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Our Little School SONJA SZLOVICSAK Sports Complex used lo be our bookACTING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF store; we have a residence on campus ur little school is growing, As a university college, UCFV was more focused on teaching students rather than on performing actual research. Sure, there was research coming oul of our school, bul il was nol as big a focus as it is now, 11lispast week, UFV gained a Centre for Social Research, 1he centre, called the Gladys and Harvey Kipp Social Research Lab, will allow students a11d faculty lo work together lo produce research. Great. UFV Is a university; it should be producing resc11rch.

It's unfortunate that UFV wasn't able to be included in Adrienne Chan's research on Social Justice. 1t seems that since we were such a small school when Chan was actually performing research, she didn't collect any data about ou1·little school. However, now that we have a place specifically for social research, hopefully we'll be a part of research that focuses on Canadian universities.

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now; and we arc constantly implementing new degrees. In the midst of all this change, it's hard to picture what our school will be like in just five years from now, UFV Athletics has a new mascot.

It's supposed to be a sasquatch, but

il looks more like the creatures from Where the Wild Things Arc. The university wants the students to name this beast (personally, l think it would be hilarious if the only suggestions they got were "Quatchi"). So, I guess this is the students' chance to shape the future of this institution, even though it's in a small way.

All these changes are great, but It's really going to change the atmosphere

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around campus. I know that a lot of students around campus have an attitude that UFV is some how a lesser university. I can't tell you how many times T'veheard people comment that they're only here until they transfer out to SJ:IUor UBC. UFV Is a good school, particularly for undergraduate students. We have graduate programs, but the majority of students here are undergraduate students; this means that the majority of student led research that occurs at UFV is performed by undergraduate students. lhe professors at UFV arc very open about the research they're pcrformi ng. Shelley Stefan's work, which she presented at the visual arts colloquium this past week, is a great example of the faculty being open about their research. She explains that her work is "proposing a space for the lcsbo-heroic moment." I'm not a big art person, but it seems that Stefan's work is about creating a new identity for lesbians (and women in general), one where they have power, as opposed to being second class citizens (as women often were in medieval society).

Stefan's work ties in nicely with UFV in general; we need an Identity.

lhe changes our university is going through seems to be causing some sort of identity crisis. Are we a little, quasiuniversity for the kids that didn't get into SFU? Personally, l don't think so, but I don't know how wide spread my opinion Is. lhe university is developing many avenues for students to conduct research, and be better scholars. We have research centres, new degrees in the works that will have a research focus and we have faculty with amazing research backgrounds. Students al large universities usually complain that they can never get a hold of their professors. This doesn't seem to happen very often here. Despite all these great things about our little school, students still don't want to finish their degrees here. It's all rather confusing.

We students don't sccrn to know what UFV is as a school. We arc a full status university, with a faculty that is open and willing to work with us. We should take some pride in our university, even if our athletics department has Quatchi for a mascot.

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With the level of proof required to recognize the claims of their opponents as 'true,• advocates of both evolutionary and creationist positions have all but guaranteed the prevention of any outcome to their interactions that could qualify as knowledge that could be valuable to the rest of us, Any results that are produced by such discourses would not settle their discussion, but only continue to assert for the members of each party precisely which theories they find to be most edifying or therapeutic. This kind of knowledge may be pragmatically useful to some, but for many of us, argumentation about which theory certain Individuals find to be more edifying is a lot like a shouting match about how to whisper.

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Dear Editor,

J'd l!ke to make two points in reply to Mr. Peachey's Avertorial in the October 16 edition of the Cascade titled ''ev-o-lu-tion (evil - you - shun)".

First, l don't understand why Mr. Peachey claims that evolution is evil.

For an act to be evil there has to be an intention behind it. Clearly a flood or avalanche is a bad thing, but they're not considered evil. The flood or avalanche had no intention to cause harm.

The same applies to evolution: there is no intention In evolution. Evolution does not intentionally cause harm by choosing which organisms will live and which ones will die. Evolution docs not choose in the same way that human beings (or gods) choose to do lhis or that.

While on the one hand Mr Peachey denies that a loving God would allow the supposed evil of evolution, he claims on the other hand that God created natural and moral evil "as latecomers ... when God punished the original couple... " 'this makes natural disasters and moral evil both intentional creations of God. Clearly this

makes Mr Peachey's God the originator of evil.

Second, Mr Peachey uses God in his refutation of evolution. I'd like to repeat a point I made in an earlier letter to the editor: lfyou want to defend creationism you need to first prove the existence of a creator. Without a creator there can be no creation. Mr Peachey has not yet proven the existence of the one who he claims is responsible for all this creating.

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On Restoring Science to its "Rightful Plac~e" Back In January, as the recent Nobel prizewinner Barack Obama was being Inaugurated into the most powerful political office in the world, the new U.S. president voiced this commitment: ''We will restore science to Its rightful place."

Obama was perhaps thinking about stem cell research, or some other current controversial Issue ... but I began to muse: What exactly Is science's ''rightful place"?

Science is essentially an investigative procedure, known as the scientific method, or the experimental method. It involves the formulation of questions and hypotheses, controlled experiments, conclusions of either support or disconfirmation of the hypotheses, and the communication of results to colleagues.

It is a matter of generally accepted history that science (then called "natural philosophy") arose in Christianized western Europe. Other groups (such as ancient Greek, Chinese, and Islamic cultures) certainly made significant contributions to high technology or to the intellectual environment in which science arose. But, evidently, the Biblical worldview of medieval Europe provided some necessary Impetus for the Scientific Revolution.

We now take it for granted that nature is reliable and orderly, and is therefore subject to investigation through repeatable experiments. But In an animistic or polytheistic culture - or in a Hindu context where the whole world of material objects is maya, an Illusion - such a belief has no rational basis.

An earlier Nobel prizewinner, biochemist Melvin Calvin (who worked out many of the chemical steps of plant photosynthesis) commented: "As I try to discern the origin of that conviction [that the universe is ordered], I seem to find it in a basic notion discovered 2000 or 3000 years ago, and enunciated first In the Western world by the ancient Hebrews: namely, that the universe is governed by a single God, and is not the product of the whims of many gods, each governing his own province according to his own laws. This monotheistic view seems to be the historical foundation for modern scrence" (Pearcey and Thaxton, The Soul of Science, Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1994, p. 25).

For science to develop, practitioners would need to see matter as amenable to investigation. The

Greek philosopher Plato suggested that the "demiurge" (his subordinate "deity") had to wrestle with uncooperative matter in order to achieve what he wanted. But the Bible portrays a God who created an originally "very good" world, fashioning it according to his own sovereign wlll and power.

The noted German physicist and philosopher C. F. von Welzsacker stated: "Matter in the Platonic sense, which must be 'prevailed upon' by reason, wlll not obey mathematical laws exactly: matter which God has created from nothing may well strictly follow the rules which its Creator has laid down for it. In this sense I called modern science a legacy, I might even have said a child, of Christianity" (Pearcey and Thaxton, p. 28).

As well as providing a worldview in which experimental science makes sense, the Bible also presents motivations for doing science: the glory of God, and the benefit of people created in God's own Image." ... as science historian P. M. Rattansi argues, it is now generally accepted that the Christian concept of moral obligation played an important role In attracting people to the study of nature .... In his words, Protestant principles 'encouraged a commitment to the study of God's "Book of Nature" as complementing the study of the book of God's word. They imposed a religious obligation to make such study serve the twin ends of glorifying God and benefiting fellow-men.'"

(Pearcey and Thaxton, pp. 35f.)

In 1998, historian of science Peter Harrison published The Bible, Protestantism,and the rise of natural science (Cambridge U. Press), in which he argued that the Reformation approach to the Bible was "a major catalyst in the emergence of science": "While I do not wish to be seen as setting out a monocausal thesis for the rise of modern science, for there is no reason why a range of factors should not play some role, yet I shall -arguethat of these factors by far the most significant was the literalist mentality initiated by the Protestant reformers, and sponsored by their successors" (p. 8).

What Harrison calls the "literalist mentality" is just the determination by Luther, Calvin, and others to avoid allegorical Interpretations of Scripture, and instead to strive for a straightforward historico-

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Science, then, arose In a historical setting in which the Bible was believed and honoured, and In which the early chapters of Genesis were read as a plain record of how God actually made the universal Indeed, many of the well-known founders of the various scientific disciplines were Bible-believing men (and in several cases they were also overt young-Earth creationists). The list includes Kepler, Pascal, Boyle, Ray, Steno, Newton, Linnaeus, Herschel, Faraday, Henry, Pasteur, and Maxwell.

Isaac Newton's calculation of the age of the Earth closely matched that of the much-reviled Anglican archbishop James Ussher.

Robert Boyle, known as the "father of modern chemistry," declared: "I see no Just reason to embrace their opinion, that would so turn the first two chapters of Genesis into an allegory, as to overthrow the literal and historical sense of them" (T. Birch [ed.], The Words of the HonourableRobert Boyle, London: J. Rivington et al., Vol. 4, p. 11).

The Bible teaches that God formed the universe, and that he created man and woman to have dominion over the Earth. This "dominion mandate" means that we are God's stewards over this planet, its life-forms, and Its resources. In line with this mandate Solomon, Israel's wisest king, exercised a significant part of his great wisdom in studying the disciplines of botany and zoology (1 Kings 4:33). lfwe wish to "restore science to its rightful place," here is what we must do: use it to glorify the God who in six days created the heavens and the Earth, the sea, and all that is in them - and then, armed with a biblical view of the special status of human beings, let us labour for their benefit and blessing.

In other words, for science to be restored to Its rightful place, it would have to be given back to guess who ... the Bible-believing creationists!

Richard Peachey is UFV's first science graduate (BSc, Biology and Chemistry, 1995); he also has a degree in Theology. Peachey is vice-president of the Creation Science Association of British Columbia. To the dismay of some UFV Instructors, he has for 13 years taught science within the Abbotsford public school system.

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Cascade News · FridayOctober23rd 2009

Student Union News PAUL BRAMMER there, we'll haveofficesfor the student S'IAFFWRITFR

SUS set to begin preparation on Student Union Building

he Student Union will soon be hiring a construction manager and architect LOplan and oversee the construction of the proposed Student Union Building. According to Student Union President Jack Brown, "the university is sending the ministry the business case to gel final approval...The construction manager... will be our go-to person, and oversee construction generally...and in the next couple of weeks we'll be hiring an architect to do the design process.

When that comes we will hopefullybe able to get more student input In the actual design of the building."

According to Brown,SUSwill have to borrow, "approximately ten million dollars -the university will do it on our behalf because they can get [us]better interest rates."l11efinished building will be, "a nexus for student contact." Students can expect services from the Student Union and its affiliates, and also from the university, "On the university side there'll probably be ...contact points for things like Financial Aid, Student Services, Student Life. The Student Union will be

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societies, SUS, Cascade, ClVL, we'll have our new pub, which will be pur pose-built. We'll have various multi• purpose rooms, various study spaces, lockers, things that students can use."

While Brown conceded that the proposed Student Union Building rnay not have a bowling alley, "like USC docs", or a movie theatre, "like U-Vichas", he did state that the buildIng would, "have a lot of excellentservices for students, and we'll be subletting [space to companies!, so we can [provide]stores and good services in the building for students."

Student Union deficit will not affect scrvice5,states V.P. Finance

helsea Waterton, Vice-President of Finance for the Student Union, claimed that the $76,000 deficit from the fiscalyear ending In April 2009will not affect the Student Union in terms of its ability to operate.

When asked whether the shortfall would affect the SUSin the financial year ahead, Waterton said, "It won't, basically.We have a large capital fund budget. As we fluctuate year to year, sometimes we don't use all of [the] funding we have available;sometimes we overuse....We'rc a non-profit busi-

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ncss, so you want to try and get as close to zero as you can, but you do go over and you do stay under sometlmes...We have a large capital budget [fund available], so when things like this happen, It Just comes out of the capital budget. If we end this year with cxtrn rnoney then that will go Into the capital budget...ll all kind of balances out."

Due to the overspending on DisOrientation 2009, Waterton believes that the Student Union will run a deficit again this year, "Dis-0 kind of killed us this year...it'll be okay, but that'll be our big thing this year. Dis• 0 is going tt> be the big thing- we're gonna run a deficit this year because of that. I've resigned myself to that...

I want the students to know what the numbers are - you guys need to know where the money is • it's your money."

Watcrton called for greater transparency bet ween the students and the Student Union, "Tl'shard to account for your budget and stay on [target]...

TI1at's why this year we did everything [to be transparent!; we did a huge 17 page write-up... so you could sec where we got our numbers from in the entire budget...! want the students to know if we're screwing up, so [they can] hold us accountable for what

we're doing...Wc're gonna make mistakes, and when we make mistakes tell us an<lwe can fix it."

Casey's lost $50,000 last fiscal year, due to poor management ice President of Finance, Chelsea Waterton, confirmed that Casey's pub was "almost closed" last year, due to the bar running a fifty thousand dollar loss.

Waterton puts this down to mis• management, "We started out with Christie...she was fired and we hired Linda. Linda did a very insufficient Job, and we lost a lot of money while she was the manager. Then we got Emily who was the then-assistant manager to take over, and since Emily's taken over we arc actually pulling profits. it's amazing." lhe majority of the losses were Incurred, "from !'-1-ay through until December [2008] 0• During the time that new manager Emily Boudreault was at the helm during the last fiscal year, Casey's lost, "five [thousand dollars!."

Watcrton went on to explain that, "most student pubs do lose money but not lfiflythousand dollars In less than a ycarJ." However, Waterton believes that the bar is in much better hands

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under Its current management, "Emlly... started to make major improvements very early on...[thc Student Union is] very pleased with what she's done; she did an amatfog Job [so far]," Despite this return upturn at Casey's Waterton warned that the Student Union Is still, "monitoring [the situalion at Casey's]very much ... because if it's going to lose that much money, I don't want it open. H's stu• dent money that we're playing with, and l want to make sure that it's going towards the students..,IHowcver, al the moment] I'm quite happy to keep It open."

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ProfessorResearchingSocialJusticeon Campus ANGELA OSTRIKOFF She goes on to say that th Is is more STAFFWRITER

r. Adrienne Chan, a social work professor at UFV, has been working on researching social justice within universities since 2006, and currently Is compiling the research that she has gathered. She received a grant, funding the research from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and has been from coast to coast, talking to university students. According to Chan, last year she Interviewed,"over sixty people about social justice".

Specifically, Chan went to schools in Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Columbia; UFV was not a part of her research group.

Social justice can mean many things, and Chan's focus seem1:dto rest on a few key issues. One was exploring the links between resident life on some universities and the sports and drinking culture, and whether that influences behavior. Chan believes that the drinking and sports culture on campuses, "promote sexism and the hatred of women with the lewd sayings and things like wet t-shirt contests."

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evident on resident-based campuses, where there is more student interaction. When asked whether this sort of culture and behavior contributed to the sexual assault of women on university campuses, she remarked that, "unfortunately, sexual assault just happens, and can be anywhere. Prevention is key, many universities are using safe walk, women's only parking lots and providing more lighting in darker areas."

Dr. Chan, also saw that sustaining aboriginal students in their university edl1cation is still down. She explains that all universities have Aboriginal Services, however they are typically not well supported, marginalized and most subject to cutbacks. 1111sIs worse in smaller and medium sized universities, whereas larger institutions seem to have Aboriginal rights and supporl embedded in their beliefs. Chan comments that it is not out of the ordinary to find Aboriginal Services officeshidden and in remote areas of the school.

There are, however, some changes being made; many schools arc offering Aboriginal-based streams, such

as an Aboriginal teaching degree for example. "l11ese arc good ideas", Chan comments, "however, they must be feasible''. She goes on to say that this in an area that still needs a lot of work and that campuses need to see the value of reaching out Into their communities, both rellglous and aboriginal.

The need for training and proper channels for harassment and assault issues was also discussed. According to Chan, "all sorts of harassment happen all the time, sexual, racial and ones based on disability and sexual orientation. Western culture is incredibly racist and sexist. We need to start educating people and talking about what is appropriate and what is not; people don't know where the lines arc unless they arc told what the lines arc."

Dr. Chan noticed that students who were involved in volunteering at school were typically more aware of the Social problems on campus. She encourages students to think about the impact of what they do, and, "If you've got time to drink for a few hours, you've probably got time to volunteer and help for a fewho~1rs."

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Speaker Raises Awareness of Ethnic Cleansingin Burma SONJA SZLOVICSAK stories in the press ... [ls that] people ACTINGEDITOR-IN-CHIEF are really aware of political prison-

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here arc roughly 500,000 people living in the Lower Mainland.

Imagine if every one of those 500,000 people became homeless over night.

In Burma (also refered to by the ruling military Junta as "Myanmar"), the population of displaced persons, people whose homes have been destroyed, is equal to the population of the Lower Mainland.

Kwch Say is a member of the Karen minority in Burma. 'Ihe Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Is sponsoring him as he travels across Canada on a speaking tour to raise awareness of the ethnic cleansing that is taking place in his country right now.

The Karen are one of the seven main ethnic groups in Burmn. The ethnic cleansing lhnt is happening in Burma is threatening to wipe out almost all of the ethnic minorities in the eastern region of the country.

Many people end up internally displaced-that Is, they are refugees In their own country. TI1emajority of the displaced people arc frorn the region of the country which boarders 'lhailand. Because the 1hai government is not officially accepting refugees from Burma, these people are forced to hide out In the Jungles of their own country, and are hunted by their own government.

Kweh Say has been homeless for twenty years. Jiis village was burned to the ground by members of the military Junta. When he eventually found another home with his uncle, it too was destroyed. He spent his childhood living in the Jungle with his mother and siblings. "I have been homeless since I was born," he ex.plained.

The fighting in Burma has been going on for 60 years. Kweh Say hopes that by putting a face to the victims of the conflict, he can inspire people to tell their own government to take action against the Junta. He explained, "One thing that Is amazing about

ers ... There arc always stories about fighting ... [butl there is no news or information about how people are surviving day to day."

According to Kweh Say, there is a lack of information about the actual people in Burma. "We are trying to bring the voices of the people, and the stories of the people [to the world]. 'these stories would be vel'y... powerful to make changes. the regime Is really scared of these stories," he explained.

The Junta, which Kweh Say refers to simply as "the regime," justifies their actions by saying they are developing their country. The result of this attempt to develop the country has led to thousands of displaced people, and to thousands of denths. In eastern Burma, one in five children will die before their first birthday because of health problems.

"They [the regime] want to develop the country ... but in reality, the people want to live a peaceful life and cat what they produce. [TI1egovernment] is building roads, damns, electricity, but it's not for the people," Kweh Say ex.plained. 'lhe government is attempting to develop the eastern part of the country by sending military units into the Jungle to complete development projects. 'lhese units are not provided with food, so they must take food from the people. Since people like the Karen arc farmers, this leads to the destruction of their homes and villages to feed the soldiers.

Minorities In Burma are denied basic necessities that would allow them to function in society, like identification. "Last year, when [the governmcntJ did constitutional reform, they went into the villages and gave out Identification cards for the election. After the election, they took [the cards]," Kweh Say said. He continued that the names printed on the cards were the Burman version of people's

names, and not people's actual names.

Kwch Say explained that this is a part of the government's attempt to create one people, with one language.

There are approximately 200,000 people living in a few refugee camps along the boarder of Burma and 'lbailand, but people living in the camp are unable to work outside the camp.

The camps are run by the Thai government and the United Nations, and with the help of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) the people in the camps

of CUSO-VSO for his speaking tour in Canada.

CUSO•VSO volunteers have donated over 30 million hours of their time to developing countries.

"We don't donate money to countries.

We actually send volunteers," Switlo explained.

Volunteers do a variety of jobs when they are sent to CUSOVSO's partner countries. "We [CUSOVSO] never decide what we need, what we want to do. We establish with our partners what they need," Swltlo

can resettle In other countries. The UNJJCR has helped about 30 percent of the displaced people in Burma resettle across the world.

So far, 30,000-40,000 refugees from Burma have resettled across the world. Kwch Say ex.plained, "There arc 200 Karen refugees in the Fraser Valley."

Kweh Say was able to leave Burma and become an advocate for his people because of a volunteer organization called CUSO-VSO. This organization sends volunteers to 40 developing countries around the world. Kweh Say Is travelling with Umeeda Switlo

explained. Over 13,000 people have served as volunteers with CUSO-VSO, including Premier Gordon Campbell and his wife.

CUSO-VSO is giving Kweh Say an mp3 recorder when he returns to Burma so he can record the sto• ries from the displaced people. "The regime is really scared of Information... in Burma you cannot open your mouth ... so what Is behind that?

They're afraid of the truth," Kweh Say explained. He will post the stories he records onlinc.

Switlo explained her reasoning for posting the stories from

Burma online. "Imagine if [everyone] added these stories to [their] Pacebook or Twitter [page]... how fast would these stories travel?" Switlo ex.plained that a number of these stories may not be in English, but she hopes to find someone that can translate the stories so everyone can hear and understand them.

Kweh Say isn't looking for a military Intervention ln Burma. "Even if this regime Is out, another will come in," he explained. Instead, he wants respect from the government. "We don't want pity; we want [the government] to respect our rights."

He hopes that Canada will push for UN sanctions against Burma.

Most foreign investment which goes into Burma does not help the people, but goes to the military instead. Most aide which goes to ~urma does not come from inside the country itself, but Instead from groups in Thailand.

"Working In 'fhniland, through community based organi• zations, you can do a lot more than working inside Burma," Kweh Say explained. However, the groups working along the boarder of Thailand and Burma are grassroots groups, which do need money and supplies. _ "Canada can ask the UN for a binding resolution to force the government to respect the people of Burma," Swltlo expfaincd. She suggests lhat people contact their MP and tell them they want Canada to press for a resolution to force the Junta to respect their people's human rights.

"If we don't support each other, in the nex.t 50 years, we'll [the Karen] be gone ... One of the generals of the regime said 'If you want to sec the Karen people, you have to go to a museum,"' Kweh Say stated.

For more information about the ongoing conflict in Burma, and to hear the stories Kweh Say records, visit www.burmai~sucs.org. To volunteer for CUSO-VSO, visit www.cuso. org.

ControversialStory has DawsonPaperWorriedAboutCensorship JACOB SEREBRIN''They

CUPQUEBEC BUREAU CHIEF Student newspaper editors at Dawson College say they're worried about censorship after they published a crlt• ical article about a student union staff member.

The article, which ran in the Oct. 1 issue of the Plant, the college's student newspaper, accused the executive director of the Dawson Student Union (DSU), Margo Dunnet, of overstepping her authority and refusing to pass on Information to student union executives.

According to editors, Gregory Sheppard, DSU's vice-president communications and media has asked since them to send a copy of the paper to the student union before It goes to print.

would gain the ability to edit anything they wanted, and they would get the final say," said Denise Audette, managing editor.

Gage Michael Wheatley, news editor at the Plant and writer of the article at hand, said they support the student union, but need the ability to be critical.

"We want them to know what they're doing ... and be liable for what they're doing," he said.

TI1e Plant is currently funded by the student union, and is considered a "special club." The paper's constitution, part of the student union's regulations, is currently under review; a new constitution has been drafted and still requires approval from both newspaper editors and student union executives.

Wheatley said he is worried that amendments being proposed to this new constitution by the student union will further strip the newspaper of its independence. Tle said the Plant may be required to adhere to the union's "solidarity" policy, which prohibits DSU executives and staff members from expressing opinions publicly that contradict the opinions of the majority of executives.

Wheatley said he believes these changes arc related to the article about Dunnet.

Dunnet, who is not a student at the college, stepped down around the same time as the article was published.

At a meeting Oct. 14, DSU executive secretary Christopher Monette said the article had "forced her to resign."

However other executives quickly contradicted him, saying her resignation was unrelated to the article, and had come before it was published.

According to Wheatley, DSU president Carl Perks also told hlm the resignation came Oct. 6.

At the same meeting DSU executives defended Dunnct's work, with Monette calling it a "smear campaign."

"She's a good friend to many of us," said Sheppard. He took issue with the Plant's claim that Dunnet had with• held access to email accounts from DSU executives.

"We always take her opinions into account because she has good opinions, she's been working In student politics for a very long time."

When contacted by the Canadian University Press, Dunnet confirmed

that she had resigned but refused to speak further on the matter.

Dunnet was previously an executive with the Simon Fraser Student Society in Burnaby, B.C. In 2006 she was Impeached with several other executives at a special general meeting a~er concerns were raised, including over the way a staff member had been fired.

The dismissed executives took legal action In an attempt to have the Impeachment overturned, but the British Columbia Supreme Court rejected their request.

While Sheppard was reached for comment about Dunnet's resignation, later calls and emails asking for comment on questions surrounding censorship of the Plant were not returned by press time.

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New StudentClub to RaiseAwarnessof Animal Cruelty DJVUtMlllER NEWS& OPINIONEDITOR ith a horse, bunny and beagle in her family, UFV student Lauren Hannem says she was a born animal lover. Hannem is now spreading her Jovefor animals by starting an animal rights club at UFV. "lhe non-existence of any animal rights organi~.ations in the Lower Mainland and the Fraser Valleyhave led me to starting my own Club at UFV,"Hannem said.

While the BC Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals focuses on animal abuses in the home, Hannem says the UFV animal rights club will focus on "on global and local factors of injustice such as factory farming, transportation issues, seal hunts, puppy mills, and animal abuse." ''Everyone has the right to beeducated about their food, their country and what it's doing, and issuesaround the world, and animal issues should definitely be included," Hannem said.

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"It took almost 10 years to hnplcment changes to the Animal Cruelty Sections of the Criminal Code of Canada, and in the end the amendments passed in 2008 only Increased the penalties, leaving the offenses inadequate to protect all animals from cruelty and abuse. Animals continue to suffer under the archaic legislation originally enacted In 1892,"the report concluded.

According to Hannem, her main objective in starting a dub at UFV is to give them enough information to make Informed choices.

"We also hope to make more effective and substantial change as a group than any one person can do on their own," Hannem said.

Students Interested in learning more about about animal rights at UFV can contact Lauren Hannem at lauren.hanncm@student.ufv.ca.

According to Humane Society International Canada, the seal hunt industry makes $LS million in profits, yet the costs of providing security for the hunt exceed $1.8 million.

"With more than I million baby seals killed in the past fiveyears alone, Canada's commercial seal kill ls the largest slaughter of marine mammals on Earth," HSCT Canada's website states.

With over 2000 puppy mills, Quebec is considered the puppy mill capital of Canada. Animal rights group accuse puppy mill owners of breeding puppies In cramped and unsanitary conditions.

"Most people wouldn't tolerate the injustices going on If they knew the real stories," Hannem said.

Canada has been criticised by animal welfare groups for lagging behind other developed nations In April, the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies released a report that blasted the federal government for not updat• ing its animal cruelty laws:

SocialResearchCentreOpens at UFV OlympicLaw Controversy SQ.NJASZlOVJCSAK The centre will provide a place for ACTINGEDITOR-IN-CHIEFstudents, faculty and members of the community to come together to conn October 15, UFV's new Cen- duct social research. 'Jhe centre also tre for Social Research officially provides the technology researchers opened. The centre, called the Gladys will need to conduct their research. and Harvey Kipp Research Lab, is the The centre is the result of a donaresult of another generous donation tion from the Kipp family. According from the Kipp family of Chilllwack. to Evered, the Kipps are frequent do"TI1Iscentre epitomizes so much nors to UFV."The Kipps arc the largof what's been great about UFV, its est individual donors to the Univerheritage, its legacy, and so much of what UFV will continue to be ... as a nexus, as a centre , piece bringing together students, faculty and the community. That is truly part of our spirit, and part of our heritage," stated UFV president Mark Evered.

The centre is the brainchild of former Sociologyprofessor Kevin Busswood. Busswood started at teaching at UFV In 1976. Unfortunately, he passed away last year, so he was never able to see the centre open. In honour of Busswood, his picture now hangs in the lab. His wife attended the openIng of the lab.

Evered recognized Busswood as an early pioneer at what would one day become UFV. "Many people contributed to the development of this centre. .Butit's so frequently the persistence, the stubborn vision of an individual who draws a lot of this together. This vision... arose from [Busswood'sj commitment to student success. His recognition ... tha.t training in research, and the joy of sity of the Fraser Valley. [They have the hands- on experience in research given) a total donation, over their and scholarly [work), and the Joy of years of contributions, of $660,000.'' contributl ng directly to issues and They have also donated to the career [soh1tionstojproblems relevant to our centre and to UFV's agricultural procommunity, just can't be beat as an grams. important element in the training of The Kipps arc a founding family our students." of Chllliwack. Evered explained that Harvey and Gladys Kipp began their

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lives in Chilliwack as postmasters.

Neither of the Kipps graduated from high school, but they generously donated to UFV over the years in recognition of the importance of education.

The acting Dean of Arts, Jacqueline Nolte, explained that the centre will be of benefit to the community, and not just students at UFV. "This is a great opportunity for faculty of Arts ... We can only address the challengesthat our community is facing... in interdisciplinary and collaborative research, In exciting teams which work together to Identify our problems and Lowork towards resolving our problems."

The Kipps were very involved in their community. As an example of their community involvement,Evered explained that they would leave cold drinks out for the mail carriers on hot days. 1he Centre for Social Research's community focus fits well with the Kipps' community focus while benefiting students.

"This centre facilitates the development of a new gcnerntion of scholars. I think that is what's so exciting; not only embarking upon present research but also being able to identify future research challenges. So building a new generation of scholars that can help to forge a new body of knowledge is a wonderful possibility," Nolte stated.

The centre Is a part of UFV's plan to expand Its Institutional research in the wake of the school achieving university status. The new Gladys and Harvey Kipp Research Lab ls located on the Abbotsford campus, in room Bl64.

LIAM ROBICHAUD legal signs and graffitiduring the limTHENAVIGATORited timeline of the games.

"That to me seems like a reasonable thing to do when you've got the ith only a short time remain- Olympic games lasting 20-odd days," ing until the Olympics come said Minister Bill Bennett in a CBC to play,one wonders what will be most News Interview. "You'vegot the po• memorable once the games end. For tcntial for some businesses to try and some it will be the day the torch ran exploit the games logo without having through their hometown, for others it paid for the rights to do that. I think be the opening ceremony,and for it's a reasonable thing for communisome unluck'y British Columbians It ties to want to remove those kinds of will be the day the Vancouver Police signs, and to remove them before the Department stormed their houses, end of the Olympic Games."

The l3CCLA suggests that the destroyed their personal property, wording used is vague enough to aland fined them $10.000.

A proposed B.C. law will give city low punishment not only for unlawofficials permission to enter homes ful marketers, but also for anyone with no more than 24 hours notice opposing the games, which in the and seize unauthorized Olympic sig- eyes of the BCCLAand other civil libnage. The B.C. Civil Liberties Asso- erties activists is a major shot to free ciation (BCCLA)ls condemning the speech. province's Bill 13 proposal as a violaThe bill has yet to be passed, but tion of people's free speech.

Iiol mes said In the statement that ''Telling people who exercise free "If Vancouver acts on this provision, speech that local authorities may people will be risking $10,000-a-day barge in, rip down signs inside your fines and six months in jail just to property, fine you, or throw you in jail criticize the Olympics.• will underscore the growing impres• "Six months in jail," he continued, slon that our government cares more "is usually reserved for criminals about their own camera appearances who have a record of several convicat Olympic events than about people's tions for breaking and entering, bul rights," said Robert Holmes, Presi• now it's the government that wants to dent of the BCCLA,in a statement on break in." the BCCLAwebsite.

If passed, these amendments will This June, the city passed the Van- apply only Lothe three Olympic cities couver 2010Olympic and Paralympic -Richmond, Whistler, and VancouWinter Games bylaw, which restricts ver - from February to March. Other the distribution and exhibition of un- municipalities will need to enact their approved Olympic or anti-Olympic own bylaws to take advantage of the materials in any Olympic area during powers granted. the Games.

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If God were in my Living Room RAYDEKROON never time? Why docs this existence CONTRIBUTOR

exist? I honestly don't know and ultihis entire creation vs. evolution mately I can't make clear sense of it. thing has been kicked around in I don't believe I ever will, though it's The Cascade more than a FIFAWorld sure fun to try.

Cup football, and It's high time to Now, before the creationists get all flash a red card. For starters, dlsprov• excited and start a riot in the stadium, they really don't do any better. If a god ing evolution doesn't automatically (or gods) made this universe, then who confirm the existence of a deity. Confirming evolution doesn't preclude the made hirn (or her or it or them)? You fact either mind you, though granted, must forgive me, my mental image for some faiths, evolutionary timeof god is a Caucasian male, late 60's lines pose significant problems, Bbut to early 70's, with a long bushy beard I could really care less about all that. and a mischievous Santa-like twinkle The whole question of the existence of In his eye - maybe the Monty Python a god (or gods, divine creator, prime Influence, I don't know. But what• mover, whatever) is fuarther up field ever the image, if you claim he wasn't and strikes deeper than any evolution made, then why does this perplexing vs. creation debate. creature exist? Don't tell me he just is.

Here's my dilemma. Science en- I can say that about the universe or lightens us regarding all manner of the big bang, too. ll Just happened; It things, but when it comes right dow11 just is. 1 hnl proves nothir1g.

And I don't get all the talk about to the penalty area, it misses the mark. Why do we exist? Why does seeing "the grand design" in things the universe exist? How did It come like DNA and planetary motions eiinto being? Why am I able to ask these ther. Sure, it's theoretically possible wretched questions? I like lo lump the the universe was created by an infinite variety of "beings" employing grand works into a simple: "what the bloody hell is going on?" Some collapse the design techniques, but the pallerns universe right on down to the big we perceive do not necessitate that. bang. I've heard theories where lime The universe could also be the way it is an infinite or cyclical continuum ls simply because It ulllmatcly had to without beginning or end. While I be some way If It was ever going to be find these and other theories fasci- at all, and of all the Infinite possibilinating, the problem always remains. ties for how universes can presumably Who or what created the big bang? be, this is simply the way ours hapOr, if the universe simply always was, pens to be. You may want to hit replay then why? Did it just randomly pop on that one.

Imagine the universe Is a soccer Into Its own existence back in never-

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field and we're all players. Over lime, we notice the ball rolls or bounces in a relatively predictable way. We begin to see a structure of sorts, boundaries and rules of play. Does this mean there must be a game creator? Why? Can't we also suppose that because there happens to be a field, conse• quently something must be happening there? If It didn't play out this way, then It would play out some other way. If it had happened to be ail chaotic and unstable, we probably wouldn't be here to ask the damn questions.

Now, while there may be holes in my argument larger than an eight by twentyfour regulation goal, the real kicker is this. I find the whole notion of some infinite, allpowerful, all-knowing, benevolent creator extremely problematic. 'TI1cbenevolent part really puts me offside.

I'm going to si nglc out the Biblical God here, only because that's the god concept I'm most familiar with. I swear, if I ever had this old fellow In my living room, I'd pour him a mug of java, turn on the Premier League and ask him these questions: "Why did you bother creating Lucifer if you knew full well he was going to fall?''

"In hindsight, do you think that whole flood deal was a bit of an over-

reaction?"

"Do you ever want to smash this entire universe and start afresh?"

"Did you ever do that to a previous universe?"

"Since you're 10096 all-powerful and Satan isn't, why not just make everything perfect?"

"Why do you want people to worship you?"

"Docs il make you feel even more powerful when people worship you?"

"My cousin Is dying from cancer; anything you can do there?"

"Do you have any other "creations" going at present?"

"You say you can do anything, bul

can you bake a potato so hot even you can't cat It?" "Can one really go to hell for using birth control?"

"What were you thinking with Auschwitz and Stalin, and that whole Hiroshima thing?"

"Considering you are basically alone in the universe as far as peers go, do you ever get lonely?"

"What would It take to convince you to eliminate all the pain and suffering In the world?"

"Have you ever suffered from aniciety or depression?"

"If you sec my grandma, would you please tell her I miss her?"

"Does It really bother you If a man still has his foreskin?"

"How can I ever be completely ccrla in that you've been straight up with us in the Bible and that you're not, in fact, either schizophrenic or a psychotic despot?"

"Why won't you use your Infinite abilities to save children that arc starving to death?"

"If a man concludes, after years of serious methodical contemplation, that it is simply impossible to either verify or deny the existence of you or any other deity, and that all such discussions regarding the objective nature of reality are, though perhaps enjoyable, ultimately fruitless, would you still condemn him to eternal damnation?"

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Olympics. If you're like me, you've heard more than your fair share about them. They aren't even upon us for another few months but we have already been smothered by an avalanche of news for and against the winter games that arc to be held in Vancouver. The swirling mess of hate, scandal and greed has reached its peak, and has many of us just wishing the damn things would go away.

You might think you know where I'm going with this, but worry not; I don't council anyone to stick his or her head In the sand just yet. In fact I feel lhc opposite Is true, too much ill has come of people not seeing what's going on with these games, and subsequently missing the point.

Let me tell you a story. My family has always watched the Olympics. It would be a stretch to call any one of us overtly "athletic" but we have always enjoyed the event, and I think I can guess why. One of my earl lest memories of the games was in a long distance running event. There was a man from a poor country who had been through some considerable struggle to even make the games; suffice to say he had a hard luck story behind him. When It came down to the race he ended up In dead last. I don't think seeing peoples dreams crushed is fun-

Ing last was greeted by the first place winner, who had waited at the finish line for him. He embraced him and expressed his admiration and love for what he had done. Later, the man In last place expressed his pride in being able to even participate. Had it been worth It? Yes, of course.

These men will always have a place in my memories and in my heart, because they remind me what the human spirit can achieve. There is no need for this to be an expression of a jocular nature either, for those of us that were picked last In P.E. there is no reason that this spirit cannot be expressed through a poem, a play, a trade, family or any other way we choose to express It. Now I realize that things have gone badly with the planning. The moneygrubbing shysters behind the planning committee have seen it fit to run a pretty crooked hand and have done a lot of underhanded deeds along the way. Most recently we've heard of prolestors being threatened with forced entry lo remove anti-Olympic post• ers in their home. To lhis I ask where the rights and morals our fathers and grandfathers died for have gone.

Still, I can not completely side with the group against the game either.

Let's face facts. None of you complain when the Vancouver International

Film Festival Is here, although I bet a lot of the same problems arise, If not on as large a scale. You know that protest! ng the Olympics will get you heard. Don't light the torches just yet.

I'm not damning you, I'm just asking you to aim your blows properly.

The battles you fight now, against a beast you call 2010,will go on a~cr the games, they were raging before and guess what, they would have been

there if there was no such silly notion as Olympics or sports or Greeks. All I suggest is that you remember it is the corrupt hellions running things that have made all these decisions. Fight them, I'll be right next to you, but attacking the Olympics is shooting yourself in the foot.

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Olympics" remember what they could be, a shining beacon of hope, and a remembrance of the human spirit. Why, when we saw the games, our games, being perverted by greedy bastards, did we mirror them, making hateful, vain protests? Why did we not instead peacefully, lovingly show them what the games could be, what we wanted thern to be? Why did we not show them that instead of covering up the homeless problems for the games that the games could be a chance to learn to love our fellow man, and to put in place a real solution for them?

1know it can be hard to get through to politicians this way, but In the long run it is a way that will last. Would you rather be a revolutionary like Dr. King and Ghandi or like Stalin and Franco? If return their hateful, greedy ways with an angry, hateful response how can we expect to take anything but hate from that cycle?

As for me, I carry a torch of revolution and one of love and compassion. I value the ideals embodied in the Olympic flame, those of strength, determination, commitment, perseverance, fortitude, acceptance, unity and honour. Look for me in 2010, I'll be the guy protesting how we handled the games by hugging people from across the globe, a11dbeing the change I wish to see.

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pascade News• Friday October 23 rd 2009

Harper sings and it's news. Great DAVID MILLER

According to Coyne, the reason NEWS& OPINIONEDITOR the Piano incident worked so well is tephen Harper can sing. Actually, because," the narrative the media had Stephen Harper can sing quite well. His rendition of the Beatles classic, 'With a Little Help from my Friends' provided a chance for us all to chortle. Oh, how we all giggled a little bit when found out he likes to "get high" with a little help from his friends; and wasn'l it funny when he said he needed someone to love. As a subversion of his image as the cold, unsentimental Conservative leader from Albcrta it worked perfectly and I would be a naive idiot to think that Harper wasn't aware of this.

Por the media It worked a little too well. Andrew Coyne, editor for Maclcans, wrote that the event worked as sort of a reverse-gaffe: "The only significance of the gaffe is that it fits a narrative, or rather that a narrative can be made to fit around it. A politician's campaign Is failing.

He eats an ill-judged banana. TI1erefore the banana-eating becomes a 'metaphor' for the campaign, or even a 'defining moment.' Defining him as ... what? As a politician who eats bananas and loses elections. It's entirely settled on for this week was of Ignaself-referential." tieff the stumblcbum, the guy who

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couldn't get anything right; in contrast, Harper's exquisitely timed appearance seemed to confirm he could

do no wrong."

He's right, it's working. Even my

anarchist friends caught themselves saying, "maybe he's not that bad," and the opinion polls (yeah, that's right!

I'm referring to those great bastions of truth) suggest that this is generally true. The populous' perception of Stephen Harper is changing and this change Is grounded not In satisfaction with his policies, but In their enjoyment of a piano recital.

Now, you're probably reading this thinking, "yeah, 1 know this ... what's your point?" and this is the part where I wrap this off with a sharp and pointy point. Except, I don't have much of a point to make on this. It's not the first time this kind of thing has happened in Canada. Jean Chretien went water-skiing and that helped his image rather well. 1 know this.

What disturbs me is watching the media abandon its role as information provider and becoming an abetting partner in a PR c,cercisc. What disturbs me is seeing reasonable people shift their political allegiances because of a song. We should all take a moment to think about why any of this should matter and then move on.

A ftcr all, it's not like we haven't got anything else to worry about.

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Barack ObamasNew, Shiny Badge KEVIN BODNER CONTRIBUTOR that by "intending to honor Obama, s most of you may know, on October 9th 2009, the forty-fourth President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, won the Nobel Peace Prize, for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen International diplomacy and cooperation between peoples" despite the fact that Obama was nominated two weeks after he had won the election. The fact that he won the prize was a great surprise, as several news sources gave Obama a seven-to-one chance at winning.

Obama himself said that he was 'surprised and humbled' and received many congratulations from not only Democrats, but kind words, if not approval from several Republicans senators as well. His presidential opponent, John McCain said "I think Americans are always pleased when their president Is recognized by something on this order." Obama received praise, and congratulations from many people around the world, Including follow Nobel winner, the Dalai Lama, and several other heads of state, with most reactions being positive and congratulatory, Others however, arc wondering what Obama has done to deserve this reward. Criticism for Obama did not just come from the right wing media, though it is by far the loudest, but from others from all over the political spectrum, Including several supporters. Some of these papers claim that by giving Obama the prize, it has 'devalued' the Nobel Peace Prize and

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the committee has actually embarrass~d him."

Other Nobel Peace Prize winners claim that Obama won the reward too early1 or did not deserve to win it at all. Malread Corrigan, (co-winner 1976), was disappointed, saying that "by giving this award to the leader of the most militarized country in the world, which has taken the human family against its will to war, will be rightly seen by many people around the world as a reward for his country's aggression and domination." Other non winners, such as Stuart Recs, the director of the Sydney Peace Foundation in Australia, were less critical but still disapproving. Rees was quoted as saying "perhaps the Nobel organization wants to give him a magic wand.

1 think the guy Is full of promise, but I don't think the promise has been realized yet particularly in regards the Middle East."

Obama's Peace Prize has also come under fire, by columnists who have traditionally supported him, claiming, that the reward was something "goofy and weird." Others have made satirical remarks, claiming that the reward was a "farce".

Now I have nothing really against the guy ... despite the fact that he's developed a cult of personality, on par with that of a major music star, but thal's beside the point. But it seems to me that Obama is receiving this reward, solely on the fact, that he's doing his job. For those of you who dis-

agree with me, well let's look at what he's done ...

Oh that's right, nothing really, besides making a few speeches about how change ls good.

Now It is true that he has attempted to reach out to others around the world, there's no denying this, but as several columnists have pointed out, that there were a dozen other heads of state, and political leaders, who could have won the award for "their extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

The words of Sideshow Bob sum up Obama's Peace Prize quite nicely, "convicted of a crime I didn't even commit. Hahl Attempted murder? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry?"

To be completely honest the Nobel Committee has made a mistake, we have rewarded Obama, not for what he has done, but for what he is expected to do.

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RIPI A Remix Manifesto Screening PAUL BRAMMER old and make something new and IAFF WRITER

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head of Library and Information Technology, Christina Neigel, screened the documentary Rip! A Remix Mar,ifestofor free In the room adjoining to the cafelerla.

'TI1edocumentary, writlcn and direeled by Brcll Gaylor, explores the issue of copyright in the information age. Our point of entry is the American DJ Girl Talk, whose music is comprised entirely of olher people's tunes.

Girl Talk (whosereal name Is Gregg Gillis)was, unlil recently,a biochemical engineer by day, and a DJat night.

Gillis' stage shtick is akin to a mag• pie - he sees things he likes in other songs, and pinches them for his own.

However,beforeyou report him to the Department of Homeland Security, cool your boots - Girl Talk's songs, more often than not, bear only passing resemblances to the works cited.

While I'm not a big fan of his music, l have to admit that what he does is take old stuff and make It something new. He Is a craftsman first, and a musical magpie second.

Where Girl Talk runs into trouble is with the U.S.'sarbitrary copyright laws - Gaylor estimates that, for Gillis to clear an album's worth of song rights, he would have to shell out approximately $4.2 million. Indeed, as the movie states, to sample one solitary note withoul permission from LhePowers Thal Be is Lorun the risk of incurring a hefty lawsuit.

The movie argues that all art is built on other art, as Gaylor goes on to show the cannibalistic nature of creation. lhere is an audio snippet of Muddy Walers confessing to slcaling a song from Robert Johnson; in turn, Led Zeppelin borrowed heavily from Muddy Waters for the song "Whole Lotta Love".

The Slaple Singers recorded the gospel song, "This May Be The LastTime" In 1955;the Rolling Stones took from It to make the song "The Last Time".

TheVerve then sampled the strings from an orchestral version of the song "The Last Time", which they werepromptly sued for by the company that owns the Rolling Stones 1960s back catalogue, ABKCO Records. The songwriting credits for Lhcsong wenl LoMick and Keef,and the song was used, against lhe Verve's will, in a whole host of soulless TV advcrllscmcnts.

What Gaylor argues is that everyone borrows from everyone else; even the greats arc merely building on past legacies. When you take something

original out of it, he argues that this is creation, not theft.

Of course, major companies don't agree with this view. Even the song "Happy Birthday" is copyrighted. The righhts are not by the two sisters who wrote It over a hundred years ago, but

by Warner Chappell, one of the biggest conglomerates in America.

This jars with the historical tradition of copyright - the firsLcopyright Jaw was the Statule of Anne, passed in Great Britain in 1709,which mandated that the right of works lay with the author, not with the publishing companies, and that the length of lime that a work would remain the sole property of the author was set at fourteen years, after which, the work would go into the public domain, where it was fair game for anyone to take and build upon.

Zip forward almost three hundred years. In 1998,the American government passed a law, under the guidance of the Disney Corporation, that extended the copyright law terms to the author's life, plus 70 years afterward; or 95 years, if the work was owned by a corporation.

'111lslaw quadrupled the original Statue of Anne, and meant that songs were essentially on lockdown - the public domain became songs copyrighted before 1925.Whlle I'm a great lover of classical music, I can't see many people bumping and grindIng in the club LoGirl Talk's mash-up of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov'sScheherazade mixed with Rachmaninov's "Piano Concerto No. 2".

For a lime, the fat cats and big companies thought they had it made.

Then, when the internet came along, everyone lost it.

With the dawn of the fabulous Intcrwcb, information and ideas suddenly become free. Peer-to-peer programs sprung up, allowing people the world

tury, due to the decline of American manufacturing, the U.S. became intent on controlling ideas. The copyright law, along with Digital Rights Management (critically described as, "Imposing third-party restrictions on the users of a computer or other device, with or without the user's consent", according to drm.lnfo), sought to control the flow of ideas. In the States, six companies control 90% of the music industry, and guess what?

They don't like you and 1 to share music and ideas for free over the Internet.

The law came down hard on those who were deemed to be In breach of copyright laws. ln Rip, there was the story of a pastor who was called by the government, and told that someone in his

and they let their fans pay whatever the hell they wanted for it. A minor process!ng fee was attached (50 pence in England), but, aside from that, a fan could pay anything from one cent to one hundred dollars for the LP. When the biggestband In the world decides to release their new album for free, the shockwavcsarc bound lo be felt the world over. So it was with In Rair,bows,which, along with being a fabulous work of art, ripped up the rulebook for artists and record companies. The paradigm was para-dead.

Radlohcad also encouraged other artists to remix their songs and rework their videos for free, opening all of their work into the public domain without record companies getting their pudgy mitts on It. When the DJ AmpLive remixed in Rainbows, he received a cease and desist letter from Warner Chappell, telling him that what he was doing was illegal.

Radlohead responded by saying that what Amp Live was doing was not Illegal because It was their music and they wanted to give It

in Radiohead's slipstream, and musicians have picked up on new technology quicker than their monolithic masters, who arc currently trying to sue a cream cheese bagel for looking at them funny.

A model for the future is Brazil. In Brazil, they began something called the "Creative Commons", which is a license that declares that everything, whether it be music, art or science, is all in the public domain. Gilberto Gil, Brazilian musical legend and onceMinister of Culture, said, "Sharing is the nature of creation." This ethos has extended to other countries, who have signed the Creative Commons license.

Admittedly, the documentary had a biased perspective; Mr. Gaylor was very strongly for the freedom of art and the free interchange of Ideas, but that didn't stop the movie from being informative. As well, the passion and exuberance with which the story was told was inspirational for the six people ~ho showed up to watch the movie (for shame, student body).

The next lime you sec that Lhere is a free movie being

away, thank you very much. Subsequently, the action was dropped, and AmpLlve released his album of remixes unmolested.

So, where docs this leave us now? Well, the rules have certainly changed; many artists have followed

shown on campus, bring your lunch along and come watch - I guarantee that you'll leave with a mind full of ideas to go along with your belly full of bad cafeteria food.

house was a copyright criminal. When he answered that it was his ten-year old son who uses the Intcrnct In their house, the government worker asked him if he would like to turn his SO fl

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All In all, 24,000 Americans had lawsuits filed against them

over to swap and share music, ideas and art to their heart's content. lt seemed as though the world of ideas had been dcmocratized.

At the end of the twentieth cen-

for breaching copyright laws. However, in 2007,a bunch of musicians that you may have heard of decided to tear the music industry a new arscholc.

Radiohead decided to release their new album, in Rainbows,over the In• ternet. 'lhis circumvented the need to go through a record company, as their previous deal with EMI had expired,

Arts & Life

Cascade News• FridayOctober 23rd 2009

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The question Cormer ls putting to her audience is "would one who admires the object on display also admire it if it were worn by a size-18 body?" This provocative piece is more than meets the eye. It makes me wonder, would we?

Paula Funk's photograph, Revelstoke is another work of art exploring the theme of memory. The picture captures a hotel in the small town, all alight and festive on a summer evening. Funk, in her description of the work, reflects on why we remember; what IL is about an experience that

11iailand #1 and lhalland #2 by Tara-Lynn Kozma-Perrin are two very different works with an identical purpose. According to Kozma-Perrin the "abstract views of a country that Is often portrayed as a paradise allow the viewer to take in the essence of the setting instead of being awed by picturesque and cliche beaches."

The works are both dark, and their abstractness leaves them open to interpretation.

Finally, Helen Yannacopoulos' Series of Sunset: Mountain, Ocean, Prai• rie stands out. 'Ihree paintings blaze from the wall, all variations (unsur-

creates a memory.

Revelstoke feels like a breath taken between parties. There are no people In the photograph, but looking at it you can Imagine that someone is about to step through the door. The viewer Is taken into another's memory, yet al the same time the setting feels familiar. As if we've been there before, Perhaps a trick of the light?

Funk's mixed-media piece, Elemenopy, Is a depiction of a child's point of view. Literally. It is a child's face with a magnified eye. 'Ihe use of light and colour on the canvas gives it a haunting quality. Jnnocent and open, the child's face stayed with me as I left the exhibit.

Funk describes the work as "an exploration of a child's developing world-view within an suburban environment." The frank openness of the child's expression strikes the viewer, bringing to mind, as the artist states, childhood's preservation of "imagination, wonder and desire."

prisingly) of the colours of sunset. The blending of the colours and sensation of day's end arc brilliantly portrayed on these three abstract canvases. Yannacopou los' works arc a veritable feast of colour and light, impossible to ignore. They were painted from memory, continuing what seems to be a common thread in this exhibit.

Overall the show's themes fit Into what we would expect from an alumni art exhibit. Memory, self-discovery, and glimpses of travel and life experi• ence. I enjoyed the arllsts' challenges to society, and the questions posed by many of the works. These alumni have given UFV every reason to be proud.

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he Abbotsford campus B building art gallery is currently host• Ing an Alumni exhibit. A-Frame is a collection of works from five BFA graduates. The art will be displayed until Thursday, Oct. 29. On that day at 3:00 there will be a wine and cheese reception, open to anyone.

The artists are Janet Comer, grad '08, Tara-Lynn Kozma-Perrin, grad '07, Shawna Bums, grad '07, Paula Funk, grad '07, and Helen Yannacopoulos, grad '07. 111edisplayed work ranges from self-portraiture through photographic series to social criticism through textiles.

Shawna Burns has two pieces on display, both photography. 1be first, Self, is a three-part series depicting Images that the artist considers to be representative of herself. The self-portrait features her hands, as they are the instruments of her art, and also an image of another self-portrait, this time In beads, that is in-the-works.

Burns' second work, One, is also a three-part black and while series of photographs. The image in the centre ls that of a nude young woman. According to Burns, the work "shows the human form interconnected with its surroundings." Burns' pieces are thoughtful and the contrasts lend a sense of poignancy to her photographs.

Janet Cormer's display Thirty is also photographic, but infused with colour. The Polaroid pictures are a series from her 30th birthday party; a mix of sometimes humourous candids and the usual posed shots. Each picture is Individually framed on a colourful background, and she uses photo corners common in scrapbooking to affix the Polarlods to their frames. Cormer e,cpresses her intent for the display lo be "challenging our ritualistic preservation of 'memories' as well as questioning why we often continue to follow our childhood birthday traditions well into adulthood."

Comer's second work, Shift is a textile piece. A beaulif ully embroidered slze-18 dress is mounted on a bright pink board. The colours in this work once again are stunning, and the dress is decorated with beads,

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Cascade News • Friday October 23 rd 2009

VASA: ArtsColloquium Shelley Stefan's" Lesbian Family Heraldry: An Achievement of Arms'' MICHELLE FIETJE ing the topics of research that assist

CONTRIBUTOR in informing her art.

n Thursday October 15, the first of two Visual Arts Research Colloquia was held in room B101at UFV's Abbotsford campus.

111eColloquia create an opportunity for UFV Visual Arts Faculty to present their personal academic research to the UFV community.

Approximately twenty people attended, engaging in dialogue with faculty member Shelley Stefan as she presented her current body of work, and the research that led to Its creation.

Stefan's lecture was entitled ''(in)security In a llmlnal world."

She opened her discussion by displaying a picture taken when she was in kindergarten; she was placed in front of an easel that held a drawing, with crayons In hand, and was expected to smile for the camera. She understood that she was "being staged, with an awareness that the work wasn't [her] own." This experience revealed to her the Importance of "authorship as an artist", and the idea of having "integrity as an individual." From this, Stefan continued by present-

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A common thread throughout Stefan's presentation was the concept of the "other" in society.

TI,e idea of ''liminal" space, the concept of one being between one place and another, notions of being a minority in society, were represented through her discussion. Stefan noted many theories that informed her work, including "tcrrilorialilics" or turfs: spaces that a person has ownership over.

When this turf is infringed upon, one can abandon It, or adapt. She cited many contemporary feminist artists such as Patricia Cronin Allison Smith and Lisa Yuskavage as women who she would place around herself, within the art she is creating.

"Soclalacrobatlsm", a term cre• ated by Stefan, describes the condition of a minority person adapting him/herself In different social situations; a "minority selfhood."

Compared to the flexibility of an acrobat, the person has the ability to adapt and change to "belong" in any number of situations. ParallelIng this ls Stefan's Idea of "tradi-

tions as a way to belong." Lesbian Family Heraldry: An Achievement of Arms was Stefan's project during her lime spent in Victoria. She stated that the tradition rich city inspired her to create "symbology for a sub cultural entity, reconstructing a symbology for [her own] family." Stefan researched medieval heraldry and created her own achievement of arms using the lost wax bronze method, creating "a conglomerate symbol" to depict her family history. "'Ihe Lesbian Effigies" of 2006 were Stefan's foray into the "notion of the lesbian hero-what would she be conquering?" She again utilized medieval imagery that demonstrated the ''dynamic between knight and beast" to create paint• ings of women dressed in armour, conquering men titled "malevolence" or "greed." Stefan "appropriated the medieval acsthcllc" to create, as she says "bratty, witty and empathetic" versions of what would traditionally be male domi• nated imagery.

Stefan's most recent series ls entitled "B ls for Butch." It showcases paintings that Stefan describes as

demonstrating the "complexities of butch identity" and what it ls to be "queer, masculine and at the end of the day female". Following the appropriation of the "medieval effigy aesthetic", Stefan explores knight's armour as an act of meta• phor. TI1e lamboy, or chainmail skirt, that a knight wears held particular fascination with her. Stefan saw the "vulnerability of the open ~kirt'' and depicted women wearing chainmail, holding flowers, or watering the earth with a hose, contrasting the tough exterior with the gentle, opening up discomse about both "gay identity, and humanity in general."

Stefan then opened the floor to questions, yet her audience seemed to receive all they needed to hear through her impassioned lecture.

One Visual Arts student, when asked how she felt about Stefan's lecture, explaii,ed l~at il '' inspires you to do more research [in your art]. to make art that means something," The next Visual Arts Research Colloquium will be held some time in November, with details to follow closer to the date.

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Album Review

Ian Brown - M1 Way PAUL BRAMMER STAFF WRITER or twenty years, Ian Brown has stood, or rather, slouched, atop the English music scene. With The Stone Roses, Brown rose into the stratosphere while hardly raising his voice above a conspiratorial whisper.

Once the Roses Imploded, Brown went on to carve out a fabulous solo career, which in my opinion culminated in the stone-cold classic Music of the Spheres.

On his new feat, My Way, Opener "Stelllfy" bleeps into life. It's aided

by Brown's now customary sweepIng strings, and a soaring vocal line, which could be an ode to a love, or to life itself. H's a cracking lead track to get you in the mood for the album.

Second tra~k "The Crowning of the Poor" crunches into being with an electronic backbone that wouldn't sound out of place on a SOCent tune.

Bells ring in the background, and Brown's legendary cocky vocal delivery would make even the meekest shut-away swagger down the street, shooting out Superman eye-lasers at anyone who dares to eyeball them.

When Interviewed about his new album for The Observer, Brown remarked that It was as though this album is a reflection on his past, and a call to the years ahead. There is certainly the feeling that Brown is surveying his youth, as he reaches middle age, and taking another strut forward into the future. ''Just like you, I'm living for today" he sings in the chorus of "Just Like You," which takes its

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cue from Brown's blockbusting tune "F.E.A.R". For anyone who has listened to any of Ian Brown's back cata• logue, it's like stumbling on a dear old friend on a street and rekindling a beautiful friendship.

A cover of Zager and Evans' "In the Year2525"follows,complete with mariachi guitars and horns announcing its arrival, which is thundered on by a pounding drum beat. Of late, Brown has covered a few tracks, most notably Jackson's "Thriller" and "Beal It", but this one is the first that Brown seems at ease with - with the Jacko songs, Brown admitted that he was paying homage to his late hero, but" .. .252511 feels like a real song, not just a cover. ''In the Year 2525" segues nicely into "AIways Remember Me" which is definitely a 'lighters in the air at the

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gig' type moment.

A sliding guitar that sounds like it's weeping Joins a pulsing rhythm and tribal drums as Brown plaintively repeals, "Always remember me".

The song is Un• ashamedly sweet and sweeping, as Brown looks back on his life, and evokes bittersweet memories of his past. Gone is the trademark bravado and cocksureness, and instead we have a beautiful centre to the rest of the album, which serves as a candid centre-point that the other songs ar• range themselves around.

If, by this point, you're aching for a bit more of Brown's customary cautionary talcs of excess and ego, follow-up "Vanity Kills" will fill that hole. A pseudo-surf rock guitar line and rattling percussion lead the way for synths and a lovely harmony of Brown and some sweet-voiced lady.

The mantra, ''Golden globes, skin and bones, all that remains is the stain on my soul" encapsulates this funky dia-

tribe on the transient nature of fame and wealth.

Even what could have been vitriolic moments on this album seem tempered by Brown's age and experience as though the fires of youth have died down to leave the embers of wisdom.

An example of this is "For 111eGlory". This song has more than an abstract reference to his old band-mates, "When the bombs began to fall, I didn't do it for the roses", but the tone of the song is almost sanguine, with a beat that wouldn't sound out of place on a Justice track.

TI1enext track, "Marathon Man", is maybe the funkiest on the album, and will definitely be a fixture on the dance floors of Manchester in the years to come. Brown dares the listener to, "catch me if you can" and declares that he has, "miles and miles still left to come". Brown's defiance In the face of time is most evident on this track, while still retaining his sense of what makes a good tune.

Actually, scratch that last remark next track, "Own Brain", Is the funkiest song EVER. If you like your bass lines the size of Godzilla and your drums heavier than a ton of bricks, here you go. A bit of Brown's old sneer comes through on this track, as he declaims, "I've got my own brain ... through anything, ever". Whack this on in your car and flip everyone off before crashing in a big ball of flames.

Yeah! (Don't acl~1allydo any of that).

"Laugh Now" has lovely strings, thumping percussion and a nice sprinkle of keys dotted around. This

song has to be one of the best on the album - the shift from verse to chorus is beautiful. Definitely one to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

"ByAll Means Necessary" Isanother epic tune, as Brown finally relents and creates a track full of good-old piss and vinegar, as he tells someone that, "by all means necessary, you can go to IIell". The driving drums and soaring strings of the song's build serve as a weighty yet fraglle counter-point to Brown's spilling lyrics. That is, until the rabble-rousing outro, which is nothil1g other than ferocious, and definitely the heaviest moment, musically and lyrically, of the album.

Album closer "So High" warbles into life with an organ that sounds not unlike Proco! Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale". Brown's mood has definltely softened from the last track, and he announces, "Bye bye all mer• cenaries".

Brown claimed that this album is his attempt at emulating Thriller, i.e., making every track sound like a single. In this sense, he has succeeded - for a man rushing toward his fifties, My Way sounds remarkably fresh and exuberant. As with the new Pearl Jam album, there is the sense of Brown surveying his past, drawing on the deep well of his experiences, and pushing forward toward the future, creating something recognizable, iconic, but fresh and new as funky clean laundry.

The King of Pop may be dead, but King Monkey is well and truly alive.

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JoelOptimus Prime UFV studentmakes a differencewith literature,fashion and charity.

ANGELA OSTRIKOFF

Since the Fraser Valley docs not have its own lifestyle magazine, Joel oel Primus is a student at UFV, believes that il is best to be on the although he is taking some time forefront of that movement. At the off because he Is fucking busy. Most moment, the Okanagan, Vancouver students' idea of "busy" includes and Richmond/ South Surrey all have midterms, drinking, watching Vam- regional lifestyle magazines. Joel saw pire Diaries and trying to maintain the potential for a market since the a healthy sex llfe (or any sex llfe for Fraser Valley is rapidly growing and that matter). Joel Primus' Idea of busy no one else has done It yet. He believes is launching a magazine, underwear that free magazines arc the way of the llne, being on the TV show, Dragon's future, since people will be less and Den and running a non-profit organi- less willing to pay $5-$6 per issue; readers and adverliscrs will be the zation.

Joel wlll be releasing a lifestyle bcating hcart of these publications.

Joel was recently on the Canadian magazine called Saperain the near futelevision show, Dragon'sDen where ture. Sapera is an Indian word, mean• Ing "snake dance" and ls a symbol of hopeful entrepreneurs present their health and prosperity. It will be a free business ideas in front of a panel of publication that will provide national experts to see if they will invest in it content, but be geared towards those or not. Although the Investors passed who live in the Praser Valley;Joel is on Joel's product, it was still seen by hoping to get local advertisers who millions of Canadian viewers, not to promote national products. Articles mention that Joel and his business abo11tfashion, the bar scene, sex, fit- partner, Travis, were seen in nothness and restaurants arc sure to be ing but their skivvies. T!is underwear seen. The magazine is going to be line, "Naked" is set lo launch in the printed in high gloss, and focused to• spring.

And last, but certainly not least, wards people who don't typically read Joel has started a non-profit organinewspapers,a.k.a. people our age. Joel zation called, "World Citizen Charity describes the magazine as being GQMission."

It is based in Ghana curesque and in the same style as Cosmo.

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rently and Joelbelievesin, "small, sustainable and manageable projects like providing computer labs and classrooms" and "finding a problem that Is

a difference. That's a good thing; but how many of us actually do? Maybe instead of waiting for the right timing, we should take a page out ofJoel's

that Joel Is the only one our age doing something with his life, but he ls In the vast minority.

University is the place where it is

easy to fix". For this project he works book (or high gloss magazine) and with Anna Soper and Kelsey Wolff, just do il. Is Joel Primus a hero? Maywho arc both UFV sociology students be, but maybe he just has the balls to In university,you find thousands of take chances and not let the fact that students, all bent on wanting to make he ls young stop him. This isn't to say

more safe and acceptable to fail than in the real world; It has always been the place of new idc11sand emerging leaders. So instead of pursuing ass, maybe·we should start kicking It.

blog uncovers underground canadian tnusic Experimentaland boundary pushing acts get their due on Aaron Levin'smusic site GREG REESEmostly concerned with discovering

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o come clean, popular Canadian lndle music has started boring me. Lately,CBC Radio 3 and Exclalml magazineare championing a bunch of bands that - for the most part - I find dull and homogcnous.

Over the years, I have come across many amazing Canadian bands that do not receive the attention they deserve - The City Streets, Peace, Linus Hemmingway (now Friend's Elec• tric), No Birds and Eamon McGrath, to name a few. I have often wondered why certain bands remained unknown, while other, more banal bands, were heralded by the press.

Still, I keep faith In underground music. Most of my favourite bands spent a long time playing as near unknowns before receiving acclaim and distribution by major labels.

Recently, I discovered Aaron Levin'sblog Weird Canada, a site with reviews and streamed sample tracks.

Not only were his selections inter• estlng and unconventional but l was also introduced to many phenomenal Canadian bands I had never heard before.

"Radio and newspapers are not concerned with a focused documentation and still rely on artists submitting their content. Thus, Weird Cana• da became a solution to this problem," Levin says.

"Over the years I've become less interested in 'music' and more interested in 'discovery.' It's uncomfort• able for me to say this because, well, I obviously love music. But I'm really

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bands, or re-discovering old sounds that no one knows about - and I've had my fair share of psychedelic discoveriesfrom Canada's past."

Based out of Edmonton, Levin has covered a number of bands from Western Canada and Saskatoon, many of which I knew nothing about before listening on Weird Canada.

Prone to flattery, Levin writes on his blog, "Saskatoonls Canada's secret cultural hotspot." '!hough l wouldn't necessarily go that far, Levin picks some excellent local artists to highlight: Polar Bear,Caves/StephenCool• ey and Feral Children are all reviewed and praised on Weird Canada.

"The source of all Saskatoon music for me starts with Feral Children.

Ryan Davidson [of Feral Children], who ls a host on [community radio station] CFCR and one of the nicest people I know, has introduced me to phenomenal music in Saskatoon.»

Levin says.

"Not to mention that Feral Children is one of the best and most interesting musical machines in Canada.

After a while you start discovering that everyone who makes music In their basement has a friend who also makes music in their basement."

1hough experimental music seems to be the focus of the blog, Levin In• eludes all genres of music as long

as they push the envelope to create something unique.

"Weird Canada ls concerned with the emerging underground fringemusical scene in Canada. I review Canadian music of any genre or format that is made independently and push• es as many boundaries as possible. It's not always noise music, some of it is straight ahead pop, but it all has some edge to it, something to distinguish It from the rest."

Levin'schoice to reviewcx;clusivcly Canadian music is anything but arbi• trary. He claims there ls significance in the struggle posed by harsh climates and the fractured, expansive culture of Canada. And though he

does not consider himself a patriot or nationalist, he celebrates a creative uniqueness in the Canadian experimental musician.

"Canada has a regional unique• ness," Levin says. "It's northerly, cold and difficult to live In. It has a rich history that is underlooked, a history that has affected our musical sequencing since the '60s. Canadians are always fighting for a voice; it lends well to a creative aesthetic built around fervent expression.''

Weird Canada can be found at weirdcanada.com.

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Album Review MICHELLE FIETJE

any lyricist who is able to incorporate lines such as ''we are brimming with cumbersome, murderous greed, and malevolence deep and profound" into a song and still create an appealing melody surely deserves some attention. 'the second track, "The Weight," is a lyrical masterpiece. Written as both a poignant love song and a critique on how we view relationships and commitment, it captures the responsibility one should feel to their beloved.

Kensrue croons "love is a loyalty sworn not a burning for a moment" over driving guitars and rolling drum

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When I decided to review the new Thrice album Beggars,someone suggested that I just write "wicked awesome" 280 times. While I did not disagree, I feel the need to elaborate.

Beggarsis Thrlce's sixth studio album and their most mature effort to date.

It demonstrates a confidence and assuredness musically that makes this album their most accessible, in the best sense of the word. Prom their punk rock roots showcased on their third album The Artist in the Ambulance, 'thrice has evolved Into a powerhouse of provocative lyrics and musical intricacy. This album comes across as organic; you can tell it was a labour of love, crafted naturally. It comes on the heels of 1heAlchemy Index, a massive four-piece album that was meticulously crafted to have a distinctive sound for each disc.

Beggars opens with the track "All the World ls Mad,'' a scathing commentary on the current state of humanity. Singer Dustin Kcnsruc finds

fills.

himself on this album. His voice is both ferocious and sweet, and combined with a group of talented musi-

cians that provide the perfect blend of instrumentation to compliment his vocals, it Is captivating. Besides,

''At the Last" and "Wood and Wire" are two songs that work handin-hand. 'Ihe former speaks of a successful man at the end of his life, re• alizlng he squandered meaning for wealth. The latter is a heartbreaking view of an innocent man on deathrow. As he is being led to the electric chair, he finds peace with his life and the lime he had on earth. 'The two songs contrast beautifully, with the first screaming with desperation, and

the second flowing with serenity. The harmonies on "Wood and Wire" arc one of the highlights of the album. "n1e Great Exchange" Is a song about sacrifice and Kensrue's vocals arc beautifully mournful, lending It a haunting tone that blends well with the gentle guitars. Here guitarist Teppel Teranishi plies his craft, creating riffs that flow harmoniously with the brothers Breckenridge and their fantastic rhythm pieces.

'The album is bookended by two songs discussing the state of humanity in this generation. Both "All the World is Mad," and the title track "Beggars," speak volumes about the human condition. The first states that we arc corrupted by greed, and the last encourages us to realize that whatever we accumulate in life, we are leaving as beggars. Pretty provocative for an album that provides a flowing groove of tunes from start to finish. Jf you, like I, enjoyed Thrlce's previous quadruple album The Alchemy Index, particularly the Air disc, you will certainly enjoy Beggars.

Book Review

Blaad Meridian.'' lhc: Evening ledness inlhe_Wesl

by CormacMcCarthy in MICHELLE FIETJE

keeping with the characters that

populate Its pages, shoots you in the CONTRIBUTOR

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picked up Cormac McCarthy's 1985 novel BloodMeridian, or the EveningRednessin the West after beIng completely absorbed in his 2006 hcartbreaker 111eRoad. I was interested to read McCarthy's interpreta• tion of 1850's America, and 1 was not disappointed.

1his is no sp~ghettl Western. Yuu w!ll not find romantic sunsets, pistols at dawn or John Wayne swagger In this novel. Well, there arc pistols, however you are not given the honour of the ten pace advantage. This novel,

back and Just keeps riding.

Initially, McCarthy's archaic word choice and lack of dialogue quotations can be distracting, but persevere. The dialogue, instead of interrupting the poetry of McCarthy's language, flows easily between the irnagery, creating a seamless stream of thought that encourages the pages to turn. The scenery is bleak and desolate, yet it bears the weight of the story being told, The narrative pursues a teenage runaway known only as "the kid" from his native Tennessee through to his joining the infamous Glanton

gang, a group of scalp hunters that bring new terror to the term Manifest Destiny. I found myself mouth agape, as I read page after page of McCarthy's unapologetic depictions ofvlolence. I became caught between horror and fascination as 1 witnessed encounters between the kid and the demonic Judge Molden, from a sodden tent revival, to Apache killing grounds. McCarthy makes the native population as wantonly violent as the men who are trying to remove them from the Texas-Mexico borderlands.

As we learn from the seasoned outlaw Toadvine, branding is not reserved for cattle.

The novel's language takes on a biblical quality, especially when you meet Ben Tobin, an "cxpricst'' who is attempting to reconcile his faith with his murderous Intent. To my mind, when bloody murder is paralleled with the beauty of God, Jam intrigued.

I cannot say that this novel is for everyone. It is gruesome and visceral, without the reprieve of characters that maintain any noticeably positive qualities. However, 1believe the quote from Paul Valery In the prologue sums up my point, stating, "[y] our Ideas are terrifying and your hearts arc faint. Your acts of pity and cruelty are absurd, and committed with no

is to help the Occupant Uprising, a resistance movement, in an effort to find and topple Krone.

With every thing ranging from assault rifles, pistols, shot guns, sniper rifles, rocket launchers, and flamethrowers, you won't find yourself lacking in weapons, and because of the numerous ammo caches, scattered around the levels, there's no need to be conservative with ammunition. The best aspect of Time Shift is, of course, your time powers. With a quick press of a button, you can slow down ti me, allowing you to dodge heavy weapon turrets, or self-targeting robots. You can pause time, freezing opponents, allowing you to steal their weapons, or stick a grenade on to one of them, and watching them magically turn into a meat fountain, or allowing you to freeze fire or electricity, allowing you to cross them, without the pleas-

ant experieuce of frying yourself.

The multiplaycr aspect of the game is quite Interesting. You have your basic death matches, team death matches and capture the flags, and though you lack the Beta-Suite, and thus the time powers of the single player campaign, you can find 'Chrono Grenades' allowing you to freeze, or slow down time, making the matches, that much more challenging, The game itself is not that bad, if you leave out the cheesy dialogue, and the fact that it's Prince of Persia, meets Call of Duty. The graphics and designs are well done, though not to the point of realistic, but the destroyed, and burnt

calm, as if they were irresistible. Finally, you fear blood more and more.

13loodand time".

This story is not the glamorous version of the "old west" we have come to expect. It Is a darker depiction of the depravity of the human psyche, when "he" has nothing to lose. I loved it. To complement it, musician Ben Nichols was so moved by the 11ovelhe wrote The Last Pale Light in the West,an BP that follows his Interpretation of the characters, and gives Instrumentation to the beauty of McCarthy's prose.

Have a listen; it definitely rounds out the experience.

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Shift Review when KEVIN BODNER

your Injured, and part watch-

CONTRIBUTOR dog, stopping you from creating a ith the stress ofllfo, school and work, nothing blows off' stress better than some nice, digital vio• lcnce. So here's a video game review, sometimes they're good, sometimes they suck, others are old, and others are new.

1h is week's title is: Time Shift.

In the game Time Shift, scientists have developed a way to alter the time-stream. Using this technology, the scientists develop the Alpha-Suite, and a more advanced, military grade Beta-Sulte that allows the user to slow, stop, and rewind time. Of the two, the Beta-Suite is far more advanced then the Alpha-Suite, and Is hard-wired with au A.I. known as S.S.A.M who ls part scout, alerting you to danger, part medic, activating healing nanites

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time paradox when rewinding time.

The story begins as you, a nameless agent, are sent to infiltrate the lab where the Alpha, and Beta suites are being developed. Your lnvesllgatlon centres on the director of the lab, Dr. Aidcn Krone, who steals the Alpha Suite, and destroys the facility with a bomb. You escape the exploding facility, by strapping In to the Beta-Suite, and following Krone Into the year 1939 (In an alternate time stream).

Krone has used the technology of the Alpha-Suite to alter the time line, making himself ruler of the Krone Magistrate.

From there you discover that Krone sabotaged the Beta-Suite, keepIng you from traveling back to your tlmellnc. Your only chance to return home, and save your girlfriend now

out buildings of the Alpha Sector, and other locals make up for this. All in all I give it a C+, good effort, but were still dealing with a rip off of Princeof

Persia.

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Cascade News• Friday October 23 rd 2009

Movie Review Whip it Good

JOEL SMART

ate some men who watch this film, It CONTRIBUTOR really does not deserve to be called a irected by Drew Rarrymorc and chick flick.

Bliss Cavender grows up feeling starring Ellen Pnge,Whip Ttis an endearing comedy with an indie feel alienated, both by her mother and by and great message. Whip It Is fierce the small town she lives in. Bliss and and full of the spirit of empowered her younger sister arc pushed into femininity. All of the most Important beauIy pageant after beauty pageant roles in the film arc playedby females, by their mother, who seems to be livwhich is actually a nice change from ing vicariously through her children. the standard formula. While it Is pos- 'fhe pageant life has never appealed sible that the female focus may alien- to Bliss the way it has for her moth-

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er, but living in a small town outside of Austin, Texas, she doesn't know much else. Her eyes are opened one day while shopping in an Austin head shop when she witnesses a few vivacious roller derby girls skating around the store. She finds a flyer advcrtlsing their upcoming race and stashes II in her purse. It Isn't long before she lin<ls herself trying out for the team, hiding the fact she is only seventeen - four years too young to join. Blissconceals her newfound passion from everyone except her best friend and co-worker, Pash, played by Alia Shawkat (known for her role as Maeby Hinke in ArrestedDevelopment).

'Though Ellen Page is a close second, the best thing about this movie is unquestionably the roller derby sequences. Not only do they give the film ex;citingmoments of action In all the right places, they actually seem to inspire the general themes and lessons that Wfilp It embodies. The women are dressed In roller skates and racy outfits with fishnet stockings, the style of which seems to be a fusion between punk rock and burlesque. 'Their objective is to skate around a banked

oval rink in two teams, each with the general Intention of getting past the opposing team lo score points while aggressivelybody checking the opposition. ·n1c result is a thrilling, sometimes comedic, but always enjoyable spectacle lhat showcases women as lhc stars. They can be sexy and powerful nt the same time, and can work together, while also being their own heroes. These key attributes are clear themes of both roller derby and Whip It, which Is, no doubt, why the film works so well. Also fantastic are the clever st11gcnames chosen by the roller derby contestants, ranging from Iron Maven to SmashleySimpson.

The film is not perfect however,as some moments arc slow and much of the plot progression feelsa bit unrealistic. Bliss'seasy rise to the top serves to drive the plot forward, but feels contrived. The conclusion of the film's romantic plotline is both confusing and implausible, but does serve to illustrate the underlying theme of the film. Whip it also has Its share of awkwardness, but this mostly works in its favour.

Despite these minor issues, Whip

It shines In how it illustrates our

changing view of who women arc and what they arc capable of, but without a preachy attitude. 1he change from a focus on pageant ideals, where girls are judged by beauty and politico! correctness, to roller derby culture, where girls wol'k together, and for themselves, demonstrates a very real ideological shift that women have gone through in the last few decades.

The way the mother-daughter relationship wraps up is enlightening and fitting, and It serves Illustrate the point of the film which may have otherwise been lost on the less observant viewers. 1he father-daughter relationship also improves when Bliss takes on roller derb}'\ She expresses herself In a way that he can connect with and cheer for, somethh,g he had never been able to do before. It shows that when women are empowered, it becomes a good thing for everyone, including men.

WhipIt is a fun comedy that proves feminism can be sexy and applicable, and it's surprisingly well crafted for Drew Barrymore's directorial debut.

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CHRIS MCCONNELL would leave behind the familiar "KilWhen NYC cracked down on EXCALIBUR roy Was Herc" tag with a drawing of subway graffiti with their "broken a face created from a horizontal line and several circles. To this day, this people, but by and large it is a remains a part ofourculture- Tfound conversationthat a city is having with a Kilroy drawing, sans text, markcred Itself - spoken by many voices and onto a Toronto subway ad warning people about iPod theft. seen through many eyes.

The actual culture that has now Its inherent illegitimacy makes it by default interactive, which allows been lnbeledgraffiti is one of the four it to be uniquely powerful in a way pillars of hip-hop culture - along with many gallery-showcased artists can MCing, DJing and breakdanclng - all of which are based on expression and only dream of.

Graffiti is pervasive, yet often creativity built out overlooked, typically because we are of next-to-no retaught to disregard It. One friend of sources.

The first singlemine recently had her mind blown tagging when she realized that graffiti actu- person ally contained text, comparing It to a campaign was apparently run by "MagicEye"stereoscopic Image.

Toronto city councillor Howard "Cornbread," a.k.a.

McCray, Moscoe was quoted In the Toronto Darryl Star saying, "I think most people ca.n who began writing tell the difference between a tag and his nickname with artwork." The "tag" Moscoe is re- a crown over it in ferring to is a piece of graffiti that Is 1967in order to Immerely a word, typically the artist's press a high school name, as opposed to a picture. crush. He went on However, I would like to suggest to tag an airplane that tagging - while admittedly far belonging to the lessappealing aesthetically- is an im- Jackson 5 and even portant part of graffiticulture that not an elephant at the only forms the foundation of the art Philadelphia zoo.

This filtered through Into the debut also allows inexperienced readers velopment of hip-hop culture in New to discover and interpret more comYork City in the late 70s and early 80s, plex pieces.

The historical tlmelinc of graffitiis when writers would use stolen sup• open for debate. Cave paintings and plies and stolen space in order to give hobo symbols are worth considering themselves the artistic outlet they for inclusion, but the earliest forms craved. Subway trains were the preof what we would call modern graf- ferred canvass because a well-bombed fiti appeared in the mid-20th century train could then take the artists' name during the Second World War. Many and work across the entire city for U.S. soldiers, spread across the globe, many eyes to see.

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raffiti is many things to many

windows theory" of criminal space reclamation - which postulates that neighbourhoods that seem unwatched and unprotected are more susceptible to criminal activity - local artists were pushed onto building walls and competition for territory became extremely high, making It a dangerous time for artists, who risked bcing attacked when going out alone.

Starting with NYC's subway train

template, graffiti took to the broader continental railway system and was soon seen by people from all over.

'These works often took the form of full-fledged spray-paint murals and were primarily intended to carry the artists' tag and accompanying messages to other graffiti writers. 'This Is where "wildstyle" emerged, which is possibly the most definitive graffiti style in today's terms: a complex in-

terlocklng arrangement of tex;t with arrows and symbols that was highly codified and impossible for laypeople to decipher. '!his is where tagging comes In handy to the newcomer, as one may not he able to recognize a masterful BACON piece without already realizing that someone is tagging the unusual word across the city.

Adispute developedwithin the culture between artists who would spend many hours meticulously working on a piece and those who would "Cap"

with a more Inclusive definition. In 1986, In Providence, R.J., Shepard Fairey designed a sticker with wrestler Andre the Giant's face and the words ''Andre the Giant Has a Posse."

These were distributed among the skateboard community as part of n campaign Palrey called "an experiment In phenomenology." He eventually redesigned the sticker into the ubiquitous OBEYGiant.

'Then there's street art's expansion into the world of the quasi-legal,legal and legit. Stenciling became proml• nent as a method of quick-application of detailed images with minimal risk of arrest. Stickers and postering (like the work of Toronto artist fauxreel) also emerged as a wayfor artists to ap• ply even more detail while minimizing the actual Illegal vandalism they were doing.

Contemporary Installation street art (like, Internationally, that of Mark Jenkins and Specter here at home) even evolved into high-technology artwork through the Graffiti Research Lab: projection "tagging" with lasers, LED "throwles" and glowing LED tags.

With this increased legitimacy came a fallover into gallery space.

You can currently find a number of (named after the artist) their pieces galleries in Toronto showcasing grafby Just spraying a quick b~1bblc-Ict- fiti work. The Royal Ontario Museum ter throw-up over top. 1hese quick also showcased a number of local throw-ups are among some of the street artists this past year in an exhibit called "Housepalnt." most visible today.

For further exploration, check The street-level disputes exemplified by capping are only one of many out Toronto-area graffiti blog at risks graffiti artists face, including www.4l6streets.com as well as the arrest and death by a speeding train global graffiti blog based out of NYC at while at work.

In time, street art was soon stuck www.woostcrcollective.com.

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get extra points for collecting golden stars. Brush up on your Italian accent, "It's a-me, Mario!"

Wellwell,II is everyone's favoritetimeof year;theDoyoftheDeadincomecultures and Hollowe'en toyouall.Much timeanddelibera· Virgo: August 23 - September 22 lionmustgointocreating theperfect costume 1hink 80's glam. Huge hair, neon sothatyoumaytrickwhom youdesireandgel colours and an obscene amount of sometreatstoo.Behold myHallow's Evepredic- fishnet! Doing lots of blow is an option. llonsl Aries1 March 21 • April 19

Sinceyou will most likely never get into med school, why not dress up as a sexy doctor or a naughty nurse? This will show your parents that you may not have the brains but you sure got the body.

Librdl September 23 - October 22 Dear, sweet Libra,you want to have the sex right? Dress up as someone in the sex industry... this should help you. If not, perhaps perform in the sex industry for the night.

Taurus1 April 20 • May 20

Scorpio: October 23 - November 21 Fulfill your dreams of being an indic kid. Wear skinny jeans, over• sized glasses (even better If you don't actually need them) and an American Apparel v-ncck. Beware that someone will most likely throw things at you...

Cuban cigars arc an absolute must!

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I foresee something scary. Perhaps dress as Miley Cyrus or the Jonas Brothers. Tf in a pinch, the cast members of Tfigh School Musical may suffice.Remember to wear a purity ring!

Gemini: May 21 - June 20

Por you, Gemini, dress up as a mental patient. Most people assume you arc craiy anyhow;the only difference will be that you will be wearing a straitjacket.

Cancer, July 23 - August 22

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Some type of animal, l divine. Ladies, remember that all animals show either tail or tits. No matter what the animal, It can be sexified.

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19 You must dress up as something classic;a vampire, zombie or ghost. If you do not, you will turn Into one of these things.

Aquariust January 20 - February 18

The classic school boy and school girl costumes always get a rise out of people. Things can get very sexy,very fast. If you bring a ruler, prepare to have It used. l:'lscesiFebruary19 - March 20

Pick your favorite movie or TV character. You will lose points for dressing up as The Joker, Jack Sparrow or Marilyn Monroe.

Well friends, this year ought to be a good one. Don't be safe, eat lots of candy and scare the bejesus out of someone. Oh, and have a drink on me, literally. Na Zdravi!

The Fornication Conve1·sation Snip!

VIRCilNIA SLIMS erence. For sex, It doesn't make much COMPULSIVE FORNICATORof a difference, but blowjobs for unt's just a little flap of skin, but one that we seem to care a lot about.

The existence of a bit of foreskin, or the lack thereof Is one of those apparently significant aspects of sexual preference that. some people happen to feel very strongly about. It's also something that is decided upon by two people who remain thoroughly unaffected by the choice. Yes,the religious and cultural Inclinations of your parents essentially determine the future popularity of your penis.

Thanks Abraham.

Oh, there are ethical and medical implications that accompany this involuntary dick-snip, but we'll leave those to the doctors and philosophy students. Let's talk about sex, baby.

Personally,the first few penises I ever came into contact with were uncut, so I fortunately don't see the non-circumcised member as an alien thing. '!here are, however, pros and cons to each side as far as sexual pleasure and hygiene go. On the one hand, you get more slack for handsers, but a higher risk of smegma build up. On the other (cut) hand, you get an exposure of the most sensitive part of the penis, which can be a great thing, or too much of a great thing, depending on personal preference.

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"I had never been with a guy who still had his foreskin before my current partner. Simply:! loveit! l was already opposed to infant circumcision before, but the first time we got naked together, I was amazed by how beautiful his cock was. Just looking at it, it was obvious what a living, breathing,

sexy part of his body it was. I loved the delicate veins, the softness of the skin, and the gliding stretchiness as it moved back and forth over the head.

And the feel of it on my tongue was otherworldly. I can only describe it as velvetysoft and yummy!"

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ing with junk and an uncircumcised penis is great for simple joys like rolling the foreskin forward and blowing air into the end. Yes.'!hat's right. Balloon animal. Fucking hilarious." "l am very for NOT circumcised. 'lbe foreskin makes It so much more sensitive, by protecli ng the head of the penis. It also makes a blowjob more fon, because you can play with the skin, 1-favingdick skin is great because all of that penis that Is hiding under it will be super sensitive when It comes out like when you first cut your fingernails and the lips of your lingers are all tingly and hyper sensitive. Just imagine how great that would feel on your cock" "Non-cut looks like an anteater" "I prefer circumcized penises to uncircumcized because I don't like the feeling when I give a blowjob, the taste Is stronger."

"I don't enjoy giving head to uncircumcized penises...and you want me to enjoy it."

Well, darlings, perhaps you arc as surprised as I am. Nol that many ladies seem to like the uncut cock, but that two different people said that they like to blow penis balloon ani• mals. But, poppets...whether you're nicked or not, I think I can tell you with confidence that Ifyou know how to use your magic stick, we don't care what It looks like. There's a Jot more to sex than the amount of skin on your flute. 1 mean you guys wouldn't Judge us on something as trivial as the size of our breasts, right? Right?

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Athlete oftheweek: JamesGieblhaus BRITTANY WIESNER

SPOR rs& HEALTH EDITOR he U FV men's soccer team has been working hard this season. I was able to sit down with the the captain of the team, and this week's "Athlete of the Week," James Gieblhaus to talk about his sport.

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When did you start to play soccer?

Oh, It goes way back. I started playing around the age offive, usually It was just recreational [andl just for fun, until l was arnund 11. I got cut from a team, actually, and it kind of set me off. I went to what was called the soccer academy (it was the first year we'd done It out here). Barry Crocker, the head of Abbotsford soccer, was running it. I le was teaching technique and skills, from a European background, to kids around my age at that time [sol I did that for a fewyears.

Right after, J'd say 3 or 1 months [later], there was a total difference; after that point I was up nt the highest level, I played metro my whole [teenage years], represented the provincial team, won a national championship with Alan Errington, went on to play one year at Trinity Western University (where we won Canada west)... I signed a [professional) contract with Edmonton in the USL [United Soccer League],Unfortunately It didn't work out. Actually, there was another guy on the team l signed it with -Andrew McCulloch... 1t didn't quite pan out the way we wanted it too, but it was good experience -It was a great experience actually... Soccer's been my life probably since the age of 10. I've had so many awesome opportunities with it, [I've]been to North Carolina for a North American championship. [I've) been all over Canada. I had a pro-trial in Europe, In England one time. I've been to .E.nglandtwice for soccer. I've gotten a good education because of it. I don't know if 1 would necessarily [have] been In school without it. It's helped a lot.

How old are you?

I'm Just turning 25.

What are you taking?

I guess I'm still technically in the general studies area, but I'm focusIng on business. I'm looking to get into the business program at the end of this semester... and I think I'm two classes away from my diploma, actually.

So you started elsewhere and then came here?

I started al Trinity because !during! my recruiting year. Abbotsford had Just won nationals and ... we h3d an unbelievable team. Trinity actually recruited six [or seven] guys [from my team]... I was actually going to be going to UBC but because of the recruitIng class that Trinity had, and all the guys that J knew [that Trinity recruited), we all decided to go there. We had a lot of success. But personally, it wasn't the best fit for me, soccer wise and such. But Al Errington, he was [my] coach [from] the youth team, actually offered me the opportunity to go to Edmonton [for] the USL on a [professional] contract. He got me connected with the owner and coach [in Edmonton]. That's always been my

goal In life, to play professionally, so I jumped at the chance. It meant that 1'd have to leave Trinity, but it was worth the opportunity to go. After Ill got cut, [there was an] opport~1nlty to go back to school, but I decided to play men's out here. Al came knocking about a year after that and said UFV... was moving to CIS level, which Is the highest level in Canada ... He was trying to put a group of players together to be competitive and I thought It would be a great way to get back into [university soccer]. I'd do anything for Al, he's done so much for me... So I came here, I didn't make it the first year because of eligibility; my classes from Trinity didn't transfer properly, which was a heart breaker. I found out on the first day of the season. I couldn't play; I had to sit out that year, which was probably for the best since it was tragic year. I guess they went 0-2-12 or something ... I came back, got all my courses upgraded, and since then I've been with the team.

How has your season been?

We've had a pretty rough go lo be perfectly honest. Kind of not what any of us expected. But I guess the bright spot Is that [the) building blocks are going to be there for years to come.

I think next year, hopefully, we'll be one of the top teams... in [our) conference. We kind of struggled this year.

It's been frustrating but at the same time you have to look at the upside...

All the rookies that have come in (we'vehad a big class this year), hope•

fully, will be ready [next year]. Everyone will be a year older, a year wiser and we'll be ready to take [it) up a step next year. So that's prelly much what I'm looking forward too. 'lhis year... we've got to get results. In the end ... we're just looking for good performances, because it doesn't look like playoffsIs a reality. IL'snot the way we wanted it, but it's the way it goes.

What are your plans for the future?

I'm kind of taking ii as it goes right now. Hopefully, I'll graduate with a degree. After that, I want to make a life of the game somehow. I've been with Colin Miller, the women's coach, and Al, the men's coach, for as long as I can remember now. They've kind of helped me, helped form... who I am ...

I'd love to do something in the game for sure. The dream [is Lo]play professionally somewhere or... becoming a coach. [At] some point in my life, I'd like to come back and either be a coach at the university level, or be a professional couch somewhere. But definitely [f wont toj stay involved in the game at some high level.

What Is it that attracts you to soccer?

I don't know... Well I guess I just grew up with It and I can honestly say there is nothing I don't like about it. I mean, whether It's the camaraderie or the banter between all the guys on the team, or just Ihe fact that I'm a very competitive person and can't stand losing (even a game of rock, paper, scissors)... The whole culture of the game is really a passion. Everything about It, I just I love It, I can't imagine not doing it. J took some time off one time -about two, three, well I don't know, a while ago- [I took] about 6 months off. I thought about It and it wasn't for me. I needed the game and I came back and It's been amazing ever since.

Do you have any words of wisdom for your younger teammates?

Man this sounds so cllch~, I hate being clich~. but just to really enjoy it while you're here. You'd be amazed at how fast five years goes... [So] work your ass off... No, I g~1essjust enjoy it while you're here and focus on every aspect to make the program what it is.

We've lost so many amazing players because they can't do the school side...

So you have to focus and really work hard at both to be on the top of your game. It doesn't help whe11you hove 18 great players but only live of them return because they passed their classes and the rest don't. You have to work hard at both sides to be competitive, really... Have fun while you're doing It, enjoy it while you can. You know, these are the guys you're goingto be looking back with when you're older, trying to remember who did what.

So what's up next 'for the team?

After this weekend, we will have three games left. We'll have two away games, [one inl Calgary, Ithe other In] Lethbrldge, next weekend... Our final home game is on [October 31). It's at Batemen Park and we're playing UVic. It's a big game... They've won national championships in the past. We like to play agatn~t them as a benchmark Lo see where we're going to be next year.

Because at this point, like I said, ployoffs arc kind of out of the question; so now it's all about being as competitive as we can and see how high up we can get. We're going to be going all out for it and I'm sure they are as well. We're still looking to win every game, by no stretch have we given up on that at all.

It's still our go.ii, it's just that It's realistically a little bit difficult for us. But we'll definitely be going for it."

ARC ClassReview:No Sweat way from two pounds to 20 pounds, RANDONACONRAD

PRODUCTION MANAGERwhich makes this class great for a wide range of fitness levels and experience. o Sweat Is a great class if you are If you are a beginner I would definew to working out. It combines nitely recommend starting off with strengthening exercises for various the three pound weights. I felt a little parts of your body, isolating each silly using the three-pound dumbmuscle group to help strengthen and bells at first, but by the end I was glad tone your whole body. This class also I did. Many of the others who attend utilizes stretching exercises to pre- this class have already worked their vent Injury and help avoid those after- way up to eight-pound weights, but work-out aches and pains. you will thank me for advising you of The one-hour routine uses a vari- this when your arms turn to rubber. ety of fitness equipment, Including the Remember, don't feel pressured to step platform, weight bar, dumbbells, step too far out of your comfort zone. und a plush Pilates mat for 0oor work. When exercising It is really important ARC provides all of the equipment to know your limits. so all you have to bring is yourself, a Another reason I recommend this water bottle, and an optional towel class for beginners is because the rou(which some people like to use over tines arc not overly fast or Intense top of their Pilates mat). Despite the making it easy to follow along. It can fact that the class is called "No Sweat," be really disheartening when you you do sweat; so it's nice to have a tow• aren't able to followalong and feel like cl to lie on while doing work on your you aren't "doing ILright." 'lhls class Pilates mat. For lh(>Seworried about Is really nice, because right away it is germs this Ou season, ARC also pro- easy lo follow, which makes you feel vides anti-bacterial wipes to cleanse like you are doing well. your equipment before use.

Every three weeks they change the ARC provides various weights for ro~1tinc,so if you've been going for a both your dumbbells and the weight while, you won't get bored. They also bars in this class. These range all the change the music!

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The workout is divided into six parts, each part to a different song.

Each time the song changes, you fo. cus on a different area of the body. The music is great, up beat and has something for everyone. Despite that, once you've been going to this class two or three times a week, the change in music is welcomed.

11,eInstructors are personable and fun, which really sets the mood for this class. 'J.hey'reevery encouraging and correct you if you're having any troubles. They will also advise you on how to modify exercises if you have any kind of health problems that may cause you difficulty. They're available directly after class to answer questions or discuss concerns.

'Ihis class is really fun and Is great to do alone or with friends. I've gone four or five times now, and have really noticed the progress in my ability to do the various exercises. The class runs several times, making it easy to fit into your schedule. Leanne, one of the Instructors, recommends that it is best to go to "No Sweat" at least twice a week in order to develop muscle memory for the exercises and avoid stiff, tense muscles.

"No Sweat" is offered at ARC on Mondays at 8 a.m. and 9:15 a.m., Tuesdays and Tiwrsdays at 4:45 p.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesdays at 9:15 a.m.,

and Saturdays at 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. 'lhis class is free to UFV students if you show your U-Pass and Student I.D. at the front desk.

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AerobicsIsn'tDead Yet bics. In fact, 'Step Up' used to SONJA SZLOVICSAK tell anyone that; people sign up for here are a number of trends from the 80s and it because they think it's new," early 90s that died off at the beginning of the Hepperle joked. new millennium (the awful movie music of that Gentery Is basically a power period jumps to mind). Big hair, ripped Jeans and yoga class mixed with pilates spandex workout gear practically scream "the 80s," and some Tai Chi, which is set but these trends aren't completely gone; jeans now to upbeat music. Lalin Fusion Is come pre-ripped, big hair still makes the occasional Just a dance class, with a Latin appearance on the cover of fashion magazines and twist (Latin meaning the music spandex workout gear has been replaced with yt1ga for the class is Ricky Martin pants. and Selena). Step Up is just like Ah yes, the workout gear of the 80s; woman the step classes of yesterday, would wear leg warmers, tight spandex with a thong but with current music. over the pants (perhaps it was an attempt to imitate The outfits have changed, Batman and Superman), a sweatband and a sports slightly. For starters, women bra. They would march off lo their morning aero- now wear their underwear unbics class, where they would jump around listening derneath their exercise gear. to Michael Jackson and Madonna. Shockingly, not "I remember, if I didn't wear much has changed. a thong over my shorts, I felt Erin Hepperlc has been around the fitness scene too exposed, like everybody since the heyday of aerobics. She began as an enthucould see my butt!" Hepperle siastic participant in class (complete with the span- laughed. Sweatbands have been dex uniform) and now teaches a number of fitness replaced by Lululemon headclasses throughout the Lower Mainland. bands, spandex shorts have "The music has changed, the names of the classes been replaced by flared yoga have changed, but it's all still the same darn thing; pants, and leg warmers and sweaty women staying fit by jumping around to high top runners have, in the cheesy music," Hepperle ex;plained. case of Gentery, been replaced Hepperle teaches a number of classes which are by bare feet. essentially the same as their predecessors from It seems that aerobics has only had a slight, altwenty years ago. The original aerobics classes con- most cosmetic, change over the last twenty years: sisted of an instructor ordering a class to perform the classes are still composed mostly of women trycertain exercise moves. Sometimes, there would be ing to get in shape; the classes still try to give parprops, but usually the class just danced around the ticipants a cardlo workout to music; and the music floor. Today's classes follow the same basic concept, hasn't improved much. but there is usually a slight twist to modernize the Hepperle explained "I try to change my music up class. more than once a month. ( just can't listen to a re"Classes like 'Latin Fusion', 'Step Up', 'Centermix of [Celine Dion's] 'My Heart Will Go On' every gy'... they're all based on the same concept as aero- time 1 teach for longer than that!"

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Rampage Spoils Heat's Opening Weekend JUSTIN ORLEWICZThe Heat got off to a really slow start,

---------:cioo:o;,,:,::-Nl'if"l'RrnlsF!1Qi!'i''f"'ot'l'\'R showing signs of serious fatigue from the previous nights game which led to an early Rampage lead. Tn the third period the heat bounced back and tied up the game on a Jason JafTereybreak away goal. For the second time in two nights, the game was headed for overtime. The Heat got off to a good start in overtime ,with a good chance to end the game, but the San Antonio goaltender Josh Tordjman made a great stop to keep the Rampage alive. Then the unthinkable happened: The Heat got c a 11e d for a t o m slash w h i ch p u t

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ver 5000 fans packed Into the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Complex to witness the first ever regular season AHL game played at the arena. The Heat had a few special things in store to celebrate the monumental erent. '!be San Antonio Rampage were in town to take part, and hoped to put a damper on the opening weekend festivities.

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The following night The Heat had a shot at redemption as they took to the ice to play the second half of their double header against the Rampage.

them a do lt~::ertin~; ~ This resulted 'J In another heart '/ breaking loss for The Heat, as Sean Sullivan scored his second game winning goal of the season.

After the game, Coach Playfair remained optimistic about his team. Despite the losses, he was very happy with their goaltending. He stated that Leland Irving and Matt Keetley would be sharing most of the duties this year because of the double headers throughout the year. Coach Playfair also stressed that his team needs to keep the shot count down in future games. He said 75 shots in two games was unacceptable. He was happy with the team's penalty killing and his team's ability to rush the puck while short handed.

Heat forward Carsen Germyn was injured in the weekend series against The Rampage, his status is day to day.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR UFV HEALTHCARE STUDENTS Did you know Student MembershipIn the BCNurses'Union Is free7

Student Membershipentitles you to: Attend union meetingswhere you can networkwith practicingnurses ReceiveBCNU'sUpdateMagazinethat keepsyou informedabout issues nursesworkingIn BCface today • Learnmore about the union and your professionat localeducatlonals Applyfor bursariesand scholarships Receivefundingto attend nursingconferences Learnmore at www.bcnu.orgor www.BCNUanodate.org or contactthe FraserValley RegionalChairat lplpe@bcou.org

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Cascade News• Friday October 23 rd 2009

UFV Cheerleading Team

Interview With TheWomen's Volleyball Team's NewHeadCoach

PAUL BRAMMER

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STAFF WRITER he ever-growingUPV sports culture has added another branch to its tree - the school nowhas a studentrun cheerleading team. The team was conceived of and started by Melinda Epifano,a third year Criminology student, with the support of the Athletics Department. "I alwayswent to all the basketball games [and] I thought the school alwaysneeded a Cheerleading squad. So this year... 1 worked closely with Dale Cory (Cascade Sports Information and Marketing Coordinator at UFV) who has helped me... establlsh my team."

After the announcement of the team's inception in the summer time, Epifano received a lot of interest in positions on the team. "I had tons of interest, more than I expected, so it was a great turn out. Dale and I held information meetings and there were about 80 girls that came... Then I held two tryouts." All in all, there arc, seventeen girls on the team, including Epifano. She explained that girls that did not make the team arc Involved In a variety of other activities to do with the cheerleadlng. "The girls that did not make the team arc now in our Cheer and Dance Committee, assisting with the administrative duties, fundralsers and seeking sponsors."

1he team's first performance was on Thursday October 15. The team is hoping to perform at every men's and women's basketball game, plus every men's and women's volleyball game.

All in all, Epifano hopes that the team

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FV's women's volleyball has a new head coach this season.

Former player and a local guy Den• nis Bokenfohr moved up from assistant coach to head coach. Bokenfohr has been involved with volleyball at UFV for a number of years-first as a player,and now as a coach. I sat down with hirn last week to ask a few questions about his own volleyballhistory, and to ask a few questions about his team.

How did you get involved with volleyball?

The very beginning was at my school in Agassiz, Agassiz Secondary School... l started [playing volleyball] in grade seven (the high school goes from grade 7-12). Then in college from year one, when UCPV started a volleyball program, 1 was involved. 1 played three years in the league, and then I was assisted coach last year with Greg. 1 had two years assistant coaching with Greg, and this is rny first year [as head coach].

After you finished playing on UCFV's Men's Volleyball team, did you play anywhere else?

I took a year off, then 1 went into assistant coaching. I assistant coach at the club level,and I teach high school level.

Do you have any big goals for the team this year? What do you hope to achieve this season?

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When asked why the student body should come out and support the cheerleadlng team, Epifano answered, "Because creating a cheerleadlng team is trying to ... [add] school spirit to UPV and [to] entertain."

As the cheerleading team is operated and maintained by students, they arc not able to receive funding from the Athletics Department To compensate for this lack of funds, they are activelylooking for donors and spon-

sors to aid the team financially. The team is looking for sponsors, donors and pledges to help with the purchasing and upkeep of performance uniforms, workout uniforms, props, porn-poms and other accessories.

Anyone who is interested in helping the team in any way is advised to contact the Team Captain Melinda Epifano at Mclinda_Epifano@hotmail.com for further details.

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How difficult is recruitment for UFV? Do you find you're competing with American and bigger Canadian universities for players out of high school?

We don't really compete with the American universities so to speak, [American universities) take only the best of the best, and there's only a select few that go down there. As far as competing In the recruitment aspect of the game, a lot of local talent come here... and there is a lot of local talent.

What's the age of the team? Do you have a lot of freshmen, (or fresh women)?

We've got four fifth year athletes, so that's quite a few as far as veterans as compared to the rest of the teams in league. We have two to three fourth years, so we have, relatively,in respect to the rest of the league, a fairly old team. But we have three freshmen this year, so that rounds it out pretty nicely.

Do you notice a difference in how the women respond to you, as opposed to how men respond to you?

There'3definitely a different atmosphere. 1here's alway~a difference In how women respond to you compued to ho~ men respond to you. But, similarly, they both respond well. You can pretty well treat them the same way, and get similar results.

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