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Student Life: Part of the UFV Experience

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event. Martin Kelly, the Student SONJA SZLOVICSAK Life co-ordinator deserves a huge EDITOR-IN-CHIEF round of applause fur getting the ast week, Student Life pul on ball rolling on lhc cvcnl. He manan amazing event. The goal aged to track down a whole whack was to raise money for Haiti, and of student groups and get them to by and large, it worked. The ma- parlicipale in the fundraiscr - on jority of donations came from very short notice. students. In lolal, sludcnls and Once Martin got in touch with faculty donated about $1500 that lhcsc groups, a lot of them jumped will go towards relief in Haiti. right in. People were cooking, creThe federal government matched ating posters, helping setup and about $800, making the total going take down Lentsand tables - it was to Haiti relief because o( UFV stu- all very inspiring. dents approximalely $2,300.

Yes, the $1500 donated is a lot of That's a lot of money for stu- money, but the time people donatdents to donate. We're always ed for this event is impressive too. complaining about how broke we Student Life doesn't get all the are. Between textbooks, tuition attention it deserves. Right now, and parking, UPV students don't their kitchen in U-Housc is in sore have a lot of cash to spare. Usually, need of a few repairs, but those rewhatever we have jingling around pairs probably won't happen anyin our pocket goes to a four dollar time soon. bowl of soup from the cafeteria.

Iiowev()r, events like the Haiti The president of the Pre-Med fundraiser, where groups of stuStudent's Association (PMSA), De- dents come together Lo work tonise Hawley, said Lhat her group wards a common cause, should be tries to act how the ideal doctor considered a part of the university should act. The PMSA was one of experience. It was not on~ group the many groups that participated that put this event on; rather, many in the cvcnl. Yes, the ideal doctor student ·groups that don't have is a giving and generous person; much in common, got together to but, the ideal human being is car- put this on.

That's hands on experience that ing and generous as well (I guess in other words, we should all be group work in a classroom can't more like the PMSA). compare to.

Learning shouldn't just come Of course, Student Life docs from the classrom. Yes, we all more than organize fundr~sers learn very valuable things from for earthquake ravaged countries; lectures and textbooks. But part they help student groups bring of the university experience is life in speakers, organize space for experience. events, organize social events, and Student Life organized the connect students with each other.

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An information display from last week's Haiti fundraiser.

Student Life provides an opportunity for students to learn outside of a textbook.

Not that there's anything wrong with learning from textbooks. But let's be honest here, we a rcn'l shelling out thousands of dollars so we can read a bunch of textbooks.

We're here for a university expcri• cnce. And that's what Student Life gives us.

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Editor's nolc: Last week, an article about Cinnamon Toast Funk's upcoming album FeelsMuch Better stated that Aaron Dahl is the band's guitarist.

While Dahl currently plays the guitar for Cinnamon Toast Funk, Dan Klassen was lhe guitarist for the album FeelsMuch Better. The Cascadewould like to apologize for any confusion this error may have caused.

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Cascade Sees Structure Change LEWIS VANDYK is now governed by two separate MANAGINGEDITOR boards. This will ensure that the Cascade is more accountable to he Cascade Journalism Society the fee-paying student body.

The Board of Directors has takhas just changed its self-governance structure to be more in line en over the responsibilities of the with standards set by peer news- Collective. It is composed of five papers across Canada, and the 6.C. student representatives, one comSocieties Act. Formerly run by the munity representative, one faccollective, a governing membcr- ulty/staff representative and one sh lp which includes all writers, Cascade alumni representative.

The Board of Directors will largely editors and regular contributors, the Cascade Journalism Society be responsible for establlshing the

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The editorial board is still responsible for all content of the newspaper. The editorial board is comprised of the Editor-in-Chief, the Managing Editor, the Copy Editor, the section editors, and the production man~ger. The Edito-

rial Board ensures that a iltandard of quality is applied lo the newspaper.

Currently, many board positions have been filled. However, there are still two student-at-large representative positions open.

If any student is interested as to whal such work would entail, please contact the society at cascade.society@gmail.com.

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Iran'sNuclearCapacityCauses Concern TRlVORFIK STAFF WRITER

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n the eve of the thirty-first anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, Iran's nuclear agency chief Ali Akbar Salehi announced plans to begin production of highgrade nuclear fuel in the country, as reported by the National Post.

This will coincide with the con• struction of 10 uranium enrichment plants, which is set to take place over the next year.

The enrichment of uranium from the two per cent level that Iran is currently capable of, to the 20 per cent level required to run a Tehran nuclear medicine reactor, will take place in the company of agents from the International Atomic Energy Agency, Salehi confirmed.

The BBC reported that Salehi intends to inform the United Nations of plans to begin enrichment of uranium to at least 20 per cent via a letter. The notice did not pro• vide detail of how much of lran's estimated 1.8 tons of uranium would be enriched, nor a timeline of when the process would begin.

The minimum required level to construct a crude nuclear weapon is 20 per cent, with the 90 per cent level being the optimal level for constructing a nuclear bomb, according to the Globeand Mail.

The announcement caused a stir amongst United Nations members, many of whom immediately denounced the act, calling for increased sanctions against the franian Republic.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy added that "the time has come for the adoption of strong

sanctions" against Iran, in the hope that "a peaceful way to resolve this issue" may still be reached.

Tn response, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran remains "open to a proposed nuclear fuel exchange with world powers." However, Ahmadinejad has largely used the issue as a way to taunt western powers, hailing the move as a triumph for the Islamic state, according to the Na• tionalPost.

The issue of nuclear power in Iran has long been a hot-button issue within the middle-eastern country, reported the BBC, with many analysts calling the recent move by Iran a bluff. Mark Fitzpatrick, a proliferation expert at London's International Institute

for Strategic Studies, added that "there is no way Iran could begin to construct and equip that many more plants."

"Tran has made a series of statements that are ... based on politics, not on physics," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.

Previous to Salehi's statement, the Iranian government had reached a tentative agreement with the United Nations to trade low-grade uranium in exchange for fuel for their reactors, reported the Globeand Mail. The move was nixed, however, when Iran's proposed amendments to the deal were rejected by the United States, France and Russia. The amendments included allowing Iran to keep much of their uranium stock-

Khamenei said.

Responding as a member of the permanent United Nations Security Council, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi warned against any sudden economic sanctions against Iran, as sanctions could "complicate the situation." According to the BBC, China relics heavily on Iranian oil to power the country's export-heavy manufacturing and industrial sector.

With state-sponsored marches set to commemorate the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian government has cracked down on protesters within the country.

The Times reported that the Iranian government has also taken the battle for Iran to a cyber level by infiltrating opposition websites and shutting down peer networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. A message appears to in· dividuals attempting to access the opposition website within Iran, complete with a picture of the Irapile.

Speaking during the celebra- nian flag and an AK-47. The poptions on February 11, Jran's Su- up states: "Stop being agents for preme Leader Ayatollah Ali those who are safely in the US and Khamenei called the western are using you." powers "arrogant and bullying In an open statement to the Unitstates that employ futile efforts to ed Nations High Commissioner subdue the Islamic nation.'' for Human Rights, human rights Khamenei also responded to advocate and 2003 Nobel Laureate criticisms from media agents Voice Dr. Shirin Ebadi expressed horror of America, the BBC and Deutsche at how the "peaceful protests" of Welle (Germany), who have criti- many Iranian nationals have been cised the Iranian government be- "responded [to] with bullets and cause their television signals were imprisonment." allegedly jammed entering the ''A large number of political, civil, and even cultural, activists country.

"The propaganda of (western) have been arrested on unfounded enemies from their newspapers, charges. Some of them were senTV stations and their spies have tenced to death after summary tried to create conflict among trials behind closed doors," Ebadi the people, but they have failed," said.

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FRIDAY,FEBRUARY 19ili,2010

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UK Iraq War Inquiry Continues KYLEE SWADDlN CONTRIBUTOR he inquiry into Britain's involvement in the Iraq war of T 2003 is into its third month, and investigators have interviewed several high-rankjng members of the Blair government, as well as Tony Blair himself.

Alistair Campbell, Tony Blair's former "spin doctor," gave an emotional and impassioned defence of the former Prime Minister's decision to follow the U.S. into war against Iraq.

Giving evidence at the Chilcot inquiry in London, Campbell accused media outlets of hounding Bl.iir and his former subordinates.

"I don't think people are interested in the truth anymore. I think you're a 11 interested in settling your own scores and settling your own agenda,'' Campbell said.

Campbell maintained that Blair has been "a totally honourable man."

In an interview with the BBC, Campbell appeared to be on the brink of tears when talking about the vilification that he felt was being directed towards himself and Mr. Blair.

Campbell wrote in his o.nline blog that the reason he was so upset was that "for years, we have been accused of lying when we know we didn't. For inquiry after inquiry, we've faced perfectly legitimate questions, which we have answered as best we can. I have been at four inquiries now, and though the first three cleared good enough for those who opme of the serious allegations of pos1.?dwhat we did," wrongdoing T faced, il is never He also posted in his blog:

FirstNations university students Student employment numbers slowly crawling back optimistic despite funding cuts

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China cracks downontexting

students havefound worksincelast People InChina mightwanttoreconsider nel<t Despite provlncial andfederal funding cutsof$12 Many toengage In"sextlng." million andcounting, students attheFirstNations summer's highratesofunemployment, according timetheydecide tothegovernment-owned newspaper University ofCanada areoptimistic aboutthe toaStatistics Canada reportreleased lastweek. According Force Survey release indicated China Dally, authorities willnowbemonitoring institution's future, saidstudent Cadmus Delorme. TheFeb.5Labour "Number one,wewillnotletourInstitution close. thestudent jobless rateIsnowsittingat15.1per textmessages.

Whatthestudents wanted fromdayonewasac- cent,down fromthe16percentreported atthe Mobile phone companies suchasChina Mobile Unicom havebeenordered byBeijing countability andtransparency.

Wegotthat,•said endof2009- making thisthemostsignificant andChina Inyouthemployment sincefall2008. tobeonthelookout for•unhealthy" words and Delorme, commenting ontherecent appointment increase economy Isstarting toturnaround (and) ofanInterim boardofgovernors atFNU, Canada's "The phrases. there's growth Inproduction, butIt'sgoingtotake Although thereIsnoofficial statement onwhat onlyaboriginal-run university.

Theschool's boardofgovernors wasdissolved a longer timeforthattofeedintothelabour mar- language Isdeemed unhealthy, China Mobile toflaganyInferences to ketandtolowerunemployment rates,• saidMIies statedthatitIsrequired earlier thismonth.

Corak, a professor withtheUniversity ofOttawa's pornography, violence, fraud, terrorism, InstigaDelorme, theFNU Student's Association vicepresident, saidstudents rallied theFederation graduate school ofpublic andInternational tionstocrimeandgambling.

China's otherstate-run media outlet,Xlnhua ofSaskatchewan lndlan Nations (FSIN)-the affairs ..•Alotofpeople gotdiscouraged bythe situation oflastyearandhave News, reports thatthegovernment Ispursuing organization thatcontrols theuniversity - tolet (pooremployment) "experts• formanInterim boardofgovernors. stopped looking forwork- theymightstart a nationwide crackdown onsexually explicit textmessages, including •expressed orobscure backIntothemarket (now):' Theschool became embroiled Incontroversy coming behavlour,""teaslng orInsulting content,• afterItsformer chief financlal officer Murray FewCanadian students haveforgotten aboutthe sexual discouragement theyfacedlastyear,whenunem- "descriptions ofsomespecific partsofthehuman Westerlund madeclaims ofmisspending atthe Regina-based institution.

Bothupperlevels ployment ratesamong youthhit20.9percent. body" andanything "thatcould provoke people's Imagination aboutsex.• ofgovernment havebegun towithdraw their Theexactrepercussions forbeingcaught sending funding fromtheschool, andpossibly maydoso Emma Godmere - CUP Ottawa Bureau Chief suchmessages remain ambiguous, though they forgood.

Include atleastthesuspension oftheability to Ashley Gaboury-CUP Central Bureau Chief sendtextmessages, andpossibly thepermanent disabling ofa person's phonenumber.

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was duplicity or conspiracy behind it too."

Reg Keys from Military Families Against the War accused Campbell of failing to recognize the impact of the Iraq war on those who have lost family members in the ongoing conflict. "[Campbell) may have felt vilified but it is nothing compared with the families of the fallen and those that have been left blinded or without limbs. Alastair Campbell will get over it [but the families] arc the ones lhal have lo bear the consequences of his actions, along with hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians."

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave evidence to the inquiry last month. Blair refused to accept that invading Iraq had been a mistake, and said that he fell "responsibility but not a regret for removing Saddam Hussein.

I think he was a monster, I think he threatened not just a region but the world. Bven if you look back now, it was better to deal with thi~ threat, to remove him from office, and I do genuinely believe that the world is safer as a result."

The Guardianreported that this comment was met with a cry of "oh, come on" from a member of the audience.

Blair also confirmed that Britain wou Id not have gone lo war without the legal say-so of attorney general Lord Goldsmith. Coldsmith maintained in the run-in to the war that any invasion would be unlawful, before making an about-turn and declaring the conflict lawful one week before the invasion, as reported by the BBC. Blair also denied that Goldsmith

was placed under pressure from his government to give approval for the war.

As Blair left the inquiry after six hours of questioning, there were heckles from the audience, two of which called him a "liar" and a "murderer."

Jack Straw, the UK foreign secretary at the time of the 2003 invasion, was also questioned on his support of the war. Straw said that the legal advice he was given by his legal adviser Sir Michael Wood was contradictory. "The legal advice he offered, frankly, was contradictory and I think I was entitied to raise that."

Wood had previously told the inquiry that Straw had ignored his advice that Britain's involvement in Trnqwould be illegal without another UN Security Council resolution. Wood told the inquiry that Straw had been "very dogmatic" in his rejection of Wood's legal advice.

Hans Blix, the UN Weapons Inspector who headed , the fruitless search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in the build-up to the war, accused Straw of giving thl.!inquiry incorrect answers, ''I'm puzzled by some of the things Jack Straw said," Blix told BBC's Hardtalk.

Blix stated that Straw misinterpreted Blix's reports to serve his own agenda. "He did not focus al all on what I had said about the increased Iraqi co-operation. He focused upon, say, that the lraqis are not allowing you to interview people and they arc stopping you from getting to sites. That W<'S nol true.''

Democrat Evan Bayh to retirefrom Senate

Bigcutsto post-secondary inAlberta budget

Senator Evan Bayh, acentrist Democrat from Indiana, announced Monday thathewon'tseek a thirdtermInCongress, giving Republlcans a chance topickupa Senate seat.

"Toputitinwords Ithinkmostpeople can understand: Iloveworking forthepeople of Indiana, Ilovehelping ourcitizens makethemost oftheirlives, butIdonotloveCongress: Bayh said ata newsconference lndlanapolis, wherehewas joinedbyhiswifeandtwosons.

Thedeparture ofBayh, whowasonBarack Oba ma'sshortlistofvicepresidential candidate prospects In2008, continues a recent exodus from Congress among bothDemocrats andRepubli· cans,including veteran Democrats Christopher Dodd ofConnecticut andPatrick Kennedy of Rhode Island.

Theannouncements havesprung upInrapid-fire fashion amidpollsshowing a rising anti-Incumbentfervor andvoterangeroverWashington partisanship, highunemployment federal deficits andlucrative banking industry bonuses.

TheAlberta budget fortheupcoming fiscalyear contains a $54mllllon dollar cutfromscholarships .indgrants, a move thatcould leavestudents In greater debtwhentheyleavepost-secondary education.

Alberta Liberal leader David Swann alsosuspects thatthisbudget willnotbewellreceived bythe public.

"IseeveryllttlethatAlbertans willbesatisfied with.Idon'tseeanyIndication thatthey've done theirhomework onefficiencies," hesaid."We thinktheyshould beslowing downthecapital expenditures."

Beverly Eastham, theUniversity ofAlberta Students' Union vice-president el<ternal, saidthis shiftInfunding Isnotsomething thatisgoing to helpstudents.

Eastham IsalsochairoftheCouncil forAlberta University Students.

"Themajorthingthatwe've seenforstudents Is theshiftfromgrantstoloans:shesaid.

"Initially I don'tthinkthatanyone's tooexcited aboutmore loansandlessgrants,because obviously Itmeans moredebtforstudents."

AlanFram - Associated Press Alexandria Eldridge - CUP Alberta Bureau Chief

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Student Union Society Update JOEL SMART SUB Committee prepares to STAFFWRITER hire project manager Mid-March SUS election on myUFV

Jn conjunction with UFV's de• partments of campus planning, facilities and finance, the SUS has With the list of candidates for formed a small committee to work the upcoming election for the Stu- on plans to design and build the dent Union Society (SUS) becom• Student Union Building (SUB), ing available shortly, the stages of which has an estimated budget of preparation leading up to the vote $14 million. The next step for the arc well underway. stud1mt union is hiring a project Jhim Burwell, the SUS commu- manager. nications administrator at UFV, Jay Mitchell, a SUSRep•at•Large gave some relevant dates regard- involved in the project, explained ing the election. "The canqidates the process. "We arc currently re• will be out there from February viewing a set of five project man22 to March 12 and students will ager proposals that were received be able to vote on their myUFV ac- following a public Reg uest for Pro• count between March 16 and 19." posal. The next decision we make Burwell said that thf.!re will be will be the selection of a project n lot of new faces this year. "We manager." know that a fair number of our exAccording to Burwell, the projecutives are either graduating or ect manager will orchestrate the arc just not coming back for oth!a!r work as the building gets underreasons, so then: wi 11be a number way later in the process. "[The of places that people will be able lo project manager] will be the pergo if they want. We're looking for- son who essentially runs the conward to seeing what the campaign struction. So, once the designs arc actually draws out." in place, and the footprint is in Burwell emphasized the impor• place, and the geological surveys, tance of the choice that students and everything they need to do is will be making. "We're just really done, and the building is going to hoping that stud1;mtscome out and start going up, then they'll kick in. engage the candidates, because in So right now that's what they're the end, they're managing student looking for." resources. We're trying to make a He continued: "Once that is better out-of-classroom environ• complet!.!d,then they'll look for an ment for students on all campuses, architect to take all the ideas that and give a bit of a tweak to the stu- have been swirling around for the dent lifostyle, so they've got some last couple years and make them fun memories of their time at UFV into a cohesive plan." outside of the classroom."

Mitchell outlined the location of the building. "The SUB will be constructed on Abbotsford campu&, immediately west of the Envision Athletic Centre. It will be bordered on the south by the i \I ~ t' I parking lot, and on the north by STUDENT UNION SOCIETY Building D and the marsh."

Proposed bylaw to give more students U-Pass Of the 14 proposed bylaw changes that will be presented as motions at the upcoming SUS Extraordinary General Meeting on Feb. 24, one in particular will allow more students to acquire the U-Pass.

Burwell explained how the original bylaw didn't include students whose classes did not earn them credits as members of the stud!.!nt union, This excluded them from the U-Pass.

"That's an out-datedness that has occurred because of the U-Pass !rules being] written a couple of years ago. When the U-Pass came in, these other scenarios cropped up, and made it imperative that we allow students who are not in credit courses to be able to get the U-Pass. All of the changes will be nlong these lines," Burwell said, Jack Brown, president of th\/ UFV SUS, said that the proposed changes will affect "all of the stu• dents who .ire l.!ligiblefor th!.!st1.1dent card, like the photo ID, but who arc not automatically members of the society [will bf.!Come] eligible to opt in. That would include some people, such as grad students. They're not automatically members, because we're not a graduate society."

Continuing education students are among those students who are not eligible for the U-Pass at present.

The agenda of the upcoming Extraordinary General Meeting will also include discussion on the SUS budget, to ,make sure funds are properly allocated for next year, Burwell said.

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UFVPre-Med direction about how to approach a SONJA SZLOVICSAK career in medicine. She explained

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF that Gaetz helped to organize the aining admission to medical speakers seril.!s. school is extremely challengHawley explained that the ing; the application process can group is about more than just pretake up to 50 hours per school. paring for medical school. "We Prospective students must have tend to be very philanthropic with references, volunteer experi- our efforbl because we really want ence, excellent grades and a high to embody what we think the ideal Medical College Administration healthcare system should be, and Test (MCAT) score. TI1e odious what we think the ideal doctor amount of work required to meet 'lhould be." Last year, the associathe bare minimum requirements tion donated $140 to the Ang!.!ITree of most medical schools can be fund. "We only get $175 a semesoverwhelming for students. How- ter, and we donated most of that." ever, the Pre-Med Students' Asso- Hawley added that the group will ciation (PMSA)is trying to lighten be participating in the Feb 12 Haiti the load for students interested in fund raiser. "We're goir,g to put to• gether a basket to raffle off." medical school.

The PMSA is new lo UFV; the The association will be helping group began in the fall semester students prepare for their MCAT. of 2009. Denise Hawley, presi- "We're having an MCAT workWe're going to dent of thf.!PMSA, explained that shop this semel:ltf.!r. the group began with the help of be setting up MCAT study groups faculty. "I initially wanlcd to do fot people doing their MCATs this something, but it was Michael summer," Hawley explained.

Gaetz, head of lhc kinesiology "We want Lo work with the department, th.it made it all hap- BCSA to do a t;Ocial event at the pen," she explained. end of the semester," she continThe group has organized a ued. speaker's series for this semester.

Even though the group had only There will be five speak~rs com- been around for a semester, they ing to UFV; they will talk about already have 175 email addresses their career in med icioe, how they in their listserv, and 90 members got to where they are, some of in the Fncebook group. the challenges they've faced, and Students interested in attend· what they would do differently if ing the pre-med speaker's prethey could start over. The PMSA sentations should conlact Hawley will present a speaker every two at pmsa@ufv.ca or ufvpremed@ weeks. hotmail.com. "We really encourHawley added that any student age people to come to our Facecan attend the speakers' presenta- book group for information about tions, and that students interested events," Hawley added. in physiotherapy would probably Student~ interested in joining be interested in a few of the iipeak• the ,Facebook group should look ers. "Out of our five speakers this up "UFY Pre-Med Student Associsemester, two are heavily kinesiol- ation." The group holds executive ogy-related,11she explained. meetings every second WednesHawley hopes the speakers will day in U-House from 6-8 p.m. help give pre-med students some

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In conquering China, Disney may STAFFWRITER motivation by saying: "Disney be moving from depicting imperiwants to be a strategic partner, not alism to actually practicing it, but consortium of companies, just a financial investor in Bus On- they will be as welcome in China headed b.)IDisney, are in the line as Disney is going to do many as they are in Canada.'' advanced stages of negotiating a things in China ...To Disney, the Spalding acknowledged the deal that would see the consor- deal is not just about sharing in darker side of Disney, "I remember tium purchasing between 30 to the growth of China's advertising years ago reading Ariel Dorfman's 40 per cent-of China's foremost in- market but more about the pro• book How to Read Donald Duck, bus digital media and advertising motion of Disney, the brand itself, which demonstrated instances of company, Bus Online Holdings and this is strategically important ethnocentrism, imperialism and Ltd, as .rnported by the Globe to Disney in China." racism in cartoons featuring the andMail.

This news comes nearly famous avian character and his Google Inc., the owner three months after Dis- friends. Like many others, f found and operator of the world's ney managed to penetrate Dorfman's book quite perceptive largest search engine, is one the Chinese market with and provocative." of the more prominent a deal that has allowed Despite Disney's somewhat companies participating them to begin construct- checkered past, Spalding recogin the Disney-led deal, ing a theme-park in nized that Disney has changed according to Business China's large~t city, over the last several decades, Week.This comes just Shanghai, according ''How to Read Donald Duck came weeks after Google to Reuter's,The Globe out in the seventies as well, and threatened to cease all and Mail reported popular culture has changed a lot business in China that the deal, which since then. For one thing, 40 years cyber-assault that took pince in Novem• ago, international markets were originated ber, is viewed as a not as important as they are towithin the step forward for day. Americans made movies, TV country. western compa- shows and comic books for AmeriIf approved, th e nies seeking to do cans first. Nowadays, for some deal could cost the consortium business in the "tough Chi- projects, Americans make more more than US $100 million in old nese market.'' money in the international market, and new shares in the company.

Eric Spalding, department head so producers have become much Furthermore, as reported by Re- of social, cultural and media stud- more sensitive to the exportability uters, Kentucky Fried Chicken ies at UFV spoke in regard to Dis- of what they create. No more evil (KFC) will also sign a deal with ney's theme park deal in Shanghai: foreigners - let's fight aliens) Also, Bus Online that would allow Bus "Disney World in Shanghai is go- America itself ls much more ethOnline to set up over 2,000 televi- ing to be extremely popular. And nically diverse than it used to be, sion screens in KFC restaurants Disney will co.ntrol what audienc- so media practitioners - who are across China. Disney will provide es there will have access to, just as themselves more diverse - have the content aired on these televi- they do in North America. After become much more sensitive about sions, provided they can reach an all, you can't exactly rent their how they depict minorities in their agreement with Bus Online. racist and sexist cartoons from 70 movies and TV shows."

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associations, the fundraiser STAFF WRITER featured several difFV held a fundraiser on the ferent international Abbotsford campus on Feb- foods that were preruary 12 for victims of the Haiti pa red and served earthquake. The fundraiser was by the intemational put on by several UFV clubs and students at U-House, organizations, and was arranged with all proceeds goby Student Life. ing to the cause at All of the student groups, asso- hand. ciations and charities participating Martin Ki-illy,Stuin the event erected tents outside, dent Life programand the UFV community braved mer, explained the the wet weather to support the motivation for the colcause. The fundraiser raised over laborative fund raiser, $1500 for the Haiti relief fund.

"My job is to wrangle The groups involved included: student groups and CIVL radio, who provided the make sure that they fundraiser with music; the Pre- are happy and that Med Student Association, who put they have the means to do what they want on a raffle and operated a popcorn machine; the Student Union Soci- to do. So, when the ety; the Ace club; and Oxfam. earthquake hapRachel Koenig from the Pre- pened in Haiti, all of Med Student Association com- a sudden I had half a mented on the importance of stu- dozen student groups dent groups getting involved on coming through my campus. "We are pretty passion- door saying that they ate about helping out and we ate wanted to do someall hopefully future doctors, so thing for Haiti." that should be a major passion for He explained: "It just seemed us; it's a really good cause." much easier and much more efThe Ace club sold tea and had a ficient doing something ... So, indisplay to raise awareness for the stead of one stu,dent group going Haiti disaster, as well as raising out and collecting money for Haiti awareness for agriculture issues followed by the next group doing in India. The fundraiser also had it the next day and the next group the next day, which leads to donor a Christian group selling Krispy Kreme donuts as a tasty post meal fatigue, this was just more efficient dessert with all the proceeds going in collecting money. to the fundraiser. Oxfam set up a "Also the federal government doubles the funds [raised], which mock refugee camp and a disused toilet to comment on the state of no one really had on their radar, sanitation in the developing world [which1 is why you should come and in refugee camps. ask your institutional people, beAs well as the different student cause we know these things."

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Studying Abroad Pt. 4: ObaIIla Crashes French Carnival biggest celebration of its kind in France. Jt runs a full two weeks, from February 12 to 28. They have been setting up bleachers, a Ferris wheel, big screens and murals since I arrived three weeks ago.

The theme of this year's parade is "King ·of the World." Probably the most hilarious float was a large Obama dressed as superman holding a tree in his outthrust fist as he's flying. The irony of the undertone of "going green" was crystallized when a float of a sick and dying globe rolled past, while everyone in Plac!l Mass~na threw confetti and sprayed silly string recklessly. The worst experience [ had with extreme celebrating was a little three year old boy who grabbed a fistful of confetti, stared me straight in the eye and threw it as hard as he could at my face.

Three times. I was shocked and appalled.

So brings a close to my third week abroad. I am just now starting to feel comfortable with the kiss-greeting. Awkward moments are inevitable if lt'11not a native practice for you. This is because everyone does it differently: the Mexicans kiss once, the French twice and the Italians three times.

Even though I'm not very used to the custom yet, 1 like it. Handshaking seems so formal and hugging too personal. But sometimes it's lime consuming, especially for large groups of people or when you are trying lo leave quickly (getting off a bus, for example).

And now that everyone is starting to get sick (because no one ever sleeps), T can't help but wonder what the press back home would have said about this greeting during the swine flu paranoia, if for them shaking hands was already too risky.

tion whether your choices would the populated corners and thereby lower general street crime and be any better in the same situation, thereby undercutting the fallacy violence - essentially creating a that more police and education "Paper Bag" for crack. The stratwill somehow, some way, end the egy works and crime is lowered drug trade. As long as there is a by diverting the drug trade from demand for drugs people will sell the corners. This scheme also althem, and if those drugs arc illegal lows medical and drug treatment and therefore valuable, desperate personnel unprecedented access poor people will kill each other for to the addicts in order to try and that right. treat the source of the problem, At one point during the third drug addiction. The ensuing episeason Major Colvin, played by sodes arc the most brilliant advoRobert Wisdom, gives a presenta• cacy for the harm-reduction model tion which becomes known as the of treatment of substance abuse "Paper Bag" speech. In it he ex- that Thave ever witnessed' in popplains how the corner has always ular media. been the social spot of choice for lt's hard to imagine a show poor people, and when it became like this being produced during illegal to drink in public, the po• the 80's at the height of Nancy lice became too busy with bust- Reagan's just-say-no hysteria. For ing people for public alcohol con- more than 60 years we have been sumption to deal with real police told by the American and Canawork. The solution was to put the dian governmllnts that the people alcohol In a paper bag when con• who sell drugs arc just plain evil, sumed on the street, allowing the and that the people who use them imbiber to drink in peace,and the are not sick but criminals. Movies and television have served as a de police to pursue real criminals.

Major Colvin's solution was to facto propaganda machine for that createdrug tolerant areas to con- message by rendering reality only centrate the drug sales away from in black and white, good guys and

bad guys, cops and dealers.

When will we mature enough as a society to the point that we can accept the fact that most humans are flawed and there are few moral absolutes in life? Given the popularity of series like The Wire, perhaps we have.

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think I prefer watching American football in France. It is a wonderful thing; they dub in French commentators so that I never have to worry aboul listen• ing to John Madden's maddeningly obvious stalemcnts ever again.

The only downside is the sacrifice of practically a full night's sleep (the Super Bowl ended at 4:30 a.m.).

I'm considering il training: all the Canadian Olympic hockey games arc going to be similar marathons in wakefulness. I ended up watching the game with a large group of the Mexican boys and enjoyed it enormously. I love hearing people shout in other languages; having Spanish spewed at the telly whenever something exciting happened was comforting. My dad yells swear-sentences in Italian when-

ever he's watching soccer.

Some of the reasons I chose to study in Nice arc because of the beach, the cheese, and (perhaps wishful thinking for February), the nice weather. So, of course, on Thursday it snowed. The snowflakes were so large that if you stacked three together and added

a baby carrot you had a 1mowman.

One boy from Nice said he's never seen their hillside dusted in white.

It was bizarre to walk down the Promenade and sec snow on palm trees.

This week the Ni~ois have been scurrying around with the final preparations for Carnival, the

The Wire:A Modern MoralityPlay JEDMINOR HBO television series which ran

PRODUCTION from June 2002 to March 2008. It would be easy to dismiss Jt as yet hy do mainstream television another cop drama if it didn't turn shows often have this need the tired formula on its head. to push an overly simplistic moral lt contains no desk sergeants agenda along with their supposed demanding detectives' badges, or entertainment content? Does the damn good cops screaming at the villain really have to kill a small sky while their partners bleed to child for us to know he ls evil? dealh. The cops appear motivated Can't he just steal, rape and pillage by the challenge of outwitting the and leave it at that? Do we really criminals and advancing their ca• need grainy, slow motion close rccrs rather than trying to make ups on the bad guy, along with a the world a better place, and the stirfing kettle-drum solo, to truly ~ergeants just want their quota apptcciatc how bad h r ally is? of cases solved to save lheir own Why can't movies contain the jobs. same type of multifaceted characThe Wireabo renders the streets ters that our daily lives do? Sure of Baltimore in credible tones, that you have your I Iitlers, Stalins, and is, a bloody mess due to the viothat guy that cut in front of you at lence surrounding the city's thrivthe supermarket, but for the most ing drug trade. ihc dealers aren't part people seem to be a mix of really the villains though, either. good and bad; in a word, human.

They are mostly just young kids Recently there have been some trying to make money the only bright spots in the media land- way they know how, by selling scape - shows that attempt to re- the most lucrative and in-demand late the human condition as it is: producl available. complex and multi-layered. One of When you contemplate the day those shows is The Wire. to day realities that another person ' Set in Baltimore, The Wire is an has to live with, it makes you ques-

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I BELIEVEI- Basedon Reasonand Logic AARON BAYES CONTRIBUTOR he Olympics are here again, RIGHT here! And like most of T us, I am excited about the prospect of . . . drinking beer and watching hockey. There ls one thing, however, that has been bugging me since the Olympic fever started ramping up: fourteen months ago, CTV and its media partners started a promotional blitz called the "Believe Campaign." Since then, Donald Sutherland's warm gentle voice has repeatedly asked me if I "believe" on TV and the radio. I have received the same message in newspapers, magazines, and on billboards. I swear even a Snickers bar once encouraged me to "believe." Sometimes I am told that other people, like Jillian Apps of the female hockey team, believe that "this ls our destiny."

I hope that isn't why we win. I like to think that success is based on effort and skill. In any case, it's clear that what ls really being proffered here is belief for the sake of belief. It is as though holding a

belief, despite a lack of evidence or in the face of evidence to the contrary, has some kind of intrinsic value. Or that it is a virtue.

In many of these cases, the word "believe" could easily be replaced with "have faith." If that

is what is meant by the question ''Do you believe?" then I surely do not share this kind of belief. My common sense just keeps getting in the way. There are too many good reasons to believe that Canadian athletes will do well in 2010,

not the least of which ls that our nation is relatively wealthy, and has ample funding and facilities with which to train. 1 do believe that Canada will get more than its fair share of medals because we have the second largest number of athletes competing, just two fewer than the United States. We also have a larger population of athletes to draw from than many nations. And of cou rsc, the home turf advantage.

My belief, based on observation and logic, is not at all like the kind that CTV and company have been relentlessly pushing.

Now, you may be thinking "Wait a minute! A competitor, of any sort, will need to be confident in their belief that they could win!"

And of course you are right. Few people will try something that they believe is utterly impossible.

But again, this is not the sort of belief that the Snickers bar seems to advocate. This is a belief based on real world observations such as the amount of effort put into training, and a number of past victories in other competitions.

To be fair, a couple of the ads have mentioned training and perseverance, but it still feels like those things are part of a wider emotional appeal for belief. I'm sure athletes from other nations have heartfelt stories too, but regardless of how much people on either side believe,therewill only be one gold medal per event. fn the end, the most important reason that I cannot accept thh, sort of unshakeable belief is because it is dangerous. At the least, it sets people up for a huge disappointment. At the worst, it can start conflicts. Throughout history a belief in destiny has led to countless conflicts (think Manifest Destiny). I doubt anyone will be assaulted in the name of Olympic Destiny but it is the same kind of blind faith that has the potential to justify victory at any cqst.

And so ultimately I will say that I do believe Canada will rock these Olympics. But not because I "believe" or have blind faith; rather, I believe only in light of evidence and reason. As everyone should, especially university students.

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Equality, or Lack Thereof SARAH SPllLMAN CONTRIBUTOR quality between the sexes seems like it should be something simple to attain, yet that seems to be the only thing we cannot reach. I do not think that, if we continue the way we have, we will ever get there. Than again, perhaps that is a good thing.

Feminism has been around for a long time, and women would not have the rights they have if they had not been fought for. If feminists had not fought for women's rights, I would not bl:!writing this right now.

However, it does seem that feminists are not fighting for the same things they used to. Feminists seem to think thal women should have all of the rights; forget about the men, they don't matter as much. Feminists want women's only :;ports teams, which bar men from joining, and they want men to let women join their teams to compete in tournamcnls. Unisex change rooms and gender neutral bathrooms have also been requested by some women who do not be1ieve in barriers. l say, ''Why not have only all gender sports teams?" Never mind the male, and female, only leagues. A:; for the bathrooms and locker rooms, keep them separated; everyone needs some form of privacy.

There needs to be the separation between sexes in certain areas, such as private locations, like washrooms and change rooms.

Men and women are different and I think it :;hould be embraced, not fought. I do believe that women can do anything men can do, especially in sports and from an

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UFV SPEAKS II

Q. Wl1at's the best thing about UFV?

intellectual standpoint. lt is all about what both genders think they can handle. Some women can put up with harder hits than most men, and vice versa. Then again, some men hit harder than any person, man or woman, could imagine. Perhaps, like in the UFC, there should be light, medium and heavy weight classification, but for the unisex sports teams.

I.neveryday life equality seems, in general, reached. Women open doors for anyone and some men enjoy shopping more than their female friends. Though there is nothing wrong with chivalry, it could go both ways. Men and women treating each other with equal respect is not a bad thing.

There's nothing wrong with girlfriends buying their boyfriends a

random gift and boyfriends just suddenly wanting to treat their special someone to a romantic picnic. Each gender should fight for the other's honour with a white glove.

Equality is a two-way street, and jn certain situations that appears to have been forgotten. It will not be reached within a day, or even a year, but it is possible. It has taken years for women to reach the level of equality we have, but now feminist groups want more.

Some men still believe that women should not have any rights at all, and should be chained to the oven in the kitchen. There is, and will most likely always be sexism, but with the right frame of mind, it could be eradicated - or at least toned down - in our lifetime.

A. Probably just that it's a really comfortable environment. A lot of people know each other and it's easy lo get to know each other ...It's just very accessible.

Q. And the worst?

A. Oh, jeez. That's a really tough one ...The lack of bus lransportationtype dealio between campuses.

Q. X-Wing or TIE fighter?

A. X-Wing.

Samuel Q. What's the best thing about UFV? A. Everyone ls friendly and the quality of education ls pretty high.

Q. And the worst?

A. The cafeterla ...T'vebeen to all the universities in Dubai and their cafeterias have a variety of rcstaurants ...But here, it's pretty much the same thing every day.

Q. Are you a lover or a fighter?

A. Both.

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Becky Q. X-Wing or TIE fighter?

A. X-Wing. They're more agile, I Lhink they look way cooler.

Q. Kirk or Picard?

A. l<irk - gotta go with the classic.

Q. Are you a lover or a fighter?

A. Well, like my last name T'm actually a Peacemaker. So a bit of both.

Q.An evening in or a night out?

A. It depends. If it's a night oul at the Biltmore, night out.

Greg Q. Are you a lover or a fighter?

Students help cook food for the February 12 Haiti Fundraiser. The event, organized by Student Life, raised $1500 for relief efforts (which was partially matched by the federal government). For full story, see page 6.

A. I'm a lover.

Q. Did you cry the day Michael Jackson died?

A. No. Q. Have you ever cried when anyone died?

A. Yes. Q. X-Wing or TIE fighter?

A. X-Wing. They shoot four lasers; TIE fighters shoot two.

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The night began with CONTRIBUTORmaster of ceremonies Ray de Kroon giving a he second annual Love Hurts comedic opening and Poetry Slam was this past welcome to the event, Friday in celebration - or anti· wearing an amazingly celebration - of Valentine's Day. purple pimp hat. SetTaking place in the ChiJliwack ting the mood with campus theatre lobby, the room laughter and fun, the was packed full of spectators and poetry slam was off, performers.

Organized by the with de Kroon opening English, Library, and Theatre de- the night and allowing pa rtmt:!nts, tht:! night was Set for the audience to give laughter, cheers, and even some our first cheer of "You tears. rat bastard!"

First, a little background on poCompeting poets etry slams for those ofus who aren't consisted of students, quite sure what they are. A poetry faculty, and commuslam is a competition at which po· nity members, about 12 et:; recite/perform original work, in total. Poems ranged or, rarely, the work of others. The from the comedic, the performances are then judged by loving, the ttnloved, previously seleded members of the angsty, to tht:! outthe audience. Sometimes there is right confusing, yet all more than one round, usually con- were entertaining. The sisting of a preliminary and then audience was actJve, a final, so poets should come pre- energy pulsing and pared with multiple pieces. feeding the poets who Crowd participation is a key gave way to courage factor, for audience response to a and stood on the podium for all to poem may affect the overall score see and adore. a poet receives for their perforA few poems during the premance. Also, if a poet goes over- liminary round stood out. Stutime, the audience is then encour- dent Kait Archer recited her sonaged to yell out something like net titled One More Empty Orchard, "You rat bastard, you're ruining it a dark, forlorn feeling poem comfor everyone, but it was well worth paring loneliness and love to a fruit it!" This happened twice during orchard. A community member Love Hurts and, even though it recited a poem about a motorcycle was a chastisement, it was fun to ride that wai, quite sensual and

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risque, comparing the motorcycle to a woman and the ride to sex, causing more than one spectator to blush. Another community member, Ken Russell, recited a poem of rhyming couplets called Continuous Valentine, a heart-warming, sincere poem about a man looking for the perfect gift for his wife.

Of cours~, the night wouldn't be complete without more comedy.

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A student recited his piece entitled Sasquatch Ballet and, you guessed it, it's about dancing Sasquatches.

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ference with CBC Radio One in a CRTC land. Usually the organizaCONTRIBUTORhigh population zone. So, basical- tion has to regulate groups and try forChilliwock? ly the skinny on this project is that to find solutions for them, which Well, we have to set up an IVL, UFV's campus radio sta- we got a letter from CBC saying it takes more time. So here, CBC and amendment to our license with tion, has been broadcasting wouldn't be a good relationship CIVL were able to come to a better CRTC. They should approve it on on the internet for the past couple between us if we broadcastcd from solution at lesser cost. the basis that the first license was of years with live streaming and this frequency. So GVL and CBC approved to broadcast into Chilliarchived podcasts. Offering a di- sat down together, scratched their Alright, sowiththenewfrequency,wack. They're kind of big on this verse group of shows, almost all heads to come up with a solution. what would bethebroadcast area campus community thing, let's by volunteer DJs, CIVL is quite We came to the decision to switch forCIVL? hope they still are, I imagine they honestly an amazing radio station. frequencies with one of CBCs. would be. So, we have to put in it's If you have nol yet checked it out, Right now our license is for 88.5 We'll have a tower in west Ab- our campus zone, apply for it, list you really should. This week I had FM, so we are seeking to change botsford, and we're hoping to all the good reasons for it and they the opportunity to sit down with our license with CRTC (Canadian broadcast from that tower into should go for it. The next phase operations director Dustin Ellis Radio Television and relecommuMission. One of our primary ob- would be to find a viable tower, and talk to him about CIVL and nications Commission) to switch jectives is to broadcast into Abbots- CBC has one, and there may be CBC joining ford, Mission, one on campus. The trick i8 that it forces. and Chilli- w.ill be on a different frequency; it wad<.

Of can't be l0J.7 because it will create course, this a zone of interference. The funny tower won't thing about radios, if you're radio First off,let's reach into receiver picks up two signals they talkabout CIVL Chilliwack, cancel each other out, they interandCBC coming but it cerfere. It's becaU!,eone may be fracto_gether and · tainly has tions of a second ahead or behind, what that to hit two so they create interference and means. of the three overlap, and it sounds like chaos.

OJ<, well campuses in first CIVL is a order for it Sothen forChilliwock willneed to campus comto be a viable finda different frequency? munity radio frequency for initiative servus. So the staYeah, so it kind makes the call ing UFV in tion should letters a little less, "sexy" or marAbbotsford, play from ap- ketable when you call them. So Mission, and p roxi mate ly when you say "you're listening Chilliwack.

200 street to CIVL radio, 101.7 in AbbotsSince its incep[in Langley] ford and Mission, and 106 point tion in 2004, to Whatcom whatever in Chilliwack" it makes we have been road exit in things more difficult. working on Abbotsford, Yeah, caw,es a little bit of a hitch broadcastand well into there, makes a longer preamble ing on the FM the hills of when introducing the station. But dial. The trouMission. It's as long as we get into Chilliwack, ble is finding viable tower space. frequencit.?s with CBC from 88.5 a nice frequency, kind of nice cov- fanta:;tic.

Ev~ntually we decided to build a to 101.7FM. This a neat situation, erage. We have lo put up another Yeah, hitting Chilliwack is retower on campus in Abbotsford where the parties involved were tower in Chilliwack, which has a Ily important to us. A lot of our and broadcast from there on 88.5 able to come to their own solu- been a project for us for a while DJs are from Chilliwack, there':; a FM. [This frequency] caused inter- tion; this doesn't happen often in now. lot of talent out lhcrc. We're re-

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something that would be nothing short of spectacular; and Josh delivered. RcciHng his poem titled An Ode to Breasts,and yes, it was all about those female 'curves that arc the pull of so many men's eyes; he won the crowd over with this unique and laugh inducing piece of genius.

The final round brought us more joy and laughter, more swooning hearts and blushing faces. When all was said and done, it was Josh Tompke taking away the top spot and being crowned slam champion. With another comedic piece, Inspired by being kicked out of Cultus Lake by security after hours, there was no doubt that Josh would be the hero of the evening. When asked about his victory Josh said "That it was an awesome, lucrative experience.

I can't wait for the next poetry slam."

At the end of the evening, Ken Russell had a wonderful insight to share with us: "There is a pul.se in this city that ian't being heard. There need to be more events like this to show the beauty of Chilliwack," Ken couldn't have said it better.

An evening full of love, laughter, and the bond of community, this year's Love Hurts Poetry Slam was a great success. ( am eagerly looking forward to more events of this nature, showcasing art in all its forms, and greatly anticipating what will happen next year.

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ally excited about this project and how it can merge the three cities together. We're [pretty] pumped about the ability to promote concerts and young bands as they come through town, and boost the profile for community events.

Sothen, when canweexpect (IVLto hittheFMbroadwaves?

There's always that question, you know, when's the deadline?

We used to publicize our projected targets and it's always a major disappointment when you pass those dates and there's a technical problem. So for me to say right now it would be perhaps damning to me later [laughs]. I'm hoping sometime this summer that we're testing the frequency.

Alright, sofornow we'llbesticking toliveinternet streaming and podcosts?

We have one of the best podcast systems in the country for campus radio station:;. Other radio stations send us emails asking us how we do it. Some of our DJs were back cast in New Brunswick at some of the campus stations there and they were asked all the time how we have our podcasting system set up. The trick is we podcast every hour of music where the other stations only podcast selected programs.

So,there youhove it. CIVL iswell onitswaytohitting theFMand broadcasting allover thevolley.

We're really looking forward toit.

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JED MINORis to work with fibre formation

PRODUCTIONand reconstructing hose UFV students who were T haunted by visions of textile octopus arms and disembodied legs on swings this past month have nothing to fear. These apparitions were merely part of an exhibition of work from UFV sculpture students titled "Fully Round."

The show, curated by UFV Sculpture Instructor David Floren, ran from Jan 18 to February 12 in room B136.

Commenting on the inspiration for the exhibition's name Floren said "The title for the exhibition, fully round, was initially driven by the idea that student works could be documented "inthe-round." A rotating table was built for this purpose. Those who chose to make use of the cotating table could then also present their digitally rendered movies on the web."

"Jn the end, just one of the works shown was documented in this way, Ironically, the original of thi:; work was not available for the exhibition, and so its digital movie was, instead, presented in the gallery."

Floren stressed the importance of visual arts students displaying their work. "It is really valuable for students to show them... the beginnings of that process. How a show comes together, all the steps that are involved, the setting up, the striking of the show ... labels, things like that, how to co-ordinate the best presentation."

Fully Round featured a number of figurative and abstract works, many of them rendered in textile.

"Except for the projection piece it's all women in the show," said Taryn Macdonald, a Bachelor of Fine Art

with cloth."

She continued to explain "a lot of the things we are creating comes from this student life of not having a lot of money to buy materials. I think that its really interesting that it's the kind of thing [working in textiles] that we learned from traditional techniques that we apply to contemporary art making in a different context."

When discussing her own work titled "Learning to Drive and Grinding the Gears/Self-Portrait Age 21," Macdonald explained: "It came from all these anxieties about graduating and having to step into a career. I just decided it was going to have to be somethin.g that I wanted to do and nothing else besides, sol started stringing all these beads together and mapping them onto this figure, taught myself how to crochet and it ended up being ... a really fun project to make."

In terms of the meaning behind Self Portrait, it's about "the pursuit of happiness, and taking it as a personal responsibility to find happiness ... and for me it is usually finding it through movement."

Fully Round has now closed but Floren suggested that more display of students' sculptures could be planned for the public spaces at UFV. "Anticipating students' migration into the world after UFV, we encourage professional development - and part of that, in addition to showing works in galleries is [anticipating] the creation of works that may be created for public commission. In addition to whatever in gallery works might be arranged, there is also potential of presenting work outside the building in certain public spaces that may afford the opportunity."

Melanie Rogers 2009 "The Isolated Self'

Sarah Weaver 2009 "Untitled (Excess)"

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(which is in a constant of discomNEWS& OPINIONEDITOR fort if my three hours in the theatre are to be believed). Also, there here are three thought tan- is the excitement of watching a shit gents that exist in my mind film in an extra dimension, "Look this week. daddy, this movie protrudes as well as sucks balls! Oh, the joy!"

Avatar & why movies will alThe prohibitive cost of 30 will ways be the same again put off the lion's share of moviemakers; the only ones who can afNow Avatarhas been seen by ev- ford to do it don't need the extra ery half-sentient being this side of money anyway.

Io, it's time to take stock and conI watched The Godfather and sider just what changes this dis- ApocalypseNow in 20, and those gustingly expensive box of tricks movies were pretty good. I don;t has wrought upon our earth. go to the movies to marvel at the On one hand, lots of studio technologicalness of it all; I pay bosses are eagerly proclaiming my 12 dollars to see a well-acted, their next tent-pole release to be well-told story (preferably starring in three-dimensions. Yes, lots of Bill Murray, but you can't have ev• movies in fully one more dimen- erything .. ,), sion than usual! And, on the other hand, studio bosses are saying Opening ceremony opened fabric how they are going to have to tone of space-time continuum down the prices on making their tent-pole movies to save some Watching the Vancouver Winscrilla. ter Olympics opening ceremony So which is it? Is everything was the most surreal thing I've from Toy Story 3 to The Shawshank ever experienced; at any point, l Redemption2 - The Shawshankining expected Morpheus to appear and going to be available in 30, or are tell me that this was a defective, movies going to cut costs and bug- constructed reality, and that we ger the three dimensions? had to bring it down.

For our sake, I hope the latter is I would have happily obliged; true: 3D adds precisely nothing to the opening festivities ranged the movie-going experience aside from the banal (lots of people carfrom letting us perfect-Set!rS have rying flags around) to the touching the opportunity to surreptitiously (Terry Fox's mother's appearance)

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to the downright insane (pretty much everything else).

It's not Vancouver; it's nol Canada - it is the Olympics. Every· where they go, they bring along this demented show that looks like something that crept from a Bjork video, trawled through an acid flashback, and slipped into the dreams of Salvador Dali, before spewing nuclear belch.

The money lavished on the ceremony could have been spent to buy a million top hats, or 4 billion copies of Randy Newman albums; you know, something a little more significant. When k.d. Jang assassinated The Most Overplayed and Overcovered Song Ever, "Hallelu• jah" by Leonard Cohen, I wanted to switch off.

But I couldn't. Like the other 18 billion people who tuned in, I was fixated by this grotesque and alluring spectacle, which reached its height during the speech given

by VANOC head John Furlong, whose French was so bad it caused Charles de Gaulle to spin so fast in his grave that iL took off and flew to the moon.

At the first Olympics in ancient Greece, the opening ceremony probably resembled something like, "Thanks for coming out to· day, lads. Get your togas off and we'll get cracking." Today, it more closely resembles the final of America's Got Sociopaths rather

than the introduction of a sporting event.

By the 2100 Olympics, the opening ceremony will last eight months and cost $800 billion. And it'll probably be in pissing 3D.

brilliant. Her combined heritage of British/Sri Lankan/Tamil Tiger no doubt directly informs this ability to combine many different genres into one song.

However, looking back a little further, we sec that the true proThe genre is dead; thank Joe genitors of this r volution in sound Strummer were The Clash. Starting out as one of the first wave punk bands, The first decade of the lwcnty- The Clash went on to transcend first century has brought bad punk. Their music styles included: things, no doubt - the increasing reggae, rap, rock, pop, barbershop, fragmentation of society, that love- • ska, ragga, dance, spoken-word, Iy "War on Terror", Lady Gaga, etc. take your pick. But one of the unTheir themes spoke to the entire deniable fillips we have been pro- planet; their music represented the vided is the break-up of the musi- globe. And, at no poinl did they ca I genre. ever seem like they were forcing it.

My dad regaled me with tales You know once an album Rihanna about how him and his mates will "do" a reggae song, where she used to go out and pick fights with suddenly remembers that she's Beatles fans, as they were Rolling from Barbados, and so ups the ac• Stones fons. Back then, the battle cent until the next track. lines were drawn all too easily The Clash weren't that. They are you Stones or Beatles? Rocker were four white lads from the south of England who were willor mod? Disco-ite or headbanger?

Today, however, those old lines ing to take their influences and are melting away. Now, artists are channel them all into their music. no longer confined to one genre They showed generations to come for their entire career. As music that you needn't restrict yourself becomes more readily available, to just punk, or just pop, or just musicians are taking their inspira- metal. tion from the world over.

The Clash told us that the music of the world is ours, and that we M.1.A. is one the best examples of this in the twenty-first cen- shouldn't be afraid to use it. Thank tury - her pop-rap-dance-funk God we decided to follow their ad• social commentaries are eclectic, vice. thought-provoking, catchy and

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY l 7th, 2010

AlbumReview Massive Attack - Helioland stated, fearful place. Heligolandis a PAUL BRAMMER NEWS& OPINIONEDITOR brooding, oft-beautiful reflection of our times. assive Attack's last LP propBut then again, even in terms er, 100th Window, was not a of social commentary, Massive Atvintage year. In effecl a solo effort tack has always been an enigma. due· to the quasi-break up of the Unlike a band like The Cla::,h,who group, Robert "3D" Del Naja's de said in no uncertain terms what facto solo album just didn't feel they wanted to say and what they right, though it was a fair stab at a thought of society, Massive Attack has always been abstract and decent album.

Then, with the release of the muted, a whisper in the ear rather Splitting the Atom BP a few months than a kick to the throat. ago, it seemed that even the reinTo this end, Massive Attack troduction of the other members stays true to their roots. /-leligoof the group couldn't quite save land passes over war, digitisation, them. Two tracks were good, two consumerism, love, alienation were bad. ln short, it didn't look and urban life with a flick of the wrist, a craning of the neck, a tap good for new album Heligoland.

Which makes it all the more in- on· the shoulder. Several guest votriguing that Hcligolandis so good. calists (ranging from Elbow's Guy It's hard to pin a phra:;e like a re- Garvey to Blur'::,Damon Alburn to turn to form to a group like Mas- Martina Topley-Bird and Horace sive Attack, that have made a ca- Andy) give an eclectic and varied reer from existing on the fringes range to the tones and flavours of modern music; their form can't of the songs, and their efforts are really be equated to anyone else's. universally excellent.

Maybe, in the words of twentyGarvey murmurs that the ninth U.S. Pre:;ident Warren Hard- things he's seen will chase him ing, a return to normalcy is more to his grave, and you believe him; the instrumentation helps to give fitting.

Even so, for Massive Attack, the effect of a man spilling his life normalcy is a paranoid, under- out, trying to come to terms with

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the choices he's made. In his own way, Damon Albarn gives another chilling performance. Ditching the protective barrier of his cartoon alter-ego in the Gorillaz, Albarn gives his most real vocal performance since "This is a Low." When he wails "Do you Jove me?" over and over, it :,erve:, a:; a timely reminder of what an inspired vocalist Albarn can be.

Martina Topley-Bird 's contribution helps to make the album what it is - on "Babel" and "Psyche," Topfoy-Bird's seductive, beautiful vocals serve as a counterpoint to the bubbling dread of the instrumentation.

Another performance of note is TV on the Radio's Tunde Adibempe, who g'ives vocals to album opener "Pray for Rain." The song builds slowly from a ponderous, doom-laden verse to a beautiful middle-section, before reverting back to the verse. Ifs a beautiful! structured, ornate, chilling opening track that hurtles you into the world of Massive Attack, where you stay, rapt, for the duration.

Though there arc songs that do stand out from the others, and could be listened to a:; singles or

stand-alone songs, Heligoland is best enjoyed when taken in over one sitting. At first, parts of the LP sag, or feel as though they have been added to pad out the track listing, but on repeat listening, the album really takes shape, and as the listener, you realize that every song fits into place in the wider tapestry of the album as a whole.

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tening, but Massive Attack's new album has added to their enigma, their myth, their status as Britain's mo:;t difficult to define group.

Part electronic, part live, part social commentary, part streamof-consciousness, Heligoland will creep into your subconscious and sit pecking at your brain until you take it out and give it one more spin.

That \1.n't to say there is no glocken:;piel, because there is, but it is often (thankfully) rel~gated to the background in order to flesh out the lush, atmospheric nature of quite a few of the tracks. Romance is Boring features more horns and violins which lend themselves nicely to the sweeping, symphonic tone at the climax of a number of songs.

If you are familiar with Los Campesinosl's first couple of LP's, you know that the band epitomized the term "pop," relying heavily on complex but light and fluffy arrangements. Fortunately, the songs on Romanceis Boring are loud, messy and heartfelt. In fact, I would argue that the three words

''loud," "messy" and "heartfelt" come to embody the entire album.

The juxtaposition between the title of the album, Romance is Boring, and the fact that the character the lead singer portrays throughout the scattered narrative thread of the album is obsessed with love, is a move that is quintessentially Los Campesinos! 'J11etitle, in fact, can be viewed in two different ways: 1.) the defeated utterance of a person who has been unlucky in love one too many times and 2.) the term "boring" used to signify how love gradually bores into someone until they are wholly consumed by it. This is the perfect reflection of the duality of Los Campesinos!; at once painfully sincere and ironic.

Album Review Los Compesinosl - Romance isBoring JORDAN PITCHER

STAFF WRITER it an 8.3/10. To give you an idea of the divisiveness among fans: hen Los Campesinos! re- I have had no choice but to break leased their inaugural Lr, up with no less than three women Hold on Now, Youngster... in early who argued that Los Campesinos!

2008, it swiftly turned them into were loud or "annoying." one of the most divisive musical Near the tail-end of 2008, they groups in the indie pretentiousreleased a thematically gloomier phere. Fans and critics alike were LP called, We Are Beautiful, We split on whether or not a band Are Doomed. Though the quality could be as neon spirited and of the album was unimpeachable, cutesy and feature as much glock- garnering a 9/10 from NME and enspiel as Los Campesinos! and an 8.3/10 from Pitchfork, people retain any artistic merit whatso- wondered whether or not eight ever. months was enough for a band to To give you an idea of the di- thoroughly grow, as the band was visiveness among critics: popular still undeniably cute, hyper and UK music magazine, New Music bulging with glockenspiel.

Express (NME) gave the album Finally, a little more than a full 6/10 stars, whereas Pitchforkgave year after We Are Beautiful,WeAre

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PAUL FALARDEAUBedouin Soundclash - Santa ARTS &LIFE EDITORMonica The Marshall Tucker band Hillbilly Band Southern Rock is a genre often personified by one or two key acts and a:; a result usually enjoyed (if at all) on a rather superficial and drunken level at best. However, bands like Marshall Tucker's take the gente deeper and really make it worth listenit1g to. "Hillbilly Band" is a perfect example and a pretty good creed for any band.

Doomed, Los Campesinos! have returned with Romanceis Bor-ing, a significantly darker album, featuring far less of what made Los Campesinos! so controversial in the first place: glockenspiel, witty throwaway lyrics and hyperactive singing. You don't even have to actually listen to the album to realize that the band has matured, in a sense. Tnis is because the cover image of a bloody knee acts as a symbol of what the band is predominantly focused on now: the pain of growing up, falling in love, losing that love and trying to find the humour in momentary hopelessness.

Not only has the group matured thematically, but also sonically.

The thing about some one hit wonders is that they really suck.

All too often though the case is that there are many uncharted and unnoticed gems if you look past the blinding glory of tat one big song. This is the case for Bedouin Soundclash. "Santa Monica'' is a song that is every bit as sunnily fulfilling as "Hey Beautiful Day" and, in fact, surpa:,:;es it.

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U.N.K.L.E. - Natural Selection

Ella Fitzgerald - Angel Eyes

From the English gents responsible for making some of the most rocker friendly electronic music :;ince Daft Punk released you-cansample guitar solos, comes a great new track from their forthcoming album, Where Did the Night· Fall. The track is a collaboration with the Black Angels and ends up sounding like vintage Stone Roses.

Arguably it was Bob Dylan who completely changed the music world by making it the emotion in a :;inger::, voice, not their technical prowess, that counted in making them great. That said, here is an example of having your cake and eating it too. Fitzgerald's voice is near perfect and the emotion is like a cup runneth over in this classic song of love's scorn.

Canada - 0 Canada! tt seems silly and overly patriotic but it really fits the bill for the shuffle because this is the one song I just can't get enough of right now. I don't care who sings it at the clo::,ing ceremonies or did at the opening ceremonies. lf this song doesn't fill you with joy and pride, then there's something wrong with you. Go Canada!

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Wilco Still Loves You Baby Free liveshow rocks Olympic fans NICKUBELS CONTRIBUTOR ising from the ashes of the seminal alt-country act Uncle R 1\.1pelo,Wilco's 15-year career has been characterized by change: the early country-rock tendencies of A.M. and Being There gave way to the deconstructed pop landscape of Ya11keeHotel Foxtrot and stark minimalism of A Ghostis Born.

Both sides were on bold display last Saturday night when the band's current six-piece incarnation kicked off the free LivcCily Vancouver concert seties at Yaletown's David Lam Park.

After enduring a predictably mediocre performance frum Langley modern rock outfit Default, it came as a welcome relief when the Chicago-based Califonc look the stage with their trademark con• coction of weird Americana.

Propelled by dual pcrcussioni~s, one bearing a strong resemblance to Jerry Garcia, the band's compelling 40-mimitc set became gradually more electric as the night progressed. Califone managed to cover songs from many of their 11 studio albums, including the standout title track from their 2009 release, All My FriendsAre Funeral Singers.

There was a lengthy gap between the sets and 20 minutes prior to the alt-rock veterans' scheduled start time, chants of "Wilco!" began to flood the restless and rain-soaked crowd.

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At precisely 9 p.m., the band made their entrance to The Price Is Right theme song before launching i:;traight into their own theme, "Wilco (The Song)," setting a playful tone that continued through the rest of their 19-song, 95-minute set.

The energetic performance focused on material from Wilco's two most recent studio efforts, Sky Blue Sky and last year's Wilco (The Album), but also delivered an am-

ple selection from the band's back catalogue including fan favourites, "Spiders (Kidsmoke)," "Misunden;tood," a::;well as the folky Mermaid Avenue gem "California Stars," which featured a stunning organ solo from keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen.

On "Shot in the Arm,'' Jorgensen frantically dragged two plush Olympic mascots across the keyboard like a mad scientist to the delight of the crowd.

Skytrack "Side with the Seeds".

In an impressive show of versatility and range, Cline then jumped on lap steel for a stirring sing-along rendition of the classic Wilco tune, "Jesus, Etc." Although it was clear that not everyone in attendance was as familiar with Wilco as at most of their headlining shows, you could !:>tillh1:ar a strong chorus of fans singing along.

Percussionist Glenn Kotche was in fine form, making incredibly difficult passage:, look easy, relishing every measure. It's obvious that Kotchc could let loose at any moment, yet his technical ability is matched by an equal control over his kit.

Multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone and co-founder John Stirrat also turned in solid performances with the latter's rolling bass lines, particularly on "Handshake Drugs," anchoring the band's frequent forays into disorienting feedback and dissonance.

Wilco finished strong with the Wilco's enigmatic frontman Jeff crowd pleaser, "l'm the Man Who Tweedy also seemed to be in good Loves You," which began with spirits, selling the audience on ev- Kotche perched atop his drum set with his sticks held high, drawing ery line with his sincere delivery.

Fifty-four-year-old guitarist tremendous applause from the auNels Cline nearly stole the show dience as he jumped down into the with his spastic and technically song's first chords.

There was no encore as organizproficient playing. "Don't worry Nels, they're going to throw out ers had planned an elaborate multhe Russian judge's score on that timedia and fireworks display, yet last solo," joked Tweedy after yet it seemed that most of the crowd another flawless performance would have been happier just to from Cline on the intricate SkyBlue hear one more song from Wilco.

Places With Faces, Tough Lovers and Six to Midnight at Pat's Pub lndie actsprovide analternative toOlympic entertainment LARRY PORTELANCE

CONTRIBUTORseems to have made some alterations as their they go by the name Tough Lovers on their Myspace aybe not the hottest indie page. Despite this sidenote, Tough FriFEB 26 ticket last Saturday night, Lovers has a feel similar to the SHAKLETON -BILTMORE Pat's Pub was hosting three bands Tragically Hip and the Weakerfor the low price of eight dollars thans. The band seems to still be SalFEB 27 and cheap pitchers of draft. Play- finding their live presence as their CRYSTAL CASTLES· GOSSIP ing at Pat's Pub this last weekend vocals and ability to play riffs were ELPERRO DEL MAR &TAKEN BY TREES before the Vancouver Games flood weak at times. If Tough Lovers • BILTMORE the music scene with heaps of free were to make a go for it and tour ACORN PROJECT w/BLVD.· FAIRVIEW PUB concerts and shows were Six to relentlessly, they could succeed on FOREIGN BORN . FORTUNE Midnight, Tough Lovers and Plac- the !earshot campus and commues With Faces. It was certainly a nity charts.

SunFEB 28 more economical way to spend an Coming up last and following HOWELLS & BURRIDGESHINE evening than shelling out 20 bucks the same tack as Tough Lovers, HEADLIGHTS. RAILWAY for Do Make Say Think in a sold- Places With Faces came out with out Biltmore Cabaret. their shoe-gazing indie pop fun.

Mon MAR 01 Coming from Vancouver with Places With Faces is very remiWEWERE PROMISEDBILTMORE a sound that could be on the track niscent of the Broken Social Scene to Fox Seeds contests, Six to Mid- (BSS)splashed with a dose of the Tue MAR 02 night brought the funk to a mod- inbreds. The way the drum beats AGAINST ME-RICKSHAW erately packed Pat's Pub. Bassist and rhythmic guitar fit with the Evan Jones set a funky rhythm female and male vocals fuelled ThuMAR 04 while vocalist Jordan Field sang in this comparison. It was the sort THE GRAND MOTHERS· BILTMORE a low and crisp tone that is akin to of music where the drumming is Scott Stapp of Creed. Overall Six solidly simple with the bass and FriMAR OS to Midnight has their act together. guitar building some sort of conBASIA BULAT· ST. JAMES Maybe one day they will follow stant droning idea while spicing CHAIN AND THE GANG &STRANGE BOYS -MEDIAthe footsteps of Goodbye Beat- it up with some meek vocals and CLUB . down and Daniel Wesley by doing receptive guitar riffs. Their track LITTLE BOOTS· VENUE well in the Fox Seeds. By the way, Secret Song really make the BSS INNER CIRCLE· COMMODORE check out urbandictionary.com for influence heard.

CAVE SINGERS· PITPUB a humorous take on the meaning Check out Fat's Pub as they of Six to Midnight's moniker. It will be hosting some great shows SolMAR 06 might a bit lewd for some. in the near future. Some choice BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB After Six to Midnight got off picks are Feb 26 with The Paral-COMMODORE stage and Pat's Pub filled with lels, Sex Church and Dizzy Eyes DJCHAMPION· VENUE more people, Oceans and Moons and March 26 with BA Johnston, brought their soft and heartfelt Sports and What's Wrong Tohei? show later at Library Square in rock to the patrons. This band Tough Lovers will be playing a Vancouver March 18 and Places ThuFEB 25 DIESELBOY -SHINE

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Bulat's Been Inspired By Her Travels LK,OAUMAN

INTERROBANG ince her debut album Oh, My in 2007, singer-songwri ter and Polaris Prize-nominee Basia Bulat has travelled to Australia, Europe and all over North America, reaching as far north as Dawson City, Yukon. Still, that hasn't changed her opinion of London, the city she got her first start as a performer while a student at the University of Western Ontario. "l did a lot of growing up there, so I have a really special place in my heart for the city," Bulat says from New York City, doing press calls for her sophomore release, Heart Of My Own. Having written many of the album's songs in transit, Bulat examines her life, relationships and even the concept of home on the new album.

"I kind of feel as though as long as I've got some songs with me then I feel I can sing and feel

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like I'm there, that I always feel at home ... a little bit of the record is about that for sure."

Coinciding with Heart Of My Own's release, Bulat will be re• turning to the road to perform her

songs bear a more soulfu 1,orchestral feeling something she and producer Howard Bilerman wanted to capture.

"I had something a little bit specific in mind with Heart Of My Own. There was a conscious decision to make things sound a little bit louder, a lillle bit bolder just by the very nature of the fact that I was playing live a lot more and I wanted the record to reflect that.

"I was performing (these songs) live onstage before I actually went to record them," Bulat said - something eclectic mix of folk and pop, oftenshe hadn't done before times with a slightly Slavic twist.

Oh, My Darling was released to And though Bulat's instrumental rave reviews. arsenal of acoustic guitar, auto· Heart Of My Own also seems to harp and ukulele remain main- encompass the greatest musical stays on her new album, her nQW range, from soft acoustic tunes like

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"Sparrow'' to the thunderously rolling "Gold Rush," written about Dawson City where, coincidentally, the cover of the album was also shot. And though the imagery of her lyrics is vivid, Bulat insists she never writes to particularly encapsulate what surrounds her.

"A lot of my writing is out of my control - and maybe that makes me sound lazy, and f don't mean that - but if I was sitting in the woods and trying lo wrilc a song about the woods it would probably not be very successful," she explains.

"I'm influenced by my surroundings in the sense that I've been traveling so much, but I have a lucky trait where as soon as something's set in motion in terms of the wheels of the bus or van or train my mind sets off wandering, and it kind of goes all over the place and I get all sorts of ideas."

For Basia Bulat tour dates, go to www.myspace.com/basiabulat

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he was a child. Now, as an adult, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF he's decided to adopt a baby from here arc plenty of movies China. about women who just want Brian is a Iittle socially awkward, a baby (for example, that godaw- but more in the sense that he can't ful Tina Fey movie, BabyMama). relate to the strange people around There aren't very many movies him rather than he can't relate to about men wanting a baby - after anyone. His parents were quite old all, fatherho<;>d usua,lly F_equires when the~ gave birth to hiII\, ~nd 11 1 bl'emucl'flJictcr N'tc1~3~~ ur trv'J"Jfo r}1¥0VgH't1Mh\ls'ol-l'ersll',thVgs whole pregnancy thing, give birth than him and incredibly successand actually nurse the baby. So it's ful. Brian's inability to relate to unusual to watch a movie about a people seems to be because he's man that actually wants to have grown up with people that are so a baby. It's even more unusual to hard for anyone, not just Brian, to watch a movie about a man that relate to. wants to have a baby on his own.

Brian lives a lonely life, until he Movies don't usually address meets Happy (played by 500 Days the single father phenomenon; of Summer's Zoocy Deschanel). when they do, the mother is either Happy wanders into the mattress deceased or some kind of a dead- store where Brian works and falls beat. The movie is usually about asleep on one of the mattresses. Afthe father adjusting to being a ter that, Happy and Brian begin a single parent, rather than about a strange sexual .relationship (which man that wants to be a parent. The begins with the two of them havidea of a father on his own because ing sex in Happy's father's car he just wants a child is somehow while her father is at a doctor's apsocially unacceptable. pointment).

The movie Giganticis about that Deschanel plays her usual, mythical creature - the single fa. kooky-but-cute character. She ther that just wants to have chil- always does this well, but she's dren. Paul Dano (Little Miss Sun• beginning to get stuck as a type shine) is Brian Weathersby, a guy actor. At least she plays this type that just wants to have a baby. Bri• of character a touch classier than ~

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John Goodman plays Happy's father, Al. Usually, Goodman plays the redneck but down-toearth man with a heart of gold, so it's interesting to see him step out of that role into that of a successfu 1b1:1,sii;i.e:;isma_n that is a complete ~d:c<i-lfrif'.1 rt, , iar w ,m, ,, ,,, ft's refreshing to watch a movie about a young guy that isn't obsessed with sex. Yes, Brian and Happy have sex, but getting laid isn't Brian's sole mission in life.

TI1c other men in Brian's life are sex crazed; his friend talks about masturbating while fantasizing about his lab assistant, his old~r brother takes Chinese businessmen to rub-and-tugs (where they all sit in a room together while getting hand jobs), and his father talks, quite openly, about his sexual relationship with his mother.

Brian wants to have a baby, and despite some financial difficulties, he seems to be responsible and capable enough to care for a child.

Gigantic is a quiet movie; there are funny moments, but it's not the over-the-top, loud and hilarious funny that is commonplace in most ,;eccentric family" movies.

The movie is sweet, and has it's own charm. Which is more than

can be said for most "I just want to be a parent" movies.

But unfortunately, the writers of the movie version decided to pick and choose what plot aspects from the book to use in the movie. rn doing so, they left out huge gaps of information. So many, that if you have never read the book, you are immediately confused - even having read the books I was lost at times.

Up until half way through the movie I was content with separat• ing the movie and book as two different entities. The movie had been pretty good. But, after that half-way point things went sour. It became even more confusing and slightly ridiculous. If they decided to do a sequel, t'm not sure how

they'll achieve it with all the information they left out.

It seemed like the plot was too big for the film, there was too much to fit into the 119 minutes.

The plot was very similar to Harry Potter, and when I say very, I mean exactly. Percy has two best friends: one a brilliant gid who has a vast knowledge about the world they inhabit; and the other a slightly dorky but very endearing guy who will always be there for his friends. Does that sound familiar at all?

However, the cast was brilliant, with Sean Bean as a Zeus, Kevin McKidd as Poseidon, Rosario Dawson as Persephone, Steve

Coogan as Hades, Catherine Keener as Sally Jackson, Uma Thurman as Medusa, and Pierce Brosnan as Chiron. The younger cast consists of Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth, Brandon T. Jackson as Grover (yes, he did play Alpa Chino in Tropic Thunder), Jake Abel as Luke and Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson. Other than the actress who played Annabeth, each actor was pe~fect for their role.

Over all, the movie is entertain• ing, the cast is pretty good and the visuals are excellent. It would be a great film to watch with your younger siblings or kids. I'd suggest you wait until it comes out on

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Movie Review e c Jackson andthe01 the Greek BRITTANY WIESNER

god Poseidon. He trav-

SPORTS & HEALTH EDITOR els to Camp Half Blood to train so he can become a hero. He learns at couple weeks ago I did a review of the book series Percy and the Olympians. Those books w~re .really very good. This weekend the movie, based on the first book, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief was released. So r went, full of anticipation with very high hopes. I was sadly disappointed. After all these years you would think I'd learn that when a movie is based on books, there is bound to be issues. But naively I went, expecting more.

The plot is about a kid, Percy Jackson, that finds out his father is

A Jackson

the camp that Zeus thinks Percy has stolen his lightning bolt. Hades has stolen Percy's mother as balt, to get Percy to travel down to the underworld to retrieve his mother (and give Hades the lightning bolt).

Percy's two friends Annabeth (daughter of Athena, and Percy's love interest) and Grover (a satyr, who is Percy's protector and close friend) join Percy in a trip across. the U.S.A. to the Underworld.

In the books the plot makes per• fect sense. It all fits together well, and it's really quite interesting.

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ChannelSurting JORPAtt PltCtlER STAFF WRITER

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uring the last couple months, I have noliced a gradual increase in the number of people boycotting the Olympics. Evidence of this includes, but is not limited to: Facebook groups with anli-Olympic messages, Facebook status updates such as "fuck tha olympix," people screaming at the five-oh as the torch rolled through Abbotsford, and every person with a sane bone in their body bringing up the fact that Vancouver will b\l in debt forevermore.

Generally, people decide to boycott things because they will be significantly impacted, or it goes against their altruistic moral grain. For me, the Olympics really did neither of those things; yet I, too, would gladly s;iy "fuck the Olympics," to anyone who would listen. This is primarily because it is Jn my nature to jump at any chance to pretend I'm offering in• formed viewpoints about things J am uninformed about. My uninterested complacency lasted until I saw what NBC's Olympic broad-

cast schedule was going to do to Chuck (it has been put on hiatus until the first week of March).

As some of you may' already know, \lver since J took over Channel Surfing, I have taken it upon 1 myself to act as Ch11ck s unofficial pimp. And, in the intere8t of keeping with this tawdry metaphor,

The NBC late night programming fiasco has been written to death and, although many of my qualities as a human being are questionable, necrophilia is not something r engage in (often), so I will leave Jay Leno out of this discussion. However, I will not be so kind to Heroes or the Olympicstwo programs that are largely \lmblematic of what NBC, as a network, stands for: losing money, repulsing viewers.

Traditionally, the goal for any company nol operating in some inverse universe should be to make money. For NBC, a company lhat is undoubtedly operating from the inverse universe, where losing money is a sign that you've got a hit on your hands, the Olympics arc the homerun they've been looking for. Not only will the when my scarlet woman (Chuck) Winter Olympics eat up 17 days of daytime, primetime, and late is attacked by an unruly customer (NBC), it is my right, nay, my duty, night programming, but NBC also to keep my pimp-hand strong. expects to lose roughly $250 milAs such, I will devote a fair bit lion on lhc entire ordeal. of this week's Channel Surfing to Whenever a company stands to drawing your attention to NBC's lose money, they usually offer a diindisputably moronic business luted, best-case-scenario number practices. to the public so shareholders don't

bolt or revolt, so the amount of money NBC stands to lose on the Olympics could be considerably higher than $250 million. Obviously, the actual amount of money they end up losing will be forever locked within the dark pages of BC's financial books. This news has some silver lining in that Vancouver will not be the only party associated with the Winter Olympics that will be taking significant losses.

The season (series?) finale of Heroes aired on Monday, February 8. Not only was it catastrophically bad but it only managed to pull in 4.4 million viewers. To give you an idea of how poor that rating is Chuck's (a show always in hot water about its ratings) lowest number from this season is 6.61 million. Despite this discrepancy, NBC is still seriously considering renewing Heroes. There is no logical explanation or witty insight that can explain why NBC does what it docs. J am, for once, at a loss for words.

Chuck returns Monday, March 1 at 8 p.m. on NBC (if they aren't bankrupt by then).

to-life colours.

Theatres are \lnjoylng a resurgence in 3D-movic allcndancc, with James Cameron's *Avatar• leading the way. Cameron was one of the early proponents of 3D cinema and his film shows it off magn ificcntly.

Still, some people think 3D TV will be just another passing fad.

Retailers are cautiou8 at best. At the consumer retail level, Parry is taking the-wait-and-see approach, which is being echoed over in corporate sales. ''I'd llke to see 3D TV be adopted but, at this stage, I don't really see it happening," says Paul Jackson, a sales representative for Metro Video Communications in Victoria.

To embrace any new technology takes time, and Jackson believes it'll take at least five years.

"We arc very optimistic about the long-term prospects for 3D at home," says Candice Hayman, spokesperson for Sony Canada,

"particularly as new technology standards are set and as new 3Dcnablcd devices make their way to the marketplace this year."

There's a lot al stake, especially with everyone but the consumer investing millions into this technology.

"Thq ability to deliver mo,re 30 content will happen because the entire industry is working together to have enough of it by the time the first televisions roll out," says Hayman.

Jackson, however, believes television 8tations won't have the revenue to buy new equipment every two or three years to keep up with the technology.

"If lhe film industry adopts it in a big way, it'll happen really fast.

If they're relying on the broadcasters, I think it'll go very slowly," says Jackson.

Most stations have already upgraded to provide HD TV to viewers because it's finally affordable.

To throw that out now and to buy a 3D television isn't going to happen for most consumers, unless it's an upgrade from an old CRT to a 3D-capable TV. Even then, what about the stations that only broadcast in 2D? Sony's new televisions have a smart chip installed so they can recognize what's being watched. If it's regular 2D content, they function just like any other television set. When there's a signal saying there's more, they'll switch to that mode.

Whether or not 30 TV becomes the norm for television viewing in the future remains to be seen.

There's a lol of Lalk around it, but it could 11itherb\l a passing fad or become the new norm. Jackson says that while some content lends itself to 3D, he doesn't see enough of a difference bclwccn watching most programming in 2D or 3D. With 3D, he says, "You're really limiting yourself."

versation revealed much more information when l made alternate choices. Fascinatingly, despite unfolding differently each time, the game carried on without a "game over" screen, even after losing in a vicious physical confrontation.

The demo features two short scenes, each with a different lead character. The full game will have four main characters that users will control. The first scene features private detective Scott Shelby. The task is to control Shelby as he tries to get a lead from a sex worker named Lauren, whose son was murdered. Shelby ls presumably attempting to track down the murderer, known as the "Origami Killer." In the second scene, FBI agent Norman Jayden is at the crime scene of a murder. He uses a high-tech gadget which allows him to find and analyse clues with an unrealistic, but useful simplici-

ty. Both scenes are incredibly dark and grimy.

The controls do hamper the experience on occasion, though ironically usually in the parts that play most like a typical game. It can be a little tricky to control your character, trying to make them walk in the direction you want them to.

This is largely because unlike in a conventional game, the camera is usually not centred behind the character.

Despite this minor quibble, HeavyRain is an incredibly promising title that looks to provide a form of storytelling that simply must not be ignored.

To 3D or not to 3D? EDSUM tive for Atlas Audio Video in Vic-

NEXUStoria, B.C. "There have been

lectronics consumers could be suffering from upgrade woes soon enough, since practically everyone in lhc entertainment industry is talking about 30 TV. 1 3D TVs arc telcvlt'!ions cap.-ible of displaying objects in three-dimensional space. However, there's one snag - everyone will have to wear glnsses to experience the technology.

The first sets were unveiled at lhc 2010 Consumer Electronic Show in Vegas and will be available for purchase as early as this summer. Companies like Sony, Samsung, DreamWorks Animation SKG and Technicolor are pushing very hard to promote it, but it's ultimately up to the con• sumer to embrace il.

"They'll have to decide if they want to go down lhat path or not," says Carl Parry, sale8 representa-

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lots of

failed attempts in the past."

3D technology reached its heighl of popularity with audiences during the '50s, but it was a far from perfect technology back then. Moviegoers wore paper glasse11wilh each lens lirtlcd a different colour.

On screen, there were two disjointed images with the same lint to represent the spatia I difference. That gave a three-dimensional effect when combined and interpreted by the viewer's brain.

Objects leapt out al tht.: viewer, but the cheap technology was far from perfect and some had trouble seeing lhc 30 properly and complained of eyestrain.

The days of psychedelia arc gone and in its place are polarized-lens glasses that do the same thing. The major improvement is that there are no badly tinted images. Audiences can now see true·

CascadeArcade Heavy Rain Shows Potential JOEL SMARTfeel a bit like b\llng forced to play

Dance DanceRevolution in order to STAFF WRITER keep watching a movie, but more et to be released February 23, often, it can make you feel almost Quantic Drnam's PlayStation 3 like you really arc doing the tasks exclusive Heavy Rain is a gritty, in- on screen. teractive murder mystery. Having With the press of a button, playplayed the recently released demo, ers can read the thoughts of their my impression is that it feels far character. They also have control more cinematic than any other over the dialog their character game I have ever played. 1n fact, engages in. Tn other games with due to its interactivity and unique interactive speech, this process infocus, it ii; clear why Quantic volves a lot of reading and deliberDream refers to it as an interactive ation which slows down the game; film, not a video game. in Heavy Rain you only get one or The demo began with a brief tu- two theme words for each dialog torial which allows users to underoption to base your choice on. stand the unique way their input For example, during the demo controls the game. Players twist I had to quickly decide between around the control sticks and hold tricking or prcssur.ing a woman to and tap buttons according to on- give me some information I wantscreen cues in order to perform ed. After a sequence of choices tasks. These can range from open- the conversation unfolded in an ing a car door, to climbing up a unfavourable way. Another time I slippery slope. At its worst, it can played through the demo, the con·

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StudentWork Falling Into Place

ly with her dad, but now she was missing her mom.

"I'm sorry it's been so long, Jordan. Your mom and T didn't want to uproot you right away. I hope that's okay?"Dad said.

"I guess," Jordan said. "Dad, what ls Gibson's like?" ;,They use to film a television show there called "The Beachcombers." lt's a small town, with lots of friendly people. I hope you'll Ii ke it?"

Jordan sighed and looked out the window at the scenery surrounding rlowe Sound.

As the ship came closer to a rock that was surrounded by water, Jordan noticed something moving on the rock.

"Dad!" Jordan yelled, "That's a dog, a little scruffy dog!"

"So it is." Dad agreed.

"We have to save it." Jordan

said.

"Jordan, I can't stop the ship for a dog, I'm sorry."

Jordan pleaded with her dad.

"There must be a way. He's a little dog. Please, Dad. Please."

Jordan closed her eyes and crosi,ed her fingers, as her dad called in a favour to his friend that owned the Kona Wind Charters.

She turned back to the window, watching as the little dog disap• peared from her sight.

When the ship came into dock, Jordan and her dad were on their way to Gibson's Landing.

When they arrived at Molly's Rt!ach, they noticed a group of people standing at a lookout point.

Jordan cou Id hardly wait until her dad parked the truck. They ran towards the group to sec what was happening. They heard a little girl crying. Jordan couldn't believe it.

Ttwas Annie from her dance class.

"Annie?" Jordan asked. "What are you doing here?"

"That's my dog down there, and my dad can't get close enough with his boat because of the rough water. Someone is bringing a rope to climb down but it might be too late." Annie said.As Jordan looked down the jagged cliff she noticed a skinny log that lay near the rock.

There was no time to waste. The tide was coming in fast. "I can do it dad, that log is just like my balance beam." Jordan said.

They all agreed Jordan was light enough to be lowered down the cliff. The men worked fast. Jordan was fitted with her life vesl and was given a life ring for the dog.

TI1cy carefully lowered her down the cliff. Wht!n Jordan reached the skinny log, she took a deep breath, held herself tight in her tummy and carefully put one foot in front of the other. She h!.!ldthe life ring for balance. The water wns starting to rise over the rock. The little dog was shaking.

'Tm almost there, just a Jillie more." Jordan said quietly. When she finally neared the rock, Jordan jumped on, and slipped the life ring around the dog. Jordan was about to give the sign to bring them up when n huge wave swept them both into the cold water.

Jordan held on tight to the little dog with her heart thumping fast.

She felt herself sinking lower and lower, when there was a putl"<>n the rope and Jordan and the dog were lifted up the cliff and into her dad's arms.

Back at Molly's Reach, hot chocolate was on the house. Jordan was sitting next to Annie and her dog Livingston, who was a very hnppy pooch. Jordan had just found out that her mom was out of the hospital, and tomorrow the three of them would be sitting around her dad's kitchen table, making plans for the summer holidays. Jordan couldn't stop smiling a~ everything indeed, was falling into place.

juice, butternut squash ravioli ... you get the picture.

In typical Coupland fashion, his work is comprised of slices of easy• to-digest prose, delivering another page-turner to his audience. Each section is narrated by a rotation of characters, each masterfully composed, compelling and relatable in his or her own way.

Unlike many of Coupland's previous works, *Generation A* has a diverse selection of settings: each of the five central characters comes from a different corner of the globe - though mostly the first world, with one well-incorporated exception.

We begin our journey into this slightly frightening world with the least common of the five indi· viduals: Harj. He starts out in Sri Lanka, but what links him to the West is his job - one he is fiercely dedicated to - as an Abercrombie and Fitch call centre operator. He's

wise, and although he's somewhat obsessed with an idealized dream of New England life, he has a droll stereotype of A&F's most loyal customers, whom he refers to as Craigs.

Next we meet Zack, a sexy, crude Iowa corn farmer with a meth-infused upbringing and an uncle that keeps him taken care of.

He also earns a little money on the side by driving his tractor in the nude while on a web cam, fed live to a pervert named Charles.

Then there's Samantha, an unsatisfied personal trainer who makes "earth sandwiches" with people directly opposite New Zealand home; Julien, a greasy, immature •world of Warcraff• gamer in Paris, who would rather stay up in an Internet caf~ for 23 hours straight than attend his classes at the Sorbonne; and finally, Diana, a churchy dental hygienist with Tourette's from North Bay, Ont. the oldest of the Wonka children and the only Canadian.

What do they all have in common? Well, they're young, un•

happy, single, sassy and - with random simultaneity - they're each stung by bees. In a world where bees have long disappeared and the general state of things is bleak, these five individuals gain celebrity status thanks to the global village of the 21st century, and as none of them are alone at the moment of impact, news of their stings spreads quickly.

While their encounters bring a new sense of hope to a planet con• sumed by "chronosuppressant" protein tablets, the events that fol• low their stings only further illustrate this sad world, set around the end of this decade or the beginning of the next. However, as the group migrates, the novel morphs into a pseudo-collection of short stories and the reader is briefly transported out of an eerie reality.

While Coupland has chosen to explore the exhausted topic of global climate change, his unique (and arguably very Vancouver) angle provides fresh perspective on an issue we all should take seriously: the future.

KATHRYN FALVAI CONTRIBUTOR athryn, who goes by Kathy, is not a student at UFV but is a part time resident of Abbotsford. She spends the rest of her time il1 Vernon, BC. Katlty is a da11cerand has taught classes in dance as well. 51,c is trying lter hand at writing, w11ich incl11des the following short story: Jordan stares out the kitchen window. She hears the noise of the city. She is waiting for her mom to com home from work. Jordan knew she should have been happy but she wasn't.

"My new dance class sucks.

I'm sure all the girls hate me. I know what they arc thinking. I don't have the flow like they do. I hate dance. 1 wish 1 was back at gymnastics, T hate change! 1 hate mom!" Jordan yelled in the quiet house.

She sat at the kitchen table, the same table they had all sat at only two months before. Jordan was trying to remember what her mother had said when she finally got up the nerve to ask why her dad had left Her mom explain<!d that they had grown apart. She on Gibson's.

"Gibson's, where is that? Mom, had gotten tired of the ferry shifts and Dad had gotten tired of the I don't want to leave you. I'm scared." Jordan said crying into city and the long drive. Jordan wondered if Dad had also gotten the phone. tired of her.

While Jordan was packing with Jordan's mom said everything Aunt Bea, she couldn't help but would fall into place, just lik h r thjnk everything was not foiling dance class. Jordan was having a into place but falling apart.

By the time they got to Horsehard time believing. Just then the phone rang. shoe Bay, the ferry was in dock; and ht!r dad was waiting for her.

"Mom, where are you!" Jordan He was in his captain's uniform. asked.

"I'm at the hospital, honey. I've Jordan was happy to see her dad but felt a little nervous. been in an accident, and the doctor said T have to rest over the weekThey both said goodbye to Aunt Bea, and Jordan was glad that her end." dad said to give Mom a hug from "What? Are you okay Mom?" Jordan asked feeling guilty over them both.

They went aboard the ship, and her earlier thoughts.

"I will be fine, and guess what?

Dad took her right up to the ship's Aunt Bea will pick you up and command post.

Jordan was trying hard not to drive you to the ferry boat, and Dad will take you to his new place be scared. After all, she was final-

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Bee By Bee speeds MARIA BRITT ODEGARD

up the sensation of time THEPEAK passing and provides an escape from anxiety about the future and he bees are disappearing, but a sense of comfort in loneliness. no one is entirely sure why.

In a world without bees chilColony collapse disorder, as it dren would no longer collect sumis known, has several possible mertime memories of bee stings, causes, but as of yet, those in the and those with severe beekeeping world still don't have allergies might feel an answer. lt could be caused by a sense of reglobal climate change, it could be lief, but what the result of mite infestations, or it about our may just be a natural fluctuation agricultural industries? Honthat will right itself over time though the latter seems rather na· eybees are directly ive. If things do not improve, bees responsible for onemay one day be extinct, like so third of our food sup• ply. While people could many other species on this planet. still grow their own flowering This is a reality in the world Douglas Coupland paints for us in fruit and vegetable plants using methods of hand pollination, this his most recent novel, *Generation A*, and one that may soon be our would be impossible for mass proown. In addition to a world with duction, rendering our diets highly fewer bugs, he also describes a fu- limited: corn and potatoes, grainture in which fossil fuels are nearfed poultry (cows graze in fields of clover and alfalfa - the most ly depleted, the weather is erratic, people are never without PDAs common nectar source for North (personal digital assistants) and American honey), other grains and the developed world is obsessed dairy. No more blueberry muffins, with a "non-narcotic protein" that almonds, strawberry yogurt, apple

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TWO HOOKS HANK SE/\F/\IRIN'SFF'l1

wo Hooks Hank is back again T after a few weeks at sea. Remember that us pirates through the ages have been using the stars to navigate treacherous waters, leading us to our hidden plunders (mostly rum and the pocket watches of slain sea captains), away from danger and masking the fact that many of our women have not bathed in more than a fortnight.

This week your astrological readings arc slightly skewed as the universe decided to rearrange the stars on whim, that bastard.

Aries: Morch 21- April 19 Sadly you'll find out form the office ofthc registrar that the Kltngon language class you take ,n community college does not count towards any transfer credit.

Taurus: April 20- May20 The art of human cannonecrmg has been lost and it's up to you to reintroduce it to the world.

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Gemini: Moy21- June 20

That Old-School Legend of Zelda marathon during reading break was way more important than studying; somebody's got to take care of Canon. However, this will return to haunt you in the form of 8 bit nightmares.

(oncer: June 21- July22 You got great marks on your first assignmcmts this semester~ keep it up o1ndyou iust might finish yet.

Leo:July23- August 22 You will be walking the plank this week, literally and metaphorically. Fear the man with the peg leg.

paying the bear tax. That's right, bear tax. That tax is built into everything.

Scorpio: October 23- November 21 Smash that piggy bank. Take it for what it's worth and never look back.

Sagittarius: November 22 - December 21 Abort any inclination you have of becom tng a hipster; the world does not need another hipster. If you're one already, just stop, nobody is impressed.

Capricorn: December 22- January 19

Virgo: August 23- September 22

0 RLY?YA RLY!NO WATIJI

Now 1sthe time to get completely trashed and haunt the streets of Paris for two weeks.

Aquarius: January 20- February 18

Libra: September 23- October 22 Keep a journal over the next few weeks. Track how often you're

Please stop singing that song that you 1,ing. Tt's not funny or "ironic cool" (see above hipster, horoscope); instead, it will bring curses upon your head!

Watching Porn With Michael Dorn by Alan Piffer (Nexus)

Pisces: February 19- March 20 Your use of a 60-year-old encyclopedia as a source will net you an Fin your computers class.

OGENlAC!

Farewell, memoteysl

The Cascade Liquor Cabinet

CHEF BEE COOKING UPTROUBLE o honour tlhe Georgian OlymT pic athlete, Nodar Kuma.r1tashv1li, who had a tragic accident during one of his final practices, this week is a taste of Georgian cu1sme.Lobio is a dish with beans, tomatoes and onions. Ttcan be an appetizer or a main course.

Hello doss andwelcome tosexed!

This is a classic, who hasn't done First offletsstart withopersonal one of these during a birthday celfavorite: ebration? If you haven't well what

Ingredients 1 ½ cup of dried red kidney beans soaked overnight in 5-6 cups of water 1 ½ cup of shelled raw walnuts 2 medium onions, diced 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil 2 cloves of garlic, pound into the paste with a bit of salt 1 /4 cup of red wme vinegar 1 teaspoon of dried summer savory 1 teaspoon of dried fcnugreek leaves* 1/3 cup of minced herbs (such as basil, parsley, di II, cilantro or al I of the above) cayenne pepper, salt, black pepper to taste Garnish (optional, but recommended) 1 cup pomegranate seeds 2 tablespoons of minced herbs (see above) ¼ cup slivered sweet onions marinated in t·cd wino vinegar to cover, a pinch of salt and sugar, then drained

1 oz peach schnapps 1 ozjager cranberry juice.

Directions:

is hot or mild as preferred.

Simmer beans for about two hours until they bcgi n to fall apart.

This step is important, because the finished consistency should be soft and velvety. lf they absorb water before being finished, add extra hot water and continue to simmer the beans.

Remove from the heat and let the beans cool down slightly before adding pomegranate juice (or red wino vinegar) and minced herbs. The tartness of vinegar depends on the brand, therefore start by adding two tablespoons, taste and only then add more if needed. Try to have the flavours balanced-first the sweetness of tho beans and the tartness, then the brightness of herbs, and finally tho warm heat of spices. It can be served sprinkled with pomegranate seeds and onions marinated in red wine vinegar, salt and a pinch of sugar. The lobio will thicken as it cools.

While the beans are simmering, saut6 the onions in oil until they soften and turn transparent. Grind walnuts finely, add salt, popper, garlic and the dried herbs.

Once the beans are ready, add onions and simmer for about five minutes, allowing the flavours to blond. Thon add tho walnut sauce and correct the seasonings. Lobio

No offense to all the red heads out there, I don't come up with the names I just drink them. But you gingers sure taste damn good! I've heard this compared to the red nyquil, all I can say is this drink is well worth its name. A few of these smooth puppies and all the ladies well be down for a good time. Sometimes these can be a little TOO smooth. This must be served ice cold though.

Sweet 9.5/10 Sour 0/10 Burn0/10 Bitter 0/10

TheMuffDiver 1/3 oz amaretto 1/3 oz Kahlua 1/3 oz Baileys Whipped Cream

the hell is wrong with you?! lt's a mess to start the night off with, because at the end of the night you are going to be a mess anyway!

Sweet8/10 Sour 0/10 Burn0/10 Bitter 0/10

The Abortion 1/3 oz White creme de cacao 1/3 oz amaretto 1/3 oz Bailey's 1 splash grenadine This is a layered drink, and when done properly the grenadine will float through it. It is ve1·y much like a sweet cough syrup and flavour wise is not meant for everyone. Tf you are disturbed by the name 1 suggest not ordering the shot.

Sweet9/10 Sour 0/10 Burn0/10 Bitter 0/10

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Inside the LockerRoom

HeatReoortW JUSTIN ORLEWla STAFF WRITER

After

splitting a series with the Wolves, the Heat wrapped up their home stand with a series against the Toronto Marlics before embarking on a road trip that will last the duration of the Olympics.

The Heat were looking to capitalize on the worst team in th!! western conference, hoping to get some much needed easy points in the standings. This game also marked the return for former Abbotsford Heat defenseman Keith Aulie.

Aulie was part of the blockbuster trade with the Maple Leafs and the Flames just a few weeks ago.

When asked what it was like to be back in his old building, just a few weeks later, his response was "It just feels weird."

The Heat didn't get off to the start they were hoping for against the Marlies going down 1-0 in the first. They bounced back in the second with goals from Jason Jaffray and Colin Stuart. The lead didn't last long; with just over a minute left in the second period, the Marlies tied it up with a goal from Justin Hodgeman. The third period and overtime solved nothing, so the game headed into the always exciting shootout. The Heat failed to produce in th@ shootout, scoring only once on five shots, giving the Marlies a 3-2 victory over the Heat. This just proves that nothing is certain in the AHL. Game two of the series was the following night, where Abbotsford was looking to return the favour.

Once again the Heat didn't get off to the start that they were looking for; they were down 3-0 midway through the S!!COndperiod.

Before the period was done, the Heat broke the donut, which game

them some life going into the third period. Just over a minute into the third period, the Heat put one more up on the board - putting them within one goal of the Marlies. With five minutes left in the game, the Heat tied it up and made the comeback complete. This game needed a shootout as well, but this time it ended in the Heats favour as they won this contest 4-3.

The Heat then headed to Rochester for a Friday night contest with the Americans where they were hoping to continue their winning ways. The Heat got off to a great start this time around, taking a 3-0 lead late in the third. The Ameri• cans tried to make a late comeback

adding two goals late in the third but they fell short. The Heat won this game 3-2.

Next up for the Heat was a Saturday night rumble with the Bulldogs in the Hammer. The Heat got down eady but finished strong, winning their third game in a row.

The final was 2-1. Heat goaltender Dave Shantz bas been playing excellent since being called up from the ECHL and earning the starting position. The Beat are now sitting fourth in the north division and have moved into a tie for the eighth and final playoff spot in the western conference. The Heat's next opponents arc the Marlics and the Bruins.

JUSTIN ORLEWIQwill be the thirteenth forward. As

of now, it looks like Crosby will be STAFF WRITER playing with Patrice Bergeron and Eric Staal - that is if Crosby's anith the Olympics starting last kle doesn't hold him back. Crosby weekend, I figured I would took a puck off the ankle on Suntake a break from talking about day while playing his last game for the NHL and dedicate this entire the Penguins before the Olympic column to the Olympic team. break, but he did finish the game First off, the big news of the and it looks like the minor injury week is the Ryan Getzlaf injury. will not affect his play.

Getzlaf suffered a high ankle The second line looks like it sprain a couple of weeks ago and will be the dreaded 1-2-3 punch it is uncertain whether he will be of Heatley, Thornton and Marable to·competc for Team Canada. leau; they are the top line for the Jeff Carter has been called in to San Jose Sharks and the top scorVancouver just in case Getzlaf is ing line in the NHL. Iginla was unable to play in Tuesday's game originally projected as being on against Norway. Carter, who is the first line with Crosby but due friends with Getzlaf and compet- to dismal play in the show, it now ed with him at the World Juniors, looks like he will be playing with said he hopes that Getzlaf can go, Jonathan Toews and Rick Nash but if he's unable to play, Carter on the third line. However, Perry says he's ready. could easily be inserted on line but Another question that has been it is unlikely if Getzlaf is healthy floating around the Canadian enough to compete. locker room is who will be the The foucth line is another line starting goaltender. It's expected that is open for discussion, but it that Martin Brodeur will get the is likely that lt will be Mike Richstart against Norway on Tuesday ards, Jeff Carter/Ryan Getzlaf and and that Roberto Luongo will Corey Perry as th~ checking line, get the start against the Swiss on making Brendan Morrow the thirThursday. Their outcomes in the teenth forward for Team Canada. first two games should determine As for defensive pairings, I who will get the start against team think it's pretty obvious who is USA on Sunday. Brodeur is the going to play with who; Pronger heavy favourite. However, Luongo will play with Niedermayer, Seamay get another start in this tour- brook with Keith, and Weber with nament, but that all depends on Boyle. Doughty will be the odd the outcome of the USA/Ca_nada man out but expect to see him a lot game. on the power play. The pressure is The other big discussion in the on for team Cant\da, but the team Canadian's locker room is the line is ready. All that's left to do ~ow is combinations-who is going to be win gold on home ice. Go Canada. on Sidney Crosby's line and who go!

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2010 Winte1·Olympics: The Opening Ceremonies JORDAN PITCHER SIArr WRITER he opening ceremonies for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games were held in Vancouver on Friday, February 12 at 6 p.m. at B.C. Place Stadium. The op1ming ceremonies featured performances and appearances from multiple Canadian celebrities, such as Bryan /\dams, Nelly Furtado, k.d. Jang, Joni Mitchell, Sarah Mclachlan, and a gianl electric bear (who was a series regular on Degrassi Jr. High, I believe). The event was narrated by the awesome Dona Id Sutherland and after a long, arduous journey from Greece to Vancouver, the torch entered B.C. Place Stadium held by Rick Hansen, Wayne Gretzky, Steve Nash, Nancy Greene, and Catriona LeMay Doan who lit the cauldron to uproarious applause.

Well...sort of.

For those of you watching the opening ceremonies that sensed something incredibly awkward but didn't know what it was, it was when the four torchbearers, who were set to simultaneously light the final Olympic torch at the bottom of four gigantic pillarlike torches, entered the stage and only three torches rose. This allowed three of the four Olympians to light their torches while Canadian speedskater Catriona LeMay Doan was left looking like the kid

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The fourth pillar did eventually rise and all was wt.!11.Though, I'm sure lhe picture of the underwhelming-looking three pillar structure has been stamped with FAIL and made its way onto multiple fail oriented websites. lt is my sincere hope lhal there will also be a picture of Stephen Harper facepalming, but lhnt is purely wishful thinking.

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Canucks Stumble

into Olympic Break Luongo, who registered a shut JOEL SMARTout in Florida on February 11, was STAFFWRITER ousted from the Wild affair after allowi1,g five goals on 32 shots. ith a frustrating 6-2 Valen- The performance was upsetting for tine's Day loss against the fans of both the Canucks and the Minnesota Wild, the Vancouver Canadian Olympic hockey team.

Canucks concluded the first seg- In a tum of events that has fans ment of the longest road trip in squirming, two of Canada's goalNHL history. During these eight tenders were pulled in their final games leading up to the Olympic games before the Olympic break, break, the Cdnucks managed a bringing into question their ability mediocre four wins, gaining just to make the big saves during the half of the possible 16 points. hockey tournament. Martin BroPerhaps the most disappointing deur, who was pulled after letting thing about their recent record is in four goals on 22 shots, has been that anyone who has been watchconsidered the favourite to lead ing the Canucks of late knows that the Canadian team to victory. they are lucky to even have that The Olympics could have a many points. ihe Canucks have number of effects on the Canucks not been playing at the skill level after they return. Players may sufnecessary to win with enough confer fatigue or injury during the sistency. To watch the Sedin twins games. As well, depending on the dry up and disappear so suddenly results of the tournament, players and for several straight games is may be invigorated or discoura dangerous sign for a Canucks aged due to their involvement in team that reliei:l so desperately on the games. Alternatively, Canucks the goals they provide. not chosen to be in the Olympics The trip has not been all bad may rise or fall due to the results. however. in fact, il has illustratThe best players will find a way ed an important ability that the to grow from the experience eiCanucks have not always been ther way. However, I would argue known for. That is, they have been that Luongo has the most to gain able to come back to win a game or lose in the games. Luongo will in the third period, even after be- be the only hockey player to truly ing down by a few goals. Though play to a home audience, and will such periods do not redeem the likely feel the most pressure of shoddy play thnl got them into all the players to play perfectly. such a mess, it has been a critical Considering that the worst part of factor in the Canucks success this the Canucks road trip is after the season. Most recently, the Canucks break, these factors could play a came back to win in regulation af- huge role in determining the Cater being d_own 3-1 over halfway 11ucks playoff fate. through the February 12 ColumThe rc..>turnof Willi'-!Mitchell afbus Blue Jackets game. As a result, ter the break will likely be a much the Canucks have maintained needed key to the Canucks suctheir lt.!ad in the Northwest Divi- cess. With the trade deadline fast sion with 76 points, tied in points approaching, Mike Gillis will also with the Colorado Avalanche. likely begin to make a few moves.

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presence, the white hot energy of a global crowd, and the fail, the ceremonies were given a slightly sombre tone by the news that 21ycar-old Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili, had died earlier in the day at the Whistler Sliding Centre - which is actually considered one of the fastest and most dangerous tracks in the world whilst practicing for his event. A number of fans, athletes and other participants in the opening cer-

cmonies wore black armbands as a symbolic gesture of mourning.

Furthermore, in honour of an athlete who dedicated himself to the Olympic Winter Games, and, moreover, to being an Olympian, the opening ceremonies were dedicated to Kumaritashvili. When the Georgian team (who were rumoured to be returning home after the news of Kumaritashvili's death) walked into BC Place Stadium, there wasn't a hand that

wasn't clapping, and there wasn't a man, woman or child that wasn't standing.

The Georgian team looked touched and grateful for the warm welcome, but il was hard not to sec the heartbreak on their faces.

For the Canadians who couldn't attend lhc opening cercmonici,, they watched it on their televisions.

In fact, an esti• mated 84 per cent of Canadians who were watching their televisions on Friday night were watching the op(ming cer• emonies. This translates (roughly) to 9 million people watching on CTV alone, 15.6 million watching when Team Canada entered the stadium and 13.3 million watching the entire 3.5 hour long ceremony from beginning to end. What all of these scary numbers mean is that the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games was the most watched event in Canadian history.

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TREVOR FIK aged to bring home a silver medal STAFF WRITER in the ladies mogul for freestyle even years and billions upon billions of dollars later, and the games have finally arrived. Kicked off by an extravagant opening ceremony that saw snow pierce the domed BC Place Stadium, the first day of the games was one of celebration marred by tragedy.

Earlier in the day disaster had struck the Whistler based luge track, as 21 year old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was vaulted from the track and struck a steel beam several meters away.

Kumaritashvili was travelling at 140 kilometres an ho·ur when he lost control of his luge and was flung from the lrack.

Before the incident, several of the athletes had come forth about the speed and danger of the track, which was being hailed as the fastest ever built. With turns called "Thunderbird" and "Shiver," the track had prompted Kumaritash• vil i to ca II his father earlier in the day, who told reporters that his sons message was that he would either "win or die" on the track.

After the death, an investigation was launched that saw the luge track significantly altered, with the initial starting position of the men's luge competitors moved to the women's spot 176 meters down the track. The women lugers were then moved to a junior spot further up the track, in an attempt to reduce speed, and make the track safer for competitors. A retaining wall was also constructed where Kumaritashvili left the track.

Saturday February 13 wa1:,day two of the games, and the first official full day of the event. With almost unattainable hopes for the Canadian athletes competing on

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skiing. 'rt1is went to Jennifer Heil of Spruce Grove, Alberta, who was sandwiched in between American competitors taking bronze and gold.

As day th rec of the event emerged, women continued to dominate the medal standings for the Canadian team, as Kristina Groves of Ottawa obtained a bronze medal in the women's 3000 meter speed i:.kating event. Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic came in to the event a heavy favorite, and dominated with a lime of 4:02:53 (2.09 seconds ahead of second place competitor), grabbing the gold. Stephanie Beckert of Germany came in second place for the silver.

Securing the first Olympic gold medal on Canadian soil in Canadian history later that day, Alex Bilodeaeu came in first place for the men's mogul finals in freestyle skiing. The 22-year old native of Rosemere, Quebec edged out the formerly unheard of Bryan Wilson of the United States who came second, and heavy favorite Dale Begg-Smith of Australia who took the bronze.

Bilodeau, who competed at the Turin games four years earlier, claimed lhc gold amongst a sea of controverny that has the Australian Olympic contingent claiming the judges were biased against Canadian born Dale Begg-Smith.

Begg-Smith, who wa:, born in We:,t Vancouver, competed as a part of the Australian team after suffering a falling-out with th\! Canadian Freestyle Ski Association.

"My own opinion is probably that Alex is not capable of a 4.8 or 4.9 for turns," notes Australian

coach Steve Desovich. Desovich further went on to say that the Norwegian and Finnish judges who scored Bilodeau highest in the turn:; were "swayed" by the Canadian crowd. The Australian coach however, failed lo account for the Canadian judges score of 4.6 for Bilodeau's turns, a lower score than was granted to BeggSmith (4.7) by the same judge.

February 15 began with the Canadian women's ice hockey team dominating in the preliminary rounds against an overwhelmed Switzerland 10-1. The Canadians have looked unstoppable so far, as they had ran over the Czech Republic 18-0 the day before.

The Canadians added a silver medal to their collection later that day, from Mike Robertson of Canmorc Alberta, competing in the men's snowboard cross taking second. The race was one that had Robertson in the lead for lhc great• er part of the ev'-!nt, with former gold medal winner Seth Wescott of the United States narrowly edging out Robertson in the final seconds of the race. Tony Ramoin of France, a relative unknown in the sport and an underdog for the event, grabbed the bronze.

As of press lime, the United States is first in the medal count with eight medals (two gold, two silver, four bronze). Following the United States is a three way tic for second, with France (two gold and two bronze), Germany (one gold and three silver) and Canada (one gold, two silver, one bronze) having four medals a piece. A three way tic has also emerged for third place, with Switzerland (three gold), Norway (two silver and one bronze) and Italy (one silver and two bronze) each with three medals.

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