress Kirsten Dunst after he heard she was hanging out at various festivals in his hometown of Gothenburg, Lekrnan waited in vain and "drank beer after beer 'til the sun came up". Overall, he succeeds in combining bombastic chamber pop with Nick Drake-esque folk on a very short EP with sweetness and skill.

Formed from the ashes of Blink 182, Angels & Airwaves is an alternative band fronted by singer Tom DeLonge.

Love: PartII is the band's fourth studio album. It was set to coincide with the release of the band's space-age feature film also entitled Love. The tunes are fast paced, and meant to evoke emotion. They sound a little too similar to the their earlier work, and the listener occasionally find themselves getting tired of the monotony and one-tracked mind of the songwriter. However, it is a good album; it's just a little plain.

These are the same rhythms and styles we heard from Angels & Airwaves back in the days of their album I-Empire. A tour for Love II will take place in the Spring of 2012.

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Calexico, a band out ofT uscon, Arizona has evolved over the years as many bands do, and have been described as indie rock, alternative country and post-rock. As an additional item released with a 12 vinyl LP box set, Calexico put out an album, Selections From Road Atlas 1998-2011, containing popular tracks from their 13-year musical career together. If you haven't heard Calexico before this album may seem very disjointed and confusing because the band has changed quite a lot over the years so there is a variety of sounds on the album. The band is named after a town on the border of the United States and Mexico therefore their music blends music with a Latin infiuence with an acoustic country music style. The album changes in pace a lot from slow acoustic melodies to upbeat Latin rock songs. If you are a diehard Calexico fan this is a musthave album so that you can have all your greatest Calexico hits from over a decade on one CD.

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The one thing that stanqs in the way of Netflix's rise is money greedy, greedy Hollywood. The original contracts that Netflix held with various studios are all slowly expiring, and they won't be coming as cheap this time around. An analyst for Wedbush Securities, Michael Pachter, estimated that licensing costs for Netflix will rise from 2010's $180 million to $1.98 billion in 2012. The rising prices make sense - they enable studios to keep a chunk of profits, especially if users will be turning to

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I, for one, am glad that there's currently a home for comedies like Arrested Development.It's cerebral yet amusing and, most importantly, something I'm not embarrassed to admit that I watch (anyone else miss Hannah Montana?). Community, another recently axed show (technically on hiatus), is in much the same boat that Arrestedwas in a few years ago. My suggestion?

Hop on the streaming bandwagon, Community, before it prices itself out of relevance. The world needs more quality TV, even if it's not coming from a TV anymore.

HauteStuffThlsis alsovanity:a lookintomalegrooming ALEXEI C. SUMMERS It is musky, with a tinge of sweet THE CASCADE spiciness that is ooth suave and

In our time there has been a serious wave of neglect sweeping over of this ge11eration.Gone are the days of suits being worn to the office - Casual Friday has now become every day of the week. But there was once a time, not too long ago, when men used to take very good care of themselves, and if we take a little glance to the days of yesteryear we might find that we can see something they saw, feel something they felt.

By far the most important thing about fashion is personal upkeep.

You can throw a posh suit on anyone, but if they are unkempt they'll end up looking absolutely horrible regardless of how nice their threads are. There are certain techniques that were known to our forefathers that have now been relegated to mere memories.

It is unknown why many of these practices have disappeared. Some of them disappeared simply due to cost, and now we see a barrage of today's cheap mass-produced products such as disposable razors, aerosol shaving cream, and cheap canned scents.

Here is a look at some things you can do to make sure you exude manliness in spades:

Scents Dish out a bit of extra money and buy yourself something nice.

Make sure you think long and hard about what you get. Some good brands are Chanel, Gucci, Clinique, etc. I myself just bought a bottle of Chanel Allure Homme.

charming. But really, it's not about the brand at all. It's about how the product works for you. Make sure it says something about you make sure it's unique. Be yourself, and never compromise that ideal.

Consider purchasing some Bay Rum for an aftershave. It smells wonderful, and has a very interesting and long history of usage. Bay Rum is distilled from rum, and bay leaves. Its prevalence has died out in recent years, but most barber shops still use it.

Hair I shouldn't have to say this, but you'd be surprised how many men these days neglect to even drag a comb through their hair in the morning. It's not that hard. They're about a dollar at the drugstore.

Purchase one. Use it. Also get regular haircuts. The moment your hair starts to look a bit shaggy, head on down to the barber and get a trim. There's no sense looking like you're homeless. Speaking of barbers - consider getting a shave at a barber shop once in a little while.

It's quite the experience; one you're not likely to soon forget! Barbers know the science of hair and shaving like nobody's business, and can help you avoid certain things like razor rash, nicks and cuts.

If you don't want to dish out the cash to have someone else drag a blade across your face - consider investing in a safety razor. You might've seen them in old films, or lying around in your grandfather's attic, but new ones can still be pur-

chased and they give you a shave closer than any of today's razors, which scrape skin off rather than hair. Also invest in a shaving mug, a bar of shaving soap and a badger hair brush - the blades only cost a quarter each.

Talc Years ago, before antiperspirant deodorant really took off like a rocket most men used talc, a derivative of talcum powder. This is the same stuff as baby powder, really. Talc is a highly absorbent substance which absorbs moisture. It also doesn't cost very much and it also smells quite good. James Bond used it, you should too. Crabtree and Evelyn makes a lavender talc powder which is both soothing, and smells terrific.

Skin There are many practices which men fail to do to keep their skin healthy. Since (most) men don't wear makeup many assume there is no need to exfoliate or moisturize. This assumption is poor and could not be more wrong. Dead skin cells pile up when the face is not exfoliated, and when shaving is added into the equation, it can cause skin to look blotchy it can also cause the build-up of bacteria and irritation. There are a number of ways to exfoliate. You could purchase a bottle of St. Yves Exfoliating Apricot Scrub - it's cheap, good on skin and natural.

Clinique also makes a refreshing scrub which contains menthol that allows pores to breathe, and gives a soothing feeling to the face. You could also purchase a pair of bath

mitts from The Body S op for $5 - these get my personal vote.

They're simple and brilliant.

As I mentioned before, moisturizing is also quite important. Many men just slap alcohol onto their face after shaving. This dries skin out. Skin is meant to be moist, and

firm. When skin dries out, skin cells die. This causes flaking, and an overall gross look, as well as some of the irritation I previously mentioned. Skin is the largest organ on the human body. Take care of it.

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FilmReviewHugo MICHAELSCOULAR THE CASCADE At the center of Martin Scorsese's Hugo is an automaton, a dolllike figure we are told was used by magicians to wow audiences through the acts it could perform.

This at first seems implausible that all this-dancing, writing, walking and drawing-=an be done by a simple work of machinery. Hugo and his father are restoring one, left by an owner and neglected by a museum. "The secret is in the clockwork," the father says, revealing the inner mechanisms, imparting a secret knowledge to his son. The gears and other workings just fit together, almost impossibly, to--Hugo hopes--create a movement that you might call extraordinary.

Hugo depicts a child's perspective of the world. Scorsese has an often ignored experience in this area, and is able to both speak to children and capture the feeling of childhood wonder in Hugo. Machinery maintenance is laborious, monotonous work, but to a child the endless stairways and tunnels leading to it are a utopia of freedom of movement. Glimpses of unheard conversations are the silent cinema of youth, where visual perception alone creates sensation - and grown-ups can be fearsome, incomprehensible, strange, and limitlessly learned. Hugo himself is reluctant to speak of why exactly a notebook is important, or speak much at all about himself. This goes against the grain of today, but his introversion,. born out of the loss of a family member, cultivated through a devotion to material more easily controlled, is one of the truest depictions of childhood in modern American cinema.

Martin Scorsese has never lost touch or his love for the movies of his youth. His bottomless support

for their restoration and preservation is not so publicly prominent unless TCM is your television station of choice, but it is on full display in Hugo. Perhaps the most moving, indelible image is of a man staring in wonder at a movie camera. Scorsese does not merely show such an image and expect an audience reciprocation because everybody in the theatre must love movies, but instead he shows everything that built up to such a response for the filmmaker, everything such a response means to the man and illustrates why he loves movies. And maybe, just maybe, why we do too.

Part of that illustration is in

Scorsese's use of 3D. T e added dimension has proven to be a less-than-necessary, less-thanappealing element when affixed to some unsavoury attractions in the past two years, but Scorsese filmed Hugo from the beginning with 3D in mind and in doing so has made the addition not an annoyance, but a part of the pleasure of watching. Clock towers have an added height, crowds more density, rooms more atmosphere, and people more proximity. This is not to say they wouldn't without the glasses, but with it scenes play differently. Take one from near the end of the film. A man stands on a stage. There is nothing to the

composition but the top half of e man's body, the spotlight on him, and a wholly black background.

But with the addition of 3D and the size of the screen, he has an added presence. When he addresses the audience it is as if he speaks directly to us, not only because that is exactly what he is doing, but because the 3D makes him seem somehow alive. It gives images life in a way that is understandable by even a child.

"No one so young should know so much sadness," a woman says to Hugo as a warning - though she does not know it, she underestimates the boy completely. Hugo wonders about what he's meant

of cast members and collaborators, but shows, more than anything, what he is meant for.

At this time where movies could be said to be at a definite crossroads, he shows us why movies and their makers are important.

There's a brilliant reading of a book passage by Chloe Moretz in the movie that sums up everything about the cinematic experience. You'll know it if you've seen Hugo. No one so young at heart should not know of the sadness and warmth contained in its all too fleeting two hours.

Discu-ssionsBelow the Belt

Apples, oranges, and everything in between VIOLET HART THE CASCADE Bisexuality gets a bum rap.

Many people-both gay and straight-think that either (a) bisexuals are homosexuals still unwilling to come all the way out of the closet, (b) bisexuals are just trying the gay-thing to be cool or get attention, or (c) bisexuals are hyper horny and just don't care who or what they fuck.

Now, to be fair, Ym sure there are people who do fit some these assumptions. Yes, sometimes homosexuals use bisexuality as a transitional step to coming out.

And, of course, there are multi~ tudes of girls willing to make out with another girl at the bar only to turn their boyfriends on - the "heteroflexible," rather than genuine bisexual.

To say that a bisexual is some kind of undiscerning raging horny beast, though, is extremely offensive and completely incorrect. Yes, there are definitely hypersexuals out there, but they fall pretty evenly across the orientation spectrum.

Rather, being bisexual is like liking

both apples and oranges. Some people prefer apples, some people prefer oranges; the bisexual enjoys both, but that doesn't mean that they have an uncontrollable need to have both, or quantities of both.

They just have the option.

According to Dan Savage, there are actually more bisexuals than

gays and lesbians combined. So where are they? Well, if a bisexual guy happens to be with a girl, or vice versa, they generally identify as straight. It's just easier to go with the "status quo." Especially if they're in a committed relationship or married, it doesn't seem necessary to identify one way_ or

another. People will assume for you, and, the fact of the matter is not many people are understanding of bisexuality. "You married a girl, but you're also attracted to guys? Don't you want to be with guys too then? How can you possibly settle down? Won't you inevitably cheat?" It has to be the apple AND the orange, no one seems to really get that bisexuals can be just as happy with an apple OR an orange.

So there are apples and oranges, penises and vaginas, men and women. You either like both, either, or-not forgetting asexuals-neither. Now the world isn't that black and white, because while it's true there are usually only two sexes-the good ol' XY or XX chromosomes-there can be variation even at that level. According to the Intersex Society of North America, one out of every 100 children born have bodies that differ from the standard "male" or "female." Then, take into account the even wider variety of genders and people out there: transsexuals, transgenders, cross-genders, twospiriteds, genderless, the list goes

on.

So who loves all those different types of people? Enter pansexuals and polysexuals. Unlike bisexuals, who like only men and women, polysexuals like many genders, though not necessarily all. Pansexuals, on the other hand, are attracted to ALL (hence "pan") genders and sexes. They find all types of people inherently desirable.

At this point, it is also worth mentioning a particularly special type of pansexual - dernisexuals.

In some ways, dernisexuals are a bit like asexuals, in that they don't just see people and feel horny for them. It is only once they have made a connection with a person, no matter which gender, that they become sexually attracted to them.

It may seem idealistic, but really I must emphasize that demisexuality is not a choice. Nor are dernisexuals less sexual than other people; dernisexuals can still feel horny or sexually frustrated, and certainly appreciate physical beauty. It's just that they don't find strangers attractive in a purely "I want to have sex with you" sense.

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Cascade ArcadeFromcloudScl'vingto cloudgaming JOEL SMART way to game than that offered by THE CASCADE other gaming devices. You never In last week's column, I wrote about the way dedica\ed cloudsaving has become a new and innovative development in. the way user data is preserved - with plenty of potential to change the way games are played. While these future features are likely to come next generation, when cloud saving will likely be built into each device's infrastructure, there is another way the cloud is being used to revolutionize gaming - and it's happening as we speak. OnLive uses the cloud (internet) to stream games directly to computers, TVs and mobile devices, all without requiring hard drive space to save the game. It functions like an ondemand movie service, but for full-sized, mainstream games.

Although the service is subscription-based, and requires usei;s purchase a small "micro-console" and a wireless controller for $99, it promises to be simpler and faster

have to change a disk or wait for a download. According to the OnLive website, the service then costs $10 per month for players to become active members of the service. However, to actually play a game, players must additionally pay a rental or ownership fee on each game. A common price-point for active OnLive members is $5 for a three-day rental, $7 for five days, and $50 for a full ownership - so long as the game remains on the OnLive service and the player remains an active member of the service. Does this mean that if players fail to pay a single month that they will lose all of the games they had purchased? It's tough to say, but it seems like a risky venture.

It's tough to say just how good or bad of a service OnLive really is.

It seems a little over-priced, especially considering players lose access to every game they've paid for once they stop subscribing to the

service. However, ability to use the service everywhere-on PC, Mac and Android computers and tablets, as well as on the TV-makes it a very versatile gaming option.

While it seems unlikely that many will invest in the service at this point, the current availability of such an option means we are heading closer and closer towards the future of gaming.

Though, upon closer review, it actually seems a little disheartening. Although I quite like the idea of cloud saving, I wouldn't like it if I could no longer save a hard copy

of my data should I wish to stop using a service. With OnLive, I can tell that I would feel the need to keep paying $10 per month forever, to avoid feeling as though I had thrown a bunch of money down the drain. When you purchase a disk or a downloadable game, it is yours forever - at no extra cost.

That is a model I don't want to move away from, even if it does mean greater convenience. I have enough monthly subscriptions to worry about without having to pay a company to keep all of my games online for me.

While I find OnLive intriguing, I think it will need to be bundled with Netflix and offered with unlimited games per month for a single low price - to be successful.

Even still, I think a physical copy of a game will always truly feel safer, especially since I can still play my games when my internet stops working. Maybe I'll reconsider if Steam offers a similar service some day-since they always seem to keep the gamers' priorities firstbut until then, I think I'll leave the cloud for game saves alone.

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November '96 Nick Ubels Valerie's not the kind to mince words. Not that she really says much. But what she does say always cuts through any romantic illusions I still desperately cling to.

Which brings me to this one Friday, ten years ago: "I doubt we'll ever see each other again."

She drew timidly on a freshly-lit cigarette and stared at me with those endless green eyes. Valerie had been smoking for as long as I could remember. "As soon as I could get my hands on a pack," she had told me once. And that was that.

"Why?" "The move."

"Look: long distance is a bitch. But we can tough it out. If not, who knows what the future holds?"

"Nice thought," she mused. "Not to ruin the pretty picture, but once I'm gone, it's probably best for us to forget any of this ever happened. At the very least, we shouldn't hold onto any star-crossed notions about getting back together. The reality is that I'll meet somebody else ... and you'll move on too."

By her standards, this was a monologue of Shakespearean proportions. Now I was the silent one.

We watched our blotchy reflections dance across the scummy, algae-ridden surface of Greenaway Pool. The turn of the seasons had not been kind to the public swimming hole. Without regular, potent doses of chlorine and God knows what other chemicals, there wasn't anything to keep the green and brown stuff at bay. The pool was closed, but it would be another week or so before the city would get around to draining out the sludge.

Valerie was set to move to Penticton at the end of the semester. At seventeen-and before the Internet had networked us into a state of perpetual closeness-this seemed like half a world away.

A Greyhound ticket would set me back three week's wages at the gas station where I worked weekends. We still had a month or so left, but the way Valerie saw it, there wasn't any point in dragging things out. Since she told me about her upcoming departure, I'd been moping around like the worst case of sad-eyed teenage angst you'd ever seen. I'll be damned if there was ever a better time to discover The Smiths.

She did move, but she never really left. I wrote her a letter most days for two years. Until Canada Post said the address didn't exist anymore.

I graduated, took a job at a townie bar a couple kms down the hill. That's where I met my wife Patricia. She was a waitress working her way to a teaching degree. Every day I would walk home past my old elementary school and that ancient pool across the street. At 1 a.m., Cloverdale's like a ghost town: peaceful and lonesome, just the way I like it. Except for May long-weekend, when the suburban cowboys crawl out of the woodwork for that garish display of drunken arrogance otherwise known as the Rodeo.

A couple months back, I noticed a woman with jet black hair and a tattered trench coat staring at the empty tank.

"Valerie?"

She looked back, tears streaming down her face. After a moment, she managed a smile so subtle, most would have missed it.

"Hey."

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Fifteen Items or Less

Anonymous Goodbye

Amy Van Veen Fifteen items or less.

I don't care who you are or where you come from, 15 items or less is the express lane. Emphasis added on "express." It's not the Lonely Hearts Club, it's not Chatters 'R Us. It's the quick way out of the grocery store when you've snuck out of your house to grab a sleeve of saltines and a can of chicken noodle soup and all you want is to head back into bed. I appeal to you then, sir, please halt this pointless conversation. We all know that it's cold outside; we all know flurries are in the forecast. Additionally, I understand the Pacific Northwesters' need to mention the weather at least once in every conversation, but that doesn't mean you have to tie up the time of myself, those behind me and this poor teenage cashier. She's getting paid to be friendly so she can't say anything, and I'm getting paid to be sick. At home. Which means I'd like to get back to being sick at home as soon as possible.

The allotted amount of time for a grocery checkout conversation is as long as it takes for Miss Cashier to scan the items and drop them into the bag of your choice. Paper, plastic or saving the environment.

Your hand has already grabbed the handle, sir. All that needs to happen now is a quick lift of the bag and a steady walk out the door. It's got to be tough being elderly and I'm sure it's rather lonely. But if that's the case, don't use the express line. Use the take-your-time line. Use the relaxedand-retired line. Express means express.

With those pauses in the conversation-the parts where the topic of Jack Frost seem to lag-you've been teasing me, old man. A lick of the lips, a wander of the eyes and everyone in line thinks the party is over, but alas!

This party will continue. Much against our collective will.

Checkout girl looks at her shoes for salvation. Each person behind me shifts their weight from one angry foot to another. I can feel the wave of tension about to crash- but it's suspended. Everyone feels its shadow that curl of animosity about to drown us all. Everyone I?ut you. And no one does anything.

I have to do something.

I only have two items.

No words need to be said. I just have to move within your personal space and hack out the cough I've been saving up since I left the house.

There I am. Oad in a strange hybrid blanket/ sweater I found at a shop that sells organic T-shirts (whatever that means), wearing the appropriately named Ugg-ly footwear and in no mood for banter.

Leave, sir.

Cough.

Leave now.

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Becky Franklyn I waved goodbye as my train rattled away. I wondered if I'd ever see them again. I thought perhaps not. Seldom had they written me a letter.

Often I thought my father saw right through me, and that he knew deep down I was a coward. The war had only just begun and twice they'd seen me with the mark. The white feather pinned to my chest like a slice to the heart, and the red lipstick on my cheek. The recruiters assured me that the war was where I needed to be, and that it was best for me and my country. There were soldiers fighting out there, and dying, needing me to help them win the war. If I would not give them hope and be a hero, then who was I to stay here and eat what little food there was, while my ''brothers" died? I blinked rapidly trying to take in the poisonous words.

They were spoken so softly that I had trouble taking them i'n and for a while, I could only blankly stare back. Then as if it was all too much, I walked away in a daze. A monotonous monologue regurgitated through my mind. Who in their right mind would believe the bullshit they were telling? Yet, it was quite plain that they like my father thought I was a coward. I knew I didn't have to defend myself to them. For although the recruiters brazenly told me I was a coward, they did not volunteer themselves for the frontline either. As I passed other young lads, lining up to be given uniforms I felt my throat constrict. How many of them were like me? We weren't even men; some of us had barely even begun to shave.

How many other mothers, would wave goodbye and never see their son's home again? War was no place for boys, and nor was it a place for men. The horrendous sights I'd seen as the injured and caskets returned.

Men who could no longer walk, trickled behind those with amputations, oozing wounds, yellow flesh, casts and bandages. They where what remained after the aftermath of the gas, bombs, shrapnel and bullets. Men no longer knew themselves. This was what the recruiters left out. I felt cheated. As if the romance of war had gone, and here I was left trying to justify how much it all scared me. Here I was unwillingly lining up to be given the task of destroying other souls just like me. The men and boys I would be instructed to kill, where they to die in the trenches alone and forgotten because I was told not to be a coward?

As I stand looking at myself in the mirror, I run my hands down the putrid green, and over the clinking medals, and feel nothing. The face that impassively stares back is no hero, I wouldn't want to be him, but I am.

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BC Lions win the Grey Cup: Travis Lulay shines on the big stage BALRAJDHILLON why the Lions are head and shoulCONTRIBUTOR ders above the rest of the league.

It's 1994, The V.ancouver Canucks lose the Stanley Cup in seven games to the New York Rangers and Vancouver is destroyed due to riots. The other team in BC, the BC Lions, hosted the Grey Cup festivities and the home team took home the championship. Skip forward to 2011; The Vancouver Canucks lose the Stanley Cup in seven games to the Boston Bruins in the finals and the city of Vancouver is once again destroyed due to riots.

The Grey Cup festivities are set to be held at BC Place and the home team BC Lions have punched their ticket to play in the big game versus the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

As history repeated itself, The BC Lions won the Grey Cup by a score of 31-23 over the Winnipeg "Swaggerville" Blue Bombers.

The CFI.:s 2011 Most Outstanding Player and Lions quarterback (QB)Travis Lulay had a huge game as he lead the way for the Lions offense. Travis Lulay completed 21 of 37 passes for 320 yards and added two touchdowns to receivers Arland Bruce and rookie Kierrie Johnson who caught his first ever CFL touchdown. Travis Lulay put on a performance that showcased

Lulay's outstanding play earned him the honour of being the 99th Grey Cup's most valuable player.

Veteran recejvers Geroy ·"superman" Simon and Arland Bruce turned in big efforts to help the Lions capture their sixth Grey Cup victory. Simon caught four passes for 79 yards while Bruce grabbed five passes for 73 yards and a touchdown. Paul McCallum also added four field goals to contribute to the Lions 31 total points.

Early in the fourth quarter the Lions held a dominating 31-9 lead over the club from Winnipeg and the game looked all but over. Buck Pierce, former Lions QB and current Bfue Bombers QB, orchestrated what looked like would be a complete come back in the fourth quarter. He had two touchdown passes to receivers Greg Carr and Terrence Edwards which set the score at 31-23 and made it just a one score game. However, on the ensuing kick-off following the second touchdown, the Blue Bombers attempted an onside kick. The Bombers thought they had recovered the ball but the refs ruled the ball had no~ travelled the required 10 yards before being touched.

The Lions got the ball back and

were able to run the clock down before giving the ball back to the Bombers. Buck Pierce ran out of time and the Lions rushed onto the field celebrating the victory.

The BC Lions, who started the season with five straight losses, are the first team ever in CFL history to begin the season 0-5 and go on to win the Grey Cup. The victory was Lions head coach Wally Buono's fifth Grey Cup win in nine appearances which ties him with the likes of Don Matthews for most Grey Cup victories as a head coach.

The Lions were playing with heavy hearts, as they did in the West Final, as they honoured the memory of head trainer Bill Reichelt's 18-year-old son, Dylan, who passed away a short few weeks ago in a tragic car accident. Dylan grew up on the Lions sidelines assisting his dad and helping out with water boy duties. Prior the West Final, the Lions honoured Dylan with a moment of silence. Following the West Final, Geroy . Simon pre, sented Bill with the game ball as the entire Lions family came together. Dylan would be proud to see how the Lions played and finished in a dominant fashion for him. Arland Bruce summed it up best, "We did it, we did it baby!"

BC Lions: Wally Buono and the comeback kings of the jungle more than ever he had to employ psychology with this team, to not let us THE CASCADE crumble, to not let us fail. He kept us believing."

The BC Lions started the year 0-5.

"He didn't turn on us. He didn't Things were looking rough. Jobs and start thinking about next year. He possibly careers were on the line. For didn't think it was time to rebuild. head coach Wally Buono, it was just He kept us believing until we started another day at the office. proving him right," Reid continued.

Buono, now tied for the most Grey "There was no finger-pointing, which Cup victories (five) for a head coach, can happen on a lot of 0-5 teams that spoke with the Montreal Gazette prior have the pressure of the Grey Cup at to Sunday's game about how he man- home." aged to wake up the Lions: "I don't The BC Lions are, in every way, know how I got the players to buy Buono's team. As general manager in," Buono said. "One day we had a and coach, the praise and blame all shouting match. It was internal, but land on hi.s doorstep. While most maybe it was enough. From that day crumble when the going gets tough, on, things changed." he seems to thrive under the pressure Things clearly did change. Going of adversity. Star receiver Geroy Siinto the Grey Cup last Sunday, the mon, also speaking with The VancouLions had won 11 of their last 12, and ver Sun, put it simply: "He stuck to had showed the CFL that they were his guns when everyone told him he going to dominate on their home turf. was crazy and wrong."

And, that they did last Sunday Indeed, the Grey Cup game itself as they took home the coveted Grey had its own ups and downs, but BuoCup. For Buono, the victory was a no and the Lions were well versed in statement to the league. "They proved facing adversity and responded to the they are champions," Buono said, challenge. "The ebb and flow of this speaking with The Toronto Sun. "In game was no different than the seathe end, it was character that we had son," said Buono, speaking with The got us through the season."

National Post.

Defensive lineman, Brent Johnson But again, Buono was on the sidecommented on the comeback as well: lines with his cool, collected appear"The way we came from where we ance. Speaking with The National were to where we are right now was Post, Reid noted the impact of having such a journey. All these guys, they Buono at the helm: "Wally made us worked their asses off. And it paid still believe, and we worked our butts off. Everybody was putting us aside, off, nobody threw in the towel nobut if you stick with your teammates, body turned on each other ... He told good things will happen." us we're a good team, keep working.

Good things did happen, and We did what he said, we fought for perhaps much can be attributed to the man beside us."

Buono's efforts. Throughout the seaBuono never lost confidence in his son he was questioned, the team was team. It seems to have worked out questioned-yet Buono managed to pretty nicely for Wally and the gang. hold things together. In an interview Pretty nicely, indeed. with The Vancouver Sun, Angus Reid said of the veteran coach: "This year,

SEAN EVANS

NFL Report: Thanksgiving football BALRAJDHILLON • CONTRIBUTOR Packers fans had much to be thankful for last Thursday on American Thanksgiving. Packers quarterback (®) Aaron Rodgers threw for just over 300 yards and two touchdowns as the Green Bay Packers improved to 11-0 on the season.

However, not all the credit can be given to Rodgers. The Packers defence came up big, intercepting Detroit Lions ® Matthew Stafford three times, turning two of those interceptions into touchdowns. The big event to transpire from this game was Lions superstar defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh being ejected from the game for stepping on Pickers Evan Dietrich-Smith after a play.

Suh argued after the game and on the sidelines that he stumbled and did not mean to have his foot land on the Packers player. At 11-0, the Packers are just five wins away from joining the 2007 New England Patriots as the only teams to finish 16-0. However, the Packers have a few tough tests ahead of them including a rematch with the Lions.

The Dallas Cowboys kept their slim playoff hopes alive by squeaking out a one point 20-19 win over the Miami Dolphins on a last second field goal. Cowboys ® Tony Romo had a mediocre game, throwing for just over 200 yards and two touchdowns along with two interceptions.

Dolphins ® Matt Moore who has been playing well lately continued that play on Thanksgiving Thursday, throwing for almost 300 yards and a touchdown. The Cowboys improved to 7-4 and took over the lead in the NFC East division but the New York Giants are right on their heels.

The third game on Thanksgiving Thursday showed the Baltimore Ravens hand the San Francisco 49ers just their second loss this season. The Ravens ® Joe Fiacco had a poor game by his standards, throwing for just 160 yards and one touchdown.

However, it was the Ravens defence that stepped up big, despite playing without the heart and soul of the team, Ray Lewis for the second week in a row. The Ravens sacked 49ers ® Alex Smith an astounding nine

times which impacted his play immensely. Smith threw for just 140 yards and an interception with no touchdowns. 49ers ground and pound runner Frank Gore was held to just 39 yards on 14 carries, his worst performance of the season. The loss snapped the 49ers eightgame winning streak.

The Houston Texans are poised to .make the playoffs courtesy of Peyton Manning not playing this season. However, they'll be playing in the post season with a third string rookie ® at the helm. Starting® and team captain Matt Schuab was injured two Sundays ago and was ruled out for the rest of the season. The team turned to back up Matt Leinart, a former first round pick, to continue the path Schuab had paved. However, on Sunday Leinart also sustained a seasonending injury. Early in the game versus Jacksonville, Leinart was hit and landed awkwardly on his shoulder. The team announced following the game th-at Leinart had a broken collarbone. Third stringer and rookie ® T.J.Yates came into the game for the Texans and running back Arian Foster rushed 22 times for 65 yards, which earned the Texans a 20-13 win.

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Sports you've never heard of: cell phone toss JAMES INGLIS CONTRIBUTOR In 1973, inventor Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone call. In the time since that first cellular call, the number of cell phones in use has now reached more than five billion throughout the world. With that many cell phones it was only a matter of time before someone came up with a use for them that actually made sense.

Christine Lund, an interpreter in Finland founded the sport of "Kannykanheiton" which roughly translated means, "Boy, it is very cold here in Finland. I wish we had really good television. There is never anything to watch except shows on pickling herring. Why does my cell phone company charge me so much when I can never get decent reception? I'm going to take this phone back to the store and show them exactly what I think of their crappy service." For the benefit of English speaking participants the name of the sport was shortened

to "Mobile Phone Throwing."

What started in Finland as a sport with just a few fans has grown to become a sport enjoyed throughout 'Europe and the United States. There are annual world championships held in Savonlinna, Finland, where the

best throwers congregate to compete for the title of "the person that throws the cell phone really, really, really far". (Finnish is extremely difficult to translate into English.) The 2011 World Championships attracted competitors from Australia, Fin-

land, Russia, Ukraine and the United States.

Even though there are competitors from both Russia and the United States, the organizers do not require doping tests on participants. Being a sport, mobile phone throwing is governed by a formal set of rules. There are four categories of phone throwing: Juniors, Freestyle, Original and Team Original. Each of these categories i~ governed with minor variations by the same set of rules.

For the true aficionado the "original" category is considered the purest version of the sport. In "original" the phone must be tossed using the "traditional over the shoulder throw."

There has yet to be any official confirmation that points are deducted if anyone in the male division throws "like a girl." Each thrower is permitted two throws, but each throw must be made using a different mobile phone. A competitor cannot take longer than 60 seconds between throws.

The competitor who throws the cell phone the greatest distance is de-

dared the winner.

The 2011 winner in the Men's category was Oskari Heinonen who won with a throw of 76 meters. (If there are any Americans reading this 76 m is approximately 220 feet farther than the record distance for tobacco spitting.) Oskari did not come close to beating the world record distance of 94.7 meters, which was set by Mikko Lampi in 2005.

To help keep in top form between championships there is an Android app available called, "Throw Me" that is designed to let you practice throwing your phone and determining how far it would go. It is important to remember not to actually throw your phone, but just go through the motions. On a personal note, be advised that if you throw your phone, even if it is for the legitimate purpose of a recognized sport, your cell provider insists you keep payipg until the end of your three-year contract. I bet Oskari never had that problem.

The secretive Sasq'ets: the other walking carpet PAULESAU

I'm taking general studies right now.

THE CASCADE By "entertaining" I mean that comThis week The Cascade got its first ever interview with the elusive Sasq'ets, famous for his enigmatic silence during public appearances.Sasq'ets didn't give a reasonfor finally agreeing to speak to the media, but frankly, we were just happy to get the opportunity. It's not everyday that one gets to interview non-human sentient lift, especiallylift with the charisma of this popular UFV mascot.

First of all, is "Sasq'ets"a name or a species?

It is a name, and my species is sasquatch.

So where does that come from?

What is a sasquatch?

It comes from an Inuit tribe, a first nations tribe ... they named me Sasq'ets. ' And if you had to describe what you are from the animal kingdom, what is a sasquatch?

A lion ... I'm the king. The King of the Jungle? Oh yeah!

How hard is it to take care of that pelt of yours? Do you condition? Do you shampoo? Do you trim it?

Oh, I do all of [those]. Every weekend ... it's pretty much what I do on the weekend.

What happens if you don't?

It gets sticky, smelly... doggy.

Like one massive dreadlock?

Oh yeah.

What exactly is your position here at

municating with humans is entertaining. You people are intelligent, I'm surprised! (Chuckles) So what are the big cultural barriers between humans and sasquatches?

Probably the hair. People [want to] touch my hair, I was uneasy with that at first, but I got used to it.

What's been your most successful moment on the job in terms of motivating the student body?

I was at a soccer game over at Bateman park, and these ball girls started chasing me and I think I had like 20 girls chasing me across the field. That was probably my most successful moment.

So was that a deeply traumatic moment for you [as you don't like to be touched]?

Oh, it was.

So just between us, what are your two favourite players on the UFV sports teams? A man and a woman.

My favourite men's basketball player would be Jasper [Moedt) ... He bashes me on the head a couple of times before he goes into the game.

And on the women's side of things?

On the women's soccer team, Danika Snook. Good player, great smile.

What's your relationship with the Heat Hawk, the mascot the Abbotsford Heat have?

We're just good friends, from the jungle.

What does Sasq'ets do in his time

off?

Well like I said I trim and shampoo my fur. Other than that I hang out with my family... my dad, my mom ... they don't really like to have contact with humans.

Well people in this province have been searching for Sasquatches for 100 years, and you're the fust one they've ever seen. So what provoked your decision to come out of hiding and become a fairly public figure?

I thought it was probably time for Sasquatches and humans to socialize in a way and stop running away from each other. I was going to become that bridge, but it seems as though my parents aren't willing to do that.

Are there other Sasquatch families around in BC? I'd hope so.

But you don't know?

No. I've never seen any other ones.

It must be a very lonely existence for you.

Yeah, our population is quite low right now, So there's no cute, girl Sasquatches running around?

I haven't seen any, tell me if you do.

I will ... So your purpose here is to be a bridge between humanity and Sasquatch-kind? What's your plan moving forward on that project?

I hope other Sasquatches start coming out of the forests and socializing with humans.

UFV? From my understanding, I'm supposed to improve school spirit, and team spirit as well, and entertain the audience.

How long have you been working here?

A year and half now.

How has it been to be the sasquatch on campus?

It's been actually very entertaining!

So there's not interspecies rivalry?

No, well we fight sometimes, but I always win.

So you're pretty confident you can take down the Hawk?

Oh yes, he has wings, I have hands.

That's true, you have opposable thumbs.

Actually I only have four fingers.

So what's the biggest threat facing the Sasquatch nation?

I hear from my parents that our population is really low, so I'd say the birth rate.

For a lot of species the birth rate drops because of environmental conditions, pollution, and human encroachment upon territory. Is that also true with the Sasquatches?

Oh yes, big time. The human popu-

lation has been growing steadily. So they've been pushing and pushing the forests, cutting down trees and such.

So you'reessentially a Sasquatch advocate then?

I'd say so, yes.

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HBO's 2417 series wouId perfectly suit the Canucks ,

JOEL SMART ers said to each other to get into

THE CASCADE game mode, or what the coach When the final horn sounded, there was a moment of sweet relief. The Canucks had managed to sweep their road trip. Back-up goaltender Cory Schneider had picked up back-to-back shut outs, and then went on to an astonishing 43-save performance against a determined San Jose Sharks team that was out for revenge. The final weekend of November was a Canucks fan's dream, but in the chaotic beauty of it all they might have missed something; on Friday, November 25, HBO began the season preview for 24/7 Flyers/Rangers: Road to the Winter Classic. Though the matchup might not excite Canucks fans, with a little imagination it becomes clear - a Canucks version is absolutely necessary.

Last year's series, which followed the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals, was a high quality, unfiltered documentary-style look into the lives of the players - and into the game. Viewers saw the lives of their favourite players at home, as well as followed them on a road trip - even catching some of the pranks teammates played on each other. When it came to game time, 24/7 put the viewer into the locker room. It was no longer a guessing game for fans as to what play-

would say to motivate his team.

"We start with a blank canvas and we have no idea of the storylines that will unfold," explained HBO sports executive producer Rick Bernstein to nhl.com. "That's what makes it exciting for all of us. Having that access and taking the fan into the locker room, taking them home, this is something I don't think hockey fans had ever seen before - let alone fans of other sports. When have you ever seen this type of access in the locker room of another sport than what they gave us for 24/7? It was unprecedented."

One of the neatest points in last year's series was a moment where a player was cut on the ice. Instead of a quick shot of the player heading to· the dressing room as fans so often see during a televised game, 24/7 followed the player into a room deep within the stadium, capturing every moment as he was stitched up by a team medic. Another series highlight: viewers got access to upper-level meetings between the coaches and general manager.

For Canucks fans, this could be an incredible look into the organization that they spend so much time thinking about. How fascinating would it have been to see Vigneault's message to

his team after the first period 1-1 tie against the Sharks - or to see what Canuck had words for his teammates? I know a number of Canucks fans would also love to see each player go out Christmas shopping for their families - a highlight from last season's series.

The only important decision left, then, would be to decide which team to see the Canucks face off against in the series.

Three chpices seem obvious: The Calgary Flames, the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins. HBO would almost certainly scrap the idea of following_ two Canadian teams, because that loses the entire American audience.

Although the final meeting between the Bruins and the Canucks was epic, it just doesn't match the same-conference rivalry between the Canucks and the Blackhawks.

Though HBO might opt to film a Blackhawk's 24/7 with an originalsix matchup against the Detroit Redwings instead, for Canucks fans the dream of such an incredible series still makes the fantasy worth imagining. As a bonus, it would likely give us something new to obsess over, instead of the seemingly never-ending Luongoversus-Schneider saga. Dare to dream big! 24/7 Canucks!Blackhawks: Road to the Winter Classic.

Someone's back, and no one cares KARENANEY THE CASCADE So apparently, there was some announcement the, Sunday before last. It was about some hockey player who's apparently kind of good. Apparently, he played a game the day after that announcement. Apparently, he scorea three thousand goals against the best goalie ever to play the game, ever. Or, you know, he scored two goals and assisted two others against a rookie goalie playing his first ever NHL game. Something like that.

The fact that you, reader, know exactly who I'm referring to proves _a pretty big point. Unless you've been living under a large, dank rock, you've been unable to turn on a television for the last three months without hearing about Sidney Crosby. Yes, he's good looking. Yes, his name rhymes with kid, making an aurally appealing moniker. But he's not a good enough reason to wet yourself like an overexcited puppy every time he steps on the ice.

Maybe Jeremy Roenick said it best, on NHL Overtime. "I love watching Sidney Crosby, but aren't you guys sick of all this by now? Well, yes. I'm sick and tired of listening to Sidney Crosby saying, "there's nothing new yet... nothing's new yet." Just don't .interview him anymore. I know he's the best player in the league, the best player in the world ... but enough. The fact that he's back on the ice is exciting - particularly exciting here, only a year and a half after he scored a goal that led to a gold medal AKA the best

party Vancouver's ever seen AKA the cause of the so-called "Olympic hangover" that still rages in us all. But the media attention is a little ridiculous.

280 extra media bodies cluttered the building on that fateful Monday night that Crosby made his return, according to the commentary during the game. How, exactly, is that necessary? He's awesome. He's back.

He scored some goals. We get it - no need for the overexposure. It's not doing anybody any favours.

Just look at the ratings: according to the Nic;lsen ratings, the game drew only 198,000 viewers. Poker After Dark? 750,000. Yes, hockey has a relatively small fan base (though . it doesn't seem so 'round these here parts), but Sid's life and career have basically been the longest Disney movie ever in existence. He's a storybook, kids, so why didn't more people tune in? The lack of viewers could be attributed, at least partially, to the short span between the comeback announcement and the game.

However, it needs to be noted that fans have become used to being able to see and hear about him whenever they want. Most news stations could probably replace "and here's Johnny, with the weather report" with "and here's Johnny, with Crosby's bowel movement report". Take note, TSN et al. - if you over-saturate your market, you're going to lose viewers. .

Moving past the media issue, his triumphant return leaves Canuckminded folk with a few questions to ponder. In Ryan Kesler's first game back, the Canucks gave up four goals

on nineteen shots. Sure, the game was against the better of New York's two teams, but is that really a statistic that seems consistent with last year's Selke winner? Kesler may have posed as a Greek god for ESPN, but he's still a few steps behind Crosby. Considering Crosby's successful return, is it possible that Kesler came back too soon?

Thinking about media again, another thing to look at is Luongo's stint as captain. Watching him suffer through interview after interview was painful to say the least - the guy just wasn't cut out for the pressure of being in the media's eye. He's done much better since Hank took over in front of the camera, and between the posts. Just look at the statistics: according to hockeydb.com, he had 167 goals against in 2009-2010, and only 126 in 2010-2011. Those 41 goals (and some pretty wicked offence) were the difference between being picked over by some Hawks and making it to the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Overexposure in the media didn't do Luongo any favours.

Sports media is great. It helps fuel the machine that keeps.professional sports moving. As with any successful money-maker, it caters to its audience.

Sid the kid seems like everything the audience wants-looks, skill, personality-but even he can suffer from overexposure. Media pressure doesn't help anyone: not the players, the fans or the people who make their money in this industry. Heed the lesson, media mongers. Lay off.

Vitamin D: we live in a dark world

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THE CASCADE es UV rays by 50 per cent. Even if it is one of those cold but sunny days, Vitamin D is known as the sun- UV rays don't penetrate glass, so you shine vitamin, and that in itself poses would have to expose skin outside. a problem. As students holed away But UV rays are unavoidable in the during_the final weeks of our semes- daylight, and will always be a source, ter, and as Canadians, we don't see however minimal. Keep in mind, much sunshine, some questioning if though, that UV rays are the cause of it even exists. So how do we get our most skin cancers in North America. daily intake?

We shouldn't be making an effort to Vitamin D helps the body absorb expose ourselves to UV rays unnatucalcium and phosphorous, which are rally or carelessly. essential for skeletal health, and are Vitamin D should come from conlinked to preventing cancers, cardio- sistent food sources. The problem vascular disease, and strengthening with telying on sunlight for vitamin immunity in the body. It's a necessary D is that here in beautiful British nutrient and a preventative for vari- Columbia, we can go months without ous bone structure complications, de- seeing any - and in the summer, we terioration and weakening. are exposed to the opposite problem.

Health Canada lists that the daily During the winter months, vitamin recommended intake of vitamin D for D supplements are an alternative opthe average adult is 600 IU (interna- tion if you're not one to monitor your tional units), assuming minimal sun diet too closely, or if you are vegetarexposure. To put that into perspec- ian. tive, there is about 154 IU in three Now, for the threatening part: ounces of canned tuna, 41 IU in an Health Canada states that vitamin egg, while a tablespoon of cod liver D deficiency will cause calcium and oil will give you your daily amount. phosphorus blood levels to decre~e.

But the issue is, other than those, This causes problems with weakness there isn't a lot of food that naturally in the bones because of the body's efcontains a substantial amount of vita- fort to maintain stable blood levels by min D. As a result, most of the foods taking calcium out of the bones. This we get our vitamin D from is forti- process can cause medical complicafied with the vitamin. Milk, cereals, tions with the weakening and softmargarine, and orange juice, to name ening of bones and disorders such as just a few food items commonly forti- osteoporosis and rickets. fied with vitamin D. There is 100 IU On the other hand, Health Canof vitamin D in a 250 ml serving of ada warns that too much vitamin D fortified milk, while a tablespoon of can cause too much calcium in blood fortified margarine has 60 IU. levels. This leads to calcification Canadians generally meet some of (hardening due to calcium) of soft their vitamin D needs through sun- tissues including the heart, lungs, light. But, evidently, recommending kidney and blood vessels. sunlight as a source is a dangerous Vitamin D is an essential nutrient thing. People are running to tanning for your body. If you don't maintain beds for enough reasons. We're told: vitamin D levels, things might start "Banish your Seasonal Affect Dis- to fall apart... Like your bones order! Rid your self of unsightly pale which are kind-of important. Howskin! And now: get your daily dose of ever, if you have a regular and consisvitamin D!" I'd rather force cod liver tent intake of vitamin D, feel free to oil down my throat. stay hidden in the basement all year According to the US National In- round. stitute of Health, Ultraviolet rays (UV rays) are what causes the chemical synthesis in our skin that creates vitamin D. Researchers have suggested that up to an hour of sun exposure a week is sufficient. This would be a hard thing to come by in our world of no sunshine, our BC winters, with

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