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HORSES AND BUNS
the newspaper University of Toronto’s Independent Weekly
Vol. XXXIII N0. 9
November 11, 2010
Linda McQuaig speaks at Hart House debate event on the menace of billionaires On Wednesday evening, the Hart House Debates Committee presented “Are Billionaires Dangerous?”, an analysis of the continued concentration of wealth in the uppermost sectors of society. The evening began with a parliamentary-style debate presenting concurring and opposing arguments with respect to the central resolution: “Be it resolved that billionaires are a menace to society.” Following a spirited debate that included thoughtful and articulate cases for both sides, Toronto Star columnist, and coauthor of the book The Trouble With Billionaires, Linda McQuaig took to the microphone to provide her own detailed perspective on why billionaires can be such a danger. McQuaig began with a point that was not addressed in the
HELENE GODERIS
MARTÍN WALDMAN
debate: money can be extracted from extremely wealthy people through the tax system, but our system of taxation has become so eroded and debased that the
burden has shifted dramatically away from elites. The need to redress this policy became an important theme throughout McQuaig’s talk, and its impor-
FF14 fight back The Fight Fees 14 sue U of T and Toronto Police over charter rights violation MARTÍN WALDMAN It’s been more than two and a half years since a group of students and concerned citizens occupied U of T’s Simcoe Hall to voice their opposition to the latest tuition fee hike at the time. That sit-in, in March of 2008, was by many accounts nothing out of the ordinary, but Toronto Police soon burst onto the scene, dispersing protesters and arresting 14 people. Accused of blockading university officials and staff in their offices, the Fight Fees 14 (as they would come to be known, or FF14) were charged with several counts forcible confinement, forcible detainer, and mischief.
All of the charges, against all of the accused, were eventually dropped or stayed. Recently, two of the FF14, Oriel Varga and Christopher Ramsaroop, announced they will sue U of T and Toronto Police for their crackdown on peaceful dissent. They allege that their charter rights were breached not only in the original incident, but in the 17 months that passed until the last of the criminal charges were withdrawn. “The impact on the 14 of us has been massive,” explains Varga. “Having criminal charges, and having that heavy weight upon us has been a major concern in our lives.” Varga and Ramsaroop were the last two of the FF14 to have
their charges dropped, in September 2009. While most of the accused had their charges withdrawn after signing peace bonds, or because of insufficient evidence, Varga and Ramsaroop’s were stayed because of unreasonable delays in the trial, in accordance with Section 11 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In addition to claiming violations of several of the plaintiffs’ charter rights, the new lawsuit claims damages for conspiracy, malicious prosecution, and false arrest. It is not yet clear how much they will be seeking in damages, but the fact that over 100 professors, dozens of student groups, and a growing list of non-parti-
tance was driven home several times with alarming statistics “The wealthiest 1% of the population get 24% of financial resources,” she explained. “This
san organizations have all given their support to the cause suggests they have a strong case. The Fight Fees Coalition (FFC) was formed shortly after the arrests in March 2008, and since then has focused on raising awareness for the FF14. “The response has been fantastic, the FFC has been working hard getting support from the community,” says Varga. “There’s been an overwhelming, immediate response, and there’s an understanding of what happened, that this was the criminalization of dissent.” U of T’s Strategic Communications Office responded: “The University of Toronto, and its staff members who have been unfairly targeted by the plaintiffs, will be defending the claim vigorously. Remarkably, the claim goes so far as to sue the innocent victims who were confined in an office against their will in an incident inside Sim-
strikes me as a fundamental reorganization of our society. Doesn’t this cry out for some sort of justification?” McQuaig gave a particularly impassioned appeal for the importance of universities as vital institutions in modern democracies, “places of dissent where the prevailing wisdom can be challenged.” Taking particular aim at the Munk Centre for International Studies, and citing the contractual agreement between the University of Toronto and Peter Munk, she pointed out that despite assurances of academic freedom and independence, wealthy donors can and will exert a huge influence over the topics and ideas that are discussed at a university. McQuaig left the Hart House Debate Room to a standing ovation, a testament to her side of the argument.
coe Hall in 2008. The University believes the claim to be entirely without merit, and it will be seeking to have it dismissed, with costs.” Such a determined and strongly worded statement illuminates the drastically different versions of events that exist in this case. The fact that not one charge against the FF14 actually made it to court gives some weight to the argument presented by the Fight Fees Coalition, that the arrests and charges in this case were not only arbitrary, but were in fact targeted towards prominent and outspoken student leaders. While this case is now left to the courts for what is likely to be a lengthy process, the eventual result may set an important precedent for our right to express dissent, particularly in the wake of the human rights violations that Toronto saw during the G20 summit.
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The Life Raft
“Now, since we’re leaving earth and not saving it, we can make one certain prediction: someday space, whether infinite or curved, and all that is in it will likewise be filled up and spoiled.�
A.F. Moritz We will follow the earth Picture this: civilization as we know it has crumbled. The few survivors are boarding a vessel that will carry them to the new world - where they will rebuild - and only one seat remains. All of academia must vie for it using their most deadly weapon: reasoned discourse. Albert Frank (A.F.) Moritz is a prolific poet and a compelling professor. He has worked as an editor and publisher with Watershed Books, and an advertising copywriter and executive. He is well-known around campus for mentoring ambitious creative writing students in VIC 250 and 350. For years he was the beloved faculty liaison of the campus poetry circle, the Algonquin Square Table where poetic minds could meet other students as well as local bards. He has won distinguished awards for his poetry, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and, last year, the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize for his collection Sentinel. -Diana Wilson
As for me and my kind, we poets, we’ll stay with the earth. No thanks to a seat on the rocket with the other disciplines. This behaviour has already ruined one world. We used to rely on the endlessness of sky and
sea to cleanse our every idiocy. Now, since we’re leaving earth and not saving it, we can make one certain prediction: someday space, whether infinite or curved, and all that is in it will likewise be filled up and
spoiled. This rocket is the first killing metal shot into the flesh of a new world. Besides, you don’t need us. As doom has approached and this doom-laden attempt to sail beyond it, all has become poetry. There’s been poetry everywhere, as always whenever there is threat: war, poverty, collapse. In these sad last years, you’ve all been reading it, writing it, exalting the great makers of it, whether dead or living. You’ve been begging us to come, apologizing that you can’t offer us all the seats, that some have to be reserved for doctors, engineers. You have demanded poetry: the sad hymn of the lost home, the assurance that despite disaster and our blunders all is well, the assurance that if in fact all is not
well there is at least some nobility, some beauty, some eternity in having lived, have tried, having flared briefly in darkness. As Paz puts it: Two bodies face to face are two stars falling in an empty sky. You’ve wanted someone to sing you at least that, at night when you go to bed, weary and desperate with building the rocket against time. We poets have always experienced that amid the arrogance of wealth and power, poetry comes to seem small, but in the hour of need it’s recognized for almost all we have, the mediator of any good. But because of this, you yourself have become poets. A tiny fragment of the ship’s computer contains the whole of earth’s
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literature, so you don’t even need us for “continuity�. Whoever is inspired will be able to open Shakespeare or Sappho, and by adding his own mind, make a great world arise again, the true world, within the tiny world to which we’re always reducing our life. This and your own newly rediscovered hunger for poetry will be all the cultural continuity you need. This will happen. And thanks and praise, serious praise, taking just account of all horrors, is always enjoined on us, no matter what prison we’ve condemned ourselves to, say, a centuries-long space ark journey through nothing. So your poetry will be great. But the earth is humankind’s very body, and there’s a greater poetry in refusing to divorce our body, which gave us our mind. We poets will stay with humanity’s first and forever deepest love, not cast it away. It’s here that we’ll continue the labor that is above payment, as Blake called poetry, and the momentby-moment eternity it brings, perhaps most deeply and truly at the end. As for me and my house, we will follow the earth.
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Location: 656A Spadina Phone Number: 416-922-1188 Price Lg Pep Pizza: $16.00 Overall Rating: 2.2 / 5 Pepperoni Slice: 2.3 / 5 Meat Lover’s: 2.1 / 5 Cora’s is known across campus for their pizza – but there is a difference between fame and notoriety. We all know about their past indiscretions with the health department, but that aside, Cora’s stands as the campus post-bar pizza spot. With their low prices and a staff that won’t judge you if you slur your order a little, it’s not hard to see why - just remember to keep it simple and order nothing more complicated than a slice of pepperoni.
PEPPERONI: “Sooo much crust. Jesus crust.” Dan Christensen MEAT LOVER’S: “Hello? Cheese? Where are you? I think they skipped the fromage to make more room for assorted meats. Just because I took the second slice doesn’t mean I liked it.” -Joe Howell “The additional toppings amplify the crust issues, which is a shame because the topping selection has a lot of potential. Not cooked well enough.” -Andrew Gyorkos
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the newspaper sought the answer to a timeless question posed on every university campus: who serves up the best slice of pizza pie? Eight discerning, well-seasoned critics did the research to discover the truth (if only the same could be said of our Poli-Sci papers). Conmind?
Pizza Gigi Location: 189 Harbord Phone Number: 416-535-4444 Price Lg Pep Pizza: $16.40 Overall Rating: Quattro Stagiona: Gigi Special Slice:
3/5 2.3/5 2.5 / 5
Pizza Gigi has become a local tradition here at U of T. We’re told that in the seventies, our former editors used codes to trade pizzas in exchange for ads (a pretty sweet deal, if I say so myself *hint hint*). A major complaint we had with Gigi was their lack of consistency from pizza to pizza – Gigi had some of the best (and worst) pizza we sampled. At any rate, Gigi’s pizza is as old school as it comes. It’s not the prettiest to look at, but at 4AM, do you really think pizza aesthetics are the first thing on your mind? POLLO PESTO: “You’re covered in mushrooms so I dislike you on principle. It’s like when you’re getting hit on by someone who might be ‘interesting’ but they’re so ugly you don’t talk to them long enough to find out. That being said, I like your hair! Er, crust.” -Joe Howell QUATTRO STAGIONI: “This slice was a dojo for the night’s flavour fight. too many powerful tastes battling it out, but there can only be one winner: it was the overly salted pepperoni. But this pizza was not taking home the prize.” -Cara Sabatini
Vinny Massimo’s Location: 376 College Phone: 416-967-0527 Price Lg Pep Pizza: $18 Overall Rating: 2.6/5 Rustica Slice: 3/5 Special Slice: 2.25/5 What can I say about Massimo’s that you don’t already know? Like any self-respecting pizzeria near campus, it’s been a favorite late night drop-in spot for the sobriety challenged. After a slew of misfortunes, we’re glad Massimo’s is back on it’s feet, but don’t bother ordering anything but the margherita, really. RUSTICA: “Looks and tastes like undercooked nachos from Sneaky Dee’s, which is to say awesome.” -Joe Howell “More of a cultural mosaic than melting pot. Toppings wouldn’t stick together. An Asian fusion slice that requires chopsticks.” -Cara Sabatini SPECIAL: “In the battle between toppings, sauce, and dough, the toppings emerge victorious. But in the kind of way that evil triumphs over good.” -Melinda Mortillaro “Other reviewers seem fixated on “flavor profiles,” but that’s downtown elitism talking. This is a workin’ man’s pizza.” -Joe Howell
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trolling for intoxication levels to ensure a satisfied pizza craving for every occasion, tasters tested slices from students’ favorite, or at least proximate, parlors. Eleven pizza pies later, their expertise lent the following results. -Cara Sabatini
Pizzaiolo
Planet Pizza Location: 339 College St Phone Number: 416-960-3960 Price Lg Pep Pizza: $14.99
Location: 454 Bloor St. W. Phone Number: 416-532-7222 Price Lg Pep Pizza: $15.39 Overall Rating: Diana Slice: Capone Slice:
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3.5 / 5 3.2/ 5 4/5
Not all Pizzaiolo’s are created equal, and you should be thankful ours is among the best. This upstart pizza chain has been slowly creeping across the city, with locations scattered throughout the downtown core. Pizzaiolo offers a fresh take on North American style pizza – they’re not hardcore traditionalists like Libretto, but they respect pizza as something more than just a means of soaking up the copious amounts of booze in your stomach. Those out for late-night eats will likely be disappointed by Pizzaiolo’s higher-than-average prices, but there’s always Cora’s for that, right?
DIANA: “Easy on the eyes and stomach. Juicy red peppers, thinly sliced zucchini, and the pesto make for a good “flavor” “profile.” -Helene Goderis
Overall Rating: Meat Lover’s Slice: California Slice:
2/5 2/5 1.9 / 5
Reading over last year’s pizza edition, I noticed the staff were much more kind to Planet Pizza than I am about to be. Located at the mouth of Kensington Market, Plant Pizza is easy to pass by – if you do, consider yourself lucky. Given their location, their pizza misses the point of being located in the land of fuddled freshman and sozzled sophomores (see what I did there?). I mean at any time, let alone four in the morning, do you really think ranch sauce on pizza is a good idea? MEAT LOVER’S: “Felt like love at first bite, but like all infatuations, it faded really fast. Hits you in the mouth, and then leaves an oily film. Dough was nice though.” CALIFORNIA: “I wouldn’t feed this pizza to my dog, but that’s because it’s not good for them. Also, it’s gross.” -Joe Howell “Why the hell is there salad dressing inside my pizza.” -Andrew Gyorkos
CAPONE: “Even after 10 different slices, this pizza demands that you keep going. High score.” -Andrew Gyorkos
Libretto Location: 221 Ossington Phone: 416-532-8000 Price Prosciutto Pizza: $16 Duck Confit Slice: 3.7/5 A newcomer to the pizza scene, Libretto is not your ordinary pizza, but don’t be mislead, it’s practices are as old school as it gets. In fact, Libretto is certified as Neopolitan style pizza by both the European Union and the Vera Pizza Napoletana Association. The bosc pear and duck confit pizza we ordered appealed to our inner-foodie, but the crust simply fell flat. I spoke to a Libretto insider about this. He explained that the pizzas simply couldn’t stand the test of time demanded for take-out pizza service, but assured me the pizza was unparalleled when eaten in-house. Fair enough, but why offer take-out if your pizza can’t travel?
DUCK CONFIT: “Toppings are creative and amazingly delicious. Salty, but it worked. Crust the only downfall.” -Dan Christensen “If France had invented the pizza instead of the crepe, this would’ve been the original.” -Cara Sabatini
Text by Aaron Zack, our resident “flavour profile” expert Photos by Jeff Bafaro, Aaron Zack, and Alex Nursall (the newspaper archives).
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A Shocking Change of Hart Hart House hosts Fabergé’s Feint of Hart in effort to bring new dimension to Arbor Room stage CARA SABATINI The desire to deliver “Surprise, laughter, and intrigue,” is Hart House Music Committee’s objective by hosting Henri Fabergé’s Feint of Hart, says Mathew Poot, responsible for providing the show with technical and physical resources. Episode II, out of seven, which took place the first Thursday of this month, certainly did deliver. The audience sustained quite the “surprise” during the show’s closing scenes, consisting of climactic musical components which created the crescendo to full-frontal male nudity. Henri Fabergé’s Feint of Hart is a revue-style series that blends music, improv and sketch comedy, theatre, dance, and short films shot in and near Hart House. Feint of Hart follows the story of young Henri Fabergé. Hailing from an aristocratic family, Fabergé attends Boyce Naval Academy, where the student is to be primed for “absolute power,” according to the series’ dialogue.
However, Henri’s musical whims take him to the nearby Hart College where he finds Feint of Hart, a long-running revue show that has seen better days. The audience watches – and listens – in awe as social boundaries break and status quo collapses in such scenes as
those involving a rhythmically inclined drag queen belting charismatic tunes accompanied by untamed dance moves. Motivation for the Music Committee to take on such an integrative and often outrageous production is that Poot was, “tired of organizing regular
shows where bands play such a typical format.” Poot, providing media access for the show’s less-than extravagant budget, was inspired by early radio dramas, television series hosted by Hitchcock, and Masterpiece theater, to offer “something new that would be more than
the sum of its parts.” Henri Fabergé, of the band Henri Fabergé and the Adorables, has performed as the creative force for over a year now to relieve HH Music Committee of their monotony. Fabergé’s production makes for an incredible experience for the visual and auditory senses. Fabergé’s creative expertise coupled with a prime position in the musical scene has brought guests such as renaissance man Bob Wiseman, Gemini Nominee Kayla Lorette, Canadian Comedy Awards Nominee Alana Johnston, Juno Nominee Alex Tindal, and, of course, the Adorables to the Arbor Room stage. The show hits Hart House hard every first Thursday of the month. Viewers can catch up on past episodes thanks to video recaps posted on the group’s Facebook page. But even for viewers with prior Fabergé experience, there is no foreseeing what Feint of Hart will deliver next. Expect the unexpected and there is little opportunity for disappointment.
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MNRUPE VIRK Toronto’s Modern Superstitions are an exciting new band to watch. Their latest release, All The Things We’ve Been Told, is a collection of six catchy pop songs with sonic influences ranging from soulful Motown girl groups to the brash punk of Iggy Pop. This week, the Newspaper met up with the band to talk more about their new release and touring with Sloan. For how long have you guys been playing together? Five years next April. We will celebrate the anniversary with matching haircuts and sequined marching jackets. Until recently, you guys were known as “The Superstitions”…what prompted
the addition of “Modern”? We prefer the new name and our Ouija board thought it was time for a change.
Having said that, we love the Velvet Underground, Reigning Sound, the Strokes and Link Wray amongst others.
Your first official recording, “All The Things We’ve Been Told,” was produced by Sloan’s Patrick Pentland. What was that experience like? It was a lot like cramming for exams actually. We were up for 12 hours at a time, working late hours while subsisting principally on junk food. That’s what you get for skipping tutorials.
Any plans for a full-length album soon? We’re always working on new songs, many of which will be a part of an LP in the near future. There are no firm plans as such but everybody should keep their eyes peeled and ears open. In the mean time, enjoy your copies of ‘All the Thing We’ve Been Told’!
What were some of the influences behind the material on the new recording? Rather than referencing particular records while recording we focused on creating a sound that is particular to ourselves and the songs on the recording.
You guys also went on tour this summer with Sloan. How was that experience? Any good stories? We had an amazing time on tour, the audiences were great and we got to watch Sloan every night. We are saving our stories for our upcoming memoir/rock
Equus Exposed Hart House Theatre to stage Peter Shaffer’s Equus, slightly modernized by director Elenna Mosoff. ANNA MARSZALEK After blinding five horses, 17 year old Alan Strang is brought to the attention of struggling psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, who is interested in learning the motives behind Alan’s terrifying act. What is revealed through their conversations is the boy’s religious and sexual obsession with horses. The case of Alan Strang is provocative, disturbing and yet deeply relatable. Underneath the play’s shocking storyline are elements with which modern audiences can connect. “Equus is one of the great plays of the 20th century because of its universal themes” says director Elenna Mosoff, including those of “opposition between reason and passion, the consequences of desperate religiousness, the conflicts of adolescence and the contradictions in familial upbringing.” Mosoff shared some of her thoughts concerning the play’s relevance to modern audiences, and more importantly to the crowd at UofT: “I think this play was chosen for Hart House because it is a rare play to see in full production in Toronto.” Equus is a production the city has not seen in over thirty years. Mosoff explains, “Hart House is trying to do work that is rarely
seen and might be considered a little more risqué.” The production is known for its unabashed display of nudity. Take Daniel Radcliffe (a.k.a. Harry Potter), who a couple of years ago took to the London stage as Alan, and emerged with new publicity concerning his full frontal nakedness throughout some of the scenes. At the time, the story seemed overshadowed by his nudity. Is baring it all, for long periods of time really necessary to the telling of Equus? “The nude scenes in Equus are not gratuitous,” says Mosoff, “but rather an integral part of digging towards the truth of Alan’s story.” It seems that the main character must be nude in order to intensify his erotic fascination with horses. One scene has Alan riding a barebacked horse through the midnight air without any clothes on. Depictions of the sexual and at times complex nature of the play can be difficult, but when the right choices are made, can lead to effective theatre storytelling. Says Mosoff, “Ultimately we just have a job in telling the story.” Hart House legally bought the play’s production rights and thus cannot contractually do the show without the nudity. The director has her own desired angle and creative tendencies: “I want to depict the
characters in their isolation. The set magnifies the idea that we are all alone with what we do in this world,” says Mosoff who believes this idea to become evident throughout the story. There are many aspects of the play which will strike a familiar chord with the audience, including the emotionally charged scenes between Alan and a girl named Jill, whose relationship is filled with sexual frustration. Says Mosoff, “Because these characters are university age, I think their sexual discovery and discomfort will be familiar to many.” For Mosoff, the most relevant theme is the psychologist’s professional struggle: “I think that most people often ask why we do what we do.” The play serves as an outlet, “to examine how a heinous action could be devoutly motivated. All around us people justify actions with religious fervor.” Mosoff explains, “Equus is another example of how social circumstance can lead to extreme action.” Equus will have a dual allure for audiences, providing them on one side with a captivating and original narrative, and on the other, a common base that will find them connecting with the key players.
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the newspaper asked the following folks to make us laugh. Here’s what the jokers had to offer:
Jess, Forestry Why don’t chickens wear underwear? Because their peckers are on their faces.
Kira, History
Luka, Cellular & Molecular Bio, Visual Arts
My ex-boyfriend’s parents told him his pet turtle “ran away” to spare his feelings.
“Two peanuts were walking down the street. One was a... salted.”
Helene, Editor in Chief
Cara, Arts Editor Why did the squirrel swim on its back? (Why, Cara?) To keep its nuts dry.
So a mushroom walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a drink. The bartender says ‘sorry, we don’t serve mushrooms here.’ The mushroom says ‘why not? I’m a funghi?’
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Pokey, Electrical sciences What’s black and fuzzy and hangs from the ceiling? A blond electrician. (Womp womp)