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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 2010

Free Parking was too Good to Last SONJA SZLOVICSAkbe going to the City of

EDITOR-INCHIEF Abbotsford.

When the free he free parking next to UFV parking was first inwas great - unti 1everyone else troduced, the city's found out about it. For a few glori- bylaw officers were a ous weeks, there were rows upon common sight along rows of empty, free parking spots. Gillis Ave. They were It was marvellous. always driving up and Now everyone knows about down the road way, stopping to ticket cars the free parking, so it's usually very full. Still, it's a welcome treat that parked in front of to get one of those coveted spots. fire hydrants, or in the After all, who wanls to run to pay "No Parking" zones. $2.00 for parking, and then have to It seems that Abbotsworry about a ticket if they go over ford's bylaw enforcethe allotted four hours? And who ment has lost their wants lo pay for a full day's worth zeal for ticketing stuof parking if you only have a three dents (or students have learned to obey the hour class?

Sadly, the free parking next to "No Parking" signs), campus is coming to an end. It as the bylaw officers was inevitable; the city built a new arc becoming a less parking lot, a new stadium and common sight in the upgraded the roads around earn- middle of the day. pus - they had to make up that But once the pay cost somehow. parking is put into Plus, those parking spots place, it's a given that weren't bum so that UFV students there will people from the city out on the street, ticketing could have somewhere to park.

They were built so that patrons of everyone that doesn't pay for parkthe Abbotsford Entertainment and ing. So, once again, students will Sports Centre would have some- be forced to pay for parking, or where to park. Since those spots forced Lopay for a parking ticket.

Most student's don't care where arc usually full, those people have been forced to park at the numertheir parking money goes - they ous businesses (and UFV) that are just hate that they have to pay for parking. Which is understandoffering up their spots at a premiable. At UFV, we pay for tuition, um price.

Of course, students will con- books, student union fees, health tinue to park along Gillis Avenue, and dental fees, student union building fees, U-Pass fees, CiVL in the former free parking spots.

In somti, it\Stances, it's more •conJ radio fe 'S,' a11d <2bscade fees (not to mention the assorted taxes that venicnl than parking on campus.

The difference is, the·money won't get tacked onto everything). Noth• be going to our university, it will ing on campus is free, except for

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Students pay for their U-Pass, so they should use il. Even if you're one of the many students that doesn't live near a transit route (or lives in Chilli,wack or Langley), transit is still an option.

It might take and extra 15 or 20 minutes to park in a park-and-ride and catch a bus to campus, but it's worth the extra time • especially when you consider that it takes someone workihg ,at, minimum wage 15 minutes to earn enough m"ont.!yto pay fm parking (longQr if you factor in the it1come tax).

When there arc events next door, taking a bus to campus is probably a better choice. Nobody wants to fight with hockey fans or concert goers to get to campus.

For some people, though, lrasit is absolutely not sn option. So, parking becomes a choice between the lesser of two evils: Impark or the City of Abbotsford.

Personally, I'm not a huge fan of Impark (but then again, who likes a company that charges for parking); howcvor; I would rather have my parking, mbney come back Lo the university, evBn if it is in a round about way.

Telusand UFV Improving Service on Campus age, and not being able to make lack of coverage are NFWS& OPINIONEDITOR all problems we have faced in the past" when using Telus mobile phones on campus. he University of the Fraser To improve service on the AbValley and Telus arc working together to make mobile phone botsford campus, students, faculty and stsff who use Telus mobile service better on the Abbotsford phones are asked to report any campus. and all problems they have when Chris Carter, Voice Communications Administrator at 'felus, using their phones around camsaid: "Dropped calls, phones pus. ln the official announcement not ringing due to lack of cover__...PAl....,.,U.,_L""B..,RA..,M=M:.::E.::.:R a call due to

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on myUFV, Carter said "Telus has asked that anyone using the Telus cellular network dial •611to report any problem, whenever it occurs.

You will need to report the building, room number, and the prob1cm you are having." lf someone has a recurring problem, or several problems with their individual phones, UFV and Telus are asking that each individual problem be reported. Carter explained: "The information that

Telus receives from us will directly affect the chance we have of improving our coverage. Telus will use this data, along with other information, to resolve the issues."

UFV and Telus also request that each and every problem be reported as and when it occurs.

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Holi celebration on campus

Photogra1>hyexhibition by UFV students at the University of the Fraser Valley's gallery.

Art Matters Society presents The Vaginal Monologues at Matsqui Centennial Auditorium• 32315 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford.

Proceeds go to the Memory March on March 28 in Vancouver, "Women for Women International," "Women and Girls of the Congo" and "Helping Handbags."

The World of Wheels Car Showand Auction at the Tradex

Come down to enjoy some art and support your fellow students!

Room B136.

Admission is free.

For more info visit www.ufv. ca/visualarts.htm

Tickets are $15 and available by calling Gwynne at 604•8592407 or purchase at the door.

Ticket sales start at 7 pm.

Doors 01>enat 7:30 pm.

Show starts at 8 1m1.

The World of Wheels Car Show and Auction displays well over 200 rides from as far away as the USA and Alberta.

Show Times are Saturday 10:00am • 9:00pm and Sun• day 10:00 am • 6:0011111 Admission: Adult $15.00, Weekend Pass $20.00, Youth (13-18) $10.00, Senior (GS) $10.00, Family 12 Adults & 2 Youth) $35.00, Children (12 & Under) FREE Ticket gives access to entire show floor, car show, auction and entertainment.

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Festivities take place from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., with a wide range of activities and food Meet us at the Centre for lndo•Canadian Studies at U-House to join in the celebrations!

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Mayor DefendsPay ParkingScheme on GillisAvenue PAUL BRAMMER NEWS& OPINIONEDITOR The free parking on Gillis Avenue and College Drive is to become pay parking, possibly as soon as September 2010.

There are currently over 265 free parking stalls on the two roads, which are situated on the west and northwest sides of the Abbotsford campus. A new $20,000 ticket machine is to be installed on one of the roads. People who park their cars will pay for parking in the same system as the on-campus parking system.

The Abbotsford city council voted in favour of the proposal.

According to the AbbotsfordNews, the only councillor who voted to oppose the introduction of pay parking was Councillor Simon Gibson, who argued that the city should make all efforts to make the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre an "attractive venue."

Abbotsford Mayor George Peary explained the logic behind the decision. "We spent almost a million dollars of taxpayer's money to build that road and auxiliary parking lot, and there was a hope that we would be able to recoup some of that investment with some sort of revenue stream off the paid parking."

Peary confirmed that the city will strive to harmonise their parking fees with parking fees on campus, which are currently $2 for two hours and $3.50 for the day.

"The council... their decision was, let's offer parking on Cillis [Avenue] at the same rates as the university does on its campus ... but

we're not providing [285] parking spaces and drawing them away from [UFV]. So we don't want to compete in that way with the university, but if our rates our identical, or very close to being identical, there's more parking available."

In addition, Peary stressed the ways that this would benefit UFV and ultimately the students, faculty and staff. "From the university's perspective, the less land they have to dedicate to parking, the more land they have to do ad· ditional building and creating teaching learning environments for students on campus."

At present, the university provides use of the parking facilities for patrons of the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre on event nights. Peary confirmed that the city had looked into the possibility of constructing a structured parking lot adjacent to the AESC, next to the Phoenix and Finnegan's

on King Road, and went so far as to bring in a private developer to survey the land. However, the cost of constructing and maintaining a structured parking lot was so much greater than that of a surface parking lot, such as the UFV oncampus parking system, that the proposal was shelved.

Furthermore, Peary said that the current parking deal with the AESC and OFV on event nights is key to the viability and continuation of events at the AESC.At present, the city aims to host around 100 to 110 events at the AESC annually. The Abbotsford Heat home games attribute to 40 of these; the other 60 to 70 are made up of a variety of different events, whether it be professional bull riding, music concerts, or community events.

"The reality is [that] without access to university parking we'd be in serious problems, because the lack of accessible parking in prox-

imity to the entertainment and sports complex would become a deterrent for people attending the events there. That complex doesn't makemoney sitting there empty; it's got to be used [and] without convenient parking staging successful events there would be more challenging, no question."

To accommodate both patrons of UFV and the AESC, the AESChas postponed its evening events until 7.30p.m. to alJow for students who have classes until 7:00 p.m. the chance to vacate their stalls, leaving more room for parking for the AESC. Any alleviation of the parking situation at UFV and the AESC would undoubtedly dovetail with the increase of the Abbotsford public transportation system. Peary recognized the interconnectedness of these issues.

"We don't have the density of population in our city yet to make public transit as efficient and effective as we'd like it to be; however, at the same time we're committed to building a public transit system." Peary said that use of the U-Pass and the increasing price of oil will "drive increasing numbers of people out of their single occupancy vehicles" and onto public transit in the future.

Peary also recognized that the issues of parking at UFV, public transportation and the growth of UFV both in stature and in the physical sense is trans-generational. "I don't know what the plans of the university are 20, 30, 40 years out but 1 know they're looking that far ahead."

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Peary and the city councillors is the length of their tenures. "A term of office for my colleagues and I is three years; you can't build institutions that arc trans-generational, or cities, three years at a time. You have to have a long term vision."

He continued: "The day will come (when) the upiversity will be granted access to land around the city that's currently preserved for farmland. We know that [UFV's] limited land base in Abbotsford is a negative that we have to help them deal with."

The city and the university do have plans in place to seek the acquisition of more land in Abbotsford for campus building.

"We will, with the university ... in the relatively near future be approaching the Agricultural Land Commission to see what we can do about securing additional lands for the university to expand their academic footprint in the city," Peary explained.

"The university, and the city to a lesser extent, would prefer to see most of that land used for buildings and other academically-related purposes [and] student activity purposes as opposed to parking lots."

Despite this proposed expansion, Peary is under no illusions that the issue of parking will continue into the future. "On-campus parking plagues virtually every post-secondary institution I know of and will continue to do so into the indefinite future, but there might well be changes as the price of fuel climbs ...The immediate future is, I don't see there's going to be any decrease in the demand for on-campus parking."

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FRIDAY,FEBRUARY26th, 2010

B.C. Government Presents Throne Speech SONJA SZLOVICSAk EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

he Vancouver 2010 Olympics played a role in the B.C. gov• ernment's throne speech.

The speech was delivered the week before the torch was lit at the Olympic opening ceremonies.

After paying respect to the British Columbians who have passed away since the Legislature last convened, Lieutenant-Governor Steven L. Point celebrated the torch and tht! impact it has had on B.C. "Some 12,000 Canadians htlld it high, but millions more were inspired by its enduring light. The Olympic Flame connects us in eel· Qbration of Canada, and of all the Olympic Spirit it represents."

The speech went on to congratulate VANOC for successfully preparing for the games. "Under the unflagging leadership of Jack Poole and John Furlong, the Van· couver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games team has set an exceptional example and united us in pursuit of the highest goals, VANOC deserves the heartfelt thanks of all Canadians. They remind us of who we are."

The speech predicted that the Olympics will bring future investment and growth into the province.

Despite many economists' predictions that B.C. will lose money on the Olympics, the speech emphasized the positive impacts that the Olympic games have had, and will have, on the provinCtl. "The spirit of 2010 ill the promise of what wf;l can accomplish when we put old divisions behind

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PhD student firedfromOlympic job Eleven daysintohisnewjobattheRichmond Olympic Oval, UBC PhO studentDarryl Bannon wasfiredduetohisacademic affiliations with Chrl5 Shaw, a UBC researcher andwell-known anti-Olympics activist.

According toBannon, theRCMP said thatthey wereconcerned because statements madeby Shaw tothemedia could lmply"vlolent Intent:' Heclaims hewastoldthathissuitability asan employee would bereviewed, andthenext timehecameintowork, a manager revoked his accreditation, Identity card,security tagsandeven hisOlympic toqueandscarf.

"ItIsallpartandparcel ofa larger problem that Darryl Isnowbeingviewed bythesedifferent entitlesasbeingguilty byassociation; Shaw saidin anInterview.

"Because I'manOlympics opponent and(Vancouver 2010Integrated Security Unit) hasbeenmonitoring me... anyone associated withmeIsa suspect, eventhough theymaynot sharemyviews."

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us and work together for the com• mon good. It inspires us to rise above selfishness and division, to build a better British Columbia and a stronger Canada. We must choose a new path that meets the tests of today and shapes a future where our grandchildren will Jive with the knowledge that we did all we could for them," the government stated.

The throne speech also hinted at future plans to explore new "green" energy sources. The B.C. government has promised to cut carbon emissions by one-third by the year 2020, and cutting B.C.'sreliance on fossil fuel energy sources is part of the government's plan to reach the goal. The speech hinted that bio-energy and solar power could be explored under a new "Clean IJ.nergyAct.'1 "British Columbia is blessed with enormous untapped energy

potential. We can harness that potential to generate new wealth and new jobs in our communities while we lower greenhouse gas emissions within and beyond our borders. Clean energy is a cornerstone of our Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one-third by 2020. Building on the contributions of the Green Energy Advisory Task Force, your government will launch a comprehensive strategy to put B.C. at the forefront of clean energy development. We have e_normouspotential in bioenergy, run-of-river, wind, geothermal, tidal, wave and solar energy. We will put it to work for our economy."

The government also explained that the new HST will be a part of their plan to increase investment and jobs In B.C. Thl!r{!has been ll strong resistance to the implementation of the HST,particularly from

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make promises to reform education, there was almost no mention of changes to post-secondary education. The last budget that the provincial government introduced reduced funding for specialized student grants (for students in programs such as medicine and m1rsing), The throne speech made no mention of restoring that funding, or of reducing the cost of postsecondary education.

However, the speech did focus on kindergarten and preschool education. "Voluntary, full time kindergarten for five year olds will begin this September. Ltwill be fully funded and in every school by September 2011. New partnerships with the private sector and parents will enable the the food service industry. There establishment of neighboUihood have been campaigns launched to preschools for four year olds and brand the HST as a food tax. How- three year olds within communiever, in the throne speech, the B.C. ties over the next five years. They government explained that the will provide families new volunHST is a tax break. tary options for public and private "It (the HST) is more transparpreschool across B.C.," the govern, ent and less regressive than the ment stated. current tax regime. It will elimiThere is also a new Master nate the current Provincial Sales Teacher program in the works.

Tax on business inputs that is a In a press release shortly after hidden tax on productivity and the throne speech, NOP Leader will assure B.C. taxpayers the low- Carole James criticized the Liberal est HST in the country," the gov- government for not addressing ernment stated. the needs of British Columbiam;.

TI,e government explained that "Today B.C. ls facing significant more corporate tax cuts are in the challenges, including heavy job works. "The Corporation Capital losses, persistent child poverty Tax has been eliminated. Corpo- rates and an extended recession in rate income tax rates and property which families are struggling to tax for industry have been dra- make ends meet. Not only did the matically reduced. And the Small Liberals fail to mention these chalBusines:, •C::orpol'ate fn1cumu T.1x 1 ngei; in thii Throne Spec h, th y will be eliminated In 2012." failed to put forward a plan to adWhile the government did dress them/' James said.

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Extradition for Bacon Bros. Associate TREVOBFIK STAFF WRITER

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drug smuggler, who was once found transporting 135 kilograms of marijuana across the Canada-United States border, has been ordered extradited to the United States in a recent British Columbia Supreme Court ruling.

Dustin Haugen, a known associate of the Bacon brothers, currently faces charges of drug trafficking and smuggling charges in the United States. The charges stem from a May 2006 incident, where Haugen was caught smuggling "135 kilograms of marijuana into Washington State in a Canadian-registered Jet Ranger helicopter," reported the AbbotsfordNews.

Authorities, who had videotaped the flight of the helicopter across the border, closed in on a truck in Washington State which they believed had picked up the marijuana. According to the Province, the truck was then linked back to the helicopter after "five bags containing heat-sealed packages of marijuana were seized" from the vehicle. The hclicopt~r was stopped by police at its base near the Harrison Hot Springs Resort.

Haugen had only been out of prison for a short lime, due to a plea-bargain that Daryl Desjardins, one of Haugen's criminal associates, had made in court, Ironically, it was Desjardins who was re-arrested with Haugen on the most recent charges., Desjardins Jwflr 11l00cw,y ser'-<li'dhiH four year prison santcncc, and' i6 currently out on pa role, accord.ing to Lhc

VnncouverSun. Haugen came to the attention of the police when he was criminally implicated as part of a massive investigation by authorities that led to the seizure of 8,000 pounds of

marijuana, 800 pounds of cocaine, three aircraft, and $1.5 million in U.S.currency, according to the Ab-

botsfordNews.

The investigation, nicknamed "Operation Frozen Timber," lead to the arrest of 40 individuals in 2006. Operation Frozen Timber followed alleged drug activity based around the Canada-United States border, where aircraft were used to "ferry drugs" to destinations, as reported by the Va11couvcr Sun. Haugen, who has appealed the extradition decision of Supreme Court Justice Selwyn Romilly, was released on February 17 on a $500,000 conditional bail. According lo Lhe l'rwi11a«,,H.:iugcn will plead his case Lo the British Columbia Court of Appeab. llaugen will also appeal the extradition decision in front of the federal justice minister. If the federal justice minister rules for the extradition order, Haugen can appeal the decision in the form of a judicial re-

view. Both of these reviews will likely take place in the fall.

Lawyers representing Haugen have argued that allowing Haugen to face charges in the United States, after charges in Canada have been dropped, violate Haugen's cons ti tu tional rights.

The court proceedings, noted Haugen's lawyer, "constitute an abuse of the court's process and a breach of Haugen's right to life liberty and security of person."

Judge Romily responded by saying that crown prosecutors had no knowledge of the offence b~ing re-tried in the United States. He also acknowledged the potential for Haugen to receive a har:;her s~nhmce than Desjardins, adding, "If Haugen is convicted of the offences by the requesting slate (i'he United States), the parole considerations would not be as flexible as those in Canada."

Haugen came to police and media attention in 2005, when the ,ht11icapter he ,was in crashed near his Abbotsford home. Haugen's girlfriend, 22-year-old Christina Alexander, died in the crash. Haugen was not charged in the crash, but a search warrant revealed that Jonathan Bacon had paid a monthly fee of $1000 to the lot where the helicopter was flown from.

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Shaw Buys Canwest UFV, JORDAN PITCHER Shaw

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n February 12, Shaw Communications Inc. agreed to purchase 20 per cent of the equity and 80 per cent of the voting share of the financially troubled CanWest Global Communications Corp., according to Re11ters.

Tn an eleventh hour attempt to outbid Shaw Communications Inc. for control of Can West, the Asper family teamed up with two former executives of Rogers Communicatiom;, Rael Merson, and John Tory, private equity firm Catalyst Capital Group, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., on February 19, according to the Globeand Mail.

However, their bid was insuf· ficient when compared to Shaw's bid of at least $95 million, as reported by the Globe and Mnil. Finally, on February 20, Shaw Communications was formally granted approval by The Superior Court of Ontario to take control of Can West Global Communications Corp.

Shaw's purchase is of broadcast assets only, and does not deal in any way with the newspaper and print division that is currently up for auction.

The Globe and Mail went on to report that Shaw's next hurdle will be in negotiating terms with Goldman Sachs, the bank that governs the ownership of CanWest's broadcast division. Sources within CanWest say that this could be an uphill battle. This is because Goldman Sachs objected to the fact that some dcta ils of the Shaw deaI were kcpl hidden from them. However, a source inside Shaw Communlca• tions, cited by the Globeand Mail said, "We're business people. Anything is possible. What we want is what's best for CanWest, and if that's what Goldman wants, then away we go."

Eric Spalding, head of the social cultural and media studies at

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explained: "The deal with is contingent upon creditor approval. Based on the stories f've read, it looks like the creditors will approve Shaw's offer." ''In my understanding, their practically worthless shares in CanWest will be converted into shares in Shaw, a conversion that will allow them to cut their losses somewhat. So, yes, CanWcst as an entity is pretty much history, but its most valuable components will definitely be snapped up by entrepreneurs at costs that reflect the laws of supply and demand. There is one prominent component that might not survive CanWest's demise, in my view: The NationalPost (which in any case is not connected to the Shaw deal). I'm amazed that it's lasted so long, as I don't think it's ever been profitable."

Spalding commented on a fu. ture Canadian mass media without CanWest. "I think the CanWest channels will survive. But if they didn't, the situation would resemble what Canadian TV was like in the 1990s, before Global became the third national network.

Surviving networks would pick up Clobal'i, mosl popular shows (both American and Canadian).

Telefilm Canada and the Canadian Television Fund would continue funding the production of Canadian programming. Another ambitious entrepreneur might try to form a new national alternative to CTV and the CBC." He continued: "As for Global News, some people might rniss it. I personally like wat~hing Jill Krnp, Ann~ Drewa, Robin Stickley and the other Global anchors every so often, but it's not like Global News is delivering a profoundly different perspective from what its competitors arc offering. In the absence of <.;lobal News, people would probably just turn lo the closest alternative, CTV News."

Implications of Net Censorship Hit Australia quoted in the Sydney Morning tlerald, said the ban would only STAFF WRITER create problems. "My main probhe Australian government's lem with the fJlter proposal is that plans to begin censoring cer• it won't work and that it sets up a tain material from the country's really dangerous mechanism to internet access has brought procentralize censorship of the net by test from large corporations like the Australian Government."

Google, as well as net hackers.

According to the BBC,The AusAustralia plans to block portralian Library and Jnformation nography websites featuring fc. Association does not believe the male ejacu la lion, small-breasted filter will successfully guard chilwomen or sexualized cartoons. dren from offensive content. AdThe filter would also prohibit any ditionally, they suggested that the material or discussion that re- filter will significantly slow down ceives the Refused Classification the internet.

(RC) rating by the Office of Film Hundreds of websites joined a and Literature Classification. four day protest by fading their Google have publicly declined sites to black and providing readto voluntarily censor this content. ers with information about the upGoogle Australia's head of policy, coming restrictions. ihc "internet larla Flynn, said the company blackout" was not the only protest finds the restrictions remove too taking place; a group of internet much content. "The scope of RC hackers from around the world is simply too broad and can raise sent distributed denial of service genuine questions about restric(DDoS) attacks to various Austrations on access to information. lian government websites, essenRC includes the grey realms of tially pulling them out of service. material instructing in any crime The attacks, codenamed Opfrom [painting] graffiti to politi- eration Titstorm, also included cally controversial crimes such as sending spam emails and prank euthanasia, and exposing these phone calls to government offices, topics to public debate is vital for according to the Register.Stephen democracy."

Conroy, Communications MinisAccording to the BBC, Yahoo ter of the Department of Broadand two Australian organizations band, Communications and the have also publicly criticized the Digital Economy called the attacks initiative. "irresponsible" after they caused a Scott Ludlam, spokesman for significant disturbance to the dethe Green Party of Australia, who partment. was JOEL SMART

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Peter Raabe, professor of philosophy at UFV, said regarding the proposed restrictions that it was the job of parents, not the government, to protect and inform their children, "There are clearly very offensive web sites out there, but the best defence against them is an open dialogue between parents and their children." Raabe was also highly critical of the methods used to determine what material would be censored.

Ronald Deibert, associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto, said that he is against the proposed internet restrictions. "They arc part of an unfortunate and growing intervention by states into the commons of cyberspace and I oppose them." Regarding Google's refusal to comply, he said, "It was welcome and J encouraged and applauded them. Let's see what happens next though, as so far it is business as usual."

Deibert, who is also the director of The Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for lntcrnalional Studies, said that Canadian university students should understand that the filter would have a negative effect on everyone using the internet, "Cyberspace is a critical global public commons that all citizens must work to protect and preserve against censorship, surveillance and militarization."

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Studying Abroad Pt. 4: I Ain Jallles Bond-ish One of the best new developments has been the emergence of dinner parties among the exchange students. It is depressing to spend half an hour to an hour cooking a big meal only to eat it by yourself in 10 minutes of contemplative silence. This way, the meal is prolonged by i.cintillating conversation, you get the opportunity to try all sorts of ethnic foods and you don't have lo cook every evening. Economics is right; trade does make everyone better off.

Tuesday night, two Mexican boys came over and made chicken tacos with homemade spicy salsa and guacamole. It was ridiculously delicious. During meals, I always get asked what ethnic Canadian food is, so I tell them West Coast it's salmon, and East Coast it's poutine and maple syrup. Now everyone wants me to make them salmon, but the salmon here is Atlantic (therefore not nearly as tasty) and exorbitantly priced. I've been sticking more to my Italian

heritage.

The rest of my week was something akin to a James Bond movie.

Wednesday night was a poker tournament, in which John Bullock (fellow UFV student) won, despite surprising pressure from the Swiss girls. Thursday was skiing in the Alps. The bus ride up and down was particularly memorable as there is only room on the hairpin turns and tunnels for one vehicle, where th' bus would lay on its horn and gun it. Thursday evening was spent clubbing in Monaco until dawn. The club was enormous and packed and yet there were still at least 150 people waiting to get inside.

The rest of the weekend was spent showing my roommates' visiting friend from Prague the many delights of Nice and enjoying Carnival. The weather has been warm and clear and the ocean unusually violent, which has made the scenic walks around town even more beautiful than usual.

there is somehow value in being loyal to the unelected figurehead of a foreign country.

The site goes on to say that the main reason we should be loyal to the Queen is that otherwise the US would "overwhelm Canada's national identity." This at least is a very Canadian argument, the supposition that rather than choosing our own path, our identity lies mainly in being not American.

Maybe Canada doesn't have much personality. Beyond the stereotype of someone who likes hockey, beer, and then more hockey, it is sometimes hard to quantify what a Canadian is. Although former Prime Minister Mackenzie King noted Canada is a country with "not enough hislory, too much geography," that docs not mean we arc without worthy symbols.

Take Terry Fox for example, the young man from Vancouver who

ran from coast to coast in a heroic effort to raise money for cancer research before eventually succu rnbi ng to the disease.

Or Tommy Douglas, the politician from Saskatchewan who is widely regarded as the father of medicare in our country.

These were Canadians from humble beginnings who, through their own efforts and in the face tremendous adversity, were able to make their mark on the world.

They were not given their revered place in Canadian history merely by having the right parents or through some arcane entitlement

system. Wouldn't you feel proud to see one of their faces on the twenty dollar bill rather than the Queen's?

I am not saying that ending our ties to the British Monarchy and in lurn honouring our home grown heroes would instantly give Canada its long sought national identity, but it would be a good start.

this is the actual cost to the business, not the consumer.

Believe me, I've worked in the industry since around the time God first made little green apples.

Under our existing tax structure, this is how the consumer gets his or her final quotation. Seven per cent PST is first added to the $700.00 cost, bringing the total to $749.00. This is then marked up for profit, typically around 50 per cent for a moderately sized residential fence, bringing the total to $1123.50. We then add installation labour, approximately $1200.00 for a job this size, bringing the total to $2323.50.The only thing left is the good old five per cent GST, leaving the homeowner with a tab of $2439.68for a completed fence.

Now let's look at the numbers under the proposed HST system.

Our $700.00 cost of materials is marked up 50 per cent for profit, bringing the total to $1050.00.We then add the $1200.00 for labour, which equals $2250.00 before tax-

es. Twelve per cent HST on this amount is $270.00, which leaves the consumer with an invoice of $2520.00.

So, there's the difference, my fi. nancially-strapp~d friends. In this scenario, our apparently taxationfriendly provincial Liberals will be prying an additional $80.32 out of your wallet.

Whatever happened to their mantra, "Tax cuts pay for themselves?"

Similar situations will occur when you need a new roof on your house, a new hot water heater or furnace installed, new windows, doors, carpets, the list goes on.

Obviously, anything service related and heavy on the labour side of things (haircuts, cleaning services, tree topping, your morning coffee) will see greater increases.

Taxes on most straight goods will not change at all. The tax on that new DVD player is 12 per cent now and it will remain 12 per cent afier harmonization on July 1.

I won't deny that the proposed HST is a more transparent tax, but revenue neutral my arse. Still, the

structure itself makes good sense despite the fact that it will bleed British Columbians dry. As consumers, we should be able Lo sec the tax. And don't forget the $1.6 billion the feds arc throwing in to sweeten the pot. It seems crazy not to take advantage of that.

The solution is so simple even a Liberal backbencher could come up with it - reduce the rate from 12 per cent to 10 per cent (five per cent for the feds and five per cent for the province). Seeing as the province is gaining a tax base on all manner of services they never had access to before, a reduction in the rate is only fair.

The provincial government claims that harmonization itself will lower costs to businesses and this will result in lower prices.

While businesses will realize some savings with the new structure, these savings will be much less than the province's increased take, mark my words. The real barometer for me will be my morning double-double. If they jack it to a buck-seventy come July 1, l'II have my answer.

MARINA PARAPINI CONTRIBUTOR ean predict the stores on every block in the city of Nice: there will be a patisserie, boulangerie (bread bakery), hair salon, tobacco store, antique store, cafe, restaurant, clothes storn or bridal shop and kebab/donair or pizza place.

They are all small and independent; unique stores that sdl slightly individualized products, but at times it still feels like the repeating background of T/tc Flintsto11es.

On my wa Ik to school (and right outside the complex in which I live) there is the most fantastic pizza shop that is both cheap and delicious. But the best part isn't even the 30 second walk from my bed to their door, but the fact that on the box there is a picture of George Clooncy cooking pizza - in what looks like pyjamas.

Because everything is squished close together, post and food delivery is done on little mopeds

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with boxes welded onto their rears. It is mildly amusing to see them zipping about town. I always take special note of them, which is how I discovered "Cr~p-and-Go,"

a sidewalk cr~pe shop that delivers. I can't say their name without giggling - it sounds like a foreign person going for a quick trip to the loo.

God Save Us FromThe Queen JED MINORing ourselves politically from the PRODUCTION United Kingdom we feel the need to carry on the tradition of bowf you have ever visited the UFV ing to its royalty. While in all other Student Union Sociey office in respects we are a modem and self building C you may have seen sufficient nation, we carry this her. Her hungry half-smile, like vestige of our colonial past like that of a rabid badger ready to the memories of a jilted lover. I say move on Canada. That relationattack, sneering below glittering black shark eyes. The crown upon ship ii:;over. Move on.

There arc those in Canada that her head, an eternal symbol of all that is wrong with the world: the feel the monarchy is still an imbestowing of a position based on portant part of what it means to be Canadian. The Monarchist League birth rather than merit.

I am talking about the Queen. of Canada states on their website In this case, a picture of the Queen that Canada's "focus of loyalty and of England, and as tradition has it, allegiance to a respected monarch rather than to a politician, an idethe Queen of Canada as well. "ihc Queen of Canada." The ology or a symbol underlies the term doesn't quite sound right, yet notably tolerant, mature society of which Canadians feel proud." well into the twenty-first century Canada has remained a constituThis statement implies that loytional monarchy because - well, alty to the unelected Queen is more because we haven't decided to Canadian than loyalty to a politichange that fact yet. cian chosen by Canadian people A full 142 years after divorc- • that despite being a democracy

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Disharmony from the HST RAY DEKROON CONTRIBUTOR ith all the grumbling over the final Olympic tally about to begin, it looks like the old Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) issue will be as forgotten as the Latvian bobsledders. You'll probably only realize something is amiss come July when the girl at the Timmy's window asks for a buck-seventy instead of a buck-sixty for your large double-double. fn principle, the proposed HST does make good accounting sense, just as the GST made good sense in its day. The existing PST structure is complicated and downright stupid. Many arc not aware, but PST is concealed from the consumer whenever labour and materials arc blended together. In fact, most businesses in supply-andinstall-type industries tell their customers that there is no PST on installed goods. In actuality, this is not entirely true. Businesses currently pay PST on the cost of materials and they pass this cost on to you, the customer.

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If you're like me, you probably have life-threatening heart palpitations whenever the subject of taxation comes up, so pop an aspirin and suck it up this time because it's important.

Let's say you want to have, oh, I don't know, a new chain link fence installed at your house. The cost of materials for 200 feet of four foot high chain-link fencing complete with a couple of gates is around $700, rough and dirty. To be clear,

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UFV Theatre Caters to Those Over 40 ity? There's nothing wrong with celebratCONTRIBUTOR ing Canada's history, espite the common misconand certainly it':; very ception that university thefitting to do the ocatre is for the young and fresh, casional Shakespeare UFV has proven itself unique in its play once in awhile. aim to accommodate Chilliwack's The question here 1,enior citizen1,. Rather than preis: why can't we put senting plays that could stimulate on a single play the a young adult's interest with conmajority of students temporary themes and art, UFV under 40 want to theatre has tried a more unusual watch? Is not uniapproach. versity a time to ccl· So far UFV theatre has been exebrate art? To run on traordinarily successful this year stage and yell "VAin keeping its plays so pleasantly GINA!" without 200 nostalgic and tame that a couple of senior citizens gaspold men in the front row of bolh ing in dismay?

Schoolhouseand Paper Wltent enSensationalism joyed what could only be described aside, could we not as a very comfortable slumber. at least do a play Of course, everybody walked that deals wilh real away with some important culissues from people tural revelations about the ongo~ who were not living ing plight of the one-room school 100 years ago? What marm and the Sas;katchcwan fer more cutting edge productions, about B.C.'s drug problems? Proswheat pool. Per usual, everything the tiny theatre would be packed titution? Throwing a rainbow•tintwas superb: the acting, the set, fulll cd veneer over theatre and ignorthe costumes, the make-up - UFV It would be awful if, instead ing contemporary issues is what has mastered every play ever pre- of having the theatre comforthas been keeping UFV a ''smallsented. ably half-full of grey heads; and town" school for so long. Serious Unfortunately, it is necessary the occasional younger student artists have been running for the to present irrelevant, reminiscent (most likely one of the actorn' hills from UFV's Sunday School friends), the theatre was packed Canadiana if the theatre program pageants for time immemorial. is going to retain its elderly audievery night. For one, it would be It's really no wonder UFV has so ence. Focusing on Canada's dry impractical to make a substantial few graduate success stories. Yeah, past is an important part of our profit, not to mention the trouble that's right, Jim Carrcy is from heritage, and as long as the Direc- it would be to have students com- UFV (snicker). tor's Festival in the spring can at ing all the way from Abbotsford, Chosen as a commemoration 1 least pay joking-lip service to the- Langley - heck, maybe even from PaperWheatis the perfect symbol atre as "art," UFV will continue to other universities clogging up the for UFV Theatre's progress: after cater to the senior citizens. freeways.

30 years, UFV is still putting on Despite the fact that UFV has UFV's Theatre department c<?n- the sai;n~ Rlay:; vyith, ye:;, even 10,000 students under the age of tinually does an extel1ent job with the very,sa,me 1;1ctori;! (ex.cep~now 40, there are very practical reasons its plays, and the Fraser Valley is they're over the hill!). for catering to the more "mature" rightly celebrated for its immense We're a real university now audience. The UFV theatre has talent. Then why is there insis- but still saddled with high school only 206 seats; if UFV were to of- tence on such dull sen:timentalPG plays.

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CONTRIBUTOR were five times more likely than a control group to have seen a chiropractor in the last week. k boys and girls, it's time we Furthermore, over half of chirohad a talk. It has come to my practors don't support getting imattention that several of you have munizations. This poses a health been using so-called ''alternative" rJsk to the whole population, not or "complementary" medicine. I just the people who see them.

Another "treatment" method like you, so I'm going to let you in on a little secret: it's all crap. that is as silly as it ls popular is n:rngnets. Magnetic bracelets, n4;1ck• I don't wan~ t9 1,ee you using that stuff for a number of reasons, laces and other jewellery are s1,1pmainly the following three. posed to have all sorts of health First: it's nol effective. If it was benefits, from increased blood it would be sold by Pfizer or Bayer, flow to relieving arthritis pain. not some overly friendly guy in They are also supposed to cure depression, insomnia, impotence, a small, curiously odd smelling shop at a strip mall in Abbotsford. and on and on.

Not only is it not effective, it is of1f only they could cure foolish• ten dangct'ous. ness. I don't know if you have ever Second: it will use up your time played with a magnet, but I have, and money that could be spent and one of the first things l disthingsea:;ily (:;till on real medicine. Every bit of ef- covered is that no part of my body SARAH SPILLMAN speaking from fort you spend on gobbledygook is responds to a magnet. And I tried CONTRIBUTOR experience). effort that you a.rcn't putting into to stick them everywhere! If you here is something truly wonThough T do something that might really help believe that magnets have helped derful about a new book: the not agree witheimprove your health, I would like you. feel of the pages between my finThird: some quack is going to you to go Google the word "plabooks, I can see gers, the fresh-looking print, the cebo"immediately. Sadly, we have how they may be make money off of your gullibilsmell of a new book is something beneficial.

Not ity, and that money will be rein- places like Shoppers Drug Mart that could never be copied. all books use re- vested into suckering more peo- selling this jewellery right next to With all of mankind's technocycled paper, so ple. Of course some people know real medicine, giving it the appearlogical advancements, it looks like they are not eco- their miracle treatments arc balo• ance of legitimacy. For shame! computers and handhelds will reney, and :;ome don't. Those who friendly.

Abo, Finally, can we please stop obplace the need for books. This I do if someone docs buy their own bullshit arc stupid. sessing over the word "natural"? It not agree with. Books arc necesnot have 4;1nough Those who know their 1;nake oil does not rnatterif i;omething is natsary to my life, and would not be room for shelves is bogus are assholes (like late ural - lhat does not make it good. the same without them. and shelves of night faith healers who scam old Rattle-snake venom is natural. So Ever since I was little, I was are great white sharks, AIDS, and books or do not ladies out of their social insurance taught that the written word is cheques). psychedelic mush rooms. News want to carry more powerful than anything else around a large Either way, you don't want to flash: the mushroom ls trying to in the world. It can move mounbook, using a help perpetuate that sort of gar- kill you! I'm not saying that it isn't tains, warm hearts and inspire bilcomputer will bage. Now, it's not always easy to fun, but we need to recognize lhat l ions. The other thing I was taught who does not agree with e-books, only take up room on the hard recognize pseudoscientific treat- plants don't want to be eaten and at a very young age was to love as a handful of authors sued drive, if that. Lastly, e·books arc ments. So let's review some of the to that end many of them arc poiand respect books, the main carriGoogle for posting the writers' cheaper. Buying books can gel ex- more common things you will en- sonous. When a plant does turn ers for the words of the world. published works. No, if given a pensive, but most people use and out to have medically beneficial counter.

With the introduction of "e- choice, I encourage everyone Ttalk pay for the internet automatically. properties, it is absolutely by luck, The Chiropractic business was books," books bf?come lf?ss MC4;1S• to to support books and never look There are books and magazines started on September 18, 1895, by a not nature. sary. With books not in a:; high back. that can be read without needing grocer named D.D. Palmer. He did So please, take care of yourdemand, book stores such as Coles As wilh evcrylhing in life, lo pay. Even wilh lhcsc positives, l somcthing to a deaf man's back, selves. When dealing with your will lose business and lhcir work- there are upsides to c-books. Al- do not agree with the use of online health, it's reasonable to do al least and the man claimed he could hear ers will lo:;e job1,. most anyone who would want to books. again. That's an odd claim, given as much research as you do for E-books are also worse for your use this "service" has access to the Books have and always will be lhal the nerves lhal connect the school. They say laughter is the eye:;ight. People would spend internet, so they would be able lo one of my first loves. Nothing, cars to the brain go nowhere near bcsl medicine. lf that's true, then so much time staring at a digital take advantage of at, online book. especially not a computer or e- the spin4;1.Today, no chiropractor alternative mQdicinc may actually screen reading a book that the There are books or magazines that book, can replace a page of a nov- claims to be able to cure deafness. be helpful, it sure does make me quality of lhcir eyesight will de· have gone out of production or are el. Though there are some good laugh! Check out www.skepdoc.

You might be surprised to learn cline (speaking from experience). just unavailable lo purchase, but lhings about on line books, I don't that no school of chiropracly is as- info and www.sciencebasedmediWith a book, all you need is enough an onlinc library could have the think they'll cause a decline in the sociated with any university. cine.org to learn more. light to see the words easily And it book or article that you want lo sale of books, and the support of a H can also be dangerous - one If you arc still not convinced, I will nol bother your eyesight as read, and will probably be thcr4;1 very ta!fmted author. I also know study has shown that people un- haw some miracl\/ pocket lint that much as a screen, or at al I. forl.'wr. Online books are also I'm not the only one thal thinks der the age of 45 with a vertebral you can try out. Just tuck it und"'r T know T nm not the only one good for people who lend lo lose lhis. artery stroke (a stroke caused by your longuc while you sleep.

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Surely he could have been let off NEWS& OPINIONEDITOR his leash for a couple of hours to wenty-five years ago, Michael warble through a couple of words. instead of Ray Charles we have Jackson and Lionel Richie learned up with Quincy Jones that bloke from Maroon 5. Instead to record "We /\re The World," a of Stevie Wonder we have Miley Cyrus. Instead of Paul Simon we charity song for Africa.

Some of the people who gave have Josh Grobin. Who their silky smooth voices to thb is Josh Grobin, anyway? jaunt include: Stevie Wonder, Ray Seriously, l'm nol being Charles, Paul Simon, Bruce Spring- facetious; 1 have no idea steen, Bob Dylan, Carly Simon, and who he is, and I refuse Diana Ross. Okay, Dylan, Springs- to check on the internet, teen and Carly Simon don't exactly through spite more than have silky smooth voices, but you anything.

I know Stevie Wonder's get my point. lt was a star-studded cast; even Lionel Richie couldn't career has taken a nosedampen proceedings, such was dive in the last couple of decades, but Wonder in the calibre of performers present.

I am certain that any afflicted second gear trumps will.

African up on their pop and cul- i.am every day of the tural knowledge would have been week and twice on Sunwell pleased by the showing. day.

You know what the Zip forward 25 years. The old shithouse Lionel Richie has de- worst bit is? When they cided that the world needs more have those choir mosaving, namely the victims of the ments, where everyone seismic earthquake in Haiti last stands around wearing wondering month. So, who has he called on? headsets, Bob Dylan? Nol exactly. Bruce when their next line of Springsteen? Think smaller, and coke's coming while they utilize all of their cunning to keep not in terms of height.

Justin Bieber? Why, yes! The the sickly saccharine smile on their main one off of the Pussycat Dolls? putrid faces, I spotted Jeff Bridges and B'rian Wilson in the crowd.

Why, yes! Akon? Why, YE.SI Bridges stood at the back, smil• 1 honestly think that the song should be called "We Are the Cre- Ing politely, sporting a gorgeous tins," I mean, no one (apart from beard; and Brian Wilson, in the Jacko himself) has died from the most unintentional comedic mooriginal roster of 25 years back, so ment of proceedings, stood awk-

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wardly at the side, singing slightly off-time to everyone else and jerking up and down like a sugaredup 12-year-old.

You've got the Dude and the mastermind/crazy bastard behind Pet Sounds, and you do nolhing with lhem, whilst making room

for LL Cool J and Lil' Wayne, who beamed in his auto-tune part from his prison cell in between having his fingernails pulled out by a 300-pound Hispanic mountain of a man called Charlene. Which was good of him.

And guess what? The only other person there who had a ca-

reer was Barbara Streisand. 1'11repeat that- Barbara Streisand. And again - Barbara Streisand.

For any I laitians watching the video, please do not think it indicative of what North America has to offer. I know the song does little to tend to the physical and emotional wounds you have incurred over the last month, and the many years before thal, but you must humour these idiots. They live to get rich off things like whal hap• pened in Haiti; it gives their 15 minute careers the veneer of authenticity when they all crowd into a recording studio and put on their serious faces. Just please don't ask any of them to point out Haiti on a map, because the main one off of the Pussycat Dolls can't take Lhat kind of stress.

Oh yeah, and Jamie Foxx still thinks he's a singer. In fact, at one point, he actually impersonates Ray Charles, which ends up as the most vacuous, self-aggrandizing piece of bullshit since Chamberlain said "Peace in our time." Can someone please take Jamie Foxx out back and shoot him between the eyes, or make him re-watch Collateral and remind him thal he's a halfdecent actor when he's not dicking

around with Pink? Actually, forget it, just shoot him.

TI1e only honourable mention goes to Wyclef Jean, who actually is rlaitian, so he gets a pass frnm me.

And where does all that crap of elongating every single word with a million notes that have no place being there come from? You know, all thal "oh-oh-oh-oh-O1 1-O11-ohohhhhh-yeaaaaaah, baybaaaah. 11 Back in my day, we couldn't afford to go spending all our cash on extra notes; l had to save up all of my paper-round money just to buy a G minor, and now look at the whippersnappers, with their copious amounts of extraneous sounds, their Super Nintendos and Hula Hoops. They have it easy.

Seriously, thougl\, think of all the old Rat Pack tunes. Thal lot, as well as being a bunch of manic-depressive racists, didn't need to extrapolate every single consonant.

They knew they were good; they didn't need such god-awful validation every two seconds.

The world that "We Are the World 25" inhabits is an irredeemably sick one, and makes you wonder what factors God takes into account when he/she/it lets earthquakes happen. Couldn't God just pass one under L.A. and put us out of our misery?

Actually, to be fair, it wasn't all doom and gloom for "We Arc the World 25" - American Idol's Randy Jackson was there.

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There IsLove InYou- Four Tet

Lights - TheListening

Kicran Hcbden's fifth album reminds us all of the possibilities of smooth weirdness backed up by jazz drumming. More flowing and less jarring than his previous releases, the new Four Tet record exists in a space that no other group goes to. Chilled, challenging, loose and taut all at once, Hebden and percussionist (and legendary jazz drummer) Steve Reid keep a great rapport between processed and played, electronic and live.

Whereas earlier Four Tet records slid into the atmosphere like a thief into the night, There ls LoveIn You maintains a heavier presence, bluntly announcing itself in your earlobes like a relaxed bomb blast.

Tracks slip from big dance tracks to loungey space-out wigaramas, and every transition feeb smooth and real. Hebden's career as Flour Tet has been one of chameleonic change. His lowering talent has slid under the radar until now - let's hope it doesn't stay hidden for much longer.

Canadian music is once more on the rise and taking the world by storm. And T'm not talking about Nickleback and all their carbon copies. I'm talking about good, original, different Canadian music. l'm talking about Lights!

Described as "intergalactic electro-pop," Lights fuses electronic, pop ..1ndeven alternative rock into her unique brand of music. Her debut album, Tile Listening,has garnered a lot of attention, not just in Canada, but across the world.

With heart wrenching anthems like single "Saviour," and more intense dance floor worthy songs like "Ice," Lights manages to write a song for everything. Whether you're feeling happy, sad, lonely, or full of love, this pint sized Canadian angel has the right song to listen to.

Hollow Crown -Architects UK hardcore has never sounded better. / follow Crown, the third album from Architects, sets a new standard, not just for bands from the UK, bul for the entire hardcore genre, With heavy riffs, intense drum beats and some of the best vocals in the genre for a long time, Architects are here to stay. Vocalist Sam Carter changes up his vocals, switching from the more general metal screaming to a raspier, harsher kind of "screamo" scream; also using melodies in almost every song, showing that he can sing just as well he can scream, For a good dose of hardcore with soulful harmonics, definitely check out Hollow Crown by Architects.

- Corinne Bailey Roe Vancouver Mutilation -Quadruple TheSeo Dare Quadruple Dnre is a co-project by four music groups based in Vancouver. Adjective, Fake Shark Real Zombie, The Good News and Junior Major Lakethree turns playing tracks originally performed by each other. For exam pie, the album starts off with The Good News covering Junior Major's track "Still Don't Hate You." It is a great way to sample four bands in a fair and balanced serving. Servings includes a NOFX-csque cover of the Good News's "Backstage Underage" by Fake Shark Real Zombie. lt continues on with a B-52-esque cover of Fake Shark Real Zombie's "Dirty Bird" by Adjective. This project is certainly of interest to those who seek Downtown East Side scene music.

(Rollingstone.com) With a 2006 debut that i;howed off her fluttery, Billie Holiday-inflected wine-bar soul, Corinne Bailey Rae gave a boost to the UK. export industry in women singer-songwriters, earning Grammy nods and an Alist career. Then her husband died of an overdose. Her latest is bolh reckoning and rebirth. "So young for death," she sings, smearing her girlish coo into gray-scale abstractions and deep emotions. Fragile arrangements- guitar, auto-harp, orchestra - suggest indie rock ("Are You Here") as much as R&B (the Isley Brothers-ish "Closer").

Rae also celebrates love and, on "The Blackest Lily," even rocks a funky vocoder, confronting death with the greatest weapon: life, fully lived.

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The guitar howls, the drums thunder and the good times roll, roll, roll. lt may be a drop in the bucket but it's loud, and it's fun.

shithole called "Adult Contemporary." Far from it. The Spitfires are more full of youth, piss, vinegar and antics than many angst-ridden teen bands that tend to lope around the music biz. The Spitfires live up to their name. Tne Spitfires have fun.

Their lyrics are what some cyni· cal gliteratli (music i:mobs)in the crowd would call clichc. They're right, and that's why the Spitfires are a blast: lines like "Juke box

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Album Review HotChi- OneLifeStand spliff as I sat in the park with my PAUL BRAMMER mate some five years ago, when he

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f all modern genres, dancepop b one of the most ubiquitous, and also one of the most transient.

We all vaguely remember groups like Hot Hot Heat and The Rapture; their tunes made us move our caboose like no other in a nightclub somewhere back in the mists of time.

But these tunes rarely, if ever, give themselves over well to a long-player. Unless you're at a party, or on some kind of prescription uppers, dance-pop tunes just don't quite cut it when you're kicking back in your pad, drinking cocoa and reading the broadsheets.

Cue Hot Chip. Arguably the most quintessentially English bond since The Kinks (note the cardigans, prescription glasses, gawky looks and general affability), Hot Chip quickly carved out a niche as one of the most exciting dance-pop bands in Britain. This, when you think about it, is basically damning them with faint praise - like saying that they're the best unsubstantial band in the land.

But, with Hot Chip, there was always something different, something intangible that set them apart from the other dance-pop groups. I still remember lighting a

turned on "Tht! Warning," from the album of the same name. I listened through the haze as Alexis Taylor sung/spoke that Ilot Chip will break my legs and snap off my head. I was enamored with the track - its subtle instrumentation lying under Turner's invective, which seemed to channel Ian Brown and Ray Davies at the same time, almost as if they were apologizing for threatening you so bluntly.

Despltt! thiti, The Wnming was effectively an album of singles.

When il was good, it was amazing; when it was bad, it was still okay, but a little disposable.

Then came Made in the Dnrk.

Made in l'he Dark was an ALBUM with capital letters; there was a beginning, middle and end. Tt was coherent, rocking, ornatt!, layered, diverse, sublime. It announced Hot Chip as A Real Band, not just some dance-pop upstarts with delusions of grandeur.

One Life Stand, their new album, is their best yet. Lead singer and primary vocalist Alexis Taylor told an interviewer that he wrote the album playing piano with one hand and holding his new baby daughter with his other.

This image, as well as being very beautiful, directly inform:;

the content - both lyrically and mu:;ically - of the album. 011eLife Stn11dis a love album, not a dance album; at times, tht;?danct! factor almost seems incidental. It is with this LP that Hot Chip fully throw off the vestiges of the dance-pop label and firmly announce themselves as one the best British bands operating in any genre or musical style.

Two of the album's 10 songs have the word "love" in the title, and this word, fet!ling and idea permeates the entire album. Even on the most dance floor-worthy songs, the lyrics are preoccupied with settling down and embracing the family life. On "I Feel Better," which in a more one-dimensional band's hands would be a simple four-to-the-floor tune, Taylor warbles that "heaven is nowhere/just look to the stars."

Other tracks arc also unashamedly emotive and forthright. On "Broth!.?rs," the band sings about the simple joys of playing Xbox with your friends and taking care of one another after a few too many pints. It's a touching song that serves as the centre-point for the LP. The most thumping track is called "We Have Love," so you can sec where they're coming from even when they're getting their rocks off. Taylor tells an unnamed

confidante that he has nothing else to be pmud o(, only love.

If this sounds a little sappy, w!.?11,it's not; because the album is so well executed, so confidently done, so sincere in its declarations, it's impossible to not get swept up in the vibe. Another song, "Alley Cats,'' is co-lead singer Jot;?

Goddard's ode to his mother, who passed away. It's a simple, touching plaintive tune that gets in your head and your heart.

Conversely, penultimate song "Keep Quiet" is a haunting, sparse song that's punctuated by sharp jabs on the keyboard. It's an unset-

tling yet oddly soulful, understated track that leads well into joyous album closer "Take It In," which is one of the strongest songs on the LP. With all the shi@you hear on the radio and on commercials and everywhere else, a band like Hot Chip with an album like 011e Life Stand goes some way to reaffirming one's faith in music; here is an original, confident, once-ina-generation band making music that captures your heart and your head.

And, while we're at it, your caboose.

fully, but are never quite in perfect synchronization, showing the discord of the couple described by the narrative. When the cello comes in to emphasize the point after the introduction, the song becomes fully realized and shows this trio off as more than a flavour of the month.

Anyone with any sort of Albertan history should be immediately familiar with the town and historic site of Frank Slid!.!,AB, which is nestled in the southwestern Rockies. The town is noted as a mining town that got rich quick and mined too deep; so quick and deep the mountain fell down on top of it. With their song, "Frank, A.B.," the RAA sings a narrative about a young coal miner and his lover, trapped under the rubble and dying. The song explains that their love will endure through death.

Perhaps the most touching track of the album is the albums last,

"In the Summertime." lt has an almost religious feel, abandoning the lead guitar for a pipe-organ ..

Thi! song, which portrays two lovers but through lifetimes, shows love has its own seasons; while love may not always be in synch between two people, a love lo:;t can be found again by those determined enough to see it through the highs and the lows. The song ends off beautifully by having a feminine voice assure the previous male vocalist, "that their love is still strong."

The RAA just finished up a show for the Cultural Olympiad in Vancouver on Feb 15,playing with City :.md Colour. Their next major commitment is the SXSW (South

by Southwest) festival in Houston, Texas in March. After that, their tour schedule appeari; open, so let's hope they show up this side of the Rockies again this year.

Album Review TheRural Alberta Advanfa e - Hometowns core. Their sound is very much LEWIS VAN DYK like a folkish White Stripes or a

Rocky Mountains and the Great Lakes. It seems to show that no MANAGINGCDITOR Canadian Death Cab for Cutie. matter where in Canada you go, it is rich with wonder-but there will nybody growing up in Canada This is very much by their own admission. On their website always be a special tie and connecon the cast side of the Rocky Mountains, and before the longitu(www.theraa.com) they say, that tion to where you grew up.

One track later we come to "The dinal line that separates cowboys they "play indie-rock songs about from combine pilots, rcmembt;?rS hometowns and heartb!'cak, bom Dcthbridge in Lethbridge," a track with a lot of meaning and connothe Alberta government's shameout of images from growing up tation. Speaking as a Lcthbridge less self-promotion program "The in Central and Northern Alberta.

Alberta Advantage." The Rural Al- They sing about summers in the escapee, I can say that the upbt!at berta Advantage (RAA), however, Rockies and winters on lhc farm, tune, in conjunction with the lyrexpropriates tht! slogan from its oil ice breakups in the spring time ics, present an unspoken, ovcrand gas connotations, and gives it and the oil boom's charm, the whelm i ng burden in that city that a sound that is reminiscent of the mine workers on compressed, the people need to move on from. The homincss and coziness of growing equally depressed, the city's slow song echoes familiar for anybody growth and the country's wild that has left their hometown in unup on the prairies.

While on first glance, the name rose, but mostly the songs just try pleasant circumstances.

"Don't Haunt this Place" offers might suggest the band would be to embrace the advantage of grow• ing up in Alberta." the first duel of the album, about better suited for Nashville rather a relationship gone stale and the than Vancouver, or Toronto (where The first trc1ck on Hometow11s 1 they arc currently based out of, "The Ballad of the RAA," is a space that remains physically and self-reflective trip of leaving emotionally after a relationship despite their Alberta roots), the somebody's homeland for differlike that is over. Both voca Iists sing RAA have a unique, melodic indie well with each other and play off sound all their own while singing ent scenery. Contrasting two great natural Canadian institutions, the each other's harmonies wonderlyrics that arc Canadian to their

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The riff in the bridge is especially tasty, didinitely worth digging out of your parents record collection.

THE BAD & THE UFV Bowie - Colden Years

When David Bowie isn't busy playing Mr. Tesla or evil. .. labyrinthine ... fi!.?nds he was usually making music, or having sex.

Sometimes he had sex through music. And there you have it.

"Golden Years" is a song so silky smooth even your momma loves it.

Me First and the GimmicGimmies - My Favorite ·1"hings A classic in the genre of punk bands doing classic songs. Tn fact it may have started il. I will have to say it is based on no researc;h whatsoever. I mean, it's the song from sound of music, punk style.

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Joe Satriani -S.M.F. Joe Satrla11i is a guitar genius.

That said, he is one that is critically underrated. Herc he blends blues and metal in one brooding passage. He is an unlikely - or unknown - precursor to everyone from John Frusciante to Tom Mo• rcllo.

Alice in Chains - Don't Follow This definitely should be played al more funerals. A beautiful song that is tragic and beautiful as well.

Perhaps the best part of the song and the main reason it should be at funerals is the upbeat ending, complete with harmonica. Il gives hope and just sounds great.

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UFV ResearchReviewPublished Essays destined tobecome book TREVOR FIK deal with Vancouver press agency

STAFF WRITER Anvil Press that will sec the review come into print. ith the production of the "This is monumental because it University of the Fraser Val- will be done in conjunction with ley's newest research review near- UFV and will be laying the foun· ing completion, UFV has begun a dation for UFV starting its own printing press," research review process that has explored a previously limited branch of Canadian contributor Paul Falardeau noted. research, while laying the founThe current research review dation for research at UFV to be- was based around the topic of come comparable to that of a fully "Landscape, Self, and lntercultu ral Narratives in BC and Pacific fledged university.

The .review, which has been de- Northwest Literature." Those inscribed by contributors as an "at- terested in writing on the topic tempt to produce scholarly work were not limited by position (evfrom the university," will go into eryone from undergraduate stuprint later this year. The hope is dents to professionals in the field that the review will act as a re- were encouraged to submit), or source journal for those interested by the type of research that could in the topic of discussion, and as be submitted. Submissions could an aid for those pursuing their range in style and complexity, and were not limited to a review of litown research.

Research review constructor erature, case studies, field reports, and UFV English professor Trevor and creative non-fiction.

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ther scholarly interest in writing from this unique bioregion," Carolan explained.

As Carolan goes on to explain, the current research in the area of literature in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest focused on in this issul:! "represents an early step" in the research process, as there has traditionally bel:!n little writing on the literature of this region of the country.

In order to get a wide variety of contributions and perspectives, Carolan used all the resources and contacts at his disposal to get a huge breadth of writers. Carolan's work paid off, and the team included such literary hotshots as former poet laureate of Vancouver George McWhirter, and Eminent poets P.K. Page and Carolyn Zonailo. The team was supported

by UFV's own Ron Dart, Hilary Turner, Carolan himself, and students Chelsea Thornton and Paul

Falardeau.

Chelsea Thornton, whose topic focused on the "Inner and Outer Landscape in the Writing of Northern British Columbia," added that she felt compelled to contribute to the review due to lhc "incredible power of the landscape up in Prince Rupert." "l think that the bcsl way to motivate people to protect something is to reveal to them that nature conservation is actually self-preservation," Thornton explained.

UFV Political Science professor Ron Dart, whose work was focused on the "West-Coast Literary Political Clashes of 1960-65," wanted to assist in "filling in a gap of west coast history that has previously been maligned by an American anarchist presence."

He explained 11A strong American presence in Canadian Universities and literary journals and newspapers acted as a form of

cloned subway tunnels of London that have been taken over by magic, monsters, murderers and saints arc just the beginning of the universe that is Nevcrwl1ere.

Richard must travel through these wondrous and terrifying realms, discovering his own stnmgth .ind the life he was meant for, Accompanying Richard on this epic arc startlingly real, believable characters. rafted in a way that is lacking in quite a few novels these days, they convey emotion that makes you want to love, hate, fight and cheer for them. This is an ability that Neil Gaiman has always had, being able to create characters that you wish were real and worlds that you can almost touch.

The style of Caiman's Neverwhere has a darkness to it, not just in setting and character, but in feeling. All throughout the story you feel as if the murderous hunt-

ers and the twisting labyrinth of London Below are sucking you into your own personal nightmare.

All this be, mg said, Ncverwltere is a great achievement, not just for Neil Gaiman, but for the fantasy genre as a whole. Novels such as this a.re sometimes few and far between, which is something that saddens me deeply, being a fantasy and sci-fi fan. There is not a dull moment in this story- it sucks you in and won't spit you out until you have read every last word.

So if you're looking for a good book that will feel like your greatest adventure, but not wanting a series that will take over your life, then Neil Caiman's Neverwhcreis just the perfect book.

Mehta has received a lot of criticism for creating female characters that need to be rescued. For once, though, Mehta has created a woman that doesn't need rescuing. The abuse Chand lives through makes her go into a surreal world that mimics an Indian legend about a cobra king, which eventually helps her stand up for herself.

While llenven 011J;;arthis largely a film about spousal abuse, it's also about the difficulties many skilled immigrants face when they come to Canada. Chand is educated, and quite intelligent. However, she's forced to take a job in a linen processing facility because there is nowhere else for her Lo work.

She has no knowledge of her legal rights (even her basic rights as an employee), and is forced to live in a small two bedroom home with seven other people (plus a group of tenants that work nights but sleep in the house during the day).

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the home almost palpable. Zinta conveys the stress in the home by having a constant look of worry on her face. She flinches at every loud noise, and gives off the impression of a whipped dog, Zinta completely slips into the roll of abused wife, which only seems to lift when she briefly escapes into her fantasy world.

The film isn't as visually stunning as some of Mehta's other fiIms, but since it's set in Brampton that's to be expected. The movie opens in India, and is full of bright colours and light. Once the setting shifts to Canada, the movie makes more use of dark lighting and greys - it adds a depressing and bleak tone to the movie. However, the film alternates between black-and-white and colour scenes, which helps to break up the monotony of a movie set in Brampton.

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cultural imperialism. Canadian poetry and literature on the West Coast was largely colonized by American intellectuals fleeing the draft."

Dart has praised the research review as "the first and best general reference overview" on the topic of 13.C.and Pacific Northwest Literature, adding that production can assist in a "thoughtful and diverse" discussion on the issue.

"It can really inspire future writers to explore our culture and past, sec what great writing we have produced and inspire people to continue creating a world class pacific West Coast scene," Falardeau added.

Those wishing to view the research review can visit the website of the e-journal, which can be found at the site: journals. ufv.ca/rr.

BookReview Neverwhere b NeilGaiman ancce, he stumbles across a young RHYS MURLEY

woman bleeding on the sidewalk.

CONTRIBUTOR Stopping to help her, Richard's life ith the fantasy fiction world begins to change in extraordinary being overrun with stories ways. of witches, wizards and sissy, The morning after he helps the sparkling vampires, it is getting a young woman, Door, she has dislittle difficult to find a solid novel appeared and Richard is seemingthat makes magic, fontflsy .ind the ly invisible lo all he knew, fllmost impossible seem real. One author as if he never existed. His apartthat has accomplished this with ment is rented out to another coueverything he has written is Neil ple while he's still in il, no one at his job recognizes him, his office is Cai man, king of fantasy.

Having written the epic Sand- a storage room, and his fianccc has mnn graphic novels and New York no idea who he is. In order to find Timesbestsellers such as American out what has happened to him and Godsand Stardust,there is no ques- to put his life back together, Richtion as to Neil Gaiman's skill at ard must find Door and travel to the dark and mystical underside of creating believable and entrancing London. fantasy worlds.

Now, without giving too many Neverwhere,one of Caiman's first full novels, takes place in London spoilers, this is quite possible one and follows average businessman of the best fantasy novels of our Richard Mayhew. On a date with time. Rich worlds that arc all crehis ambitious and controlling fi- ated within the sewers and aban-

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bride. Un fortunately for the bride, Chand (played by Pricepa Mehta is known for directing movies that are ety Zinta), her contr_oversial. Her 1996 film, Fire, husband and .., his family are caused a great deal of controversy because the two protagonists were abusive.

While this lesbians; filming of 2005's Waler had to be moved to Sri Lanka film isn't near(and filmed under a pseudonym), ly as controbecause the set was attacked by a versial as some mob; and she is currently workof Mehta's ing on a film adaptation of Salman other films, Rushdie's Midnight's Children it does take a (while Midnight'sChildrendoes not serious look at a subject have the same aura of taboo has TIie Sntanic Verses,it's still a film that is rarely adaptation of a Rushdie novel). examined by Hollywood; Mehta is not uncomfortable workusually, films ing with subjects that generate more controversy than cash. about spousal In 2008, Mehta released the Punabuse take an jabi-language film Heavenon Earth with her arranged husband and almost preposterous approach to (which was dubbed into Hindi and his family. When the couple first the subject - like 2002's Enough. released under the name Videshin meets (at the airport in Bramp- While Mehta does make some use India), a film about a young Indian ton), things seem to be going well. of magical realism, there's no over bride who comes to Canada to live Rocky seems excited. ~9h8iv~111.1;i,;l-Y ~.eLtQp,fq~g~ ~c;),91,I\e§tbfJi~~ ,1 , ·

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King Colbert Blesses the Ice-Holes JED MINOR PRODUCTION tephen Colbert said he didn't expect such a large turnout for the first of the two live Vancouver tapings of his late-night show, The ColbertReport. Apparently he doesn't know how popular he is north of the border.

Estimated at 6,000 people by the L.A. Times, Colbert called the crowd the "most polite mob" he had ever seen. He wns right, to 1.1 point. After waiting politely in line for hours, (some since as early as 1:00 a.m.), the facade broke all of a sudden nt around 9 a.m. when the Canadian Colbert Nation stormed the unfenced, unguarded field in front of the stage.

The unwashed and huddled mass then abided until about 10:30 a.m. when the object of their affections showed finally showed up. Colbert did not disappoint; he cracked jokes about the "Vancouver swamp,'' (which referred to the muddy field in which we were standing) and urged us to

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Colbert came off as affable, intelligent, and extremely funny - which is a sharp contrast with his carefully-crafted dickish on-

screen persona. He was witty and natural off-camera as well, reminding the crowd he was doing his show "without the help of marijunna" and telling us, "Please forgive me if I fuck up."

After he had warmed up the crowd a little he announced that the three guests he would be interviewing live were going to be Michael Buble, Mike Eruzione (the captain of America's 1980 Olympics "Miracle on Ice" hockey team) and Bob Costas of NBC Sports.

Interestingly, the guests had to wait for quite some time by themselves onstage while Colbert prepped backstage for the interview.

The crowd, while very respon-

sive when Colbert was on stage, became unruly when faced with these awkwardly seated guests, and some light heckling ensued.

This prompted Michael Buble to express his pleasure that the crowd did not "have rocks." To which some random MENSA member shouted, "WE DOI" The interviews were typical Colbert fare, some verbal jousting coupled with ironic statements from the host. Michael BubMheld his own, stating that the reason the U.S. needed Canada was so they cou'ld have flags to put on their suitcases. The interview ended in spectacular fashion with Bublc and Colbert dueting on Canada's national anthem sung to the tune of "Star Spangled Banner." Despite some wrong notes it was truly an impressive feat, if in fact it was not pre-rehearsed.

The Eruzione interview, understandably, was a bit of a love-fest, as the "Miracle on Ice" celebrated it's thirtieth anniversary Feb 22.

Finally, while Bob Costas was on stage alone the crowd be-

gan chanting at him to "ride the moose," referring to the stuffed moose onstage. Colbert assured the crowd he would, and at the end of the interview, he did!

Colbert first caught the mainstream media's attention with his comedic evisceration of George Bush at the 2006 White House Correspondent's Dinner. Since then he has gone on to become a media phenomenon combining viral marketing strategics with ginsusharp political satire.

In the run up to Vancouver 2010 he was covered prominently in the press for his over the top diatribes against the VANOC organizers, claiming they were limiting U.S. athlete's practice time on Olympic facilities, thereby giving an unfair advantage to the Canadian Olympians. He even went so far as to call us Syrup-Suckers and IceHoles. This apparently did noth• ing to dim Vancouver's enthusiasm for the popular satirist. "The Canadian people, God bless 'cm," Colbert told the Canadian Press.

"They get the joke."

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ChannelSurtinu For a while, seconds passed with the excruciSTAFF WRITER ating slowness of years. ormally, I don't endorse Despite my resistance, watching reality programI found myself wholly ming for any reason other than entranced by both proto mercilessly mock it. This is grams. When my girl, beca~ thin!i that ''r~ality" m1friend finalJy left, T dermines everything television turned out all the lights, should stand for, which is escapcurled up on the floor isr1\ into a fictional world filled and began to think, and with humour, dram.i, sd-fi, etc. l then gradually began to deal with reality every day and, weep. I cried myself to frankly, that shit is getting tired. sleep that night and upon Our lives are bursting with tenwaking, felt born anew. sion stemming from any number That night, l had come of things; why actively seek more? to Lhe realization that I It is possible to argue that fictional love reality television in television programming is all tena very particular way: I sion based as well, and I would only love reality televigrant you that. However, th~ t~nsion when the subject sion is dramatic. For instance, I'm matter is food. It's like never worried about what time peloving a woman only for riod I'm in (LC15t), or about having a her beautiful ears. But supercomputer in my head (Chuck). of tricks and traps, separated me love is still love, right?

Reality programming is all about from my beloved remote control "Channel Surfing" being a lainterpersonal tension and being and, clinging to it like Gollum to bour of love, r have decided to judged-two things I loathe. the One Ring, she would only os- compile a brief list of food-based My distaste for reality televi- cillate from channel 52 (The Food reality programming that is okay sion lasted until about a month Network) and 34 (TLC). The two to watch if you are as I was: a man ago when my girlfriend, through programs she foisted on me were incomplete. an increasingly elaborate series Choppedand CakeBoss.

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Chopped takes four up-andcoming chefs and makes them prepare courses (one course per round) out of everyday ingredients while battling the clock and each other. A lot of tim~s the ev• eryday it1grcdients will be offset by one non-sequitur ingredient that none of the chefs are familiar with, resulting in sometimes disastrous results. It's also nice to sec Ted Allen (the food-oriented one from Queer Eyefor the Straight Guy) on television again. Chopped airs Thursday's at 10 p.m. on The Food Network

Cake Boss: Buddy and his team make spectacular cakes that took too wellcrafted to actually consume. The stuff this man does with cake is incredible. No matter what happens in an episode, the show always ends on a happy note, which is a change from most reality programs. CakeBossairs Mondays at 9 p.m. on TLC.

What 1 dislike most about reality television is that the competitors who get cut will simply fade into obscurity and die alone. Top Chef Mastets ls basically Top Chef bttt the chers are already masters (duh) that are well-established and respected in the culinary world.

So r don't have to feel bad when they fail. Top Chef Masters begins its second season in April.

Diners, Drive-ins andDives: Follow lovable douchcbag Guy Pieri around the United States as he samples the most delicious, artery-clogging dishe1:1from 1:1ome very unorthodox chefs and establishments. This show is essentially food porn. Diners, Drive-ins and Dives airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on The Food Network.

eascadelrcade Serious Gomes JOEL SMARTplayers to keep playing.

STAFF WRITER In the article, James Gee, the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential ducators, scientists and game Chair in Literacy Studies at Ari· designers are beginning to zona State University, was quoted see huge potential in creating a explaining how the structure of new kind of video game - usually games is better than traditional called serious games - with edu- teaching. "We tend to teach scication, not entertainment, as the ence, for example, by telling you primary goal. These games can a lot of stuff and then letting you help to teach, train, or otherwise do science. Games teach the other prepare users for important mat- way. They have you do stuff, and ters in their lives. then as you need to know informaNew research coming out of tion, they tell it to you." Gee also Arizona State University has explained how because of the way found that techniques found in games test knowledge throughpopular video games could be out the learning experience, they used to teach students with much could eliminate the need for stanmore effectiveness. According to a dardized testing.

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However, due to new research and increased funding, such games are likely to make a wider impact.

One such example is a $3.9 million game, called Retro-Warriors,being developed by a professor at Yale School of Medicine to teach children aged 9-14about HIV. Serious games are also beginning to show up outside of the classroom as well. The American and Canadian military both use specifically designed games to train soldiers in various techniques and strategies. Canadian Forces:DirectActionis a federallyfunded modification of Sierra's SWAT 4 first person shooter. Training sinrl.da'tors'are f/orrietim'e!l'used

in other professions as well.

In a Gamasutraarticle, Ian Bogost, a game designer, uses the example of a food preparation game Cooking Mama, and a parallel parking simulator called Driver Ed Direct'sParallelParkingGameto hypothesize about the effectiveness of the safety demonstrations at the beginning of airplane flights. He suggests that a compelling game on the video display in front of each passenger could be used to ensure each person really does understand where the exits are, and how to don a life vest. He also suggests other serious game ideas, such as changing a diaper or assembling a bookshelf, things that become substantially easier once you've had the experience of do'ihg them once.'.' I J ' , ' '. >')

Some serious games can also help people cope with tough life challenges. One example is ReMission, designed to help teens and young adults who are living with cancer. The game features Roxxi, a nanobot, who shoots different types of cancer.

Games provide an important new medium for sharing ideas and experiences. Techniques learned in providing compelling, engaging, and entertaining video games to players can largely be translated into the creation of serious games, allowing them to teach without becoming boring or redundant.

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STAFF WRITER the game. Fasel explained the 180 win by the Canadians earlier in he Canadian women have not the week against Slovakia is befaced any real opposition in cause of a difference in hockey inthe hockey tournament so far, and volvement between the countries. that has some people worried. If "There are 88,000 girls who play in not enough other countries can Canada ... there are 267 girls playput a competitive team on the ice ing in Slovakia. That's the 18-0." for the competition, some fear the The game set an Olympic record event might not reappear in subse- for the biggest blowout in a womquent Olympics. en's hockey game. He also added Melody Davidson, head coach that China, which has 200 million of the Canadian team, was quoted girls, only has 67 women who play in a Globeand Mail article follow- hockey. ing a 13-1 mismatch against SweThose numbers are troubling den, admitting the scores had her for the sport, and despite the fact concerned. "I do worry about it, that it is nice to convincingly win but it's not my job to worry about a game, Canadians may want to it. My job is to prepare my team as consider supporting the hockey best as possible." programs for women in other Canadian captain Hayley Wick- countries. Hockey is a Canadian enheiser was quoted in the Toronto game, after all, and there would Star with a much less remorseful be no better way to celebrate tone. "They didn't really battle us that fact than to share it with the very hard or play with much of world. Canadians could support anything. There's nothing we can these foreign hockey programs eido about it. We're pushing our ther financially, or through other way to the big game and we're not methods, such as donating hockey going to apologize." In the article equipment. Unfortunately, due to Becky Keller, who plays defence, chauvinistic attitudes, women's was quoted saying she didn't feel hockey is not given much respect the Canadian dominance was pos- in many countries, but that could itively or negatively impacting the change Jn tlrne. sport.

The Canadian team is likely Rene Fasel, President of the In- more concerned with their final ternational Ice Hockey Federation, two games than they are about supattempted to ease fears about the porting hockey in other countries tournament in an American Chron- at the moment. Of the four teams icle article, simply stating "They left in the hunt for the gold medal, will continue." He did add that only Canada and the United States there is the possibility of a mercy look to pose any serious threat for rule being added to the game be- the ultimate prize. The two powerfore the 2014Olympics. house teams will hope to match up Even if the tournament stays, in the gold medal game, set to take increased competition between place on February 25. After the the competing countries would medals are awarded, players may be good news for everyone. TI,e begin to reflect more thoroughly largest problem currently is that on how to improve the game for not enough women are playing women internationally.

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JUSTIN ORLEWICZ STAFF WRITER he Abbotsford Heat are ofT ficially on a winning streak, after over a month of dismal play.

After losing their way out of play• off corttention, the Heat have managed to claw their way out of the gutter. The winning streak started with a few wins at home against the Wolves and the Marlies and it has seemed to snowball from there.

Last Monday the Heat had a rematch against the Marlies, but this time in was in the mini Maple Leaf's gardens. The Marlies were looking for some redemption against Heat after they dropped two straight games in Abbotsford the week before but the Heat had other plans for them.

In the first period the Heat traded goals with Toronto and then added one more in the second period before they completely blew the last place Marlies out of the water. Cam Cunning had one goal for the Heat and Olivier Latendresse and Mikael Backlund both added a pair, Garth Murray had two assists. The Heat then traveled to New England to take on the ninth place Providence Bruins. This was the first ever meeting for these two clubs.

The Heat went down a goal early in this contest before going up by two goals in the second period.

However, the lead didn't lasflong.

In the third period the sleeping

Bruins seemed to have woke up; they added three quick goals to take a 4-2 lead. This loss broke the long lasting winning streak at six games for the Heat.

The Heat will have a shot at redemption this Sunday as they will have a rematch with the Bruins to complete the two game series before they head back to Bridgeport. Hopefully this is just a minor speed bump in the road for the Heat; they have managed to put themselves back into the playoff picture. They sit just one point out of a playoff spot and with a win this weekend in Bridgeport and Providence they could sit comfortably tied for the sixth playoff position in the conference.

With a reasonably easy sched-

ule to finish off the season the Heat could very well make their first appearance in the playoffs in their first ever season, a feat that isn't that easy to accomplish.

After this road trip the Heat will only play four games on the road, giving them the home ice advantage for the majority of this final stretch before the playoffs. The Heat will also play most of their games against teams that are at the bottom of the pack, so Abbotsford is at an advantage.

Heat now sit ninth in their conference and fourth in their division. The Heat will return home at the beginning of March to play the Grand Rapids Griffins. This game wlll mark the beginning of their massive home stand.

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Olympic Medal Update

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STAFF WRITER ence as "really good crazy." ith the first week of the Olympics all but finished up, Canadian spirit has never been so high. Anyone that can't believe the previous statement just ha8 to take a walk down Granville street to soak in the sea of red and white that has engulfed the road to see it's true. Though the critics have been quick to blast the athletes for coming up short in the "Own the Podium" campaign, the week has been full of highlights for Canada's nine medal winners.

Gold came into Canadian hands for the firsttime this week in the form of North Vancouver's Rael le Micker.

Micker grabbed the lead in the ladies' snowboard cross on Tuesday Feb 16, making her the second Canadian (and first female) athlete to take gold on home soil.

The scene at Cypress o.n Tuesday, where the snowboard cross was held, was one of intense celebration marked by disaster. Cypress mountain, which has been described as the Olympic "problem child," received enough rain (and not enough snow) to make several spectator areas dif-

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The award for surprise Canadian gold of the week has to go to previously unheard of athlete Jon Montgomery of Russell, Manitoba, who took the first place prize for the men's skeJeton. Montgomery, who works as an auctioneer in his hometown, described the experi-

home the medals for Canada. This was especially apparent going into the games, as Groves and Nesbitt had swapped the first and second poi;ition in world rankings for speed skating for both the 1000 metre and 1500 metre events.

And while both athletes were able to get on the podium, many had predicted multiple medals for each athlete. With ''Own the Podium'' hysteria well under way, media outlets and experts of the games are hailing this past weekend as a "disappointment" for Canadian athletes.

The Vancouver Sun described the weekend in term!l of a "weekend fizzle," while The Toronto Star called the games "a huge success of a flop," remarking how our Canadian pride has remained unshaken in the face of a low medal count.

Just to kick Canadian's while we are down, Canada currently has 16 fourthor fifth-place finishes according to the National Post, making our present position all the more unbearable. in Melbourne, Australia, won the Canada currently needs 16more gold in the women's 1000 metre medals to top the 24 gained in the speed skating. To anybody who 2006 games in Turin. With the Cafollows speed skating, this was n ad ia n men's curling team curnot surprising, as Nesbitt and rently undefeated, and the womteammate- Kristina -~ves hru;} en's curling squad having lost only dominated the world cup circuit one game, both teams are in a great all season long. position for medal contention. The Groves came in second place Canadian women's hockey team in the women's 1500 metre speed is in a similar position, going into skating event, taking home her a Feb 22 semi-final game against second medal of the games. She Finland having lost no games in had won a bronze medal in the the preliminary round. And while 3000 metre earlier in the week, the Canadian men's hockey team making her Canada's first double suffered a devastating lost to the medal winner.

United States (5-3), all hope is not With the Canadian men failing lost for the Canadians. The road to to break in to the medal standing a gold medal match, although an (after a disappointing race in the uphill battle the rest of the way, is 1000 metre from brothers Charles still possible for the team. and Francois Hamelin who placed Keeping the above in mind, exfourth and fifth), the women are pect the last week of the games to feeling increased pressure to bring be full of medals for our athletes.

Canadians hit the podium again on Wednesday, with a silver in Ladies 500 metre short track i;peed i;kating. This time it wai; 20year old Quebec native Marianne St-Gelais who came in second. StGelais skated narrowly in front of bronze winner Arianna Fontana from Italy, and just behind gold medal winner Meng Wang of China.

The Canadians continued domination at the Richmond Oval, taking home another medal in a speed skating event on Thursday.

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he Olympic hockey tournament is well underway and for the most part it is going pretty much the way that we have thought it was going to go, with the exception a few minor surprises.

Let's start with the biggest surprise of the tournament: the Russians losing to the Slovaks. After crushing the Latvians 8-2 and a two goal performance from Alexander Ovechkin, the Russians were up against an underrated Slovak team. The Slovaks held the Russians to only one goal going into the third period and then Marian Hossa tied il up and sent the game to overtime.

The game eventually went to a shootout, and the Vancouver Canucks own Favol Demietra put in a sensational shootout goal to end the game and upset the heavily favoured Russian team. The Russians are now in jeopardy 0£going directly to the quarter finah; and may have to play an extra game which will probably be against a

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The U.S. men's hockey team is a team that is very similar to the Swisi; team that beat the Canadians 2-0 at the Turin Olympics in 2006. ln Canada's defence, the Swiss have a sensational starting goaltender in Jonas Hillar. Hillar is the number one goaltender for the AnaheJrn Mighty Ducks and he was extremely hot against the Canadians on Thursday, making a handful of stops that on most nights would have been goals.

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STAFF WRITER 1976,Canada became the first ever hosting nation to not win a gold efore we begin, I would like medal in any event. to offer a disclaimer: I'm writAfter beating out the Swedish ing this article nearly a full week city of Falun and the Italian city before you are reading it. As such, of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Calgary much of the data in this article became the second Canadian city regarding medal standings for to host an Olympic event, but the the 2010 Winter Olympic Cames first to host the Winter Olympics is likely to change. However, the in particular. Sadly, Canada wou Id dataaboutthel976SummerO1ymfail to impress yet again. Out of pie Games and the 1988 Winter the 57 nations participating in the OlyfYlpic. Games will only chansa, • Gamos, Canada placed thirteenth if there is a rip in the time space with a meager five medals (two continuum, in which case this silver, three bronze). The Soviet article may not have even been Union placed first yet again with written, and, furthermore, you 29 medals. On~e again, Canada or I may never have been born in came away with the dubious the first place. Sadly, this isn't an honor of having not only been the article about the subtleties of time first nation to fail to win a gold on travel. This is an article about the home soil, but the first nation to do somewhat lacklustre history of the it twice.

Olympics in Canada.

As you may well know, Canada The first Canadian city to host (specifically Vancouver) is hosting an Olympic event was Montreal, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. in the summer of 1976. lt began Many people were worried that o.n July 17 and ended on August 1. the Canadian Curse would enOut of the 6,084 athletes from 96 dure and that we would fail to countries that participated in the win a gold medal on home soil for Ca mes, Can.ada only won a mildly an astonishing third time. Such disappointing 11 medals (five sil- fears turned out to be unwarver, six bronze). This number pales ranted as freestyle skier, Alexanin comparison to the 125 medals dre Bilodeau, won Canada's first won by the Soviet Union (where gold medal only a few days into the gold medal wins you!). the Games. Canada's gold streak The way the Olympic medal did not stop there, however, as we table is constructed, countries that have won four gold medals at the win a gold medal are automatitime of writing this. Maelle Ricker cally placed above countries that won gold in women's snowboard have not won a gold medal; which cross, speedskater Christine Nesmeant:; that dei,pite itt1 l1 medals, bitt won gold in the women's 1000 Canada placed 27, sandwiched be- metres and Jon Montgomery won tween the might of Trinidad and gold in skeleton.

Tobago (one gold medal) and BelOnly time will tell if Vancougium (three silver, three bronze). I ver will have the most successsuppose we should be thankful to ful Olympic Games experience have won a medal at all, consider- in Canadian history, but in terms ing the fact that 55 countries didn't of medals won, Vancouver has even place. That's a staggering 57 already made it into the history per cent failure rate. However, we books.

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The winner of the Canada lost to the U.S.A., 5-3. Russia managed to beat out the Czechs 4-2. And Sweden dominated Finland, 3-0.

Since Canada lost to the U.S., they were forced to take on the Germans last Tuesday. Lucky for Team Canada, they were able to win this contest 8-2.

The Germans managed to lose with some dignity, as they fought to the end, scoring their last goal with just over a minute left in the third period.

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