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Its really hard not just type Sports guy did sports thing in this little blurb when we run a sports cover. But seriously, this sports guy did some pretty badass sports things. Read about it on page 18, and check out some photos from Track and Field on page 14. Happy page jumping, Carilloners.

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contributors this week regan meloche colton hordichuk paige kreutzwieser kris klein arielle zerr robyn tocker jon neher michael chmielewski taryn riemer jordan palmer kay niedermayer daphne kay

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Liberal Arts? 4 With a changing economic climate, many fear that a liberal arts education no longer has the prestige and value it once did. As employers demand more practical skills, and students become more unmotivated to learn, what is the future of the university?

What the hell is that? 10 An album cover should grab your attention, but we've done the diligence of nding album covers that not only grab your attention, but make you wonder how in the hell someone said, "Yeah, this one is good and totally not fucking insane."

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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.

What happens in Vegas. 18 The womens basketball team participated in a tournament over the Christmas break that just happened to be in Vegas. These girls lead an incredible difcult life and deserved the trip to tan, swim, shop and gamble while only playing three games. Must be nice.

Idle needs more. 21 As continued protests take place across the country, the movement is being written off as "a Native thing". But Idle No More is much more than that. It is a call to action for Canadians concerned about environment, democracy, and Aboriginal rights.

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editor-in-chief Students appear to be getting fed up. Outcry against looming budget cuts at both the University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan are intensifying. Across both campuses, a coalescence of concerned students have formed Students Against Austerity, a group designed to raise awareness about the costcutting measures being implemented by both U of R and U of S administration. The U of R is expected to make $3.6 million in cuts to the schools operating budget after they receive the provincial governments yearly grant which makes up a large portion of the U of Rs budget, and is expected to be less than what is needed. The U of S is facing massive cuts of $44.5 million. Saskatoon student newspaper, the Sheaf, has reported that the U of S will layoff 40 employees, saving the university $2.3 million, and further cost-cutting measures are on the horizon aimed at saving the school an additional $20-25 million. Here at the U of R, students and faculty members alike have criticized both the provincial government and university adminis-

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Looking through the lenses

Ken Coates speaks about elite students and the need for liberal arts
taouba khelifa
news editor With talks amongst faculty and students continuing around the possible changes that the University of Regina may experience in the next few years, many are concerned with what the future may hold for the liberal arts. While many Canadian academics do not share Coates sentiments, arguing that this kind of ideology underestimates student ability and devalues student intelligence, Coates said that this change, and this conversation is one that Canadians are not prepared to have as of yet. When the country is prepared to have the conversation, however, he believes he has the solution that can bring back the prestige and importance of liberal arts education in the academic sphere. His advice: universities must be multi-tiered, offering elite liberal arts programs for curious and motivated students, while allowing economically driven students to take the practical and vocational classes they require to graduate. We have to embrace the idea that there are intellectually elite students and they deserve intellectually elite programs. At the same time, we have to realize...[that a lot of students are here] because their parents told them to come, governments said they should do it, and [they] want to get ready for a career. We should not put those students in exactly the same programs and exactly the same classes as students who are basically bursting with curiosity and zeal for learning.

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tration about a lack of transparency throughout the Academic Review process. The criticism has yielded some results, primarily in form of public Q and A sessions with university brass. The Regina contingent of Students Against Austerity has arranged an additional meeting with U of R vice-president (academic) Tom Chase on Jan. 24. The groups goal is to collect student concerns through a series of small meetings, after which they will bring those concerns to Chase at the public forum this week. Our concerns are about auster-

ity, said Kent Peterson, who is currently doing a Master in Public Administration. specifically at the University of Regina, and now at the University of Saskatchewan, both administrations are implementing signicant cost-cutting measures. In the University of Regina in particular, those are coming in the way of academic cuts. They are not only looking at merging and rearranging some departments, but eliminating some of them all together. It is quite concerning, he continued. There hasnt been enough student representation on deci-

sion-making bodies; there hasnt been enough student consultation. So our concerns are, broadly, the austerity measures, but also that students are being left in the dark about it. The group, which currently consists of about 20 students on campus, is hoping that this information campaign will help to ush out some concerns among students that have gone largely unheard. Ideally, we would like to see some changes to what cuts are made and how they are implemented, said Ruth Easton, a sec-

ond-year International Studies and Environmental Studies student. But, at the very least, we would like to see people informed about what is happening. Students Against Austerity will be holding three meetings before their scheduled open forum with Chase on Jan. 24. It has been no secret, whether at APR forums or interviews with students and faculty, that liberal arts are believed by many to be the rst departments to nd their heads on the chopping block. I think people want the university to be true to its roots as a liberal arts university, Easton said. People also dont want to be spending a lot of money, and I think they really dont like how much money is being spent on administration versus the amount of spending thats happening with faculty and teaching, since it is a university and youd think the priority would be on teaching. According to a governmentfunded broadcasting company, U of R President Vianne Timmons makes an annual salary of $350,000, Chase makes $289,000, and Vice-President (administration) Dave Button makes $234,000. The average Saskatchewan income is $45,000.

URSU changes ancient poster policy

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editor-in-chief The University of Regina Students Union is looking to make sweeping changes to its policies across the board. The first on the chopping block: a controversial poster policy that operated under vague language, and made it unclear why some posters were blocked and some were not. URSU announced Jan. 14 that a new policy is now in place and will be more inclusive. One of the things that we noticed right away when we came in was that many of our policies and bylaws were out of date, said Nathan Sgrazzutti, URSU president. It quickly became apparent to us that one of the most out of date [policies] was the poster policy. The policy was broad. There were issues where we wouldnt be able to support certain campus events because they didnt t within the old, outdated, policy. Under the old policy students hosting events in licensed establishments outside of The Owl were not allowed to post promotional material on URSUs poster boards around campus. This created a conict of interest: in many cases URSU could not support their students and the bar at the same time. URSU denied several poster applications in order to protect The Owl and ensure the bar turns a profit last year, URSU had a $202,484 deficit at

basically saying that they dont want bars or nightclubs that compete directly with The Owl to put posters up, he said. My venue is classified as a theatre, and honestly, it isnt in competition with The Owl in any way. We do sell booze, but so does every place in this city. I dont get enough value off one poster to pay 10 bucks for it.

year end, $157,890 of that was from The Owl. URSUs new policy will change the game a bit. Campus clubs and Presidents Advisory Committees can now advertise events held at licensed and unlicensed non-profit organizations all over the city, such as the Gay & Lesbian Community of Regina Nightclub. They can also advertise events held at for-profit organizations, but the number of posters is reduced and the club or society must pay a fee. Off-campus organizations can also attach posters, but require a fee in most instances. Our idea was that we needed to make it so that instead of this

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black and white thing we had where it was either youre for The Owl or against! Weve changed it to reect our understanding that there are a multitude of situations where we should be showing support, Sgrazzutti said. However, not all students are happy with the new arrangement. Dane Imrie, a second-year business student, runs a monthly comedy show at the Cultural Exchange called Pass The Hat. Imries show consists of amateur comics, several of whom are U of R students, who take turns trying out short comedy routines. Imrie advertised his events on URSU poster boards until November, when he was told he could no

longer do so. The old poster policy created a dilemma - while URSU is mandated to support Imrie, as a U of R student, the Exchange was technically considered in competition with The Owl, a venue that requires URSUs protection. Imrie waited months for the new changes in policy to take place, and while he appreciates the effort made to resolve past poster dilemmas, the new changes still leave Pass The Hat in the dark. The Exchange is a licensed non-prot organization, and Imrie must pay $10 per poster to advertise his event. I think, based on what URSUs needs are, that they are

Our idea was that we needed to make it so that instead of this black and white thing we had where it was either youre for The Owl or against! Weve changed it to reflect our understanding that there are a multitude of situations where we should be showing support.
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The University of Regina is an institution with a very strong basis in liberal arts education since its inception in 1909. At that time, the University offered academic courses alongside a compulsory course titled Human Relations that encouraged students to understand the rising social issues of their era, and take responsibility for making their society a better place. Putting the Universitys motto of as one who serves into practice, the U of Rs roots in liberal arts continued to grow into the Wascana campus Regina sees today. However, with the global economic shift in employment, many fear that liberal arts may no longer be seen as necessary in todays thriving society. With higher demands for practical skills in the job market, liberal arts education has been marginalized and deemed unimportant for the worlds economy. This, argues Dr. Ken Coates, a professor and Canadian Research Chair in Regional Innovation at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, is the painful reality. But, he said, the problem lies not in liberal arts, but in the unmotivated generation of young people today. In an effort to create more dialogue and discussion around the changes that the Academic Program Review may bring to the U of R, Coates was invited to speak to the University community about the future of the liberal arts, both in Canada and globally, on Thursday Jan. 17. In an analogy, Coates described liberal arts education as sitting in an optometrists chair, facing the large ocular device. As the doctor clicks between different lenses, the patients vision is cleared or obscured - each lens showing things in a different way. This, says Coates, is the epitome of a liberal arts education. Every single click [is] a university class - every one of those clicks either make the world clearer or muddier, he said. Thats what the humanities, and social sciences, and ne arts do. They actually take a muddled, confusing world that you see ... and through these classes, and courses and experiences, you start to develop for yourself a way to explain and understand the world. Beyond just developing wellrounded and engaged students, Coates cites that it was the liberal arts that drove the biggest social movements and changes of our time - from analyzing anti-colonialism and environmentalism, to demanding rights for women, the Indigenous population, and the LGBTQ community. At the core of each of these movements and societal changes, said Coates, is the spirit and vitality of the liberal

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The future of universities through rose colored glasses arts. Despite its importance, the changing dynamics of todays world have meant a change in how liberal arts education is perceived socially. No longer is liberal arts seen as a prestigious area of study, argued Coates. Rather, with governments pushing for a mass education system where university is widely accessible to any Canadian, liberal arts has become a default area of study for those who cannot succeed elsewhere. Governments picked up on the fact that accessibility was the number one political priority, Coates said. Governments very rarely talk about high quality university. They like to see universities do well in the grading rating systems, but they dont really talk too much about making sure that there are places accessible to talented students, they want places accessible to all students. This, according to Coates, is the problem. With mass education came a shift in the rational of why students wanted to go to university. Studies done in the 1960s and 1970s show that students wanted to learn about the world, that they wanted to discover themselves, they wanted to learn how society operated, they wanted to make the world a better place, said Coates. Now, he says, students want money. They learn to earn. Coates message centred around a shift in student rationale, coupled with the government push for mass education, which he believes created a society where young people are no longer motivated, engaged, or willing to work. Instead, universities have become institutions filled with students who are disengaged in classes, have little work ethic, and care very little about actually succeeding. We have a problem with the current generation of young people ... theyre the most spoiled generation in human history. And guess what? They come out of a system where theyve been told how wonderful they are, said Coates. Modern parenting is about telling kids [that theyre] wonderful. Doesnt work so well with Asian Canadians - their parents drive them pretty hard - but generally [young people] are told how wonderful they are, how terrific they are. Their high school teachers are told to do that, so high school is all about re-affirmation. While there are brilliant students in university they are often lost amidst the other students who are coming in for economic reasons, he said. Needless to say, it is important to open the doors of opportunity to students, especially those who may be marginalized, but Coates argues that it is naive for educational institutions to enroll so many students, without ensuring that the economy can provide jobs for them once they graduate. [The] spread of mass education was tied to, I think, a misapprehension, he said. We are overproducing the number of graduates for the economy we have ... When I hear Obama saying he wants 80 per cent of all high school graduates to go to university, he is out of his mind. This is a naive assumption about what the relationship between the economy and the university system is. According to a study done by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, over the past 30 years, the number of university students in Canada has more than doubled. In 2010 alone, there were nearly 1.2 million students enrolled in Canadian campuses across the country, with the number growing every year. While many see this as a positive sign of the countrys growth, Coates argues that universities are simply letting in too many students that should not be there. If you want my honest opinion, I think we have way too many students at university, we dont expect the students to be prepared sufciently before they come, and we dont demand of them a really high work ethic. I think weve made it too easy to get in, and now were trying to make it too easy to get out.

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Warm up winter with activism

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news writer The Regina Public Interest Research Group (RPIRG) held its 6th annual social justice conference last week - Apathy into Action. The conference featured talks and workshops that considered both local and global issues, all led by members of the community. The conference was held over three days, Jan. 17 to 19, and consisted of two days of drop-in seminars, followed by a full day of professional development workshops on Saturday Jan. 19. Some of the topics covered throughout the three days included immigration laws, the gender binary, Idle No More, and the importance of local activism in the city. Apathy into Action has been running for many years, but some aspects of the conference were done differently this time around. Halena Seiferling, one of the event coordinators at RPIRG, described some of the changes. This year its a longer event, which is the rst important thing. I didnt organize the past few years, but in the past its always been one [full day] on the Friday, which [included] different sessions about whats happening on campus, and in the community and globally. This year, our board of directors for RPIRG decided we wanted to expand it and really try to include more issues, if we could, she said. And expand the conference they did. Altogether, Apathy into Action hosted ten information sessions, and two development workshops, all covering a wide range of issues. We wanted more students involved. In the past years, there were a lot of presentations by professors or adults who were more experts in the areas. We wanted to see if there were students that would be interested in doing presentations that also have a lot of knowledge in those areas, and work with those issues every day, Seiferling said. There were a few presentations done by students and student organizations this year, such as the session titled Education, Immigration and Social Justice presented by Dr. Michelle Stewart, and the student group WUSC on Thursday, as well as the session titled Common(s) Rights: Our Community Pastures presented by RPIRG executive director Naomi Beingessner, done on Friday. Were hoping that by including students, we can see more diversity in the opinions presented, Seiferling said. The presentation on immigrants rights was one of the highlights, Seiferling noted, due to the recent conict of two University of Regina students who are facing deportation. She also added that the session on the Idle No More movement was of big interest to several of the participants. Ive heard about Idle No More, and I took the opportunity to learn about it, U of R student Kaylee Elfore said. Seiferling explained that RPIRG wanted to keep the conference current, which was a driving point for many of the sessions offered. I would say that the theme this year is that everything is repressing, she said. ally Obviously we want it to be things that are current issues, because people will recognize them and come, also because then were more able to act upon them afterwards. Its something thats happening right now, and its not too late. I can join the movement and help with it if I want to. In past years, there have been petitions and activism groups formed in response to the conference, and this year was no different. Anonymous evaluations of the event included comments such as: "Thanks for the opportunity to listen to and meet so many inspiring peeps," and "I get goosebumps when I think about how fortunate I feel to have met these incredible women! Wow!" We have a diversity of topics covered, theres everything from gender issues, health and poverty, refugee rights and everything included in there, Seiferling said. The general focus of this years Apathy into Action conference was on things and actions Regina citizens can do to make changes in the world around them. One of the features of the conference was the opening presentation done by Dr. Marc Spooner, a U of R education professor, who talked about the importance of being an activist right now in Regina. One student, Joylyn Roberts, said Idle No More was denitely a highlight, as well as Dr. Spooners talk yesterday on being an activist in Regina ... Im involved in the community a lot, so it was amazing to hear those

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things they have to contribute. Students were not the only participants to the conference. Many members of the community also came out, to keep up with local activism, and to hear about some new issues. Brenda Tamaki, commented that, I enjoyed that I could learn something for my own use. I liked Idle No More, and although Im not Native Im interested. I like seeing if I can help with problems in the community. Over the course of the Thursday and Friday, many participants stopped in, and by the end of Friday, all of the spaces for the weekend workshops were lled. More than 250 people attended the conference, with Idle No More being the most popular session of the three days. Another session that drew in a large crowd

was "Health and Poverty in Saskatchewan," which was presented by local doctor, Ryan Meili, and Student Energy in Action for Regina Community Health (SEARCH). At the end of each session, participants had the opportunity to ask the seminar leaders some questions and to leave their comments. Students and community members alike were left with a sense of purpose, and as one anonymous evaluator commented, most found the event "very enlightening and bringing hope." While the Saskatchewan winter tends to breed a sense of hopelessness, Apathy into Action brought a refreshing perspective for students and offered new opportunities to make changes.
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Fracking has become a present enviromental issue that will continue to grow in 2013

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contributor The year 2012 brought innovations in many different scientic elds. Physicists discovered what they think may be the Higgs Boson, possibly bringing science slightly closer to a Grand Unied Theory of physics. Biologists made advances in stem cell research, with the Nobel Prize being awarded for discovering that mature cells can be reprogrammed back to pluripotent stem cells. Astronomers successfully managed to launch the Curiosity Rover to Mars, have it parachute down to the surface with the help of a sky crane, and conducted the most important research on the red planet to date. The technology world saw the rapid expansion of 3D printing at both the industrial and the consumer level. And, the world also witnessed the height of the patent war between Apple and all things Google. These developments will continue to pique the curiosity of the scientific community, but what other major scientic developments can be expected for the year 2013? Let's start in space. While it will be hard to top the success of Curiosity, NASA has several important missions being planned this year, including another robotic mission to Mars to study the atmosphere. Alongside this mission, NASA has also planned some expeditions to the

International Space Station (ISS), which will soon be commanded by Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian commander of the Space Station. Another space agency to watch out for this year is the European Space Agency (ESA) and its GAIA mission scheduled for October. The goal of this mission is to make the largest and most precise 3D map of our galaxy to date, by surveying a billion stars in the Milky Way - a representation of less than 1 per cent of the stars in the galaxy. GAIA is especially exciting in light of the constant new discoveries of exoplanets. Other than these planned missions, some experts are predicting that 2013 will be the year that the rst 'Alien' earth will be found. In case there are any leftover doomsayers, the 45-metre diameter asteroid 2012 DA14 is scheduled to pass within 35,000 km of the earth. This is closer to the earth than the moon, or many of the orbiting satellites. The sun will also be reaching a peak of its usual 11-year solar cycle, but NASA is predicting a relatively quiet year for solar flares. So just like last year, don't expect to be wiped out by any astronomical events. While there is a lot going on in the world of space, are humans getting in on any of the action? Since the end of the NASA manned shuttle program in 2011, the private company SpaceX is emerging as the top contender for manned space travel in the near future. Last year, they became the

first private company to send a spacecraft to the ISS. This year, they will continue testing and developing their Falcon 9 launch system, with the hopes of sending more spacecrafts into the vastness of space. Finally, this year will also see some other major countries making progress in the space industry. China is planning a manned space mission, and is hoping to one day construct their own space station, and send astronauts to the moon. And while the Curiosity rover continues to scout the surface of Mars, India is planning to send their own probe to the red planet in November. Decreasing the altitude, and focusing on the earth, 2013 looks to be a year of major enviromental and technological highs and lows for the planet. With the worlds population now over 7 billion, and energy demand continuously increasing, the debate on energy will remain heated for many years to come. Issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing, or 'fracking', were brought into public knowledge over the past few years, with the 2010 documentary Gasland, and the recent Matt Damon film Promised Land. Fracking involves pumping water laced with chemicals deep into horizontal underground wells at a high pressure in order to fracture rock formations, allowing access to valuable gas deposits. While the process has boosted fuel production, there is signicant debate over how the

practice impacts the environment. Research in the area of fracking, and its enviromental imapcts have grown, and are likely to continue growing in 2013. While many countries are working towards alternatives to fossil fuels, China is investing heavily in an equally, if not more controversial, fuel source. The country currently has 16 operational nuclear power plants and about 30 more are on the way. The country plans to have 6 per cent of its energy from nuclear power by 2020. China will also be exploring and researching a new type of nuclear power this year: the Thorium reactor. Thorium was first experimented with in America, but China plans on furthering the research to see if Thorium could be used as a safer and more abundant nuclear fuel than the traditional Uranium. Finally, there are some exciting things planned for the world of technology this year. Expect cloud computing to continue to expand, with the ability of more data, such as music and movies, being stored on the cloud and accessible from anywhere on the Internet. This efficiency, however, may also come with some security issues. As people become more connected to the Internet, the probability of cybercrime becomes more prevelant. This may reignite the debate over government regulations of the Internet, and if 2012 is any inidcation, such regulations will cause a backlash through the virtual world.

Despite the fact that many of the big-named consumer technology companies were involved in the patent wars last year, many have managed to release an array of devices of all shapes and sizes. The trend for sleeker, smaller, and faster devices shows no sign of slowing down. As everything becomes more mobile, the world may see a de-emphasis on the desktop computer, which is starting to become more of a niche market. Following the recent release of Nintendo's WiiU, rumours of the 8th generation gaming consoles from other companies are circulating the gaming world. It is likely that both a new Xbox and Playstation will be released sometime in the second half of 2013. Another one to watch for is the open-source gaming console Ouya, which will run on an Android operating system. The Ouya project raised over $8 million on Kickstarter, an internetbased crowd funding company, last summer. The console is expected to come out for $99 in March. So all of this and much, much more to look forward to in 2013. And although the world cant expect a colony on Mars, instant matter transformers, or efficient perpetual energy machines just yet, it looks like there is enough to keep busy with for the time being.

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#INAoscars2014
The social media revolution to send the Carillon to the Oscars
im not angry
kyle leitch
arts writer I have a confession to make: the longer I spent at the Canadian University Press Conference in Toronto AKA the happiest place on earth the less I found irritated me. Not people, not crowds, not even paying HST on everything. Indeed, I felt I was in danger of mellowing out entirely. It wasnt until I took a fateful elevator ride that the rageohol came flowing freely. A friendly news ticker on a TV in aforementioned elevator informed me that Zero Dark Thirty had been snubbed from the Oscars for the ever-ambiguous political reasons. The Oscars?! I proclaimed to the empty elevator. Ye Gods, is it that time of the year?! I dashed through the hotel lobby to nd a computer. I kicked a nearby patron off, apologized to their grandmother via Skype, and hit the information superhighway like a bat out of hell. Indeed, all of the Oscar nominations were out. Furthermore, the Critics Choice Awards had already given out their awards, naming Argo the best lm of the year. What kind of motherfuckery is this? I asked the fuming excomputer patron next to me. I feel that Ive carved out a pretty prohour annual general meeting at the conference, I got bored enough to actually start myself a Twitter account (@theleitchtweets hooray for shameless plugs!). So, heres my proposition: if you would like integrity, class, and a touch of free floating hostility brought to the Academy Awards or the Critics Choice Awards next year, mobilize yourselves on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, et cetera with the hashtag #INAoscars2014. If the veritable army of social media users on this planet can cause a massive upheaval of totalitarian regimes as we saw with the Arab Spring, then certainly it can spare some of that influence to secure Kyle Leitch a rightful spot on the jurys panel for some of the nest lm awards ceremonies in recorded human history. Come on, you moral internet crusaders! Together, we can ensure that lms like Django Unchained and Zero Dark Thirty (I guess) are never robbed of their potential for awards greatness! And to the ladies and gentlemen of the Academy and the Critics Choice, I have a very special message: Im not angry. Honest.

Metallica 3-D: Because they didnt piss us off enough with the napster shit

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Seriously. More hate for Anne Hathaway. Wait, what? lic reign as the curator of lm at the Carillon. I think that Ive played my role of judge, jury, and executioner of standard Hollywood tripe with aplomb over the course of the last two years. Yet my clear expertise and ability to see through sophomore lmmaking whose only goal is to attain a small bronze statue of a naked dude has been ignored. My opinions may not always be the popular consensus, but I would think that the dinosaurs at the Academy and at the Critics Choice would be looking to secure a younger demographic, anyway. It worked out ne with Ricky Gervais hosting the Golden Globes, didnt it? Over the course of the ten-

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KL: If history has taught us anything, you cant drop the Upload from your filesharing domain name and expect it not to suffer the same fate as its predecessor...or maybe thats never happened before. ED: Admittedly, I suck at computer stuff, but this sounds stupid as all hell and another random service in a world saturated with stupid services. Does Apple need a maps app? Do we need another stupid browser thing like Mega? Is Mega a browser? Is it le sharing? Is it both? Is it illegal? The internet hasn't answered any of these stupid questions. What happened to Internet Explorer? It had like two buttons and did almost nothing special. God, I miss the 90s. DN: Anyone who legally changes their surname to Dotcom should probably be removed from society. I dont care if it is in homage to the technology that ... blah, blah. Get the fuck out. 3. The release date for Metallica's upcoming 3D movie, Through the Never, has been set for August 9. How much more of their inane bullshit will we all have to deal with before these dinosaurs call it quits? croaks his last, like, you fucking know? ED: I fully expect a Metallica theme-park, Metallica board game (Metalic-opoly?) and eight new albums wherein they actually use the sounds of their joints creaking and the pained exclamations of standing up after sitting for a few hours. The next few years can be summed up with the phrase "Enter Sandman" - because this shit is going to put me to sleep really quickly. DN: Did I fucking read that right? Metallica 3D!? Why? Does anyone really want an ultra-realistic view of Lars Ulrichs dentures falling out of his mouth mid-show, or Kirk Hammetts hip replacement failing during the encore? sleeps on beds made out of the soft, fleshy grey matter of his users...what was the question, again? ED: Again, this is like fucking Mega. YOU LOST, MYSPACE! Get over yourself and just stop trying. It's this sort of shit that clogs up the internet with useless services and extra little buttons where I can share to Facebook, Google +, Twitter, MySpace, Digg, Tumblr, and all the other useless crap we have now. I don't want to have to scroll sideways on my screen to accommodate another useless little button. In closing, no, this is not the fucking rebirth of MySpace. It's going to be as fucking useless as it always was. DN: I think there is a better chance that Facebook will simply become the whole of the internet. 5. Which Canadian musician is best suited for the job of Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada? medal in solidarity with Idle No More. Such principles are what we should be expecting from the leaders of our political parties. Or maybe Celine Dion, because she has a French last name and might be related to Stephane Dion. And if either of them are not willing to lead the Liberals, then I guess they will have to settle for Bryan Adams because both the Liberals and Bryan Adams were last relevant in the 90s. They were made for each other. DN: I like turtles! [Ed--Dietrich seriously just found out about this video during production night]

many of the things in this photo just need to be dead

Bowie, Black Sabbath, and Timberlake duke it out for the ultimate comeback album
paul bogdan
arts editor To set the scene for our Internetless, cave-dwelling friends, recently new music is said to be coming from David Bowie, Justin Timberlake, and the original Black Sabbath lineup (except for Brad Wilk of RATM/Audioslave fame whos filling in on drums). So, with three albums due from three artists who have all had tons of success in the past, who will have the best comeback album? And, if the world of professional wrestling has taught me anything, its that arguments (no matter about what) are best settled in free-for-all cage matches. Hearing the announcer introduce Justin Timberlake and his new album, The 20/20 Experience, as his rst release in seven years threw me off a bit, probably because in the odd even that Im somewhere where Id hear Sexy Back or any of the other singles from Future Sex/Love Sounds (i.e. anywhere theres dancing), I jam out to that shit like its still 2006. And, given his recent success on screen, it was like JT never really left. However, much quieter during the past decade was David Bowie, so quiet JT doesnt hear Bowie sneak up behind him and put him in a belly-to-back suplex, both Ozzy and Bowie have passed. The argument could probably be made that theyve passed for JT too, but if thats the case, he can denitely still feel the warm glow of the stage lights of the early 2000s. This is also reflected in the lead singles from both The Next Day and The 20/20 Experience. Bowies Where Are We Now doesnt sound like much more than a mediocre Bowie tune from the 80s. It doesnt sound like the return of one of musics most iconic figures; it sounds like a tired, old man. Suit & Tie, save for the banal intro, has a great deal more vigor, with JTs playful tenor melodies that sound like theyre coming from someone who can at least pretend to sound like theyre enjoying the new music theyre creating. Bowie has put out some groundbreaking albums in the past, but unless he can do that yet again with The Next Day, itll be all too easy for Justin Timberlake to deliver the final blow in this imagined comeback album wrestling match and walk off victorious, past a defeated Bowie and once again passed out Ozzy who never really had any chance in this ght anyway.

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1. Arcade Fire are selling the church they recorded Neon Bible and The Suburbs for an asking price of $325,000. What do you offer them, and what do you do with your new leaky-roofed church? this weeks roundtable

PB: I would say Id buy it and record an album that will win me a Grammy and then get me hated on by my fans, but I feel like thats been done before. KL: Sell it back to Arcade Fire for three times what I paid when, in twenty-five years, theyre still touring and trying to recapture that vintage Arcade Fire sound. ED: I offer them exactly what they are asking because that seems totally reasonable for an old church. Plus, wouldn't that make a great story? "Yeah, Arcade Fire recorded two of their best albums here, no big deal." DN: Theyre selling their church, eh? Obviously their heroin supply is running low. 2. Will Kim Dotcom's new lesharing service, Mega, suffer the same fate as its predecessor, Megaupload?

PB: Hopefully not, but I mean, someone somewhere is going to nd a way to bring it down eventually.

PB: Too long, apparently. KL: Lars Ulrich will live to be 130 years old just to spite us all. And hell be releasing music, movies, and concept albums until he

PB: Myspace has been dead for far too long for it to ever gain as much attention as it once had, no matter how great the revamp could possibly be. KL: Im sorry, I cant move past the image of MySpace zombies. That smug prick Tom grinning like a moron as he begs you for your brains as Mark Zombieburg

4. Will the Myspace relaunch (seriously we better hope zombies don't have the resilience of Myspace) be enough to restore its place in online musician profiles alongside sites like Bandcamp, or will this thing just keep hobbling along until JT goes broke?

PB: Justin Bieber. The Liberals need to take back the centre of the Canadian political spectrum, and who better to lead a populist party of not taking a stand on anything than someone who everyone fucking loves. Justin Bieber will win you elections. KL: Joni Mitchell, Alex Lifeson, the exhumed Glenn Gould, or possibly...Wolverine. ED: I'm going to say Sarah Slean, because she is sassy enough to give back her Diamond Jubilee

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cackling, Thought I was done, didnt you, you sexy little punk? After not releasing anything for 10 years, you cant really blame JT for failing to see that coming from Bowie. Yet, all this time Ozzys been laying on the ground in the corner of the ring, presumably drunk/stoned, asleep, or dead (no ones really sure which), when out of the blue he staggers up, climbs the cage, announces his first release with Sabbath since 1978, and

This is happening, and there isnt much you can do about it except revel in the awesomeness of it. in his drunken stupor, falls atop an all-too-pleased David Bowie. But the only reason Ozzy actually got an offensive move in this fight was because who in their right minds would think a new album from Ozzy and Sabbath in 2013 would ever be a factual statement. Although maybe we should have clued in, given the last album they released together was titled Never Say Die!. Regardless, its a miracle that dude is even alive, but itll be a

bigger miracle if Sabbaths 13 will be anything but a turd. Bowie may be older too, but age seems to have been a fairer muse to him than his metal counterpart; he may be older than Ozzy, but Bowies still got it at least comparatively speaking. And then theres Justin, looking at the other two as blood drips from bleeding, broken, and somehow still dreamy facial features. Bowie got him with the sneak attack. Touch. But the glory days of

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Dear diary...
Using journal writing to maintain your sanity
robyn tocker
contributor Have you ever felt completely stressed out and nothing seems to calm you down? Thats not surprising. You are a university student, but that doesnt mean all hope it lost. Shayna Stock and her journaling event, Write it Out!, just might be the cure students on campus are looking for. Stock started giving journalwriting classes a few years ago after taking a course through the Center for Journal Therapy in Denver that taught her techniques she uses and teaches today. In Denver she also learned how to facilitate classes so she could share what she has learned with others. Typically, her courses are in the evenings and are slightly longer. Luckily though, she is running shorter events at the Creative City Centre located in downtown Regina every Tuesday and Thursday until Jan. 31. I wanted to create a class that was more accessible to people who are working downtown, something they could come to during their lunch break, Stock said. This isnt the rst time Stock has immersed herself in the journaling world, though. Ive been keeping a journal since I was a kid, she said. Writing has always been my favourite way of expressing myself and has helped me work through several difcult periods in my life. Stock mentioned how, because she has experienced the healing gift of writing practice rst-hand, it always feels like such a gift to be able to offer these tools to others. In her sessions she shares the

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For someone who journals regularly, Stock said these techniques are valuable for her own mental and emotional health as have others she has taught and goes on to say that research is already emerging that suggests what she teaches is valuable in stress reduction especially concerning disorders such as anxiety. This is proven true with the Lets Call BS campaign started last year by the youth of Canada who want to change the way society talks and treats mental health, such as anxiety disorders and stress. As sources of anxiety and mental illness become increasingly prevalent in our society, I do think that more and more people will turn to a variety of tools and practices, and I hope that journaling is one of them, Stock said. Many have already turned to her classes for assistance, such as professionals who look for a creative outlet or practice. Artists who want a writing practice to support their work also attend Stocks events. Writers, both professional and beginners, who want to be able to write more freely, use her techniques, as the techniques are benecial to pretty much anyone whos able to write, she said. People are already buzzing about the class. Some who attended the rst session made notice of the physicality that comes along with journal-writing and how therapeutic the actual physical task of writing something out can be. That physicality is what often draws people to such a thing as journaling. It is an unlikely source of mental exercise, but it appears to be gaining popularity.

If you dont get it youre probably like not deep enough or something
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The Carillon takes a look at weird album artwork

If you havent already heard, Yeah Yeah Yeahs announced the title of their new album, Mosquito, on January 14. Along with the albums announcement came the subsequent artwork for the album. Now, by no means do I think art must immediately make sense or produce something easily and immediately recognizable or understandable even, but even this is enough to make Jackson Pollock go, da fuck? In light of this, weve done you the favour of digging up some other head-scratching album covers over that have surfaced over the years. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye having kinky relations with some wingd goddess with a tail isnt even the weird part about this one. Have you ever actually looked at the characters faces in this picture? For your sanity, dont. /PB

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techniques that can be done easily enough, usually in the span of ve to 10 minutes a day or longer if you are so inclined and also teaches how they help us organize our thoughts, relieve the feeling of being overwhelmed, and can also aid us in sorting out confusing and cyclical thought processes. Were focusing on developing a practice of writing on using writing in some kind of habitual way to support our lives rather than on how the writing sounds or reads in the end, Stock said. Compared to other ways people combat stress such as smoking, drinking too much, procrastinating, sleeping too much, or being on certain medications that can have harmful side-effects, journaling is a safe, easy, and fullling way to reduce the amount of stress in ones life.

Dear Diary: Today, I wrote in my diary... wow, this is sad.

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The Beatles - Yesterday and Today Veal. /PB

Anal Cunt - 110 Song CD I dont know what I was expecting. /PB

Wallenstein - No More Love I guess loving sans genitalia could prove difcult in certain points of a relationship. /PB

Nicole Dollanger - Curdled Milk Babies can be kinda weird (RE: Yesterday and Today). Dead babies are much weirder. And anyone whos played Dead Space 2 knows that it doesnt really get much weirder than dead alien-looking zombie babies. /PB

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What is your Students Union president is jamming to?
jon neher
contributor Ever wonder what your URSU President is jamming out to when hes mulling over documents and URSU business or his own homework? He sat down with the Carillon to share whats blaring in his headphones in between bouts of cat videos and student union policy. Power - Kanye West Power by Kanye West is kind of a reminder of how I should not approach my responsibilities. It's always on my playlists and reminds me "don't be like this guy". Cinderella Man - Eminem Cinderella Man is the opposite-I love the whole self-made aspect of life. Cant Take My Eyes off of You - Frankie Valley and The Four Seasons Variations on a Theme of Paganini - Johannes Brahms I love classical music in the ofce even though it pisses everyone off when I leave my door open. Frankie Valley is my freaking hero The Other Side is a great song and it's also kind of cool how they sing about different sides of people and how they don't want people to see some of those sides.

Wampire - Curiosity I think this is likely the perfect album cover for Wampires Curiosity, actually. Seeing this, I am left pondering the likelihood of Wampires taking over my soul if I stare at this for too long. /PB

Rammstein - Herzeleid I wanted to do a Cannibal Corpse album but that would be too easy, so heres Rammstein's rst album, Herzeleid. Shirtless, jacked band with owers behind them. What in the hell. /MC

The Other Side - Bruno Mars ft Cee Lo Green

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Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart Im sorry, but I believe I intended to submit this to the coolest album art ever competition, instead. /KL

Pooh-Man - Funky as I Wanna Be If you ip this album upside down, youll know exactly where MC Pooh got his handle from. Disgusting. /KL

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The role of journalism

William Shatner - Seeking Major Tom Will Shatner badly photoshopped into his space suit stares longingly at the penis rocket blasting off about a foot-and-a-half away from his head. Good times in outer space, folks. /KL Beverly Massegee - Amen! I defy you to show me just one album with a ventriloquists dummy on it that isnt horrifying. Someone made the conscious decision to buy, record an album with, and snuggle that Burt Bacharach looking motherfucker. These people exist. /KL

Kidville - Postcards from My Mind What a bunch of nightmare fuel this is. Grimace is selling ice cream to prisoners locked in disco ball go-go cages. Which circle of Dantes Hell is this from? /KL

Primus - Frizzle Fry Actually, Frizzle Fry could really be replaced with any number of Primus album covers from the 90s. The claymation thing is pretty rad, but those monsters scared the piss out of me when I was a kid. /KL
Michael Ignatieff

I dont know about my peers, but shoving a microphone in Ignatieffs face is one of my lifetime goals in journalism, simply so I have the chance to accidentally punch him in the face with a mic.

ethan stein
contributor The only thing that affects people more than information is presentation. How information is framed, what information is emphasized, and how it is distributed contribute to our perceptions of the world and how we develop as people. Journalism in all of its forms print, television, radio, and internet affect our world views and perceptions of morality. This piece will focus on three individuals who know the motivations of the media, its effects, and the ensuing consequences on society.

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Little David Wilkins - King of all the Taverns Why am I not surprised? Little David looks like the living god damn embodiment of Barney Gumble. Its pretty surreal, actually. /KL

Okay, to be honest, I have no idea what this motherfuckery is all about. /KL

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The Frivolous Five - Sour Cream and Other Delights Jesus, God, why are those old women slathered in shaving cream? /KL

See Brazil, this is why people are so deathly terried of clowns. Look at that kid: hes not screaming in delight, Pennywise. /KL

Mitch Diamantopoulos, president of the U of R School of Journalism, said a diverse and passionate press can ensure a healthy democracy. In the 19th century there was a structural transformation of the public sphere. Lots of non-commercial presses feminist, suffragette, abolitionist gave a voice to marginalized or emerging thought, and offered new perspectives and ways of looking at the world. Diamantopoulos said. The move towards market-driven media and increasing convergence between newspaper, television, and radio is a serious issue because a select few control the in-

formation ow. When a select few control the work ow, there is increasing potential to turn off women, working families, and Aboriginals who are not in the center of the target which advertisers and politicians focus on, Diamantopoulos said. Were consuming more and more American media, which presents a very particular view of the world. Their views re-shape the views of a non-U.S. audience and creates a new normal . But could the problems with journalism actually be problems with our own culture? Robert Biezenski, a sociology professor at the U of R, feels other nations sort of see the media as playing a positive role in changing society. Western newspapers occasionally will nd some little oh this poor little orphan girl, we must help her, or something like that, but they don't really see it as their role to mobilize society; whereas in much of the rest of the world they do. Biezenski points to Latin Americas media as Very much an activist political thing, and is expected to take sides and again, if it goes too far, of course, violence. I mean, journalists get killed, they get shot, and stuff like this. This doesn't happen so much in North America. Not, I

would argue, because were nicer people; simply because journalists [here] dont touch on anything thats worth killing them about. Everything is, in practice, entertainment news and, you know, sports. Even when they do touch on politics and economics, everything is so individualized. You know, this one person did something wrong or something like that but its very rare for them to attack the system as a whole; to be social critics, in effect. Conversely, Stephen Whitworth, editor-in-chief of the Prairie Dog, feels shorter articles also serve a purpose. Its critically important to make sure that you connect with an audience and that your audience nds your paper something comfortable to pick up and read, he said. That generally means a mix of both long and short stories presented in a way that its going to be tactful and readable, and get attention without undermining the facts of the story. Whitworth argues that journalism focuses not just the facts of the story, but the ability to form an understanding of the story as well. So, short stories are not bad in and of themselves. Theres a lot of stories that should be shortened that are stretched out, and theres a lot of stories that are really long that

probably could be shorter. To some extent, its an artful process, right? If you dont understand the art of communication, reaching people, writing, and just good communication, youre not going to be able to connect with people. Whitworth certainly feels presentation is important to information distribution. He mentions There's denitely a strong subjective element, but at the same time, theres professional competence. Its certainly not the world of absolutely anything goes. There's a quote, People are entitled to their own opinions but they're not entitled to their own facts. I'm a big believer in that. Diamantopoulos would be inclined to agree; he argues that engaging journalism is one of the things that can re-invigorate public discourse and interest in politics. It has to be interesting. It has to be relevant to people, he said. It doesnt matter how profound or understanding it is, if youre putting people to sleep then it doesnt count, right? Thats part of the craft of journalism, is bringing the drama out, bringing the irony out, bringing the rhetorical elements out that will sell the audience on why they should give a rats ass about what youre reporting. That is an important part of journalism.

What happened today is interesting, but what happened today that has implications for your quality of life tomorrow is important. But does engaging, informative journalism could elevate the public consciousness? [I] would agree with that but the problem is, its not that easy to do, Biezenski said. The thing is, in any given profession, you know doctors, lawyers, journalists, whatever theres always a spectrum ranging from those that are fairly crappy to those that are average to those that are really good. From [Diamantopoulos] point of view, from the point of view of a journalist, the solution may be right there make it more interesting, more engaging, grab more people. Therell always be that minority of exceptional people who write really interesting stories, but again, theyre always going to be the exceptions. The average person will always be average. That's the way it is. So where does this exception lie in our media landscape? Both Diamantopoulos and Biezenski praised papers like the Prairie Dog. However, the problem was one of exposure. While Biezenski feels the Prairie Dog is wrongly accused of a leftwing bias It just tells the truth, he describes its presence as A small minority.

It just has to do with continuing to work at it, continuing to educate people about what we do and giving people more of a chance to get used to the existence of an alternative paper. An alternative newspaper in Seattle won a Pulitzer Prize this past year.
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The overwhelming majority of people don't really care. Biezenski went on to note that Celebrity trivia websites get more hits than everything else on the internet together. Which shows us that the average person is much more interested in whether Brad and Angie will stay together than in what Stephen Harper is doing to our country. There will always be a minority that is more interested in serious issues but I think they'll always be a minority. Despite the Prairie Dogs independent nature, Whitworth argues that it commands substantial inuence. Its true, that right now, were small but we certainly do have a large prole, he said. Were one of the top twitter feeds in the city according to one website. Alternative media has made a dramatic impact in other cities around the world and theres no reason we cant make a bigger impact on this city and the province. It just has to do with continuing to work at it, continuing to educate people about what we do and giving people more of a chance to get used to the existence of an alternative paper. An alternative newspaper in Seattle won a Pulitzer Prize this past year. Our ability to affect Saskatchewan and Regina is much larger than the ability of an admittedly bigger paper like Now in Toronto to affect just an incredibly huge city like Toronto. Papers like the Prairie Dog survive both by dedicated readerships and integrating the internet. Theres denitely an impact as far as advertising revThat looks like a busy game.

enues in some places but that's probably hitting daily newspapers harder than anything else. The days of media outlets being able to make enough to continue publishing, those are not gone, Whitworth said. New technology is denitely a huge opportunity to reach people and connect with people in a different way. I actually like both internet and print and think that they have different roles the same way that bread you get from Shoppers Drug Mart and artisanal bread have different roles. You can certainly have a product that's more about the craftsmanship and the tactile experience and the media should be trying to do that. One issue commonly ascribed to the internet is credibility. Diamantopoulos said the internet should not be used exclusively as a source of information, as it has limitations and dangers surrounding information credibility and reliability. Whitworth feels It depends what youre doing. Prairie Dog can do most of its research and fact checking on the internet Before there was the internet, just looking something up in a book was not necessarily the only answer. You might have to phone someone or you might have to look in a book or a magazine. The internet is an incredible tool. You might be talking to people who are little leery of Wikipedia, and people should be leery of Wikipedia, but you can cross-reference things, right? You have more access to garbage faster, I guess. If you know what youre doing, its great. Society will face many technological and social changes, but

Whitworth: To tell people what's going on in the world around them, what it means, how it affects them and what's important to them, to give them the tools to live in a better world. Its all about informing people and I don't think there's any democracy without good journalism. Diamantopoulos: On the one hand, youre going to see trends currently in place and increasing, deepening. So were going to have more layoffs, more downsizing, more concentration of ownership, well have fewer and fewer people controlling the major mass media, the narrower and narrower range of opinion being heard. On the other hand, I think the people going into journalism now are less likely to be going into journalism for the wrong reasons because theyre pretty and they want to be on TV. Young people now are better educated than any generation in history has ever been. They demand more, not less from their journalism and so I think that thats the counter-weight here. It will be a big mess as we move through this transition period, as some media institutions collapse or decline and other forms of online networked media emerge which we cant yet anticipate. Theres a lot of groping in the dark as people try to nd their way through this crisis in journalism now and in media markets.

how will journalism change? What is journalisms ultimate role?

nt even have gotten going without the press because you cant have a democracy, you cant have people voting for people unless they know who they're voting for. In Europe [the press] had really that messianic thing, our job is to enlighten the people about the social and political issues of the day. In North America, it was always much more of a business. This is basically information that is being exchanged for money. Its just another commodity for sale on the market. And I dont really know that that attitude is ever going to change in North America because they dont have the tradition.

That tradition of ghting journalists, ghting for something, you can nd it in other parts of the world. In the English speaking world, Europe, Australia, North America, it never really existed and it doesnt exist, for the most part. Yes, the occasional isolated individual, not as a general thing. When society as a whole changes, when the whole economy goes down the tube, when millions of people are suddenly unemployed. Then society will change. Not before. And then the media will change. Not before.

When society as a

whole changes, when the whole economy goes down the tube, when millions of people are suddenly unemployed. Then society will change. Not before. And then the media will change. Not before.
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Biezenski: In the early days, people say that democracy could-

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Wow. Youre an idiot, lady.

autumn mcdowell, braden dupuis, kris klein, paige kreutzwieser

this weeks roundtable Cougars mens hockey team member Matt Strueby recently signed a deal with the ECHLs Colorado Eagles. How do you think his absence will affect the team as they make a run at the playoffs?

Dupuis: Losing one of your top scorers cant be easy for any team, let alone one thats poised to make a run at the playoffs for the rst time in years, so youve got to assume it will have some sort of effect. With only three weeks left in the season and some tough games coming up, all bets are off at this point. Klein: First of all, good for Strueby. Couldnt have happened to a better guy. The Cougars are now missing their number one center and a leader in the locker room that someone is going to have to ll. Maybe they could see if Scott Gomez could come play. I dont think he is too busy nowadays.

Klein: God I really, really, really hope so. Maybe the Riders can actually beat Montreal for a change instead of disappointing me and causing me to throw my remote through my television time after time.

Dupuis: Did you guys see Trestmans greased back hair and extreme discomfort at the Bears presser? What a douche. It sure is starting to look like the Als are in decline, isnt it? Trestmans gone and Calvillo is like, 50 or something. Good riddance, assholes. Its just too bad the Riders couldnt beat them on the big stage, when they were at their best.

Longtime Montreal Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman will be leaving the team to become the new bench boss with the Chicago Bears in the NFL. Will Montreal fall apart without him?

Czerwonka. Im expecting big things from this kid who claimed he wanted to go to welding school mere months ago but ended up here.

With the lockout nally over, and a 50-game season set to begin on Jan. 19, are you going to be one of the people who boycotts the National Hockey League this season? Dupuis: I was as pissed off about the lockout as anyone, but I never once said I wouldnt watch when hockey came back. As disgusting as it is at times, professional sport is a business, and soulless money grabbing is an unfortunate but inevitable side effect. Im just happy the wait is over. Go Habs. Klein: I cant, I really cant. I have missed it so much that I cant boycott it. What I can do is kill Gary Bettman after I buy a Ben Scrivens jersey. Scrivens youre my boy!

Trestmans immaculately and obviously waxed eyebrows. There, I said it. Ive wanted to get that off my chest for a while.

favourite teams to their face. So nothing new, really. Rumours are swirling that Tim Tebow could be headed to the Canadian Football League. If Tebow was signed to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, what would your reaction be?

your opinions of Armstrong changed?

Klein: Burning all my Rider gear, burning down the GMs house, shooting Tebow at the airport and then blowing up Mosaic Stadium. Nuff said. Kreutzwieser: Embarrassment. Thats what I would feel. The poor guy wouldnt stand a chance. You think Jets fans hate him? Try coming to Riderville, already being hated by so many, and playing in front of the CFLs wildest crowd. It wouldnt be a pretty sight.

Dupuis: I would LMFAO and maybe even ROFL. Possibly simultaneously. Then I would get online and pre-order my Riders Tebow jersey because, seriously? Thats just too fucking funny. Tebow-mania comes to Riderville, and Saskatchewan disappears up its own asshole. Metaphorically speaking, of course.

Kreutzwieser: I wish I could offer a logical answer for this but I cant. However, I can say Ive been to Colorado and Im jealous he gets to live there and Im stuck in Regina not fair. McDowell: It sucks to see a good player, and even better drinker, leave the Cougars. However, his move away from the team gives the chance for another boozebag to make his mark with the Green and Gold and his name is Drew

Kreutzwieser: When you lose a head coach who helps a team win something like four division titles and two Grey Cups, its hard to see it not hindering the Alouettes. But theyre a strong team so shouldnt Montreal be able to hold it together without him? Who knows? McDowell: I wish. Unfortunately, Montreal is just too good of a team to instantly flop at the loss of a head coach. With that talented asshole still at quarterback the Alouettes will be a force in the CFL next year, even without

Kreutzwieser: I am actually going to attempt to follow the season this year. Thank goodness its a short one a regularly sized season would probably lose my attention. Im sure Im not the only one who got really bored watching the Canucks on Saturday. Zing. McDowell: Im nowhere near stubborn enough to follow through with a boycott. Let the record show that although I mercilessly displayed my undying hatred towards Gary Bettman on a weekly basis, not once did I claim I would boycott the NHL when it came back. For those that do boycott, I plan to make it nearly impossible for them to follow through with by demeaning their

Kreutzwieser: I saw a picture from a library (whether real or fake) that sums up how my opinion has changed about Armstrong. It read: All NonFiction Lance Armstrong books will soon be moved to the Fiction section. Thats got to hurt.

Klein: The fact is the guy still had cancer, he still only has one ball, and he is still rich as fuck. I still think its amazing that he came back from having cancer to even riding a bike again. He is still a gurehead in never giving up and is a true survivor. Like Ben Scrivens.

Dupuis: Who cares if Armstrong did drugs? He won the Tour seven times, was the first man on the moon and fronted the most important band in rock history, Green Day. And he did it all with one testicle. Leave him alone, Oprah, you attention-sucking blob. Im much more concerned about the future of notorious pothead Justin Bieber. #CutForBieber #420NO

McDowell: I would probably puke in my mouth a little bit, in fact just the thought of that happening made me grunt in disgust. I feel bad for whoever buys a Tebow jersey, because they will never hear the end of it from me. It wouldnt be quite as bad as wearing a Getzlaf jersey in public, but its up there. Lance Armstrong finally came clean and admitted to doping throughout his career. How have

McDowell: Part of me thinks this is hilarious, and the line that Lance Armstrong and I have won the same amount of Tour de Frances never gets old. However, though a liar, Armstrong did raise over $500 million for cancer research, which would never have happened had he not stabbed himself in the butt with a needle full of drugs on a daily basis.

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Tracking progress
Lex Ewen leads a promising Cougars team
paige kreutzwieser
contributor There is clearly no shortage of talent on the University of Regina track team this year, and Lex Ewen proves that. Ewen secured himself a chance to compete in the CIS championships coming up at the beginning of March by hitting the CIS standard in long jump of That is a career 7.09 metres. best, and he is one of only three athletes in the nation to hit that distance this season. If that isnt impressive enough, in the summer of 2011, Ewen decided to have a scope performed on a minor knee injury, and even though he said his knee is right around 100 per cent, it is still a notable factor that he had that procedure done and is performing so strongly. I feel like Im 60 years old when its cold outside and my knee is sore, Ewen joked. But it is no laughing matter for his opponents, as Ewen is currently the only Canada West athlete this season to hit the CIS standard. Although many circumstances have surrounded his strong performance, Ewen believes track and eld coach Bruce McCannel can take some credit. He is the best coach I have ever had, that is for sure, Ewen ing his strength and tness over the summer has combined well with his consistency in training during the season, he said. But, meeting the CIS standard does not make it exceedingly easier for the third-year track and eld athlete. Although he does not have to worry about qualifying for nationals in long jump, he must train and prepare as if he hasnt reached the bar yet. McCannel calculates his athletes training so that they peak for Canada West and CIS nationals. Although Ewen may be happy with his past performance, he knows there is still a lot of work to be done. Its exciting that I have jumped so far this early because the way my training goes I havent peaked, Ewen said. My body isnt prepared, training wise, to jump my furthest until Canada West or nationals. Aside from personal achievements, the current goal for the track and field team is to win Canada West. Last year, the team came in second to the University of Calgary Dinos, so many of the Cougar track athletes are looking for vengeance on the team that beat them, and to regain the title they previously held. Ewens achievement does help the Cougars overall by bolstering teams CIS ranking, as well as inspiring his teammates. When you see someone on your team have a big jump or a fast time, it motivates you to do the same because you see their reaction and how it feels, he said. With the Golden Bear Open in Edmonton behind the team, it seems as if Ewens performance may have helped. Second-year Arthur Ward jumped 14.18 metres, just one centimeter under the triple jump standard auto qualifier. Fellow second-year Connor Bloom had a personal best of 7.06 seconds in the 60-meter dash, and third-year Matt Johnson placed first in the 1500m with a time of 3:57:61 to break the Cougar record of 3:58:28. And although Ewen dubbed himself the cheerleader of last weekend since he decided to not compete second-year Ahmed Alkabary represented the long jumpers with a jump of 7.07 metres, just 2 cm shy of hitting the CIS standard himself. Overall, the Cougars seem well on their way to being a force to reckon with at Canada West, and with meets still to come in Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and Regina, they might have a real chance at breaking some records.

Viva Las Vegas

The womens basketball team leads a tough life
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Mens hockey: The Cougars mens hockey team recently said goodbye to third-year forward Matt Strueby who signed a deal with the ECHLs Colorado Eagles. However, after losing a good player they also gained one in rst-year forward Drew Czerwonka, former captain of the Kootenay Ice who made his debut with the Cougars on Jan. 11. After registering 11 straight wins to close out 2012, the womens hockey team started 2013 on a sour note, rattling off three straight losses. However, the Cougars were able to put a stop to their losing skid on Jan. 18 with a 5-3 win against Mount Royal at home. You could have it in the backcourt the whole time and it doesnt matter, so the speed of the game is way different, Crone said. Other than that, the style of play didnt differ much from the CIS competition the Cougars are used to. Theres not a huge difference, said Cougars rookie Katie Polischuk. I think with the teams we played we had more size over them, but their bench was all solid players. They had 12 deep on each team. While the primary purpose of the trip was to play basketball, thats not to say that the team didnt have time to take in the sights and sounds of the Vegas strip. Wed have one shoot a day and one game a day, and the rest of the time was to ourselves, Polischuk said. We could use it however we wanted, so we got to see a lot of the strip and stuff like that. For most of the team, the free time amounted to a lot of walking around, a lot of shopping, just kind of seeing all the different hotels and stuff like that, Polischuk said. For those over 21, it meant a chance to see where Sin City gets its name. But if there was any indulgence on the part of the Cougars veterans, they werent letting on. For the most part we were pretty good, Ledingham said. Were pretty responsible if we play the next day. We knew we were there for basketball, and despite being in Vegas, that was our focus. But that doesnt mean the Cougars didnt try their hands in one of the cities 122 registered casinos. Ledingham, herself, was the teams big winner, pulling in a cool $100 on a penny slot machine. Everyone put in, I dont know, a dollar, and somehow I ended up winning, she said. But by the end I think I lost it playing blackjack and all that. No one really lost an extreme amount of money. I guess were not extreme gamblers. Besides offering the Cougars a reprieve from the Canadian winter for a few days, the Vegas trip provided the team a chance to get geared up for whats sure to be an exciting second half to the 2012-13 season. Its just good to spend the time with them, Ledingham said. It was good after Christmas because we had a break away from each other, so just to get back with each other and hang out, it helps on the court and off the court. Its our fourth month, so weve been around each other a lot. Team bonding isnt necessarily lacking, but obviously we still want to stay close together off the court because its going to affect how we play on the court, Ledingham said. Just to have the time to be able to do that was crucial. With the Cougars hosting this years CIS championship beginning on March 15, the team will be looking to have a strong second half. We have six really tough games ahead of us coming up against lots of the top-10 teams in the country, so these next six games are going to be really tough, Ledingham said. Were taking it one weekend at a time because, obviously, every team is very competitive. The Cougars resolve was put to the test on Jan. 18, when they met up with the University of Victoria Vikes in Victoria, B.C. In a closely contested game, the Cougars fell 61-58 to the Vikes, ending their Canada West winning streak at 11 straight games. The following night, however, they were able to rebound against the red-hot UBC Thunderbirds, ending a nine-game UBC win streak with a 63-53 victory. With just eight games remaining in the regular season schedule, the Cougars will be looking to nish strong in the weeks ahead. Their next action comes Jan. 25 and 26, when they play host to the University of Alberta Pandas at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health and Sport. While Ledingham remains confident in her teams abilities, she knows that the road to nationals will not be an easy one. Its going to take a lot of effort from everyone individually, and a lot of effort as a team to be able to keep it going, she said. Hopefully we do, but weve got our work cut out for us. Since registering back-toback wins on Jan. 11-12, the Cougars followed their strong performance with two losses, causing their record to drop to 5-9. Regina now sits seventh out of a possible eight in the Prairie Division of the Canada West conference and is 10 points back of the nal playoff spot with just eight games remaining. Womens volleyball: 2013 has not been kind to the Cougars womens volleyball team, who has four consecutive losses. The young team is experiencing a learning curve this year that could explain why they currently sit 10th out of twelve teams in Canada West. Though not mathematically out of playoff contention yet, with just six games left in the season and eight points to make up, they will need a miracle. Mens basketball: Womens hockey:

Arthur Ward

That is some wicked powerful run-jumping Jump-running?Deance of gravity? said. Along with the help of McCannel, Ewen stayed away from the track this past summer and concentrated on his own personal training, focusing on getting healthy and strong. It really wears on a guy when

you are doing something for 12 months of the year. So, taking some time off, that was nice, he said. Coach McCannel easily noticed the difference Ewens personal training had on his game. The time he put into improv-

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They look tired, best send them to Vegas.

braden dupuis
sports writer While most University of Regina students were savouring their time off on the day after Christmas, the Cougars womens basketball team was boarding a plane to Las Vegas, NV. Their goal wasnt to gamble or let loose under the desert sun, but to see how they measured up against National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) talent from south of the border. It was good, Cougars veteran forward Lindsay Ledingham said of the trip. It was obviously lots of fun being able to play in Vegas, and it was good just to have three games over Christmas to kind of shake the rust off and spend some time together as a team. But if there was any rust accumulated from the short time the team spent apart over the Christmas break, it didnt show in Vegas, where the Cougars went undefeated through three games. The Cougars beat Montana Tech 50-47, Carroll College 60-48 and Montana Western 65-47 en route to a perfect 3-0 record. It was good competition, its just we had to make sure that we played together, Cougars second-year guard Kehlsie Crone said. Some slightly different rules, like the lack of a backcourt time limit, meant the Cougars had to make some small adjustments to their play.

Rock the house

paige kreutzwieser
contributor With the curling season already underway, it is interesting to note that the University of Regina mens curling team has only competed once as a unit. Thats not to say the four team members dont take the sport seriously. In fact, most of them dedicate signicant hours to curling. Two of those team members, Daniel Selke and Matt Ring, have spent a lot of time on the ice with their Junior curling team. The two have been travelling and competing against other under-20 mens curling teams trying to vouch for the coveted spot as Saskatchewans Junior Mens team. Catlin Schneider, the Cougars current skip, has competed in various mens bonspiels and is also the champion of the 2013 Regina mens Bonspiel. With busy school schedules, travelling for bonspiels, and Schneider continuing his training with the Regina Rams, these four athletes put in their own personal hours as opposed to training together as a group. But, they are looking into practicing once or twice a week to get more comfortable with each other, and to see if their playing styles t together. However, Schneider, Selke and Ring are already quite famil-

The mens curling team has a promising future

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iar with each other. The curling world can seem very small at times, and the three of them know that all too well; they have been competing both against and with each other for quite some time. Despite their connections, Garret Springer, who plays lead for the team, was somewhat of a stranger to the group before this years U of R qualifying spiel took place. Springer, who is in his first year of university, comes from Foam Lake. As in most small com-

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munities, it is guaranteed he grew up with the sport of curling. So, when the four boys all met for the rst time at the qualifying spiel, they were pleased to see the strong performance by Springer. Its pretty hard to find that certain group of people you are probably going to curl with from within the university, Selke said. [Springer] ended up being a shooter. He is not hindering our team at all. To be exact, Selke called Springer a stud out there.

When a team has only one bonspiel together it is hard to pin point what exactly they need to work on, but as Selke points out in curling, communication is huge. Unfortunately, communication comes with time that you invest with each other. Alison Fisher, program assistant of recreation services, said that based on what she sees, the four members of the Cougars mens curling team will have no problem supporting each other. The biggest quality Selke has

noticed with the new team is their ability to play loose, a characteristic that will surely help this group moving forward. We can pull four guys out of anywhere and say we are going to give this a go and see if it is going to work for us, and it did, he said. We know what we can do, Selke said. We know we can play the shots. H a v i n g Schneider as a team leader also helps. The whole team has condence that Schneiders knowledge of the game was the best fit for skipping the team. The U of R also has seems to have condence in the team. The Recreation Services and Student Union have invested more than the Schneider team could have asked for. Selke explains that most of their travelling expenses will be covered, and provided the team with uniforms. All we have to worry about really, is performing, he said. And just like any team, winning is their goal. We want to come out of Westerns and have a good run at Nationals, and I think this team we have put together could take it all, Selke said. Both the mens and womens teams head off to Edmonton for the Canada West Playdowns from Feb. 15-17.

Mens volleyball:

Everyone put in, I dont know, a dollar, and somehow I ended up winning. But by the end I think I lost it playing blackjack and all that. No one really lost an extreme amount of money. I guess were not extreme gamblers.
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Including a tournament the Cougars mens volleyball team participated in over Christmas break, they have now lost nine straight games and are currently tied for dead last in the Canada West standings. With six games left in the season and 12 points to make up to grab the final playoff spot it looks like it will be another long summer for the volleyball team.

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Did you see that?

Get caught up on the latest Cougars womens hockey action
taryn riemer
contributor After suffering two tough losses at the hands of Hayley Wickenheiser and the University of Calgary Dinos on Jan. 11-12, the University of Regina Cougars looked to redeem themselves last weekend against the Canada West newcomers, the Mount Royal University Cougars. We were more ready to play this weekend because of what happened last weekend, said fourth-year forward Kendra Finch. But we sat back on our heels in our second game. Just because theyre in last place doesnt mean theyre not going to fight hard. The Cougars came out ring on all cylinders Friday night. After ghting off two penalties, the girls got a bounce that went their way half way through the rst. The puck was sitting on the goal line when fth-year forward Gina Campbell took the opportunity to poke the puck in for the rst goal of the night. The Cougars luck continued in the rst as Mount Royal took a penalty just a few seconds after Campbells marker. Twenty seconds into the penalty, fth-year forward Rianne Wight was able to capitalize on the power play opportunity and gave Regina a two-goal lead. However, the end of the rst period wasnt as promising as it had originally seemed. The Cougars took a penalty tum they gained from the advantage. Seconds after the penalties expired, rst-year forward Kylie Gavelin was able to slide the puck across to Wight for a goal to make the game one all. The Cougars kept up the pressure in the second, but the bounces werent going their way. This was especially true when assistant coach Brandy WestMcMaster took a puck in the face while standing on the bench midway through the frame. But with an ice pack on her cheek she stayed in the game and kept the girls motivated. After a scoreless third period, the game was headed to overtime. Unfortunately for the Cougars, they took a penalty with just two seconds left in regulation, meaning that they would start the extra period on the wrong side of a four three advantage. Mount Royal came ready to play in overtime and with a turnover Reginas own end, Mount Royal found the back mesh in less than a minute. Saturday nights game was not in the favour of the Cougars. With forty-one shots on net for Regina, they out shot Mount Royal by 13. After registering the weekend split, Regina is currently sitting in third place in the Canada West standings with a 14-7-1 record. The Cougars look to get their momentum back this weekend in a home-and-home series against the University of Saskatchewan (8-10-4).

We want you as a new recruit

Introducing the future of the Regina Rams
arielle zerr
contributor After a strong showing in the 2012 season that ended with an appearance in the Hardy Cup, the University of Regina Rams are actively recruiting some of Canadas best high school football talent. With 20 Regina Rams 14 of which are starters moving on from the program, including star quarterback, Marc Mueller, the Rams have some big shoes to ll. As of Jan. 16, 12 new players have signed letters of intent with the Rams, agreeing to cease any current or future talks with other Canadian Interuniversity Sport football teams. Rams head coach Frank McCrystal is optimistic about his new recruits. The people we recruit are very, very good players, McCrystal said. They are guys who have impacted their leagues and their football teams. Many of them have been most valuable players in the leagues, outstanding linemen in their leagues, theyve been defensive player of the year, theyve been all-stars and they have gone on and done well at a national level. Even after graduating 20 players, McCrystal refuses to call 2013 a rebuilding year. I think were going to be a very competitive football team. ready plays for the team. Addison couldnt be happier for his brother. Its his moment. Hes worked hard for this. He put in a lot of time and its going to be a lot of fun to share the eld with him, he said. When looking for players, the Rams coaches led by offensive coordinator Bernie Schmidt use a number of methods to nd potential recruits. The coaches often follow the players careers throughout high school and in many cases have already coached or worked with them at Rams camps and in Regina Minor Football. For out-of-town recruits, the coaches rely primarily on recommendations from colleagues, scouting websites, and high school coaches. But in some cases, the players will take matters into their own hands. For example, graduating wide receiver Mark McConkey made the team by submitting his own highlight reel. McCrystal speculates the Rams will need to recruit an additional 15 to 20 players beyond the 12 they already have. This process will happen over the next few months with a focus on recruiting new linemen. The new Rams recruits will take the eld for the rst time on May 3-5 at spring camp.

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with just under three minutes left in the period and Mount Royal was able to make them pay, getting the puck passed second-year goaltender Jennifer Schmidt to get on the score board. And if that wasnt punishment enough, Regina took another penalty with a minute and a half left in the rst. Mount Royal was on a roll as they got another goal on the power play with just two seconds left in the rst, tying the score at two a piece going into the rst intermission. In the second period, the girls were able to redeem themselves as they took control of the period early. Finch scored the rst goal of the period to get the girls up by one. With less than ve minutes left in the second, the Cougars were able to get another goal. This time

it was Sawchuk who registered another point on the night to put Regina up 4-2 over the visitors at the break. Regina was able to keep the tempo up in the third period. Fifth-year scoring sensations Wight and Paige Wheeler connected for a two on one chance. Wight passed to Wheeler and with quick hands Wheeler was able to get past the goalie to nd the back of the net, increasing their lead by three. Three minutes later, Mount Royal was able to get one more goal past Schmidt to make it ve to three, but that was as close as the visitors would get as the Cougars were awarded with their 14th win of the season. [Friday night] we had a lot of bounces on our side and we were capitalizing, said second-

year goaltender Toni Ross. [Saturday,] the bounces werent quite there so we had a rougher time. After their convincing win on Friday night, there were high hopes for Saturday nights game, but the Cougars did not start off the way they nished Friday. Three and a half minutes into the rst period, Mount Royal was able to get the rst goal past Ross to give them a quick lead, which they would hold for the remainder of the rst. In the second period, Regina got two chances to even up the score as Mount Royal took two penalties, giving the Cougars a five-on-three advantage for twenty seconds. However, the Cougars were unable to capitalize on the power play, but maintained the momen-

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Were working toward that end and these young guys are already working hard to be a part of it, he said. Noah Picton, a quarterback from Dr. Martin LeBoldus High School whose father Dean Picton was also a former Rams quarterback is happy with his choice. What a cheery dude.

Its pretty exciting stuff to come in as a fan for many, many years and be a member of this team, he said. Picton didnt consider any other options from other schools; he knew right where he wanted to play next year. The Rams was it for me.

From the beginning, right out of high school I gured, Im staying here, he said. If they want to keep me, Im staying here. Also keeping it in the family, Cohen Richards wasnt shy to say he chose the Rams because his older brother, second-year wide receiver Addison Richards, al-

Back in action
The NHLs opening weekend was both meaningless and awesome
what the puck?
autumn mcdowell
sports editor After enduring 113 painful days of separation, hockey fans are nally reunited with their old ame: the National Hockey League. Jan. 19 marked the ofcial anniversary that the players and owners of the NHL took their heads out of their asses and gave their loyal albeit idiotic fans what they deserve: good old fashioned hockey. The opening weekend was not without its share of controversy, but with teams only having a maximum of two games under their belts at this point these rst few games are mostly used for the players to get their legs back, and for fans to rekindle their hatred for referees, rather than being used as a measuring stick for a future Stanley Cup matchup. With that being said, possibly the most important part of the weekend is that my beloved Pittsburgh Penguins managed to escape with a 2-0 record. I might as well start ordering my championship sweatshirt right now. Penguins stud Sidney Crosby is back to his old ways and already set two new records this season. First of all, it only took roughly two minutes into their season opener against the ing weekend. First of all, previous Montreal Canadians poison, Scott Gomez, who had been bought out by his former team one week prior to the start of the season you know youre terrible when a team will pay you to not play for them actually has some interest from other teams. The San Jose Sharks were in talks with the train wreck during the past few days and it appears that Gomez may be back on the ice instead of having his butt where it belongs stapled to the pine. I think I speak for everyone when I say, What the hell are they thinking? The other Ripleys Believe it or Not moment that was featured in the rst weekend of action was that the Toronto Maple Leafs actually won a game. I had to read that over a few times just to make sure I wasnt dreaming, and no, its not a typo; although spell check seemed confused when the words won and Toronto were used in the same sentence. With all of that into consideration, possibly the greatest part of this rekindled romance between fans who arent stubborn enough to boycott, and the NHL is that I wont have to endure soccer highlights every night.

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January was a busy month for Canadian sports fans
colton hordichuk
contributor From local and national milestones to the return of Canadas game, the rst month of the New Year hasnt failed to please Canadian sports fans. Surely, the rst month set the bar high for the 11 months to follow, but it should come as no surprise that Canada delivered a handful of memorable sports headlines to start 2013. Why? Note the talent, comebacks, and story lines that were displayed in the eventful month of January. 5. Its hockey, its Canada. After 16 hours of negotiations on Jan. 6, 2013, the National Hockey League and its players association came to terms on a tentative collective bargaining agreement. This announcement ended the NHL lockout. After both sides ratied the new CBA, a 48-game season was set to start on Jan. 19, 2013. The third lockout in NHL history lasted just under four months. The return of the NHL received mixed reception from fans. Angry fans across Canada threatened to boycott the new season, while other diehard fans proudly rejoiced that their homelands game was nally back. Every Canadian NHL team had their arena sold-out for its rst game of the 2013 campaign.
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werent done yet. On Jan. 15, 2013, the Riders brought back a pair of veterans. Linebacker Mike McCullough and fullback Neal Hughes resigned for the 2013 season. Former Riders offensive coordinator George Cortez returned to the team on Jan. 21, 2013. Cortez was the offensive coordinator for the Riders in 2006. The Riders busy month most likely came in proactive preparation for the 101st Grey Cup, which will be held in Regina, Saskatchewan in 2013. It is the third time that the championship game will be played in the Queen City. 1. CFL Head Coach Headed to the NFL

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Philadelphia Flyers for the captain to take his first dive of the season. I love The Kid, but that seriously must be some sort of record. Oddly enough, Crosby has also now made it two full games without suffering a concussion, a record that Penguins fans will be holding on to for dear life as the season progresses. However, despite the lack of head injuries as of late, Crosby also only recorded one assist in two games, so I think its safe to

well said, little guy.

4. Nash Dished the Basketball 10,000 Times

assume that his ongoing concussion problems have caused him to lose his touch. I hope my sarcasm is coming across in this. To give the Penguins any edge I could, I texted the Flyers not-allthere goalie Ilya Bryzgalov and told him I killed a tiger, he was rattled in the cage if any of you have yet to see HBOs 24/7 Rangers Flyers, we are no longer friends. Anyways, as a result of Crosbys snake bitten hands, teammate Evgeni Malkin was

forced to pick up the slack and registered four assists in his rst two games. Although he was shutout in the goal department, after his strong weekend its obvious that he was scoring more that just assists after the game. Lets not forget that I saw the heat Malkin was packing in the shower last year, and its safe to say he has no problem wheeling broads. While the Penguins lighting it up in the NHL is nothing new, there were a couple of surprising moments that came out of open-

On Jan. 9, 2013, Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash passed the basketball for an assist for the 10,000th time in a Lakers loss to the Houston Rockets. Nash, who was born in Victoria, B.C., was only the fth player in the National Basketball Association history to reach such a milestone. Fellow Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant tweeted after the game, I have to step outside this frustration and say congrats to Steve Nash 10,000. Amazing accomplishment. Wish we could have

3. Ewen Jumped His Way To CIS Standard In Long Jump

gotten the W. Other players that have passed for 10,000 assists in their careers were Magic Johnson, Mark Jackson, Jason Kidd, and John Stockton. Kidd and Nash are the only two active players.

7.09 metres. He also claimed rst place in the meet, and was only the third athlete in Canada to hit the standard. Ewen solidified a spot for himself at the CIS Championships at the University of Alberta in March. 2. Familiar Faces Returned To The Riders

The University of Reginas track and eld teams faced off against Saskatchewan on Jan. 12, 2013 at the Prairie Dual in Saskatoon. At the event, Cougars member Lex Ewen became the first Canada West athlete to meet the CIS standard in long jump this season. Ewens career-best jump was

A handful of players were resigned by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in January. Offensive lineman Patrick Neufeld and receiver Scott McHenry were resigned on Jan. 8, 2013. Two days later, the Riders re-signed receivers Rob Bagg and Limas Sweed; but the Green and White

Former Montreal Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman was introduced as the Chicago Bears head coach on Jan. 17, 2013. Trestman coached the Alouettes for ve seasons in the CFL and led them to a pair of championships. Bears general manager Phil Emery expressed his excitement to work with Trestman, expressing that he has many attractive qualities to add to the Bears coaching staff. The last time the Bears made the post-season, they nished rst in the NFC North division in 2010 with a 11-5 record.

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Op-Ed Editor: Edward Dodd op-ed@carillonregina.com

Protect our mother

Those damn dirty lazy Indians are at it again! Theyre blocking the roads, dancing in public areas, and wanting more and more and more! Dont they already get free hand outs from the government? Why are they so greedy? Those Wagon Burners, those Chugs, those Squaws, those Thugs... Weve all heard these words; whether it was coming from our teachers, parents, friends, or even our selves. This is systemic racism in its truest form, and its working. Its working so much that our own fellow Canadian citizens, even our own fellow classmates, think that Idle No More is about Indians wanting more and more. The biggest threat to this Global movement is ignorance. So let me be completely clear about this: This is not an Aboriginal issue, its not even a Canadian issue, its a life and death issue! Idle no more means that we cannot be silent anymore! We cannot stand by and let bills such as Bill C-45 pass right through our so-called democratic system of government! But this is a global grass roots movement, so how can it be only the Canadian Government that were talking about? We are talking about our mother! Our mother! Mother Earth! We are talking about all governments on the globe and every person living on it! If you think that you wont be affected in years, even days, to come, you are sadly mistaken. In todays society we value money over our natural resources; over the other species we share this earth with. We take for granted the fact that we can breathe the air every morning. We take for granted the fact that some of us can still drink right from the tap in our kitchen! S o why is it that we see a majority of Aboriginal People at these Idle No More cause of this we will be punished by Mother Earth if we continue to ignore and forget natural law. We already see in the daily news of bigger and worse natural disasters, due to things like Fracking, Global Warming, and mass pollution. She will retaliate; and even if we (humans) become extinct, the world will regenerate. New life will form and we will be forgotten just as we have forgotten Mother Earth. We havent inherited the Earth from our parents; we borrowed it from our children. And it will be our children who will pay. It will be our children who cannot play outside because of the toxins in the airs. It will be our children who will hate us, for taking their lives. The biggest threat to our goal of peace is ignorance! The government bodies and officials and media will do as they were taught to do: to cover up our mistakes, to take bribes in place of morals, to twist the story, to lean heavily on stereotypes, to put up that mask to the rest of the world and say nothing is wrong here but we will know different! And because we know different it is up to us to teach others who dont! It is up to us to inform our fellow misinformed brothers and sisters, citizens, elected ofcials, journalists, and human beings! The biggest threat is ignorance, but we can ght it! So the choice is yours. We can use everything the world literally has to offer to maintain our way of living today, but then plague tomorrow. OR we can take the steps necessary today to be alive tomorrow. IDLE NO MORE!

Exploring all options

Firing our administration is not going to solve our problems. We have done an excellent job of asking tough questions of our administrators, and we must continue to do so as the funding crisis at the university goes on. But lets be realistic; even firing all the top-paid administration positions would not solve the problem of cash-strapped departments. Yes, ballooning administrative costs and conicting visions for the direction of the university are responsible for some of the hardship we are feeling, but they are not the only factors. When weve been examining the problems of funding, the governments role in post-secondary education rarely comes up. This is strange, because as Provost Chases favourite slide shows, the government is where we receive 59 per cent of our funding from. While it must not be our only avenue of inquiry, it stands to reason that we should at least consider the governments role in the current crisis. Even as both the U of S and the U of R struggle to nd efciencies and cost-savings, no one has asked the government why these supposed cost saving measures are required in the rst place, especially when departments like English have been cut to the bone already and run the risk of being completely devastated. Asking the university to trim the fat is all well and good when the university has some fat to trim. But when the university is at risk of becoming an emaciated ghost of its former self, should we not stop cutting and start feeding? If the government sees us struggling with funding issues, should it not reach out a hand to help? And when we are talking about the future of the university as an institution that is open and accessible, the reality is that it

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must rely on government funding. If we are serious about solving the funding crisis in post-secondary education, the government needs to be one of the people at the negotiating table, and they need to be willing to listen and explain their decisions. If we cut them out completely, as has been the case recently, we are ignoring another potential solution to the problems we face. Perhaps a forum for the government to clarify their goals in terms of post-secondary funding is in order, with students, fac-

ulty, the administration, and the Minister for Advanced Education Don Morgan and the Premier in attendance to answer questions and provide the rationale behind their decisions. In a time of fiscal uncertainty and anxiety at the university, such a meeting would provide people the opportunity to give voice to their concerns and ask any questions about the governments funding plans for the university, as well as clarify the reasons for why the government is urging universities to nd more efciencies in

their budgets. We must leave no stone unturned in looking for solutions to the current crisis in post-secondary education. It is only rational that the government open channels of communication between it and the students and faculty affected by their decisions.

rallies? How come we see Aboriginal Ddnce (the Round dance) at these peaceful protests? Its because this movement started with four Aboriginal women who wanted to be heard, peacefully, and grew greatly within the Aboriginal population because of shared beliefs. This does not mean that non-Aboriginal people cant participate, it is quite the opposite. This movement has sprung up in places like London, England and New Zealand and is still growing! We had one of the original organizers come talk at the University of Regina and she herself said she in no way

saw herself as an activist when all this began. She was just a human being concerned about the future of our children. By saying Idle No More, we are not condemning our past leaders who have tried to make a stand in the past. We are merely saying that by being silent we are being compliant, and so we can no longer be idle. No man-made laws can protect our Mother Earth. It will have to be the will of the people that will protect her. Along the way Humans forgot the natural law of things. We forgot how to live in harmony with all our brothers and sisters and be-

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edward dodd
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A movement for all

Ive heard some criticism of the Idle No More movement recently, and it was rearticulated to me again last week. An individual that I respect said to me, You know the problem with Idle No More is that it has no focus point; its a movement that is demanding a change in process, and that is much harder to accomplish. Now, obviously as a grassroots movement, the Idle No More movement is organic and always evolving. As more and more people from across Canada and the world are inspired to join the movement, their own focuses and demands are naturally brought into the movement. Sometimes, this obscures the point, and it doesnt help when mainstream media does not do justice in covering the movement. So, yes, its a little bit confusing sometimes. I attended one of the rst Idle No More teach-ins back in November, and have made a point to attend as many of the events as I can. I will admit that even for myself, I had started to forget the core point of the movement. Thats why people have come to criticize the movement for having no point. But its not true. There is a point, and we need to make sure we keep this point clear in our minds and our hearts as we move forward. That point is Bill C-45. Last week, I had the good fortune to speak with some of the founders of Idle No More at RPIRGs Apathy into Action Social Justice Conference, and I was reminded once again of the core of the movement. ronmental legislation. This leaves our waterways vulnerable to fracking, industrial use, and chemical contamination. So while this bill is especially detrimental to Indigenous communities in Canada, the issues at hand go beyond culture and race. We all need to stand together to let the government know that they cant just sell off the land beneath our feet and the water we need to sustain our communities. This grassroots movement belongs to us all. So for those who think this movement has no point, here is the point: to stop Bill C-45 from moving forward. And one more thing. The movement is not demanding a change in process; by coming together as we have been, in a spirit of love, education, and protection of the environment, we are inherently changing the process already. It is a process of decolonizing our minds and our bodies and healing our relationships with one another and with the Earth. This is the foundation of the movement. And from here we will not stop, because we cannot stop. We need land and water to survive, but we need strong and just communities to thrive. Idle No More is not only an Indigenous revolution; it is a revolution of all peoples who walk this Earth.

Creeson Agecoutay

When Idle No More began, it began with teach-ins. Women, Indigenous peoples, and even some non-Indigenous members of the community were teaching us about an omnibus bill that no one had heard of. There are two main changes in this bill that these people focused on. The rst was the

changes to the Indian Act that redefined the obligation to consult and receive consent from Indigenous communities regarding development projects on their land. The other was that this bill abolished water protections that were outlined in the Navigable Waters Act, Canadas rst envi-

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Remember that part time job you wanted when you were a first-year student, and didnt get because the managers half-sisters cousins dead-beat son was given the job? How about that time when you wanted to work at a summer camp and were denied because some entitled brat happened to be the brother of the camp coordinator? If neither of these scenarios have happened to you, can you not empathize? At some point in our lives we were all probably victims of nepotism, in some shape or form. Whether it be in school, or in the workplace, nepotism will always come back to bite one in the ass. Maybe its because I am becoming more cynical as I grow older, but I become more infuriated with the nepotistic behavior of employers and the ass-kissing prospective employees have to do, to be able to get an interview. I am not saying that future employees and youth have to have everything handed to them, as we need to pay our dues. What I am saying is that employers should leave their neglected egos and family ties at the door when they enter a room to interview prospective employees. People should keep an open-mind when hiring employees, even when it comes to the no-brainer hires. If you had your own private doctors ofce, would you hire the little sister of your best friend to be your secretary, or someone who has secretarial diploma? We saw it with the mayoral election this past year when Fiacco endorsed Fougere so that Fougere could follow through on Fiaccos expensive new stadium, and we see it all around the province, city, and university. Wouldnt it be nice to be hired for a job, or promoted, when you have worked hard and earned it? Instead of sleeping around or kissing up so much to the point you

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know what your employer had for breakfast? I realize that this might be a foreign idea to some people, but maybe if one were hired based on their skills and knowledge, instead of the number of mutual friends you have, then maybe things at work wouldnt be so stressful with internal politicking. To clarify, I am not bashing networking. I think meeting new people is great. Ones connections should only allow a future em-

ployee to get an interview. Once that interview starts, that connection does not matter as it is up to you to secure getting the job, not your uncles stepdaughters cousin twice-removed. I may be coming off as a self-righteous, entitled youth, but I am sure there are hundreds of us that are efcient and more qualified to do certain jobs than a distant relative of yours. I fear that Regina, as a whole, will succumb to nepotism to sate

the hungry egos of those in charge of hiring employees. Which, will in turn, reinforce the ignorance of everyone when it comes to hiring and applying to jobs. Despite being young, I remember a time when people were hired based on what they know, not who they know.

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To: Ilene Busch-Vishniac, President, University of Saskatchewan From: Vianne Timmons, President, University of Regina Subject: U of S Projected Decit Dear President Busch-Vishniac: News has reached my ofce about the projected decit for the University of Saskatchewan. $44.5 million by 2016. And, I must express my sincere and grave disappointment. What I mean by that is that I am disappointed in myself. My executive team and I are trying our damnedest to run this place into the ground, and the best we could do is less than ten per cent of your expected decit. How did you do it exactly? We took the classic lets gut the fuck out of the liberal arts because theyre all socialist hippies wholl be serving me coffee anyways, and everyone loves a good leftie-bashing amirite approach, but you really, really outdid yourself. But youre not just going after the liberal arts programs; youre taking down the entire fucking school! Its brilliant! I mean, no ones actually going to do anything, which was my concern and reasoning beturd

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So, from the bottom of my heart, Id like to extend my most sincere congratulations. People like you are an inspiration to administrators such as myself. Maybe Ill catch a ight to Saskatoon later this week (lmao driving), and we can meet up for a drink and discuss how the hell you managed to rack up that impressive $44.5 million decit that says, Fuck yeah. I made it. Sincerely, Vianne Timmons P.S. drinks on me because Ive obviously got some decit catching up to do

hind not taking down Engineering and Business for fear of revolt (given that people actually seem to give a shit about those faculties, like wtf?), but I should have known that a student uprising would never, ever, happen in Saskatchewan.

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Investigation nds campus newspaper

Recently, reporters at the Carillon endeavored to nd out what the Carillon is, in the face of recent accusations of declining readership and unawareness amongst the students. Ive seen newspaper stands around, said a second-year education student, who wished to remain nameless. Are there actually newspapers in those? I usually just glance at them and move on. I used to read the paper often, said Michael Chmielewski, frequent contributor to the Carillon. Lately, though, Ive just been using back issues as kindling for my replace. Oh, also, if I spill soda, or something, I usually just use an issue of the

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Carillon to mop it up. Carry-on? What the fuck is that? Carillon? Never heard of it, said another. These were amongst the more positive reactions to our questions. Indeed, even staff at the Carillon seemed unaware of their own presence on campus. The Carillon? asked Paul Bogdan, arts and culture editor for the Carillon. yeah, that things a piece of shit. When informed, seemingly for the rst time, that he was employed by the Carillon, Bogdan was astonished. Holy shit, Bogdan said. Were the Carillon? Jesus, were just awful. Kharillion? asked Edward Dodd, opinions Editor. Wasnt he an Egyptian pharaoh, or something? Its clear that weve been failing the student body at large, Dietrich Neu, editor-in-chief said. We need to improve our quality of work, so oh, I have to take this call; excuse me. Recently, the Carillon has been holding awareness rallies in the Administration & Humanities Building. The rallies, generally held between the hours of 12 and 2 a.m., have been marred by poor student attendance. By the time we nish production on this fucking thing, its like, 11:30, said Julia Dima, production manager. So sue us if

we cant hold these rallies earlier. Now, when are you starting the interview?

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