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Ryan Macfarlane
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
WHEN A STRESSFUL SITUATION OCCURS, AS IT INEVITABLY WILL, ESPECIALLY AS MIDTERMS APPROACH, HOW SHOULD YOU DEAL WITH IT? LAST WEEK I WOULD HAVE SAID PERSEVERANCE – THAT THE WIND TEACHES YOU TO KEEP DOING WHATEVER IT IS YOU DO AND YOU WILL SUCCEED. Now, for an answer, I would actually go back to something I said in the second issue. You need a group of like-minded individuals, friends, to rely on – those who, when things are tough, you can turn to for support. If you’re lucky, you’ve already found these individuals. If you haven’t yet, don’t stop searching. Even if it takes some time, even if the search feels lonely, keep looking. I can guarantee you they are out there. But stress still gets to us all. I won’t hesitate to say that it is the single most common denominator among students. Whatever differences you have with another student, always remember that the stress you feel is the same. So be kind to one another. Why do we sometimes feel, though, that we want to run away from everyone when stress hits? Is there really solace in solitude? Stress is alienating and toxic to your relationships – it’s stressful! I also get misanthropic when I’m stressed, which is why I knew what makes us feel this way. When I get stressed and pull away, I wonder, “Is this how I naturally feel, and are those other, happier moods merely illusions?” Negative feelings just seem so intense when you’re caught inside them, so it’s really no wonder how they appear normal. It’s impossible, at least for me, to decide truly whether happiness or despair is our natural state. Maybe both sides, the optimistic and the pessimistic, are necessary. If I never took a blind step and trusted people, what a dark, lonely place I would be trapped in. But if I always
trusted and forgave too quickly, then I’d be a fool who never learns his lessons. I don’t think I’ve made any deep philosophical statements here. Mood balancing, finding an equilibrium, is a pretty obvious observation – really a platitude. Still, it’s easy to say, but hard to accomplish. At least I find it so. However we deal with stress, we should also look upon it with a critical eye. Sometimes (and I’m completely guilty of this) we think the stress is necessary to what we’re trying to accomplish, like we haven’t earned anything unless it comes with the requisite amount of sleepless nights and self-doubt. While stressed I’ve told myself that I’m developing coping mechanisms, and that this is important because all my big dreams for the future are going to involve lots of stress – or I won’t be happy. I have a sense, though I can’t prove anything yet, that practicing stress now doesn’t lead to anything but achieving stress later. If I understood stress better, and my own reaction to it, maybe I could avoid the “success through moderation” cliché I’ve been employing throughout this letter both explicitly and implicitly. The fact is, I really can’t say anything new about dealing with stress that hasn’t been said by more well-spoken individuals already, which is why I think finding that small group of like-minded individuals is so important.
Ryan Macfarlane Editor-in-Chief
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CAMPUS LIFE
SCHOOL SURVIVAL GUIDE
healthy living on campus edition CLARK MUSTARD
So, winter is rolling back around, and the most pleasant things I can think of are finding the biggest (or the most) blankets in the house, sitting next to a toasty fire (or a space heater – we can't all have nice things) and watching reruns of seasonal movies. What could be better? I mean, the “freshman 15” is a myth, right? The U-Hall stairs has made me rethink this idea. Wheezing upon hitting the top of the stairs is not my idea of peak physical condition. This in turn got me thinking that I certainly can't be the only one suffering from this affliction. I decided that the only place to get my answers was in the PE building. After making my trek (up the U-Hall stairs, yet again. Ugh!) to the gym area, I started asking people what they're trying in the cold months to get, and stay, in shape. INCORPORATE GOALS AND DISCIPLINE INTO LIFE I talked to a first-year student, Scott Harvey, who decided to take it upon himself to set personal fitness goals and strive to achieve them this summer. By matching diet and exercise goals he managed to lose weight and become a healthier person. As with all goals, there are only so many things one can achieve, and even Scott could not quite meet all of his objectives. Did he let that stop him? No! He joined the track team and is leaving people in the dust left, right, and centre. I realized that perhaps the best way to improve is not by looking at the top athletes of the world and wanting to be at their level tomorrow, but by pushing yourself to be a little better than yesterday. Although, competition is still really fun and a great way to improve while having a blast. I wanted that, but had no idea where to start, so I decided to once again go searching for answers.
FIND AN ACTIVITY THAT YOU WANT TO DO Lo and behold, I found Justine, a second-year who bikes to school every day and participates in volleyball intramurals and takes volleyball classes. This made me think (something which is rare) that perhaps I should try out the plethora of intramural activities our school provides. There were certainly a lot of choices: basketball, dodgeball, water polo, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, and floor and ice hockey. That doesn't even begin to delve into the options that are otherwise available in the gym. There's rock climbing, a swimming pool, and a fully furnished exercise room. I still found myself curious, though: how does one see physical improvements?
DEDICATE TIME TO A SCHEDULE TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS I sauntered up to a likely athlete and asked him a few questions about what I could do to become more active. Ryan Aasman, first-year, turned out to be on the hockey team. That seemed like a great place to start; I am in Canada, after all. He told me that he “had to practice every day and then play games on the weekend” while maintaining a workout regimen “for at least an hour every day with practices.” If I could live up to that work ethic, I'm sure I would look like a Spartan when all was said and done. I got worried hearing all this, however, as I wanted to get started but had heard some stories about injuries. I wanted a professional opinion on how to prevent and treat injuries.
WARM UP, LEARN PROPER TECHNIQUES, AND TAKE TIME TO RECOVER Kelsey Gillette, interim athletic therapist for our Pronghorns, had some sage advice on the subject. I asked what someone should do to prevent injuries from happening in the first place. I learned that some important factors are being “warm before you do activities” and “making sure you're stretching properly,” which, as it turns out, does not mean static stretches (save those for after a workout). Doing more “dynamic stretching” beforehand is better. Being all-around healthy is important, too. If you are trying to fight off a cold, perhaps pushing your body to exhaustion is not the best idea. Maintaining a healthy diet – which includes staying hydrated – is also vital to recovery. I was also curious about the effects of pushing through an injury. As the old adage goes, no pain no gain. It turns out that it is an awful idea to do that. When even a simple muscle strain gets a full tilt workout before fully healing, the result can be a full muscle tear. From what started as “a 4 day recovery initially,” now “you're looking at a 12 week recovery.” Now, I am going to assume that everybody has been hurt or injured in their life before. These pains can become chronic, and these are sometimes very uncomfortable to push through. There are of course workouts that are still demanding but don't put as much pressure on these sore joints. If you had a lower body injury then perhaps swimming or biking would be a better idea than going jogging on a hard surface.
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CAMPUS LIFE
Stuff happens to the best of us. It’s usually not funny at the time, but it can make for a hilarious story. Appearing in your university newspaper for the first time is a safe place where you can anonymously air all of your dirty laundry (in around 150 words, although exceptions may be made). Submissions can be emailed to me at cl.editor@themeliorist.ca, or submitted anonymously online at themeliorist.ca.
When I was little, I would sleepwalk, a lot. I think I was six, yeah six, and I sleepwalked into the kitchen and I peed in the pantry, and my mom came into the kitchen and woke me up and said “NO!”
— I threw a party and I shot-gunned one too many beers in the kitchen, and I should have seen this coming, but I didn’t, and suddenly I had to puke. But then I put my hand over my mouth in a claw position. Needless to say, it acted like a sprinkler warp-pipe and I projectile vomited all over the kitchen then cried and went to bed.
— I was in New Zealand and I got really drunk one night, of the whole trip. We went from this really awesome gourmet pizza bar to a cowboy bar, so I signed up on this list and rode this mechanical bull and fell off right away. This French guy who went after me flew off the bull and sliced his hand and had to go to the hospital to get 12 stitches. This one guy at the bar, who was a doctor, told no one to go to where the guy had bled on the floor, so I went to the puddle of blood, put my hand in it, and slapped him in the face, saying, “Get used to blood, you’re a doctor!”
— I was really drunk one night at my friend’s apartment building, and I was hanging out with one of my friends in the staircase. Suddenly, I realized that I had to pee and I didn’t know where his apartment was in the building. I told my friend, and she replied, “Just go here!” My drunken mind thought this was a very good idea. I then walked a couple steps away, pulled up my skirt, and pissed on the carpeted floor. After, I went back and we continued our discussion until our other friend came and joined us. We were all talking and suddenly she said, “I think I’m standing in something wet.” I didn’t say anything because I was too embarrassed, but then I couldn’t stand it anymore and burst out, “You’re standing in my pee!” Yelling ensued.
— So, at this party I had to go to the bathroom, and there was only one bathroom at this place. Do what you gotta do, but don’t take up the one bathroom at a party where there’s lots of people, and people are drinking a lot of liquid and they need to pee quite often. So I walked in on this scenario with these two people, man and woman, who were not dating – nor did I think they knew each other. But the girl is sitting on the toilet, peeing, with her legs really wide open, and the dude is standing, facing the toilet, also peeing into it at the same time. Then later, I got the story from my friend who heard it from the peeing guy that this girl, who was competing for this man’s attention with her best friend, was like, “Let’s go in the bathroom and pee together,” and he was like, “Yeah sure. You’re crazy, but I like it.”
— I was dating this girl in university, and one day I saw her in the Atrium at lunch. I walked up to her and tried to give her a kiss, but she pushed me away, looking really angry. I asked her what was wrong and she said, “I’m not your girlfriend. I’m her twin.” I didn’t even know she had a twin until that day.
— I was in Seattle and there was this dock where you could go look out over the water. So I asked my new boyfriend, who I had just started dating, if he wanted to go over there and look out. He said “Oh sure…” and had a sexy grin on his face. So we started walking towards the dock and he suddenly said, “Wait, what did you say?” and I said, “I said, ‘Do you want to go over there and look out?’” He looked kind of disappointed and said, “Oh. I thought you said, ‘Do you want to go over there and make out?’”
— I was at a cabin with my family somewhere in BC. One day, I went out for a jog and put the cabin keys in my short pockets. When I got back, I went into the outhouse to have a pee, and when I was finished everyone was waiting for me to unlock the door to the cabin. I looked in my short pockets but couldn’t find the keys. We looked all over and then it dawned on me that I might have left them in the outhouse, so I went back to check. I looked down into the hole and saw a shimmer of light and thought, “Oh crap”. I then proceed to try and fish the keys out with a long stick. After an hour I couldn’t handle digging through the sludge anymore, so I had to call a locksmith. I felt sick for the rest of the day.
— I was in junior high and it was the time of year where you were able to send out crush-grams to the person you like. Unfortunately, I didn’t know what “crush-gram” meant and I thought that you could send it to anyone, so I sent it to my teachers, one of whom was a male English teacher. They were delivered during class time and when they gave my teacher his everyone went “Oh, you have girlfriend!” I was mortified. Luckily no one knew it was me, but when no one was looking, my teacher looked at me and winked and mouthed the words “thank you”. I never sent another crush-gram again.
— When I was in grade 7 I went to band camp, but I forgot my bathing suit, which we need to take group showers in. I told my band teacher and, after the fact, when we were back at school, she announced in front of everyone in class that I took a private shower, naked, at the camp. I was extremely embarrassed.
— I was in a tropical location and there was only one day where we would actually be at the beach and the rest of the time we would be kind of landlocked, so we were like, “Oh, this is fantastic.” We were really far away and I was in a tour group, so there were lots of really new people from all over the world, and lots of cute boys! This day was a tour away from our tour, so there were a lot of new people. So, we get to the beach and I was like, “I have a new bathing suit, I’m going to go swimming in the ocean – it’s going to be awesome!” But I’d never worn this bathing suit in the ocean and the ocean has waves and the ocean has water that is very see through. So I went out there; there was a big crash of waves, and an attractive British man. I wave, I turn around – another crash – my bathing suit falls off as if it’s butter. And it was in the middle of the day. The way that I realized it was off was that I heard, “Oy! I can see your bum!” And then I grabbed it right away, and then I heard laughing and cat calling for the rest of the day.
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OPINIONS
SUPERHEROES ARE DESTROYING HUMANITY —
GWENDOLYN DAVIDSON
Superheroes are destroying humanity. That is a fairly bold statement for someone like me to make. I mean, who doesn’t like superheroes? They are aliens and gods, the chosen and the fortunate; they are the genetically engineered and the genius. Such a variety of heroes and powers exist that everyone can find a person or ability they wish they could be or have. Superheroes are exciting and exhilarating. And to be extremely melodramatic: they are the only thing standing between the world and total destruction, succeeding in rescuing us with only moments to spare. Every single time!
We look at their lives, their struggles, their raw pain and suffering, and their hardship. In their agony, our lives are reflected as simple and stable. So how are they destroying humanity? All they’ve ever done is save the world, live out the perfect romance and show us a glimpse of what life would be like if people could be more than they really are. Therein lies the issue. We have become dependent on a fictitious power. People have ceased to believe in their own abilities and gifts because the average person can never measure up to Superman’s powers. People are incapable of creating robotic armour out
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of junk in a cave like Tony Stark. None of us can fly or teleport or move objects with our minds. These have become the requirements for the average hero. It used to be that heroes were created to inspire us to action, to point out the flaws in our broken world, and to give us an example of how it can be made whole. Superheroes display the best of humanity. The only problem is, they are not entirely human. Instead they are mutants, gods, or aliens; they have strange bug bites, or mysterious rings of power; they have been immersed in cosmic energy clouds or giant vats of toxic waste. I could go on forever. The thing is that the bone claws, the x-ray eyes, and all the rest, are precisely what make them different, what make them better than us, and what make them so far beyond what we could ever hope to be. In creating the formula for the perfect hero we have synthesized the essence of humanity... and found that it is no longer human. By that I simply mean this: the superheroes in the media represent the average human being. Beginning with the most unlikely sort (usually a combination of small, lost, and weak, or all three), a human is turned into something more because she proved her inner value. But for those of us who have no Jedi master to guide us, or alien to train us – for those of us who have no mystical, unexplainable powers, it is not enough to simply know that our value lies within. We feel the need for our importance to manifest itself on the outside where everyone else can see. And we have come to believe that if it is not obvious, it isn’t there. This idea has infiltrated every aspect of the way we think of ourselves in regards to others: that there is always going to be someone else more qualified, better prepared, more knowledgeable, higher ranked, stronger, smarter, or faster than we are – someone who is more worthy than we are, more capable of doing any given task than we are. There is always someone who seems better. By looking for proof of greatness on the outside, we are blinded to the values that, whether we share them with alien races or
not, make us truly human. These are the values, morals, and characteristics that superheroes see in us, those which make Earth worth defending and humanity worth saving. Instead we look at their lives, their struggles, their raw pain and suffering, and their hardship. In their agony, our lives are reflected as simple and stable. We cannot know what it is like to be the last of an entire species, so there is no way for us to feel the desperation that drives the Doctor. We cannot understand the absolute hopelessness of sleeping away seventy years and waking up to a new world, the one you used to know dead and gone. There is no way for us to be as resolute as Captain America. Yes, we can relate to heroes. Anyone can understand being exiled from one’s home planet: everyone struggles with fitting in and hiding secrets, dealing with loss, and finding a place to belong. The main difference is the scale. None of our decisions hold the fate of entire cities; none of our mistakes could destroy the world. So why is the next logical jump that none of us could ever save it? We have given up on ever finding a hero like the ones from the comics. Let me confide in you the reason why. Ready? Because they don’t exist. It is entirely up to us to live as proof of the honesty, the morality, and the loyalty of which superheroes show us we are capable. It is up to us to leap forward just a little quicker to catch the door for the person struggling ahead of us, or to step in and stop someone from doing something they will later regret. So I ask now: Can we do it? Are we capable of breaking the chains of the media empire that is intent solely on entertaining us and making us dependent on fictional superheroes as a quick fix for our world? Can we take the initiative instead of always waiting around for a rescue? Or are we just going to sit there amiably while superheroes take our money and squash our souls? I don’t know about you, but Thor: The Dark World is coming out November 8 and I am so excited!
OPINIONS
READ THIS OR DIE
POLITICAL MUMBO-JUMBO GARRETT BISHOFF
This article was originally going to be on the politics of education, but then I started some research. After waking up from my unintentionally-induced coma, I realised that students are not the most avid readers of such topics. Plus, all the information can be found on the politicians’ websites, and I will admit that they are very informative if, unlike me, you can be kept alert through the whole process of reading. Rather, I would like to change my focus to something I find dominating conversations in the hallways of the university: how much we hate politics. Last week, the Meliorist received an amazing perspective on the topic from Dr. Jay Gamble that urged students to take action, which seems to be the best course of action. Many students have some personal grievance with Premier Alison Redford and her provincial government, whether about tuition increases and education cuts or the poor work in dealing with the disasters over the summer. Alternatively, I see praise regularly doled out to Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi for his work, while the federal government is respected for the economic stability around the country. So, sitting in Lethbridge with a new mayor-
al election on the way, my thoughts naturally turn to student opinions on the local decision that will no doubt have far-reaching effects for us. I won’t list the candidates or their promises, but instead I urge students to think about the upcoming election. Look past the giant billboards, put Youtube on pause, and perhaps read about some candidates. Being busy myself, I know that the priorities students have don’t start with names we haven’t heard of before. But while most students can find a federal party to stand behind, the beginnings of democracy start at the local level. It takes local representatives to help showcase the needs and concerns of a community. Many are concerned with the efforts of Mayor Nenshi, who perfectly illustrates the task of a mayor by putting his community’s needs and its relations with others first. Why can’t Lethbridge have the same? If you’re like me, the first (and only) thing I can say with certainty about our current mayor is that he has a legal background. I’ve also had the opportunity to meet him once or twice. People often scream for change, then expect all their concrete beliefs to be untouched by said change. This I say with observation to our southern neighbour, and its own issues with President Obama. The issues that students face – with more emphasis on the recently-moved-from-home twenty-somethings – are what affect our daily lives, such as living expenses, getting the education we need to enter our desired careers, and accessing city services, like bus transport, to help us keep up with the demands post-secondary education presents. A recent interviewee told me that “Lethbridge is a university and college city” and it made me stop and think. If our city is filled, at
least eight months of the year, with these potential voters, shouldn’t we see an interest in meeting their needs? I find that many students have respectable and incredible opinions that are never spoken outside of the classroom. The collective population of over 8,000 at the University alone makes up for 10 per cent of the city’s population – to say nothing of college students and the twelfth-graders about to enter the voting world. The power we hold in our voices alone is more powerful than any government can ignore. Why not prove to the city and province that we can stand up and let this virtually untapped resource that is the student voice be heard? The efforts of the Students’ Union and other programs at the university that deal directly with these matters can be bolstered in the simplest of ways. Voting in local elections proves to the government that we students care about what happens where we live, even if it’s only for eight months a year and only for the length of our degree. There is no better time than the present to stand up and make the changes we want for future generations. Let’s make Lethbridge truly reflect the large student population it prides itself to host. So get out there, students, and find out just what changes you need to help you make your way into the world as you take this big step. Don’t let opportunity rush by! And of course, if like me, politics isn’t your thing, you can find your own way of getting your voice heard. Discussions like this are what liberal education is for. Let’s at least think and talk about the pros and cons of our government while we can. Better an educated silence than an uninformed vote cast.
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FEATURES
LIBERTY AND LIFE —
ANDREW McCUTCHEON
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There are certain safe topics for casual conversation. If there is any silver lining to the windy weather in Lethbridge, at least it allows us a common conversational ground with strangers and new acquaintances. On the other end of the spectrum, however, there are certain topics that, as a rule, should not be broached within the realm of polite discussion. The general rule, as usually taught, is to avoid the topics of religion and politics. As abortion is a mixture of the two, with roots in the spiritual, the political, and the ethical, it is probably the most incendiary possible subject to discuss. Let it be known that students are not cowardly in their conversation choices, as over a dozen took to the Atrium the afternoon of October 1 to discuss abortion. Although the idea of a pro-choice versus pro-life debate may conjure up images of two lines of angry picketers coming to near blows over screamed rhetoric and screeched sound bites, the event in the Atrium was quite a bit more reserved. At first, there was only a small table set up by the Students for Life organization with a handful of members offering pamphlets and tabling discussion. However, a counter-protest was quickly formed, organized by several members of the Women’s Centre, but drawing in students from several areas of the campus community. The protest took the form of around a dozen students holding up signs on coloured paper with short messages. “One of the things that often happens in debates like this,” says Dr. Ardis Anderson of the philosophy department, “is people will identify the pro-choice group as pro-abortion, so you have anti-abortion and pro-abortion – which is insane.” Dr. Anderson specializes in questions of ethics. She understands better than most the linguistic nuances and the philosophical underpinnings of the pro-life versus pro-choice debate. “Our presupposition [as a society],” she says, “is liberty in absence of harm to others. Harm to others usually entails a distinguishable individual.” Because liberty is the value first defended in our society, pro-life supporters typically have a harder
The fetus is human. Is it a person? Not necessarily, because person and human are two totally different terms. Human is a biological term, in general, and person is a social and ethical term.
debate. “Until a fetus is born – until the child is born – there is no identifiable other,” says Anderson. But that doesn’t mean the pro-life side is necessarily wrong. Rather, the debate must focus on what kinds of individuals we as a society should protect. “Even if you have a thing that’s not a person,” says Anderson,” that doesn’t entail that it has no rights. . . . For example, I don’t think anybody would argue that my cat is a person, yet I have moral and legal responsibilities to that cat.” Back in the Atrium, the pro-choice protesters position themselves in a line leading up to the pro-life booth, with only a few meters separating the two groups. Despite being in such a tight space, there seems to be little parley or dialogue between the two sides. “Our president Caleb has gone over to talk to [the pro-choice group], but for the most part they just don’t really want to debate,” says Rachels Tams, vice-president of Students for Life. “They stayed quiet and they just argued in favour of what they call ‘reproductive choice.’” “Our message to [the pro-life group] when [they] approached is that we love them and that we support their right to choose,” says Danika Jorgensen, head of the Women’s Centre on campus, speaking on behalf of the pro-choice side. At the crux of the debate are two sides attempting to defend what they feel is important: the protection of fetuses on one hand, and the freedom for a woman to choose on the other. Both sides are inherently humanistic. Semantics become extremely important at this point. “The fetus is human,” says Anderson. “Is it a person? Not necessarily, because person and human are two totally different terms. Human is a biological term, in general, and person is a social and ethical term. . . . It’s very plausible that the fetus is a being that needs protection, although not a person that needs protection. So that opens up a whole different sort of argument than the one that’s typically presented, which is focused on persons.” Here, the ethical philosophy of the debate becomes infinitely more complex. It’s difficult, if not impossible, for poster boards or pamphlets to fully encapsulate the various intricacies of the subject conveyed by Dr. Anderson. “Given that the presupposition is liberty,” says Anderson, “the onus of the argument, I think, is on the pro-life side. All the pro-choice side has to do is effectively respond to the challenges brought up by the pro-life side.” Regardless of your position, it may be time to think past the common arguments and party-line explanations provided by both sides of the debate toward a place where a more functional and ethical debate can happen. Whether or not it’s just simpler to talk about the weather, U of L students don’t seem afraid to start the talk on abortion.
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IT IS WELL-KNOWN THAT UNDEFEATED SUPER-BOXER FLOYD “MONEY” MAYWEATHER LOVES CASH. HE FLAUNTS IT WITH HIS MANSIONS, CARS, AND THE HOCKEY BAGS FULL OF GAMBLING PAYOLA HE CARRIES WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES. HIS FOURSCORE ENTOURAGE IS USUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE SOME $120 MILLION DOLLARS HE HAS SITTING IN A PERSONAL CHEQUING ACCOUNT.
TRAVIS ROBINSON
SPORTS
He employs chefs, bodyguards, trainers, and a platoon of hot women (some with whom Mayweather has children), all reimbursed with a stack of $100 dollar bills at their beck and call. Mayweather even changed his nickname from “Pretty Boy” to the much more stock “Money” and has recently named his holdings company “The Money Team” in order to emphasize his top priority in life. Yes, Floyd Mayweather is everything boxing shouldn’t be in this day and age. He is undefeated. He is rich. Most importantly, he is publicly relevant beyond the world of sports writers and gamblers. Boxing has been in sports purgatory for a number of years now with the UFC taking in the pay-per-views that top pugilists (boxers) used to acquire. Mayweather himself would argue that he is boxing in this new decade – a cocky and brash persona that hasn’t been knocked out in a professional fight and whose spoils rival any oil sheik or Russian oligarch. The only blemish on Mayweather’s otherwise stellar resume is the unavoidable fact that he has not fought his pound-for-pound Filipino counterpart Manny Pacquiao, the only other relevant boxer in the sport today. For several years now, the fight that would be billed the “Fight of the Century 2” has waned to the obscurity of imagination as both Mayweather and Pacquiao have stridently avoided one another both inside the ring and out. Since the middle of the first decade in the 2000s, this fight has been lauded as the fight to save boxing, a pound-for-pound showdown that could rival any heavyweight title fight as the greatest thing the sport has ever seen. Logistically, the fight has not happened because both parties’ respective managers have made the issue of money front and centre in what should otherwise be a pretty simple fight to organize. Mayweather wants an astronomical cut of the pay-per-view earnings; Pacquiao is not willing to acquiesce on any potential earnings he may take from what would be the highest-grossing fight in the history of cable television. Boxing analysts have also noted that Mayweather may be dodging Pacquiao to keep his undefeated record intact, and thereby keep his future earnings from any other subsequent fights high because of his perfect curriculum vitae. Boxing fans are drawn to watching Mayweather because of the prospect that some upstart will knock the guy out. Because of his extraordinary defensive skills, however, Mayweather is nearly impossible to touch, let alone drop to the canvas. His uncle and father have both groomed him to be a defense-first pugilist and a brilliantly conditioned tactician. As Mayweather recently stated, “You can line these boys up, and I will beat them.” Simply put, Mayweather will not be beaten by any living fighter on the planet today. If the Pacquiao-Mayweather showdown was to miraculously go down, Pacquiao would be defeated by his own offensive tactics, with Mayweather merely countering the lightning-fast Pacquiao at every strike and thereby wearing him down on points alone. The fact that Pacquiao is just coming off of two consecutive losses bolsters the knowledge that this once-promising super-fight has lost its patina. Fans know that Pacquiao is an aging fighter with severe issues related to the loss of his hand speed. Mayweather, meanwhile, is a pint-sized version of Lennox Lewis, a fighter who seems to get better with age, to the point where a 40-year-old Mayweather could still be in the prime of his career. This ageless wonder phenomenon is due to his defensive skills, and the fact that he does not take many punches over the course of a bout. Pacquiao has been knocked out recently and has been brawling in fights when it would otherwise seem he should be picking his opponents apart with technique. A super-fight is only as super as its two fighters as an entity, and the aging Pacquiao just doesn’t have what it takes anymore to be the man to live up to the billing. Despite the growing irrelevance of the Pacquiao-Mayweather show-
down, boxing still draws in more money than any other sport in terms of a fight by fight basis. The UFC pays its fighters a small percentage of what Mayweather earns per fight. The best UFC athlete may make $200,000 per fight; Mayweather just recently took home a cool $40 million dollars for his dismembering of the promising young Mexican fighter Canelo Alvarez. The sky is the limit in terms of potential earnings for Mayweather because he is a charismatic and polarizing fighter who many fans wish to see knocked out. The pay-per-view buys are coming because “Money” Mayweather is an undefeated presence whose record is only dwarfed by his ego. Pugilists are not supposed to stay undefeated while they continue to face quality opponents, and so most fans want to see the moment go down in history when the last of the undefeated fighters goes down. The welterweight boxing division of today is the complete antithesis of what it was in the early 1980s, which many call the golden era of prizefighting in America. During the early to mid 1980s, welterweights like Tommy Hearns, Marvin Hagler, and Sugar Ray Leonard would beat the crap out of each other in the name of their sport. These men were not afraid to get knocked out, but rather revelled in the reality that they were facing the best of the best and putting on a show for fans. Mayweather is a good entertainer outside the ring, but his style inside the ring is boring and not so thrilling to watch. If one could set up an all-century fight, it would be brilliant to put Mayweather up against an ‘80’s wonder like Tommy Hearns to see if he could live up to the expectations of an entertaining fight. The only contemporary fighter who may have given Mayweather an actual challenge in the ring was the chaotic Venezuelan lightweight Edwin Valero. Unfortunately, Valero was also a homicidal and suicidal maniac who hung himself in jail in 2010 pending felony charges of murdering his wife. Valero was so aggressive in the ring that his punching power and iron chin may have been the proper blueprint to give “Money” a run for his money. With all the guaranteed money that floats around in the world of Floyd Mayweather, he does not necessarily need to put on a good show, but rather go through the publicity and the motions within the ring to earn a unanimous decision and another $40 million. The allure is there because Mayweather is undefeated, but the quality of the sport itself suffers on the same axiom. Fans want to see an entertaining fight where the brilliant Mayweather remains undefeated, but they get school-yard hijinks within the ring because his status as an undefeated fighter generates so much revenue. Boxing is not dead, but the quality of the fights most certainly is. And it is all because of the power of “Money” Mayweather.
DURING THE EARLY TO MID 1980S, WELTERWEIGHTS LIKE TOMMY HEARNS, MARVIN HAGLER, AND SUGAR RAY LEONARD WOULD BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF EACH OTHER IN THE NAME OF THEIR SPORT.
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ARTs + ENTERTAINMENT
THE UTILITIES — BENJAMIN GOODWIN
JOEL AND BLAIR STRETCH OF THE BAND THE UTILITIES ARE BROTHERS FROM PONOKA, ALBERTA, A SMALL TOWN KNOWN FOR ITS RODEO AND THE ALBERTA CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND BRAIN INJURY —FORMERLY AND MORE WELL-KNOWN AS THE ALBERTA HOSPITAL FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE). IN FACT, THE WHOLE BAND GREW UP IN PONOKA, AN AGRICULTURALLY-BASED TOWN THAT DOESN’T REALLY HAVE MUCH GOING ON. From this dull setting something arose, and The Utilities have really made a name for themselves – something that continues to grow with their second studio album coming out this winter. They even opened up for Hollerado this summer at Bo Diddley’s. With Drake McCheyne on drums/percussion, Colby Stolson on bass, Blair on guitar, and Joel, the frontman, on vocals, guitar, banjo, and keys, this band has become something you really wouldn’t expect from a small town band. After the experience of playing the Fresh Fest Jamboree in 2012, a landmark in the minds of the band, they have continued to grow and work towards the future. “We didn’t play many shows over the summer because we were recording,” says Blair. With their new single recently released, the band awaits the finish of the mixing process so they can start promoting their new album – a very exciting time for the band. This new album is “more fun to listen to. It’s louder and crazier.” Joel describes it as “more of everything . . . more guitars, more keyboards, more fast songs . . . It is a big step forward for us.” This makes it easy to see how exciting this new album is for the band since they have come from such humble beginnings. Picture a church down some northern back country road. The pines line the highway that you turn off of to ride the gravel another ten minutes on your way to this church. It’s a small white church that holds about 100 people in its main gathering hall. This was the very place that The Utilities first played, then where they self-recorded their first album. Contrasting that to their show at Owl Acoustic Lounge on September 21, we can see their growth as a band. When they listen to their humbly-rooted music today, Joel reflects, “We still have the roots, definitely . . . the elements that are there are the same elements we’re still doing, we’re just doing them better now.” “Lethbridge has been awesome for us,” says Joel. Their first studio album was released in 2011 by Espa Records, a local label headed by Jesse Northey from Jesse and the Dandelions. “Lethbridge has a surprisingly alive music scene . . . it feels as though it has more musicians per capita when compared to big cities like Toronto,” says Joel, which has been great for The Utilities. He then talks about working closely with the band Windigo from Calgary: “There is some really practical stuff [having played with Windigo], like when we play in Calgary now – every time we get a crowd, because we’ve played with them enough times that their fans come out to our shows and vice versa when they come to Lethbridge. It is really hard to break into a new scene in a city, and to pair up with bands and do each other’s cities really goes a long way. Less practically, it almost becomes like a healthy competition. You
hear their new song and it’s so good and we go, ‘Okay, now we have to write a song better than that.’ It’s a back and forth.” Not to say it has been entirely easy for the band to get where they are today. “A lot of the time it feels like progress is really slow, as in building a fan base,” Joel explains as the band thinks about doing more shows in BC and Saskatchewan. Joel jokes that the one review of their first album, available on their Bandcamp website, reads “This blows.” But it has been a journey. The support they say they’ve received from friends and fans “pushed us to where we are now . . . the sound has grown a lot and we have come a distance from the last album.” Their new song called “Hindcast,” available at theutilities.bandcamp.com, is available now. It has a wonderfully warm sound that really catches you by the ear and pulls you in. The quiet at the beginning of the song is reminiscent of the band’s earlier work, only it’s more mature. It’s quiet in the sense that it isn’t boasting or rude; it is simple and yet so complex. It quiets down so that you can hear the soft yet raw vocals of Joel, building with piano and drums to a loud and beautiful explosion of colour in sound. The different elements in “Hindcast” really come together to create a unity and a really interesting soundscape, something meant for a bigger stage rather than a church down some back country road. Though Joel and Blair explain that their new album Flint has more, you can still feel the beautiful simplicity of this album every time you listen, which is definitely not a bad thing. It is simple like vanilla ice cream on a warm summer day; some days, simplicity just can’t be beat. The song “Eyelashes (My Mind, the Highway, and a Show)” uses beautiful harmonica harmonies to accent the wonderful crashing drums, raw vocals, and pristine acoustic guitar. It is a song with a diverse collection of sounds that are all welcoming and complement each other nicely. Another great song off of Flint is “Automated Teller Machine.” It has a wonderful folk feel to its guitar, compiled with haunting piano and vocals. It is a song that really clicks along as you listen to it, growing and changing along the way. If I had to pinpoint one thing that I think really sets The Utilities apart is their diverse sound – not only diverse, but shapeshifting; it grows and shrinks, builds and falls, runs and slows right down to a crawl. I am personally excited to see what is next. If you get the chance to catch this fantastic band any time soon, then support fantastic Lethbridge artists and do not hesitate. Along with their new album coming out this winter, check out their other works available at theutilities.bandcamp.com, where you can listen to their new single, as well as all of Flint, for free. Keep an ear out for The Utilities; you won’t regret it.
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VISITING ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
VICKI COUZENS IN 2011, AN ANNUAL RESIDENCY AND EXCHANGE PARTNERSHIP BEGAN BETWEEN THE ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY’S (RMIT) INTERNATIONAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCY PROGRAM (IAIR) AND THE GUSHUL STUDIO RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE. THIS PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED TO CONNECT AND ILLUMINATE INDIGENOUS CULTURE AND EXPAND IDEAS OF INDIGENEITY.
Australian artist Vicki Couzens, MA, was selected to reside in the Gushul Studio from the beginning of September to mid-October. Her project entails the collaborative creation of a possum skin cloak with local Aboriginal artists from the Blood Tribe and the Blackfoot Nation in Southern Alberta. Vicki spoke about her art practice and her specific work with possum cloaks in the Art NOW lecture series organized by the art department. She will also speak to Native American studies classes before returning to Australia. Through a western lens, Couzens’ work with possum cloaks, visual arts, installation art, performing arts, language, ceremony, and teaching can be termed an interdisciplinary and multi-art form. However, through the cultural lens of her Keerray Woorroong ancestors, she is a senior law woman of Kooramook Yakeenit. She seeks to regenerate the flourishing of culture and community, explore the interplay between
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tradition and innovation, and cultivate the fusion of the creative and the ceremonial. Couzens is at the forefront of the contemporary school of possum cloak-making and is highly regarded as a senior cloak-maker and teacher. Collectively, Vicki Couzens, Lee Darroch, and Maree Clarke have taught cloak-making to over 1,000 heirs of the tradition. They have shared cloaks and stories with thousands more through exhibitions, books, films, public ceremonies, and teaching. Couzens’ cloaks have been used extensively in community and public ceremonies, and many of her cloaks have been featured in national and international touring exhibitions. Her skill and artistry in this field are well recognized and her work has been collected by the National Museum of Australia, the National Gallery of Australia, Powerhouse, Te Papa, and the National Gallery of Victoria.
ARTs + ENTERTAINMENT
FACULTY OF FINE ARTS VISITING ARTISTS • OCTOBER
PERFORMANCES – LECTURES – WORKSHOPS – DIALOGUE
THERE IS SO MUCH TO SEE AND DO AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE. THANKS TO FANTASTIC PROGRAMS AND CLASSES IN THE FACULTY OF FINE ARTS SUCH AS ART NOW AND MUSIC AT NOON, AS WELL AS THE DEDICATED FACULTY AND STAFF WHO WISH TO BRING IN SOME OF THE TOP “WHO’S WHO” OF THE CREATIVE WORLD, WE HAVE A FULL ROSTER OF VISITING ARTISTS, PERFORMERS, LECTURERS, MUSICIANS, ARCHITECTS, AND DESIGNERS COMING RIGHT TO YOUR DOORSTEP EACH MONTH. MOST OF THESE LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, AND PERFORMANCES ARE FREE TO ATTEND… AND IF YOU REALLY ENJOY IT, WHY NOT TAKE THE COURSES FOR CREDIT LATER ON? OCTOBER 11, 2013 • JANE EDMUNDSON
OCTOBER 22 • THOMAS STAPLES
OCTOBER 15 • BLAINE HENDSBEE, SANDRA STRINGER, & MAGDALENA von ECCHER
OCTOBER 27 & 28 • JIM ANDERSON
Art NOW • Noon • Recital Hall • Free to attend. Jane Edmundson’s curatorial research focuses on cultural history relating to museological practices, institutional collecting, and the semiotics of display. Her M.A. thesis exhibition, Dr. Soanes' Odditorium of Wonders, is running in the U of L Main Gallery until October 24.
Music at Noon • 12:15 p.m. • Recital Hall • Free admission Hendsbee, Stringer, and von Eccher present a centenary tribute to the birth of the great 20th-century British composer Benjamin Britten, and perform the monumental Britten, Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac.
OCTOBER 16 • CORINNE THIESSEN HEPHER
Art NOW lecture • Noon • Recital Hall • Free admission Inspired by fictional literature, popular culture, science fiction, and self-help books, Hepher’s work explores physical and ideological impediments, interpersonal conflict, explosion and restraint, repression, and acting out.
OCTOBER 18 – 21 • JORDAN TANNAHILL AND WILLIAM ELLIS of VIDEOFAG
Videofag is a former barbershop in Toronto’s vibrant Kensington Market that artists William Ellis and Jordan Tannahill transformed into a storefront theatre and local hub for queer performance. While on campus, the pair conducts a variety of lectures, workshops, and performances. Sponsored by the department of theatre & dramatic arts and the department of art. • Calling All Videofags Seminar – Friday, October 18 at 3 p.m., David Spinks Theatre W425. Free admission. • A Werk! Shop – Sunday, October 20 at 1 p.m., a five-hour workshop at Theatre Outré at Bordello (Third Floor, 411 – 3 Avenue South, above the Owl Acoustic Lounge & Potemkin Art Gallery). Workshop is free, but advanced registration is required and limited. Sign up with Sarah Hilliard in W660. • God Mic – Sunday, October 20 at 8 p.m. (Theatre Outré at Bordello) – Interactive performance by Videofag. Admission by donation. • Art NOW – Monday, October 21 at noon in Recital Hall. Free admission. • The Normal Heart Public Critique – Monday, October 21 at 3 p.m., David Spinks Theatre W425. Free admission.
Music at Noon • 12:15 p.m. • Recital Hall • Free admission A keen advocate of music for brass ensembles, Staples has a lengthy background with brass groups, including: U of L Faculty Brass, Commonwealth Brass, NewWest Brass, Southern Alberta Brass and Bridge Brass. He has been principal horn with the Lethbridge Symphony for more than two decades.
Department of music - digital audio arts Grammy award winner and internationally-recognized recording engineer and producer Jim Anderson will be at the university hosting a workshop and lecture. Stay tuned for details on the Music Events webpage.
OCTOBER 28 • LINDA FRASER
Architecture & Design NOW • 6 p.m. • M1040 • Free admission Linda Fraser is the archivist and chief curator of the Canadian Architectural Archives at the University of Calgary and a strong advocate for the preservation of Canada’s architectural legacy.
OCTOBER 29 • MUSAEUS STRING QUARTET AND JOSH DAVIES Music at Noon • 12:15 p.m. • Recital Hall • Free admission The resident professional chamber ensemble of the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, Musaeus performs with Dr. Joshua Davies, a two-time Grammy-nominated performer and U of L music professor.
OCTOBER 30 • JESSICA MACCORMACK
Art NOW • Noon • Recital Hall • Free admission Jessica MacCormack's interdisciplinary practice engages with the intersection of institutional violence and the socio-political reality of personal trauma. Her recent works integrate animation, video, painting, and collage in social interventions and community productions that explore issues of criminalization, HIV/AIDS, racism, transphobia, sexual assault, and mental health.
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TLFs
Hey women! Despite what some certain clubs say, you have control over your own body. Don’t be afraid to make your own decisions regarding it. Let judgemental jerks be damned! Womens Choir! No audition, at the YWCA on Tuesdays at 7:15. Come join! :) Always welcome. A big thank you to whomever chased the coyote out of the parking lot and allowed me to get safely to my car on Tuesday night. You are a true hero. To the private pooping 5th year. The first rule of private bathrooms is that you don’t talk about private bathrooms. Shhhh! Keep the secret. Hey! History nerd girl! …cute freckles ;) The Library’s Thanksgiving Day weekend (October 12-14) hours are: Sat(Oct 12): 10am-6pm; Sun(Oct 13): 1-9pm; Monday(Oct 14): CLOSED. http://bit.ly/zLDnFc Have you heard of sledge hockey? Come try it out on Thursday Oct 10, 4:30-6:15pm Nicholas Sheran Arena All are welcome! For more updates follow us on twitter @Lethsledge
I love that Joe is in the Uhall Tim Hortons! He is so cheery- makes everyday better!! Thanks Joe! <3 Come try Wheelchair Basketball Who: Anyone When: Thursdays, 7:30-9pm Where: Lethbridge YMCA Why: Have fun, challenge yourself, and meet new people
UofL trolls women’s team remains undefeated! Way to go ladies!!!
Dear Tim’s Joe and Starbucks Katie – you are legends of kindness and smiles.
To “cute girl” Which “cute boy” in which “1000 level classes” you talking about? coffee sometime may happen if he knows who he is (and knows you)! Sincerely, All curious “cute boys
You know it’s cold in the school when you can feel the warmth off your pee ~concerned male The embarrassing stories section is great – only wish there was a way to anonymously submit online! To those interested in steampunk visit Lethbridge Steampunkery on facebook for meeting times and to ask questions! - Local Steampunk club member Just want to give a big shoutout to the best roomie ever!! Girbav you are my love – going to be a good year girl!! Love yaaaaaaa! xoxoxoxox Isn’t having a unisexual name kinda weird sometimes? JOKES ITS GR8
There’s a huge difference between the modern TLF’s and the vintage ones! Students used to quote philosophers and stuff! Now there’s just terrible jokes and Internet memes.
“You can’t like someone else’s ex-boyfriend, that’s like the rules of feminism” I am so sick of hearing people complain about a class. There are plenty of people that want to be here & can’t afford it. Quit your b*tching! If something is growing, isn’t it alive? If something has human parents, is it not human offspring? And we humans deserve human rights, don’t we? uleth4life@gmail.com Come buy a Halloween Candy Gram from the Delta Eta Iota “Lambda” pledge class! $2.00 for the gram and .50 cents extra for a personal message!
Loving all of my Delta Pledge class and future sisters in Delta Eta Iota! You all are wonderful and make this University Experience worthwhile! <3 Dear Dr. Shultz, You’re such a good prof, but would it kill you to give us a few extra minutes for tests???!?! Sincerely, - Bio 2000 The horns rugby team should take up some of the trolls girls, they’ve got some serious talent on that team! Well played vs MRU and UofC! The way your 8 and flank connect is wicked! To the goalie of “Infinity,” way to take it! One of the only female goalies, you are a true champ playing there against all us men. Way to be. Sorry about the headshot… Hey, Graham. Yeah, you. Hey. I’m sorry I forgot that you want to be an architect. If someone is at a table alone in the library & the lib. is busy, dont complain we are taking up space; just ask to sit down & I’m sure we’ll say yes. Just dont be annoying ;)
VINTAGE TLFs
A. McC., Juno has tons of hilarious lines… not sure what you mean by “no jokes.” It’s also 1 of the 1st awkward family dramedies that became popular after that. It’s a classic.
Women’s soccer team looking for a goalie and out players for city league. Games are Friday nights. Contact Mary PE228. 329-5164
If you catch a creeper staring at you unabashedly, please don’t be alarmed. I was just admiring our impeccably dashing and well-dressed student population we got goin on. loooove.
To the Starbucks guys, the one with the green apron. ;P
Hey bright red in Bio 2200. Are you nuts? Were you repeatedly dropped on your head as a child? - Oct. 22nd, 1998
Here’s to people who may be a little overweight, who use the machines in the weightroom to help them look and feel better - GOOD FOR YOU don’t take no shit from nobody! - Oct. 22nd, 1998
Blonde in 2400B, your father must have been a carpenter, because he built you a great shitter? - Oct. 29th, 1998
To the lady in English You know who you are. No one is interested in your incoherent babbling in fact, everyone is dumber after hearing what you say. Shut the @%#! up! Oh, yeah and parrot breast, you tatooed hussy, you’re no better. Cork it! Sincerely, Uncle Tom. - Nov. 5th, 1998
Be gone with all profs who can’t speak ENGLISH!!!!!!! literate - Oct. 22nd, 1998 You’re Gay, We know, Accepted, Enough!! - Oct. 22nd, 1998 I’m sick of reading TLFs that don’t make any sense. - Oct. 22nd, 1998 Cheerios and pretzel stick? You obviously haven’t been introduced to Big Jim and the Twins… Rule #1: Never drink and jive. - Oct. 22nd, 1998 Peace in the Middle East - Oct. 22nd, 1998 Halloween is coming… are you ready for HELICOPTER-MAN? - Oct. 22nd, 1998
Q-Tip Boy in front row of Phil 3406. Shut the hell up… we know how your q-tip test turned out. nobody likes an ass licker. Signed M&G - Oct. 22nd, 1998
Ancient Proverb: Go to bed itchy butt, wake up smelly finger!!! - Oct. 29th, 1998 Aren’t there any bored girls sitting at home with an itch that needs to be scratched? TALON - Oct. 29th, 1998
C girl in States, stop correcting the prof all of the time, we all make mistakes so shut the F*ck up! C and J - Oct. 29th, 1998
To the cow in the gym… shut ur yappn cake hole before I kick you in the goat ass. - Oct. 29th, 1998
Guy with Grand Am for sale, You can drive me anytime!! signed: young virgin with big breasts in Soc 1000 - Oct. 29th, 1998
Lat Master Blaster: is 45 your waist size, bra size or your IQ? Shut up and just do it. We’re all worthy! L.D. - Oct. 29th, 1998
The sentence below is false - Oct. 29th, 1998
Homosexuality is Nature’s way of ensuring that the truly gifted are never burdened with children. - Nov. 5th, 1998
The sentence above is true - Oct. 29th, 1998
To all those girls too shy to start up a conversation with a guy, just remember: he may seem calm and collected but he’s probably as shy as you are. Go for it. You might be pleasantly surprised. - Nov. 5th, 1998 To all of the whining anti-VLT jerks, who insist on trying to take my freedom of choice away - WE WON! Not by much, but we won! - Nov. 5th, 1998
HAVE NO FEAR:
FINANCIAL AID IS HERE MICHAEL KAWCHUCK VP Operations and Finance
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of different funding opportunities to assist students. With everything from travel grants to emergency funding, each grant has its own purpose and apwebsite at ulsu.ca. Below are some of the grants we have available to students. Travel and Conference Grant:
Quality Initiative Programming: Quality Initiative Programming (QIP) is designed for students to access
This grant is the easiest to apply for, and is one that most students will be eligible for at some point during their academic career. The purpose of this grant is to encourage students to attend conferences and enhance their degree. As long as the conference relates to the program the student is enrolled in, the ULSU will cover 25 per cent of the expenditure for the conference or trip. To apply for this grant, a letter of intent with details ing enrollment in the conference or registration for the trip and a budget breakdown of the event is also required. Each student may apply for up to two trips per academic year. Maxiumum coverage inside North America: $200 for an individual or $1000 per group (5 or more people) Maximum coverage outside North America: $300 for an individual or $1500 per group (5 or more people)
funding goes to events like Fresh Fest and the academic speakers, but is also available for students to apply for. This grant has the largest dollar amounts available and covers a wide scope of opportunities, but also has the longest processing period. For the remaining school year we have approximately $70,000 available to spend on activities that enhance programs at the U of L. If you would like to apply for some of this funding, I encourage you to come speak with me, as every event or project we approve is different. Some of the past things have included our mobile app development, campus roots, the subsidising of trips and events for clubs,and improvements around campus.
Club Grants:
Emergency Grant:
Clubs can apply for a $250 grant, which exists as a way for clubs to receive funding for events and any other expenses they may have throughout the year. All clubs are eligible and encouraged to apply for this grant. New clubs are also eligible for an additional start-up grant of $200 to help with the expenses of beginning a new club. Clubs can apply for club grants once a semester; all that is needed to apply is a letter of intent including a budget and expenses. Maximum coverage: $250
During an academic career, there are many times an individual may nancial position deal with unexpected emergency situations. To apply for this grant, a letter explaining your circumstances along with bank stateand only I will know the name of the recipients. Maximum coverage: $500
The Studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Union also has approximately $250,000 available each year for scholarships, bursaries, and awards. These include things like the Community Service Award Scholarship and the SU International Travel Scholarship. Applications for these scholarships are available through the University
THE MONTH OF FOOD BANK FUNDRAISERS ADAM LONG VP Student Affairs Once again the Students’ Union Food Bank is in high demand. This service provides University of Lethbridge students, staff, and faculty with single and family-size hampers with enough food to last nearly a week. Since the 2010/2011 academic year, the need for family-size food hampers has more than tripled and we’ve seen nearly a 15 per cent increase in the number of single-size food hampers that go to students in need. Thanks to the on-going support from the university community and the generous people of Lethbridge, the Students’ Union is able to continue providing students with this much-needed service. There is no donation too big or too small and the ULSU greatly appreciates each and every one of them. So, how can you get involved? It goes without saying that food fuels the creative mind. Without those creative minds, many food bank fundraising opportunities would not have been possible. Thanks to a number of creative minds, there are many fundraising events you can get involved with. Every year, the ULSU clubs, in collaboration with the VP student affairs, plan a Lethbridge-wide food drive called Feed or Famine. The event is held in the last weeks of October so participants can play off the Halloween theme, which induces some chuckles here and there as they knock on doors. Clubs get to choose a region of the city and set out on a doorto-door mission to collect as many food items as possible. Feedback has shown the event is a great way for clubs to get face-time with the community and show their support for a charitable cause. So, if you notice
a group of students wandering your neighbourhood during the week of Oct. 21 - 25, please help out and donate some of those non-perishableitems. On Saturday, Oct. 26 the U of L Pre-Med Club will be hosting their third annual Hoof-It Run. Each year the 5k/10k fundraising run donates approximately $800 to the ULSU Food Bank. You can walk, run, or just be a part ofthe movement. How ever you want to participate, the club encourages everyone to take part in their event; they’re even going to have DJ Millz Skillz and the Lethbridge College massage therapy students on site for check out their table in the SU Atrium each day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Oct. 23. Thank you to this group of eager students for carrying big hearts and helping out with our cause. You also may have noticed those pretty-in-pink little piggy banks around campus at various outlets. That’s Frank the Piggy Bank and yep, you just guessed it, they’re donation bacon for the ULSU Food Bank. Next time you have some spare change from that coffee you purchased at the Aramark vendors, consider lessening the load in your pocket and drop some silver in Frank. He truly loves the clinking of change in his belly. As you can see, there are plenty of ways to get involved with the ULSU Food Bank. Whether you’re in need of a few meals or want to donate, we support you. A big thank you to our donors who ensure there is always enough food to go around.
outh enture
BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION 2013
$20,000 in cash prizes for innovative business plans! Have a great idea that just needs a financial boost to become a legitimate business? Register for the competition and network with entrepreneurs and business leaders. Develop a polished plan that will help you move from ideas to entrepreneurship. Optional, complimentary two-day workshop for participants, October 24 - 25, 2013 To find out more and/or register for the competition, please visit:
www.uleth.ca/management/SouthVenture or contact steve.craig@uleth.ca
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COMIC
October 10 - 16 Unshelled: Improv Comedy Show 10 Nutz with the Drama Nutz Ricʼs Grill Comedy
Rae Spoon
Owl Acoustic Lounge Alternative
Andrew Allen
Inferno Nightclub R&B/Soul
Chronobot with Lustre Creame and Dirt The Slice Metal
Megan Nash, Mary Caroline and Library trivia Owl Acoustic Lounge Folk
Don and Cindy Helfrick 11 Mocha Cabana Folk
Tom and Curt
Lethbridge Casino Country
Lethbridge Folk Club Open Mic Wolf's Den Folk
L.A. BEAT LISTINGS labeat.ca
Open Mic at Jimmy's Jimmyʼs Pub Rock
Treeline with Shaela Miller CD Release Party with Carolyn Mark and her New Best Friends The Slice Country
Open Mic at Studio 54 12 Studio 54 Pop
Don and Cindy Helfrick Mocha Cabana Folk
Tom and Curt
Lethbridge Casino Country
Shaela Miller and Treeline with the Local Haunts CD Release Party The Slice Country
Sean Pinchin with the Necessities Owl Acoustic Lounge Blues
Inc with Suzie and the 13 Damage Homewreckers
Average Joe's Sports Bar/Joe's Garage Metal
PUZZLES
— 30
14 Owl Acoustic Lounge
Open Mic at Owl Acoustic Lounge Folk
Snak the Ripper with Jaclyn Gee & Merkules, Pyke, F Bomb, Urban Voyce, Felter Skelter and DJ Fuze Studio 54 Hip Hop
Mic at Bo Diddlyʼs 15 Open Bo Diddlyʻs Pub and Grill Rock
Open Mic at the Slice The Slice Blues
Nutzʼ Wednesday Night Nutz: 16 Drama Flop or Funny — Samʼs Standup with Sam Benty and Mark McCue NAAG Studio Comedy
L.A. Beat Open Jam Owl Acoustic Lounge Folk
Jaclyn Goillou The Slice Jazz
CES JOB LISTINGS WELCOME BACK EVERYONE! Let us introduce you to CES (Career & Employment Services). CES is a student service office dedicated to assisting you with your Career and Job Search needs. Weʼre within the Career Co-op Services Office in AH154, along with Applied Studies and the Management and Arts & Science Cooperative Education programs. CCS office hours are 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Monday - Friday. Workshops for October:
To see full workshop schedule and sign up go online to uleth.ca/ross/ces/workshops. •CES career exploration workshops Wednesday, Oct. 16, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. •CES job search & networking workshops Monday, Oct. 21, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Some of our services include:
• CAREER ADVISING – whether you are in your first year or about to graduate; if you are wondering what you can do with your major; if your career path is the right one for you, or how to go about finding a job, come in to make an appointment with a Career Advisor! • CES JOB BOARD! – access part-time, summer, full-time, international, and volunteer opportunities! Check postings 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from the comfort of your own home or on campus. For more information and how to access the site, go to our website or come in to our office in AH154. All of the positions listed below can be found on the CES Job Board uleth.ca/ross/ces/job-board, • JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES – do you have questions about resumes or interviews? We have handouts for you; drop by to sign up for a workshop, • CAREER & EMPLOYER INFORMATION SESSIONS – watch for upcoming career events and information session dates. Sessions start as early as Sep 10. • CAREER INFORMATION – we have employer information, website lists, info on professional entrance exams (e.g. LSAT, MCAT, DAT, GRE) and an array of career planning information. Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. •CES interview techniques workshops Wednesday, Oct. 9, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. •CES resume & cover letter workshops Thursday, Oct. 3, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Information sessions on campus:
Please sign up online at uleth.ca/ross/ces/events to receive times and locations. • RCMP – Thursday, Oct. 10 • JET Programme (Japan Internships) – Thursday, Oct. 10
Go to our website for more detailed information on our services: uleth.ca/ross/ces For details of the postings and information on the application processes go to uleth.ca/ross/ces/job-board PART-TIME •Interpreters and Translators, Leth ~ Lethbridge Family Services (Dec. 23) •Brand Ambassadors, Cgy/Edm ~ XMC Sports & Entertainment (Dec. 31) •Dog Kennel Employee, Leth ~ Hot Dogz Ltd. (Dec. 31) •Professional Fundraiser, Cgy/Edm ~ Jobbook (Feb. 24) •Lead Sales Associate, Leth ~ Toys R Us (Oct. 14) •Part-time Cashier, Leth ~ Rona (Oct. 19) •Business Development Internship, Leth ~ Course Hero Inc (Oct. 20) •Crisis Counsellor, Leth ~ YWCA (Oct. 11) FULL TIME •Sales Agronomist, Rolling Hills ~ CHS Inc. (Oct. 12) •Agriculture Retail Sales Representative ~ CHS Inc. (Oct. 12) •Account Rep, Cgy/Edm ~ Uline (Oct. 23) •Franchise Manager ~ University First Class Painters (Oct. 31) •RN Mental Health, Cold Lake ~ Calian (Dec. 31) •Management Trainee, AB ~ Guillevin International Co (Oct. 15) •Professional Consultant, Cgy ~ Dillon Consulting (Oct. 31) •Associate Production Supervisor ~ Cargill (Nov. 1) •Regional Sales Manager, Brandon ~ Koch Fertilizer Canada (Oct. 31) •Production Management Engineer – Grain & Oilseed, Clavet/Camrose ~ Cargill (Nov. 1) •Associate Merchant – Grain & Oilseed, Winnipeg ~ Cargill (Nov. 1) •Operations Management Associate – Value Added Meats ~ Cargill (Nov. 1) •Sales Trainee – Animal Nutrition, Leth/Camrose/Winnipeg ~ Cargill (Nov. 1) •Junior Programmer, Cgy ~ CTH Systems (Oct. 15) •Associate Sales Representative ~ Cargill (Nov. 1) •Assistant Kitchen Managers, Leth ~ Hudsons
Pub (Oct. 11) •Associate Grain Marketing Advisor ~ Cargill AgHorizons (Nov. 1) •Associate Agronomic Advisor ~ Cargill AgHorizons (Nov. 1) •Operations Management Associate ~ Cargill Meat Solutions (Nov. 1) •Engineering Associate ~ Cargill Meat Solutions (Nov. 1) •Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory Associate ~ Cargill Meat Solutions (Nov. 1) •Operations Management Association ~ Cargill Case Ready (Nov. 1) •Community Disability Services Worker, Leth ~ Peak Vocational and Support Services (Oct. 20) •Head Wrangler ~ Brightwood Ranch (Oct. 13) •Distribution Manager, Cgy ~ Uline (Dec. 13) •General Manager, Cgy ~ Uline (Dec. 13) •Agronomist ~ McRae Holdings (Dec. 31) •VP Finance & Operations, Grande Prairie ~ Ceridian Recruiting Solutions (Oct. 17) •Intermediate Consultant ~ Navus Environmental (Oct. 17) •Junior Consultant ~ Navus Environmental (Oct. 17) •Agronomy Sales & Operation Associate ~ Providence Grain (Oct. 17) •Accounting Technician Intern, Stettler ~ Leschert & Associates (Oct. 18) •Crop Production Advisor ~ Crop Production Services (Oct. 23) •Agribusiness Assistant ~ Richardson International (Jan. 31) •Residential Nurse, Cgy ~ Woods Homes (Nov. 30) •Field Biologist, Cochrane ~ CCI Inc (Oct. 30) •Information Technology Support Analyst, Taber ~ Town of Taber (Oct. 7) •Sales Trainee (Field) ~ Reynolds & Reynolds (Oct. 30) •Entry Level Sales-Oil & Gas, Cgy ~ Progressive Global Energy (Oct. 30) •Upstream Americas Services and Operations Management Graduate; Business Analyst; IT Business Analyst; Business Analyst DV Engineering; DS IT Retail DV Application Delivery Analyst, Cgy ~ Shell Canada (Oct.
31) Management Trainee, Leth ~ Enterprise Rent a Car (Oct. 31) Professional Consultant, Cgy ~ Dillon Consulting (Oct. 31) TEMPORARY Sell Holiday Cards ~ Attitude Greetings Inc (Nov. 5) Grade 1 Teacher, Lloydminster ~ Lloydminster Public School Division (Dec. 3) Making Connections Worker, Leth ~ Lethbridge School District (Dec. 10) INTERNATIONAL China Interships ~ InternChina (Oct. 31) Accounting & Finance Internships, Beijing/Shanghai ~ CISC Global Inc (Dec. 31) Social Media Marketing Internships, Beijing/Shanghai ~ CISC Global Inc (Dec. 31) Various International Internships ~ InternChina (Dec. 25) Global Market of Development ~ Ningbo Wencheng International Student Internship Inc (Dec. 29) English Teacher, Japan ~ Nichii Gakkan (Nov. 8) Science Teachers Required, London ~ Synarbor Education (Oct. 31) Guide, Normandy France ~ Juno Beach Centre (Nov. 26) Teaching Opportunities in England ~ Synarbor Education (Oct. 18) Youth Ambassador, Ghana ~ Youth Challenge International (Oct. 7) Teacher ~ Alruwad International Schools (Oct. 19) ESL Teacher ~ Canadian Connection (Dec. 31) Teaching Jobs, South Korea ~ Eagle Consulting (Oct. 19) Teach English Overseas, Italy ~ Global TESOL College (Oct. 20)