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A Poet By Any Other Name JEQMINQR tine's Day poetry slam here at UFV EDITOR-IN-CHIEFprovided a modern update for where the medium is going. oetry is a dirty word. Often Although the dominant artistic when people think of poetry, narrative of our time currently they think of some tragic soul appears to be film and television spewing nonsensical drivel or (see opinion section), poetry may otherwise torturing the audience survive a bit longer because of the with their vision. Perhaps we tenacity of its admirers and the elhave seen one too many parodies egance of its form. of beret-wearing beat poets recitOur lack of attention span may ing pretentious rhymes, or maybe prove to be redemptive for poetry. modern society lacks the attention While few people make the time span and desire to think deeply to read for pleasure, poetry can about what poetry requires. be consumed in smaller morsels, Yet poetry lives on. In these requiring less investment. The very pages, you will read about comparison of hip-hop music to one of the last living beat poets poetry has been made before, and - Michael McClure - reading his although the often crude and mipoetry at SFU, and our own Valen- sogynistic lyrics of mainstream

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rap music may turn many listeners off, much true poetry can be found within the genre. Numerous underground rap artists cut their teeth on the slam poetry form, including Sage Francis and Saul Williams. The popularity of hip-hop could well be the saviour of poetry in the future, as would-be wordsrniths are inspired by the agility of mind that it takes to write rhymes with flow and concision.

Poetry will not die as long as there is meaning to be conveyed and the means with which to convey it. Long live poetry.

Long live the art of capturing life in as few words as possible.

Correction On page5 of Volume9, Issue 5, The Cascadeincorrectlyreportedthat Indigenousfilm-maker DonaldMorin is workingto reunitehis siblingsand documenting theprocessin hisfilm Wissakadewnini.The Cascadeapologize1forthis errorand would like to publish a correction:Morin is not attempting to reunitehis siblings, and thefilm Wissakadewniniis a biographicalfilm about the life of his latefather, Alfred Morin. ·

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UFV StudentBrings Pink Shirt Day to Campus ALISIEMENS STAFF WRITER ullying is something that B has taken place for as long as most of us can remember. Even if we cannot personally think of anyone bullied when we were in school, we can surely remember bullying in movies or television, like Gilbert Blythe, th., boy who bullied Anne from Anne of Green Gables.The practice has always been prevalent on school grounds, both at elementary and high school levels.

Although bullying has been around for ages, it hasn't been until recent years that the bullies have been backed into a corner, and communities are letting them know they have had ~nough.

Pink Shirt Day, the February 23 anti-bullying awareness day on initiated by the Boys and Girls club of Greater Vancouver, is evidence of this kind of community response. The day was created to raise awareness and support anti-bullying in places such as school, work, the community, and online.

Lisa Robie, a Bachelor of Social Work Practicum Student, is supporting the anti-bullying day by bringing awareness to the University of the Fraser Valley.

"Essentially, the whole idea is to promote awareness of bullying and to work together to prevent it [from] happening in our community," she said.

Why 'Pink Shirt Day,' though?

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from Nova Scotia who were upset upon hearing that one of their male classmates was being bul-

lied. The boys decided to tal,ce a stand against the bully by purchasing 50 pink tank tops and

giving them out to all of the boys in th~ school. By taking a stand and joining together, the group

got the bully to step down.

The boys realized that it had only taken two of them to stand up to one bully, and then the ball started rolling and word spread.

The stand against bullying since that day has found huge success. According to the Pink Shirt Day website, last year 160,000 people committed to stop bullying by wearing a pink shirt.

Robie confirmed: "There are hundreds of schools and businesses from all over North America participating." Large companies such as CTV, London Drugs, The Province, and The Vancouver Sun are all proud supporters of the anti-bullying cause.

Pink Shirt Day operates in hopes that the awareness raised will translate into action. Students and co-workers are encouraged to work together to put an end to the problem of bullying rather than simply watching it take place.

Robie has brought awareness by bringing the pink with her. "So far, I have sold over 120 shirts and have more to sell on Pink Shirt Day," she shared. The shirts are equipped with a few different slogans, such as "I commit to a bully free life" and "bullying stops here."

All of the proceeds from buying the t-shirts go towards the Boys and Girls Club to help fund the programs they run. Robie is -very happy with the response she has seen at UFV, and noted: "[the day} has become more successful than I had originally thought."

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ward-winning businessman and bestselling author Dr. Peter Legge visited UFV on Tuesday, February ' 8 to provide insight and advice to students and faculty. Speaking on his experiences climbing the corporate ladder, Legge shared his thoughts on the best ways to accomplish one's goals. While much of his wisdom could be considered common sense, Legge packed a wallop of sage advice into his hour and 15 minute talk. Drawing on his own practices as well as other teachings and philosophies, Legge made a convincing case for The Powerof a Dream,the title of his latest self-help book.

Placing a strong emphasis on hard work, Legge described his own bumpy road to success and ho}'Vhe managed to turn his failings in work and education into a drive to accomplish his goals. Legge stressed that while many business students come to him asking for the shortcuts and easy roads to success, the only sure-fire way to achieve is through a willingness to work extremely hard.

Referring to Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers, Legge mentioned the 10,000 hours of practice that are said to be required in order to become the best at one's given skill or discipline. In addition, he noted, people need to realize that if it seems that it will take a very long time to reach their goals, that

time will pass anyway, and time is a gift that must be embraced and appreciated.

Legge shared several tips on how to best succeed in life. He emphasized the importance of

writing down one's goals carefully - stating that "95% of people who write down their goals will accomplish them" - and of being realistic about one's future while aiming as high as possible. '\ •••'••..,•••••a••• ..•..••• ..•••• ..•••..,•...,,14••••••• • ,•.~•...................... ....,"':. ~ ....,,_"" ....•.•.~.."'

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He also recommended evaluating one's fears and figuring out what steps to take to avoid these feared . potential situations. Legge described how when we die, the ghosts of our dreams will be standing at our bedsides, asking us about opportunities that we declined.

He stressed the importance of not wasting a single day and making sure to stop and smell the flowers.

The true crime in life, said Legge, is not failure itself, but the failure to dream big. According to him, the importance of aiming high cannot be emphasized enough. The honorary doctorate outlined seven important principles of success through wise decision making, passed on to him by his father many years ago. First, one must be resourceful, creatively finding ways to invent and innovate in every way. One must also choose friends carefully; Legge suggested selecting five individuals whose incomes we would like to attain, since, according to him, our own income will be the average of the five people with whom we spend the most time.

In order to find true success in life, he shared, one must live with passion and vigour, embracing each day and never wasting time. We must also find good mentors; Legge mentioned Joe Segal of Fields and Zellers fame as someone whose sage advice had -~~<1

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assisted him in his travels through the corporate world.

For Legge, a large part of wise decision making lies in serving the community through philanthropic endeavors and volunteering one's time to worthy causes.

Through this, we are not only assisting others, but helping ourselves to see what is worth valuing in this world, and furthering ourselves on the path to wisdom.

Lastly, Legge noted that it is vital to set big goals and to also guard integrity closely, as once you have lost it, it might never be regained. While one can always learn from failure, it can be difficult to come back after having compromised one's moral code.

In all, UFV students and faculty who attended Legge's lecture were granted a plethora of excellent advice packed into a short duration.

Legge certainly wasted no time himself, ending the seminar with a PowerPoint presentation listing more than 30 different additional pieces of wisdom, from "drink at least 8 glasses of water a day," to "don't tailgate," and "do something kind for someone, without them knowing about it."

Legge has proven himself to be a vital asset to the community from his philanthropy to his annual hosting of the Variety children's charity marathon - and he continues to compile his sage advice into volumes for public consumption, with his now 7 best-selling titles available for purchase.

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Khomani San Lmd-Claim Explored in New Film NICKUBELS ONLINEEDITOR hat is the connection between language and culture, or one's homeland and a sense of belonging?

Noam Chomsky once said that "language embodies the world view of a culture." · Before they reached a milestone land claim settlement with the South African government in 1999,the dispossessed =Khomani San, or Bushman people, were regarded by many as invisible and faced the complete loss of their traditional language.

"The people I was working with [had] completely disappeared. · They were obliterated by waves of immigration reaching back some hundreds and even thousands of years," said Hugh Brody, an anthropologist, author, filmmaker, and Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Studies at UFV. Brody discussed his 15 years of work with the South African San Institute and presented a short documentary film on the same subject on February 15.

According to the film, all Bushman communities of South Africa had been destroyed by 1950.

Brody was asked to spearhead the research portion of a land claim for the Kruipers, a =Khomani San family who had been expelled from their home in Kalahari Frontier National Park in the·

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"The job at hand was to build the story, to set in place a research project that would show who these

people were and where they came from," said Brody. "I was lucky enough to be asked to design this research."

Brody and his team of researchers needed. to prove to the authorities that the Kruipers were "real Bushmen." This proved difficult, because the family did not speak the traditional Bushman language. Instead, they spoke Khoekhoegowab, the language of a sheep-herding group that had come into the area 1500years ago.

"The argument used against them was one often used against aboriginal people," Brody explained. "They weren't considered 'pure' enough."

In 1974,linguist Anthony Traill had declared the last Bushman language of South Africa to be extinct. This all changed in 1997 when Brody and his team made contact with Elsie Vaalbooi, a nearly 100-year-old woman living in a tiny lean-to in Rietfontein who

said she spoke "die Boesmantaal," for a hearing, but expected it to Afrikaans for the Bushman lan- be a long claim process because it guage. was coming from an isolated part "frraill] came and visited Elsie of the country and was hotly conVaalbooi in her lean-to and he had tested by the Parks Department. with him a tape that had been re"We thought, 'This i~ going to corded in 1935in which people are be a long difficult job,"' he said. speaking the Bushman language "Then suddenly, one day... my of the Southern Kalahari," said colleague rang and it was Nelson Brody. "He played this tape to El- Mandela's office... ·They heard sie Vaalbooi and she could trans- about this claim and they wanted late every word of it. It turned out it to go through." to be the very language she spoke "We discovered they· had reand that language was called alised the incredibly iconic value Niu." to this claim. These were the origiWhile most European languag- . nal victims of racism in South Afes have between 30 and 35 sounds, rica. And Mandela's government Niu includes 135 distinct sounds was determined to create a new out of a possible 160 sounds that justice." . make up every known human lanIt was shortly after their claim guage. was fast-tracked in March 1999 "Not only had we found a that incumbent South African speaker of this language," said President Thabo Mbek met with Brody, "but [it was] of one of the Dawid Kruipers and reached an most sophisticated and fascinat- out-of-court settlement that proing languages in the world." vided the =Khomani San with Unwilling to accept that Vaal- 65000 hectares plus extensive land booi was the only remaining use rights to the Kalahari National speaker of Niu, Brody and his Park. team sought out other speakers in "It's a result of our project that the surrounding area. They even- people were connected again ... tually found 22 people fluent in Even within quite close families Niu and hundreds of other =Kho- and very much across extended mani San people who had been family and kin lines," Brody said. dispossessed.

Although he views the project "This was . a disparate, scat- as a success, Brody acknowledged tered population who converged that bringing such a far-reaching around a land claim and forged a group of disconnected people tokind of identity and political pur- gether in a single community was pose ... It was not an easy thing to not without its problems. do, but it was something that was "It went through fast, and it done with tremendous strength perhaps went through too fast ... and determination."

The fact was the land claim unAccording to Brody, the re- leashed intense difficulties. I had search team had begun to prepare to raise money to put in place con-

flict resolution services. We use a lot of the film and a lot of the oral history recording as a way of creating awareness of one another and understanding."

Brody recalled what one =Khomani San woman had told him: "We will have won when every South African child learns about us at school."

"To become known was what they were asking for," he said.

"And that's when I understood my mandate."

By 2008, Brody's team found themselves with over 125 hours of footage, 1000 archive photographs, and countless maps and other documentation going back to the beginning of their research in 19%.

"We've got all of this material," he said, "So how do we fulfill our mandate? How do we make it all available? And that's the web."

Brody's team set up a partnership with a researfh centre at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa which will hold the =Khomani San Archive Project and digitize it. Researchers and students will eventually be able to access it through web portals across the globe, and Brody is hopeful that UFV will someday keep a full copy of its own.

"We have everything transcribed ... and translated into English," said Brody. "Theoretically, you should be able to click on the piece of transcript and then bring up that piece of film. So that's the vision that we're working on."

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Toronto coptellsYork students notto Yemen separatist leaderheld,twodie dresslike'sluts' afterprotests Students andstaffatYork University's lawschool aredemanding anapology andexplanation from theToronto Police Service afteroneoftheirofficers suggested women canavoidsexual assault bynotdressing likea"slut."

OnJan.24,a campus safetyinformation session washeldattheuniversity, wheremembers from York security andtwomaleofficers fromToronto Police 31 Division handed outsafetytipstocommunity members.

Toronto Police issued anapology totheuniversity onFeb.17,anda police spokesperson toldmedia thattheofficer willbeinternally disciplined for hiscomments.

Ronda Bessner, whoattended thesession, remembered beingsurprised bywhattheofficer suggested towomen.

"Oneofthesafetytipswasforwomen nottodress like'sluts:Hesaidsomething like,'I'vebeentoldI shouldn't saythis:andthenheuttered thewords,• saidBessner, assistant deanofthejurisdoctor program.

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Imade contact withthepolice ...andwe.'ve askedfora written apology andanexplanatioo.• Raymond Kwan - Excalibur (York Univfflity)

TheleaderofYemen's secessionist Southern Movement wasarrested andshotswerefiredon theninthdayofdemonstrations inthecapital SanaaonSunday.

Amaleprotester anda young gir1diedina hospital inthesouthern cityofAden, afterbeingwounded, apparently bystraybullets, during protests onSaturday ina nearby town,a doctor toldReuters.

Theirdeathsbrought thetoll fromthepasttwodays.to seven.

Thousands of peoplestagedsit-insinthecitiesoflbbandTaiz, aswellasintwodistricts ofAden, to demand the departure ofPresident AliAbdullah Saleh,whorenewed anofferofdialogue toopposition parties.

Saleh, a U.S. allybattling a resurgent alQaeda wingbasedinYemen, hasheldpower for32years inthepoorArabian Peninsula state,which faces soaring unemployment, dwindling oilandwater reserves, andchronic unrestinthenorthern and southern provinces.

Security inAdenwasstepped uponSunday, withtanksandarmored vehides outonmainstreets.Hasan Baoum, headofthe secessionist Southern Movement, wasarrested byan"armed military group"in anAdenhospital wherehewasbeingtreated,hissonFadiHasan Baoum toldReuten.

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Natural gaspipeline explodes in northern Ontario

Libya cutsoffInternet service: networkmonitor

Canada saysbudgetdatasafefrom hackers

Anatural gaspipeline ruptured innorthern Ontario,igniting a fireball thatsentflames hundreds offeetintotheair,butservice wasslowly being restored, officials saidonSunday.

Asection oftheTransc.anada COfJI. mainline exploded nearBeardmore, Ontario lateonSaturday, forcing "afewhundred" people to briefly evacuate theirhomes, theOntario Provincial Police said.

Noinjuries werereported, andthefireburned itselfoutafterseveral hours, SgtGregMoore said.

Transcanada saidtherupture involved pipeNo.2 ofitsthree-pipe mainline system linking western andeasternc.anada, andpipesNo.1andNo.3 do notappearto havebeendamaged intheincident.

PipeNo.1 wasreopened onSunday andNo.3 wasexpected to restartoperations onMonday, according toLarry Gales, whoisincharge ofthe Transportation Safety Board's investigation ofthe incident"Service to customers isnotexpected to beimpacted; saidTransc.anada spokesman James Millar.

Theexplosion litupthenightskyoverthe community about170km(110miles) northeast ofThunder Bay,Ontario, withmediainthearea reporting thefireball couldbeseenbypassing

Internet service hasbeencutoffinLibya for asecond consecutive dayasprotesters step updemonstrations againstlongtime leader Muammar Gaddafi, a U.S. company thatmonitors Internet traffic saidonSaturday.

Massachusetts-based Arbor Networks saiddata collected from30Internet providers around the worldshowed thatonline traffic inandoutof Libya wasdisconnected abruptly at 7:15p.m.EST onFriday aftertwopartialinterruptions earlier thatday.

Internet traffic returned several hourslaterat reduced levels onlyto dropoffcompletely again at4:55p.m.EST onSaturday, according tothe Arbor data.

Dozens ofprotesters werekilledindasheswith Libyan securityforces intheeasterncityof Benghazi onSaturday, a witness said,intheworst unrestinGaddafi's fourdecades inpower.

TheInternet hasbeenusedinrecent weeks byanti-government protesters inNorthAfrica andtheMiddle Easttohelpcoordinate their demonstrations.

Egyptian authorities cutInternet service forafew daysduri119 a revolt thatsucceeded lastweekin toppling Hosni Mubarak after 30years inpower.

Hackers whobrokeintothecomputer system atc.anada's finance ministry didnotobtainany confidential information ontheupcoming federal budget,Anance Minister JimFlaherty said[last) Friday.

Flaherty saidhewasnottaking anyadditional security measures inthewakeoftheincident.

Thec.anadian Broadcasting Corp reported onWednesday thathackers usingChina-based servers lastmonthhadbroken intocomputer systems attheAnance Department andTreasury Board.

Another senior cabinet minister confirmed onThursday theattackwasserious, aimedat obtainingfinancial records, butthatthegovernment hadmanaged toprotect sensitive data.

"There's nosuggestion thatbudgetsecrecy has beencompromised inanywayinmyfinance department,*Aaherty toldreporters inParisprior toa meeting ofG20finance ministers andcentral bankgovernors.

"We're concerned aboutit."

Flaherty isworking ontheannualbudgetcontainingmarket-sensitive data,whichhewillpresent toparliament sometimeinMarch.

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GrowingLocalFoodProducesSecurity NATHAN LOWTHER

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ood security affects anyone who eats. As a province, B.C. imports more than half of its food.

Canada as a whole imported about $24 billion worth of food in 2007.

And when you live on one of the small Gulf Islands between Victoria and Vancouver, just about all your food comes from somewhere else.A report recently released by the Islands Trust recognizes this and wants local food production to be considered when determining land use priorities. The Islands Trust is essentially the municipal government for the Gulf Islands, with a specific mandate on land use issues. Their report, titled "Exploring Food Security in the Islands Trust Area," highlights exist for local food producers. She some of the challenges farmers cites the rising cost of land as one and other food producers in the key barrier, noting that arable land Trust Area face. "Really the intent is increasingly worth more develof it is to make a case that when oped than planted with crops. you plan for food, you're really This places food security for Trust planning for everyone, because Area residents at risk. "I know everyone eats," said Kaitlin Ka- Salt Spring produces maybe five zmierowski, a planner with the per cent of what it eats, and it's by Islands Trust and co-author the far the largest island in the Trust report. "It's a simple way of think- Area, and probably with the most ing about it, but it's really true be- infrastructure for local food and cause if you can incorporate food local producing," Kazmierowski into all your long-term planning said. "And then when you factor in considerations for how land is be- things like ferries and peak oil and ing used, you're going to wind up climate change you start to see it's with a very holistic, diverse com- quite precarious." The cost of land munity."

Kazmierowski hopes isn't the only factor contributing the report will create discussion to the decline of local, small-scale around some of the barriers that farming. Consumers, accustomed

to cheap imports at the grocery store, expect their favourite fruit or vegetable to be available 12 months a year. Timothy Trebilcock and the Victoria Downtown Public Market Society want people to refocus on seasonal, local produce. To help accomplish this, the VDPMS started the monthly Victoria Winter Farmers' Market in Market Square. It's been so successful that they've added a day in February and March and will run on the 19th and 26th of each month. The market has had cabbage, carrots, winter artichokes, beets, mushrooms, sprouts and root vegetables, despite catching farmers off guard. "This was completely out of left field with us this

year, so the farmers we contacted to participate were scrambling to try to find stuff because they just weren't prepared for a winter market," said Trebilcock, who is trying to establish a permanent, year-round public market space in downtown Victoria. A permanent market would allow local farmers to expand their business model by moving beyond just the summer markets, he explained.

"But what it's doing is spurring them to grow more food and that's what food security is all about. It's about making food production, farming ... more viable." Another way to increase local food security is to grow your own food. At the University of Victoria, the Cam-

pus Community Gardens has 50 8-by-15-foot plots available for university students, faculty and staff. There's currently a waiting list of about 45 people, said club president Andrea Zittlau. This is similar to most of the community gardens around the city, showing just how popular domestic gardening is. After an initial investment to purchase good soil and maybe some tools, just a few dollars in seeds each year will keep you eating home-grown greens all summer. Zittlau points out it's also an easy first step towards bigger change. "Growing your own food is one of those small things that you can do to reduce your impact . . . which is really rewarding. It feels great when you make a salad with vegetables that you've grown yourself," said Zittlau. "And it's a great tool for people who want to eat local organic food, but can't afford what's grown by local farmers because it is quite pricey if you are on a low income."So whether through better government stewardship of limited food-producing land, providing year-round retail opportunities for farmers, or just getting your hands in the dirt, increasing food security equals increasing local food production.

"If you really want to be in charge of your food system," said Kazmierowski, "and have control over it and know it's not going to get cut off, the more you can grow locally, the better."

RecentStudyAdds Fuelto AlcoholDebate NATHAN LOWTHER THEMARTLET (UVIC) new study out of the University of Victoria found that a high number of private liquor stores in a given area leads to more alcohol-related deaths. The report, titled ,"Impact on alcoholrelated mortality of a rapid rise in the density of private liquor outlets in British Columbia: A local area multi-level analysis" and published in the peer-reviewed journal Addiction, divided British Columbia into 89 local health areas and considered all death certificates that listed alcohol as either the primary or secondary cause of death from 2002 to 2008.

Researchers then compared how many private liquor stores and government liquor stores were in each area, while controlling for variables like restaurants, bars and other social and economic factors. The results are consistent with many other similar studies in other jurisdictions, says lead author Tim Stockwell. "If you've got a lot of stores of any kind, private or government, you've got a much higher death rate than a place with fewer stores," he explained.

"And you look at percentage of stores that are private or government owned, and we found that there's an extra effect on deaths from there being private stores rather than government stores."

Stockwell outlined two main reasons for this. First, private stores have increased 40 per cent since the government allowed them to sell spirits in 2003. And since they tend to be open longer hours, al-

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coho! has become more accessible.

But that's only part of it, he says.

"The most important thing is that they are better at the business side than the government at selling liquor," said Stockwell, noting that unlike government stores, the private sector will tailor their quality and price to their clientele, which explains why Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has the cheapest booze in the province.

"On average, private liquor stores have slightly higher prices. But at any one time they have some special on. So you will find that the cheapest liquor anywhere is

always in a private store." Not everyone accepts that daily specials result in additional harmful drinking habits, though. Randy Wilson co-founded Liquor Plus, a private liquor franchise with four branches on Vancouver Island and two more opening this year.

If high prices make people safer drinkers, he argues, British Columbians should be safe enough.

"To say that the way to stop drinking is to continue to raise the price is silly because we already are the highest in Canada, and I think we're the second- or third-highest in the world, as far as taxation on

liquor," Wilson said. "Pushing prices up only hurts Mrs. Smith when she's looking for a nice bottle of wine for dinner." He also rejects the notion that private stores are more likely to carry a selection of products that are harmful.

Rather, they have the versatility to restrict access to high impact beverages, something the government stores can't do. "The people that are at more risk of harm are drinking certain products. For example, Sherry 74 is a 22 per cent alcohol content product that is for sale at all [government stores] for $6.99," said Wilson. "That product is so

problematic with the customers we delisted it." Wilson's dad died an alcoholic, so he understands what's at stake. He just disagrees that the cash register works as a disincentive for problem drinkers. "Trust me, the price of vodka was immaterial to my dad because if you are an addict you're an addict. So I don't think raising the price of alcohol solves it. I think education and enforcement solves it," said Wilson. "We are penalizing people that drink responsibly, like Mrs. Smith who wants to have her gin and tonic, because we want to keep her from drinking too much when she doesn't drink too much in the first place."

Stockwell agrees there's a need for education, but insists price certainly impacts how harmful drinking is. Statistics show that the heaviest drinking 10 per cent of the population pay about $0.80 per drink, compared to $4.50 for the lightest drinking 50 per cent.

This is why, Stockwell explains, when Alaska drastically increased alcohol taxes twice in the past 25 years, they experienced decreases in liver sclerosis. "That's because even the heavy drinkers respond to price changes," said Stockwell.

"That may be counterintuitive to people if they have this fixed idea that an alcoholic will always get their drink no matter what."

Which isn't to say Stockwell is against private stores. He understands the benefits of having a neighbourhood beer store. But he wants alcohol policy to be built around informed data.

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actually kind of ties CONTRIBUTORinto what I was saying in my last answer. Christianity itself isn't a hristianity, despite taking major cause of war over the last a bit of a ratings hit here in 300 years, but it has often been coNorth America, is still one of the opted by political leaders to justify world's major religions. More im- armed conflict. portantly, many of the students at UFV and citizens of Abbotsford in Q: Sundayis the dayof rest. Do · general claim Jesus Christ as their Christiansalsotake a restfrom personal lord and saviour. judgingotherpeopleon Sunday?

While Christians themselves see their personal faith as a posiA: I think most Christians see tive influence, Christianity is of- resting on Sunday as a gift, more ten said to be a source of much than an obligation. It's an excuse conflict and intolerance throughto take a much-needed break from out the world. I spoke with a real all the stresses of the week and relife Christian recently in an effort coup. As for the judgement thing, to better understand this often sometimes Christians forget what maligned yet endearingly spunky Jesus said in Matthew 7:3-5: "Why faith. do you stare at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your Q:Whatkindof Christianare own eye?" you?

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In all seriousness, it pisses me off to see people hijacking my faith for their political agenda.

Q: Doyouthinkthe Valley's agrarianoutlookpromotes Christianity, or is it mainlythe immigrantthing?

Q: Howdo yourespondto peoplewhosayChristianity has beena majorcauseof warover the last 300 years?

A: To be honest, I don't live in the Bible belt, and am neither a farmer, nor first generation Canadian so I'm kind of stumped.

Q: In a cagematchwhowould win:Dawkinsor Hitchens?

A: Hitchens has a bit of an edge because he's younger and more spry. He's also a little more aggressive in his anti-theist pronouncements, which could translate well in a fight, so I'd say 3:2 odds on Hitchens.

Q: Whohadthe biggerpipe, C.S.Lewisor Tolkien?

Tobacco of course.

A: Smoking is a much more central part of Tolkien's fiction, so I'm willing to bet that reflects his own habits.

Q: Arechurcheslikegiantcommitteesfor God?Aretheyas boringas a boardmeeting?

A: Budget meetings are the worst! Of course there are always administrative things that need to be taken care of and that's never fun. We do have some people at my church who love to take care of that stuff, so if that's the way they want to serve, more power to them!

Videokilledthe literature star JENNIFER COLBOURNE STAFFWRITER hether we like it or not, the book has been on the decline since television began invading family homes in the 1950s. This decline has only been accelerated with the recent progress of video technology; video media is no longer confined to TV sets and movie theatres but is now available on everything from computers to cell phones to iPods. Even the book itself is joining the electronic world.

Thanks to e-books and the Kindle, actual printed books themselves are swiftly disappearing.

Now, it would be foolish to say that reading will ever disappear.

The written word is a necessary form of communication, despite the fact that many of its prior functions have been usurped by video.

Reading as entertainment, however? Like it or not, it seems that ship is ready to sail - a statement many academics would consider blasphemous. Yet no matter how warmly and nostalgically we feel about the smell of the pages of a well-worn novel, or the beautiful binding of a rare, exquisite book, the fact is that novel-readers are rapidly becoming an ever decreasing minority.

As attached as we are to books, and as much as we will always enjoy the works of Dickens and Tolstoy, it's wrong for academics to prematurely mourn what they see as the imminent death of literature. What, after all, is literature?

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Yet what is literature other than entertainment with substance?

Chaucer, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Twain - all were highly

popular entertainers during their time. What separates them from their lesser talented - though perhaps as popular - peers is posterity. If a work can move from the masses to the appreciation of scholars, and thus history, the wheat is separated from the chaff, and we are left with that which is both art and entertainment: literature.

The masses have turned to television, the inevitable result of a fast-paced, technologically savvy society. But does this mean the death of literature? Of course not!

After all, Shakespeare's plays were written to be performed, were they not? And did not Dickens, Tolstoy and other great writers publish their novels in serialized form, exactly like a weekly TV show? It seems that future generations of critics are going to be studying screenplays, not novels, as screenplays are quickly becoming the only relevant cultural medium. If someone writes the great Canadian novel or the best set of sonnets the world has ever seen, what good will it do if the world won't bother reading them?

Some of the greatest works of literature already await us on the screen. Mark my words, while Two anda HalfMen, Reba,and Everybody LovesRaymondwill ultimately disappear into the void, a hundred years from now students will be studying Rome,Six Feet Under,and The Wire. There's no point in kicking against the inevitable; it's time to embrace the new and exciting products of the minds of our time.

The medium, in the larger scheme of things, is irrelevant

Q: Doesmakinga joyfulnoise for the Lordhavea sexualconnotation?

A: [laughs] Not particularly.

But the Bible does celebrate sex in other passages. Ever read Song of Solomon?

Q: Whatdo you sayto people whoviewChristianityas an outdatedbeliefsystem?

A: Some of the best ideas are the oldest. You shouldn't dismiss something just because it's been around for a while.

Q: Haveyoutest-drivenany otherreligions?CanI interest you in·a2010 Buddha?

A: I think it's important to educate myself about other religions, their belief systems, and traditions. I make a point of reading a variety of holy texts like the Qur'an as well as commentary from atheists and those of world views different from my own to not only gain a better understanding of their position, but to continually challenge my own per-

spective. Some Christians can be very insular, but if what I believe is true, it will hold up under scrutiny and so far it has.

Q: Whatdo youfeel Christianity addsto your life?

A: So many things: moral guidance, a caring community of fellow believers, assurance of God's providence, a measure of inner peace, fulfilment, and hope. I feel like being a Christian helps motivate me to want to be a better person and continually evaluate the way I lead my life. Christ's central teaching was cpmpassion. It's what he displayed in his life and death and what he encourages in his followers.

Q: Whendid youbecomea Christian?

A: I was raised by Christian parents, but I really came to terms with my faith when I chose to be baptised as a teenager.

Q: Wheredo yougo from here?

A: Well it is Sunday, so you can probably find me at Church.

PDA 101: the bar guide ists in many forms. A quick peck on ALEX WATKINS

NEWSEDITOR the lips is generally non-offensive, particularly in the standard greetrecent trip to the bar has re- ing sense. Anything that is noisy or minded me yet again that sloppy - or extends beyond several many people - particularly intoxi- seconds - is probably best relocated cated people - haven't the slightest to a more private area. Anything idea how to navigate expressions that involves biting, ropy strands of their sexuality in public. That's of drool, or retainer-swapping will right, I'm talking about public dis- probably cause others to lose their plays of affection. Unless you're a lunch on your bar-star best, so keep hermit living in physical and elec- that in mind. tronic isolation from the rest of the Groping: This one skids right world, you've probably witnessed off the track and veers into the terat least some form of PDA, rang- ritory of disgusting. Do this someing from altogether innocent to where else ... please, anywhere else. gut-churning public foreplay.

If you're looking for suggestions, I Human beings as a whole can would propose a bathroom (but be be strangely oblivious to the reac- prepared to face the wrath of those tions of the people around them with low-endurance bladders), but throw a couple cheap beers your car (unless, for some reason, into the mix and the result is of- it is also in the bar), or an alleyway ten pandemic nausea. With this (if you're really desperate and are in mind, I've devised a few guide- turned on by danger, like the idea lines to decode those tricky social that you might get caught by a norms for all you drunken lovers. stranger, or contract hepatitis).

If you're seeing double, all the betPet names: Unacceptable! If I ter. You probably need to read the hear you call your significant other message twice for it to fully sink (or perhaps insignificant othet if in. you're into one-nighters) "foofie Hand-holding: Perfectly accept- poops" or "fluff muffin cakes" able, due to its harmless nature and within my general vicinity, it had low level of both physical contact better be followed by something and noise - although your hands like: "Bartender, give me enough almight be put to better use holding cohol to wipe this nauseating inciyour beers, or sweeping the hair dent from all innocent bystanders' back from your lover's face as he memories forever." Yes, it is sweet or she vomits sweetly in the dew- that you care about each other (or glazed alleyway. The only excep- are at least pretending to in order to tion is if the hand itself is no longer do the no pants dance later). No, I attached to a body. Not only is that don't want to hear about it. There creepy but totally incriminating. you have it, a comprehensive list Get it together, lads! straight from the horse's bitter, _bitKissing: This one is tricky, be- ter mouth. Put it to good use, my cause the kiss is a creature that ex- fellow bar-mates.

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ow does society walk the line between privacy and community? What does it mean to be free in a modern society, living on a crowded planet with 6.7 billion other people? How will we prepare for a world where the population is rapidly increasing, while resources continue to dwindle?

The answers lay within our own views of how we live and require careful thought about a shift toward urbanization, a reworking of our priorities and the way we live with one another. The answers seek a commitment to the concept of urban livability, one that Abbotsford, at first glance, has nearly rejected. And finally, the answers require an analysis about the constraints we are willing to accept as a people in order to reap the benefits of freedom.

Social contract theory states that people are willing to give up some freedom in exchange for another. People band together into societies because, while it means giving up the freedom to, for example, kill someone in cold blood for no reason, it grants them the freedom to not be killed in turn.

Thus, out of necessity, states are formed. Similarly, people will begin to seek out life in an urban environment out of necessity and

for freedom. People may want the freedom to live a lifestyle without a vehicle, or freedom to easily attend cultural events, or simply freedom to earn a living.

However, the freedom found in city life is mitigated by the necessity of living close to others. City planners can only do so much to design a city to comfortably accommodate millions of citizens; at some point, citizens who wish to live in a city will need to give up

a considerable amount of freedom.

Thinking of one's self as merely one piece in a greater system could be considered antithetical to the prevailing Western ideology of the individual. Journalist and urban critic John Lorine discusses this in his 2006 book The NewCity: "The challenge of living together with large groups of disparate strangers means accepting pragmatic constraints on personal freedoms, without which there can be no so-

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precedence over getting ready to go to Gabby's for the seventh time this month? Yes, reader, I'm judging you right now. This film screening, as well as the reading in downtown Vancouver later that evening, were both incredibly inspiring; I'm pretty sure I scribbled enough notes to provide for my next hundred creative writing assignments. I can't imagine what I would have done instead of attending this event - what I would have traded the experience for.

What really worries me is that this indifference is indicative of a general lack of passion in our generation. The entire beat world was born from passion for art above cultural constraints. Is our culture's aversion to anything subversive quelling the drive to inspiration? If an event of this calibre is so poorly attended by youth, what hope do any of -us young artists have? For those of-you who aren't art majors (smart people that you

are), you're not excused from this either. Unless you're an aspiring Mark Zuckerberg computer type, you're going to need student support for your programming ventures. Business majors? Unless you're Paris Hilton, you need people aside from your Daddy to help you form relationships and foster new projects. Networking is key, people.

So, rather than simply lay a big ol' guilt trip on you, here's my suggestio11: put away the fake eyelashes and self-tanner for one night. Walk around campus and find some posters advertising a local band or fashion show. Attend.

Be inspired. Encourage your fellow students to reciprocate. Check through The Cascade for upcoming events if you're too lazy to look on the walls on your way to class.

Let's build a community for ourselves - our parents aren't going to do it for us. ·

back yards with privacy fences and glassed-in decks. But, instead, they will have the freedom to live sustainably, and the freedom to interact and engage with fellow community members in a valuable way.

And third, cities need to have strong public spaces. People who live in cities need to be free to gather and exchange ideas, and, as architect and public space advocate Donlyn Lyndon says, "encounter real differences, exchange conceptions of value (however implicit}, and generally form their notions of what it is to be one person among many, and, for that matter, to be in one place among the traces of many times."

Dolores Lachapelle said "to be really free is to have no choice at all." This is true within the constraints of an urban environment.

To be truly free, and to face the coming challenges of the world, we must abandon the romantic notion that one man is an island.

We need to instead realize we are all just seeking the freedom to exist, to know, to create and to grow.

Accepting this freedom means restricting others. Because, as Lorine says, "the close physical proximity of intensely varied human experiences and conflicting aspirations ... is the engine that imbues urban life with its particular vitality."

B~nny problems on campuses AMY VANVEENfuelled by ignorance and college CONTRIBUTORstudents wanting to be alternative and cause-related. unnies tend to do what they're Of all the causes to choose, stuknown to do, and as a result, dents all over UVic's campus have over the last couple of years the chosen the "inhumane" treatment bunny population at the Univer- of the bunny population. Why? sity of Victoria has been growing Because they're adorable. If there steadily. In 2008, the university was a cockroach or rat populasent out an awareness campaign tion problem, I'm sure the weights urging owners of bunnies not to would tip in favour of exterminarelease their pets onto the greens tion, but since bunnies remind on· campus, which is how this us of our storybook friends Peter non-native population problem Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, people find it necessary to personify started.

In addition to posing a contin- them. ued nuisance at UVic, bunnies are Disney is not a representation a bother close to home, at UFV's of reality, and these bunnies need 11eryown Abbotsford campus. In to be seen for what they are: pests. order to prepare ourselves, it's im- The facts prove that the rampant portant to look at the battle over bunny population at this island bunnies that is currently taking university is out of control. Rabplace on other BC campuses. Tame bits are burrowers, and according and non-violent solutions proved to their nature, they dig holes all ineffective at UVic, and more dras- over campus, which causes harm tic measures needed to be taken. and risk of injury when these Last September, permits were holes invade the athletic fields, acquired to remove and sterilize putting UVic's athletes in danger. the bunnies. This permit, though, Another part of rabbit nature expires on.March 31, 2011, so UVic is the need to defecate, which has is hoping to capture as many rab- contributed to the spread of disbits as they can by February 28, ease for humans, other animals which will allow them enough and plant species across campus. time over the following month to Any time a non-native animal is arrange for placements in sanc- introduced into a new environtuaries and the appropriate ster- ment; there are serious natural ilization procedures to take place consequences for the existing spebefore the permit expires. As a cies and for the human popularesult, any bunnies found after tion. This bunny infestation began February 28 will be trapped and with pet owners thinking that by humanely killed off campus. dropping off their used pets and Reading up on the recent bun- "returning" them to a natural enny cull debates at the University vironment, they were doing them of Victoria can be an entertaining a favour. way to spend an afternoon. LegitiSo to all those who are pro-bunmate news sources offer readers ny and anti-solution, how about from the outside an opportunity taking a critical look at the human to get an objective look at the facts. agency behind the infestation and Once you dive into discussion fo- assign blame to the problem-makrums, especially on the Facebook . ers, not the problem-solvers. Let group "UVic Bunnies," you get an the problem-solvers deal with the entirely different look at passio~ pests as needed.

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CONTRIBUTOR hile participating in literary and artistic events in our community, I am frequently saddened by the poor representation of the younger generation. We study the "greats" in our English classes, yet given the opportunity to see one in person, so few take advantage of it. On Friday, February 11, I had tl1e pleasure of seeing two events with Michael McClure, a member of the beat poet generation and the last living beat poet.

This guy isn't some unknown he's frequently referred to in Jack Kerouac's works, and has written with artist such as the _Doors and Janis Joplin.

The first event of the day was a screening of a documentary on the life of McClure. Entitled Abstract Alchemist of Flesh, the documentary, which was filmed by Colin Still, beautifully outlines McOure's life and work. The film was introduced by McClure, and afterward he led a discussion about it with the attendees. To sum it up - for people of our generation, this was probably a once-ina-lifetime event. However, there were only three young students in attendance, and all were from UFV. It was held in the Simon Fraser University's Burnaby campus library, but the student body of SFU didn't show up. Three is better than none, I suppose - keep on keeping on, UFV arts students.

The fact that a turnout of three students is considered impressive is depressing. This kind of event, the chance to sit cheek to jowl with a member of the beat generation, isn't exactly common. I understand we all have our priorities,

cial peace."

Pragmatic constraints could include things that are often irksome, such as noise bylaws, traffic calming measures, gun regulation, and dog licensing. All of these things grant us freedom to live in reasonable peace from the obnoxious side effects of living with others, but in turn they restrict our ability to play our drums at two in the morning or drive at breakneck speeds through side streets during rush hour to get to the freeway a little earlier.

Given the massive growth of cities, as well as the steady erosion of agricultural land, the ideological shift toward civil city dwelling is indeed happening. However, a few more things need to happen.

First, policy makers at the municipal and provincial level need to invest in public transit for the future. In order to have the freedom to breathe fresh air in the future, humans need to loosen the grip on the idea of the singleperson automobile as a method of transit.

Second, we need to immediately stop the outward growth of cities and instead focus on growing upwards. Municipalities need to focus on small, tight communities with high rise dwellings within walking distance of amenities.

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ation than the cafeteria, different food options, and free soda refills!

Students and faculty need to remember that UFV has only been a university since April 2008; its pub cannot be expected to run perfectly. UBC is a much bigger campus with a larger student body and more revenue. More importantly, it's been around for a few decades.

One of their pubs, the Pit Pub, was first suggested in 1968 by Zoology Professor David Suzuki. In 1971, four years later, The Ubyssey student newspaper was praising the Pit as "a place to relax, eat a sandwich, and talk about the revolution." This year the Pit will be celebrating is 43rd birthday, the number one bar on campus (yes, there are others) and student friendly.

There is no reason Casey's can't become a great pub. But like everything else (including heart break), it takes time. The complaint has be1:;n made before: UFV doesn't have any student life. Although I don't think this is completely true, if a student isn't interested in mak-

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No, l'm not talking about how difficult it is to stay dry when walking around campus on a rainy day. I'm sayin', "Let's sit down and have a beer!"

UFV Abbotsford is not a large campus. There's the library, cafeteria, U-House, Baker House, and various nooks and crannies that provide social spots for students to meet up and either study or chat during breaks. Casey's on Cam. pus, UFV's student pub, is another place where students are welcome to grab a bite to eat, or enjoy a beer after class. The size of our pub 'is relative to the size of our university. Working within their means, Casey's tries to meet its clientele's needs by providing a service while maintaining a reasonable size.

The students who live in residence sadly exist in the evil clutches of Sodexo. Meal cards in tow, they are often seen dazed and confused in the cafeteria, trying to decide between the four overpriced food options available.

The options may be more varied in the c~feteria, but the prices are often double those at Casey's. Not to mention, Casey's also offers healthy options - and the water is free (Smart Water, $3.55 in the Cafeteria~ Casey's also accepts the Baker House meal cards, provides students with better hours of oper-

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ing a formal commitment to join a group or club, a student pub is the next best thing to contribute to a student friendly environment.

Bars throughout Abbotsford serve a specific kind of crowd, and as we are all aware, none of them focus on students. Although none of us are expecting to CTi\Ill for our finals at Finnegan's, the closest watering hole to campus, having an atmosphere that encourages studying with a pint is a certain social atmosphere that students seek out.

A campus bar shouldn't focus on making the university an extra buck. Instead, the university should start asking what students need and want, and if it's a tequila shot before yol\l' Economics midterm, so be it. Students need a pub: a place to socialize, a place to study, and, perhaps most importantly, a place that is student-run.

The fact of the matter is the students need Casey's. Give it time to revolutionize, and it will become great.

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A. None, I've never been on a waitlist Q. What did }«)Udo for Valentine's Day? A. Nothing, I didn't even know it was Valentine's Day. Q. What did you have for lunch?

A. Well I'm sick so I had soup.

Q. Are you upset Casey's is currently clos·ed?

A. I didn't even know it was. It doesn't really matter though since I'm

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ith sky rocketing student W and tuition fees, individuals are looking for somewhere to lay the blame for the ever increasing amount of cash being shelled out for post secondary education. One of the culprits of money thievery is located on the University of the Fraser Valley Abbotsford campus.

Youmay pass by it every day, lurking behind the trees as you walk to class. You may have even entered it at one time or another, accidentally wandering inside on your way to class or Tim Hortons, only to scurry out shortly after for fear of a deadly ambush.

Too long has Casey's on Campus been a money pit, taking more than its fair share of student fees, while giving little back in exchange. The bar has long been a failure. However, many of the reasons it has not succeeded are for reasons outside of its control.

One such reason is UFV's small residence. What makes many on campus drinking establishments a success is their proximity to large residence buildings. While UFV does have an established residence, its smaller size and relative infancy compared to other, older campuses does not hav~ the customer base to make Casey's a resounding success. Casey's must instead rely on a student population that is willing to travel in order to fill its walls.

The question is, with students forced to trek to an on-campus bar in order to grab a drink, how are

time for a transformation. Universities across Canada are beginning to realize that cash strapped, study conscious students are moving away from on campus bars. Q. What is your experience with waitlists?

Instead, Jeff Dockeray, executive A. I've been on one both semesters I've been at UFV. But I've always gotdirector of the Campus Hospital- ten in. ity Managers Association, notes Q. What did you do for Valentine's Day? that students are increasingly em- A. Me and my girlfrinds had a girls night and watched action and combracing alternatives to on-campus edy movies. We had a hate on for the stupid holiday. pubs.

Q. What did you have for lunch?

"Back in the 1980s, campus A. Nothing. pubs were beer halls. Now they Q. Are you upset Casey's is currently closed? are multi-purpose establishments A. Nope, I've never even been. where the focus has really come off alcohol," Dockery said.

The real on-campus money makers, Dockeray explains, are the coffee shops and juice bars that cater to a more health-conscious student population. This fits the attitude on the UFV campus to a tee, as it is a common sight to see students lined up out the door for Tim Hortons, but it is a rarity to . see more than a few students enjoying a drink or meal at Casey's outside of the lunch rush.

An on-campus pub will continue to be a black hole sucking away at student union funds until such time that it is changed to better suit the desires of the students. We know the numbers that regularly flock to Casey's, and we know that it, like other campus pubs, runs a Q. What is your experience with waitlists? deficit. Issues of transportation, a A. It was fine. I dropped the class. small residence population, and, Q. What did you do for Valentine's Day? most importantly, safety will A. Nothing plague Casey's, no matter what Q. What did you have for lunch? they do to change these_ factors. A. I-didn't have lunch.

Put something in the same spot Q. Are you upset Casey's is currently closed? that students actually want, and A. I didn't even know. watch deficits become a thing of the past.

they supposed to get there? As we all know, public transportation in Abbotsford is a laughable attempt at ferrying people around town, and the number of cabs in operation are nowhere near the amount needed to quickly pick people up from UFV. The only remaining option is for people to drive to UFV in order to wet their beaks.

The problem with people transporting themselves to the bar on campus, however, lies within British Columbia's harsh drunk driving laws, and the liability that Casey's carries regarding the safety of those being served at the bar.

The odds that patrons can get between destinations without being charged or harmed are high. The last thing Casey's needs after having continued setbacks this winter is their name as part of a court document alleging they had a part in over serving someone who later put himself or others in danger.

It appears with the odds stacked against Casey's that it is

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Micha~I McClure Reading Beatpoetgives historic reading inVancouver PAUL FALARDEAU ARTS& LIFEEDITOR across in many ways, perhaps most memorably when he reread a n February 11, 2011, the eve- poem after being dissatisfied with ning after the unveiling of his voice on the first run - to great his revealing new documentary, applause - channelling the ghost AbstractAlchemistof Flesh,Michael of Charles Olson all the while. A McClure read to a packed audito- true showman and artist, McClure rium at SFU's Vancouver Harbour let the Olson bit seep back into his Center. The crowd packed into performance through the remainthe au,ditorium despite the stuffy der of the night.

Although the audience seemed temperature and close proximity of seats. A rock star amongst po- rapt throughout the reading, the ets, listeners were all too happy to poems "Hummingbird Ode" and brave the conditions and crowds "I Polished the Stars" seemed to for a chance to hear McClure read. get extra love, and McClure's haiThe eager listeners included Van- kus were another obvious crowd couver notables such as Jamie Reid favourite. and Judith Copithorne among othAlthough there is some loss from the ~ritten form of his work, ers.

George $tanley, himself the re- such as his intentionally centercipient of the 2006 Shelley Memo- justified poems, McClure's readrial Award and poet associated ing gave his work, old and new, with the San Francisco Renais- a different light, a fresh spin. As sance, introduced McClure to the he iterated in his de facto motto eager audience highlighting some "The limits of the knowable are of his achievements and question- unknowable," and his reading ing his Beat allegiance, to which showed attendees that his work the poet agreed. Claimed by many has limitless angles and the ways it schools, McClure has been known can be seen are only limited by the to fall under the influence of Black number of times it is challenged.

Mountain poets like Charles Ol- An unforgettable and unmissable son and Robert Duncan, San event, McClure's February 11readFrancisco Renaissance poets like ing is already undoubtedly a piece Stanley. However, despite his pro- of Vancouver literary history. fessions of just "being there," McOure has undeniable connections List of Poems Read to the Beat practitioners, being one Page numbers refer to of the readers at the now-famous Of Indigo and Saffron "Six Gallery Reading," which was attended by (a drunken) Jack KerThe Mystery of the ouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Hunt pg. 33 Neal Cassady, who passed around OH GIDDY BLANK the wine and collection plate. It WHITE PAGE pg. 52 was MCed by Kenneth Rexroth Hummingbird Ode and featured five talented young pg.

75 poets - Philip Lamantia, McCaptives pg. 132 Oure, Philip Whalen, Gary SnyOH ACCIDENTpg. 167 der reading "A Berry Feast," and ITS ALL CON/SCIOUSAllen Ginsberg publically reading "Howl" for the first time.

NESS pg. 167 Along with his appearance at PINK BANDAID STUCK that famous reading, McClure's pg. 168 work has unmistakable touches MOLDY/ BOARD pg. of the Beat generation throughout, 168 no doubt as a result of his connecBRASS/and/turtions and friendships with other quoise pg. 169 Beats. Yet as unique as each are, so OH//HUMM/MING/BIRD is McClure, as he showed throughout the night when his readings pg. 169 scanned everything from guttural Hey/DRIVER pg. 170 roars to haiku.

THE DRY/fir needle McClure read entirely from his pg. 170 new collection, Of Indigo and Saf • THE FOX TURD/is a fron. The book, which is a selection cliff pg. 171 of old and new Il}aterial, gave both THE HERON pg. 171 hardened veterans and newcom'motto' pg. 199 ers to McClure's work something I POLISHED THE to chew on.

McClure had a palpable stage STARS pg. 203 presence, holding the crowd in a HOWBADLYpg. 205 spellbound state with his intense IN THE PAINTED persona as readily as he made CHAMBERpg. 215 them laugh over an incident inTHE SUNSET MOMENT volving some spilt water and its pg.244 possible electronic ramifications.

WE SWIM IN THE ILHis delivery was impeccable, LUMINATION pg. 247 whether in his growls and roars WE HAVE ALWAYS when reading from one of his Ghost Tantras poems, the pauses WANTEDTO DO THIS left for the "a-ha!' moment after a pg. -255 haiku, or the general musicality of FROM ':'l'HE NON-BEhis reading - there is no surprise GINNGING OF THE that he has worked with the likes WAVE pg. 274 of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Ray OLD AGE IN A NAZI Manzarek, and Terry Riley.

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depth and body to the words of and intellectually" invigorating. the poems.

CONTRIBUTOR McOure's dedication to the creWhen asked to elaborate on the n February 11, SFU hosted ation of multi-faceted work is ap- composition process, McClure exMichael McClure in two parent in some of the unique read- plained that the songs are never separate events: a documentary ings he has performed. One such the same from performance to screening/Q&A session and a reading is that which was per- performance. He said that a poreading. McClure is a member of formed for some caged lions at the etic reading - with or without the beat generation - although he's San Francisco zoo. The poems he music - is greatly influenced by never sure that he deserves that read came from his Ghost Tantras the "tenor of the audience". Their classification and cites it as "just - 99 poems in a language more emotions, he says, give body to the being there." He was at the famous primal than English. The language poems. This truth extends to musireading where Allen Ginsberg he speaks is often referred to as cal readings as well. A particularly first read "Howl," and is frequent- 'beast' - guttural, primal sounds well-received line may call for an ly referred to in the works of Jack that seem to be the pure origins of extended arpeggio or extra caKerouac. The documentary, Ab- the words our language employs. dence - or it may change the bones stractAlchemistof Flesh,was filmed McClure described how the read- of the song itself. One particular

by Colin Still. I\ provides a provoc- • ing came about during the post- memory that McClure described ative assembly of McClure's life documentary discussion: he was • was of a performance with Doors and work, while McClure's com- at the zoo one morning recording alumni Ray Manzarek. During mentary afterwards presented a snow leopards for a music track he this performance, one poem was deeper level of understanding of was working on. He ran into a lion so well received that Manzarek both artist and art. keeper who was a fellow poet. The morphed the melody into one The film was inspirational to lion keeper then invited him to from Beethoven's 9 Symphony say the least. Rather than simply read for the lions, knowing of his · -:- the choral portion, where the outlining McClure's escapades work from the Ghost TaI1tras.This melody of the well-known song (which would have made for some is where the video of his reading "Ode to Joy" comes from. Mcgreat viewing, I assure you), it to the lions was born. The foot- Clure loved its grandiose effect, delved into some of the artistitally age is inspiring - McClure, pas- and asked Manzarek if he could relevant aspects of his work. As sionately reading poetry to lions replicate it during future perforan example, the documentary be- who are growling, hissing, and mances. However, the keyboardgan with a recitation of his poem generally going apoplectic in their ist didn't realize what he was do"For the Death of 100 Whales." The cages. The image is a visceral rep- ing - "I was playing Beethoven?" poem itself is rather Call of the resentation of the primal beauty in - demonstrating how fully the Wild-esque in its detail, and is in- so much of McClure's work. artists allowed themselves to be spired by an article from the April An aspect of the documentary controlled by their instinct and 1954 issue of Time magazine. The and discussion that I particularly emotion. article described the tragic tale of enjoyed was the depiction of his To make a long article short bored American soldiers stationed work with music and poetry. Aside this event was amazing, inspiring, in Iceland who took it upon them- from the compositions he did with informative, and definitely worth selves to murder a pod of killer Morrison and Joplin, he has spent the trek up Burnaby mountain. whales with their military weap- much time incorporating· music If you're interested in learning ons. Rather than simply depict a into his poetry. In the documentamore about this revolutionary artreading of t_hepoem, though, the ry, Terry Riley (an American musi- ist, check out his newest publicadocumentary discusses the form cian belonging to the 'minimalist' tion: Of Indigoand Saffron.This is a of the poem itself: McClure failed school of composition) described great book to pick up if you're new to understand the obsession with his working relationship with Mc- to McClure; it includes selections left-aligned poetry, and decided Clure: the poet would send the from his body of work as well as instead to center his work on the contposer both a hard copy of the new poems. In the words of Mcpage. This, he says, directs the poem, and a recording of a .read- Clure: "the point is to play with "transfer of energy to the core": ing of it. From that, the composi- words. Words on the page, words the core of the words, the core of tion was born - thus, the music spoken. They play with me, too. the reader, the core of the poem. reflects the words. The music itself Isn't-that the point?"

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PoetrySlam: Mad, Bad, and Dangerousto Know .....

PAUL ESAU SPORTS EDITOR

night of metaphors and similes, rhythm and rhyme, tears and laughter - and even rap. That's a good description of the 3rd annual UFV Valentine's poetry slam, which took place in the Chilliwack campus theatre lobby on Friday, February 11, and which was generously attended by both UFV students and community members from the lower mainland. As a gleeful, yet classy, denial of the traditional poetry reading, the event was a clash of artistry and alcohol, of the metaphysical and the moronic.

Among the ten participants > were several UFV students, including Cait Archer, Josh Frede, and defending slam champion Josh Tompke. The event was jointly sponsored by the English Department, the Theatre Department, and the UFV Library, with each contributing both resources and talented participants.

Intimate and candle-lit, the venue featured all the essential elements of a good poetry slam: namely comfortable chairs and an accessible bar.

Slam poetry is a comparatively recent phenomenon in the Fraser Valley, and it is a hard genre to explain, especially since it is traditional within the literary community to insist that the art of poetry can only be defined by poetry. Dylan Thomas took this route when he stated that "Poetry is ... what makes my toenails twinkle," while the frigid Emily Dickenson decided "If I read a

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book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry." Therefore Ray de Kroon, the UFV Poetry Siam's MC, was following a welltread path when he defined the slam as "all about dragging poetry out of the dusty anthologies and putting it back in the streets ...

It's about prying it from the white knuckled grip of the intellectuals and scholars and putting it back in the hands of the artists... A slam is about re-discovering what was lost, remembering what was forgotten - it's about sleigh rides and summer, scraped knees and ripe plums, phone calls from old

friends, and evenings by the fire with a good book and a coffee."

Even if the exact essence of slam is hard to define, the rules are fairly simple. The event is divided into two rounds and judged by audience members chosen at random from the crowd. Participants are given three minutes per round to present a poem, and must not exceed this limit. If they do, the audience is required to recite the following: "You rat bastard, you're ruining it for everyone, but it was well worth it!"

Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on one's perspective) all of the evening's slammers were extremely conscientious about avoiding the "rat bastard' label.

Even a free-style rap artist known as "Danny" managed to stay fly, despite declaring that his entire performance was "straight off the dome" and therefore spontaneously unplanned and untimed.

Other highlights of the night included rivetingly personal performances by Laura Auffray and Josh Frede, along with a unique presentation by de Kroon of his poem "Lord Entropy." Yet when the dust settled, Josh Tompke emerged with his third straight victory, lifted to glory by his two memorably-titled pieces "Fuck the Sun" and "I Can Has Love?"

Thanks are necessary to the three UFV departments involved for organizing a very successful event, and thanks also to the performing poets for their participation and imagination.

Photo Credit:, Dessa Bayrock

"Left & Leaving" a sonnet by Slam participant CaitArther When I must leave my beloved northern shores to reconstruct my life on solid land, I'm hoping your young heart can understand that I'm not leaving you behind. I swore to honor and protect you as before, and so it will remain. But when you can, come live with me inside my house of sand.

I'll shut the windows, keep you from the war for just a little while. One day you'll see we only find our hearts by leaving home, but don't despair- you're never far from me.

Remember in your bones and binding ties: An open heart is never on it's own.

A closing door is never quite goodbye.

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UFVArts Conference

Outside the (take out) Box

Alumni presenters tohelpprospective graduates KAREN ANEY CONTRIBUTOR FV's Career Centre, in conjunction with the English department and the Alumni Association, is hosting an Arts conference on March 1. The event will feature four UFV Arts Alumni who have found employment with their Bachelor of Arts. In essence, the aforementioned departments have found four people with much-sought after knowledge and experience in a similar position as many of UFV's soon-to-be graduates. To top it all off, a free lunch will be served.

So Jeon of the Career Centre had a few words of advice for students. It really all boils down to that old girl scout adage, "be prepared." The first thing to con-' sider is always appearance. As Joen explains: "This is meant to be a casual lunch-and-learn session, so no formal business attire is necessary, but make yourself look presentable as this is still a professional meeting." Further, she explains that it's a good idea to do some thinking about your own academic interests are, and from that think of some questions you would like to ask the attending alumni. A great tip that Joen offers is "check out the website of their employers. Us Arts students are known for our research skills, so put those to a good use!"

The first alumni presenter is Adam Simpson: he has a BA in English and works for AMBiT Consulting. Although his job is varied, he is currently involved in building projects at various hospitals across BC. Next is Dana

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Picture yourself gallivanting Megh<IJl Linsey and fiance through an enchanted forest, surJoshua Scott Jones of Steel Magno- rounded by majestic ferns and fairlia first hit the country scene when ies. You are drenched in harmonithey won season two of CMT's Can ous tunes, spinning you round You Duet. Hailing from Louisiana, and round within the concaves of the duo got rave reviews for their layered instrumentals and a-Cafirst hit single, "Keep On Lovin' pella. A clearing approaches in the You," which earned both the num- distance, the sunlight is beaming ber four spot on Billboard's top ten through the branches and glowcountry songs and a cameo in the ing warmth cradles your soul. The movie Valentine's Day. With pop congregation of mystical creatures country tracks leading the way sing in harmony, their drones and on their self-titled debut album, cadences at one with the universe. the pair's songs a.re quick to get Suddenly the softest keys of a stuck in anyone's head, especially piano glide in, and as if a virgin ones like "Ooh La La" and "Eggs (touched for the very first time) Over Easy." They do prove their you can feel every movement of depth, though, with slower, more the music. Before you question blue-sy tunes like "Glass House" what was really in that burger, and "Edge of Goodbye." Leaning take a listen to The Magic Place, away from the traditional country by Julianna Barwick. Some music sound, their songs linger in the has the ability to force us in one grey area between country and direction while some music allows pop, making for a fun and easy us to wander, and this nine-piece listen with just the right balance full length album is nothing short between mellow tunes and those of a psychological escapade. Some that induce a car dancing state, . of the tracks are slightly repetitive just in time for spring. (how many eerie voices can one person really have?), but at the end -AmyVanVeen of the psychedelic journey, its ability to open an imaginary world within your mind is worth it.

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DeVotchKa's newest album is a must-have masterpiece for those who enjoy mellow and orchestral indie rock. The album is consistent with the sound DeVotchKa produced for the soundtrack of Little Miss Sunshine, yet every song stands distinctively unique and beautiful. The singing is haunting, reminiscent in its tone of Win Butler of Arcade Fire, yet Nick Urata's voice is still very much distinctively his own. The instrumentalization of the album is astounding, taking advantage of a wide variety of world music - Indian, French, Spanish, and more - yet still maintaining a very distinctly American rock sound. The tracks are movingly rhythmical, and the use of violin throughout especially adds to the mellifluent flavour of the album. It's already clear that this will be one of the best alternative albums of 2011.

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Wick-It the Instigator

The Brothersof ChicoDusty Mash-up albums tend to be either terrible or fantastic. Wick-It the Instigator's latest effort definitely falls into the latter category. Of course, he had some great material to work with. The combination of two of last year's best albums by the Black Keys and Big Boi is a knockout. The Keys' soulful garage blues plays the perfect background for Big Boi's raps, with the occasional hook or chorus borrowed from Dan Auerbach's vocal tracks. If nothing else, **The Brothers of Chico Dusty** proves just how damn good the Key's riffs are as they are shown working on yet another level. Standout tracks are "The Only Fat Sax" and the super high energy "Everlasting Shine Blockaz," during which it is humanely impossible to sit still.

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Joel Willoughby & the Pilgrims with the Hot Moonbeams SOPHIE ISBISTER OPINIONEDITOR

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espite playing to a reluctant post-Canucks-game bar crowd at Corky's Irish Pub in Chilliwack, Abbotsford band The Hot Moonbeams still managed to bring rock star energy when they opened for Joel Willoughby and The Pilgrims at a UFV Student Union Society sponsored show on Wednesday, February 9.

The seated crowd in the venue, which may not be the best for future indie pop shows, spent much of the show with their eyes glued to the stage: or perhaps it was to the screen above the stage, which showed highlights from NHL games. Despite crowd setbacks and a few technical difficulties, The Hot Moonbeams, comprised of Tim 'Ubels on drums, David Kandal on bass and guitar, and Dan Edwards and Nick Ubels sharing the role of vocals (as well as bass and guitar respectively), entertained the scattered crowd with pop-rock anthems.

Overall, The Hot Moonbeams played a lively set, with minor technical problems. Great onstage-interaction smoothed over any issues. They started the set with a song called Richard Gere, and then quickly moved onto their well-loved track, "At the Movies."

The first part of their set was pop inspired, but towards the end they moved into some harder tracks and reaQy came together as a group. The Hot Moonbeams have a sound to watch out for in the indie music scene in Abbotsford.

The Cascade spoke with members of the band after their performance: "It's a fun place to play, it was great to play loud, and I think everything went pretty well," said co-frontman Nick Ubels. When The Cascade asked the band about how it felt to play after a losing Canucks game, they replied that they were disappointed, but that this is not new to them: "We 'were hoping they would win so everyone would be in great spirits for the show. So on a certain level, yeah

it's tough to follow," said Ubels.

"We played a show at the Yale last year [after] the Canucks lost during the playoffs," Ubels added. Devotees of both the Canucks and the HMBs may remember the band also played to a crowd at the Airfare Lounge after a losing 'Nucks· game last winter. In response to speculations about a possible HMB-imposed hex on the Vancouver hockey team, Ubels was upbeat yet sardonic: "We're definitely a hex on the game. It's one

of our biggest accomplishments."

Headlining the night wa:, the five-piece folk inspired alt-pop ensemble Joel Willoughby and the Pilgrims. This local band has enjoyed success in strange places: their catchy song "Hazelnut.

Moon" held a spot on the in-store playlist of Hollister, the holy grail of prepster fashion for American youth. Willoughby, a former student of UFY, and his accompanying musicians bring a casual sensibility and hummable tunes,

and they didn't fail to deliver their upbeat sound to the remaining crowd at Corky's.

Joel Willoughby and the Pilgrims entertained with several original tracks, including the well-known Hazelnut Moon (for which I had been practicing my whistling all day), as well as a few covers of popular hits by Coldplay and David Grey. They also treated the audience to a new track, "Stay with Me," and some twangy altcountry sounds. But perhaps the best part of the performance was the personalities on display. Joel Willoughby made the best of the dwindling crowd and the sports bar atmosphere, at one time even expressing joy at "getting to play the songs I love and watch the sports highlights at the same time."

Joel Willoughby and . the Pilgrims are comprised of Joel Willoughby himself on vocals, Adam Greenw_ood on guitar, Ryan Remple on bass and backing vocals, Ben Berkiw on drums, and the lovely Lindy Enns on keys and backing vocals. Enns' voice, while sometimes getting lost in the sound, soared on several tracks.

The ensemble worked well together to create a deep sound; it was a shame that, due to the day of the week and the location of the venue, the show didn't have a better attendance. Check out Joel Willoughy on radio3.cbc.ca. I promise after listening to the six tracks they have available, you won't miss another opportunity to see this group play live.

Album ReView: Radiohead- The King.of Limbs PAUL BRAMMER In spirit and aesthetic, The King I'm such a flirt"); indulgence ("All CONTRIBUTOR of Limbs is closest to its immediate predecessor, 2007's undeniable hat an age we live in. On masterpiece In Rainbows (and the Valentine's Day, Radiohead quietly-released adjunct, the unannounced they would be digital- derrated collection In Rainbows Pt. ly releasing a new album five days "Little By Little" is musically in later. Four days later, they released the same vein and lyrical ballpark the bugger early. A pleasant sur- as "Jigsaw Falling Into Place," and prise and a timely reminder of just "Codex" brings to mind "Last how the game is changing in the Flowers" from In Rainbows Pt II. mu&icindustry.

So, 2011 finds Radiohead not But, the music is all, and so this ripping up the rulebook, but inreview is centring on the actual stead refining and reorganising tunes, not the earth-shattering their sound. The King of Limbs is ramifications of the whys and easily the most suQtle and underwherefores of the release of the stated Radiohead album to date, album. However it gets into your and on the first couple of listens ears, Radiohead have given us an- it can. feel as though the album other album, their eighth: The King doesn't go to many places or take of Limbs. many chances; there are no real The significance of Radiohead's booty-shai<ers like "Bodysnatchlast album In Rainbows musically ers," no stand-out anthems like is that it's the Radiohead albu·m for "Paranoid Android" or "Just," no people who don't like Radiohead: moments of startling beauty like those turned off by the obtuse and "Pyramid Song." difficult (though masterful) Kid However~ perseverance will A, or the paranoid frenzy of OK reap rewards. Any great album reComputer could find solace in the veals itself by degees, and The King warm, enchanting, and downright of Limbs is no exception. Conceptupretty In Rainbows. The band had ally, the album's lyrics deal with reinvented themselves yet again, a number of themes: obsession and once agai)) critics and the pay- (such as the seductive playfuling public had responded posi- ness of the call on "Morning Mr. tively.

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Musically, the album is an understated marvel. Though it feels on the first listen like a largely electronic and processed affair, guitars actually work as the fulcrum of pretty much the entire record: Johnny Greenwood and Ed O'Brien weave their guitar lines around the edges and through the centres of songs, binding the sound together without dominating it at all. Dave Navarro, take note.

As a whole, the album's music is the aural equivalent of a Stanley Kubrick film: there's nothing there that isn't adding to the whole, and there are no redundant elements.

It's a beautifully-restrained record that needs repeat listens with a bloody good pair of headphones to fully appreciate. As always, credit has to go Nigel Godrich, uberproducer and craftsman of the Ra-

diohead experience. Once again, he's taken Radiohead's music and helped to push it to another level.

If you're not a Radiohead fan, or you actively dislike them, In Rainbows is the record with which to induct yourselves into the Oxford five-piece. If, like me, you were champing at the bit to get your grubby mitts on another slice of fabulousness from one of the world's greatest artists, then don't delay in downloading the record

from their website for a paltry $9.

Sit down, turn your phone off, get those massive headphones of yours on, strap yourself in, and let it wash over you a few times.

Radiohead's evolution from album to album - like the great David Bowie - shows no sign of slowing.

Ljke Thom himself says on album closer "Separator," "If you think this is over then you're wrong."

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YIOLETHART In addition to professional pin-up KNOTTYGIRL photos, Suicide Girls, as well as he pin-up girl is making a members, post videos, write biogs, comeback, but in a radically add friends, and message each other frequently; Suicide Girls is new way. In a world inundated more than a peeping Tom experiwith crass and unapologetically explicit porn, it's refreshing to en- ence, it's also a social networking joy the sexy, classy erotic'!, offered site centered around erotica and alternative beauty. by the ever increasingly popular site SuicideGirls. Even more reThere's a cost, however; though freshing is the site's dedication "to at about $50 for a year's subscripcelebrating amazing, sexy women tion, it's quite a reasonable deal that fail to fit in society's mould"; (especially compared to Playboy's instead of your generic Playboy- site, which costs nearly double the style shots of over-tanned, slender price). A girl makes $500 if their blonds with huge tits, Suicide Girls set gets featured on the front page, embraces "alternative" beauty, fea- which are selected "first and foreturing a wide-variety of personal most for their ability to showcase [her] personality" but also based styles and body types.

The site's founder, known as on feedback from other users.

"Missy Suicide," explains in the I talked to a UFV student, amaSG tour how the website began: "I teur model Annalise Schatz,· who decided to turn my love of pin-up once considered modelling for SG. photography into an art project - "I decided I could never do it," really, to document the girls that said Schatz. "I really like the idea I knew. The punk rock, pierced, of advocating alternative beauty, tattooed, Goth, glam - just the but I have re~d a few articles about lawsuits involving the site and its girls that wouldn't be featured anywhere in mainstream media. poor treatment of their models.

I wanted to show them with the I'm also uncomfortable with the same sort of glamour and style idea of nudity... My question is, and sexiness that I found so at- if the point of the site is to advotractive about the classic pin-up cate alternative beauty, why does photos." one need to incorporate nudity?

I don't see how it is any different After creating a site around these initial photos, SuicideGirls than playboy if the basic premise soon blossomed into an internet is that the model must be nude or phenomenon. There are over 1500 partially nude, regardless of the type of beauty she is promoting.

Suicide Girls and 3000 hopefuls If it's tastefully done sure, why (girls who have posted picture sets and are hoping to become a not, but why is it mandatory? Why can't there be the option of being Suicide Girl) from every .continent in the world, not to mention hunclothed and still promoting alternatives to conventional ideas of dreds of thousands of members.

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SuicideGirls does, indeed, require nudity from its models, informing hopefuls that while "nudity should be tasteful not graphic ... you do have to be fully nude." They do state, however, that they "will not accept explicit, close up spread shots, any holding or touching, and certainly no penetration," wanting nothing "overly pornographic." It has also filed quite a few lawsuits, though these are largely concerned with broken contracts; as for its poor treatment of models, while SG and many of the girls beg to differ, there are certainly more than a few dissatisfied ex-Suicide Girls out there.

Is Suicide Girls nothing but the corporate exploitation of women, no better than Playboy? Or is it the celebration of alternative beauty that it claims to be? Personally, I feel the answer is in the middle, with good intentions mixed with good old-fashioned business concerns. What is without a doubt, however, is that SuicideGirls is one of the best erotica sites, with stunningly gorgeous women of every walk and body type. It's nice to see girls embracing their sexuality in a healthy, confident way; instead of making its girls faceless, SuicideGirls uniquely features the person behind the body, letting their girls' personality and spirit shine alongside their sexy photos.

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Black Pudding AMYVANVEEN the last seven seasons.

CONTRIBUTOR This borrowing of ideas and adapting them for specific nahe influence of British media tional audience appeal is not has the same branching effect something Canada is immune to. as its colonial predecessor. Where With a shared Queen, the Great that small European island was White North is more than ready to once the epicenter of trade and huddle under the umbrella of the global rule, it is now the founda- UK and their brilliant programtion from which other nations ming. Canada's W Network has take and spin TV shows. Programs not only aired the originals of How such as TopGear,Hell'sKitchen,and to Look Good Naked and ComeDine Britain's Got Talent have expanded With Me, but they have also taken from one side of the globe to the it upon themselves to create and other. The recent explosion of re- ComeDine With Me Canada. ality TY, too, has made this posOne of the most interesting sible for both networks, who love programs, though, to recently the inexpensive quality of it, and hit American airwaves with rave viewers, who latch on to the so- reviews is Who Do You Think You called "reality" it offers.

Are? The show is originally a BBC This false sense of realism is not production that, since 2004, has the only thing that has spread out followed UK celebrities as they from England's shores. It would be look into their family trees and remiss to discuss the adaptation of uncover the stories and ancestors British to American programming that have made them who they without identifying the most nota- are today. The CBC, actually, did a ble success, The Office. Ricky Ger- small 13 episode series under this vais brought to life the odd and same titular brand that followed offensive David Brent for about a famous distinguished Canadians, dozen episodes spread over sev- namely BNL frontman Steven eral seasons, but Steve Carell's Mi- Page and the face of hockey and chael Scott has been offending and bad ties Don Cherry. It apparently befriending American viewers for aired back in 2007,but the real sue-

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cess is NBC's version. Lisa Kudrow, former Friendsstar, executive produced the show after she saw UK's version back in England. She felt it was the kind of weekly documentary that could become meaningful for Americans, especially during a time when financial i.mcertainty has pushed familial connections to a stronger position. It is already in its second season and airs Friday nights at 8pm. Among some of the celebrity histories are Lisa Kudrow, who found an unexpected surprise when looking back at her family's history during the Holocaust, and football Hall of Farner Emmitt Smith, who discovered the tenacity of one of his ancestors in the midst of the slave trade.

However hard Americans try to dismiss the invasive power of their former motherland, she always seems to stick around in the most interesting of ways. Britain's established media offers a grab bag of ideas for other nations to build off of and make their own.

cascadeArcade TheWalking Dead destined tobecome episodic adventure JOEL SMART street Journal that the company

SPORTS EDITOR only needs to sell about 100,000 copies of any game they make in hen Robert Kirkman created order for it to become profitable. the zombie apocalypse com- With the recent popularity of the ic book series The Walking Dead, television show The Walking Dead, he couldn't have imagined just however, the game will likely sell how successful it would eventu- far more copies than that. ally become. After years of success In an interview with IGN Enand the development of a cult fol- tertainment, Kirkman discussed lowing, the comic book and novel his involvement with Telltale and series was translated into a criti- his hopes for the game. '.!'hough cally acclaimed television show it is still early in development, he on AMC. Just days ago, Telltale clarified that the game would be Games has announced a project broken up into separate chapters, to create several iterations of the sold separately, just like Back to the series on multiple game platforms Future (King's Quest will receive over the next few years. the same treatment). He also clariTelltale Games has just released fied that despite the mainstream the first episode of an on-going popularity of the show, the game game series based on the wildly would instead be based primarily successful Backto the Futureseries, on the comic, which has some aesaccurately recreating the charac- thetic and plot differences from ters so many have come to love. AMC's version.

They will hope to build on the Whether the game will be any formula with not just The Walk- good remains to be seen, but the ing Dead but another fan-favou- news should interest gaming fans rite graphic novel series Fables. interested in the series as well as Telltale also announced they are those interested in episodic gamworking on a JurrassicPark game ing. An adequate comparison and a reboot of Sierra Entertain- could be made between film and ment's classic adventure series television to describe the differKing's Quest, which many gamers ence; while one features a longer, will remember from the 80s and more complete story, the other has 90s - ambitious plans and some a shorter play-time and has sepabig name titles for a lesser-known rate, but interlinking connections studio. to the next part.

When development of LuEpisodic gaming has never had casArt's graphic adventure game the chance to catch on the way teleSam & Max: FreelancePolice was vision has, but with the emergence cancelled in 2004, public outcry of the Wii's Virtual Console, the over the news was such that the Xbox Live Arcade, and the Playmembers of the team working on Station Network, as well as Steam, the game decided to form their the ability to easily and affordably own studio - Telltale Games. The offer downloadable gaming expeteam was committed to creating riences has become a reality. It is games of a similar style, but with a still a risk for developers to change larger focus on digital distribution the traditional gaming formula, and, perhaps more importantly, however, so Telltale's success or episodic content. According to failure could determine whether this business model, Steve Allison, gaming goes the television route senior VP of marketing, recently more often in the future. said in an interview with The Wall-

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www.ufv.ca/secretariat/Elections.htm Nominations must be received at the Secretariat office, in C1011, Abbotsford campus, before 4 pm Friday, March 4, 2011.

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Book Review: The AverageAmericanMaleby Chad Kultgen ALEX WATKINSwhether or not we want to admit

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vocabulary, roughly sketched NEWSEDITOR it - does appeal to female vacuity. characters, and constant use of For every magazine article about profanity and soft-core pornoveryone of post-secondary age how to succeed in the workplace graphic images. But even so, it is probably familiar with that there are ten providing insight into should still have something valid infamous claim of mysterious celebrity relationships, fashion to say. Kultgen references Bret scientific origin: men think about trends, and how to "cheat proof" Easton Ellis as an influence, but sex every few seconds. Chad Kult- a boyfriend - all under the guise emphatically states that The Avergen's book, The Average American of empowered womanhood. The age American Male is greatly infeMale, takes that claim a step fur- very media that North American rior, and I'd have to agree. While tors that keep them eternally dis- account of the protagonist's sexual ther. Not only are straight Ameri- women consume so widely thus Ellis was similarly simplistic, satisfied reduces the book to mere exploits, fantasies, and frustracan men aimless video game ad- does tend to represent them in modern, and bleak, he fleshed entertainment and shock value, in tions become repetitive, and - surdicts, but they are quite literally the same manner as Kultgen does: out a clear picture of modern the vein of Tucker Max and Mad- prisingly - almost boring. One willing to sleep with 98 percent of defined most strongly in terms of alienation and apathy in Rules dox. And because The Average soon becomes used to the tone of the female population, given the appearance, desperately seeking of Attraction that resonated with American Male has so little to say, it the author and the work loses its right conditions. In fact, Kultgen's long-term partners, and treating many readers, and a nauseating seems almost unfair to approach it novelty, even though it is short protagonist is unable to identify a vaginas as bargaining tools. That but striking illustration in Ameri- in a serious, literary fashion. enough to easily digest in a single single woman who he could hon- said, his descriptions of airheaded can Psycho of the yuppie fixation Even the shock value becomes a sitting. Overall, there is very little estly place in the remaining 2 per- women seem not so much a criti- on consumer goods and the way bit tired. Blatant misogyny aside, to recommend The Average Americent, regardless of age, sanity, and cism of the culture that breeds it numbs regard for one's fellow several parts of the book were can Male by, apart from sheer po(presumably) cleanliness. them as an acceptance of and par- man/woman. genuinely funny, often because of litically incorrect entertainment Female characters in the pro- ticipation in this culture.

The fact that Kultgen misses the the bluntness of the protagonist value and its ability to spark some tagonist's world are one of three The Average American Male is mark in crafting striking, telling, and the improbability of the situ- pretty heated debates about the things: ring-hungry girlfriends, clearly not a highbrow piece - evi- and accurate depictions of Ameri- ations he finds himself in. But the accuracy of its content. mothers who enable and en- denced by its simplistic tone and can men and women and the fac- tone of the book and the constant courage this mania, or veritable dream girls with perfect bodies and an enthusiasm for video games matched only by their voracious appetite for sex. Sadly, given enough time, the dream girls eventually become nothing more than baby-hungry husbandseekers as well. Kultgen's men are either: married and thus neutered; gay and thus aggressively, constantly horny and oversexed; or straight and thus aggressively, constantly horny (but never sexed enough).

The lives of these people are inevitably bleak and depressing.

Straight men can never be satisfied in their search for the perfect partner, because all women eventually share the same failings - lack of interest in sex, too much (unshared) interest in vapid conversations and activities, and the desire to drag a man to the altar whether he damn well likes it or not. Straight women will conversely never enjoy a mutually satisfying relationship because they will always fail to meet expectations - their spouses will always secretly be wishing they didn't have such a fat ass, groaning about the stupid things that they do and say, and carefully calculating which affectionate words and actions will be most likely to get them laid.

Kultgen's characters are vague, and the protagonist is never named or given a concrete occupation - after all, he is supposed to be the everyman. But in their superficiality and extreme representations of behavior, they merely seem cartoonish. In this sense, the male gender is disForjust $29.95, walk in with your taxes, walk out with your refund. Instantly. credited as much as the female: You•ualso get a free SPCCardto savebig at yourfavouriteretailers.* the average American male (according to Kultgen) thinks almost exclusively of sleeping with the women he sees on the street, masturbation, memories of past rela• • tionships (usually involving sex) and the stupidity and emptiness of the women around him. All free SPC Card characters are static, and the only real change experienced by the protagonist is his realization that since all women eventually end Follow us on Twitter and Facebook hrblock.ca up the same, the one he is with is as good as any.

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Cascades collar Bobcats game they would truly dominate.

The Bobcats started the third with an astounding 16-4 run, the result of a man-to-man press that was much more effective than the stats would suggest, forcing UFV into trap after trap and turnover after turnover. It was an unnerving disection of the Cascades back-court that became especially depressing when the Bobcat's Isaiah James began to demonstrate why he has more blocked shots on the year than the entire Cascades team combined (40 to a measly 23).

Yet through it all, UFV never lost their composure, or the lead.

Bolstered by ·solid contributions from every position, the Cascades fought their way back to their second-quarter form in the final four minutes. Joel Friesen had 18 points, James Elliot had 17 (including three three-pointers), and Sam Freeman contributed 14. Brandon was led by Isaiah James with 15 points and four blocks.

The playoff series between UFV and Tpni.ty is a best-of-t~ree with all games taking place at Trinity.

In prior meetings, the Cascades lost 73-92 and 89-114,but are looking to revenge themselves and buy a ticket to the second round. *Ironically, Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade on the same day, possibly in retaliation.

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he Cascades Basketball team T secured the seventh playoff spot in Canada West last weekend with a decisive sweep of the Brandon University Bobcats, (75-68 and 102-67).Coming into the doubleheader in a precarious threeway battle for the final two playoff spots, the Cascades needed a strong performance to keep their post-season aspirations alive.

They got it, and finish the season with a 10-14record and a chance to play the ,:rinity Spartans in the first round.

In all honesty, the Bobcats weren't expected to put up much of a fight. The team walked into the Envision Centre on Friday with a dismal 4-18 record, good enough for second-last in the league. Brandon also has the strange boast, unique in the league, of not having won a game since November 27 (1095*).According to the stat sheet, the Cascades should have been able to sub Sasq 'ets in for the fourth quarter and still win by a comfortable margin, except that someone apparently forgot to tell Brandon they were going to lose.

The Cascades grabbed a 17-11 lead in a frantic first quarter that often threatened to degenerate into rugby. Brandon's first-year

guard Jimi Falana couldn't seem to keep his hands off the home team, and the refs couldn't seem to find their whistles. More worryingly, the Cascades looked critically vulnerable inside, where they were lit

up for a number of easy baskets by the ever limber Isaiah James.

Only the emigration of UFV post James Elliot from down low to downtown saved the Cascades' lead with a couple of clutch three

pointers.

UFV exploded in the second quarter with 25 points to Brandon's 14 to give them a 42-25 advantage. Yet this 10-minute quarter was the only portion of the

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s the race for a playoff spot in the North, division gets tighter and tighter, the Heat got a really big boost offensively two weeks ago when ten year NHL veteran Ales Kotalik was sent down to Abbotsford after clearing waivers.

Kotalik has played for the Buffalo Sabers, New York Rangers, and the Calgary Flames, and now he has returned to the league that his career started in to try to bounce back. Most of the reason he is even in the AHL is because of his large contract, which was hitting Calgary's salary cap.

Since Kotalik •has joined the Abbotsford Heat he has made his presence felt, but not as a scorer.

Kotalik is still getting roughly five shots a game but he is falling into the roll of the playmaker in his nine games with the Heat; Kotalik has six assists and is a plus two.

The Heat are also 4-3-1-0 since Kotalik has joined the team. Not only is he contributing on the ice, but he is also contributing in the dressing room with his NHL leadership. Although going back to the AHL is a bit of an adjustment for Kotalik, he is taking it with a very positive attitude. "Obviously after ten years in the NHL it's a setback in your career, it's a disappointment, but being mad, that wouldn't be helping anybody," he said of his return. "There'sa

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February26: UFVvs. Winnipeg @Winnipeg@7:00 p.m.

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me the green light to create, that's why I am a set up guy now instead of a shooter."

The Heat were part of the Heritage Classic celebration in Calgary as they played the Oklahoma City Barons at the Saddle Dome. Unfortunately, they fell to the Barons 3-1. They returned Women'sBasketball home to Abbotsford the next day Men's BasketbalI to finish their series with the BarFebruary 13: UFV vs. Brandon February 13: UFV vs. Brandon ons. This time they lost to Okla- W 75-68 W 93-4I homa 3-2 in overtime, earning Februai:y 05: UFV vs. Winnipeg Februar:y__14:UFV vs. Brandon only a single point. The Heat are W W87·49 102-67 still in the playoff race, sitting ip. fifth place in the North division, but they are only one point out of Women'sVolleyball Men's Volleyball fourth and four points out of first.

February 11: UFV@ Douglas · February 11: UFV@ Douglas The Providence Bruins will be in W3-0 L 3-0 town on the February 25 and 26 February 12: UFV@ Capilano as the playoff hunt continues for February 12: UFV @ Capilano W3-2 the Heat. Don't forget to look for L 3-1 student deals for these games. The Men's HockeyClub (B.C.I.H.L) Heat is 27-23-3-5at week's end. For more insider info on the Heat and the NHL, follow me on Twitter @ February04: UFV@ SelkirkL 7-1

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just want to be positive and help them and give them a little confidence and do whatever I can to help them make those steps in their careers."

All of Kotalik's teammates said that he has been great in the dressing room with them and that they are happy to have him on the team as they push for the playoffs. Even coach Playfair is very pleased with what Kotalik has brought to the table for the team: "He's professional, his on ice and off ice habits show us a consistent hotkey player down here, he's been as good as any player that I have seen come down from the National Hockey League." Kotalik feels like he is starting to really gel with the team and has found himself as one of the Heat's top six forwards. "Playing with Nemo (Greg Nemisz) and Stoner (Ryan Stone), those guys

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Too Sauve to stay down JOEL SMARTall) in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, SPORTS EDITOR things went into a downward spiral when he was hit by an SUV on disaster on the blue line for Burrard street in Vancouver on the Canucks was a miracu- September 4, 2010. It couldn't have lous turn of good luck for a young come at a worse time for Sauve, Montreal-native. He faced a di- who was attracting attention with saster of his own last September a career season (and playoffs) in when an ordinary stroll down an the QMJHL, playing for the Saint ordinary crosswalk turned into a John Seadogs. two-month journey back to hockAfter a year with the Chateauey from a serious concussion. guay Patriots, he began his rookie Yann Sauve wouldn't have be- season with the Seadogs in 06- · lieved it himself a few weeks be- 07; he managed two goals and 15 fore his call-up to the number one points in 60 games. Most strikingranked team in the be-all-end-all ly, though, his plus-minus rating of professional hockey. "It's been was minus 25 - not all that proma long season for me, and I wasn't ising. However, following the seaexpecting to be here," he told The son he was named to the 2007 UHF Province.Though the 6'3", 2201b World Under-18 Championships defenceman was a second round where he took home a bronze draft pick for the Canucks (41over- medal for Team Canada. Though

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he improved to six goals and 21 points in the following season, he most significantly improved his goal differential by managing a plus one rating.

Though the 08-09 season saw him improve to 30 points, an impressive total, it was the following season that his true potential shone through; in just four seasons with the Seadogs, he went from 15 points and a minus 25 to an impressive 36 points and a plus 42. The Seadogs won the Jean Rougeau Trophy for best regular seas.on record and fought their way to the QMJHL finals, losing in six games to the Moncton Wildcats: Sauve had five goals and 15 points in the 21 postseason games.

Then, just days before training camp, the car accident happened.

The struggle to recover would prove worthwhile, though, as his hockey career took a monumental leap forward. . The transition between the QMJHL and the NHL would take just 28 professional games for Sauve: eight games in the ECHL for the Victoria Salmon Kings, with two assists, and 20 games in the AHL with the Manitoba Moose, with just three assists and an even 0 plus-minus.

But Sauve received perhaps his greatest wish just three days before his 21st birthday, and despite giving up a breakaway in his first NHL game on a bad read, he has managed to showcase his talent on an injury-riddled Canucks team. It was his extra effort to pool-cue the puck out of the zone, past Brendan

Morrow, and onto the stick of Daniel Sedin that led to perhaps the prettiest goal this season, against the Dallas Stars. While he will obviously need to spend some more time with the Moose to mature as a player, his stay-at-home style of defence shows genuine potential.

Whether we see his jersey number 47 again this season remains to be seen, but it's nice to know the organization has the depth it does.

Seven major injuries in a few short games could have brought any team in the league to its knees, but for the Canucks, it has been a chance to showcase some of their young stars; Sauve has not disappointed.

InwhichJustin attends theHeritage Classic JUSTIN ORLEWIU HOCKEY WRITER he Winter Classic has become a huge event in the United States, and after going eight years without, Canada finally got its own outdoor game. Again, Alberta was the host province for the game, but this time in Calgary, at McMahon Stadium. Instead of choosing a rival like the Canucks to faceoff against the Flames, the NHL decided to go with the Montreal Canadians. At first the decision to go with the Montreal Canadians didn'_t sit well with me, but after digging a little deeper, I realized these two franchises have some serious history that dates back to the 1986 Stanley Cup be a busy day. finals. The two teams met twice Two of the players I talked to in the Stanley Cup finals during last season in the AHL were going the last half of the 80s, with both to be playing in this game. When I teams coming away with a Stanley ·found Suban and Backlund availCup win. able, I asked them how it felt to I had seen the American ver- not only make the NHL but play sion of the outdoor game in Pitts- in the Heritage Classic, considerburgh, but this one was called the ing they were playing in the AHL Heritage Classic, meaning that it this time last year. Subban's posiwas our celebration as Canadians tive attitude played a key role in of the outdoor game. The name his transition: "Everything hapwas given to the event because pened so quickly in terms of the that's where hockey began for Ca- way I left the AHL, I didn't really nadians, on an outdoor rink. That get to say any goodbyes, I kind of was all the convincing I needed just got thrown into the NHL and to attend this game, even if I was since then it's been a lot of fun. I going as a member of the media. just take everything in stride, and I immediately contacted the Heat I haven't had time to reflect on and got the appropriate contacts anything that has happened so to get the credentials I needed to far, but I think I am better off that be a part of the celebration of our way and just enjoying the experiences as they come." Backlund, heritage.

A week later I found myself in caught up in the moment, was also minus -20°C -Calgary weather. I positive about his jump to the big figured if I was going to do this leagues: "I am really excited; you trip, it would have to be done know it was a great feeling being right. The FairmQnt was full, but out there today and just skating it wasn't the right option anyway. around."

The Ramada, on the other hand, By the time media day was was just down the road and was coming to a close, the main topic one of the last big-name hotels of the day was the condition of in Calgary to still offer smoking the outdoor ice surface - it was rooms - essential when writing a Pittsburgh all over again, only the good piece. I barely had enough reverse problem. In Pittsburgh it time to check into my room before was too warm, and now in CalI had to hail a cab and stumble my gary too cold. Flames captain Jeway into McMahon stadium. rome Iginla felt the ice situation By the time I arrived at the sta- was only a slight concern. "It was dium, it was already turning into alright," he said. "It had a couple a zoo of Canadian media personof spots but overall it was pretty alities, with possibly a few from good. In- a perfect world it could the Versus network in the States. have been a little warmer." After It was irrelevant. I was there to ac- speaking with outdoor ice rink complish five things: attend both guru Dan Craig at the end of the practices, inspect the terrace sur- day, I was confident that the game rounding the ice rink, talk to P.K. would go off without a hitch - just Subban and Mikael Backlund, and like every other outdoor game that I definitely had to catch the alum- the NHL has put on. "We monitor ni game as well. This was going to everything," he said. "Every~ody

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JUSTIN ORLEWIQtime has come to quit. Brett Hull, HOCKEY WRITER Dave Andreychuk, Craig Conroy, and many other great players t has been a very busy couple of have retired at the beginning of a weeks in the NHL; it seems as season or only a few games deep if the trade deadline will have no because they just didn't have it effect this year, since many teams anymore, and they didn't want to have already got the trade ball hold their team back. My hat is off rolling well before it approaches. to Peter Forsberg and his great caToronto ts one of the main reer, which inclu~ed Stanley Cups teams that has started cleaning and an Olympic Gold Medal.

Nordiques Nation has been up their salary cap and begun their attempt at getting some of showing up to various hockey their draft picks back. So far the games and hockey events to proMaple Leafs have dealt Francois mote their bid to get their team Beaucheman back to Anaheim, back in Quebec City. Recently, the Kris Versteeg is now a Philadel- Nordiques Nation showed up in phia Flyer, and the Leafs made their thousands to a New York Isanother huge deal with the Boston lander game and around 500 hunBruins that sent Thomas Kaberle dred showed up to CBC's hockey to Bean Town in exchange for day in Canada in White Horse, the Bruins first round draft pick Yukon. The city is serious about - ironic. The Leafs also acquired getting their team back; they are Joffrey Lupe!, multiple draft picks, not just showing up to events they and a couple prospects. Boston also have a committee that has also dealt Blake Wheeler for Rich been in place for over a year. They Peverly. There have been some have stadium plans, location, and other moves as well, but none of financing in place. Quebec City wants their Nordiques back, and major significance.

Peter Forsberg also made big by the sounds of things, they are news after he played just two first in line now, when and if a games with the Colorado Ava- franchise moves.

To end this week's Locker lanche before retiring from the NHL. - for good this time, he says. Room, I say it was nice to see the Abbotsford Heat play live in the This is Forsberg's third retirement from the NHL and most likely the Heritage Classic and for me to talk last. I don't think he is trying to to P.K. Subban and Mikael Bakcompete for most retirements with lund about the experience. Last Brett Farve, like every aging ath- season I was interviewing them lete you want to make that last run while they were playing in the at compe.ting before realizing you AHL, and this season I am interlost it and it's not coming back. You viewing them in one of the NHI.:s most celebrated events. It's great to can't blame Forsberg for retiring after only two games, he should be see both of them moving up and commended for accepting that his doing well.

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on the crew has an assignment, make sure everybody stays on assignment, so that I don't have to be in 15 places at the same time."

Craig did hope the weather would cooperate, though: "We are going to have a good turnout tomorrow, hopefully Mother Nature is not going to take a day off and the hockey gods will be there." Despite a few minor problems, the master of ice used all his tricks to make the ice better than a handful of indoor rinks in the NHL. He even used hoses instead of Zamboni's to refresh the ice after every skate, a method so simple that most backyard rinks in Canada use it.

After talking with Craig, I went up to the heated press box to watch the Alumni game. I realized afterward that to really enjoy an outdoor game, you have to watch it outside. Luckily, I would be sitting in the freezing cold with the real fans for the actual game. The following day I layered myself with as much clothing as possible and joined the crowd of 40,000 outside to watch our Heritage game unfold. The Canadian Snowbirds flew over the stadium as our anthem was played and it was game on. The game went off without a hitch, and despite the lopsided score in favour of the home team, the Montreal fans were still having just as much fun as the Calgary fans. By the time the final buzzer went, we had witnessed the first ever shutout in an NHL outdoor game, with the Flames winning 4-0. We don't need these outdoor games to know that hockey is a huge part of our heritage, but after last Sunday, it truly did solidify that, regardless of the venue; hockey is our heritage and it always will be.

FRIDAY,FEBRUARY25th, 2011

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SportsYou've Never Heard Of:

-M-aggot Racing PAUL ESAU

Steve: Fifty bucks, but I get to hit you with this cricket bat.

Ralph: Deal.

SPORTS EDITOR f there is one thing I know for certain about my gender, it's that we men love to gamble. There is no situation, no circumstance that is too sacred to be spiced up with a couple of bets, a little high-stakes action. I mean, think about it.

What's the first thing the Roman soldiers did after crucifying Jesus? Why, cast lots for his clothes of course. Never mind that they'd just murdered a presumed deity, what the Romans really wanted was a gambling fix. It makes perfect sense ... if you're a guy. Everything in life has the potential for competition, and everything competitive can only be improved by adding betting.

Here a true, completely authentic example that I just made up:

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Ralph: I don't'feel pain.

Steve: Your mom doesn't feel pain.

Ralph: Go ahead, punch me. I won't feel it.

Steve: Dude ...

Ralph: Fine, punch me in the face.

Twenty bucks says I don't flinch.

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Now I know that you, the reader, are going to tell me this is an unrealistic example, and of course it's unrealistic. It's meant to be unrealistic! We both know that Steve would actually have upped the bet to a hundred and pulled out an ice pick, but I don't want to be seen as condoning gratuitous violence · in a family newspaper. The point is that for men, betting is a primal need, and turning down a bet is like having to admit you were the there weren't enough maggots in third-string point guard in high the container he had bought, so school, or that you know all the they poured them out and countwords to that "colored wind" song ed them right on the bar, and from Disney's Pocahontas. some of the maggots (possibly disSo really, it shouldn't come as a guised as attorneys) started crawlsurprise to anyone that there are ing away, and suddenly, eureka, places in the world where men (Greek, meaning "They probably get drunk and race maggots for had a few beers in thein") the magmoney. More interesting by far is got-racing idea was born." the question of how such a conIt sounds like unadulterated cept came to fruition. The follow- genius if I've ever heard it, yet ing excerpt is an anecdote stolen I have to admit that I have a few from Dave Barry, who claims to questions. First of all, it's hard have interviewed one of the co- not to question the story of a man creaters of maggot racing (a fish who sells maggots as his day job. bait salesman who sells maggots Logically, the selling of maggots for bait) in a grungy Montana bar: requires the collection of maggots, "He explained that one day in the which requires an almost total bar, a customer complained that lack of self-worth and a commu-

Couldthis be Couture'sfinalfarewell?

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t what point in an ageing brawler's life does he cast aside his gloves, making the difficult transition from a world characterized by bloodshed and constant battle to one completely devoid of it? When do the broken limbs, concussions, and losses add up to something insurmountable, forcing a fighter to leave the octagon despite his everf inclination to remain?

With many of today's top UFC fighters having received some form of martial arts or wrestling training for the gr~ater part of their lives, fighting is obviously something that is entrenched in these individual's DNA Maybe, then, this is why many fighters find it difficult to retire when they are so obviously meant to do so. A life marked by violence, suddenly transforming into something peaceful, may seem unnatural and against a fighter's basic instinct. The question then remains, should violent lives end violently, or should fighters, like the rest of us, go quietly?

Case in'-point is UFC legend, budding film star, and multiple UFC title-holder Randy "The Natural" Couture. Characterized by the poetic grace of his movements, the subtle strength of his takedowns, and the resounding power of his strikes, Couture has always been someone who has let his work inside the octagon do all the talking.

If this is truly the case then what is "The Natural" trying to

convey to us by taking on a fight against former light-heavyweight champion Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida at UFC 129? Is it simple curiosity that drives Couture, or is it yet another instance of the ageing superstar proving the pundits wrong and claiming that he is not done yet?

Marked as finished by many in the business multiple times, Couture has always bounced back, taking on a new challenger with renewed vigour and the athleticism of a man half his age. While the 47-year-old is currently riding a three fight win streak, with notable wins against Brandon Vera and Mark Coleman, he has not faced an opponent as dangerous as Machida in years. With UFC President Dana White claiming Machida may be on the outs with

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a loss to Couture, after losing his last two fights, I expect to see Machida hungrier than ever when the two do battle on April 30 in Toronto.

The question still remains however, what does the UFC hall of fame fighter Randy Couture have left to prove inside the octagon?

The Natural still remains only one of two competitors (the other being BJ Penn) to hold title belts in more than one division, having claimed the light heavyweight and heavyweight title belts. While amassing a record of 19 wins and 10 losses, Couture is credited by many with helping establish UFC as a mainstream competitive sport. His trilogy with Chuck Liddell and his battles with Vitor Belfort and Tim Sylvia are arguably some of the best fights in the UFC within the

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RESIDENT BRUINS EXPERT ven though the Chilliwack E Bruins have dropped their last four games, they still control their destiny. With the playoffs just around the corner, it is crucial that the Bruins right the ship, and fast. As it stands, the Bruins sit outside the playoff picture, three points behind the eighth place Kanity-enforced commitment to celi- mloops Blazers, who hold down bacy. Nobody wants those genes the final playoff spot, and a mere passed on, even in Montana. two points ahead of the last place Yet his idea has festered, Seattle Thunderbirds. pussed, and spread and found a, The bad news for the Bruins natural home in the hearts of our goes further than just the fourpeculiar brethren across the At- game losing streak. The Bruins are lantic. In England the sport has still reeling from injuries. Chilliachieved its own glorious renais- wack has been playing the last few sance, and flowered into a number weeks with a severely depleted of variations, including "Middle back end. In fact, they have been for a Diddle," "Corner Stormer," dressing only four defencemen on and the chillingly named "Munch most nights. Forward Curt Gogol a Loser," which is exactly what it has been converted over to defence sounds like. to try and help fill in the gaps left It only proves, once again, that by the injuries of Jesse Pauls, Zach life is much stranger than fiction, Habscheid, Jeff Einhorn, and the maggots are disgusting, and men suspension of Brandon Manning. are idiots.

Not helping the situation is the ability of the Kamloops Blazers, whom the Bruins are chasing, to pick up points against teams that are much higher in the standing than they are.

Now we can get to the good news. The Bruins will finally get their captain and top defenceman Brandon Manning back from suspension. Sunday's 4-3 shootout loss to Seattle was the seventh and final game of the suspension.

This mean number 28 will be in the line-up Friday i; Vancouver · to face the Giants. With Manning back, the Bruins can stop running a risky five-forward power play. More good news for the Bruins has been the play of offensive wonder Ryan Howse and goaltender Lucas Gore. Howse has netted 12 goals in the last eight games for a current total of 44 goals on the season. This puts him just a single marker short of the current goal-scoring leader Tyler Johnson of the Spokane Chiefs. The Bruins puck stopper Lucas Gore has been busy and impressive in the past ten years. last few games. And when I say he Could the bout with Machida · has been busy, I mean he has been be a final farewell by Couture or busy. In the last two games Lucas the start of one last title run for Gore has faced a total of 129 shots.

Now if this isn't enough for you The Natural? With competition to start believing that Chilliwack in the sport of MMA increasingly becoming less confined by age can pull it off, there is one more brackets, as seen in 48-year-old tiny detail that may push you over NFL running back Herschel Walk- the threshold into optimism. The er's Strikeforce debut, it would not Bruins have a total of three games be surprising to see Couture con- in hand on the Blazers. In additinue his dominance in the light- tion to this, the Bruins will have a heavyweight division. chance to take on their rivals from Whatever the case may be, I Kamloops one last time this sealook forward to seeing Randy son, in Chilliwack, on March 5.

Couture battle Lyoto Machida at This playoff race looks like it UFC 129, and hope that win, lose, will come right down to the very or draw his decision to either con- last game of the season. So buckle tinue in the sport, or embrace re- up, and get ready for a ride. The tirement, is made with the knowl- Bruins have a home-and-home edge that he exits the sport a true series this weekend with the MMAlegend.

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