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EDITORIAL

The Footprint Press and our Community

Volume 18 • Issue 18 RoomC1027 33844 King Road Abbotsford, BC V2S 7M8

SONJA SZLOVICSAK sion and Abbotsford because it's EDITOR-IN-CHIEFcheaper.

There's nothing wrong with afDevelopment is coming to the fordable housing or people movFraser Valley, and it's bringing a ing out into the country. What's whole host of problems. wrong is when land is removed It is inevitable. As the cost of from the Agricultural Land Rehousing in the Vancouver area serve (ALR) and used for condos increased, more and more people and mini malls. As the communimoved into the Surrey/Langley ties in the Fraser Valley gain more area. Gradually, those two cities people, big city problems will pop lost their farming community feel. up. How should the community Now Surrey is gaining high rises deal with these issues? and Langley is turning into a sea This isn't something that should of identical houses. just be left to local governments.

It isn't easy for a community Quite often, developers make to fight back against developers. I large contributions to political remember citizens' groups in Sur- campaigns, which does make you rey that tried to organize protests wonder just who's concerns your against hideous townhouse de- local city council is listening to.

-velopments, but their complaints People need to organize, and they landed on deaf ears. The local me- need away to spread the word dia didn't provide much support; about community issues. real estate makes up a large chunk Which is what the Footprint of a newspaper's advertising rev- Press aims to do: give Abbotsford enue. and Mission residents a place to Now the cost of housing in Sur- publish their concerns about Abrey and Langley is rising. More botsford and Mission. and more people are moving to The magazine is interesting. It's Maple Ridge, Chilliwack, Mis- published four times a year, and

LETTERS TO THE.EDITOR Dear Editor, In your story on Abbotsford city council's deliberations about whether to change their policy on harm reduction, you quote Mayor Peary as saying, "But I know there'll also be people coming forward saying 'you're on the right course, don't change anything'."

Well George, I'm not sure if seeing how far you can shove your head up your own ass can be considered a "course". It frankly enrages _methat a local government even has the legal power to decide whether something as basic as a needle exchange program should be allowed in their community. It is typical of the Liberal government that they off-load such a vital public health decision to city councils, and shame on Abbotsford council for letting a deeply ignorant public guide such decisions.

When I weighed into this same

Editor-in-Chief cascade.chief@ufv.ca Sonja Szlovicsak Interim Managing Editor cascade.manager@ufv.ca Mike Lawson Production Manager cascade.production@ufv.ca Randona Bushell

contains contributions from locals. I recommend checking it out online, at www.footprintpress.ca.

As FootprintPresseditor Dr. Tracy Lyster quite rightly points out, there are very important issues, particularly ones tied to environmental sustainability, that don't get covered in mainstream media because of their close ties to several industries.

The magazine relies on contributions from volunteers. The first issue contains an article from UFV's Daan van der Kroon. Hopefully, future issues will contain more student work.

And hopefully, as word of the FootprintPress spreads, so will a desire for a sustainable community.

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issue in Chilliwack years ago, I was confronted by such enlightened arguments as, "Needle exchange programs encourage drug use." Yeah right, that's the only thing standing between me and my lifelong dream of becoming a heroin addict - the high cost of rigs &bleach.

I suspect that the real reason why so many people oppose a needle exchange is that it simply rankles them to be forced to do ANYTHING to make life a little better for junkies. If such folk removed their heads from their posteriors for a minute they might realize that harm reduction goes far beyond simply reducing harm to drug addicts - it cuts both ways. A needle exchange doesn't just give addicts access to sterile syringes, it also reduces the number of discarded needles in the community.

For parents this translates into less chance of their child driving

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News & Opinion Editor cascade.news@ufv.ca Paul Brammer

Arts & Life Editor cascade.arts@ufv.ca Paul Falardeau Sports Editors cascade.sports@ufv.ca Justin Orlewicz JoelSmart

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a potentially HIV-infected needle through her foot while playing in the park (this has happened to two people that I know).

Hell, even if the nay-sayers are utterly lacking in compassion for addicts they can still look at the all-important bottom line. What is the cost to society to care for an HIV/AIDS patient who's lucky enough to live for a decade or so?

One-hundred grand? Two-hun-

dred? Save just a couple of people from that fate and you've paid the annual budget for a basic needle exchange program right there.

If you feel strongly about this I suggest that you drop Mayor Peary a line and let him know that you support good health for ALL the community, not just the ones that fit within your moral sphere.

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Judge Claims Jamie Bacon's Rights Violated ALEX WATKINS NEWSWRITER The B.C. Supreme Court recently ruled that the rights of reputed gang leader Jamie Bacon have been violated numerous times while he has been housed at the Surrey PreTrial Services Centre. In his written ruling, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Mark McEwan noted that this mistreatment was the result of police interference, stating: "It is scandalous that the staff willingly and unlawfully abet the police in their investigative objectives."

In his petition detailing the grievances of his treatment, Bacon complained that he was forced to stay inside his cell for 23 hours per day, and that the hour that he was allotted to leave his cell came at a random time each day. The unpredictability of this time made it "impossible to make an appointment to speak to his lawyers: they had to be available to take a call at any random time the prison administration chose to give him."

Bacon also told the court that his bedding consisted of one sheet and a thin blanket without a pillow, and that "his cell was so cold that he was generally obliged to sleep in his clothing." Additionally, he stated that the lights in his cell were kept on all day and night, and that he was denied access to the prison gym, a television and a gaming console.

Bacon was denied visits and phone calls from anyone other than his legal counsel, and all of his mail was read and sometimes photocopied to be given to police.

Integrated homicide investigation team Supt. John Robin outlined the reasons for Bacon's segregation in a letter to the Vancouver Sun last year, "This is particularly a concern with James Bacon's anticipated efforts to intimidate or dissuade witnesses or to broadcast to other members of the Red Scorpions some of the intelligence he

has derived from the disclosure."

McEwan feels that statements such as this make it "very clear that the priority was to protect the police case, and that the respondent simply accepted the police estimate of what the petitioner 'might' do, as the test for how he would be treated. The administration acted unquestioningly and with no specific grounds other than 'the police say so."'

While the judge acknowledged that resource limitations may have been at fault for some of Bacon's

treatment, he maintained that it did not qualify as an acceptable excuse. He also expressed concern that Bacon's treatment could have a dangerous psychological impact.

"Such conditions have been condemned by the international community. The petitioner's repor~ of his deteriorating psychological conditions, verified by staff, reflects what one might expect under those circumstances, and under the additional deprivations that have been imposed."

Bacon himself expressed con-

cerns that his mental health was at risk due to his treatment; he reported the deterioration of his memory and his inability to focus while incarcerated, and "said that he sometimes finds himself laughing at nothing."

McEwan's ruling in favour of Bacon - who is accused of murdering and conspiring to murder six men, two of which were civilians with no gang involvement - has caused a stir among the public, as many feel that Bacon is receiving undeserved sympathy. However, Ian Mackenzie, University of the Fraser Valley criminology professor, said, "That judge's job is to be dispassionate, to stand back and apply the charter in a way that he thinks the law requires, [whereas] the general public don't have a lot of time for that nowadays ... especially when it's applied to people who they read about in the paper or are involved in such serious crime. At that base level, that's understandable, but again, it's about equal treatment under the law for everybody."

The judge's ruling demanded that Bacon be immediately given the types of privileges afforded to other prisoners at the facility, and ordered that he be allowed phone calls and visits. However, the ruling did not determine that Bacon should be removed from his segregation or relocated to another prison.

Hate Crime Risesin Canada TREVORFIK STAFF WRITER Data released by Statistics Canada has found tnat incidents of hate crimes rose 35 per cent in Canada between 2007 and 2008.

Highest on the list of cities for this type of crime was Vancouver, where th!'!rate of hate crimes tied that of Hamilton, Ontario, at 6.3 per 100,000individuals.

The rise in hate crimes across Canada was 'proliferated by an increase in hate crime in all three major categories, consisting of hate crime related to race or ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation.

The report, which was compiled from police services and data, recorded a total of 1,036 incidents over the year.

The category with the highest increase in incidents was hate crime motivated by sexual orientation, where the number of reported incidents more than doubled from 2007 to 2008. Hate crimes based on religion reported the second highest increase at 53 per cent, while hate crimes where race or ethnicity was a factor rose 15 per cent in the same time period.

The number of hate crimes in Vancouver shot up from 79 in 2007 to 143 in 2008, the highest number since these type of statistics were kept in 2006. Thirty four of the 143 attacks were said to be motivated by the victim's sexual orientation, making Vancouver the "gay-bashing" capital of Canada.

Critics of the statistics claim that the apparent rise in hate crime reporting is as a result of an effective police response. Vancouver police constable Lindsey Houghton added that the statistics are not an indication of a rise in hate crimes in the city. Houghton said

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that the statistics prove that the instances of reporting have gone up.

"We aren't necessarily convinced the number of incidents are on the rise - we think the number of people reporting [hate crimes] is on the rise."

Statistics Canada defines a hate crime as "criminal incidents that, upon investigation by police, are determined to have been motivated by hate towards an identifiable group." The report released a note alongside the data adding that the true extent Qfhate crimes cannot be realized by the data, due

to the fact that often times these crimes go unreported. Likewise categories for hate crimes related to physical disabilities, profession, or other politic.al beliefs are not included.

Hate crimes were primarily accompanied by acts of mischief or vandalism (47 per cent), while violence accompanied 42 per cent of hate crimes. The remaining 11 per cent were non-violent offences.

Victims of hate crimes targeted due to their sexual orientation were the most likely to experience violence (75 per cent), while

violence was only apparent in 38 per cent of cases where race was a factor, and 25 per cent of the time where the attack was religiouslybased.

The ethnicity most at risk of being a victim of hate-crimes were the black community (33 per cent at an increase of 30 per cent), while 42 per cent of hate-crimes motivated by religion were targeted against Jews.

The statistics however, can be viewed in a marginally good light, as the VancouverSun noted that the reporting of crimes is often

an indication of enhanced trust in the police from the population.

Jennifer Breakspear, the executive director of the gay-rights resource centre in Vancouver Qmunity, supported this cla~m, adding that the new hate-crimes unit established within the Vancouver police has lead to an increase in police-trust amongst the gay community.

"I believe some of what is behind (the figures] is the Vancouver gay community is feeling the Vancouver Police Department will be there for them."

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US Discovers Huge Mineral Reserves in Afghanistan be made available to members of Parliament and to members of civil society."

However, Maschek cast doubts on the Afghani ability to handle these resources itself. Maschek referenced Mary Louise Vitelli, "a mining and energy lawyer who has advised the Afghan government" who claimed that the Afghanistan government's handling of its mines and resources were "deplorable." Vitelli also said, "Let's treat this with proper scepticism. It's OK to have an estimate of a trillion dollar resource or more, but let's make sure the infrastructure is in place to make sure the Afghan people can benefit from this."

Due to the instability that has marred Afghanistan since the American occupation, it remains uncertain whether Afghani people will benefit from the discovery of these resources. Maschek drew upon other recent examples to weigh the merits and demerits of such a discovery to Afghanistan.

"Research pertaining to resource wealth such as this has suggested that it can be a curse, causing political instability and slower economic growth. Jeffrey Sachs' economic research was some of the first to characterize such resources as a burden. Examples include Niger, Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone."

On the other hand, a country such as Botswana offer an example of good handling of their vast resources of minerals, "Botswana represents a particularly striking example of a nation successfully taking advantage of such signifi-

cant discovery of natural resources. Botswana, a nation exceptionally rich in diamonds, was very unstable when it gained its independence. It did not nationalize the resource; instead the country put concerted effort towards fighting corruption and enforcing the rule of law. It signed a profit-share agreement with the diamond company De Beers."

Maschek referenced Daron Acemoglu, from the MIT department of economics, who said, "Botswana's post-colonial leadership, particularly Seretse Khama and Quett Masire, and also its major economic elites, were committed to democracy, economic development, secure property rights, and fairly orthodox macroeconomic policies."

Maschek said that Botswana's example of opening up its resources to international interest whilst also protecting the rights of its citizens is a good example for Afghanistan to follow, "Afghanistan does not need to extract these resources themselves; nor could they even if they wanted to. But they don't need to in order to benefit substantially from them. Botswana's diamonds are extracted by private interests."

"A functioning government representing the people of Afghanistan is crucial. This government must be committed to rule of law and enforceIQent of property rights. Citizens must know they claim some of the wealth associated with this discovery; but they need not control them directly."

'Israeli Apartheid' banned fromPride IowaRepublican says Obama favours Girlscan'twearjeanstoschool, say Toronto blacks overwhites university presidents

Face bookcriticism landsUCalgary in court

PAUL BUMMER NEWS& OPINIONEDITOR The U.S. National Geographic Society, working in tandem with the Pentagon, has recently discovered up to $1 trillion of untapped mineral wealth in Afghanistan.

The story, which was broke by the New York Times, outlined the different minerals that were discovered in the country, "iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium."

Of particular importance are the reserves of lithium discovered, which is an integral component in the construction of electrical goods, and could see Afghanistan become one of the world leaders in the production of lithium.

- The Pentagon has claimed that the Afghani Ministry of Minbes is not yet ready to deal with the handling, sale and distribution of such large amounts of minerals.

Paul A. Brinkley, deputy undersecretary of defense for business, said that the Pentagon is "trying to get [the Ministry of Mines] ready" to handle such resources.

Michael Maschek, political science professo_rat the University of the Fraser Valley, commented on how the situation will progress in the days and weeks ahead, "The rights to these minerals are held by the government of Afghanistan. At the moment, it is a little uncertain as to exactly how the government will react to this discovery,but we do know that it is their intent to open the reserves to international investors. They have already expressed this intent."

"The manner in which this process is to occur is likely going to be a little ad hoc; two hundred mining investors from around the world have been invited to a meeting next week in London where they will offer suggestions for how to develop the deposits."

Question marks remain over both the manner in which the resources will be developed and which nations and interests will be able to extract the resources.

In terms of the prerequisites for extracting the resources, Maschek said, "possibilities include a requirement that the bidder develop both a steel plant and the iron ore mine since there are also nearly deposits of coal. The government intends on having expressions of interest by September and perhaps

by December narrow these mining companies down to half a dozen that have the ability to undertake such a massive project."

Also, despite the fact that Americans were in part responsible for the discovery, Maschek said that there is no guarantee that American interests will be more favoured than another when the bidding process begins, "There is no reason to assume Americans would be the only nationality represented by companies tendering these offers. In fact, it is expected that both China and India will show particular interest in the opportunity. A number of Indian firms have already explicitly expressed interest."

"Non-governmental western mining experts will be helping the ministry develop the bidding process. The ministry has pledged to make the bidding and contracting of mining rights as transparent as possible in order to reduce the possibility of corruption. This transparency would include making copies of the contracts would

TORONTO

CFS to launch highereducation magazine

TheCanadian Federation ofStudents plansto Controversy hasengulfed oneofNorthAmerica's starta national magazine onpost-secondary largestpridefestivals.

OnMay21,thesevenpersonboardvotedinfavour ofbanning theterm education issues, sparking concerns among editors at someofCanada's existing student-run "Israeli apartheid" fromallofficial Prideevents, inanattempttoendQueers Against Israeli publications.

Amotion passedattheCFS's semi-annual general Apartheid's involvement inthefestivities.

Thisis meeting inMaycitestheabsence orminimization thefirsttimein30yearsthata grouphasbeen ofstudentvoices fromthemainstream pressas unabletoparticipate inPrideWeek duetotheir therationale forstartinga magazine.

Itwillfocus beliefs. on"trends andchanges toeducational policies, Participant safetyandToronto's anti-discriminaissues andeventsthathavea national scopeand tionpolicy- whichstatesthatinorderfor otherissuesthatareofimportance tothecollege a groupto receive funding fromthecity,they anduniversity system:' mustsigna document saying theywill"prohibit Krisna Saravanamuttu, president ofYork discrimination andharassment and[protect) the University's students' union,saidthepublication is rightto befreeofhateactivity"-weregivenas fortheban. meanttotargettheabsence ofstudentperspec- reasons tivesfromlarger, dailynewspapers likethethe ElleFlanders, aformerPrideToronto board member andcurrentQuAIA member, saidthatthe Globe andMailortheNational Post.

"This publication willfocusonissues thatare organization hasforgotten itsroots.

"I'vemarched withmanyoutspoken political happening across thecountry ina waythat groups duringPride,startingwiththeJewish mainstream mediadoesn'treflect, andwewill Anti-Fascist League: shesaid."Pride, at dothiscollaboratively withcampusnewspapers Feminist andwiththeCanadian University Press," said itscore,isaboutpolitical andsexualexpression.

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When queerpolitical groupsarebannedfor Canadian University Pressisaco-operative orga- advocating equality rights,it'snolongerPride." nization ofalmost90student-run newspapers across thecountry.

Democrats denounced anIowaRepublican congressman whosaysPresident Barack Obama favors blacks overwhites.

Rep.SteveKing, known forsometimes incendiary remarks aboutimmigration, AbuGhraib andother issues, criticized Obama andAttorney General EricHolder.

"I'moffended byEricHolder andthepresident also,theirposture,• saidKing, 61."Itlookslike EricHolder saidthatwhitepeopleinAmerica are cowards whenitcomes to race:' Kingcontinued, "Thepresident hasdemonstrated thathehasa defaultmechanism inhimthat breaks downthesideofraceonthesidethat favours theblackperson ..~ Hewasalluding tolastyear'sincident inwhich Obama commented ona whitepolice officer's ar- . restofa blackprofessor fromHarvard University.

AsnewsofKing's remarks spread, GOP House candidate CoryGardner ofColorado cancelled a planned $100per-plate fundraiserwhere King wastospeak.King's appearance wasalso cancelled ata Colorado teapartygathering where hewasscheduled toappear.

King, a four-tenn lawmaker, madesimilar remarks aboutObama ina speechlastmonth.

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Alexandra Posadzki - CUP Ontario Bureau Chief

InKanpur, India,thestategovernment anda groupclaiming to represent thepresidents ofthe state'spublicly fundeduniversities areclashing overwhetherornotgirlsshouldbeallowed to wearjeanstoschool.

UttarPradesh Pracharya Parishad (UPPP), a group of22post-secondary principals, unanimously votedtobanwomen fromwearing jeanson campus lastweek, saying thatthemovewould reduceincidents ofharassment.

"Ithasbeenviewed thateve-teasers generally targetgirlswearing jeansormodern clothes," saiduniversity principal Ashok Kumar Srivastava.

Ifgirlsworetraditional Indian clothes, hesaid casesofsexualharassment nearcollege campuses woulddecrease.

Public education officials reacted totheban withanger,rebuking thevoteasan"immature decision" and"dictatorial."The president ofone teachers' organization saidhehadneverheardof thegroupUPPP. "Iftherewasanysuchbody,they wouldat leasthaveinformed [us]."

Thenextday,thestategovernment issueda warning toalllocalofficials thatthebanonwearingjeansoncampus wasnottobeenforced.

The fouruniversities thathadinitially forbidden jeans oncampus promptly complied.

Twostudents attheUniversity ofCalgary, were incourtasking ajudgetoaffinntheirrightto publicly criticize a professor.

Keith andSteven Pridgen werereprimanded in2008underthe University ofCalgary's studentcodeofconduct forcreating a Facebook groupthattheuniversity sayswasdefamatory towards Aruna Mitra, a formerlawinstructor.

Thegroup,titled"InolongerfearHell, Itooka course withAruna Mitra," contained comments fromat least10otherstudents, oneofwhom compared Mitratoa shoe.Another comment said thatMitra "gotlazyandgaveeverybody a 65."

Thebrothers areviewing thecaseasa fightfor theirconstitutional righttofreeexpression.

"I'mhappytofightforwhatIbelieve inisright,• Pridgen (Keith) said.

"Theinjustice thatwasdoneto us,firstinhaving tobearwiththisspecific professor intheclass.. . allthewaythrough to having to bearwiththe different issuesallthewayalong,theappeals process, thedenials, the delays ... forthatto not beforced ontoanotherstudent, that'swhatIthink wouldbe rightisthesolution."

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Oil Giant Donates Water License to Alberta Water Trust JOEL SMART SPORTS EDITOR In a time when big oil companies are facing negative reactions in response to the recent and ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, one Canadian oil company is giving much of its water resources to a trust for better protection.

ConocoPhillips Canada, the Calgary-based subsidiary of the massive, multinational oil and natural gas company ConocoPhillips, is in the process of donating half of its water license on the Medi~ cine River in Alberta to the Water Conservation Trust of Canada.

The company has had the license since 1968 and had originally been siphoning off water from the river to aid with the extraction of oil, according to the Globe and Mail. ConocoPhillips has since reached the point where they no longer need the river's water to accomplish this task.

Lloyd Vissers, vice-president of environment and sustainable de-

velopment with ConocoPhillips, was quoted in the Globeand Mail explaining why the company has opted for the first-of-its kind license donation. "It was a new idea that had emerged that we saw as a really innovative marrying of the advances we'd made in managing our water footprint with looking at that ecological benefit," he said.

Vladimir Dvoracek, head of the

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Department of Economics at UFV, advised caution on the part of companies, private trusts and governments in terms of distributing water rights, "Much environmental conservation has taken place by private parties. Maybe this could prompt Canadian firms or individuals to donate land or water to conservation trusts. My personal feeling is that, in most cases,

governments are better wardens of land than private trusts."

Cara Tobin, an Alberta Environment spokesperson, told the Globe and Mail that at this point the donation is in the process of undergoing a series of evaluations. The process is designed to ensure that the transfer would not negatively affect downstream users or lead to environmental damage.

In a press release by the Water Trust, executive director Maureen Bell spoke highly of the oil giant.

"ConocoPhillips Canada has been a supporter of the Water Conservation Trust of Canada from our early days, and has demonstrated its commitment to conserving water resources with this generous donation," she said. "We are pleased to accept this valuable contribution to Alberta's instream flows."

Dvoracek was positive about the change, based on what information has been made available to the public to read on the subject.

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On May 31, 2010 the RCMP's Greater Vancouver Drug Section (GVDS) discovered and subsequently raided a substantial ecstasy lab in rural Abbotsford, reports the Province.According to the BC LocalNews, a large amount of volatile chemicals were found in the clandestine lab, including hexane, caustic soda pearls, methyl hydrate, methylamine chloride, isopropyl alcohol and MDP2P, among many others dangerous chemicals commonly used in the manufacturing of ecstasy. Quoted in the Province speaking on the danger the chemicals in ecstasy pose, the sergeant of the drug squad, Dave Goddard, saiq: "When you look at the types of chemicals that are used to manufacture drugs such as ecstasy and what their actual purpose is it is shocking. There is no way that people should be ingesting these in any form."

According to the Province,Goddard said that four suspects were apprehended while attempting to flee the property during the raid.

In a press release quoted by the Province, Goddard said, "When you attend suspected crime scenes such as this one you never know what you are going to find. Clandestine labs are notoriously dangerous for the types of chemicals used and their volatility."

Further drug busts took place in and around the Fraser Valley with five grow-op houses being raided in Surrey, Langley and Abbotsford, the Provincereports. It is suspected that these five grow-ops are part of a jointly run operation.

Langley RCMP Cpl. Holly Marks said, as quoted in the Province, that the five busts were the result of a "lengthy, multi-agency investigation."

Commenting on the busts, and whether or not they made a significant impact on how much drugs make it into the Fraser Valley, the Abbotsford Police Department's Public Information Officer, Const.

Ian Macdonald said, "The recent drug busts that you refer to were

conducted by other agencies (with some assistance from APD). As such I cannot make direct comment about those investigations or files. In general, all drugs that are produced are destined for consumers, as the only thing drug dealers and organized crime care about is money. Assuredly, some of the drugs produced and grown locally would have made their way to communities in the Valley."

The Province reports that over 1,800 marijuana plants, 15 kilograms of dried marijuana, and a harvesting machine were seized in the raid. Seven individuals were arrested during the course of the raids and are facing a number of charges ranging from drug possession for the purposes of trafficking to theft of electricity, reports the Province. Marks said, as quoted in the Province,that "all seven individuals are believed to be linked in their operations."

sure looks like a good thing," he said. He explained that he had expected a different response from the government. "It is somewhat surprising that the government official response was so unenthusiastic. If ConocoPhillips is really going to donate the water, one would think the government would speak in favour of it."

In an article on CNW Group, Vissers is quoted explaining how he expects the donation to improve both the natural environment and the public usage of the area. "We believe this is an important opportunity to contribute to the sustainability of the Medicine River," he said. "Our application aims to support the habitat enhancement and recreation values of this river."

Though response to the donation has been largely positive, several of those quoted in the Globe and Mail article felt the transfer was just a way for ConocoPhillips to improve their image and maybe even get some tax breaks.

A Syrian-Canadian man who was wrongfully detained and tortured under suspicion of terrorist involvement has lost his bid for an apology and/or compensation from the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court has officially chosen not to examine the case on the grounds that his treatment stemmed from a national security issue.

Maher Arar was arrested in a New York airport on his way to Canada as an "al-Qaeda suspect" one year after 9/11. He was then detained as a hostile alien for two weeks before being transported to a prison in Syria. He claimed that, while in prison, he was tortured into giving false confessions by being beaten with two-inch-thick wires.

When Arar was released in 2002, he sought legal acknowledgement of and compensation for his suffering, both in Canada and the U.S. A Canadian federal inquiry validated Arar's claims in 2007 - a public apology and a $10.5 million settlement was issued to Arar. The inquiry determined that inaccurate information about Arar given to U.S. officials by the RCMP was likely a factor in his arrest and subsequent torture. Additionally, it found that Canadian officials intentionally tried to discredit Arar and protect their own reputations by sharing false information about him with the media. U.S. courts, however, rejected Arar's claim because it was a national security issue, stating that it was the responsibility of congress to hold the president accountable for his actions, rather than the courts.

The ruling has left Arar without any further legal recourse against his detainment. According to the Globeand Mail, he claimed in a U.S. Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) statement that "When it comes to 'national security' matters the judicial system has willingly abandoned its sacred role of ensuring that no one is above the law. My case and other cases

brought by human beings who were tortured have been thrown out by U.S. courts based on dubious government claims."

Arar claimed in his suit that Bush administration officials have intentionally transported terrorism suspects such as himself to other countries in order to torture them in a place where U.S. law could not be applied. Members of the CCR are disappointed that even after the end of the Bush administration, practices such as this - referred to as "extraordinary rendition" - are not being seriously examined.

As reported in the Globe and Mail, a CCR statement expressed

this sentiment by saying: "The Obama administration chose to come to the defence of Bush administration officials, arguing that even if they conspired to send Mr. Arar to torture, they should not be held accountable by the judiciary."

Maria LaHood of the CCR expressed her disappointment with the Supreme Court decision to CTV, "We've been working on the case for six years, for Maher it's been eight years since it happened, and he's been seeking justice steadfastly ever since. This is the end of the line for the U.S. courts, unfortunately."

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Burning Bacon Will Fry Us All ALEXWATIINS NEWSWRITER

The recent ruling by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Mark McEwan in regards to the violation of alleged gang leader Jamie Bacon's rights while in prison has left many feathers ruffled.

A visit to an article on the subject online is bound to turn up a slew of comments revealing varying levels of both rage and literacy.

Some angrily suggest that Bacon deserves much worse, while others claim that the judge was either bribed or stupid. While I understand the emotional source of these comments, I have to disagree with the perspective. I feel that in upholding Bacon's constitutional - rights, despite the fact that he is accused of killing six people, justice has been served.

Put down that flaming bag of fecal matter and think rationally about it for a second. The fact of the matter is that, if we want to have a fair and honest legal system, we must apply it equally to all people, regardless of the specifics of the situation. Claims that Bacon is a monster and is getting what he deserves are the products of completely understandable emotional responses; of course no one is going to have much sympathy for the suffering of a gang member who has allegedly killed six people, two of which were merely innocent bystanders. However, the aim of any good judge is to remove all

emotion and bias from his or her judgment and simply apply the law.

It is reasonable for the police to feel anxious about Bacon's potential to communicate intelligence with outsiders, to intimidate witnesses, or to otherwise compromise the case. However, when Bacon is no longer in their custody, they no longer have the authority to determine how he is treated, which includes whether or not he is denied all contact with others.

Doesn't knowing that the police are ready and willing to overstep their authority cause feelings of nervousness and discomfort, regardless of the situation? The laws we have in place are intended to protect the rights and freedoms of everyone, which includes people like Bacon. I'd like to know that if I were wrongfully accused, there

would be enough safeguards in place and honesty in our legal system to keep me out of the clink, regardless of how much interest any powerful individual had in seeing me behind bars. In this light, it seems that the police are the ones engaging in questionable behavior/ rather than the judge. Regardless of how much certainty anyone may have about Bacon's guilt or how much anyone may desire to see him punished, bending the rules cannot be justified.

The fact that the judge was able to make such a difficult decision, following the letter of the law even if it meant appearing sympathetic to a purported gang leader, should bolster our faith in our legal system, rather than cause us to question it. Vengeance is not always the same as justice.

Josh Q: What are you studying at UFV? A: I'm in the Engineering transfer program.

Q: What's your favourite class that you've taken so far at UFV? A: I would say second level calculus.

Q: Who are you cheering for in the World Cup? A: My country, Ghana. Actually, they played Germany and lost 1-0 but

they still qualified for the 16 states though.

Q: What are some of the changes you'd like to see at UFV? A: I wish there was a bus going to Chilliwack. I have a bunch of friends

that live in Chilliwack ... If there was more activities, I'm a social person, so I'd be sticking around after school.

HST WTF? SHANE PERUSSE CONTRIIBUTOR

The B.C. Government is at it again and Canadians everywhere are rolling over.

If you're anything like me, chances are you've heard a lot of conflicting things coming down the pipes from the two opposing sides of this issue. The B.C. Government's web site uses a lot of comforting words and phrases (in bold) like "More jobs and higher wages," "Savings passed on to customers," and "Increased investment to B.C." The men and women of the "Stop the HST" campaign, however, see it all as a colossal money-grab by the B.C. government in efforts to bandage the enormous expenses that still linger with us after the winter Olympics, and otherwise line their pockets.

As someone who works in the restaurant industry, my initial introduction to the new tax came quite early on. My manager assured us that the HST was a bane to the restaurant industry and declared out loud (to no one in particular) that our happy and steady flow of business would soon dry up and leave us all parched and gasping in desperate plea for a government that would at least buy us all a drink before ravaging our nether regions so savagely and shamelessly.

This being the position of one who stands to feel the pinch, demands a balanced comparison of opinion. We now all know that within Ontario and B.C.,a five per cent "harmonized sales tax" will be added to the "general sales tax", totaling 12 per cent in B.C. and 13 per cent in Ontario.

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SICN /T as children's clothing, children's footwear, diapers, car seats, and gasoline, but I for one don't foresee any mercy at the pumps in the near future. The liberals also assure us that the HST will go (in part) toward support of health and senior care, as well as saving B.C. businesses an estimated 2 billion dollars in areas like forestry, mining, transportation, construction and manufacturing, and thus add an estimated 113,000jobs to the labor market by 2020.

It all sounds very reassuring, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a great many pay increases for those in office. The areas of commerce up for sacrifice include clothing, accessories, food and beverage industries, home services, travel, entertainment, and tobacco; add it all up and you have one sweet honey pot. The list of rebates seems to pale in comparison to the vast list of items that will see an increase in tax.

I'm outside right now, contemplating the new tax and enjoying a warm, oddly fragrant, drizzle on my head that Gordon Campbell a_s~~resme is rain, but something_

Q: What are you studying here at UFV?

A: Kinesiology.

Q: What's your favourite class that you've taken so far at UFV? A: Probably the sports injuries class.

Q: What changes would you like to see here at UFV? A: Fall's my last semester, so I don't really care. I wasn't really supporting the U-Pass. [For future students], a better gym ... the cafeteria food is a little expensive in my opinion so I just bring stuff from home now.

feels wrong. The reasoning behind the HST as stated by the Liberals is to lower cost on consumer goods and services - I fail to see how taxing those areas could accomplish such an objective.

It all begs the question, "What's being done to stop it? Or rath·er what isn't being done?" Bill Vander Zalm is confident that he will have a million signatures toward the anti-HST petition by early July; however it will take at least 1.5 million signatures (that's 10 per cent of each riding in B.C)to stop the new tax. When you consider the fact that only 2.2 million British Columbians came out to vote in 2009, it seems a lost cause.

The Liberals are counting on the inherent apathy of Canadians. If Vander Zalm gets all the signatures he needs and the HST tax still goes through, I for one will be outraged to say the least.

If this new tax passes for lack of petitions, however, and you haven't signed on the dotted line, then you will have only yourself to blame instead of snake-headed politicians.

Sharaya Maddison Q: What are you studying at UFV?

A: I'm in the Kinesiology program.

Q: What's your favourite class that you've taken at UFV so far?

A: Definately the anatomy classes.

Q: Are you following the World Cup? A: I should be, but I have no time. I'm just studying!

Q: If you wanted to see some sort of a change here at UFV, what would it be?

A: Subway! Subway! We leave campus pretty much everyday when we're studyi~g for finals and go to Subway.

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Sandwiches taste better when someone else makes them: Science

Small Mindedness Guides New Copyright Bill JACK BROWN DISTRIBUTION

The latest parliamentary session is lurching to a close this week.

Very soon, the House of Commons will rise for the summer break and all of the MPs, their staffers, and all of the associated hangers-on, from journalists to lobbyists, will scatter to the wind, leaving only the bureacracy, and, apparently, some particularly dedicated Senators, to soldier on. This session has been quite exciting on a number of fronts, but for all the bluster on AMYMINSKY detainee documents or fake lakes THECONCORDIAN or the ouster of Ms. Guergis, not a whole lot got done. Those bits of MONTREAL (CUP) - Sand- legislation that did pass the House wiches taste better when they are were generally of little concern prepared by someone else, science for students generally - they are said in a release on March 25. really only important to politicos The findings, published in the who can feel outraged or joyous journal *Science*, put an end to depending on which card they the age-old question of whether happen to be carrying. the phenomenon of enjoying food Perhaps the most notable demade by others more than food velopment for post-secondary stuprepared and eaten by the same dents was the tabling of a new bill individual is psychological or fac- to amend the antiquated Copyright tual.

Act. Brought forward by Heri"Our findings leave no questage Minister James Moore and tion,'' said scientist Dr. Joseph Industry Minister Tony Clement, Lidder. "In 100 per cent of the the two cabinet ministers whose cases we studied, the subjects pre- departments share joint jurisdicferred sandwiches they had not tion over copyright in Canada, prepared over those they made the bill is the result of unprecthemselves." edented public and stakeholder Test subjects worked in pairs, consultation. Last summer, there each preparing six sandwiches were copyright roundtables where at a time - two ham and cheese, members of the public and other two peanut butter and jelly, and interested parties (read: industry two veggie - using the same fill- lobbyists) were able to put forward ings, condiments and bread. their thoughts on what copyright Subjects first sampled one of should look like in Canada. Our their own sandwiches, then took a own student union participated, few bites from their partner's. in part through submissions from The process was repeated 12 our national lobby group, the Catimes, each time with a different nadian Alliance of Student Assopartner. ciations (CASA).

"I don't know what it was," said For those who haven't heard Frank Jones, one of 300 particimuch about copyright it might pants who took part in the study. come as a surprise that the re"But boy, everybody else's sandsponse to these public consultawiches were so much better."

Lickler, looking over notes he collected from the participants, said, "Across the board, the enjoyment of a sandwich is increased when it is ma~ by someone else."

Though scientists are only beginning to analyze the results, Lickler said he and his colleagues have a few working theories.

"We think it might have something to do with the element of surprise," he said. "When you put a sandwich together on your own, your brain is calculating the taste it will create. So when you bite into your own sandwich, it's less exciting."

Another possibility the scientists are looking into is whether more care is put into sandwiches when they are being made for someone else, rendering them much more tasty.

Prior to conducting the study, scientists thought exposure to the ingredients satisfied cravings, thus rendering self-made sandwiches less enjoyable. "But now we're questioning that theory," Licl<ler said. "Because even after handling, smelling and sometimes tasting the ingredients, the subjects still enjoyed their partners' sandwiches."

Lickler said he expects the analysis to be completed in six months.

The team of scientists will test the findings on other foods, to see whether the same science applies to soups, spaghetti and meatball sauce, and scrambled eggs.

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tions were overwhelming. Not just in response, but in the categorical rejection on the part of the public of the more draconian proposals made by certain industry groups.

Indeed, J even had a chance to lobby the bureaucrats from the copyright sections of Heritage and Industry Canada during CASA's March lobby conference. Some of my colleagues and I made the case that students and instructors be free to use otherwise copyrighted material with a minimum restriction for purposes of education. We were apparently successful, as the new bill does include education as a specific exemption for fair dealing.

Unfortunately, this small victory for students is overshadowed by larger deficiencies in the bill.

This government is seeking to criminalize format shifting and the creation of archival copie~ of media that you own when socalled digital locks are applied.

This provision comes directly from the American's Digital MilleniumCopyrightAct, which makes it illegal to circumvent encryption and locking schemes even for otherwise legitimate purposes, such as research or backups. The way the language is worded in the bill is such that, while the government has given citizens and consumers expanded fair dealing rights, those rights are contingent upon companies not putting digital locks on their products.

So, if you have a DVD or a digi-

tal textbook or whatever, and you want to make a copy for both your home computer and your laptop or iPhone, you can't do it without becoming a criminal if digital locks are present. If those digital locks weren't present, then you would have every right to do so without penalty and with a minimum of restriction.

Such a preposterous provision isn't improved when one actually looks at the technical ability of digital locks to actually prevent neferious behavior. The locks themselves are bogus, and utterly broken conceptually. If you want to encrypt your DVD to prevent unauthorized copying, you can absolutely do that - but you also have to distribute the means to unencrypt it to everyone who buys the DVD legitimately. That means that everyone who buys a DVD will have all of the technical components necessary to break the lock, and, if they so desire, make a million copies and upload them to The Pirate Bay. A better solution would be to make it illegal to break digital locks (such as they are) if and only if one does so for infringing purposes, making legal circumvention if one does so for legitimate reasons (education, research, criticism, etc). This compromise has been promoted widely amongst consumer-rights advocates and even copyright expert Michael Geist, but I'm not overly hopeful that such a level headed amend-

ment will come forward.

I'm at the point now where I'd much rather talk about more radical proposals to overhaul the copyright regime in Canada. Beginning with copyright terms: under the Berne Convention, which Canada is a signatory to, copyright terms are life of the author plus 50 years at a minimum. The United States has extended their terms to life of the author plus 75 years. Why should authors and composers and their children (and grandchildren) receive such a generous gift from society when engineers and scientists only have patents that last 10 years? And why do we allow the transference of copyright from the actual authors and creators of a work to publishers and distributors? In academia, if you want to get your work published in a peer reviewed journal, you must cede your copyright - along with all of the royalties that come with it - to some publishing house for no compensation. Why do we· allow such schemes?

If we are really interested in promoting artistic and academic endeavour for the benefit of all, then we must begin to think of author's moral and economic rights in a different way. The digital locking provision in the latest CopyrightAct is just a symptom of a larger problem when it comes to copyright: small mindedness and lack of vision.

Maybe we need a more radical solution for that, too.

NEEDAJOB? WE'RE HIRING! The Cascade is hiring a COPY EDITOR for September.

The Copy Editor is responsible for correcting grammar, punctuation, legibility and presentation errors in the newspaper.

The ideal candidate must have an excellent command of the English language. He or she must be able to work well on a deadline, pay close attention to small details, and be able to work with a diverse array of writing levels.

Experience with inDesign and/ or inCopy is an asset.

Preference will be given to applicants with writing experience, particularly news writing experience.

The Copy Editor must be available Monday afternoons for first edits, and be able to atten weekly editorial board meetings.

Send your resume with cover letter to:

cascade.chief@ufv.ca

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Vancouver's Petroleum ByProduct (PBP) is part of that excellent, esoteric Emergency Room scene which is the home to other artistic and crunchy noise projects like White Lung, the Defektors and Twin Crystals. The difference -with PBP is they take a new-wave feel and run with it in their release SuperficialArtificial.

They start off strong with a commentary about hipsters wearing plaid in "Mad About Plaid" and they carry on from there.

Some highlights are the tracks "Somethin' Somethin'" and "Mentally Chill." In the track "Ignorant'' they even evoke the spirit of British new wave artists XTC.Just as a warning, PBP may not be for those who like their music polished and pre-packaged for big box outlets but their debut album provides a blast of something that IS the Vancouver dance-punk scene.

In their second instalment of experimental electronic music, the Toronto duo are up to their old tricks, sort of. Ethan Kath still brings the retro arcade psycho smash up distortion and the beats are just as sick as ever but with wild sounds things never get static. Each song is another sonic adventure and the album never gets boring. Alice Glass, for her part, ups her game by drastically widening what we hear in her vocals.

There is everything from tenderlysung ballads to chipmunk-like squeals, and plenty of room for Glass's standard battle cries, but it is refreshing to hear vocals that differ and reflect the (sometimes surprisingly) deep lyrics present.

Even Kath gets in on the game and sings lead on "Not in Love." For all the diversity on the album it flows together like one long wicked party track. Get your dance on.

The album cover alone looks classic: it's big and it's bold and it shows the band as a force to be reckoned with. Perhaps books shouldn't be, but apparently you can judge an album by its cover.

Mojo is exactly what's inside the album. Petty and his Heartbreakers have long been hailed as one of the greatest bands to see on the road and they capture lightning in a bottle here. All the fury of their live shows has finally been put into a studio LP. Cocky yet biting guitar, often jazzy rhythms add a cohesiveness that comes from a band that has been playing together for well over thirty years. Mojo is not only proof that Petty is not just a museum act, it's a stand out album for a band of any age.

Steve Miller's first album in 17 years is what fans have been waiting for~Despite a cover that evokes Pink Floyd's The Delicate Sound of Thunder, Miller and company bring back the sound the band is known for. "Rock Me Baby" is an old workhorse that has been passed around blues bars like too many stereotypically loose ladies.

Miller's band gives it a new lease on life with a slick pop-rock sound that will have fans reminiscing about "The Joker" or "Fly Like an Eagle." Otis Rush's "All Your Loving (I Miss Loving)" is a welcome inclusion. Truth be told, this is the first new music from Miller in a while and its nothing new or groundbreaking, but that's exactly while his fans will love it CrashKings

For lovers of the alternative scene of the late nineties, there is the crafted mess of Crash Kings.

There seems to be something a bit put on about their roughness, until you look at it through the lens of the music of that era. Here are some guys who grew up on grunge and loved the sound but wanted to drop all the angst and have more fun. That's exactly what it sounds like these guys are doing on tracks like "1985" and their first single "Mountain Man" which is a hybrid of Jane's ,Addiction and Stone Temple Pilots. Things are cleaner than those bands like they were a step away from Nirvana and Mudhoney. Its not a comparison of musical skill or listen ability either, just a note that Crash Kings are the next step in a lineage of rock and roll. Listen up.

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DUDE HUGE CELEBRITY PORNSTAR

o call Pamela Anderson and T Paris Hilton trendsetters or innovators would be akin to nominating me for a goddamned Pulitzer Prize - a ridiculous notion, indeed. However, one area in which they have had a significant impact is in the arena of celebrity sex tapes. Pamela Anderson paved the way with the release of her sex tape with her then husband Tom. my Lee. The results were lack.luster at best. I'm not saying the cinematography was poor (it was) or that the sex was boring (it was), I'm saying that it was filmed on a VHS camcorder and that the only way to get the sex tape was to actually buy the VHS version of it. If I'm paying for pornography (which I never have/will) I wouldn't spend money to watch Pamela Anderson get destroyed by a lecherous Tommy Lee. Had the tape been released when the internet was around, it would've brought the world to its knees. This is where Paris Hilton has Pamela Anderson beat.

When Hilton's sex tape hit the internet, I spent my time investigating little else. I won't lie; I got a · lot of mileage out of that tape. The reason I, and so many others, were · fixated on this sex tape, wasn't

because the sex was entertaining or because we particularly liked Hilton; it more had to do with the idea of celebrity and how seeing a celebrity - one of the chosen beautiful people - doing depraved things. Things that lower mortals do excited us far beyond reason.

Now everyone and their dog has made a sex tape. I hate to say it, but Hilton's sex tape represents the golden age of celebrity sex tapes.

One of the most telling reasons as to why the golden age begins and ends with Paris Hilton is because no one is excited about celebrities fucking anymore, and I really can't blame them because

every sex tape that is released nowadays is always from some Flist "celebrity." Two such sex tapes have been released and, sure, I looked at them, but I didn't break out the tube sock to them. They are like car crashes, really. I watched them in awed silence, slowly shaking my head in disbelief.

The first sex tape in question is from Kendra Wilkinson. She was one of Hugh Hefner's three girlfriends in an E! reality program called The.Girls Next Door.Is this what is passing for celebrity these days? Anyway, the tape, released by Vivid Video, is one of the more off-putting things I've

seen on the internet.

The reason for this isn't because she isn't pleasant to look at, it's because the guy is the weirdest guy ever to be on a sex tape. Picture a manatee having sex with a woman and always, always staring into the camera, and you've got some idea what watching this was like.

It's like, you're watching this tape of two people fucking, and then all of a sudden it turns out that the guy is eye-fucking you, and you've become part of some twisted menage-a-trois.

The second sex tape is courtesy of Danielle Staub, of Real Housewifes "fame." The only criteria I

have for the pornography I consume is that the woman/women must be attractive in some way. I broke my cardinal rule in order to watch this one and let me tell you, readers, I paid dearly. Imagine that you are a necromancer and you have raised a recently buried corpse. It is skinny and its skin is stretched too tight over its bones, worms enter its ears and pop out of its empty eye sockets. That is what Staub looks like.

The whole tape is thoroughly revolting as Staub has apparently had the world's worst boob job (honestly, it looks like it was performed by a drunk six year old during art class, using only hard clay and Crayola Safe-T Scissors), and her vagina immediately calls to mind an Arby's roast beef sandwich. What's more is that the guy fucking Staub keeps going on and on about how hot she is and she seems to believe him. In fact, she keeps saying stuff along the lines of "You like this hot mil£, don't you?" No. The answer is no.

The problem with these tapes is that I have no problem believing that these people are as depraved (if not more so) than the unwashed masses. Also, I can never eat at Arby's again.

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JaD1In Jubilee DUSTIN ELLIS Will Cut Your Grass When I'm CONTRIBUTORGone," playing with his band the Gates of Love.

At 7 p.m. on Thursday evenings Other prominent acts on the from July 8 to August 12, Jubilee bill include Franklyn Currie, Los Park will host the "Jam In Jubilee" Amigos, Josh Hyslop, Jordan Klasconcert series. While in the past the sen, Old Mare, Roger Potter, Steve Abbotsford Downtown Business "Elvis" Elliot, Cale Strange, and Association put on these concerts, Bertch Taxi, to name a few. this year community organizers In past years, the event tarfrom the Atangard Community geted a wide variety of age groups Housing project, on Essendene and focused on the inclusion of and West Railway, have stepped Abbotsford's residents. This year, up to the plate to offer a variety of event organizers will try to mainacts that speak to the diversity of tain past strengths. "Our desire is Abbotsford's arts scene. to maintain continuity with the Among acts on the bill are Ab- success of previous years' events botsford Polaris Prize nominees while expanding to multiple per"You Say Party," who will be re- formers, showcasing Abbotsford's turning to the stage for their first musical wealth," reports David time since the passing of drum- Jules Vandergugten from the Jam mer Devon Clifford in April.

In Jubilee Committee (JNJC).

Another Abbotsford act, recentThe mission statement of the ly featured on CBC Radio 3, and event is foremost "to help create in the March issue of Vancouver awareness of Abbotsford's local music guide Discordermagazine, arts community." Many members is "Oh No! Yoko," who have just and performers of the event are released a new single titled "90's UFV students and alumni. kids."

Apart from music, small local Also playing is Langley's "The businesses will be on the scene in Magician" who appeared on a variety of merchant stalls. For in!Earshot (national campus radio) formation on how to get involved, charts with his 2008 release "Who email:vendor@jamminjubilee.com

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Local magazine givesvoicetosustainability issues JOELSMART ing people to get out of their cars SPORTS EDITOR and peddle to their destinations.

"I was invited to write a piece I/What does it mean to live a for Students for Sustainability. I sustainable life? Is there a way chose Bike to Work Week as beof living that doesn't destroy the ing fairly topical as it's a subject natural foundations upon which which fits well with the intent we all depend?" This is the open- of the FootprintPress," he said. ing line of a new publication for "[That intent is to] give a stronthe Fraser Valley. Publishing quar- ger voice to those residents of terly, the FootprintPress is a local Mission and Abbotsford who magazine founded by the Citizens are a little fed-up with poliAgainst Urban Sprawl Society. cies that continue to permit In case you missed it around the development that unnecesUFV campus, the first issue of the sarily infringes on our wilpaper, Spring 2010, is currently derness and farmland when available at footprintpress.ca. In we have land within our urthe future the website will also ban growth boundaries that feature "archives, extras and video could be better utilized," footage."

Van der Kroon said.

Dr. Tracy Lyster was able to Lyster was able to further answer some questions about the explain the motivation and publication for those interested in intent of the FootprintPress. learning more about its purpose.

"The paper was inspired "The FootprintPress is a local col- by the observation that laboration of various residents and social, economic and envinon-profit groups from Abbots- ronmental sustainability ford and Mission. This gives the is given little emphasis paper local relevance and helps in the papers, many of ground the issues we discuss in which are heavily biased the experience of our communi- in favour of development ties," she said. and industry's interests," Daniel Van der Kroon, a UFV she said. "The paper is student and Students for Sustain- not dependent on advertisability contributer to the publica- ing by business, but instead tion, wrote an article in the Spring is funded by donations to CAUSS issue about Bike to Work Week (Citizens Against Urban Sprawl and the difficulties in convinc- Society) and is created by volun-

teers who have donated their time and thoughts to help inform the community."

The paper has been very well received, with many students and local residents feeling the publica-

tion addresses very important concerns that they have about our community and policies. '~t this time, we are very gratified by the positive response to the paper and have

fielded numerous requests for submissions to futur.e issues," Lyster said.

"We regret we cannot publish all of these. There seems to be a strong appetite in the community for this information and perspective."

Lyster explained how the paper could lead to changes within our community on some key issues we face. "People require information about their options in order to move away from destructive and wasteful practices," she said.

"Many of the paper's contributors are artists and all are creative individuals who express in words or in images, what sustainability means to them."

The paper will also serve as a way for those with the same goals to work together. "One main oBjective of the paper is to create a forum for collaboration amongst various groups and individuals who until now, have been working in isolation. It is hoped th~t the FootprintPress will support their efforts and help give them a stronger voice in the community."

Lyster wanted to stress to UFV students that the Footprint Press was very interested in their feedback and ideas for submissions.

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ARTS&LIFE

Movie Review Prince ofPersia: TheSands ofTime become true friends. It may sound a little BRITIANY WIESNER STAFF WRITER corny, but that's the action/adventure/Disney film M.O. and Prince of Persia does it ut now in theatres is Prince of Persia: well.

The Sands of Time starring Jake GyllenThe plot is not too complicated but not haal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley and obvious enough to guess the end of the Alfred Molina. Based on the video game of movie immediately - which is perfect for the same name, the plot revolves around the diverse target audience range. The CG Dastan (Gyllenhaal), the adopted Prince graphics are very well done. of Persia as he tries to prove his innocence The acting is also surprisingly great. and save the world at the same time.

Jake Gyllenhaal gives a stunning perforIt begins like all action/adventure/Dismance as Dastan. In a recent interview he ney type movies do, with a bit of a preface was asked why he took this role, when he and then jumps right into the non-stop ac- usually does more serious acting. He said tion. It sets up the characters and their sto- that the script was great and he "could just ries perfectly, as the audience is introduced have fun with role." Which is what he did: to the lives of Persian royalty. Eventually it was easy to see he was enjoying himself. we are introduced to Tamina (Arterton), There has been some criticism of the in all her fiery beauty, the love interest of film, claiming it has westernized the MidDastan. With a bit of classic adventure film dle East by having the two main characters treachery, Dastan and Tamina set off on a be Caucasian, but tanned and with British journey that will, of course, change their accents. And while the main characters lives and either save or destroy a king- may both be not of Middle Eastern descent, dom. the film does an amazing job of showing Their adventure, while classically cli- the beauty and wonder of the Middle East. the, is also vastly entertaining - the charOver all the film is very entertaining acters they meet on their journey are both and well done. It's a great for the whole hilarious and heart warming. As always, family to enjoy. we meet a nefarious few and those who

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Movie Review Splice SHANE PERUSSE of introducing human O.N.A into CONTRIBUTORtheir experiment in effort to create a medicinal compound compatible plice is a work of sick beauty. with humans.

Original and thought-provokWorking in secret, Clive and ing, this movie raises some very Elsa successfully combine sevinteresting issues surrounding eral animal species with human the possibilities and ethics of sci- O.N.A. The result is a creature ence as it pushes boundaries and beyond their expectations: somecrosses lines. thing not quite human - yet disThe story follows two young bio- turbingly familiar. In fear of being engineers, Clive and Elsa, (played discovered the two move their test

by Adrien Brody and Sarah Polly) subject (whom they name Oren) to who 'use genetically engineered an isolated farm where we learn of species to produce pharmaceutical Elsa's sordid upbringing as well as proteins used in the treatment of her deeper motives for creating the livestock. When the company they hybrid. Though Clive and Elsa bework for faces bankruptcy the gin the experiment with good intwo scientists' important research tentions they later prove unable to funding is cut off. Instead of ac- cope with their greater obligations cepting this decision the two com- to the being they have created. mit the ultimate scientific taboo This film is not meant for every-

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one, in fact it will likely split viewers into lovers and haters. Still, it remains an impressive piece of cinema. It is visually stimulating, thought-provoking and well paced. This movie could be classified as a sci-fi thriller, however, there's a lot more going on than what the average creature feature offers.

The issues brought up regarding morality touch upon science as well as human weakness. The characters in this film display a wide range of emotion and experience complex and shifting relationships with one another. After seeing all the trailers I went into the theatre expecting another slasher thriller, yet I was surprised with an actual story.

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monsters as it is about parenting.

The actors chosen may not be Alist celebrities, and lord knows Sarah Polly isn't going to win an Oscar any time soon, but they play their parts well. Perhaps Splice is a movie that would have suffered from having famous actors play the roles. Without the distraction of having Alec Baldwin-like actors on screen we can appreciate the subtleties in the plot. What I valued most in the movie is the lack of villainy among the characters.

For a B movie the characters were surprisingly deep. Though the scientists Clive and Elsa fail as surrogate parent figures one can still feel for them based on their original, more honourable, motives. The hybrid creature Oren is also far from a monster. We

see early on in the film that Oren has animal-like instincts but she also displays great intelligence and emotional complexity. Oren's anatomical similarity to a beautiful young girl coupled with her imprisonment in an unfamiliar and unfriendly world caused me to root for her the whole way through. Even the corporate C.E.O is understandably human.

For its originality and quality of narrative I would definitely recommend this movie. If you go to this movie, do so with an open mind and don't expect a brainless slasher flick because that's not what you're going to get.

apocalypse. As awesome as all of that sounds, I remain dubious as to whether or not a television programabout zombies can

be consistently engaging over the span of an eight episode season.

The problem is that it will either be a horror program - which will suck because horror movies are thin on character development- or it will be a program that questions what it means to be human, etc. which sucks because it will almost certainly get boring quickly. However, if AMC's track record stands for anything, it's that they can deliver the goods.

If anyone can ·toe the line between empty horror and sappy introspection, I have faith that it will be AMC. The WalkingDead premieres on AMC in October.

In the mean time, I'll try t'o keep my skepticism in check and reserve judgment until I actually watch a couple episodes of The WalkingDead.

ChannelSurtinu JORDAN PITCHER expectation for Rubicon.

STAFF WRITER · I was not disappointed. At all.

The concept is that an intelligence MC used to stand for Ameri- analyst working for a think tank can Movie Classics, but since discovers that his employers may a radical shift in programming, be a part of some secret society the network has deemphasized that manipulates large world what the acronym stands for and events (thanks, Wikipedia!). Sure, instead gone solely by AMC: a it sounds like a fairly basic conname television aficionado's have spiracy thriller with a couple of come to equate with quality, put- adjustments thrown in, but I can ting it i,ntothe same league as HBO assure you it doesn't in terms of outstanding programs. wear on the viewer in AMC broke out in 2007 with Mad ways like 24 did.

Men and then premiered BreakRubicon is smart, the characters are likeable, ing Bad in 2008. Both programs became instant critical and com- and there is this ineffamercial successes, winning a com- ble quality about it that bined 13 Emmy's and four Golden glues your eyes to the Globes. Now, in 2010, they are set screen. It is captivating to release two more original pro- in every sense of the word. grams: Rubicon and The Walking Oh, and the word "rubicon" Dead. means a point of no return, The Rubicon premiere aired fol- just in case you were wonderlowing the finale of the third sea- ing. Though Rubicon's premiere son of Breaking Bad, and while I aired June 13, it will premiere skipped BreakingBad (as I always proper on August 1 at 8 p.m. and do), I made sure to download Ru- will run for 13 episodes. bicon the following morning. RelyThe second program AMC is deing on AMC's track record (though buting in 2010 is The Walking Dead, I have never watched more than a which is about zombies, obviously. handful of episodes of both Break- The program is based on the longing Bad and Mad Men), I had high running graphic novel of the same

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Return to Riverside Afurther exominotion oftheCoquitlam asylum ation of the work done in providcare for the insane in decades INTERIM MANAGINGEDITOR past Legacy documents the opening of the "Hospital for the Mind" here is an abiding fascina- in 1913,later renamed "Essondale" tion with the history of the and then finally Riverview HospiRiverview Hospital, that mas- tal. sive "insane asylum" perched on The expansive grounds are the side of Lougheed Highway highlighted as the site of the provin Coquitlam. Once the epitome ince's first botanical garden. Plant of the "high institution," the now species from every corner of the abandoned and derelict buildings province were cultivated on the continue to stare down from their many acres of grounds, including perch with over a century of histomany rare international species. ry in British Columbia to recount.

The vast majorJust published by BC Men- ity of the work tal Health & Addiction Services, done in creating RiverviewHospital:A Legacyof Care and maintaining & Compassionclaims to "capture the gardens was Riverview's unique contribution done by the pato mental health in BC and to ac- tients, this during knowledge the commitment of a time when menstaff to patient care," and further, tal health profesto "ensure that Riverview's legacy sionals relied on was appropriately documented patient work as and celebrated." part of the treatCertainly the Legacybook meets ment and healing these stated goals by presenting process. readers with a glossy, vivid and The photorichly illustrated historical ac- graphs provide count of hospital history. The book the reader with also includes the fascinating his- an impression tory of Colony Farm where today of how majesthe Forensic Psychiatric Hospitic the grounds tal currently operates just across and buildings on the highway from the Riverview Riverview Hosgrounds. Both institutions worked pital's grounds in tandem for decades. really were, the The Legacy begins with a his- significant investment in the torical timeline of mental health grounds, buildings and patients care in British Columbia from its evident in every detailed activity. origins in 1850. The beginning The strength of the book lies years are illustrated with vintage with how effectively it captures the black and white photographs, the true community that Riverview grainy images bringing history was. Nearby, Colony Farm grew into the present for our consider- enough food to supply almost all

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of the hospitals needs, and the staff and their families lived on the grounds year-round and attended school on site. As part of community life, patients and staff enjoyed dances and movies every week, and the patients' own creative stories, poems and art were published in the local newspaper. For

ed to the patients of Riverview, as · intended by the publisher, who of course, is essentially the Govern,_________ ment as Hospital itself.

Of tr~mendous educational value is the documentation of the changes in popular treatment methods over time, as is the hospital's leadership in mental health research.

Legacyis obvious in its care to avoid depicting the asylum as a potentially horrific place where patients might become simply inmates locked away for the rest of their natural lives with little recourse to reclaim any true independence from institutional life. many decades, the hospital oper- Certainly readers are aware that in ated its own post office, the post retrospect, many of the treatment mark "Essondale." practices of the time were not opSome patient art is reproduced timal, yet in Legacy, the medical in Legacy,humanizing the text. As staff are carefully and convincingthe book progresses, the reader is ly depicted as doing their utmost impacted with a sense of the care best to provide sanctuary for the and compassion that was impartmentally ill.

lustrates the intended perspective of a self-produced biographical text, yet what is missing is any ac- knowledgement of the continuing need for asylum care in British Columbia. Certainly the "publisher" is well aware of the outdoor asylum within Vancouver's downtown eastside, where those who failed to benefit from the promise of community mental health care now languish, perhaps "partially" treated, most evidently completely untreated, many homeless, criminally victimized, self-medicating and addicted.

The book closes by addressing how deinstitutionalization impacted Riverview, and contemplates the future of the hospital and the beautiful and, although not mentioned in Legacy, highly valuable acres it is built on. One is left with the sense that perhaps these lands and buildings could in some way benefit those in our society who, on a very large scale just as in historical Riverview, still need the asylum, and the care and compassion of a time clearly gone by.

The book is a must read for anyone who has an interest in the hospital's history and the progress of mental health care in the province of British Columbia. It provides a fascinating and unintended insight into the perspective of our provincial health services in that Legacy marks the asylum care as distinctly within "the past," perhaps this goes along with the concepts of "care and compassion" for the mentally ill?

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' he Electronic Entertainment Expo has long been a magical Disneyland-Christmas hybrid every year for the hardcore gamer. It is when new video game consoles and the upcoming big games of the year are revealed with fantastic trailers and over-the-top displays and presentations. However, the show started to fall apart a few years ago, and has since undergone a rebirth of sorts. This year, E3 was great.

The focus this year wasn't all that suprising though: 3D gaming and motion controls. The 360 revealed the name of their new motion sensing 3D camera, the Kinect. Sony showed off the Move motional control wand in more depth, and revealed the price point of 50 dollars. Both Sony and Microsoft are planning to bundle their new devices with a console.

Nintendo announced a new version of the handheld Nintendo DS, called the 3D5. This device will display 3D content on one of its two screens without the need to wear glasses. The device will also have three cameras, two on the outside and one inside, facing the player. The outer cameras will be capable of taking 3D images. The 3DS will also be able to play many movies in 3D as well. Expected by early 2011, the device will be compatible with all older DS and DSi

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The car-combat game will feature imaginative weapons, numerous online play modes, and more zany,

For the 360, theHalo:Reachtrailer included some glimpses of spacefighter combat. Kinect Adventures is a Kinect game that will feature plenty of jumping, dodging, and moving as players try to stay balanced on imaginary rafts or block incoming projectiles. Harmonix is also working on a Kinect game called DanceCentral,which teaches players how to dance without the need to hold or play on any kind of controller. Forza 4 will also use the Kinect.Also look out for the downloadable title Shank, coming to PC, 360 and PS3.

Though many of the games that stood out were sequels, many of them had new flares or features disturbed characters and enor- that made them unique. It will be mous levels than ever before. very interesting to see how motion Auteur creator Jenova Chen, controls work in games that have creator of Flower, is working on been successful without them. a new PSN game, Journey, which Hopefully they won't play like uses bright, detailed desert-like minigames or tech demos, but inenvironments and some still-un- stead actually serve to further imrevealed online multiplayer. Little- merse players into a game. Either BigPlanet2, inFamous2, Killzone3, way, E3 certainly felt different and PixelJunk Shooter 2, Child of Eden exciting this year. and Gran Turismo 5 are looking

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The culmination of the great new sound on The Nationals new album, High Violet. Overall a softer sound than on The Boxer but there are still snarling flourishes that punctuate the song and seem even more rocking because of their sparse application.

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STAFFWRITER The Solomons, Sato, and Bellamy are spared none of the descriptive he key to Dan Brown's success writing and lengthy monologues with the Robert Landon series that Mr. Langdon is afforded, alhas always been the result of an lowing the reader to sympathize intricate mixture of history, fast- with the plight of these minor paced action and excitement, with characters. just the right amount of cheeky And what Robert Langdon adhumour and witty dialogue to venture would be complete withkeep the story humming along out its villain? We saw him take nicely. The Lost Symbol is no ex- on the albino monk Silas in The Da ception, as this new foray into the Vinci Code,the Hassassin in Angels world of symbols, secret societies, and Demons,and in The Lost Symand conspiracy theories is bound bol we see him go up against perto have readers calling for a fourth haps the greatest threat of all: the in the series. man known as Mal'akh, who, with Having received unrelenting overwhelming wealth and power, media attention and exposure, controls the outcome of many of Dan Brown's previous work with the book's characters from beginRobert Langdon had set nearly ning to end. Any villain who cuts insurmountable expectations for off his own manhood and comfuture adventures with the char- pares himself to a god is someone acter. How do you build on the to be taken seriously, and the back success of a novel that dealt with and forth grudge match between one of the most enduring mys- Mal'akh and the rest of the charteries of all time (the holy grail), acters is a source of intense thrills while not regurgitating the same throughout the novel. story for readers?

One of the major differences The key lies in starting fresh separating Brown's work from with an entirely new set of char- that of other adventure-fiction acters (save Mr. Langdon) in a new novelists is that he is able to, withcity and with an innovative and out drawing too much attention to enticing new mystery. The story what he is doing, intricately place takes place after the events of An- facts and little snippets of history gels and Demons and The Da Vinci throughout the story. Along with Code, and sees Langdon whisked providing the novel with a new off, loafers and all, to Washing- level of depth and excitement, he ton, D.C for a private lecture in the gets the reader interested in the nation's capital. However, as has field of history. traditionally been the case with Unapologetically unrealistic at Langdon, expectations quickly un- times, Brown manages to push the ravel, as puzzles and symbols pile envelope when it comes to putting ' up, forcing Langdon to do what he his characters through all sorts does best and start solving. of daunting physical and mental Brown introduces an entirely tasks. Although these moments new cast of characters into the can sometimes take away from mix, all of whom are faced with in- the historical realism of the story, stances of intense moral dilemmas they are nonetheless entertaining and decisions, thereby turning for the reader, and that fault can them into something more then a be easily overlooked. Langdon has

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ifteen months in a foreign counF try makes you weird. I recently came home with the missus to my old stomping ground of Manchester, England. Everything's pretty much the same - that thing in the sky shines in the morning, then that white thing takes over when it gets dark, that sort of thing. But something has changed in my absence. It's me.

I think. Or maybe I haven't changed. Maybe they've changed, and Ym utterly the same boring me. Which is it? And what does it matter anyway?

Regardless of where the change came from, a change indeed has occurred. When you live in a country other than that of your birth and raising, you inevitably begin to indulge in a semi-mythic remembrance of your place of origin. Small incidental pieces of information become towering, allimportant factors that irrevocably shaped your .upbringing. People and places that you've barely consciously considered back in the day become your favourite place, the funniest person, the most amazing experience that you have to show someone.

Then, when you come back, the veil is lifted and you begin to come to terms with the reality behind the half-truth. Which is not to say that Manchester is not an amazing, exhilarating place - it's just that we tend to forget that the

highlight reel has a whole lot of regular stuff in between. , Family, friends, sights, sounds, booze, walks, booze, food, bit more booze, the World Cup, a couple of beers. Since coming over from Vancouver, my alcohol intake has increased eight million per cent.

Probably.

The Mancunian vibe that I left behind has certainly taken some getting used to. It's just that people over here are much more aggressive than other people. This is further compounded when you compare them to Vancouverites - the nicest, friendliest, stonedest people you'll ever meet. Then you have Manes - the nicest, most aggressive, drunkest, stonedest people you'll ever meet.

It's definitely a socio-cultural remnant of the Industrial Revolu-

tion (of which Manchester and the Northwest of England was the cradle, I'll have you know) - things were disgusting and tough back in the day in Manchester as everyone slaved away in coal mines and pits.

So, if you're ever in Manchester and someone seems really aggressive, they're probably just being really nice. Or they might be starting a fight with you. Either way, smile and nod, and if that fails, move like shit off a shovel.

Another strange occurrence of being away from home for so long is finding myself over-compensating for my Mancunian accent. I never lost my native accent when I came over from Manchester - certain idiosyncracies of Canadian speech and thought did creep into my patois, admittedly - but even I

have been surprised by how strong and semi-stereotypical my accent has become since I've got back.

To the casual observer, it appears that I've done some shaky research on Mancunian accents by watching old interviews with the Gallagher brothers and Ian Brown, and mixed it with the ostentatiousness of a character played by John Malkovich and a latter-day Al Pacino. I've probal>ly added the rhetorical suffix "d'youknowwotlmean" to the end of a sentence more in the last three days than in the prev~ous twentytwo years of my existence.

With the absence from my home city, my heart has definitely grown fonder (and weirder). However, now the same can be said of living in British Columbia. This internal tug-of-war that comes from living in, and loving, two different parts of the world definitely turns one into a strange beast. I invariably find myself basking in the glow of some characteristic of my Mancunian upbringing whilst simultaneously comparing it and counter-yearning for Vancouver.

For example, whilst bouncing through the hustle and bustle of some of Manchester's busiest streets, I both revel in the vibrancy and energy of my home city whilst paradoxically comparing it to a busy street in Vancouver. "People don't bump into me this much on Robson Street'' I'll grumble as someone tries to break my shoulder for the seventeeth time as they zoom past.

Being away from B.C.also helps to put into perspective the Canadian attitudes and tendencies that I have come to accept - the ubiquity of plaid, the love for hockey and maple syrup, the smooth and beautiful accent and rhythms of speech, the friendliness, the propensity to allow personal space.

These may be viewed within and without Canada as stereotypes, but they are stereotypes because they are widely based on fact.

I'm not quite sure where I belong any more: do I love the larger-than-life Manchester people, confrontational, personable and warm all at once; or do I love Vancouver people - relaxed, welcoming, stoned? The answer is both, of course.

Being away from Manchester has definitely made me love Manchester more - it also makes me love Canada more. There is nowhere that I have been to or heard of that is anything like Canada or British Columbia. Absence does make the heart grow fonder, but, more significantly, it makes the heart more aware of why it loves.

Travelling away from home whether your native home, adopted home or spiritual home - seems to be one of the most valuable experiences someone can embark upon. It helps one to separate the myth from the reality and see their home as they would not have seen it before. Just be prepared to hear yourself talking like a Dick Van Dyk-esque caricature of yourself.

of a ballpoint pen and seemingly no time at all might turn off fans of comics, and its disjointed nature might turn off fans of traditional written fare.

The Martinis brothers' book suffers in its clarity, and it wallows

as a graphic memoir, but this definition is as schizophrenic as its subjects. It spends a great deal of time lamenting the inability of the Canadian healthcare system to aid those with mental illnesses, and while there is enough anecdotal

NeedingMore Than Just a Spoonful tions devastated by the inability to CLINTON HALLAHAN THEPEAK

BURNABY, B.C. (CUP) - The problem with using the medium of comic or graphic novel - whether directly or indirectly - is that through no fault of the author, it brings along with it certain expectations.

While Olivier and Clem Martini never say outright that their two-man memoir is a graphic novel, it is most certainly a novel with graphics.

Their book, BitterMedicine,tells the story of the blind leading the blind, two real-life brothers pitting themselves against a disease that they and no one else truly understands. Its sincerity and lack of vanity is remarkable, but its execution leaves something to be desired.

The authors' brother Ben Martini was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and 10 years later, Olivier found out he had it too. Simplistic in its thesis, Bitter Medicine finds surprising breadth in the exploration of that single tent pole, the tentacles of a crippling and inscrutable ailment snaking its way into the lives of everyone in their family.

At its best, it's an honest account of already-problematic family rela-

aid a member who shows no outward signs of anything wrong. It explores the inability of citizens to empathize with someone who is sometimes physically incapable of normal human interaction, the impotence of medical science and the politics of a medical institution ill-equipped to handle a patient who might not show up to an appointment because they are afraid that the steering wheel might eat them.

The authors, one the chair of the drama department at the University of Calgary and noted playwright, the other a visual artist based in Alberta, certainly have the chops on paper to put together a compelling collection of graphics and prose - but the package ends up coming off more maudlin and prosaic than a reader might like.

While you sift through the laundry list of failed medications rattled off like an episode of House,

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The playoffs this year were full of surprises, especially in the eastern conference. It was a year when anyone in the East could have made a finals appearance.

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have gone to Philly's Daniel Briere for tallying the most points in the 2010 playoffs. However, it was Jonathan Toews who came second in playoif scoring. Up until the final round of the playoffs, he was the clear cut MVP. His low point production had some raising their eyebrows as to whether he would be able to claim the title. Luckily the sports writers and all the others with a vote saw past his low point production in the final series and saw his strong defensive game come to life which secured the MVP for him.

This was a monumental year for the young Blackhawk captain; in February he won gold for Canada at the Vancouver Olympics and was named tournament MVP, then just months later he won the Stanley Cup and was named playoff MVP. I think it's safe to say that Toews has an extremely bright future in this game. An honorable mention has to go out to the five boys from British Columbia that will have their name engraved on the cup this summer: Andrew

Ladd, Troy Brouwer, Colin Fraser, Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook.

Chicago will now face the challenge of trying to keep their championship squad together for one more year; guys like Hjalmersson and Ladd are UFA's and need to be resigned. With Stanley Cup bonuses, the Blackhawks are way over the salary cap for next year. The Blackhawks will now be looking to dump as much salary as they can in the offseason. Brian Campbell is probably the first guy to go, as he has a salary of 7.1million for the next three years and he is on the back end of his career. The next guy to go will most likely be backup goaltender Christobal Huet. He has two

years left on his contract at 5.6 million, not bad for a backup goalie. It also doesn't help that they signed Marian Hossa for

7.9 million for the next 12 years with a no-trade clause.

The Blackhawks will definitely have to get creative with their salary cap issues if they want to make an honest defense of Lord Stanley's Holy Grail next season.

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The World Cup is the World's Cup be so apt. It is a sad fact, but a fact PAUL BRAMMER NEWS& OPINIONEDITOR it remains - our world is governed by money, our movements and ache World Cup, like a lazy Santa tions are governed by money, both Claus, comes once every four individually and societally. Thereyears. ,This year's World Cup is fore, I'm sure that the first to be played on the Afri- the committee that can continent. That alone would awards the hosting of be cause for celebration. However, the World Cup would the occasion is emotionally com- consider staging it in pounded even further due to the a warzone as long as fact that the World Cup is taking Coca-Cola were okay place in none other than South Af- with it. rica, the country which, until 20 However, I firmly years ago, was under the system of believe that there is apartheid. something intrinsicalNo one can deny that South ly and fundamentally Africa is still a country beset by good about the World problems, and that it will take Cup coming to South years for the damage of the racial Africa.

Although and social injustice of apartheid to North America is be overcome. However, there is no hardly enamoured doubt in my mind that one way in with the sport of footwhich South Africa and the Afri- ball (sorry Canada and can continent in general can heal the United States, but it is football is by hosting events such as the - please fall in line), the World Cup World Cup. this year is estimated to pull in a • In this climate of global sporting cumulative viewing audience of events, the adage of "money talks 30 billion people. This makes the and bullshit walks" could rarely World Cup the most watched event

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in the world ever, and means that, whether you like it, love it, loathe it, ignore it, deplore it, or abhor it, the World Cup is a global event that matters. A lot.

Through all of this, I mean absolutely no offence to Canada and its sporting endeavours - I love Canada, I love hockey, it's all good. But, and you must forgive me for saying this: hockey is, to

Running:A PracticalGuide tract, greatly raising the tension in JORDAN PITCHER

STAFFWRITER said muscle.

Once you have thoroughly ou have managed to squeeze stretched, you will need to focus into your criminally reveal- on three main things while runing spandex running shorts, you ning: head alignment and posture, have laced up your astronomi- the application of pressure on the cally priced running shoes, and feet, and controlling the length of Europe's "The Final Countdown" your stride. is playing on your iPod. You think Proper posture is important in that you're ready to run, but, un- running much in the same way as fortunately, nothing could be it is important when lifting heavy further from the truth. You have objects. When we lift a heavy obneglected the most important ject with our backs bent, all the preparatory step in running: research (and a headband).

I fully understand that the idea of researching proper running techniques might strike some of you as a nonsensical endeavor, to say the least.

However, we aren't invincible children anymore, we are adults composed of flimsy materials steadily approaching their breaking points.

It is depressing to admit, but our bodies are becoming more and more susceptible to joint pain, muscle strain, et al. every year.

Why speed up the process by refusing to modify your shoddy running technique? pressure exerted on the object is A lot of people are so eager being placed on the disc at the apex to get running that they ignore of the curve of our spine .. This ofthe cardinal rule of all exercise: ten results in people slipping discs stretching. Although stretching and straining their backs. Howis tedious and often looks lame, ever, when we lift with our legs, stretching your muscles greatly the pressure exerted on the object decreases your chances of pu11ing is being spread evenly among all or straining something-if done discs in our spine. properly. In order to properly The same basic principles apply stretch a muscle, it is necessary to to running. Each time one of our gradually stretch it, ideally hold- feet strike the ground while runing the completed position for 30 ning, a shock is sent through the to 40 seconds. If you attempt to foot, up the leg and into the spine rush through your stretches you and if our necks are bent down, will either die or the muscle you the brunt of shock is being abare attempting to stretch will con- sorbed at the point it is bent at. It

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is quite common to see those who aren't aware of the potential damage they are doing bending their necks or backs when fatigue begins to set in.

When running, make sure that your toes are pointed forward (not down) and the balls of your feet are hitting the surface before any other part of the foot. This allows for a more fluid, springing motion instead of the clunky, breaking motion that happens when the entire foot is allowed to hit the surface.

Remember: you are doing it incorrectly if the heel ever lands firmly on the · surface.

The length of your stride is dependent on how long your legs are, what kind of surface you are running on and the conditions of said surface.

For instance, when running on grass one may lengthen their stride because the impact on the foot when it meets the surface isn't as jarring as it would be on cement, or when running on icy pavement one may shorten their stride to retain their balance. By varying the length of your stride when fatigue sets in, it is possible to effectively trick your leg muscles into thinking they are being given a rest.

Running might seem commonsensical to most of you, but if you want to avoid potentially serious injuries, you will need to do more than rely on your common sense.

Be sure to read my ·article next week on the proper way to have a bowel movement-something you thought you knew how to do, but actually had no idea.

a greater or a lesser extent, a rich man's sport. Its icon is a former Governor General of Canada who whittled away those thousands of spare hours (poor bureaucrat) by playing this new-fangled game. Today, even the most basic game of hockey requires quite the kit load. In short, it is not so much a pick-up-and-play sport.

Now consider football.

Better yet, let us consider a couple of its luminaries, and see what kinds of backgrounds they came from to reach the zenith of the sporting world.

Pele (or, to give him his full name, Edison Arentes di Nascimento), for instance, is widely regarded as the greatest player in the history of football (whether he is or not is up for debate - the fact that Pele scored all of his goals in Brazil puts paid to the idea of his greatness a little - a paraplegic could score goals in the

Brazilian league).

Pele grew up poor. His father could only afford to buy him one football boot. Also, Pele's family did not have enough money to buy a football, so he would play with a sock stuffed with newspaper or a grapefruit. In 1958, at the age of 17, Pele won the World Cup, scoring two goals in the final.

England's modern-day hero, Wayne Rooney, famously came out of the Liverpool suburb of Croxteth, infamous for being one of the toughest areas in the entire country. Rooney emerged from such a dead-end situation to explode onto the world stage as one of the most brilliant raw talents the world has ever seen.

A country like South Africa needs a competition like the World Cup - an event that brings the globe together as nothing else does. It sees neither class, nor status, money nor title. And however much McDonalds or Coca-Cola get their claws into it, the integral facets of football 'Will never be eradicated.

AHL Playoff Wrap Up

JUSTIN ORLEWIQright now.

SPORTS EDITOR

he AHL season came to end last week when the Hershey Bears captured their second straight Calder Cup on home ice against the Texas Stars in six games.

The Bears were heavy favorites to repeat this year. The only other team that was expected to have a real chance to win the cup ~his year was the Hamilton Bulldogs.

However, like the Abbotsford Heat, they were plagued with injuries throughout the playoffs. They were upset in game seven of the third round by the Texas Stars.

The Stars also added NHL rookie sniper to their line up after the NHL's Dallas Stars failed to make the playoffs this year.

The Bears, farm team for the Washington Capitals, looked mighty impressive on their winning run to the cup. They pretty much steamrolled every team that they faced in this years playoffs, losing only five games on their way to the championship title.

That run included a sweep against the Albany River Rats. The Bears are clearly the most dominant team in the AHL's Eastern Conference; it's kind of scary to see all the talent that Washington has on reserve, especially considering the way their NHL club is playing

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The only challenge for the Bears was supposed to come in the finals, but due to all of the injuries, they were never really fully tested.

There was really no contest.

After this year's season, Abbotsford Heat coach Jim Playfair stated that he wants to make an honest run at the Calder Cup here in Abbotsford. Coach Playfair won a Calder Cup with the Saint-John's Flames in 2001, so he is no stranger to the challenge of AHL playoffs.

Just this year he took an expansion team that wasn't even suppose to make the playoffs to the second round, a feat no one ever expected. With the experience that the Heat gained with this year's unexpected playoff run, they will play next year with the swagger of a team that knows how to win in the playoffs.

Of course, this speculation relies on the Heat staying injury-free next season. If the Heat want to raise the trophy that Don Cherry raised twice, they will most likely have to go through the Hamilton Bulldogs before the Hershey Bears. It should be interesting to see if the Hershey Bears will be able to make a Calder Cup threepeat. Chris Bourque, son of NHL hall of famer Ray Bourque, was named AHL playoff MVP.