the Carillon - 101st Grey Cup

the staff

editor-in-chief michael chmielewski editor@carillonregina.com business manager shaadie musleh business@carillonregina.com

the carillon The University of Regina Students’ Newspaper Since 1962

November 28 - December 4, 2013|Volume 56, Issue 13|carillonregina.com

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Holy shit, the Riders won. What started out as a geat season turned into a slippery slope of defeat after defeat that ultimately culminated in the Riders winning the Cup at home for the first time.

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Autumn McDowell loses her Grey Cup Virginity on Page 12, Brady Lang gets tanked (still not old enough to drink) on Page 13, and we have a massive photo essay on pages 22 and 23.

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foreign correspondent dietrich neu staff writer

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alec salloum

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contributors this week evan radford, victoria dinh, adam gamble, tanner aulie, khang nguyen, john loeppky, charlie macdonald, rosa-lee laverdiere, aidan macnab, liam fitz-gerald, taylor sockett, sonia stanger, richard jensen, ravinesh sakaran, drew wass, zach almond, shawn doll

the paper

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Faith in Humanity: Restored.

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Calling Willy.

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Grade 7/8 students are raising money for Kenyan orphanages after a We Day celebration. The proof that humanity isn’t dead can be found on page 7.

With all of the fascination about animal sounds in music nowadays, it seems appropriate that Said the Whale would stop by Regina. Although we have no freaking clue “what the fox say,” you can find out what the band said on page 9.

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the manifesto

In keeping with our reckless, devil-may-care image, our office has absolutely no concrete information on the Carillon’s formative years readily available.

What follows is the story that’s been passed down from editor to editor for over forty years.

In the late 1950s, the University of Regina planned the construction of several new buildings on the campus grounds. One of these proposed buildings was a belltower on the academic green. If you look out on the academic green today, the first thing you’ll notice is that it has absolutely nothing resembling a belltower.

The University never got abelltower, but what it did get was the Carillon, a newspaper that serves as a symbolic bell tower on campus, a loud and clear voice belonging to each and every student.

illegitimi non carborundum.

“I get punch a little.”

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After the travesty that was UFC 167, “Go to decision” have become the three scariest words in professional fighting. The judging system of MMA is in dire need of an overhaul, and anyone who needed proof of that need only rewatch Hendricks vs. GSP.

Label-maker.

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In our never-ending quest to make things as easy as possible for ourselves, certain things--like compassion--have often fallen by the wayside. Are we too quick to judge others? Robyn Tocker thinks so.

In other news: The Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region is recommending that people not swim in the city’s public pools.

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“One severed toe floatin’ in the pool every month or so is one thing,” an RQHR spokesperson said, “but four or five in the same week is some cause for concern.”

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Editor: Rikkeal Bohmann news@carillonregina.com the carillon | November 28 - December 4, 2013

Gender issues in anti-bullying report Transgendered students still need more from the report.

Emily Wright Bullying report does not address gender issues enough.

rikkeal bohmann news editor Last week, the Saskatchewan government put out a report titled, “Saskatchewan’s Action Plan to Address Bullying and Cyber Bullying.” The report says that those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender are particularly vulnerable to bullying.

Many are critiquing the government‘s report, though, when it comes to discussing sexual diversity, especially for transgendered students.

The NDP opposition would have liked to see more specific details in the report.

“We’re also concerned they’re not supporting gaystraight alliances at our schools.

Gay-straight alliances are really good for promoting inclusion and safety for students,” said David Forbes, the NDP critic for diversity, equality and human rights.

Leah Keiser, the executive director of UR Pride would have liked the report to go even further. She says she wants to see provincially mandated teacher training about gender issues that would force teachers to support students. This would also allow teachers to feel confident supporting their students, even if the school does not share the same view.

“There’s a lot more to fall back on when it’s regulated and provincially mandated… If you had that piece of legislation behind it, you have that to fall back on. You can’t get canned for fol-

lowing the curriculum,” Keiser said.

David McNinch, the Dean of Education, says that teachers have the responsibility to be inclusive in their classrooms, even if they aren’t comfortable with the topic.

“Some teachers would probably not be comfortable with approaching these subjects, but that’s one of our jobs at the faculty of education--to assure student teachers, as they aspire to be professionals their responsibility is for the safety and well being of all children.

Their own particular personal views need to be put aside for the life of the children they are responsible for.”

He goes on to say that students can easily study sexual diversity and various gender identities through classes like social studies and English.

“You can study a novel with a transgender character in it and so that’s happening more and more across the curriculum, in an integrated way, in a way to normalize difference and to normalize means to regard it as acceptable or appropriate. This takes away the reason for bully-

ing.”

Kevin Gable, the assistant director of programs in the Programs and Instruction unit of the Saskatchewan Government, worked on the report.

He said, “With the transgendered, it is part of a larger package with gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning and trans.”

Keiser disagrees and sees transgendered students as being left out of a unique conversation.

“This is where the term gaystraight alliance leaves out trans students inherently. If teachers can be identifying themselves as a trans-specific ally, this is probably the best possible thing.

They’re going to show the class that bullying and harassment is not acceptable, especially if you’re going to be bullying on terms of gender orientation.”

Kelsey Ferguson, a social work student, thinks more needs to be done in classrooms.

“I think we should be taught more about queer issues when we’re growing up in high schools and they did miss the mark on that. Speaking GSAs, I think a lot of the time students

would be more open to standing up for their peers, but they don’t feel like they have any support in doing so.”

McNinch says that schools are getting better at bringing gender issues into the classroom discussions.

“When I was growing up, these issues were never talked about. Now, they’re very commonplace discussions, as early as kindergarten, grade one,” he goes on to say, “students are beginning to learn from a very early age that we are all different and that difference is a kind of strength for our community.”

Another thing that needs to be updated is the Canadian Human Rights Code (CHRC), according to Forbes.

“The Human Rights Code talks about sex and sexual orientation for a prohibited ground for discrimination. It doesn’t include transgender rights, and we think this is something maybe we should be talking about and this is very important.

Again, this is a case of people being bullied and they should be feeling safe and included in our schools.”

Forbes says once the CHRC

If you had that piece of legislation behind it, you

have that to fall back on. You can’t get canned for following the curriculum.

Leah Keiser

is updated, it could be as a teaching tool for students, as well as making sure schools are promoting respectful and inclusive environments.

Transgendered students do tend to be further marginalized, says Keiser.

“I think holistically, that a mention of the acronym LGBT, when they do that, their intent is to tack on the ‘T’, but if you’re not explicitly providing appropriate training, appropriate resources, appropriate interventions for your students, that ‘T’ is especially going to be left out.”

Ferguson says one reason why transgendered students are particularly exposed is due to visibility.

“I think they’re a lot more marginalized because they have anything to deflect onto. You can visibly see when someone is trans usually, you can’t necessarily say whether someone is gay or straight when looking at someone.”

For now, the government will be looking at what each group needs, says Gable.

“We are working with our partners like the Avenue Community Centre in Saskatoon. We are working with groups like the Red Cross. We are not focusing on specifics. We are looking at what each group is going to need as we go forth.”

This report has given groups a tangible thing to critique for how to address bullying, but as Keiser puts it, on issues like gender identities, “they really missed the mark.”

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the carillon | November 28 - December 4, 2013

Health care in Saskatchewan Weighing the costs and benefits of health care. evan radford contributor

On Monday, Oct. 21 the University of Regina and SIAST announced a new Master of Nursing program collaboratively offered by both schools, beginning in Sept., 2014.

The program will provide training to registered nurses intending to obtain Registered Nurse-Nurse Practitioner (RN/ NP) status. Fifteen seats will be available each academic year.

Currently, says program head Joyce Bruce, 25 people are expressing interest in the program.

The professional group, Nurse Practitioners of Saskatchewan, lists 161 licensed nurse practitioners in the province.

Nurse practitioners have broader and deeper training than RNs, so they can diagnose and treat patients’ ailments, as well as prescribe various medications. Furthermore, nurse practitioners perform certain types of surgeries and sutures, says nursing professor Glenn Donnelly.

Donnelly says nurse practitioners complement the roles of physicians, especially in clinics and health centre settings. He says this allows physicians to

Drm310 There are 161 nurse practitioners in Saskatchewan.

focus on their specialties, while nurse practitioners handle patients with chronic conditions and they develop community-based programs.

Lynn Digney Davis, Saskatchewan’s chief nursing officer, adds that nurse practitioners provide needed support to the province’s rural communities.

She says, since “rural communities are more spread out, many nurse practitioners work where they live. A lot of folks

take training and have jobs where they live. They can provide consistent, ongoing service.”

An important difference between nurse practitioners and physicians is the amount they earn.

In the 2012-2013 Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region annual report, physicians’ annual salaries ranged from just over $50,000 to $946,695. Some salaries include costs for maintain-

ing offices and staffs.

In its collective bargaining agreement with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations, the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses lists a starting wage for a nurse practitioner at $46.70 per hour (step 1). After 12 months of work, or after 1948.8 hours of labour (whichever comes later), his/her wage increases to $48.61 per hour (step 2).

Assuming forty-hour work

weeks, a step 1 nurse practitioner earns $89,664 per year, before deductions. A step 2 nurse practitioner earns $93,331.20 per year, before deductions.

Digney Davis says physicians and nurse practitioners see problems around remuneration, because physicians cannot bill for the work that practitioner nurses do.

She says, “If you’re a feefor-service physician and you have a nurse practitioner working with you, you do not get paid for any of what the nurse practitioner does.”

She says this is problematic for the team-based approach promoted by nurse practitioners. Furthermore, there are many physicians who choose not to use a nurse practitioner because it affects their own income, she says.

Indigenous mascots

U of S staff want an end to using Indigenous mascots at schools paige kreutzwieser staff writer

Staff at one Saskatchewan university are looking for change.

The Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Saskatchewan issued a statement on Nov. 15 requesting schools stop the use of Indigenous people as mascots, logos, slogans and team names.

“As a department focused on pedagogy, research and community engagement relating to Indigenous peoples, social and ecological justice, we unanimously support and recommend the immediate retirement of such caricatures.”

In a CTV interview, Professor Paul Orlowski said he hopes to see this statement gain some attention.

“We are just a department.

It would be nice to see the College of Education support it, and then the whole university.”

This all hinges on the activism of people, like Erica Lee, who are fighting for change.

Lee is one of the administrators and organizers for the “Change Redmen” campaign.

According to their Facebook page, they want to see Bedford Road’s mascot – the Redmen – gone.

“The name ‘Redmen’ is not an honour to Indigenous people, reducing their history to

Keith Allison The Washington-based American Football organization are one of many who use Indiginous themed mascots.

offensive and archaic symbols.”

The page continues on to say that public schools should not use offensive slang terms for Indigenous people, as they should not be a place that fosters harmful stereotypes.

Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber, Professor at the First Nations University of Canada, agrees that using Indigenous mascots is a concern. “[Indigenous] sports team names and mascots is an issue of cultural appropriate and ownership of an ethnic identity.”

He says the use of these

stereotypical images feeds a repeating affirmation.

“Those kind of images reduce ethnic groups to acquaint images . . .which are often derived from colonial and racial slurs. And continuing to use them as such perpetuates the idea that it is still ok to appropriate Indigenous people.”

Bedford is not the only school in Saskatchewan to be using Indigenous figures. Regina’s Balfour Collegiate uses Redmen as their mascot. Internationally, the list is even longer. Major League Baseball

- Cleveland Indians. The National Hockey League - Chicago Blackhawks. The National Football League - Kansas City Chiefs and (most notably due to recent controversy over changing their mascot) the Washington Redskins.

“The owners of the Washington Redskins and their fans may themselves not be racist or using it for racist reasons,” explains Archibald-Barber, “but the images themselves have deeper roots dating back to a racist era.”

But Archibald-Barber says

opinions against changing mascots and logos speaks to how deeply imbedded racial structures are.

“Many people are largely unconscious of the effect those images have.”

People like Lee have been fighting for change for many years. Archibald-Barber doesn’t know exactly why it is taking so long to make changes, but he knows this fight has been going on for decades.

“One reason why it takes so long is because popular culture and Hollywood still use these stereotypes widely and generally for the amusement of society in general.”

He says the First Nations University has not collectively made a statement against the use of Indigenous people as mascots, but as an educational institution itself, they really speaks against it and continue to work as a place for empowerment of education.

the carillon | November 28 - December 4, 2013

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Regina’s danger zones

Regina was ranked Canada’s fifth most dangerous city in 2012. victoria dinh contributor

Matthew Hill is a 25-year-old father who lives in a house next door to Regina’s most recent homicide. For the past five years, Hill has been living in his home just north of Dewdney Avenue and east of Broad Street.

“It’s kind of weird,” Hill says.

“All the violence out here, you can tell it’s the same house on every block.”

His home was initially an investment made in partnership with his cousin, but now with the shooting death of the 18-yearold man next door, Hill refers to his house as “a business plan gone wrong.”

Hill says, “All of these houses have kids, and you kind of just see some odd stuff that’s not the best. I’ve seen some needles in the house [next door]. I don’t let [my daughter] play outside alone. If she’s out, I’m out with her.”

In 2012, Maclean’s magazine ranked Regina as the fifth most dangerous city in Canada.

This past month, the Queen City has reached its ninth homicide of the year. With most of the incidents happening in the inner city regions of Regina, members of these neighborhoods are

ccyyrree Regina, pictured here, being potentially dangerous.

growing weary of the constant crime.

West of Hill’s neighborhood is North Central, an inner city neighborhood that has a disproportionate amount of crime compared to the rest of Regina.

Jasmine McDonald is new to the community. Her family relocated to Regina from Saskatoon after her mother purchased a reasonably priced house in the area. She had heard rumors of the gang related incidents

previous to her move, and as a 19-year-old female, she doesn’t feel too comfortable with the activity happening so near to her.

“I don’t really like to walk around by myself,” McDonald says. “I don’t feel safe.”

Michael Parker, director of community services at the North Central Community Association (NCCA), says that they do their best to program initiatives from a community perspective. North

Central, in terms of demographics, has the highest amount of low income for the city. It also has the oldest amount of housing stock where many people have high needs, but don’t always have the necessary tools to fulfill those needs. That’s where the NCCA come in.

Most recently, a major concern of the occupants of the district is alleyways. It’s where most of the foot traffic takes place, and it’s also where a lot of vio-

lent activity occurs.

“We have the ‘Renew’ project, which is a new thing for us,” Parker explains about the NCCA. “We do focused cleanups in specific alleys along with surveying residents about what they feel are some of the needs and issues.”

Parker says that the NCCA is trying their best to take steps to meet the concerns of the community, but they can only do so much.

The NCCA is also working alongside the Regina Police to make the residents feel safer.

The police have a Community Services Division that is located on Athol Street in the midst of the North Central neighborhood. They have taken the initiative to step up when issues are raised around the North Central area.

Sri Lankan war crimes

Canada boycotted the 2013 Commonwealth Summit. alec salloum news writer

The 2013 Commonwealth Summit hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka this year was met with apprehension from certain Commonwealth nations. The Summit garnered substantial attention because the host nation has been accused of committing atrocities against their minority Tamil population and of war crimes.

The Sri Lankan Civil War began in 1983, with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, better known simply as the Tamil Tigers, who engaged in insurgency and militant opposition of the Sri Lankan government. The Tigers sought a sovereign Tamil state, in response to institutionalized discrimination and ethnic tensions with the majority Sinhalese. Tension existed since Sri Lankan independence in 1948, where initial policies favored the Sinhalese. They refused citizenship and rights of education and language of the Tamils.

The war broke out on Jul. 23, 1983, and hailed the coming of Black July. These were six days that saw as many as 3,000 Tamils killed, and further entrenched irreparable racial divisions and animosity in the tempestuous nation.

The war was fought until

trokilinochchi Sri Lanka has been accused of war crimes on their Tamil minority.

2009, when the government forces decidedly beat the Tamil Tigers. This conflict resulted in approximately 100,000 deaths and displaced over a million people.

Some of the crimes, as dictated by the Geneva Convention, that were committed by Sri Lanka pertain to the conduct of the war. This often saw civilians being put needlessly in harm’s way, usually meaning government soldiers had lenient orders on who to fire on when in conflict.

The Tigers were also responsible for such acts, said

UN reports. Their actions also included suicide bombings and using civilians as shields.

Some of the more troubling allegations are of the government targeting hospitals with artillery bombardments.

Extra-judicial killings of Tamil citizens have also been recorded, and journalists and civilians have been detained without cause and murdered.

In response to these allegations and deplorable human rights conditions, three of the 53 Commonwealth nations boycotted the Commonwealth Summit. These nations are Canada,

Mauritius and India. This Summit also marks the first time in 40 years that the head of the Commonwealth, Elizabeth II, did not attend the Summit – Prince Charles was sent in lieu. The absence of the Queen is not due to boycotting; merely that she has a delegated overseas travel to other royals due to her age.

In a press statement in October, Prime Minister Stephen Harper explained why Canada would not be attending the summit. He stated that, “Canada is deeply concerned about the situation in Sri Lanka. The absence of accountability for the serious

violations of human rights and international humanitarian standards during and after the civil war is unacceptable.”

British Prime Minister David Cameron is now calling for greater inquiry into the events surrounding the war and postwar periods.

Cameron was quoted saying, “There needs to be proper inquiries into what happened at the end of the war.

There needs to be proper human rights, democracy for the Tamil minority.”

The “proper” inquiry could reference the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commissions. This was a Sri Lankan appointed inquiry in the events of the civil, which failed to address international law.

As such, the Sri Lankan government is unwilling to accept a UN led international inquiry, stating that it is a sovereign nation that is not to be pushed around by its former colonial ruler.

The 2013 Commonwealth Summit, and the nations that engaged in boycotting it, have served as a spotlight on an era of atrocious actions and unjustifiable cruelty. Since this attention has been given to the region, one can only hope an inquiry will occur, and some justice can be given to the nation’s people.

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the carillon | November 28 - December 4, 2013

Democratic discipline?

What does it mean to be guilty of misconduct? adam gamble contributor

Rob Ford and Victoria Hammah are guilty of misconduct. But, they have been met with different consequences.

Ford, who is no longer able to appoint and dismiss the deputy mayor and executive committee, nor exercise emergency powers, remains mayor of Toronto. His budget has also been cut, as has his staff.

This “mayor-by-name status” is the result of two city council motions, on Nov. 15 and one on Nov. 18.

It came amidst a scandal, which has seen the mayor admit to doing things from buying illegal drugs, to driving drunk – all while in office.

These acts have presented Ford with ongoing ridicule in Toronto, across Canada, and internationally.

In response, the mayor and his brother, Toronto City Councilor Doug Ford, have been making public outcries that he should not have had his powers revoked, let alone be ridiculed.

Ford’s defense is that no one is perfect.

In solidarity, the brothers sat down with CBC’s Peter Mansbridge on Nov. 19. During

AdomOnline Yeah yeah, yuk it up.

the interview, Ford reiterated his so-called unfair treatment, saying it is undemocratic. He even compared his treatment to what happens in a third world country.

Hammah, who is in the third world country of Ghana, is no

longer in office. She was fired from her position as the country’s deputy communications minister on Nov. 8. This came less than 24 hours after her driver gave Accra’s Neat FM a recording purportedly of her saying, “I will not quit politics until I

make a million dollars.”

So why was Hammah fired and not Ford?

Jim Farney, who earned his PhD in Political science at the University of Toronto, and is now assistant professor of its faculty at the University of Regina, says

this is about accountability.

Hammah’s case “is a clear sign of being a corrupt politician . . . Ford . . . is a politician that has some problems with substances,” said Farney.

Due to his substance abuse issues, some residents of Toronto continue their anti-Ford protests, and want him gone.

Unlike municipalities in British Columbia, Toronto does not have recall legislation. This would enable Ford to be removed from office if 40 per cent of Toronto residents from a particular riding sign a petition.

Currently, he can only be removed if he is criminally convicted.

Robert Wornanu, who has lived in Regina for two years, and is originally from Ghana, said, ‘This is not a democracy.”

He says if the government did not hold Hammah accountable for her actions, Ghanaians would have ensured they did.

“In Ghana, the people put you there, and they have the power to put you out,” said Wornanu

Bitcoins ruling

Are Bitcoins a real currency? alec salloum news writer

The online currency of Bitcoins has garnered substantial international attention in the wake of a United States Federal judge’s ruling in a fraud case pertaining to the currency. On Monday, Nov. 18, saw Judge Amos Maazant, from the Eastern District of the Texas Federal Court, definitively rule that Bitcoin is money. The case involved Trendon Shavers, who was accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for fraud.

Shavers operated a Ponzi scheme through his company, Bitcoin Savings & Trust. The SEC reported that Shavers had seized 700,000 Bitcoins, at the time this translated to $4.5 million USD, from his investors.

Since a government does not back Bitcoin, the legal process surrounding these events was perpetually in a grey area of operations. During the court proceedings, Judge Mazzant issued this statement, “Shavers argues that the BTCST investments are not securities because Bitcoin is not money, and is not part of anything regulated by the United States.”

Ultimately, the Judge dismissed this notion.

“It is clear that Bitcoin can be used as money. It can be

Michael Chmielewski How much is this worth?

used to purchase goods, that it is limited to those places that accept it as currency. However, it can also be exchanged for conventional currencies, such as the U.S. dollar, Euro, Yen, and Yuan.

Therefore, Bitcoin is a currency or form of money.”

This statement from the US federal government has been received as a government endorsing this decentralized, dig-

ital and largely anonymous currency. In response, the price of Bitcoin jumped drastically this week, with buy prices exceeding $900 USD per BTC. Comparatively, in early 2011, BTC was trading at around $.30.

Evidently, Bitcoin can be tremendously volatile.

The trading point of $.30 in 2011, jumped to $32, then crashed $2, all within the course of one

year. Within the course of this week, BTC purchasing rates have peaked above $900, and as of writing this article are back down below $800 USD. Despite this, Bitcoin does appear to be here to stay. The currency has existed since 2009, though initially it experienced some technical glitches and difficulties, which delayed its effective implementation. In its

infancy, Bitcoin was exclusively used for internet purchases, most infamously on websites offering illegal services, like the now shut down Silk Road.

The Silk Road offered its customers a web-based drug purchasing service and briefly offered gun and munitions sales.

The Silk Road only took Bitcoins in its transactions because the currency is largely anonymous and encrypted. This has been a point of contention for many governments and organizations thinking about endorsing or accepting the currency.

However, as Judge Mazzant stated in his release, the greatest limitation of Bitcoins currently is what goods you can purchase with them. Sites like BitcoinShop.US, Bitcoin Valley and more are specifically geared to utilize Bitcoins. These sites sell electronics, clothing, jewelry, books etc. Additionally, existing sites like WordPress and Etsy have adopted the new currency. As of Thursday, Nov. 21, Cyprus University has publically stated that it will accept Bitcoin as payment for tuition.

The ruling of the US Federal Judge may usher in greater acceptance of this once unknown and skeptically received currency.

the carillon | November 28 - December 4, 2013

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Be a voice

Kids are making a difference. tanner aulie contributor

The Grade 7/8 students at Clive Draycott School in Bethune are proving anyone can make a difference and everyone deserves a voice, and they have been heard.

After attending the We Day celebration in Saskatoon on Nov. 6, the students are doing their part to address a global issue. They will be putting together a wheelchair rugby tournament next year and all of the proceeds will go to the Eric Walter’s Orphanage in Kenya.

We Day is an educational event and youth empowerment movement that tries to encourage a generation to shift their focus from “me” to “we”. There were 15,000 kids in attendance this year, and as 7/8 student, Katie Hunter says, “It was so energetic, like you could feel the energy in the room”. Pyper McGowan, also a student, adds “It made me want to get involved.”

Linda Whitteron, a teacher at the school, was with the students at We Day, and is helping to organize the tournament. In attendance at We Day were several celebrities including Magic Johnson, as well as Martin Luther King III (Martin Luther King

Tanner Aulie Members of the SLC at Clive Draycott are helping to plan the wheelchair rugby tournament.

Jr.’s son). Whitteron says “he was my highlight… I just got goosebumps”. She hopes this experience teaches them empathy, “Because [some kids] don’t understand that not everybody gets to grow up in a great little town like Bethune.”

The message of empathy has resonated with the children at the school. Andy Koch,

another student, says it made him think about “[his] troubles and then less fortunate people’s troubles. They are in way harder situations than we are most times.”

The students have also been renting out a wheelchair for other students to use for $5 a day, in order to raise money, as well as to advertise the tour-

nament.

The rules are: you must stay in the wheelchair all day, you can’t stand up unless you are going to the bathroom, and you can’t use your legs. Koch spent the day in the wheelchair on Monday and it has changed the way he views people with disabilities. He says “It makes me respect them more because ev-

eryday things that we normally do is hard.”

Also, in relation to the tournament, Bethune students hosted a food drive for Carmichael Outreach Centre from Nov. 18 until Nov. 21. A specific date for the tournament has not been named yet.

The worst protests Bangkok has seen in years Many feel clashes between protesters is inevitable. dietrich neu foreign correspondent

Anti-government rallies throughout Thailand are picking up some major steam, and are starting to raise eyebrows across the country.

The protests, which started out as an outcry against a controversial Amnesty bill, have now morphed into a call for the government to step down.

On Monday, Nov. 25, upwards of 20,000 anti-government protesters (some reports have it as high as 100,000), labeled “yellow-shirts”, lined the streets surrounding Bangkok’s democracy monument.

In addition, thousands of yellow-shirt protesters stormed Thailand’s Finance Ministry Monday. The protesters filled almost every floor of the building, blocking officials from going to work. Opposition leader, Suthep Thaugsuban, cheered his fellow supporters during the forced entry, urging them to show the government the “people’s power.”

The protesters also marched in large numbers around several military complexes, police stations, and publicly owned television networks.

Many government employees will be working from home Tuesday, said a government spokeswoman.

Roland Dobbins Redshirts (left) clash with police in Thailand.

Prime Minister Yingluck invoked an emergency security law Monday after the civilian seizure of the Finance Ministry.

The Act allows Thai police to impose curfews, block roads, and detain citizens without trial if necessary. The measure will take effect across Bangkok, and would give police the authority to disperse large crowds of protesters if deemed appropriate.

Meanwhile, in Bangkok’s Rajamangala National Stadium,

40,000 red-shirt protesters rallied in support of the government, but did so in a much more measured fashion. But tensions among red-shirt supporters have increased as the anti-government protests become more aggressive.

Politicians and journalists alike are warning that if the unrest doesn’t slow soon, anti-government and pro-government protesters could soon clash in the streets and force a military

intervention – bringing back painful memories of the bloody crackdowns two years ago that left over 100 dead. Thailand’s military has maintained they will stay out of the conflict.

Shinawatra called for a diplomatic solution to the conflict during a speech Monday, and said she was confident the situation would be settled by negotiations and the rule of law.

But, the Prime Minister’s words appear to be falling on deaf

ears as she faces increasing hostility from protesters, and speculations of her resignation make daily appearances in the news.

Several analysts are also speculating that the government might dissolve, forcing a new election.

Yellow-shirt supporters have made it publicly clear that a new election would not be satisfactory, and opposition leader Thaugsuban has even called for reinstatement of an absolute monarchy – something that was abolished over 25 years ago.

Shinawatra and Thaugsuban appear to be in a stand off. Shinawatra, who will have faced a no-confidence debate on Tuesday, has denied that she will step down, or dismantle the government. Thaugsuban has insisted that isn’t good enough.

Both the red-shirts and the yellow-shirts have vowed to continue their efforts in the coming days. However, Thaugsuban shocked many observers when he announced Monday that “the battle will end in three days,” leaving many to wonder what is in store.

One thing is for certain: Thailand’s tumultuous political history has a new chapter.

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Jack Frost is an asshat By that we mean, welcome Winter!

Haley Klassen At least it didn’t snow on Halloween like last year.

tanner aulie, khang nguyen, evan radford, john loeppky, charlie macdonald, rosa-lee laverdiere, destiny kaus

dashing through the snow What’s been your scariest driving experience in the winter?

TA: Last year on Christmas Eve I hit a baby deer with my car.

That was scary in itself but the real nerve wracking part was wondering if killing an innocent baby deer counted as ‘naughty’.

Turns out Santa’s not a real animal lover.

KN: Winter time means slippery roads and slippery roads means it’s time to drift. This means yelling “TOKYO DRIFT” at the top of my lungs any time I lose control and go sliding down the streets. A thrilling and scary experience. Luckily, I haven’t been in an accident yet.

ER: In high school, I was stoned in my friend’s back seat while he was driving north on an icy Lewvan drive. The driver in front of us did a 360 while veering off to the side, narrowly missing us, and soon crashing into the median; all while driving 80 km/h.

JL: Those on Wascana Parkway who seem to think that the crosswalks at the university are the finish line for a Mario Kart race.

CM: I once broke my teeth trying to push my car out of the snow. My hands slipped sideways and I hit my jaw on the rear windshield. I was not trying to push the car out with my teeth.

RL: Playing “Red Light means

go Green Light means stop” on Lewvan Dr., or getting stuck on a back road at 11 p.m. on New Years’ Eve – got out in half an hour, but never again.

tea. Both warm me up on the inside and put me in a better mood on the outside, so I don’t rip people’s heads off when I’m freezing my butt off.

DK: Nothing. I never drive in the winter. Just kidding. Back when I was a wee girl (when I actually did drive in the winter), I slid through a stop sign into oncoming traffic. Thank goodness the good Lord was looking out for me that day!

How do you make it through these last few school weeks without going completely crazy?

It is cold out there; what drink is your favourite to have when Jack Frost becomes an asshat?

TA: Eggnog is the single greatest drink on this plane of existence. Why it is only sold seasonally is and will remain one of the great mysteries of life.

KN: Eggnog and rum is probably my favourite holiday drink.

As a child, I was deprived of eggnog, so when that sweet nectar hit my lips for the first time a couple years ago, I was hooked.

ER: A nice glass of scotch, neat, preferably Glenfiddich, The Glenlivet, or Talisker. By the way, what’s an asshat?

JL: Café mocha, but that’s my go-to all the time. I don’t care if it’s +30, I just can’t refuse whenever hot chocolate and caffeine decide to have a baby.

CM: Old school hot chocolate with very stale marshmallows just like Mom used to make.

RL: Hot chocolate with Baileys.

DK: I will have to call this one a draw between Starbucks’ chai latte and Tim Hortons’ green

TA: I use my TIT. It’s an acronym that stands for Try, Initiative and Trust. Trying sounds easy but remember working up the courage to try something is half the battle. Have initiative, put yourself out there and people will respond. Trust that school can’t last forever.

KN: I tell myself to stop being a baby and to push through it. Or whatever.

ER: Feel grateful and thankful I’m in a program I love (journalism), with talented, engaging, smart, funny people.

JL: Umm, I can neither confirm nor deny that I have reached the event horizon, that is, the point after entering a black hole (in this case the semester) where there is no coming back.

CM: I gamble on sports so I can redirect my stress towards missed field goals and poor officiating. I also like to drink.

RL: Sleep, having games nights with friends, remembering that one bad grade is not the end of the world, and focusing on events that are coming up.

DK: Generally, I go through a little routine: I get overwhelmed, contemplate dropping out, realize that if I dropped out I’d be pretty much screwed, stay

up late finishing the mounds of crap (homework) that I need to finish, and study smart (not hard) for my finals. Hugs help too.

What’s the first thing you’re going to do once the semester is over?

TA: I will text all my friends to go on a huge road trip. And then I will have a moment of mental clarity because I will no longer be stressing over what assignment is next. But in that moment of clarity, I will remember my Netflix password and then spend the next 10 days in my basement.

KN: Catch up with the friends I’ve neglected over the semester. All three of them.

ER: Read as much George Orwell as I can, then drink some more scotch.

JL: Either celebrate over a job well done, or weep slowly and loudly. More likely to be the former, but the latter is what drives me. Is that pathetic? Never mind, don’t answer that.

CM: I’m going back to California for vacation.

RL: Well, seeing as the semester is pretty much over for me (other than finals), I’m going to go to the cinema and the theatre and relax.

DK: GO HOME! Nothing beats sitting at home with my cat, watching Food Network, and not having to think about anything intelligent (except maybe which Christmas-shaped shortbread cookie I want to eat or making the tough decision to kick my cat off my lap when I

have to go pee).

If you could go back to the beginning of the semester, what’s something you’d tell yourself for future reference?

TA: I would ask him what our Netflix password is because I cannot remember it. And then just to keep him humble I would say, “Your hair is dumb and so are you.”

KN: I would bring back a sports almanac and win a ton of money a la Back to the Future II. ER: Ignoring an assignment only means it will reappear, one week later, longer, scarier, and more tedious than before. Get your shit done ASAP! JL: I’m borrowing this saying from a friend (I would credit them if I could remember who it was) but, keep calm and pretend it’s on the lesson plan.

CM: In the immortal words of Childish Gambino, “Some people will never like you/Don’t let them catch you stressin.” Good luck on finals, everyone.

RL: The only thing I can think of is don’t change your study methods.

DK: I’d look myself in the eye and say firmly yet gently, “Dear Destiny, Prioritize, dang it! Actually do your homework when it gets assigned, so you don’t stress yourself out to the max when it’s actually due. Also, buy a kitten and hide it in your dorm room.”

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What does the whale say?

Captain Ahab’s wet dream comes to life as Said the Whale plays Regina. khang nguyen contributor

Said the Whale came to town on Tuesday, Nov. 26.

Ben Worcester, singer, songwriter and guitarist for the band says he’s excited to have a pint of Guinness at O’Hans and play a rock show.

The Vancouver-based indie-rock band is no stranger to Regina, having played numerous shows here since their conception in 2007.

Interestingly, their first scheduled gig in Regina never actually happened.

Worcester shares the story saying, “In 2007, we never actually made it because we didn’t know there was a place called The Club, and it wasn’t on the internet so we never made it to that show.”

They played at the Exchange on Tuesday night to play some old favourites and to show off some songs off their new record titled Hawaii.

Worcester says the recording of the new record was “a bit of a different process … it was a little bit more of a laid-back recording style.”

Reviews have been quite favourable for the new record.

Vanessa Heins What does the whale say, anyway?

Songs like “I Love You” and “Mother” have the same tempo and drive a Vaccines song would have. There are also tracks like “Willow” that include harmonies and ooh-la-las that take you back to the Beach Boys. And a song like “Helpless Son” shows off the band’s more sensitive side.

Worcester says that the band was listening to a lot of different things while recording

the album.

“We got to build an album by filling the niche compartments of each of the songs, trying to get a spectrum of what we do … when you listen to the record as a whole, one might find that every song is different than the next. We’re probably influenced by a little bit of everything we listen to.”

Something the band is well known for is their music videos.

A quick browse through their YouTube channel will show that these guys really like to have fun with their videos.

For their single “I Love You,” the ban donned kimonos, hair buns and fake Fu-Manchus to parody the old, zany, Japanese game show, Takeshi’s Castle. Another favourite is the music video for the song “Lines,” where they spoof the “Johnny B. Goode” scene from Back to

the Future. However, their most famous video is titled “The Whale,” a parody of the famous Ylvis video “The Fox.” The band and Worcester enjoy creating these videos saying, “We’re a pretty silly group of people. Our music is not that funny. It’s quite often quite serious, so it’s fun to poke fun at ourselves a little and loosen up.”

Their show in Regina was part of their final leg of the tour.

The band has been on the road since Nov. 5 for this tour, starting in Fredericton, NB. “Regina is Regina. We love it. It’s part of our existence.”

Worcester says.

His love for the city is not without some exceptions though. He jokingly complained about Regina’s lack of good breakfast places and when I mentioned that a Cora’s would be opening soon he replied saying, “Cora sucks … they can cut their fruit really fancy but they’ll charge you $8 for a bagel and cream cheese.”

Said the Whale may not enjoy Cora’s, but at least they like us enough to come back!

Bookless in April

I’m gonna miss them cheap books. robyn tocker a&c editor

When a student walks into the bookstore, it’s usually only for two things: ridiculously expensive textbooks and Cougar sportswear. But, for a few blissful weeks, the University of Regina bookstore has three huge tables full of books for bargain-bin prices. It’s the start of my favourite time of the semester. What other time of the year can I get eight books for $15?

I have gone for the past two years, and while there I always find a great selection of books, anything from fantasy to young adult and even some children’s books, it’s always a surprise. Yet, even when the store isn’t having their sale, they always keep a nice selection of non-textbook reading material. Ashley Stephens, a student on campus, says she’s always happy with what she finds.

“They do a good job of keeping a decent selection of books that they have for a certain percentage off usually. [It’s] always a treat going in and finding things I wouldn’t expect.”

Marnie Strickland, another campus student, says it’s nice to see items that aren’t textbook-related lingering in the bookstore.

“It’s shocking the amount of stuff that isn’t a textbook.”

However, to my dismay, I found out in April there won’t

Haley Klassen I can already hear my heart breaking.

be another book sale. Jamie Mason, a student, is just as dismayed as I am.

“I hadn’t heard that there won’t be one next year and that really upsets me. I look forward to those book sales each year. I love them.”

Rayola Anderson, the manager of the U of R Bookstore, says that they are not having a sale in April because of a decline in sales. The book sale usually only goes for three weeks, but this October they held it for five, and even now there are still books out there leftover from

the sale. She and her staff may only decide to have one book sale a year instead of two.

She says she is unsure why this sale was one of the worst, but she suspects it has to do with the ability to download books digitally.

“It’s unfortunate . . . the sale started because of the digital age but, has [the sale] slowed down because of digital books?”

That is a question that can likely be answered with a yes, but we’ll just have to see what happens. Anderson says it is a

challenge, because they don’t have the platform to have digital delivery for books that aren’t textbooks.

Andrew Jackson, a student on campus, says, “We need to keep promoting real, material books. Electronic versions almost give reading a different, less authentic slant.”

Truer words were never spoken.

The book sale isn’t just a way to get rid of last season’s shelf-clinging paperbacks. By keeping books that don’t remind us of school, the book-

store gives students a chance to forget we have piles of homework waiting for us. Reading provides an outlet. “[Reading] helps with my writing,” says Strickland. “It gives me something to think about.”

“Not only does it help comprehension and vocabulary, it builds character in yourself and prepares you, at least on a small scale, for situations that you wouldn’t normally just stumble upon,” says Stephens.

Mason says, “Reading adds perspective and understanding. I find that reading gives me a chance not only to reflect on my life and the lives around, but also to understand the world as a larger whole.”

“I actually write quite a lot in the spare time that I do have, and I believe the best way to keep writing well is to keep reading as much as I can,” says Jackson.

Anderson says the bookstore will continue to sell general books, even though other stores have had to eliminate it.

She says they will promote their books as they always have, like with the 20 per cent off all hardcover books. There is a possibility that next spring they will have an academic promotion of some kind, but the details have not been finalized yet.

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And the Mountains Echoed

Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, has a new book. destiny kaus a&c writer

Khaled Hosseini, the author of Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, kicks the literature world’s butt with his third novel And the Mountains Echoed. Though at some points the novel is confusing, Hosseini appeals to his readers’ curiosity and uniquely knits together the lives of various characters into a masterpiece story.

When I first started reading And the Mountains Echoed, I had a hard time figuring out who was who; this frustrated the heck out of me. The plot focuses on many Middle Eastern characters, so I found the story slightly hard to follow due to the vast array of characters.

The fact that the chapters are quite long does not help this situation. Within chapters, Hosseini switches topics and characters, which makes for heightened confusion. He also uses a sprinkling of Middle Eastern vocabulary. Instead of translating these words, I just skipped over them even though I had no clue what they meant, causing myself more grief. But, that’s my own dumb fault.

Haley Klassen Alcoholism, abuse, and moral choices. Ain’t it grand?

Ultimately, in my opinion, if one gets past the first couple chapters, everything will begin to make sense. Despite confusing issues with organization, this novel is a great book and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

Hosseini clutches readers’ curiosity by starting off the novel with a 13th century quote by Jalaluddin Rumi, which states, “Out beyond ideas of wrong-

doings and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” This quote alludes to what the story will ultimately discuss: moral complexities.

The subject matter pertaining to this theme is quite jarring.

As the Mountains Echoed deals with heavy issues, such as selling children for profit, violence, divorce, alcoholism, suicide, physical disabilities, debilitating

diseases, and much more. I think this book is so great because it has relevant subject matter that still relates to life today. It’s a great read if one wants to delve into a literary work to draw parallels between social issues in the past and social issues nowadays and emote right alongside the characters. They are two motherless siblings in Afghanistan, three-year-old Pari and her big

brother Abdullah, uncles, aunts, cousins, and housekeepers.

These characters live in places such as Kabul, Paris, San Francisco, and the Greek Island of Tinos. All in all, Hosseini does a great job tugging at readers’ heartstrings as they get to know these characters. In many cases, my heart ripped apart when I read about the terrible tragedies (physical and emotional) that characters dealt with. This novel also lifted my spirit and made me smile when something good actually happened.

The plot, always changing with twists and turns, sincerely grabs one’s attention. It made me want to keep reading!

Though Hosseini does leave certain loose ends untied, he still has a great book on his hands. I personally love stories that leave me hanging even though they torture me with “What ifs?” I find it amazing how Hosseini meshes the lives of all his characters together in one way or another. He shows the extent of bonds between individuals and displays how moral choices can affect these bonds.

We had a Multiculturalism Week?

Who knew? aidan macnab contributor The provincial government has proclaimed Nov. 16-24 as Saskatchewan Multiculturalism Week, certified and recognized

by Kevin Doherty, Minister of Parks, Culture and Sport in the Province of Saskatchewan.

What is Multiculturalism Week? It is a commemoration and celebration of the 1974 passing of the Multiculturalism Act. The Saskatchewan legislation was the first of its kind passed in Canada and was replaced in 1997 to better include the contributions of Aboriginal and Métis Canadians.

The Legislation had four stated purposes: “to recognize that the diversity of Saskatchewan people … is a fundamental characteristic of Saskatchewan society,” “to encourage respect for the multicultural heritage of Saskatchewan,” “to foster a climate for harmonious relations among people,” and “to encourage the continuation of a multicultural society.”

The act was passed nearly forty years ago, but its vision for the province is being kept alive by the Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan (MCOS).

Rhonda Rosenburg is the Executive Director of MCOS, which is putting on Multiculturalism Week. Her council’s main purpose is to “promote the benefits of multiculturalism in all aspects of life in Saskatchewan … cultural, social political [and]

2013 Betty Szuchewycz Award.

Renu, according to MCOS’s website, is a participant in many multicultural events and active volunteer for organizations like SaskCulture, United Way, and the Regina Public library, among others.

The 2013 Multicultural Youth Leadership Award went to Julianne Beaudin-Herney, a young activist and artist. Last year the Carillon reported that Beaudin-Herney was instrumental for a petition to try and make Indigenous History mandatory for all University of Regina undergrads.

Multicultural week is over until next year. However, MCOS’s work to promote the idea that multiculturalism enriches the province carries on.

Haley Klassen “I feel like a failure as an A&C editor for not knowing this …” - Robyn Tocker, A&C editor

economic.”

Rosenburg’s council is proudly responsible for being a part of the choosing of Saskatchewan’s provincial motto “From many people’s strength.”

An objective of Multiculturalism Week is to promote awareness to issues related to different cultures living amongst one another in the province. A cause that is necessary, given the existence of some unfortunate myths in the realm of multiculturalism.

One very prevalent myth, says Rosendburg, is new immigrants are “taking our jobs.”

“These days it’s not even just being embraced by the typical old immigrant set, and it’s being embraced by relatively new immigrants as well, and also in the First Nations community, because unemployment is a serious issue in First Nations and Métis communities.”

Rosenburg believes that these concerns are unfounded and says that there are too many jobs and not enough immigrants for these claims to hold any weight. She also claims that new immigrants typically are going for the type of low-wage service industry jobs that Cana-

dians are “not aspiring to fill.”

Why does Saskatchewan need a Multiculturalism council?

In Rosenburg’s opinion, it’s not enough to just have many different cultures here in the province, we need to build “inter-cultural relationships” between them, and promote “some of the new and smaller ethno-cultural groups … in continuing their own cultures.”

Multiculturalism Week commenced with an honors ceremony at Government House Nov. 16, hosted by the Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Schofield.

Renu Kapoor took home the

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The legendary beauty

Celine Dion’s album is just the beginning destiny kaus a&c writer

Celine Dion released her new album Love me Back to Life on Nov. 1, 2013, and I think it rocks as much as a pop album can rock! She grabs my attention with the first track, sticks to her overall album theme, and has some beautiful duets with a few of the music industry’s greatest.

Just like her opening songs in her albums Miracle, Taking Chances, These are Special Times, Let’s Talk about Love, and A New Day has Come (yes, I own all of these albums), Celine Dion’s opening song “Love me Back to Life” starts off with a bang. I literally replay it over, and over, and over again and never get sick of it. The percussion has a good beat, her voice crescendos and decrescendos throughout the verses and chorus, and her voice is ever so crisp and clear.

My favourite line in this opening song is “from the coma.” Slightly odd lyrics, I know, but dang does she sing them well. These three little words display her powerful vocals and her lovely vibrato.

In terms of theme, it took me quite a while to figure it out

Anirudh Koul Dion and Vegas go well together, just like her album.

… not! Obviously, Love me Back to Life’s theme focuses on love: how love is awesome and how it sucks sometimes. She explores the excitement of finding love in songs such as “Incredible,” but also delves into the issue of how couples can clash like “Water and a Flame.” This legendary beauty definitely created a fo-

cused album.

I quite enjoy how most of her songs start off with one or two instruments, such as the violin, instead of starting with some weird pop auto-tune crap.

Speaking of auto-tune, Dion does a duet with Neyo in her song “Incredible.” But, shockingly, his voice does not sound

auto-tuned, and it actually sounds good. Dion matches her perfect pitch to Neyo’s voice, and the two create incredible harmonies. Their voices work together like Miley Cyrus and her wrecking ball.

But, the duets don’t stop there. Adele joins Dion in “Water and a Flame,” and the boss

of music himself, Stevie Wonder, accompanies Dion in “Overjoyed.” Heck, I’d be overjoyed too if I got to sing with Celine Dion and Stevie Wonder!

Alright, enough about duets. Let me exclaim how deeply I love Dion’s voice. It’s practically heavenly. She proves in her song “Didn’t Know Love” that she can sing softly and purely.

She also shows amazing vocal range, pitch, and accuracy and can belt out those big, booming notes. I love it when she hits the high notes at the top of a chorus and draws out a word so that it almost lasts forever. She has absolutely brilliant tone. Her voice is so powerful that it punches me in the face every time.

I cannot help but mouth the words to all of Dion’s songs, pretend I’m her, and dream of seeing her perform this new album in one of her Vegas shows.

I believe her new album will be a huge hit. In my eyes, Dion’s creation is just the beginning to an even more illustrious career.

As her song “Unfinished Songs” states, “So you’re thinking it’s ending, but it’s only just begun.”

Oprah gives great band names Go For The Eyes stops in Regina liam fitz-gerald contributor

Last week, the Queen City had double luck. Not only did the Roughriders bring home the Grey Cup, but Regina was privileged to host Go For the Eyes, a rock, post-punk band from Calgary. They played at the German Club Nov. 23 with opening acts The Revival and The Screaming Daisies. The band, consisting of vocalist/keyboardist Elsie Roller, vocalist/guitarist Jeff Turner, bassist Scott Perrin and drummer Nathan Raboud, were thrilled to sit down with the Carillon at the German Club.

The band’s name was the result of an episode of Oprah Winfrey’s show.

“There was a defence special and almost every third sentence [Oprah] said was ‘Go for the eyes,’” said Turner.

“Oprah Says Go For the Eyes” was the original name, yet Turner commented that it was “too long and too sue-able” and it was shortened to Go For the Eyes.

Musically, other reviewers have characterized Go For the Eyes as possessing a similar sound to Arctic Monkeys and Queens of the Stone Age. Indeed, the sound of the band can be explained from their different musical backgrounds.

Roller was into electronic music and Raboud was involved in a

Alyssa Wiens Having your asshole ripped will get you far, or so they say.

metal band in Slave Lake. Individually, the band members listen to everything from hard rock to comedy music. On the road to Regina from Winnipeg, they listened to a diverse selection of music ranging from Manchester Orchestra to Mute Math. Yet, it’s not just music that drives the

band in its creativity.

“A lot of our influence comes from bands that we see on the road. We’re constantly inspired by them. You’re constantly pushing yourself because there is something amazing going on,” Raboud said.

The band also draws influ-

ences from friends and family, who’s support they are grateful for, but do miss when they are on the road.

“It is hard in some senses.

We have all these great friends but we’re on the road so much.

We have to miss a lot of milestones in our friends’ lives,”

Roller said.

The band also spoke about their newest EP, which they consider an improvement over previous recordings. After three years together in a band and getting to know one another better, the bandmates decided to push themselves further, especially with pre-production, and they tried not to rush the recording process.

“What we realized at the end of the day was that we were trying to sell a crappy product so we could go on tour. We had to spend our time and money on a good product and then go out and sell it,” said Roller, who described the new EP as a learning experience. They did not record just for the sake of recording, but worked on fewer songs and made sure they were of better quality. Indeed, they moved from recording in basements to recording in a studio opened by Kirill Telichev, a musician from the band The Suppliers.

An important highlight for the band was opening for the Calgary Stampeders at the Labour Day Classic back in August. They performed just before kickoff and at halftime. At halftime, the cheerleaders did a choreographed dance to the band’s music.

The 101st Grey Cup Losing my Grey Cup virginity What started awkward ended in celebration.

Arthur Ward ZING!

autumn mcdowell sports editor This was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I had to take it.

Grey Cup 101 was in my city, and my team was fighting for the championship in front of a hometown crowd, it doesn’t get much better than that.

I was lucky enough to get the chance to have a spot in the press box for the big game, no not the Regina-based bar and grill – though they do have fantastic food and alcohol – I was in the media press box, feeling like a boss.

However, losing my CFL press box cherry did not start out so easy, in fact, parts of it were down right awkward.

First of all, after cutting past the massive line in front of the stadium – during which I watched a 50 plus year old man get caught trying to sneak a flask inside of his glove into the game – I didn’t have time to shake his hand for his valiant effort however, I was on a mission.

My biggest initial problem after first making contact with the stadium was finding the spot. This can be difficult for any first timer, but was especially difficult for me.

I asked multiple people for advice on how to locate it, but no one seemed to know where it was, and they definitely weren’t able to explain it to me.

One member of the event staff told me to walk up seven flights of ramps and it would be at the top, but he was wrong. After making the long trek, someone then told me to walk down one level, and there it would be, but they were also wrong.

Finally, after multiple people telling me that they had never

seen these passes before, I was put into contact with the head of event staff, who did all but hold my hand as he led me to the press box. Only this wasn’t the right one either. As I walked in the door, I was told that I was in the other press box at Pilsner Place, and no one knew how to get there either.

Thankfully, once I left the

that a fire had taken place. But don’t worry, I was one of the lucky ones with a seat, and it was even away from the fire hazard area. In fact, it was nearly dead centre and front row, absolutely prime.

Even though I felt like some sort of zoo animal, as all of the fans were staring at me behind the glass and taking my picture,

view was blocked by two Winnipeg Bluebombers fans. They ruin everything.

Luckily, they weren’t obstructing my view of the jumbo tron, and I managed to catch a glimpse of Geroy Simons’ first ever Grey Cup touchdown. I was very happy to know that Superman was in the building, along with Tom Hanks and Martin

they were freezing and paying six dollars for drinks. Meanwhile, I was teetering on the edge of too hot and drinking beverages for free.

After taking a moment to gather my thoughts, finally the game was underway, and the atmosphere, as to be expected, was electric.

But as the game began, suddenly my picture perfect

Short, of course.

And with that, the legs were spread, the ball was rolling and the floodgates opened. Saskatchewan was on their way.

With touchdowns from Kory Sheets, Jock Sanders, another from Superman and insurance field goals from Chris Milo, the Riders were well on their way to a Grey Cup victory, and an amazing post game celebration.

Emily Wright Sweet pyro, bro.

wrong press box, I ran into a nice man who actually knew where I should be going. He quickly told me to hop on and gave me a ride on his makeshift golf cart. I felt like some sort of royalty zipping through the ramps on that thing while all of the other suckers had to walk.

Finally, I was in the right place and as I entered the actual press box, I was then informed

I asked multiple people for advice on how to locate it, but no one seemed to know where it was, and they definitely weren’t able to explain it to me.

Autumn McDowell

But nothing would be complete without a skidoo doing a backflip in the air at half time.

Most people would have a dirt bike, but this is Saskatchewan.

After leading 31-6 at the half, the Riders had the game nearly locked up, and while a push from the Ti-Cats in the second half had some people start to threaten the words “TSN Turning Point,” the Riders kept rolling.

Before fans knew it, the Riders had scored two more touchdowns, Simon and Sheets were now record holders, the game was over, the season was finished, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders strolled to an easy 45-23 victory.

Even though the game wasn’t as exciting and backand-forth as it has been in the past, for once, I didn’t care. All I cared about was that we were the champions and that I had gotten my first time in the CFL press box out of the way, and can be much more relaxed for the next time.

My time in the press box was quite amazing, being in the same pizza line as Jock Clime-– during which I snatched up the last piece of pepperoni from him, sucker – to rubbing elbows with the best of them, and having Hedley personally thank me for having them was pretty awesome. I think they thought I was a big deal or something.

Enjoy this time, Riders fans.

Party with the best of them, high-five strangers on the street, drink Pilsner till you puke, and relish this time. Next season will be here before you know it, and we may never be a part of this again.

Go Riders.

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Ultimate fan experience

Sports writer Brady Lang goes to the CFL player awards. brady lang sports writer I really did not know what to expect walking into the Conexus Arts Centre last Thursday, but it did turn out to be one of the coolest nights I’ve ever experienced.

The Gibson’s Finest CFL Awards is an annual show put on by the league to showcase and award the CFL’s Most Outstanding Players. Every year the event is hosted in the city that also hosts the Grey Cup and this year – if you haven’t heard – Saskatchewan is hosting the 2013 Grey Cup, and both the awards and the big game will take place in the Queen City.

I was lucky enough to get tickets on the balcony for the award show, honestly one of the best seats in the house.

While walking into the Conexus Arts Centre I was unsure how to act, dress, or honestly, what was going to go on. I got there around seven, parked beside Roughriders defensive coordinator Richie Hall, and then made my way into the show.

I knew that the CFL’s best would be there, but I didn’t expect them all to be at the ceremony in the fashion that they

Emily Wright How bout them Rams boys?

were. I walked into the common area and was cut off by a taller guy in a brown suit. As I kept walking I noticed that the man that cut me off was none other than the infamous Henry Burris.

To the left of Burris was former Rider Andy Fantuz, and as I manoeuvred throughout the common area, I noticed that this was beginning to become the norm for the reception.

I saw many famous faces and actually got a picture with the Canadian Football League’s

top trash talker – as voted by the players – Dwight Anderson. He was more than willing to take pictures with anyone and everyone and was one of the most accommodating athletes I’ve ever met.

After buying a couple calendars from some very persistent cheerleaders, I went to my seats up on the balcony. After sitting down, I had to stand up to let another bigger dude walk down the aisle, turns out it was former Riders defensive end Stevie

Baggs.

The show was opened up with former Rider Glen Suitor and Saskatchewanians Darren Dutchyshen and Brent Butt who hail from Porcupine Plaine and Tisdale respectively, as hosts.

As the show went on, it was really special to see players such as former Rams stars Brett Jones and Brendon Labatte being able to win such prestigious awards. Jones, the rookie centre from the Calgary Stampeders, was awarded with the Most Out-

standing Rookie while Labatte, from the hometown Saskatchewan Roughriders, was awarded the Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman.

Both Labatte and Jones are Rams alumni, Jones playing just last year while Labatte’s last CIS game was in 2008. Both players were born and raised in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, which caused many media members to ask ‘What’s in the water in Weyburn?’

As the night progressed, many awards were handed out and it ended up being a historic night for Calgary running back Jon Cornish as he took home the Most Outstanding Player and the Most Outstanding Canadian awards.

The night was incredibly cool, especially being a young journalist like myself. I was taken aback by how the players were able to be one on one with the fans.

The players know that the fans drive the CFL and seeing the event the other night, you really realize that the CFL players genuinely care about us and know that the only reason they are here is because of us, the fans. That’s what makes this league so special.

Calling Dr. Jones

Former Rams star shines at CFL player awards. autumn mcdowell sports editor

Brett Jones made his university proud once again.

The former Ram was named the CFL’s Most Outstanding Rookie in an award ceremony Thursday night.

Just one season ago, Jones and his former squad, the Regina Rams, suffered a 38-14 loss to the Calgary Dinos in the Hardy Cup. As the time clicked done to zero, Jones stepped off of the gridiron for the final time in a Rams uniform, and while one chapter in his football career had closed, another one was about to begin.

Rams head coach, Frank McCrystal, knew what a special player he had on his roster.

“Brett is an exceptional person, which has translated into him being an exceptional leader on and off the field,” said McCrystal, who coached Jones for four years. “He plays both center and guard on offence and is a short yardage defensive tackle. He is the academic mentor for many of our players, and rallies his teammates to volunteer in the community.”

After being named a firstteam All-Canadian, a unanimous Canada West first-team all-star, the conference’s outstanding student-athlete, and Canada West’s top lineman, it was no surprise when Jones was

Emily Wright Brett started his speech admitting to everyone that his “pants are kinda tight.”

drafted in the second round, 16th overall by the CFL’s Calgary Stampeders.

And, despite having a year of CIS eligibility left under his belt, coaches, teammates and Rams fans knew that Jones wouldn’t be suiting up with the

horns again in 2013. Anyone who had had the pleasure of seeing the talented offensive lineman in action knew that he would have the capability to make an immediate impact with his new club, and that’s just what he did.

While playing the majority of his games at centre, a position that is difficult even for seasoned CFL veterans, Jones took his new job in stride.

“I just didn’t want to let the rest of my teammates down, or myself down,” Jones said. “I

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had high expectations that I was going to get a chance to play and I wasn’t going to lose that opportunity.”

Jones’ presence was quickly felt in Calgary and since starting his first CFL game on June 28, 2013, he then went on to start every game for the Red and White this year – the only offensive lineman to do so. It is safe to say he wasn’t even close to letting anyone down.

Even though the 22-yearold has already accomplished a lot in his young career, he will never forget the people that helped get him to where he is today.

“I’d like to thank my family.

My mom and dad allow me to do whatever I want, really. Whatever I want to do, it’s possible,” he said. “I’d like to thank my university coaches. That’s where my life changed the most. The University of Regina is a great place to go.”

While it isn’t a Grey Cup victory, Jones is proud of what he was able to accomplish in his rookie season, and rightfully so.

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ROUNDTABLE

Reminiscing about Grey Cup 101

Arthur Ward Let’s take a moment to remember Burris missing the snap.

taylor sockett, brady lang, paige kreutzwieser, michael chmielewski, kyle leitch, shaadie musleh, autumn mcdowell the roundtable’s most outstanding players Which Saskatchewan Roughrider would you most want to have a beer with and why?

Sockett: Kory Sheets. Any time you can have a beer with a guy who made Grey Cup history, you don’t ask questions. You just do it.

Lang: Without a doubt, Dwight Anderson. It seems like he could tell me stories that I could be hooked on his every word.

Kreutzwieser: This may come as a shock, but I’d even pass up on having a beer if it meant Dressler taking me to Humptys.

Why? Because they have the most amazing pan scramblers in the world and I feel he gets a discount of some sort. Win win for both of us.

Chmielewski: After having thrown the greatest stiff arm I’ve ever seen, it’d have to be Kory Sheets. The dude is a machine.

I’d buy him a beer.

Leitch: Gainer. I want to be in the surreal situation where I’m having a highball with a gigantic gopher.

Musleh: Darian Durant; I want to know what he meant when he said “All of those people that criticize me know what they can do.” What can they do?!

McDowell: That’s a tough one, after watching the players drink out of the Cup while smoking

cigars; they looked so badass, I would feel inadequate next to any of them. But, if I had to pick, I’d go with my boy, Paul Woldu, because I know that he’s actually nice and not a douche.

Did you take part in any of the Grey Cup festivities in and around Regina this week?

Sockett: I spontaneously went with my lady friend to Big and Rich. Big and Rich were good; however, I could have done without the two hours of shitty opening acts, not to mention the horrible DJ who was on for a half an hour.

Lang: I went to Big and Rich because who wouldn’t want to go to a show by them? They were insane and put on a great show.

Kreutzwieser: I hope to stumble into the university Monday morning. Sufficient enough answer to what I’ll be doing this weekend? Edit: I didn’t even make it to school Monday, so yeah, that tells you how my weekend was.

Chmielewski: No, I didn’t. I stayed home, watched the game, drank some beer and then tried to finish homework. I wish I had time to go down and celebrate in town (I live out of town), it looked like a lot of fun.

Leitch: I did not. I stayed home, and watched a choppy TSN feed of the game before editing an entire semester’s worth of film projects.

Musleh: I did. My lawyers advised me not to say anything further.

McDowell: As a matter of fact, I did. I was at the coach’s press conference, the player awards and the game, obviously. I also found myself at Big and Rich, during which my friend got his foot stuck in a chair for an awkwardly long time. I have never laughed so hard in my life.

After this season, do you still think Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive back Dwight Anderson deserves the title of the CFL’s biggest trash talker?

Sockett: Dwight Anderson is awesome. The guy has a big mouth, but he backs it up time and time again. And, Dwight, I agree with you. Calgary sucks.

Lang: Yes, without a doubt.

“DA” knows how to irritate players and he was definitely a big part of Grey Cup 101.

would ever come close. Maybe @ZuckRightOff, but that’s a stretch.

The CFL award winners were announced last Thursday. Did any of the winners surprise you?

Sockett: Not overly, I’m thrilled for Rams Alumnus Brett Jones for winning rookie of the year, despite playing for our archrivals. I can say that the whole province is really proud of you. Brett’s a class player and a great representative of our school.

Lang: Not at all. Brett Jones and Brendon Labatte won, so who really cares with the other awards?

Kreutzwieser: I think that is a fair statement, but I also think we can’t forget about Double D. and his amazing Twitter trash talk.

Kreutzwieser: None were really a surprise other than Cornish being the most outstanding.

But, that is just because I don’t think anyone who flashes their ass on purpose – in any season – deserves be to considered most outstanding.

Chmielewski: I do. Maybe he’ll win some fighting award someday or something. I wonder how their court case will work out...

Chmielewski: Not particularly.

The winners were pretty much who I expected. Congrats to them.

Leitch: I think we need “The Mouth of the South” Jimmy Hart to become the Roughrider’s mouthpiece. He will sweep the awards every year, plus we’ll get sweet Riders-themed airbrushed suits.

Leitch: I think what’s more surprising is that Don Cherry didn’t come up out of the floor like Gangrel and fucking fistfight Jon Cornish over that damn suit that he was wearing. That would have made for an awards show.

Musleh: No. Rider Nation is the biggest trash-talker in the CFL. Even after the game, there were people criticizing the team.

Musleh: Former Rams won.

That’s cool. Autumn tells me they’re from Saskatchewan, and not St. Louis. That’s good!

McDowell: Definitely. Realistically, I can’t think of anyone that

McDowell: Not overly. They were pretty clear cut this year.

I was just happy that Weyburn boys Brett Jones and Brendon Labatte won. Former Rams doing things. Gotta love it.

Now that the CFL is over for another year, what do you plan on doing with your lives?

Sockett: Ramble on.

Lang: Watch hockey and the RedBlack’s draft of course!

Kreutzwieser: My Canadian Funday League will have to take a hiatus, I guess, and instead of ridiculous football drinking games I will now be partaking in ridiculous curling drinking games. Needless to say, not much is changing.

Chmielewski: Considering I only watched one game all season, I’m pretty much just going to do the same thing I’ve been doing all season (sigh*).

Leitch: I’ll probably go back to doing ironing on a regular basis, because I no longer have an excuse to wear Roughriders paraphernalia to work one day a week.

Musleh: Watching REAL football. HA! That, or sitting down over the Christmas break with a few beers, and writing down all of the armchair quarterback critiques I can about Durant, so I can really hang with Rider Nation.

McDowell: Now I can just pay even more attention to hockey. The World Juniors are just around the corner and then the Olympics after that. It’s a good time to be a hockey fan. Also, Christmas is in T-minus 27 days.

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Making their mark

The U of R curling squads prove their worth paige kreutzwieser staff writer

Time to dust off those brooms – curling season has officially started at the U of R. Although the men’s and women’s teams have been decided, not much has changed from last year.

Both teams are once again skipped by the Schneider brother and sister duo. Catlin will be calling the shots for the men, while his younger sister, Lorraine, will be skipping the women.

“We know the ins and outs of Westerns and how fun it is and we are hoping that we can make it back there,” said Lorraine on Thursday before the Qualifying Spiel final.

And make it back she did.

Lorraine, Callan Hamon, Tessa Vibe and Ashley Desjardins were able to win the Q-Spiel for their third consecutive year.

Before the game, Lorraine mentioned about how special it would be to once again go to Canada West play downs in Edmonton with her brother.

“It would definitely be a great experience and it is kind of special and unique. I don’t

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know if a brother and sister skipping happens very often,” she said.

Fortunately for both teams, they get a berth straight to the CIS/CAA Nationals, which are being held in Regina in March.

Hosting nationals means the home club gets to place both a men’s and a women’s team automatically into the draw.

“We don’t really get to trav-

el anywhere, but it’s still a cool experience and we are at our home club which is even better,” said Lorraine.

For the men’s team, it’s been an even easier ride so far.

Catlin, Rory McCusker, Mathew Ring, and Brendon Ryan had no other team to compete against in the Q-Spiel, meaning they automatically became the U of R team.

“It’s not like any other varsity sport where you go to a different school and play once a week,” said Ring. “All we have is Canada West, so we just kind of play games against teams in the city here to practice.”

And, although both teams get the direct entrance into nationals, they still want to prove themselves to their university competition.

“It’s not like we are going to Edmonton to just practice,” said Ring. “We still have expectations to do well and compete.”

Lorraine also commented on the fact that the girls side had limited competition as well.

“I wish there were more teams,” she said. “I feel sometimes that yes, I’m going to Westerns, but I don’t have to win much to get there. I think it would be more special if we had to compete [with more teams].

I just think competition is exciting and it is also really good for you before you go to things like Westerns.”

Last year’s men’s team was quickly thrown together, but this year three of the boys are competing in leagues around the city to be more prepared.

Both teams are looking to have better luck this year in Westerns but all they really want to do is make their mark.

“Our goal is definitely to try and make a statement to other teams on the Western stage before we go to Nationals,” said Ring.

CIS/CAA Nationals will be held from March 19 - 23.

The verdict is in MMA judging is guilty of being awful allan hall distribution manager There are only three things certain in life: death, taxes and mixed martial arts (MMA) fans having a visceral hatred for judges.

On Nov.16, to the shock of many MMA pundits, fans and fighters alike, Georges St-Pierre won a highly controversial split decision victory over Johny Hendricks at UFC 167. For the umpteenth time this year, the UFC experienced yet another judging controversy fiasco.

As an MMA fan, my face tends to get sore from all of the face palming that I do because of the incompetent judging.

I’m exaggerating a bit here, but like many fans of the sport, I get frustrated by the poor decisions that are awarded by the judges.

While I’m naturally a cynical person, I don’t attribute the questionable judging in MMA to corruption. I attribute it to systemic problems in the judging system.

MMA in North America has changed significantly since the inception of the UFC in 1993.

The sport in its infancy was a brutal spectacle that drew the ire of politicians who attempted to ban the sport. In response to the political backlash that almost destroyed the sport, MMA promoters implemented more rules to legitimize it. These changes included adding judges, five-minute rounds, weight

Marcos Cunha How the judges see the fight. Blurry.

classes, and most notably, the 10-point must scoring system used in boxing. In North America, state/provincial athletic commissions now regulate the MMA. One of the primary issues with judging in MMA is the 10-point must scoring system. In MMA, three judges score each round, and the winner is awarded 10 points and the loser is awarded nine points or less. This scoring system works adequately in boxing because they have a greater amount of rounds with a shorter duration, but it becomes less effective in MMA because a fight typically only has three or five rounds.

The biggest issue with this is that a round where a fighter narrowly wins is weighted the same as a round where a fighter dominated their opponent.

For example, if Fighter A wins one round handily and almost finishes Fighter B, but Fighter B narrowly wins two nondescript rounds with little action, Fighter B will be declared under the 10-point must system. Fighter A would have had the more dominating performance and lose the fight.

Another issue with MMA judging is the actual vantage point of the judges. Each judge is located in a different section of the cage to score the fight.

This means that every judge has a different viewpoint, and some may have a more difficult time seeing the action. If a fighter’s back is to one of the judges, it becomes inherently difficult to see if they are landing punches and kicks or vice versa. This can become especially problematic when the fighters are on the ground. Strangely, the viewers at home have a better viewpoint of action than the actual judges that are in front of the cage.

While judges in some sanctioning bodies have access to a live monitor, there is a natural tendency for the judges to watch the fight in front of them instead of the screen. Smaller

MMA promotions do not have this luxury because of financial constraints.

MMA is also a difficult sport to judge because there is no uniform value assigned to the wide variety of techniques. If a fighter has someone in their guard and is consistently threatening their opponent with a variety of sweeps, reversals and submissions from the bottom, should it be weighted equally as someone effectively punching from the top position? Should leg kicks be worth the same as jabs and uppercuts to the head?

If someone is a counter-striker, can they effectively use “octagon control?” These are all questions that are not clearly indicated in the rulebook.

Lastly, a significant issue with MMA judging is that a large amount of the judges don’t have an adequate grasp of the variety of fighting techniques used in MMA. Many of the judges used by the sanctioning bodies are boxing judges that have no formal experience with martial arts such as Muay Thai, Brazilian jiu-jitsu or wrestling. It’s difficult to adequately score a fight if the judge doesn’t properly understand the nuances of the techniques.

Sadly, these issues ultimately create a “perfect storm” of incompetence in judging that MMA fans experience regularly.

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Canada West not moving on basketball schedule Tiered system flawed for next year’s schedule. paul esau The Cascade

ABBOTSFORD (CUP) — The 2014–15 season is going to be an unusual one for the numerous teams in Canada West basketball programs, as they play the same five teams again and again…and again…and again.

On Oct. 30, the University of Fraser Valley’s motion to rescind the 2014–15 schedule – which was accepted at a previous Canada West meeting in June – was defeated by a vote of 22–6, almost ensuring the schedule will become a reality next season.

Each of the 14 voting schools in Canada West are allowed two voting representatives at each meeting, and only UFV, Manitoba and UBC-O voted in favour of rescinding the schedule.

Currently, every team in Canada West, a conference of Canadian Interuniversity Sport, or CIS, plays every other team at least once per season. The addition of six teams in the last five years has necessitated a shakeup of scheduling practices, since playing all 16 other Canada West teams in 2014-15 would stress each program’s athletes and budget.

Canada West representatives accepted and analyzed numerous scheduling proposals before the June meeting where they decided to break the league into two divisions: a “Pioneer” division of the 11 “historical” members, and an “Explorer” division of the six “newer” members, including UFV. Canada West responds According to Basil Hughton, Canada West president and University of Saskatchewan athletic director, change is necessary.

“I’m a relatively new AD,” he said. “I’m just entering my sixth year, and when I first came on board, we had 11 full members.

That was in 2008 … and then we went up to the point now where we have 14 full members and three probationary. We’ve seen a very big influx in new schools, new members, and we’ve obviously had rapid growth. And the biggest challenge with rapid growth is scheduling.”

Individual schedules are voted in for each Canada West sport, and basketball, with the most member participation of

Explorer teams. If it happens to be an Explorer champion, it will be involve six Pioneer and four Explorer teams. The Final Four tournament will be hosted by the highest remaining seed left after the quarterfinals, rather than the team with the best regular season record, as under the current format.

Impact to athletic programs

Stewart Seymour/The Cascade Info graphics for the win.

any sport, has its own unique challenges. Still, the 11 and six divisional split is controversial in that it doesn’t recognize geographic considerations, historic program rankings or numerical parity between divisions.

“I think in fairness,” said Hughton. “And this is me editorializing now, not as the president but as a member, I’m saying, very clearly, there wasn’t a good alternative in basketball.

The decision to put this [schedule] forward was the best information we had at the time and [the best one] we could try given the circumstances.”

In the six-team “Explorer” division, UFV will play the other five teams four times each to produce a 20-game schedule.

Some, including UFV president Mark Evered in an open letter to the presidents of Canada West institutions, have accused Canada West of creating a

“tiered” divisional structure behind meaningless euphemisms.

While Hughton said “the semantics [of “Pioneer” and “Explorer”] are lost on me; I didn’t like the words, either one of them,” he maintains that Evered and others are mistaken.

“I can understand the perception of tiering,” Hughton said. “But that isn’t what we did.

“Let me rephrase what I said earlier,” he continued.

“The basketball schedule that ultimately passed was the one that membership felt was … the best fit for what they saw that they wanted to do.”

Also voted on in late October was a 2014-15 Canada West playoff format that is dependent on the results of this season’s schedule. If the 2013-14 Canada West champion is in the Pioneer Division, the ten-team format will include the seven top Pioneer teams and the three top

Evered and others at his school have been highly critical of the upcoming schedule, pointing out that it hurts UFV’s recruiting appeal, athletics prestige and potential competitiveness. Evered especially has been a significant asset to the resistance, despite the traditionally hands-off role of university presidents relative to CIS issues.

“Recognizing that decisions made by CIS or any of its divisions could have an impact on our institutions,” Evered said. “It’s not unreasonable that the president should have some significant say in the work of CIS and its divisions. There’s still those who feel that presidents should have more than an advisory role; they should have a more decisive role.”

Having already been defeated in an attempt to rescind the motion that led to the two-division 2014-15 schedule, UFV will have to adopt other measures in defending the interests of its varsity programs.

Since the motion only dictates the schedule for one season, both Gordon and Olfert are committed to preventing it from being extended or adopted in other sports.

“Our concern is that this is just the beginning,” said Gordon. “That this 11 and six will move into other sports … [We need] to stop this becoming a pattern or trend.”

A number of schools will partake in meetings this December to attempt some strategic planning for Canada West and future scheduling. The discussions UFV has begun on the topic will be vitally important for Canada West moving forward, even though they are unlikely to change the realities of next season’s basketball schedule.

Evered likened the situation “to the frustration with a referee who makes a lot of bad calls.

Following up on that is unlikely to change the outcome, but

you’ve at least alerted others to the problem.”

Neither UFV men’s coach Adam Friesen nor women’s coach Al Tuchscherer are enthused with the schedule their teams will play in 2014–15, yet both understand their authority is on the court rather than in the meeting room. For now, the schools of Canada West have voted to accept a schedule that divides them into two unequal divisions; a system that will require Victoria to play Manitoba, but not have UFV driving 20 minutes down the road to play rival Trinity Western. Hughton says democracy has spoken, but there is dissent on that opinion.

Impact at home UFV has not been the only school to be affected by changes made to the structuring of Canada West basketball.

When new divisions were put into place back in 2009-10, the University of Regina also felt the impact. This was a time when the Canada West league format adopted a two-division system, with the Great Plains and Central Divisions merging into a Prairie Division and a Pacific Division that remains intact.

The playoff format saw four Prairie teams make the post-season, three Pacific schools in and a wild card team between the Prairie fifth-place finisher and Pacific fourth-place squad.

“We have made the playoffs now for 17 years in a row, so there is a little bit of pride riding there that we would like to continue to do that,” Hillis said, back in 2011. “The playoff structure has changed; it’s Victoria to Winnipeg, with only top eight now, whereas before with the divisions and all that, you were getting top 12 out of 16.”

Prior to this change, the University of Regina Cougars had made the playoffs 15 years in a row, once the change was introduced; they have made just two playoff appearances in the last four years and currently sit two spots back of the post season.

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Back at it

A-Rod is back, everyone. brady lang sports writer

Well, the player we all love to hate is back in the news again.

New York Yankees infamous third baseman, Alex Rodriguez, called out the Commissioner of the Major League of Baseball, Bud Selig, last week saying multiple things about not only himself, but also how Selig hates the New York Yankees.

“I know [Selig doesn’t] like New York, but you gotta come face me,” said Rodriguez, in an interview with Mike Francesa.

“And [Selig] doesn’t have the courage to come and tell me this is why I’m gonna destroy your career?”

Rodriguez continued to comment on how Selig was just trying to wreck his own reputation just for something to “put on his mantle” when he retires after 2014.

The thing is, Rodriguez really shouldn’t be complaining.

He could have been suspended earlier on this season, yet he appealed the decision by the Selig administration and was able to play the end of the season with the Yankees.

Rodriguez started out with the Seattle Mariners in 1994 and continued on to the Texas Rang-

Martyna Borkowski Is that really water in that cup?

ers in 2001. Rodriguez signed – at the time – the most lucrative contract in MLB history, which was a ten-year deal worth $252 million dollars.

Rodriguez continued to

play up to 2004 with the Rangers until he was traded to the New York Yankees for second baseman Alfonso Soriano – who was traded back to the Yankees earlier this season – and a player

to be named later, who ended up being Joaquin Arias.

Rodriguez’s problems began when he – allegedly – used Performance Enhancing Drugs that were sold to him by a Florida doctor, Anthony Bosch.

The thing with Rodriguez is he had the talent and ability to become one of the best players in the MLB history, yet his demeanour made him one of the most hated players, instead.

Lately, Rodriguez has had a lot of problems with his consistency throughout the time when his PED allegations were at the forefront.

I had a coach who once said that Rodriguez would become the all-time Homerun King, but after the struggles he’s been through in the past, I honestly cannot see that. Rodriguez has now played 19 seasons in the MLB, tallying up 654 homeruns and setting the record for youngest ever to hit 500 homeruns.

In my opinion, Rodriguez needs to lock down and accept the alleged 100-game suspension that he was offered. A 211game suspension, which he was first given, would have been, at the time, something that he should have taken as well.

Rodriguez’s reputation is being tarnished by himself, not

by Bud Selig, like he was originally accusing. He is digging himself a hole that he will be unable to dig himself out of.

Instead of being one of the top players in MLB history, A-Rod has become somewhat of a joke in the Majors.

Rodriguez’s problems will just be getting worse as the season continues if he appeals the suspension. He needs to realize that his reputation will be tarnished if he continues on the same route that he is currently on.

Rodriguez just needs to realize that he has pushed his boundaries by calling out a person of Selig’s power and he needs to figure out what’s next in his career.

The forgotten team

Don’t forget about the Pats, Riders fans what the puck? autumn mcdowell sports editor

While everyone in Regina has been going nuts in Riderville, the city’s other favourite team, the Regina Pats, have quietly been climbing the charts.

The Regina Pats have been booted from their home barn for nearly a month to make room for Agibition and Grey Cup festivities. During that time the team went on their Eastern road swing to compete against Eastern Canadian teams, and then the notorious U.S. teams as well.

In past years, this trip has nearly cost them their season.

Spending so much time away from home ice while facing stiff competition has often been difficult on the young squad, but not this year.

While all eyes were on the Riders, the Pats have shocked everyone who was paying attention and skated to a 5-3-0-0 record while on the road, despite facing some of the top teams in the entire league. That will do just fine.

Thanks to the strong performance on the road trip, head coach Malcolm Cameron and the boys have skated to a 14-12 record, tallying 28-points and sole possession of seventh place in the Eastern Conference.

That means the Pats are well within the playoff race, and instead of normally having to make up ground for the next month due to a shaky road trip, the Pats can play defence for a little while.

The Pats big three have been back at it once again this year as veterans Morgan Klimchuk, Dyson Stevenson, and Chandler Stephenson pave the way for the Pats. The big three currently lead the team in scoring, while newcomer Boston Leier is hot on their trail with 24 points in 25 games.

The newest acquisition for the Pats has made himself right at home, and has made a dramatic impact on the squad, especially in the goals department.

Though he has been tagged as more than just a scorer, the 20-year-old currently has 13 goals and 9 assists in 21 games. If that isn’t the stats of a true blood scorer, I don’t know what is.

However, the Pats won’t have much breathing room as the second test of the season is just around the corner. Another downward swoop for the Pats in the past has been December, as the World Juniors has notoriously taken the star players from the squad, causing the remaining players to falter in the process.

one to forget, but if the Pats continue on the path they’re on right now, this year could be one to remember.

reginapats.com Pats borrowed Riders jerseys.

But this year might be a little different than usual. Even though the Pats have sent more players to the World Juniors than any other junior hockey franchise, none of their players were invited to the summer development camp this year.

While they do have plenty of players worthy of invitation,

including Klimchuk and Stephenson, who were both on team WHL at the Subway Super Series last night, the Pats and their fans will have to wait until the selection camp roster is officially released before they can determine the kind of affect it will have on the playoff hopes.

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More to university than essays On a cold winter’s day, when many students find themselves hunched over their desks, writing their next paper for that particularly hard-nosed professor that you’re sure is trying to fail you or studying for that next exam that the syllabus read as being worth 75% of your grade or somesuch ridiculous number, a small camaraderie of scholars escape the monotony of the university for a weekend. Their fellowship was formed on the basic notion that there was indeed life outside of campus and there are people, actual people, with whom they could discuss their work in a welcoming environment.

Sounds appealing, doesn’t it?

I had the great fortune of visiting our neighbor to the north, the University of Saskatchewan, to attend a literary conference.

While the conference was small, our hosts were especially gracious, making sure we were enjoying ourselves during our stay and even ensuring that people had safe rides from the campus.

The two-day event consisted of panels from many different spectrums of literature. Literary papers that were presented included adaptation theory, gender theory, genre theory, Canadian identity, as well as a slew of creative writing. The conference’s keynote speaker, awarding-winning Young Adult writer Arthur Slade, gave a presenta-

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tion about his experiences in writing over the years and what it took for him to become a writer. The entertainment provided by the organizers of the conference was no less exciting, with the first night consisting of trivia with prizes, board games, and even a ukulele orchestra, all at the campus bar, and a banquet on the second night.

On the drive back to Regina, I came to the realization that this is one of the beautiful aspects of university life that I am afraid a lot of students don’t really know about. Too often we get mired in the drudgery of getting that final essay written or studying for that one last exam, that there are other aspects to being

a university student than what is just presented to us in class.

Of course, going to a conference is also a large undertaking. In order to present at one, you have to first send them an abstract of your work and then anxiously count the days in hopes that you get approved.

Depending on the conference, where it is located, and its popularity, this can either go quickly or become drawn out, and either easy to get into, or be more exclusive than the first country club.

After approval, you’ll then have to get a paper ready to be presented, which usually means cutting down a paper that you’ve already written. Depend-

ing on that process, either you’ll find yourself asking “is that really it?” or “why are there still so many pages?” Even the night before I presented, I furiously scrawled on my only printed copy of my paper, determined to get that final draft absolutely correct.

Then there’s actually presenting the damn thing. On top of coping with crippling social anxiety, it doesn’t help either when you find out there’s a thing called imposter syndrome, where you feel like the entirety of you degree so far has been just some massive fluke and you know that, one day or another, you’re going to be found for being the fraud that you really are.

I won’t lie, that it was absolutely nerve-wracking to stand up in front of a lecture theatre filled with my peers.

But it’s in that shining moment when you step up the stage and you’re greeted by an audience that looks at you with a genuine interest that you begin to realize all that stress, that anxiety, that fear of absolute failure was all just in your head and none of that matters anymore.

What matters is that you are in a room of like-minded individuals who actually care with what you have to say.

Would I recommend someone going to a conference? Absolutely. Anything that can get you away from classes and papers and midterms for even just a couple days is a worthwhile investment. I implore everyone to inquire with their department.

Depending on the department, they may be able to fund your way to and from the conference and, barring that, there are usually streams of funding that you can apply for. Whatever you end up doing, just please realize that there is more to university life than what you’re shown in your classes.

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November blues It is a truth universally acknowledged by university students that November is the worst.

Those essays, which once seemed so far away, now loom menacingly, coming due sooner than seems possible. Sleep deprivation has become the norm. Library naps have moved from the realm of something that weird guy does to something that has become necessary just to get through a Wednesday. And who among us can say we haven’t had a little stress cry or two in the last month? It is sometimes tempting, at this point in the semester, to let despair wash over you. I’m here to tell you not to let it.

I think it’s important to remember that, even though it may not feel like it when school becomes more overwhelming than seems possible, we’re incredibly lucky to be here. Even though post-secondary education should be universally accessible, it isn’t. Our province has the second highest tuition in the country, and we are among those with the means to attend.

That is a privilege. I think it’s important, especially when the stress and the work don’t seem worth it, to remember how meaningful it is to have that privilege.

It’s also important to take a

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moment and notice the good things. Stress is bad for you. It can feed off of itself and multiply into hopelessness, even depression. It’s important to take stock of your mental health in a time as desolate and crappy as mid-November and to make sure that you’re taking good care of yourself. And, I firmly believe that if you have time for panic, you have time for pleasure.

Don’t forget to notice the

particular way the sun hits the new snow on the green in the late afternoon. Don’t forget to taste how rich that good strong cup of coffee is as you enter your fifth straight hour of latenight essay writing. Give yourself a two-minute gift by calling a friend who always makes you laugh. Try establishing a reward system wherein you earn one funny cat video for every two pages you write. Go for lots and lots of walks. Ask your

roommate (or, if you’re me, your mum) for frequent hugs. And for goodness’ sake, start taking vitamin D. Sometimes when it seems impossible to complete every assignment, when you can’t possibly study for that test anymore, when you can’t possibly do one more second of research, you have to take a minute and remind yourself to breathe. Sometimes you just have to take a minute, blast some crappy pop

music, and have a dance party with yourself at two o’clock in the morning. The good news is, November is on its way out. Just remember that life is good, that there’s light at the end of the tunnel, and that it’s going to be okay. It’s going to be okay.

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Pass system mentality In the early days of the treaties, there was the Pass System. This system required that anything a Treaty Indian wanted to do off reserve be accompanied by a pass given by the local Indian Agent. Anything and everything was required to have a pass, including selling of agricultural products, buying equipment, even extended time off reserve.

While the proclaimed intent was to be able to track and monitor Indian activity for success under government programs, it was used as a means to control and hamper Indian activity. While the pass system is long gone, the ideas behind it still remain a part of government policy.

Despite numerous reports that First Nations people are the fastest growing population in Saskatchewan, and that business and government should be looking towards creating opportunities for Aboriginal people to take advantage of the growing employment opportunities that are occurring daily in our province, the Sask Party has been negligent in providing those opportunities.

In fact, the best use the Sask Party has for Aboriginal people in our province is as a wedge issue in recent attack ads aimed at the NDP about resource sharing. The sad fact remains that it is beneficial to the government to continue its use of systemic racism to control and undermine the Aboriginal people of our province, just as they did a hundred years ago with the pass system.

If Aboriginal people are successful on reserve, it reverses hundreds of years of stereo-

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types and assumptions. It would provide solid proof that it is not Aboriginals who have failed to assimilate, but instead, a government that has failed to live up to their end of hundreds of years of agreements and sharing. This should be obvious.

Success on reserve for Aboriginal people would undermine and destroy the entire cultural myth of Canada, of a great land misused by “savages”, settled peaceably by a benevolent white society who brought civilization and progress to backwards and uncultured beings. The destruction of the cultural myth might be a bold statement, but it is true because it seems Canada does not want Aboriginals to succeed.

Every promised opportunity by the multiple layers of Ca-

nadian government has been used to further hamper and restrict the lives of First Nations people. Every court case won ensuring the rights of Aboriginals to those promised by Treaty has been spun into policies to limit what First Nations can do. Every single promise made to First Nations people when it comes to giving a little to get a lot has been broken.

The conversion of First Nations to farmers was destroyed by using the pass system to delay equipment, seed, and opportunities for sale. The Calder decision, which said that Treaty rights did not flow from the largess of the Crown but instead by the fact that First Nations were the first people of Canada, was spun into policies to restrict reserve activities to those that

were only ‘traditional,’ as defined by the Canadian government.

When our families were asked to fight in Canada’s wars, they were promised that land claims would be settled, yet instead it was used as a means to try to privatize reserve land. The government systems throughout the entire history of our country were aimed at making sure Aboriginal people would fail, die off, and disappear. So when the NDP point out that the Sask Party has not met its promised obligations to provide greater employment opportunities through training and education, my first response is not to fight, but to ask, what’s new?

This may seem a long list of complaints and excuses, but let’s remember that for every

$12 dollars spent on a non-aboriginal student, only $7 is spent on an Aboriginal student. For every small community that gets to benefit from the financial benefit of nearby resource development, reserves are kept from creating the businesses that would allow them to benefit as well.

Saskatchewan spends millions on programs like Sask Jobs to retrain and place workers, including programs in smaller communities, yet never once have these same programs been offered on reserve. Our society has placed a high value on keeping people working, as long as they are not Aboriginal.

Reserves are not looking for handouts. First Nations people do not want to watch their youth grow up poorly educated and bored, left to live a poverty-laden existence on the fringes of society. First Nations people are only asking for the exact same opportunities that everyone else has, and that were promised in the Treaties, and for our government, our society, to let go of its false image of who First Nations are, to discard the myriad of stereotypes and lies, and to accept them as what they say they are.

Simply put: First Nations people want to do what is required to build successful communities and people, if only they’d be given the opportunity.

richard jensen contributor

Label generation When we’re born, we are labelled as either a boy, or a girl. This starts the cycle we go through every single day of our lives. As we grow, we gain new labels. You like to read? Bookworm. You’re good at football?

Jock. You have a pretty face?

Popular. The list goes on. All these labels build up until you are only defined by strips of words that, honestly, mean nothing. They should not define you.

What if you love to read but you’re also a great athlete?

What label are you given then?

These labels I talked about can be said are harmless, but I’m not buying it. My high school career was built around labels. What you were called dictated who your friends were, what clubs you were in, if you were invited to parties, and if you thought to try to blend with a few groups? God help you.

But labels don’t stop by what you do or what you like.

It’s not that easy. See, if you’re a bookworm and someone decides to pick on you, bam! Victim. And if you’re the one picking on that kid, you are now the bully.

ing a male doctor because I’ve seen cases and I know of stories where, in an office, a man can put his hands on you and claim it was a “procedure.” That terrifies me. But that’s the world I have grown up in. I don’t want it to be this way for my children.

I don’t think anyone does, or should.

We need to stop segregating kids into groups the day they’re born. We need to accept people who are like us, and those who are not. We need to stick together.

Eddie~S

I have been both labels.

Both labels have affected me in ways that can never be fully undone. Bullying is real, bullies are real, and people who are bullied are real too, but I don’t like calling them victims. They are survivors. They are the brave ones who lived through it and still find a reason to get up every day.

Victims are defined as “a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency.” By definition, I am a victim. Everyone is a victim.

Something has destroyed us at one point in our lives, but we got back up again. A survivor is “a person who continues to function or prosper in spite of opposition, hardship, or setbacks.” We are all survivors.

So when asked if labeling harms us, yes, it does. But the bully or victim labels aren’t the real problem. At least not the main one in my mind. If we’re going to get to the root of the problem, that means dealing with labelling gender, sexual orientation, and so many other

things that have been ingrained in our society for centuries. It means dismantling patriarchy and all the labels it attaches to both men and women.

In order to fix the problem, people have to realize that the world isn’t equal. Sincerely acknowledge that women, people of colour, those of a different sexual orientation, and others are living in a world that oppresses them, that has harmed them.

As a woman, I fear going to the doctor’s office. I fear hav-

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FTNEWS Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, over what the hell it was I was going to write for our oped editor, while I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping on my monitor. “‘Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “Skyping on my monitor Only this, and nothing more.”

Of course, instead of catching up on my long-neglected collection of Edgar Allen Poe’s works, I closed out of the distracting Skype, and hopped onto the websites of local news outlets. Nothing angers the blood enough to write one of these pieces than the poorly-constructed sites of most major news outlets. Suffice it to say, I was not disappointed.

Every news outlet, from the Leader Post to the CBC each had tens of thousands of words dedicated to the hometown fucking heroes, the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The green-painted goons that swarmed the city were mocking me from every webpage where I tried to find something that constituted real news. What did I finally find? A blue link in ten-point font at the bottom of the page (yes, even underneath the Contact Us

down a flat piece of fake grass chasing an egg-shaped turd for three hours begins outweighing real news, it’s time we step back, and readjust our priorities.

If the current trend continues, Regina won’t be the host city for the Grey Cup for at least a decade. That’ll give all of the light post-climbing, drink-drugging, riot-inducing humanoids of Rider Nation time to sober up, recover, and get some common fucking sense amongst them. I know it’s a lot to ask, but if you put forth even half the concentration into that as you do into this football team, by the time the Grey Cup rolls through here again, we’ll have a fan base consisting entirely of Sherlock Holmeses.

As for me? Rider Nation can count me out of its census.

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links) that had a retrospective on last year’s Connecticut school shooting, including snippets of the conclusive police report.

“What utter horseshit is this?” I asked. I get. We, the lucky denizens of Regina, Saskatchewan, live in the armpit of the crotch of the world, and exactly bugger-all happens here.

The local professional sports team won a football game with

an ass-ugly cheap trophy as a reward. Here’s your bulletin— the exact same game is going to occur next year. The results of this one are of no consequence.

The way the news has been responding, it’s like these assholes cured fucking cancer.

I know it takes approximately four brain cells to be considered amongst the safe majority of Rider “Nation,” but

this team has a cult-like following. And not a cool cult following like Quentin Tarantino’s got; I was thinking more of the Jim Jones cult variety.

I know I’m stepping on some toes and making some waves here, but give me a break, will you? I think we can all agree that when the exploits of the equivalents of small kitchen appliances in tights rushing up and

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Death for Musharraf? SNL still spot on Pakistani politics is definitely a unique animal by itself; Canadian politics is undeniably in the minor league in comparison. Military coup d’états, assassinations, and corruption to the highest levels of public office has been the nature of the game since Pakistan’s independence from their British colonial masters.

Thus, it comes as no surprise that former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is being charged for treason. If found guilty of treason, Musharraf faces life in prison or, worse, the death penalty.

Revenge is certainly a dish best served cold for current Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who took over as the head of government after 14 years for a miraculous third time. Nawaz Sharif served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from November 1990 to July 1993 and from February 1997 to October 1999, when an untimely military coup by Musharraf (then General of the Pakistan Army) ousted him as Prime Minister, subsequently forcing him into exile to Saudi Arabia.

Nawaz Sharif undeniably knows how to keep a grudge, he returned to Pakistan in 2007 to challenge Musharraf’s dictatorial regime. His party lost, but he waited only to take care of unfinished business in 2013 when his party won a supermajority.

Although the feud between Nawaz Sharif and Musharraf stems from the 1990s, Nawaz Sharif administration’s allegations of Musharraf’s treason seem to be well grounded. Musharraf is facing charges of treason for his role in imposing emergency military rule in November 2007: suspending the constitution, replacing the Chief Judge and causing a media blackout that shut down independent TV and news agencies.

This state of emergency caused uproar among Pakistanis and also from democracy advocates from the West.

Musharraf lifted the state of emergency

and called for an election. That election dealt a serious blow to his party, which later led him to step down in 2008.

Musharraf’s spokesperson said that the former military chief is willing to face all charges against him.

Aasia Ishique told CNN that, “Gen. Musharraf has full faith in the judiciary and trusts the legal system to clear his name. He is a man of his word, and he will let the court decide his fate.”

Musharraf has defended himself, stating that he enacted the state of emergency to stabilize the country and to fight rising Islamist extremism. In my humble opinion, this is a load of horse shit. The ISI (the Pakistani equivalent of the CIA) under Musharraf’s regime has been famous for fostering terrorist relationships and Islamic extremism, if there was any tension in Pakistan at that time, it wouldn’t be a far cry if Musharraf was the chief architect for all the hostility.

If Musharraf is convicted, don’t be surprised to see some unrest in Pakistan, considering there are many hero worshippers and Musharraf loyalists. However, I don’t foresee a revolution or a regime change in Pakistan, as the younger Pakistanis are looking for a different kind of politics in Pakistan’s political house of cards.

Word has it that the son of Pakistan’s first female Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (who was tragically assassinated in 2007) has returned from his studies from Oxford to continue the Bhutto’s political dynasty. He has taken over as the president of the Pakistan Peoples Party and is now being groomed to be the next Prime Minister come 2018. Will Bilal Bhutto be the savior of Pakistani’s future?

Only time will tell.

ravinesh sakaran contributor

39 seasons later, Saturday Night Live is still going strong. Even though many of the masses may say things like, “the show isn’t as good as it used to be,” or “the comedy isn’t even funny anymore,” I choose to disagree. Saturday Night Live is rocking it and I love it.

Although they may have lost recent greats, I have come to appreciate the current cast. Taran Killam’s Sloppy Swish is hilarious, Kate McKinnon’s Ellen impressions are spot on, Jay Pharoah couldn’t do a better Obama, Bobby Moynihan’s Drunk Uncle will never get old, and not to mention we still have Seth Meyers and Kenan Thompson hanging around.

For a series that produces a live show every week, they are continuously current—just watch the Rob Ford bits and you’ll see.

Do I think all the skits are funny? No. Moynihan could be a little more diversity with his characters and tone it down on the physical comedy. New additions like Aidy Bryant and Cecily Strong still need some time to develop, and Kenan Thompson may be becoming a little repetitive.

But, that is why this show can continue as long as it has. It has this ability to recycle itself and if something doesn’t fit, it changes.

This will be Meyers’ last season on the SNL cast, as he will be replacing Jimmy Fallon on Late Night. That, itself, is going to be a huge loss for the show, and something that could inevitably be its demise.

However, if this new generation can continue with hilarious digital shorts and strong up-and-coming female roles, SNL may be able to save itself from the upcoming loss alongside the other recent losses of Kristen Wigg, Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, Jason Sudeikis, and Andy Samberg.

Unfortunately, each episode is huge-

ly dependent on the guest host. Bringing back greats like Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon makes for hilarious and memorable skits. But, having newcomers like Josh Hutcherson, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber seems more like a ratings ploy than actually trying to make good comedy.

paige kreutzwieser staff writer

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The Professor’s Anthem

Sung to the tune of The Stonecutter’s Anthem.

An excerpt from Drinking Songs of the Academy

Who assigns work over break?

Who exploits every l’il mistake?

We do, we do.

Who keeps the shortest office hours?

Who finds vag’ in paintings of flowers?

We do, we do.

Who demands MLA’s write style?

Who fails your ass with a big smile?

We do, we do.

Who keeps students on the curve?

Who checks books out on reserve?

We do, we do.

Who finds subtext in Daffy Duck?

Who knows JAFFYs* don’t give a fuck?

We do, we do.

Who says your degree is great?

Who thinks you’re just grad school bait?

We do, we do. *Just Another Fucking First Year

Who names texts for you to buy?

Who won’t follow syllabi?

We do, we do.

Who prescribes pages of notes?

Who docks marks for lack of quotes?

We do, we do.

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