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The restructuring of the College of Medicine remains on hold while the school’s faculty prepare their own plan to present to council.
President gives College of Medicine’s faculty last shot to create own restructuring plan DARYL HOFMANN Senior News Editor University of Saskatchewan President Ilene Busch-Vishniac prevented a bitter debate at last month’s university council meeting after arbitrating an under-thetable deal between university administration and College of Medicine faculty. “We were headed for a very contentious debate at the university council and it was clear that would be in no one’s interest,” BuschVishniac said. At the September meeting, council was scheduled to vote on approval of a sweeping restructuring plan for the college
that would create three new divisions of governance for the college — biomedical and population sciences, clinical research and teaching. But the plan, drawn up mainly by university Provost and VicePresident Academic Brett Fairbairn with guidance from the former dean of the College of Medicine, has been widely criticized by the college’s faculty who say the restructuring process has been administered too quickly. The plan was originally approved by council in May. But the debate was reopened by President Busch-Vishniac after her office received more than 50 letters from university faculty members opposing council’s decision. At a rare special meeting held Sept. 6, the general academic assembly voted to force council to reconsider its decision at its next
meeting. But Busch-Vishniac saw no happy ending in sight. “One of two things would have happened,” she said. “We would have had a rancorous debate and not reaffirmed the original motion which would have left us with no path forward. “Or we would have had the same sort of rancorous debate and ended up reaffirming the original motion… having done so over figuratively dead bodies laying in the road making it almost impossible to implement.” Rather than leaving the matter solely up to council, BuschVishniac invited the dean of the college, a handful of faculty members, the provost and viceprovost, and the chair and vicechair of council to a behind-thescenes meeting to hammer out a deal. She said she wanted the
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administration and the faculty to come to an agreement that would not leave either side feeling abused. At the closed-door meeting, Busch-Vishniac said she would be willing to withdraw the administration’s support for the restructuring plan provided that the college put forward an alternative plan no later than the December council meeting. She said the college’s plan must include restructuring that will address accreditation concerns within 12 months, rebalance responsibilities within the college’s faculty and provide council with proof of progress towards these goals.
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October is arguably the worst month of the school year. The backto-school honeymoon is replaced by the phase of students declaring, “I want to crawl under a rock and die.” Oh, sure, the majestic fall landscape reminds me of happier times, but now academia will monopolize every fibre of my body until exams are finished in December. Needless to say, getting through the first semester back at university is stressful. There are never enough hours in the day and we don’t even get a full week off to sleep away our sorrows! What bologna! As a fourth-year student I know that it is difficult to attend classes, complete homework, walk the dog, work and have the tiniest bit of a social life. Something has to give. In some cases, academia takes the back burner. Whether it’s studying for a test or writing a paper, the inclination is often to take short cuts here and there. I’m sure every student has been in a situation, while sitting in the classroom facing a test they forgot to study for, where their eyes wander to the exam next to theirs, even if just for one question. Duh, this is cheating. Don’t do it. In my first year of university, I didn’t have a particularly good time. I didn’t mind school, but the last thing I ever wanted to do was study. (My real goal was to work out a lot in order to achieve an awesome six-pack, which never happened. That’s what dreams are for, right?)
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ANNA-LILJA DAWSON Associate News Editor A fiery conflict erupted in the Arts Tunnel Oct. 1 after the University of Saskatchewan Freethought Alliance satirized religion during their celebration of International Blasphemy Rights Day. The event hosted by the Freethought Alliance gave students walking by the chance to trade their soul for a cookie and to spin a wheel to find out which hell they are destined for. The majority of the tension arose from the deity drawing contest that had images of Jesus, Buddha and Muhammad, among other deities, posted to inspire contestants. Students who disagreed with the display tore down posters and stole the cellphones of two members of the Freethought Alliance while others intimidated and threatened the group’s members to attempt to stop the blasphemy day activities. Caroline Cottrell, the U of S Students’ Union general manager, said she was asked to shut down the Freethought Alliance’s table several times by students opposed to the display. The Freethought Alliance students “were exercising their right to free speech,” Cottrell said. “They weren’t harassing people.... As soon as somebody does that, I will ask them to leave. But until that point I will defend their right to free speech just as I’ll defend yours.” Ali Afzal, an executive member
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springboard towards a discussion,” Afzal said. Brandon Gerbig, a member of the Freethought Alliance, was aware that the image of Islamic prophet Muhammad could be upsetting to some, but in the spirit of the day that celebrates freedom of speech — specifically when criticizing religion — he would not let that stop him. “It is about bringing awareness and reminding people that they shouldn’t be afraid to voice their opinions if they are blasphemous.” Gerbig wanted to ensure that people were aware that Blasphemy Day — actually on Sept. 30, not Oct. 1 — supports not only freedom of speech but also freedom of expression, which includes depictions of deities. “It is a social effect that with drawings of Muhammad we don’t have freedom from religion because we’re pressured not to talk about it and pressured not to draw it,” Gerbig said. Citing intimidation as a tactic used to discourage depictions of Muhammad, Gerbig said he wants Canadians to know that they live in a country that celebrates freedom of expression. Afzal’s student group set up a table beside the Freethought Alliance to counter the Blasphemy Day event.
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of the U of S Muslim Students Association, did not feel that the Freethought Alliance had taken the right means to create discussion. “If there had been a less offensive image of our prophet there would still be some shock, it would still start it off on a little bit of a wrong foot, but not to this extent,” Afzal said, referring to the Freethought Alliance’s use of the Danish cartoon that depicts Muhammad with a black bomb in his turban. Compared to the depictions of Jesus and Buddha, which were merely generic images, the cartoon of Muhammad supports the stereotype that Muslims and Islam are tied to terrorism, Afzal said. “For Muslims, the image used, if you wanted to choose the most offensive and deliberately provocative image, that is the one you’d pick,” he said. “Especially if you’ve been keeping up on current events, that image itself directly equates Muslims with terrorism.” Afzal said that if the Freethought Alliance had used an image of Muhammad unassociated with terrorism, he would not have been as offended and would have been able to approach the event’s discussion in a more opportunistic fashion. “You would treat it more like a social faux-pas and use it as a
By the end of the day, the Freethought Alliance and MSA were in the Arts Tunnel and had come to a peaceful balance of freedom of speech as each supported their beliefs through discussions. “We spoke to each other as respectful equals even though we disagreed totally,” Gerbig said. “The real spirit of free speech got captured there when people of opposing ideals had the freedom to oppose each other yet respect each other.” Afzal said that emotions may have prevented the positive and constructive discussions that were possible from occurring. With the recent controversy over the release of the film Innocence of Muslims, Afzal would like to see more people informed about the role Islam plays in freedom of speech. “I see this as an opportunity,” Afzal said. “It could have been really nice to be able to discuss issues like the film, like the geopolitical situation, especially in the context of freedom of speech.” Although the Freethought Alliance was within their rights of free speech, Afzal said that free speech should be used within the boundaries of consideration for others. “Freedom of speech is very powerful and with anything that is very powerful, you have to wield it with a certain level of responsibility.”
If you’re getting a grade so godawful that you want to ditch the class at the last minute to avoid an embarrassing blemish on your transcript — well, you’re now shit out of luck. Dropping a class after the “deadline to avoid academic penalty” is no longer an option. Until May 2012, University of Saskatchewan students could drop a course after the academic penalty
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deadline and receive a withdraw failure, or WF, as a grade comment on their transcript. Once exams started, however, students were unable to drop. Now students will be restricted by PAWS from dropping a class after the deadline. If they choose not to finish the coursework, a zero will be factored in for incomplete work and a grade will be doled out at the end of the semester according to the total work completed. The deadline, now simply
referred to as the withdraw deadline, is Nov. 15 for standard term one classes and March 15 for standard term two classes. For two-term classes, the deadline is Feb. 15. University Registrar Russ Isinger said the reason for the change was to eliminate the discrepancy between dropping a class after the academic penalty deadline and dropping a class during exam time. “Since the end result is the same, students are failing in both
cases. Why do we have these two separate rules?” he said. Isinger said not allowing students to drop classes after the deadline may force them to seek out a tutor or academic help and could eventually result in more students receiving passing grades. The new rules do not affect students who are unable to complete a course because of health or personal reasons.
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Get out the vote efforts go online in #YXE DARYL HOFMANN Senior News Editor Saskatoon votes in less than two weeks and if you’ve never heard of mayoral incumbent Don Atchison or newcomer Tom Wolf, don’t sweat it. It’s never been easier to be smart at the polls. Whitespace, a local nonprofit web development firm with no political affiliations, has launched yxevotes.ca. The site clearly shows its viewers the ward they live in and who their candidates are. It also includes the biographies and platforms of each candidate running and a Twitter feed that picks up the hashtag #YXEVotes and compiles tweets from the candidates. “It allows you to get connected to the civic election,” Arts and Science Students’ Union VicePresident Internal Affairs Peter Bruce said, referring to the social media component on the site. “If you reply to one of the candidate’s tweets or use the hashtag on twitter, they are going to see it and other people are going to see it,” he said. The Twitter feed on the homepage includes messages of 140 characters or less from local activists, journalists and citizens, all chiming in with their two-cents using the hashtag. As Bruce sat at his desk in the ASSU office navigating the site, he said the simple user interface is what students with no spare time need as the city hurtles toward the election. “I think students should know who is running in their wards, they should know the candidates for mayor and, ideally, they should be voting,” Bruce said. “This is a really easy way to get students to actually figure out what’s going on.” Flavio Ishii is a computer science graduate student at the University of Saskatchewan and a co-founder of Whitespace. He says Whitespace focuses on solving local problems through web-based technology.
“We design so whatever we develop can be reused globally by open-sourcing the technology afterwards,” Ishii said. This summer, Ishii and his team at Whitespace met with Saskatoon city councillors and a handful of candidates and mulled over the challenges facing potential voters, including a lack of fundamental information about the election. “People either don’t have much time on their hands or they are not interested in digging through the city’s website to find out information,” Ishii said. “We just wanted to get all of the basic information — listing all the candidates for the wards and the mayor and to be able to find out where to vote.” The biggest concern was to make the site accessible to anyone, so they also designed it to run on all web and mobile devices, Ishii said. Whitespace works out of The Two Twenty coworking space on 20th Street West with fellow web designers deezine.ca. Together, to accompany #YXEVotes, they launched yxevoices.ca. The web application is now asking the Saskatoon community to post and discuss important election issues leading up to the Oct. 24 vote. Dozens of local citizens have posted to the site in recent days. The top comment with 18-upvotes at the time of print said “managing the rapid growth of Saskatoon” is the most important issue for the city. Other popular election issues posted include “infrastructure maintenance in the core neighbourhoods” and “making the [city] less noisy” and better accommodating to people with disabilities. After the launch of YXEVotes, the city released its own similar website that includes the 2012 Saskatoon Voters’ Guide. It can be found at saskatoon.ca/go/vote.
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Finally, the plan must “Manage to accomplish all of this without additional funding from the university,” Busch-Vishniac said. The original restructuring plan was drafted earlier this year after a team of inspectors with the national accrediting body visited the college in 2011 and found 10 infractions. In a letter sent to the former dean, accreditors wrote that if the non-compliance areas were not corrected soon, the college would risk being placed on probation and “seriously compromise the ability of the faculty to deliver a quality medical education program.” Fairbairn, who has led efforts to implement the original plan, told the general academic assembly in September that the accreditors found deep-rooted issues with the structure of teaching duties within the
college’s undergraduate medical degree. The college’s structure is unique among Canadian medical schools and Fairbairn believes it does not properly incentivize teaching or research. The college falls far short of its Canadian counterparts when competing for federal research revenue. Busch-Vishniac could not say for sure that the college’s plan will mature fast enough to avoid probation but noted that it is rare for accreditation to be revoked. “It is unusual for accrediting bodies to take the action of withdrawing accreditation or putting units on probations,” BuschVishniac said. “If they can be reassured that a process is in place that will resolve the issues that they are raising, they [will] try very hard to avoid probation or withdrawal of accreditation.” Busch-Vishniac has been told by more than one source that the college has been making significant progress towards an alternative restructuring plan and she hopes to have “enough flesh on the bone” to appease accreditors when they return to the college in March 2013. “The problem that we have is that we are asking a college to change itself, and it is very hard to ask people who are comfortable with the way things are to necessarily move forward and agree to a significant change.” Busch-Vishniac took the job of university president in July 2012 after former president Peter MacKinnon stepped down following 13 years in office.
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Vandals left shattered glass and broken tables scattered throughout the patio of Louis’.
DARYL HOFMANN Senior News Editor Campus Safety has identified two students seen on surveillance camera smashing windows and destroying furniture on the patio of Louis’ on Oct. 3 after dollar beers. In total, four plastic tables were destroyed, two panes of glass were broken, a window screen was bent and a light fixture was ripped off a cement wall. Campus Safety Director Brent Penner said several emails came in over the weekend from the campus community that helped identify two male students suspected of causing the damage. On Oct. 4, Campus Safety posted four surveillance camera still-shots on
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their blog asking for the public’s help identifying the suspects. The images, which also appeared on the homepage of PAWS for several days last week, show four males inside Louis’ just after 10:30 p.m. the night of the incident. Penner said officers “are close to identifying” the remainder of the suspects. The two identified students have not been charged and will be referred to nonacademic student discipline, Penner said. The University of Saskatchewan’s policy says all cases of non-academic misconduct must go in front of a hearing board responsible for deciding a verdict and handing down a punishment. Campus Safety is awaiting a damage total from Louis’. Further information will be released later in the week.
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Incidents at the University of Saskatchewan involving Campus Safety from Oct. 2 - 8 Officers issued: 1 inadequate headlamps 1 unlawfully tinted front side windows 4 disobey stop sign 1 speeding 3 operate unregistered motor vehicle 1 no driver’s license 1 display unauthorized plates Other reports • Damage to a window in the Stadium Parkade was investigated. • Officers attended three medical calls. • Officers investigated three hit and run accidents to parked vehicles. •A small fire at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine was reported.
A heat lamp ignited a blanket. Damage was minimal and the fire was quickly extinguished by staff. No animals were harmed. • Damage was done to the outdoor patio area of Louis’. The investigating officer is in the process of identifying two suspects. This file is still under investigation. • Officers investigated a motor vehicle accident in Q Lot. One driver was issued a ticket. • A theft of drywall tools was reported by a construction employee. File is still under investigation. • Officers investigated the theft of personal items from a secured locker in the men’s change room in PAC.
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Website goes viral exposing jarring casual homophobia
University of Alberta website nohomophobes.com monitors in real-time the staggering amount of homophobic slang that is liberally tweeted into cyberspace.
APRIL HUDSON — The Gateway (University of Alberta) EDMONTON (CUP) — The word “faggot” has been tweeted nearly three million times since July 5. A new website from the University of Alberta’s Institute for Sexual Minority Studies & Services called nohomophobes. com tracks the tweets of people using the phrases “faggot,” “no homo,” “so gay” and “dyke” — all of which are tweeted well over 1,000 times a day. Since the site’s launch, “no homo” has been tweeted over one million times, “so gay” has been mentioned nearly 100,000 times and the term “dyke” comes in just shy of appearing in 400,000 tweets. Kristopher Wells, assistant professor and associate director for U of A’s ISMSS, launched
the website on Sept. 26 to address what he calls “casual homophobia.” Within days, the website had hundreds of thousands of hits. And as word began to spread, so did Wells’ message: it is time to stop tolerating homophobic language. “This kind of casual homophobia is just no longer acceptable in our society. And that’s the primary objective of our campaign, to call attention and ultimately extinguish the use of these harmful words,” he said. “People need to stand up and account for their own conduct. We can’t make people change, but what we can do is try to raise that critical awareness to help them think twice before they use this kind of language.” The most common use of casual homophobia, according to the website’s convenient ticker, is the
word “faggot.” “That’s not a word that’s used in too many positive contexts,” Wells said. Wells says the website is designed to show the casual usage of homophobic words in society. “We know that the use of homophobic language still remains one of the few acceptable forms of discrimination in our society,” he said. “It’s happening virtually every second of every day. You can’t even keep up with the number of tweets that are scrolling through the website. And that website is pulling in tweets from all over the English-speaking world, so it’s not just Alberta and it’s not just Canada or the United States.” The website is designed to show all tweets carrying those key phrases, but Wells acknowledges context matters — something the
website can’t track. “Context matters — it always matters. That old nursery rhyme your parents used to tell you, that ‘sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me’ is wrong. Words do hurt. Words have the power to shape identities,” he said. “We don’t accept the fact that these words are harmless. What these words do, no matter who’s using them, is serve to reinforce stereotypes that are used as powerful weapons to defile and further marginalize gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.” He added that an overwhelming majority of feedback so far has been positive — so much so that other groups have approached him asking to add sexist and racist terms, as well as terms discriminating against people with disabilities.
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“I think people have seen the power of this kind of innovative campaign that blends together social media and public education,” he said. “It’s surprising that a little website made here in Alberta, which some have often called the Texas of the North, with very conservative social values, could generate this kind of worldwide interest.” Wells said there are plans for a television commercial to support the website and for posters to be hung in bus shelters and transit stations around Edmonton. “They all serve the same purpose — to get people to the website to engage in conversation. It’s breaking the silence around these issues and talking about the impacts of casual homophobia that will end it,” he said.
CRTC turns down the suck: new bill limits sound levels of advertisments LUCAS ANDERS — The Nugget (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology) EDMONTON (CUP) — TV watchers no longer have to dart for the remote and turn down the volume every time a show goes to commercial. The Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunication Commission (CRTC) has come to the rescue by setting standards for the sound
levels of advertisments during television broadcasts. MP Nina Grewal first brought forward volume regulating legislation in the form of Bill C-621 in February 2011. “I am pleased that my legislation brought the issue to the floor, generated debate across Canada and produced action to address the issue,” Grewal said. “Regulators in the US and United Kingdom have already taken concrete
steps to control the volume of commercials. It was time for the CRTC to follow suit with its own rules.” Although Grewal brought the issue to parliament, the bill was never passed into law. But the CRTC went ahead with their own standards, which took effect Sept. 1. “Today we must congratulate ourselves for a job well done, as we have now extinguished another
nuisance from daily life,” Grewal said. Grewal is claiming victory over the volume of commercials being reduced, but some think this change may have come too late to have any positive effect on the average Canadian. “I have most of my shows on my computer,” said Northern Alberta Institute of Technology student Brett Freeman. “I don’t really listen to or watch a lot of
commercials nowadays.” Still, for many, watching commercials is unavoidable. NAIT student Josh Yaworski does not support loud commercials. “It’s a shock thing,” he said. “Trying to get someone’s attention by suddenly changing the volume is a cheap alternative to having a properly-done advertisement. It’s not right.”
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COLE GUENTER Sports Editor University of Saskatchewan cross-country athletes put up some impressive times Oct. 6 at the 2012 U of S Open in Saskatoon’s Lakewood Park. The Dogs invited athletes from the universities of Regina, Calgary, Manitoba and Alberta. Huskies runners Brittany Elliott and Davis Guenther had top results for the club at the meet. Elliott finished ninth among university athletes in the women’s 4,500-metre run with a time of 16:40. Guenther finished seventh among male university athletes in a time of 23:21 in the 7,500-metre race. This is Elliott’s first year with the cross-country team, but she has competed on the Huskies track and field squad for two years prior — though didn’t run more than 3,000 metres in a single race as a track athlete. Joanne McTaggart, the coach of the cross-country team, is impressed with Elliott’s transition. “Because it’s her first year, she is just learning the right way to pace herself for the longer distances,” McTaggart said. During the race, Huskies Emmett and Graeme Harrison caused more than a few spectators confusion as the two are identical twins. Emmett is in his second
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year with the club, while Graeme transferred to the U of S from the University of Regina this year to study education and run alongside his brother. Emmett crossed the finish line 27 seconds ahead of his brother Graeme. “I think I may have got some cheers for Graeme,” Emmett said. He also added that by beating his brother he earned bragging rights until the next race. Emmett finished in 39th place among university male athletes with a time of 26:41 while Graeme placed 44th. The Regina Cougars had the two fastest athletes on the day. Fourthyear kinesiology student Karissa LePage placed first in the women’s race with a time of 15:40. On the men’s side the Cougars’ Kelly Wiebe clocked in at 21:48 for the top spot. The Huskies race next at the Stewart Cup hosted by the University of Calgary on Oct. 27. It is the final race before the Canada West/ Canadian Interuniversity Sport Championship on Nov. 10 at Western University.
The Huskies women’s soccer squad were outstanding Oct. 6, knocking off the undefeated University of Victoria Vikes in a close one-goal game. The Dogs’ Megan Schenher won the game for Saskatchewan in the 87th minute, wrangling a pass from striker Lindsay Manz and lobbing it over Vikes goalie Stephanie Parker. It was the first goal of the season for Schenher and lifted the Huskies past Victoria 2-1. Victoria started the game confidently, taking a 1-0 lead in the 34th minute when the Vikes’ Jackie Harrison took a cross pass from Tessa Margetts. Harrison immediately capitalized on the opportunity, tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Dogs mounted their comeback in the 62nd minute when second-year player Erica Parenteau passed the ball through the Vikes defense to forward Janelle Zapski. Zapski launched it past Parker to tie the game 1-1. Huskies head coach Tom LaPointe said the recipe for victory was perfecting the basics. “The girls followed the game plan,” he said. “We maintained possession of the ball and that goal at the end of the game showed our mental strength and determination to fight.” The following day the Huskies couldn’t find the same success and fell 2-0 to the University of Fraser Valley Cascades. After a scoreless first half, Fraser Valley netted goals from senior defensive player Donna Pinning and striker Victoria Baird. The Cascades keeper Kayla Klim was brilliant in net, holding
Midfielder Megan Schenher slides to keep the ball in play.
the 2-0 shutout for the Cascades despite being outshot by the Dogs 15-6 in the match. The win moves Fraser Valley into fourth place in the league with a 6-2-1 record while Saskatchewan drops to 4-4 on the season and currently sits in seventh spot in the Canada West standings. They will have a chance to improve their position in the standings Oct. 13 and 14 when they take on the Alberta Pandas and Mount Royal Cougars during their final home games of the regular season.
Men lose battle for top spot in division
Entering the weekend tied for first place in the Prairie Division, the Huskies men’s soccer team couldn’t find a way to beat the Alberta Golden Bears in back-toback games Oct. 6 and 7. In the first game both teams appeared afraid to give up ground. A goal drought lasted up until the 72nd minute when Alberta netted two in less than two minutes. Hope for the Huskies came in the 80th minute, when Saskatchewan striker Brett Levis beat Bears goalie Jay Vetsch. That
was as close as Saskatchewan would get, losing 2-1. The Dogs got another shot at Edmonton’s Foote Field the following day. Saskatchewan was eager to make up for the previous defeat and Alberta was bent on increasing their lead in the Prairie Division. Neither team would get their wish, however, as the game closed in a 1-1 tie. Alberta scored first on a penalty kick by defender Niko Saler. The goal was Saler’s first of his university career. The Huskies tied it up when Levis potted his second goal of the weekend and twelfth point this season — putting him second in the conference scoring race. The tie meant Alberta took sole possession of first spot in the Prairie Division with a record of 6-1-2. Saskatchewan settled into second spot at 5-2-2 and will have more tough games ahead. They play at home on Field 7 in PotashCorp Park Oct. 13 and 14 versus the Trinity Western University and the UBC Thunderbirds, respectively. Both TWU and UBC are unbeaten through eight games this season.
Canada West Standings Football
W-L 1. Calgary 5-0 2. Regina 4-1 3. Manitoba 3-2 4. Saskatchewan 2-3 5. UBC 1-4 6. Alberta 0-5 *Top four teams qualify for playoffs
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Prairie Division 1. Alberta 2. Saskatchewan 3. Lethbridge 4. Calgary 5. Mount Royal 6. Winnipeg
W-L-T 6-1-2 5-2-2 3-2-4 3-4-2 2-7-1 0-7-3
Pacific Division 8-0-0 1. UBC 6-0-2 2. TWU 5-3-2 3. Victoria 1-3-4 4. UFV 0-10-0 5. UNBC *Top three teams in each division qualify for playoffs
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W-L-OL 1. Calgary 2-0-0 2. Alberta 2-0-0 3. Saskatchewan 2-0-0 4. UBC 1-0-1 5. Regina 1-1-0 6. Lethbridge 0-1-1 7. Manitoba 0-2-0 8. Mount Royal 0-2-0 *Top six teams qualify for playoffs
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W-L-T 8-1-0 1. TWU 7-1-1 2. Victoria 6-1-2 3. UBC 6-2-1 4. UFV 5-0-3 5. Alberta 5-3-0 6. Regina 4-4-0 7. Saskatchewan 2-3-3 8. Calgary 2-6-0 9. Manitoba 1-6-1 10. Lethbridge 11. Mount Royal 0-5-3 0-7-3 12. UNBC 0-7-1 13. Winnipeg *Top eight teams qualify for playoffs
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W-L-OL 1. Alberta 2-0-0 2. Calgary 2-0-0 3. Mount Royal 2-0-0 4. UBC 1-0-1 5. Regina 1-1-0 6. Saskatchewan 0-1-1 7. Manitoba 0-2-0 8. Lethbridge 0-2-0 *Top six teams qualify for playoffs
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Dog Watch: Kit Hillis COLE GUENTER Sports Editor
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Huskies wide receiver Kit Hillis only made five receptions for 66 yards in four games last season. This year he is the top receiver in the Canada West conference. The Saskatoon product accumulated 38 catches, six touchdowns and 545 receiving yards in four games this season, and currently sits atop all three major receiving categories in the conference despite having been sidelined with a strained quadriceps tendon during the Dogs last game against Calgary. Hillis credits a big part of his success to the motivation he draws from the crowd, especially at Griffiths Stadium. “It never gets old running out from under the dog and seeing a big home crowd. It makes a hard week of practice all worth it in that single moment,” Hillis said. “Away games are different. It’s fun to put up points in front of an
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opposing crowd.” When Hillis isn’t scoring points on the field he likes to put up points on the TV screen playing video games. Hillis says that he and the other receivers will often get together to challenge each other’s remote-controlled football skills. “I like Madden [NFL games], but I usually get beat by the other football guys. I do better at shooter games like Call of Duty and Halo.” “Upstairs [in the football clubhouse] we have some TV’s and consoles we can play on so when we’re not studying or watching game film usually some guys are up there playing games.” Hillis excels in the classroom too and will complete a commerce degree from Edwards School of Business in the spring. His convocation won’t mark the end of Hillis’s time at the U of S though. With another two years of Canadian university sport eligibility remaining, the receiver plans to return to school to keep
playing football. “I plan on coming back, but I have to figure out what I’d like to pursue for my second degree. I’ve thought about entering into either education or possibly law.” Hillis admits his one bad habit as an athlete is eating too much unhealthy food. “I can never turn down McDonald’s. That junior chicken and double bacon cheeseburger are delicious,” Hillis said. “My main vice, however, is that I crush a lot of Babybel cheese and pepperoni sticks. It’s sort of my standard snack.”
Bye week prepares Huskies for playoff push COLE GUENTER Sports Editor After the Calgary Dinos stomped the Huskies 45-4 in week five football action, all Canada West teams had a bye over the Thanksgiving long weekend. Teams used the time to rest injured players and tweak strategies in preparation for the final three games of the regular season. The Huskies spent the bye preparing for their home game Friday, Oct. 12 against the Manitoba Bisons. The Saskatchewan squad knows they will have to play better than they did in Calgary if they want to have a chance to win against the Bisons who enter the game as the number eight ranked team in the nation. It should help that the Dogs will get two of the team’s most dynamic players back in the lineup. Luke Thiel and Kit Hillis have both recovered from injuries that forced them to watch the Calgary game from the sidelines. Thiel, a fourth-year defensive back, suffered a concussion during the Dogs’ home loss to Regina Sept. 21. He is now back to full health and practiced with the squad during the week off. “We’ve brought more intensity to practice this past week and have been working on perfecting our defensive system,” Thiel said. “From here on out we have to win the rest of our games because our playoff life could be in jeopardy if we don’t.” Thiel has been a dominant force in the Huskies defensive secondary, racking up 18.5 tackles so far this season, and has excelled on special teams where he fields the majority of the team’s punt returns. A strain in receiver Kit Hillis’s quadriceps tendon kept him sidelined last week. “As a player, sitting out is one
Wide receiver Mitch Stevens hopes to maintain his impressive average of over 20 yards per catch against the Manitoba Bisons.
of the hardest things to do. You want to be out there battling on the field but you can’t when you’re injured,” said Hillis who is eager to get back onto the field. While Hillis and Thiel return to the gridiron, impact players Zach Hart and Drew Burko remain doubtful for the game. Hart is the veteran backbone of a defensive line that lacks university football experience without him. Hart suffered a knee injury in the Sept. 21 game against the Rams. Hart “had an MRI done last week and he is going to try playing with a brace but probably not until next week because his brace isn’t here yet,” head coach Brian Towriss said.
In the same game against Regina, rookie quarterback Drew Burko broke a bone in his wrist. He had surgery to reposition the broken bone and isn’t expected to be cleared for practice until he has another X-ray to examine his wrist on Oct. 17. The Huskies and Bisons game will be the second meeting between the teams this season. The first, a back-and-forth affair affected by strong wind gusts, was played at Manitoba’s University Stadium in the second week of the season and resulted in a 3128 Bisons win. This time around the Dogs will gain home-field advantage. The 2-3 Huskies are coming off
a two-game losing streak while the Bisons, who boast a 3-2 record, lost their last game after giving up a fourth quarter lead in Regina on Sept. 28. Manitoba is currently third in the Canada West standings, one spot ahead of the Huskies. Following this game the Dogs will finish off the regular season schedule playing the two worst teams in the league. This means they have a good chance to finish the season with a 5-3 record if they can find a way to beat Manitoba. And assuming a Manitoba loss to a currently undefeated Calgary squad in the last week of the season, a 5-3 record would be good enough for the Huskies to steal third place from the Bisons in
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Faulty call cheats women’s hockey COLE GUENTER Sports Editor
An unusual last-minute goal by the Mount Royal Cougars lifted them past the Huskies women’s hockey team in the second of two matches on the weekend of Oct. 5 and 6. That goal, combined with a Cougars win over the Dogs the night before, left the Huskies winless after hosting Mount Royal at Rutherford Rink. With the score tied 2-2 and less than 60 seconds to play in regulation, the game appeared destined for overtime. The Huskies had control of the puck while a delayed penalty call was awaiting the Cougars once they gained possession of the biscuit. Huskies goalie Cassidy Hendricks had skated to the team’s bench to gain an extra attacker while the Dogs kept possession. The Huskies shot on the Cougars’ goal bounced off Mount Royal’s Tanika Dawson’s shin pad and trickled down the ice into the Huskies’ open net. The referees allowed the goal, determining that when the puck bounced off of Dawson’s shin pad it didn’t count as the Cougars possession of the puck because Dawson couldn’t control that the puck bounced into the Huskies net. The Huskies were forced to live
Huskies goalie Justine Denure performs the splits to stop a Mount Royal forward from scoring.
with the Cougars’ strange luck. However, following the game Huskies head coach Steve Kook reviewed Canada’s hockey rule book and found that according to Situation 10 under rule 4.13 (b), which outlines the exact scenario that took place in the game, the goal should not have been allowed. “It felt like we were playing
in the Twilight Zone,” Kook said about the allowed goal. “The correct call would have been no goal, but our protest was rejected by Canada West.” This meant the team will not be given any extra points in the standings even though the goal should have been disallowed and the Huskies would have been on the power
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play for the final 28 seconds of a tied game. Instead the Dogs hit the showers and officially lost 3-2. Ironically, Dawson was also the culprit for the ensuing interference penalty and after allowing the goal the referees did force her to sit in the penalty box after celebrating the winning goal. The Huskies outshot the
Cougars 31-26 in the loss and picked up goals from Shelby Davey and captain Cara Wooster. Dawson played spoiler to the Huskies in the first game of the weekend as well. The Dogs were up 3-2 after Wooster sent a wrist shot over Cougars netminder Kendall Kilgour 6:51 into the third period. The Huskies held the lead until the final minute of the frame. With nine seconds left on the clock, Dawson scored the tying goal for the Cougars. Her goal sent the match into a 10 minute overtime where Cougars third-year forward Emily Harrison notched the gamewinner after stealing the puck from a Huskie forward inside the neutral zone and sniping it past Dogs goaltender Justine DeNure. Mount Royal, in their inaugural season in Canada West women’s hockey, completed the sweep to start the season 2-0-0. The Huskies will attempt to improve their 0-1-1 record Oct. 12 and 13 when they host the University of Manitoba Bisons.
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The Poet’s Dead but the sound is very much alive MADISON TAYLOR Upon hearing that a band is from Saskatchewan, people usually imagine something in the neighborhood of banjo strumming and wheat stalk chewing. While Rah Rah may be prairie born and raised, their sound is not at all of hillbilly simplicity. If the eccentric flavours of the Regina band’s first two fulllength releases Going Steady and Breaking Hearts were pleasing to your musical palate, then their newest tour-de-force The Poet’s Dead will not disappoint. The album, released Oct. 2, mixes upbeat and quirky tracks such as “The Poet’s Dead” with the sentimental, feel-good folk of “Prairie Girl”. The true beauty of Rah Rah is in their lyrics. Buoyant beats are often paired ironically with heart-
rending poetics such that listeners might find themselves relating to the song on an uncomfortably deep level. Perhaps the reason the situations that singer Erin Passmore croons about in her hauntingly lovely voice are so striking is because they are derived from her own personal life experiences. Songwriting acts as “a kind of catharsis” for her in times of hardship and sorrow, Passmore said. The content, comfortable sensation one experiences after listening to the album is not unlike the sensation of drinking a warm cup of tea. It is something I have come to associate with Rah Rah. This homey feeling can be attributed in part to the band’s Saskatchewan roots, which Passmore says are “the backbone of [their] writing.”
With layers of rich vocals and slamming guitar riffs, impassioned drum solos and eccentric violin, lively keyboard and an undertone of accordion, Rah Rah boasts a sound that is at once strikingly mature and bouncing with youthful enthusiasm. “It grows up as we grow up,” Passmore said of their music. Adding to Passmore’s lead, Marshall Burns and Kristina Hedlund chip in on songwriting and vocals. The alternation between male and female voices in songs such as the track “Art & A Wife” gives their music an intimate, conversational feel that is incredibly endearing to the listener. At times it seems as though one is eavesdropping on a private exchange of thoughts rather than listening to a song.
This contributes to a sound that is charming and personal — a musical companion that can be referred to in good times or bad. Rah Rah’s live show can be likened to “a children’s birthday party on stage,” laughs Passmore. The band is famous for distributing eccentric party favours to the crowd, including piñatas, pop rocks and confetti. Though touring may not be “as glamorous as you’d think,” Passmore said, the band is making their way across Canada this year and revisiting towns and cities that they have “developed friendships in.” And as it so happens, Rah Rah
are dropping by Saskatoon in their travels. They will be rocking Amigo’s Cantina alongside Plants and Animals on Nov. 7. Check out http://noisetrade. com/rahrah for a free download by donation.
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Rock Sugar made a star out of me
A private karaoke room at Rock Sugar.
FATUMA ADAR When the bright neon lights blind you, you hear the familiar sound of a 90s uptempo beat sung slightly off key, and your friends burst into laughter and applause raving at your performance, you know you’ve somehow been hoodwinked into performing at a karaoke bar. Recently I enthusiastically debuted my karaoke talent at Rock Sugar on 8th Street. I was mortified at first and practically scared stiff as my friends coerced me into singing my first song. After that, I just couldn’t stop. I spoke with Alyssa Yi, a bright-
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eyed employee that let me in on what a life in the karaoke biz is like. “We get a lot of people in on the weekends. Karaoke is very popular in the Asian community but we get a lot of college students in too.” The night started off a bit rocky because we hadn’t made reservations for a private room. Alyssa and her team didn’t want to keep us waiting, so they transformed the main room — conveniently located right beside the bar — into a studio. Our studio was the first thing people saw when they walked into the bar. We felt we had to set the standard for all the other karaoke enthusiasts that came our way.
The big screen displayed our song choices with the lyrics gliding along the bottom. We had a tiny computer to select whatever songs caught our eye and two mics so we could harmonize. Of course, after a few drinks, harmonizing wasn’t possible. After a couple Taylor Swift, Linkin Park and Black Eyed Peas songs we worked up our appetites. Rock Sugar’s egg rolls play a pretty big role in why my friends repeatedly visit the Chinese restaurant. Considering that 98 per cent of the time I crave Asian cuisine, Rock Sugar’s menu was very enticing. Our group shared the sweet and sour chicken with sides of rice
and egg rolls, of course. The food was absolutely delicious and is what I call “broke college student” affordable; it’s as much as you might spend at Louis’ or Subway. The beauty of karaoke is the fact that you don’t have to be good, you don’t have to be drunk, you don’t have to spend most of your time stuffing your face with food, you just have to be excited. If you’re completely cool with making an ass out of yourself you will have one of the best times ever. And bring your friends! I can’t even tell you how amazed I was with my friends’ duet powers. One of them killed Eminem’s verses in “Love The Way You Lie” and another blew
me away with what I swear was a perfect imitation of the B-52’s lead singer in “Love Shack”, which I think he should take on the road. When you go out to karaoke you gain ridiculous amounts of confidence about your stage presence because at the end of the day, you gave your friends a show. Did I think of seriously recording an album that night? Maybe. Did I realize how terrible an idea that was when I woke the next day? Yes. I will definitely look back at that night as one where I basked in my psychological celebrity thoroughly enjoying every moment of my 15 minutes of fame.
It’s not Harry Potter, but it’s still pretty good ARIANA TRIGUEROS-CORB — The Concordian (Concordia University)
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Montreal (CUP) — Being J.K. Rowling is a trap. The hype that surrounded her most recent publication, an adult fiction novel entitled The Casual Vacancy, is proof of how much weight lies on this author’s shoulders. Clearly, should Rowling want to write about anything other than Hogwarts, broomsticks and HeWho-Must-Not-Be-Named, the literary world must go wild. So it is with much trepidation that I, like millions of others across the world, picked up a copy of The Casual Vacancy at my local bookstore Sept. 27. Three days later, my previously pristine copy of Rowling’s book was torn, crumpled and decorated by coffee stains, having
been lugged around virtually everywhere with me for 72 hours. The book was extremely good, in a dark, sarcastic and incredibly realistic way. Rowling had me engrossed in a story that I could never have believed would be captivating. Let’s be honest — the idea of a book revolving around the sudden death of a council member in a tiny, unknown village in England isn’t exactly a dream premise. But the citizens of Pagford, the tiny village in question, fascinate as we glimpse their everyday lives unraveling in the throes of tragedy. The novel starts out with councilman Barry Fairbrother passing away suddenly on the eve of his wedding anniversary. Initially shocked with grief, the citizens of Pagford quickly move to replace him on council and a controversial election ensues.
Meanwhile, the former ally of the deceased finds herself more alienated than ever. As we flip the pages, tensions and secrets arise in a way that readers will find covertly echoes a combination of Desperate Housewives and Shameless. Rowling does a marvelous job showing us, yet again, that she has a profound understanding of human existence. Humour is doused with crudeness and the combination is a satire of our time that leaves the reader wanting more. I found myself blitzing through chapters, anticipating the slew of revelations to come, the same way I had dashed through the last Harry Potter book, wanting to know if Voldemort had prevailed. It’s suspense, but not in the classic sense; there’s simply a more refined excitement to be had.
Having skimmed the media on the topic, I’ve read my share of reviews on The Casual Vacancy. Not many of them are flattering. Negative reviews mainly criticize the book’s overall grittiness and the relatively ugly side of social reality it reveals. For anyone that has read the Harry Potter series, this is an unexpected (and perhaps unpleasant) wake-up call. The charm that surrounded Hogwarts and its inhabitants easy-going, comical characters that we would have loved to meet, was addictively pleasant. You’ve been warned: there will be drugs, depression and all-out despair. Does that make the book any less of a page-turner? Not a bit.
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Recipe: Lasagna Cupcakes JENNA MANN Culture Editor You need: • 1 lb. ground beef • salt and pepper • chili powder • olive oil • 24 wonton wrappers • 1 3/4 cups grated parmesan cheese (7 oz.) • 1 3/4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (7 oz.) • 3/4 cup ricotta cheese (3 oz.) • 1 cup pasta sauce • 1/4 onion, chopped (optional) • basil for garnish (optional) Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Lightly line cupcake tin with olive oil. 2. Brown beef and season with salt, pepper, chili powder and finely chopped onion. Drain. 3. Begin layering your lasagna with a wonton wrapper and press
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one into the bottom of each muffin circle. Be careful when placing wonton wrappers as they rip easily. 4. Lightly layer parmesan, ricotta and mozzarella cheese in each tin. 5. Add ground beef and a dollop of pasta sauce. Repeat layers. 6. Reserve 3/4 cup parmesan cheese and 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese to top each of your cupcakes. 7. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until edges of the wontons are brown. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes. 8. Use a knife to loosen the edges and pop out the cupcakes. 9. Garnish with basil and a little parmesan. Serve.
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Fall projects perfect for procrastination JENNA MANN Culture Editor
Deco your shoe sole Christian Louboutin shoes are eye-catching. Their shocking red soles turn heads but they cost upwards of $600 a pair, and I’m a student. For $30 you can turn a pair of salvageable heels into Louboutin knockoffs. They’ll look great but they won’t break the bank. What you’ll need: • 1 bottle of white nail polish • 1 bottle of colured nail polish • A pair of heels with undersoles that need sprucing
DIY chalkboard
Bottle cap tea lights
Chalkboards are handy and can be a useful place to write down reminders, well wishes and schedules at home. Making a chalkboard is easy and inexpensive.
A great way to repurpose your bottle caps is to turn them into tealights. The little candles will only burn for around an hour and a half but they work well as decorations or in the case of another of Saskatoon’s finest blackouts.
What you’ll need:
Yield: 20
• 1 frame with glass • 1 can of chalkboard spray paint • 1 bottle of white glue (optional) • glue gun (optional) • coloured paint (optional)
What you’ll need:
What you’ll need to do:
What you’ll need to do: 1. Paint an even layer in white nail polish with the brush provided. Let each layer set for approximately 20 minutes. 2. Paint an even layer in coloured polish with the brush provided after the white has dried. Let it set. 3. Paint a third layer. Set overnight. 4. Fix up any parts of the shoe where the original colour shines through. Let set. 5. Wear when dry, turn heads, be awesome.
1. Take the glass out of the frame and spray it evenly with chalkboard paint. You can find chalkboard paint at Michaels craft stores as well as other hardware and art supply shops. Inexpensive frames can be found and repurposed from Value Village. 2. Optional: To spruce up or add some texture to a plain frame you can take white glue, or a glue gun, and draw designs on the frame. 3. Optional: Let dry and paint over your design. 4. Once the glass is dry, replace it in the frame and hang on your wall. 5. If you didn’t forget to pick up chalk at Michaels, start drawing!
• 20 metal beer bottle caps, not squashed or folded in half • 1 lb. package of microwaveable candle wax • 20 two-inch candle wicks with wick clips, pre-waxed • 1 baking sheet lined with aluminum foil • meat thermometer What you’ll need to do: 1. Spread out the bottle caps flat side down on the baking sheet. 2. Warm the bottle caps in the oven at a low temperature for approximately three minutes. The wax will not bond well with cool metal. 3. Set one wick in the centre of each cap, making sure the wicks stand upright. 4. Microwave two cups of wax flakes, following the instructions on the bag. Make sure wax melts completely and measures 180 F on your meat thermometer. 5. Pour wax into bottle caps, being careful not to let the wax overflow. 6. Let tray cool for a couple hours. 7. Trim wicks and store in a cool, dry environment.
A homemade chalkboard made from a bamboo frame.
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Sunday
Tonight it’s Poetry at Lydia’s 8 p.m.
Gustin House Concert Series - New Orford String Quartet at Third Avenue Centre 7:30 p.m. Andre Nickatina w/ MISTAH F.A.B. MUMBLS, DJ Heywood, Pimpton and C.J.E. Squad at Odeon Events Centre 8 p.m.
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Monday
Metal Monday at Lydia’s 9 p.m.
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Tuesday
Open Stage at Lydia’s 8 p.m.
Dollar Draft at Louis’ 7 p.m.
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Wednesday
Souled Out at Lydia’s 9 p.m.
Open Mic at the Fez 10 p.m.
Karaoke Deathstar at the Fez 10 p.m.
John Pinette at TCU Place 7:30 p.m.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at the Odeon Events Centre 7:30 p.m.
Roots Series - Rodney Decroo w/Mark Haney at the Bassment 8 p.m.
Justin Bieber at Credit Union Centre 7 p.m.
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Thursday
Trivia Night at Louis’ 9 p.m.
Irish Rovers at Dakota Dunes Casino 8 p.m.
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Friday
Bluessmyth w/ Bokononists at Lydia’s 8 p.m.
Christmas Craft Fair at the Western Development Museum 4-10 p.m. Woman’s World consumer show at Credit Union Centre 4 p.m.
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Saturday
Christmas Craft Fair at the Western Development Museum 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
A Prairie Trio - The Harmony of Sight, Sound and Taste at the Barn Playhouse 7 p.m.
“Artists on Tour” at TCU Place
Rocktober Fest 2012 at Prairieland Park 7 p.m.
Piano Fridays at the Bassment 4:30 p.m.
Terra Hazelton and Her Easy Answers at the Bassment 9 p.m.
U of S Jazz Ensemble at the Bassment 9 p.m.
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OPINIONS
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Academics, integrity, stress
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My first university midterm was for psychology. In truth, I didn’t study much for this exam because I attended class regularly and thought that was enough. Oh, boy, was I wrong! Seriously. There is nothing more sickening than the feeling of sitting down to an exam, reading the first question and realizing that you have no idea what the answer is. Where’s your flask of vodka when you need it, right? Thank God for multiplechoice exams. I failed that psychology exam
with a heartbreaking 42 per cent. I remember looking at my mark online with utter horror and disbelief. All through high school I was a high honours student, and the first mark I received in university was a failing grade. Ouch, my pride. Although I failed that first exam — and barely passed the class — I did it honestly. I didn’t cheat. I maintained my academic integrity even though it meant failing a few tests until I finally got my act together.
It is scarily easy to cheat without knowing you’re doing it. Cheating is often the result of carelessness or a lack of knowledge on the student’s behalf. However, if you think it is okay to look at a friend’s test during a midterm, or to copy and paste from the Internet for your essay, you should probably just quit while you have some dignity left. Most professors make every effort — with the University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union Academic Advocacy Office — to
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give students the benefit of the doubt when a serious offence is brought forward. Don’t abuse the system. Penalties for cheating at the U of S range from mark reductions to marks of zero to, in serious cases, expulsion from the campus. A final mark of zero in a course usually means a severe academic offence was committed. This is not something you want on your record — unless, of course, you like working at McDonald’s. The shirt and visor just isn’t for me I guess.
Our campus deals with such offences through informal and formal proceedings, depending on what has happened. I have never been through either of these processes myself, but I imagine it’s not exactly fun, even if you can prove your innocence. Because we’re in the midst of the busiest time of year academically speaking, it would be wise to refresh yourself on what academic integrity means. Do you know the definitions of plagiarism and academic honesty? Can you tell the difference between collaboration and cheating? Academic Integrity Awareness Week takes place Oct. 15-19. I encourage all students to get involved with this week — even if only by freshening up on citation skills to avoid accusations of plagiarism in term papers. Several events during the week will provide students the opportunity to learn about academic integrity. So no matter how stressed you get or how little you were able to study for that horrid midterm which is effectively ruining your life, please don’t cheat. Don’t rip off an essay or look up answers on your phone during a test. It isn’t worth the risk. I hate that I have a final mark of 56 on my transcript from that psychology class, but it’s my own fault. I learned my lesson about the importance of academia the hard way, and being accused of cheating or plagiarism would undoubtedly have been much worse. Remind yourself why you enrolled in university in the first place. Chances are you want to get a higher education so that you can better yourself in the long term. Cheating will not accomplish this. Indeed, cheating will only prolong and inhibit constructive personal growth. Be honest and use your own knowledge to do your own work. If you happen to come up with a formula better than Einstein’s, having the paperwork to prove it’s yours will pay untold dividends. But if you really can’t handle the stress of school in October, I’ll be hiding under a rock near the University Bridge. Visitors welcome, but if you come you have to bring food. I like cheesecake.
Blasphemy Day a worthwhile exercise ALEXANDER QUON The table in the Arts Tunnel boasted a sign loudly proclaiming, “Trade your soul for a cookie.” The station beside it asked passersby to “draw a deity.” These were part of the proud on-campus celebration of Blasphemy Day. Blasphemy Day is an international campaign that seeks to promote freedom of speech and, therefore, freedom to blaspheme a religion without fear of reprisal. Anyone who didn’t have a chance to stop by the University of Saskatchewan Freethought Alliance’s celebration of Blasphemy Day on Oct. 1 missed a display that was both hard-hitting and thought-provoking. They also missed quite a commotion in the Arts Tunnel, one much like ongoing debates around
the world over the conflict between the freedoms of religion and speech. The Freethought Alliance’s booth drew a crowd including students of various faiths offended by the table’s contents. When I got there the front of the table was occupied by a number of women arguing with the workers of the booth. The women claimed the booth was there only because of ignorance of their religion and that the drawings of the gods or deities of their religion were blasphemous. Blasphemy is a legitimate concern, especially when the people denigrating one’s belief system are doing so in a public space. What the women wanted, however, was not and should not have been done. They wanted the group to leave the Arts Tunnel because the booth offended them. The girls caused
enough trouble that the U of S Students’ Union had to come down and tell them that the Freethought Alliance was allowed to be there. Canada considers certain rights worth protecting above all else. Included under that protection is freedom of speech, as described in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The right to free speech allows people in Canada to voice their opinions and views in a vocal or public manner. Also included in the Charter is the freedom of religion. This right protects people’s ability to follow and practice the traditions of any religion they choose. Canada is a nation ruled by law. Members of the Freethought Alliance have the right to voice their opinions, just as the offended parties have a right to practice their religion.
Let’s be clear: the Freethought Alliance’s right to free speech does not in any way supersede the right to freedom of religion because in this instance they do not interfere with one another. The Alliance was voicing an opinion that did not limit the women’s ability to practice their religion. It merely disrespected those practices. As the recent release of The Innocence of Muslims has shown, disrespecting a religion can ignite a firestorm, and can result in physical repercussions. Islam is not, of course, the only religion whose members have responded violently to a slight; every major religion has at least a few bloody moments in its history. The Freethought Alliance’s booth showcased things that were likely to provoke reactions from religious
groups. The idea of trading one’s soul for a cookie, as the booth invited people to do, made some people feel uncomfortable. The “draw a deity” station offended some Muslim students because it is a central tenet of Islam that the Prophet Muhammad is not to be depicted in any way, shape or form. Still, everything that the Freethought Alliance did was well within Canadian law. Most importantly, they are not here to be liked: the group is meant to make people think, which often causes controversy. That does not mean that they have to stop what they are doing. In fact, they should continue.
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OPINIONS
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Let my Johnson in! And other puns concerning third-party presidential candidates TANNARA YELLAND Opinions Editor On Oct. 3 the first of three presidential debates in the 2012 American election cycle aired internationally, and what a spectacle it was. Anyone watching could see how diametrically opposed the two candidates are, how vast and substantive the differences between them. For instance: the Democrat wore a blue tie and the Republican wore red.
Discerning viewers probably noticed how often President Barack Obama said he and his opponent, Mitt Romney, agree on an issue. From taxes on corporations — both candidates think they should be lower, of course — to continuing America’s role as international police force — and how! — the two big-tent parties have similar policies more often than not. But candidates who are aligned on most major issues do not make for interesting political theatre, especially when there are just two of them in the spotlight. So they paint themselves as polar opposites (he’s a tax-and-spend communist, while he’s an out-of-touch robot) and ignore important questions in favour of wedge issues and talking points. In a system with only two viable candidates for president, this is the best Americans can hope for, right? Well, not so much. There are several other people running for president of the United States, some of whom will be on the ballot in most if not all states. The principal thirdparty candidates are Jill Stein of the Green Party, the Libertarian Party’s Gary Johnson and Rocky Anderson of the Justice Party. Despite the fact that none of these candidates will win this election, they should be included in the presidential debates. Outside of political junkies and devoted members of the parties mentioned, few people even know who these candidates are or what they stand for. For example, I first heard of the Justice Party a few weeks ago, and I follow American
politics closely enough for it to be detrimental to my mental health. And even though none of these people will be elected, they advocate policies and ideals that would enrich American political culture if given a larger audience. Many political reporters in America, including some progressives, argue that having more than two candidates debate would allow the dominant candidates to dodge unpleasant questions, or would make the debate too confusing for viewers.
On the contrary, the inclusion of alternative perspectives would force important questions to the table, and would invite voters to think carefully about how the bigtent parties deal with contentious issues.
Candidates who are aligned on most major issues do not make for interesting political theatre. Whole swaths of domestic policy go undiscussed in American elections because the two major parties agree so entirely that it would be pointless to bring up things like the failed, expensive and ongoing drug war. Or the horrific system of mass incarceration that has attended the drug war, disrupting entire neighbourhoods by targeting mostly poor minority men and taking them out of both the workforce and their families’ lives. The entire discussion about money in American politics has been distilled into a few trite talking points, like “my opponent has friends on Wall Street.” While true (of both candidates) that statement does nothing to actually explain the immeasurable damage done to American politics by
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candidates constantly currying favour with corporations and rich tycoons in order to out-earn the other party. There is growing discontent with the way national politics are conducted in America, and some organizations are pushing for more inclusive discussion. Open Debates one of these organizations. It seeks to inform Americans about the closed nature of the presidential debates and to gain inclusion for alternate candidates. In lieu of third-party candidates being included in the prime-time debates this year, National Public Radio hosted a debate between the Libertarian Party’s Johnson and the Green Party’s Stein, the two frontrunners among the backbenchers. Additionally, Democracy Now! had Anderson of the Justice Party on with Stein while the first presidential debate happened. They listened to Obama and Romney answer moderator Jim Lehrer’s questions before adding their own responses. Listening to these unofficial debates and what kinds of policy changes third-party candidates advocate is a lesson in just how narrowly focused American politics truly is, and how much it would benefit from including new views.
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