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REBEKAH DUPREYcess" of the paper made ACTINGEDITOR IN CHIEF et me introduce you to the Cascade Newspaper. We are an autonomous, student-run, student-centred organization; we work for you.

The Cascade Newspaper began as an initiative under the "Student Society" in 1993. The SS consisted of five executive members, and the Cascade's inaugural edition began with an address from the SS president.

The Cascade at that lime was staffed by twelve people, most unaffiliated with the SS. Topics covered include campus news and announcements, sports highlights, fashion updates, movie and music reviews, and an announcement about UCFV's first "Social" of the year: a dance.

1 he first issue was all of eight pages.

A few issues in and we were getting Into trouble with the RCMP for prlnllng a false classified (unbeknownst to the "normally diligent staff"). The classified ad "contained a reference to Rooster Boy, Chicken Lady, and cocks." It turned out to be a fake, and never should have been printed. Vol. I Issue 5 featured a retraclion in December 1993.

The phone number Included In the classified was that of an unsuspecting woman who proceeded lo complain to the RCMP when she recieved numerous Inappropriate telephone calls. The incident was chalked up as "growing pains," and according to then managing editor Doug Colby, the "sudden popularity and early sue-

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The Cascade has come a long way since then. We consider twelve pages a small issue, and apparently we u "lu"-"1 Nowsp;,por eu,Octoher 1g:)J No, 1 Vol 1 Rocepllon Offico E 242, Abby cornpua work harder, bec:wse J3844 King Rd, RA No, 2 Abbol&IOr<l BC V2!l 4N2 054 4529 our staff currently number only ten. We haven't been "probed" (as Vol. l, issue 5 put it) by the New Year, RCMP for any reason New New paper? recently, and we'd also like to attribute that to our diligent staff.

Many of the topics covered by the paper today arc similar to the ftrst few Issues, so It seems that students continue to enjoy are members of the Cascade Journal• show up, listen to, and speak al all colthings like movies and music. Sur- ism Society.The CJS is run by the Cas- lective meetings. prise! We are, however,less interested cade Collective, members of which The Cascade Newspaper Is happy in "socials," T guess dancing lacks the include our contributors and staff. to accept contribulions from students allure it once held.

1he Cascade Collective holds as well. We enjoy reading and printIn 2002 the Cascade became an regular meetings, and various posi- ing your opinion pieces and lettersautonomous newspaper. That means tions In the society and even within to-thc-editor. Also, in our Arts & Life that we were no longer considered a the newspaper are voted on during section we arc currently accepting part of the SS, whose name had sensi- the CJS' Annual General Meeting, creative writing peices, 2000 words or bly been changed to the SUS by then. usually held In the spring, and open less. Comics arc always of interest to We arc a member of Cnnadlan Uni- to all members of the CJS.That means us, and if you have an idea for a news story, we'd love to hear it. versity Press, self described as a "na- you.

This semester, collective meetYou'll find our email addresses tional, non-profit cooperative owned and operated by more than 80 student ings will be held every second Friday. on the masthead beside this article, newspapers coast-to-coast." CVP Meeting dates arc posted a week In and students can feel free to drop by gave us advice on how to become au- advance on the door of the Cascade our office anytime to touch base with Office,Cl027. Collective meetings arc us or get some contact Info. tonomous.

We can't promise we'll print evThe Cascade Journalism So- also open to all members of the CJS, ciety, incorporated in 2002, manages although voting rights are held only erything we're given, but we do work the current operations of the Cascade by actual members of the Cascade with you and for you, so be assured Newspaper. Technically, all students collective. Any CJS members may we'll do our best.

UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS 4th Annual Historic Downtown Abbotsford Car Show Saturday,September 19th On Saturday, September 19th from 9am to 3pm come to downtown Abbotsford for the 4th Annual Car Show. Four full city streets (Off George Ferguson Way & Montrose St.) will be packed with cars, live entertainment, food, vendors and more! Register early, only 350 cars ...first come, first served! Call 604-857-4915 or downtownabbotsfordcarshow@ gmall.com

Cops For Cancer Annual Duck Drop Saturday Sept. 19th lhe ever-popular duck drop is back again this year! Rubber ducks will dive off the Vedder Crossing Bridge and race down the river on Saturday, Sept. l9tb from 1-Spm. Tickets are only $2 and you could win some great prizes: a stay for 2 at the Coast Tsawwassen Inn, golfing for 2 at TI1eFalls resort or a Wii sport packnge. Call (604) 792-3984to get your tickets! Go here for more info. about Cops for Cancer.

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ABBYFEST Saturday, Sept 26th Maple Ridge Wine Festival September 19 Take part In this International wine & beer tasting festival that includes silent & live auctions, 50/50 draw, great live music and a culinary showcase fea turing local restaurants! All proceeds go to support Arts, Culture, Heritage and Environmental projects and events in the Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows area.

Location: Thomas Haney Centre, 23000 116Ave., Maple Ridge, BC Tickets: Only $45 from 'lhe ACT box office or $40 direct from Meadowridge Rotary

Confessions of a Swapaholic Thursday, Sept 24th Chilliwaek Community Services presents Confessions of a Swapaholic on 'lhursday, Sept. 24th at the Best Western Rainbow Country Inn from 6:309pm. Cost is $20 and in.eludesgoody bags & pri1.es. '!his event is open to all women of all ages, shapes & sizes. Call Healthcr Rollins for tickets 604-8472233. Ladies you will not want to miss this opportunity!

ABBYFEST,the 2nd annual Abbotsford Multi• cultural Festival will be held on Sept 26th 2009 at the NEW Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre. The Abbotsford Multicultural Festival is a celebration open to all citizens of the Fraser Valleyand the surrounding communities.

Light The Night Saturday, Oct. 3rd 111eLeukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light the Night walk ls a 5km twlllght walk. In Surrey, the walk takes place on Saturday, October 3rd at the Cloverdale Millennium Amphitheatre (64th Ave & 176th St.) Participants carry Illuminated balloons lo celebrate and commemorate lives touched by cancer.

Strike Out the Violence Bowl-A-Thon Oct. 24th The 5th Annual Ann Davis Strike Out the Violence Bowl-A:fl1on is coming up on Saturday, October 24th at Chilli Bowl Lanes. Admission is $25 or pledges equal to or more with all money rasicd going directly towards the Ann Davis Society's children's programs. 111lsls an adult only event and is always a lot of fun so get your teams together and register today!

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Evolutionists and E x t r a p o I a t i o n "Ex•trap•o•late":-

To project beyond the range of known values on the basis of values already determined; to infer a possibility beyond the strict evidence of a series of facts, events, observations, etc.

When It comes to extrapolation, evolutionists are the undisputed experts!Within the evolutionary worldview there are three major components, and each one of them has been tainted by extreme extrapolation:

COSMIC EVOLUTION: If we allow that the universe seems to be expanding (based on one Interpretation of the phenomenon of •red shift"), then the evolutionary cosmologist will grab that idea, throw It into reverse, and shrink the whole cosmos backward in time - to yield an infinitely hot, dense point much smaller than a proton!

(Furthermore, to obtain such a universe-producing particle In the first place requires outrageous extrapolation from the theoretical properties of •quantum fluctuations· calculated on the basis of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle )

CHEMICAL EVOLUTION: It we agree that chemical reactions Involving simple gases can produce amino acids in the lab, then the evolutionary origin-of-life researcher will see no problem in principle with creating life in the test tube!

(Many years after his famous experiments of 1953, Stanley MIiier confessed his disillusionment "The problem of the ong1nof ltfe has turned out to be much more difficult than I. and most other people, env1s1oned"( Sc1enttf1c Amencan 264(2) 117, 1991],)

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION· If we grant that the current generation of organisms does vary from the previous one, the evolutionary b1olog1stwill cheerfully amplify this admission into a process that, given billions of years, turns prokaryotes into people' Leadlng evolutionist and atheist Richard Dawkins has written, "Most sceptics about natural selection

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are prepared to accept that it can bring about minor changes like the dark coloration that has evolved 1nvarious species of moth since the industrial revolution. But, having accepted this, they then point out how small a change this is.

But .. , the moths only took a hundred years to make their change. . . just think about the time involved" (The Blind Watchmaker. New York W W Norton & Co .• 1986, p. 40).

Not all evolutionists, however, are as comfortable as Dawkins appears to be with the concept that It's reasonable (given lots of time) to extrapolate from small observed variations to much larger changes, Molecular biologist Sean B. Carroll - praised by Skeptical Inquirer as ·one of the leading biologists of his generation" (29[6) 49, 2005) - notes that not all scientists agree with Dawkins' viewpoint: "A longstanding issue in evolutionary biology 1swhether the processes observable in extant populations and species (microevolution) are sufficient to account for the larger-scale changes evident over ·1onger periods of life's history (macroevolution). Outsiders to this rich literature may be surprised that there 1sno consensus on this issue, and that strong viewpoints are held at both ends of the spectrum, with many undecided" (Nature 409.669, 2001).

According to McGill University paleontologist

Robert Carroll,•... large-scale evolutionary phenomena cannot be understood solely on the basis of extrapolation from processes observed at the level of modern populations and species." With reference to the "Cambrian Explosion," he states: "This explosive evolution of phyla with diverse body plans is certainly not explicable by extrapolation from the processes and rates of evolution observed In modern species· ( Trends ,n Ecology and Evolution, 15(1].27f 2000) Harvard paleontologist StephenJay Gould was North America's leading spokesman for evolution until his death on Victoria Day, 2002 In a memorable article titled "The Paradox of the Visibly Irrelevant: Gould showed that he also differed from Dawkins on this question " to be v1s1bleat all over so short a span, evolution must be far too rapid

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(and transient) to serve as the basis tor major transformations 1ngeological time. Hence, the 'paradox of the v1s1bly1rrelevant'-or if you can see it at all, it's too fast to matter m the long run.

Thus, 1fwe can measure it at all (in a few years), 1tis too powerful to be the stuff of hfe's history. .

(Widely publicized cases such as beak size changes in the Galapagos Islands finches] represent transient and momentary blips and fillips that 'flesh out' the nch history of lineages in stasis, not the atoms of substantial and steadily accumulated evolutionary trends. . One scale doesn't translate into another" (Natural History, 106[11):14, 64, 1998).

Not a lot has changed, it seems, since the renowned "Macroevolution·· conference at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History. where a wide range of scientific researchers exchanged views "The central question of the Chicago conference was whether the mechanisms underlying microevolut1oncan be extrapolated to explain the phenomena of macroevolution At the nsk of doing violence to the positions of some of the people at the meeting, the answer can be given as a clear, No" (Roger Lewin "Evolutionary Theory Under Fire." Science 210 883, 1980) Several years ago evolutionist biology professor Robert Root-Bernstein gave this warning "Unfortunately, there is no science of extrapolation It is, at best. an art, and a highly fallible art at that" (Discover, Nov/93. p. 44).

Good advice, professor! So I suggest we should all do our best to avoid being taken In by evolutionists who so often excel at stretch i n g the truth!

Richard Peachey 1sv,ce-pres1dentof the Crea/Ion Science Assoc,at,on of British Columbia Ho was UFV's first science graduate (BSc, Biology and Chemistry,1995), and the winno, of the 1995 SFU Deans m9dal for excellence m the faculty of science Since 1996 to the c:11smay or some UFV instructors.

Poochey hos been a science teacher in the A/Jbolsfordpublic school system

NewsBriefs

Acute CareBedsInFraser Valley toBe Reclassified

BCminster ofhealth announces accelerated nursing degree

Conservative government saysgaythemed events arenotsupervised

Vancouver lawyer warnspeople of Abbotsford police anti-gang trolling through Facebook campaign inhighschools receives ICBC mixed reaction

Ina newmove bya cash-strapped Fraser Valley This week, Federal Industry minister Tony Clem• denied suggestions fromtheopposiWritingIn TheGeorgia Straight, TimLouis Health Authority It hasbeen announced that234 Aswellascelebrating therenovation of the entangrily frompersooal experience howfarICBC acute carebedsareto bereclassified In hospi- former trades building ontheAbbotsford cam- tionparties thathehasdirected hisdepartments Abbotsford policehavelaunched a "hard recounted Insurance claims, Aclient talsacross theFraser Valley, Theredasslficatlonpus,In Chllllwack scrutiny togay-themed events, hitting•campaign theprovincial governmenttogivespecial Inlocalhighschools to "take wlllgQInInvestigating means thatthebeds willbeearmarked forlong- announced thecreation ofanaccelerated three InJune, Diane Ablonczy awarded Toronto Pride theshine off"theganglifestyle.

Aspartofthe wasInvolved Inanaccident andtheformer city termcare, eliminating theneed fortheFVHA to year a poster depicts a coffinIntheback councillor thought It wouldbea slamdunkbenursing degree atUFV. "The worldIsfacing $400,000 fortheirevent.

She waslaterremoved. campaign, outsource money to external organizations for acritical shortage ofnurses.

Bygiving students According ofthehearse withamessage thatuses a popu- cause ICBC admitted llablllty, According toLouis, totheCanadian Press, aletterto adultlong-term care, According totheFVHA, this options tocomplete theirdegrees more quickly, Clement's chief ofstaffshows thatClement was larreferences towarnkidsthat•youcan'tpimp allhehadtodowas"determine thevalue ofher move wlllsave them$2mllllon.

Thedecision Is wecanhave themIntheworkforce faster and Involved Louis amassed a strong case, relying Inherremoval, Meanwhile, Liberal MP thisride.""Because thereIsnosoftsellforthe Injuries." being criticized byNDP health critic,Adrian Dix, ensure British Columblans receive thehealth Marlene Jennings seized onanInternal memo anti-gang andpersonal testimonies that lifestyle, each poster contains aserious oo professional asamounting to another cutIn service.

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Moira StlllwaJI, BCminster of Issued byClement thatordered hisdepartment graphic andanengaging phrase using languagetheyoung woman hadbecome psychologically wantto transform 20 percentof theirbeds to advanced afterthe accident.

Unfortunately, education andlabour market said, Ac· toscrutinize events.

"Theminister ofIndustry familiarto youth," anAbbotsford policepress withdrawn long-term care sotheycanreduce staff,• Dixsaid cording to nothing IncourtwhenICBC prototheprovincial government, thenew recently release states.Aswellastheposter campaign,thisallcame ordered bureaucrats toscrutinize Facebook photos of the•psychologically totheCanadian Press.

"Itdoesn't make anysense degree wlllhave thesame curriculum asthecur- tourism events directly related togays, lesbians, police officers willbevisiting Abbotsford schools duced woman partying likea person who at all,It'sa downgrade Inservice andthecon· rentfour-year groups andsoon/Jennings sald."WIII warning degree, butwillbecompressedwomen's kidsabout thedangers ofgangs.

AnSFU changed" wasaffected byanaccident.

"Moral ofthe sequences aregoingto besignificant."

Dixalso overthespace nowtellCanadians exactly criminologist toldVancouver weekly, 24Hours, never of threeyears.

Thisprogram Is theConservatives pointed outthatIt'sa reversal froma previous oneof threebeing offered IntheFraser valley, which groups areontheirblackllst forspecial thatIt'sasignthatthepolice aregetting •abit story?" asks Louis.

"IfyouareInvolved Inalawsuit youwereInjured, andyouarenowseekpolicy where theFVHA were going to trytomove Theprovincial government Isgiving $4,5million scrutiny?"

"They haven't doneanything about because Responding toreporters Clement said, desperate." for thoseInjuries-physical fortheprogram, $1mllllon to cover the "lo beaccused asI have been accused byJenalternate carebeds outofthehospitals to avoid toUFV It tora whlleandIt has,pardon theexpression,Ingcompensation bedcongestion. costs ofstartup, and$3.5million foroperating nings tobesome formofhomophobe, youknow, exploded Intheirfaces,• Robert Gorden said, orotherwise-be verycareful whatyouposton yourFacebook site.Youmaythinkyou're safeby costs over thenextfouryears. quitefrankly Ifindthatoffensive andanyone Canadian Press whoknows meknows thatthat'sridiculous."

Source: 24Hours, Abbotsford Police using security settings, butthisIsnott~e case: UFV Source: Georgia Straight

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Minister of Advanced Education Visits UFV SONJA SlLOVICSAK STAFF WRITER oira Stilwell, the Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, visited UFV to officially open the renovated C building in Abbotsford on Wednesday, September 9, before traveling to Chilllwack to announce UFV's new accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Stilwell toured C building to Inspect the newly renovated building. 'lhe provincial government contributed $19.6 million to change the former Trades Building into a home for the Visual Arts Department. The money also funded the upgrade of the cafeteria in B building.

Stilwell is the former head of Nuclear Medicine at St. Paul's Hospital, Surrey Memorial Hospital and Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Clinic. Despite her experience in the health field, Stillwell said that as a mother of three university students she ls aware of the needs of university students.

After her tour of campus, Stilwell visited University House for a luncheon with several students. Along with her colleagues, MLAs Randy

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MoriaStilwell visitsUFVfora lookatthenewlyrenovated building cHawes, Barry Penner, Marc Dalton and John Les, Stilwell answered students' questions and related experiences from her own university years.

Stilwell explained that she understood students' concerns about the need for hands-on experience as part of their education. She explained that she did not have a practicum; but she did work under another doctor for a few years to gain experience. "When

l finished residency training in my specialty, there were no Jobs for doctors... so you would do a fellowship ... you would do more training as a way of storing yourself until the system would absorb you," Stilwell explained.

A number of students shared with Stillwell the positive aspects of UFV, as compared to larger institutions.

Students noted that they enjoyed the

low student to professor ratio, appreciated all the opportunities available to them on campus and the close proximity of U FV to their homes.

Echoing this praise, Stillwell stated that she appreciated schools like UFV, that allow students to ladder into a Bachelor's degree: "I think you should be able to get the basic skills, to come In at 'X' level, and then say 'I really like and want to do more of this and want to progress, and do more complicated and complex things in my field,'" Stillwelll said. " Now, l may want to up-skill to the next level, or you may want to take time out to raise a family, and then come back. So the whole idea of starting lat your levelI and then laddering through the system is a much more productive use of the workforce."

In regards to Gordon Campbell's promise for a BC-wide transit pass for university students, Stillwell said it would be implemented in September 2010. Originally, she was unaware of the pass, but she contacted an aide for information and promised the pass will be implemented next fall.

The pass will work across all transit systems, allowing UFV students to travel from Langley and Maple Ridge

to UFV on one transit pass. "I11ccurrent U-Pass in effect at UFV requires students to pay for transit when traveling outside of the ValleyMax transit system.

Stilwell also took the time to address concerns about the $16 million cut to StudcntAid B.C: "The core student funding of $300 million is untouched ... That's the need based student aids and loans [which] is preserved in the budget," Stillwell said. "TI1ere were some cuts to small programs. What we're trying to do is keep the money at the neediest students."

After her visit to U-house, Stllwell went to visit the Chllllwack campus.

A new accelerated, three year Bachelor of Science in Nursing Just began this September thanks to $4.5 million from the provincial government. l11e program will run through the summer semester, which' will allow students to graduate a year sooner. The accelerated degree was developed to help address the nursing shortage. The regular four year nursing program is still available for students who don't wish to attend classes throughout the summer.

Grizzled Greyhound Cuts Current Services and Looks To Trim Fat Further LARRY PORTE LANCE STAFF WRITER fter already trimming services in rural British Columbia, Greyhound Canada announced September 3, 2009 that without $15 million in government aid they will be In the unfortunate position to cut their services entirely in north-western Ontario and Manitoba.

In this same press release, Greyhound Canada noted that "the company is reviewing Its operations In Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories." As transportation regulations vary between provinces, the impacts will vary between provinces as Greyhound reviews and reduces services.

A mandatory 90 day notice to cease operations has been Issued to the Ontario Highway Transport Board. North-western Ontario will be without bus services as of December 2, 2009. Whereas the Manitoba Highway Traffic Board docs not have a similar requirement for Greyhound Canada to announce that they are cutting services. Greyhound is opting for a 30 day notice "to honour all passenger tickets sold." Services in Manitoba will be cut in the first week of October.

Stuart Kendrick, senior vice-president of Greyhound Canada said, "Our financial situation Is dire and we are no longer h1 a position to absorb losses that arc almost solely attributable to government policies."

Although not directly regulating, the federal government is also weighing in. Steven Baird, the federal minister of Transport, Infrastructure and

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Germ Fightersat the Welcome Back BBQ were remindingus all of the importance of usinghand sanitizersand washingour hands.We mustbandtogether(or keep a safe distance)and defeat H1N1I

Packed Greyhound busesforcepassengers tostand.

Communities said on CBC that Grey- the potentially stranded persons that hound Canada is being "heavy-handthey could stand in the bus aisle. Alcd." So far no financial aid Is being though a dangerous option, everyone offered by either level of government. including the mother of two agreed to As "the largest provider of interthe risk of standing on a bus going at city bus transportation In Canada," highway speed. Some people already the services of Greyhound Canada on the bus opted to stand and offered are not woefully underutilized in the their scats to the mother of two. lower mainland of British Columbia.

For people without a car, the only Frequently the buses between Ab· options to get between Abbotsford and botsford, Chilllwack and Vancouver Chilliwack arc to carpool, to cycle, to are overbooked and can leave people hitchhike or to take the Greyhound. stranded untll the next bus arrives.

The recent cuts to Greyhound Canada If stranded, an overbooked bus can in British Columbia have already retranslate into a half-hour wait. For duced one eastbound route at midsome waits it can translate Into a four day. It remains to be seen how these hour wait. If one is unable to catch the upcoming cuts by the corporation of last bus, It would translate into wait- Greyhound Canada will trickle down ing overnight. to passengers of the lower mainland On a recent westbound bus pick- unless some or both levels of governing up passengers in Chilliwack, the ment Intervenes. bus was overbooked by about ten people. This included a mother of two who were going to Vancouver to enjoy a day at Playland. Noting that people needed to get to their destinations, the bus driver offered to all

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STAFF WRITERvices. n the beginning of summer, NDP Health Critic Adrian Dix caused stir when he revealed that the Fraser Health Aulhorily might be planning Lo close Lhe emergency Loom at Mission Memorial Hospital. The closure was to be part of approximately $130160 million in cuts the J:IHAwas making.

Recently, it was announced that instead of being closed MMH's emergency department would be down• graded to an "urgent care" facility.

At a town hall meeting In June, Ff!A CEO Dr. Nigel Murray explained that Mission would continue to have "appropriate urgent care."

Mission cily councilors and residents were concerned about Murray's wording. Over the years, the hospital has lost its maternity ward, many doctors and now operates as jusl an Emergency Room and diabetic outpatient clinic. But for now, it seems the ER might be safe.

An evidence-based study will be performed to see if there is a more cost-effective approach to provide emergency services to the residents of Mission. While the ER might remain

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'll1e FHA wlll be cutting services throughout the region. Despite addIng two more MRI machines to the region, the number of MR ls performed for 2009/2010 ls to remain at the same level as 2008/2009. Temporary residential care beds will be closed, to save approximately $1.8 million.

About $15 million is going to be cut from patient care.

The authority is also looking for new ways to bring in more revenue.

There will be an increase of 50 cents per hour for pay parking.

The authority plans to save money by cutting back on overtime and by delaying the hiring of new staff. 'lliere will be a decrease in management positions In the FHA. The concern about the closure of the emergency department began when Dix released paperwork from an FHA budget planning session.

Randy Nawcs, Liberal MLA for Abbotsford Mission and Murray both claim the form released by Dix was from a brainstorming session.

The FHA encompasses health services from Burnaby and Coquitlam out to Hope and Agassiz. It manages a budget of over $2.2 billion. It manages hospitals like Surrey Memorial Hos-

Protests InJune2009ralliedagainst hospital closures inMission.

pita!, which had to temporarily close its Emergency Room and re-route patients to Langley and New Westminster because of over crowding.

For now, regions will have to share services. The FHA will have to share

services with the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.

Back in March, the BC government negotiated a pay raise with the BC Nurses Union. Nurses will gain six percent over two years. The FHA has been given a budget Increase of just

$51 million dollars, or 2.7 percent.

Increases in pay for employees, prescription drugs, and the population over the FHA's population, as well as the decline in the economy, are being blamed for the FH A's bud gel woes.

Campus SustainabilityGroup Plan Next Move for PublicTransportation PAUL BRAMMER STAFFWRITER ith the U•Pass in effect, the Student Union Society (SUS) and the student group, Students For Sustainability (SFS), arc looking for new ways to enhance public transportation to and from the campuses.

Despite free transit access for UFV students in Abbotsford, Mission and Chilllwack, and 'the bus service between Mission and Abbotsford, there Is no connector bus between the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses.

Daan van der Kroon, public transportation advocate and member of SP$, has been collecting signatures around the campuses for a petition in support of the proposed bus route:.

"We've been really pushing transit In the east Fraser Valley for a long while by bringing in the UPASS, which we advocated ...the next step in improving public transit ...is a connector between Abbotsford and Chilliwack," Van der Kroon said. "We have the connection to Mission and Aldergrove, but none to Chilliwack ... there's a second university campus (In Ch1lllwack) and a significant number of students."

In addition, Van der Kroon adds there are courses on the Ch!lliwack campus that arc "specific to Chilliwack,'' and there arc a significant number of students who will commute between campuses in the months ahead.

One potential stumbling block for the proposed route is the fact that Abbotsford and Chilliwack operate separate bus companies (ValleyMax and Chilliwack Transit, respectively),

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so any deal that would be brokered would have to appease both cities.

"The UPASS Is valid In Abbotsford and Chllllwack ... so the U-Pass Is that first connection between the two systems," Van der Kroon said. "The money that [Abbotsford and Chilliwack] provide to the system stays in the city, though there is a contribution from the provincial government that complements the local funding from the cities."

Toe proposed bus route is still in the formulating stage, and SFShaven't set a time frame for any new route: "We're trying to get enough public support, and we don't think that'll be hard to get, because there is a demand... once we have enough supporters on our petition, then we'll be handing It into the decision-makers," Van der Kroon said.

Support for the petition should not be hard to find. According to a study published in the Abbotsford News, around 3,500 people commute from Chllliwack to Abbotsford daily to work. This makes up around eight percent of the overall workforce in the city. Chilliwack is the single biggest provider of external daily manpower to Abbotsford - more than the likes of Mission, Maple Ridge, Langley and Vancouver.

Conversely, around 1,500 workers commute from Abbotsford to Chilliwack dally. This comes to a total of around 5,000 people who travel to and from Abbotsford and Chilliwack daily - according to Van der Kroon these are all people who would benefit from the proposed bus route.

Despite the plan being In the early stages, Van der Kroon did confirm

that SFS had been in contact with some lo• cal politicians.

"1here's some councillors that are very supportive of transit in gcneral...we'vc talked to them," Van der Kroon said.

In addition, certain sections of UPV arc prepared to offer their support to the plan: "One of the reasons why a lot of the people in facilities support this... [is that they] see how much It will benefit the university because we do have ... a parking problem," Van der Kroon said, adding, "If more people are on transit that takes some stress off the parking lots."

The parking lot conundrum will impact tuition fees. According to Van der Kroon, tmore people using public transportation means there will be "less pressure to develop woodlot in this region," the cost of which would be included in students' tuition fees.

A national example of a university's solution to the Issue of parking lots is McGill University in Montreal, which has abolished general parking on campus, as they say that, "McGill's location is well served by public transportation, and members who can use It conveniently are urged to do so".

The provincial government is implementing a carbon neutral policy for university campuses. Tncludcd in that arc what arc called Scope 3 Carbon Emissions, which fire related to the transport in the university" Scope 3 Carbon Emissions arc "a consequence of the activities of the institution, bul (>CCur from sources not owned or controlled by the institution". These activities include, "the shipping of goods, emissions from contracted activities, and emissions from resource extraction and product disposal". UFV's public transportation would fall under Scope 3 Carbon Emissions.

These emissions arc, at present, largely unregulated, as they are classed as "optional" by most registries and reporting agencies, due to their status as indirect offshoots of an institution's activities. However, wilh the new Provincial legislation, that is subject to change. lt is believed that Scope 3 Carbon Emissions account for a substantial amount of greenhouse gases. The past sustalnablllty speclallst for the University of Callfornla, Berkeley, Fahmida Ahmed, estimated that the school's Greenhouse Gas Inventory total "would more than double" if Scope 3 Emissions were counted.

"So," Van der Kroon added, "ifwe can reduce the amount of travel that people do to get here, or reduce the amount of emissions by taking transit, then that makes it easier for UFV to meet its target for Scope 3 Carbon Emissions, which it will eventually be paying for in some fashion".

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THESHEAF form, privacy rights, net neutrality and open government. Particularly Pirate Party drops anchor in Can- in relation to Ille sharir,g, the Pirate ada's harbour Party has a more relaxed position New party wants to sec govern• compared to other political parties In Canada, although the platform is still ment embrace technology

By Ishmael N. Daro being finalized.

The Sheaf (University of Saskatch"Depending on who you ask, there ewan) are either three or five planks to the platform,'' said Fretz.

SASKATOON(CUP) - After years Th.edelay may be because there is of minority governments, Canadians no central leadership. Instead, a loose have gotten used to constant talk of network of members connects online elections.Whether or not the country to discuss the goals of the party, goes to the polls this fall,however,the TI1ls approach is fitting since recently formed Pirate Party of Cana- much of the platform is about da Is still vying for voters' attention. accountability and embracing The Pirate Party of Canada is new technology. modelled after the Swedish Pirate "The forums and the wiki Party, whose mission is to "facilitate style of 'everybody participate, the emerging information society" everybody work together and check each other's work' Is very through technology.

Formed in 2006, the Swedish par- much In that vein,'' said Fretz, ty's only three concerns are copyright although he acknowledges that reform, abolishing the patent system more structure will become and bolstering citizens' right to pri• necessary as the party grows.

111ereare already hundreds of vacy, In June 2009, the Pirate Party won members signed up. its first seat in the European ParliaOne of the most common criti• ment based on a strong stance In fa. cisms levelledagainst the Pirate Party vour of file sharing and changing the Is that there are already political parcurrt:nt copyright system. Building on ties in favour oflooser copyright laws that success, numerous parties have and net neutrality. Net neutrality Is formed around the world with simi- the concept of keeping the Internet lar goals, including the Pirate Party of completelyaccessible lo users without Canada. blocking sites or restricting certain "A lot of people hear 'Pirate Party' activities like file sharing. and assume that ies all about 'get your Fretz stresses that the Pirate Party content for free,"' said Tim J:lretz,a is different from other parties because graduate student in electrical and it does not fall into the traditional left• computer engineering at the Unlver• right spectrum.

"TI1ere arc people (In the party) sity of Saskatchewan.

Fretz, 26, is an active member of who arc right wing, !citwing, all over the Pirate Party of Canada. The party the place," he said.

By deliberately focusing the party's platform on a limited number of Is• sues, Fretz says people can wholly agree with what the Pirate Party stands for instead of having to choose between parties they may disagree with to varying degrees.

"It seems like what we do is pick bctwccD who we don't want to win," said Fretz. "That's not what democracy is about. You should be able to put your voice behind what you want."

One of the most difficult issues for the party to settle has been Its stance

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on file sharing. Most members agree that the current copyright system Is outdated and too severe in punishing copyright infringement. However, exactly how lax the system should be has been a topic of robust debate on the Pirate Party's forums. The Swedish Pirate Party's manifesto calls for the legalization of all Ille sharing as long as it is done for non-commercial purposes, j;>utFretz and some others would not go as far as their Swedish counterparts.

"It's a harder position to defend," he said. "It's easy to write down, easy

to make it concise but It's harder to defend In an ongoing debate.''

He stresses that the party Is not in favour of abolishing copyright altog~ther but that it seeks to reform copyright to bring It in line with changing technology. Given that many younger people have, at least at one time, pirated movies, music or software, the party believesnew models are needed.

Colin Skrapekagrees that changing technology is not reflected in current legislation. Skrapek, better known by his stage name Maybe Smith, has been making music since 2002.

During that time, he has released several full-length albums and toured, both within Canada and abroad.

Skrapek says that many people, especially in the music industry, have not kept pace with technology but that artists can still be successful.

"They just have to be creative about it and not think they have to make th.cir music a certain way or distribute it a certain way,"said Skrapek. "There'salwayspeople who will be able to find a way to make money If that's what their ultimate goal is."

Skrapek points out that even the idea of releasing a CD Is fast bccom• ing obsolete since distributing music online Is far easier and docs not need to be in 12-song batches. For his last album, Skrapek says he only released CDs because of nostalgia.

"From now on I'll probably be re• leasing music online - and likely for free."

On the question of copyright, Skrapek says it no longer realistic for artists to maintain ultimate control

over something they create. He also admits he is in no position to preach since hls music has always used samples of other people's work, as well as the occasional chorus.

He recounts how his song "Bloop• ers" was used as the soundtrack to a You'I\1bevideo in which various sports bloopers were mashed up to create something new.

"He's infringing on numerous copyrights there, all In one go. Bul seeing that made me smile, it gave me a very warm foeling inside," said Skrapek. "I think people who try to fight against that kind of creativity are shooting culture in the foot."

Skrapek, also a web developer, says he has been making music as Maybe Smith throughout the age of file sharing. Tim Fretz of the Pirate Party had his first experience with file sharing and copyright around the same time, starting with Napster back in the ear• ly 2000s.

Skrapek and Fretz represent two points within the changing debate surrounding the Internet's role in the spread of ideas.

As the Pirate Party of Canada cs• tablishes itself, copyright may become an increasingly important political issue, especially among a younger generation that has grown up with very different ideas about intellectual property rights. Whether or not people vole !or the Pirate Party of Canada, the challenge of updating laws to reflect changing technology will not go away.

"We have a culture, a youth popu• lation that's sharing and downloading more and more," said Fretz. "The response should not be (to) abolish it or ban it. That's the wrong way to go."

U.S. Initiative Would See Drinking Age Laws Less Rigid Amethyst Initiative aims tore-open agedebate "We know that the law has very ef• fectively driven alcohol consumption CUPONTARIO BUREAU CHIEF out of public places . . . and life and yler Bradbury was kllled by his health are being put at risk." brother in a motor vehicle acMccardell criticizes the law for cident when he was JSyears old. The being too narrow. He believes that alcohol-fuelled crash took place Just deciding the legal age at which a peroutside of St. John's, N.L. ln June 2008. son can consume alcohol should be a His brother Andrew, 22, lost control of decision up to each individual state, the vehicle,flipping it off the road and much like the system in Canada. reducing the car to a barely-recogniz"My own view is that the debate is able wreck. Andrew was only injured never going to go anywhere until the in the accident, but is now serving a current law changes. 'Jbe states ought sentence of 15 months in prison. to be little labs where best practices Trauma is the leading cause of should be determined. The one-size• death for young people today, with fits-all national model is not the best SOper cent of such cases involving way."

As different methods of education alcohol - but a group of U.S. college presidents see It mainly as an exces- are explored, young people wlll be bet• ter prepared to make good decisions, sive consumption Issue.

The Amethyst Initiative, launched and alcohol will be brought back out in July 2008 and spearheaded by for- into the open where people behave mer Middlebury College president differently,Mccardell explains.

John McCardell, is pushing for open A personal theory that he feels discussion around the drinking legls• could work would be to license high school graduates deemed responsible lation in the U.S. "The vast majority of lives lost to enough to drink after they participate alcohol in this country are off the in an alcohol-education program.

But Robert Solomon, national highways,"says McCardell.

After talking to some fellowcollege director of legal policy for Mothpresidents, McCardell found that he ers Against Drunk Driving Canada, was not alone In wanting to re-open thinks the Amethyst Initiative is a step in the wrong direction, saying the debate.

"We didn't agree that the solution that education doesn't change behavwas to lower the age, but that (the legal iour. age of] 21 posed problems, 11 he says.

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"I find it frustrating that, in light of the overwhelming evidence, we continue to have these battles. We have more than enough evidence to Implement effectivelegislation to save young people's lives," says Solomon.

Solomon advocates regulating al• cohol consumption according to risks and costs it inflicts on society, much the same way modern legislation treats other illicit drugs.

"If we started all over, we would certainly treat marijuana with much less severity lhan we have in the past, and we would treat alcohol and tobacco with much more."

Solomon credits the high US drinking age as the one thing that has impacted the most positive change for this issue.

"A [U.S.] National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study estlmat• ed the number of lives saved between 1975and 2007 was 26,000. That's just traffic crashes," he says.

In Canada, he continues, "The three jurisdictions with 18-ycar-old limits have the highest stats. Don't pretend to care about young people and then make alcohol more available to them.''

But Mccardell thinks statistics like that are beside the point. From an educator's perspective, students must be informed of the consequences of their actions In a safe and open envl-

ronment, not simply told to avoid the bottle at all costs.

"The law says, 'Don't consume.' If you're a college president, If you so much as say, 'If you drink, drink re• sponslbly,' you're acknowledging that the law is being broken," he says.

"If abstinence is the only thing you can say to students, students won't pay attention."

SIDEBAR l: Origins and opposition of the '21 law' In July 1984, the US Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act. The act legislated that all states must set the minimum age for purchase and public consumption of alcohol to 21 or risk losing federal funding.

States risk losing ten per cent of their federal highway funding If their age is set lower than 21. By 1987,all 50 states had legislated the legal age as 21.

In an article that appeared in the Huffington Post on Aug. 18, Morris Chafetz - a psychiatrist who speclali1.csin substance abuse, and founder of the Health Education Foundation discussed his experience working on the 1982Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving. One of the 39 recommendations made to President Ron• aid Reagan by the commission was to raise the minimum legal drinking age

to 21, to which he reluctantly voted yes.

Chafetz has since called the act "the single most regrettable decision of my entire professional career."

Several groups have formed over the last couple of decades to combat the legal drinking age of 21, including the National Youth Rights Association, the Amethyst Initiative and Choose Responsibility.

SIDEBAR2: By the numbers Approximately 5,000 people under 21 die from alcohol-related causes in the US each year. (National Institute for Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse) 'lhe US is only one of four nations worldwide with a legal drinking age of 21. The others are Indonesia, Mongolia and Palau. (Choose Responsibility) In Canada, alcohol dependency was reported by seven per cent of citizens aged 15-24,compared to two per cent of citizens aged 25-64, (Statistics Canada, 2002) nmnumber of deaths attributed to alcohol consumption in the US has not been below 103,247 since 1979.

(National Institute for Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse) In Russia, one in seven deaths is related to alcohol consumption. (Cana• dian Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)

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The Hollow Nature of The Creation-Evolution Debate be "methodological DAVID MILLER

NEWS &o~INION EblfoR t Is another year; with another year there Is another exhibition by the Creation Science Association ofBC. l try my best to attend these exhibitions and converse those who run them.

Our conversations end unresolved with no ground covered, and I honestly don't think we understand each other's opinions come from. Still, each year, I attend. For the most part, I have enjoyed the conversations.

This year, however, I seriously began to question the point of it all. A good approach to debate is an open mind and letting go of sacred cows.

As an atheist, I doubt the existence of a god; but I could never say with certainty that a divine creator does not exist. To do such would be intellectually dishonest.

If science has a sacred cow, it would

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naturalism." Put simply, it holds scientists to explain observations through reference to natural causes. This commitment, however, is not one of dogma or ignorance but of pragmatics.

Scientists try to explain the processes of our universe and how they function. Natural agents are an aid to our building of knowlc::dgcas they can be quantified and tested. A supernatural agent cannot be quantified or tested, which doesn't help us build on our understanding of the world.

Creationists, particularly of the young-earth kind, have a scared cow that carries a lot more metaphysical baggage than methodological naturalism. I'm talking about their unwavering commitment to a bible that Is inerrant and unquestionable. This position commits the scientists immediately to many positions, and the worst part is that most creationists

would not accept any evidence that could possibly contradict scripture.

This commitment is blatantly apparent in the mission statements of many creationist organizations-In• cluding Answers in Genesis-the largest Creation Science group in North America.

A person unwilling to accept criteria that could prove them wrong isn't open to re;ison; such conversations in• evltably become circular and useless.

I must admit that my experience with people from the Creation Science Association ofBC has done more to further my understanding of evolutionary theory and science. Their commitment to their work Is voluntary and comes out of a sincere desire to spread truth about the world; and without sounding patronizing, they arc pleasant people to converse with.

I am sure that their strident belief In the inerrancy of scripture is some-

thing they're not ashamed of. But in the realm of science, such hard positions come at the 41 expense of .-..11iµ<1Jou ..,a,. fff'~ t<-'lwcR integrity.

Mr tw.il&Wn ~ ""'11,.10 aoMoo C r e • ationists can try all they want to change public opln1on - and they may even get some minds thinking. But any real progress in themselves to a notion that can never creating a paradigm shift needs to be proven false. happen in the scientific community, and most scientists will never commit

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ed in this; after all, it's great experience for anyone.

Even volunteering for the paper, or just sending contributions In ls a great way to get your voice out on campus.

It seems that many students are interested in attending UFV only until they can get In to UBC or SFU. At the meeting with Moir a Stilwell, a number of students brought

ast week, I got to meet Moira Stilwell, the Minister of Advanced Education and Market Labour. It was an interesting experience (particularly since it was pouring rain and l had Just ridden my bike all the way from just west of Langley to campus). I was shocked at the amount of students that turned out; UFV has over 11,000 students, and I would be surprised if there were more than 20 students in U-House chatting with the minister.

It always seems like it's the same people that show up for campus events.

Last year, the English department ar• It always seems ranged to hav~ like it's the same world class writ• this point up. Inpeople that show up ers come and do terestingly, many for campus events. readings In the students that accampus book tually attended store. Sometimes, the luncheon with only three students would show up. Stilwell were Interested in staying at I'll admit it, I wasn't one of them. How UFV. embarrassing.

One student explained "One of the This lack of student Involvement great benefits of this university ... is In campus life has its ups and downs. there's nothing I love more than beSure, It's difficult to gather volunteers ing a fourth year student and there's to pull off student-run events, but It 30 students, 25 students in some of means that there is less competition my classes, so the teacher and I know for us students who do get Involved. each other on a first name basis. It's For example, this paper is hiring. just opening [my) horizons for netIn fact, we're looking to hire a new working .... As a fourth year student, l Editor-in-Chief (among other posi- feelpretty comfortable that I'm going tions). Students should be interestto be snatched up [for employment]

come May or June."

The students who do get involved in campus life are fully aware of the benefits. Even If it's a volunteer position, it still looks good on a resume.

Despite all that, I speak with so many students who say "1 don't like to be on campus. I Just go to class and then I want to go home."

Students should get Involved. There are movie nights at Uhouse, pancake breakfasts, yoga classes and student clubs for people who like everything from video games to cars.

There are so many faculty members who are willing to sit with students and discuss their field.

I just don't understand why people don't get lnvolvedl Perhaps It has to do with the "I'm just here until I can transfer out" mentality that so many students seem to have. Campus life is what we make of it; if more students got Involved and began to enjoy attending classes, perhaps this apathy towards campus life wouldn't be such a problem.

The truth is, we are spending thousands of dollars on our education. We should take full advantage of every opportunity available to us, even if it's just entertainment.

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STAFF WRIER

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September gets under way, and . .. . we return to dragging our sorry asses out of bed on Monday morning, what is the single thing that most of us will turn to In order to help us get going? Coffee. And why wouldn't we? It not only gives us a jolt of caffeine, but It ls also quite delicious. Nowadays, you don't just have to stick to the option of black and with cream and sugar, no it comes canned, cold, frapped, lattcd, cappuccino'd ... basically if you can think it, you can do it. Gone are the days of slaving over a coffee pot In the morning while making toast and eggs, and here are the days of drivethrus and quick service.

It's not a stretch to say that a large part of our culture is based around coffee. Over the last decade, coffeehouses have exploded everywhere, and rarely do you ever sec one empty, no matter how obscure or under-advertised. Coffeehouses in Abbotsford have been called a "Third Place" which is a term geographers use to describe places where people will naturally congregate.

It wasn't until a few days ago that I really began thinking of the Impact that coffee has on my life personally, when I heard the words, "J need coffee" come out of my mouth. Granted I am fiercely independent and hate relying on anything, but l don't think that it is too far fetched to question whether or not we've let ourselves rely on coffee too much without really thinking about It. Many studies have been done on the risks and benefits of coffee consumption- I have found these to be convoluted at best.Plus the side affects are not really that of an innocent bystander. Have you ever met someone addicted to coffee, before their caffeine hit? Mood swings, lrrltablllty, headaches, the shakes. I may not be an expert, but I'm pretty certain water doesn't have any of these side affects.

Secondly, has anyone of coffee's biggest fans ever bothered to look at how we get to drink what is in our cups? Does anyone care that most coffee is not grown and traded fairly? Although there Is a push in the direction of fair trade goods, there is a large difference between "certified fair trade" and direct fair trade. Fair trade is better than non-fair, mass produced coffee any day, but some would argue that there is still a level of exploitation.

Direct fair trade is when the company directly deals with the farmers, and will accept the loss if the crop yielded Is lower in a given year.

Last, but not least, let us not forget to consider the environmental Impact coffee has had. Everything from the fuel used to import coffee grown in the developing world, to those damn cups. On any given day, you can walk anywhere in Abbotsford and spot at least one coffee cup that was not thrown away properly. For all the time and money we spend at these coffee places, you'd think we could at least bring our own cups.

I do not believe that coffee is the devil's drink, because we all know that that's whiskey, but perhaps instead of just mindlessly gulping down copious amounts of coffee, we should begin to think about it. We live in a time where it is so easy to be absent from these sorts of discussions; the g~neral attitude being that as long as there is not immediate consequences then it must be ok. This type of thinking must come to an end, because many things that we do on a daily basis are directly negatively impacting our environment and other cultures.

I'm not suggesting that we abandon coffee, (because lets face It, Its been there for us at one time or another), but rather that we be conscious of the affects it may be having on our health, environment and other people

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'm fortunate enough to have a playhouse in my neighbourhood, so T get to see quite a few plays. This year, I travelled all the way downtown to see Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Wei/at "Bard on the Beach".

"Bard on the Beach" (for those of you who don't follow theatre) is an outdoor Shakespeare festival that takes place every summer in Vanier Park. The festival began in 1990, with just one show: A Midsummer Night's Dream. This year, the festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary. It now consists of four shows, special events such as wine tastings, and a full gift shop where theatre fans can buy everything from l-shirts to plays to William Shakespeare action figures (complete with removable quill and parchment).

This year the four shows arc: All's

Well 'lhat Hnds Well; 'lhe Comedy of Errors; Richard II; and Othello. All fours shows are being done "In period". Other years, directors have let their imaginations change the setlings of the play (last year, Twelfth Night was set in the 1920s as in homage to old I-Iollywood).

I saw All's Well, which was done extremely well. There arc many difficulties in performing in an outdoor venue that actors don't necessarily have to experience whe11they perform in a traditional theatre. I spoke with Patti Allan (the Countess of Roussillon in All's Well that Ends Well). She explained, "The hard part is when a car pulls Into the parking lot with loud music." Sure enough, it happened three times during the show, as well as airplanes flying overhead and people shouting in the park. The actors took It all in stride, and didn't miss a beat

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(they also didn't incorporate the interruptions into the play, thankfully), All's Well Is a comedy so It's easy for anyone to follow, not just fans of Shakespeare. The actors use body language to communicate with the audience, so even audience members who had trouble with all the "thees" and "thous" were enjoying themselves.

The story centers on a young common woman named Helena and the love of her life,Bertram. Unfortunate-

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ly, Bertram does not return Helena's affection. He is the son of a Count• ess and as such, he's rather stuck up.

Helena manages to cure the King of a mysterious but serious illness, and in return he tells her she can marry any nobleman she chooses. Of coutse, she picks Bertram. Bertram flees to Florence, Helena follows, and much hilarity ensues. 'the costumes and set design for the play were magnificent. The play

begins in Paris, which is set as a dark and dreary place. Everyone wears black or dark grey. Paris seems very lifeless, especially compared to Florence, which is full of life and colour; the actors change from the drab funeral wear to everyday clothing. There is supposed to be a war in Florence, but the characters seem much happier than in Paris.

All's Well runs until September 19th, RichardTlruns until September

18th, Othelloends on September 25th and The Comedy of Errors runs until September 26th. Tickets usually sell out about a week in advance, so if you want to secthese shows, book ahead.

Tfyou don't make it to "Bard on the Beach'\ you can still get your Shakespeare fill by checking out UFV's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream playing in the spring.

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season will be concluding with an• other Directors' Festival, and those auditions will be held in February.

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Schoolhouseto be First Offering REBEKAH DUPREY The play explores the struggles of ACTINGEDITOR-IN-CHIEFa young teacher in a 1938 one-room he UFV theatre season Is fast approaching and Schoolhouse by Canadian playwright Leanna Brodie will kick off the season.Auditions ran last week for both Schoolhouse,to run in November, and Paper Wheat, UFV's second production scheduled for January/February, Bruce Kirkley, a theatre dept. instructor and director of Schoolhouse, was "excited by the quality of the students who came out" to the auditions.

This year Is the theatre department's 30th anniversary season, and, as 2009 is the lnternational Year of the Child, Kirkley observed that Schoolhouse will be the perfect opener.

According to Kirkley, "Schoolhouse celebrates the importance of education, specifically how one teacher can make a difference in someone's life."

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schoolhouse. She is a recent graduate, assigned to a "problem school."

There is a diverse array of children in the school, and the teacher's challenge is to transform them into passionate, excited kids.

Schoolhouse "in a large part" says Kirkley "deals with the relationship between a boy from training school (reform school) and the other kids and teacher.

The training school boy's presence in the school is controversal, both with the town and the students.

However, the teacher plays a significant role in saving the boy from an unhappy life."

"This really is a powerful play. Every time I read It I get more out of It than T did before, It really grows on you." Insists Kirkley, who feels that Schoolhouseworks as UFV's 30th An-

niversary theater season opener because It has a "significant message to send about the Importance of valuing every individual."

The season will continue with Pa-

nadian play. Following that, Shakespeare's A Mldsttmmer Night'sDream, scheduled to nm in late March, will be auditioning in early October. 1he

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ANGELA OSTRIKOFF

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Your na111e was previously Annthronein, why the change?

Annthronein was basically stagnating - we weren't going out there and playing shows. We decided to change the name and refresh ourselves since we had been playing in Abbotsford, Chilllwack and Vancouver for fiveyears as Annthronein.

Our music is more punky, primal, basic and fun whereas Annthroncin was darker and a little more progressive. We still play some of our later Annthronch1 stu!f.

How many people are in Women of Britain?

Four: Alex Smith on guitar and vocals, Brian Smith on keyboard, JD Bateman on drums and Evan Duncan is our bassist.

once the new one comes out, the former will be on S(Ile for a few dollars. lhe first EP was released a month ago.

Where was the EP recorded?

Me, (Alex) (Ind my dad have YcllowHat Records, it a small recording studio out in the boonies pasl ChilliW(lckriver. Took nbout three days Lo record.

Were there any challenges during the recording?

Where did Annthronein come from?

Who are your musical influences?

Always. My bassist and drummer arc both klutzes and are alw(lystripping over wires and my <ladis easily frustrated ... alwaysa debacle.

Our bassistcame up with the name, not sure where it came from. Apparently was supposed to be "anthro" for people and "neln" German for "no", so "No People''. It gave the impression that we were a heavy metal band.

Mid-late60's garage music, most of which people wouldn't recognize.

Also, The Seeds, Music Machine, 1he Crabs, 'lhe LJoors,The Animals.

The Pixies are a main influence of ours. But everything influences us; we listen to all sorts of music.

Wealso encounter just a lot of challengesIn gener(ll,because we'reyoung, it can be really tough. 'lhe bassist (Ind drummer arc both 19,I (Alex) am 18 and my brother, the keyboarder is 17.

It can be difficult to book shows when you're young.

How do you feel you are different now?

A big difference would be that before, l (Alex) wrote all the songs and told everyone what to do. Now we have 8 new songs as Women of Britain, they are more dynamic and have

Is there any record deals coming up?

We just released an EP; we're giving them out for free Loget our music out there. Plan is to release a series of free EP's over the next six months;

Highlights?

Turned out better than we thought it would. Qu(llily W(ISbetter than expected, We definitely thought it was good enough to hand out to people.

Are there any upcoming shows?

September 12th (I t the J:lunhousc September 19th al the Bull and Raven October 29th at Pub 340 in Vancouver

There arc others in the works right now, but nothing concrete yet.

What are your plans for the future?

We arc always trying to get signed.

We arc planning a Cross Canada tour and coming up during spring break, we arc planning a tour of the Islands.

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live fornu\l,Find the llve versionon the 11lbuml./Vt1+ Cudclly.1hc drummln11Is heavy 11ndresemblesDove Groh!and the lyrics ore as dirty as you'dexpl'Ctfrom a bandthat tnkes the.Itname from on 11ntl-d11tc rope

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the Supermarket Wow. Whot o late-career-win for the boss. A heort-breoklng narrotlvc: that In someone else's hands might seem like pedophllia. Bruce glvl.' thl11pnlnfully Ul\rcqulted and perhops even unnoticed love life I\S a man checks out his srocerlcs 11t thti supermarket, inwardly swoonIng owr his secret crush, the girl ot checkout number 2, We can forgive Springsteen's departure from fast cors and faster women because the message ls stlll the same, the benutJful fragility of love and an h\splrntlon to look for It everywhere, The music build~ nround the Boss' lone• ly votce until he puts It to a hopeful rest with the energetic nnd awesome line "As I load my grC1cerlesInto my cur, tlnd turn 11rouud for u moment 1md c11kh her smile that blows this whole fucking pince aport"

As the lleotles remastered albums hove just hit the shelf, we need to Include one of theirs. Off Revolver, this track ls II perfect example of why people still care when I\ new Beatles product drops. 1bls seemingly bubble-gummy tr11ckdocks ln at 2103 minutes. However the outer pop-1-ness Is fo~ode. Listen to the dissonant piano, the deceptively clever harmonies, beautiful lyrics 11ndtricky beat. 'Ihe Beatles are the masters of making pop muslc that Is catchier than anything Brittany or X-tlnn could dre11mof, rocks border th11n AC/DC 11nd ls more aurally complex than Yes or Animal Collective.

A typlcol stroke of genius by

Kevin Brereton, otherwise known os K-OS. A wicked hook that brings together unsurprisingly Intelligent verses, full Qflyrics that Illuminate our world. Another affirmation that K-OS not, K-onye, that Swift bashIng fool, Is the savior of hip-hop.

Pui:e cheese. Camp. Rock mas• tery, Garbage. He11ven.Cull it what you will, the D11rk11esswos never re11llyunderstood. All of those labels fit, yet non~ of them perfectly describe whl\t the Darkness were. Case In point: "Makin' Out". The lune sumctcntly rocks, for those who enjoy h11rd rock styles, but ls almost sickeningly cheesy. The halMnetal 11010s,the lyrics like "The back-seat's getting wetter, I think I'll take off my sweoter" are en mosse. Thepoint ls that they are serious about their music, but not, but fhey really do It seriously but... oh hell, either you get It or you don't, and lfyo\l don't, lt's your loss,

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The Black Crowes Before theFrost...Until theFreeze PAUL FALARDEAU .

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ARTS& LIF[ EDITOR opening track, "Good Morning Cap• ooray for double live albums, . lhc Foghat rule lives! Well, not really. This isn't the Black Crowes fourth album by far. (The Foghat rule states that a band's fourth album will be a double-live. Interesting, considering this hardly happens enough to be considered a rule. Nol even Foghat followed the rule.) Still, It Is a great album for bumming around, eating pancakes Sunday morning, or getting one hell of a barn-burner going on a Saturday night.

1he album is divided into two parts Beforethe FrostIs the funky rock jam experience and Until the Freeze is a set of acoustic ditties, sure to make an Americana buff pop one. Then again, this whole album should do the trick for more than the bu tfs.

Here's the set up, lbe Crowes know a thing or two about getting a party started, down home style. TI1at

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tain" which rocks, rolls and twangs In turn.

TI1e album isn't exactly live; it is recorded in front of a live studio audience, although the clapping between tracks grows tiresome and sounds more like canned clapping. lne studio belongs to Mr. Levon Helm and ls found at his Woodstock, New York home. Helm and his band mates, lne Band, arc but one of the obvious influences. There arc obvious dollops of The Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule, Led Zeppelin and The Grateful Dead amongst other. t--lowever,the Crowes have been at this a while (since 1990's Shake Your Money Maker) and are starting to be an influence as much as they are Influenced. TI1elrgrizzled sound seems as if it comes from the American deep south combined with new-age hippie Jams.

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Tracks like "Been a Long Time (Waiting on Love)" are nothing new.

11rnt's a good thing. 1he Crowes don't try to reinvent the rule, Just to work out the bugs and perfect it. Organ wizardry and sweaty guitar ripcords in "Been a Long Time" give way to the Crowes' gentler, bottle-slide guitar ridden side In tunes like "Appaloosa''.

"I Ain't Hiding" dangerously straddles the line between wicked funk and Rolling Stones funk rejects; and there arc a few other so-so moments but the first album keeps cooking along at a good enough pace that nothing sticks out as a really bad moment. The crowd keeps clapping; there are no shocked gasps Until the Freeze takes a different direction and slows things down to a peaceful enough place for the hangover after Before the Frost party. "Aimless Peacock" Is a piece of George Harrison style, sitar Infusion brilliance.

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Things end on the note of "Fork in the River", the steel guitar-infused country ballad, which sounds about right for a lonely highway side honkytonk at closing lime.

Overall the album is worth picking

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Album Review

PorcupineTree The Incident against fallini; too deeply in with the.: the listener lo truly blossom into a PAUL BRAMMER

STArFWRITER new gc.:ncrationof mu~ic downloading, which is, when all is said and have a request- think of an Engli~h done, theft. Wilson m~kc.:sthe.:point band. that an ordinary worker would not Got one? Good. Now, who is it? expect to graft all day, only to come 1he Beatles? Pink Floyd? Radiohead? home and be told that he was working The Rolling Stones?Led Zcppc.:lin? for free after all. A tc.:acherwould not What about Porcupine Tree? No? take this, nor would a construction Maybe.:a few of you out there will be worker or an astronaut. However, in nodding your heads vigorously, but these new murky times, it is expected the rest of you will most probably be for musicians to give themselves away none the wiser. for free.

If you will, then, allow me to elab-· In addition to this, when music beorate. Porcupine Tree are an English comes so readily available (e.g.,downband, the brainchild of 42-year-old loading a band's en lire discography in musician Steven Wilson, who is also a matter of seconds), it becomes all the known for his bands No-Man and more disposable. Wilson argues that Blackfield, along with his recently this environment leads to a greater ig• released solo album, Insurgentes, norance of music, of art and culture. and his production work (his work Listened to a couple of Pink Floyd inwith Swedish progressive metal band tros? Didn't like.:them? Just delete the Opeth resulted in some of the most whole damn thing. beautifully-produced metal albums And so comes Porcupine Tree, a ever). band committed to delivering music The Jncidcnt, out last week, is the as an experience, rather than an extenth album for the band, and it finds cuse to get on television or squeeze a them in greater musical vitality and few bucks from Coca-Cola for an adconfidence than ever before. vertisement. In the tradition of great Wilson Is a known advocate of bands, their music reveals itself in music as a physical form, and wacns degrees, taking the lime and effort of

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bullcrfly of rnusical ingenuity.

Their ninth album, Fear of a Blank Planet was rclc.:ascdby Roadrunner Records, which brought their sound to a whole new section of music lpvers, and resulling In a personal bc.:stof 250,000 units shifted worldwide.

Riding on the wave of success this afforded them, Porcupine Tree did what no studio head would advise them to - they made an album comprised of one track, which spans 55 minutes.

Flny-five minutes. An hout of unintern1pted music. Something to be savoured, cherished, studied, pored over. One hour-long track, split into 14 sections, possibly the most demanding thing you can ask of your carly-21st-cent~1ry,MTV-raised and Lil' Wayne-reared numbskulls.

By now, you probably know that The Incident is not for everyone - if you don't have the patience to sit through anything longer than a Wheaties commercial, go no further - watch Hannah fucking Montana or something. Bul, if you want an aural experience, a journey that spans

counlless genres, an epic that includes monlhs, make for an album that rocklime signature changes, left turns and ets straight to the top of my 'Best of more surprises than you can fit in a 2009' list and announces itself on my deluxe box of surprising surprises, 'Best of the 00's' list. climb right In. Porcupine Tree may not be as well The Jncidcnt is a collection offi rst- known as some of their legendary pcrson narratives that recount events counterparts, but they deserve to be (both personal to Wilson and ones · heard by anyone who claims lo enjoy that were picked up through news music. Jn this age of disposable tunes, reports) of life-changing scenarios PT is a band that deserves your time, - lost loves, fatal car accidents, the your effort, your money and your pasbreaking up of religious cults. 1hese sion. Put that Pio Rida album back on stories, coupled with the serpentine the shelf and do your mind a favour. musicianship, ever squirming free of Climb the Porcupine Tree instead. pigeonholing and definition, a slippery eel to occupy your mind for

LiveThroughThis Kurdt Kobain'sGuitar Hero Boondoggle PAUL BRAMMER Not so, Courtney Love. nmsomeSTAFFWRITER time-singer, rest of the time bottomfeeder has th is last week raged and magine lhat your dad is famous, as raged at Activision, the makers of the in Bruce Springsteen, George Lu- popular Guitar Hero series of video cas famous. 1hat kind of famous. 1he games, for a depiction of Kurt Cobain all-pervading, ddtural icon famous. that is playable on the game.

As in, "can't walk down to Best Buy You can make born-again Cobain because you'd get mobbc.:devery ten sing anything from Cyndi T.aupc.:rto yards" famous.

McaUuaf,and the digital rendering is Kind of hard to imagine, what very accurate, right down to the comwith you and I both being regular puter clothes on his back.

Joes; we're boring, blend into a crowd Courtney Love claims that she types. did not approve of the likeness of Now, imagine that your father Kurt, although she threw about four killed himself when you were very hundred cxplc.:tivesin there for good small. To be specific, let's say your measure.:,"'FOR THE RF.CORDJ DJD dad took a shotgun to his face and NOT APPROVE KURTS AVATAR blew himself away at the height of his FOR GUYITARHEROS.i think Kurt fame. would despise this game alone let No prizes for guessing that we're alone this avatar ... We are going to sue talking about Kurt Cobain. the shit out of Activision' (the spelllng Now, I'm not a Nirvanu fan - in mistakes and emphases arc her own). fact, I think they were, and still arc, Aclivision have responded by saywildly overrated. Their music sounds, ing that, ''Guitar Hero secured the to me, a poor substitute for Pixies, a necessary licensing rights from the rambling prick garbling about mulat• Cobain estate in a written agreement tos, albinos, and selling kids for food. signed by Courtney Love to use Kurt Despite this, I do have more than Cobain's likeness as a fully playable a shred of empathy in my black soul character in Guitar Hero• 5". for Kurt's daughter, Frances Bean CoIt might be that Love did not think bain (seriously). No one should have that her late husband's likeness would to deal with their father's suicide, and, be used so liberally, but, honestly, added to that ls the ridiculous media what did she expect? Have her lawyers glare focused on the young father, and and herself seriously never stopped to his legacy. think how Kurt would be depicted, If one of my parents had passed or that It might be a source of amuseaway, I would like to keep their mcm- ment for the cretins who play Guitar MY alive quietly, with my family, to Hero to make the legendary musim:>1,,rnand remember a loved one. cian warble 'Time After Time' to the

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screen once more?

Love even went so far as to blame Dave Grnhl and Krist Novoselic saying "you can assrapc clavehe was always a bad seed and is stillriding the shit while i take bullets If theres a hell hes going. im not." (Once again, Mrs. Love, bad spelling) to which the former Nirvana Drummc.:r and Bassist replied with a professional statement: This is a statement regarding Nirvana, Guitar Hero and the likeness of the late Kurt Cobain.

We want people to know that we are dismayed and very disappointed in the way a facsimile of Kurt is used in the Guitar J-Jcrogame. The name and likeness of Kurt Cobain are the sole property of his estate• we have no control whatsoever in that area.

While we were aware of Kurt's Image being used with two Nirvana songs, we didn't know players have the ability lo unlock the character.

This feature.:allows the charactc.:rto be used with any kind of song the player wants. We urge Activision to do the right thing In "re-locking" Kurt's character so that this won'l continue in the future.

It's hard to watch an image of Kurt pantomiming other artists' music alongside cartoon characters. Kurt Cobain wrote songs that hold a lot of meaning to people all over the world.

We feel he deserves better.

Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl.

And, even if Activision are in the wrong, and they are breaching con-

tract, didn't Courtney Love (a.k.a.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon) consider the possibility that perhaps it's better to leave her dead husband dead? '!hat perhaps Kurt's daughter might be sick of seeing her father In a mllllon Love approved books and fads? Does Courtney Love seriously spare no thought past her wallet and her greed? Tsshe really that stupid? Or docs she seriously not give a shit?

As I say, J couldn't care less about Kurt Cobain and hi~splattered brains.

But, for tho~c who do, for the people who have to give a shit about him, because he's their frigging father, isn't it best to let the young man rest in goddamn peace?

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ARTS& LIFEEDITOR since the SUS has already seen tickets FV students will be able to get a healthy docs of disorienting rock and roll for free this year. The Student Union Society, after initially marketing Dis-O 2009 as $15 for admission to seating and $20 for floor tickets, has dropped the charges for students of UPV. ·n11smeans that you can get more than library books and printing with your student ID, th is semester you can flash it at Casey's on Campus, the SUS office(in C Building) or at the Box office al the Sports and Entertainment Center lo gel a free Uckel.

TI1ereare still costs Involved, TI1e E & S C and bands come at a price.

Tickets arc still on sale al the original prices lo the general public, and lhc event Is being heavily advertised on the fox. )him Burwell, Communications Administrator at SUS, encour-

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start lo fly. ff you have already purchased a ticket, don't worry about getting the short end of the stick. SUS will reimburse those students who purchased tickets early. New, free tickets will be marked so there will be no grifters rip• ping otfthe Student Union Society. '!he concert lineup Includes Finger Eleven, You Sny Party! We Say Pie!, Goodbye Beatdown, False Idol, Harma White and Exit 200. Doors open at 6 PM on Saturday, September 19th.

TI1eSUSfeels this will be a welcome boost lo student morale and a helping hand In a system where students pay too much for books and tuition already; they shouldn't have lo pay for something else. This is supposed lo be a concert for the students, making il free just makes sense. Call it the DisO stimulus package.

STAFF WRITER emulated Doolillle era

omething is going on in Chilliwack. It seems that the days of have nothing bul obnoxious punk shows al the Chilliwack Arts Centre arc falling by the wayside in favour of indic rock. The fine folk of the Bookman on Wellington Avenue have taken the helm and booked TI1eImmaculale Machine of Mint Records to perform with A Lengthy List of Lovers. It had been ages since the last show of this variety was put on al the Chllliwack Arts Centre bul here was a manifestation of the old days.

From Vancouver,A Lengthy List of Lovers warmed up the wide age range of people already in allendance. After a draw for prizes, the band strutted on stage wearing some spacey looking outfits that had vintage connotations of what the future should look like.

Making up the band were Alyson run on synthesizer/vocals and Daniel Bra.rd on prograrnrning/guitars. Using the programmed beats and the abilities of lhe synthesizer, the group got on with haunting vocals and chord progressions while the guitar rocked out.

The sound of A Lengthy List of Lovers' vocals gives a feeling of organ and synthesizer whereas the sound

Pixies. ALLL was a delightful way to start off a good show.

From Victoria, 'lhe Immaculate Machine has bee,n around the block a few times.

TI1elr hook-ridden music was a definite treat for Chilliwack, even if they now field a mostly new line-up.

Brooke Gallupc is the only original band member. Kateryn Calder, the band's former keyboardist and vocalist, has had her role split up and covered by a guitarist/vocalist and a bass guitarist in her place. Add a new drummer and the dynamic of the band was definitely altered a bll.

Despite a new dynnmic, The Tmmaculale Machine was still on their game, playing a mix of old and new songs. The first few songs were off of their newest album High 011Jackson Hill before kicking into "Come On Sea Legs" and then "Dear Confessor" from their album Fables. '!he new vocalist was able to Imitate the rich and full-sustained notes Calder used to sing and did very well on "Broken Ship". However, during the encore

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the new drummer messed up the drum solo during "No Such 'lhing As the Future". To pick the ball back up, the drummer extended the solo and added a new twist before the guitars started to strum again. ll was a great night at the Arts Centre for the fifty or so people In attendance. 1he Immaculate Machine's show ls evidence that the independent music scene in Chilliwack will not be left to the devices of all-ages punk shows just yet. For fans of tapping their toes or disinterestedly dancing along, one can hope that the Bookman will continue showcasing this particular branch of music.

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The quality henchmen andmaidens androllof the 50sand60s. The work you'll likethisnewalbum aswell. if youalready in distress overallsoundand styleof Owen ingthenewalbums - thisalbumhasit all. Danksstartoff with"WhatWe're Guetta hasremixed songs fortheBlack Steelthatof a slightJockJohnson hovethem.IfyoulovetheBeatles,Thesoundisappropriately eerieand Doing" andkeepon trucking with Eyed Peas,including "I Gotta feeling" twinge of a guyploying songsout yetforsomereasondon'thoveany tragic,withharpsichord highlight-poptastic songs.While thevocals ore and"Boom Boom Pow", though noton of hiswell-traveled, blockcomposi-Beatlesalbums,thisboxset is a ingthehero'sscenes anddeliciouslylessscratchy thantheirearlierEPs, thisalbum.

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BookReview

Brain Droppings by George Carlin Brain Droppings.

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must admit that this heart was a more than a little broken when the news of George Carlin's death was released last year. From hosting the very first episode of Saturday Night Live (then called Saturday Night) in 1975,to teaching Jay and Silent Bob the rules of the road in 2001, Carlin has never dropped out of cultural rel-

cvance. With an astounding wit and a relentlessly defiant hippie soul, Carlin has not only made us laugh over the years, but he has also made us think. He has been a constant source of critique, be It for the government, the media, or people in general. A brilliant man, and a legendary comedian, George Carlin will always live on through his works, including this week's reading recommendation,

'!his gem of comedy and critique is a compilation of short musings and one-liners that will keep the reader Incredibly entertained. It's even better the second time around. Whether his observallons make you piss yourself laughing, or throw up in your mouth a little bit, Carlin's talent cannot be denied. Brain Droppingsis an excellent testament to his genius and his fearless brand of often-offensive comedy.

With tidbits like these, it's hard to resist devouring the whole book In one sitting: "Regarding Red Riding f-Iood: Wolves can't be all bad if they'll cat your gra,,dmothcr. Even Grandpa won't do that.''

"I hope they do clone the dinosaurs, and they come back Just In time for the ozone layer to disappear and wipe those ugly motherfuckers out again."

Carlin's status as one of the most controversial and successful comedians has followed him throughout his whole life and will continue to stand long after his death. I highly suggest that you pick up anything that contains even a morsel of his intelligence and irreverence. Brain Droppings is a great place to start, and is the kind of book that you can pick up and open to any page; perfect for all the little

moments throughout the day that call for light reading. Whether you keep in it in the kitchen, on the coffee table, in your purse or in your bathroom, Brain Droppingsis hysterical and smart, and will add a little humor and wit to your day, wherever you choose to read It. George Carlin Is a comedy icon, and always will be. lie has asked us to think about what we take for granted in our society, and has made us laugh while doing so. He ushered in a particular genre of comedy that combines crude humor with blazing wit, something that isn't seen too of-

ten anymore (though Kevin Smith is doing a marvelous job at keeping it alive).

Carlin taught us about censorship, about language, and about anything else that struck him as peculiar.

George, you may have left this dirty, stupid world last year, but you'll al• ways live on In what you left with us.

And, now a couple words to remember you by...fuck it, how about seven?

Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits.

Thanks George.

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[SIC] FEET UNDER CHRISTOPHER OLSONIiind

Montreal Graphic Artist undertakes 20 year journey from stage to page

was looking for a follow-up project to Midnight Sun, a comic THELINK strip about Inuit culture in North• family of undertakers struggles ern Canada inspired by Images of to keep t4eir business afloat soapstone carvings - "essentially after the death of a beloved father black figures with white outlines" figure.

- which fit the sombre mood he was Where have you heard that beaiming for. fore? "l just remember looking at these The synopsis_ on the back cover carvings and I thought, that's a reof new graphic novel The Undertakally effective style and I don't think ing may trumpet the similarities bel've seen anybody use this in the tween itself and liBO series Si.xFeet sense of comics," Hind explains.

Under, but author Michael J. Hind While adapting The Undertaking would like people to know he had to comic form, Hind had to decide the idea first. not only how much of the work to "Maybe I'm just particularly senchange, but also find a way to reconsitive to it because of this project, cile how his own views had changed but undertaking seems to be fairly since it was originally written. popular these days," he says. "Like, "You see life very differently at I'll read a film festival catalogue and 39 than you do at 19," he explains. there seems to be yet another Ger"One of the more difficult things I man film about an undertaker." had with this project, in fact, was to Hind originally wrote the graphic respect the voice of th is J9-year-old mc.n novel as a play while attending Concordia University in 1989, where he The story's titular undertaker studied Inter-related Arts, a fine arts Dee, a character based on Hind's program that no longer exists. That own undertaker grandfather, is also year, 'the Undertaking became a fibent on preserving his own history nalist in a contest whose top prize In the form of the family business, was a full stage adaptation. even while his siblings follow more However, Hind was told the large ambitious career paths. number of characters and locations As a teenager, Hind's views were would have made the play too excloser to those of Dee's relatives, pensive to produce. The script then who criticize him in the book for sat in a drawer until 1999, when abandoning his dreams and pursu-

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"You don't see conservative voices that are lauded In popular culture," Hind reflects. "But I admire the fact that Dee is a conservative to his core but he's decent and he makes choices that are intelligent," While visiting his ancestral home in England, Hind decided to pay a visit to the Old George Inn, much like Dec does in the book.

"I walked in and the pub owner looked at me, and apparently L looked a lot like my grandfather, and he said, 'Arc you one of the Hinds?' T said, 'Yes.' And he said, 'My father used to serve your grandfather."'

The only thing he didn't find in England was the Hinds' old undertaking, which had been condemned by the city and torn down. Unlike the Dee of the book, Hind's grandfather had put the past behind him and sold the family business. Still growing in the backyard, however, were the rosebushes that were planted above the unmarked graves of Hind family members.

"It's a bit macabre," Hind says, "but there's something about Imman ashes that really foster excellent rose bushes."

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MovieReview

9 Post-Apocalypse Potato-Sack Pandemonium by a mysterious human.

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STAFF WRITER The story gets a little preachy. Humanity advanced too quickly, and our nimation Isn't always for kids. 9, technology turned on us. "n1e very which opened last week on Sep- machines we created destroyed us. I tember 9, 2009 (I suppose it's a clever think I've heard of this before, several marketing ploy, since it opened on 09- times (Terminatorand The Matrix 09-09), may be rated PG, but I have spring to mind).1he only difference is, a hard time believing that children the machines in 9 were smart enough to make a poisonous gas that kills evwould enjoy this movie.

The movie wasn't awful; the anierything. They win the war, and there mation was impressive, but I am left is no human resistance. Instead, there wondering who this movie Is sup- are potato sack robots. posed to appeal to. TI1ereis no back'That being said, the movie Is enterground Information on many of the taining, even funny at some points.

During one scene, a robot sticks a characters, and lots of loose threads.

The story is too dark to appeal to chilmagnet to his head and giggles studren and I don't think too many par- pidly. It seems that even robots have ents would approve of their children drugs. watching movies with dead babies.

I would have liked to learn more about the characters. for example, 'lhe movie begins with the main character awakening in a post-apoca"I" seems to know something about lyptic world. Everyone and everything the machines that are attacking him has been killed (there aren't even and his friends. "9" demands to know what "l" knows. In the end, this secret cockroaches left). 1be main character is a small robot made out of a potato knowledge is never revealed, or men• tloned. It's brought up In one scene, sack and some basic mechanical parts.

He is called 9 because he's the ninth in and then it's completely forgotten for the series of potato sack robots made the rest of the movie. This happens

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several times, with several characters.

It's a frustrating hole In the plot.

I never quite understood why the potato sack robots arc in danger. Humapity is gone. There arc no animals to hunt the little robots. There are, however, the robots, which destroyed humanity. For some reason, they feel the need to capture the little robots and suck out their souls. They're all robots; they should be on the same side.

The setting for the movie Is Interesting. It seems as If the war that destroyed humanity took place around the fifties. Apparently Communists were responsible for creating the machines that destroyed the world. It's refreshing to have Europeans, rather than Americans, blamed for destroying the world.

If this movie had just taken 20 mote minutes to tic up all the loose ends, it would have been much more entertaining. It's refreshing to see a different take on 'the end of the world; I am sick to death of movies about one man that is humanity's only hope against the machines. While It's a little

sad that life was wiped off the planet, it's better than n1ore of the same old, feel good, human-spirit-triumphsover-all post-apocalyptic type movies that are out there. l wouldn't say this Is a must see movie, but if you spot it In the cheap theatres, I would recommend stopping in and spending a few

bucks to see it. After all, the movie is only 79 minutes long-I'm sure most of you have wasted more time on worse movies.

MovieReview

The Hurt Locker

We follow Bravo Company, a bomb-disposal squad on NEWS&OPINION EDITOR the final month of their tour of duty in Iraq. After suffering a loss in their he Hurt Locker is one of those "it ranks the stresses of war begin to pile docs what says on the tin" Jobs. up on the group.

It could be described with the usual Sergeant JT Sanborn (Anthony trite review clichl! of it being a roller Mackie) cares about his troops and coaster ride, which In a sense It Is, al- follows procedures to ensure his solbeit one where all the terrifying sense diers make it through. New to the of fun is replaced with a terrifying company, Sergeant William James sense of impending doom. However, (Jeremy RePner), is one of the people it is also the first Hollywood movie Hedges was talking about; a soldier so about the recent Iraq war to not suck. adjusted to the rush of combat that he As referenced in an opening quote continually disregards his safety and by author Chris Hedges, The Hurt the welfare of his squad mates. NeedLocker Is a film about the "potent less to say, it is not long before Sanand lethal addiction" to war that can born and Williams butt heads.

TI1e movie is a textbook example be experienced by soldiers. By keeping the movie focused on this topic, of how effective the handheld style director Kathryn Blgalow eschews of filmmaking can be In delivering a shoehorned political statements about you-are-there cinematic experience. the rights-and-wrongs of the conflict Operating in an urban environment means that Bravo Company doesn't in Iraq.

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know who is an enemy or where the next shot could come frnm. The camera jumps around, moving quickly between d iffcrcnt points-of-view (sometimes of an enemy watching the squad with impunity) and this only serves to highlight how vulnerable they are.

Some days the bombs are easy to diffuse, but on other days they are elaborate death traps. The longer they take, the greater the chance of the bomb detonating or of the squad members being picked ofby an assailant.

Bigalow expertly crafts the film as a series of set-ups that become more Intricately complicated as their days count down, and as the emotional frailty increases. Arguably, the finest scene involves a standoff with a sniper. How the director deals with a major Hollywood actor in this scene will be surprising to the viewer but it gets across the unnerving truth about the unpredictable nature of war.

One of the most effective aspects of the film ls the bonding that occurs between soldiers In war. Despite their differences, Sanborn and James bond.

This bonding Isn't out of respect or understanding but through the sharing of the tension and release that comes with fighting.

1his is helped by the dimensionality brought to their parts by the lead actors. Despite the unlikeable recklessness of his character, Renner Is able to bring charisma and a touch of humanity to his role. Mackle's effort Is the most emotionally effecting as a man beginning to buckle under the tension of conflict.

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Those expecting the protagonists to find graceful arcs will be disappointed. The audience doesn't quite understand the motives of the leads (especially James) but one gets the impression that characters don't quite understand themselves, Jet alone the war they are fighting. Resolution Is not the aim of the film, and the unbearable tension of the film Is enough to stay with you long after it has ended. It's not exactly entertaining, but there's no denying The Hurt Locker's uncompromising power.

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A Short Story by Jen VanderBeek

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es MacDcrmot smelled bad. His yellow dentures flopped behind his white-rimmed lips. Greenish crusts edged his sightless grey eyes.

Coughs and wet gasps slurred his speech. I sat across from him watchIng his gnarled hand squirt lotion into his palm. He splotched the pool of pink cream up onto his head, rubbing It Into his hair. Globs of ooze stained his shirt.

I didn't want to be there. I agreed to volunteer at Sunset Acres thinking they'd want me to play checkers or shuffleboard with old people. In three Saturday afternoons I'd only been asked once, to play a game. Parcheesi.

I don't know it so I didn't. lhe woman at the front desk suggested I spend ten minutes visiting with Les. The stale odor in his room worked at my stomach. I stared again at his awful pale face and the tangled white mess of his thin hair. I was desperate for an excuse to leave that trap.

"My family ran a dairy form," he said. His teeth dropped after every word until he slurped and sucked them back into place. i fidgeted on the stool and didn't say anything. He'd already said It three times. Any second he would tell me about the pigs.

"We kept a few pigs, too."

I checked my watch. Another eight minutes and I could leave. "How did you like living on that farm, Les?" I was watching a particularly heavy bead of lotion slide down the side of his head until I couldn't remember if I Just thought it or actually asked it out loud. Les stopped massaging his scalp. He dropped his slicked hand

to the white cane balanced across his knees. He turned his face directly towards me. His eyes were clouded with white splotches and there was a bit of white gunk at the corner of his lips.

1 hoped he was as blind as that nurse said because I cringed, then, and almost gagged.

"Hated the damn, smelly things," he said. "Would have left If! could." He rotated his Jaw to slide his teeth back in place. "But Harry died." 1 looked

over at the photos on his dresser. Two Christmas card prints of a family. A little brass frame with an old faded picture of a woman with a bun.

"Who was Harry?" Les resumed the scalp treatment. I watched him.

The clock ticked loud on the wall behind us. It'd been nine minutes. I felt a surge of impending freedom. Just one more minute of this.

«A sliver of wood. Right through his eye." Les took his hand from his

• head and poked one finger at his blind right eye. The finger jutted eerily there in spasms, pointing. I stood up, edged my way to the door, he likely wouldn't even notice if I left. He aimed his face at me again and I sat back down.

"Right through the eye and into his brain." The white bit of stuff on his lip was bigger. Les slumped back and gave the lotion dispenser another squirt.

His silence was annoying. I wondered why he didn't just ask for dandruff

shampov or something. I ran through my list of not-too-stupid-sounding responses to what he'd said.

"He was hurt bad then," I said. I had no idea who or what we were talking about. Sometimes with old people you Just have to go with it.

"Nope." The biggest blob of goop landed on the carpet next to his slipper. "Died. The next day." Les wiped the spit off his Hp with his thumb. I listened to my heart beat in time with

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ach week, the cascade will begin publishing work from UFV students and faculty. This week will feature a short story

by Jen VanderBeek, who works in directed studies with John Carroll. eel free to send In your work, which may include short stories up to 1200 words, poems, dlgltal copies of photography or visual arts and anything else that can be printed in the Cascade, along with a short bio (50 words approx.) to cascade.arts@ufv.ca

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the clock. "Harry woulda made a good pig farmer. Loved the damn things."

I shifted my weight. Wooden stools aren't designed for comfort. "I had to stay. Worked the farm. Never married. Mother needed me. ILwas hardest on her." He gasped and sputtered, his teeth clicking and sliding around his mouth, a dry cough punctuating each phrase. His hand never stopped polishing his scalp.

Then Les gripped the bottle of lotion In both his hands, strangling it, shaking it in the air before letllng It drop to the floor.

"Harry!" He spat the word angrily right into my face.

He looked ready to jump up and grab me.

Spreading his palms, Les rolled his white cane fu. riously over his legs, back and forth, back and forth. J turned towards the door, both my feet on the floor, ready to run for a nurse. His body rocked madly with the motion of his arms.

Finally his hands stilled, the tick tock tick tock was the only sound again. Les's head slumped forward.

"Harry!" 'lhe name turned Into a long sigh spilled down the front of his wrinkled green shirt. When he looked up again, I was right there looking

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right back at him.

"Harry?" Gasping sobs shook him, rattling his chair against the dresser.

Tears slid down his face. Across the room, high on my stool, I wiped the wet from my own checks. I moved over so I was right up next to Les. He heaved and cried. l put rny hand on his arm. There was nothing to say. "Harry was eight. He was a smart little cuss.

Quick, too. Sure did love them damn pigs." l didn't move my hand.

"Sounds like you loved Harry,Les." His tears flooded again and I thought he would choke. I braced myself and the,1 I put my other hand up near his shoulder where there wasn't any lotion.

"He was a good little brother." We sat together, like that, not saying anything for three minutes, at least.

In a harsh whisper, Les spoke again.

"I was twelve." I moved my hand off his arm and backed away from him.

Les reached over and grabbed my hand with both of his. "It was my Job. He wanted to watch! He stood too close when I was chopping."

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DC Comics Signs on u Of A Alumni SEAN STEEL

THEGATEWAY ugust 31 was a big day for the comic book world, as Marvel Comics was bought by children's entertainment giant Disney. It was also a big day for one Canadian comic book writer and University of Alberta alumnus, who found out his comic, Absolute Magnitude, would be published by Marvel's main competitor DC Comics.

"An editor told me the other day that someone would have better success trying out for the L.A. takers.

Nowadays, if you read Amazing Spider-Man, it's not written by a comic book writer - it's written by Bob Gale, the guy who wrote Back to the Future," said Robert Burke Richardson, who studied Arts and Education at the U of A. Richardson worked on the comic with lllustrator Martin Morazzo and his wife, letterer Quen Tang, who also studied at the U of A In the faculty of education, the first female quadriplegic to receive an education degree from the university.

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In the comic, a group of heroes search for a gem of pure light, called the wandering star, and subsequently unlock an alien mystery.

The work can be seen on Zudacomics.com, an online-only subsidiary of DC. The website functions by putting out ten comics a month as teasers.

From those comics, one Is selected for continuation as an ongoing series. lhe August selection named Absolute Magnitude the winner.

The achievement is all the more Impressive, according to Richardson, considering the sudden and recent influx of writers to the field in the wake of comic book recullurization into the mainstream.

"Comic books are pretty cool right now, so a lot of people from other mediums are filling the top slots - and they should; they're amazing writers," Richardson said.

Despite the upswing in popularity of comic books and comic culture worldwide, however, Canadian publishers have failed to keep up with the rush, and Canadian writers selling their products to American compa-

nies are becoming all the more common.

"Only American publishers right now can really support professional comic artists," he said, adding that Montreal was, against the rest of the national trend, nursing a well-tethered Independent scene.

But he also claims that the trend is not surprising or truly detrimental to the growth of the Canadian stamp amongst comic book selection. "ls there a lot of creativity In Canada? In terms of talent, there are all sorts of people who work here and are on the payroll of DC and Marvel Comics. There's a definite vacuum In Canadian publishing."

Even so, for Canadian industry to truly capitali:ie on the situation, in addition to the artists supporting the trade, Canadians need to face the diversification of comic books to other mediums, like Absolute Magnitude's transition to the Internet, or in more extreme cases, the film industry.

"Every comic published now, pretty much, has an option on it," he explained. "If you can hang onto

your rights, and If someone should go ahead and make a movie out of that, you would be set."

"The day ... Marvel was bought by Disney: it's a really cool, exciting time.

This could really expand the comic book market. And if things don't go so well, that [makes] room for smaller Independents to move In."

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Polaris prized: Damian Abraham's band will fuck you up Canada. I'm not pooh-poohing what ALEXANDRA BOSANAC

RYERSON FREEPRESS we had happen to us because I've really enjoyed it, but we don't get that he Canadian music scene is open- grant money. For us, the bigger prize Ing up to the world. The success than the $20 000 is recognition. I don't of acts like the Arcade Fire, Feist and want to make It seem like we're totally Metric have earned the Canadian mu- unappreciated in Canada - we've sic scene a name for itself, and Cana- bten fortunate to have been included dian indie music is recognized every- all along - but I still kinda think we're where for its ingenious and precious no Metric.''

- albeit somewhat folky - sound.

Only four short years into its life, In accordance with the stereotype, the Polaris Prize already has a lot of we Canadians are polite, and unforclout in the music industry. ·n1e Potunately, the shortlist for the Polaris laris is modeled after the U.K. Mer• Music Prize reveals that our music Is, cury Music Prize, and the cultural too. undertaking of the Mercury has also First-time nominees Fucked Up given rise to the Atlantis Music Prize, are breaking that mold, however, as the equivalent for Newfoundland and the first-ever punk act to make the Labrador. shortlist. And there's certainly nothThere are several features of the ing polite about their name.

Polaris that make it stand out from Lead singer Damian Abraham other awards. First, there is no submust relish the fact that his band has mission process or entry fee. The juachieved critical success and a devot- rors - music journalists, bloggers and ed following without the government broadcasters only - select what they grants that many Canadian bands consider to be the best full-length rely on. albums of the previous year. By only Their album The Chemistry of enlisting music writers as panel memCommon Life is nominated for this bers, a protective measure is built in, year's Polaris Prize, and there's a ensuring that only bands worthy of cash prize of $20,000 for the winning critical praise are given attention by band. media outlets.

"It's hard to see past that money," Some may find this year's shortlist Jokes Abraham. "1 think for us, the contentious. $Ix of the 10 finalists are big prize wlll be legitimacy. We are a repeat nominees. fairly legitimate band almost everyK'naan, Malajube and Metric were where else in the world, but not in all finalists in the 2006 shortlist, while

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Chad VanGaalcn and Patrick Watson were all part of the 2007 nominees, which Watson won. Joel Plaskett - nominated for his solo record Three this year - made the 2007 shortlist in the incarnation of his trio, the Joel Plaskett Emergency. It's the first time in the award 's four-year history that any artist was named to the shortlist for a second time.

The workings of the Canadian music industry are opaque to the average fan, and those unfamiliar with the biz may be left wondering why the same bands keep getting accolades, while other worthwhile ones are ignored.

As Abraham understands It, "'Ihe Canadian music Industry Is seen as a very self-sustaining business. A lot of Canadian bands that get recognized apply for the right grants, and get recognized for being on the right labels.

We weren't very recognized until we joined up with Matador and Beggars.

"The industry takes care of itself. I think that's why a lot of times you see certain bands that keep getting nominations - keep getting nods."

Technically, the Polaris Prize is Judged solely on artistic merit, with• out regard to genre or record sales, but Abraham feels that heavier acts don't receive the critical attention of the Canadian press. If the award is meant to draw attention to acts that may have been overlooked by mainstream media conglomerates, shouldn't it cover

all genres? ''I think the first year when Owen [Pallett] won for Final Fanlasy, I think that was the most perfect record to win. I think that was a record that was legitimately challenging.

There are a lot of bands that made more adventurous and exciting records that didn't make the list this year, so I hope it's not a sign that the voting is leaning towards a more conventional sounding record," Abraham says.

"But I think that's what made the awards so awesome the first year. A record that has dark undertones, it's very over the top, getting an award like that. I think that's the type of record that should win. I think the award should go to something adventurous."

If Abraham had to choose another nominee to win, It would be K'Naan - "hands down,'' he says. "(His record] is something against type. I think it's a symbol," Abraham

says. "I hope K'Naan wins because that's something that's not white bred indie rock. Nothing against white bred lndle rock ... because l happen to be a white bred hardcore kid.''

As for the other nominees? Abraham doesn't mince words.

'Tm not a fan, I'm not gonna Ile. Jf Metric doesn't win l'm not gonna be shedding any tears."

For a full list of Polaris Prize nomi• nees and to sample tracks from each, go to http://www.polarismusicprize. ca/ . The winning album will be an• nounced on September 21.

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The Fornication Conversation The Fuck Buddy:

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VIRGINIA SLIMS SE.XPERT here's a beautiful little concept floating around out there; one that might be a myth passed down through generations of greedy lovers.

The Fuck Buddy. I'm sure you're all familiar with the term, it being used to describe a friend with whom you do Lhe nasty ... without the emotions that tend to get in the way of such carnal enjoyment. , However, I have yet to meet a person who can regale me with a story of a functioning Fuck Buddy relationship. There arc always emotions involved, and someone always seems to get hurt.

As someone who enjoys a little nookie every now and again, the elusive Fuck Buddy has been a kind of Holy Grail for me that cannot be reached. Ah yes, uglies have been bumped, but hearts have been broken and ties have been severed Now, l know that my status as Grall-seeker doesn't quite entitle rne to tell you lovely folk how to go about finding it, bul I figure a few pointers won't hurt.

So here are some things that I've learned along the way, young grasshoppers.

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Don't choose a friend. This rule might be obvious to the point of redundancy, but it is essential. If you start fucking a friend, chances are that those qualities that drew you into a friendship will draw you into a relationship. Don't do It. 2.

Don't choose someone you like. l don't even mean In the romantic sense. Just don't choose someone whose personality appeals to you. This will lead to you questioning whethec a

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relationship is possible. Same goes for the certain person you're screwing.

Make sure they don't like you either.

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Aim high. Treat yourself to some eye candy. Who cares If they speak with the proficiency of an elementary school graduate? You're not making decisions based un conversaLional skllls. You wanl a cunnilinguisl, not a cunning linguist.

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Lay down the ground rules.

Decide on some guidelines for exactly how this "relationship" will go. If It means telling your lover that you don't want to see him outside the sheets, be clear. Don't lead anyone one, or start to share your life story with this person. Limit the personal dependency. Take a hint from mister Holden Caulfield, "don't ever tell any• body anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."

S. Last, but not least, prepare

for the unexpected. Tf IL so happens that you end up liking the sexy bloke you're shagging, and he seems to feel the same, is that so bad? But make sure you know where the other stands at all times. If you know it's one-sided, it's best to end it. That never leads a11ywhercpleasant.

So, there you have It, my pretties.

My incomplete guide to lhc Fuck Buddy. Please note that this is akin to the incomplete guide to unicorn catchIng and hippogrlffhuntlng. But If the perfect Fuck Buddy exists, I wish all my filthy little fornicators good luck in trying to find it.

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Okanagan Springs makes the most predominant local brew, and it comes in 6-pack, which is always nice. The standard lhough is Hackcr-Pschorr, the Munchen classic. Double points if you can hunt down a bottle of Paulaner, which is the be-all-end-all of wheat beer, and served in beer gardens all over Germany. At least It will get you through until Granville Tsland puts out their Winter Island.

Stay tuned young lovers, for ne)(t week, we shall explore the realms of swallowing. Please send your comments, questions and sinful thoughts to pomegranate.datfodil@gmail.com.

ByBrady Adkins

Coolers: Well not really, but I have recently realized my love for the margarita. Of course there is a mixed drink for this, but In the mean time, as Blue Agave prices soar due to farmer's ripping up the cactus so they can plant corn, a more profitable crop thanks to the onset of biodiesel. Of course this makes tequila prices oar and students cringe. Luckily most tequila manufacturers also make pre-mixes of tequila, triple-sec and lime that makes great margaritas at a reduced price. Blend it with ice or just drink the stuff straight or on the rocks. Pass the salt!

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Queen EndorsesJennyCraig PAUL BRAMMERfat from our arses and do that instead,

STAFF WRITER o, now that you're all comfortable, back here, getting your overpriced textbooks, answering questions in class and making lots of friends, let me tell you something- you'reall disg~1stinglyobese.

1here. l've said it. l know you're all very nice, but walking around campus is like being on the hridge of the spaceship in 'Wall E'. We need to do something about It; l suppose, How about the new dicllng fad?

"Yippee!" I hear you cry. It's the "Jenny Craig" Prngram, whose slogan is "We Change Lives," thereby ramping themselves up there in stature with 1he Red Cross and brain surgeons. "!heyclaim that the Program is "more than just a diet," but I think they're making that bit up, Unless they're giving away free gold slabs or cures for cancer, I'm pretty sure it's just a diet, so don't get your hopes up too much.

According lo old Jenny, the ''three key areas critical lo effective weight loss (arc) - Food, Body and Mind," and those arc the areas that this diet lark is focusing on.

Why do all diets say that they concentrate on "food, body and mind," as If they're the first people to come up with the idea? "Oh, hey Jenny, maybe food and bodies have something to do with gaining or losing weight. And the mind controls both, right? So, maybe we should stop trying to harness the sun's power to melt away the

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website of the consultant giving the Aren't we clever?" Ranl aside, the diet d ieler a big high-five. harps on about the usual stuff - how Apparently, Jenny Craig says that to "lcnrn portion control" (sounds suckers who give her loads or money like a Jedi mind trick), "incrcas[ing] for her diet plan lose "five limes as your physical activity" and having much weight as those who dieted on a Personal Consultant keeping you their own". Sounds promising, but "molivalcc.l."

I think it's to be taken with a pinch So far; so so. There's the rote stuff of snit, coming as it docs from jenny about meellng an advisor in person or Craig's electronic mouth (i.e., the over the phone, sorting out a diet plan website). and exercise goals. The healthy foods Once you're more "young Brando" you'll be recommended are, of course, than "old Brando", you'll transition to all providec.l for (al no small cost, I the "Maintenance Menu" and "Main• im;iginc) by Jenny Craig's minions. lenance Support," which will strive to On the website, it suys that once keep you on Lhestraight anc.lnarrow. a week you'll meet with your consulWhy do diet compimics never have tant "privately" to discuss your prog- pictures of fat people on their webress, the Implication being that other sites? It's like a Rastafarian website diets make you yell your dietary se- having photographs of skinny white crets across a busy city block through guys adorning their main pages. megaphones for all the world to hear, But guess who is on Lhe Jenny "What's that?! l DIDN'T HEAR Craig website, harping on about how YOU!! YOU SAID YOU'RE STILL A great It ls? Queen Lallfah. Yes,Queen FAT BASTARD??LOUDER, TUBBY, Latifoh. The same Queen Lallfoh that LOUDERIII" was nominated for a Best Support· When you're "IIal(way There", Ing Actress Oscar (Martin Sheen and you take a "Pond Confidence Quiz Gary Oldman have never been nomi• to understand your strengths and nated for a single Oscar, but Queen opportunities regarding menu plan- Latifah has. Abandon all hope. Prening and your eating style". Jenny pare to evacuate planet earth.). and her lot will give you advice on She waffles on about how she lost what to masticate (stop laughing - l 20 pounds (l dld once - down the said 'masticate), including a "Halfway back of the sofa. Sorry, l'm .English, Body" consultation to make sure that and that joke probably makes no sense you're on track. They also say that the to you lovely Canadians) and how her 'private' consultant will keep you mo- cholesterol went down 20 points. All livaled Lhroughoul, and there's a sick- o(this wondrous information is mill eningly schmaltzy photograph on the gated slightly by the disclaimer be-

Soilders of Finess The training is made create a motivaBRITTANY WIESNER

Is Our Cup Coming Up

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ave you ever thought to yourself "I just can't be bothered to get to the gym th is week- l 'm just too busy", do you feel it's a hassle to go, especially alone? Or something even remotely along those lines? Well Soldiers of Fitness are here for you! SOF is an "outdoor fitness boot camp company that combines ... the benefits of one-on-one personal fitness training with the camaraderie and motivation of a military atmosphere" (according lo their website) ]he people at SOF have you training as if you were In a professional army- but don't let that scare you.

Soldiers o( Fitness work LO help you get in . shape. Just because you'll be working out like a marine, doesn't mean you have Lobe as fit as one. The program is designed lo help anyone und evcrycme get into shape. There is no requirement for prior fitness experience the exercises can be adjusted Loeach in• dividual's level. However, they do ask that you are able to do a combination of walking and jogging for one kilometre before registration. But really, what they hope for is that everyone gives their very best effort possible.

There are many benefits to joining SOF: you arc able to not only get healthy and in shape, but you can do it in a group of friendly, understanding people. It will help you gain camaraderie with the other team members.

neath Lhatsays "Results not typical." overlord, who needs shiny dollars Lo Oscar-nominated (?!) Queen Lati• keep rolling around, crashing a pair fah signs off with the imperative, "gel of cymbals together, reminding peowhere you want to be in 2009, with ple to cat properly.

Jenny Craig". She seems lo like Jenny ln summation, if you're looking Craig. l'm guessing it didn't come for a diet lo go for, Jenny Craig seems cheap, though - a hundred bags of to be a relatively popular choice. Unsand or so would have done it. derneath the glitzy veneer o( the webAlong with the Oscar-nominated slte the program appears alarmingly nod, the website incluc.lesthe regular similar lo a myriad of others that arc sight of boring normal people going about, but, if Queen Latlfoh says it on about their boring normal dictN. great, il must be great. After all, she All of the great results that the ladies was nominated for a frigging Oscar. tell us about are, of course, "not typi- Stanley Kubrick never won n Best Dical''. rector Oscar. Ever. He is dead now, There's a sideline on "jennycraig. and Queen Lalifah was nominated com" that says "How Jenny Works", for Best Supporting Actress when she which brings lo mind Images of Mrs. was 32.

Craig being some coi11-operaled diet "!here is no God,

APRIL HODSONis good at being bad; spending thirly-

STAFF WRITER six minutes

Soldiers of Fitness will he joining us for our party on LheGreen on Friller coming off one of the best seasons we've had in ycRrs, Caday. And they will be starting classes September 21st at 5:30 am (don't let nucks fans are left wondering if the the lime dishearten you, il promises best Is yet to come. Will we finally to be a very rewarding experience). manage LOengrave our name on the 'lhey have classes in Chilliwack and Holy Grail of hockey; the Stanley all over Canada. The benefit of that Cup? Or will our dreams be dashedis that if you're taking a course in one yet again? Por too many years have city you can shift one or all sessions to we had our hopes raised only Lohave another location. 1his will enable you them crushed, and many arc beginning to become pessimistic about the Lokeep up with your fitness.

The session being held in Abbots- Canuck's folure. However, despite the ford will be moans and groans of many "Canuck the first event fans," our captain Is convinced that where the pub- we do have a chance.

Luongo showed his faith in The lic ls Invited to Join the staff Canucks by committing himself to and students the team for the rest of his hockeyon campus for playing career. By signing a $64 milthe program. lion contract for the next twelve years, Also the stn ff Luongo has shown that he (eels we are and students capable o( reaching our Stanley cup receive a dis- goals-otherwise he will not be Rhlc cou nl because of the University help to reach his. ln the past Luongo once working with Soldiers o(Pilness. Also said In a Hockey Night in Canada Inonce you have finished your first class, terview, "First and foremost, I want lo all additional classes arc approximate- win the Cup, and whichever is going ly half price every month afterward. to give me the best chance lo do that 'lhey hope to encourage everyone to is the team l want to be with," Clearly Luongo is hungry for the cup and he continue with their fitness training.

All in all; it's a very rewarding expe- (eels the rest of the Canuck's team and rience. 1he ability to work in a team- franchise is good enough to help him oriented environment while engag- chow down. ing in physical fitness is very rare to Now before we all dig out our encounter. l suggest we all utilize this knives and forks and get ready for the program in an effort to get fit! Even cup to be served to us, we got to take a though it seems daunting to wake-up good look al who will be helping Luat 5:30 in the morning to essentially ongo on his quest for the cup. Nathan work-out as if you were in the military Mclver resigned with the Canucks afIt will benefit you in the long run, and ter yo-yoing back and forth between the positives outweigh the negatives. l the Canucks and Anaheim last season. dare you; give It a try.

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Anaheim) in the penalty box. But a little trouble being raised at the blue line could help; it's nice to have a defence man who is willing to break a rule or two to stop the puck from going in the net.

And for reasons I can't understand, the Canucks arc still trying to convince the overthc-hill Sundin. Though I do sec the need to have someone fill the position that Sundin held, an impressive high scorltig forward, 1 Just think someone who we can gel a few more years out of might be best for the Leamin the long run.

Luckily Sundin seems to have no interest whatsoever in playing for the NHL this year. So the Canucks are left to find some• one else lo Lakehis place, and how we do in this upcoming season depends a lot on who they end up with.

With the 2009-2010 season fast approaching how the Canucks are going to do is followed by a big question mark. lt really ls anyone's game at this point and how the Canucks are going to fare Is up for debate as usual.

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