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dents came together at First
Nations University last week
to raise awareness for and
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proposed changes to the
Post-Secondary Student
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news
Hundreds rally at FNUniv
Students, faculty, and supporters rally at FNUniv
for its future
Matt Yim
alanna adamanko
contributor
Hundreds of supporters roared,
clapped, cheered, and shook signs
with slogans like “education equals
opportunity,” and “education is a
Treaty right,” during a rally in sup-
port of indigenous educational rights
Wednesday morning, Sept. 22.
“Raise those signs again, they tell
the story of our country,” said
National Chief, Assembly of First
Nations, Shawn A-in-chut Atleo at the
atrium of the First Nation University
of Canada (FNUniv).
Hundreds of students, elders,
politicians, and concerned citizens
came to support the Federation of
Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN)
organized rally in Regina as part of a
week-long, nation-wide campaign to
raise support for the federal Post-
Secondary Student Support Program
(PSSSP) and to advocate for more op-
erational funding for indigenous run
educational institutions.
“[FNUniv] is a sound investment with a promising
return for everyone.”
The PSSSP program, run by the
Department of Indian and Northern
Affairs has seen its funding drop since
a two per cent cap was placed on the
program in 1996. Originally able to
provide postsecondary funding for
27,000 First Nation treaty status stu-
dents each year that number dwindled
to 22,000 First Nation students by 2006.
“There are at least 10,000 aborigi-
nal students eligible to go to school
and they are on the wait-list for fund-
ing and with the two per cent cap on
tuition the problem is only com-
pounded every year as more people
apply for funding,” said Cassandra
Opikokew, chairperson of the National
Aboriginal Caucus of the Canadian
Federation of Students and president
of the Indigenous Student Association
at the University of Regina.
She received funding from PSSSP
in her undergraduate degree but said
her band doesn’t have the funds to
help her in her current Master’s pro-
gram and the post-graduate degree
she wants to pursue.
“[The two per cent cap] puts strain
Shawn A-in-chut Atleo
National Chief, Assembly of First Nations
on the band council,” she said. “They
have to pick, ‘OK persons A, B, C, D,
you get to go to universit.’”
How PSSSP funding is distributed
has become the centre of government
scrutiny after the results of a depart-
mental internal audit on the program
was published last year. The audit
found that a combined lack of pro-
gram funding and lack of regulations
on how bands use and distribute the
funding has stinted the success of the
PSSSP.
“The funding authorities currently
in use, coupled with the limited track-
ing of how funds are spent, do not
support the sound stewardship of
Program funds,” the audit report con-
cluded.
The department itself is under a
government ordered strategic review
for 2010 to identify programs within
the department that can be cut or have
their funding reduced.
FSIN Chief Guy Lonechild is upset
that First Nation programming and
funding is being reviewed without the
consultation of First Nation leaders.
News Editor: Kimberly Elaschuk
carillonnewseditor@gmail.com
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“If there is any type of changes in
policy they need to talk to us about it
and that is the message here today and
that will be our message on Parliament
Hill,” said Lonechild.
He is worried that First Nation ed-
ucational programming will be cut in
favour of general student financial as-
sistance programs and policy changes
will result in First Nation bands losing
control over PSSSP funding.
“We are here to stand strong on
Indian control on Indian education,”
he said.
Atleo believes more funding, not
funding cuts, is needed for a strong
Canadian economy.
“There is an educational and em-
ployment gap between First Nation
and Non-First Nation people in
Canada with only seven per cent of
First Nations attaining a post-second-
ary education compared to the 24 per-
cent attainment rate for non-First
Nation Canadians,” he said.
Citing a Canadian Centre for
Living Standards study, Atleo said that
if the gap is closed there will be an ad-
ditional 65,000 workers in the econ-
omy, generating $179 billion in annual
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by
2026.
“That’s a sound investment with a
promising return for everyone.”
Atleo said part of the long term
government strategy to close the gap
needs to involve more funding for
First Nation run educational facilities.
“We need to start investing not only in
these students but institutions across
this country.”
Indigenous run institutions re-
ceive funding far below that of their
provincial counterparts, said Atleo. An
additional $300 million annually is
needed for capital and operational
costs to put First Nation run schools on
par with the rest of the country.
The FNUniv has felt the funding
crunch the most with $12 million in
provincial and federal funding pulled
earlier in the year amid allegations of
financial and administrative misman-
agement. The majority of the funding
has been restored; however, the federal
government has only committed $4
million to keep FNUniv operations go-
ing from September 1 to March 31. The
funding is also not given directly to
the university but is passed down
through the Indian Studies Support
Program with requirements for
FNUniv to meet milestones set out for
administrative and financial changes.
Lonechild said that changes have
been made and are continuing to be
made at the university to ensure ac-
countability. He says the current fund-
ing scheme is unfair with the
university “trying to stitch together
programs and services and proposals,”
and a long-term federal commitment
is needed.
“We need to ensure long-term
sustainable funding is put into place
when we have a strong board of gov-
ernors put into place, which is hap-
pening in a few weeks’ time. That will
be a good news story for everybody in
the country when the federal govern-
ment puts long-term funding back into
the First Nation University.”

4 news
The breast
fundraiser
event yet
CIBC’s Run for the
Cure date is fast
approaching
cheyenne geysen
op-ed editor
Residents of Regina and sur-
rounding communities are
warming up to show their sup-
port of breast cancer awareness,
education, and prevention.
The 19th annual CIBC Run
For The Cure is slated for Sunday,
October 3. It is one of the largest
single-day volunteer-run
fundraisers in support of breast
cancer awareness in the country.
Participants collect pledges to-
ward the Canadian Breast Cancer
Foundation. Then, the funds
raised are used for awareness, ed-
ucation, diagnosis, and treatment
initiatives.
Participants can walk or run
a one- or five-kilometre course.
“It’s really something that any-
one can do,” said Regina Run me-
dia relations coordinator Whitney
Brhelle. “You’re not limited by if
you’re a runner or not. We get all
types ... and ages of people who
come out to partake in the activ-
ities.”
Registration is open to both
individuals and teams. While
participants can run with any
amount of pledges, they’re en-
couraged to attempt to raise at
least $150 to cover the costs of
their registration.
Interested participants can
register up until the day of the
Run at any CIBC branch in the
community, or by visiting the
Run for the Cure website at
http://www.runforthecure.com.
Last year, 2100 runners in Regina
raised roughly $42,000. Brhelle
says that this year, they hope to
exceed that goal and raise
$45,000.
“So far, we’re doing really
well. We’re just hoping for some
nice weather on run day and to
see some new faces out there.”
This year, on average, 445
Canadian women will be diag-
nosed with breast cancer every
week. In 2010, an estimated 180
men in Canada will get the same
diagnosis.
“The statistics sort of speak
for themselves,” said Brhelle.
“One in nine women will be diag-
nosed with breast cancer in their
lifetime. So for [the University
community], if they haven’t had
[an experience with breast can-
cer] in their lifetime yet, it is
something that they will unfortu-
nately probably experience at
some point. It’s more important
than ever that young people are
getting involved and trying to be
proactive in raising awareness
and [increasing] education.”
Rawlco Radio annually part-
ners with the Run community in
Regina to raise awareness in a
unique way. Their “bra bridge,”
made up entirely of donated
brassieres, was on display on the
Albert Street Bridge from 6 to 9
a.m. on Wednesday, September
22.
Rawlco does a fantastic job
of lifting and supporting this
breast cancer awareness event,
and we at the Carillon encourage
the student and faculty members
of the University of Regina to do
the same.
Nickels and dimes
As tuition goes up, the reasons for
it become blurry
Matt Duguid
john cameron
editor-in-chief
For students at the University of Regina,
the costs just keep rising.
After the provincial tuition freeze
lapsed in 2009, students saw an average
increase of approximately three per cent
on their fees; this year, the increase is
closer to five. As well, fees for interna-
tional students will actually go from 2.6
times the domestic tuition rate to three
times the rate. Students at the Faculty of
Business Administration will find that
their fees have gone up by an additional
ten dollars per credit hour.
At first look, these increases might
seem like a surprise – after all, the
provincial government boosted the oper-
ating grant for the university this year by
3.3 per cent, as well as a separate
$980,000 earmarked exclusively for the U
of R’s distance learning program.
But, according to Barb Pollock, the
vice-president of external affairs at the U
of R, this increase wasn’t enough to
match the university’s rising costs.
Factors over which the U of R adminis-
tration “has no control,” she said, put
the school in a tight spot financially, and
the board of governors had to figure out
a way to meet the university’s budgetary
needs.
The way Pollock explains it, devising
the budget for the U of R is something of
a gamble. The board of governors esti-
mates the university’s place in the
provincial budget and then submits their
request for an operating grant. If their re-
quest is only partially approved, they’re
forced to turn to other options. This year,
the operating grant fell short of the re-
quested nine percent. As a result, the
Board of Directors looked over several
possible ways to address the shortfall,
eventually settling on a plan that in-
cluded a tuition increase to cover the
money not received from the govern-
ment.
Pollock cautioned, however, that this
was not a lightly-made choice.
“We know that nobody wants to
have students bear the brunt of us not
having enough money for operating.
There’s no question.”
The only student member of the
board of governors, Students’ Union
president Kyle Addison, agreed. He
voted against the measures that would
result in a five per cent increase because,
as URSU vice-president of external af-
fairs Kaitlyn Barber explained, “the five
per cent should not be on the shoulders
of the students.”
But the URSU president is only one
vote on the board. When the board of
governors made their decision this year,
Addison’s vote was in the minority, leav-
ing the Students’ Union without many
options.
“Once the budget is passed [by] the
board of governors, the budget’s
passed,” Barber said. “It’s decided. We
can voice our opinion that we think a
five per cent tuition increase is unrea-
sonable for students, which we’ve done.
But in terms of recourse, we can work
harder this year to hopefully ... make
sure that students aren’t facing these sim-
ilar situations over and over and over
again, which is not something anybody
wants to see, particularly the Students’
Union.”
While the Students’ Union is putting
some of that increased effort toward lob-
bying the federal government for things
like a more grant-based policy, the bulk
of its provincial lobbying is in tandem
with the Saskatchewan Students’
Coalition (SSC), a five-school coalition
of post-secondary institutions from
across the province. The SSC aims to
have Saskatchewan students’ unions
work together rather than independently
lobby for the same issues at cross-pur-
poses to one another.
One of the issues on their agenda is
tuition. They plan to address it with the
Tuition Management Strategy, a program
intended to help students manage their
finances in the face of fluctuating tuition
costs. From year to year, Barber ex-
plained, the challenges that students face
when planning their finances are mount-
ing, making it difficult not only to predict
how much they’re going to wind up
spending, but also how they’re going to
prepare for those expenses. The formal
framework of the TMS is yet to be com-
pleted, but Barber stated that the first
draft would be prepared sometime in the
next few weeks.
The students’ unions themselves face
similar challenges when it comes to tu-
ition fees, and have to confront the same
details – or lack thereof – when deter-
mining how to help their students cope
with increased costs. Part of what makes
it such a tough issue to deal with is the
complexity of funding process for uni-
versities.
the carillon
Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2010
Financing for post-secondary institu-
tions goes through several stages: first,
the federal government assigns transfer
payments earmarked for post-secondary
education to the provinces. Then, the
universities submit requests for operat-
ing grant increases. Finally, the govern-
ment reviews that request and
determines what the operating grant in-
crease is, if there is one at all. With a
process this long, it becomes difficult to
pinpoint the reasoning behind the funds,
making an abstract issue even harder to
follow.
For example, the only traceable rea-
son for turning down the U of R’s re-
quest for a nine per cent budget increase
may be rooted in Saskatchewan Party
policy. In 2005, Sask. Party MLA Ken
Chevelaydoff told students lobbying for
a tuition freeze that, if his government
was elected, they would seek to grant
universities in the province five per cent
annual operating grant increases and to
tie tuition increases to the rate of inflation
plus two per cent.
However, Advanced Education
Minister Rob Norris was unavailable for
comment as of press time, and neither
Barb Pollock nor Kaitlyn Barber knew of
any correlation between Cheveldayoff’s
numbers and this year’s budget. The
questions raised by Cheveldayoff’s
words and the government’s subsequent
short-term actions remain unanswered.
“We know that no-
body wants to have
students bear the
brunt of us not having
enough money for op-
erating. There’s no
question.”
Barb Pollock
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Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2010 news 5

Parking wars
Parking at the U of R is getting its students revved up

tawse.state.mt.us

jonathan hamelin
sports editor
These days parking at the University
of Regina has become a game of musi-
cal chairs.
Students with M parking permits
only hope they can find an open spot
before another car does. If they fail,
they might have to wait for the next
round.
Naturally, students who have
shelled out a couple of hundred bucks
at the beginning of the school year for
a parking pass expect parking spots
somewhere within the vicinity of the
university. On busier days, this is not
exactly a guarantee. The lack of avail-
able space is a major concern.
“Right now it is frustrating for our
customers,” said Gwen Evans, man-
ager of University of Regina parking
services. “Last year was actually worse
than this year, but that doesn’t help
our customers right now.”
would likely point to parking services
for overselling permits.
Evans disagrees.
While parking services did sell
around 700 more passes than available
spaces in the M parking lots this year,
she notes for those unreserved stalls it
is acceptable to sell two to three per-
mits per stall. To ensure that there is
space for everyone, the parking serv-
ices staff does lot counts for the first
two to three weeks of class. They sell
permits until they are down to about
10 open spaces per lot.
The major problem, Evans notes, is
illegal parkers. Those are individuals
who park at the university without a
permit. That takes away spaces from
those who paid for a spot. There are
usually a couple hundred of these a
day according to Evans.
Another problem is people who take
up more than one space when they
park. Evans says that there are usu-
ally another couple hundred of these
are taking steps to stop this pattern.
“We are ticketing,” she explained
regarding the illegal parkers. “The
ones that take up two stalls get one
warning period. If they do it again, we
give them a ticket. We tell people when
they come, if you can not park cor-
rectly in a space, don’t park there.”
Students seem to think it is time
for parking services to crack down
harder.
“Why don’t they raise parking
ticket prices?” student Joseph Grohs
asked. “If they make it worth 50 dol-
lars then people will care and not park
there.”
Another issue that has been raised
concerning the parking situation is the
distance some residents have to walk
to get back to their dorms. Edward
Dodd, a student staying in the U of R
south residence, says many residents
are forced to park too far away.
“You don’t get to choose your
spot,” he explains. “You have to park
him a permit for. If he was caught
parking anywhere else on campus
he’d get a ticket.”
Speaking of Lot 15, students driv-
ing through it are often in for a bumpy
ride. The poor condition of the lot re-
mains evident. Evans says work is “Last year was
done on the lot consistently, but it
would be far too expensive to pave the actually worse
entire lot. The south access road, how-
ever, will be paved next year when the
construction of Innovation Place is
than this year,
completed.
Could Lot 15 be expanded to cre- but that doesn’t
ate more parking spots?
“I think people in Regina would help our
not want to walk that distance,” Evans
noted.
For now, finding a parking spot
customers right
will continue to be competition.
According to Evans, by carpooling or now.”
taking the bus, students can ensure
they are not left without a spot. If a stu-
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3rd Annual Tipi Youths in need

Competition Dr. Stephen Lewis speaks out about global
support for HIV and AIDS at the RPIRG AGM
Lessons learned outside
of the classroom

Matt Duguid

this year’s competition. Through the

kim elaschuk
news editor
On Friday, Sept. 24 students at the
University of Regina were given 20 min-
utes to build a home.
It was all part of the third annual tipi
practices, she learned that teamwork was
the magic ingredient for success.
“We had to pull together as a team. It
took all of us – all four of us.”
Anaquiod agrees that teamwork is
one of the biggest lessons the Aboriginal
Centre hopes participants take away
Iryn Tushabe

raising competition, held on the campus with them.

green. The competition, put on by the The global fund to fight AIDS, to a bowl of soup. He also recalls
“It teaches you not only how to put
Aboriginal centre, aims to expose the stu- TB, malaria, and other communica- horrifying stories told by
iryn tushabe
up a tipi, but those skills work in other
dent body to a lost aboriginal art. ble diseases has been the most sig- Zimbabwean women who had been
aspects of life. In order to survive in life
news writer
“It’s part of our culture. Let’s learn; nificant intervention the world has gang raped by their own soldiers
you can’t just rely on yourself.”
let’s have fun doing it. And not only our If you are anything like Dr. Stephen made in the last decade. It has pro- following the orders of President
Most people have never even seen a
First Nations, but to anybody,” said elder Lewis, the toll that HIV/AIDS has vided more funds and made a Robert Mugabe. Lewis mentions the
tipi-raising, so the event can be intimidat-
and event emcee, Glen Anaquiod. taken on African and other develop- greater difference to saving lives terrible nightmares that Congolese
ing for would-be competitors. Anaquiod
Besides learning the basic how-to, ing countries deeply disturbs you. than any other organization in the women also suffer because of the
says if someone really wants to learn,
other lessons are taught through compe- At the RPIRG Annual General world. With this devastating cut- same experiences.
they have to be willing to push them-
tition. When building a tipi, conditions Meeting, held on Sept. 25, Dr. Lewis back, Lewis believes not only will Clearly, Lewis knows some-
selves off the sidelines.
aren’t guaranteed to be ideal. Sometimes expressed his appreciation towards the over 6 billion people on anti- thing about the pain and suffering
“You’ll never learn if you just sit back
it’s windy, snowy, or the ground is un- youths for the effort they have put retroviral drugs be affected, but also endured by people, especially
and watch. You’ve got to get up and par-
even. Anaquiod believes working forth in improving the human con- the 9-10 billion people who require women, in the developing world.
ticipate.”
around these obstacles teaches real-life dition. treatment will not be able to get it. The Stephen Lewis Foundation
Those in the competition, or lucky
perseverance. “I like your emphasis on youth, The global fund required $23 bil- has a goal to raise $15,000 this year
enough to catch it on their way to class,
“It’s the same as life. You’ll never and this being the international year lion dollars in order to cater for in a bid to turn the tide of
got a quick glimpse at a part of
have the perfect conditions; you have to of youth and I agree that there is a everyone. HIV/AIDS in Africa. Lewis is espe-
Aboriginal culture. Besides construction,
learn to make with what you have.” kind of renaissance in the youth “This is a matter of some con- cially full of praise for the Canadian
these tipis taught their creators a myriad
Teams were split into an all-student community in this country. There’s sternation and will have a terrible Grandmothers to Grandmothers
of life lessons. The education obtained is
group, a women’s group, and an open a tremendous sense of struggling toll on human life,” he said with campaign which, since its launch
part of the reason the Aboriginal Centre
group. Kimberly Wesaquate, a student for social justice of changing this emotion. by the Foundation in 2006, has
chose this type of contest. Anaquiod sees
at SIAST, was a competitor on the world for the better.” Lewis figures that in order to raised over $10 million to mobilize
symmetry between the two places.
women’s team. According to Lewis, the HIV get to pay our fair share to the support for African grandmothers.
“A tipi is a home, the same as the
“I think we did awesome!” she said. virus is predominant amongst the world, Canada should be giving Some of these grandmothers have
university is a home for its students.”
Her team practised in preparation for young, and especially women and something in the vicinity of $300 over 15 grandchildren in their care,
girls, in Africa, “One of the great million a year not the $180 million having lost their children to dis-
achievements over the last couple of as promised by Prime Minister eases like AIDS and malaria.
years is the fact that the prevalence Steven Harper at the 2010
rate of HIV is beginning to stabilize Millennium Goals Summit.
and in some countries decline in the “Even President Obama has
age range 15-24 as the young people been begrudging on the amount of
take on board the prevention mes- money that is going to be given, and
sages which are absolutely funda- that has been mirrored in the “Without the
“It teaches you not only how to mental to defeating the virus.”
Lewis expressed concern to-
French, German, Italian, and
Japanese contribution ... We have
necessary flow of
put up a tipi, but those skills ward the cutback in global funding trillions of dollars available when
by G7 countries that have, in the it comes to finding money for stim-
resources ...
past, been the biggest contributors. ulus packages or for bailing out the some people in
work in other aspects of life. In He said that the global fund, banks or for fighting the war in
headed by an inspired Michele Afghanistan or dealing with terror- the developing
Kazatchkine has asked for $17 bil- ism or for dealing with oil spills but
order to survive in life you can’t lion over the next three years in or- we can never find an infinitesimal
countries world,
der to maintain the present course smidgen of that amount as a re-
of intervention around the treat- sponse to global public health, and
particularly in
just rely on yourself.” ment of AIDS, TB, and malaria but it’s crazy.” Africa, are in a
instead they are getting $13 billion. His involvement in fighting
“Without the necessary flow of the virus in Africa has made him positive panic.”
resources ... some people in the de- aware of far bigger problems than
Glen Anaquiod
veloping countries world, particu- HIV/AIDS. He mentions a visit he
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Justin takes
it easy
Trudeau’s eldest son gets
intimate at the Owl
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business manager
As part of a cross-country tour,
Justin Trudeau, the Liberal
Member of Parliament for the rid-
ing of Papineau, Que., was in
Saskatchewan Tuesday, Sept. 28,
and visited both of the province’s
universities.
“One of the things we’ve
been tasked to do by our leader,
Michael Ignatieff, is to get out of
the Ottawa bubble and to start
connecting with people across the
country as much as possible,”
Trudeau explained.
Flanked by Wascana Member
of Parliament Ralph Goodale,
Trudeau shared a drink with stu-
dents at the University of Regina
in the Owl, and talked about the
Liberal Party’s commitment to
young people. “My responsibili-
ties are critic for youth, immigra-
tion and citizenship. Youth is one
of the things I spend all of my
time with.”
The opportunity to go to a
college or university was singled
out as a priority by Trudeau.
“There are huge barriers to stu-
dents completing post-secondary
education. A lot of young people
are not finding summer jobs that
would allow them to offset the
costs of their tuition; a lot of
young people aren’t finding the
part-time work necessary,” said
Trudeau.
He then added that the
Harper government has made life
harder for students by terminat-
ing Millennium Scholarships, an
initiative introduced in 1998 by
Liberal Prime Minister Jean
Chrétien.
Trudeau thought previous
Liberal governments did a good
job helping students, but admit-
ted there is always room for im-
provement. If his party was
elected in the next federal elec-
tion, Trudeau said he would be a
strong voice for students and
young people, and their policies
would mean more people could
go to school. “The Liberal Party
has committed to the principle of
if you get the grades, you get to
go. We know there needs to be a
comprehensive overhaul of how
we fund post-secondary educa-
tion to make it accessible to as
many Canadians as possible.”
Wascana MP Ralph Goodale
added his own thoughts on mak-
ing post-secondary education
more accessible, suggesting that
the government should offer
“[m]ore grants than loans.”
Student and youth issues
weren’t the only topics being dis-
cussed by Trudeau on his
Saskatchewan tour. “The Liberal
Party spent all summer talking
about rural issues, which meant
help for farmers ... bringing doc-
tors into our rural areas by giving
support for them, helping our ...
volunteer and part-time firefight-
ers, and making sure we have
broadband internet access every-
where,” said Trudeau, “so the
Liberal Party reached out with
positive proposals,” he added.
Trudeau then chided Stephen
Harper and the Conservative
Party for encouraging in polar-
ization and participating in what
he called the “politics of negativ-
ity.”
“The Conservatives talked
about rural issues too, but they
only talked about one – the gun
registry. They made it as divisive
and as polarizing as they possibly
could.”
Ema Gardner, an economics
student at the University of
Regina and president of the
Economics Students’ Society,
came to see Trudeau. “My
boyfriend is a big Liberal sup-
porter, he’s a card-carrying
Liberal, so I thought it’d be nice to
get drunk and speak with a future
potential leader of Canada,” she
said.
When asked what Trudeau’s
most appealing aspects were,
Gardner observed, “[h]e has that
Trudeau charm – I like his scarves
... I like his flowing locks, they’re
pretty great too.”
Other students in the Owl, like
Engineering student Matthew
Hood, were less entranced by
Trudeau’s presence. “I actually
just came here to play pool.”
“Just watch me”
On the 10th anniversary of Pierre Trudeau’s
death, fascination and contempt for the man
is still kicking
communities.canada.com
The man, the legend, the man who coined “fuddle-duddle”
lauren golosky
contributor
A prime minister admired and adored as
greatly as he was despised, Pierre Elliot
Trudeau left an undeniable impact on
Canada as recognizable now as ever.
This last Tuesday marked a decade
since the controversial political legend
succumbed to prostate cancer on Sept. 28,
2000.
Trudeau was first elected prime min-
ister in 1968, emerging from a world of
scholars. He was appointed minister of
justice by Prime Minister Lester Pearson,
and that’s where he began to establish a
serious role in Canadian politics.
The young politician proved to be a
strong force, forever changing the face of
Canadian politics during the sixteen years
he served as prime minister. Trudeau at-
tracted attention by decriminalizing ho-
mosexuality and reforming laws on
abortion and divorce, issues that were
historically taboo.
“[Trudeau] introduced policies that
changed the country for the better: official
bilingualism, multiculturalism, the
Charter of Rights and Freedoms,” ex-
plains Professor Lee Ward of the
University of Regina’s political science
department. “They impacted the relations
between people and government. People
hold Trudeau responsible and admire
him for these things.”
Trudeau was, and still is, particularly
popular with the university demo-
graphic, which Ward chalks up to
Trudeau’s intellectual background.
“For many faculty, it was a formative
experience – Trudeau being in power. It’s
also the memory of their youth – the
changes in the 1970s and ’80s. He came
out of university himself, a law professor
before politics. He understood the contri-
butions of intellects.”
As the top newsmaker of the 20th
century, Trudeau was obviously more
than just a political figure representing
Canada. Like the American Kennedys,
Trudeau rose to celebrity status.
“Prior to Trudeau, Canadian prime
ministers tended to be understated and
somewhat unprepossessing figures, but
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Tru deau-
isms
“Just watch
me.”
– Trudeau’s response to the
press when how far he would
go with the War Measures Act
“The state has
no business in
the bedrooms
of the nation.”
– regarding decriminalizing
homosexuality
“Living next
to you is in
Trudeau was much more a dominant fig-
ure in culture and politics,” Ward says.
some ways
However, with this dominant role
came backlash for Trudeau. What his sup- like sleeping
porters perceived as charismatic quali-
ties, his critics found to be arrogance. with an
Although Trudeau had always aimed
for a unified nation, issues arose in west- elephant. No
ern Canada and Quebec. He believed to
accomplish his goal of a unified nation, he matter how
had to fight against Quebec’s separatist
movement. Ward says, to this day, many friendly and
Quebecers still hold a grudge against the
former Prime Minister. even-tempered
“Many people credit Trudeau for
holding Canada together, for fighting
the beast, one
Quebec centralism. But many
Francophones in Quebec think Trudeau
is affected by
undermined their nationalism aspira-
tions; that Trudeau sold them out. In
every twitch
Quebec, his legacy is divided.”
Ward continues that Trudeau’s rela-
and grunt.”
tionship with the western provinces of
Canada was even worse. - addressing the Press Club in
“People in the West felt Trudeau’s Washington, D.C.
policies favoured Central Canada. He
showed contempt for people in Western
Canada,” Ward explains. “He was too
quick to dismiss certain points of view.”
The effects of Trudeau’s contention with “I’ll kick you
the West are still visible today.
“The Liberal party still struggles in right in the
Western Canada because of Trudeau’s
legacy,” says Ward.
ass.”
Still, Canadians from coast to coast
cannot ignore Trudeau’s influence. – to a young protestor throw-
Without policies he fathered, Canadians ing wheat at him at a speech in
wouldn’t have the same rights and free- Regina
doms as we do today.
Ten years later, the country still isn’t
the vision Trudeau saw when he looked
to the future. Ward says she believes this
is something Canada will have to start
“Mangez de la
working for again.
“Trudeau would be worried about
merde.”
the divisions in the country. The national
– to taunting Montreal mail
vision that he promoted hasn’t happened
truck drivers on strike
or succeeded yet. The division of Western
and Central Canada still exists. Quebec
separatism is still a strong force in
Canadian politics 40 years after it first ap-
peared. The sense of the national vision
Trudeau promoted will have to be ad-
dressed by current and future genera-
tions.”

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Queen City gets Pathway to
African flare academic excellence
Nigeria at 50 Celebration
coming to Regina Oct. 1
frank elechi
contributor
The most celebrated non-religious hol-
iday in Africa is happening Oct. 1, the
Independence Day of Nigeria.
The excitement is justified.
Nigeria is the most populous na-
tion in Africa, estimated at 140 million
people. A great percentage of its citi-
zens are also scattered around the
globe. This celebration also allows
non-Nigerians the opportunity to ex-
perience Nigeria’s cultural heritage.
This combination makes Nigeria’s in-
dependence a worldwide celebration.
With over 250 ethnic groups, each
having unique festivals, music, and
dance, Nigeria has a cultural melange
that consists of virtually all the native
races of Africa. These are just some of
the spectacular sights and sensual de-
lights that are usually on parade dur-
ing the Oct. 1 celebration.
This year Regina will be having
its own version of this celebration. The
campus club Rivers State Scholars
Association (RSSA) plans to stage the
50th anniversary of this event this
Friday, Oct. 1 at the Turvey Centre
from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m.
Sotonye Igoniko, the chairman of
the organizing committee for the
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Regulators, mount up
The Long Gun Registry lives. On Sept. 22, MPs
met in the House of Commons to vote on the
controversial program. It narrowly survived,
with a 153-151 vote. The registry, which requires
Canadians to register all rifles and shotguns,
Movin’ on up
If it seems like there are more freshies in the hall-
ways, that’s because there are. The University of
Regina has announced that their enrolment
numbers are up for the second year in a row. In
fact, this year will be the first time in four years
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Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2010
Supplemental instruction helps
students transition
Nigeria at 50 celebrations, said that the
aim of the celebration is to showcase
the cultural heritage of Nigeria and to
have a good time. He said that the
RSSA decided in 2009 to bring this
umck.com
to help students have a smooth tran- cally simplifies topics taught in class,
event to Regina based on suggestions
sition from high school into univer- with specific emphasis on areas
frank elechi
from Nigerian students. He stressed
sity. He says a few students where students had difficulties. Also,
that the celebration is especially for
contributor
downplay the significance of the questions similar to those on assign-
non-Nigerians to come and have a feel
Since its inception in the fall of program because they feel at home ments are being solved so that the
of the rich cultural heritage of Nigeria.
2008, the faculty of science supple- with the syllabus early in the semes- students will stand a better chance
According to him, this year’s cele-
mental instruction program has ter. However, Cheng says they tend attempting them at home.
bration is an improvement on last year,
helped students improve their to need it sooner or later as the first The SI program is the pathway
particularly because it is Nigeria’s
grades through peer co-ordinated 3 weeks in the university curriculum to academic excellence. It has every-
golden jubilee and the committee has
study groups it provides for first is set aside for review. thing necessary to help students suc-
worked in suggestions from the pub-
year students. Since then, the SI pro- The SI session can be useful for ceed in their academics, which
lic. Audiences can expect to see events
gram has recorded a significant 5 per students because the presentation of includes helping the students gain
like traditional dances, fashion parade,
cent improvement in the grades of its knowledge in the university is quite mastery over the course contents
and a performance by a live band,
students. The SI session has been different from what they are accus- through practice, studying in a re-
along with enjoying traditional
adopted once more for the 2010 fall tomed to in high school. It’s also par- laxed environment, and access to
Nigerian food.
semester. ticularly useful to those students that knowledge in areas the student expe-
Samuel Ray, a first-year engineer-
Currently, the SI program offers spent a while out of school before riences difficulties. With a well-struc-
ing student at the University of Regina
additional tutoring in fourteen intro- enrolling. tured schedule that does not clash
said he is looking forward to an excit-
ductory science courses such as The University of Regina has with classes, and an informal,
ing event, based on previous celebra-
mathematics, physics, biochemistry, some classes of 180 to 200 students, though coordinated, learning envi-
tions he’s experienced back in Nigeria.
computer science, statistics, and with teachers having only 3 office ronment, students are bound to prac-
He encourages the entire public to at-
many others. These courses are di- hours a week. If all of their students tice and improve their
tend this event.
vided into sessions which are han- asked for help one week, many of problem-solving skills.
For more information on how to
dled by SI leaders, students who them wouldn’t fit into that time. And the faculty of science is
be a part of the Nigeria at 50 celebra-
were chosen based on their academic This, coupled with some office hours footing the bill, so it is absolutely
tion, or for ticket information, visit the
performance in their chosen subject clashing with other classes, makes free.
south residence office or contact
and their communication skills. SI sessions a good alternative for stu- For more information on supple-
Sotonye via his email, sotirobin@ya-
Dr. Cheng, who manages the SI dents. mental instruction, contact Dr.
hoo.com.
program, says that it was designed SI leader Michelle said she basi- Cheng in LB250 or call 337-3290.
At least there was a crowd
has been in place since 1995. It was originally in The pope’s visit to London held an unpleasant ing on. The demonstrators were angry at the
response to the killing of fourteen women in surprise. Pope Benedict XVI spent Saturday slow reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to
Montreal. It has long been criticized by the meeting with several victims of abuse at the the accusations of abuse that have plagued them
Harper government for being costly and ineffec- church’s hands. Meanwhile, on the other side of recently. This is the largest protest Pope Benedict
tive. town, a protest of ten thousand people was go- XVI has had in his entire papacy.
Black suits comin’ (nod ya head)
that the number of students is above twelve Remember when someone asked White House stars with planets orbiting in Earth-like proxim-
thousand across the entire University. The big Press Secretary Robert Gibbs if President Barack ity, Malaysian astrophysicist Mazlan Othman,
numbers come partly from 2,300 first-time un- Obama was watching the remake of sci-fi minis- head of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs
dergraduates, as well as 1,000 international stu- eries V and Gibbs just looked confused? Well, (Unoosa), is preparing a contingency plan for
dents. someone at the United Nations must have extraterrestrial contact that gives Unoosa an am-
caught an episode and gotten freaked the fuck bassadorial role. No word on whether Tommy
out. Following the discovery of several distant Lee Jones or Will Smith are being consulted.
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Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2010
Talking trash
Heritage Community tries to clean up its streets
melanie taylor
contributor
Something foul is underfoot in the
Heritage Community in Regina.
The area struggles with members
of other communities using the dump-
sters there instead of paying to haul
their extra garbage to the dump. The
excess waste causes dumpsters to
overflow, and garbage spreads
through the community.
“This community is not a city
dump,” said Brady Burnett, liaison for
the Heritage Community Association
(HCA).
The city may have a solution. It
plans to convert all back alley dump-
sters in Regina to individual roll-out
bins. Each home will be allowed two
bins. One will be for garbage, one for
recycling.
Regina has 60,000 single-family
dwellings. Just over half of those al-
ready use roll-out bins. By 2013, the
city hopes to convert the remaining
homes from back alley dumpsters to
the roll-outs. To test this plan, the city
will start with 300 houses in the
Heritage community.
HCA hasn’t been informed of the
timeline or project details yet, but
Burnett is optimistic about the project.
“I am personally excited. The sooner
the better,” said Burnett.
Not everyone is excited about the
switch. Al Abram is a member of the
community. He thinks the majority of
people in the area will disapprove. He
says many residents, including him-
self, are renovating, which creates a
lot of garbage – possibly more than
the roll-outs will be able to handle.
Fred Clipsham, a city councillor repre-
senting Heritage, acknowledges many
residents will be opposed to the
change.
“It will be an interesting experi-
ment,” said Clipsham. “It won’t be a
totally smooth process.”
Clipsham will have to wait to see
the results of the experiment.
Dumpsters won’t be removed for sev-
eral years. Until then, HCA would like
the city to do something about the
garbage problem that exists now.
“In the meantime, are we just sup-
posed to live with this mess?” asked
Burnett.
He also has a problem with miss-
ing dumpster lids. Typically, dump-
sters without lids overflow. HCA has
asked the city to replace them, but says
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they were told by Arnie Bauer, man-
ager of solid waste collection, that the
city can’t replace the lids because there
are none available.
Bauer denies this.
“If we get a call [that a lid is miss-
ing], we’ll go replace it,” said Bauer,
“just tell us a specific location.”
But, Bauer continued, “We plan to
get away from containers, so why re-
place them.”
For now, it seems like Heritage
will be waiting a while longer to have
their garbage problem taken care of.
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Beyond Riderville
Stadium plans go further than just football
ireference.ca
tonaya marr
contributor
It’s been the focus of much speculation
over the past few months, with people
across Saskatchewan wondering about
the possibility of a new multi-purpose
facility being built in Regina. This facil-
ity, should it be built, will be the new
home of the Saskatchewan
Roughriders, as well as a place for con-
certs and other events in the Queen
City.
But the province seems to be di-
vided on the issue, particularly when
looking at the football aspect of the sit-
uation. Does Regina need a new sta-
dium? Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field,
the current home of the Riders, has
been the team’s long-serving stadium
for 74 years, and is a fixture in its North
Central community.
Rob Deglau, community coordina-
tor for the North Central Community
Association, said Mosaic Stadium has
been “a bit of an income generator” in
North Central. Deglau said people liv-
ing next to the stadium have the oppor-
tunity to make extra cash simply by
allowing people to park their cars in
their driveways during Rider games
and other events held at Mosaic
Stadium. On top of that, the NCCA
“[hires] 60 people in the neighbour-
hood to clean up Mosaic stadium of
recyclables after hours,” according to
Deglau. After wages are paid, the re-
maining money is used to paint murals
in the community, as part of the
NCCA’s mission statement to “en-
hance the quality of life” in North
Central.
City Councillor Wade Murray said
that there’s a strong division among
“ First of all, the federal government has been very good to Saskatchewan, very fair in their funding. When the Prime
Minister was in Saskatoon, he said that if they’re going to fund one stadium, they’re going to fund them all. Equally.
They’ve been there in the past for us, and will be in the future again.”
the residents of North Central – either
they’re very for the new stadium, or
they’re very against it. “There are peo-
ple who see it as a good investment,”
said Murray, “And there are some who
see it in the narrow view as just a home
for the Riders. We need a facility that
operates 24/7, with many more diver-
sities than just the home of the Riders.”
Speaking of the team’s role in North
Central, Murray said, “The Riders have
been a part of this community since
the very beginning.”
The proposed location of the facil-
ity is in the CP yard south of Dewdney
Avenue. The Government of
Saskatchewan and the Canadian
Pacific Railway reached a conditional
sale agreement of the land, as an-
nounced on Sept. 7.
“My thoughts [are] that it’s proba-
bly the very best location if you’re go-
ing to [build a new stadium],” said
Murray. “If I think of Saskatoon, their
facility is outside of town and that’s a
difficult place. Located in the heart of
the city means that you’re using exist-
ing infrastructure and it will be taking
up space that is currently contaminated
by its old use and allows building
something that isn’t residential.”
Ken Cheveldayoff, the provincial
Minister charged with shepherding the
project, said the location within the
centre of the city is ideal. “It’s not very
often that you get a 32-acre parcel of
land in the middle of a major city.
Mayor Pat Fiacco is very excited about
the potential improvements down-
town, as well as about improving the
current location of Mosaic Stadium.
Both the mayor and the city councillors
are excited about the redevelopment
that could take place.”
Deglau says that for the residents
of North Central, having the facility
outside of the neighbourhood could
definitely have its perks. “[A stadium]
is one of those buildings that doesn’t fit
in a residential neighbourhood. If you
look, traditionally, stadiums are down-
town. Having a stadium in a residen-
tial area isn’t really that great.” One
problem faced by residents of North
Central is the need to have a sticker on
their vehicles showing that they live
in North Central, rather than are just
parking in the area during an event.
“If they have guests over during a
Rider game or an event at Taylor field,
their friends’ vehicles get ticketed,”
said Deglau.
There are more things to be consid-
ered, however, than whether or not
Regina citizens are in favour of a new
stadium. According to a feasibility
study conducted in March, the project
will cost an estimated $431.2 million
dollars. There has been talk of the fed-
eral government pitching in as much as
25 per cent of the cost, but as of yet
there has been no confirmation. The
rest of the funding will be coming from
the provincial government, the City of
Regina, and the private sector. Already,
businesses and corporations have
stepped forward to offer their support,
with the Regina Hotels Association
promising $10 million.
Cheveldayoff has little doubt that
the federal government will pull
through. “First of all, the federal gov-
ernment has been very good to
Saskatchewan, very fair in their fund-
ing. When the Prime Minister was in
Saskatoon, he said that if they’re going
to fund one stadium, they’re going to
fund them all. Equally. They’ve been
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there in the past for us, and will be in
the future again.” Still, should the gov-
ernment choose not to contribute,
Cheveldayoff said the provincial gov-
ernment will continue looking to build,
but will have to consider the financial
aspect of the plan again. However,
“our Members of Parliament would
ensure that we get funding equal to
what other areas would get.”
Certainly, $431.2 million dollars is-
n’t pocket change in a country where
the federal government is running a
deficit. Murray, after stating he wasn’t
in a position to make any firm state-
ments on the issue, commented that
he wondered if the money couldn’t be
better spent elsewhere. “What if our
water system or sewage plant were un-
able to keep up with demand for clean
water in our city, [and] we needed $400
million to rebuild [them]? Where does
that investment come from? If the fed-
eral government is willing to help us
out, should the money go to a multi-
purpose facility or that basic human
need?”
Speaking of finding better places to
spend the money, what about getting it
into the hands of farmers after a disas-
trous agricultural season plagued with
flooding?
“Well, our economy is growing
and our province is growing,” said
Cheveldayoff. “Through PDAP
(Provincial Disaster Assistance
Program) we were able to get funding
to those who needed it most. The
Government of Saskatchewan con-
tributed the largest agricultural re-
sponse in the history of the province.”
There’s also the question of what
will happen to Mosaic Stadium should
the deal go through. Cheveldayoff said,
Minister Ken Cheveldayoff
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“That’s up to the City. I know Mayor
Fiacco has ideas about development,
about the need for low-income hous-
ing.”
The need for affordable housing in
the city is an issue that both Deglau
and Murray agree on.
“Our main concern is that if there’s
a void in our neighbourhood, that void
needs to be filled with housing, afford-
able and marketable housing,” said
Deglau. “We need new housing and
the old housing to be torn down.
Moving Mosaic out of North Central
would present us that void.” Murray
said, “It would be positive for the space
to become a prime property for a de-
veloper to build good quality homes.
For the City, it would become an asset,
because at the moment, it’s not a tax-
able property.
“For those people living next to
[Mosaic stadium], it’s not always the
best neighbour. There are loud concerts
that go through the night, and loud
people who sometimes drink in excess
and stumble through the neighbour-
hood.”
It sounds like there are definite
changes on the way for Regina, and
representatives from a few viewpoints
in the city have high hopes for the fu-
ture.
“Our hope is whatever the political
will, there will still be some opportu-
nity for the residents of North Central
to be employed at the facility,” said
Deglau of the changes on the way.
Councillor Murray sees lots of
promise regarding the changes as well,
considering the new location falls un-
der his ward. Laughing, he told The
Carillon, “Wade’s Ward, all the good
stuff happens in Wade’s ward.”
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Ready for battle Poetic weirdos
Combat Improv returns for another
round this season
Danielle Tocker
christian hardy
a&c editor
Judy Wensel wants to tell you
something “totally gross”.
The fourth season of Combat
Improv began on Wednesday, Sept.
29, and Judy wants you to know
that this new season is going to
even more “balls out” than the last.
Combat Improv began three
years ago, hosted by Judy in the
now-defunct Manhattan Room.
“Four years ago, there wasn’t a
place for me to perform,” Judy
says, “and I really wanted to be per-
forming. I had a group of friends
who also wanted a place to per-
form. So that’s where it started.”
After the Manhattan Room
closed its doors, Combat Improv
moved to The Exchange, where it
has been for its past two seasons.
Judy has been performing improv
theatre for over ten years, and she
doesn’t show any signs of stopping
anytime soon.
“The audience has grown. Our
audience in our first season or two
were you know, 50 to 70 people a
month, and now it’s closer to 80 to
100 people at a show. So it’s defi-
nitely grown.”
Much of the appeal of improv-
isational theatre comes from its
ephemeral nature. Judy agrees. “I
think it’s a really dangerous and re-
ally exciting form of theatre,” she
says, “because you never know
what’s going to happen. Also,
when you create something in the
“I think it’s a really dangerous and re-
ally exciting form of theatre because you
never know what’s going to happen. Also,
when you create something in the mo-
ment, it only exists in that moment and
then it’s gone. There’s a wonderful
throwaway quality to it.”
moment, it only exists in that mo-
ment and then it’s gone. There’s a
wonderful throwaway quality to
it.”
An improvised scene is always
changing, but for those who en-
joyed past seasons of Combat
Improv and don’t want it to
change, don’t worry. Many of the
improvisers you know and love
will be returning this season.
“Our ensemble features many
returning players.” Judy remarked.
“There’s 16 of us, and we’re follow-
ing a similar format that we did last
season. Every month there’ll be a
small group who’ll do a showcase
set, where they create a long form
piece that they perform at the
show.” For example, at the most re-
cent Combat Improv show Lee
Boyes performed a one-man show-
case set.
Each Combat Improv show be-
gins with one or two showcases,
featuring different groups of per-
formers each week. The second half
of each show features all of the im-
provisers, who compete against the
other players until there is one per-
former left standing.
The performers of Combat
Improv are a real mixture of tal-
ented amateurs, professional actors,
and stand-up comedians, but what
matters most to Judy is that they
all share a love of improv.
“Our ensemble is definitely
made up of really skilled and tal-
ented improvisers. Whether or not
they’re actors outside of improvisa-
tion rarely makes a difference in
Judy Wensel
their skill base. Ninety per cent of
our ensemble is made up of actors,
really, and then others are people
who’ve just always had an interest
in improv and have been doing it
for several years and keep on pur-
suing it while working on their
Engineering degrees or something
like that.”
Building a stronger improv
community is also important to
Judy, which is why this year per-
former Jayden Pfeifer has put to-
gether a training program for
young improvisers, aged 18 to 19.
Once the group has been through
the rigorous, and likely hilarious,
training set up for them, they will
make their debut at a Combat
Improv show.
“It’s exciting,” Judy says.
“They’re the next generation of im-
provisers being introduced to post-
high school improv.” Judy said.
“There’s a huge number of high
school improvisers thanks to the
Canadian Improv Games and I
think it’s cool that those players can
see that after high school there’s
something going on. For people
that have graduated high school, it
lets them know that they can keep
[improvising] beyond their high
school lives and into their post-
graduate years.”
Not only are the performers
themselves important to the suc-
cess of Combat Improv, the audi-
ence has an integral part to play as
well. As anyone who’s attended a
Combat Improv show knows, audi-
ence members are frequently called
on to give the players suggestions,
shout out themes, and occasionally
join them on stage.
When asked about the makeup
of Combat Improv’s audience, Judy
noted that it’s comprised of “mostly
university students. There’s also a
large high school audience, but it
depends on who’s playing – de-
pending on who’s performing we
can get a more adult audience too.
It’s interesting to see what kind of
performers draw certain people
out.”
You can watch Judy and the
other members of the Combat
Improv ensemble perform once a
month at The Exchange. For show
updates and more information on
Combat Improv, join their group on
Facebook. Judy will also be per-
forming Metamorphoses at The
Globe Theatre, which debuts on
Oct. 13.
Arts & Culture Editor: Christian Hardy
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Swan and Butt are not beatniks
Chris Graham
According to Swan, scandalous happenings make for good poetry
paul bogdan
a&c writer
Patrick Swan and Spencer Butt aren’t the
kind of poets that you’ve studied in your
English classes. “It’s really hard to explain
to people who haven’t heard what we do
what exactly it is we do,” says Swan, who
resides here in the Queen City. “You really
just got to see it. The common reaction I
get is ‘Oh, that is not what I expected at
all,’ which is nice.”
“People always picture snapping fin-
gers and a black beret, and it makes you
cringe. There’s definitely a taboo when
you tell people you’re a performance
poet,” the Toronto native Butt remarks.
However, anyone who has ever heard ei-
ther Patrick Swan’s or Spencer Butt’s per-
formances know that they are the furthest
thing from the beatnik stereotype that is
often associated with poets. “You just got
to tell people to come see it. I’m about as
far from a beatnik as you can get.”
“The worst is that we both come out
of a scene where there is an adopted poet
sound, where people adopt voice and de-
liver their poems. Once people see [our
shows] I don’t find it hard to get them ex-
cited about it,” Swan explains. This is
most likely due to how Butt describes
their shows as “a full body explosion of
craziness”, and seeing Swan’s and Butt’s
boisterous style of performance poetry
that’s filled with cacophonous yelps and
punchlines about “...Mel Gibson getting
drunk/and talking shit about Jews/while
he tells Hollywood cops/that he owns
Malibu” will eliminate any prior appre-
hension audiences might have about go-
ing to listen to poetry.
The dynamics and presentation con-
tribute to the meaning of their work as
much as the words on the page. “I think
it’s neat to get stuff published. I have stuff
that is published by other people, and it’s
neat to see how they’ll format it to the
page, but I’d prefer it for someone to come
and see it live,” states Butt. Although, he
hopes that readers will get something
from it. “They might not love it, but they’ll
“People always picture snapping fingers and a
black beret, and it makes you cringe. There’s
definitely a taboo when you tell people you’re a
performance poet.”
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get something from it.”
Swan affirms that most of his work “is
written with the intention of having to
say it out loud at some point in time. I’ve
always had a weird thing where a lot of
my stuff I feel it lacks something when
someone just reads it on the page. In the
field we’ve chosen, I think something on
the page is just kind of expected at this
point. If you do poems, you should have
your poems in a book for people to read.
People buy my books, and I get a lot of
‘Oh, when are you going to put out a
CD?’”
Having a record of his performances
is important to his audience, Swan says. “I
also get a lot of people who will watch me
perform and get a book and talk to me
later and be like ‘I really like having the
book after so I could reread and process
the stuff I couldn’t keep up with while
you were ranting like mad onstage.’
“It’s a standard that a lot of people
hold up too; like, ‘Oh, have you been pub-
lished yet?’ Well yeah, but that’s not im-
portant. It’s not a big deal,” Butt
recapitulates. “It’s cool to meet someone
like Patrick because we’re from opposite
ends of the country, but we really have the
same point of view ... just when I started
getting sick of it in my neighbourhood,
dudes like [Patrick] are doing really hon-
est, genuine, original stuff. It’s cool be-
cause sometimes [I’m] just like ‘Maybe, I
should just stop doing this? I don’t know.
I don’t sound like any of these dudes.
Maybe I’m doing it wrong?’ Oh, no. We’re
doing it right,” Butt concludes.
Butt just finished the Saskatchewan
leg of his western tour and is headed out
to the west coast. He has three books re-
leased, titled Sometimes I Wish Raptors
Existed So I Could Get Disemboweled and
Finally Spill My Guts to Someone, My Name
is Scientist, and Better Weird Than Dead.
He can be found at www.myspace.com/
thirtysecondblurbs. Patrick Swan has two
books out, Texas Hot Talk and Aesthetically
Absurd Young Drunk Moments and can be
found at wwww.myspace.com/
patrickswan.
Spencer Butt
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Celebrating culture

Saskatchewan celebrates its diverse mosaic during CultureFête

all around the world. Events like [CultureFête]
really highlight the cultural diversity that we
paul bogdan
a&c writer have,” says Denique Leblanc. “When we say
‘culture,’ we say the main ones that we have in
CBC’s CultureFête brought cultures from our city.”
around the world to the lawns of the CBC “I think there’s a stereotype to our province
Broadcast Centre on Saturday, Sept. 25. Part of that we’re not cultured, or as big as the rest of
Culture Days, CultureFête showcased tastes of the cultures; we’re not producing as much as the
cultures from around the world that help form other cultures. But that’s not true. You go to an
the cultural mosiac of Saskatchewan. event like this and you see all the different peo-
In between samosas and spring rolls cooked by ple here that put work in, and you see different
the Regina Immigrant Women’s Centre, specta- people that are putting on different events of
tors were free to indulge in aboriginal story different kinds. I think Saskatchewan kind of
telling or dancing, mini language lessons put on needs to get its big break,” Cibart recaps.
by the Saskatchewan Organization of Heritage Anyone who attended CBC’s CultureFête
Languages, a photograph series put together by would have to agree with Cibart – there were
immigrant and refugee youth who now live limitless amounts of different things to learn
here in Saskatchewan, interactive poetry with about from all over the world. It was a real
Saskatchewan poet Robert Currie, or partake in crowd pleaser.
an interactive photo project that assembled pho- “Well look at the people around,” poet
tos of the people who were in attendance with Robert Currie states. “I think they’re really en-
a quote about what culture meant to them. joying the event, and we’re seeing people from
Ballie Omar, a member of the Regina all kinds of different backgrounds and cultures.
Immigrant Women’s Centre, explained that I think it’s important.”
CultureFête brought “all sorts of communities
together from different backgrounds, and as we
gather, you can see the mixture and the different
cultures. Each one is displaying what they know
best – we’re learning from each other.”
There was no shortage of opportunities to learn
things such as how to play Sepak Takraw or
how to make origami.
“[Culture Days] is a grassroots celebration
of culture across the country,” says Jill Spelliscy,
one of the organizers for the event. “Who does-
“Each [culture] is
n’t want to celebrate what makes our souls displaying what
sing?” And singing there was.
With live musical acts ranging from local
country singer Jason Plumb, Greek musicians they know best –
Arkadia, and a violin quartet led by Denique
Leblanc. “It’s a really good exposure to realize
the talent, the music, and the different events,” we’re learning
Roberta Wallace, one of the violinists, divulges.
Events such as CultureFête help to bring aware-
ness to all the unique cultures that surround us from each other.”
and shape us, but often go unnoticed.
“I think the awareness [of our local culture]
definitely could be higher ... I think we need to Ballie Omar
build it, grow [it], and nurture it,” elaborates
Sarah Cibart, one of Roberta’s co-fiddlers. “I
think often when we think Saskatchewan, we
think of Aboriginal or sometimes French, but we
have to highlight that we do have cultures from
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photos by Ali Nikolic


14 a&c
Young Soul
hits the road
Library Voices and Rah Rah discuss their
upcoming fall tours
Chris Graham
megan narsing
contributor
Touring across the country when you’re
from the prairies is by no means an easy
feat. Having the heart of Canada’s mu-
sic scene reside in the more populated
areas such as Montreal and Vancouver
means that bands from Saskatchewan
have to work that much harder to be
recognized.
Library Voices’ Michael Dawson
agrees. “People start to have a bit of a
preconceived notion about what you’re
all about and I think it was a little bit
harder for people to take us seriously.”
On the other hand, Erin Passmore
of Rah Rah and Sylvie has a different
perspective on breaking into the music
scene in Canada.
“I think a lot of things were actually
easier because we were from the
prairies, just because a lot of big city
folks don’t really think that it’s possible
for a small town band to actually do
what we do. They’re kind of taken
aback. Some people think you can’t do
what big city bands do because you’re
from a smaller town, we like to prove
them wrong.”
Young Soul Records labelmates
Library Voices and Rah Rah have both
done just that. With fan bases in all
pockets of Canada, they’re proving that
even a band from the prairies can break
into the wider Canadian music scene.
This fall, Library Voices and Rah
Rah plan to break further into Canada’s
music scene by touring, and what’s a
more perfect time to tour than in the
fall? When it comes to publicizing your-
self, especially to the student market,
it’s much better to do so in autumn.
Christine McAvoy
“It’s pretty much the perfect time
because you don’t get over-heated and
you don’t freeze your ass off,”
Passmore laughed. “In the summer it’s
really hard to play shows in smaller
towns just because their students are
away or back at home.”
Dawson agreed, saying that in the
summer “People are so busy and doing
so many other things. People are on va-
cation and in some cities when univer-
sity is out literally half the city moves
away.”
Touring outwards from the prairies
is also hard when it comes to driving
from town to town. Both groups ex-
claimed their dislike for the long six-to-
eight-hour drives needed to get to the
next venue for their sound checks.
“You’re basically looking at an
eight-hour drive to the next city, versus
when you get to Ontario and Quebec,
most days it’s a two-hour drive. From a
touring perspective [touring in Eastern
Canada] makes life much easier.”
Dawson explained.
“When you’re from Toronto every-
thing is close by so you could make a
weekend out of it, where as prairies
have an eight-hour commute.”
Passmore said.
Long commutes aren’t the only ob-
stacles that prairie bands have to face.
Being with the same people constantly
for weeks and months at a time can get
frustrating to say the least.
Both bands admitted that some-
times they have their sore points with
band members but they get around
them and make it work. Dawson
pointed out that even though they get
sick of each other “It’s kind of like
speed dating in the band, we kind of ro-
tate and spend the day hanging with
someone else. Ninety-eight per cent of
the time we get along with each other.”
Passmore was optimistic about Rah
Rah’s attitude on this upcoming tour.
“There will be times when we miss our
families and friends and we kind of
don’t talk that much that day or we get
a little bit grumpy. We all know not to
take that personally. It happens to
everyone.”
Sometimes things don’t go as
smoothly on the road as Passmore
would like them to.
“We’ve had a few incidences of
food poisoning which is never fun, es-
pecially because you have to keep mov-
ing. Because you’re in such close
quarters with everyone, you really have
to take your vitamins otherwise you’re
gonna get sick too.”
Library Voices have had their own
fair share of hardship on tour. “The
worst for sure was a couple years ago.
We had our van broken into in
Vancouver. They stole just over $10,000
worth of equipment from us.” Dawson
said. “We always have these hilarious –
although they shouldn’t be, they should
probably be tragic – events. We were in-
vited to play a convocation at [the
University of Victoria] and we were
driving there sort of non stop ... first
the alternator went and we had to stop
to get that fixed ... next we were caught
in a freak blizzard that came out of no
where ... But after all that we still man-
aged to get on the ferry on time.”
“Nothing is easy for us!” he joked.
Of course one has to prepare for
these crazy experiences that occur on
tour. Preparing for a tour usually means
putting a ton of extra hours at work
and trying to squeeze in the time to
meet up and rehearse. Along with the
other small essentials: “It’s a matter of
doing a lot of laundry and strategically
packing.” Dawson stated.
Passmore laughed “I like to buy
new socks especially for fall tours. If I
could give any advice to those wanting
to tour I would tell them to pack
warmer than you think you’ll need!”
Michael Dawson and the rest of
Library Voices’ upcoming tour is part of
the Saskatchewan Arts Board’s “On The
Go” program. You can catch them in
Regina Oct. 15 at The Exchange.
Erin Passmore and Rah Rah kicked
off their latest tour on Sept. 24 at the
CBC building in Regina and will be
touring across Canada for the rest of
the fall.
Arcade Fire heat
up Saskatoon
Anthemic indie rockers
exceed audience expectations
Kim Jay
joel blechinger
contributor
Before the start of The Arcade
Fire’s concert on Saturday, Sept
25 at the Credit Union Centre in
Saskatoon I noticed an elderly,
white-haired man in a black
hoodie slowly pass by my friends
and me. I paid little heed to who
I thought was simply another
centre employee – possibly a se-
curity guard.
Several minutes later, I no-
ticed that the man wasn’t some
old codger charged with super-
vising the show, earplugs firmly
in place, but was a devoted fan of
the band. His black sleeves were
emblazoned with the open-book
cover design of the band’s soph-
omore record, Neon Bible.
The effect of the band’s 18-
song set can’t be any more suc-
cinctly summed-up than by this
simple of image of two distinctly
different people – myself and the
man – brought together to cele-
brate the unprecedented success
of the Montreal seven-piece band.
The Arcade Fire opened their
show with their crowd favorite,
“Wake Up,” from 2004’s Funeral.
During the song, bright soft-
toned lights shone out onto the
crowd.
A large screen behind the
band was used from the second
song, “Ready to Start,” until the
concert’s finale. The screen visu-
ally complemented the music,
distorting and overlaying images
of the band filmed at different an-
gles and using different color-
schemes.
During “Haiti,” treated im-
ages of palm-trees against a blue
sky appeared onscreen, and the
synchronized swimmers from
Neon Bible’s album artwork made
an appearance during “No Cars
Go.” The swimmers were eerily
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looped, twitching and touching
their faces during the verses, and
made to holler during the song’s
anthemic chorus.
The title cut from The Suburbs
featured visuals portraying a
group of suburban teens. Regine
Chassagne, Butler’s wife and fe-
male lead vocalist, adorned in a
sequined dress, twirled with
streamers during the disco-tinged
“Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond
Mountains).” Meanwhile, Win
tried to crowdsurf during her
verses.
Unexpectedly, “Ocean of
Noise” from Neon Bible featured
horn accompaniment from two
of Calexico’s members, who
opened the show.
“Neighborhood #3 (Power
Out)” brought with it an aggres-
sive energy and a strobe-lit break-
down during
multi-instrumentalist Richard
Reed Parry’s guitar figure. The
song eventually devolved into
several minutes of guitar squall
before the memorable bass line
of “Rebellion (Lies)” emerged,
signaling that the crowd was in
for something especially an-
themic.
The band’s encore ended the
concert climactically with a dra-
matic switching off of the stage’s
lights in time with the song’s last
drum hit. Following this was the
opening cut of Funeral,
“Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels),”
which featured visuals of the
band performing as images of
falling snow were overlaid on
them.
The concert was – wait for it
– anthemic. I wish I could have
seen my elderly friend swaying
along in his seat somewhere in
the ocean of glowing people.
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Onward and heavenward Five The Fall

songs to
Japandroids don’t let up listen to in
john cameron
editor-in-chief
A friendly interview question to ask
a band is how long they’ve been on
the road for – it usually leads to
jokes about tour vans, stories about
leaving their apartments unoccu-
pied, and a list of cool places the
band has played in recently.
Japandroids have been on tour
for so long that it seemed more fit-
ting to ask how much time they
haven’t spent on the road.
Since last fall, the band has
played or been booked to play
somewhere around 250 shows –
which, for the record, includes
dates in places like Russia, Mexico,
and Costa Rica. That hectic globe-
trotting schedule makes downtime
hard to come by.
“We had a pretty decent break
in August, which was the first break
we’ve really had for longer than a
week or so,” drummer David
Prowse noted. “We had almost all
of August off, which was kind of
weird.”
For Japandroids, however, tak-
ing a break doesn’t mean lying dor-
the fall
It’s hard to figure where the
song would fit on Post-Nothing, es-
pecially considering that it was ac-
tually written around the same time
as that record’s songs, along with
the other four songs that will have
appeared as limited-run seven-inch
singles by the end of the year. For
the band, however, it’s less about
the band’s canon and more about
simply getting more music to the
people who want it.
“It was kind of a way of releas-
ing more material without having
to really stop touring,” Prowse ex-
plained. “Whenever we’ve been
home for any length of time in the
last while, we’ve just gotten in the
studio for a few days and tried to The Fall weren’t named after the season,
crank out another seven-inch.” but Albert Camus’ novel of the same
Something else about the name. In spite of this, here are the top five
seven-inch format that appeals to songs by The Fall best listened to during
the band is that it lets them concen- autumn.
trate on putting out music without
needing to sit down and focus on
the needs of a full-length.
“Whenever we take a serious
break from touring, that’s when we
can put out a full length and actu-
ally take the time it takes to not just
write that many songs but also
write a batch of songs and put them
Leigh Righton
Two threat level shoegazers

do limited-run record series in be- Exclaim! wrote on them last year,

mant. Instead, Prowse and guitarist
Brian King holed up in a studio in
their hometown of Vancouver and
cut the two tracks that make up
their latest release, a seven-inch
record with the newly-recorded
“Heavenward Grand Prix” and a
cover of PJ Harvey’s “Shame” as
the A- and B-sides, respectively.
together and choose songs that
work as a cohesive unit,” Prowse
said. “Whereas the seven-inch se-
ries is kind of, like, whenever
you’re home and you have some
idea in your head for a cover or an
idea for bits and pieces of a song
we’ve figured out how to do.
“It’s just something where we
can be a little bit more weird with
tween proper full-length releases;
Olympia, WA-based orchestral pop
band Parenthetical Girls’ new “al-
bum” is technically a series of 10-
inch EPs, and Prowse mentions the
late Jay Reatard’s prodigious seven-
inch output as inspiration for the
Japandroids’ own project. Such se-
ries are, however, still rare.
Thankfully, Japandroids’ label, the
5 “Bombast” (This
Nation’s Saving
Grace)
To be fair, almost all of This Nation’s Saving
were close to calling it quits just be- Grace seems to be suited for either late-fall
or dead-of-winter listening sessions, but
fore Post-Nothing came out. Now,
they’re playing festivals, touring “Bombast” is a great track to listen to in
your headphones when the wind is howling
with bands like The Walkman and
Frog Eyes, the latter of whom and you’re not sure if the rain is going to
turn into snow or not.
Prowse expressed long-standing
admiration for, and releasing music
as often as they want to in whatever
way they want.
“We’re lucky,” Prowse de-

The former track is a mild de-
parture from the noisy garage rock
that defined their full-length debut,
last year’s Post-Nothing. Unlike the
powerhouse guitar chords that
made up their full-length’s numer-
ous anthems, the mid-tempo dance
beat of “Heavenward Grand Prix”
seems to be the track’s main instru-
ment, standing out against unintel-
ligible guitars that have been
fuzzed out to Threat Level
Shoegaze.
things and don’t have to necessarily
think about whether that seven-
inch fits with the last seven-inch we
did or anything like that,” he con-
tinues. “That way, we can just kind
of explore a bit more. Some of the
stuff we’ve recorded but haven’t re-
leased yet is pretty different from
anything we’ve ever done, and
that’s kind of why the seven-inch
series is so fun.”
It’s not unheard of for bands to
venerable independent label
Polyvinyl Records, wholeheartedly
supported the idea of the seven-
inch series.
“They were awesome,” Prowse
said. “They’re awesome about
everything. They’re great. They’re
the perfect label ... As soon as we
suggested this idea, they were like,
‘Yep. Let’s do it.’”
It’s a nice change for a band
who, according to the cover story
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clared. “We’ve been really lucky in (Live at the
terms of having all these awesome
people helping us and working
Witch Trials)
with us.” “Frightened”’s plodding bass line, minimal
Luck is part of it, but so are organ sounds, and skeletal guitars make it a
ideas and dedication, and perfect song to listen to while trudging in
Japandroids seem to have all three the cold on sidewalks covered in dead
in spades. leaves.
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Distrikt on Saturday, Oct. 2 with
Frog Eyes and P.S. I Love You.
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refer to this film only as Owl Movie Oliver Stone, his stylish visual di- Doug finds himself in a relationship with
aceshowbiz.net sv-1.filmtrailer.com

for the remainder of this review. rection made certain that every the hostage, looking for a way out of the
The Legend The Town

If you’re unfamiliar with the
of the
fifteen-volume series, let me sum it
up for you: it’s Redwall with owls.
Guardians:
scene was an incredible viewing criminal life. Meanwhile, an FBI agent (Jon
Directed by Ben
experience. Hamm) is closing in on them fast.
Affleck
Every scene was like watching The plot is fairly unremarkable for the

Ok, I’m being overly flippant. Owl the best t-shirt or cheesy oil paint- genre, but Affleck seems to have a great di-
The Owls of Starring Ben

Movie follows the story of Soren, a ing featuring owls come to life. rectorial sense of how to let the casting and
Ga’Hoole Affleck, Jeremy

Directed by
Zack Snyder
I am trying very hard not to make
any owl puns right now.
The Legend of the Guardians: The
Owls of Ga’Hoole is a film that I
knew nothing about prior to see-
ing it in theatre. As far as I knew,
these were the facts: the film has a
wordy mouthful of a title that
doesn’t roll off the tongue as much
as it trips over it completely, caus-
ing the mouth to make a scrunched
up face afterwards; it features talk-
ing owls in a medieval fantasy set-
ting; it is based on a series of
children’s books; Zack Snyder
(300, Watchmen) was directing,
and; Owl City are on the sound-
track.
In other words, my expecta-
tions for Legend of the Guardians
were set very low.
For the sake of brevity I will
young Tyto owl who is kidnapped
from his family by the Pure Ones,
a group of Tyto owls that want to
enslave all the lesser species. The
Pure Ones are obviously Nazi owls
(the Owryan Race? Master Owls?).
Soren escapes their clutches, gains
some owl pals, and flies off on a
journey to find the guardians of
Ga’Hoole.
It’s a typical high-fantasy af-
fair, except that all the characters
are owls. Depending on your point
of view, this will either make the
film better or even worse.
To my surprise, Owl Movie
turned out to be a real hoot.
God, I’m sorry. That was terri-
ble. No more puns. It just
squawked, I mean, slipped out.
Yes, Owl Movie was a surpris-
ingly good film. It has some of the
best computer-generated anima-
tion I’ve ever seen outside of a
Pixar film, and while director Zack
Snyder is even less subtle than
Think of any shirt you’ve ever
found at Value Village that had
wolves howling against a wintry
background on it, or the Three
Keyboard Cat Moon shirt. The
only difference between those t-
shirts and this movie is that Owl
Movie has owls in it, and they’re
wearing badass medieval armor. I
haven’t even begun to describe
how cute some of the smaller
owlets in this film are.
If you’re able to set aside
whatever pretensions or highfa-
lutin notions of good taste that you
might have, you will find Owl
Movie to be a charming, adorable,
and sometimes thrilling animated
adventure.
christian hardy
a&c editor
Renner, Rebecca
Hall
Ben Affleck has made a strong case for him-
self as a talent worth watching out for. The
Town, his second feature film as a director,
demonstrates that 2007’s phenomenal Gone
Baby Gone was not a fluke. While this new
film doesn’t go anywhere that we haven’t
been before, it’s well worth seeing for its ex-
citing action scenes and fine performances.
The Town is an action crime drama that
focuses on a group of bank robbers from
Charlestown, an area of Boston, MA that
produces more armed robbers than any
other in America. In Charlestown, robbery
is a trade passed from father to son.
Affleck plays one such son. His charac-
ter, Doug MacRay, is the brain behind a
four-man team of criminals who have
robbed numerous banks and armoured
cars. After his best friend Jim (Jeremy
Renner) strays from the plan by taking a
hostage (Rebecca Hall) during a robbery,
the gang’s lives get a lot more complicated.
especially the setting inform the feel of the
film. Charlestown itself is a character, from
the bar the boys hang out in to the decrepit
apartment building where they live to the
old hockey rink that can’t even afford ice.
When Doug goes to visit his incarcerated fa-
ther, played briefly but powerfully by Chris
Cooper, the establishing shots of the prison
yard feel a lot like Charlestown itself. It’s
easy to understand Doug’s desire to change
his life and escape the place that has always
been his home.
When the credits rolled at the end of the
film, a woman sitting behind me in the the-
atre was audibly shocked to learn it had
been directed by Ben Affleck. In the ad cam-
paign for the movie, it is billed as, “from the
acclaimed director of Gone Baby Gone,” but
no mention is made of Affleck himself. It
seems that the studio is worried Affleck’s
name will cast a shadow on the film. If he
continues to make films this good, they will
start putting his name on them soon.
sean trembath contributor

cd reviews The Walkmen’s sixth album is a record perfectly

The first Women album was one of the rare few
that deserves the hype it gets. Despite some se-
quencing issues, its songs were impeccable and its
atmosphere was certainly unique, courtesy of
producer Chad VanGaalen getting them to record
outside in a culvert and directly into a boombox.
Public Strain is an immediate and obvious
step forward. It doesn’t depart too much from
Women’s particular brand of post-punk, but it
does intensify it a little. The group’s pop tenden-
cies shine through more brightly this time
around, with “Venice Lockjaw” featuring ’60s
harmonies over placid Velvet Underground
strumming. There’s also more depth to their abra-
sive side, as well: “Narrow With The Hall” and
“Drag Open” are all distorted cello and broken-
glass guitars. As with the last record, their best
tracks lie in the middle of the noisy pop spectrum,
like the impossibly shrill “Heat Distraction” and
Women
six-minute closer “Eyesore”.
Public Strain
Despite the return of VanGaalen’s exquisite
production, Women are still clearly not a “record”
Flemish Eye
suited to the revival of the LP format – it oozes a
certain kind of nostalgia only intensified by por-
ing over the beautiful photography of its gatefold
cover.
I’ve often felt that The Walkmen’s work can
be viewed as an oeuvre – the way that they ap-
proach albums in a painterly way. Subtle changes
are effected, certain elements and textures are re-
tained, others altered, new ones are introduced. In
The Walkmen’s oeuvre, this is their “summer al-
bum,” inspired by the titular locale, as well as
early Elvis and Sun Records material.
Instrumentation on Lisbon is relatively sparse:
drums, bass, Maroon’s signature guitar tone, or-
gan, piano, Leithauser’s vocals, and the occa-
sional surprise. Lyrically, Leithauser continues to
embody a nearly indescribable, masculine kind of
restlessness and existential angst. Through his
lens, interpersonal drama is elevated to the level
The Walkmen
of “tragedy” and you believe him.
Lisbon
In Leithauser’s narratives, women have
evocative names like Angela, and you instantly
Fat Possum

band – their power is only truly evident in their know the type of girl to whom he is referring. He
live show. Still, Public Strain is a terrific docu- earnestly croons lines like “I’d give you all my
ment from one of Canada’s best touring acts. love / But my heart itself is broken” in the driv-
ing “Blue As Your Blood.” Lisbon is a veiled his-
tory lesson: before we had emo, we had crooners
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leads the songs. Black Mountain’s changing iden-
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tainly an album worth listening to with a sound
worth thinking about.

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sports Sports Editor: Jonathan Hamelin
carillonsportseditor@gmail.com
the carillon, Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2010

jonathan hamelin, david
carnegie, autumn
mcdowell, john cameron
this week’s roundtable
What is one new sports club you
would like to start or see started here
at the university?
Jonathan Hamelin: I think a hot dog
eating club would be amazing. We
could help develop the next Joey
Chestnut or Takeru Kobayashi, current
professional hot dog eaters. You’d only
need hot dogs, buns, and maybe some
water so funding would not be a prob-
lem. I couldn’t see recruiting being a
problem either.
David Carnegie: We need a Jay Onrait
and Dan O’Toole Fan Club. Hands
down, they are the best. Just don’t ask
Producer Tim.
Autumn McDowell: If someone else
wants to take the initiative and possi-
bly start one for mixed martial arts, I
would be in support of that as I am
quite obsessed with it. Seeing as how
it’s the fastest-growing sport in the
world, maybe the university should
get with the times.
John Cameron: Is there a club for fat
guys who want to hit the gym?
Whenever I go to exercise, I just feel
conscious of how much I’m sweating
and how weird fat bouncing around
on bone feels. If I was rolling like three
going to the gym in order to “calm my
nerves.”
The Saskatchewan Roughriders
moved within two points of the
Calgary Stampeders for first in the
West Division this past weekend. Will
they surpass the Stamps when all is
said and done?
Hamelin: I’d like to think so. Calgary
has to face a powerful Montreal
Alouettes squad twice still. On top of
that, they have to play the Riders at
Mosaic Stadium. Whenever they have
to come to Regina, they basically get
assaulted by all the noise.
Saskatchewan can easily make up two
points under those circumstances.
Carnegie: The Stamps are not that
good. They have yet to play the
Montreal Alouettes (their home and
home series starts this weekend) and
then they have to play the Riders back
at Mosaic Stadium one more time.
Plus, did you see the last game against
B.C.? I didn’t. It was garbage. Riders
will finish first.
McDowell: Yes, because when all is
said and done, the Riders will be Grey
Cup champs. Naturally, they will have
to get by the Stamps to do it.
Cameron: One thing about the
Stampeders is that they tend to win
games based on strategy, teamwork
and well-executed plays. This stands in
sharp contrast to the Riders’ strategy of
hoping for a miracle every third down,
and I mean every. Single. Third. Down.
Tillman as their general manager ear-
lier this month. Too soon?
Hamelin: Is it too soon for Tillman to
take advantage of the free babysitting
service at work? That is the real ques-
tion. In all seriousness, Tillman will
need to keep his eyes on the prize and
off of the babysitter.
Carnegie: Too soon? Not soon enough
for Eskimo fans who want to win. Oh,
you want to talk about all the other
baggage that Tillman brings with him?
Sorry, I’m talking about winning foot-
ball games. It won’t be as easy for
Tillman as it was with the team Shivers
set up for him in Saskatchewan, but
he’s good and he’ll make a contender
out of Edmonton in a season or two.
McDowell: No, even creeps need jobs.
If the struggling Eskimos are the only
ones that offer him one, so be it. I don’t
blame him for taking the job and I
don’t blame the Eskies for hiring
Tillman. At this point, neither the team
nor Tillman have anything to lose by
trying.
Cameron: I’ve had like a nasty feeling
in my stomach for about two months.
It turns out my body has just been re-
acting to Tillman’s hiring! Thank God.
I can cancel the appointment with my
gastroenterologist. He’s a nice doctor,
but I was not looking forward to that
appointment. Thanks, Eric Tillman,
you creepy hedgehog-looking fuck!
Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose
Bautista recently surpassed the 50
homeruns in a season. Is he on
steroids?
Hamelin: If he is good for him. Maybe
the rest of the Blue Jays can follow suit
and then they might make the fucking
playoffs for a change.
Carnegie: Bautista has a batting order
that works in his favour. Pitchers have
to give him something to hit with other
threats in the lineup. Not to mention he
is actually playing this season, unlike
other years where he was a backup.
McDowell: No. I’m tired of everyone
thinking that because someone is un-
real that they have to be on the juice.
What pro athlete has been caught for
steroids recently after an unreal per-
formance anyways? Oh wait. Chael
Sonnen. Okay, he’s on steroids.
Cameron: Dude doesn’t look swole
enough to be on steroids. And yes,
“swole” is a word. It’s in the
Wiktionary.
Michael Vick, who is out of jail after
being arrested for his illegal dog
fighting ring, is having success with
the Philadelphia Eagles. Did he de-
serve this second chance?
Hamelin: Look, let’s throw Vick a
bone. We are really leaving him in the
doghouse here. He has made his mis-
takes, but every dog has his day. Vick
simply barked up the wrong tree. Wait,
what was the question?
Carnegie: What he did was wrong. It
rest of his - oh my gosh! Did you see
that touchdown pass he just threw? Go
Eagles!
McDowell: Yes. No question. The guy
is an unreal player. He did his time
and now he can get back in the game.
Obviously, he isn’t exactly the poster
boy of the league, but you can’t deny
how good this kid is. I know I’ll enjoy
watching him.
Cameron: I’m reveling in this. I want
him to start every game. I want him to
be the top QB in the NFL. I want him
on boxes of Wheaties. I want America
to have to reconcile its admiration of
and love for prodigiously talented ath-
letes with its revulsion at dog murder.
“Is there a club for
fat guys who want to
hit the gym? ... If I
was rolling like three
or four deep with
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wouldn’t need to drink
heavily before going to
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Big names, big expectations

Esposito, Leffler, and Strueby look to lead Cougars men’s
hockey team to glory

Kelsey Conway
Regina looking to make the playoffs after failing to do so last season

jonathan hamelin
sports editor
Players like Cody Esposito, Brett
Leffler, and Matt Strueby are bringing
their impressive resumes to the
University of Regina Cougars men’s
hockey team this season.
Will it be enough to help the team
get back to the playoffs this season af-
ter missing them last year?
“We always expect to be there re-
gardless of who we have,” said
Cougars head coach Blaine Sautner.
“Every season as a team, we want to
win a championship. We’ve done quite
well with our recruiting class. We’ve
got a lot of size, skill, and chemistry.”
The Cougars open up a new
Canada West season on Friday against
the University of Saskatchewan
Huskies. They play them on Saturday
as well. Both games start at 7 p.m. at
the Co-operators Centre.
Many of Regina’s big recruits this
off-season enjoyed impressive junior
stints. Esposito, a 6-3, 204 lb forward,
played in 167 games in the Western
Hockey League and finished off his
career with the Dauphin Kings of the
Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Last
season with the Kings, Esposito scored
23 goals and added 18 assists.
Both Leffler and Strueby enjoyed
successful stints with the WHL’s
Regina Pats. In Leffler ’s 309 career
games with the Pats, the 6-2, 195 lb
forward had 75 goals and 76 assists.
Strueby, a 6-2, 195 lb forward, had 70
goals and 57 assists during his four-
year tenure with Regina.
New recruits joining Esposito,
Leffler, and Strueby this season are for-
mer University of Manitoba Bisons
forward Terrance Delaronde (6-2, 205
lb); Saskatchewan Junior Hockey’s
Melville Millionaires forward Cody
Gross (6-0, 187 lb); Lucas Isley (5-10,
175 lb), a forward for the Alberta
Junior Hockey League’s Bonnyville
Pontiacs; SJHL’s Weyburn Red Wings
forward Tyler Penny (5-10, 170 lb);
Jordan Reeve (6-0, 190 lb), a
Millionaires defenceman; and Red
Wings goalie A.J. Whiffen (5-11, 195
lb).
A solid recruiting class was
needed, said Sautner.
“It came at the right time,” he ex-
plained. “We had a big turnover – we
graduated three guys and had four
guys not come back because of aca-
demics. When you lose that many
players, it sure changes the dynamic of
your team.”
A big factor in landing these play-
ers was the Co-operators Centre, the
new state-of-the-art facility in Regina
that the Cougars will be playing their
games in this season.
“Many players coming out of the
WHL are used to those facilities,”
noted Sautner. “These players get used
to the way they were treated at that
level. When these players are being re-
cruited by someone, they want to get
that same feeling. We are at a spot
where players come to our rink and
see how great of a facility it is. We’ve
got a facility that allows us to treat our
players the best.”
Though Regina got some solid re-
cruits, they are still a young team and
are playing in a very competitive con-
ference. With so many new players,
Sautner expects there to be some grow-
ing pains. Because of this, the team
played six preseason games to gain
more experience. They posted a record
of 3-3-0.
“With the number of new guys we
have we really had to focus on finding
an identity,” Sautner noted. “We
wanted to establish a pattern of hard
work. Over the six games, there were
times when we were bang on, working
hard and moving our feet. Other times
I thought we weren’t quite there.
Establishing an identity is really an
ongoing process.”
These extra games could pay off early
for Regina. In the opening six games of
the season, the Cougars play
Saskatchewan four times and the
University of Manitoba Bisons twice.
Both teams were among the top three
teams in the league last season.
“[Our season] doesn’t start off
with what you would say is a
favourable schedule,” Sautner noted.
“We are playing two teams that I feel
are the best in the league. If we can
come out with a .500 record over those
first six games we are going to set our-
selves up to have a successful first half.
Every game is going to be a playoff
game for us.”
To get back to the playoffs this sea-
son, Regina will need to improve on
offence. Players like Strueby and
Leffler can only help improve a
Cougars offence that is in desperate
need of a kick start. In the 2009-10
campaign, Regina only averaged
around two goals a game and failed to
produce many shots on the opposing
team.
“We are trying to continually put
our guys in a position where they can
score,” Sautner explained. “Making
sure we are crashing the net, getting
traffic in front, and getting rebounds
will be important. Sometimes you’ve
just got to put pucks on net. We’re go-
ing to need to pay the price to score
goals.”
To help generate offence, Sautner
and Cougar will actually be relying on
the defence as well.
“Last year, we tried to open things
up a little bit more in terms of scoring
so we tried to get the defence more in-
volved,” said Sautner. “It might have
caused us to allow a few more goals
against, but we think it is important to
get guys involved. We are always try-
ing to evolve and do what is best for
the team.
“We will continue to do that this
season.”
In net, there will be a lot of pres-
sure on fifth-year Adam Ward. After
sharing time with other goaltenders
during his first four years with the
club, Ward is now the man. The oppor-
tunity presented itself when Brant
Hilton, one of the Cougars’ main goal-
tenders last season along with Ward,
signed with the Mississippi
RiverKings of the Central Hockey
League.
Last season, Ward posed a record
of 3-7, a 3.25 goals against average,
and a .910 save percentage. He will be
backed up by Shayne Barrie and
Whiffen. Heading in the 2010-11 cam-
paign, Sautner has faith in his starting
goalie.
“He has been just outstanding for
us during the preseason,” said Ward.
“He has been really relaxed and fo-
cused in the games. This year might be
a bit of a coming out for him. He’ll
carry the load this season.”

“We are playing two teams that I feel are the best in
the league. If we can come out with a .500 record over
those first six games we are going to set ourselves up to
have a successful first half. Every game is going to be a
playoff game for us.”
Blaine Sautner
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Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2010
Handball action arrives at University
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Students have the chance to play a
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According to Steve Schneider, hand-
ball is truly an amazing sport.
“It’s the kind of sport that even if
you’ve never played it before, you
fall in love with it when you do,” he
said. “It’s a team sport and it devel-
ops a lot of character, leadership, and
discipline. Basically it’s a great sport
to get into if you just want to be in
shape.”
With the University of Regina
Team Handball Club starting up this
year, all students have a chance to
enjoy the sport as well.
“Our goal is just to promote the
sport throughout the school,”
Schneider, the program coordinator,
explained. “It’s not a very well
known sport in North America. It’s
made for North American athletes.”
In handball, which is usually
played indoors, teams move the ball
down the court by throwing it to one
another and they attempt to throw it
in the other team’s net. When a
player gets the ball, they can take up
to three steps without dribbling.
After that, they can only hold the ball
for three seconds before dribbling,
passing, or shooting. Each team
“It’s the kind of sport that even if you’ve never played it before,
you fall in love with it when you doIt’s the kind of sport that even
if you’ve never played it before, you fall in love with it when you
dot.”
plays with six outfielders and one
goalkeeper on the court.
The original handball club at the
U of R was the Luther College
Handball Club. However, the name
was changed over the summer be-
cause of lack of support. The team’s
coach, Raquel Marinho, used to play
on the Brazilian women’s national
handball team. She also does work
with the Saskatchewan provincial
teams.
The team will be playing around
two games a week in the Prairie
Handball Circuit, which consists of
other teams in Saskatchewan. In
tournaments, they will compete
against other university clubs. One
such tournament, taking place in
Regina this February, will see uni-
versity clubs from all over the world
come to the Queen City.
Unfortunately for women, the
team is only for men. While
Schneider notes there was some in-
terest in forming a women’s team,
this has not happened yet. Sask.
Handball does have plans to form a
women’s team eventually. However,
women are still welcome to come out
to every practice. There are around
two practices a week. Also, any men
who want to try out the sport but not
necessarily join the team, are wel-
come to come to practice as well.
As Schneider says, “the more the
merrier.” With enough interest, he
said, an intramural league could be
started.
Joining the handball team pro-
vides one with a great opportunity to
meet new people.
“It’s a very friendly atmosphere
and ethnically diverse,” Schneider
says. “Our club has people from all
over the world. We have some kids
that are from Nigeria, Afghanistan,
parts of Europe and all over
Canada.”
Though the handball team is
funded through different sponsors
and Sask. Handball, it is not free to
join. To join the club, it will cost indi-
viduals around $150. However,
Schneider notes there will be plenty
of opportunities to fundraise.
“We do understand that a lot of
people are on student loans and not
everybody has the chance to get a
job,” he explained.
For more information on the U of
R team handball club, visit their web-
site at http://uofrhandball.webs.
com or search for “University of
Regina Team Handball Club” on
Facebook. For more information on
practice times, phone Schneider at
730-8535 or email him at lutherhand-
ball@live.com.
Steve Schneider
Wiebe shines and the Rams roll
jonathan hamelin
sports editor
Cross-Country
Kelly Wiebe delivered another strong
performance last Saturday.
The Cougars runner had a time of
24 minutes 55 seconds to finish the
eight-kilometre course first out of 334
runners in the division II category at
the Roy Griak Invitational in
Minneapolis.
Other runners who compete for
the men’s team, which finished sixth
place in the team standings, were Iain
Fyfe (seventh, 25:44), Matt Johnson
(36th, 26:53), Dale Wig (58th, 27:15),
Marc Beaton (125th, 28:18), and
Michael Middlemiss (126th, 27:16).
Karissa LePage finished the five-
kilometre women’s course 20th among
the 287 competitors with a time 23:03.
She was the top female finisher for the
Cougars. Lisa Benz finished at 94th
with 24:37 and Kaytlyn Criddle came
in 28th with 25:08.
Next Saturday, the men’s and
women’s cross-country team are to
compete at the University of
Saskatchewan Open.
Football
The Rams are on a roll.
Last Friday, the team earned a 41-
6 Canada West road victory – their
second victory in a row – against the
University of British Columbia
Thunderbirds.
Adrian Charles continued his
amazing play on the ground for the
Rams, rushing for 193 yards and scor-
ing two touchdowns. He had a 90-
yard touchdown run in the game – the
second longest in the team’s history.
Marc Mueller had another solid game
for Regina as well, going 16/27 for 186
yards and one touchdown. Jason Price
and Matt Yausie had touchdown
catches for the Rams.
Defensively, Regina was led by
Daniel Knaus, who registered 11 total
tackles. As a team, the Rams had four
interceptions.
Regina moved into a tie with the
University of Calgary Dinos for first in
the conference at 3-1. Regina hosts the
University of Alberta Golden Bears (2-
2) on Saturday, 7 p.m., at Mosaic
Stadium.
Women’s Soccer
Last weekend’s pair of Canada West
games for the Cougars were bitter-
sweet.
On the one hand, the team did
drop a 2-1 road decision on Saturday
against the previously winless
University of Lethbridge Pronghorns.
On the other hand, they matched
their win total from last season al-
ready with a 2-1 road victory over the
Dinos on Sunday.
Tayler Firth scored for the
Cougars on Saturday. Michelle
Anderson made six saves. Megan
Florizone and Tegan Koroluk scored
for Regina on Sunday. Anderson
stopped eight shots.
Regina is 2-3-1 on the season, fifth
place in the conference. The Cougars
finally return home this weekend with
a pair of home games. On Saturday,
they host Alberta (6-0-0) and they bat-
tle the Huskies (1-4-1) on Sunday. Both
games start at noon at Rams/Cougars
field.
Softball
Regina finished off the Alberta
Intercollegiate Women’s Fastball
Association regular season in
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Medicine Hat this past weekend, post-
ing five victories and no losses.
On Saturday, the Cougars opened
up with a 11-0 victory over the SAIT
Trojans. Shirrae Muhr was the win-
ning pitcher. Muhr picked up the win
again as the Cougars topped
Saskatchewan 2-0 in the next game.
Regina beat Lethbridge 11-0 in the last
game on Saturday. Jenna Tanner
picked up the win. On Sunday, the
Cougars beat the Pronghorns 9-3.
Tanner was the winning pitcher.
This Saturday and Sunday, the
Cougars are competing in the confer-
ence championship tournament in
Calgary.
Women’s Hockey
The Cougars lost all three games of
the Mandi Schwartz Challenge last
weekend at the Co-operators Centre.
The preseason tournament – which
was put on by the Cougars and the
Saskatchewan Hockey Association –
aimed at raising money for Mandi
Schwartz, a 22-year-old hockey player
from Wilcox who is currently under-
going cancer treatment in Seattle. A
total of $2535.36 was raised.
Regina lost 4-3 in a shootout to
the Golden Bears on Friday, fell 7-2 to
the Saskatchewan under-18 team on
Saturday, and were defeated by the
Manitoba under-18 team 4-2 on
Sunday.
This Saturday, the Cougars con-
tinue preseason play in North
Battleford against the Northern
Alberta Institute of Technology Ooks.
Women’s Volleyball
The Cougars finished eighth at the U
of R Volleyball Invitational last week-
end.
On Friday, Regina was defeated
25-22, 23-25, 25-20, 25-19 by the U of S
Huskies and fell 25-20, 25-17, 25-18 to
Calgary. On Saturday, the Bisons beat
the Cougars 25-18, 25-20, 23-25, 25-18
and also beat them 29-31, 25-20, 25-
19, 25-20 in the playoffs that same day.
In the seventh place game on Sunday,
Regina fell 25-19, 25-22, 31-29 to the
Dinos.
The University of Alberta Pandas
won the tournament.
Regina is set to compete in a pre-
season tournament in Winnipeg this
weekend.
Women’s Basketball
The Cougars opened up preseason
play with a convincing 115-26 victory
over the Briercrest College Clippers
on Sept. 22 at the Centre for
Kinesiology, Health and Sport.
Carly Graham led the Cougars in
scoring with 21 points. Anne Mercer
had a game-high nine rebounds.
Regina plays the Lakehead
University Thunderwolves this Friday
and Saturday in preseason action.
Both games are at 7 p.m., at the CKHS.
Men’s Basketball
Regina defeated the U of R alumni 92-
78 last Friday at the CKHS.
The Cougars continue preseason
play this weekend with games on
Friday and Saturday against Lakehead
in Thunder Bay, Ont. They host
Briercrest College on Wednesday, 7
p.m., at the CKHS.
Men’s Volleyball
Regina is scheduled to open up its pre-
season schedule this weekend with a
tournament in Manitoba.
Further details were unavailable
as of press time.
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a close Rider game When the Saskatchewan

Roughriders and Toronto Argonauts
meet this Saturday (1 p.m., TSN) in
Week 14, it will be a battle of oppo-
sites. The Riders’ high-powered of-
fence goes up against a stingy
Argonauts defence at the Rogers
Centre.
The Riders are coming off a nail-
biting 32-25 victory against the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats, where the re-
ceiving core took control after the
Riders started the game down 15-0.
Weston Dressler led the way catch-
ing seven passes for 139 yards and a
touchdown. The passing game is
slowing gaining speed for the Riders
as the chemistry between quarter-
back Darian Durant and receivers
Andy Fantuz and Dressler is reach-
ing its peak at just the right time.
The Argos are coming off a dis-
mal 24-6 loss in the first regular sea-
son game played in Moncton against
the Edmonton Eskimos. On defence,
they are led by linebacker Willie Pile.
The defensive secondary has been
flying to the ball for the majority of
the season and leads the league in in-
terceptions. Offensively, they will get
a spark with the likely return of first-
year running back Cory Boyd, who is
third in league rushing with 903
yards. Chad Owens and Jermaine
Copeland lead the Argos as the ma-
jor threats in the air, with Copeland
being utilized as a mentor and a pos-
Saskatchewan’s
keys to the game
The Riders need to strike early on
offence. If they can force Lemon to
play from behind it will make the
task of matching offences that much
more difficult. Defensively, Barrin
Simpson will have to slow down
Boyd and make the Argos beat the
Riders through the air.
Toronto’s keys to
the game
An early strike is also important
when looking at the Argos chances to
win. However, not necessarily on the
offensive side of the ball. If their de-
fence can create some early momen-
tum, it may prove vital in terms of
confidence for their offence.
Prediction
Talent-wise, the Riders outshine the
Argos in nearly every facet of the
game except for special teams. If
Saskatchewan plays to its potential,
this could turn into a very ugly con-
test. With a chance to tie the Calgary
Stampeders for first and the West
Division, the Green and White will
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These days, people who have a heart
condition should avoid watching
Saskatchewan Roughriders games.
Whether they fall behind early in
the game, or are caught in an old-fash-
ioned shootout, the Green and White
seem to keep the outcome of the game
up in the air until the dying moments.
For some, watching Rider games has
almost become a stressful affair.
I, on the other hand, am fucking
loving every minute of it.
For Saskatchewan, this trend re-
ally started when Darian Durant be-
came the permanent starting
quarterback of the Riders in 2009.
Durant, obviously wanting to cement
his legacy early in his career, felt it ap-
propriate to be involved in as many
epic games as he could.
Saskatchewan was involved in a
Patrick intercepted Casey Printers in
the end zone to win the game for the
Green and White. To even force the
game into overtime, Saskatchewan
had to fight back from an eight-point
deficit with little time left in the game.
The close games have continued
this season. In Week 1, Saskatchewan
defeated the Montreal Alouettes 54-51
in double overtime at Mosaic Stadium.
This game is being called one of the
greatest regular season games of all
time. In the game, the Riders were
trailing 33-12. Durant and the offence
proceeded to destroy Montreal’s de-
fence and earned the dramatic victory.
In Week 12, Saskatchewan upended
the heavily favoured Stampeders 43-37
in overtime. The Riders scored a
touchdown on the first possession but
failed to score the two-point convert.
Calgary had a chance to score on the
three-yard line, but Stamps quarter-
back Henry Burris threw an incom-
plete pass on the third down to end the
game.
games and there you always feel spe-
cial being a part of it. The entire crowd
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the game. You have to remain focused
on the game because you are waiting
for that big play. When the Riders win
these types of games, you get the kind
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Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2010
Things can’t get
much worse
Don’t expect much out of the Regina
Pats in 2010-11
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Captain Garrett Mitchell will have to choose a leader for the Pats this season
autumn mcdowell
sports writer
After yet another season of under-
achieving in 2009-10, it would ap-
pear that the Regina Pats can only go
up.
Because they are the oldest fran-
chise in the Western Hockey League,
one would think that the Pats could
have perfected the formula for win-
ning by now, but that just isn’t the
case. Although the Pats definitely
have some top notch players, it looks
like the team has already written the
2010-11 season off as a “rebuilding”
season, which is just an excuse in
case they fail to make the playoffs
once again.
In an attempt to save this sink-
ing team, the Pats used the offseason
to make some changes behind the
scenes, but it’s not clear if that will
make a difference. The Pats hired
GM Chad Lang to replace Brent
Parker. However, the Pats couldn’t
fully rid themselves of Parker as he
seems to have promoted himself to
be the team’s president and gover-
nor. Returning behind the bench this
year will be head coach Curtis Hunt.
as well as his sidekick Shawn Sutter.
The duo seemed to work well to-
gether last year, even though the
“It looks like the team has already written the 2010-
11 season off as a ‘rebuilding’ season, which is just an
excuse in case they fail to make the playoffs once
againt.”
team struggled. Hunt has gone on
the record saying that he blames
himself for last year, but everyone
knows Parker was the mastermind
behind last season.
Although the Pats are a team
with many lows, they do have a few
high points. The highest point is
standout forward Jordan Weal. With
the departure of veteran forwards
Jordan Eberle, Matt Strueby, and
Brett Leffler, Weal will definitely be
looked at to carry the team on his
shoulders this year, at least when it
comes to scoring goals. Back in June,
Weal was taken 70th overall in the
2010 NHL entry draft by the Los
Angeles Kings. Obviously, the
biggest knock against Weal is his
size, listed at a generous 5’9, but his
speed and nose for the net more than
make up for his small stature.
The Pats recently got news that
right wing Carter Ashton has re-
turned from the Tampa Bay
Lightning and will also be looked at
to take up a large portion of the scor-
ing. Captain Garrett Mitchell will be
leading the Pats, but I doubt it will
be on the score sheets. Sure, he will
chip in where he can, but Mitchell is
best known for his grit and work
ethic, not necessarily his sense for
scoring.
The blue line will be looking a
lot younger and smaller this year,
with Colten Teubert and Mitch
McColm moving on. However,
Brandon Davidson will be returning
as a sophomore to help out on de-
fence after his stellar rookie season.
Cody Carlson and Myles Bell, who
both had great seasons in Regina last
year, will also be returning to the
back end. Carlson will help chip in
on offence as well. Although none
of the defencemen are guys that are
purely on the team to fight, none of
the guys are afraid to drop the
gloves either, which is something
everyone loves to see.
Damian Ketlo will be back as the
guy who needs to be the best penalty
killer, the goalie. Although Ketlo is
without a doubt the number one
goalie for the Blue and White,
Dawson Guhle will be hot on his
heels fighting for more ice time.
The Pats sported just a 1-4-1-0
record during this year’s preseason,
and although that record isn’t ex-
actly something to be proud of, it’s
just the preseason and in the long
run, this stat won’t matter. If the Pats
can stay consistent throughout the
season, then maybe the dream of
making it to the playoffs will still be
alive. Otherwise, fans may as well
start saying their goodbyes to Hunt
now.
All juiced up
Chael Sonnen, who nearly
defeated Anderson Silva in
August, recently tested
positive for steroids
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in the octagon.
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sports writer
In August, number one contender
Chael Sonnen took on the mid-
dleweight champion Anderson Silva
in a fight that surprisingly almost went
the distance. Most people assumed
that it would be Silva who would ut-
terly dominate Sonnen. However,
Silva appeared to be on his way to be-
ing on the wrong end of a beat-down.
Sonnen was the closest opponent,
by far, to even come close to de-belting
Silva. However, after being held on
the ground for four rounds and three
minutes, Silva somehow pulled off the
victory once again. Silva locked up a
triangle choke and stole the victory
out from under Sonnen, who was just
two minutes away from a sure victory
over the pound-for-pound best fighter
in the world.
Although Sonnen did not leave
victorious, he was promised a rematch
with the champion in the near future
and his UFC career looked to be on
the rise. However, instead of working
out a new strategy for the octagon,
Sonnen will be working on a strategy
for court. Sonnen recently tested pos-
itive for increased levels of testos-
terone, a.k.a. performance enhancing
drugs, a.k.a. steroids. Like many con-
tenders and champions that came be-
fore him who failed a drug test,
Sonnen will now be put on the shelf
for one year and be required to pay a
$2,500 fine. Although Sonnen plans to
appeal this punishment within the
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next 30 days, these cases are very
rarely overturned, so it is almost cer-
tain that Sonnen will lose this battle.
Sonnen was set to appear on TV
within the next couple of days to talk
about the supposed steroid use, but
he has since pulled out of his sched-
uled appearance. This leads more peo-
ple to believe that the steroid
accusations are true. If they were false,
you would think that Sonnen would
jump at the chance to appear on TV in
order to clear his name. At some point
Sonnen will have to face the fans and
the media about these accusations.
When he does, it is almost certain that
he will use his time on-air to deny,
deny, deny, as most people in that sit-
uation do. When former lightweight
champion Sean Sherk failed a drug
test, he immediately denied the accu-
sations. Although people are still de-
bating as to whether or not Sherk
knowingly took steroids, his reputa-
tion as well as fighting ability defi-
nitely took a hit during his year off. I
can only assume that the same thing
that happened to Sherk will happen to
Sonnen, meaning that he will be con-
victed of using steroids and his fight
career will never be the same.
If Sonnen does indeed drop off of
the middleweight ladder completely,
it’s no real loss to anyone. Sure, the
kid put on a great performance against
Silva, but if he can’t beat him when he
is possibly on drugs, there is no way
he will even come close to beating him
under his own power. All of Sonnen’s
previous four wins in the octagon
have come via unanimous decision. If
the UFC can use this situation as an
opportunity to rid itself of another de-
cision-machine, so be it. I know I won’t
be complaining.
op-ed Op-Ed Editor: Cheyenne Geysen
carillonopededitor@gmail.com
the carillon, Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2010

editorial opinion
Stay Golden , Katy Perry is evicted
Betty White from Sesame Street

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Don’t change a thing.
Sincerely, Me.
White is currently experiencing
the biggest boom in her career since
the eighties. Right now, I’m pretty sure
that there is some contract, some-
where, that states she must be in every
comedy put out this year. Every one
that matters, at least.
And it all started with Facebook, a
medium that White herself joked was
“a complete waste of time.”
As a long time owner of Golden
Girls DVD box sets, seasons one
through eight, I couldn’t be happier.
But White hasn’t changed, so why the
sudden popularity?
It could be that she harkens back
to a different time: a time when looks
and talent somehow mixed together
in one package naturally. There was
no need to decide which one you
found more important, and fill in the
blanks of the other.
What I prefer is, as a culture, we
are finally giving credit where credit is
due.
White is getting older. She’s the
last living Golden Girl. And, maybe,
this attention is the one time when our
society is on the ball quickly enough to
honour a living legend. Most times,
I find it encouraging. White has
been working in the entertainment in-
dustry, in one capacity or another, for
over seventy years. She’s created some
of the most memorable TV characters
that we’ve ever let into our living
rooms. From The Betty White Show to
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and, yes,
The Golden Girls, she has worked hard
to consistently produce a quality prod-
uct time and time again.
And maybe that’s the secret. White
is in the middle of a comeback simply
because no one deserves it more.
So, thanks for being a friend, Betty
White.
kim elaschuk
news editor
massivelive.com
Katy Perry was hot and then cold, told
yes and then no – by the creators of
Sesame Street,
no less.
Actually, being cold was appar-
ently not the problem.
Perry appeared on the children’s
program earlier this month. Her skit
with Elmo, which featured her singing
a “children’s” version of her smash
hit “Hot N’ Cold” was cut from the
show due to her barely-there dress.
I heard a spirited debate on the
radio one morning about whether or
not children who watch Sesame Street
are even old enough to comprehend
cleavage. It’s a good question, really –
one I am not at all qualified to answer
because I do not have children, and do
not plan to have any time soon.
When I watched the skit on
YouTube, I thought to myself, “What
the hell? Why the eff does Katy Perry
need to validate herself by dancing
around like an idiot with a puppet?
What child is going to appreciate
this?”
And those are still my questions. I
once had some degree of respect for
Perry, if only because I read a killer in-
terview of hers in Cosmopolitan (which
is right up there with the Gospel of
John).
When I heard she was going to be
on Sesame Street, I figured she wanted
to have a hand in educating children.
Or entertaining them; one of the two.
But when I saw her skit I realized she
accomplished neither one of those
things.
I’m afraid this gig will start an aw-
ful, awful trend. The next thing you
know Gaga Lou will be making ap-
pearances on Handy Manny. Ke$ha
will make a “child friendly” remix of
“Tik-Tok.”
Thank goodness Mr. Dressup will
forever remain untouched by today’s
“entertainers” – grown women who
sing about kissing girls, partying, and
poker faces. Maybe that’s what the 17-
to 25-year-old demographic they’re
aimed at wants to hear, but our chil-
dren are in no way being educated or
entertained by these antics.
I give kudos to Sesame Street for re-
fusing to air the skit, even though I re-
ally have no authority to do so
because, as I previously stated, chil-
dren aren’t in my short or long-term
plans.
But wait! Apparently Elmo was
so enthralled by Miss Katy that he in-
vited her back to the show.
I cannot wait to see what she’ll do
next.
That must be how you know
you’ve made it. Being invited to ap-
pear on a children’s show by a puppet
is totes rad.
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2 Kewl 4 Grammar
My friends all know that I am what
most people refer to as a “grammar
freak.” I have been known to point out
glaring errors in word use and
spelling, as well as many other com-
mon grammatical mistakes. There is
just something about others abusing
the English language that bothers me,
and I sometimes find it is my duty to
try to end the suffering.
Before I begin my rant, I just want
to be very clear that I understand
everyone makes mistakes that cannot
be avoided when writing. I am refer-
ring to people who will repeatedly
make these mistakes with no hint of
remorse.
My obsession is not one that
brings me a whole lot of sympathy, ex-
cept from other “grammar Nazis.”
Most of my friends scoff when I point
out that they actually drank “a lot of
beer last night,” not “alot of beer.”
Some are downright hostile towards
my gentle reminders, responding with
texts like, “your stupid.” These are al-
ways fun to respond to with either
“My stupid what?” or my personal
favourite, “Well, you’re illiterate.”
My roommate and I like to argue
over the importance of proper spelling
and grammar. He likes to assert that
grammar and spelling do not matter,
as long as meaning is transmitted. I
like to assert that spelling and gram-
mar are essential to transmitting un-
derstanding. For example, with the
wrong use of grammar, “Let’s eat,
Grandma,” turns into “Let’s eat
Grandma!”
And although I can eventually un-
derstand what he says when he types
“Hay, ur a grammer freek n i think
that ur tayking inglish 2 seereeossly,”
it might take me a few seconds to catch
on – precious seconds I could be using
to come up with a clever response, like
“Your mom is taking English too seri-
ously.”
Something else that really bothers
me, beyond regular spelling mistakes,
are marketing campaigns directed to-
wards children that spell words im-
properly. I will readily admit that I do
not understand what they are trying to
do.
Slogans like “Hey kids! Stay in
skool cuz it’s wicked kewl!” seem to
defeat the purpose of school (namely,
at least learning how to spell “school”
correctly). It is true that the person
spelling “school” improperly is prob-
ably not uneducated, but they now ap-
pear to be, and that will hurt them in
the long run when they submit re-
sumés touting their ability to “werk
gud.”
It is not like spelling is that terribly
difficult. Nowadays, with our fancy,
newfangled computing devices, a
spelling and grammar check is practi-
cally done for us. Of course, some-
times they do not eliminate misused
words; like “hear” substituting for
“here” or “whether” for “weather.”
But the newest versions of
Microsoft Word even account for that.
For example, a blue line appears under
the misused word “whether” in the
following sentence: “The whether is
bad today.”
Clearly, there is less excuse than
ever for making these kinds of mis-
takes.
Another annoying feature of the mod-
ern world is the desire to have busi-
nesses with nice alliterative titles. It is
true – having a business like “Country
Craft Corner” is catchy and sounds
nice ... Until you decide to be cute and
change the spelling to “Kountry Kraft
Korner” and instead of happy crafters
coming to buy things you get angry
letters and lawyers.
Or when you decide to start a con-
venience store called “Come n’ Go.”
It’s a nice name. It’s descriptive, it’s
catchy, and there is no need to shorten
it. But someone, somewhere, will think
that perhaps it should be called “Kum
n’ Go,” – maybe because most people
cannot seem to comprehend words
longer than three letters. Now you
have turned a regular convenience
store into a slightly creepy and almost
gross place. (By the way, this is a to-
tally legitimate store in the United
States. Look it up.)
Another annoying ploy is to
shorten words with the “ght” ending
so that they end in just “te.” For exam-
ple, “Lite up the Nite!” obviously
means “Light up the Night!” but why
was it necessary to change the words
“light” and “night?” They were al-
ready spelled with identical endings
sports 23
anyway.
As for so-called “text-speak,” I am
not even going to go near that open
Pandora’s Box.
I know this article is going to incite a
lot of anger among people who cannot
be bothered to learn the rules of gram-
mar or the fine art of spelling, but I am
not too worried. I wholeheartedly en-
courage anyone who wishes to dis-
agree with me to write a piece for the
Carillon and submit it, or write a clever
declass in which no word is spelled
properly but everyone can still under-
stand it.
Please refrain from calling me
“stoopid” or “meen,” though. I do not
think the grammar freak in me could
bear to read that.
edward dodd
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MIDORI’S WORD IS LAW!
DEAL WITH IT! DERKA
DERKA (KEVIN SOUND).
To all the girls out there that wear
spandex, leggings, or lulus – what
kind of underwear do you wear
under them?
PS. All the camel toes walking
down the halls make me smile.
Thank-you!
Regarding the Declass above:
Fuck this guy. Grow up. You’re in
University now. =)
I wonder if Gerard Butler uses
Old Spice. Does he smell like the
man your man could smell like?
Perhaps the individual who arro-
gantly walked up to my counter
and grabbed a handful of napkins
might want to explain himself,
perhaps the individual who has
never bought a single thing from
me might want to get his napkins
from the business he bought his
coffee from ... If you would take
the time to look, you will see that
Henderson and Aramark both
have signage saying that their sup-
plies are for their customers, not
for a free for all take fest.
API gravity???? As density in-
creases API decreases??? This is
ass backwards and I demand it be
stopped
Why the fuck are there no but-
tons on the water fountain??
Women: sport fucking demands
proper nutrition; please ingest
your complex carbs.
Regarding the Declass above: I
don’t fucking understand your aw-
ful attempt at sexual innuendo.
Hey Henderson’s ladies. You make
great sandwiches but can you
please wear gloves? I would enjoy
my sandwich a little more that
way.
50-year-old women who listen to
the CBC, I hope the Rah Rah’s
performance of “Fuck NAFTA”
wasn’t too high octane for you.
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we aren’t going to print anything that’s going to get us
sued though soooo
Listening to Lady GaGa speak a
bout issues of public policy is al-
most worse than listening to
Saskatchewan Liberals talk about
… public policy.
The lamestream media keeps call-
ing the gun registry a wedge issue.
Just wait, you have yet to see the
worst of wedgie politics.
Sheila Coles was super fantastic!
Thanks, the Carillon!
Selling: a clip of Vianne Timmons
saying, “liquor and whores.”
You’re all coffee and no omelet.
Seems to me I’ve seen URSU’s
Communication’s Coordinator be-
fore. I’ma just check the Sask.
party website.
Mike Burton. That’s all I have to
say.
Sometimes I wonder – is a single
person writing all of these de-
classes? Son. Of. A. Bitch.
The U of R’s very own John
Conway hasn’t been ruffling any
feathers lately. I hope the crazy is-
n’t wearing off.
Brad Wall is single-handedly keep-
ing Saskatchewan’s hair plug in-
dustry in the black. God bless you,
sir.
Wanted: a clip of Vianne
Timmons saying, “liquor and
whores.”
So there is a by-election on to re-
place former Sask. Party MLA
Serge Leclerc… I’m hoping for
heroin this time!
The Carillon: Putting “Arts and
Culture” before “News” in a
newspaper since volume 53, Issue
21.
I’m not voting until Canada gets
some anti-masturbation, pro-
witchcraft candidates. Don’t disap-
point me, Elizabeth May.