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Nov. 15 - 21 2012 | Volume 55, Issue 12 | carillonregina.com

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the staff
editor-in-chief dietrich neu editor@carillonregina.com business manager shaadie musleh business@carillonregina.com production manager julia dima production@carillonregina.com copy editor michelle jones copyeditor@carillonregina.com news editor taouba khelifa carillonnewseditor@gmail.com a&c editor paul bogdan aandc@carillonregina.com sports editor autumn mcdowell sports@carillonregina.com op-ed editor edward dodd op-ed@carillonregina.com visual editor arthur ward graphics@carillonregina.com ad manager neil adams advertising@carillonregina.com technical coordinator jonathan hamelin technical@carillonregina.com news writer a&c writer sports writer photographers olivia mason tenielle bogdan kristen mcewen sophie long kyle leitch braden dupuis

Yes, the quote on the cover doesn't come from the play. Deal with it. The point is, routine cuts to the Faculty of Arts has put the English department in a potentially dire situation. Look what happened after we cut the theatre department funding. Look at how fake that blood looks. Just look at it.

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arts & culture

marc messett emily wright

contributors this week britton gray paige kreutzwieser taryn riemer dustin christianson jordan palmer michael chmielewski

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Bill spy-30. 4 The Conservative government introduced the bill in an effort to protect children from online predators, but concerns have arisen that the bill simply allows police to access individuals online information without a warrant, not stop child pornographers.

I smithee thee! 8 Sometimes it's nice to just wash your hands of a situation, to just say fuck it; I'm out. And, it turns out lm directors have a covert way of doing this. They just pretend to disappear while continuing to troll your ass.

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op-ed

The Carillon welcomes contributions to its pages. Correspondence can be mailed, e-mailed, or dropped off in person. Please include your name, address and telephone number on all letters to the editor. Only the authors name, title/position (if applicable) and city will be published. Names may be withheld upon request at the discretion of the Carillon. Letters should be no more then 350 words and may be edited for space, clarity, accuracy and vulgarity. The Carillon is a wholly autonomous organization with no afliation with the University of Regina Students Union. Opinions expressed in the pages of the Carillon are expressly those of the author and do not necessarily reect those of the Carillon Newspaper Inc. Opinions expressed in advertisements appearing in the Carillon are those of the advertisers and not necessarily of The Carillon Newspaper Inc. or its staff. The Carillon is published no less than 11 times each semester during the fall and winter semesters and periodically throughout the summer. The Carillon is published by The Carillon Newspaper Inc., a nonprot corporation. In keeping with our reckless, devil-may-care image, our ofce has absolutely no concrete information on the Carillons formative years readily available. What follows is the story thats been passed down from editor to editor for over forty years.

the manifesto

In the late 1950s, the University of Regina planned the construction of several new buildings on the campus grounds. One of these proposed buildings was a bell tower on the academic green. If you look out on the academic green today, the rst thing youll notice is that it has absolutely nothing resembling a bell tower. The University never got a bell tower, but what it did get was the Carillon, a newspaper that serves as a symbolic bell tower on campus, a loud and clear voice belonging to each and every student. Illegitimi non carborundum.

Did you mean football? 13 While there are a multitude of sports available at the U of R, we have half the selection that some other, more superior schools have. Dont get your hopes up though, because we wont have any more sports teams any time soon.

The money talks. Were english majors, so were pretty sure theres a lot of rhetoric coming out of the APR. Were the kings and queens of bullshit, so were not falling for it. The rhetoric is one thing, but without some substance, its just poetry. Oh, look. English gave us that too.

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News Editor: Taouba Khelifa news@carillonregina.com the carillon | Nov 15 - 21, 2012

Students deportations causing talk in House of Commons

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Rally in downtown Regina in support of Victoria and Ihuoma

michael chmielewski
contributor Two University of Regina students from Nigeria are facing deportation for violating terms of their visas that said they could not work off campus. Victoria Ordu and Ihuoma Amadi were given the deportation notice last summer after the end of the 2012 winter semester, and have been taking sanctuary in a Regina church since then. Since the beginning of the academic year, the case has generated a lot of attention at the University and in the House of Commons. In Question Period, Ralph Goodale asked why the Conservative government is demanding deportation, while the University of Regina and the Government of Saskatchewan oppose these measures. The Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, responded saying, I have information in my hands from the Canada Border Services Agency indicating that one of the subjects had not attended classes at the University in the Winter 2011 semester, [and] was required to discontinue from studies based on failure to meet academic standards. However, some people, such as Ralph Goodale, claim the opposite of Kennys remarks. The University has been very clear that at all material times, these two young women were properly registered as students at the University of Regina, Goodale said, in an interview with the Carillon. He also said that saying that Kenneys statement ies

in the face of the facts. In the past couple of months, the Saskatchewan Immigration Justice Network has organized many forms of activism, protesting the deportation and supporting the two students. Events hosted included Teach-Ins in the Ad-Hum building, rallies both on and off campus, and a viral Twitter campaign called #honestmistake, where people were encouraged to use the hashtag to share honest mistakes with Kenny and Public Safety Minister, Vic Toews. These events have raised many questions surrounding the case, such as how the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) treated the students, and what role Wal-Mart the employer of the two women has to play in the breakdown of the ordeal. Joseph Mburu, professor of political science at the University of Regina, said that they were arrested by the CBSA and that one of them was arrested at WalMart, while serving customers at the till [she was] taken through the walkway and through the shop in handcuffs into the car, brought into campus in handcuffs, walked around from the car-park to her dorm in handcuffs, which was very humiliating. When asked what role WalMart had in this situation, Mburu stated that if the students presented their social insurance numbers, its expected that the employers would have detected that these students needed work permits, but Wal-Mart did not notify these particular students, and so Wal-Mart failed in this case. It was suggested that this situation could have been avoided if

Wal-Mart had noticed that these students were not allowed to work outside the campus. Although many remain optimistic that the students will be able to nish up their last year of studies, Goodale said that if they were to experience the guillotine of deportation it would certainly destroy any chance of these two young people ever being able to complete their education, and have long term negative consequences for the rest of their lives. It is, in effect, a kind of life sentence that the government is trying to dole out here, and its just wrong. Goodale suggests that more appropriate measures would be reprimands, warnings, or nes. He also felt it was strange that the government was taking such a harsh stance, because thats the other factor that needs to be noted in all of this: none of this is costing the government of Canada anything, because these students are on scholarship provided by the Nigerian Government, so its their

nickel, not the [Canadian] governments, he said. Professor Mburu questions the governments stance on this case. These two young women, who have done a small mistake, should they really be sent away? They will lose one whole year of their education, and we dont know if theyll ever be able to come back, because their funding [from the Nigerian Government] may be terminated, he said. He also explained the problems that the two women would encounter in re-applying and refunding their visas if they were deported, because the deportation would affect their evaluation if they tried to come back to Canada to nish their studies. Their future would be ruined by the fact that they are being deported. They wouldnt be able to get a job, they would be seen as people who are not good, there is a shame, and a lot of social exclusion. He continued to say that in Nigeria, the effect of deportation would not only be felt by these

These two young women, who have done

a small mistake, should they really be sent away? They will lose one whole year of their education, and we dont know if theyll ever be able to come back, because their funding [from the Nigerian Government] may be terminated.
Joseph Mburu

girls, but on their parents too. Furthermore, the insistence of the Conservative government on deportation, and their general ideology, has been seen, according to Goodale, as anti-immigrant and might deter other international students from taking up their studies in Canada. Mburu poses a similar question in where potential foreign students will then be asking themselves should I come to Canada to study? Goodale feels that international students signicantly contribute to Canadian society, and bring with them brainpower, creativity, productivity, innovation and contribute to a larger tax base. He believes that Kenney is sending a very negative, very contradictory message that is saying yeah, we want you to come, but watch out for CBSA, watch out for Immigration Canada, you cannot rely on them to be fair, or to be consistent, or to follow due process, or to behave in a reasonable manner. The message will give some international students reason to pause and think, well, if thats the way the border service works in Canada, maybe we should go to the U.K, or maybe the U.S., or maybe we should go to Japan rather than going to Canada, he said. Even through all the messy details in this case, both Professor Mburu and Ralph Goodale remain optimistic, amongst others, and Goodale hopes that saner heads will prevail here.

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the carillon | Nov. 15 - 21, 2012

What are you hiding?

kristen mcewen
news writer According to panelists at a recent public discussion held at the University of Regina on Nov. 5, Canadians should be prepared to wipe their internet browser history of any songs they may have downloaded illegally. U of R Business Administration professor Bill Bonner, local Regina lawyer Noah Evanchuk, and NDP Heritage Critic Andrew Cash agree that Bill C-30 is not what it claims to be. Introduced to Parliament early in February 2012, Bill C-30 is titled Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act and was sponsored by Canadas Public Safety Minister, Vic Toews. But, Professor Bill Bonner says, the police need no additional assistance when it comes to catching predators, which leaves the question, what role does C-30 actually play? I know of two major instances in this province where child pornographer rings have been busted and yet this bill hasnt been passed yet, he said. Law enforcement seems to be able to do its job now. When introduced to Parliament in February, Toews told a news conference that he believed that unless [Bill C-30] is adopted, this will in fact allow child pornographers and organized crime to ourish ... The focus here is the protection of children.

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While C-30 claims to be an internet safety Act to catch child predators, the Acts mandate states that this legislation will help ensure that telecommunications service providers have the capability to enable national security and law enforcement agencies to exercise their authority to intercept communications and to require telecommunications service providers to provide subscriber and other information. Provisions in the Act include things such as forcing internet providers to make online communication files more accessible to police, and requiring telecommu-

nications and internet providers to give up subscribers data - such as legal names, IP addresses, and contact information - to police and national security agencies without a warrant. This means telecommunications or internet service providers (ISPs) would have the ability to store any personal information about a customer, such as emails, passwords for social media sites and online banking, phone numbers and addresses to pass this information on to the local police or RCMP. Another key part to the legislation is that law enforcement

would be able to access the information stored with the ISPs without a search warrant. Anytime youre addressing legislation, [the question] is why? What is the legislative intent? Evanchuk said. Our Charter of Rights and Freedoms are subject to limitations, the right against unreasonable search and seizure. That includes infringing on your privacy interest. Without a search warrant, police would not necessarily need a good reason to access information. Evanchuk said Bill C-30 would cause issues with some Supreme Court decisions.

In 2010, the Supreme Court overturned the decisions of the trial court and the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal regarding a man named Urbain Morelli accused of child pornography. The evidence indicated that he was guilty. An internet technician had spotted the evidence when he went to install the broadband connection. After his second visit to nish the installation, he contacted the police. The guilty verdict was overturned because it was an unreasonable search and seizure and the evidence had not been obtained legally. The Morelli decision would be in direct conflict with Bill C-30. Bonner said those who support C-30 often ask those who are opposed, what are you hiding? when what should be looked at is what do you want to reveal? It is so the wrong question, he said. Its a question of really, what have I got to reveal? We all have stuff we dont want to reveal ... theres passwords, health information. Evanchuk agreed. As a lawyer and as a barrister, my problem with Bill C-30 is the government has not addressed why theyre doing this, he explained. Theyre arguing this backwards; theyre arguing why not, so those with legitimate concerns are cast aside; Well, you either support this or [support] child pornographers.

Stopping the problem before it gets out of control

Permaculture could stop us from destroying our land
dietrich neu
editor-in-chief The old Anglican Church on the corner of 7th Avenue and Garnet Street is host to Reginas rst permaculture garden. The unique style of urban agriculture is designed to mimic natural ecosystems; producing yields with no waste, and sustaining the soil by constructing gardens with diverse ecosystems instead of segregating crops from one another. The initiative just nished up its rst year of operation. The garden is a community project in conjunction with the North Central Community Association, and allows for community members from all over the region to contribute to the agriculture process. Although the last harvest ended about a month ago, organizers and volunteers at Permaculture Regina are still working hard to maintain a healthy top-soil on the site to uphold the fertility of the land. The goal of [the garden] is to have food produced sustainably, and for us to be able to live sustainably in the future, said Joanne Havelock, founder of Permaculture Regina. I think that people cant ignore the issue of agricultural sustainability any longer. We need to start working on ways to maintain our crop lands for the future. While it may be difficult to agriculture has never been more important. The concerns of Permaculture Regina have merit. One report by the National Academy Press states that unsustainable agricultural practices are the number one contributing factor to the degradation of farm lands throughout the world. According to the report, this makes the excessive erosion of usable farm lands one of the most significant environmental problems that the world faces today. Indeed, it appears that 40 per cent of the worlds usable farm land is already seriously degraded, which is why the members of Permaculture Regina believe that their style of urban food production is now more important than ever.

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nd people who would think of modern farming practices as one of the biggest environmental threats of current day society, this appears to be a truth that is slowly rearing its ugly head. The degradation of fertile acreage is slowly grabbing the attention of scientists from around the world. Any region of land capable of growing lush plant life eventually loses its fertility over time; water and wind carry away the nutrient rich soil, and a desert is left in its place. However, the natural process can take hundreds

Todays farming techniques are destroying the land - could Permaculture help restore farming practices? or even thousands of years. Yet, pundits of sustainable food production say that simple agricultural practices, such as the tillage of soil and the use of chemical fertilizers, can accelerate the speed of soil degradation by as much as 4,000 per cent. When you have no top-soil you have no food, said Steve Fairbairn, who helps to maintain the 7th Avenue garden. Without food, without water, you have nothing. I think permaculture solves a lot of the problems that we are going to be facing in the fu-

ture if we dont change the way that we look at agriculture in our society. We face the real risk of the desertication of our farm lands if we dont start to change what we are doing. Hopefully we can see some of these ideas introduced into modern farming, Havelock added. I would like to see this spread to other communities around the city. We are hoping that people can see that it is possible to have fully self-sustainable agricultures in their very own backyards. And the need for such

We face the real

risk of the desertification of our farm lands if we dont start to change what we are doing.
Steve Fairbairn

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One on one
U of Rs Noah Wernikowski shares his journalism experience in Ghana

Noah Wernikowski

A girl sells water while, behind her, other children play soccer. An estimated 6.36 million children in Ghana work.

taouba khelifa
news editor Journalism and human rights go hand in hand, and in 2002, this became a reality when Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) was founded in Canada. JHR is one of the leading media development organizations in the country, and has played a role in helping set up independent media outlets in various Sub-Saharan African countries over the years. JHR works with journalism organizations in Africa, teaching local journalists the ropes of the trade in ethical and effective human rights reporting. The U of R established a JHR chapter in Regina, and this past summer, journalism student, Noah Wernikowski, had the opportunity to travel to Ghana with JHR. Wernikowski shared his stories, experiences, and words of wisdom with the Carillon. Carillon: Why did you decide to go into journalism?

would be a good way to learn more about international journalism as well as network with journalism students across the country. I stayed with JHR because I realized it was a responsible organization that strives to eliminate the need for itself while also respecting local knowledge systems. I think many other development organizations could learn a thing or two from them. Carillon: Tell us a little about what you did throughout your internship.

Wernikowski: At first, I was drawn to journalism because I thought it was the most marketable way to pursue my love of reading and writing and I also really liked Hunter S. Thompson - at the time, I naively thought all journalists lived rockstar, gonzo lives. The more I learned about journalism, the more my motivation changed. It became less about what I enjoyed doing and more about a sense of purpose and a sense social responsibility. Carillon: What motivated you to join JHR?

Wernikowski: The internship experience was diverse and intense ... I spent the majority of my time in Africa living in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. I was in Accra for just over three months. I rented a house in a middle-class Ghanaian neighbourhood, and lived with two other interns who were also working for JHR but were doing different internship projects. It was a pretty nice place, but once I got home I denitely didnt miss the rolling blackouts, ant infestation, and spotty electricity. For JHR, I had two jobs. I worked four days a week at local media outlet: a radio station that also ran a weekly newspaper. [The other days I spent] training [and doing workshops], but also learning from Ghanaian journalists. I did a fair bit of copy editing, story researching and vetting. In the remainder of my time, I had to blog for JHR and the Toronto Star, writing human rights-based news stories. Carillon: A part of the JHR mandate is to "make everyone in the world fully aware of their rights." What were some of the things that you did over your internship that helped accomplish that mandate?

Wernikowski: Working at the local media outlet, I did my best to show local journalists the importance of reporting human-rights based stories as well as help them create them. I also did a little bit of rights-awareness journalism in the projects I completed while I was there. The JHR mandate really is an important end to work towards because education is an effective way to ensure rights are respected if people know what their rights are, they know when they are being infringed upon, and they are more likely to ght such injustice. Carillon: What was one of the most difcult things you faced in the internship?

Wernikowski: In my rst semester at J-school, I joined our local chapter because I thought it

Wernikowski: Each step of the internship brought with it a different set of challenges. At rst I had to get used to the much more austere living conditions no heated water, no washing machines, 35 degree heat, frequent blackouts, etc. After that became normal, my health became a challenge I was constantly sick because my body wasnt used to the climate. There were certainly a few physical low points. I once left work feeling nauseous and spent the next 45 minutes ghting the urge to throw up for a 45 minute bumpy and stinky trotro ride (decrepit mini-vans spliced into buses that are the primary form of public transportation), only to get out of the trotro, walk ten steps, and throw up all over myself. For ve violent minutes. Standing in the middle of a street. In front of a crowd of uniformed children. I also got malaria twice, which also wasnt fun. There are very real and very deep cultural differences. It was a very selectively conservative soci-

Carillon: Can you share with us any valuable insight, wisdom, or memory you've brought back with you from Ghana.

ety, not dissimilar from Madmen era North America. Where homophobia is rampant, so is polygamy. Cultural differences like these bothered me on a very It was [also] a personal level. difcult environment to do journalism. There is a lot of bureaucratic red tape you run into whenever you are dealing with the government; there is a challenging language and to a lesser degree, race barrier, and most people show up anywhere from 15 minutes to 4 hours late to interviews. Finally, it was also difcult being so geographically far away from my friends, family, girlfriend, and cat. It was so hard to keep in touch when the electricity and internet is spotty and the time difference is so many hours.

Wernikowski: This is a very hard question to answer denitely. Im still very much in the process of figuring out exactly what I learned, exactly what the internship experience meant to me, and exactly how it changed me. First, Africa is not a country, as many people seem to refer to it as. It is [a] very diverse place with 57 countries, thousands of cultures, and more than a billion people. I also found that, for better or for worse, aside from the cultural differences, people are the same everywhere. I think my favourite memory was hitchhiking between Kumasi and Accra. The bus I was riding broke down and I was stranded with only a small backpack in the rain, and I had no idea how I was going to make it back to Accra and to work on Monday. There was a

Wernikowski: This question was actually a point of personal reection while I was there. It doesnt matter how much you tell yourself it is unrealistic or overly simplistic, some part of you thinks that if you are going to do international journalism in Africa you expect to be helping people, making a visible difference, and bettering the world. The reality is that, like charity work here, the differences you make are very subtle. This took a little getting used to. Some part of me was disappointed I wasnt saving lives or getting stories published in the New York Times. However, it later became clear the experience was as much about what I took out of it as what I left behind. The insight and compassion will be with me forever. I also like to think that I made small differences and some of the hard work I did got noticed. To read more about Noahs internship in Ghana, or learn more about JHR, visit the JHR blog at http://www.jhr.ca/blog/author/noah/

Carillon: As a journalist, what did you think your role was when going to Ghana? And did that role change or did you have to change your expectations in any way?

looming sense of freedom and adventure throughout the whole experience. I ended up stopping a car and hitchhiking back and, although the people driving didnt speak much English, there was a really neat personal connection there.

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the carillon | Nov. 15 - 21, 2012

News briefs
A look at events around the world
been targeting terror news editor tunnels that are believed to be smuggling Attack on Gaza in weapons to terrorA series of attacks by ist organizations. The the Israeli military con- violence in the territinued Monday morn- tory comes just as ing on the city of Gaza, Israel is preparing for in the occupied terriits 2013 elections. In tory of Palestine. A to- 2008, similar violence tal of 7 people were erupted before Israels killed, with medics es- elections, turning into timating 35 people a 22-day war that wounded so far. The killed 1,400 attacks on Gaza have Palestinians.
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Freezing Evictions After two suicides in a span of 15 days, Spains banking association has said that it will freeze mortgagerelated evictions of indebted home owners for the next two years. The decision comes after reports surfaced that the two suicides were of indebted homeowners who were facing home evictions. In the midst of a recession and record high unemployment rates, Spain saw tough austerity measures this year, with predictions of tougher measures to come. Spains government hopes that the freeze will bring some calm to Spaniards during this economic crisis.

Death of a Blogger Irani lawmakers and government said that the death of blogger Sattar Beheshti, who died last week while in police custody, was not due to torture or police brutality. Beheshti was arrested after criticizing the Iranian government on Facebook. Irans history of journalists ar-

rest, imprisonment and death comes as no surprise to many. In 2003, IranianCanadian freelance photographer Zahra Kazemi was arrested and killed by Iranian ofcials when she was on assignment in Iran covering the Tehran July demonstrations.

No More Coffee A study done by researcher Aaron Davis of the Royal Botanic Gardens in England, showed that Arabica coffee beans - used in 70 per cent of the worlds coffee - could be forever wiped out by climate change in the year 2080. Davis and his team of researchers found that in Ethiopia,
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the worlds producer of Arabica plants, climate change could make much of the land unsuitable for production. While the prediction is still 68 years down the road, some people are not the least bit worried. Double-doubles will still be served tomorrow morning.

Greek Nationalism Some members of Montreals Greek community are on edge after a chapter of the rightwinged Greek nationalist party, Golden Dawn, was established in the city. The group sports a logo resembling a swastika, and holds a strong view on anti-immigration, claiming that Greece has been taken over by illegal immigrants,
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and calls upon Christian Greeks need to reclaim their country. Golden Dawns deputy leader in Montreal, Spiros Macrozonaris said that the Montreal chapter was aimed at garnering support for the party, and claries that the Golden Dawn members are Greek nationalists ...We love our country. We are not fascists. We are not anti-immigrants.

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The Carillon staff are trying to out-stach each other, a pursuit that will end in blood and clippers. Check out our progress, and dont forget to vote for the hairiest link.
Neil Adams: STAAAAAAAAAAAMPEDE! Ed Dodd: I am starting to see it when I look down, and it honestly startles me. Dietrich Neu: Ed and I decided that I have a better stache than he does. Considering that Im actually beating someone in this competition, my hairy situation is already going better than expected. Julia Dima: I feel like my leg hair has reached a happy point of hairiness, and I may never shave 1. Update us on the hairy situation. Hows it coming along? again. Paul Bogdan: Im happy with it-I mean, as happy as I can be looking somewhat disgusting. 2. This is about the halfway point. How do you feel going into the second half of the competition? of the staff and win by default. JD: Dietrich and Paul might as well drop out. And Neil is sick, which means Edward is in the process of killing him. Which means my epic leg is next... Im scared. PB: Well, if I keep up my progress I might get red, so if I keep this up, I might be able to do my homework. 3. Which animal best describes your mustache? DN: Porcupine. JD: Vincent Van Goghs self-portraits. Those are animals, right? PB: Any small, disgusting rodent that makes you physically repulsed by seeing it. You can vote for your favourite stache by sending an email to carilloneic@gmail.com or by stopping by the Carillon ofce in room 227 in Riddell. Votes cost $1, and all proceeds go to the Canadian Cancer Society. At time of press, Ed Dodd is in the lead by 20 votes. Yeah, messed up, right?

A&C Editor: Paul Bogdan aandc@carillonregina.com the carillon | Nov. 15 - 21, 2012

STACHE TRACKER
Five
of our favourie staches
NA: Theres no question that I am going to win at this point. Now its just a matter of how uncomfortable and disgured I become. ED: Not as confident as before. The other competitors made major strides in the last week. DN: Im going to dismiss the rest

NA: A bicycle. ED: Im going to say, mangey dog.

That thing is powerful.

Derek Smalls

One of the best. May your stache rest peacefully forever after.

Jack Layton

Neil the creepy guy in your nightmares Adams

Dietrich is this guy even employable Neu

JESUS CHRIST, WHAT THE HEL IS THAT?

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Julia winter legs Dima

Paul sad soviet Bogdan

One in seven Canadian men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. It is the most common cancer among Canadian men. In 2012, roughly 26,500 Canadians will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. That works out to about 73 people diagnosed per day. 11 people die from prostate cancer every day in Canada.
Edward a moustache only a mother could love Dodd

Not only a solid moustache, but also maybe the creepiest picture of this dude in history.

Teddy Roosevelt

Pringles potato chips: making our moustaches salty as all hell since... whenever the hell Pringles were incorporatd.

Pringles guy

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the carillon | Nov. 15 - 21, 2012

I wash my hands of the issue

How to say fuck it; Im out in the film industry
im not angry
kyle leitch
As if the history of lm wasn't already deeply entrenched with some really strange nonsense, occasionally I would come across a lm that was directed by one Alan Smithee. At first, I wasn't really concerned about the name until I realized that Mr. Smithee has been attached to some very high-prole films: 12 Angry Men, Cool Hand Luke, and the original Christopher Reeve Superman in 1978. Wow! I thought naively. What a career this Smithee has had! I better do some research. Research I did. And laugh I did. See, Alan Smithee isn't one person, but several. Another history lesson? You bet, folks. Alan Smithee rst reared his head during production of the 1969 film, Death of a Gunfighter. Leading man Richard Widmark was unhappy with the lms director, Robert Totten, and arranged to have him replaced with Don Siegel. Both directors had roughly an equal amount of footage used in the nal cut of the lm, but Siegel made it very clear to the Director's Guild of America (DGA) that neither he, nor Totten, had creative control over the lm at all. Instead, it was Widmark who was running the show. This presented a bit of a problem bearts writer movie in which the director named Alan Smithee wished to remove himself from his doomed project. He could not, however, because the only pseudonym he could credit as director was wait for it Alan Smithee (insert hilarity). The lm was a box ofce failure. As a result of this very negative reception, the DGA discontinued Alan Smithee in 2000, to be replaced by the much more generic Thomas Lee. Thus the thirty-one year career of Alan Smithee came to a close. A search of the Internet Movie Database will call up an approximate list of all of the projects Alan Smithee was ever attached to. Though the name has come and gone in lm, I'd be very curious to see how Alan Smithee would fare in other branches of life. Mr. Speaker, to you and through you, I say fuck the Saskatchewan lmmakers! roars Saskatchewan Party MP Alan Smithee. I don't think that the English Department is in crisis, says University of Regina Provost Alan Smithee. Alan Smithee, Arts and Culture Writer for the Carillon went on the record as saying that all of these thick-headed swine can go screeching back to hell. And Smithee might just be a little bit angry.

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Pictured: Alan Smithee ... probably

cause, at the time, DGA rules made it pretty explicit that the director was the primary creative force behind a lm. After some deliberation, Death of a Gunghter was credited to the ctional Alan Smithee. The critics of the time fawned over this brilliant new director, whose keen eye for detail and ability to allow stories to unfold naturally made him a Hollywood darling overnight. The pseudonym was then retroac-

tively applied to the lm, Fade-In, and to the TV miniseries, The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis. After 1969, the DGA adopted Alan Smithee; Smithee was the only pseudonym that was deemed useable by the DGA. For a director to attach the Smithee handle to a project, they had to satisfactorily prove to a DGA panel that they were unable to exercise full creative control over their project. Should a director

have gotten Smithee rights, they were disallowed from discussing production of the lm, and from acknowledging that they were, in fact, the director of the lm at all. For a while, Alan Smithee was the best-kept secret in Hollywood. But Smithee soon went the way of the rst two rules of Fight Club people began talking. In 1998, Eric Idle starred in An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, a lm about the production of a

Band of brothers
Saskatoon quartet Foam Lake head to the Fainting Goat on Nov. 24
paige kreutzwieser
contributor When I take the time to think about what it would be like to make an album with my sibling, I come to the conclusion that I would much rather listen to people chew with their mouth open for an entire 24 hours, if that tells you anything. But, for the boys in the band Foam Lake, its a different story. The band consists of four brothers, and although they have their ups and downs as any siblings do, it ends pretty quickly. Weve always been like that. We are quick to ght but we are quick to forgive too, said Barrett Ross, one member of the quartet. And, although he agrees that being brothers can be both good and bad, it is mostly good, because I trust them. However, don't get to caught up in the band-of-brothers gimmick, this isnt the new Hanson brothers. Think of them more as a Kings of Leon type of brotherhood you don't actually know that most of them are brothers until you search it up or look at them, because they all slightly resemble each other. But, that is not what Foam Lake is trying to promote. Some people see it as a novelty [being brothers], said Ross, and that was never an intention of ours. I would rather play with people I care about and planning to go back to Europe. With their first album being re-released this past October, the feedback has been good. In Canada, it was received well, and in United States and Europe it is starting to be received better, although it hasn't technically been released out in Europe, said Ross. We are a very small operation, but it will be in time. Their goals for the future are to keep going, said Ross, and to make good music, that is our only goal. Everything else has been an awesome bi-product of us doing that. Touring, travelling and making music is all this family needs. I saw Foam Lake perform here in Regina this past September, and I am no music critic by any means, but if you are looking for a great atmosphere with some talented musicians and vocals, I can promise you Foam Lake won't disappoint. Their next date in Regina is on Nov. 24, at the Fainting Goat. It's a smaller venue, but that is something Foam Lake would like to take advantage of. Although they generate good turnouts at places like O'Hanlons, the band appreciates the small venues because they are there for people who are going to see the band or nding new music. And, the few expectations they have for this show is good times, and hanging out with friends. What more could you ask for?

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people I want to support. When it comes to travelling though, it does help out being a family. We take care of each other pretty well, and we don't worry about it, explained Ross. F o a m Lake had travelled to Spain earlier in the summer, as well as touring in Germany and England, and also New York for College Music

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Journal. The band seems to have endless adventures while on the road. From driving the Autobahn, to playing at Arlene's Grocery in New York, to rocking out at Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Foam Lake has seen it all. But they arent even close to being done yet. With all this touring, you

would think the guys would want to take a break and relax. However, they are currently working together to nish building a recording studio, where they are hoping to clock in some hours in January and February to record some new music. As well, they have three touring trips planned for the new year exact dates being sorted out where they are

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Welcome to the Nightmare

Alice Coopers Nightmare Express tour stops at the most nightmarish Saskatchewan city
kyle leitch
arts writer On Nov. 9th, the temperature was well below freezing. Blowing snow ensured that you could hardly see the hand in front of your face, let alone brave the now treacherous drive from Regina to Moose Jaw. Yet, those who did were in for a spectacle of rock and roll theatre. Alice Cooper's Nightmare Express made a stop at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw as a part of the Night of Fear tour. Those that were in attendance stood in awe as the Godfather of Shock Rock proceeded to burn the place to the ground. This particular concert, an anomaly amongst rock shows to be sure, actually started ve minutes before the advertised time on the ticket. What the ticket neglected to mention was the opening act Geoff Tate of Queensryche fame. Tate and his ensemble of characters which ranged from the soft-rock Kerry King on guitar to the scene-punk Bill Nye on bass proceeded to play 45 minutes of barely intelligible songs from Tate's new solo album, Kings & Thieves. Blessedly, this clattering racket didnt last too long, and the real show began. When Alice Cooper storms through a wall of fire dressed in full ringmasters gear, you know you're about to witness something magical. Cooper and company tore through the 24-song set list seemingly without a breath. Anybody

The real nightmare here is guitars with blood-spatter paint schemes who has even remotely heard of Alice Cooper knows that, with a stage set-up like his, that's no small feat. Sure, the set list was composed almost entirely of greatest hits, but when it's as cold as it was, if I may bastardize a line from Homer Simpson, here, No new crap; take care of business. Alice Cooper's business, as it should happen, involves horse whips, swords, guillotines, electric chairs, and straight jackets.
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And brother, business is a-booming. If there was any one thing to legitimately complain about, again, it would have to be quality of sound. I'll give this one a pass because it was in a small-town hockey rink, but even then, I know a quality audio mix can be achieved. Cooper's vocals would occasionally clip, and having four guitar players on stage made sure that the drums were oftentimes

lost altogether; that notwithstanding, the show did have its moments of absolutely perfect audio quality, and those moments were simply magical. The visibility may have been next to nothing both ways, and I may have ended up in the ditch on the highway outside of Belle Plaine for a few hours on the way home, but terrible traveling conditions may have made the catharsis of rock theatrics all the more thor-

ough. From Hello Hooray, through a rousing rendition of Welcome to my Nightmare, and all the way through to School's Out, the Nightmare Express' ride seemed to end all too quickly. That was a ride that I ever wanted to leave, and that I won't soon forget.

URSU is putting on a forum regarding the Academic Program Review on Nov. 19. The APR affects you. If you don't know what this is, you need to come out and ask why this is. Administration is giving you an opportunity to express your concerns with the direction of this institution. We'll be there asking questions. We hope you're there too.

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Arts Radar
Nov. 15 Brie Neilson and David Simard Creative City Centre $10 at the door Doors at 7:30 Nov. 16 Eliana Cuevas Quintet Le Bistro $20 Regina Jazz Society members/$25 non-members/$15 students Show at 8 Nov. 18 The Tom Fun Orchestra The Artful Dodger $10 advance/$12 door Doors at 7 Songwriter Sunday w/Belle Plaine, Nick Faye, and Tiny Creative City Centre $10 at the door Doors at 7:30 Nov. 20 Julie Doiron The Artful Dodger $10 advance/$15 doors Doors at 7 Nov. 22 Jeremy Fisher w/Peter Katz and Keifer McLean The Artful Dodger $10 advance Doors at 7 Genticorum The Club $12 at the door Doors at 7:15

Andy Shaufs The Bearer of Bad News is, simply put, a songwriting triumph. A recent Prairie Dog cover story on the Estevan-born singer-songwriter has dubbed him the Paul Simon of the prairies. An equally apt and alliterative title, I think, would be the Elliott Smith of SSK. To press the Smith comparison, this is Shaufs XO the record where the songwriters sonic palette expands (guitar, bass, piano, clarinet) while still preserving his natural knack for melody. Two traditional songwriting modes abound on Bearer, each executed deftly. Songs like Drink My Rivers, Im Not Falling Asleep,

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Covered In Dust, and Lick Your Wounds comprise the records more lyrical mode, with Shaufs meditating, in effective minimalist lines, on ambition, faith, mortality, and love. In the other mode, album opener Hometown Hero, the stark Wendell Walker, and the tremendous one-two closer punch of Jerry Was A Clerk and My Dear Helen are Andys narratively driven pieces. These read like short stories in locales familiar to us, with characters and sensations we know everyday heroes, lovers, schemers, plots, accidents, anxieties, and regrets. Weve seen the hometown heros bomber jacket, weve felt the winter cold in Wendell Walker, we know the frail widower of My Dear Helen. Props are also due to producer/engineer Jonathan Anderson, who makes the sonic details on a song like Wendell Walker come alive and heighten its already taut tension. Or, what about the ambient sound bridge that pulls us from the harmony-lled outro build of Youre Out Wasting into The Man On Stage? Or, the warped clarinet swells in the intro to Im Not Falling Asleep? Too much good stuff here. Buy it. Be proud of it.

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Sports Editor: Autumn McDowell sports@carillonregina.com the carillon | Nov. 15 - 21, 2012

ROUNDTABLE
McDowell: We always get the worst people to play at the Grey Cup. Well, I shouldnt be so harsh, there was that one time we had Nickleback. I hope my sarcasm is coming across in this. Im sorry that I dont want to hear some 95pound child sing some song about his breakup with Saleena Gomez. Did you hear they broke up? Neu: Its not really any worse than the usual half time entertainment we see every year. A friend of mine once said that he lost his faith in humanity after watching one of the Super Bowl half time shows. saying when did the fans of CFL become 15-year-old girls? But, then again, Im a Belieber and would take him over Nickelback any day. Who really watches the half-time show anyways? Thats reserved for drinking.

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Gray: I dont care. The reason why Ill be tuning into the half-time show this year would be for Carly-Rae Jepsen. I just wish I could be there to see her live and enjoy the full experience, and then go to the bathroom when Beiber takes the stage. Neu: Wow, 20 players? Talk about a major rebuilding season next year. There are a couple of players who could keep their football careers alive. Kolton Solomon and Marc Meuller have already played in the CFL preseason. Jamir Walker might be another person to watch. new Ottawa team would be the Posse. I just nd Ottawa Posse to be a hilarious team name. That, and because the Wheeling Nailers is already a teams name. McDowell: Get rid of fucking Getzlaf. How people can still want him around is beyond me. He has been absolutely brutal all season, how can we still be paying him to catch the football? The kid sucks. Lets just take a look at his stats from the CFL West semi-nal, oh wait, the ball hit him directly in the face and he still couldnt catch it. Neu: I would re whoever is in charge of paying the writers for Inside Green, I know its one of the Roughrider brass. Ive been waiting to be paid for articles I wrote two months ago. Get your shit together, assholes. I dont know if I should be saying that before I actually get paid. I am well aware that we still don't have NHL hockey, but who do you think is the best captain in the league?

braden dupuis, paige kreutzwiser, autumn mcdowell, dietrich neu, britton gray
The Regina Rams fell to the Calgary Dinos 38-14 on Nov. 9, thus ending their season. Out of the 20 players who are graduating this year, who do you think is the most likely to continue their football career? this weeks roundtable

Kreutzwiser: I would assume Mueller will continue on with football considering his family history. However, Cody Johnstone, I am expecting big things from you in the future. Potential Central Collegiate high school football coach? I think so.

Dupuis: If I had to put money on it, Id say Stefan Charles is a virtual lock to play pro football somewhere. Hes even getting looks from NFL scouts. It would be great to see Mueller get another shot at a CFL camp as well dude deserves it.

Gray: I think that any of these players have the ability to continue in football and cant pick just one. With hard work and determination they can make it to the CFL and maybe help the riders nally win another Grey Cup. Ottawa is supposed to have a Canadian Football League team once again in 2014. Many people would like them to be called the Rough Riders once again, what do you think their name should be?

Neu: This is dumb. The CFL has failed in the Ottawa market twice already. The Ottawa Angry Beavers is what I would call them, because its stupid, just like the idea to bring another team there.

Gray: I think their name should be The Scandlers because thats where all the politicians like to call home in their big building. While we may not have had a Clinton Incident scandals have become synonymous with politics. The Saskatchewan Roughriders fell to the Calgary Stampeders 36-30 on Sunday. While we are all still rattled, which of the Riders players or personnel do you hope get fired before next season?

Kreutzwiser: Im just going to go out on a whim here and say that Sedin twin from the Canucks, because I know a few people who cheer for them and would probably kill me if I said anything different.

Dupuis: I think I gotta give it to Shane Doan. The guy is a born leader, and pure class for sticking it out in Phoenix, the undisputed butthole of the NHL. Id follow Shane Doan anywhere. And I mean anywhere. Except maybe to Phoenix.

McDowell: Well, the blatantly obvious choices are Brett Jones and Stefan Charles. Generally, unless the Central Scouting Bureau horribly drops the ball, their top 10 CFL draft picks are pretty solid and will continue playing football. I also think punter Chris Bodnar will get his third attempt to crack a CFL roster, Ill bet in Hamilton. Bodnars already tried to make it in Edmonton and Saskatchewan; somewhere has to stick eventually.

Kreutzwiser: I saw on twitter not that long ago a discussion about naming the team and someone said something along the lines of The Ottawa Avro Arrows and someone responded that their program would be cancelled by some guy from Saskatchewan. Ha! Got to love Canadian history jokes.

Dupuis: I would stick with the Renegades. Its a perfectly decent name that isnt already taken by one of the eight CFL teams. It doesnt make much sense for them to go with their old Rough Riders name, or does it? No, it really doesnt.

Dupuis: Aside from the Hilltops victory on Nov. 10, it was a tough weekend for Saskatchewan football. The Riders showed some improvement this year, but theyll need a whole lot more if they want to be playing in the Grey Cup at home in 2013. I dont have any denite answers, but I wouldnt miss Chris Getzlaf and his butterngers one bit. Kreutzwiser: Do not, I repeat, do not get rid of Getzlaf or Dressler, I enjoy watching them. But my thinking is maybe its time to get rid of Durrant, so we can potentially get something out of it while he is still worth something.

Gray: Im not too sure, while the favourite would be the guy who blew the coverage but football is a team game and the blame cant be placed on him. Getzlaf dropped a key pass and there were other miscues. Lets just hope they improve next year. What do you think about Justin Bieber performing at the Grey Cup half time show this year?

McDowell: Obviously its Sidney Crosby. I dont even need to list the reasons why hes unreal, Ill just name why other people suck. I debated this topic earlier in the week as to whom was better, Iginla or Crosby. I know, it was like taking candy from a baby. Iginla, really? All I have to say is, how many cups does Iginla have? Oh, thats right. None. Neu: Alexander Ovechkin because he has several of his teeth knocked out, which is manly as fuck. He is also good at skating and all that other stuff.

McDowell: Oh tough call. Well, I think the only logical name for the

Dupuis: J-Biebs and C-Rae Jeps sharing the stage with Big-G Lightfoot? Looks like someone at the CFL has been reading my emails or monitoring my increasingly erotic dreams. If its the latter, I have a feeling were in for one hell of a disturbing halftime show.

Kreutzwiser: I already expressed my opinion about this on twitter

Gray: The Sens fan in me is screaming right now and its screaming one thing: Ale! Ale! He is one of the longest serving captains and has seen the best and worse of the Senators and has been a staple for the franchise.

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Rams season comes to a close

A successful year comes to a disappointing end
braden dupuis
sports writer The U of R Rams made the trip to Calgary to battle for the Hardy Cup on Nov. 10 after disposing of their provincial rivals, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, one week earlier. It would be their rst trip to the Canada West final in five years, and for many on the team, their rst trip ever. Having won four straight Canada West titles, it was a different story for the Rams Hardy Cup opponents, the University of Calgary Dinos. They have more experience than us because theyve been to the Vanier Cup, and theyve come out of the west a couple years in a row now, said fifth-year Rams defensive back Jamir Walker before the game. Were probably the underdogs because of their record, but we dont care about that kind of stuff. Our coaches have prepared us well for this game, so well be ne. In terms of what that preparation entailed, head coach Frank McCrystal said it didnt differ much from any other game. It doesnt matter whether this is the Hardy Cup or whether its the rst game of the season, he said. You have to prepare and do what you can do based on what you know about your team and your opponent. pair of huge runs resulting in a Dinos touchdown, and the reigning Canada West champions would not look back from there, scoring 27 unanswered points en route to their fth straight Hardy Cup victory. For the Rams, its a disappointing end to a season that showed a lot of promise, and a lot of success. Weve done very well, McCrystal said, citing a U of R record, 10 Canada West all-star nominations and a pair of prestigious individual nominations for offensive lineman, Brett Jones. Jones was nominated for the J.P. Metras Trophy and the Russ Jackson Award, which recognize the top lineman and the top student athlete in the CIS, respectively. The team also earned some well-deserved national exposure through the Hardy Cup game, which was broadcast nationwide on TSN. In the end, the minor victories are little consolation for a team that feels it had what it takes to go the distance. But as McCrystal pointed out, theres only room for one team at the top. Thats just the nature of sport and competition, he said. When you choose to compete, thats part of the deal. Theres only one guy whos really happy at the end.

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Say hello to roughly ve rebuilding years The fourth-year Calgary RB netted 251 yards on 22 carries in a 38-14 Dinos win. But the lopsided nal score isnt representative of a game that was very close for three-and-ahalf quarters of football. The Rams defence held strong against a relentless Calgary offense until Mueller and the Rams started to find a groove of their own. A third-quarter Rams drive was punctuated by big catches from slotback, Landon Buch who came up big for the Rams for the second game in a row. Buch finished off the drive himself as short-yardage QB, giving the Rams a 14-11 lead with eight minutes left in the third quarter. But losing the lead for the rst time did not sit well with the Dinos. A few possessions later, Lumbala shifted the momentum back in Calgarys favour with a

And what they know about the Dinos is that theyre big, tough and experienced. Youve just got to match their intensity, said Rams quarterback, Marc Mueller. Playoff games come down to whos more physical and who makes the big plays. Unfortunately for the Rams, it was a few big plays from Dinos running back Steven Lumbala that would prove to be their undoing on a frigid Calgary evening in November.

Contenders
Senior Cougars have their eye on the prize
taryn riemer
contributor The Cougars womens hockey team has their sights set on one thing this year: a National Championship. The girls have set the bar high this year, but with a record of 6-40 and currently sitting in fourth place in the Canada West standings, they just might be able to pull it off. Fifth-year leaders of the squad, team captain Rianne Wight, and assistant captains Gina Campbell and Paige Wheeler, all feel a sense of urgency to succeed in their nal season. Head coach, Sarah Hodges who is currently in her fourteenth year as bench boss is also ready to win. The team is having a fairly good year so far and the players seem happy with both their individual and team performances. We had a strong start, said Wight, who leads the Cougars with 10 points in 10 games so far this season. We usually arent in this good of a position this many games in. Our defence are really stepping up for us we have two goaltenders ghting [for the number one spot], Both Campbell and Wheeler noted that many areas of the team have improved, both mentioning brings crowds to the rink, remarked Campbell. Hodges however, doesnt feel as if the team is underdogs. Rather she feels that every team starts off with a clean slate every year. I think everyone in our league knows that anyone can beat any other team on any given night, stated Hodges. Overall, the girls are feeling good about this season. However, this year they are wearing the captains letters on their sleeves, and in the nal season of their careers. [There is] more pressure, more responsibility, noted Wight, You cant just go and play your game, you have to worry more about what other people are doing too. As the team prepares to travel to Edmonton this weekend to play the University of Alberta Panda, they are in a good space. Weve come a long way in the pre-season, said Campbell. Were sitting at a good spot right now going into the Christmas break and we will continue on [in the New Year]. Hodges agreed with Campbell, but the veteran coach knows that the work isnt over yet. Weve made progress in some areas, but we really need to continue to push and keep winning, she said.

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the talented rookies that have joined the team this year, who they think help to make the team a more well rounded squad. Hodges also feels the team is stronger this year. Weve played more consistently. Weve gotten points off of every team weve played, she said. We didnt do that last year. We need to continue to do that to make the playoffs. Compared to previous years,

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the girls are doing very well. The last time the Cougars womens hockey team made playoffs was in the 2009-10 season, where they sported a 7-11-6 record. This years squad only needs two wins to eclipse that mark. After not making the playoffs for the last three years it seems as if the girls are underdogs this year. I think people thought we were going to be like we were in previous years, but were not, re-

marked Wheeler. Its good to be an underdog because then you know every game you have nothing to lose and you can give it your all, added Wight. Winning feels that much better when youre not expected to. With their underdog status, the girls are hoping to fill the stands more and more with every win. We want to be a team that

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Not offered
Well never have a baseball team, will we?
paige kreutzwieser
contributor The University of Regina has a wide range of competitive sports available: mens and womens basketball, volleyball, track and field, cross country, football, the list goes on. However, there is a large list of sports that are not offered such as baseball, rowing, lacrosse and eld hockey just to name a few. But why are certain sports included, while others are not? The sad reality of it is that we just do not have the money. As much as we would like to agree with the famous slogan There are some things money cant buy, but for everything else theres Mastercard, there just isnt a big enough credit card to help out the U of R athletics department. Sports are expensive. When you factor in costs of full time coaches, travelling expenses, equipment, and practicing venues, the cost of running a sport at a university level is steep. Its not a matter of not wanting, said Dick White, Director of Athletics for the U of R. Its that were limited in the amount we can offer just because of resources. The teams already affiliated with the U of R do a signicant (CIS) portfolio. The CIS offers a wide range of sports, but it as well does not include sports such as baseball, lacrosse, golf, or softball. However, White explained that the CIS is doing a review of the sports they offer. There are a number of other issues that are more pressing at the national level right now, he said. Might the CIS change its portfolio, we could possibly see it change things at the university level. But, the U of R, and other universities in the same nancial situation, will probably not be affected largely by the changes in respect to new sports. As far as losing sports in the near future, White conrms that the athletics department is not looking at reducing participation by students right now. I would rather look at options that we can increase, and that is where the competitive club option is a good opportunity, he said. It is unfortunate that the opportunity for having a larger list of sports available the U of R comes down to available money, but such is life. For now, the idea of adding more teams to the Cougars roster is on hold.

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amount fundraising just to sustain themselves. We have a football team that is 85 per cent or more funded by the community, explains White. And even if the athletics department wanted to consider tacking on another sport within our school, it could signicantly hurt the other sports programs already available. If we water down even more what we have, thats not going to

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help us, as White points out, this is a program of excellence. This does not mean that the desire for obtaining more sports isnt there. White states that the athletics department wouldnt rule out any new sports in the future, but it wouldnt be an easy task. Both universities in the province are under a fair amount of [nancial] pressure right now, White said. So it would be very

difcult. And the desire from sports teams wanting to become part of the U of R is there as well. However, becoming a competitive club team looks like the path these teams must take if they want to hold the Cougars name. Sports like rugby, softball, and curling fall under the category of competitive club, which is not under Whites jurisdiction of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport

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Everyone relax, this is pure fiction
braden dupuis
sports writer [SATIRE] - Since the earliest of troglodytes rst picked up sticks and used them to beat the shit out of each other, sports and facial hair have been inextricably linked. Warriors of every earthly era have measured themselves by the length of the hair that warmed their upper lips and to a lesser extent, their victories. While the moustache has fallen out of style in recent decades, its legacy lives on in the world of sports as a mark of true manliness. Here now is a factually inaccurate, chronologically questionable look at the history of the moustache in sport. Long before the modern hipster appropriated the noble moustache for his ill-conceived, ironic fashion statement, the upper-lip fringe commanded a sense of prestige that held no association whatsoever to prostate cancer. One of its earliest adopters, in fact, was the original hipster himself, Jesus Christ. Christ most notably rocked the stache when he won Galilees 14th annual Dead Sea Surftacular, a popular surfing contest at the time, earning a record score of 9.5 out of 10 from the judges. It was later revealed, however, that Jesus tested positive for a banned substance, costing him the title and earning him a lifetime ban from surng. It was a dark day for the moustache, and one from which it would not soon recover. Following Jesus deception, it became extremely unfashionable to sport a moustache. It would be more than 1,000 years before the Knights of the Middle Ages would restore some semblance of righteousness to the beleaguered facial styling. The Knights Code of Chivalry stated that all knights should protect others who cannot protect themselves, while also sporting a luscious dusty. During jousting matches, it became common for knights to caress their moustaches with their tongues under their helmets for good luck. As an added bonus, it usually also tasted like the previous nights goat, which gave them courage. The chivalrous nature of the Knights moustache would provide a long-lasting popularity boost to the moustache, which would result in hundreds of years of good will. The moustache would enjoy its unprecedented run of good fortune until the early 20th century, when its facial fortitude would once again be tested during the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin. The games would forever place a dark, black, rectangular stain on the moustaches legacy, due to the controversy and scandal surrounding a key figure at the event. Alfred Schwarzmann, celebrated German gymnast and noted moustache enthusiast, rewave era in the mid-70s when he grew his now-famous Snidely Whiplash in an attempt to win a $300 bet. Not only did Fingers win the bet, he won the damaged hearts of moustache nation. The moustache was back, in delirious fashion. Following in Fingers footsteps was professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, who laid claim to the worlds blondest handlebar moustache, and the legendary hockey player, Lanny McDonald, who took the concept of the moustache to new and exhilarating heights. These were good days to be a moustache supporter, but like all good things, the good times had to come to an end. These days, the world exists only in the whispy shadows of the moustache, longing for the days when it stood for more than just a tool of prostate cancer awareness or ironic self-importance. Though they dare not speak it aloud, the people still yearn for whiskered legitimacy; for tuftlipped heroes on cold winter nights. The world waits in earnest for the moustache to rise again, but if history is any indication, it shant be waiting long.

Arthur Ward

Just look at that muzzy

fused to shake his competitors hand after losing in the gold medal round, shocking the combined sports and moustache worlds. The fair-natured, chivalrous sportsmanship associated with the moustache was shattered, and the course of moustache history forever altered. It was once again dark times for the moustache. This period would later come to be known as The Days of the Unkempt. It was uncertain if the mous-

tache would ever recover from the combined damage done by Schwarzmann and the 1970s porn industry. And then came the 1980s. Suddenly, shame became a thing of the past. Techno-pop ruled the airwaves, bright neon colours surrounded every aspect of modern day life, and the moustache once again witnessed a renaissance brought about by several revolutionary sporting heroes. Oakland Athletics pitcher Rollie Fingers started the new-

Once again, this article is a pure work of ction, hopefully that is obvious. The Carillon is sure that if Jesus did like to surf, he wouldnt have been as good at it as Braden is making it sound.

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Love hockey, hate soccer

This is going nowhere fast
what the puck?
autumn mcdowell
sports editor In my world, there are only two seasons: Summer and hockey. Unfortunately, both of those seasons have been simultaneously ripped out of my dead, lifeless ngers and I have been left sitting in a pool of my own filth, better known to the rest of the world as soccer season. However, because I would rather watch paint dry than soccer, and because I have developed somewhat of a following for my what the puck? column thats a complete lie, no one reads this I have been forced to come up with some hockey related current event to write a hilarious and sarcastic rant about every week. With no real hockey to speak of, writing these rants has become increasingly impossible, and this week was no different. If the NHL could get their act together and put together some high quality hockey before the end of the world, then I would at least have a big game, ght, or hit to talk about; but no. Instead, I am forced to rack my brain weekly about what obscure hockey thing I can discuss and also make entertaining its a rather daunting task. My immediate thought for hockey games happening in Regina on a Friday night, and that I just had terrible luck, I was then going to try and debate why Donald Fehr is to blame for the NHL lockout and how the negotiations have come to a halt once again and how the significant progress that was being made was a bunch of bullshit to keep idiot fans like me interested. But, I have built up such a strong hate for Gary Bettman, that saying any part of the lockout wasnt entirely his fault made me feel hollow inside. My next thought was to write about why I love the Pittsburgh Penguins. This was spurred by a Facebook debate I engaged in over who was better, Pittsburgh or the Calgary Flames. Naturally, I won the debate, because the Flames, really? However, everyone already knows how much better Pittsburgh is than everyone else, so this would be a pointless column. All of these possible column ideas seemed great in my head, but were actually quite terrible once I got them on paper. Even after all of my questions that have yet to be answered about hockey and the lockout specically, only one thing can be certain: I will never be a soccer fan.

Bill Guerin

this weeks column was to go on a tangent about how few hockey games are played in Regina when you need them. On Friday, Nov. 9 my friend and I went searching for a decent hockey game to watch in the city while tipping a few tall ones back and found that less than nothing was available.

Yum.

There was no Cougars, Pats, Junior B, Junior C or Senior games to speak of can you believe that? I mean, I was actually willing to sit through a Junior C game. But, due to this unfortunate set of circumstances the closest decent hockey game I use the term decent loosely was a Junior B tilt in White City, because

of the apparently deadly snowfall and over protective parents, we were forced to sit through two Adult Safe Hockey games kill me now. I swear to God, I am better than half of those players and I cant even stop. After realizing that it is probably extremely rare to have so few

Highlights
Everyone needs to be more like Kelly Wiebe
autumn mcdowell
sports editor Mens hockey this Saturday and Sunday. Tip off is scheduled for 3 p.m. following the womens game. Can anyone catch Kelly Wiebe? Seriously, the fifth-year Cougars runner absolutely dominated the CIS championships in London, Ont. on Nov. 10. Wiebe was not satised with just being a national champion; he had to do it in record-setting fashion. Wiebe nished the 10-kilometre track with a time of 30 minutes and 21 seconds, absolutely crushing the old course record by roughly 36 seconds. To fully demonstrate how dominant Wiebe was on the course, it should be noted that the second-place nisher was a full 44 seconds behind Wiebe -- thats, like, two hours in cross country time. Due mostly to Wiebes strong finish, the Cougars mens cross country team finished second with 53 points. Fourth-year Cougar, Karissa LePage, had the best finish for Reginas womens team, placing 17th a full 29 places better than her nish in 2011 with a time of 18 minutes and six seconds on the ve-kilometre course. Wiebe was named a CanadaWest rst-team all-star, and a rstteam All Canadian, obviously. Cross Country The Cougars mens hockey team went to war with the top team in the Canada West last weekend and finished with a splitting headache once again. On Nov. 9, the Cougars made the life-threatening trip to Saskatoon during a blizzard. Once there, they put up a great fight against the Huskies that was highlighted by second-year goaltender, Andrew Hayes, 40-save performance. However, the Cougars lost to the Huskies 2-1 in overtime, but they would make up for it the very next night in their home barn. Regina flipped the script on the Huskies and scored a 2-1 victory over their highway rivals, and earned a valuable two points in the standings. The Cougars, now 6-3-1, will face the University of Alberta Golden Bears (9-3-0) this Friday and Saturday at The Cooperators Centre, puck drops at 7 p.m. Womens basketball After their unusual 1-1 start to the season, the Cougars womens basketball team got back on the winning track against the University of Winnipeg Wesmen. The Cougars cruised to two

dominating wins over the Wesmen on Nov. 9-10. The rst night featured a 20point performance from fourthyear guard Michelle Clarke, which easily propelled the Cougars to an 81-60 victory. Lets just think about that for a second. Even if the Cougars were completely without Clarke, they still would have won. It must suck to be Winnipeg. The next night wasnt much better as the Cougars managed a dominating win once again; this time it was 76-55 for the visitors. The Cougars look to continue their crushing ways this weekend for a pair of afternoon games on

Emily Wright

Mens basketball

Saturday and Sunday against the Manitoba Bisons (2-2) at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health and Sport. Tip off is at a special time of 1p.m.

While the Cougars womens basketball team was crushing Winnipeg, the mens team was getting crushed. The mens team fell behind early on night No. 1 to the Wesmen and could never recover, ultimately leading to an 88-73 loss. Although Regina was able to put up a ght against the Wesmen

during the rst quarter on night No. 2, they could not keep up the pace set by Winnipeg, and so they were handed their second loss of the weekend, 92-74. One bright spot from the Cougars rather dismal weekend was Frank Brown. The Phoenix College transfer has led Regina in points in every game so far this season. Brown currently ranks third in the conference with an average of 23-points per game and also leads Canada West with 17 three-pointers made. The Cougars will look to get back on the winning track against the University of Manitoba (2-2)

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the carillon | Nov. 15 - 21, 2012

Is this a dagger which I see before me?

Cuts to Arts may prove stressful for the Department of English in the coming years

Tenielle Bogdan

paul bogdan
arts editor If theres a department that knows tragedy, its likely English. And, theyd tell you that a 50 per cent reduction in courses offered would indeed prove to be quite tragic. In a document titled The Impact of Proposed Cuts to the Budget of the Faculty of Arts on the Ability of the Department of English to Offer Its Programs sent to administration and various faculty members, Department Head Dr. Nicholas Ruddick wrote, [U]nless alternative sessional and TA funding can be found to modify the effect of the proposed cuts, there will be a reduction of at least ~50% (200 reduced to 100 courses) and more likely as much as ~57% (200 reduced to 85 courses) in the total annual number of ENGL courses that can be offered over the next three years. In particular, ENGL 100 offerings are likely to shrink to a small fraction of the current annual norm, with major consequences for all students requiring this course. The Department of English is in this situation due over one million dollars in cuts to the Faculty of Arts over the past four years. For the 2012-13 academic year, the Faculty of Arts was asked to make reductions in expenses totaling $420,000, or three per cent of its

overall budget. In 2011-12 no cuts were asked to be made, but the Faculty was asked to cut $313,000 and $312,000 in 2010-11 and 200910 respectively. [Central administration] give[s] us [a] budget but allow[s] us to retain decision making power over how that budget will be spent. Departments ... in a sense have some autonomy too-limited autonomy in a sense that most of our budget is determined by salary, and I cant really do much about that because we have to go on paying these people. But, there are certain areas where we have a little bit of leeway sessionals, TAs, and so on. I leave that to the departments; I try to give them a lump sum amount, and its up to them to gure out how to spend it, said Dr. Richard Kleer, Dean of Arts. While every department and faculty at this university is doing all it can to become more efcient, Kleer said he doesnt know how far these kinds of efciency gains can go in helping us to deal with the effects of further cuts. The possible gains are certainly nowhere near enough to relieve English or Philosophy of the kinds of damage they might be facing should budgetary cuts continue at their current pace or even increase, said Kleer. The Department of English met with Kleer and Dr. Tom Chase, Provost and Vice-President (Academic), on Oct. 26 to discuss

Scene a mid-sized prairie university NICHOLAS sits at his desk, head in hands
Ruddicks aforementioned Impact Assessment, but feels the answers he received were insufcient. We asked him [Chase] what plans the university had for a scenario in which this zero per cent over three year cuts was in operation, and the English department would only be able to offer less than half the courses that its currently offering, said Ruddick. We got an explanation of the impact of the provincial government cuts on the university as a whole, but we didnt get an answer to the question ... I dont think he knows, frankly. Chase said that administration is aware of the situation the department is in, but added, I dont think the English department is in crisis ... if the government gives us zero per cent on the grant this year and zero per cent on the grant next year, the English department will be quite stressed. These cuts are due to the potential that the university may get only a two per cent increase in its

Act I: A hit, a very palpable hit

operating grant from the provincial government or a worst-case scenario in which over the next three years the operating grant is not increased. Every faculty has been asked to come up with scenarios in which over the next three years we get zero per cent, said Ruddick. The Faculty of Arts struck a management committee to try and manage these cuts. The committee hoped that it would be able to manage these cuts with ease, but it turns out that we cant do that painlessly. The Faculty of Arts essentially cannot handle any cuts. It just doesnt have anything to cut, said Ruddick. The only significant amounts of money that can be cut are to the sessional and the TA budget, unless youre talking about salaries, and of course, we dont have any ability to sack people. This would prove drastic for the department as Ruddick noted

[W]e actually cant find a way of making

[the department] more efficient, frankly. I would say its pretty damn efficient already.
Dr. Nicholas Ruddick, Head of the Department of English

how reliant the Department of English is on a sessional budget, with 36 non-permanent faculty members teaching English courses in the 2012-13 academic year. Nonetheless, Kleer said that sessionals and TAs would be the last thing to go. In the current framework that weve laid out in this SelfManagement Committee, weve said, Thats the most valuable kind of spending we do. If we have to cut that, it will be the last thing that we cut. Take a case like the English department. A vast percentage of the teaching that they do is done by sessionals. To lose that teaching capacity would do major harm to that department, would do major harm to several other departments as well. So, why would we want to cut that rst? Even if the TA and sessional budgets would be the last thing to go, theyre the only substantial funds left that can go. The only savings to Arts operations within the purview of the Management Committee would be through cutting the sessional and TA budgets even though courses taught by sessionals assisted by TAs actually earn a lot of money for the university! Ruddick wrote in the fall edition of the Department of English newsletter, Inklings.

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Act II: The herdsmen of the beastly plebeians

their universities can manage 500 to 800 students. And, the professors (the permanent staff) lecture a couple of times a week, and then these groups are broken down into smaller seminar groups that are presided over usually by TAs, and those TAs are generally graduate students. Nevertheless, this option is not feasible here because though we have graduate students, we dont have nearly enough graduate students to think about doing that. Moreover, if the TA budget must be cut, this option is made even more unthinkable and ultimately impossible as the amount of marking required to teach a

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In fall 2012 there are 56 sections of English 100 offered. Ruddick said that if teaching those courses was up to permanent faculty alone there wouldnt be enough of them to teach anything else, so theyd be teaching just the service course. We wouldnt have an English department. We wouldnt have any English majors at all. I dont think wed have enough [faculty] even then, to be perfectly honest. However, other methods of delivering a service course like English 100 are employed by other universities. They have very large sections of the rst year English, as large as

Scene a hallway in the university Enter STUDENTS, severally

course that size by a single professor would be insurmountable. The TA budget will go before the sessional budget goes, and so you can have a professor teaching 800 English 100 students, but the problem comes then with something like the marking. English 100 requires three takehome papers amounting to about 3,000 words, and usually two or three other written pieces over the course of the semester. So, youve got six pieces of marking, and at the moment our cap is 40 [students per class]. So, youve already got 240 pieces of marking that the instructor is doing on his or her own. If you multiple that by

Act III: Small choice in rotten apples

Scene A quiet ofce in AdHum NICHOLAS sits at his desk, with a scale
dents will have to wait to get into a course that is required by the vast majority of programs here at the U of R. If the sessional budget were to go, Ruddick estimates therell only be 16 sections of English 100 instead of 84. [Students] will have to wait longer and longer to get English 100. What will the university do? Will it remove the English 100 requirement? You cant really do that because its not a university requirement its a faculty requirement, and its imposed by the various faculties. I doubt whether engineering or nursing can remove an English 100 requirement and keep their accreditation, said Ruddick. The Department Head hopes to keep delivering courses in the way theyre being delivered currently because theyre better pedagogically for the students. Other ways of teaching a course like English 100 exist, but theyre not as good pedagogically. Increasing the class sizes will have a pedagogical detriment on a class like English 100 or 110 be-

ve or six, it becomes simply impossible for a professor to offer English 100 as it has been. Currently, Ruddick said the university is operating at its maximum capacity students in a given English 100 class, and some could even argue that its already exceeded this capacity. 40 [students per class] is actually slightly beyond the max capacity. The federated colleges in fact have 35 max. We have 40 because we have a writing centre manned by our TAs there, and we use that as a kind of supplement. Still, Chase said the university needs to look at determining whether the way the curriculum is

currently delivered is the right one. Are our structures the right ones? If we feel that we need low enrollment in English 251 [Expository and Persuasive Writing] to provide really good feedback to students, and we limit them to 15 [students per class], and historically we wind up with 11 students, is that a good use of resources? If English 100 is magically capped at 40, and our federated colleges do it at 35, I mean what are the right ways to deliver the curriculum?

Can the English department continue to operate in its current ways? Chase said this needs to be looked at very carefully. Ruddick feels the department is coming to a point where it has two options: one, to continue to offer the service courses as its done in the past, or two, continue to have a functioning Department of English by offering courses higher than the 100-level. What we can abandon are those courses which are not part of our majors program, the service courses that we spend huge amounts of time and energy manning, English 100 and to a certain extent English 110. They count for a very large proportion of our enrollment. We, the full-time professoriate, are in it to teach English courses to English majors. Thats our main job. The English service course is very useful for the university, and its a very good course, but it doesnt recruit students to become English majors. Youll notice theyre called Critical Reading and Writing; theyre not

called Introduction to Literature or anything like that. They are intended to help students to read and write better, and they do it very effectively. And, if this is the case, Ruddick said hes going to continue running a functioning English department. As an English department, certainly as the head, I feel that my chief duty is to the English majors ... My position would be that we continue to man the English program at the expense of the service courses. The university administration might say, No, youve got to teach the service courses. In that case, there wont be an English program. So, its one or the other. If these cuts do go ahead, even if its not within three years, even if its ve years or six years or whatever, if there starts to be real pressure on our ability to hire sessionals to teach [English] 100, therell be fewer and fewer sections of [English] 100, said Ruddick. The effect of this is that stu-

At the end of June 2012, the Department of English lost three and-a-half permanent faculty members, none of which were replaced by anybody, not even a sessional. This is due to the fact that the Faculty of Arts cannot afford to hire new professors to replace retiring ones even though a retiring professor is costing the faculty much more money in salary than

a new, younger replacement professor would. In Ruddicks words, The deans, in a sense, dont have the nancial ability now to replace positions within their own faculty because they dont have the nancial power over their own operations. When it comes to things like salaries, they dont have the power to simply replace somebody retiring with somebody coming in even if it involves sav-

Scene Faculty retirement party Enter RICHARD, shaking an empty wallet

ing money. The Dean of Arts confirmed he cannot afford to replace retiring faculty. We already have very little discretionary spending. We could cut that [discretionary spending], rst off, but that would mean getting rid of sessional instructors who are quite numerous in our faculty. So, when we have to nd the money to give back, rather

Act IV: Put money in thy purse

cause a larger class size will mean it will necessarily be watered down with less assignments. Youre basically going to have less writing. Its inevitable. At what point does English 100 become insufficient for the purpose? I dont know. Its certainly insufficient for the purpose if it doesnt have writing assignments, said Ruddick. The Department Head also championed the efficiency in which his department is running. Weve looked at our program here in English, and we actually cant nd a way of making it more efcient, frankly. I would say its pretty damn efficient already, said Ruddick. Additionally, according to Ruddick, there isnt much else the English department could do to be more nancially efcient and retain its pedagogical integrity. We cant raise the cap for most of the courses ... we could only do that and water down the pedagogical element in the service courses ... I dont think, until very recently, the senior administration

realized what the effects of cuts like these to arts would be. I think they thought there was a lot of fat in the arts budget, by fat I mean lots of money being expanded on inefcient programs and so on, said Ruddick. Kleer also said that the Faculty of Arts has no fat left to discard within its budget. We talked about ... years of previous cuts thats eliminated most of the fat, to the extent that there was any to begin with. Its now going to be much harder to nd ways of coping. Fat in this case means mostly losing positions from fairly large departments. I dont know if you want to call that fat. So, when I say that were running out of fat ... were getting to the point, in some units at least, if we cannot replace the people who are departing, we cant carry on in those units. Somethings going to have to give, said Kleer.

Act V: Where will the money come from? That is the question
Scene AdHum 527 BOARDMEMBERS sit around a table, silent
not respond to student demand, as a public institution and a publicly funded institution, were actually turning people away in some areas while keeping vacant capacity in others, said Chase. Yet, Ruddick feels a two per cent increase or status quo operating grant should not require major cuts to the faculties. It shouldnt be rocket science to do something about it insofar as the program is taught pretty efciently already, so its a matter of maintaining it somehow, but where will the money come from? Thats the question. Who will give

than give that back, we simply dont replace (at the moment) faculty members, said Kleer. Chase said whether a faculty can afford to replace retiring members depends on two things: on allocations to the faculty and on allocations within the faculty. One of the things the dean does very, very carefully is to consult with the department heads and say, Okay, we have X number

of retirements in this faculty. Where are we going to put the replacements? ... theyve got to make that decision. If you want a blunt answer, can we replace everyone who has retired in exactly the same area? My answer to you, very bluntly, is not necessarily, said Chase.

Dealing with this situation of budget cuts previously, the Faculty of Arts maintained the notion of keep[ing] all boats aoat; the Faculty would do its best to maintain all its existing programs. However, this option is looking like its no longer viable. Our principle in the past has mostly been lets try to keep everybody alive. And so, well direct resources to the departments that are really hurting. That worked when we still had a reasonable amount of fat, but as departments get smaller and smaller, Im not sure that its going to

work anymore. So, we might have to go to a different set of principles that says we cant keep everything alive. Were going to have to make some choices, said Kleer. Chase said the university needs to take into consideration the demands of enrollment when considering allocating funds to the faculties. In engineering, in several areas including petroleum and environmental assistance, we are totally maxed out. Were actually not able to accept more students. In other areas of campus, we are badly undersubscribed. If we do

us the money to put on the courses? Furthermore, Ruddick said that his department does not grossly outspend what it brings in, but he also notes that the fact that whether the Department of English is/isnt a nancial burden on the university is irrelevant to the nature of its funding. Isnt that irrelevant in the end? Isnt this a university, the aim of which is actually, so to speak, educate the students to think for themselves, to be able to read and write efficiently? Well, how can you put a dollar value

on something like that? The frustrating thing for the department is that nobody knows what the English department will really look like in the coming years. It will depend upon the provincial government, its budget, and how much money from that budget gets through to us, said Ruddick. I guess the size of your English class or whether you can get in at all will tell us how much of that money does end up going through.

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Subversive materials
In the modern rat race it can be difcult to stop and enjoy the little things. Were all reaching for the brass ring; loading up on classes, padding our resumes, and scouring the earth for a job that ts our skills. We grind through the days one at a time until we get... somewhere. But, one of the little things that I feel shapes young people into fully functioning members of society is the importance of subverting your own expectations, and in doing so, reecting on our culture in a meaningful way through the exploration of music, comedy, and the arts. Popular music was a gateway drug in the 1960s. The Beatles stunned an entire generation with oppy haircuts and songs about holding hands. Parents hated The Beatles. Guitar based music led to dancing, and dancing led to unplanned pregnancies as far as they were concerned. In the 1960s, listening to pop music was akin to civil disobedience, but young people did it anyway. Why would they want to subvert the natural order their parents had laid out for them? It made them ask questions. Questions like; Why dont they like this, too? What am I doing wrong? and most importantly, Why the hell should I care what they think? By questioning the moral standard, they came up with their own answers, and dened themselves and their generation. As the 60s waned, and The Beatles were fading into a cloud of Art-nouveau, eastern philosophy and LSD, another British super group rose to power in their place. Im talking, of course, about Monty Pythons Flying Circus. Python came crashing into peoples living rooms with sketches, songs, and satire, the likes of which had never been seen before. Sure, the comedy variety show had been a television staple for many years by this point, but nothing so cheeky had ever been broadcast before. The Lumberjack Song is about a man with a confused gender identity in a masculine profession. This was hugely subversive for the 1960s, and brought something to light that people had never thought about before, but made them laugh. Like giving your dog medicine in a wad of peanut butter, comedy can make a difcult subject easier to swallow. Comedy holds a funhouse mirror up to society and makes you decide what you are seeing. It is a tool of expression, like music, that doesnt tell you anything, but makes you ask the question yourself. Is it funny? Is it Offensive? It forces you to examine your morals, and if it makes you uncomfortable, its working. Music became more directly subversive in the 1970s with the advent of Punk. The Sex Pistols and The Clash brought social commentary to their music, and directly challenged the establishment, spreading waves of disobedience and rebellion. The establishment was no longer safe from the younger generation. They had to answer for and protect their authority. Interestingly, the Americans didnt really get into the politically subversive kind of punk until the early 80s, and mostly in California. Wild and challenging, bands like Black Flag, Bad Religion, and the Dead Kennedys shook a lot of cages. Jello Biafra from DK ended up on a lot of lists for the things he said. Like the Sex Pistols before them, the California scene incited people to challenge authority. The front man of Bad Religion, Greg Graffin, a professor of Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University has said about punk, Punk is a personal expression of uniqueness that comes from growing up in touch with our innate human

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The Dead Kennedys and not John, Robert, and Ted Kennedy Mr. Wiseguy.

ability to reason and ask questions. When you question the moral order and cultural standards, even if you dont have an answer, you learn something about yourself. Merely asking the question can set you on a path of healthy self debate and teaches you to question the world around you. A lot of our time is spent doing things we think we should be doing; I should get some credit, or I should get a degree in a eld that will pay well, or I should avoid partying like an animal but if we cant properly question our own choices, we end up doing things we should be doing instead of things we actually want to do. Questioning the expectations of society and ourselves is the natural order of things. The

human mind wasnt designed to be told what to do, and without understanding and relating to something cheeky and subversive like comedy or music, you may never know it. **Warning** Side Effects of punk may include fear and loathing of police, possibly head trauma, and hearing loss.

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Mid-November is approaching and students enrolled at the University of Regina as well as part of the CFS membership still dont know the result of the embezzlement scandal that broke out in September. I cant speak for everyone, but I think its within reason that we, the students, know when this issue will be resolved. To recap, news broke earlier this semester that Haanim Nur, the former URSU President and VP Finance and Operations from the 2012 scal year, confessed to taking funds from CFS-SK. These funds are the accumulated amount of membership fees students enrolled at the U of R pay every year. While the outrage and public exposure of the scandal has died down, some students want the issue resolved, and others have more questions. And to be completely honest, some students just dont care. But, the questions people are asking are important. Questions such as why did Nur confess earlier this semester when she could have confessed when she resigned in June? Was Nur trying to preserve her reputation? Was she caught in the middle of the current URSU executives plans for damage control and the remainder of last years execs who planned to undermine their successors? Nur was vocally endorsed by her predecessor, Kent Peterson, during URSU elections last March. The elections occurred approximately a month after the bank holding the CFS-SK account con Nur had everything to lose by confessing. If what Nur is saying in the interview she gave in September about the CFS giving her a second chance and Paige Kezimas actions is true, why did it take Kezima, the current CFS-SK representative, six weeks to come forward with this information to URSU and the URSU Board of Directors? Despite Nurs resignation, students were not informed until Nur confessed. That being said, was there something or someone motivating Nur to come forward with her confession? With Nurs confession, the CFS has been exposed for the corrupt organization that it is accused of being. The sad reality of this whole mess is, the CFS-SK has done nothing effective or positive to repair or regain the trust of students at the University of Regina. Nur will have to live with this mistake for the rest of her life, which will close several doors on possible opportunities, professionally or otherwise. Im not trying to guilt, harass or offend Nur. My intention is to encourage you, U of R students and readers of the Carillon, to ask questions that you still dont have answers for about CFS-SK and the whole situation. I am sure I am not the only one that is upset that there has been no resolution to this problem.

Julia Dima

-tacted Peterson in February about forged cheques. Yet, Peterson sent out a mass email to several students via using the student affairs email list, telling students to vote for Nur. Peterson has said that he couldnt be sure at the time if it was Nur who forged his signature, but he was suspicious enough to freeze the bank account after Nur provided an explanation that was not satisfactory. Why would someone go

to great lengths to endorse a candidate when he basically caught her stealing money? Another question, why did she confess to begin with? She already resigned in June and she had nothing to gain by confessing, except a clearer conscience. The current URSU executive and board could not go public with this information as they said they had no documentation to prove it.

jordan palmer
contributor

the carillon | Nov. 15 - 21, 2012

op-ed 19

Canada bereft

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On Remembrance Day, people all across this country stand solemnly, in a moment of silence, on the eleventh month, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh hour, and don poppies to commemorate the sacrice of Canadas veterans. This holiday, although somber, is one of the most important because of the gravity of the events it remembers. To forget

Canadas veterans, and their sacrifice, would be a catastrophic error. Yet, as you honour those who served, and serve, acknowledge that any further war gradually nullies their sacrice, for war is detrimental to humanity as a whole. To only honour veterans one day a year, and to turn around and support war, is hypocrisy. If we were truly to honour our

veterans, we would embrace peaceful coexistence with all humans, because we all are humans, even though divided by lines on a map, by language, by religion, or by whatever other classification employed to divide us apart. Behold the statue at Vimy Ridge, Canada Bereft, and see the mournfulness in which it gazes downward with, for it is the heartache that this nation feels for its freedom, but also for its sacrice. It does not hold its head high to the skies in triumphant conquest, rather downcast in mourning. Bereft does not mean a hope of further military victories, but instead, being deprived of something. To truly remember, and to truly commemorate these Canadians, we should abstain from war as a nation, and as a race. If this nation, and the world, continues ghting wars, then these brave soldiers sacrifice is forgotten, and the lessons their deaths gave us go unheeded. The poppy is the symbol of Remembrance Day, but lately has become a political issue in Canada. Premier Pauline Marois recently put the eur-de-lis inside of her poppy, and an uproar ensued. People complained that nothing should be worn inside the poppy, and that Canadian soldiers did not just ght for the Qubcois, but all Canadians. Yet, would displaying a Saskatchewan

Sheaf, honouring the various regiments that had their origin here, or a Canadian ag, raise this kind of controversy? No. After Marois removed the symbol from her poppy, I began to notice around the hallways of the university that many people had various emblems inside of their poppies, yet no one asked them to remove the symbols, and leave the poppy as is. It seems that the eur-de-lis was one of the taboo symbols that should not be put inside the poppy, and this is indicative of an anti-Qubec sentiment, and may also allude to the tensions between English and French Canada during the world wars, specically the conscription crises. This minor political scuffle aside, Remembrance Day is fundamental, although it needs to widen its scope to prevent further wars by acknowledging the horror of armed conict. Dont forget, war can come upon any nation at any time, and although you may not be interested in war, war is interested in you.

michael chmielewski
contributor

Brainwashing Talk is cheap

According to a recent Macleans Magazine, our children are now being brainwashed sometimes before theyre even born. However, this time, it is neither Bob the Builder, nor Spongebob, nor ActivisionBlizzard, nor some other corporate-religious kids cult. Apparently, some dangerously long-haired left-wing progressives have got the idea to encourage kids to become critical analysts of contemporary issues, starting from an increasingly young age, or about elementary school. Sounds maybe not bad, but some reactionaries have gone off reacting and they think its just horrifying and absolutely bad news. They fear that, social justice... can manifest in wildly different ways. Social justice is what its about, says Macleans. Uh oh. Apparently if more kids are educated on these critical issues at a younger age, then more kids might grow up to practically give a fuck. This is potentially something that some wont prefer. Personally, if were all persons here, I dont think it's about having kindergarteners argue each other to death over the morality of abortion. This is more about promoting conscious awareness of the world and a deeper understanding of contemporary humanitys problems of all types, which are both relevant and occurring now and will be even more relevant and likewise prevalent in the future. If we take a bit of a step back, its easier to take in. Those parents and politicians who are quick to decry the movements made toward promoting social justice in elementary education may wish to save their breath. It will be a time not long in the future when the current generations children shall have grown to adulthood and stand to face what are potentially even greater social problems than those that exist today unsustainable world population, much? If we try to share the knowledge that we and

Hysteria surrounding the teaching of social justice in our schools is stupid

others before us have already obtained earlier in the next generations lives, then they might have a better chance to actually absorb that information and employ it critically in forming a better, practical, and more realistic understanding of themselves and the world. Of course, since theyre young and sometimes impressionable, they might be simply brainwashed by the ideas. Locked in by the brand new rhetoric. Better to have them continuously perform the sameold regularized and mind-numbing tasks of simplied rote learning, some say, in order to better prepare them for a statistically predicted probable future in menial labour and button pressing. Parents are always concerned about politicizing the classroom too, for the fact that their children might come home and ask tough questions of them about why things are the way they are. Have Jonny learn his plain old geometry and them-there additionses instead. Meanwhile kids are already and still growing up, today as youre reading this, and they will have to deal with social issues that were never expected. We live in an increasingly anomic, globalized, consumerdriven society where we seem to find ourselves almost constantly being force-fed mushy spoonfuls of right-wing brainwashing and being simultaneously presented with neat Christmas parcels of consumerized ideology through not only the global media and corporate advertising but also through the mouths and pens of politicians and even through this pricey education system if anything, social justice brainwashing should be helpful and practically benecial.

dustin christianson
contributor

As the academic program review (APR) continues to be discussed at the university, it raises many questions from students and faculty. A common accusation levelled at the administration is that it wants to cut Fine Arts and Arts and is using the APR to justify these cuts. But does this accusation have any truth to it? If you directly ask any member of the administration if they support those programs, they will emphatically answer in the affirmative. How else could they answer? They are running this university, so if they outright said they want to eliminate entire faculties, they could incite a riot. A much more true measure of if they care about certain faculties comes from looking at the budgetary decisions that they make in regards to those faculties. Budgets are where universities show what they really care about, so looking at where money is going in the context of how the various faculties at the university are doing nancially is a good indicator of what the hopes and dreams of the administration are, so to speak. The Arts and Fine Arts are hurting. It might not be the fault of this administration, but Arts and Fine Arts have often been the rst thing to be cut in the past because they are seen as a luxury which doesnt really constitute a meaningful use of time and resources. While that argument is seriously awed, it hasnt stopped the systematic underfunding that these departments have experienced in the past. This round of cuts, weve nally reached a breaking point where specic departments are so underfunded that they are going to have to seriously curtail their offerings in classes and might have to eventually fold completely. A convenient and sinister deection of administrative responsibility for these cuts is

Saying you support the Arts or Fine Arts is not good enough, you have to put your money where your mouth is

to place the blame on the faculties in question for cuts to specic departments. While its true that the Arts and Fine Arts faculties do determine which departments get funding, the amount of money that faculties get from the university for their budgets is still dictated at the administrative level. If there is not enough money supplied from the university to the faculties, those faculties have to impose cuts. While it looks like the faculty is making the cuts, the restraints imposed upon them by the administration are the real source of this austerity. While some cuts might be necessary if the government is not providing enough funding, demanding cuts from departments that have nothing left to cut speaks to a deeper desire to seriously refocus the offerings of the university without admitting that is what is happening. The impression one forms about the APR, then, is that it has morphed from something potentially positive into a tool to severely limit Arts and Fine Arts on campus. When cuts come to faculties already hobbled by underfunding, it raises questions about where the administration believes the university is really going. When departments like English are saying they might not be able to survive if the administration continues its austerity measures, a simple we believe Arts and Fine Arts are important is not good enough to demonstrate a real commitment to those programs. Actually listening and acting on concerns would show a real measure of genuine care.

edward dodd
op-ed editor

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the carillon | Nov. 15 - 21, 2012