The Carillon Volume 65, Issue 3

Dinosaurs: Cool again?

THE REALLY BIG DEAL IS HERE

Roe v. Wade and You

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The Carillon is published no less than 11 times each semester during the fall and winter semesters and periodically throughout the summer. The Carillon is published by the Carillon Newspaper Inc., a non-profit organization. land acknowledgement The Carillon is written on treaty four territory. As such, the staff recognize that we are living, working, and telling stories on and of Indigenous lands. We recognize that we are on the traditional homelands of the Nakota, Lakota, and Dakota peoples, along with the homeland of the Métis nation. The Carillon understands that it is pointless to acknowledge the land on which we work without speaking to our commitment to telling stories and prioritizing voices that further the return of the land to its place sacred place in the cultures of those that live here. 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 sixty years.

In the late 1950s, the University of Regina planned the construction of several new buildings on the campus grounds. One of these proposed buildlings was a beltower 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 a belltower, 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.

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Roe v. Wade and You

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With the start of fall semester the comes rounds.the University of Regina start of our new advertising promotion promotes link to “top students.” exclusively for student organizations. Groups are able to book ad space in our printed paper and online for events, announcements, and meetings through the “Advertise” page on carillonregina.com. Please consider us if you’re part of a student organization when discussing options for student outreach, and keep checking our website and picking up these newspapers to stay up to date on student group activity!

The semester may have barely begun but news on this campus doesn’t stop coming, so you can expect us to continue in this, our 60th year of publishing, to cover as much as our staff are able. If you’re looking to get involved we’re always looking for article and graphic contributions, we have a few positions open on staff including sports & health editor and news writer, and there are a few student-at-large seats remaining on our board. Contact us through our website anytime to get involved!

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Is the university’s Really BIG Deal actually meeting students’ needs? The students’ union’s VP of Student Affairs, Harsh Patel, explains why he continues to feel dissatisfied.

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Top students at the U of R were encouraged in an email from Jeff Keshen to participate in Maclean’s University Ranking survey, but Maclean’s states they’re seeking all student feedback.

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Canadian men’s and women’s national soccer teams continue issuing statements and pushing through contract negotiations, working towards equity and transparency.

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Staff writer Amina Salah covers the full value of subtitles (and her irrational fear of dinosaurs) in this review of the documentary Dinosaur Hunters at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum.

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Contributor Will Spencer outlines his recent trip skateboarding in Montreal, along with the experience of and responsibilities associated with filming and being filmed skateboarding.

It’s all strategy

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An overview of the political climate that allowed the overturning of Roe v.

Wade and the far-right strategies that Democrats have been struggling to grasp for decades.

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editor: gillian massie news@carillonregina.com the carillon | september 1 - september 7, 2022

No COVID-19 measures in place on campus as infection rates inch upwards Shahab wants people to mask up, but it’s still optional in the government’s eyes holly funk editor-in-chief For the first time in nearly 30 months, students, staff, faculty, and administration at the University of Regina will be returning to campus for the fall 2022 semester.

As of June 1, 2022, masks are encouraged but optional across campus, and there is no requirement for vaccination or proof of a negative test to attend courses or access any of the other services provided. The university has released a COVID-19 illness flowchart outlining the procedure to follow should any students, staff, or faculty experience symptoms that could be caused by the virus.

The flowchart directs anyone who experiences any of the 18 symptoms listed (nausea, headaches, fatigue, and dizziness, just to name a few) to stay away from or leave campus, and to test themselves for COVID-19 using an athome rapid antigen test before calling 811 for advice to manage their unique situation. These tests are readily available for free at the Campus Security office in the Research and Innovation Centre.

On a call with Campus Security on Aug. 27, the Carillon learned that while the office has four cases of tests at the moment with 250 tests in each case, engagement with this option has been minimal. When asked over the phone to estimate the number of test kits handed out, security responded that some days 10-12 go out, but the number varies greatly, and other days there are zero handouts.

At the advice of individuals such as Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab and Health Minister Paul Merriman earlier this year, the provincial government has stripped back vaccination and mask mandates, claiming that individuals have the tools they need to assess their personal situation and can conduct themselves accordingly. These tools include widespread information about symptoms, widely available athome rapid antigen tests, and expanding the availability of booster shots to anyone over 18 in the province. While the expansion was long awaited, there has not been as much an uptick as may have been anticipated. 44.6 per cent of the province was recorded to have their first booster (third dose of the vaccination) in the report from June 26-July 16, and in the report from July 17-August 13 the number had hardly moved: just 44.8 per cent of the province has received one booster.

In an article on August 19 for CTV News, Allison Bramford interviewed Shahab on the state of the province since the majority of mandates were removed, and what can be expected moving into fall. The chief medical health officer said that “If you are in a crowded place with lots of people

An alternate reality, or our actual fall? Yet to be determined.

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you don’t know, it’s a good idea to wear a mask and that’s going to be more important in the fall.”

Shahab also expressed his concern that the uptake for those age 18 and over’s first booster shot was at such a low rate. Anticipating yet another wave of COVID sweeping the province, he added that “Right now, two doses is not enough to be considered fully vaccinated.”

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pitalizations provincially (88/ week) to 488 (122/week) in the most recent data available. What may be of greatest concern is the increase in reported outbreaks, which increased fifteenfold to 46 total through July 17-August 13.

Regardless, the university has decided we come back on August 31 in full swing, and there are mixed feelings at every level. A psychology student who is taking

online [academically] but we keep the clubs running so that it’s just small groups that are congregating.”

This student was asked if they had any questions they would like Keshen to respond to regarding the return of courses and general operations to the campus. They responded with: “If the situation becomes dire enough, will they [the administration] do the right

conversation with the Saskatchewan Health Authority, claiming they will adjust should the situation prove it necessary.

He continued, saying that “Tragically, lives have been lost.

There’s a real impact on so many people, so it wasn’t theoretical. It was real, it was traumatic, coming out of that is going to carry an awful lot of concern, and I hope that this student will be reassured

“Right now, two doses is not enough to be considered fully vaccinated.”

– Dr. Saqib Shahab, Chief Medical Health Officer for Saskatchewan

Jeff Keshen, university President and Vice-Chancellor, said that both students and faculty in the winter semester were found by the administration to be 9899 per cent vaccinated, but this was before the first booster shots were available for most provincial residents. Now in Saskatchewan, roughly 30 per cent of people ages 12-49 (within which falls most university attendees) have their first booster shot, meaning that according to Shahab’s statement, only about 30 per cent of those ages 12-49 have been adequately vaccinated against the virus in our province. Those attentive to recent reports may have also seen that while there were 628 new confirmed cases of COVID from June 26-July 16, there were 1,524 from July 17-August 13, alongside a jump from 265 hos-

a full time courseload on campus this fall said in an interview that “I recognize that everyone’s doing the best they can. Teachers, administrators, the President, like there’s so much to balance.

I don’t want to have too critical of a lens. Even the fact that the university was able to kind of survive over the pandemic and actually do things I think is good, because everyone was put under an immense amount of stress and uncertainty.”

“I do appreciate the fact that they’ve tried to open things safely and have clubs resume,” they continued. “That has been very essential to my mental health to have in person clubs, especially physical activity related clubs, continue. I don’t want them to cancel that. I would much rather if things go bad that we go back

thing and kind of pull everyone back online? If it gets to be chaotic, not to just kind of let the bloodbath happen.”

Keshen was interviewed and responded to this question by saying “I absolutely understand where you’re coming from and I appreciate the question very much because I appreciate the fact that the student wants to, like many students, come back to campus, and I understand that this student is concerned because we don’t know what the future is going to be in this regard. [...] If things do turn dire again then of course we would go back online.

There’s no question about it.”

Keshen did not have a concrete response to when a given situation on campus may be deemed dire enough, instead leaning on the university’s plan to continue

that we will, if necessary, not be headstrong, but we will shift as it’s required to ensure the safety of people. We’ve done it before.

A person who sticks headstrong to anything without regard for what’s happening in the wider world is silly.”

In my walk from the interview on August 29 at Keshen’s office in the Administrative Humanities building to the Carillon’s office in the Riddell Centre, I came across 165 people total.

12 of these people were masked, meaning that to get this interview I had to come in contact with 153 unmasked individuals. It remains to be seen whether our university students, staff, faculty, administration, and the province as a whole will be “silly.”

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Champions of Change club narrows in on period poverty Reducing period stigma one product dispenser at a time

gillian massie news editor Ending period poverty was something that Raiha Shareef was passionate about going into her first year of university. Now, with the formation of her own club, Champions of Change, they are filling period product dispensers all around the University of Regina Campus.

This Psychology student formed the club in 2019 with a few friends who were also passionate about eliminating systemic gender inequality around campus. Since then, their numbers have grown to a six-executive team with over 60 members at large – and room for more – around campus.

Shareef, President of the club, took the opportunity to chat with me about what it was like gathering numbers during the pandemic, ending period stigma, mentoring students, and ongoing issues they hope to work towards.

What would you consider some of the key values of the Champions of Change club?

Some of the key values are definitely equality, inclusivity, and collaboration. We are a club that really, really underscores on collaboration and inclusivity.

We truly believe in collaboration over competition. We collaborate with organizations from all over Regina, with students with every

amount of experience. We collaborate with organizations that are also like minded like RaiseHER Community or YWCA. We create collaborative projects together, because we all have the same goal in mind, which is to create gender equality within our community.

Do you have a blueprint to achieving these goals with your partners?

We actually have an intergeneration mentorship program with them. We get high school students paired with university students, and then the university students teach them all about the transition from high school to university. Then both the high school and university students get paired with a leader in the career field.

For example, if you’re interested in journalism, you get paired with a journalist in CBC – that’s a program we offered two years ago.

It’s a great way to get a hands-on experience in a field that you’re interested in. We also are big supporters of the community fridges, specifically the Cathedral Community Fridge. We donate menstrual products regularly because we believe that period products should be easily accessible. We donated over 1,000 period products last year and we’ve partnered with local businesses and local restaurants to donate food to the Cathedral Community Fridge as well.

How does the Champions of Change help get to a place where period poverty doesn’t exist?

Something that we’re really big on is menstrual equity and ending period poverty. We believe that people should talk about menstruation and our health and our bodies in a normalized way and in a comfortable way. When we first started off the club, we started off with a campaign where we filmed a video of a bunch of students talking about period poverty and the period stigma.

After, we led a campaign to talk about period equity, which led us to secure a conversation with the custodial services with the University of Regina administration.

After about six months of advocacy and working together with the custodial services, we actually got 12 dispensers of free pads and tampons, which is a direct way of making free period products accessible to students.

Where else has the journey taken you?

Since then, we haven’t stopped the conversation. We’ve led conversation circles for refugees and immigrants with the Regina Open Door Society for the past two years where we talked about menstruation. We talked about what are pads or tampons in a very culturally-safe environment for newcomers to Regina, and we also toured around ele-

mentary schools and talked about menstruation and period stigma with middle school students. It was really cool just to break down the period stigma at a younger age and get them talking about the facts of menstruation.

What was it like going into these school and working with these people?

It was so good, because this is something that we’ve always wanted to do. We strive to create spaces where we can comfortably talk about menstruation. Obviously, I was a little scared at first, because they’re little kids. It’s about menstruation, which is normally something that is shamed on, so I didn’t have any expectations for the students. But to our surprise, they were so good. They were asking so many questions, especially the boys in the class and non-menstruators. They were all so mature about it. I think that really just underscores the fact that period stigma is learned, it’s not something inherent in us all.

As a group that started out just before the pandemic hit, how did this affect your student interest level?

I think our numbers were still pretty strong because we adapted to the virtual environment pretty quickly. For example, instead of doing in-person events or sessions or meetings, what we did was we hosted an Instagram Live ev-

Oh, if only the provincial government would fund more sexual health education programs for students.

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ery two weeks where we invited guests. We had community leaders in Regina, and we also had invited community leaders from abroad to talk about anything that they wanted to talk about.

We [open up] conversations with them, they share their insights, they share their advocacy experience, why they do what they do, and it, that got a lot of engagement. What we’ve also noticed was that there were members who were scared of doing in-person events, like they were a little too shy to advocate in person. So, there were people that joined in the virtual realm that said “I feel more comfortable in this space” which is really cool to see. I didn’t even realize that there were people who wanted to do more virtual experiences, rather than in person. So, we were able to connect with a different target audience, in a way.

What’s next for the club?

I think it’s just the same goal that we’ve always had, which is gender equity and inclusivity with the focus on menstrual equity. We want to get more dispensers on campus throughout Regina and Saskatchewan. We’re working on a campaign to get free products available outside of campus too.

This interview was edited for length and clarity.

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Really BIG Deal not a hit with tuition freeze organizers

This is Really NOT working

gillian massie news editor

It was not the solution Harsh Patel hoped for in his efforts to freeze high tuition rates.

“This wasn’t something I was expecting,” said Patel. “Students being forced on campus to get their fees frozen. I would have hoped they would have frozen the fees for all students, not just students who want to live on-campus.”

The University of Regina came out with ‘The Really BIG Deal,’ a housing and tuition savings program for international and domestic students. The program contains locked-in tuition rates and fees, locked-in discounted housing rates, locked-in bus pass, locked-in dental plan, an annual $1,000 meal card, and an annual $500 U of R campus store credit voucher.

Patel said this “first step” to helping students will only aid a certain percentage of the international and domestic students.

“It’s still not somethings students would prefer, because living off-campus is still cheaper than living on-campus.” As an international student himself, Patel said international students are in need of financial relief. Patel said international students currently pay between $22,000-$25,000 for tuition – three times as much as the average domestic student.

The savings program prom-

ises students that they will save between $18,000-$21,000 over a four-year period. Students who are only in post-secondary for a one-year certificate or a two-year course are not saving as much money as they would be if their degree was in a four-year program, and many international students pursuing a four-year degree have only had this offered to them halfway through their degree. If students opt into the savings program for their last year of study, they could only be saving between $5,000-$7,500, instead of $18,000-$21,000 over a fouryear period.

Patel said it is “frustrating” tuition fees will still go up for students if they do not opt into this plan. Patel previously occupied International Student Director with the University of Regina Student Union (URSU) and played a large part in organizing the ‘Freeze the Fees’ student tuition rally. Two rallies were organized in the winter term of 2022

by URSU. One for international students, and a second for international students and domestic students alike.

After the rally, Patel received a response from the U of R about their demands to freeze high tuition rates after the first rally took place Feb 2. After joining President Jeff Keshen for a consultation meeting, Patel said he did not hear back about a plan of action to help international students un-

For anyone starting to shop for Christmas already, I’m a size $30,000 in tuition.

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til he entered his new position as VP of Student Affairs in May. Patel said the meeting consulted many other international students who had questions about enrollment services, residence living conditions, and on-campus dining services. Many issues regarding high tuition rates “veered off” throughout the meeting. Patel had mixed emotions about the savings program. “I’ll take it as a partial victory, but this only benefits students who are staying on campus for a long period of

time.”

University of Regina President Jeff Keshen said the U of R is still committed to making sure students have affordable options to live on campus. Keshen said The Really BIG Deal was in efforts to help students save money, and to help fill vacant rooms on campus. “I recognize that students do struggle and I know that those who are living off-campus struggle as well,” said Keshen. “I also recognize that it would have been far more welcome if we’d

have been able to do it for every student, but these are the ones that we are able to do it for at this point in time.”

Keshen said the university is also facing millions in debt from the pandemic, and they are trying to recover. Patel said he will not be opting into the savings deal because he saves more money off campus. Tuition is set to increase for all students by 3.5 per cent for the fall semester.

Questions raised on email regarding “top students” Administration promotes the Maclean’s University Ranking survey (to some)

Cherry picking makes for real faulty data, folks.

Image: Lee Lim

Tis the season once again for the Maclean’s University Ranking survey, and campuses across the nation are ramping up to motivate students to fill out the annual ranking. Students of all Canadian universities who reside in Canada and are over the age of 18 are eligible in a draw by Maclean’s for a $500 VISA gift card if they complete the survey, and results will be used by administration and competition alike to decide where the university’s efforts will be put going forward. Some universities, like Brock University, have add-

ed additional incentives, offering draws with bookstore gift cards and Apple Airpods to students who fill out this national ranking survey.

The University of Regina has historically scored quite low on this survey where we’re ranked as a comprehensive school due to our research activity alongside a breadth of undergraduate and graduate study programs. Among 15 universities in this category, we were ranked fifteenth for the second year in a row last year, with some of our lowest ranked sub-

categories being student awards, faculty awards, and student satisfaction.

Among the student satisfaction category there are multiple subcategories. While we ranked third in promoting Indigenous visibility and fifth in residence living, on all other measures we placed eleventh of 15 at most.

Our student to faculty ratio rests at 23.8 which places fourth among the 15 schools listed, but we rank eighth at best of 15 in other areas. In the reputation survey which Maclean’s compiles from university faculty, senior administration, and people in business across the nation, the university ranked twenty-seventh out of 49 possible places.

An email went out to some students addressed by Jeff Keshen, university President and Vice-Chancellor, on July 25, 2022, encouraging students to fill out the University Ranking survey. This email was specifically addressed to “top students” at the university and stated that “Maclean’s magazine is currently in the process of administering its Annual Student Survey, and because you have excelled and [SIC] while attending university, you are precisely the sort of student whose feedback they would like to receive.” Dafna Izenberg, managing editor of special projects at Maclean’s, has confirmed that Maclean’s seeks responses from all students registered at Ca-

nadian universities, not just those ranked at the top.

A Psychology student from the university who received this email commented that “It was just such a crazy situation, like as soon as I got the email I messaged my friends to be like, ‘Can you believe this? Like this is so weird, I don’t know why I’ve received this email.’” They said that “Immediately I was like, ‘This is such an interesting tone that’s being taken here, I’m really being buttered up to take this survey.’ Which is interesting, you know. I get emails to do lots of surveys from the university and often it’s just like ‘Hello, you’ve been selected, please do this at your convenience.’ But it really felt like there was a lot more, I don’t know, lead-up to doing the survey.”

In an interview, Keshen stated that his intent was for the email to go out to all students at the university, not just the top students.

“If it was sent only to top students,” he claimed, “that’s something that I would correct. I think it needs to be sent to all students.

So, for your readers, I would say that my commitment would be that it would be sent to all students and that my pledge to you is that going forward it wouldn’t be sent to just those students that are identified as such. My intent was to send it to all students and I’ll make sure that that happens in the future.”

Keshen was unable to con-

firm whether the email was truly sent to all students or just top students, and the Carillon has confirmation it was addressed to top students but not that it was solely sent to that group. “In terms of sampling in research,” noted the Psychology student recipient, “you would want a sample that’s completely representative of the university students that go here, not just the ‘top students.’ That’s definitely creating a bias in responses which is not an honourable research practice all considering, especially since I’m sure the university prides itself on its research – the research that comes out of here – so I don’t know why we would be trying to create bias in other people’s research. I really was not impressed by that.”

Keshen ended his comments by saying the survey will be “sent out to all students, and if it wasn’t sent out to all students then I would suggest my apology to those students who didn’t receive it. I would ask our students to be engaged, to be critical, to be committed, to have a great year, but I would say that their observations and their input will always be appreciated, especially if it’s given in the spirit of trying to make us a better place. That’s what we want.“ The survey can be found online and is open until 11:59 pm on Friday, September 9, 2022.

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editor: sarah nakonechny arts@carillonregina.com the carillon | september 1 - september 7, 2022

The Cure Kitchen + Bar brunch review Nothing better than a classic breakfast and interesting décor

sarah nakonechny a&c editor The Cure Kitchen + Bar, simply The Cure for short, is located at 2323 11th Ave in Regina, Saskatchewan, and it has amazing food and an even better atmosphere. Many are not aware that The Cure does not only offer vibrant and lively environment to enjoy for an evening out, but they also offer a lovely brunch for customers to enjoy on the weekends.

On both Saturday and Sunday, their brunch runs from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with hours subject to change around holidays.

My experience of The Cure’s brunch was extremely pleasant and has definitely placed them in my books for places to return to. There were many strong qualities that I had noticed and very minor things that could be improved upon.

Walking into the establishment, you’re greeted by a very relaxed and modern styled environment. There are many different decorations to look at without it appearing to be cluttered. As someone who enjoys looking at decorations, this was both really interesting to look at and slightly

overwhelming as there was almost too much to look at. Some of the objects I found the most interesting were the handful of old typewriters, the variety of brass and woodwind instruments, and a little gargoyle statue.

The seating arrangement is certainly designed to accommodate their evening patrons a little more than their daytime customers. The bar is located in the center of the room with bar stools surrounding it. There are tables lining the parameter of the room with a booth style seat on one side and bar stools on the other side of the table. Although I’m not a huge fan of the bar stools for eating during the day, since they don’t have backs attached to them I really enjoyed the amount of open space available. You didn’t have to feel like you were sitting on top of the table beside you, and the tables are wide enough that you’re not worried about balancing items near the edges.

Now to the part that everyone cares about: the food. I had ordered their classic breakfast which consists of bacon, hashbrowns, eggs, sourdough toast, and a couple pieces of fruit. Much to the dismay of everyone in my life, I

am not a huge fan of bacon. However, I was pleasantly surprised about how their bacon was served.

It wasn’t too crispy, and it wasn’t undercooked or chewy either. The other very exciting thing about this classic breakfast was the fruit that was included. Oftentimes you get stuck with melon or a browning banana, but that was not the case. I received large orange slices which were perfect to cut the grease from the bacon. The one thing that wasn’t spectacular was the amount of seasoning salt on the hashbrowns. It was a bit overpowering, but a little ketchup fixed that problem right away. Overall, it was the perfect amount of food and was prepared very well.

The experience was very pleasant and certainly one that I will be back for in the future. They are not overpriced, it’s clean, very open, and their food tasted good.

There isn’t much more you could demand from any food establishment. My experience may inspire you to give The Cure a try during your next brunch experience.

Hopefully it’ll be just as pleasant as mine was.

Photo: Sarah Nakonechny

For a little bit of everything and then some, check out The Cure.

University of Regina ensemble options Get the scoop on campus choirs and bands this fall jorah bright a&c writer Music is an art form that is very important for lots of people, especially those who have been trained in it. Musicians spend years of their lives learning their instruments and working on their craft. For musicians, there are opportunities at the University of Regina (U of R) for them to continue playing their instruments, whether they are in the music program or not.

The U of R offers concert

band, wind ensemble, university orchestra, jazz band, new music ensemble, and saxophone ensemble for those who play corresponding instruments, and concert choir and chamber singers for vocalists. All require auditions except for concert choir, concert band, and the saxophone ensemble.

I was a member of the concert choir in fall 2021. As an education student not involved in any music programs, I was still able to be a part of the choir. I did choir in high school, but it was a very small choir. The concert choir

Is this the jazz band or saxophones and the other guys?

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at the U of R was much bigger.

It was fun to be able to perform with such talented singers and in such a large group. I was unable to continue in choir past fall 2021 because of other time commitments, but it was a great experience and I encourage any singers to take part.

When it came to auditioning for concert choir, it wasn’t really an audition, it was a placement test to see which section you would be a part of. It was still nerve-wracking to pick a song to sing and which part of the song.

What you choose to sing for your

placement test can change what range you thought you were a part of, or land you somewhere you didn’t expect to be. I’m a tenor, but I sang a soprano song because I had never sung tenor in a choir before and was nervous.

Choosing the soprano song got me placed as a soprano.

Signing up for concert choir was relatively easy. The U of R’s choral activities Facebook page posts frequently in the lead-up to the beginning of the choir season.

They will post a link to the Google form for you to fill out to sign up while also having all the oth-

er relevant information. Concert choir singers can choose whatever song they want for their placement while chamber singers have a set song they audition with that is stated as a part of the form.

I was able to speak with a member of both the concert choir and chamber singers about her time in choir and her audition preparation process. This fall will be her third year in the U of R choirs. When I asked why she enjoys choir, she said “I enjoy choir because it is my element. It’s the one stable thing I’ve had in my life since I was a child. It gives me such a good feeling; I don’t think I can quite find the words to describe it.”

When preparing for auditions like the chamber singers set song, this student says she “prepare[s] for auditioning by using my sight singing textbook from first year ear training. It’s really helpful and I would recommend all music students use it!”

Both concert choir and chamber singers are helmed by Dr. Melissa Morgan, the Music Arts and Performance (MAP) Departments Assistant Professor of Choral Music. From my experience, Dr. Morgan is incredibly talented, incredibly passionate, and overall, a great conductor.

If you’re a musician, try out one of U of R’s music ensembles.

If you’re not a musician, go to one of their concerts. Supporting the arts is important and concerts are often free with a U of R student ID.

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Movie review: Purple Hearts

Everything you need to know to become excited about the newly released Purple Hearts victoria baht staff writer

If you are a regular Netflix consumer, you may have heard that they have released a new movie, Purple Hearts, on July 29, 2022. It became extremely popular during the two weeks after its release, and it is worth the watch.

In this article, you’ll get a brief summary of the movie’s plot, learn about the team behind the production of the film, discover some of the emotions that may appear while watching the movie, and some of the music that you will experience throughout the film. If this review does not make you want to watch or rewatch the movie, I don’t know what will.

Purple Hearts is about two main characters named Cassie Salazar and Luke Morrow. Now, these characters are put in personal and very hard financial situations. Because of this, they choose to get married to increase their financial benefits and improve their situations. The only problem is that Morrow will soon be a marine, which creates a plot twist for this marriage and leads to a story full of romance and hardship.

Let’s now take a look into the team behind the creation of the movie. It stars Sofia Carson as Salazar. She is the female lead, a singer-songwriter and a bartender who decides to marry the male lead, Nicholas Galitzine, who plays Morrow, the soon-tobe marine. As these two work together, they are able to create a very romantic energy in the movie, which ends up giving the audience the best of both worlds.

This energy seems to be one reason why so many viewers have enjoyed Purple Hearts so much. The two stars were able to bring forth the vision of director Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum. This team helped work together to assure that the movie was a great one and the current statics show that the team did an outstanding job.

During the first couple of weeks after Purple Hearts was released, it reached incredible viewing numbers. They successfully reached 102.6 million views by the start of August. Not only that, but it also marks the highest number of views this year on Netflix.

The movie starts out with an introduction to who the characters are, telling their own individual background stories. It then comes to a point where Salazar and Morrow meet in a bar, and we can see their differences. Not only in this scene are there noticeable differences between the two,

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Are you rallying the troops or rallying for a husband?

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but the watchers can sense the anger, the feminist knowledge, tension, and many more feelings between the two. This is the moment where we see these two characters connect and it gets you hooked as it is such a difference in opinions and feelings that it just makes you wonder what is going to happen next. These feelings keep resurfacing throughout the film between Salazar and Mor-

row. The connection and tension found between the two can bring out feelings of a personal positive connection, strength, independence, need, comfort, and love, among others. The fact that two very strong individuals with conflicting views on many different topics can eventually come together in a marriage, even if it is just for the benefits, creates such an original story line that gets

people hooked and wanting to continue watching.

As with any movie, there are certain songs that are written for the movie’s soundtrack that hold more significance than others.

For Purple Hearts, those songs are “Come Back Home,” “I Didn’t Know,” and “I Hate the Way.” Now these three songs appear during very crucial parts of the movie. As stated in the movie by

The fact that two very strong individuals with conflicting views on many different topics can eventually come together in a marriage, even if it is just for the benefits, creates such an original story line that gets people hooked and wanting to continue watching.”

– Victoria Baht

Salazar “Music is my everything. […] So, while most people learn to speak their feelings out loud or write them into a journal, I learned to make mine into music.” This quote and the songs that are sung by Salazar and her band throughout the movie help bring the story to life. They show the reality behind the music and support what is happening in the story. The effect that the music has on supporting the concepts and relational growth being shown is one of great significance.

After everything that has been talked about, it is safe to say that Purple Hearts is a great movie and is worth the watch. It is a movie that has caught many people’s attention for multiple reasons. This movie has drama, romance, tension, mystery, love, and an outstanding story line.

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Dinosaur Hunters

One of the heaviest dinosaurs to roam the Earth calls the Royal Saskatchewan Museum home amina salah staff writer Dinosaur Hunters is a documentary airing at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum every day at 2:00 p.m. until September 5, 2022.

As I made my way to the museum, I thought about what I already knew about dinosaurs, and that, my friends, is absolutely nothing. Although I am not a beginner to the topic of dinosaurs, I never paid that much attention to the topic and its history. My first introduction to the world of dinosaurs was through Jurassic Park when I was around seven years old. At the time, I was of course completely terrified. The film, in fact, traumatized me. Since then, I have had an irrational fear of dinosaurs that my friends poke fun at me for. I wish I could explain why I am terrified of dinosaurs.

All I know is that watching Jurassic Park most likely contributed to this fear.

As I walked into the museum, ready to conquer my irrational fears, I gave myself a much-needed pep talk and braced myself for the worst.

The documentary was not as scary as I had imagined. The narration was calming and soft. It was not overbearing or in your face which I absolutely enjoyed. The story began in 1991 according to Tim Tokaryk, a paleontologist.

Robert Gebhardt and a group of paleontologists discovered a rock that was unique. It had characteristics that resembled a rock but was also much different. Together, they wanted to investigate what ended up being the bones that they had found. This was one of the biggest fossils found in Canadian history. This was the first T-rex skeleton discovered right here in Saskatchewan. Ultimately, paleontologists are like detectives, methodically looking for the truth. The work takes years, and at times even decades. This excavation period spanned five years.

The reality is we know very little about the T-rex. It is something that scientists are still studying and trying to understand. It is a work in progress for paleontologists. There was a time when dinosaurs ruled the earth. The dinosaur hunters are determined to extract the fossils. It is not easy and can be dangerous; in fact, it takes a group of trained paleontologists to unearth the fossils.

The precious remains are moved to another research station to be studied. Since the excavation, the paleontologists have discovered that the specimen – named “Scotty” – might be female. Other scientists have identified that it would have been better if the paleontologists on site who discovered the T-rex also looked at the surroundings where the fossils were found.

This would have made it easier to picture the eco-system the T-rex lived in. Dinosaurs ruled the Earth, and T-rexes ruled the dinosaurs. According to the documentary, the paleontologists were able to recover 65-70 per cent of the skeletal remains. It is believed

Talk about smiling for the camera.

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that Scotty was around 28 years old when it had died, and that it is one of the heaviest of its kind.

The documentary showed the T-rex’s teeth, which was fantastic. It brought the vision and the image in my head to reality.

The narration was incredible. My only concern is the lack of subtitles. As someone who is not a native English speaker, I had a hard time trying to understand certain aspects of the documentary.

English is not my first language.

Every time I watch something, whether it is a show, a documentary, or the news, I heavily rely on reading subtitles because it helps me understand better. There are still English words I have trouble understanding when spoken, but I can understand them far better when written because I am able to see the sentence structure and visually watch the phrasing. Having subtitles would have made it easier to follow the progress of the documentary. Furthermore, subtitles help the progression of a story. It ensures that the audience are not missing any nuances that they would have otherwise missed without their use.

Above all, subtitles are necessary for those who have trou-

ble hearing. Ultimately, subtitles are about accessibility. They are meant to include different people who rely on them. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than five per cent of the world’s population (466 million people) experience hearing loss (432 million adults and 34 million children). Assuming everyone can hear or understand the documentary without the use of subtitles is a flawed system.

Subtitles ensure that the message of an art form is received by all viewers depending on their preference. A study implemented by Verizon Media concluded that 69 per cent of its consumers prefer to watch videos without sound when they are in public, and 25

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per cent prefer to do so in private.

Simultaneously, 80 per cent of consumers prefer videos with subtitles. The study also emphasized that consumers prefer to watch videos with subtitles due to the reality that they simply understand things better. People absorb material differently. People view and understand art differently. It is unique to every individual. Thus, I believe that subtitles would have made it easier for me to consume Dinosaur Hunters.

All in all, I enjoyed that the documentary gave the audience the full story. Thanks to the paleontologists on site, it felt as if we were there when everything occurred. The documentary was not just a narration with graph-

ics, rather it was a well-rounded story that featured behind-thescenes of the scientists’ work.

The paleontologists ensured that they marked down and tracked all their progress. This makes it easier to follow the timeline of events such as discovering the bones of the T-rex, confirmation of discovery, and excavation. For a documentary, it felt like a film as it featured breathtaking cinematography. I particularly enjoyed seeing the dinosaurs in the documentary. The editing looked very real, and it was evident that there was a lot of time, effort, and energy that went into the creation and the production of the documentary.

Ultimately, paleontologists are like detectives, methodically looking for the truth. The work takes years, and at times even decades.”

– Amina Salah

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Hamilton, but make it Jesus

Everything you need to know about the off-brand Hamilton presented by the Door McAllen church jorah bright a&c writer Since Hamilton made its Broadway debut in 2015, the show has been performed in a lot of different places. It’s still on Broadway, had three North American tours, is on the West End, and is available on Disney+. Some places that Hamilton has not been are smaller stages, like high schools or community theatres. Since Hamilton has never given any licenses, the show has only been performed by major productions like tours and Broadway. Until now.

On August 5 and 6, the Door McAllen church in McAllen, Texas illegally performed Hamilton, with a few changes. Hamilton as a show has references to sexual activity and a lot of swearing, both of which are considered inappropriate for their church setting.

For example, in the opening song Hamilton is referred to as a “son of a whore,” but the Door McAllen changed it to “son of a harlot.”

One of the more iconic lines, “Southern motherfucking Democratic Republicans” has a silent gap in the middle. As this is a church putting on Hamilton, there are a lot of references to God and Jesus. In “That Would Be Enough,” when Eliza is supposed to sing “I know who I married,” she instead sings “my hope is in Jesus.” Hamilton gets evangelized and accepts Jesus right before he dies. They even change what is arguably the biggest message of the show: the idea of a legacy.

According to the Door McAllen’s Hamilton, a legacy is repenting for your sins and knowing that Jesus died on the cross.

Immediately after the show was performed, a sermon was

held about Hamilton, or at least that’s how it was listed on their YouTube before they set every video on their YouTube channel to private. The most notable part of that sermon was when Pastor Roman Gutierrez said “He [God] knows what you’ve gone through. […] maybe you struggle with homosexuality, […] God can help you tonight.” So, after performing an illegal version of Hamilton

ative team of Hamilton for their production, admitting to not having a license or permission to change lyrics, and stating that they respect copyright law. But there have been some contradictions to this statement.

In a sermon prior to the statement, Gutierrez stated that “the Hamilton team ... [gave them] the license to perform [their] version,” and that “it was really,

sages shoved into the show. Not all of this can be confirmed since all the videos have been taken down, but shows like the Greatest Showman don’t have licensing because it is not a stage play.

It was illegal to put on the show, but the Door McAllen has agreed to pay damages which the Hamilton team has claimed will go to the South Texas Equality Project, a 2SLGBTQIA+ coali-

their parent church, the Door San Antonio. They’re Evangelists who “enlist a ‘whatever it takes’ mentality” when it comes to their evangelizing. To become a member of this church, you must take a six-week course about the faith they follow and their responsibilities as church members. Once hopeful new members finish the course, they must sign a “Membership Covenant” for their role

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They even change what is arguably the biggest message of the show: the idea of a legacy. According to the Door McAllen’s Hamilton, a legacy is repenting for your sins and knowing that Jesus died on the cross.”

– Jorah Bright

and filling it with a Christian storyline, the Door McAllen church told people that being gay was something you needed help with, and proceeded to compared homosexuality to alcohol and drug addiction.

After the Door McAllen church was called out for illegally performing the show, they changed their Eventbrite and Facebook page to say the show on Saturday the 6th was cancelled... except that was not true. An email was shared to Howard Sherman, director of the Arts Integrity Initiative in New York, saying that the show was going to be performed despite the listings on Eventbrite and Facebook saying it was cancelled.

On August 23, the Door McAllen church released statements on their social media and website apologizing to the cre-

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A church, the only suitable place for Scamilton.

really good to get permission for this one and hopefully [they] can do it again in the future.” That was not true, and their statement confirmed it. A Hamilton spokesperson confirmed that “Hamilton does not grant amateur or professional licensing for any stage productions and did not grant one to the Door church.”

Gutierrez said an interesting line when claiming they had the license. He said that it was good to get permission for “this one.”

He admitted to not having permission for any of their shows, and yes, there are more. The Door McAllen church has performed Despicable Me featuring a scene where Gru prays, Toy Story, Beauty and the Beast, Elf, and The Greatest Showman, all without the proper permission and licensing as far as we know.

All of these had Christian mes-

tion. The show has been dubbed “Scamilton” and has been circulating on the internet since the performances in early August.

While researching this story, I was curious about the church itself. I wanted to know more about the church that would put on an illegal Jesus-ified version of Hamilton, and I found some interesting things. For starters, in their General Rules of Conduct, you must pay the church “tithes and offerings” to “be identified with the Church of Almighty God” and show that you are “pursuing a godly life.” Gutierrez has a book about himself that was not written by him, but he appears to use it for his motivational speaking.

Some of their pastors don’t even live in Texas but are still listed on their website.

What I found more interesting was the information about

in the church to be solidified.

Even further than that is the Door McAllen and the Door San Antonio’s relations to the Christian Fellowship Ministries which is reportedly a cult. Both churches are listed under CFM’s affiliated websites.

For a quick recap, a church in Texas associated with a potential cult put on an illegal, unlicensed version of Hamilton. It was free to go see the show, which makes it more illegal, but if you want to be accepted as part of said church, you must pay them at least 10% of your monthly earnings. Following the show, the lead pastor made at least one homophobic statement, but we can’t confirm if there were more because the church has attempted to wipe every video they’ve ever posted from the internet.

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Truth is apparent, reconciliation is MIA

Peace on the Water report finds racism and neglect by the Canadian government bodie robinson staff writer

Indigenous fishers in eastern Canada, trying to exercise their treaty rights to fish and earn a living, have been met with constant opposition, racism, and even violence. These abuses became remarkably egregious in recent years when settler fishers began intimidating Indigenous fishers.

Intimidation escalated into violence: in fall 2020, an Indigenous lobster pound was burnt to the ground, and one of their vans was lit on fire. In response, The Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans released a report on the state of Indigenous rights-based fisheries. The report, Peace on the Water: Advancing the Full Implementation of Mi’kmaq, Wolastoqiyik and Peskotomuhkati Rights-Based Fisheries, was released in July.

The report found that the federal government of Canada has not honoured its treaties with the affected Indigenous fishers, which include 35 Mi’kmaq, Wolastoqiyik and Peskotomuhkati First Nations in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and the Gaspé region of Quebec. The report also found that the federal government has failed to enforce decisions made by the Supreme Court regarding the R v Marshall case of 1999. In summary, the settler-colonial government of Canada has failed, yet again, to deliver truth and reconciliation to Indigenous peoples.

In 1993, a Mi’kmaq man named Donald John Marshall Jr. was arrested, charged, and convicted for catching and selling eels. Marshall caught 463 pounds of eels and sold them for $787.10; that was his so-called crime. The conviction was appealed, and the case ended up in the Supreme Court of Canada. In 1999, the Supreme Court ruled that Marshall had a right to catch and sell eels in order to secure a “moderate livelihood.” This right to fish was guaranteed under the 1760 and 1761 treaties signed between the Mi’kmaq and Britain. With this precedent set, the 35 First Nations that were similarly affected were no longer subjected to those fishing regulations imposed on settler fishers – in theory.

The Peace on the Water report found that the federal gov-

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ernment has yet to implement and protect the treaty rights of Indigenous fishers. Instead, the report relates witness testimony about “systemic racism within Government of Canada departments, policies, and regulations.”

Senator Dan Christmas, one of the senators on the committee, stated at a press conference that “witnesses said authorities had been harassing Indigenous fishers for years: seizing their gear, making arrests, and effectively criminalizing them for exercising their long-held and Supreme Court affirmed treaty rights.” Witnesses also stated that the federal government clearly prioritizes privilege-based fisheries over rightsbased fisheries. In other words, the government has an obvious bias for settler fishers and commercial fisheries over Indigenous ones.

In addition to systemic racism, Indigenous fishers also fear for their safety while they exercise their right to fishing. In fall 2020, Sipekne’katik fishers were subjected to violent protests by settler fishers: fishing traps were sabotaged, a lobster pound was burnt to the ground, and one of the fisher’s vans was lit on fire. RCMP officers looked on as the violence transpired. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans knew that violence was imminent, but they also did nothing to stop it.

The Peace on the Water report emphatically states that this intimidation and violence is unacceptable. But the violence is the culmination of decades of neglect and incompetence on the part of the Canadian government. The report includes 10 recommendations that the federal government can implement to begin rectifying historical and ongoing injustices.

For example, Recommendation 4 demands that “all federal government departments and agencies immediately take effective actions to address and eliminate institutional and systemic racism in their laws, regulations, policies, and practices.”

Recommendation 5 demands that the Canadian government, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in particular, “respect and truly integrate Indigenous laws, principles and knowledge with other scientific information and data into fisheries decision-making

Spoiler: they don’t seem to have found much.

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processes.”

Importantly, Recommendation 7 demands that Indigenous people must have full control over negotiating the implementation of their treaty-based fishing rights. Here is the recommendation in full: “The committee recommends that the responsibility for negotiating the full implementation of rights-based fisheries be transferred from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. As such, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern

“...witnesses said authorities had been harassing Indigenous fishers for years: seizing their gear, making arrests, and effectively criminalizing them for exercising their long-held and Supreme Court affirmed treaty rights.”

– Senator Dan Christmas

Affairs Canada would become the lead negotiating department and Fisheries and Oceans Canada would assume an advisory role. The committee further requests that this change be made immediately and no later than one year after the tabling of this report.”

These recommendations, at the very least, show the Canadian government’s attempt to approach this serious issue in good faith. However, the report is in effect the Canadian government investigating itself. It is for Indigenous people alone to decide whether these recommendations are adequate, and whether their implementation is successful or not.

But some disagree. The Unified Fisheries Conservation Alliance (UFCA) released a statement shortly after the report was made public. In it, the UFCA expresses its “grave dissatisfaction and frustration” with the report.

Colin Sproul, President of the UFCA, stated that the report is “incredibly biased” and that it “appears to have been written without substantial engagement

from those closest to the fishing industry.” The UFCA characterizes the recommendations in the report as akin to advocating “expropriation” and that it will only bring about ineffective, “chaotic change.” Nevertheless, the UFCA mentions in passing that its goal is to “have Indigenous and non-indigenous [sic] fishing side by side again.”

The Peace on the Water report affirms what Indigenous peoples have been saying all along. The behemoth that is settler-colonialism remains alive and well. White supremacy remains an unbroken thread throughout the history of Canada. The rot of racism is so deep and pervasive in Canada’s history that Indigenous people must still fight to have their rights recognized and respected.

Some settlers still intimidate and terrorize Indigenous people for exercising their rights. The Canadian government can expand on this show of good faith by simply honouring the agreements they made with Indigenous peoples.

Otherwise, peace on the water will never be possible.

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Inequalities exposed in Canada Soccer

Between contract discrepancies, unequal pay, and troubling board activity, faith in the group’s integrity deflates sophia stevens s&h writer On June 5, 2022 the Canadian men’s soccer team canceled their friendly match against Panama in preparation for the upcoming Men’s World Cup in Qatar due to a pay and contract dispute between the players, Canada Soccer (CS), and Canada Soccer Business (CSB). In 2019, CS signed a

the men’s and women’s national teams. The disagreement was over whether to allow the men’s national team to have 40 per cent of the $10 million dollars in bonus money for qualifying for the World Cup. CS then informed the players that due to their contract with CSB, they would not be given the after-tax payments of 40 per cent in payouts.

In response, the men’s and

practices and policies of their governing bodies. The national team players would like to understand the circumstances and motives of why CS entered into a 10-year agreement with CSB and why they did not follow basic standards of proper governance. In a joint statement, the teams expressed that, in response to the Rick Westhead article on the internal workings of CS, CS

about how the organization is being governed.

The statement highlighted that the agreement between CS and CSB was made “without proper disclosure to the Board, without proper authorization by the Board and/or without appropriate diligence.” Both national teams would like to see CS held accountable for their actions and regarding their agreement with

came apparent when the Canadian women’s U20 national team lost all three games they competed in during the 2022 U20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. Canada currently has a professional men’s league called the Canadian Premier League. This discrepancy between opportunities for women and men soccer players within Canada creates a needless inequality.

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In May of 2022 the U.S Soccer Federation reached an agreement where the U.S. men’s and women’s national team members would be paid equally. However, pay discrepancies between the men’s and women’s teams in Canada persist.”

– Sophia Stevens

10-year contract with CSB which deemed CSB to have full control over all corporate partnerships and broadcasting rights for

women’s national teams released a statement. The teams both expressed an interest in having an investigation into the governing

put a positive spin on the matters instead of addressing the concerns regarding governing practices, continuing serious concerns

It’s going to take more than a ball pump to re-inflate this relationship.

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CSB. On August 25, 2022, the Canadian Premier League announced a new commissioner and CEO of CSB after a months-long international search. This was due to the previous commissioner stepping down from this role in January of 2022.

Both teams expressed that the negotiations had been unnecessarily prolonged, and that they needed to take a stand for the future of soccer in Canada. This stand occurred before the Men’s World Cup in Qatar when the men’s team canceled their scheduled game against Panama just hours before kickoff. The men’s team also stated that they would like more transparency from CS and a change in the organization’s leadership going forward.

The statement continued to say that the relationship between the team and the organization has been strained for years, and that CS has deeply disrespected their team which has jeopardized their ability to build up standards. The strained relationship between the men’s team and their organization is not ideal heading into a World Cup year.

The women’s national team focussed their statement on working together with CS and CSB on finding a positive solution and agreement. The team also stated that they “will not accept an agreement that does not offer equal pay.” In May of 2022, the U.S Soccer Federation reached an agreement where the U.S. men’s and women’s national team members would be paid equally. However, pay discrepancies between the men’s and women’s teams in Canada persist. The women’s team also acknowledged that they are happy that the Men’s National Team is looking for a structure that is equitable for both the men’s and women’s teams.

It has often been discussed that Canada lacks a female professional soccer league, since most of their top tier competition internationally have a professional league within their countries.

The lack of access to professional opportunities within Canada be-

The Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) is a semi-professional league that hopes to become professional in the next five years. For right now, however, female soccer players wanting to play pro in Canada must settle for the semi-professional league. CSB has discussed the potential for a professional women’s league, but no concrete action has been taken. It would not be surprising if the women’s national team players push for a professional league during their contract discussions with CS and CSB. Retired goalkeeper and Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Labbé has spoken publicly on Twitter about how the WPSL is a nice gesture but does not speak to what Canadian female soccer players would like to see or allow them the same opportunities as players on men’s teams.

In June of 2022 Canada women’s national team player and Olympic gold medalist Janine Beckie spoke with TSN and stated that the women’s national team wants to see “equal pay for equal work.”

Although barriers still exist on the women’s side of the game, the allyship between the men’s and women’s national teams over equitable pay is a step in the right direction, even if other hurdles still exist. The lack of transparency by CSB to players is something that needs to be addressed since the organization oversees and controls all partnerships and broadcasting, and will likely continue to for the foreseeable future. The strained relationship between the players, CS and CSB has shown that there are pay discrepancies due to a resource monopoly over funds. Therefore, it is vital that the monopoly that CSB has over its players is resolved. The canceled game against Panama is just the beginning in this dispute over equitable pay and opportunities within Canada and CS.

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Cooking with produce from the Regina Farmers’ Market An overview of this writer’s favourite finds, along with one of her favourite recipes: lazy girl kale fried rice Every year, the Regina Farmer’s Market comes alive from May to October at the heart of downtown Regina. It is a vibrant market open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.. It is one of the biggest events in the city, bringing in many shoppers and vendors every week. I made it my mission to make time to go to the market this year as I was unable to go the previous years. I promised myself that I would live out my best cottage core life this summer, by force, no matter what.

The first time I went, I was unsure how everything worked.

Thankfully, there was an information booth that was extremely helpful. By now I am accustomed to the market as I go there so often. It is my favourite weekly ritual. It’s a great way to rediscover my city, meet new people, and try different kinds of foods, produce, and goodies such as delicious veggie springrolls and samosas from Good Morning Spring Rolls, blueberry scones and lemon cakes from Something Sweet by Fadiah, Kombucha from Crave Kombucha, coconut cookies from D’licious Treats, garlic from The Garlic Garden, and my favourites, Kale from Helio Trope Farm as well as produce from Lincoln Gardens Farm.

The reality is that the market is definitely a splurge. It is absolutely not cheap as everything is home-made or home grown right here in Saskatchewan, which I

amina salah staff writer

If you want to make a day of it you can take out a cookbook at the library, pick a recipe to make, and head down the block to the market for ingredients!

Photo: Amina Salah

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If you are someone who does not like your greens, fried rice is the perfect way to sneak them in. The key is to season properly, and no this does not mean ketchup!”

– Amina Salah

understand. Thus, for students, it might not necessarily be the cheapest place to get produce. I view it as a seasonal event. Some people follow Fashion Week, I follow the Farmer’s Market. It is a way for me to indulge in organic produce and nourish my body whilst supporting local small busi-

nesses.

My favourite dish to make is what I like to call my Lazy Girl Kale Fried Rice. The Kale from Helio Trope Farm is especially perfect for this recipe. It is one of those recipes that is perfect to clean out the fridge and use up all your produce. Furthermore, a

perfect fried rice recipe uses leftover rice. I’ve tried making it with fresh rice, and I can tell you, it is not the same. I prefer Basmati rice so that is what I use. I like to chop up some tomatoes, onions, cilantro, red bell peppers, and yellow bell peppers, and pour them into a pan or wok.

I prefer sesame oil when making fried rice. It gives it a rich, nutty taste. For seasoning, I use sumac, lemon and herb seasoning, garlic, and a little bit of miso paste. Once everything is sautéed, I chop up some kale and cook it along with the other vegetables.

The last step is to add the rice. It is important to use a fork to stir when you add the rice because using a spoon mashes up the rice.

Once everything is cooked, I like to chop up some green onions and sprinkle them as a garnish over the fried rice.

This recipe has held me throughout university. It is something I always go back to because it is healthy and comforting. If you are someone who does not like your greens, fried rice is the perfect way to sneak them in. The key is to season properly, and no this does not mean ketchup! Ultimately, cooking is a life skill. The more you cook, the more you will become comfortable with cooking. The more comfortable you become, the better you become.

In the end, this ensures you will always have specific recipes you can go back to. These are recipes that will have your back for life.

Your body deserves nutrients, it deserves fuel, it deserves to be nourished and taken care of.

An athlete’s podcast recommendations

For laughs, learning, or a quick escape from the present moment, these podcasts will provide sophia stevens s&h writer

When we talk about health, we often forget to talk about our mental health and well-being. Podcasts have become a domain where people can listen and feel more in-tuned to and mindful of their everyday lives. It is the idea of escaping from reality for a few moments while deeply assessing our own lives through a new and different perspective. Some people may find podcasts with expert opinions on mental health beneficial, whereas others may find a podcast with comedic aspects more mentally fulfilling. Below are three podcasts that all have very different set-ups and aims, but that all have the potential to improve your mental health, help introduce you to healthy coping mechanisms to try, or at the very least boost your mood.

We Can Do Hard Things This podcast is hosted by Glennon Doyle, Amanda Doyle, and Abby Wambach. Glennon Doyle is a New York Times bestselling author and wife of Wambach, a former US professional soccer player who has won two Olympic gold medals and a World Cup and is part owner of the Angel City FC soccer team. Amanda Doyle is a former attorney and is the current business manager for her sister Glennon Doyle.

We Can Do Hard Things focuses on how painful experiences can lead us to do hard things even when we feel ill-prepared. The co-hosts interview people from various industries and sectors and discuss how tough

moments have led them to success and gratitude. The overall idea of the podcast is that we are all in this together, and hopefully you will learn something from the podcast that will help to lighten your load just a bit. The We Can Do Hard Things podcast is uploaded weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays, and you can listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Smartless If you are looking for a podcast that is easy to follow and will make you laugh, this is the podcast for you. Smartless is a podcast co-hosted by actors Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett. Every week, one of the co-hosts will invite a celebrity guest to appear on the podcast without the other co-hosts knowing. Celebrities such as Ewan McGregor, Kerry Washington, Robert Downey Jr., and Jennifer Aniston (just to name a few) have appeared on the podcast. The other co-hosts then must guess who the celebrity guest is based on clues given by the co-host who already knows who the guest is. The podcast episode is then followed by a non-scripted interview by the co-hosts which often leads to banter and laugh-out-loud moments. The cohosts often create a comfortable space for the celebrity which allows the celebrity to express themselves in new and fun ways.

You can catch Smartless every Monday wherever you get your podcasts.

Bialik Breakdown Mayim Bialik, who played Amy Farrah Flower on the hit tv show the Big Bang

Theory, is the current host of Jeopardy and has a PhD in neuroscience. In 2021, the actress started a podcast focussing on mental health based on her own life experiences and the knowledge that she has accumulated over the years from her time studying neuroscience. Bialik co-hosts the podcast with her boyfriend Jonathan Cohen who is a poet, writer, and producer. The dynamic

duo discusses topics anywhere from addiction to overthinking basic everyday tasks.

Bialik and Cohen often use humour as a way to keep the listener engaged and to lighten the atmosphere when discussing intense issues. The Bialik Breakdown podcast is available anywhere you get your podcast and new episodes are out every Tuesday.

For that blue moon moment of stillness in your schedule.

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Metaphysics in Montreal: why I (still) skateboard

A toy, a nuisance, or a method of connection across space, time, and class? will spencer contributor

Two weeks ago, I boarded a plane to Montreal. Simultaneously my first time in Quebec and being that far east in this vast, colonized land; so far that I left the numbered treaties behind. And why did I do this? To marvel at the architecture and scenery? To enjoy the world-renowned nightlife?

To bask in the sublime historic sites, museums, and galleries? To partake in those delectable Quebecois dishes? No, no, no, and, emphatically, no. What, then?

To skateboard, of course.

ersby, and the inevitable interactions with the marginalized.

What is it like to be an adult who still indulges a childhood whim well past its expiration date? First, you are given the unique pleasure of fulfilling some of your playful desires from childhood – one of mine being to travel like the tours of skaters I saw on TV in the early-aughts. This produces an experience that I can only describe as a glimpse into the manifold of existence: you arrive at a spot, one that you have seen multiple times in many skate films, skated by a panoply of skaters before you. Confronting the space, all of the completed tricks

extension continuing into an enclosed pipe with an opening in the roof near the end. It looks as if it were a half-pipe transitioning to full-pipe for skateboarding, and designed exactly for that purpose.

However, from afar, the structure reveals the shape of a whistle, such as those worn by coaches and referees at the games. This enigmatic sculpture became internationally famous, inducing skaters of all stripes, from average joe to pro, to flock to this odd sculpture in Montreal and take part in a piece of skate history.

The second spot I must badger you with before moving on, and wherein I experienced the

dream.

If you watch any skate films, you will eventually see people living in crisis. At worst, these people are used as comic relief or, at best, as merely a nod to their existence.

This is a deplorable side of skateboarding and we, as skaters, must be more solicitous, assisting in whatever ways we can, and avoid turning them into a spectacle.

Because of the nature of skateboarding, occupying a single spot for up to several hours, it tends to induce interactions of a certain kind, generally with people living in crisis or self-anointed vigilante skate-haters. I advocate that we end using people in crisis in our

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I had forgotten everything and needed a reminder of my influence, how subjective anger creates an objective atmosphere. And I completed the trick shortly thereafter.”

– Will Spencer

For the better part of my life – 16 years and counting – this wooden toy has occupied my mind to such an extent that it has shaped my entire being, as anything will if you let it play such an intimate part of your life. It was this insatiable craving to play on a wooden toy in a faraway land that was the impetus to transmute me across 2,800 kilometres. And I allow this toy to warp my life around it, an adult that finds infinite joy in pushing around on a piece of wood, despite the inner and outer struggles it presents: the psychological and physical struggle within the individual, and the societal struggle presented by hostile pass-

by those before you suddenly appear in your mind. I liken this experience to occupying a space you have seen in a film, where you can recall the scene from the past and the present moment simultaneously, which produces a vertiginous feeling of being thrown around in time.

When we arrived at the Olympic Park in Montreal, we headed straight to the Big-O, the sculpted entrance way for the Olympic athletes. I had an ineffable collection of tricks come to mind, too many to name here.

The cement graffiti-ridden sculpture is odd and slightly imposing at first glance: an open, curved

above (at first glance, I felt dizzy from all the tricks invoked in my mind by the spot), is the Place de la Paix – more colloquially known as Peace Park. This black marble plaza was inaugurated in 1994, devoted to remembering the casualties of nuclear war. Despite the noble message behind the plaza, it finds itself home to many people living in crisis, given its proximity to the heart of Montreal. It is also a popular spot for skaters because the marble makes for perfect grinds and slides, and manual pads. Peace Park also offers sublime flat ground and a few small staircases to pop tricks up; essentially, it’s a skateboarder’s

When it’s been six goddamn hours and you keep landing the trick trucks-side-up.

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videos. But, if the self-anointed assholes want to cause a scene, let them be exposed.

As an adult pursuing childhood whims, it brings into question your relationship with yourself, with the object, and with the activity. How could it be that I let this toy shape my life well into my adulthood? I still ask this question: some days I’m sure of my answer, and others I am not. But is this not like anything we engage with for an objectively long time – a decade, or so? Does there not come a point in everyone’s relationship with an activity, a thing, a person, that they question why they are there, why they do it, why

they want to continue to do it? Is this not, to some degree, what is quintessentially human: to question their circumstances, to compare with others, to desire the best for oneself ? To this day, however blasé I become at times about it, or enraged, I insist that I love this toy.

On the last full day of our trip, I was filming a line at Victoria Park. It was late in the day, I had rolled my ankle the day prior, and I was getting indignant with my performance. During a few attempts, one trick began to categorically fail, and I snapped a few times. My friend, who patiently filmed with a fisherman’s dignity, waiting for hours for that sublime catch, said to me in a subdued voice: “I don’t think I want to keep filming you if you keep screaming like that. It’s not my style.” I nodded, knowing he was beyond right. I had forgotten everything and needed a reminder of my influence, how subjective anger creates an objective atmosphere. And I completed the trick shortly thereafter.

In any case, I don’t regret my time spent with this wooden toy, nor do I regret it dragging me across the country to numerous places. I embrace it wholeheartedly. If I haven’t made it clear, I hope you may find a similar solace in an activity. For me, this activity serves manifold purposes, and so could yours: connection to community, access to creativity and free movement, unintended health benefits from excessive cardio, hopping, and bailing, and the pride that everything you do is earned by sheer experience, something that can never be purchased. I hope you, dear reader, find your “skateboard,” and may it take you in unfathomable directions.

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Balancing what we believe

It’s self-inventory season, folks

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The more one reads about the meaning of life, the more one suspects life is a scam

While some people who are raised in a religion will hold those beliefs their entire life, others (like myself) will find that their beliefs change. There is a very strong push for those who do renounce their faith to renounce the experience as a whole, to cut themselves off from the perspectives they had and actions they engaged in, but that (quite unnecessarily) throws a perfectly good baby out with the bath water.

Please understand that I do not compare overall belief in an organized religion to bath water in disrespect. While there’s no guarantee that a religious person is a good person, there is much in religious teachings and perspectives that can be used to at least better oneself as a person.

Handle things critically, of course, but take them seriously – there’s gold in them thar hills. The process of choosing what you

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to communicate with others regardless of their beliefs. It’s incredibly useful to have in your attitude roster if you’re a mentor of any kind, because it’s also the belief that preaching is old news – collaboration is in.

There’s no place for pedestals anymore.

A message that was really drilled home in my church was that you can love people even if you don’t like them – they don’t have to go hand in hand and, arguably, should not. Loving someone only when you like them means that the relationship is completely conditional. If they’re not acting like a person you want to be around, they’re hardly treated like a person at all – disgusting. Instead, this stance emphasizes how love is something you give because it’s just something you do, independently of others’ actions. It’s about integrity; about your own principles, not circumstances.

harming me through an interaction.

This has also helped me greatly in my treatment of myself. As much as it’s important to love others even when they’re not particularly likable, it’s essential to flip that and treat yourself the same way. I’d argue that practically everyone goes through periods where they don’t like themselves one bit, and if the love you extend yourself is dependent on whether you like yourself it’s going to be a very choppy relationship.

It’ll also be all that much easier to accept that conditional treatment from others simply because you’re comfortable with it. In short, don’t treat yourself in ways that you wouldn’t let your loved ones experience – it may seem small, but is a radical act of kindness.

One of my favourite parts of attending church services was the worship ses-

In short, don’t treat yourself in ways that you wouldn’t let your loved ones experience – it may seem small, but is a radical act of kindness.”

– Holly Funk

want to leave behind and what you want to keep can be as tedious as it is heart wrenching, but it’s worth making the time.

One belief that the Christian church has really capitalized on is the idea that anyone can be reached with the gospel, that anyone can be converted. It has been (and still is) used to justify colonization and genocide by masquerading them as spreading the gospel, and that (to grossly understate) just doesn’t sit well with me now that I see it. Rather than leaving my perspective in that egocentric lens and claiming an infallible ability to convince others of my beliefs, I shifted and saw it as an ability

Now, at first, I interpreted this message in ways that weren’t helpful or healthy. It came across as though boundaries were a bad thing, that even if someone was being hurtful or cruel, I had to continue to allow them full access to my person because I was told I simply “just didn’t like” what I was experiencing, and that putting up boundaries was the same as taking love away.

Becoming firmer in my sense of agency and self-efficacy helped loads, but the shift took time and is still very much in progress. However, I’m better at realizing the difference between when I don’t like an interaction and when someone’s legitimately

sions. Of course, I’d enjoy the music and the sense of camaraderie, but what really made it feel worth it was two very different concepts. The first is the biblical command to make a joyful noise – not necessarily a good one. Granted, there are plenty of verses that also talk about honing your skill and bringing the best of your abilities when you praise, but the bottom line is not that your offering of worship is either perfection or trash. The aim is to be joyful, to place focus on the experience itself rather than the outcome. Quite similarly to the Parable of Talents, the message here is that your best – fluctuant as that state may be – should be

the aim of your service.

The second concept from worship sessions, and maybe the factor that’s continued to impact me most through adulthood, is to make time to feel what you’re feeling.

All types of very intense emotions can come up during praise, and the best church services I’ve been to encourage people to sit with what comes up. People in general don’t like to be emotionally uncomfortable, much less so in a group, but feelings are always there to tell you something important.

They can’t be blindly trusted, mind you, but they are incredibly useful as a first step in pointing you towards strengths to lean on and issues to grow through. Whether you can do it in a group or you’re practicing alone, making time to acknowledge and engage with what bubbles up is rarely a waste of time.

A final point I’d like to make in the style of every pastor I’ve heard preach: this is a practice, and I’m still practicing just as much as the rest of you. It takes concentrated effort to go through the things you were taught and decide if they’re still useful. To decide if your beliefs accurately reflect the world you’re in, and to shift your stances if they don’t so you can lead a life you genuinely want rather than the one you were taught you should have. By no means have I mastered this and if you talk to me in a decade I might have different stances altogether, but that’s sort of the point. To be cheesy as fuck, the only constant in life is change, so attempting to shove concepts into categories permanently will lead to immense frustration. Or, worse, to completely missing out on what your future really has to offer because you’ve cemented yourself in past circumstances. Sure, what’s known feels safe. Growth – not always, but frequently enough – necessitates being uncomfortable.

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Overturning Roe v. Wade is just the beginning

Slow-burn strategy is the name of the game bodie robinson staff writer

The Christian right understands politics.

Democrats don’t. That’s why they lost Roe v. Wade.

In 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States decided, concerning the legal case Roe v. Wade, that access to abortion was a Constitutional right. On June 24, 2022, not even fifty years later, the Supreme Court overturned that decision.

Since Roe was overturned, abortion is now banned or severely restricted in 14 states.

Similar bans are being attempted by 10 additional states. It’s been two months since Roe was overturned. Now, over 85 million Americans have had their bodily autonomy and freedom to choose ripped away from them.

In the remaining 26 states, the future of abortion is unclear, for it no longer enjoys Constitutional protection. The war over abortion has entered a new phase.

The Christian right has been preparing for this moment since Roe v. Wade was first implemented in 1973. The same cannot be said of the Democrats, whose incompetence now jeopardizes all Americans’ right to access abortion.

Shortly after the Supreme Court’s decision, President Joe Biden appeared at the White House to make a speech. In an increasingly rare moment of lucidity, he said, “Make no mistake! This decision is a culmination of a deliberate effort, over decades, to upset the balance of our law. It’s a realization of an extreme ideology and a tragic error by the Supreme Court, in my view.” A reasonable assessment. However, if Biden – and pro-choice Democrats generally – knew that overturning Roe was decades in the making, then why didn’t they do anything to stop it?

The fact is Roe v. Wade was a house of cards from the beginning. The rationale that made abortion a Constitutional right was grounded in the Fourteenth Amendment. Put simply, the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees Americans a fundamental “right to privacy,” among other things. After Roe v. Wade, this right to privacy included the right to have an abortion. This is the shaky legal precedent that guaranteed people could access abortion in the United States. What could have been done to make the right to abortion better protected, to make it impervious to the whims of the judiciary? The Democrats – the allegedly feminist party in the United States – proposed to codify the right to abortion in Federal law through Congress; obviously to no avail. The Democrats never had the political wherewithal to pull this off. Their opposition is too great, too organized, and too fanatical to let this happen.

Unsurprisingly, the Christian right in America has in its service an elaborate web of special interest groups and lobbyists.

This labyrinth of political reaction – motivated by misogyny, queerphobia, voter suppression, and big capital – tenaciously pursues its ends with cunning and expediency. That is, the Christian right is willing to do what it takes to see their agenda fulfilled, unlike the Democrats. While the Democrats quibbled over Congressional procedure, the Christian right was patiently and methodically chipping away at the right to abortion.

In the event that Roe was overturned, 13 states had already implemented trigger laws that immediately banned “medically unnecessary” abortion. This isn’t to mention the states where abortion is so severely restricted that it is, in effect, already banned. For example, the handful of states that allow abortion only within the first six

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weeks of gestation. The Supreme Court itself has been packed with conservative justices over the past few decades as well.

Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices. All three are current or former members of the Federalist Society, a rightwing legal organization whose stated goal is to challenge the allegedly leftist ideology that dominates elite American law schools.

Five out of nine Supreme Court justices are Catholic, even though only about 20 per cent of Americans are Catholics themselves. This decades-long Machiavellian campaign made the overturning of Roe v.

Wade a foregone conclusion.

But it is much more than abortion healthcare. Many legal scholars and political commentators say that overturning Roe

may also jeopardize other rights. For example, Samuel Nelson, a political science professor at the University of Toledo, stated that “the right to contraception, same-sex marriage, interracial marriage, freedom from forced sterilization, and the right to educate one’s children are now subject to reversal.”

The Democrats have proven time and again that they can’t be relied on to protect the vulnerable and marginalized.

They should learn from the Christian right instead. Expediency, cynicism, and unwavering resolve produce results. So that slogan of the second wave feminists must be revived: abortion on demand and without apology.

Public Transit in Regina

With your bus pas already included in tuition, what is there to lose? victoria baht staff writer Hey students! Are you debating on how to get to and from classes come this fall, now that a majority of classes are returning in person? Well, I am going to tell you one of the options that may just be right for you and describe why you should consider it. Did you know that the city of Regina has public transit? Plus, a pass for unlimited rides is included in your tuition fees. So, today I am going to tell you some of benefits of riding public transit and why you should consider partaking in it this fall.

First of all, because the amount of a transit pass is already included in our tuition fees. That means an unlimited rides bus pass, known as a “U-Pass,” is already charged to our account and only costs $87.60 per semester. This means you can use the U-Pass to get around the city as much as you like! Not only is it already included in our tuition fees, but also when taking transit bus, you do not have to pay for gas to drive to and from campus. Plus, you save on the price of a parking pass as well. Not only does this save you the $220 a semester on a parking pass, it also lets you avoid the hassle of looking for a parking spot on campus.

Now that we have talked about some of the price benefits of using public transit, I wanted to talk to you about some of the student life benefits to taking public transit.

When I first started at campus, I was someone that would drive to and from campus.

Now I have been taking public transit for over two years, and I have learned some

of the real benefits to taking public transit. One of the main benefits while taking transit is that the city of Regina offers a variety of different routes that take you directly to campus. The routes that take you directly to campus are routes 3, 4, 18, 21, 22, and 30. You may have to transfer buses depending on where you live but let’s be real, getting dropped off basically right at campus doors in -20 degree weather is a pretty good perk.

Not only do you get dropped off at the campus doors, but you also gain some time on the bus to yourself since you are

not driving. Taking the bus can mean you now have time to skim your notes before a big exam one last time on your way to class, or you can reflect and finish up notes that you missed in class. It can also give you time to just sit back and relax and watch your favourite show or listen to your favourite tunes while you travel back and forth.

Don’t all those options sound like a great idea, having the ability to get places and get things done all at once?

I also want to bring to your attention some of the websites you should use to your benefit if you choose to use public transit.

Make sure that you look at the City of Regina Transportation website to find information on what route to take, route map, live route map and more. Also check out the University of Regina Student Union website or visit the URSU member desk in Riddell Centre on second floor to activate your U-Pass for the fall semester. Since you now know all these benefits to taking public transit, make sure you highly consider taking public transit to and from campus this fall semester!

Taking the bus can reduce traffic and carbon emissions, assuming your bus ever arrives.

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