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Janet Barriage Campus Reporter For more information on contributing to Campus Beat, please contact Janet Barriage, campus.beat@themeliorist.ca

What’s happening on

If you want to see your event posted in the “Beat,” please contact campus.beat@ themeliorist.ca for more information. Events must be submitted by Sunday evening to appear in the following issue of the Meliorist.

Fall 2011 Convocation Ceremony Oct. 15 Starts at 10 a.m. in the 1st Choice Savings Centre Gymnasium

Joy Charbonneau speaks in Art Now Oct. 17 12 to 12:50 p.m. in the Recital Hall

The Government Inspector Oct. 18 – 22 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the University Theatre Funny, frantic and full of frivolity, The Government Inspector by Morris Panych is a hilarious classic that has had audiences rolling in the aisles since 1836, solidifying its place as one of the world’s most popular theatrical comedies.

U-Pass Referendum Town Hall Oct. 18 5 to 6 p.m. in the U Hall Atrium

Open Mic Night Oct. 19 5:30 to 11 p.m. at The Zoo

Humans vs. Zombies Oct. 24 – 28 Everywhere The third annual Humans vs. Zombies game is back!

Halloween Cabaret Oct. 29 9 p.m. at The Zoo

Don’t be left hungry for the holidays The ULSU Food Bank

Janet Barriage Campus Beat Living the life of a full time student can be tough on your budget. Not only are many of us out on our own for the first time but also we are learning to manage money in a big way. Your expenses always seem to outdo your budget, and having a job while juggling classes is always a challenge and sometimes not even an option. Grocery shopping often falls pretty low on the priority list. The Students’ Union offers a food bank to help students and families. “As the costs of attaining a postsecondary education continue to increase, it has become much harder for students to make ends meet. All too often students have difficulty affording the necessities of life. As a result, we see the demand for our food bank services spike,” says Keith McLaughlin, past ULSU Vice-President Academic. “The ULSU Food Bank needs help to ensure that its

operations remain sustainable, so that we can continue to help our students in times of need.” Current students, staff or faculty at the University of Lethbridge are eligible to receive a food hamper. Hampers are often made in advance and kept in the Students’ Union office (SU180) but they do request that you e-mail the food bank 24 hours in advance at food. bank@uleth.ca. This is because the food bank is no longer located in the SU office. They also take in to consideration if you have any dietary requirements and if you need it for a single person or a family. Each hamper is designed to help for one week. A person is allowed two hampers per month for a total of 10 visits per academic career. This is because the food bank is a not-for-profit volunteerrun organization with limited resources. Their goal is to try and help as many students as possible, and by limiting the amount of visits they are able to continue to offer this service and hopefully will

never have to turn someone away because they don’t have food. If you’re thinking that you may need the food bank but you aren’t sure that it’s for you, then you need to remember that each client has his or her own story. They have helped students who have been in emergency food situations due to their student loan not coming in on time, unexpected car or healthcare payments, personal crisis, and other budgeting issues. You are definitely not alone in needing help. Last year the food bank helped over 300 students. If you do use the service, when you come to the ULSU reception desk to pick it up you will be asked to present a valid student ID card and to fill out a short food hamper request form. All the information given on the form is confidential and is used for statistical purposes only. Keeping the food bank running is tough sometimes. They constantly need donations. If you are one of the lucky students or staff

members who are not feeling a financial stretch, then try to donate and help out those in need! “The ULSU Food Bank welcomes any help from the university community or southern Alberta as a whole,” says Taz Kassam, past ULSU President. “We want students to be able to focus on their education and enjoy their time at the University of Lethbridge, not worrying about where their next meal is going to come from.” The Students’ Union hosts a variety of events to keep the food bank operating. The Peter Mansbridge lecture in 2010 raised over $2,300 from ticket sales and an unspecified personal donation from Mansbridge himself. The food bank depends heavily on donations from generous people, without which the ULSU wouldn’t be able to help the number of students it does. If you have any questions regarding the food bank, contact food.bank@uleth.ca or Shelley at (403)329-2039.

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The Troyanda Ukrainian Cultural Club Janet Barriage Campus Beat

The Troyanda Ukrainian Cultural Club is a brand new club on campus. Their mission is to unite and bring exposure to the Ukrainian community that exists on the university campus. They have several goals for this school year, such as acting as a liaison between the Ukrainian community on campus and the greater Ukrainian community in and around Lethbridge. One of the ways they will do this will be to improve communication to help more students become aware of Ukrainian events around town. This includes the Ukrainian dance club — which is open for anyone to join — and Malanka. Malanka is a celebration of the Ukrainian New Year, which happens each January and includes a Ukrainian dance performance, a full traditional Ukrainian meal (perogies, cabbage rolls, etc.), imported Ukrainian beer and vodka, and a social dance with a live Ukrainian band. The second goal is to work towards planning cultural events of their own. Ideas that have been pitched so far include cultural meal nights (such as perogies), pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) workshops in the spring, and Ukrainian social events where members can listen to Ukrainian music and get to know

one another better. Since they are a new club on campus, the Troyanda Ukrainian Cultural Club is completely open to hearing what the members of the

club have as a vision for the future of the club. At this time, they have no regularly scheduled meeting times, as they are reviewing feedback received from their club mem-

Moodle answers

Elizabeth Porter

Now that Moodle is here to stay on campus, you may need some pointers on how to get the most out of Moodle. Moodleanswers.com is a tutorial website created to help instructors and students find their way around the Moodle learning environment. The site contains tutorials that show instructors how to add resources and activities, post grades, and even how to customize the look of Moodle pages. Each of the tutorials contains screen captures, written instructions, and in some cases video demonstrations, that

walk you step by step through a Moodle process. The site is a great resource if you need help when a Moodle team member is not available for consultation. Students are also welcome to come learn about Moodle on moodleanswers.com. Tutorials for students include helping them with the log-on process, submitting assignments, and even participating in forums. Instructors are encouraged to send their students to the site for a crash course in Moodling.

Finally, the site offers users a way to seek help that may not be explained in the site. A section entitled “Need More Answers” provides users with a friendly environment to submit a help request to the Moodle support team. This page identifies you as a user, what issues you are requesting help with, and your contact information as well as notifies multiple members of the Moodle support team. Your request will likely be addressed in a 24 hour period once it is submitted. Happy Moodling.

bers. Currently the club has roughly 50 members. They would like to stress that you do not have to be Ukrainian to join the club. Rather, you need only

have an interest in learning about or engaging in Ukrainian culture. Anyone interested in getting involved is encouraged to e-mail nicole.stewart@uleth.ca.

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Sara Parkin News Editor For more information on contributing to News, please contact Sara Parkin, n.editor@themeliorist.ca

Looking forward to Redford’s Alberta Sara Parkin News Editor

Alison Redford, a 46-year-old human rights lawyer, was sworn in as Alberta’s 14th premier on Friday, Oct. 7 in a ceremony at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton. Redford became Alberta’s first female premier and is now one of four female premiers in office in Canada, the highest number since confederation. She is only the seventh woman in the country’s history to become a leader of a province or territory and break the political “glass ceiling” that still exists in Canada. Redford’s win could be seen as a mark of a province in transition. A population that was once, and often still is, thought to be fiercely conservative is now becoming less homogenous, younger, and more urban. Redford shocked the public and her fellow politicians alike when she became premier-designate in the early morning of Oct. 2 after winning the leadership of the long-ruling Progressive Conservative Party by a narrow margin. Redford had only one of her 66 fellow PC MLAs back her bid to replace former premier Ed Stelmach. Redford was scrutinized by some Progressive Conservatives throughout her campaign for being “too progressive for a party with rural roots,” according to an article in the Globe and Mail preceding her win. Some have even gone so far as to call Redford a “closet Liberal.” Some of Redford’s more progressive policy ideas include proposing higher government payments to the disabled, being a proponent of pay hikes for employees of non-profit organizations, and implementing comprehensive “family care centres.” Redford managed to secure a win in the PC leadership race with the help of Stephen Carter who led her campaign. Carter was also behind Naheed Nenshi’s campaign to become the mayor of Calgary, a bid for leadership that many thought was a long-shot. Redford narrowly won the leadership of the Alberta PCs with just 51.1 per cent of the final vote. The Oct. 1 vote was the second ballot in the party’s leadership race. The first ballot, which took place back in September, eliminated the party’s most right-leaning candidates. Ted Morton, Rick Orman, and Doug Academics Griffiths didn’t make the cut for the Advic Advice e Alberta second Alb ballot. erta Art Art the first ballot, Gary Following Mar Books Books was leading the pack with 41 per Ca na Canada da Community cent Co of mm theunity vote. Redford followed Clubs Current Affa irs Dramatic Ar ts Diet D.I.Y. Environment Fashion Film Food Foreign Affa irs Health Local News Music Politics Post-Second ary Ed. Pronghorns Research Science Student Life Sex Social Issues Travel Television Academics

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with 19 per cent and Doug Horner came in third with 15 per cent of the votes. With these results in mind, Gary Mar was expected to become Alberta’s next premier. Many have credited Redford’s surprising win to her issues-driven campaign and her targeting of female voters. Her promises of increased funding to education and health care seemed to resonate with a number of PC party members. Redford’s win marks a shift for the PCs to a more centrist approach to politics. One thing that Redford promised during her campaign was change, and many Albertans are excited to see what she has in store for the province. During her campaign, Redford criticized a controversial land law, pushed for a judicial inquiry into her government’s handling of the health care file, and dismissed the “arrogance” of her own cabinet. Redford came under fire for attacking the governing party and for using a scorched-earth approach to her campaign. Predictions have come forward saying that Redford will be the leader to find a friend in Ottawa and its regulators instead of adopting the oppositional relationship that has been characteristic of a number of Alberta’s previous leaders. Redford is known for allegedly holding a thinly veiled distaste for a number of the views held by Stephen Harper’s federal Conservatives, particularly when it comes to social issues.

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debate that raged on for weeks. Many feared that some students would be at risk of missing out on valuable information that they need to live healthy lives, a fear that is reportedly shared by our new premier. Back in 2009 the Alberta Teachers’ Association advocated against Bill 44. Redford has also expressed her interest in re-examining Section 3 of the Alberta Human Rights Act. Section 3 is meant to prevent discrimination that is “likely to expose a person or a class of persons to hatred or contempt.” Critics of Section 3 say the word “likely” is problematic because it is too broad.

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UBC animal rights activists expand campaign STOP begins work with similar campus groups across Canada Arshy Mann CUP Western Bureau Chief VANCOUVER (CUP) — A UBC activist group is taking their campaign to end animal experimentation national. STOP UBC Animal Research (STOP), an animal rights group that started at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus, has begun working with other groups with similar goals at institutions across Canada. “We started out concerned about the animals at UBC. and the more we learned about this issue, the more ... [we felt] there was an urgent need to reform the way that animal research is done in Canada,” said STOP spokesperson Brian Vincent. In the long term, STOP hopes for an end to animal testing across Canada, but in the short term, advocates for more transparency for the experiments that are currently done. For the past year, STOP has been successful in bringing attention to animal experimentation at UBC, receiving coverage from both local and national media in addition to public responses from UBC President Stephen Toope. Their cam-

paigns resulted in UBC sparing the lives of seven endangered sea turtles and four rhesus monkeys, all of which were slated for death. Earlier this year, STOP joined with dozens of other organizations to create the Canadian Coalition Against Animal Research and Experimentation (CCARE), which included a number of nascent groups targeted at institutions such as the University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the University of Alberta, York University and the University of Victoria. “We realized that there were little pockets of concerned citizens across Canada who were concerned about animal research going on in their communities, but they felt helpless,” said Vincent. “We’re talking about sometimes two or three people.” The group’s first action was to send a letter to the Canadian Council of Animal Care (CCAC), an organization which oversees animal research in Canada. The letter asked the CCAC to phase out animal testing, but in the meantime, to institute Americanstyle reforms to make animal experimentation more transparent in Canada.

However, the CCAC responded by arguing that Canada’s animal testing laws are stringent and that animal testing in research has been declining since 1975, despite a threefold federal funding increase for research in that same time period. “This provides long term evidence for the effectiveness of the CCAC system of oversight, which has operated in the majority of the Canadian scientific community during the same time period. for the past three decades,” wrote Clément Gauthier, the executive director of the CCAC. STOP goes east Vincent has already begun working with some of the groups at other universities. “We will be providing training for people across the country from STOP UBC Animal Research, so I’ll be travelling to places [and] probably the first place is Toronto. I’ve already done two Skype training sessions with them, because their the most active and up and running.” Paul York, the coordinator of STOP U of T Animal Research, said that despite the fact that his group has been around for three years, they changed their name when they saw how successful Vincent’s group was. They used to be called Stop

Animal Experimentation at the University of Toronto. “Because of the work of Brian and others there, we decided to use the same name and even the same logo,” he said. However, York said that his group has a different style of activism than the UBC branch. “The mood is a little bit different in Toronto than it is in Vancouver. I don’t know if people are a little more conservative here or something, [but] it’s very hard to organize demonstrations,” he said. “So we’re pursuing the educational route. That’s not to say we’re against the colourful stuff. I think that what Brian is doing is great and I think that it’s fantastic. But honestly, at this point, our group doesn’t have the momentum to do that.” York went on to say that his group has spent a good portion of the year setting up informational tables on campus outside of research facilities, as well as organizing lectures on the moral and scientific arguments against animal research. Despite their smaller size, STOP U of T has had more luck in one area than it’s UBC counterpart has.

York said that his group successfully filed a freedom-of-information request with the university regarding the testing that’s done at U of T, in which they actually received information — something UBC has never given up. “Normally they black out things like that, but we’re very lucky that we got this report, and it indicates what the species are and how they’re used,” he said. York said that they found that over 200 experiments were done in the top two levels of invasiveness. “And this was on pretty much every kind of species. Hummingbird, monkey, newt, rat, mice — you name it.” According to Vincent, when they filed a similar request at UBC, they got back a 70 page document, 60 pages of which were completely redacted. Besides the successful request, STOP U of T Animal Research has yet to receive any sort of official response from the university. “We call it a wall of silence. They won’t engage with us. The only way they’ll ever engage with us if there’s actually press,” he said. “They don’t want to talk to us.”

Ryerson students seek to claim former CKLN frequency For first time in 27 years, 88.1 FM up for grabs Nicole Siena

The Eyeopener (Ryerson University)

TORONTO (CUP) — Since CKLN was taken off the air by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) earlier this year, the frequency 88.1 FM has been up for grabs. This is this first time this frequency has been available in over 27 years and a group of Ryerson students and faculty have their eye on it. Kolter Bouchard and Noorez Nunu Rhemtulla, two radio and television arts (RTA) students have spearheaded a campaign to use a portion of the $250,000 set aside for CKLN to apply to the CRTC for a student-run radio station. The $10.35, paid by each Ryerson

Students’ Union (RSU) member as a part of the 2011–12 tuition, has been put into an untapped reserve since CKLN can no longer access funds. This new radio station, if accepted by the CRTC, will have no affiliation with CKLN. “A lot of people think that it’s the same group of people applying,” said Bouchard, who was a student representative on the CKLN board of directors in the past. “It’s outrageous that Ryerson had a radio station, but the people running it squandered it.” “We want to be everything (CKLN) was not,” said Lorie Beckstead, the associate chair of RTA and the faculty advisor for the potential new radio station. “CKLN wasn’t able to serve the

Ryerson community. We want to ensure that none of that will happen again,” she said. The frequency is available for open application and many others have already applied to get it. “What we have going for us is that the dial is so crowded with commercial radio, that we have a real edge,” said Bouchard. “We’re offering something that none of these other stations can offer.” Beckstead said that airwaves are public property. “It’s not fair when the airwaves are all the same.” Bouchard and Rhemtulla both sat on the board of directors for CKLN as student representatives. But both stepped down this summer after realizing that being involved with CKLN was like “trying to bring someone back from

a coma,” according to Rhemtulla. If the station is accepted, it will consist of a nine-person board of directors. They will reserve three seats for students, three for faculty members and three for community members. “Kolter and I were always on the same page,” Rhemtulla said. “When we both got on [the board of directors], we decided to do it for the students.” Bouchard and Rhemtulla had talked to other CKLN members about having more student involvement and even broadcasting Rams sporting events. “It wasn’t that they weren’t taking it seriously, it was that they weren’t taking it as seriously as us,” said Rhemtulla.

After stepping down, they began talking to other students and industry professionals about starting their own station. “We have so many students who wanted to be a part of it — and then we couldn’t,” said Bouchard. For the new station to be approved, a minimum of 3,000 students need to vote and more than 50 per cent must cast a ballot in favour of it. But Bouchard vows that the station will showcase programming with students in mind. “At the end of the day, students are paying the bills. We’re trying to serve the community. It’s student funded, and it really needs to serve the needs of students, first and foremost.”

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No name, no shame

National research body won’t publish names of those found guilty of misconduct Tannara Yelland

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SASKATOON (CUP) — In the wake of a scathing editorial in one of the world’s leading science journals, handling of research misconduct in Canada has been called into question. The journal Nature published the critique on Sept. 28, criticizing the Natural Sciences and Energy Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for refusing to publicly identify researchers found guilty of misconduct. James Turk of the Canadian Association of University Teachers says his organization agrees with Nature and advocates a change. According to Turk, the problems merely start with what Nature discussed, and multiply from there. “The whole system is rather badly flawed,” Turk said. “Well-intended, but badly flawed.” NSERC is one of three main granting councils in Canada that allots funding for research, along with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Despite the fact that these three organizations hold the purse strings for research and have a policy on research misconduct, any investigation into misconduct is conducted by the university that researcher works for. There is no binding national policy on misconduct investigations, nor are there any guidelines for schools to follow, save for whatever they come up with themselves. “We have this totally decentral-

When universities investigate their own researchers, the temptation can be high to deliver only a simple slap on the wrist |Stephen Poff

ized system,” Turk explained. “If I’m a researcher and I’m accused of misconduct, how it would get treated in one university could be entirely different from how it would be treated in another university. “There’s no effective oversight or statutory authority for oversight on the part of the granting councils.” Turk says there are two primary reasons why he feels NSERC’s refusal to publish the identities of those found guilty of misconduct is wrong. One is that it can lead to public mistrust of universities, a dangerous trend for public institutions. The other reason is that if other researchers are unaware of

misconduct in their community, the offending work might be used to back up other work, propagating results that may have been falsified or plagiarized. “When accusations are made,” Turk said, “you want to maintain confidentiality, because it could destroy somebody’s career if allegations get out …. But when there’s a proper, fair investigation and judgment that indeed there has been serious research misconduct, then I think it looks very bad in the eyes of the public to say, ‘Well, we can’t tell you who it is or anything about it.’ That just causes public distrust, which will really backfire on the

academic world.” Turk added that when everyone knows a researcher’s identity will not be made public, whistleblowers can grow frustrated and lean toward outing someone publicly before an investigation occurs rather than watch the investigation and punishment occur behind closed doors. NSERC denied requests for an interview and sent the following comment by email: “NSERC has zero tolerance for research misconduct and for any misuse of taxpayers’ dollars. We are working with universities to strengthen our policies on research integrity. Cases of scientific misconduct are extremely rare in Canada.” In the increasingly competitive world of post-secondary education, where schools compete for students, funding and prestige, and a drop in one can lead to a decrease in the others, there can be immense pressure to avoid the kind of black eye that research misconduct inevitably represents. The University of Alberta hopes to be in the top 20 world universities by 2020; the University of Calgary recently made public its plan to be one of Canada’s top five research schools by 2016, in time for its 50th anniversary; and the University of Ottawa recently cracked the top 200 universities in the world, and is looking at an even higher standing. “Universities are in a very competitive mood these days,” Turk said. However, along with this competitive mood has come a desire to sweep certain unpleasant incidents under the rug.

One of the most dramatic examples of this happened at Memorial University of Newfoundland several years ago. Ranjit Chandra, a member of the faculty of medicine, submitted a paper to the British Medical Journal claiming to have patented a multivitamin formula capable of reversing memory loss in seniors. After the BMJ’s statistical expert determined that the results of Chandra’s study were impossible, MUN was asked to investigate the case. When MUN asked Chandra to produce his data, he refused. Chandra resigned in 2002, but his fraudulent paper had already been published in the Sept. 2001 issue of Nutrition. Memorial did not pursue its investigation after Chandra resigned. “There were accusations that the university had dragged its feet in investigating,” Turk said of the case. “One way to deal with misconduct is to let the person resign, and then nothing comes out.” While this policy might suit schools looking to maintain a spotless reputation, it hardly helps the field of scientific research. According to Turk, “We need a consistent set of expectations of what constitutes research integrity. Those expectations should apply to academic researchers, to government researchers, to researchers in private industry. And when there’s allegations of misconduct there should be a set of procedures that are followed to ensure fairness to the accused, and for the interests of the public.”

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The Ameliorator and Ameliorator Awards Making the world a better place edition Matt Baird

Features Editor

Ameliorator (from ameliorate): to make the world become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory. For those of you who happen to live in the Twitterverse, you heard about the death of Apple mogul Steve Jobs before everyone else. And while there is seemingly nothing wrong with alerting the world to the death of a billionaire in less than 140 characters, that is a rant for another day. Born in 1955, Jobs was a man who managed to unify innovative technology with a sleek, simple style that appealed to nearly everyone. For those of you who have ever tried to build a cutting edge computer without it looking like a technological monstrosity worthy of a Shelley novel, you can understand how hard this

can be. And while you Mac attacker’ s out there may believe that Jobs did more harm than good, reduc-

ing the computer and the phone to something filled with more style than substance, a man who profited

from an overpriced fashion statement of first world avarice, chill out. Steve Jobs managed to adapt computer technology into a form that anyone can use. From age eight to 80, Apple tech is approachable; and that’s a pretty neat thing. Not to mention he also helped to launch Lucasfilm Ltd. and Pixar Studios, responsible for Guybrush Threepwood and some film about toys that come to life, respectively. And so, here’s to you, Jobs. When you get to wherever you are going, enjoy those Hawaiian death chimes. And our second award: The Nobel prizes were given out last week, and if that’s not a cause for amelioration, I don’t know what is. The Nobel Prize celebrates great achievement in science, literature, and the furthering of mankind in general. While to some it simply serves as a reminder of the people

that are far more talented, skilled, and generally intelligent are being rewarded for years of hard work and back-breaking labour, to most it serves as a reminder that they will

never get a Nobel prize. As depressing as that may be, the Peace Prize this year was a three-way tie to three very deserving women. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, known as the “Iron Lady” to her opponents, is the first

freely elected president of South Africa, who is pushing for a furthering of both human and women’s rights in her country. Leymah Gbowee, creator of the “Women for Peace” movement, helped to stop the war in Libya by encouraging women to hold a sex-strike until the fighting stopped; that’s right, she and her movement members denied sex, and in doing so, helped to stop a war. Finally, the journalist Tawakkul Karman who was a key figure in the protests in Sanaa, Yemen, and whose reporting helped further the entire revolutionary cause during the “Arab Spring.” These women were all given the split prize “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peacebuilding work.” Keep it up, ladies.

Getting my dollar’s worth An open letter to the Meliorist staff Olivier O’Brien Features Op-Ed

Dear Staff, Firstly I would like to thank you for all the hard work that goes into our little school paper, which I can certainly appreciate all the more having contributed a handful of words myself. However, I am concerned by the apparent lack of interest in reading the Meliorist by the student body. Therefore I have come up with a number of helpful suggestions regarding the formatting and content of the paper, particularly by emulating other more successful local papers. Firstly, the format: Fire all the writers of the Meliorist, seeing as the Meliorist only receives a fraction of what more au-courant student associations receive (a meager $5 per student per semester), and then reinvest

the money in illustrations for the paper. If there’s one thing people hate doing it is reading, so I suggest we replace many of the word bits of the paper with pictures. This is in fact in keeping with the progress of papers over the last century. Broadsheets from the 19th century rarely had pictures, but modern papers have at least one on every page. My personal innovation to this formula is as follows: appeal to the every-man’s love of wine, women and song. Upon every page a transparency layer featuring two colossal 40-ouncers showering a bikini babe with beer. You could even run a contest and have the girls of the university send in their summer pictures. To truly flesh out this feature, the runners-up could be hosted online for extra ad revenue. Secondly I suggest reorganizing the paper into the standard three section format of the modern paper: news, culture and sports (ego,

super ego, and id). Since the sports influence in the Meliorist has always been minimal, just cut it out all together, and save a printout of the Proline win/loss ticket taken from the nearest lotto terminal. Secondly, the content: The paradox of marketing news is that people dislike new things. I’m sure you have observed that many major news corporations stay about a week behind current events; some of the brilliantly run ones don’t report them altogether. As a weekly newspaper, the Meliorist is ideally situated for this particular tactic, especially since the new Meliorist would pull all of its news stories directly from the Associated Press. However, to ensure a respectable market share, only stories centering on violence or sex would be run, at least for the first few pages. And, of course, photos would be near mandatory. To even out all the sex and vio-

lence the paper’s political leaning in its handful of political articles would have to be quite conservative, in order to appeal to as broad an audience as possible. This will require the editors to employ another local newspaper labour-saving device: rewriting AP stories and inserting a political slant. More recently this process has been improved by the invention of the hypothetical quote, which works as follows: say Dorothy is writing a newspaper article about the Strawman, but she feels that he has not articulated his views clearly enough, or in a fashion that she can easily tackle with her prepared speaking points. So she includes the line “as the Strawman might say” and this will help to bring the Strawman into the dialogue, where Dorothy will feel more comfortable engaging him. Here I suggest another news innovation: instead of running the actual interviews use instead whole hypo-

thetical dialogues. By this method your skeleton crew of editors might easily write articles that not only compete with other newspapers’ hard hitting political pieces but exceed them. Entire Ayn Rand-style slashfic editorials about Harper and Putin’s proposed free trade summit, for example. The culture section would be even easier (quell surprise!); you could have somebody zip down to the library, grab whatever classic that’s being prostituted on the front shelf and xerox a few pages and run it as a serial. All the good ones are in the public domain now anyway. What other newspaper might boast of Milton? I would like to thank you for having taken the time to read my modest proposal. I do hope it’s put a little sun in your day. Cheers, Olivier O’Brien

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Energy Drinks to Remain Widely Available, Despite New Federal Rules Feds reject proposal to sell energy drinks in pharmacies only, but mandate nutritional information labels Lee Richardson

CUP Ontario Bureau Chief

TORONTO (CUP) — Students won’t be forced to visit a pharmacy to buy energy drinks after certain proposed regulations were recently turned down by the federal government, though consumers will see some smaller changes to familiar products over the next couple of years. Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced on Oct. 6 new regulations surrounding the creation and sale of energy drinks across the country — though the products will still be available in

the same stores in which consumers can currently find them. The initial recommendation to restrict the sale of energy drinks to pharmacies originated from a Health Canada expert panel that issued a report that also suggested energy drinks should be renamed “stimulant drug containing drinks.” “I think the question is not ‘Should these be sold on university campuses?’ but ‘How should they be sold?’” said Toronto Public Health dietitian Didem Varol. “There’s pretty much enough consensus out there to say, ‘Look, this is something that we should take with caution, so if we’re going to offer these on

campuses, what can we do to make sure that harm is minimized to students?’” Despite the rejection of the panel’s initial pharmacy-sale recommendations, Health Canada has passed new regulations that will limit the amount of caffeine in energy drinks to 180 mg in a single serving. As the government’s decision now considers energy drinks as foods instead of natural health products, new labels indicating nutritional information are now required. Warnings highlighting the health concerns of mixing the drinks with alcohol will also have to be present. “It might be wise to not let them be sold in bars because that seems to be the big problem,” suggested

Ryerson University early childhood education student Meagan Salsbury. “If they’re that concerned, I think it would make more sense to make them [only available to those] 18 and over, like cigarettes.” Labels will also have to indicate the amount of caffeine in the product. The new regulation of energy drinks as a food means that they can be subjected to stricter government rulings. “To really consider it as a drug and to treat it the same way is, I think, a bit ludicrous,” said Ryerson early childhood education student Thomas De Mayo, referring to the initial Health Canada recommendations. “It’s technically correct, but it’s like saying that doughnuts are a drug because it has

sugar and sugar affects you.” The new regulations also dictate that the companies that produce energy drinks will have to let Health Canada know of any consumer complaints regarding their drinks, as well as provide more information around the sale and consumption of the drinks. “I get where they’re coming from, but I don’t think it’s that big of a deal,” said Ryerson business management student Anthony Volpe. “It’s consumers that are doing it wrong, not the producers or the sellers — so the regulation is smart.” Energy drink companies will be expected to meet the new federal regulations over the next 18 to 24 months.

Drink of the Week: Pumpkin Spice Irish Coffee Matt Baird

Features Mixologist

I love the idea of making things Irish. Between Irish Cream, Irish Coffee, and the Fighting Irish, it seems that all you need to qualify something as arriving from the emerald isles is a main ingredient, followed up by a dollop of Irish whiskey. Cream and Sugar not ethnic enough for you? Add a little whiskey distilled in a moorlandbackwater and boom! Irish. I’m sure that Irish Oatmeal, Irish Curry, and Irish Study Sessions are all welcome adaptations to this tried and true method of adding culture to the best things in life. But for the love of Joyce, don’t over do it. You can’t suddenly add Irish whiskey to your English relations and then call them Irish; after all, that’s what the English tried to do, and look where it got them.

Anyway, in case you’ve misplaced your calender during your monotonous dredge between classes, we are smack dab in the middle of October. Halloween is a little less than three weeks away, and it’s time for something that will both warm your bones and use any leftover pumpkin you have in the fridge from concocting Thanksgiving Day pastries. This week’s drink is so tasty on its own that you don’t even have to add the aforementioned Irish prefix in the form of whisky, should you rather just have a tasty drink after walking home on a chilly afternoon. And yes, this might take some effort. While you could go to Starbucks, pick up a Pumpkin Spice Latte, and then proceed to inundate your beverage with enough Jameson Whiskey to pickle the city of Dublin, I think you can do better than that.

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First things first: make some coffee, in the usual manner. The better the coffee, the better the final product here. Add the sugar to the bottom of your glass, and pour the whiskey on top. Swirl the glass a bit to combine. If you don’t like your coffee on the sweet side, grow a sweet tooth. The sugar will help to prevent the cream from combining in the final product. This would produce a murky, dark brown substance which, while fit for consumption, is not the aim of the drink. In your mixing bowl, add the pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon, and the cream. If desired, omit the spices and the pumpkin for a good old fashioned Irish coffee, but at that point you may as well just throw your hands up in the air and watch the Food Network, because you’re just ignoring what I

write here anyway. What is it with you, dear reader? Always meddling. Whisk until combined, making sure the cream thickens up a bit. You’re not looking for the soft peaks you get in fully whipped cream, but the cream has to be thick enough so as to not combine with the coffee when poured. Add the coffee into the glass, and then either dollop the cream on top if it’s thick, or pour it over the back of a spoon if its a little runnier. Ideally, the cream will float on top of the coffee, looking like the head of a finely poured Guinness. Sprinkle with Nutmeg, and consume.

1 Heat Resistant Stemmed Glass (a coffee mug will do in a pinch; you just don’t want to crack the glass from the heat of the coffee) 1 Small Mixing Bowl A Whisk 2 cups of Freshly Brewed Coffee 1 oz of Irish Whisky 250ml of Whipping Cream 2 tsp of Brown Sugar 1 tsp of Nutmeg

Note: Do not stir your coffee! The point of the drink is to drink the coffee through the cream, thus enabling a volcano of delicious whisky flavour to erupt from the cool, creamy top.

1/2 tsp of Cinnamon And 1 tbsp of Cooked Pumpkin

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Censorship and Safety: Health Canada and the Nuclear Information Blackout Trent Arthur writer

It was our uranium. It was mined on the shores of Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories. In August 1945, it exploded over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, instantly killing thousands and leaving a legacy of radiation-related health effects. 53 years later, in 1998, members of the Dene Sahtu First Nation of Great Bear Lake travelled to Japan. On behalf of their people and land, they apologized to the survivors of the atomic bombs. Fast forward to Fukushima, the nuclear power plant that reached meltdown proportions after Japan’s eastern coastline was pummelled by a massive, 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. Aileen Mioko Smith, a Japanese anti-nuclear activist and director of Green Action, was in San Francisco when Fukushima exploded. Following her return, she observed the following: “The situation in Fukushima remains unstable and very dangerous. The status quo persists. The media are still ignoring citizen efforts, the TV programs are stacked with pro-nuclear spokespeople, and there are very few signs of real change. I worry about what will happen when the eyes of the world turn away from the Fukushima crisis, as soon as some other crisis erupts.” Growing evidence suggests an on-going international news media blackout on information critical of nuclear energy. The Guardian newspaper revealed in July that the UK government colluded with the nuclear industry to suppress information and downplay the effects of the Fukushima disaster. In June, the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Station in Nebraska sat flooded under the Missouri River. A fire in the electrical switch room cut power supply, resulting in a temporary loss of cooling. Later, Russia’s Federal Atomic Energy Agency leaked a memo received from the International Atomic Energy Agency revealing that President Obama had ordered a “total and complete” news blackout on any information regarding the Fort Calhoun emergency. The report also divulged that Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) ordered a

“no-fly zone” over the plant. Finally, an ABC news affiliate in Omaha retracted a story informing citizens of a 10-mile evacuation zone around the plant.

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Immediately after the Fukushima catastrophe, the Canadian government went into damage-control. Information on the unfolding nuclear catastrophe in Japan had clearly ignited the fears of many Canadians, as reports surfaced that Vancouver residents were flocking to drug stores to purchase potassium iodide in an effort to protect themselves from the effects of radiation. In an effort to assuage public opinion, Health Canada’s Dr. Paul Gully hastily stated on CBC news “that the risk to Canadians in Canada is negligible and will remain negligible, even in the worst-case scenario”. Yet, despite such definitive claims by government officials, Alex Roslin, a writer for Vancouver’s Georgia Straight, investigated Health Canada’s data and found that radiation from Fukushima had travelled through the atmosphere to Canada’s west coast, exposing Canadians to harmful levels of contamination. “For 22 days, a Health Canada monitoring station in Sidney detected iodine-131 levels in the air that were up to 300 times above the normal background levels. Radioactive iodine levels shot up as high as nearly 1,000 times background levels in the air at Resolute Bay, Nunavut.” The trail of conflicting data continued. On March 19, Kryzyszt of Starosta, a chemist at Simon Fraser University, tested the rainwater in Burnaby and found readings as high as 13 becquerels of iodine-131 per litre. Health Canada’s allowable limit of 6 becquerels per litre of drinking water is 54times higher than the limits set by the American Environmental Protection Agency. Health Canada’s Radiation Moni-

toring Data website has censored readings from the Canadian Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring Stations, setup to test the atmosphere for the radioactive traces of nuclear test explosions. The readings from these stations are sent automatically to the UN’s Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization offices in Vienna. According to Kristen Haupt, the organization’s public information officer,only member states have access and discretion to release the data. Roy Brady of the Council of Canadians and SAGE (Safe and Green Energy Peterborough) notes that Health Canada chose to limit the data from the Canadian test-ban monitoring stations to “one day per week, beginning in May, just when the results could actually be increasing in harm.” Health Canada provides no readings for the entire month of July; in tables where the data should be reported, each reading is represented by a hyphen, which according to the chart’s table means the data was “not measured or not detected.” After spamming Health Canada and the CNSC with requests to access the data, I received a response from Eric Pellerin of Health Canada’s Radiation Protection Bureau. Pellerin wrote “effective Aug. 11 we will be actually completely discontinuing the posting of monitoring data on Health Canada’s web site.” Pellerin offered as rationale for the decision that “the conditions of the plants in Japan are under better control and emissions are low,” and “all radiation measurements over the last few months have been within the range of normal background levels.” This stands in contrast to Roslin’s findings in the article mentioned above, which found levels of iodine rose above the federal government’s allowable limits numerous times. Mr. Pellerin suggested I pursue an access to information request with the Radiation Protection Bureau (RPB), but also informed me that employees of the RPB had been instructed “not to deal directly with specific public requests.” I asked Arthur Schafer, the Director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba, to put this into

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The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick deWitt Kari Tanaka

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You’ve all heard that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover but, in this case, I urge you to channel your inner rebel, judge away, because the cover of this book is bloody fantastic! The graphic work of artist Dan Stiles immediately instils a sense of the whimsically violent storyline within while designer, Suet Yee Chong, takes full advantage of the clever artwork, pulling minute portions throughout the text to create dramatic entrances to each of the book’s three acts. Pair the quirkiness of the design work with the dry wit of the author and you have a winning combination in Patrick deWitt’s The Sisters Brothers. Set in the 1850s at the height of the gold rush, the book follows hired gunmen, Eli and Charlie Sisters, on a journey from Oregon to California in search of their mark, Hermann Kermit Warm. It is one of many jobs

that they have done under the Commodore’s employ but two things distinguish this one from the rest. First, the Commodore instructs them to use any means necessary to extract a “formula” from Warm before they finish him off. Second, the relationship between the brothers is complicated by Charlie’s promotion to lead man. Being that the narration is provided by the other brother, Eli, the stage is set for a pitiful, woe-is-me tone that is extremely comedic and sad at the same time. deWitt is an incredible storyteller, using the skill of a play writer to create quick, yet evocative vignettes that move the plot line from place to place effortlessly. The vivid imagery of the western frontier, from the dusty streets and brothels of Mayfair to the wild riches of San Francisco make it feel like you’ve saddled up next to the Sisters brothers as a silent witness to their violent existence. The violence is gritty and bloody, but not gratuitous; the

characters are so well drawn that even those that you meet once on the journey leave a lasting impression. Eli’s horse, Tub, introduced on the very first page, is so pathetic and loyal, he had me laughing, crying and cheering him on, every step of the way. The little prophetic girl, who makes only two appearances in the entire book, is also very poignant, and creepy: like Children of the Corn creepy, but I digress. The Sisters Brothers has been selected as a finalist for the Man Booker Prize, the Giller Prize, and the Rogers’ Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. I could go on and on about how much I enjoyed the uniqueness of this novel and all facets of its quirkiness, but I won’t. Why? Because I have become one of Patrck deWitt’s newest fans and am about to crack open his previous novel, Ablutions. The Sisters Brothers and other novels that made the Giller shortlist are available now at fine bookstores including your U of L Bookstore.

perspective. Schafer, who sat on the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) Roundtable on Ethics wrote in return that he had “no knowledge about Health Canada’s postings or the rationale for changing their reporting method,” adding that, given his knowledge of Health Canada, “their prime concern is not the health of Canadians or the duty to provide timely and accurate information to the public.” In a recent telephone interview, Australian physician and anti-nuclear crusader Dr. Helen Caldicott reaffirmed Schafer’s conjecture about the government agency. “I actually wouldn’t trust Health Canada,” she said. “From the previous record they have tended to be pro-nuclear.” Caldicott draws her assertions from her recent trip to Ontario, where she spoke at a joint federal provincial hearing to warn of the dangers of low-level ionizing radiation exposure to populations living near nuclear plants. During the hearing, Health Canada presented in favour of a planned $35billion expansion of Ontario’s Darlington Nuclear Power Station. On March 11, 73,000 litres of tritium laced de-mineralized water, in a leak caused by a faulty pump seal, poured into Lake Ontario from Pickering’s Nuclear Power Station. According to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, the federal agency tasked with protecting the

health, safety and security of Canadians and the environment, “The radiological risk to the environment and people’s health is negligible.” The nuclear industry and its governmental regulatory agencies in Canada have a long track record of relying on engineering expertise to minimize the perception of accidents, but do they have any plans or experience in disaster control? The Canadian Medical Association Journal published an article, titled “Canada Ill-Prepared for Radiation Emergencies,” on June 14, 2011. There, the author’s state that “Most Canadian hospitals are ill-prepared to handle the surge of patients that could result from a large-scale radiation emergency... The ongoing radiation threat in Japan, the result of damage to a nuclear power plant during the country’s recent earthquake, has rekindled concerns about the lackadaisical approach to preparing for such an event in Canada.” Mining in Northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin makes Canada the largest exporter of uranium, accounting for 40 per cent of the global supply. By fiercely protecting industry at all costs, the Canadian government promotes the use of nuclear power to the detriment of transparency and the health and well being of its own citizens. In the words of Aileen Mioko Smith, “We will have to step up our efforts. What more can we do?

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Our Truth and Effort:

Canada’s responsibility to a quintessential conspiracy theory Kelti Boissonneault

engineered? In a utopian world we would not have to raise questions about the legitimacy of a government’s investigation. However, due to the inescapable discrepancies in its publications, and its lack of response to harsh criticisms, there can be no option but to question what really happened. If it is proven entirely false, which the majority of academia in the field has already proven, but has been neglecting, really, to push publically: then those who died overseas died in a false war. Where is the justice in that? To those who do not subscribe to the “truther” movement, I encourage you to look at this situation academically. Read the research from both sides, keep an open mind, and go with what argument displays the soundest evidence. It is how justice is accomplished in our society; everything must be based on sound, well-researched evidence. If there is something wrong with the evidence, then chances are it isn’t correct. There are a lot of conspiracy theories surrounding 9/11 and some of them are extremely bizarre; use your judgement please. Just because everyone has a theory, and an opinion, doesn’t mean they know what they are talking about. Sound evidence will speak for itself. Once we start thinking about the evidence of the “how” and the “why”, the “who” becomes all the more clear and justice can be served.

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Let that role fall to Canada, and let us do the world proud... In the decade that has passed since the events of September 11, 2001, many questions regarding the events of that day and the legitimacy of the subsequent “War on Terror” have come to light. Scepticism has arisen surrounding the cause of 9/11 and questions have remained stubbornly unanswered by the subsequent American administrations. Divisions have been created between those who are sceptical of the “official story” and those who wholly accept it. With controversy comes a certain responsibility of the media, in this case, the Meliorist. It is a responsibility to be respectful, courteous, and fair. This week’s centre spread article will attempt to do this while providing the most detailed insight available. Some will agree with it, others will vehemently disagree. Many people will probably ask why we ought to be bothering with this in-depth look at all; it’s in the past, let it stay buried. The answer to that is simple: it’s a matter of justice. If the right people have not been held responsible, it is time that they are. If justice has been served then perhaps the dead will find their own peace; there can be none for the living. It is not a case of disrespecting the memories of those who died, or the thousands of families affected. Instead it is a case of knowing how, and who, and understanding why. How, because if we understand how this tragedy was accomplished we can take steps to try to prevent such things in the future. Who, because those responsible, whoever they are, must be held accountable for the deaths of thousands of innocents over the past decade. Why, because there can be no closure without answers. The events of the day have been briefly re-capped in the article as per the official story released in The 9/11 Commission Report, and by the Bush administration. While some citizens support the official story of Islamic terrorists hijacking planes, others argue a more sinister approach: the theory of an insidejob. According to University of Lethbridge masters student Joshua Blakeney in a recent interview, “… one cannot speak about 9/11 unless one is willing to discuss conspiracy theories. The most germane question is: which conspiracy theory is supported by the available evidence and which conspiracy theories are not supported by the available evidence?” Even the official report, according to Blakeney, “…represents a quintessential conspiracy theory.” Blakeney and Anthony Hall, a professor at the University of Leth-

…perhaps the dead will find their own peace; there can be none for the living.

bridge, subscribe to an idea that most of the public would rather not think about: was the American government involved in attacks upon its own people? Donald Meserlian P.E, a New Jersey professional engineer believes that this is, in fact, the case, and seeks justice against those he believes are responsible. Accountability is one of the highest values Western society places upon its leaders, but according to Meserlian there can be no accountability in the United States. Instead, Meserlian and like-minded scholars are now looking to Canada to ask the tough questions. Meserlian says: “We need Canada to initiate a Grand Jury Investigation; not another 9/11 Commission. We have the evidence now we must subpoena the guilty suspects from the U.S.” At the September Toronto Hearings earlier this year, scholars pre-

sented their research and theories surrounding different aspects of the events of 9/11. As Professor Hall points out, Canada joined in America’s coalition war in the Middle East in the early decade, based on the word of the American administration and its investigation without conducting an investigation of our own. Were the billions of dollars spent, and the hundreds of Canadian lives lost in that war justified? Was the supposed “war on terror” itself even legitimate? It is the opinion of some academics, and some citizens the world-over that the answer to both those questions is no. Many different conferences of likeminded academics and individuals have been held over the past decade debating aspects of 9/11 and different scientific evidence that refutes the official report. The problem with some of these conferences, even the

Toronto Hearings, is that you have academics only presenting to likeminded academics. There is very little being done to educate the general populace, and while those with higher education can pout about holding a new trial, it takes a demand en masse to stimulate a government into considering doing one. That is what the Canadian people must now demand: an independent investigation of the deaths of 24 of our citizens, and the reasoning behind Big Brother’s “War on Terror” that claimed the lives of over 150 Canadian soldiers. Since many aspects of The 9/11 Commission Report have been academically proven false, one has to wonder what other aspects of those tragic events were misrepresented. The story is one of great tragedy without a doubt, but the question remains: by whom was this tragedy

Why bother with this now? The old adage “better late than never” applies. Canada should have conducted its own, independent investigation into the deaths of 24 of our citizens long ago. Since justice cannot be sought in the United States, someone has to do it. It is up to the rest of the world to hold those responsible accountable, whoever they may be. It is Canada’s turn to step up to the international stage and start an investigation independent of the American interest. The International Criminal Court must hold a trial if someone prosecutes: let that role fall to Canada, and let us do the world proud by being fair, respectful, and courteous to the memories of everyone involved in our generation’s greatest tragedy. As your Editor-in-Chief, I encourage you to respond to this week’s article by submitting letters to me at einc@themeliorist.ca. So long as your letters are intelligent discussions of the matter at hand, whichever view you subscribe to, I will do my best to print them. It should be stated now: I will not print unsigned submissions as it is my belief that if you have an opinion, you should be prepared to defend it.

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Letters A matter of 9/11 truth To the Meliorist: From beginning to end PM’s letter miscasts the issues raised by the 9/11 Truth movement because our findings are provably true and cannot be refuted absent the commission of fallacies, such as ad hominems, or the assumption of false premises. This is not about freedom but 9/11 Truth. PM insinuates I have “popped out of the woodwork” as though I were new to the scene. But I founded Scholars for 9/11 Truth (2005) and published its first book, THE 9/11 CONSPIRACY, organized its first conference on 9/11 and produced a DVD based upon it, “The Science and Politics of 9/11” (2007). I was the featured guest on a 3.5 hour-long TV program in Athens (2006), which was broadcast worldwide by satellite. I was flown

to Buenos Aires twice (2008 and 2009) and organized a 9/11 symposium, “Debunking the War on Terror”, in London (2010), which can be found at http://noliesradio.org/ archives/21621. I studied physics at Princeton when it was ranked #1 in the world in physics and mathematics and philosophy. My Ph.D. is in the history and the philosophy of science, where the history of science is dominated by the history of physics. PM has no idea who I am and knows next to nothing about the 9/11 Truth movement. He wants to explain away the oddities about the flights on 9/11 by implying that we confound the flights with the planes, which, like his smears against Veterans Today, is grasping after straws. His time would be better spent demanding that administrators at Lethbridge denounce publications that defame Arabs, who are Semites, too,

for 9/11, including political science texts that endorse this libel. That Hamid Gul (according to The Times of India) was associated with Osama lacks relevance, since Osama wasn’t involved in 9/11. Since The Times of India is also clearly biased against Pakistan, this allegation is all the more dubious. Gul is almost certainly being demonized because he has spoken out about 9/11. Moreover, Pakistan does not appear to have had a major role in these events. The evidence of Israeli complicity in 9/11, however, is simply overwhelming, as I explain in “Peeling the 9/11 Onion: Layers of Plots within Plots” and in “The Science and Politics of 9/11: The Toronto Hearings”. PM’s ignorance of 9/11 is rivaled by his ignorance about the Middle East. In 1951, Mohammad Mosaddegh was elected Iran’s Prime Minister by a parliamentary vote and nationalized the oil industry, which

Bus pass is no free ride Let’s be completely honest here, who does this pass benefit besides those already taking the bus? As a member of a free society I do intend to voice my opinion on the subject and vote no to this bus pass referendum. In a democracy and free society we do things by choice, and it should remain the choice of all parties whether or not he/she uses the public transportation system. As a car owner I am even more opposed to the idea of being forced to shell out more money every year on top of the already expensive books, housing, and tuition in order to fund a system that I will never utilize. I brought a parking pass without power and already paid $220. Am I to expect a discount? Well according to this no. What I do get benefit from is the supposed decrease in traffic this is going to bring me when I drive my car (this was said in the meeting on October the fifth outside of CJs).The only benefit I get is my traffic is decreased? No wait a second it makes it cheaper

for me to take the bus when I really need it right? Problem is that no I actually would have to find need to ride the bus over four times a month to even break even with what I am going to be paying (also taken from the meeting). So if I get no refund, and my money is taken, who does it go to?

Well let’s do some costs. In 2006 there were 7048 legal voters. If each of those people had to pay the costs that would equal $546,220 paid into the public system. Wait a second that over half a million dollars being taken from the students of Lethbridge and funneled into a public program. Wait this is also a public program, which means any

did not go down well with the US and the UK. In response the British government embargoed its oil and enlisted the US to join in a conspiracy to depose his government, the first time, but not the last, that the US had openly overthrown an elected, civilian government. Chile is another striking example. Given its history of terrorist acts, to cite Israel as a paragon of virtue should distress anyone who is aware of its history. An article addressing “False Flag attacks in Argentina: 1992 and 1994” provides an illustration. This fellow has so much wrong that it would be a move in the direction of truth in advertising for him to change his cloak of anonymity from “PM” to “BS”. James H. Fetzer, Ph.D. McKnight Professor Emeritus University of Minnesota Duluth Founder, Scholars for 9/11 Truth

of you tax paying adults, (I’m sure that’s plenty of you) already pay into this system. So you pay on top of something you pay into? This doesn’t look like a good idea at all. What about the students living in residence? They walk upstairs to their classes. Should they have to pay to get to and from school? And for any of you arguing that it is more environmentally friendly to take this bus please remember that they do pollute as well, and guess what? They drive a lot more than I do. Plus in all reality how many people are going to stop driving to regain the $77.50 that would be carefully hidden in tuition? Would it be more environmental to tax everyone in the university the $77.50 dollars and fund a protection agency? Of course it would. So why should I pay for the buses on grounds of environment? Please riders of the bus I implore you to think of your fellow student and to not force me to pay for you. I already eat enough mac and cheese as it is. Brandon R.C. Wilson

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UPass Referendum is Fast Approaching Get Informed!

As the days of October begin to cool down, the heated Upass debate surges on. U of L students, both for and against the Upass, continue to voice their thoughts and opinions through numerous mediums. The new Upass is priced at $77.50 for a semester, which is the current cost of an adult monthly pass. There will be an opt-out for students who reside outside of the service area, and, if successful, the program will begin initially as a one year term. Students need to decide whether the opportunities for cost-saving on transportation, reduction in traffic and congestion around campus, and environmental benefits are worth $155.00 a year. This is no small task, and in order to encourage students to make the best decisions we’re helping them to get informed. Social media platforms, in particular Facebook and Twitter, are allowing students to join the discussion through groups created on both sides of the issue. To get involved on Twitter, use the hashtag #ulethupass and a simple search will locate relevant Facebook Groups. The Upass Referendum takes place from Oct. 24 - 26. To vote students will head to www.ulsu.ca where they can login using their Bridge account information and then cast their ballot. The final Town Hall Meeting will take place on Oct. 18 at 5pm in the UHall Atrium. For more information about the UPass Referendum or online voting procedures, please visit www. ulsu.ca or stop by the ULSU office in SU180.

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CASA and FNMI Issues: At the Heart of your Students’ Union

Leyland Bradley VP Operations & Finance

The University of Lethbridge Students’ Union is a member of two advocacy organizations. Provincially we’re a member of the Council of Alberta University Students (CAUS) and federally,t we’re a part of the Canadian Alliance of Students’ Associations (CASA). While focusing on different Governments, both CAUS and CASA share the belief that all students in Canada have a right to an affordable, accessible, and high quality post-secondary education. Your Students’ Union is doing its best to ensure that the students at The University of Lethbridge have their voice heard on student issues pertaining to post-secondary education. As the primary delegate for CASA it is my responsibility to be this voice at the federal level. CASA met in July at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario to discuss the issues which are of importance to Canadian students and to set priorities for the year. With the support from other students’ associations, the ULSU was successful in pushing First-Nations, Métis, and Inuit issues into CASA’s priority list. In addition to a list of other issues, CASA will be advocating for increased access for FNMI students this year. Canada’s First Nations, Métis, and Inuit population is growing faster than any other demographic in Canada. However, the Post-Secondary

Student Support Program (PSSSP), which helps fund FNMI education, is subject to an arbitrary cap which fails to recognize this statistic and thus limits access for FNMI students.

ships that other students simply do not, and we believe it is the Government’s responsibility to help this fast growing population achieve an even footing. While well-intentioned, the PSSSP

sue in Ottawa with fellow students’ associations at the CASA Lobby Conference in November. t

Flames Games in the Zoo - all season long

The 2011 - 2012 NHL season has begun and the Zoo is the place to see the Calgary Flames’ televised games! During every game, the Zoo will be offering a special menu that includes; 12 wings for $4, Large Nachos for $9, Sliders for $8, Supreme fries for $10, and much more! Not to mention 60 oz jugs of Pilsner are only $10! For more information and to see the full Zoo menu, visit www.ulsu. ca.

The PSSSP was first implemented in 1996, and by 1999 the program was helping over 27,000 FNMI students. That number has since decreased substantially as has the level of support provided due to a 2% cap on program spending increases. Ever since 1999 applications for PSSSP funding have outstripped available funds due to this cap, and as a result fewer students are receiving support while the numbers of those who need it are still growing. FNMI students face many hard-

is a program that is ineffective at benefitting the students it is in place to help, and in effect, it limits access. By eliminating the 2% cap, more deserving FNMI students will be eligible to receive the support they need to attain a post-secondary education. Eliminating the 2% cap on the PSSSP is only one of CASA’s lobbying priorities this year, but it is the one closest to the heart of the ULSU. The Students’ Union is excited to have the opportunity to raise this is-

Upcoming Events: -Flames Game in the Zoo - Oct. 13 - 5:30pm -UPass Referendum Town Hall Oct. 18 at 5pm in the UHall Atrium -Flames Game in the Zoo - Oct. 18 at 7:30pm -UofL Fall 2011 Convocation - Oct. 15 at 10am -Open Mic Night in the Zoo - Oct. 19 at 5:30pm -ULSU GA Meeting - Oct. 20 at 6pm -Flames Game in the Zoo - Oct. 20 at 7:30pm Flames Game in the Zoo - Oct. 26 at 8pm -ULSU Garage Sale - Oct. 26 - 27 from 10am - 2pm -UPass Referendum - Oct. 24 - 26 -Humans vs Zombies - Oct. 24 - 28 -Trick or Eat Club Food Drive Oct. 24 - Nov. 1 -Halloween Cabaret - Oct. 28 -Big Rock Zoo Brew-HaHa Contest Draw - Oct. 29

Procrastination Piled Higher and Deeper

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Crossword Across 1- Ancient Palestinian; 7- Embrace; 10- Cereal grain; 14- Fit with clothes; 15- Clean air org.; 16- Actress Garr; 17- Evaluate; 18- East Lansing sch.; 19- _ Rhythm; 20- Given to vituperation; 23- Word with panel or energy; 26- After taxes; 27- Ascends; 28- I smell _!; 29- Prince Valiant’s son; 30- IV units; 31- Skill; 33- Bingo!; 34- Gasteyer of “Saturday Night Live”; 37- Shoebox letters; 38- Mom-and-pop org.; 39- June honoree; 40- Bit; 41- “Treasure Island” monogram; 42- Black gold; 43- Aromatic herb; 45- Fall from grace; 46- PC monitor; 47- Bedouin; 48- Month of showers; 51- Not for a Scot; 52- Licorice-like flavoring; 53- Standing alone; 56- Needless bustle; 57- Help; 58- Recompense for hardship; 62Monogram ltr.; 63- Hindu honorific; 64- Sort of; 65- Lawless character; 66- Blue; 67- Fashions;

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1- 7th letter of the Greek alphabet; 2- Airline to Oslo; 3- Bro’s counterpart; 4- Lift up; 5- Polite refusal; 6- Formerly, formerly; 7- Made of cannabis; 8- Overturn; 9- Massive wild ox; 10- Inflammation of the ear; 11- Protection; 12- Valuable collection; 13- Locations; 21- Fantastic; 22Area with coin-operated games; 23- More secure; 24- Bay window; 25- Back streets; 29- Sean of “The Lord of the Rings”; 30- Graph; 32Mars; 33- Worshiped; 34- Pong maker; 35- Grannies; 36- Maker of Photoshop; 44- Gangplank; 45- Midday nap; 46- Frank; 48- Attach; 49- Dried plum; 50- Gum; 51- Currency unit in Nigeria; 52- Concerning; 54- Soviet news service; 55- Coloured part of the eye; 59- Hole maker; 60- Actress Charlotte; 61- Bad start?;

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Billy Davey Entertainment Editor For more information on contributing to Entertainment, please contact Billy Davey at e.editor@themeliorist.ca

Cheeseburgers, alcohol, and marijuana Billy Davey

Entertainment Editor

Randy and Mr. Lahey are known as the drunk, bisexual, and incompetent assistant trailer park supervisor and trailer park supervisor of Sunnyvale trailer park in Nova Scotia from the show Trailer Park Boys. The show ran for seven seasons, and spawned two movies. The Randy and Mr. Lahey duo, which started during the show, has been going on long after the show stopped. Watching the duo perform their comedy act may cause some to think, “how much mileage do the two static characters have left?” At Average Joe’s on Oct. 6, Randy, whose real name is Patrick Roach, and Mr. Lahey, whose real name is John Dunsworth, performed their comedy show. The show contained different things the two have “in-

vented,” which they tried to test out on the audience, such as a bag to pull over oneself to avoid getting caught smoking weed, a pump to make farts smell nice, a drinking funnel, and a pair of underwear with a funnel in them so girls have the opportunity to write their names in the snow. They also performed drunken songs with the crowd, including the national anthem, and even showed one episode of their rendition of Batman and Robin. The show was divided into two parts, separated by a 15 minute intermission. The first half of the show had the audience laughing and singing along to songs. Randy dubbed a group in the audience the “shit weasels” because of their desire to be included in the show by yelling out and always trying to be the volunteers to participate on stage. Randy later explained that

there are usually a few people at their show like that, and they have learned to deal with them. Mr. Lahey seemed to surprise the audience when he voiced his approval of “Occupy Wall Street,” started advocating marijuana over alcohol, and tried to explain Higgs Boson particles to the crowd. When they left the stage for intermission, hopes were high for the second part. The second act, however, was nowhere near as funny as the first. Falling short in almost every way, the audience was left to wonder what crazy and unfunny situation the duo would put themselves into next. Mr. Lahey yelling at Randy to shut up for interrupting his jokes led to a few profane shouting matches on stage, which looked more like genuine anger than genuine comedy. The two continued to walk the audience through a desolate and

barren comedy wasteland, where all the cheeseburger and alcohol jokes had dried up. The apparent drop in performance quality may be attributed to how they like to do “the first act straight” and “the second wiped,” as Dunsworth said. But, Dunsworth wasn’t speaking about alcohol, for himself at least, because he doesn’t really like the taste of alcohol and would rather smoke weed, which is why all the alcohol he uses on stage is just cola or water. Dunsworth, who also teaches theatre acting classes, said he actually encourages his students not to go on stage impaired because there is a “certain responsibility [required] to do a show.” The interruptions of the Randy character continued into the interview, as Dunsworth would try to talk about comedic influences for

improv and written comedy, Roach would keep up with cheeseburger jokes. This gave the impression that Roach was happy playing Randy all the time and that Dunsworth was getting tired of Mr. Lahey. Dunsworth expressed his discontent with people who play the same character all the time, referencing John Wayne. While he admits the Mr. Lahey character is fun, he became much more impassioned when talking about his other activities, like motivational speaking, teaching, painting, and his role on the TV show Haven. The Randy and Mr. Lahey duo will keep trying to make new jokes to keep their characters alive and so long as the Trailer Park Boys stays popular, they will probably succeed.

Adele 21 (XL/ Columbia)

Beekeeper Be Kept (Independent)

Tony Bennett Duets II (Columbia)

Setting the bar very high with “Rolling in the Deep,” a song already instantly recognizable to most listeners, the tracks following lack its intensity, with the exception of the chorus in “Turning Tables.” The middle section is filled with slower piano love songs that are very compelling in themselves, but ultimately repetitive. The trend is thrown off for “I’ll Be Waiting,” which is more upbeat and features lively trumpets. The upbeat sound of “Rolling in the Deep” seems kilometres away by the end of the album. Ending with “Somebody Like You,” which is another song that standing alone is a nice piano and vocals piece, but compared to the rest of the album it blends into the other tracks.

Be Kept is Beekeeper’s debut album. The Vancouver band brings solace to your ears from the start with “Table and Bed” and the album’s first single, “Sudden Cuckoo,” which features riffs traded between a guitar and violin. The album has a change in tone at “Drowning,” a track that sounds blunt and sharp at the same time. Keeping with the standing good expectation from the beginning of the album, three shorter songs (a little over two minutes each) create a strong foundation, starting softer with “Novel” and moving heavier, eventually coming to “Hurt an Enemy.” The last part of the album ends with new and even more creative tracks that keep Be Kept interesting to the “Last Words.”

Featuring Lady Gaga and Bennett for the first duet, “The Lady is a Tramp,” Duets II sets the stage for high quality and well performed jazz and show tunes. Slowing down with “Body and Soul,” which features Amy Winehouse, the song shows a beautiful orchestra shining while accompanying the singers. “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” is a stunning piece that features Michael Buble accompanied by a soulful brass section. Some more amazing duets fill the album, and any cracks in the songs are filled with captivating strings, brass, and woodwinds. The album features other artists such as Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Norah Jones, Carrie Underwood, and Mariah Carey. In its entirety, Bennett has created a profound collection of duets.

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Mr. Lethbridge’s birthday was celebrated last week, but he was unable to drink because... he is a blow up doll. Despite this minor setback, he still threw a benefit at The Slice for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Lethbridge & District. It was there that Mr. Lethbridge really had a good time, taking pictures with fans, dancing with various people, and chilling at the bar. Two bands played the benefit, Jesse and the Dandelions and The Coal Creek Boys, and drew a nice crowd that was sure to bring in some donations. Jesse and the Dandelions were on stage first. The Lethbridge-grown band didn’t fall short in any areas and performed at a high level. Forming a well rounded trio is

Jesse Northey on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Vedres on drums, and Tyler Stewart on bass. The Dandelions got things rolling fast and the audience’s ears listening close with some lively tunes. They cooled things down with “a song about time travel,” which was the highlight of the show for me: a powerful song called “Only a Rocket Ship Can Save Us” that seemed to fill the room corner to corner with a hypnotic sound. The last portion of the Dandelions’ set was even more kinetic than the first, even singing happy birthday to Mr. Lethbridge in a punk rock fashion. The Coal Creek Boys, another Lethbridge band, followed Jesse and the Dandelions. The Coal Creek Boys played at a respectable standard, performing country and roots music. The Boys had the

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crowd’s feet taping and started some dancing around the bar. They really showed talent when “Old Number 7” was played, showing very creative guitar work and awesome country vocals. The benefit was played for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Lethbridge & District. Big Brothers and Big Sisters was first started in 1973, then only a Big Brothers organization. But it has flourished into an organization with many programs for both boys and girls, such as in-school mentoring, teen mentoring, couples for kids, kids n’ kops, and, of course, Big Brothers and Big Sisters. If you would like more information about donating, fundraising, or becoming a mentor, you can go to the Big Brothers and Big Sisters website, www. bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/lethbridge.

It’s Arrested Development…and it is back! I’m afraid I just blue myself R.M. Schafer

Entertainment Writer

We have many things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving; however, the return of Arrested Development ranks right near the tippity-top on my list. We all know Fox made a huge mistake when they cancelled Arrested Development (and it is not Fox’s first mistake – cancelling Firefly and Family Guy twice, although they would never admit it was a mistake), but Arrested Development is coming back for a fourth season and a movie! Did I jump up and shriek with joy when I heard that the cast of Arrested De-

velopment would be reuniting for a fourth season? Oh yes I did! I have watched and re-watched my DVDs of Arrested Development countless times, and every time I notice some new subtle clever joke which I had not noticed before. So freeze those bananas and dig into that Skip’s Scramble because it is time to perfect your chicken dance! During Arrested Development’s three-season run, the series redefined the sitcom and set the bar extraordinarily high for every comedy to come – while at the same time reviving the career of Jason Bateman and launching the careers of Will Arnett, Michael Cera and

David Cross. Arrested Development undoubtedly had the greatest ensemble cast in the history of TV, but was the victim of a poor timeslot and bad marketing. After the show’s cancellation, Arrested Development quickly became a cult favourite and its popularity grew exponentially as word of mouth began to get around – granted, it was a little late. Now the question that has to be asked – is the revival of the show a mistake? Can they recapture the edgy wit that made the show loved by critics and fans alike? I truly hope and believe that the mini-series and movie will be able to do justice to the show

without ruining what made it so fantastical in the first place. The fourth season will be a quick ten episode run to build up to the movie which will follow. Each episode will focus on one character and explain what each family member has been up to in the five years since the show was cancelled. The movie has been in the works for quite a while and has been teasing us loyal fans (Bluthers? Can we get a catchy nickname like Star Trek fans have?) since the last episode in season three. Creator Mitchell Hurwitz realized as he worked on the script for the movie that too much time would have to be devoted to

the character back-stories from the past five years, and thus decided to go ahead and air a limited-run series to prepare us Bluthers for the movie. Showtime and Netflix are currently bidding for the privilege to run the mini-series; however, the series and movie will require multiple studies to work together on the project which usually does not happen. Creatively, the cast and creative team are all on board and are looking to shoot the movie and series altogether next summer, with the mini-series airing in the fall of 2013.

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I didn’t realize we were having a 70’s theme night at the gym… next time i’ll remember to bring my bell bottoms! Way to leave the sprinklers on in the pouring rain ground maintenance! To the dude who RickRoll’d us via the TLF’s last week; I admire your skill…Pure skill. Dear People Without Earplugs: Galileo’s is a social lounge. If you want quiet there is a 9th floor at the library. I understand this is a 5 minute walk… but I think you’ll live. To whoever is reading this… you win at life for the day HI-FIVE!!! THANK YOU- To the person who returned my cell!!! REALLY appreciate it. It’s awesome to know there are honest people in the world! I had my doubts. Much love- CM Witnessed girl of my dreams get honked at by 3 buses at once in the bus loop. My chance to swoop in and be her prince charming? Too bad I missed it. I think ilove you. Dear Zoo, I lost my vcard on the far right booth. Let me know if you find it. Girl with Bowser themed backpack, you are awesome. I want to start a club for outgoing people who are still chronically lonely. I’m going to have meaningful discussions, flirt with some girls, and leave with no desire to come back. to the tall blond boy with glasses in German 1000 A; Sie sind schön ;)

To the straight, single, cute, and nice girl: i will come talk to you, where abouts do you hang out? Sincerely, Straight, Cute, and Nice guy who is also single. To the boy with the backpack – splendid footwear, want to copulate? So, all us guys are take and therefore, you don’t dress to impress? No body trades down. You have to give us a reason to jump ship! The supporters of Occupy Wall Street are smart enough to realize that economic problem stems from the banksters and the fed who manipulate policy and steal true political process. I don’t wonder whether I have to shower or not I just assume I don’t Roomate 1: “Get off Facebook and do your homework!” Roomate 2: “What? I am working” Roomate 1: “Facebook isn’t work.” Roomate 2: “It’s called ‘networking’ for a reason.” To the cute guy in the striped shirt in psych 1000, Sorry for staring at you hardcore but we were just trying to see if you were tall enough

So what if i have a Carmen Sandiego theme song on my iPod? Shes dead sexy! Stole my heart, and a pyramid, in Cairo. sigh :) To the girl I saw walking to her golden van on Friday afternoon of last week you are such a cutie coffee sometime? Sincerely boy in the jeep There’s always gotta be someone complaining about bein quiet in the library , maybe you should say something to the people instead of whining To the education student who thought it would be funny to switch the contents of the binders in the Curriculum Laboratory. The library gods of Karma will get you. To the kid on skype in KNES1000 12-12:50. Tell your girlfriend to show more skin. SKIN TO WIN! To the person who may have found my small purple RCA mp3 player on a treadmill in the gym, PLEASE turn it in to security!!! Regarding the ignoramus last week who told Wall Street protesters to just “Get your own jobs and make your own money”, I really hope you’re actually not that stupid and ignorant.

I have a business plan for a smartphone app, I just need a designer & a programmer. Contact Matt if you’re intrested in starting a partnership: app_designer@ymail.com

To the cute girl with pink D&G bag coffee sometime?

RE: The genius who posted the anti u-pass poster, 1 yr u-pass = < parking pass Less people buying gas = lower gas prices. PLUS there is an opt out Do the math brainiac

Dear Tim Hortons boy, I’m going to miss you, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. =(

“To prohibit foolishness is to encourage it.” – Alexander Radishchev, 1790.

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R.I.P Steve Jobs. You gave us the reassurance that no matter what life throws at us: “There’s an app for that.” Dear fat chick. Dont hate on me because I am naturally a size 0 and still go to the gym. I am a diabetic and I do it to keep my levels balanced. Some of us do have health issues. To the cute guy in my algebra class that always wears a blue black and yellow hoodie, smile more often! It suits you :) One reason I don’t like the Upass idea: I have an economical vehicle. I’d be paying $155/yr for something I wont use. I already pay $250 to park my car at the university to avoid long transit commute times, why pay an extra $75 for a bus pass then? Not in support of the UPass? Join us on Facebook and share your reasons with us on twitter (@NoUlethUpass) or Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/UlethUPass) They say you can us the UPass transit to go to the bar. So you’re getting on the bus after a few drinks? That’s a criminal offence. We’ll buy bus passes we won’t use when you buy parking passes you won’t use either. Lower costs for all, right? To the girls changing in the tunnel on Friday, you made my trip that much weirder – Thanks! Dear Prince Charming, Your pretty bad ass! ;) Youtube: Whitney Marie – To you, Love me … share/like? :) pretty please?

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OCT. 15

OCT. 13 Curator Presents… The Challenges & Joys of a Cardboard Box

Global Handwashing Day Duane Steele with Charlie Ewing

Occupy Wall Street

@ Wolf’s Den

Occupy Everywhere

8pm

OCT. 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

@ Galt Museum & Archives 7pm to 8pm Open mic @ The Zoo 5:30pm Open mic

Shadow Puppetry

Folk Thief with My Boy Rascal

@ Galt Museum & Archives

@ Owl Acoustic Lounge

National Edge Day

1pm to 2pm

9pm

(Straight edge movement)

Accordion Fest

Boom Twang

Johnny Winter band with David

@ Lethbridge Senior Citizens

@ Lethbridge Casino

Gogo

Organization

9pm

@ Empress Theatre - Fort Macleod

6pm to 11pm

@ Old York

7:30pm Scotchtoberfest with DNR and

8pm Allen and Alexander @ The Slice 9:30pm

OCT. 14

The Boob Tour

Lethbridge Pipes and Drums

The Zolas With the Liptonians

@ The Stone

@ Average Joe’s

@ The Slice

8pm to 11pm

9pm

9:30pm

Dan Reeder

Cowpuncher with Toques and

Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra

@ Mocha Cabana

Beards double CD release

Master Series I

7pm to 10pm

@ The Slice

@ Soutminster United Church

9:30pm

8pm to 10pm

OCT. 16

Open mic

6th Annual Big Brothers Big Sisters

Boom Twang

Auction

@ Lethbridge Casino

@ Lethbridge Lodge

9pm

5:30pm to 11pm Daryll Düus Dan Reeder

@ Owl Acoustic Lounge

@ Mocha Cabana

9pm

6pm to 9pm Dave McCann and the Firehearts Jerry Seinfeld

@ The Slice

@ Enmax Center

9:30pm

@ Owl Acoustic Lounge

Open mic Sunday FUNday!

@ 1010 Pub 9pm

Ask a Naturalist @ Helen Schuler Nature Centre

Mike Edel with Tyson

1pm to 2pm

Mostenbocker

7:30pm

@ The Slice 9:30pm

OCT. 18 Open mic @ Bo Diddly’s

Hey! Wanna post your

7pm to 10pm

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Val Halla

Your fallacious

@ Whispers Restaurant and Lounge 8pm Open mic @ The Slice 9:30pm

Level 7 gallery opening? Email your events to e.editor@ themeliorist.ca!

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Songs and Stories from the Crow’s Nest @ Galt Museum & Archives 2pm to 3pm Checkmate @ Galt Museum & Archives

Got nothing on the go?

7pm to 9pm David Francey

Go to an event.

@ Geomatic Attic 8pm

Write an article.

L.A. Beat Open Jam @ Owl Acoustic Lounge 9pm Ross Neilsen and the Suffering

Contribute it to The Meliorist.

Bastards @ The Slice 9:30pm

Blood Red Road pulls through as a solid post-apocalyptic story Zoë Migicovsky

Entertainment Writer

At first it may seem that, like its main character — a teenage girl named Saba on a search to find her

twin brother Lugh in the lawless desert — Blood Red Road by Moira Young has a lot going against it: it’s written in dialect, lacks quotation marks, and is over 450 pages long. Also like Saba, it takes a little while

to find its footing, but once it gets accustomed to the odds stacked against it, it’s unstoppable. Blood Red Road is an epic adventure, and once the reader gets used to the unfamiliar language and intentional misspelling, they become immersed in an incredibly powerful story. It begins with a kidnapping and two murders. Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake with Lugh, her dad, and the little sister Emmi whose birth killed their mother. Saba doesn’t ever expect to leave the wasteland she calls home, but when cloaked horsemen make off with Lugh, leaving two dead in their wake, she has no choice but to follow them into a world where corruption is the norm and power is maintained in horrific ways. On her journey, Saba meets an eclectic cast of people and each of them are memorable and unique in their own ways. However, one of the most notable characters is with Saba from day one and throughout the novel doesn’t say a single world — her pet crow, Nero. Young turns an often-repulsive animal into a symbol of hope and friendship. Nero has a distinct personality that compliments Saba perfectly and left a lasting impact on me as a reader. Although Blood Red Road falls more into the post-apocalyptic genre than dystopia, it is certain to be appreciated by fans of The Hunger Games for its strong (yet imperfect) heroine, quietly growing romance, and adventure-like feel. The writing style is unusual, but once the reader becomes immersed in the story the book is impossible to put down. Blood Red Road has a

raw and searing feel to it, a fervent violence and just as fervent love. Saba may be the heroine of the story, but oftentimes she is not very nice, resenting her little sister for taking their mother away and continually wanting to leave Emmi behind when she travels to find Lugh. Saba is real and human and in an incredibly difficult situation in a world that, despite taking place in the future, is in some ways quite medieval. Young doesn’t go into much detail about how the world Saba inhabits came to be that way, but there is reference to leftover things from Wrecker times, a description which

seems to say quite a bit on its own. That said, this is the first book in a trilogy and I am hopeful that the next two books will contain more backstory. Fortunately, this story works perfectly as a standalone as well, with the ending wrapping things up nicely but leaving room for further adventures. The story of Blood Red Road by Moira Young is as blazing and intense as the desert heat. Its characters are passionate, unique and human, and although the language takes some getting used to, it’s an effort you’ll be glad you made.

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Nicole Meech Sports and Lifestyle Editor For more information on contributing to Sports and Lifestyle, please contact Nicole Meech, s.editor@themeliorist.ca

Testing centre: love it or hate it? Nicole Meech Lifestyle Editor

Ah, mid-terms... Arguably one of the most stressful times of year, mid-terms bring students many Red Bulls, use of extended library hours, and in many cases even tears. For those of you who are fresh out of high school, mid-terms are the deciding factor for our ranked success in post-secondary school thus far. Teachers in high school provide minimal preparation for testing at the university level. Secondary assignments are mostly essays, quizzes, and small assignments. Who would have thought that post-secondary education uses multiple-choice as a way to test students understanding? And for the moment of truth: does anyone have a clue how to write a multiple-choice exam? Some of you may love multiplechoice testing, but there are many among us who absolutely dread it and freeze in the face of four or more answers to a seemingly simple question. So you may be asking how one should study? Well my friends, it has taken me a solid four years to formulate the perfect method for defeating my past arch nemesis. Firstly, you need to decide why you hate multiple-choice before you can train yourself how to do well.

If you are the type of person who likes memorizing concepts and key terms, you need to realize that it will take one step further to do well on a multiple-choice exam. Although memorizing can have merit in certain situations, it often doesn’t help decipher the complexity of university tests. Understanding class material is vital regardless of the testing style. Instead of memorizing, try forming multiple choice questions of your own based on class material. Understanding your professor’s teaching style can turn this into an easier task. Secondly, realize that questions are not designed to trick you in any way. Sure, they may seem worded awkwardly but they are designed to promote independent thinking – hence why you need to fully understand material to be able to do well. Also do not be fooled by questions that say “do not” or ask “which statement is false?” These are designed to make you read the question and think about them. Lastly, never change your answers once you’ve completed a test unless you have a specific reason for doing so (ie., you read the question wrong the first time). I am the absolute worst person for this. Even if I feel confident about my answers, it never fails that I will change at least three of them. It

also never fails that each answer I change ends up being right the first time around. I can blame it on the intense concentration vibe in the testing centre, or even the constant drumming on keyboards that serve as a great distraction for me, but

when it comes down to it I can only blame myself. Your concentration and judgment of each question is always best the first time around, so learn how to trust yourself – it could mean the difference of a whole letter grade! It’s okay to

review your answers, but make sure to realize the beauty of multiplechoice as a psychological mind game with yourself more than anything else.

The turkey hangover How to get back into school mode after turkey mode

Nicole Meech Lifestyle Editor

As students, we all work hard before the Thanksgiving long weekend, so when it finally arrives we take the much needed break to put on our stretchy pants and feast.

Perhaps the first month of school you were starving yourself, so not only are you eating turkey, you’re eating it in extra large quantities. So when Tuesday rolls around, many of us are still full and groggy, which is a disastrous combination in a university classroom. So

how can we recover from such a weekend full of endless tryptophan eats? How can we find the will to complete that assignment due next week or those midterms creeping up? Well it won’t be easy, but with a little focus it’s definitely doable. We are quick to blame turkey

for the excessive drowsiness we feel after the long weekend. But I’m here to alleviate this bad rep. The ever famous sleepiness you feel is actually a combination of many factors over the weekend: 1. Although turkey does contain the sleep-inducing amino acid L-tryptophan, you would have to eat it on an empty stomach to really feel the full effects. Most foods contain this amino acid, so it’s the combination of everything on the Thanksgiving table that will do you in. 2. A Thanksgiving meal is high in fat, which will slow down your digestive system. Fats take a lot of energy to digest, so blood is directed to the digestive system, leaving other areas of your body depleted of blood flow, which leaves you feeling less energetic. 3. For those of us who celebrate the long weekend with alcohol, that will greatly contribute to your nap factor because alcohol is a depressant. 4. Overeating is a given when it comes to a large family meal. The more food your body has to digest at one time, the less energy you’ll have in the rest of your body.

5. And finally, the whole point of this weekend... relaxing. Just sitting down with family and enjoying a meal can overcome your body with those feel-good hormones that allow us to relax. So how do we recover from all these factors and get in the school mind-set again? Well the simplest way is to get off your butt and get your blood pumping! Even a brisk walk will do the trick. The best way to an active mind is through an active body, so a fresh start will be a major help. Secondly, don’t try to push too hard. Even if you have a million assignments coming your way, the best way to deal with them is to ease back into the routine. If you somehow kick start your motivation, then run with it. The point is to let it happen naturally – our minds don’t like anything that’s forced too drastically upon them. Next, try not to let distractions take over. Once you give Facebook or your favourite show your undivided attention, there’s no telling when you’ll get it back. Well there you have it, my best words of wisdom. As for all the leftovers you were sent home with, you’re on your own with those!

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Sarah Mackay

Lifestyle Contributor

It was as if I was drowning, or standing in the middle of that crowded room screaming at the top of my lungs, but no one was hearing me. The pressure got so intense last Dec. 27 that I cracked with no warning, with no provocation. The walls I had self-constructed came crashing down, and I had nothing to hold on to anymore. I had hit rock bottom, and by Dec. 31 I was at an all-time low. On New Year’s Eve I stayed home, having no desire to see anyone. I sat in my room while my cousin was out ringing in 2011. I actually cried for hours, so long in fact that I had lost track of time and space. When I abruptly ran out of tears, I then realized a number of hours had passed and that I was back in Lethbridge. The clearest memory I have of that break was telling myself to get in my cousin’s car and drive myself to the emergency room. For much of my life, I had been lauded as a fairly well-adjusted child and young adult. People often told me I had all kinds of remark-

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able qualities. Other children’s parents talked to my parents about how they wished their children were as self-confident and strong-willed as I was. Like most teenage girls I had my troubles with self-esteem. No one really ever saw me as a depressed type of person, but I was. After I scared myself at the end of 2010, I sought help with the assistance of a friend (the only person I had let in, and let know what was going on). Turns out I have been fighting depressive tendencies for pretty close to 10 years at this point. This really wasn’t all that surprising to me; I had always kind of known, but I think that because everyone else seemed to have these grand ideas of who I was, I was too afraid to dig and find out the truth. When I started meeting with a counsellor at the campus counselling centre, I realized there was a tremendous amount of guilt that came along with this affliction. I made a conscious decision basically right away that this was not going to be my story. I had spent so much time hiding this from everyone, including myself; I wasn’t going to let guilt bring me further down. I ap-

proached my family and friends, and told them point blank – “I’m suffering from depression; I considered killing myself on the following occasions.” From this point on, I have done nothing but improve. Now why am I telling you this? Why am I submitting these personal details to the Meliorist? I have come to realize that although depression isn’t as taboo as it has been in the recent past, not a lot of attention is paid to it on campus. Here we are in the fall semester; it’s a new year. With a new year comes new obstacles, and I can assure you I’m not the most severe case this campus has to offer. I’m pretty confident that just about every one of us knows someone who is suffering from some sort of depression. Mental illness is not just about being “off your rocker crazy,” although I felt that I was going crazy at points through this journey. Mental illness affects many people of different ages and walks of life. We are all quick to poke fun or make light of these situations, but my real hope is that by sharing my story with you, maybe I can help another student find the courage to seek help for

themselves, or help someone reach out to a friend or loved one who they worry might be at risk. As students, we are under immense pressure to perform. Our performance is equated with our eventual success, and for some, “success” is directly equated to happiness. On top of the pressures of being a student, we all have walked unique paths through life: some of us have survived abuse, divorces, or some of us (myself included) have survived life-threatening illnesses. We don’t always realize the impacts our struggles have on us, until one day we realize there is a bigger problem. We all have obstacles set along our paths, but these are the paths we were meant to walk. I chose to walk the dark path. I was given the option to go left, and sweep it all under the rug (for now at least) or to go right, and deal with this head on. The former was the path I was intended to take; it may not have been a poetic journey, but in the darkness I found so much beauty! I don’t believe depression or mental illness is a cause of being maladjusted or weak in any way. These struggles are a product of our society telling us that we need

to meet specific expectations. We must excel, we must not show weakness, we all need to fit into these neat little boxes, and have all the answers today. Sometimes there is just a little too much for us to handle on our own, and there is no shame in admitting that. If anyone reading this feels like they can relate in anyway, and you worry about your mental health, please take advantage of the resources here at the U of L. We have a wonderful team of counsellors available to us at no extra cost. If the idea of visiting someone oneon-one at this point is scary, then please call the distress line toll free at 1-888-787-2880. These trained individuals can provide you with an anonymous outlet. Reach out to a friend or family member, a mentor, professor or even your physician. Don’t let your pride get in the way of living your life; once we learn to let go, and get honest with ourselves, I promise you there is so much beauty waiting for you. “I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy, I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.”

So back to the point: how do we get more vitamin D when we go into hiding over the long winter months? Well there are ways to

get it from foods such as fatty fish (think kipper, salmon, tuna), as well as egg yolks and butter. Small amounts are also found in dark leafy

vegetables. But these sources may not be enough, in which case it may be beneficial to take a supplement.

Neat-o nutrient of the week

Vitamin D: the sunshine vitamin Nicole Meech Lifestyle Editor

Our bodies love vitamin D, and it is arguably one of the easiest vitamins we can be sure to have enough of... in the summer months, that is. So as the sun fades and we start wearing more layers, we need to think about other ways to get enough of the goods. First, to clear things up, let’s go over what our body does with this vitamin. It helps increase the absorption of calcium, assists in bone growth, promotes strong teeth, and helps keep your heart and immune system healthy. A shortage

of this nutrient leads to soft bone and muscle tissue over time, which can have serious implications as you age.

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U of S cheerleaders forbidden to perform under team brand Team no longer allowed to use Huskies logo

Dorian Geiger

The Sheaf (University of Saskatchewan)

SASKATOON (CUP) — Friday night lights, marching bands, tailgating, fireworks and Huskies cheerleaders — they’re all part of the rich football tradition at the University of Saskatchewan. However, one of these facets has been removed from Huskies football culture and will no longer be found at Griffiths Stadium. It’s the Huskies’ cheerleading team. Perhaps “cheer team formerly known as the Huskies” is the more accurate term. Forbidden to stunt at the Sept. 9 game between the Huskies and University of Regina Rams, the cheer team showed up anyway to make a statement. That statement came in the form of custom made t-shirts. “We are all Huskies,” read the front of the shirts. “Except the cheerleading team,” read the back. In an unexpected move by Huskie Athletics,

the 20-person co-ed team has been prohibited from operating under the athletic program’s name and logo, and can no longer perform at games. Huskie Athletics has the Huskies name and logo copyrighted but, according to Saskatoon daily the Star Phoenix, lacks a policy regulating its use. Right now, it is reserved for the organization’s 15 Canadian Interuniversity Sport teams. In June, the cheer team’s head coach Todd Knihnitski received a letter from Huskie Athletics’ lawyers notifying him of the decision to disallow the team’s use of the name and logo. The letter also demanded that the team return all their brand new gear and uniforms. When asked why Huskie Athletics didn’t meet with the cheer team to announce the decision rather than sending a letter, Hughton replied, “It was out of my hands.” He, too, wishes the situation would have been handled differently. As to

the abrupt nature of the decision, Hughton repeatedly said that Huskie Athletics wants to “move in a new direction.” Following the legal document sent by Huskie Athletics, Hughton agreed to meet with Leftley and other co-captains Ashely Haugen and Brayden Obed to discuss the situation. They arrived at a compromise. The cheer team will still function, but independent of the Huskies. They will be registered as a club under the University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union (USSU). The other issue was the new jerseys the team had just bought. Initially, when the cheer team was asked to return all of their gear and Huskies-affiliated clothing, they were devastated. This was going a little far, said Leftley, especially since the team purchased new uniforms and clothing last season after fundraising thousands of dollars. Had they known Huskie Athlet-

ics was going to dissolve the team, they never would have bought the jerseys. She felt that this was salt in the wound. The team returned their uniform tops with the Huskies logo on them but are allowed to keep their bags, shirts and skirts as long as they are patched over. “They could have taken our jackets and our bags. They could have asked for all that stuff back,” said Leftley. “At least they let us keep that stuff as long as we get the logo covered up because that will offset a lot of the cost for us instead of having to get all new stuff. Now we just have to get new tops,” she explained. For now, the jerseys reside in Hughton’s office, but will likely be put into storage sometime soon. Leftley said they will be keeping the name and logo of their new cheer team simple. Although no names have been set in stone, once ratified by the USSU, Leftley anticipates they will go with the University of

Saskatchewan Cheerleading Team. Hughton plans to introduce what is called the “Green Team” to Huskies’ events — essentially replacing the cheerleaders. Hughton said the Green Team will function to hype up fans, performing more of a promotional role as opposed to the stunts and routines the cheer team delivers. Competing in Canadian Nationals in Toronto on Dec. 3 and 4, both Knihintski and Leftley think it would be fitting to bring home a championship and pull off a record finish in a year that marks the team’s 20th anniversary. They’re hoping a championship might open the eyes of Huskie Athletics. Knihintski, who will continue coaching the cheer team, indicated that there is a chance the team will return to the sidelines at Griffiths Stadium in years to come, but not in Huskies uniforms. “Never say never,” said the athletic director

The Pronghorn athletes of the week Pronghorn Athletics Sports Contributor

Male athlete of the week:

Female athlete of the week:

Cass Mappin - Men’s Hockey

Cassandra Orr - Women’s Rugby

First-year Pronghorn Cass Mappin had an impressive debut for the Horns in the conference opening weekend. In his first CIS game, Mappin scored once and assisted on the Horns’ other goal in the Horns 5-2 loss to the Saskatchewan Huskies. Mappin had a solid start to his second game before the game was suspended Saturday night after two periods of play due to a hydraulic hose break on the ice resurfacing machine. The former Red Deer Rebel has stepped right into the line-up and played in all situations for the Horns, and looks to have a bright future in the CIS.

Freshman Cassandra Orr has made quite a mark on the Canada West scene early into her career. Last weekend versus the CIS fifth ranked Alberta Pandas, Orr led the way offensively as the Horns came out on top 52-7 in a battle between the top two teams in Canada West. The Canadian U20 member scored three tries to lead the Horns to victory and to improve to 3-0 on the season. With one conference game remaining, Orr leads the conference in scoring with 25 points on 5 tries.

classifieds Career and Employment Services JOBS JOBS JOBS!!! WELCOME BACK EVERYONE!! Let us introduce you to CES CES is a student service office dedicated to assisting you with your Career and Job Search needs. We’re within the Career Resources Centre in AH154, along with Applied Studies and the Management and Arts & Science Cooperative Education programs. CRC office hours are 9am - 12pm and 1pm - 4pm Monday-Friday.

positions for NEXT YEAR! Fulltime positions can start any time between January and September 2012, while summer positions generally start in May. Employers often come to campus to conduct their interviews. You must sign up for OCR in CES! (AH154) Go to our website: www.uleth.ca/ross/ces for more information.

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Cargill, Varioius Locations – Various Summer Positions (Oct 28) Richardson International – Various Locations – AgriBusiness Summer Students; Agri-Business Full Time Assistants (Nov 28) Husky, Various Locations – Various Summer Positions (Oct 14) TD Canada Trust, Various Locations – Commercial Banking Associate (Oct 31) Parrish & Heimbecker, Bow Island/Mossleigh/Vulcan – Agribusiness & Agronomy Summer Positions (Dec 15) College Pro, Leth – Summer Franchise Managers (Nov 15) Bayer CropScience, Various Locations – 2012 Summer Sales Associates (Nov 8) Devon Canada, Grand Prairie – Business Information & Tech Field Summer Student; Cgy – Business & Informaiton Tech Summer Student; Operations Accounting Student (Oct 14) Monsanto, Various Locations – Technology Development Assistant; DEKALB Assistant; Canola Agronomist (Nov 18) PetroBank, Cgy – Accounting Summer Student (Oct 28) Pioneer, Alberta – Agronomy Trial Intern (Dec 5) Lafarge, Cgy – Estimator Project Coordinator (Oct 26)

CES Career Portfolios Workshops: * Fri, Oct 14, 10-11:30am * Mon, Oct 17, 1-2:30pm * Tue, Oct 25, 10:50am – 12:15pm * Fri, Oct 28, 11am – 12:30pm

CES Networking Workshops: * Fri, Oct 14, 1-2pm * Tue, Oct 18, 10:40am-12pm * Thur, Oct 20, 1:40-4pm * Wed, Oct 26, 3-5:30pm

ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING (OCR) On-Campus Recruiting is the process by which employers recruit students for full-time and summer

Interested in Working for the Federal Government? FSWEP Campaign 2011-2012 Department Name: Public Service Commission  Closing Date: October 14, 2011

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InStore, Various Locations – Tasters for Demonstration (Dec 31) TD Canada Trust, Leth – Customer Services Rep (Oct 31) Independent Employer, Raymond – Respite Services (Oct 10) Alpenland Ski & Sports, Leth – Part Time Employees (Oct 15) Launch, Leth – Retail Brand Ambassador (Oct 21) Tompkins Jewellers, Leth – Saturday Sales Associate (Oct 26) Future Shop, Leth – Seasonal Sales Associate; Seasonal Customer Services Rep; Seasonal Gaming & DVD/CD Sales Rep; Seasonal Merchandiser (Nov 1) Premier Service, Leth – Mystery Shopper, Restaurant (Nov 30) Dan’s Carpet Cleaning, Leth – General Help Wanted (Oct 23)

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For details of the postings and information on the application processes go to www.uleth.ca/ross/ces and check out the WorkopolisCampus Postings section.