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Mar. 14 - 20, 2013 | Volume 55, Issue 23 | carillonregina.com

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Every year, cities around the world come together to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle, and in resistance to the Israeli colonization and occupation of Palestinian land. The U of R and Regina community explored these issues of apartheid last week. Read all about it on page 6.

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contributors this week michael chmielewski alexandra potvin sylvia ijeomac madueke daniel fortier kevin chow paige kreutzwieser chelsea laskowski

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Elections. 4 Its that time again, when students get wrapped into student politics, choosing their next representatives. But, do students even know elections are coming up? Take a look at whos running for student executive and what they are promising students.

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Conservamonsters. 7 A good dinner party rule to follow is to avoid talking politics. And, in the event that you have Freddy or Jason over for dinner, don't invite me because I don't want to be murdered. Don't bring up who they voted for in the last election because you might not be happy with their answers.

The Carillon welcomes contributions to its pages. Correspondence can be mailed, e-mailed, or dropped off in person. Please include your name, address and telephone number on all letters to the editor. Only the authors name, title/position (if applicable) and city will be published. Names may be withheld upon request at the discretion of the Carillon. Letters should be no more then 350 words and may be edited for space, clarity, accuracy and vulgarity. The Carillon is a wholly autonomous organization with no afliation with the University of Regina Students Union. Opinions expressed in the pages of the Carillon are expressly those of the author and do not necessarily reect those of the Carillon Newspaper Inc. Opinions expressed in advertisements appearing in the Carillon are those of the advertisers and not necessarily of The Carillon Newspaper Inc. or its staff. 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 nonprot corporation. In keeping with our reckless, devil-may-care image, our ofce has absolutely no concrete information on the Carillons formative years readily available. What follows is the story thats been passed down from editor to editor for over forty years.

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the manifesto

In the late 1950s, the University of Regina planned the construction of several new buildings on the campus grounds. One of these proposed buildings was a bell tower on the academic green. If you look out on the academic green today, the rst thing youll notice is that it has absolutely nothing resembling a bell tower. The University never got a bell tower, but what it did get was the Carillon, a newspaper that serves as a symbolic bell tower on campus, a loud and clear voice belonging to each and every student. Illegitimi non carborundum.

Rugby rookies. 14 Oddly enough I have never really had the urge to try rugby. Strangely, the idea of people tackling me without any sort of equipment on just doesnt sound enjoyable. However, for those of you who like it rough, have at it.

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Confused McLellan. 16 Board of Governors Chair Paul McLellan sure has a lot of questions about what students and faculty want. Our Paul has questions too. Questions like Why arent Board of Governors meetings open? and Were you awake during the university council meeting, Mr. McLellan? In any case, he also has some snarky answers for our BoG chair.

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History is made

News Editor: Taouba Khelifa carillonnewseditor@gmail.com the carillon | mar. 14 - 20, 2013

After 37 years, the University of Regina Council meets to make changes

Dietrich Neu

Members of council assembled in the edcation auditorium for the rst time in over 30 years.

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editor-in-chief The voice of the University of Regina faculty got a little bit louder Wednesday. The University Council, an advisory body made up of over 300 University of Regina students and faculty, met for the first time in over 20 years to vote on several issues stemming from the U of Rs looming budget crunch. The historic moment saw the council vote on eight motions in total, passing all but one. However, the motions were simply formal recommendations by the council University President Vianne Timmons and the U of R board of governors will decide to what degree the councils decisions will be implemented. The media was allowed to attend, but was banned from recording the proceedings to ensure that all members are comfortable bringing forth their concerns, said Timmons, who chaired the meeting. The U of Rs education auditorium, the largest auditorium on campus, was packed, to the extent that many spectators were turned away due to a lack of room. One of the orders of business was a vote by the council that moved to freeze hiring of all nonunion administrative staff. The motion, put forth by Associate

Professor Susan Johnston, stated that the Universitys own budget data confirmed that administrative salaries have ballooned over the past seven years increasing 70 per cent over that time. The goal was to freeze hiring of nonunion administrative staff for the time being. Aside from a few positions, administrative spending has largely been left off the chopping block during the preparation for the budget cuts that will be publicly known in one week. In comparison, the English Department has faced massive cuts. According to Johnston, the beleagured department used to have access to 25 sessional instructors. Now, English will only recieve four. Timmons noted in a media scrum that there is not a clean divide between administration and faculty. Many of the administrative positions are in faculties, she said. Many of the work done to support students in distance eduAboriginal Student cation, Services, International Student Services Many of those positions are staffed by [administrators], but they serve the students and the academic mission. So we have to look at the context of the numbers, and the service provided. The motion also called for an external review of all university nances from 2000 through 2012. Several members of council indi-

cated that they were concerned about a freeze on administrative hiring, saying it will further prevent them from doing their jobs because they will have to focus on doing their own administrative work instead of teaching. The motion passed, although a count was needed. I think it is fantastic, said Jocelynn Marsden, who was one of only 11 students on the council. This gives us a bit of time to address the administrative staff on a lower and higher level. We can examine whether or not every position out there is useful. If we see that they are not effective, we can shuffle their responsibilities to other people on staff. I think that this will help, in part, to prevent the rising costs of administration, which is a good thing. The council also voted to create a university hiring committee to reduce the cost of university management, and create a threeyear plan to restore the universitys academic mission. Both motions were rooted in the widely-held belief that there needs to be more transparency regarding university spending. Several speakers noted that the faculty staff are put under a microscope and are forced to qualify all of their actions and spending. Im fine with that, but the university administration should be subject to the same scrutiny,

said one council member. Both motions passed easily. The only motion that failed to pass asked for a suspension of all executive council meetings until the University Council had met first. During the last University Council meeting in 1976, the executive council was created to be a representative body for the University Council. The failure of the motion means the executive council will continue to pass motions at separate meetings on behalf of the University Council. I think that this was an excellent meeting of council, and an example of collegial governance that is very positive, Timmons said to a cluster of reporters postmeeting. Many universities have council meetings as part of their regular procedure, but the University of Regina has not. My sense is that there is a lot of anxiety on this campus we have had a lot of changes happen on the campus and what I heard today was a lot of concern from the faculty. The council also passed motions to increase transparency regarding all university financial matters, halt structural changes to the faculies, create a scal think tank, and create a budget committee of council. U of R administration must now decide whether or not they are going to implement the changes that the council has sug-

gested. The only motion guaranteed to come to fruition is the creation of the budget committee, which will make recommendations to the board of governors on nancial decisions. According to one speaker, the board of governors would be able to reject the changes suggested by the committee, but would have to provide clear rationale behind their decisions, making everything transparent. Timmons said that, despite concerns about administrative transparency, she will absolutely make the rationale behind any decisions regarding the councils motions known. I will make everything public, she said. Student representation on the council was markedly low compared to meetings in the past. Out of a potential 50 seats, U of R students sat on only 11 voting positions. University of Regina Students Union President Nathan Sgrazzutti said that student underrepresentation on the council will not happen again. This time we didnt get our 10 per cent representation, he said. I can guarantee you that next time we will. This was the first time the University Council had met since 1976. Despite that, Timmons said she is looking to chair another meeting this term, if possible.

can examine whether or not every position out there is useful ... which is a good thing.

This gives us a bit of time to address the administrative staff on a lower and higher level. We
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Another year, another election

Elections are next week, do you know whos running?
Bart Soroka: running independently for VP External Affairs Kazi Mamun: running independently for President Imteaz Bhuiyan: running independently for VP Operations and Finance Mike Young: running with Students for Students for Student Affairs Brooke Paterson: running with Students for Students for VP External Affairs Mitchell Simpson: running with Students for Students for VP Operations and Finance Nathan Sgrazzutti: running with Students for Students for President
Taouba Khelifa

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Soroka: I think what makes me a good leader is I am really obsessive. Seriously. When I decide that something needs to get done, even if Im told no 100 times, I will nd 101 different ways to try to accomplish it, until somebody says, you know what, that one actually works. So, I think, my dedication to making sure that what I promise happens, is what makes me a good leader.

Bhuiyan: Currently, I am engaging with so many national and international societies. I have volunteered with Engineers Canada. Currently, I am an executive member of a student club, I am the responsible person for their nancial operations. I have been involved with so many societies back home as well. I feel myself as a student volunteer. I wont

Mamun: Last month, 13 of February, I arranged a peaceful human chain in Victoria Park ... demanding justice for the war criminal victims in Bangladesh. In a short preparation, I managed to gather around 50 people. In this cold winter, people [were] standing beside me to make this human chain, for one hour, outside. Our voices were heard, and the government of Bangladesh now is in the process to solve this problem. I believe I have this quality to speak for the people working together, while I am beside them, working with them.

Paterson: I think what makes me a good leader is Im a good listener. Its my job, if Im elected to VP external, to listen to the students, to listen to what they want me to ght for...and what organizations I should be involved in. I havent been a part of URSU before. That being said [that] leaves me as an open book, and Im open to any and all ideas of stuff that I can do, and organizations and people that I can be involved in.

Young: I would say the thing that makes me a good leader is that I want to be a servant. I want to serve the students, and I want to help make their lives better. Its not about getting people to follow me. I dont think thats my role, I wouldnt want that to be. What I want to be able to do is take advantage of what URSU is and what past people have done and then be able to go out and put that machinery to work, to make the lives of students better.

say I am a leader. I want to volunteer. I want to help people. I want to talk for people. I want to raise the voice of the students. I want to support students.

Sgrazzutti: To me, leadership, is the sum of all the parts of the people you work with. You can never have a successful leader who just works on their own. Its about finding people with great ideas, innovation, intelligence, and then finding those ways that people can t into this huge product, this organization like URSU. Ways that Mitch can be so good at finance and operations, and getting students in the Owl. Brooke is so good with working with outside businesses, Mike knows everything about our constitution, bylaws - literally everything. I think my favorite part of leadership is finding a way to make all these different parts meld together. Like putting it together in a puzzle, to create this bigger organization. What are some of the issues students want you to be advocating for?

students surcharge it has increased more than 400 per cent. These are some problems...[that] every student shares. The students who use the [gym] facilities use or not we pay $76 every semester. So, in a year, its more than $200. Another thing is our residence fee, it has also increased a lot in the last few years, and its also affecting the outside housing around the university. I would like to work on these issues.

Simpson: I guess a leader for me is leading by action. Not necessarily just going to the Owl, and hoping people follow to bring business there, but actively go out and tell the students, lets go to the Owl tonight, theres an event there. Actively trying to promote it, and not just be this guy who says oh Im going to do this, oh Im going to do that. Lead by example, thats a leader to me.

Mamun: Our tuition fee, from 2009 to 2012, it has increased more than 27 per cent. Our international

Soroka: The Academic Program Review needs to ensure that we arent just slashing classes willynilly. We need to make sure we arent losing professors in departments like the arts, which have just lost about 100 sessional instructors which is crazy. Im sure that the students also want us to make sure were including the Womens Centre, UR Pride, Planned Parenthood for awesome weeks like the 16 Days of Activism, the Sexual Health Week, and all the other great things we can do on campus.

Young: We hear a lot of issues. I would say that parking would be rst. Not maybe in terms of importance, but in terms of something that students complain about a lot. When youre paying two, three, four hundred dollars

Bhuiyan: The most common issues for so many students is housing. You can see the average cost of housing for a student is $650, on campus housing. Compared to that, if you see on the outside, its about $450 to $500, on average. Students are paying about $200 [more] per month excess. Ethnic foods, for the international people [is also a problem.] There is different cultural people who want foods similar to their culture [but] they have to go outside [to get it], and in a busy day, thats not possible. The tuition fees [are also a big problem] for students as well. This year it has increased up to 8 per cent. In Statistics Canada, you will nd that we are paying the second highest in the country. And if you consider it for the international students, the situation is worst than that. Surcharge for international students has increased by 33 per cent this year.

for parking every year, and you cant nd a spot, thats very aggravating. Secondly, is the academic program review. The academic mission of the University is central to it. It is the reason this university exists. And when academic programs are being deleted, removed, or changed we feel thats a bit of a problem. The last thing would be sustainability both in terms of nances, and in terms of environmental stuff.

Simpson: I would love to say that theres just three issues, but unfortunately thats not the case. We have a bunch of issues. Food is the rst one, for students here on campus. Also food for international students coming here isnt great. Tuition and housing costs is another really big issue. Parking no one wants to wake up an hour early just to nd a parking spot. Building a student community where the students want to come out to the sporting events, they want to try out for the drama team...Its about building on that and continuing the growth in all of those.

Paterson: I think I will speak more so to the student issues that really effect VP external. I think one of that is the lack of community involvement and student involvement. Whether thats people not attending the Owl, people not trying out for their student societies, people not wanting to be involved in the U of R. Thats something I really want to work on.

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Sgrazzutti: I think the number one thing for me that I want to work on is the student apathy thats affecting campus. The easiest and best way for a union to show strength is through its membership. If we have 13,000 students actively involved in the issues that effect them day to day...thats going to be the way we can come together and actually force that change. And if we get that apathy to disappear entirely, that would be a huge thing for this organization. There seems to be a lack of student engagement and participation in student politics. Why do

This years candidates (clockwise): Nathan Sgarzzutti, Mike Young, Brooke Paterson, Imteaz Bhuiyan, Kazi Mamun, Bart Soroka, Mitchell Simpson you think that is? How do you plan to get students excited about important issues? monolithic wall of people that would be standing against them when theyre just trying to be on their own.

Soroka: In the last two years, I have run on slates for the University of Regina Students Union. This year, I decided to run independently, and its incredibly difficult to run independently. Everybody youre running against has way more resources, everyone youre running against has an entire team out there, dedicated to getting themselves votes. I think that there are people who would love to run for the students union, but just cant because they have this huge

part of URSU before. That being said [that] leaves me as an open book, and Im open to any and all ideas of stuff that I can do, and organizations and people that I can be involved in.
Brooke Paterson

I havent been a

Bhuiyan: This year, if you see the [election] candidates, there are so many positions acclaimed. Students are not interested, so I am really interested to work on that. Probably one of the best ways to do that is we can organize an event. Even as a general meeting, or something like that [where students can talk with us,] and we can gure it out, why they are not interested in the student politics. We have to let them know what

Mamun: What I found as the most important problem is students dont know what URSU is doing. If you see last years elections, we have less than 10 per cent votes. So, even though we are saying URSU is representing 13,000 students, its not. My main goals will be involved with the students. Students should have some time when they can talk to the executives. They dont need an appointment or anything like that. We should have a talk every month, just for a few hours, so we can listen to them. If we know their problems, if we stand for them, if they see we are talking for them, I believe they will be involved.

services URSU can offer, what can URSU do for them. Its not a place where you will only go for buying bus tickets. Young: Right now our elections by-laws says you have a 7-day nomination period, and then a 14 day campaign period. We would add an additional 7-day period before that for which to advertise the upcoming nominations. Were going to put that in to try to up student involvement. The second thing is since the CFS referendum, that caused a lot of student political turmoil...and people got super involved. Prior to that, there wasnt really a big issue like that on campus, people didnt get involved as much. So, I think the way to do it is advertise the nominations that are upcoming, and the second thing is nd the issues which students care about and let them know theyre happening.

Simpson: To be honest, Im just going to agree with Brooke right there.

about that, its going to really push students to want to get involved. Another thing I think to focus on is look on a small scale. I actually noticed with a lot of student societies that theyre having the same issue [with engagement] that we are school-wide. If we cant get people to be involved in a small society, how can we get them involved in a grand scale?

Paterson: Im a marketing major and were simply not marketing it strong enough that were having these elections. We need to push people to get involved in our school. So I think advertising is one thing. I think also, we need to build on, as Mike said, getting these issues that are going on known. If we are advertising these, and letting people know

Sgrazzutti: I think this is an attestment to the ability thats created by having a slate...these lines of acclimation...wouldnt have even happened if the four of us were not actively going out and asking students, are you interested in getting involved? Are you interested in representing your society? Students who are within the students union each year, its their duty to make sure that there are people coming up after them. If we continue to do this one year, stop, restart, nothings going to get done. Having the ability to go search and say, yes, please run. I will work with you. I will help you in this campaign, thats a definite way of getting students involved.

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Breaking the apartheid

Reginas third annual Israeli Apartheid Week
kristen mcewen
news writer An apartheid is a system that commits crimes against humanity. According to the United Nations, these crimes are inhuman acts resulting from the policies and practices of apartheid and similar policies and practices of racial segregation and discrimination. Susana Deranger says apartheid still exists in Canada today. Deranger spoke on a discussion panel in the First Nations University atrium on March 7. Jaqueline Anaquod was also a speaker at the event. The panel was part of the series the Regina Solidarity Group lined up for Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). This year, the events take place from March 5 to 17. Apartheid is still happening here, Deranger said. And I was connecting those dots [at the discussion,] and seeing how we could all support one another. The topic of the discussion, Negotiating Spaces: Apartheid in Canada and Palestine, compared the hardships of First Nations people and Palestinians. When youre denying people their basic rights and their basic needs, like if you look at reserves, the reserves dont have paved roads, Deranger said. Theres a lack of running water on reserves, theres a lack of electricity, theres a lack of health care and thats whats being denied to Palestinians as well. Deranger can personally relate to Palestinians losing their homes and land in Israel since she lost her home during the 1970s in Cardinal Lake, SK. Palestinians go to jail, she said. A disproportionate number of First Nations are in jail. [Governments are] tearing down homelands, they took us away from our homelands. Its appalling to know that its happening in Palestine, and its heartbreaking because of the outright killing and murder thats happening, Deranger said. Its just on a slower scale here. Its more subtle here, but its happening right here and its just as appalling here and people have to remember that. And thats why we need to connect the dots and we have to understand that the Palestinian struggle is our struggle, and our struggle is their struggle, and we need one another. IAW is an event held every year in March, in more than 200 cities and campuses around the world, to raise awareness about the Israeli governments policies on Palestinian people. Israeli Apartheid Week is an event held every year...to raise awareness about the Israeli governments current policies that are occupying Palestinian land and kind of oppressing [Palestinians] there. and not allowing them to have equal rights to Israeli people, said RPIRG outreach and events coordinator, Halena Seiferling. The goal of IAW is to raise

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Reginas Israeli Apartheid week raises awareness about human rights violations and apartheid systems against Palestinians awareness about these policies as well as gain support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against the Israeli government. The BDS campaign intends to stop the purchase and support of any Israeli product. The week is about different types of events - public lectures, documentary screenings, talks, that sort of thing - to raise awareness of it, Seiferling said. To let people know how they can become involved in a non-violent movement to pressure the Israeli government to change their ways. To hopefully start a [BDS] movement and show solidarity with the Palestinian people. During a teach-in on March 5 about the situation in Palestine, Kay Niedermayer, a member of the RPIRG board of directors, said IAW was developed in response to a grassroots call from Palestine in 2005. Though the BDS movement would affect Palestinians, Niedermayer said the Palestinians have said they would endure a bit more pain in order to get something to happen, and gain freedom. Niedermayer said a number of things need to happen in Israel, including peaceful talks, ending the occupation of Palestinian territories, and restoring rights or return to the nearly 6 million Palestinian refugees. This [is] a right that has been recognized by the UN and the international community but has yet to be recognized by the Israeli government, she said. IAW has received some criticism from the Canadian government. Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney,

released as statement on March 4 about the activities held during the week. Operating under the guise of academic freedom, Israel Apartheid Week is a misleading attempt to delegitimize and demonize the only true liberal democracy in the Middle East, the statement reads. IAWs organizers choose to promote inammatory propaganda over civil and enlightening debate. Their approach is at odds with the Canadian values of tolerance and mutual respect, and prevents meaningful dialogue from taking place. Seiferling disagrees with what the minister has to say. Theres a number of problems with Kenneys reply, but basically I think the important thing is in that statement he talked about how IAW was silencing

some people and sort of censoring the message, she said. And I think the important thing to note about that is we are often being silenced and [are being] censored ourselves. For example, here at the University of Regina, some posters for the Israeli Apartheid Week events have been taken down...So that was [concering] to see that voice in the argument was trying to be silenced. Seiferling added that IAW wants to promote respectful conversations with everybody, and we can share our opinions, and we can all learn from each other. But we need to be able to have that voice in order to do so, she said. Niedermayer added that there is a clear distinction IAW makes between the Israeli government and Israeli people. The conversations we have are not intended to spread hate speech against any one group of people because of their religious or ethnic identity, but to hold a government accountable, she said. I believe that there are nonviolent solutions to this conict, and that it is possible and just for people to share the land and have access to equal human rights and services. IAW is hosting a final event called Artists Against Apartheid on March 17 at the Artful Dodger. Local visual and performance artists will stand against apartheid through through creative ways of resistance. Doors to the event open at 7 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m. Admission is free of charge.

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Conservative politicians use horror villains to slash and hack away all progressive values
Monsters and slashers all vote Tory
im not angry
kyle leitch
arts writer While paying due attention in lm class last week, a professor raised an interesting concept that I thought I would share with you all. Over the course of the lecture, aforementioned professor suggested that horror films, and, more specically, the slasher lms of the 1970s and 80s were representations of Conservative political policies, albeit cartoonishly over-exaggerated ones. As I have been known to do when someone challenges my rmly established paradigms, I scoffed, Surely, you jest! Perhaps the professor didnt hear me, because the lesson moved on without the slightest pause to acknowledge what was a well-phrased query. Surely, he jests? I asked my neighbour. Fuck off, my neighbour responded, going back to the doodles adorning every margin of every page of his notebook. Its okay, I nodded. Surely, he jests. But still, I couldnt get the nagging idea out of my head. The night after that fateful lecture, I sequestered myself in my living room beside me, a veritable cornucopia of bloodlust. Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Michael Meyers, and Tommy

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string up the light xtures. I guarantee you they were either having intercourse out of wedlock, were abusing a controlled substance, or were discussing something guaranteed to piss off your local Conservative MPs. Ask yourself what a Conservative MP hates more than teenagers, drugs, sex, and abortions? And, suddenly, it hit me. This is how the Conservatives have been exerting their power in Canadian politics for so long. They get into power, and then they use their cronies summoned literally from the very depths of hell to murder their competition in cold blood. All Im saying is, whos heard from Joe Clark, lately? Jason, Freddy, Michael, Leatherface I expected more from you. I honestly thought you killed regardless of political afliation. I can assure you, gentlethat whatever the men, Conservatives are paying you, we, as a collective body could easily double it to stop your mercenary work for the Conservatives, and make a few more sequels each. Shall we set the rst shooting day, say, March 21, 2013? Im not angry. Honest.

March 15 Pass the Hat The Club Donations Doors at 8:00 PM The FAPS, Vivisepulture, One Time Twice, and Galactic Funk The German Club $5 at the door Doors at 8:00 PM The Jack Semple Band The Artesian $25 advance/door price Doors at 7:00 March 16 Tinsel Trees w/The Spoils The Exchange $10 at the door Doors at 8:00 PM March 18 Electric Six w/The Matinee The Exchange $18 advanced tickets Doors at 8:00 PM March 20 Combat Improv The Artesian $5 at the door Show at 8:00 March 21 Fly Points, The Dead South, and Eden Rohatensky The Exchange $10 at the door Doors at 7:30 PM

Leatherface Hewitt would be my only company that cold night in this foul year of the Common Era, 2013. First on the docket was Jason. Surely Friday the 13th wouldnt let me down. Okay, things are looking good: teenagers getting high and screwing, Jason putting the machete to them, and wait. Hold on: teenagers. Drugs. Sex. Oh no. I ejected the DVD getting slightly more panicked now. Nightmare on Elm Street? Freddy killed without discrimination, right? He got you in your dreams, right?! Teenagers. Drugs. Sex. Abortions. Oh, fuck.

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Mike? Leatherface? Teenagers. Drugs. Sex. Oh fuckety fuckety fuck! This is bad. This is really, really bad. How could I have not noticed the patterns? They had been in place since before the turn of the century! These movie monsters are the metaphorical archangels sent by Conservative politicians to punish the things that they hate most. Think about your favourite slasher movie. Now, think about your favourite kill you sick bastard. Now, think about the victim. Think about what they were engaged in immediately before their intestinal tracts were used to

Bird is the word

U of R Theatre Departments production of The Birds underway
paul bogdan
arts editor It wont be long before we start to see birds migrating back here from the south. But, if youve been hanging around the theatre department lately, you will have noticed no shortage of feathers, as performances of the Aristophanes classic, The Birds, have begun. Despite being over two thousand years old, The Birds is nonetheless a timeless piece, and Canadian playwright Yvette Nolans adaptation helps to modernize the work. The story is that two people ee from Toronto because they cant stand the city anymore, and they head off to the utopian land of the birds. But like any perfect situation, humans tend to screw things up. It is a utopia, and like all good utopias, man tends to want to make them better, said Kenn McLeod, who is directing the play. Other than being a foundational piece in the dramatic canon, this production of The Birds will feature an emphasis on the style of physical theatre, where, along with memorizing lines and stage due dates loom, McLeod said hes glad to be back at the U of R campus. Its great to have an opportunity to work on a piece of theatre with some of my old colleagues and old professors from when I was here and a whole bunch of new people who Ive never met before, he said. The production also features an elaborate set with high scaffolding as a means of bring[ing] a lot of verticality to the piece given that its a play about the birds, McLeod said. But, creating something like this wasnt a simple task by any means. Its not easy to take a drawing and turn it into a reality ... they take a drawing and turn it into a place where actors can safely stand and not plummet to their death. Performances for The Birds began on March 13 and run until March 16 with all showtimes are at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for adults are $15, student and senior tickets are $10, and admission is free for anyone with a valid U of R student ID.

directions, handstands are part of our daily practice. The majority of the work that Ive been doing and have been training in and working with on the show is all physical theatre, so a lot of acrobatics, some clown and masque and those forms of theatre, McLeod said. McLeod, a U of R theatre department alumnus, was chosen to

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direct this play for his expertise in physical theatre. I was asked to come back and work on this piece because I do physical theatre, and this was an opportunity to train and teach the students in those forms and have a production that was deeply rooted in that style, McLeod said. And, despite the looks on students faces as paper and project

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Fruition

On March 8, the Visual Art Department held their reception for its graduating class exhibition, Fruition, at the Mackenzie Art Gallery, and the Carillon was there to take photos of the works and cash in on the free yummies. The exhibition runs until April 7 and features works from all 22 artists of the graduating class.

Chlo LaRose Dufour

Aaron Davis

Kyle Duckerin

Miranda Brown

Teiji Wallace-Lewis

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ARTS ROUNDTABLE
NDPs, Confused administration, and Koreas, oh my!

cambrotenmla.ca

Cam Broten going under the needle looking hard as fuck

kyle leitch, paul bogdan, michael chmielewski, julia dima

some folks with opinions 1. What do you think of Cam Broten's winning the provincial NDP leadership race?

KL: Honestly, I thought smart money was on Trent Wotherspoon. Broten sort of won the thing from out of nowhere, as far as Im concerned. At any rate, any new face on the NDP is going to be better than Lingenfelters. PB: I have no real thoughts on this, so hopefully Cam Broten can change my apathy into caring about the NDP on a provincial level.

JD: Wow, there are many thoughts--mostly, that this university is a lot more divided than I realized. Its very upsetting and concerning, from a student's perspective. 3. How is U of R Board of Governors Chair Paul McLellan so confused?

MC: My Latin prof put it best afterwards: shitshow.

nonetheless. Also, I think its great the faculty and students are being more and more vocal, but ultimately, Board of Governors meetings are still closed.

JD: Oh, it never will. North Korea is like the douche at the bar that calls a girl a dyke if she doesn't let him buy her a drink. They will skulk off into the darkness and get hammered on Bacardi and coke with their bro, Vietnam, for the rest of the night. Idiotic, but harmless.

5. What's the best meal you can nd on campus?

KL: Speaking of foot-long sandwiches, Ive lately rediscovered how cheap and relatively okay a sandwich from Hendersons can be. Its not worth the miles-deep line that usually forms there, but its not bad, either. PB: Global Village usually has

some pretty okay meals, but the Owls lunch specials are generally the best bang for your buck.

MC: My go-to is the Turkey Bacon wraps at the Owl. JD: Do the fresh cinnamon buns at Luther Lynk count as a meal? Well, they do for me, and they are damn good.

MC: Most my NDP friends seemed to be singing praises of Ryan Meili, predicting he would win. But it was close nevertheless, and Broten has got his work really cut out for him. I dont envy the guy. JD: Not enough facial hair. But, seriously, I wish Ryan won because of his facial hair and the social idealism that seems to have completely departed from the NDP since Jack died. 2. What are your thoughts on the University Council meeting (the first in over 30 years) that happened last Wednesday?

MC: I honestly havent read what he said, and I dont want to. Im already getting pretty depressed about all the bullshit at this university. JD: CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT? HUH? WHERE ARE MY CAR KEYS?

PB: Puppet Master Brad Wall must have forgot to tell him what to think about the University Council meeting.

KL: Years of experience, I guess.

PB: There were some clear divides in the faculty on the issues, and from where I was sitting I couldnt really tell as to where those lines were drawn, but it was interesting

KL: Can you even legitimately call it the University Council if it hasnt met in over thirty years? At that point, isnt a meeting like that just a freak occurrence?

MC: I think this situation is similar to The Mouse That Roared. North Korea will start a war to get invaded and after the loss, receive tons of humanitarian aid.

PB: I honestly cant tell if this situation is all a bluff or if the North Korean government is actually insane enough to do this.

KL: About as long as it takes Kim Jong-un to devour a foot-long hoagie.

4. How long before Seoul gets leveled by North Korea and shit hits the fan?

en franais en Pauvres jeunes, enjeux

milieux scolaires
alexandra potvin
contributrice Le monde de lducation aujourdhui fait prsentement face de nombreux enjeux. Certains lves ont des troubles de comportements, tandis que dautres ont des difficults dapprentissage. En 2013, nous nous retrouvons dans une socit compltement diffrente que lorsquon la compare aux sicles passs. Les temps ont bien changs. On entend parler la radio, la tlvision et dans les journaux de ces dfis auxquels notre socit fait prsentement face. Plusieurs dentre nous connaissent des gens qui luttent contre ces problmes mondiaux. Parmi certaines familles dans notre socit daujourdhui, le combat contre la pauvret savre un phnomne trs difficile. Certaines personnes nont mme pas les ressources ou les moyens pour se trouver un foyer. Les effets de la pauvret pourraient nuire lapprentissage des lves qui subissent les effets de la pauvret et les problmes familiaux qui sont vcus hors du milieu scolaire. Les statistiques nous montrent que ces lves auront beaucoup plus de difcult l-

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cole et que cela affecte leur vie quotidienne. Certains lves peuvent arriver lcole sans dner ou mme avec des vtements trous ou endommags. Dautres peuvent avoir des comportements agressifs ou apathiques qui peuvent tre mal perus comme un manque de politesse. Les effets secondaires de la pauvret se font de plus en plus vidents. Selon Eric Jensen, auteur du livre Pauvret et apprentissage, les comportements de ceux-ci auront tendance irriter, dconcerter ou frustrer les enseignants. Il in-

Alegri Romania

dique quil est important dviter dtiqueter, de rabaisser ou de blmer ces lves : Il est beaucoup plus facile de condamner le comportement d'un lve et de lui demander de le modier par lui-mme que de laider y parvenir. . Selon certaines tudes, les relations sociales que tissent les lves (avec leurs pairs, les adultes rencontrs lcole et les membres de leur famille) exercent une influence bien plus grande que prvue sur leur comportement. Les lves qui sont affects

par la pauvret et la violence auront un comportement diffrent de celui des lves qui ont ts levs dans des milieux aiss. Par exemple, ceux-ci arriveront souvent en retard, auront des dfis motionnels et feront preuve dinscurit. De plus, il ou elle pourra avoir des difficults relies la sant et la scurit en plus de stress chronique. Ce stress est li plus de 50% des absences. Le stress nuit lattention et la concentration des enfants. De plus, la motivation, la dtermination et leffort sont affects. Par con-

squent, les habilets cognitives, cratives et la mmoire sont rduites. Selon Jensen, les lves qui proviennent de milieux dfavoriss nont pas eu la chance de tisser des relations solides et scurisantes avec des adultes. En consquence, ceux-ci napprennent pas rgir de faon motionnelle saine, et approprie face aux situations de la vie quotidienne. Ceci aura en consquence une inuence ngative sur leurs rsultats scolaires. En consquence, le milieu scolaire peut tre pour lenfant un refuge o il se sent en scurit. Le rle de lenseignant dans une telle situation se manifeste par de multiples stratgies et comportements adopter. Dans ces cas, lenseignant se trouve tre conseiller, travailleur social et parfois mme une gure parentale. Il est indispensable de bien connaitre le rle de lenseignant dans de telles situations complexes. Les enseignants qui ont moins dexprience de travail avec les lves qui proviennent de milieux dfavoriss pourraient se sentir dbords. Il faut alors quun systme daction soit mis en place et il est ncessaire davoir un partenariat avec la direction, les services sociaux, et tout autre partie prenante.

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en franais 10

Brunch, smog, et portmanteau - lamalgamation lexicale du franais

sylvia ijeoma c. madueke
contributrice On entend parler de mots comme franglais, pomate, bit, smog, midinette, alicament, stagation, etc. Trs rarement, on pense au procd en jeu dans la formation de ces mots, ni leur morphologie, ni lorigine du procd. Tracer lorigine de lamalgame se montre aussi difficile et compliqu que sa dconstruction parce que le phnomne semble traverser plusieurs disciplines dtude, savoir : la littrature, la linguistique, la psychologie et les aires banales. Cette traverse surtout littraire fait que le phnomne est peu apprci en linguistique. Pour les linguistes, le concept appartient purement la littrature et pour les littrateurs, cest le meilleur jeu de mots. La cration de lamalgame en France, a t influence par langlais. En Angleterre, la matire est atteste depuis 1895. Cest grce cette influence que les mots comme smog (smoke + fog) et brunch (breakfast + lunch) ont t imposs dans la langue franaise. titre dillustration, le mot smog brouillard enfum est attest en franais en 1953.

Cependant, linfluence anglaise nimplique pas labsence dune anthologie historique du phnomne en franais. Loin de cela ! Le travail de Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, crivain et mathmaticien britannique, mieux connu sur le pseudonyme de Lewis Carroll est le vrai dclencheur de lamalgamation lexicale. En consquence, les tudes subsquentes sur le procd sancrent dans son ?uvre. Carroll est rput dtre linventeur du nom originel portmanteau en 1872 dans son ouvrage Through Looking Glass (De lautre cot du

Dietrich Neu

miroir) :

Humpty Dumpty : Well slithy means lithe and slimy. You see its a like a portmanteau there are two meanings packed up into one word.

Alice: ..And slithy?

Le terme portmanteau a pos un grand d dans la langue franaise. Il y avait des difcults de traduction de ce mot anglais qui a t originellement emprunt en franais comme portemanteau . La difficult se trouve surtout au niveau de la traduction

correcte de lide oue que veut reprsenter Lewis Carroll. Il est important de noter que Carroll, bgue, tait fascin par la logique et le monde des petites lles, ce qui suggre la caractristique ludique des mots-valises selon son tiquetage en France. Ds le moyen ge, le mot valise se rvlait dans le vocabulaire franais. On trace les crations surtout chez les crivains franais qui les introduisent dans leurs ?uvres, surtout dans le contexte humoristique. Cette collocation humoristique de telles formations renforce aussi lattribution des amalgames aux jeux soit tort soit

raison. Daprs lhistorique, lamalgame a t en existence travers cinq sicles de lhistoire littraire franaise avant quil ne soit nomm. Toute comme les autres procds de formation de mots en franais, ce procd est productif dans la formation de nouvelles units lexicales en franais. Il se manifeste une prolifration des dnitions au fur et mesure que le procd multiplie dans la langue et selon ses comportements morphologiques. Daprs lesquisse dnitoire, lamalgamation lexicale est la fusion dune ou deux units smantiques autonomes, lun de qui a subi une troncation : lapocope, laphrse ou la syncope. Nous avons relevs quelques mots forms par le procd pour votre digestion et pour vous inciter en servir an de former vos propres mots ! Tlbrit - clbrit + tlvision Cordolances - condolances + cordial

Tranquillitude tranquillit + quitude Modem - modulateur + dmodulateur

Idle No More: Quand les prjugs l'emportent

daniel fortier
contributeur Connu sous le nom de Fini l'immobilisme au Canada franais, ce mouvement pancanadien s'est grandement fait critiqu. Parmi les commentaires entendus, on dit que les autochtones sont manipuls par leurs chefs, des individus trs riches qui pensent seulement leur intrt personnel. On dit que ces chefs sont contre le Bill C45, parce que ces changements proposs leur enlveraient du pouvoir. On dit aussi que le mouvement est ou, qu'il n'a pas d'objectif fixe. On a ridiculis les demandes d'entretien avec le Gouverneur Gnral, aprs tout, la couronne ne singre plus dans les affaires canadiennes. Finalement, on dit que les Premires Nations du Canada doivent arrter de vivre dans le pass et qu'ils doivent mettre de ct les vnements malheureux du pass pour s'intgrer pleinement la socit canadienne. Que la perptuelle dpendance sur le Gouvernement canadien devra cesser un jour, cest une relation malsaine pour les deux partis aprs tout. Cette critique est pertinente et soulve des questionnements lgitimes mais elle est aussi teinte de prjugs et dignorance par rapport aux traits et lgislation canadienne. Elle prsuppose que la page est tourne, que le Canada n'agit plus comme au temps de l'Acte des Sauvages (maintenant connu sous le nom de lActe des Indiens). Elle repousse du revers de la main l'historique de la politique indienne au Canada (Canadian Indian Policy), un historique rempli dembches qui ont considrablement ralenti le dveloppement conomique sur les rserves. Deux de ces politiques furent mises en place aprs les vnements troubles de 1885. La premire demandait quiconque voulant sortir de sa rserve de se procurer une passe pralablement. Lagent indien local pouvait dcider de la donner ou non, comme bon lui semblait. Voil prcisment le type dattitude que nous reproduisons toujours de nos jours, une gouvernance vers le bas qui ne se proccupe pas du point de vue de celui que lon veut aider . La deuxime fut instaure en 1889 suite la pression de colons blancs. Certaines rserves taient devenues comptitives sur le march, une politique dagriculture de subsistance fut donc instaure. Les nouvelles mesures empchaient un autochtone dutiliser de la machinerie agricole et il devait travailler avec des outils rudimentaires tels que des moulins main ou des faux. Selon Hayter Reed, commissaire aux affaires indiennes : Lindien ne pouvait pas passer dun tat sauvage un tat civilis sans passer par ltat barbare, ce bon irait lencontre dune volution culturelle naturelle. Ces mesures nexistent plus de nos jours et il ne faut pas ignorer les progrs et les efforts entrepris par le gouvernement pour amliorer sa politique indienne. Nanmoins, lActe des Indiens agit toujours comme un frein au dveloppement conomique sur les rserves. De plus, les prjugs tels que : les autochtones vivent

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dans le pass; ils sont dpendants; et ils rsistent au changement sont les mmes aujourdhui qu lpoque de lannexion de lOuest au Canada. On disait aussi que les autochtones taient paresseux et quils taient mauvais agriculteurs et on utilisait ce raisonnement pour expliquer la pauvret et les hauts taux de mortalit sur les rserves. De nos jours, ces allgations

sont rfutes et la politique indienne est srieusement montre du doigt. Par contre, le discours populaire est toujours le mme et se cache sournoisement dans la phrase : Il faut tourner la page. Mais lActe des Indiens est ses provisions existent toujours et le rcent mouvement est lantithse de la stagnation, il sappelle Fini limmobilisme aprs tout.

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sports
ROUNDTABLE
braden dupuis, autumn mcdowell, paige kreutzwieser
this weeks roundtable The U of R will play host to the CIS Womens National Basketball Championships next weekend, will you be attending any of the games to help cheer on the Cougars? The Regina Pats will miss the playoffs for the fourth time in ve years. What needs to change for the team to consistently be a playoff contender? Dupuis: Ill be there with my camera, recorder, notepad and pens, and probably a beer in each hand as well come to think of it, I may need another hand. You should all be there too, friends. Our bball team rocks and theyre playing for a national championship at home. They deserve our support, and I deserve an extra hand. Kreutzwiser: They need to clearly put up more billboards around the city of them holding cell phones. Dupuis: I dont know. Maybe they need to...play better...or something? Haha. Sorry. I watched the Pats play exactly once this year and I cant name a single player on the team. In short, I am dangerously under qualified to be answering this question, but I have a feeling Im not the only one.

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Kreutzwiser: I would love to go and watch the team, considering its here in the city, and to cheer on the our girls, especially Kehlsie Crone, who is making MJ real proud! McDowell: Oh I will denitely be there. Whether or not all of the members of the womens basketball team will be happy Im there is another story. But, I will be cheering them on, hopefully to a first place finish. Interviewing people after they win is so much less awkward. The Saskatchewan Roughriders have made many moves so far this off-season; which change are you the least happy with?

McDowell: Well, the Pats veterans were bitten by the injury bug continuously this season, which denitely didnt help matters, especially on defence. Pats 20-yearold captain Colton Jobke had numerous injuries to deal with resulting in him only playing in 28 games this season, leaving the defence in young, inexperienced hands. On the upside, with all of the playing time the youngsters got on the blue line, the Pats will be back to playoff contention in the near future. What has been your favourite moment from this years Brier? (Be honest if you didnt watch it at all.)

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Dupuis: For the most part, the additions have outweighed the subtractions this off-season, but if I had to choose, I would say Im least happy with the departure of Odell Willis. He took a lot of bad penalties, but he was entertaining as all hell. Im also pretty sure hes clinically insane, and I can relate to that. Kreutzwiser: Just wary about Foley/Anderson combo but, as Ive been told, we shouldnt judge a book or books by their covers.

Dupuis: My favourite moment was when I put on TSN expecting SportsCentre, noticed they were showing the Brier and immediately changed the channel. Aint nobody got time for that shit. Kreutzwiser: Since Im writing an article on this, I really dont want to answer, but since I have to, I will say I got a good chuckle from Brad Gushues fall. Poor guy, hes just the black sheep.

McDowell: Well, besides the fact that I am still bitter that we have yet to trade Chris Butterngers Getzlaf, I am rather upset about the departure of Odell Willis. Not only was Odell a riot to watch on the field, he was also always a threat to sack the opposing quarterback. He was also always a threat to take an untimely penalty, but thats another story.

McDowell: I didnt watch it at all. Ive never really been into curling and nd it incredibly boring as a matter of fact. I also nd it incredibly annoying when they continuously yell hurry hard! as if their teammates dont know what their doing and if their continuous yelling somehow makes a difference.

Kreutzwiser: Hands down it would have to be Rory McIlroy. I lived in Ireland, so I know how the Irish celebrate on St. Pattys day and needless to say, McIlroy has more money than all of the Irish I partied with combined. That would be a perfect St. Patricks day for me.

jor disservice if I said anyone other than St. Patrick himself Patrick Roy. The guys got a mean temper, and I have a feeling he can really slam em back the perfect drinking buddy for a good old-fashioned St. Patricks day shitshow.

Nice pot.

Most legitimate question: Which athlete, dead or alive, would you most want to party with on St. Patricks day? Dupuis: I would be doing my French-Canadian heritage a ma-

McDowell: This might be the most difficult question that has ever been on the roundtable. Oh god so many choices, I dont want to just waste my choice on an obvious answer, so I think Ill go with former terrible Roughrider quarterback Nealon Greene. Then it would be perfectly acceptable for me to ridicule him for being the worst QB in Rider history, because I would be drunk. That, and his last name is Greene. Get it?

My favourite moment was when I put on TSN expecting

SportsCentre, noticed they were showing the Brier and immediately changed the channel. Aint nobody got time for that shit.
Braden Dupuis

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Championships, here we come

The Cougars womens basketball team has something to prove
Championship

Schedule:
Friday, March 15 1:00 pm: Quarternal #1 Windsor (1) vs. Ottawa (8) 3:00 pm: Quarternal #2 Carleton (4) vs. Calgary (5) 6:30 pm: Quarternal #3 Regina (3) vs. McGill (6) Access7 8:30 pm: Quarternal #4 Saint Mary's (2) vs. Fraser Valley (7)
broadcast nationwide on The Score, bringing national recognition to the U of R. Its a good way to demonstrate the quality of our school, the quality of the building and that kind of thing, said Craig Chamberlin, dean of the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies, adding that hosting the event will likely bring in upward of $100,000 in revenue for the schools athletic programs. The recognition doesnt hurt the schools recruitment either, Chamberlin said. If you look at our womens team, of course the core is here in Regina. Weve been able to keep really good players from Regina here, but weve added those pieces from across the country and internationally, he said. Without that kind of exposure, without the sense that its a good program, you wouldnt get that. With all eyes on Regina, Chamberlin is hoping for an outpouring of Cougar pride at this weekends tournament. Its going to be a lot of fun, and I hope we get a lot of students out, he said. Weve got a lot of students talking to us about it so I know theres interest dressing up, being a little crazy, wouldnt mind seeing that, he added with a laugh. But while the U of Rs student body is gearing up for a party, the womens basketball team has been hard at work preparing for their biggest test yet. Right now were kind of just focusing on our offense and xing some things on defence, because were not really too sure who were going to match up against rst, Ledingham said last week. And next week it will be more scout dependant, depending on who we play. The quarternal matchups for the tournament were announced late Sunday night, and the No. 3 seeded Cougars will square off against McGill University, the No. 6 seed at the championships, at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The winner of that game will then play on Saturday at 7 p.m. against the winner of Saint Marys vs. Fraser Valley, while the loser will head to the consolation game at 3 p.m. on Saturday. And, while opponent scouting is a big part of the Cougars game plan, the key to victory, as it has been all year, is good old-fashioned hard work. From preseason workouts to practice, its one of the longest seasons, said second-year guard Kehlsie Crone. Your body is definitely breaking down here at the end, including mine ... Its hard work, but its what we love to do. With several Cougars graduating this year, the team has one more source of motivation to add to an already lengthy list. Part of you does really want to win for them, because its the last time that they get to put on that Cougars jersey, Crone said. For how hard theyve worked for the past ve years ... it just pushes you to that extra level. One of those graduating players, fth-year Brittany Read, said shes looking forward to showing Regina what the Cougars are really made of. You kind of get nervous because theres going to be so many people here to watch you, but I feel like thats also a driving factor, Read said. And for lots of us its our last time ever playing, so its going to be a huge motivational factor. And what would it mean to Read to be able to cap her Cougars career with a national championship on home turf? Its something that people can only dream of, Read said. To go out on a win would be absolutely fantastic. CIS championship quarterfinals start Friday, March 15 at 1 p.m. when Windsor Vs. Ottawa kicks off the tournament. Bring your voice, bring your friends and bring your Cougar pride. Its about to get loud.

Arthur Ward

Crowd picture, far left, picking his nose?

braden dupuis
sports writer So far this year, hunting season has been good to the University of Reginas Cougars. Playoff appearances for the mens and womens hockey teams, along with a bevy of individual medals and accomplishments for the U of Rs wrestling and track stars, has meant that the 2012-13 season likely wont be forgotten soon. But the biggest kill so far came on March 2 when the Cougars womens basketball team defeated the Calgary Dinos to secure just the second Canada West championship in program history. It feels great, said fth-year forward Lindsay Ledingham. Obviously weve been so close to winning that championship game before but weve never come out on top, so to nally get the win and get that banner, it feels great. But winning Canada West doesnt mean the Cougars are ready to retract their claws. With the win, all sights are now set on a CIS championship. This weekend, eight of the countrys top womens basketball squads will converge in Regina to compete for the right to be called Canadas best team. The gold-medal game will be

Saturday, March 16 1:00 pm: Consolation #1 (L1 vs. L2) 3:00 pm: Consolation #2 (L3 vs. L4) 5:00 pm: Seminal #1 (W1 vs. W2) Access7 (tape delay to 9 p.m.) 7:00 pm: Seminal #2 (W3 vs. W4) Access7 (live) Sunday, March 17 11:00 am: Consolation Final 1:00 pm: Bronze Medal Game 4:00 pm: Championship Final (The Score)

Its going to be a lot of fun, and I hope we get a lot of students out. Weve got a
lot of students talking to us about it so I know theres interest dressing up, being a little crazy, wouldnt mind seeing that.
Craig Chamberlin

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First time for everything

Womens rugby team heads to nationals in rookie season
paige kreutzwieser
contributor Nationals has come and gone for the Cougars rugby teams this year. For the men, it was obviously a more organized trip compared to last years considering they actually had a full roster this go around. The women were in their rookie year as a team, and the tournament was an opportunity to showcase what they had to offer. Taylor Hawkins, team captain of the U of R womens squad, was extremely grateful just for the chance to attend this years University Seven National competition held in Langford, B.C. Even though they did not win a single game, they did gain a wealth of experience against toplevel competition. Unfortunately the Cougars womens team suffered several injuries. In fact, over half of the womens squad suffered damage while competing over two days. We got hit but the injury train [during Nationals], which doesnt happen often ... [and] is just unfortunate luck, Hawkins said. Ive been playing for eight years and never seriously been injured. A broken nose, knee injuries, sprained ankles, a sprained back, and a concussion ensured the the sport very seriously. With the university season closed, the players will be back to their designated club teams here in the city for the summer months, but their trips to Vegas and BC were a chance to learn and build. Seeing how other teams were will be a driving force for how we will practice during the summer, Hawkins said. Hawkins may not be returning next year. She is currently nishing up her education degree and is hoping to get a teaching job after the summer, she is looking forward to next years university rugby season. It is a young team, so Hawkins is hopeful that many players will be returning because the team needs the experience to stay alive. Im really grateful for the experience we had [this year] and to share it with the girls I did, Hawkins stated, admitting that she loved it so much that if she doesnt get a job, she will take more classes just so she can play. You can watch most of the mens and womens players take the eld over the summer at the Regina Rugby Union Club House, and look forward to seeing both teams represent the university again next year in the 2013-14 season.

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Booty, booty, booty, booty, rockin everywhere. womens athletes were making regular trips to the medical tent most of the doctors knew the players by name by the end of the tournament. We had ve healthy players at the end, and you need seven to even play, Hawkins said with a laugh. We expected it to be tough, and there were games we could have pulled out for sure Hawkins said. We are just going to keep practicing now that the (university) season is over and just stay with it and work hard. This being the womens rst year, they had to prove themselves as a valuable addition to U of Rs varsity club teams. And, although their records may not show it, the team had a spectacular year. Their time in Vegas at the USA Invitational Rugby 7s Tournament in February, and then just recently the university Nationals were both great opportunities to make people aware on campus of what they are doing as a team and show that they take

Take the plunge with underwater hockey

Is this real life?
charlie tilstra
VANCOUVER (CUP) Hockey in Canada has a cult following, and its fans spent the last few months of 2012 pining for bloody fights and top-corner goals during the dreaded lockout. But, while that was all going on, there was another type of hockey being played right under the surface namely, the surface of the water. Underwater hockey is just like ice hockey, except its played at the bottom of a pool filled with water. And instead of toothless, angry brutes covered in protective padding, its men and women with pearly whites in skin-tight bathing suits. Which version would you rather get into? Underwater hockey is a relatively new sport. It was created in 1954 in the United Kingdom by Alan Blake in order to keep the members of his swim club from abandoning swimming during the frigid winter months. He needed a sport that could be played in a pool; his idea, a game called Octopush, began to spread. Its name eventually changed to underwater hockey, and in 1962 it was brought to Vancouver. Now universities across Canada have formed underwater hockey clubs, and there are world championships held every two years. The basic rules of the sport are The Ubyssey (University of British Columbia) breathe. The games are usually composed of two 15-minute periods, and the goalposts are usually 50 metres apart. The depth of the pool can vary. Watching from the surface is something like watching a group of dolphins surfacing for air; each player dives into the depths of the pool, only to resurface when they run out of breath and then dive back down when theyve caught it. However, none of the real action can be seen from above the water, and spectators have a hard time following the game from the sidelines. This is why in some cases, particularly the world championships, multiple underwater cameras capture the action and stream it live on the Internet. At the end of August, Fryers will travel to Eger, Hungary with Team Canada to compete in the 2013 World Championships and play against teams from Argentina, Australia, Germany, Portugal, Serbia, South Africa and the U.S. Hes competed in the past as part of Team Canada, and said how hes lucky because its given him the chance to travel around the world to places like South Africa, England and Australia to compete and meet people.

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What happens if I cant swim?

simple. Hold your breath, get to the bottom and hit the puck, said Jordan Fryers, a UBC student who is training for Team Canada. Underwater hockey teams are co-ed. Players are equipped with a snorkel, mask, ns, a curved stick thats a little bigger than a ruler, a swim cap or helmet and gloves to protect their hands. Using their sticks, teams must maneuver a puck into the opponents goal, but unlike hockey, theres the added complication of not being able to breathe while playing. Plus, since it is a non-contact sport, any holding, obstructing, de-masking, denning or injuring other players results in a foul. The best underwater hockey players are strong swimmers who can hold their breath for long periods of time, but the game is ultimately a team sport that requires cooperation. In order to score a goal, teams must strategize on when and which players visit the surface to breathe. Six players from each team are in play at once, and up to four other players are substituted on the y for when players need to

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Trade deadline preview: Calgary Flames

How bad does Jarome Iginla want a Stanley Cup?
what the puck?
autumn mcdowell
sports editor The countdown to the National Hockey League trade deadline is in full swing, and with just 20 days until the annual chopping block, Flames fans have just 20 days before they say good-bye to franchise player Jarome Iginla. That is, if Calgary is smart. The Calgary Flames have been at or near the bottom of the NHL standings for the better part of four years and havent made it past the first round of playoffs since 2003-04 when they made a heroic run at the Stanley Cup only to lose to the Tampa Bay Lighting in the nal. But apart from their second place nish in 2004 which, lets not forget, came after an eightyear hiatus from the post season the last decade has been more of the same for Calgary and its fans, often barely making the playoffs, or more likely, missing them, as of late. Spoken like true fans of a ninth place team, Calgary fans have said that they would rather miss the playoffs than have an embarrassing rst-round exit. But, surely the players cannot feel the same way. Year after year of 82game hockey, only to have an early summer and nothing to Calgary, and while many fans will say that the Edmonton native will be loyal to his team and nish his career out in Calgary, with or without a ring, the offer to jump ship seems to be tempting Iggy. No matter how loyal a player is to a team, every hockey players dream from the time they first step on skates is to one day kiss Lord Stanley and raise the cup in front of a crowded arena. Every player wants to feel that and Iginla is no exception, which may lead to an explanation as to why Iginla has yet to sign an extension with the Flames, whose ve-year 35 million dollar contract is set to expire at the end of this season. Should Iginla choose to forego his longtime team and make a cup run with a consistently top team, Calgary will hopefully nally begin a rebuilding process, bringing in young prospects and trading other current players for draft picks with the hopes that their playoffs skid will have an end in site. In just a few weeks time, the Flames will announce whether they are buyers or sellers, and Iginlas fate will be at centre ice.

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show for it isnt a situation that any player should be comfortable with, but its one that is all too familiar for Iginla. Since 1996, when fan-favourite Iginla entered his rst full season with the red and yellow, he has only reached the playoffs five times in his NHL career, four of which the team didnt make it past conference quarternals.

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The right-winger celebrated his 35th birthday before entering this years season, meaning that the number of years he is able to compete with 18-year-olds is dwindling, making the desperation to hoist the Stanley Cup before his retirement even more eminent. Calgary is currently tied for second-last in the Western confer-

ence and shows no sign of making another heroic Stanley Cup run anytime soon, while most NHL teams would have turned the route of rebuilding many years ago, the Flames have planted their feet, refusing to move like a twoyear-old in a toy store. If Iginla is going to have any shot at a Stanley Cup ring in his career, then he needs to get out of

Top ve Brier moments

Who knew curling could be this exciting
paige kreutzwieser
contributor For nine days, some of us watched 12 teams battle it out at Rexall Place in Edmonton for the 2013 Brier. Here are my top-five moments from the past week. Note: below are not the topfive greatest, worst, funniest or anything-else moments. After watching as much curling as I have the past couple months, these are just ve things that I remember: 5. Clearly, not a gentlemens game: even Brad Jacobs, Northern Ontario skip, didnt even know the ruling for that situation. On the sixth day of play, Saskatchewan and NO had this happen in their third end. Sask was already counting two, but SKs and NOs rocks were so close for third shot that they had to measure. So close that they took over five minutes to measure, which in the end, cancelled each other out after two ofcials couldnt determine who was closer. Probably wont ever see that again. 1. Whered they go?: Im glad I didnt place any bets on this Brier, because the results were really unexpected. T w o huge competitors were left in the dust. Kevin Martin and his team from Alberta decided not to start playing until half way into the week apparently it was the rocks fault? Glen Howard and his Ontario team decided to kick ass the entire week with a 10-0 record then choked in the playoffs. And, with Manitoba eliminating Alberta on Friday, then Ontario getting knocked out by Northern Ontario meant that no team from AB or ON would be in the nal game. And this hasnt happened since 2001. Thats crazier than two rocks tying!

I cant even count the times I heard the words fuck me this past week on national television during the Brier. What gets me is that all the TSN commentators casually just let it slide. By far, the best one had to be Ben Heberts in the 10th end against team Sask. It was loud. Yet, as rough of a start as team Alberta had, I thought Id hear it more from them. Instead, they just kept complaining about the rocks. Fuck me would have been less annoying. 4. Sociables: You could do a top ve sociables moments all on its own. What this is, is a handful of guys who have more recently expanded into a

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I cant stand it when people yell, hurry hard at the top of their lungs. large group of guys and one lone girl who have been attending every Brier for the past ve years. They dress up in ridiculous identical costumes this year included Wheres Waldo, doctors, Scotsmen, and Elvis, to name a few. Basically, they get really drunk, and add some entertainment to the crowd. They also hold up hilarious signs and by far the best one of this year was What would Vic do? Ask Linda. Good one guys! 3. Vic: Vics montages have made me laugh, smile, and even cry on numerous occasions. Sunday nights montage after the nal was perfect. Brian Mudryk is going to have some big shoes to fill. Vic, youre a beauty. 2. Identical Rocks: I know I am only 23 years old, but I have never seen this before two rocks being measured and both being the exact same distance. That never happens, so much that

I dont even know how to limit something that adds so much to watching any curling competition on TSN to roughly 100 words. Vic Rauter, one of TSNs most versatile commentators, is just a gem. I dont care if people think hes brainless when it comes to the game of curling, that man makes watching the game on TV so interesting. Have you ever tried to watch curling on Sportsnet? Brutal.

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Answers for other Paul

Paul Bogdan answers Paul McLellans questions about the University Council meeting

Meetings are confusing. People open their mouths, and words seemingly fly from them as if theyre saying something or trying to communicate. At least, this is what U of R Board of Governors Chair Paul McLellan seemingly decided to share with the Leader Post last week. Anyway, I guess Im also a little confused as to what this senior administrator could be a little confused about. And, since asking an endless set of rhetorical questions is apparently Paul McLellans modus operandi, to enjoin his understanding of student and faculty frustration, Ill answer your set of questions, other Paul, with another set of questions. Were you conscious during the meeting? If yes, did you actually listen? Are you always this confused? Is this how you behave in Board of Governors meetings? Also, why are you so scared to let the public into those meetings? Do you know that getting information via meeting minutes is a crock of horse shit and in no way feasible or transparent? Do you know that many other universities have open sessions in their Board of Governors meetings? Are you aware that those universities are still functioning and that likewise this university wont come to a grinding halt if the public is allowed to attend those meetings? Okay, that last question might be a stretch. It might be a stretch because if the public is let in to those meetings, perhaps they would see gross incompetency coming from those who make the biggest decisions at this institution. But, we dont know because were not allowed in. Its great that theres visible momentum from the faculty and students against

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the state this university is currently in and likely will continue heading toward, but all of this is for naught without accountability and transparency from the Board of Governors. The Board is the group who makes the actual decisions on this campus. By no means am I trying to undermine the hard work and success that came from the University Council meeting that Paul McLellan was so confused about, but all of the motions (save the nal motion that didnt pass) state Council recommends to the President or some variation of that phrase. The President will likely take these recommendations seriously and propose them to the Board of Governors (as she should), but ultimately the Board of Governors has the final say as to whether these recommendations are followed. They can shoot down any recommendations Dr. Timmons brings to them from University Council, and the Board is required to give absolutely no justification for doing so. Board min-

utes say whether a motion carries or fails with no record of who votes in favour or against a motion and no justication in either case. Not only is this intrinsically problematic for a publicly-funded institution (or any institution that strives to attain one fucking speck of actual transparency), but this further becomes an issue on a democratic level given that ve of the 11 members are government appointed positions. Moreover, if the government is giving these people positions on the Board of Governors, why would they actively work to put serious pressure on the government to properly fund this university? But the fact of the matter is I could be very wrong. Maybe Pam Klein or Lee Elliott are vocal in their meetings about hard-pressing the Sask. Party to give the U of R the funds it needs. I could be horrendously wrong, but I cant know either way because Im still locked out of the meet-

Not only is this [lack of transparency] intrinsically

problematic for a publicly-funded institution but this further becomes an issue on a democratic level given that five of the 11 members are government appointed positions why would they actively work to put serious pressure on the government to properly fund this university?

ings because the Board of Governors apparently cant be as honest in its discourse when people are watching. I guess letting shit ow from an orice is hard to do when people are watching regardless of which end its coming from. In reality, though, the argument that members wont be as frank and open in discussing motions is even more bullshit than Paul McLellan can possibly spew into a few hundred words of Post Media pullquotes and paraphrases. Youre an adult. If you cant honestly put your name to a decision you have to make, maybe you need to reconsider that decision. If I want to write something inammatory in print, the byline is neither anonymous nor a pseudonym its my name. I suffer the consequences of what I write. The Carillon doesnt allow articles to go to print without the authors name next to it, and other publications follow this as well. Any claim the administration makes of accountability or transparency is in bad faith if the Board members refuse to be transparent in their decision making. Prove the transparency of this university and open the doors. Saying this university displays transparency while we still dont have a legitimate budget made public or open Board of Governors sessions is sort of like gutting arts and ne arts programs and then writing in to the Leader Post about how the arts are a key part of our provinces identity. Yeah, right.

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arts editor

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Just dont fuck up

Dan Shier/URSU

Might as well get out and vote in the hopes that this time something will change.

As the University of Reginas Students Union (URSU) campaigning kicks off, the main focal point is the Presidential race. This year, the candidates are incumbent President Nathan Sgrazzutti and Ph.D student Kazi Mamum. It should be stressed that all the electoral positions are important, and that students should do their best to keep up with all the different races. It should also be stressed that student participation in URSU is imperative, because the people we elect to these positions should be qualied. This has not always been the case in the past, with embezzlement scandals here and nancial mismanagement involving a certain bar there. Therefore, during the campaigning period, students need to show up to the events as best they can to learn about the candidates. They need to stop by the tables in the Riddell to talk with the campaigners, and lastly, ask questions when they come to students classes. In this way, if students put the hopefuls through a gurative gauntlet, it will help root out those whose aim it is to take advantage of our tuition fees or to simply pad their resumes, instead of actually serving students. This should be common sense, and these general guidelines should be exercised at the URSU elections, and in relation to democracy abroad. Pressure and the stress of campaigning will hopefully reveal the true character of those seeking ofce. Yet, it seems URSU, and the students who run it, only make the news when they screw something up. Perhaps that is the key to success in URSU, not screwing up, yet in my time here at this institution, Ive talked to many fellow students about what

they think of URSU, and most the time, they dont even know what our union does for us! When prompted, they may say Welcome Week? This is not to discredit our president, nor anyone else currently involved with URSU, and this is neither an argument for or against anyone in the current campaign. This is simply an observation I have heard from many students. This was the sticking point of current President Nathan Sgrazzuttis campaign exactly one year ago. He came to my class while campaigning to give a talk and try to gain votes. He asked Political Science 210 a simple question, what has URSU done for you in the last year? If I had not spoke up, no one would have said anything, not out of apathy, but rather because they legitimately could not think of one thing URSU had done for them. The thing I pointed out was something mundane, just to see where Sgrazzutti was going with this question. Indeed I see now what he meant, because if Sgrazzutti was to go around to classes today, I doubt he will ask that same question, but if he did, then he would receive the same blank stares. This is not his fault, it is seemingly the nature of the ofce, because all hitherto presidents would have seemingly received the same glare from the students. This brings us to our golden rule of URSU politics: just dont fuck up.

michael chmielewski
contributor

In the federal trek to cut Via Rails operating expenses, Via Rail has picked the nations winners and losers. Routes in the heart of central Canada are beefing up while other routes have been cancelled or scaled back. Last year, Via president and CEO Marc Lalibert announced that by 2013 trains between Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa would be able to take on more passengers. As Vias busiest market, theyve already received express services and will add more trips and faster trains this year. What an asset for people in that region. With plans for railway expansion in one small area, the rest of the country should fear the axe. Cuts to Via Rails funding will be vast and deep this year. Its budget will be cut by close to $290 million in 2013 to 2014, down to $187 million from $475 million last year. This is largely due to the end of stimulus funding through the Economic Action Plan, which provided $1 billion in capital investments to Via Rail. And what good did all of that investment do out on the prairies, you wonder? In an interview with the Toronto Star last month, Ryan Robutka, the senior marketing manager for the railroad, emphasizes that a whole train that travels The Canadian a route that travels across the country from Toronto to Vancouver was refurbished at a cost of a cool $22 million under the Action Plan. Robutka prides himself in a huge variety of meals now offered on this freshly redone train Foods that showcase different parts of Canada. Now travelers can hop on the train in Vancouver to eat a tasty meal of shrimp and scallops. People on the two-third full train can eat their prime rib meal along the Western plains. Of course, there wont be many prairie folks sitting on the train to appreciate the culinary ode to their meat and potatoes diet who do you know that travels by train? One might expect Via Rail would try to get some mileage out of all the money and

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pride placed on these improvements. Instead they announced the Toronto to Vancouver route will be scaled back for six months of the year. One is led to speculate on the purpose of laying down so much money on the train. I havent seen an attempt to advertise the upgrades and ne dining available on the Canadian. Not a single commercial, web, radio, newspaper or magazine advertisement. Its motto states that VIA Rail provides a more human way to travel. Instead of focusing on the people traveling around Western Canada, decision makers at Via xated on fancy upgrades that will make the company look good but lack practical use. Maybe they should have worked on lling the train before they spent all that money on it.

chelsea laskowski
contributor

Snowy Bear is not the president we need, but hes the president we deserve. Perhaps this endorsement would have been more relevant last year when Snowy was allowed to run for president, but he still embodies everything that has been wrong with URSU since I became a student here four years ago. URSU is a joke. And not a particularly funny one either. Since I started classes in 2009, I have seen my tuition increase by 26 per cent. Classes that I once paid $420 for have increase to $531. This is to say nothing of business and engineering students who have experienced increases many times greater than that in the last four years while URSU was wholeheartedly engaged in other pursuits. What are those other pursuits? Well, one of the most impressive was the referendum to leave the Canadian Federation of Students in early 2010 that was a nonstarter, and then the later embarrassing referendum in which a man in a fat suit tried to bribe students with candy into voting against continued CFS membership. This carnival of incompetence and surrealism cost students over $64,000 of their money from URSU alone, not to mention the money that the CFS gets from U of R students that was almost certainly used to buoy their support on campus. Another lovely pursuit of URSU was the time wasted debating how Presidents Advisory Committee (PAC) funding was to be doled out. PAC was a program that was started to encourage student organizations to work together to create a fun, friendly, and inviting campus that morphed into another petty political sticking point between student representatives that simply cant put their personal and political differences aside to work together. And to top it all off, URSU somehow managed to lose over $200,000 last year, a fact that would not have come to light so quickly if it hadnt been for an embezzlement scandal for which responsibility has still not been taken. Dont try to ask any questions about that, though. No one is

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talking. In my experience, URSU has been packed with selsh, egotistical, petty, opportunistic, and inept individuals for the past four years. People more interested in resume padding than in student advocacy as more than a vehicle to get themselves ahead in life. And ultimately, how can URSU be anything more than a joke when they can barely bring in seven per cent of students to vote for the president? How can turnout consistently remain around 20 per cent and not make URSU on some level a big organizational joke? I havent always seen eye to eye with Snowy Bear, but he was the right bear for the right time. His shenanigans drew attention to how hopelessly self-interested successful URSU candidates have been. His promises of bacon and toilet paper pointed out how meaningless the issues candidates champion really are. How nice or mean URSU should be to the administration and the government? Whether someone was being too political on URSU Twitter accounts? Issues that should be able to be resolved in an afternoon of adult discussion have been treated as major policy points, with the throwaway, necessary lip-service to helping students and dealing with tuition. Snowy remains a giant parody of what URSU is a silly sideshow of near-meaningless issues and shameless self-promotion. If this is the level of responsibility and competence that we can expect from the people who run to represent us, then we really do deserve a cartoon character as our president. Snowy was banned from running on the grounds that it takes away from the seriousness of the elections and makes a joke out of the democratic process at this university. I think many people have already beaten him to the punch line.

edward dodd
op-ed editor

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Better names for Students Union slates.
1. The Union of Soviet Students Republic A union of concerned students and workers, the USSR is dedicated to the well-being of all students and independence of the University of Regina from the Imperialist Brad Wall and his crony capitalists. 2. Students Union Operating along the lines of the Saskatchewan Party, Students Union aims to make itself indistinguishable from the organization it is trying to run by naming themselves after that institution. This indicated their complete lack of creativity and they plan to defund the Film Department because it should not be subsidized indenitely. 3. Students for Man This slate aims to improve the position of men at the University of Regina who they feel are unfairly maligned by everyone else. They claim to ask the tough questions like Why isnt there and International MENs Day? Why isnt there a MENs Centre? and Why arent there MENS ONLY washrooms?

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5. Fourteen Students Fourteen Students believe that there is strength in numbers, and as such plan to have ve presidents and nine vice-presidents. In this way, they hope to improve student lobbying efforts with the government. They are also strongly opposed to the exploding size of university senior administration.

4. Lumpenproletariat for Students The Lumpenproletariat are attempting to appeal to the apathetic vote, seeking to represent the vast mass of students that will never join the students movement because they lack the ability to comprehend themselves within the student class. This appeal to apathetic voters is a sure way to failure, because the turnout rate among the apathetic students demographic is consistently at zero.

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