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Medical school reforms blocked University Council to vote Sept. 20 on the restructuring of the College of Medcine DARYL HOFMANN Senior News Editor The aisles of Convocation Hall were packed tight as the general academic assembly convened for a rare special meeting Sept. 6 and voted to force university council to revisit its decision to approve sweeping changes to the College of Medicine.

The GAA, made up of more than 1,000 full-time faculty members from across campus, voted with a slim two-thirds majority in favour of the college’s faculty, who have been the driving force behind the lobbying efforts to have council reconsider its May decision.

Counting the ballots cast by the GAA Sept. 6.

“We are extremely pleased,” veterinary medicine professor Claire Card said. “We are feeling like the democratic voice of the collegiate was heard and that people understand the issues.”

Council approved a motion

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at its May 17 meeting to create three new divisions of governance within the college, despite opposition from 87 per cent of the medical school’s faculty. Now council must rehash the plan at its next meeting Sept. 20, where

Men’s soccer enjoys opening week success

JENNA MANN Culture Editor

The Huskies men’s soccer club picked up four points in the Canada West Prairie Division standings during a home-andhome series against the Winnipeg Wesmen last weekend to open their regular season.

The Dogs tied their first match of the series 2-2 on Sept. 7 at the Winnipeg Soccer Complex, garnering the first of their four points.

Despite several scoring opportunities for both teams, the game was deadlocked at zero after the first half. Finally, Dogs secondyear striker Brett Levis opened the scoring in the 64th minute. He fired his first goal of the game past Wesmen goalkeeper Tyson Farago to give his team the 1-0 lead.

Soon after the Levis goal, Wesmen head coach Pedro Daza called for a substitution to put midfielder Yiannis Tsalatsidis into the game. The exchange paid off as Tsalatsidis potted his first goal of the season to tie the game 1-1.

Ten minutes later, Levis broke into the Wesmen end and scored his second of the match. The

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Huskies’ Carson Macdonald and Winnipeg’s Richard Rundle brace for impact.

the undergraduate program. He added that the problem has been “years and years in the making” and that the “college is not able to fix itself.

“The clock is ticking to finish the work,” he said. “The college does not have another ten years — in fact, it does not have another ten months.”

The current structure of the college is unique amongst other Canadian medical schools and does not prioritize academic matters or incentivize research.

He said the three-division model — biomedical and population sciences, clinical research and teaching — corresponds to what exists elsewhere and will provide

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Skip the Dishes launches in Saskatoon

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a two-thirds majority is needed to reaffirm the restructuring plan.

University Provost and VicePresident Brett Fairbairn, along with former dean of the college William Albritton, drafted the plan after a team of inspectors visited the college and found 10 areas of weakness. In a letter sent to Albritton last year, accreditors wrote that if the non-compliance areas were not corrected soon, the college would risk being placed on probation and “seriously compromise the ability of the faculty to deliver a quality medical education program.”

The team of inspectors are expected back at the U of S to check the college’s progress by early 2013.

Fairbairn told the assembly that the accrediting bodies found “deep-rooted” issues with the structure of teaching duties within

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There’s a new way to eat in Saskatoon.

A group of 12 University of Saskatchewan alumni have come together to create a website that gives hungry students an easier way to order food.

Skip the Dishes lists various local restaurants and allows customers to order online for takeout or delivery.

“It’s late at night, we’re in one of the reading rooms on campus, what do we do? Alexander’s is closed, Subway might be open but we’ve had that eight times in the last three days and all the food services are closed. You can try to find something on Google or go to Domino’s or Boston Pizza, who deliver late at night,” Skip the Dishes founder Joshua Simair said.

While most takeout and delivery choices in Saskatoon are limited to large chains like Boston Pizza or Domino’s, Skip the Dishes helps smaller and often healthier local restaurants like Griffin’s Takeaway, EE Burrito’s and Fuzion Sushi deliver.

“We’re definitely doing business together,” Simair said of the relationship between the site and the restaurants it features. Skip

the Dishes makes money based on a commission of how many people order from each restaurant online. No extra costs are added to the prices of the food and the restaurants don’t pay to be listed on the site.

“We put their menu online for free and thousands of people see them every month. Only when we get them business do we get paid.

That way everyone’s interests are aligned.

“We’re terrible cooks at Skip the Dishes so in a way it’s selfpreservation. We let them handle the cooking and delivery, they do everything, we just do the transmission of the order and we’ll do a great job on our end,” Simair said.

There are many options available online of what to order.

One of the online features allows a customer to order their meal for a certain time of the day. After the customer places an order the restaurant will receive an automated phone call and e-mail notifying the restaurant to check their order portal on the website.

Griffin’s Takeaway, a small shop located on 8th St. E. specializing

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University of Saskatchewan pioneers car sharing in Saskatoon ANNA-LILJA DAWSON Associate News Editor

The University of Saskatchewan’s Office of Sustainability is launching Saskatoon’s first car share program, WeCar. As of Sept. 14 there will be two new Ford sedans available on campus for rent to the public on an hourly basis.

Heather Truman, sustainability initiative liaison for the sustainability office, believes the introduction of a car sharing program at the U of S is a key step in reducing the number of high-emitting forms of transportation on campus and citywide.

An issue for the university is that “everybody driving to campus alone in a vehicle is the least sustainable way for staff and students to get to campus,” Truman said.

WeCar aims to decrease the number of vehicles driving to and from the university at the beginning and end of each day by giving staff

and students the option of renting a car for an hour or two.

“A lot of people drive alone and park on campus because they need their car to go to a meeting, to run an errand or to go to an appointment,” Truman said. “If people knew they could book a vehicle to be used to do those things while they’re here during the day people would no longer think, ‘I absolutely have to have my car.’ ” To use an alternate form of transportation but still drive during the day may seem environmentally ineffective. But it can be less costly than all the expenses of owning a car.

When using WeCar, members do not have to purchase the vehicle nor do they pay for maintenance, fuel or the car’s insurance.

“For people who don’t have a car but are at the, ‘Do I want to buy one’ stage, this is a tremendous alternative,” Truman said.

Parking and transportation services did a survey of students

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who bought student parking passes and found that many students from out of town would drive to campus, park their vehicle and use it less than once a month.

While researching car sharing for the university, Truman said she found that it is cheaper for students to use WeCar if they drive between 8,000 and 12,000 kilometres a year.

Car sharing also benefits the U of S by reducing the number of vehicles on campus and by opening up space in parking lots.

“Helping promote these programs saves us money over time,” parking and transportation manager Judy Wall said. “Building parking lots and keeping parking stalls at a university is expensive. We can come up with other ways to get people here and use alternative forms of transportation.”

Normally car rental agencies have age restrictions on anyone under the age of 21. However, the program has been tailored for the U of S to allow 18- to 20-year-old students to take

part in the program.

One of the two vehicles has a permanent stall in the U Lot near Seager Wheeler Hall while the second can be found in the parking lot between the PAC and the Faculty Club.

Starting Sept. 19, there will be a WeCar ambassador in the Arts Tunnel every Wednesday where memberships and information will be available. Both car bookings and memberships are available online at WeCar’s website.

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• The carless drive-in was Sept. 6, not Sept. 7.

James Pepler takes his place at the head of the table in the Roy Romanow Students’ Council Chambers.

KENDRA SCHREINER and DARYL HOFMANN Five years after helming the University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union, former president James Pepler still won’t leave the organization.

Pepler is set to take over as chair of University Students’ Council this year.

The USSU represents all undergraduates on campus.

Four elected students, referred to as the executive, govern the organization along with USC. Students’ council is made up of one or two representatives from each college, and two aboriginal and two international student representatives.

“USC is a training ground for all these people,” Pepler said. “I think this year it’s going to be a little more informal, hopefully a little more fun.”

The primary job of the chair is to

maintain order during the meetings and to enforce speaking rights.

But the chair must also curb time wasting by listening closely and not allowing council members to continually repeat themselves, he said.

Pepler, now pursuing a master’s in creative writing, began his career in student government unexpectedly.

As the Sheaf’s public editor, Pepler drew a following across campus with his humor columns on life as a student. While writing an article on the USSU elections, he decided that he could run for office as well. As a joke.

Pepler ran a campaign complete with posters of his face photoshopped on models’ bodies.

Though he presented next to no platform, students enjoyed his column and humour. When it came time for the election, he said voters checked off the name they recognized from the newspaper and

the signs.

After winning the election, Pepler realized he had to take the job seriously and focused on strengthening ties between students and the university’s top brass.

“We realized that to make things work well you have to work with administration. The student union needs to challenge and question them. But on a lot of stuff you can work with them. And it’s a lot easier and you get a lot more done.”

Following his term, Pepler was offered a job by the university to continue to attend council meetings and foster the relationship between students and administration.

“USC is full of opportunity,” Pepler said. “I was well aware that what I was doing [as president] was personal growth and this was an avenue to take things serious and make some differences.”

Pepler says one of the most valuable things a student can do in university is to join an

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extracurricular group.

“It was me getting involved in the Sheaf and student politics that really propelled my success,” he said.

When former council chair Matt Lisle stepped down, the USSU asked Pepler to take the position.

He said that if students have an issue they want addressed, they need to speak up. Students can voice their concerns to their representative on council or attend the meetings themselves.

“If you’re passionate about a change that needs to be made, come and voice your opinion,” he said.

“It’s going to be a fun year.”

USC meetings take place every Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Roy Romanow Students’ Council Chamber, located in Upper Place Riel.

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Brown digs in to the Food Basket Challenge ANNA-LILJA DAWSON Associate News Editor

USSU President Jared Brown will eat only the contents of a food bank basket for the next week.

deserts are areas that are without easy access to healthy food or a grocery store.

“With a food desert comes poverty, with poverty comes health issues,” Brown said.

In the situation that Brown finds himself hungry and out of food, he will have to resort to community kitchens. He is not permitted to accept food as gifts or donations and is not allowed to eat at a restaurant.

Brown believes that if he has to drop out of the challenge, it would emphasize how difficult survival on a food basket is.

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Anticipating being hungry, tired and irritable, Brown said he also expects that this experience will bring everyday life into perspective.

“When you find yourself complaining about things, doing a challenge like this really puts you back in your place.”

Brown normally eats out, so not being able to do so will be a change of habit as he will have to get accustomed to bringing his own food from home for lunch during the Food Basket Challenge.

He said there is no real way to prepare for the challenge.

“How do [people] prepare to

be in poverty, live in the streets and not eat? It happens to a lot of people. Bad things happen to people and they’re thrust into the circumstance.”

Participants in the Food Basket Challenge include community organization members, business leaders and local media figures.

Throughout the week, Brown and the other participants will blog their experiences at foodbasketchallenge.com.

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University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union President Jared Brown will be living on five dollars and a food basket for the next week.

Brown and several other prominent Saskatoon citizens are taking the Saskatoon Food Bank’s annual Food Basket Challenge.

The basket includes mainly dry pantry items, small amounts of fresh fruit and vegetables and some meat.

The food bank uses the event to generate awareness of poverty in Saskatoon and says it is not a fundraiser.

Although the food baskets supply two to three days worth of food and are meant for emergency situations, many families in Saskatoon face the harsh reality of regularly feeding themselves from a basket for as long as two weeks.

Brown picked up his basket from the food bank Sept. 12, which will feed him from Sept. 13 to 19. The challenge caps off with a meal at the farmer’s market, where participants will meet and talk about their experience.

“It’s bringing attention to poverty in Saskatoon,” Brown said. “They’re not asking for money. They’re getting people to get involved and realize the massive gap that we have here in Saskatoon.”

Hunger is a multifaceted issue with deep roots. People living with hunger and in poverty often face barriers that prevent them from making, finding or buying healthy food. These barriers include levels of education, employment, housing, disabilities and transportation.

Saskatoon’s west side is an area where a large percentage of its population lives below the poverty line and in food deserts. Food

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accountability for teaching and research.

The college falls well short of many of its national counterparts in bringing home federal research dollars.

Tom Wilson, chair of the college’s faculty council, said the process of restructuring has been administered too fast. He said administration did not adequately consult the faculty before the plan was brought forward.

“The plan was developed by three people, working essentially in secret,” he said. “Council was not apprised of the risks of passing the motion.”

Albritton, the former dean of medicine and an original architect of the plan, spoke in favour of sending the decision back to council, resulting in a roaring applause from his former colleagues. He said going forward despite opposition from faculty “is

simply wrong for a collegial institution.”

“Doctor Albritton’s statement was one of the most courageous public statements that I’ve seen in the 15 years I have been at the university,” medical school faculty member Marcel D’Eon said.

Wilson and the faculty were optimistic following the Sept. 6 vote.

“Our general approach will be one of cooperation, negotiation, rather than confrontation,” he said. “The College of Medicine does want to change. We just don’t want this particular structure that was handed to us.”

Wilson said faculty and administration can work together to come up with a better plan than the three-division model, but could not describe to reporters what that would look like.

Vice-Provost Martin Phillipson, whose portfolio includes the College of Medicine organizational restructuring, was disappointed but not surprised by the decision. He said the university will continue moving forward on improving the “essential pillars of the medical school.”

“The reform process will keep going. The groups that I am on, we will continue to work on accreditation issues, we will work on relationships with the health regions, we will work on a new funding model for physicians. That work will continue,” Phillipson said. “What council has been asked to reconsider is the divisional structure.”

He said the current structure over-values clinical service to the detriment of teaching and research.

“The university will not stop until we’ve secured a structure that will deliver on all three of those missions,” Phillipson said.

“My firm belief is that council made the right decision in May and when we go back to reconsider it on Sept. 20, I believe that council will support us.”

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Diefenbaker lovechild goes public with DNA evidence DARYL HOFMANN Senior News Editor The Toronto man who has spent more than a year searching for DNA proof that he is the son of former primer minister John Diefenbaker says he has found the missing link.

Last week, John George Dryden gave Maclean’s magazine an exclusive interview and reported he has obtained DNA evidence that he is related to Diefenbaker. He hired a team of private investigators who retrieved a used and discarded Q-tip from one of Diefenbaker’s distant male relatives living in southern Ontario. The family was unwilling to cooperate with his request for a sample.

“It was then sent directly to a Toronto firm where DNA analysts identified ‘genetic overlap’ pointing to common ancestry,” Maclean’s reported.

The president of the DNA firm, Harvey Tenenbaum, warned that the results are not concrete evidence that the 43-year-old Dryden was fathered by Diefenbaker.

He told Maclean’s that Dryden “could be fifth cousins” with the man who discarded the Q-tip. “You’d really need a sample from John Diefenbaker, or a member of his immediate family, to do an accurate comparison,” he said.

But Dryden believes he’s found what he was looking for.

“As far as I’m concerned, this proves it,” Dryden told MacLean’s. “I’m John Diefenbaker’s son. I don’t know that there’s a whole lot more that I can do.”

Director of the Diefenbaker Canada Centre Michael Atkinson said he had not heard of the development before it was published last week.

“I think this has been Mr. Dryden’s concern and pursuit right from the very beginning. It’s a very personal matter and he made that clear. We just tried to help him sort things out,” Atkinson said.

Dryden contacted the centre and was granted access to a stash of artifacts that once belonged to Diefenbaker, including hats, a watch strap, a pipe and a hairbrush.

But forensic tests conducted on the handle of the hairbrush failed to provide a conclusive DNA profile of the former prime minister.

Then, just two weeks ago, after a recataloguing of the Diefenbaker Centre’s collection, previously unknown hair samples surfaced that were snipped from Diefenbaker

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as a child. But Dryden told the Canadian Press the hair would be “useless” without the root attached.

Dryden learned last June that his mother’s husband, the man who he had thought was his father, was not. At the time of Dryden’s birth in 1968, his mother Mary Lou was a well known Conservative socialite and a close friend of Diefenbaker, who served as the Tory prime minister from 1957 to 1963 and died in 1979.

If the affair did take place, Mary Lou would have been in her 30s, while Diefenbaker would have been in his 70s.

When the story first broke, Dryden told the National Post he believes the identity of his father was kept secret because of the “social stigma and political sensitivities prevalent in Canadian society in 1968.”

Atkinson said that Diefenbaker’s legacy will now depend on whether people agree with Dryden’s interpretation of the results.

“We at the Diefenbaker Centre plan on making no investigations or rewriting any textbooks, that is not up to us. It will not affect our activities at all,” he said.

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PQ win represents partial victory for the student movement, but struggle not over

Quebec students gather in a downtown Montreal bar to watch the provincial election result.

ERIN HUDSON — CUP Quebec Bureau Chief MONTREAL (CUP) — Despite a Parti Québécois victory in last week’s provincial election, student leaders say the movement is far from over.

This comes after the party’s headline-making promise to abolish the university tuition hikes that sparked the protests that dominated Quebec the past year.

“This is not a complete victory,” Élaine Laberge, president of the Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec, said on election night in a downtown Montreal bar as the news of the PQ and Pauline Marois victory came in.

“It’s going to be a complete victory when the Parti Québécois is going to cancel the tuition fee increases.”

Speaking at the election result party hosted by two of the student federations, president of the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec Martine Desjardins expressed doubt that the election was an end to student mobilization.

“It’s only a baby step,” she said. “This is not the end of the mobilization. Our goal is not obtained yet. We need a resolution and a real outcome.”

Jérémie Bédard-Wien, an executive of Coalition large de l’association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante (CLASSE), the largest body representing students throughout the strike, said that, for students, the main course of action in the coming days would be to “keep the pressure on the government” to ensure the PQ follows through on its education promises.

“It’s really important to consider this repeal of the tuition hike not a victory of the electoral process or a

particular political party,” he said.

“The Liberal hike has been cancelled. However, the PQ’s vision is very similar to the Liberals and we expect them to propose an indexation of the fees on the cost of living. This is not something that we consider acceptable,” Bédard-Wien said on the PQ's proposed education policies.

At the peak, over 300,000 Quebec students were on strike in downtown Montreal. Costs accrued by police throughout the seven-month-long strike in Montreal alone amount to $15 million.

The day after her election, Premier Pauline Marois stated in a press conference her intention to order by decree the abolition of the Charest government’s tuition hike, to abolish the controversial Law

12 and convene a summit meeting to discuss higher education. The same day Marois reportedly called Desjardins personally to state the importance of settling the student conflict for the PQ. Whether the PQ will be able to implement its promises remains to be seen according to Concordia political science professor Harold Chorney who specializes in public finance and policy.

“They’re a minority government. Minority governments cannot behave the way majority governments do,” he explained.

The economic viability of abolishing the tuition hike seems realistic to Chorney, but he noted that the details of the “financing formula” could cause problems — particularly if the province’s budget, passed by the National

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Assembly every March, runs a deficit as a result.

“Governments have to present and get approved in the assembly a budget, and if you stand outside of the budget you are in political trouble,” Chorney said.

Marois promised to abolish the tuition hike through an order in council, a process that, theoretically, could be issued by the Minister of Education unilaterally.

“It’s an interesting gambit that Pauline Marois is going to try to play and something I actually agree with — I think there ought to be, [like] she suggests, a tuition fee hike freeze until they figure out a better way of financing higher education — but that doesn’t mean that’s going to be politically winnable.”

Chorney also noted the potentially powerful position the upstart Coalition Avenir du Québec could hold with its 19 seats. The PQ occupies 54 of the 125 seats in the National Assembly. The Liberals occupy 50.

With the defeat and subsequent resignation of former-premier Jean Charest, Chorney pointed to the state of internal disorganization within the Liberals as an indicator that the Liberals are unlikely to try to defeat the PQ government unless a coalition with the CAQ and Liberals occurs.

In the view of others such as another Concordia political science professor Guy Lachapelle, a coalition between the PQ and the CAQ is the more likely pairing.

Regardless, Corina Kajugiro, a student at Cégep Rosemont, said after the election results were in she felt the PQ would be unable to handle the problems with the student conflict alone.

Marois’ final promise in her first

address as premier was a promise to convene a summit on higher education — a step that university rectors and staff have wanted to take for years, according to Lachapelle.

“We never had the debate about the place of education in our society and I think that’s very important,” he said. “It’s a question of education in our society.

“I think it will be very interesting to watch – to see who’s nominated to be the chair, to sit on the commission,” Lachapelle added. The details of the summit have yet to be made public.

The upcoming summit will be the next major focus for CLASSE as it will be a key opportunity to communicate the associations’ view for education, CLASSE executive Bédard-Wien said.

“We’ve always fought for a radically different vision of education — education free from tuition and from the corporatization — the influence of corporations, and so we’ll keep fighting against that and so, of course, the summit is a crucial point in that strategy,” he said.

According to Bédard-Wien, the real victory for the student movement is the central role issues and debates around education assumed throughout the general student strike.

“The strength that we built through leverage in numbers allowed us to put these debates on the political map and the fear that such momentous times in Quebec society will replicate itself is the main reason why the PQ is actually following up on these promises now,” he said.

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Men’s volleyball team returns from Japan

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Matt Busse of the Huskies volleyball squad took his high powered kills to Japan.

The Huskies men’s volleyball squad is back after travelling to the other side of the Pacific Ocean to practice among elite Japanese university teams COLE GUENTER Sports Editor The Huskies men’s volleyball team returned home from their 12-day trip to Japan on Sept.

8. The club flew there to take part in pre-season training and exhibition matches against Japanese universities.

Brian Gavlas, who has coached the Huskies volleyball team since 1992, has brought his team to Japan three times now, and always enjoys

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“Every time I’ve gone it’s been an awesome experience. We get treated extremely well and their generosity is unbelievable,” Gavlas said.

“The training we get to do in the heat and with the Japanese teams is outstanding. It’s great preparation for the new year.”

The men competed in university gymnasiums without air conditioning. This combined with the added heat and humidity of being on the island nation forced the Huskies to come extra prepared for training days.

“Take lots of shirts to practice,” Huskies right-side hitter Matthew Busse learned.

“We had to change often so we wouldn’t get drenched from our own sweat.”

The team started their adventure in Tokyo, where they played against the University of Waseda and Chuo University. The team spent most of the time doing drills and scrimmaging with their overseas competition, but did play a bestof-three match against Waseda, winning the first set and losing the following two.

After spending a few days in Japan’s capital, the team ventured south to the city of Katsura where they met up with the International Budo University. IBU is renowned in Japan as one of the top schools for education in martial arts and sport fitness training.

Being in partnership with IBU during his many years as Huskies coach, Gavlas recognizes the school’s commitment to volleyball.

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Huskies held that lead until extra time when Wesmen Scott Ansell wrangled a rebound from his own teammate’s free kick and tapped the ball past Huskies keeper Mark Diakiw to finalize the draw.

The two teams met again Sept. 9 at PotashCorp Park in Saskatoon for the second game of the series. Huskies head coach Bryce Chapman could tell his players wanted another chance to prove they were the better team.

“When the guys walked off the field on Friday you could tell they were disappointed with the game and that’s a positive thing that this young group wasn’t satisfied with a tie,” Chapman said.

The Dogs dominated the first half of play in the weekend’s second game, keeping the ball almost exclusively on Winnipeg’s half of the field.

Huskies rookie striker Wilson Ntigne found himself in the right position in the 32nd minute of the match. Levis lobbed a free kick towards the front of the Winnipeg goal where Huskies defenceman Sam Mylymok jumped up to head

the ball towards the net. The ball rebounded off the post and deflected to Ntigne, who quickly headed the wild ball into the back of the net.

Ntigne was ecstatic. He had just scored his first goal as a Huskies soccer player and wasn’t about to let the moment pass. Ntigne ran to the crowd of cheering fans sitting adjacent to the field with his arms in the air in celebration of the goal. His teammates followed in excited pursuit and Ntigne finished the celebration with a final slide onto his knees as he pointed to the sky.

“I was one of the Huskies’ heroes. I was really happy and I helped my team do what we were supposed to do,” Ntigne said after the game.

The second half of the game slowed in pace and goals.

Chapman admits his team lost their momentum in the second half.

“You could tell it was day four of a four-day road trip,” he said following the game. “Fatigue definitely set in today. The way we play is very up tempo. We

want to play in the opponent’s end and that takes a lot of work.

The second half was a bit slower, but sometimes you have to win ugly.”

The Dogs picked up three more points in the 1-0 victory and, after one week of play, Saskatchewan is in second place in the Canada West Prairie Division, behind Alberta.

Your next chance to see the men’s soccer team play is Sept.

16 as they host the UNBC Timberwolves on field seven at PotashCorp Park.

“They treat the sport a little differently than we do. The amount of time and training that they put in is extensive, making their skill level very high.”

Gavlas, along with the other coaching staff, generated statistics after they played Budo and found the Huskies squad had to earn 80 per cent of their points, as opposed to gaining points from team Budo’s errors. This number was significantly lower for the Budo squad, who only had to earn about half of their points and could rely on the Huskies’ mistakes to earn the rest.

It’s no surprise then that Budo capitalized on the Huskies’ errors and beat them in nine of the 10 sets that the squads played against each other.

The trip wasn’t all about volleyball, though. The players were treated to a few days of sightseeing as well. The Dogs volleyball club took their minds off of sport by attending a professional Japanese baseball game and, in Tokyo, the team had the chance to visit temples, go shopping and to enjoy the Tokyo Disneyland.

“It wasn’t all heat, sweat and drudgery,” Gavlas joked. “We had some fun.”

The visiting Huskies didn’t exactly blend into their surroundings either. Busse found it amusing how the locals reacted to his six-footeight frame.

“We got a lot of looks, and some people would even stop to ask for our picture. It was cool.”

The players’ heights weren’t as comical when they saw the small bedrooms they were given at some places. Up to eight players were put in each room at the visitors’ hall at IBU and each player had to sleep on a traditional sleeping mat instead of a mattress.

The team found the positives in their lack of space, however, and felt the rooms added to the cultural experience that helped the players to bond with one another.

“Going to a different culture, spending time together and learning from that culture at the start of the year like this will definitely help us translate some of the things we have learned into our game,” Busse said.

Although the team doesn’t start regular season play until the end of October, the team will keep busy in the coming days with a match against Huskies alumni on Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. at the PAC. Following that, the team will be hosting the Frank Enns Charity Golf Tournament at Saskatoon’s Moon Lake golf club Sept. 15.

Huskies lose to provincial rivals in season opener COLE GUENTER Sports Editor

Regina Cougars striker Meagan Cormier scored the lone goal of the first match of the season for the Huskies women’s soccer team Sept.

8 in Regina.

Cormier tallied the game-winner in the 31st minute as Cougars defender Racquel Marshall lobbed the ball towards the Huskie goal.

Cormier gained control of the ball and neatly snuck it past Huskies goalkeeper Marissa Struik.

The fourth-year striker dominated the game and led all players with nine shots. Cormier currently sits in second on the University of Regina women’s soccer squad’s all-time list in career goals (7) and points (17).

Saskatchewan’s best scoring opportunities came from rookie Erica Hindmarsh. The arts and science student aimed for the top corner in the beginning of the second half but was denied by Cougars goalkeeper Stephanie Possberg.

In the 71st minute Hindmarsh got another hard shot away but Possberg made an acrobatic toe save that deflected the ball just over the top bar.

“We didn’t play to our potential, but I think it’s a game we can build on for the rest of the season,” Huskies midfielder Leanne Mylymok said. “We need to focus on finishing our opportunities and getting the ball to the back of the net.

You can defend all you want but if you can’t score you’re not going to win.”

Possberg stopped seven shots to secure her first CIS shutout for the Cougars. Struik also saved seven shots, but it was the one Cormier shot that Struik didn’t stop that made the difference in the game.

The Huskies will host the Winnipeg Wemen Sept. 15 in their first home game of the season at Griffiths Stadium. Then play again Sept. 16 when Manitoba comes to town.

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Dog Watch: Sam and Leanne Mylymok

Siblings Sam and Leanne Mylymok have been playing soccer since they were in diapers.

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COLE GUENTER Sports Editor It is a rarity to see two or more siblings playing at a high level of competition in the same sport.

Professional examples include the six Sutter brothers who played in the NHL, sisters Venus and Serena Williams who play professional tennis and, of course, Peyton and Eli Manning who both quarterback NFL teams.

What is even more uncommon is a brother and sister duo who excel in the same sport, but the University of Saskatchewan Huskies soccer teams boast this very combination with siblings Sam and Leanne Mylymok.

Sam, the younger of the two, is in his third year with the men’s soccer squad. He plays an inside defensive position for the Dogs and logs some big minutes stopping opponent strikers from reaching Saskatchewan’s net.

He isn’t, however, limited to just his defensive skills.

Sam, who is in the College of Arts and Science,

boasts offensive abilities as well. Last season he managed one goal on seven shots, leading all Huskies defencemen in those categories. He also added one assist in the 13 matches he started as a sophomore.

Sam credits his offensive skills to his older sister’s teaching.

“She was always the attacking player and I was the defending player,” he said. “She would teach me attacking stuff, while I taught her how to defend.”

Leanne is one year older than her brother, and one year further into her Canadian university sport eligibility as she enters her fourth year with the Huskies women’s soccer team. The midfielder tied her brother last year for goals scored, with one, but beat his shot total as she tallied nine in her 14 games with the Dogs.

Academically, Leanne is in her fourth year at the U of S and her first in the College of Education. She will graduate in the spring of 2014 and plans to teach English and social studies to high school students.

Leanne says she would like to find time to coach soccer after she graduates as well.

The Mylymok siblings are the second generation of Huskie soccer players in their family. Their father Lester Mylymok was on the men’s soccer team from 1981-84, and played the same position as Sam. Both Sam and Leanne say they feel proud to continue the family legacy of playing for the U of S Huskies soccer club.

“I think it’s exciting that we both play now. It’s neat that our dad played and maybe one day if [either of us] have kids they will also get into the sport,” Leanne said.

The two grew up in Saskatoon and both attended Bishop James Mahoney High School, competing for the Saints soccer team. They say they haven’t competed together on the same team since co-ed soccer in their early youth.

Off the field the two often spend time together when the Huskies men’s and women’s squads hang out in the evenings.

Sam shook his head in embarrassment when Leanne said, “We go on double dates together with our significant others too... Sam’s girlfriend agrees to it.”

Over the summer months Sam kept busy, he said, by going on a “16-day canoe trip from Lloyd Lake all the way to Fort McMurray.

“There were some days where we got up to seventy kilometres,” he said excitedly.

Not to be outdone, Leanne trumped her little brother’s trip by spending over five weeks backpacking in Europe.

“I visited Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal. It was awesome. I even caught a Barcelona [soccer] game.”

Both players are also very specific about their pregame rituals. Sam keeps his cleats untied until he has jogged a full warm-up lap around the field and waits until moments before the start of the game to put on his shin pads.

Leanne doesn’t share her brothers equipment superstitions, but claims she needs to eat a banana before every game and prefers being the last player to step onto the field.

And like all famous sports siblings, the Mylymoks spent many hours perfecting their art in their parents house, inevitably breaking a few things along the way.

“We’ve always been playing soccer in the basement and we ended up having to replace our basement wall because there were so many holes in it from soccer balls.”

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The U of S rodeo is the first Canadian university attempt at the Wild West.

A forgotten campus club has been revamped and is now getting ready to host a rodeo COLE GUENTER Sports Editor “This is finally an opportunity for Canadians to do rodeo and get a university degree,” Shelby Clemens, president of the University of Saskatchewan rodeo club, said.

Clemens is excited about the club because it officially makes the U of S the only major Canadian university to offer students an on-campus club that competes against other post-secondary schools in rodeo events.

The U of S rodeo club is a revamped take on an old idea that lost student interest a number of years ago. While the club had technically remained as the part of the Stockman’s and Rodeo Club in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, it was only the stockman’s side of the club that remained active as the rodeo side garnered almost no interest in the last 20 years.

That was until last January, when Clemens contacted Katie Dutchak, a second year arts and science student and a member of the Huskies wrestling squad.

Dutchak and Clemens, who knew each other from high school rodeos, soon teamed up.

“Shelby came to me with the idea of throwing a team together and immediately we both saw there was a lot of potential for this,” Dutchak, who is now the vicepresident of the club, said.

The two women said they were impressed by the response from people wanting to get involved.

“We went out to people in the rodeo community to see what they thought....

Students, sponsors, faculty, friends, family and everyone else were really excited,” Dutchak said.

The club got such a positive response that they decided the best way to promote the improved campus club would be to host a rodeo and invite colleges and technical institutions to compete in it.

After gaining membership in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rodeo Association, the U of S invited fellow CIRA members Lakeland College and Olds College to the rodeo. Once both schools confirmed their

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attendance, Clemens and Dutchak set a date for the inaugural event.

The first annual U of S rodeo will take place Sept. 22 at the OK Corral in Martensville, Sask. The rodeo will include ten events highlighted by bull riding, barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying and breakaway roping. The U of S club is expected to have a competitor in every event and field approximately 20 competitors in all.

A rodeo of this scale is currently unheard of at the university level in Canada, but the events have gained some following in smaller colleges like Lakeland and Olds. Clemens hopes her club can be an example for other Canadian universities to follow.

“We would love to see college rodeo in Canada get to be what it is in the States.

Canada is currently behind the States in the rodeo and equine industries,” Clemens, who is in her third year of animal science, said. “It just takes people that are passionate to get everything there, and this is what we are passionate about.”

In the past, the U of S campus had barns and an arena for holding and riding animals, but these types of facilities are no longer available.

“To find somewhere that Shelby Clemens U of S Rodeo Club President we can all practice together is next to impossible, so what we want is a facility on campus where we can keep our horses, practice and make it a little bit more convenient,” Dutchak said.

The women are already talking about the possibility of a second rodeo in the new year, and plan to take the team to other school hosted rodeos later this fall.

As for the upcoming rodeo, Dutchak and Clemens have gone to extensive planning as there are more than just the rodeo events to take part in.

Outlaws Country Rock Bar will be throwing a kick-off barbeque Sept. 21 from 8-10 p.m.

On Sept. 22 the rodeo events will begin at noon, supper will take place at 6:30 p.m. and a cabaret dance will follow until 2 a.m. Free shuttle buses will start running at 9 p.m. from the Agriculture Building to the cabaret.

We would love to see college rodeo in Canada get to be what it is in the States... It just takes people that are passionate to get everything there, and this is what we are passionate about.

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Huskies striving to improve record out west

Huskies receiver Mitch Stevens is forced out of bounds by a Manitoba defender.

COLE GUENTER Sports Editor After losing a close game 31-28 to the Manitoba Bisons, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies football team will refocus this week and take the long trip out to Thunderbird Stadium to battle the University of British Columbia Sept. 15.

The T-Birds sent shock waves through the league by losing both of their first two games. The squad entered the season with high expectations and were ranked seventh in the country. However, after losing a close game to the Manitoba Bisons in week one of the regular season, the T-Birds fell out of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport top ten rankings and were replaced by the Bisons.

In week two UBC travelled to Regina where their 13-7 halftime lead was demolished by the Regina Rams in the second half. The Rams scored six unanswered touchdowns in the second half to win the game 49-20. The UBC offense that was renowned last season for their explosive nature gave up four interceptions and one fumble in the second half of that match.

Despite the early season blows UBC took, Huskies head coach Brian Towriss isn’t underestimating the T-Birds. In fact, Towriss is already billing the upcoming game as a key match to win for his team’s success.

“These are the games that are ultimately going to decide who falls into those playoff spots at

the end of the year,” Towriss said.

“Although it’s early this is a pretty big game for us.”

The last time the two teams met was in the Canada West conference final last season when the Thunderbirds edged out Saskatchewan 27-22 to advance to the Hardy Cup. However, following the completion of playoffs, that UBC victory along with the rest of the T-Birds wins from the 2011 season were revoked by the league after UBC self-disclosed information on a team eligibility violation.

One of the Thunderbirds players was past his five year CIS eligibility limit but continued to play. It was an administrative error that cost the team forfeiture of six regular season wins and one playoff victory, as well as embarrassment among other CIS teams.

Despite the forfeits, UBC quarterback Billy Greene was able to keep his title as the 2011 Hec Crighton award winner for the most outstanding football player in the CIS last season.

The Huskies defence will have to be sharp to keep Greene contained when he rolls out of the pocket. Towriss remembers how well Greene played in last year’s conference final when the quarterback from Surrey, B.C. racked up 342 passing yards for two throwing touchdowns and added a rushing touchdown against the Dogs defence.

“With him in there they are very good on offence. They have lots of their [players on] offence back,

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good receivers, and it looks like they are running the ball a little bit better this year,” Towriss said.

For Saskatchewan’s offence the key will continue to be a balanced offensive attack that requires both the running and passing games to be strong.

This will mean Dogs quarterback Drew Burko will have to make more touchdown passes. The rookie pivot tallied 290 passing yards against Manitoba but could only find the end zone with his legs.

Meanwhile running back Jeremy Andrew continued to impress as he rushed for 118 yards and one touchdown on 23 carries versus Manitoba’s defence. Andrew is the only experienced tailback the Huskies have right now as both first- and second-string tailbacks remain sidelined with injuries.

Huskies defensive back Seamus Neary isn’t surprised that Andrew is having so much success.

“I played against him in both rugby and football back in high school, so I knew he had some skills. His greatest attribute is how hard he runs and the effort he puts in when he hits holes. That is what we need in our running backs.”

Neary has been recovering from a hamstring injury since training camp and hopes to make his 2012 season debut against the Thunderbirds.

If you tune in to Shaw TV on Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. you can watch the Huskies and Thunderbirds tilt.

It will be the network’s featured CIS game of the week.

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Ilene Busch-Vishniac’s presidency takes off

raisa pezderic/photo editor

KEVIN MENZ Editor-in-Chief Ilene Busch-Vishniac isn’t intimidated by former University of Saskatchewan president Peter MacKinnon’s legacy.

Busch-Vishniac recently moved in to MacKinnon’s old home and began working her new job from MacKinnon’s old office inside the recently renamed Peter MacKinnon Building.

Outside of Busch-Vishniac’s office, the cover of a U of S publication shows MacKinnon with his arms crossed beside the caption, “President MacKinnon’s legacy of leadership.”

Busch-Vishniac isn’t phased.

“It would be intimidating if I felt I were following on the heels of the Peter MacKinnon who had failed, but we couldn’t be farther from that. I’m following on the heels of the Peter MacKinnon who was transformative and wonderful as the president of the University of Saskatchewan,” the new university president said.

Busch-Vishniac said it is the legacy of MacKinnon that has made her transition from academic vicepresident at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. to president at the U of S so easy.

He “laid the groundwork so that the path is obvious for me, and I feel that I am, in a very real way, building on the legacy he has left.”

MacKinnon’s 13 years in office were highlighted by over $1 billion in capital projects including the expansion of the Murray Library and the Thorvaldson, Engineering and Law Buildings, the construction of VIDO-InterVac and the Physical Activity Complex, as well as the

nearly completed health science wings and College Quarter project.

“The economic reality is such that I think I will not be faced with the same opportunities to build massively the way Peter was able to. That is okay with me,” BuschVishniac said. “We are now at the point where there are other more pressing issues.”

She said that now the university must focus less on infrastructure spending and more on the school’s third integrated plan, a four-year plan approved under MacKinnon’s leadership outlining the visions for the university and each of its colleges. The plan looks to review several of the school’s academic programs, to increase the amount of scientific research done on campus, to increase the university’s national and international visibility, and to increase the number of aboriginal students attaining degrees from the U of S and succeeding after graduation.

The new U of S president took her first steps out of her predecessor’s legacy at the recent general academic assembly for the medical school.

The College of Medicine is in need of restructuring but students, faculty and administration have been unable to agree on the details for change in several heated meetings held over the last few months.

As the chair, Busch-Vishniac called the latest meeting to order at noon on Sept. 6. She sat quietly and listened to professors and administrators fiercely debate proposed changes to the college’s structure.

She wasn’t ready to concede her thoughts on the matter. She was

listening to both sides of the debate.

“What I was aiming for at that meeting was running a very clean meeting. I wanted to be as neutral and fair as I could possibly be and to guarantee that we kept the right tone at that meeting and allowed everyone who wanted to speak to speak.”

This is how Busch-Vishniac has so far approached the job. She has spent a lot of her time discussing what the university does well and what needs to change. She says she needs to hear from everyone before she’ll have a fully detailed vision for the campus.

This communication will be key for the new president as she looks to better involve First Nations and Métis people in the university.

“Studies of aboriginal communities have shown that they want the same thing everybody wants. They want their families to be healthy, happy and productive.

We all want the same thing and education plays a key role in that,” she said. “I think the real question then becomes how can we do that with the communities themselves articulating what their needs are instead of us doing it for them.”

Busch-Vishniac was born and raised in Pennsylvania. She earned her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981 and worked as the dean of engineering at Johns Hopkins University before taking a position at McMaster.

She moved to Canada because of the polarizing cultural atmosphere in the States, and proudly declared that she is very close to becoming a Canadian citizen.

“On Aug. 31, my application for Canadian citizenship went out the

door. I now finally qualify to apply for citizenship in Canada.”

She stressed that the political divide in America has depleted the U.S. government’s ability to compromise and to get things done, which has led to more severe cultural and social polarities in everyday American life. She argued that the chances for social progress are much higher in Canada because the polarities are less severe.

The new president was a very adamant voice for diversity while working in the States, lecturing regularly on how to increase the amount of female students and students from minority populations enrolled in engineering.

“To the extent I can do a comparison so far of First Nations and Métis communities, there is a much closer parallel to what I saw in the U.S. with Hispanic communities than what I saw, for instance, in trying to get women into engineering.”

Busch-Vishniac said she found that the best way to get Hispanic students involved with engineering is to not just engage the students but to also engage their communities.

Families “need to be reassured that we understand the sacrifice a family is making sending a child away, and really far away in many of these cases, to go off to university and how lonesome they can become,” she said. “We need to have those conversations and we need to [have them in their communities], and not demand that people come here.”

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Above: Ilene Busch-Vishniac.

Page 10, left: Speaking at last week’s orientation.

Page 10, centre: Addressing the University of Saskatchewan for the first time.

Page 10, right: Relieved after the College of Medicine general academic assembly.

Left: The President MacKinnon Building overlooks the Bowl on campus.

raisa pezderic/photo editor

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CULTURE

| 13 September, 2012 | thesheaf.com |

Coffee culture brews in Saskatoon

NICOLE BARRINGTON

Although slow to start, the independent coffee scene in Saskatoon is giving Tim Horton’s a run for its money.

At least this is what Dallyn Guenther hopes.

In mid-June his business, The Underground Café, opened its doors in Saskatoon. Located at 430 20th St. W., Underground is one of the latest in a string of businesses that have been springing up in the downtown and Riversdale areas.

The shop lies tucked behind an iron gate surrounded by flora and brims with natural light during the afternoon. Music on vinyl pours through the speakers and, save for a few paintings, it’s a sparsely decorated space with plenty of seating. There is no drive through and there are no anxiously simmering pots; espresso drinks are brewed individually.

Guenther holds that after tasting the difference in quality, many customers find it hard to go back to filtered drip coffee.

Two blocks away, Collective Coffee is thriving. Its vintage glass garage-style door gapes as customers pour onto the sidewalk in the middle of the day. Since opening in 2010, Collective has become a favourite among students and young professionals.

“Having Collective down the street is amazing, really — they’re kickass. I go there for coffee on Mondays when my store is closed,” Guenther said.

Guenther notes that urban cities like Vancouver are dense with both corporate- and locally-owned coffee stores in their downtown sectors, adding that Saskatoon is no exception to the unyielding demand for caffeine. In the past several years, unique places like Caffe Sola and Collective have drawn caffeine enthusiasts away from their beloved, not-so-sacred double doubles.

“I knew that, eventually, coffee culture would catch up here,” says Guenther, who decided that he would undoubtedly start his own café a few years ago. While

studying in Australia a few years back, he worked in an Italian restaurant as a barista, only to find that he liked his job more than school.

“Everything about it won me over: the sights, the smells and the coffee, of course,” Guenther said.

After having this epiphany, the wayward barista traveled to New Zealand, built a mobile café in his car and served fresh brew from the driver’s window to passers-by. It’s clear that Guenther is an artist at heart. His story contrasts starkly with that of the apron-clad student working at Starbucks who dreams of doing anything else.

Aside from serving up the traditional Americano coffee, which is prepared by adding hot water to espresso instead of using a drip method, Underground offers uniquely flavoured drinks that are namesakes of famous ’50s crooners like Etta James and Sammy Davis. Although the café will be opening a lunch bar in the weeks to come, Guenther intends on keeping Underground “predominantly about coffee.” The drinks and atmosphere go hand in hand as the building is openly shared with Beaumont Film & Record — a vinyl record store owned by a friend of Guenther’s.

“Fusing the two seemed pretty natural to me, I always wanted a rock and roll-themed café,” Guenther said.

Despite interest Underground has gained in recent months as both a café and music venue, it’s still the new kid on the block.

This doesn’t faze Guenther, who believes that coffee culture isn’t about competition but rather cooperation. In the future, he hopes to see a couple more coffee shops open on 20th to draw more life to the area.

“It’s not about me trying to steal anyone’s business. I want people to think about 20th the way they think about Broadway. All of the coffee places do really well there,” he explains. “I just think, the more the merrier, you know?”

Above: Daylln Guenther behind the counter.

Centre: View from shop entrance.

Bottom: Standing outside Underground Café. raisa pezderic/photo editor

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Two Views showcases some of Adams’ and Frank’s darkest photographs JENNA MANN Culture Editor One of the darkest moments in North American history is currently on display at the Western Development Museum.

Photos from two of the world’s most famous photographers, Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank, have been brought together for the Two Views exhibit at the WDM. The collection of 66 photographs from the late artists belonging to the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre in Burnaby, B.C. showcases the treatment of Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians by Canadian and American governments after the attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941.

The Canadian and American governments forced citizens of Japanese descent into internment camps in reaction to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Nearly 142,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians were declared enemies of the country as they were forced from their homes and their possessions were confiscated.

Adams, who was born in San Francisco, took his first photograph in 1916. Adams was an advocate of straight, unmanipulated photography. He became famous due to the success of his natural landscape photography and was awarded two fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim memorial foundation in order to photograph America’s national parks. In 1980 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Adams’ photos displayed at Two Views were all taken between 1943 and 1944. He was angered by government policy

towards Japanese Americans and made numerous trips to the Manzanar War Relocation Center, a camp where 110,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned during the Second World War, in California. His photographs portray the resilience of about 10,000 of these incarcerated Japanese Americans.

Frank, who was born in Germany in 1872, emigrated to North America in 1892 and landed in Vancouver a few years later. Like Adams, Frank began photographing landscapes. He later moved on to commercial and industrial photography, however, and in the last years of his life between 1942-44, Frank was contracted to document Hastings Park in Vancouver.

Thousands of Japanese Canadians were rounded into Hastings Park during the Second World War. It represents a gross mistreatment of these Canadian citizens as women and children were segregated from the men and made to live in cattle stalls.

Frank’s photographs document the temporary holding areas for these prisoners in Vancouver and are considered shocking and macabre. The images focus on the Canadian government’s institutional force as well as document life in the camps.

In 1988 the Canadian government publically apologized to the detained citizens. This apology came a year after the last surviving Japanese Canadian veteran of the First World War, Masumi Mitsui, passed away.

Two Views premiered Aug. 4 at the WDM and will be on display until Oct. 27.

Relocation Center from Guard Tower Manzanar Relocation Center, 1943 Courtesy of Library of Congress

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Leaving Vancouver, 1942 Eastwood Collection JCNM 1994.69.4.29

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in desserts and sandwiches, is one of the restaurants taking advantage of Skip the Dishes’s service.

Small business owners have a rough start, especially if they’re opening up independently and without backgrounds in finance.

“Opening a business in this type of climate is a tough sell at the best of times,” Griffin’s co-owner Derek Barr said. “Every little bit helps, even if it’s just five or six customers a day.”

Barr, who owns the restaurant along with his wife Nicole, believes Skip the Dishes helps new restaurants open on a level playing field with other businesses.

“We get lots of free online marketing and that’s something

you’d normally have to pay an arm and a leg for,” he said.

Although Skip the Dishes only launched on Sept. 6, they’re expanding rapidly.

“We’re at 23 or 24 restaurants now and that’s only after 25 days of talking to restaurants,” Simair said.

“It’s all about making sure we do it well... and making sure we’re working with dedicated people.”

Skip the Dishes founder Josh Simair, fourth from left, and his team.

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We aim to please with these grilled cheese JENNA MANN Culture Editor A classic grilled cheese sandwich is a student favorite because of how easily, cheaply and quickly it can be put together, but the best thing about a good grilled cheese is its versatility.

Here are a few tips to take your sandwich above and beyond a slice of processed cheese and two pieces of bread.

The main attraction of the grilled cheese sandwich is the cheese. Get creative and venture beyond cheddar. Swiss makes a great substitute and goes well with pork products and with mushrooms, mozzarella melts well and jalapeno havarti adds a spicy kick to a sandwich.

Use real cheese and know when to slice and when to grate. Slices ensure an even layer of cheese and

are much less work, but can prove problematic for sandwiches with chunky toppings. For a simple ham and cheese, for instance, if the ham is not shredded and the cheese is not grated, the sandwich will be difficult to flip because the cheese will not connect the two pieces of bread together. To solve this problem for any sandwich combination, visualize flipping the sandwich. If you imagine it being difficult, grate the cheese and, if necessary, shred the meat.

Some hard cheeses that you can buy pre-grated, like parmesan or asiago, cook well on the outside of the bread. This only works if you pan-fry your sandwich with butter. Mix the shredded cheese with the butter when you spread it and they’ll melt together and form a crunchy outer crust.

Garlic and cheese go well together as well. If you are not

afraid of calories, use garlic butter, and lots of it. Lots of butter is what gives your bread that delicious golden brown appearance.

Make sure to time your cooking carefully because burnt cheese isn’t tasty cheese. Be patient and cook your sandwich on a low to medium temperature. Once the pan gets hot it won’t take the sandwich long to cook, but if it gets too hot too fast your sandwich will burn before the cheese melts.

The Sheaf highly recommends these adaptations of the traditional grilled cheese: Grilled mozzarella cheese and strawberry jam: This is our editor’s favorite! Feel free to switch up different jam choices and cheeses. Cream cheese is also a great option.

The grilled popper: Cheddar or cream cheese with chopped up jalapenos.

The classic: Cheddar, mustard and ham. This works best with shredded cheese and if you put the mustard smack dab in the middle.

Just add pickles: Grill together some mild cheddar and sliced dill pickles.

Grilled cheese pizza: Pizza sauce, your favourite pizza toppings, mozzarella and two pieces of your choice of bread.

PB, J and their cousin C: Peanut butter, jam and cream cheese.

The mix and match: Try mixing a few cheeses together.

For example, swiss and jalapeno

havarti go really well together.

Sweet and spicy: Jalapeno havarti and cranberry sauce The grilled swiss, mushroom and bacon: When using multiple ingredients always make sure to put your cheese down first; this creates a strong sticky base.

Crumple your mushrooms and bacon bits in between. Put a little more cheese on top of that, or a lot.

Cheddar and broccoli: Finely chop your pre-cooked broccoli, shred your cheddar and squish them together in some bread. Let everything melt together. Do not try to use raw broccoli, as it will not cook in the sandwich.

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“First lady” role sidelines talented women

First Lady Michelle Obama applauds at the Democratic National Convention.

KENDRA SCHREINER As Barack Obama’s popularity has plummeted over the past four years, First Lady Michelle Obama has become one of the most influential figures in America. Her rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention on Sept. 4 revealed just how powerful a first lady can be.

While President Obama’s campaign has benefited from his wife’s presence, she had to halt her own promising career for his.

This is almost universally common among the wives of national leaders, even though most spouses are highly educated and have successful careers of their own.

Obama, educated at Princeton and Harvard, worked for former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley before serving as associate dean of student services at the University of Chicago.

Both Obama and former first lady Hillary Clinton were lawyers prior to their husbands taking office and left their careers to support their husbands. Though Clinton has now successfully rebooted her career, serving in the Senate before being appointed

President Obama’s Secretary of State, she was set back eight years while her husband was in office.

As an intelligent and ambitious woman, her talent was wasted as she stood in the shadow of her husband.

Many Americans questioned Clinton’s prominent role in her husband Bill’s presidency, including her advocacy of extensive health care reform, which eventually failed. She was in the public so much it seemed difficult to hear her husband and many voters felt betrayed.

It is a mark of how rare it is for first ladies to continue working that French President François Hollande’s domestic partner made international headlines when she decided to continue working.

Hollande swept into power earlier in 2012, the first Socialist president since François Mitterrand left office in 1995, and his partner, Valérie Trierweiler, caused almost as much of a sensation when she decided to continue working as a journalist, even during the campaign; she moved into arts and culture reporting rather than political coverage to mitigate the conflict of interest.

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First lady is not a formal position, as she is given no salary and has no specific job description.

Even so, in the States they are given an office and a staff, and there are many demands related to the role. Throughout the history of the United States first ladies have wielded varying degrees of power, but this power is more often behind the scenes or of a less political nature than their husbands’.

Obama received standing ovations and cheers throughout her convention speech though she did not address policy or discuss her husband’s platform. She spoke instead of her husband’s values and portrayed him as a loving father and husband who cares deeply about American families.

The personal message lent a new perspective to the president, who at times comes across as distant and academic.

As in nearly all of her campaign speeches, Obama shared the story of her upbringing and her husband’s in order to relate with the everyday American. The empathetic message was clear: Americans can place their trust in a leader who has been through what

they have because he understands their needs.

Near the end of the speech, Obama referred to herself as “mom-in-chief” and said being a mother was her most important role. Over the past four years, she has sought to portray this caring mom image above all others. Most famously, her hugs have projected an image of her as a loving leader, but she has also taken on many family-oriented projects, such as veterans’ issues, organic gardening, childhood obesity and women’s health.

In the beginning of the 2008 presidential race, Obama was viewed quite differently. She was reluctant to enter the public eye for fear of what it might mean for their daughters.

The media and public labelled her as angry and bitter and her popularity in polls went down.

The lowest point came when she spoke in Milwaukee and said, “For the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country,” a statement that right-wing pundits publicized as proof that the Obamas are America-hating socialists. The misstatement was almost as serious as when Barack said that middle-

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Obama’s first instinct in the 2008 campaign was to argue Barack’s policies. Rather than sitting on the sidelines as most political spouses do, she began campaigning alongside her husband. However, the public reaction was negative and advisors saw the need for change. Since his election, she has been working to improve her image.

“Once she got into office, she realized that this was about [Barack] and it had to just be about him, or there was going to be a problem. She focused on issues that did not put her in the forefront and did not overshadow him,” Allison Samuels, a senior writer at Newsweek and author of What Would Michelle Obama Do? said in an interview with BBC news.

One of the earliest first ladies to step out of the shadows was Eleanor Roosevelt. She took up the cause of civil rights and rights for workers. She was the first presidential spouse to give interviews. This boldness was illreceived in some circles but it also influenced future political wives.

While no one frowns on her making speeches and supporting her husband, Obama has had to abandon her tough exterior and, according to Ohio University history professor Katherine Jellison, become “the kind of first lady that I think America is largely most comfortable with — the devoted wife and mother.”

Even without engaging in the political battle in a traditional sense, Ms. Obama clearly holds a lot of influence over the outcome of the upcoming election. After her latest address, a survey done

by Slate News revealed that nearly 50 per cent of people said that the speech made them more likely to vote for Barack.

In her speech, Obama stated the need to sacrifice to get ahead and to help others. Perhaps for now, the wives of politicians will need to continue to put aside their own careers for the sake of their husbands. Whether they are on the front lines or in the background, the first lady has made it clear just how much power the woman of the house wields.

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OPINIONS

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Stupid is as stupid does: the university’s de facto message board evolves

BRYN BECKER Web Editor

Everyone’s favourite University of Saskatchewan Facebook group, Stupid Things Overheard at the U of S, is growing up. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still pretty stupid. But it’s our stupid.

If you are a Facebook user and a member of the U of S community, you’re probably already familiar with it. The group allows members to post snippets of stupid and ostensibly funny conversations overheard on campus so other members can enjoy a laugh at their more dimwitted classmates’ expense.

Douchey and pretentious?

Quite possibly. Entertaining?

Undoubtedly.

Entertainment is the foundation on which Stupid Things was built five years ago and it remains the driving force behind much of the activity that happens on the page.

Photos from around campus, memes and rage comics also crop up from time to time. But lately the group has made a small shift toward more constructive subject matter. It’s an interesting shift and one that benefits the U of S online community.

At its core, Stupid Things is a relatively harmless, essentially good-natured outlet for U of S students on the web. It is built on a mutual understanding that we’re allowed to poke fun at people or things on campus so long as we accept that some day it could be our own foibles or fuck-ups featured on the page.

This seems to be the driving

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factor behind the group’s success.

It has ballooned to over 5,500 members in five years and is currently the largest group associated with the U of S on Facebook.

In a broad sense, the page has become the go-to message board for all things U of S. And while overheard stupid shit isn’t going anywhere, every so often a few nuggets of constructive discussion creep to the top of the page.

“What I am really pleasantly surprised about and proud of are the discussions that came up during the USSU elections,” Michelle Lang, founder of the group and current U of S law student, said of the March, 2012 U of S Students’ Union election.

“This group became a focal point for students to raise issues about the university.”

The trend of students turning to Stupid Things to talk about meatier issues picked up over the summer.

A few weeks ago, a comparatively

heavy discussion took place on the topic of Louis’ recent and, according to some, underwhelming renovations. Up until recently these discussions have typically been few and far between on the page, but as it grows they are starting to crop up more often.

Lang believes this is where the group has a chance to shine.

“It’s really hard to break student apathy,” she said. “Somehow this group became a way to get more students in touch with what other students are saying about their university.”

No one has used this aspect of the group more effectively than USSU Vice-President Operations and Finance Steven Heidel.

During the USSU elections last spring, he used his own Facebook page as well as Stupid Things to communicate with U of S students en masse.

Now he uses the group to get a feel for what students have to say on campus, although he is aware

of the group’s tendency to react negatively to topics they consider out of place (much like many other online communities).

“There have also been many potential ideas and solutions posted in response to some of these complaints,” Heidel said. “It is a very powerful tool to reach out to the U of S community.

“In the case of the USSU, tuition or Louis’, I have been monitoring and responding to the feedback when needed.”

Even so, Heidel and the rest of the USSU executive have no plans to use the group “for unsolicited USSU announcements.

People know where to find that information if they want it.”

Stupid Things may have become the de facto U of S message board simply because it beat every other group to the punch. After five years it has had more than enough time to mature, find its niche, excel in it and then push that boundary.

Keep in mind that when I say

that Stupid Things has matured, I’m picturing a transition along the lines of that loud and gossipy little sibling blossoming into a politically aware yet still mostly apathetic teenager.

As it turns out, this is a pretty good balance. If a post is funny or provocative, people will engage with it. If it’s lame or unworthy of the group’s attention, it will get shot down.

The fact that members of Stupid Things start and enthusiastically participate in real discussions about campus issues bodes well for the group.

“The organic nature of this group and the fact that there’s no overbearing moderator means that the members can shape what they want the group to be like simply by expressing their approval or disapproval at various [types of] content,” Heidel said. “It’ll be interesting to watch how the group continues to evolve.”

I would have dropped out without coffee TANNARA YELLAND Opinions Editor

I am a dyed-in-the-wool nerd who gets excited by the sight and the smell of school supplies.

I recall childhood mostly as a montage of going into Staples each August and looking at all the varieties of pens, pencils and notebooks. Graduation from DuoTangs to flimsily stapled notebooks to coiled ones and then, finally, to binders provided a measure for my ascent to maturity.

I no longer go on a school supply shopping spree each year.

The only thing I still need to stock up on is coffee.

After all, having the right supplies in class is only so helpful if I fall asleep 10 minutes into my three-hour seminar, and with only five other students in the class, I can’t easily get away with it.

I can bring all the highlighters and sticky notes in the world, but if I’m nodding off in the middle of a lecture I’m not going to be properly colour-coding my notes.

In fact, my notes from those days often look like a terrifying jumble of things my professor said mixed with dreams as intense as they are short-lived.

“The Tet Offensive was a decisive point in the war on teddy bears at the bridge canal” is, perhaps surprisingly, not very

helpful when studying for my History of the Vietnam War final.

This is why coffee is by far the most important school supply in my arsenal these days. When I have five dollars left, I don’t even

consider budgeting in more food in favour of coffee.

I can afford to forget my books once in a while because many of my professors intentionally choose textbooks and readings that can be

found in the library or online. I can afford to forget a pen and paper because my classmates are always willing to lend me a piece of paper or a pen, or email me the notes they typed.

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I can’t afford a school day without coffee.

Taking a break from studying to stretch your legs is also much more attractive when you have somewhere to go, like the coffee shop down the hall or across the street. If it weren’t for that destination I would undoubtedly spend every study break surfing the Internet, and those “breaks” always seem to last five or 45 minutes longer than I intend them to. This is just another way that drinking coffee keeps me focused and on-task.

Of course, there are downsides.

Drinking too much coffee is “bad” for your “health,” if you listen to “trained medical professionals.”

And I suppose I have had a couple of three- or four-coffee days that ended in me sweating and jittery, resting and waiting for my caffeine headache to go away.

But those days are few and far between, and a small price to pay for finishing my papers on time.

On the whole, coffee is what keeps me moving quickly through the day, and I thank Howard Schultz and Tim Horton every day I make it out of class with coherent notes and a happy professor.

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