Argosy January 22, 2009

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I n d e p e n d e n t S t u d e n t J o u r n a l o f Mo u n t A l l i s o n U n i v e r s i t y
In Sackville, local businesses and
students usually get along fairly well.
However, SAC Entertainment and
Uncle Larrys are at odds after last
semesters Last Class Bash.
e SAC wanted to bring DJ CAM,
former Olympic DJ Champion, to
Sackville but were initially unsure of
a venue. Two weeks before Last Class
Bash, Corey Yantha approached Larry
Hebert, owner of Uncle Larrys, on
behalf of SAC Entertainment.
At rst, Hebert was resistant to the
idea of hosting the event because it
was the same night as Keiths Crew,
but they managed to strike a deal.
However, Uncle Larrys and SAC
Entertainment cant quite agree on
what that deal was.
e SAC believed that Hebert
would repay them half of what was
spent on DJ CAM. Volunteers from
the SAC were to come at 11 pm to
take a ve dollar cover at the doors
after Keiths Crew, but Hebert had
his own employees work the doors.
When SAC entertainment planner
Curtis Michaelis came the next day in
order to collect on behalf of the SAC,
Cover charge chaos
SAC, Uncle Larrys disagree on terms of payment for Last Class Bash
Jessica Emin
Helena van Tol
Argosy Staff
he was told that Uncle Larrys lost too
much money that night and Hebert
refused to pay.
I gure I lost a couple thousand
dollars that night []. I cant prove
exactly how much money I lost but Ive
got a pretty good idea, said Hebert.
is should have been the best night
of the year, letting everybody in. Last
class bash is the biggest party of all
and Ive had more people in here on a
Friday night.
Hebert understood that SAC
Entertainment was simply looking
for a venue, and that he wouldnt be
required to pay any money as the DJ
had already been hired for the night.
Yantha and Michaelis disagree,
explaining that they had agreed upon
taking cover at the door in advance to
help recover the cost of the DJ.
A day or two before the event,Yantha
left a message at the bar asking that
Hebert call him back in order to
make sure all the arrangements were
in place. Hebert received the message
and failed to return the call.
As the DJ was setting up, an
argument broke out about whether
Hebert would allow them to charge
cover after 11 pm. Finally, according
to Yantha, they agreed that Hebert
would pay half the DJs fee and if
people left because of the cover, they
would stop charging.
Its just standard, explained
Yantha, Any other club or bar
anywhere, youd be paying that
regardless. Its really strange how you
dont pay cover in Sackville. Its pretty
fortunate, but I mean its a special
event.
Hebert believes that people didnt
come because of this ve dollar cover
charge.
I lost a lot of money that night and
I feel that the SAC is responsible for
it because of doing advertising that I
never authorized, he said.
Still, Yantha said that the event
actually brought in more people than
Keiths Crew. He estimated that only
seventy people or so attended Keiths
Crew, while the dance oor was
packed after eleven for DJ CAM.
Also, Hebert feels he received
negative advertisement in a mass
email sent out by the SAC prior to the
event. e Pub was advertised with
drink specials, no cover charge, and
the opening of the new dance oor,
while underneath, it stated that there
was a cover charge at Uncle Larrys
after Keiths Crew was over.
SAC President Mike Currie
highly, highly doubt[s] that [Larry]
lost thousands of dollars but
speculated that the opening of the
new Pub would draw some business
away from Uncle Larrys.
I can understand that there are a
bit of contentious feelings now that
there are two places near campus,
said Currie. [but its] the students,
I think, which have indicated their
choice rather than the advertising.
Both the SAC and Uncle Larrys
are still bitter about the failed
transaction, with allegations coming
from both directions.
It was a scam they were trying to
pull o. [But] it backred in their face
because I lost too much money that
night to help recuperate them, said
Hebert. ey just needed a place to
play in. It was free.
And Yantha maintains that a
denite verbal agreement was reached
as the DJ was setting up.
[Hebert] takes advantage of
students because hes just all about
making money, asserted Yantha,
Its very unfortunate that hes not
running a business like he could be in
Sackville; [] that huge space could
just be such a great opportunity for a
successful club, you know.
e SAC has a history of making
verbal agreements for these kinds of
events, and have never had a problem
before.
People in Sackville; theyre pretty
respectable and we stay to our word,
said Currie. And, unfortunately, we
didnt change that. We still did an
oral contact so we dont know what
the ocial agreement [was]. But I
think the SAC will be changing its
policy in the future so that we have
these agreements in writing so that
confusion like this doesnt happen.
Last week, Paul Rasbach, Board
of Regents Representative, passed a
motion at the SAC meeting which
was approved unanimously. e
motion stated that the SAC would
attempt to recover the lost funds.
ere has been some speculation
about bringing this to a small claims
court. Rasbach has been looking
into the matter; and the SAC is
considering legal action, although no
concrete actions have been taken.
I think the best situation, said
Currie, would be to have Larry, and
a potential witness that he might have
had, and us, sit down and talk []
about what actually happened, and
see if it was a miscommunication, and
come to an agreement that will work
for both parties.
SAC Entertainment brought in DJ CAM for last semesters Last Class Bash, held at Uncle Larrys. The SAC and Uncle Larrys are currently in a dispute over cover charges for the night.
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2 JANUARY 22, 2009 THE ARGOSY NEWS
Members of Mount Allisons External Relations
department recently showed o a menu of
environmental options they will be presenting
to potential donors, but some students and sta
were only hungry for one thing: energy-ecient
infrastructure.
e afternoon meeting took place on January
15, and information was presented by Michael
Cantwell, the External Relations departments
Executive Director of Campaign and University
Advancement.
Cantwell outlined a new direction in the
JUMP Campaign called e Greening of
Mount Allison. He presented seven broad,
environmentally-themed options the donors
could choose to fund.
Primarily catching the attention of ve
of the seven students in attendance was an
option called the General Fund for Action,
described as a fund used to purchase energy-
ecient equipment and subsidize infrastructure
renovations.
One of the projects Cantwell mentioned
as possibly being funded by donations was
renovation for the fume hoods used in the
universitys laboratories. Others, however, had
bolder suggestions.
It [could] be so much more ambitious, the
university should be going after big bucks, to
make a new residence, a sustainable residence,
from top to bottom, and go after three or four
million extra dollars to make that happen,
said Geography and Environmental Science
professor Brad Walters.
Environmental, but not ambitious?
Students question whether new JUMP Campaign priorities
go far enough in the greening of Mount A
Chris Durrant
Argosy Staff
Other priorities mentioned by students
included investing in wind and geothermal
energy, and nding ways to lessen the schools
dependence on oil. Student Owen Roberts was
at the meeting, and made his position clear.
Green infrastructure is, in my opinion,
the rst and foremost thing that we should be
looking for from donors, he said.
At times, the discussion centered around
sta and students trying to understand why the
infrastructure proposal was so broad.
If you start with something general enough,
it gives you the tools to go knock on doors, and
it gives you the opportunity that if you run into
someone with great ideas and lots of wealth, to
entertain those ideas explained Cantwell, but
some students were not convinced.
I nd it deeply concerning that Mt. A,
ostensibly one of the greenest universities
in Canada, consistently fails to set concrete
environmental goals for its capital campaign,
said VP External Mark Brister. Donors, who
certainly know less about available environmental
opportunities compared to some of the experts at
Mt. A, cannot be given full discretion to shape
future institutional environmental policy.
Cantwell mentioned that it is the university
that identies projects that he then has a
mandate to fundraise for.
ings like student residences heated by
geo-thermal power; the university has yet to
make those a priority. You want the university
to make that part of its master plan. en we
would embrace it, said Cantwell.
e Board of Regents approved the facilities
master plan, which guides the long-term
investment in infrastructure for the university,
six years ago. Director of Facilities Management
Rob MacCormack said that he didnt know if
it would be done dierently today, in terms of
the environmental considerations, and that new
environmental priorities would come from the
universitys environmental issues committee.
However, the dictates of the master plan
doesnt mean that Cantwells hands are tied on
the proposals.
[My] next major challenge in rewriting [the
proposals] will be to write the infrastructure
proposal in a way that addresses the students
and sta suggestions, while at the same time
is still broad enough to attract donors, said
Cantwell. ere will be material to express
the universitys desire to be an environmental
champion.
Other funding options presented at the
meeting included the chance for donors to
support academics in the areas of environmental
science and environmental studies by donating
endowments to fund post-doctoral fellowships,
or to support sta and student research.
Another of the funding options was a General
Fund for Awareness and Activism, something
that elicited a dierent response than Cantwell
expected.
I would venture to say [] there is a sense
of activist fatigue happening in terms of
environmental causes; Im not sure if we were
given a lot of extra money, what exactly we
would do with it, [compared to] what were
doing with it now, said member of Eco-Action
Natalie Gerum. I think if students saw the
university react through infrastructure, it would
refresh the activism.
Student politics, fruit, and cookies were served on Jan. 14
Academic Renewal Q&A
VP Academic and Research Stephen McClatchie
visited the SAC to answer questions about the
Academic Renewal Process. He is asking for
written feedback and hopes for formal report
from the SAC.
Currently, McClatchie is working on an
academic plan to include priorities for the
upcoming years. Certain recommendations are
already being introduced, but larger changes
will require a phase implementation.
McClatchie is pleased at the level of
engagement thusfar, and said that faculty have
been direct in indicating things they like and
dislike.
Nathan Walker asked how new course credits
would be transferrable. A rst-year seminar
shouldnt be a problem, but one-credit courses
might have to be taken in multiples of three.
Justin Oake asked about an extracurricular
transcript, and SAC President Mike Currie said
that he is working to introduce these next year.
A 50-per-cent decrease in the number of
distribution requirements has been suggested.
Currie mentioned potential conicts between
evening classes and extracurriculars, but
McClatchie replied that these will always be
sections of multi-section courses.
Erik Johnson asked if consideration had been
given to short-term overdrive into rst-year
courses. McClatchie responded that a predictive
model is used to determine courses needed for
incoming students. He urged students to register
earlier so that sections can be added as needed.
McClatchie said that a certicate program
could be dened as formal recognition of learning
received, and could also help non-traditional
learners. Much still needs to be discussed, such
as dierences between these and minors.
When asked about continuity, McClatchie
said that the chair of Academic Aairs
will continue and that many members are
reappointed, and suggested that students can
brief their successors.
McClatchie indicated that he was planning
a second discussion paper to cover important
topics not covered by the working groups.
SAC response to Bridge St. Fire
e University has met with landlord and
tenants of 46 Bridge, said Mike Currie, and help
nding housing was oered. Meals at Jennings
have been oered for free for the next week.
e Salvation Army has been receiving many
donations, but Currie asked for people to call
the SAC oce where they will keep track of
what is being oered, and relay the information
to the students.
e students aected by the re have been to
counseling and have had their keys and student
cards replaced.
Project Rebuild has been reactivated and
monetary donations are being accepted;
fundraising will also occur to help these students
as well as prepare for future incidents.
Gillian Fraser suggested an insurance
awareness campaign.
After hearing concerns, Paul Rasbach asked
for tangible results from Project Rebuild and a
review of how the money was used.
Anna MacKinnon asked if it is possible to
have houses inspected before moving in, and VP
External Mark Brister explained that Mayor
Estabrooks hopes to bring back a housing
inspection board.
Councillor Concerns
Nakita Knowles asked whether a listing of on-
campus jobs could be made available.
Rachel Betuik asked whether salt could be put
in the doorways of residences, and Erik Johnson
added that there is salt available in residences,
and that dons and custodial sta have access.
Ben Kropp asked about green cleaning
products, and Barry said that any houses without
these are being switched over.
Doug MacLean complained that one of the
front doors to the STUD sticks, and Barry said
that the door is locked. Nathan Walker said
there is an ill-placed exit sign on the second
oor of the STUD near Student Life.
Paul Rasbach asked about Uncle Larrys
owing the SAC money for last class bash and
made a motion to have the SAC take every
action within reason to recover the funds.
VP Report
VP Academic Ryan Robski discussed the
December Senate meeting. Mt. A will receive
$2.8 Million from the provincial government
for deferred maintenance projects. Academic
Matters recommended calendar changes to
Canadian Studies and Environmental Science,
and approved a Joint Honours in Economics and
Mathematics.
e ad hoc committee on student evaluation
of teaching has met to discuss the role of
teaching evaluations, what forms should look
like, participation, and paper vs. online formats,
among other topics.
Academic Aairs has met twice in the New
Year, and has drafted a Standardized Form
for Student Concerns. is will encompass
academic, general and university concerns.
Plane Crashes in Hudson River,
Manhattan
A US Airways plane crashed in
the Hudson River in New York City
after a ock of birds ew into the
engines, causing them to fail after less
than a minute in the air. e pilot,
Capt Chesley Sullenberger is being
applauded as a hero after safely landing
the plane on water and evacuating all
155 passengers, around half of whom
suered very minor injuries. e
plane has been extracted from the
river, almost completely intact and
will form part of an investigation into
the crash.
In the last 20 years, bird collisions
have killed 219 people, and bird strikes
cause $600 million worth of damage
to aircraft in the US every year.
Hamas and Israeli Ceasere in Gaza
Strip
Israel was the rst to declare the
ceasere, starting at 2 am Sunday
morning, claiming its goals in Gaza
had been accomplished. Certainly
the Hamas military and government
infrastructure has been seriously
damaged by the three-week oensive.
Hamas responded later in the day
by also enstating a ceasere. Both
sides seem unwilling to budge on
conditions for a permanent cessation
is week in the world
A weekly miscellany compiled by Rebecca Dixon
of the attacks.
Hamas is demanding the
withdrawal of all Israeli forces from
within Gaza by next week and the
opening of the border for deliveries
of humanitarian aid. ey also claim
that their rocket capabilities remain
strong. Israel, however, insists its
soldiers will remain in Gaza for as
long as they deem necessary.
As the peace holds, the full extent of
damage is horrifyingly revealed, with
tens of thousands people left homeless
because of the bombardments, and
even more lacking water, fuel and
medical supplies. e Arab League is
set to propose a US$2 billion fund for
reparations in Gaza.
Although the worlds hopes for
peace are high, civilians on either
side will be unsurprised if this fragile
situation again dissolves into open
conict.
Zimbabwe Issues Z$100 Trillion
Note
e new bank note is worth only
around US$30 as Zimbabwes lengthy
bout of hyperination continues to
drag the economy downwards. Last
July the ination was estimated to
be about 231 000 000 per cent. e
introduction of the note, as well as
several others in the trillion dollar
range will not be of much help to
citizens because most goods are only
available in American dollars.
e BBC reports locals stating
that prices can double overnight and
that food and fuel are in short supply.
Daily limits on cash withdrawals
have been abandoned, but banks
are nding they do not have enough
cash to supply customers. e rough
shape of the economy compounded
with the current political dispute
and cholera epidemic is making daily
life for Zimbabweans extremely
complicated.
Sri Lankan Rebel Group Retreating
from Government
e Tamil Tigers, who have been
struggling for a separate homeland
for 25 years, are being pushed back
to their nal strongholds by the Sri
Lankan army. ey have only 40 km
of coastline left, though they have
claimed successful attacks that have
resulted in the death of 51 soldiers.
Government forces report
contradictory facts, claiming their
were only eight causalities on their
side and 20 rebels killed. Independent
media is not allowed into the area to
verify either reports. At least 70 000
people have been killed throughout
this lengthy conict.
Increasing Tension on the Korean
Peninsula
North Korea issued a statement
warning South Korea of the
potential of retaliation for Seouls
confrontational policies. is comes
after South Korea strengthened its
guard while a six-country deal to
convince North Korea to abandon
its nuclear aspirations falters. South
Korean President Lee Myung-bak,
elected last year, is determined to
take a stronger stance against the
nuclear aspirations of his northern
neighbour.
In the week before Barak Obamas
inauguration as US President, this
announcement indicates the dicult
US-Korean relations will continue
to be an important issue for the
presidency.
Sometime between 11:00 pm on
Saturday and 8:00 am on Sunday
last weekend, there was a break-in
to one of the rooms at the Hart Hall
Photography Department.
Karen Stentaford, rst year
photo professor and technician,
called Campus Security after it was
discovered that a locked door had
been kicked in. ere were four big
boot marks and the door had been
splintered.
Oddly enough somebody had
picked up all the fragments, said Fine
Arts Department Head addeus
Holownia. So we found that very
curious. A neat vandal!
Stentaford called Security a couple
eft and vandalism in
the Fine Arts department
Helena van Tol
Argosy Staff
of times before getting an answer.
Security told Stentaford that a
carpenter was on his way.
e carpenter arrived around 3:00
pm. Karen waited for security until
3:40 pm, but they never showed.
e scene was eventually
investigated by Paul Bragg,
Mount Allison Security & Safety
coordinator.
I think it may have been faulty
hardware on the door, said Bragg, I
did not nd any sign of forced entry
- no tool marks, wood splinters. [But]
the door would not latch properly.
In fact, nothing had been stolen
and nothing - besides the door - had
been vandalized.
e room in question holds a large
expensive Mac computer and colour
printer. e computer, however,
was locked to a table with a security
cable.
Sometimes things happen
Saturday nights that arent that
explainable, laughed Stentaford.
Recently, there have been some
thefts among students in the Gairdner.
Holownia believes that the culprit
had been discovered and apprehended
by Judicial. Nevertheless, Holownia
admits that the department has been
lucky over the years.
[One] time we had someone run
through here with a re extinguisher
and sprayed it all over the place, he
recalled. You know its one of those
kinds of deals where someone is doing
something crazy.
Holownia also encourages students
to keep their work in their lockers.
Dont leave stu lying around. If
you see people who obviously dont
belong here, call security.
Jessica Emin
Change is in the air this week, but
not too much of it at least not if you
are applying to work as a Resident
Assistant. ere has been much
talk about alterations to the RA
hiring process, but Gayle Churchill,
Manager of Student Aairs, says
nothing revolutionary is taking place.
ere is a little change to the
residence life sta position hiring
process this year, as too much change
too soon does little for anyone or
anything, she explained.
Requirements for application
include rst aid qualications and
availability for training in August.
However, the GPA requirements have
increased from the mandatory 1.7 to a
2.25 in the winter semester.
According to Churchill, students
should be more concerned with their
degrees. I think we shouldnt put
students in a position where their
academics are at risk. When you add
an RA-ship, its quite a role.
Also new this year are the
mandatory information sessions.
Last year, if you wanted to apply,
the RAs and the Dons would say,
come and have a talk in the lounge
about being an RA. It was very
informal, said one current RA.
is year, three information
sessions have been scheduled to
provide as much opportunity for
student attendance as possible. e
sessions are meant to give general
information regarding the residence
life sta positions to prospective
applicants, in order for them to make
informed decisions, said Churchill.
Still, there has been some confusion
surrounding another suggested
RA hiring changes
Zoe Williams
Argosy Staff
change to the hiring process. When
the changes were rst announced,
applicants were informed that they
were required to provide the hiring
committee with reference letters.
Harper RA Heidi Fraser said that
the changes [were] a bit stressful for
applicants as it is hard to get references
in that short period of time.
However, the requirement has since
been reduced to providing the names
and numbers of referees. e original
rationale behind the required letters
was to have the RA hiring process
mirror the whole process of applying
to any job, explained Churchill.
However, with the amount of paper
we were looking at, we said we would
go with numbers and names.
First-year student Erin McSorley,
who is applying for an RA position, is
positive about the experience so far.
e application isnt unreasonably
long, and I feel like the questions are
appropriate in order for the selection
committee to get a feel for individuals
qualications and aptitude.
Fraser says she feels the old hiring
process was fair, but there could
have been some type of event which
evaluated us on our social skills and
problems solving abilities in groups.
Nothing like this is included in the
new hiring process.
Churchill, however, is positive
about the new process; over 100
students have shown up for the
information sessions.
McSorley found the session helpful,
especially due to the fact that RAs
and Assistant Dons were present at
the meeting to answer any questions
that we had.
I am denitely still planning on
applying. It reinforced my decision
more than anything. Last weekend, a locked door in the photography department was found kicked in; nothing was stolen.
Despite recent thefts in Gairdner, latest intruder takes nothing
Saturdays pancake breakfast, hosted by Mt. As Team Fox, raised $1600, far exceeding their expectations. Approximately 275 people turned out, and the group
went through over 50 pounds of pancake mix and more bananas than we ever want to think about again, said member Cejay Riley. Team Fox is planning another
pancake breakfast in the semester along with other fundraising events.
Team Fox is an organization dedicated to nding creative ways to fundraise in support of Parkinsons research. ey started out in 2006 as part of the Michael J.
Fox Foundation.
Cejay Riley
eres big plans for the commerce
department, said SAC VP Academic
Ryan Robski. e program is looking
to hire a Dean-like position to head
the Centre for Business Studies, and
is also developing an introductory
course potentially to be oered in the
upcoming year.
Joyce Centre Director
Last year, the commerce department
received a $5 million donation from
Tim Hortons co-founder Ron Joyce
to build the Centre for Business
Studies.
VP Academic and Research
Stephen McClatchie knew at that
time that it would need some kind
of leadership, which has led to the
current development of the position
of Joyce Centre Director.
e position requires internal and
external leadership, said McClatchie.
e director will be the head of the
Centre for Business, and act as a dean,
although commerce will continue to
be the responsibility of the Dean of
Social Sciences.
e position will also increase the
capacity of the department, as he or
she will be responsible for teaching
courses.
In addition to helping students
academically, the director will also
have business networks [...] which will
help the university remain [connected
to the] business world, said commerce
student Mary James Fisher.
McClatchie explained that its a bit
of a dierent kind of role due to the
strong external component, typical of
business programs.
Its a necessity in a way that it
may not be for another academic
Centre of Business Studies rapid expansion
Department searches for a new director and designs a new course
Justine Galbraith
Argosy Staff
department, he explained.
SAC Social Science Senator Gillian
Fraser agrees.
[is position] will make
commerce at Mt. A more like business
programs at other universities and will
allow it to be taken seriously by other
institutions and industry, explained
Fraser.
However, Fraser likes how
integrated the program is with the rest
of the university, and thinks this could
add another degree of separation.
I think its right for the program
but maybe not for the university.
Still, with all of the current
focus on the department, SAC VP
Academic Ryan Robski explained
that it is important to have someone
to work closely with McClatchie and
the deans.
e hiring committee for the
position includes McClatchie,
Fisher, Dean of Social Sciences
Rob-Summerby Murray, former
Dean Berkeley Fleming, all tenured
faculty members, librarian Ruthmary
MacPherson, and alumnus Karl
Larsen. ey are looking to have
someone named by late winter, and in
place for the next academic year.
First year course
e commerce department is also
hoping to include an introductory
course in the academic calendar for
the upcoming year.
ere are, and there have been,
within the university pressures to oer
more courses at the rst year level, in
part because the size of the rst year
class did grow over the last year,
said Berry. I think as a department
we should be doing our part to help
accommodate that growth.
Last year, a rst year introduction
to business course was deleted from
the academic calendar. e course
had not been oered in over three
years, and wasnt doing much for for
rst year students, explained Berry.
e SAC got a commitment from
the department and from Senate
to develop a new rst year course
to replace that, said Robski, and
currently, development of that course
is almost complete.
eres [...] tentative department
approval for the course, said Berry.
Final approval will hopefully be
obtained this month.
e course will be directed towards
both commerce and non-commerce
students, but Berry would prefer
if it was not counted towards the
commerce degree.
Fisher thinks it will be of benet
to new students to take a commerce
course in their rst year.
Personally, in my rst year at Mt.
A I felt disadvantaged from other
schools commerce students in that
I was not technically a commerce
student [until] second year, explained
Fisher. A rst year course will let
them know what they are getting
themselves into.
e course will be a process
course, as opposed to a content
course. ere will be business related
topics, said Berry, but they will be
more cross-disciplinary in nature and
are intended to help students develop
abilities such as writing, presentations,
and research.
I think this course would be
intended for rst year commerce
students and for rst year arts students
interested in doing a major or a minor
potentially in commerce for the BA or
BSc degree, said Berry.
Currently, commerce students are
required to take a number of rst year
courses in other disciplines, such as
mathematics and economics, before
they are able to take a commerce
course.
With certain disciplines you need
an adequate level of base knowledge to
be able to study the eld eectively,
said Fraser.
Vivi Reich
In the upcoming year, the Commerce Department hopes to offer a rst year course available to both
commerce and non-commerce students
NATIONAL
SASKATOON (CUP) If its true
that political movements start at
the grassroots, then the seeds of
change were planted this weekend
in a classroom at the University of
Saskatchewan.
For the organizers of an anti-
tarsands conference in Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan Jan. 16-19, the hope is
that now the ideas and protest tactics
taught will take root in those who
attend.
So what were the advantages of
that tactic? asked Mike Hudema,
tarsands co-ordinator and climate and
energy campaigner for Greenpeace
Canada.
He is in the middle of teaching
dierent forms of soft blockades
a type of non-violent direct action
commonly used to provide a human
barricade to an entrance, a roadway,
or any other protest site.
Participants use their bodies in
various ways: rst by holding hands,
then linking arms, and eventually
intertwining anything they can to
join forces against a common enemy.
Well, in a road situation, this
would be best, because they couldnt
drive over you, said one participant,
sitting amongst a group on the ground,
another persons legs wrapped around
her waist.
e session is one of many
happening throughout the weekend
Halt tarsands development in Saskatchewan: activists
We dont want this in our province, says anti-tar sands conference organizer
Wendy Gillis
CUP Central Bureau Chief
at a conference hosted by Greenpeace,
Evergreen, e Sierra Club of
Canada, Council of Canadians, and
the Rainforest Action Network.
e weekend event explored themes
of activism, but focused upon keeping
the tarsands out of Saskatchewan a
looming possibility as the province
reaps revenues from oil and gas
resources and companies bid for the
right to explore the oilsands in the
North.
is is one of the largest industrial
projects [that could come to
Saskatchewan], so the eects are going
to be just as severe, said Hudema.
e damages will be on a scale we
havent seen before in Canada.
Hudema, a native of Edmonton,
Alberta, has already felt the eects of
tarsands at a provincial level. Alberta
produces 30 per cent of Canadas
greenhouse gas pollution much
of which comes from the provinces
tarsands development, according
to a December study published by
Environmental Defence.
Additionally, members of the
First Nations community of
Fort Chipewyan, Atla., situated
downstream from the tarsands, have
reported elevated levels of rare cancer,
says Eriel Deranger, a member of the
Fort Chipewyan First Nation, who
was in attendance at the conference.
Adverse biological eects have also
been found in sh in the Athabasca
river, Eriel says.
Conference organizer Nicole
Kenney says the idea grew out of a
trip several U of S students took to
an anti-tarsands training camp in
Alberta in the fall. e result was a
group of dedicated people who were
concerned about Saskatchewans
future, she says.
ey learned some of the
environmental impacts of the tarsands
[and the] many negative socio-
economic eects, she said. We dont
want this in our province.
e goal of the conference is to
equip people with the knowledge and
the skills to promote environmentally
friendly alternatives to tarsands
development, she says.
Although Saskatchewan is steadily
moving in a similar direction as
Alberta largely due to a Conservative
shift in government in the last
provincial election Kenney believes
that if enough peoples voices join in
the chorus against the tarsands, the
government will listen.
is is about movement building
to apply pressure on the government,
she said.
Members hosting the conference
will head west at the end of the
month to hold a similar conference
in Calgary. Deranger says the hope
is that people in the right wing city
will see the environmental issues
aecting their province and start up
an activist base, something she says is
currently lacking.
Participants learn soft blockade tactics at an anti-tarsands conference held in Saskatoon
Robby Davis/ the Sheaf
WINNIPEG (CUP) With the
help of duct tape and some ingenuity,
University of Winnipeg students used
a homemade surveillance system to
catch a campus security guard surng
pornographic websites on school
computers.
e story started after a routine
check-up revealed porn sites in the
Web history of a computer belonging
to the U of W Physics Student
Association, says member Josh
Boulding.
For six weeks we collected
evidence, he said.
e intruder made no secret of his
activity.
Several times, the website was left
on the screen, Boulding said. Once,
a suspicious paper towel was found on
Students catch porn-watcher on tape
Physics students use video camera, Star Wars helmet to nab U of W security guard
Andrew McMonagle
The Uniter (University of Winnipeg)
the oor.
Students denied accessing these
sites, which were visited after the
school closed at night.
e Associations computer is not
on the U of Ws network, and access
to sites, including ones that contain
porn, is not limited.
Seeking answers, students hid a
video surveillance camera inside a
Star Wars helmet in the Associations
room.
e setup worked, and the camera
revealed a security guard on the
computer.
Once they got the image they
needed, the students provided it to
the department head, who took it to
head of security David Mauro.
Mauro was tight-lipped about the
situation, citing privacy legislation.
I wont conrm anything in
relation to employees or contract
employees, he said. It would be
irresponsible.
When asked what the procedure
would be in this scenario, Mauro
spoke hypothetically.
We would have to conrm it rst.
Depending on the specic situation,
the contract employee may or may
not be interviewed. We would contact
the contractors . . . inform them and
recommend the employee be re-
deployed to another site.
But, in an e-mail to the Association,
Mauro wrote: e security guard
you discovered using the computer
in the lounge was removed from the
University work site.
I sincerely regret that my
department created an unprofessional
and uncomfortable environment for
you all, he further wrote.
Mike Lang, president of the
Association, says Mauro conrmed
the employee would be moved.
Mauro wrote that the security
guard on tape was a contract worker
at the university and not a U of W
employee.
e U of W contracts Garda
Security. Spokespersons from Garda
were unavailable for comment before
press time.
Although the situation constitutes
a breach in performance and is
considered a maintenance issue, such
maintenance issues arise for managers
in every sphere, Mauro said in an
interview.
e police were not involved as the
pornography was not illicit.
is isnt a situation where the guy
did something so disturbing that he
can never be a security guard again,
Mauro said.
He also praised the Associations
investigative skills in his e-mail.
Your investigative diligence was
pretty creative and nothing short of
amazing. In all my years in policing
and security, I have never seen such
an eective, low cost solution to
covert surveillance! he wrote.
In an interview, Mauro
acknowledged that there have been
problems in the past with university
security guards.
We have, for any number of
reasons, requested that guards be
re-deployed, Mauro said. Its not
unusual.
Mauro cited conduct, performance,
and poor image as the main reasons
for a guard to be re-deployed. Poor
image refers mainly to the state of
their uniform and hygiene.
e nature of the industry is that
were always competing to recruit the
best security guards we can, said
Mauro. at means letting some go
to get better guards in.
Mauro noted that the majority of
guards on campus are excellent.
TORONTO (CUP) e
undergraduate students union
at Torontos York University has
launched their Dont Pay a Cent
campaign urging students to not pay
any of their tuition fees until classes
ocially resume.
York students have been out of
class since contract faculty, teaching
York students withhold tuition
Rochelle Braham
Excalibur (York University)
assistants, and sessional workers went
on strike on Nov. 6.
e York Federation of Students
described this as a way for students
to express their frustration about the
strike.
e YFS says this may even serve as
a means of placing additional pressure
on the university to end the strike.
YFS President Hamid Osman says
he believes the Dont Pay a Cent
campaign will allow students to let
their voices be heard so the strike will
end as soon as possible.
Students should put pressure on
the administration and CUPE 3903
and send an e-mail telling them their
story, because it is the only way that
they will understand what you, as a
student, feel, Osman said.
e administration and union
need to understand students are
suering, students are frustrated, and
students want an immediate end to
this strike.
However, Robert Tin, Yorks
vice-president students, says the YFS
campaign wont make a dierence.
He says the university has
postponed its payment deadlines in
light of the strike and had taken these
steps before the launch of the YFS
campaign.
Tin says the second-term
payment has been put on hold
until the strike has been resolved
and classes resume, at which time
students will be expected to pay their
fees and interest will be accrued on
outstanding accounts if full payment
isnt received by that deadline.
If students are having nancial
problems, Tin recommends they
speak to Yorks student nancial
services.
ey can visit student services
not only to talk about deadlines for
fee payments, but also to look to see
if there is any way of providing some
nancial assistance, Tin said.
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1anuary 26, 2008
ST. JOHNS (CUP) As tuition fees
rise across the country, student debt
continues to grow. But, Newfoundland
and Labrador continues to pump out
graduates with high debt levels despite
having some of the lowest tuition in
the country.
In 2006, the most recent data
available, over half of Canadian
post-secondary students graduated
with some form of debt. e average
amount they owed at the end of a
four-year bachelors program was
$24,047, according to the Millennium
Scholarship Foundation.
N.L. has gone against the national
trend as student debt and the cost of
tuition have decreased.
According to a report given
to the provincial government by
the N.L. branch of the Canadian
Federation of Students, the provinces
undergraduate debt has dropped from
$30,000 to about $26,000 over the
last 10 years.
Daniel Smith, N.L. chairperson
for the CFS, says the falling debt is a
result of governments willingness to
work with the student movement.
Since weve had the freezes and
tuition fee reductions and such, things
have been coming down, he said.
e debt, however, is still higher
than the national average.
When compared to other provinces
that have similar up-front strategies,
such as grants and low tuition, N.L.
students come out deeper in the red
than most.
Manitoba also has a tuition-
fee freeze and reduction strategy,
but students shell out $600 more
than Memorial University of
Newfoundland undergraduates for
tuition.
According to a report on Manitoban
student debt by the Millennium
Foundation, graduates in 2006 came
out of school owing $12,000-$14,000
less than N.L. students.
Smith places the blame on rural
N.L. students having to move to
bigger centres like St. Johns or Corner
Brook for their education.
Even though we have low tuition
fees, we still have students who are
high in need in the province, said
Smith.
Anyone whos coming from
Twillingate, St. Anthony, any of
N.L. student debt
prevails despite low
tuition
CFS-NL casts critical eye on back-end
funding strategies
Ian MacDonald
The Muse (Memorial University of
Newfoundland)
these places, is taking on that extra
cost to go to school. ey dont have
the opportunity to live and study at
home.
He also says students from other
provinces, attracted by the initial low
cost of tuition, come to the province
and plunge into debt due to living
expenses.
A 2008 report released by the
Educational Policy Institute says
that the decreased debt has more
to do with the type of backend or
post-graduation reduction methods
the CFS has been known to speak
against.
e publication says that by
combining provincial and federal tax
credits in Manitoba, undergraduates
can wind up being paid $50 per year
for their education.
Smith says this is only the case if
things go perfectly for the student.
I would nd that a bit skeptical,
said Smith. e [Manitoba] student
movement is a bit pissed o with what
their government has been doing; I
would be shocked to nd out if that
was the case.
He says the downfall of back-end
programs is their inability to benet
all parties, leaving those who dont
meet their criteria to fall between the
cracks.
Nova Scotia has also introduced
back-end tax credits as a way of trying
to help out students. Although tuition
is much higher on average, Nova
Scotia graduates are $3,000 better o
than those from Memorial University
of Newfoundland, according to the
Globe and Mail.
Sure, it will help some people on
the back end; it will help the people
who make the most money on the
back end, but it doesnt proportionally
impact everybody the same, Smith
said.
Whether or not back-end methods
reduce the average amount undergrads
have to pay back, Smith says the
main problem is the inability of these
policies to open doors for potential
students.
He says by having higher initial
fees, people with less cash have a
harder time getting in to universities
to begin with.
Just picture yourself, 18 years old,
just about to start university, and your
mother or father looks at you and
says: Dont worry about the cost of
education. Youll save it on the back-
end, Smith said.
2006 average student debt as reported
by the Millenium Scholarship
Foundation:
British Columbia: $26,675
Western Canada: $22,787
Ontario: $22,589
Quebec: $12,992
Atlantic Canada: $29,747
OPINIONS

Chris Durrant
Argosy Staff
Ive never successfully started a blog,
my voice has never graced any podcast,
and Im convinced that the only
advantage of the new online gadget
Twitter is that it allows people to
broadcast their inane Facebook status
news to total strangers. And when I
say convinced, I mean convinced. How
could being able to send one or two
lines of text to some strangers ever be
of any use?
is is the kind of attitude that
means I will fail. Really, its a hard slog
up from where I am now to get back to
up-to-dateness, let alone to the desired
cutting edge. Lets diagnose where Ive
gone wrong.
My rst mistake is that I still
consider myself up-to-date. Maybe its
a logical fallacy. I believe that because
I am still more advanced at computers
than my mother, I must be still very
knowledgeable. Everyone else who
knows more about me than computers
isnt up-to-date, instead they are
specialists who know more than is
really necessary. More likely though,
Im suering from a small bout of
arrogance, but in either case, it breeds
a dangerous complacency.
My second mistake is that Ive let
Technophobia will get you nowhere
myself become so out of date that it
limits my ability to conceive of why
new technologies might be useful.
Ive mocked Twitters 140-charters
limit, because whenever I type, I use a
computer. If Id given in, and if, instead
of wandering city streets looking for
pay phones, I sucked it up and bought
a cellphone, Id be more familiar with
something called text messaging. An
American journalist in Egypt was able
text his Twitter account the message
arrested from a police car after
photographing an anti-government
protest. e 70 or so people who
watched his Twitter account were able
to quickly begin the process of bailing
him out. If I were arrested by the
Egyptian government, Id have to rely
on being allowed my one phone call.
My third mistake is that I think
ultimately some things involving
technology and web 2.0 applications,
such as the aforementioned Twitter,
are ultimately fads, and as a result I
dont feel the need to learn how to use
them. Now this skepticism may seem
prudent on my part, in that I save
time by not learning how to use fad
applications and the like. But really,
that only makes sense if you treat each
new form of internet communication
as its own entity. However, if you look
at them as a whole, its a completely
dierent picture. Sure, I may waste
a little of my time if one of the new
online phenomena I investigate turns
out to be a dud, but its not like I bought
stock. At the same time however,
other things for which Ive built up a
working knowledge may turn out to
be exceedingly useful. Im sure there
are plenty of people who wish theyd
gotten in on the ground oor of that
internet. e point is that one failure
is no reason to stop exploring.
Finally, Ive payed six thousand
dollars a year, for four years, to get the
same skills as many people with whom
Ill soon be competing for jobs. On the
internet there are free tutorials on how
make your own website, use photo-
editing software, and all the other new
technoliteracies that might give me the
edge in the job market. Why I think
that the education that cost money is
worth my time, while the free one isnt,
I really dont know.
Ive made a lot of mistakes, and
getting up to date will take a real
conscious eort. I think it will be
worth it though, because I dont think
theres any virtue in not understanding
how the world is changing, or being
ignorant of the new skills that world
demands. Whether we like it or not,
technology always aects the way the
world works.
Maybe you arent interested in
computers or in Web 2.0. I know I
wasnt. However you may be interested
in making money, being able to help
election campaigns, getting free
publicity or being able to organize
large groups of people from long
distances. Its important, because
whether or not you become interested,
your competition probably already is.
Erin Jemczyk
Do you think the university administration should be
responsible for aiding o-campus students who have
been aected by the house re?
Hannah
MacDonald
Yes. I dont feel as
though they have any
outright obligations
but with such a small
close-knit school I
think it should come
naturally.
Tom Cushnie
Yes, they shouldnt
be directly responsible
but provide what aid
they can. So they
could temporarily
provide dorm rooms
because they arent
being used anyway.
Matt Carroll
e university
should at least
cover any academic
materials lost, like
textbooks. Also they
could put on benets
but not directly pay
themselves but take
donations.
Andy Taylor
I think they should
denitely lend a
helping hand to get
as much support as
they can oer and
give them monetary
benets.
Emma Hicklin
I would like to say
yes. I am not entirely
sure it would be
nice to know that
they wouldnt help
students in a time of
need.
Ben Goldberg
No. I dont think
the university should
be responsible but
I think thats what
makes Mt. A Mt.
A.
By Jessica Emin, Argosy Staff
Jessica Emin
8 JANUARY 22, 2009 THE ARGOSY OPINIONS
Marilyn Lerch
Im a poet and once I wrote, Gaza is
the saddest place in the world. is
was long before the recent unspeakable
atrocities visited upon it by the nuclear
state of Israel. Imagine a million or
more people living in this narrow
strip of land, caged in, unable to leave
by sea, air, or land. And then imagine
(because no reporters were allowed
in by Israel) these million or more
Palestinians being under continual
attack day and night (for 21 days as I
write) by weapons of mass destruction
supplied mainly by the U.S.
Imagine white bundles
accumulating, small white bundles
holding infants and children. And
imagine that this war is called a
defensive action! A thousand men,
women, and children have been killed
and these REPORTED gures are
surely low, while thirteen Israelis have
died. at ratio is acceptable to Israel,
because clearly an Israeli life is worth
more than that of any Palestinian who
is called the same names Jews were
called. Recently nine human rights
groups inside Israeli have deplored the
actions of their government, a minority
voice but important to cite.
For 50 years, from the expulsion of
800,000 Palestinians from their homes
and land in 1948 to this latest rain of
death, always Israel has counted on it
being seen as the rightful homeland
of Holocaust survivors. A long time
ago, for those who were not blind, that
Dear Students
claim to its existence, that excuse for
every settlement built on land denied
it by UN resolutions, that excuse for
every humiliating checkpoint set up,
that excuse for the wall built to divide
Palestinian neighbour from neighbour,
HAS BEEN USED UP.
Israel is the military arm of the
United States in the Middle East,
the Enforcer of US policy. And if
I denounce it, I am no more anti-
Semitic than I am anti-American
when I denounce the US war for oil
and occupation of Iraq.
Israel has been allowed to act with
impunity for 60 years, not only by
Western nations, but with the uneasy
complicity of its neighboring Arab
states who do not want their own
masses to rise up against them.
For 60 years, the Palestinians have
been denied a State. In Gaza, the very
food eaten depends on the State of
Israel allowing it in. On the West
Bank, Jewish settlements exist with all
the amenities of Western civilization
along side the deplorable conditions of
Palestinian towns. How could THIS
NOT create suicide bombers and
rocket launchers.
I dream sometimes of an
International Brigade gathering
peacefully, creating a human wall that
says, Never again, to Israel and its
protector, the United States, that calls
for the establishment of a Palestinian
State so long denied, and stays until
that happens. e least you and I can
do is break the silence.
Michael Politano Bowles
I feel somewhat confused regarding
the lack of salt on the paths on campus
this past Monday. Confused is the
best word I can come up with that
expresses exactly what I felt without
bringing into it just exactly how pissed
o I was, as Im sure many other
students and sta were, sliding to class,
in hopes that they may nd the right
slope to take them there. If Mount
Allison really is the top undergraduate
university in Canada then they should
have at least provided ice skates at
various checkpoints around campus
for the students, sta, and visitors.
I am confused because I dont get it.
I mean, I got the email. But the email
wasnt holding my hand to class. It
wasnt scraping the ice before my feet.
And it sure as hell wasnt putting salt
on the campus paths and sidewalks. I
think facilities management does an
excellent job in keeping things safe
and clean for the students generally,
so this is not an attack on them. Its
an attack on whatever authority, or
oce, man or woman who did not get
on the phone and make damned sure
that the primary concern on Monday
morning was safety. For a school who
is often so concerned for the safety
of the students, how did Monday get
forgotten or overlooked? You in the
head oces, you must have had a
helicopter drop you o.
Maybe the price of salt has
skyrocketed with the recession. Hey,
Salt this
tack on another couple hundred to
my tuition, whats the dierence at
this point? Id rather be even poorer
and safe than generally poor with a
cracked vertebrae. Tuesday was better
though. ank you. I see salt on the
Corrections for the January 15,
2009 paper
Isabel Gertler was not credited for the Sex Bomb photo on page 14.
e tness column was incorrectly credited to Natalie Butler. Nicole Butler is
the correct author.
Weekly Gratti
Rosie Gripton
Berlin, Germany, 2008.
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the photo.
ground; I am content, almost calm.
Plus I brought my hockey helmet to
school today just in case. Id pay to see
the Pres and the VPs wearing a hockey
helmet on their way to the oce.
Erin Jemczyk
Have you slipped on the ice recently?
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FORMER CHMA MUSIC DIRECTORS

PICK THEIR FIVE FAVOURITE
SONGS OF 2008
This week, in the third installment of our series in which former CHMA music
directors pick their five favourite songs of 2008, we hear from Heidi Ebert
(music director 05-06j.
Heidi Ebert's best-of-2008 mix tape
Track 1 - Fleet Foxes, Your Protector"
Lush orchestration and a perfect crescendo, one of 2008's great surprises.
Track 2 - Old Man Luedecke, Little Bird"
A slow-dance singalong rendition of this was one of my favourite live-music
moments of last year.
Track 3 - $100, No Great Leap"
A twangy ballad about riding the subway (but they use the word 'train'
instead because it has more rhymesj.
Track 4 - Bonnie Prince" Billy, What's Missing ls"
A gorgeous sad song for long-distance lovers.
Track 5 - Mlissa Leveaux, Dodo Titit"
l discovered this lovely jazzed-up take on a traditional Haitian lullaby by a
happy record-store accident.
Hidden track - Disco Bitch, C'est beau la petite bourgeoisie"
An embarrassing but necessary inclusion. My club anthem for 2008.
The staff and the board of CHMA 106.9FM Wou|d ||ke to thank a||
the mus|c|ans, vo|unteers and concert-goers who made
Stereophon|c 2009 a success. Thanks for he|png out,
rock|ng out and hav|ng a good t|me at our happy ||tt|e fest|va|.
RECORD REVIEW
Forest Fire - Survival
Sometimes things fall through the cracks. Survival by Brooklyn band Forest
Fire is one such thing. Released on blog based record label Catbird, Survival
seems to have what it would take to make waves in 2008. Between its
innovative release model (limited edition $5.00 CD, ultra-limited edition CD in
vinyl packaging, all the digital retailers, and pay-what-you-can downloadj
and its folk-inflected melodic pop sound the fact that Survival found its way
onto so few year-end lists is baffling. That said Forest Fire have more to
recommend them than their zeitgeist capturing nature.
Survival is a collection of songs that sound at once careful and well-
constructed without sacrificing the organic and the human. The second
track and so-called "single" Fortune Teller, is a strange folk-pop anthem. lt is
at once a love song and a searing indictment of the fragmented scene
mentality that dominates independent music communities. Sung over a
spare acoustic guitar loop and driving bass line "l only want to seem good to
the right people" wails the male vocalist . A sentiment that seems oh so
appropriate in the other-directed publicity driven climate we live in. The song
ends with him wondering "why [he| can't kill someone [he| hate[s|". Although
the catchiest tune on the album Fortune Teller seems to be a
misrepresentation. The song following it is a quiet folk song. While the
rhythm section fills up all the audible space on Fortune Teller, Sunshine City
highlights the female vocalist and a sad guitar line. Forest Fire do almost
everything they can with their instrumentation on Survival, moving from rock
to pop to alt-country with ease, and rather than making the album seem
schizophrenic and un-centered the album comes across as inventive and
playful and pretty.
The fact that their name is un-googleable and their website has little informa-
tion of any kind beyond links to download the album goes some distance to
explain how they were able to release such an overlooked album. At the
same time the quality of the music demands your attention. Those that hear
it seem to agree and Survival topped the only best of 2008 list l found it on;
Le Blogothque if you are interested.
Now Playing On CHMA 106.9FM
Highlight tracks: 1,2,6,10
www.forestfire-survival.com/
-JG
CHMA CHARTS
* indicates Canadian artist. Chart ranking reflects airplay during the week
ending 13-Jan-2009.
Top 31
13-Jan-2009
RANK ARTlST TlTLE (LABELj
01 OLD MAN LUEDECKE* Proof Of Love (Black Hen Musicj
02 vARlOUS* Attack ln Black/Shotgun Jimmie/Ladyhawk Tour 7
(Dine Alonej
03 THE SUPERFANTASTlCS* Choose Your Destination (lndependentj
04 MOUNT EERlE Lost Wisdom (P.W. Elverum & Sunj
05 PLANTS AND ANlMALS* Parc Avenue (Secret Cityj
06 CHRlSTlNA MARTlN* Two Hearts (lndependentj
07 RUBY JEAN AND THE THOUGHTFUL BEES*
Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees (YouthClubj
08 GlANNA LAUREN* Fist ln A Heart (lndependentj
09 WOODHANDS* Heart Attack (Paper Bagj
10 COREY lSENOR* Young Squire (lndependentj
11 GARRETT MASON* love & sound (Soul in Soundj
12 JENNY OMNlCHORD* Charlotte Or Otis (Label Fantasticj
13 THE MAYNARDS* Date & Destroy (lndependentj
14 HEY ROSETTA!* lnto Your Lungs (Sonicj
15 THE TOM FUN ORCHESTRA* You Will Land With A Thud
(Company Housej
16 CONSTRUCTlON AND DESTRUCTlON* The volume Wars
(lndependentj
17 LAURA BARRETT* victory Garden (Paper Bagj
18 THE OLYMPlC SYMPHONlUM* More ln Sorrow Than ln Anger
(Forward Music Groupj
19 THE BlCYCLES* Oh No lt's Love (Fuzzy Logicj
20 RAE SPOON* Superior You Are lnferior (Washboardj
21 HOLY FUCK* LP (Young Turksj
22 ADAM & THE AMETHYSTS* Amethyst Amulet (Pomej
23 KATHLEEN EDWARDS* Asking For Flowers (Zoej
24 CHAD vANGAALEN* Soft Airplane (Flemish Eye/Sub Popj
25 FLEET FOXES Fleet Foxes (Sub Popj
26 ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS* Forest Of Tears (lndependentj
27 MOTHER MOTHER* O My Heart (Last Gangj
28 GHOST BEES* Tasseomancy (Youth Clubj
29 THE CHEMlCAL BROTHERS Singles '93 - '03 (lndependentj
30 THE STOLEN MlNKS* High Kicks (New Romance For Kidsj
31 DEERHUNTER Microcastle (Krankyj
charts compiled by Music Director James Goddard
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coordinator.
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courses.
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computers.
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activity.
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OPINIONS

Chris Durrant
Argosy Staff
Ive never successfully started a blog,
my voice has never graced any podcast,
and Im convinced that the only
advantage of the new online gadget
Twitter is that it allows people to
broadcast their inane Facebook status
news to total strangers. And when I
say convinced, I mean convinced. How
could being able to send one or two
lines of text to some strangers ever be
of any use?
is is the kind of attitude that
means I will fail. Really, its a hard slog
up from where I am now to get back to
up-to-dateness, let alone to the desired
cutting edge. Lets diagnose where Ive
gone wrong.
My rst mistake is that I still
consider myself up-to-date. Maybe its
a logical fallacy. I believe that because
I am still more advanced at computers
than my mother, I must be still very
knowledgeable. Everyone else who
knows more about me than computers
isnt up-to-date, instead they are
specialists who know more than is
really necessary. More likely though,
Im suering from a small bout of
arrogance, but in either case, it breeds
a dangerous complacency.
My second mistake is that Ive let
Technophobia will get you nowhere
myself become so out of date that it
limits my ability to conceive of why
new technologies might be useful.
Ive mocked Twitters 140-charters
limit, because whenever I type, I use a
computer. If Id given in, and if, instead
of wandering city streets looking for
pay phones, I sucked it up and bought
a cellphone, Id be more familiar with
something called text messaging. An
American journalist in Egypt was able
text his Twitter account the message
arrested from a police car after
photographing an anti-government
protest. e 70 or so people who
watched his Twitter account were able
to quickly begin the process of bailing
him out. If I were arrested by the
Egyptian government, Id have to rely
on being allowed my one phone call.
My third mistake is that I think
ultimately some things involving
technology and web 2.0 applications,
such as the aforementioned Twitter,
are ultimately fads, and as a result I
dont feel the need to learn how to use
them. Now this skepticism may seem
prudent on my part, in that I save
time by not learning how to use fad
applications and the like. But really,
that only makes sense if you treat each
new form of internet communication
as its own entity. However, if you look
at them as a whole, its a completely
dierent picture. Sure, I may waste
a little of my time if one of the new
online phenomena I investigate turns
out to be a dud, but its not like I bought
stock. At the same time however,
other things for which Ive built up a
working knowledge may turn out to
be exceedingly useful. Im sure there
are plenty of people who wish theyd
gotten in on the ground oor of that
internet. e point is that one failure
is no reason to stop exploring.
Finally, Ive payed six thousand
dollars a year, for four years, to get the
same skills as many people with whom
Ill soon be competing for jobs. On the
internet there are free tutorials on how
make your own website, use photo-
editing software, and all the other new
technoliteracies that might give me the
edge in the job market. Why I think
that the education that cost money is
worth my time, while the free one isnt,
I really dont know.
Ive made a lot of mistakes, and
getting up to date will take a real
conscious eort. I think it will be
worth it though, because I dont think
theres any virtue in not understanding
how the world is changing, or being
ignorant of the new skills that world
demands. Whether we like it or not,
technology always aects the way the
world works.
Maybe you arent interested in
computers or in Web 2.0. I know I
wasnt. However you may be interested
in making money, being able to help
election campaigns, getting free
publicity or being able to organize
large groups of people from long
distances. Its important, because
whether or not you become interested,
your competition probably already is.
Erin Jemczyk
Do you think the university administration should be
responsible for aiding o-campus students who have
been aected by the house re?
Hannah
MacDonald
Yes. I dont feel as
though they have any
outright obligations
but with such a small
close-knit school I
think it should come
naturally.
Tom Cushnie
Yes, they shouldnt
be directly responsible
but provide what aid
they can. So they
could temporarily
provide dorm rooms
because they arent
being used anyway.
Matt Carroll
e university
should at least
cover any academic
materials lost, like
textbooks. Also they
could put on benets
but not directly pay
themselves but take
donations.
Andy Taylor
I think they should
denitely lend a
helping hand to get
as much support as
they can oer and
give them monetary
benets.
Emma Hicklin
I would like to say
yes. I am not entirely
sure it would be
nice to know that
they wouldnt help
students in a time of
need.
Ben Goldberg
No. I dont think
the university should
be responsible but
I think thats what
makes Mt. A Mt.
A.
By Jessica Emin, Argosy Staff
Jessica Emin
8 JANUARY 22, 2009 THE ARGOSY OPINIONS
Marilyn Lerch
Im a poet and once I wrote, Gaza is
the saddest place in the world. is
was long before the recent unspeakable
atrocities visited upon it by the nuclear
state of Israel. Imagine a million or
more people living in this narrow
strip of land, caged in, unable to leave
by sea, air, or land. And then imagine
(because no reporters were allowed
in by Israel) these million or more
Palestinians being under continual
attack day and night (for 21 days as I
write) by weapons of mass destruction
supplied mainly by the U.S.
Imagine white bundles
accumulating, small white bundles
holding infants and children. And
imagine that this war is called a
defensive action! A thousand men,
women, and children have been killed
and these REPORTED gures are
surely low, while thirteen Israelis have
died. at ratio is acceptable to Israel,
because clearly an Israeli life is worth
more than that of any Palestinian who
is called the same names Jews were
called. Recently nine human rights
groups inside Israeli have deplored the
actions of their government, a minority
voice but important to cite.
For 50 years, from the expulsion of
800,000 Palestinians from their homes
and land in 1948 to this latest rain of
death, always Israel has counted on it
being seen as the rightful homeland
of Holocaust survivors. A long time
ago, for those who were not blind, that
Dear Students
claim to its existence, that excuse for
every settlement built on land denied
it by UN resolutions, that excuse for
every humiliating checkpoint set up,
that excuse for the wall built to divide
Palestinian neighbour from neighbour,
HAS BEEN USED UP.
Israel is the military arm of the
United States in the Middle East,
the Enforcer of US policy. And if
I denounce it, I am no more anti-
Semitic than I am anti-American
when I denounce the US war for oil
and occupation of Iraq.
Israel has been allowed to act with
impunity for 60 years, not only by
Western nations, but with the uneasy
complicity of its neighboring Arab
states who do not want their own
masses to rise up against them.
For 60 years, the Palestinians have
been denied a State. In Gaza, the very
food eaten depends on the State of
Israel allowing it in. On the West
Bank, Jewish settlements exist with all
the amenities of Western civilization
along side the deplorable conditions of
Palestinian towns. How could THIS
NOT create suicide bombers and
rocket launchers.
I dream sometimes of an
International Brigade gathering
peacefully, creating a human wall that
says, Never again, to Israel and its
protector, the United States, that calls
for the establishment of a Palestinian
State so long denied, and stays until
that happens. e least you and I can
do is break the silence.
Michael Politano Bowles
I feel somewhat confused regarding
the lack of salt on the paths on campus
this past Monday. Confused is the
best word I can come up with that
expresses exactly what I felt without
bringing into it just exactly how pissed
o I was, as Im sure many other
students and sta were, sliding to class,
in hopes that they may nd the right
slope to take them there. If Mount
Allison really is the top undergraduate
university in Canada then they should
have at least provided ice skates at
various checkpoints around campus
for the students, sta, and visitors.
I am confused because I dont get it.
I mean, I got the email. But the email
wasnt holding my hand to class. It
wasnt scraping the ice before my feet.
And it sure as hell wasnt putting salt
on the campus paths and sidewalks. I
think facilities management does an
excellent job in keeping things safe
and clean for the students generally,
so this is not an attack on them. Its
an attack on whatever authority, or
oce, man or woman who did not get
on the phone and make damned sure
that the primary concern on Monday
morning was safety. For a school who
is often so concerned for the safety
of the students, how did Monday get
forgotten or overlooked? You in the
head oces, you must have had a
helicopter drop you o.
Maybe the price of salt has
skyrocketed with the recession. Hey,
Salt this
tack on another couple hundred to
my tuition, whats the dierence at
this point? Id rather be even poorer
and safe than generally poor with a
cracked vertebrae. Tuesday was better
though. ank you. I see salt on the
Corrections for the January 15,
2009 paper
Isabel Gertler was not credited for the Sex Bomb photo on page 14.
e tness column was incorrectly credited to Natalie Butler. Nicole Butler is
the correct author.
Weekly Gratti
Rosie Gripton
Berlin, Germany, 2008.
Send your images of grati to argosy@mta.ca. Include where and when you took
the photo.
ground; I am content, almost calm.
Plus I brought my hockey helmet to
school today just in case. Id pay to see
the Pres and the VPs wearing a hockey
helmet on their way to the oce.
Erin Jemczyk
Have you slipped on the ice recently?
FEATURES
Sasha Van Katwyk
Argosy Staff
Never, in the history of the United
Nations, have there been such heavy
demands set on the Peacekeeping
Department, said Alain Le Roy,
head of the UN Peacekeeping
Department (UNPKD), late last year.
We need more troops and civilian
workers, more resources, Le Roy
continued, and there are louder
calls from member-states for our
involvement that go way beyond what
these states have given us to work with.
Indeed, while the world has certainly
been engulfed in more conict than
we see today, never in history has
there been such a demand for specic
humanitarian bodies to help settle
hostilities and rebuild relations.
People are already talking about
the UN expanding missions in
nations that are still inamed in
war, and Ive even seen documents
on Iraq fall on my desk, a BBC
source within the UNPKD said.
Today there are 16 active
peacekeeping operations over
four continents designed to
bring humanitarian aid, training,
and relief to nations coming o
the cusp of conict or, in some
cases, have fallen back into war.
Since the founding of the
United Nations, there have been 63
missions with varying results, some
of which, like Rwanda or Somalia,
have weighed heavily on UNs
reputation for achieving the goals
its member-states set to achieve.
Despite criticisms, the UNPKD
has continued to function in dicult
conditions and has gained credibility
as a serious option for states requiring
dire assistance and the installation of
relative stability following conict.
is branch of the United
Nations is undeniably valuable,
with their presence in areas
often meaning humanitarian aid
and daily life can recommence.
ere are serious problems still
facing the UNPKD, however,
that that should draw hesitance
to the over-reliance of this body.
Reports of physical, psychological,
and sexual abuse by peacekeepers
on the ground have been pouring
in through news networks
and NGOs, such as Save the
Children, for over a decade now.
Its a serious blemish on the UN,
said Nick Birnback of the UNPKD
operations oce in New York, a lot
is being done, a lot is underway. But
the fact is more needs to be done.
Jasmine Whitbread of Save the
Children acknowledges the eorts
being made by the UN to crack
down on the abuses, but says, In
most cases statements of principle
and good intent have yet to be
converted into really decisive and
concerted international action.
In fact, beyond the accusations
of innocent civilian beatings, rapes,
and prostitution through oering
young girls jars of food for sex,
there are greater attacks on the
regional UNPKD oces of inaction
when such reports are received.
A report done by the UN found
that there are endemic failures in the
response to allegations of abuse when
they have been ocially reported.
And beyond ocial reports, its
well understood by those on the
ground that only a small fraction of
violations committed are reported.
Its not just the initial attack,
said Heather Kerr, also of Save the
Children, its the fear of reporting
it, the fear of reprisals, the fear
of stigma from being identied
as someone who has been raped.
e UN Security Council, in
their own examination of abuse
claims, said, We dishonour these
brave men and women when we
fail to prevent or punish those from
within their ranks who victimize
the very people peacekeepers
are meant to protect and serve.
While these accusations fall only
on a handful of the over 100,000
peacekeeping personnel, the
continued heinous actions of those
within a body meant protect, is
something the United Nations has
said it cannot tolerate to any degree.
To look deeper into what is
actually occurring in these abuses
brings to light another major
challenge facing the UNPKD that
isnt as dramatic on nightly news,
but is far more insidious within the
ranks of peacekeeping personnel.
e stress put on a peacekeeper in
these conditions is more than most
active soldiers could ever handle,
said Canadian Lieutenant-General
Romeo Dallaire, former head of
the UN peacekeeping operation of
Rwanda during the genocide in 1994.
e atrocities one must bear
witness to, Dallaire said in an
interview with CBC, and then to
stand in the face of the men you know
did it and beg for their cooperation
so that you may fulll a mission
the outside doesnt understand is
enough to send any man to madness.
ere is no required psychological
analysis or consultation oered to
UN peacekeepers once in the eld as
the current mandate of the UNPKD
stands. Furthermore, one of the most
key demands made on peacekeepers is
to walk the line between suppliers of
aid to all sides and defending those
who may be under attack by men you
just fed the day before. Moreover, a
peacekeeper must do so without the
soldiers luxury of shooting back unless
under nearly impossible circumstances.
Certainly there are some horrible
acts committed by peacekeepers
A black stain on the blue berets
Allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct are signs of deeper issues facing UN peacekeepers
because of their own insubordination,
said Jean-Marie Guhenno, former
head of the UNPKD, but when
you look at the severity of post-
traumatic stress (PTSD), coming
out of combat soldiers, let alone out
of peacekeepers being put under the
same battle circumstances, but with
tighter restriction on behaviour,
some of their violent acts must
be explained by extreme stress.
Indeed, there are some reported
acts by peacekeepers that are so
heinous it goes beyond just despicable
behaviour. e stories of Belgian
and Canadian peacekeepers beating
Somali men to death, locking some
up in shacks for days, and even one
particularly gruesome occurrence
of them roasting a boy alive over
a re, all go beyond maliciousness.
Some of the events we hear about
such as those in Somalia and Haiti
[when a peacekeeper opened re on
a market] are without question the
result of conict-born madness,
says Stanley Krippner, a war trauma
therapist. e level of desensitization
the peacekeepers that see true human
atrocity much go through goes way
beyond our understanding of what war
does to the mindwith little question,
the eects on some of these men and
women go beyond combat PTSD
and are permanently debilitating.
Ultimately, these abuses are
rare and there are continued steps
being taken by both the UN and
watchdog groups such as Save the
Children, but their occurrence at
all is considered intolerable by all
parties involved. We may have to
accept to some degree that atrocious
things will happen in the midst of
chaos, but perhaps an element of the
solution can be not only monitoring
the actions of these peacekeepers,
but their state of mind as well.
If the UNPKD is going to be
considered by member-states as the
Secretariats solution so that they may
wash their hands of the problem,
Department Head Le Roy said,
they must at least know what theyre
getting into and the risks involved.
Certainly there are some
horrible acts committed by
peacekeepers because of their
own insubordination.
- Jean-Marie Guhenno,
former head of the UNPKD
We dishonour these
brave men and women
when we fail to prevent
or punish those f rom
within their ranks who
victimize the very people
peacekeepers are meant to
protect and serve.
- The UN Security Council, in their
own examination of abuse claims
Its the fear of reporting

it, the fear of reprisals, the
fear of stigma from being
identif ied as someone who
has been raped.
- Heather Kerr, of Save the Children
217
Allegations of abuse of girls and
women by peacekeepers in eastern
Congo, noted in a 2006 investigation
1
Number of peacekeepers the report
established proof against, out of 75
63
Number of Peacekeeping
Operations since 1948
54
Estimated total cost of operations
from 1948 to June 2008, in billions
Playing with the
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10 THE ARGOSY FEATURES JANUARY 22, 2009
Rev. John C. Perkin
University Chaplain
e unfolding story of creation forms
the basis of several weeks of reection
for me, both in the chapel and in print
in this column.
In connection with growing
environmental concerns, I have
returned to the Genesis account
of creation to contemplate the
way in which our need for more
environmental action and care is
rooted in the spirituality of the Judeo-
Christian tradition. In this second
column of the new year, I turn to the
second day of creation as told in the
poetic theology of creation in Genesis
chapter one:
And God said, Let there be a dome
in the midst of the waters, and let it
separate the waters from the waters. So
God made the dome and separated the
waters that were under the dome from
the waters that were above the dome.
And it was so. God called the dome Sky.
And there was evening and there was
morning, the second day.
(Genesis 1: 6-8, NRSV)
is is perhaps not the most
dramatic of the days in this poetic
account, but nonetheless a key
image in the bringing together of an
understanding of humanity and God
in relation to the world as a created
order. is passage describes the
creation, in the old King James Version
language, of the rmament, the sky,
the dome that sits over the world in
the ancient cosmology. If the earth
were like a plate, the sky would like
a bowl turned over it, as the ancients
conceptualized their cosmology.
is second day of creation is of the
sky, suggesting also atmosphere, air,
the edges of the earthly sphere. is
piece of scripture suggests that God
is present in the very climate of the
world; Canadians should understand
that we should be among the
most religious people on the face of
the earth if we could share with the
ancients the idea that God is present
in the atmosphere, in the ever-
changing weather patterns, given our
focus on and interest in the weather.
e climate that comes from the
atmosphere is also part of the wonder
of Gods creation, and as I indicated
last week, it should cause us to stop
and be amazed at the beauty and
wonder of Gods presence in the world
around us (although, I must note that
a graduate of Mount Allison who
reads rough Stained Glass online
emailed me last week to tell me she
had to shovel 25 cm of Gods beauty
and wonder o her driveway before
she could get to town).
e focus of the second day of
creation is the sky, the dome, the
rmament which is carefully put in
place. e poem now suggests that
in our spiritual understanding of the
world, and of life, we need to see
that limits and boundaries have been
established.
Our culture tends to react against
limits and boundaries, as our
consumption of fossil fuels and the
earths resources seem to know no
bounds. While it is good to reach
beyond ourselves, to strive to be better,
to try to be more than we thought we
could be, it is also part of the creation
story to realize that there are limits,
ecologically and personally.
It is time in our worlds history for
us to nd the beauty and pleasures
of living within natures limits, not
only for the sake of enjoyment and
meaning, not only as an expression
of our faith, but for the sake of the
fragile planet on which we live.
is guardianship of planet Earth
and its resources is also an expression
of our faith. We must limit our
consumption to a rate that does
exceed natures ability to regenerate.
We must participate in the cycles of
nature, taking care that the things we
take and the things we throw back
into the earth are fully integrated
into the cycle of life. Otherwise our
boundary-crossings lead not only to
the destruction of nature, but of our
essential selves, our souls.
Not only does the atmosphere
and the earth suer from our abuse,
our over-consumption, our failure to
recognize the limits of the earth and
the way we need to live within them
we all suer, as creatures of the earth,
because we are all bound by the cycles
of growth and death, regeneration
and renewal, of water drawn from the
earth and coming back to us again as
rain and snow.
Our plants absorb carbons from
the atmosphere and purify the air as
they grow, but only if we have enough
plants to counter reasonable emissions
of carbon into the air. Toxins in water
supplies, holes in the ozone layer,
illnesses and diseases and warming of
the atmosphere are all signs that we
have pushed beyond the boundaries
of what the earth is capable of
sustaining in its cycle of regenerating
and renewing.
Our response, by living within the
limits of creation, is a spiritual act.
Faith should compel us not only to
restrain our consumption, but to seek
to redeem damage done.
Our beliefs have consequences for
the way we live, for our lives and the
life of our planet. It is time to stop
and look up and around, and see that
what we believe can be shaped by the
world in which we live, the timeframe
of our existence, and the hopes we
want to extend to this world beyond
ourselves.
Only if we learn to live within
the very ends and limits of life and
creation can we truly hope that others
will enjoy a world without end, seen
in beauty and wonder in the changing
weather all around, through stained
glass.
rough stained glass
Argosy Staff
I saw the Kings head go a-rolling by
On January 21, 1793, the National
Convention had the King of France,
Louis XVI, stripped of all his titles,
and then led him to the guillotine.
A lot of people know the general
story of Louis XVI and his famous
queen, Marie Antoinette. Boy is made
to marry girl, boy and girl cant seem
to produce an heir. Old king dies, boy
and girl become King and Queen of
France at a fairly young age, girl has
way too much fun with the seemingly
never-ending supply of money, and
boy barely says anything to girl. Boy
and girl nally create a family, country
slowly turns on boy and girl, and boy
and girl are in big trouble.
Or, people have at least watched
Soa Coppolas version (however
historically inaccurate it is) and saw all
the pretty, lacy, fru-fru bits.
Long story short, by 1789, the
French people were not at all happy
with the monarchy. During the
October Days march on Versailles, the
National Guard and the women, who
had marched there to demand bread for
their families, demanded that the royal
family and the National Assembly be
moved to Paris.
About two years after being moved
to the Tuileries Palace in the centre of
Paris, the royal family attempted to ee
the city; this was highly unsuccessful
due to the fact that the family was a
little tactless in hiding their identities.
On August 10, 1792, a mob,
with support from the new Paris
Commune, attacked the Tuileries
Palace, going for blood this time. e
result: many dead guards, the royal
family imprisoned in Temple fortress
(under false pretenses that it was for
their own safety), and basically the
end of the monarchys absolute rule in
France after the National Convention
declared France a republic.
In December 1972, Louis XVI was
brought before the Convention to
hear the accusations held against him
(of high treason and crimes against
the state). On January 16, 1793, 310
deputies of the Convention voted
to show some mercy for the king,
however, the rest of the deputies (380)
voted for immediate death penalty.
According to some accounts, as
soon as Louiss blood hit the ground,
people rushed towards the scaold
and dipped their handkerchiefs in it.
Big Brother is watching Apple
On January 22, 1984, an Apple
advertisement for their new Macintosh
computers aired during Super Bowl
XVIII.
Directed by Ridley Scott, the advert
was an allusion to George Orwells
famous dystopian novel, Nineteen-
Eighty-Four. It showed an unnamed
heroine, who looked oddly like an
Olympic track and eld star, running
through a futuristic, bleak setting,
followed by a group of riot police
(supposedly the ought Police). is
was cut in between shots of people (all
looking very uniform, making it hard
to tell males from females), marching
in unison, while Big Brothertalked in
the background about the celebration
of unied thoughts and conformity.
e heroine runs towards the room
in which many people are seated
watching Big Brother on a large
telescreen. Wielding a large hammer,
the heroine throws the hammer at the
screen just as Big Brother declares that,
We shall prevail! In a pu of smoke
and sparks, the screen is destroyed and
the people appear to be shocked out of
a daze.
e ad ends by promising that,
On January 24, Apple Computer will
introduce Macintosh. And youll see
why 1984, wont be like 1984.
ought to be an IBM bashing
ad, were IBM was represented by
Big Brother, the actual idea behind
the ad was to show the ght to gain
control over computer technology, the
underdog Apple versus the big guys
at IBM. Apparently, Apple wanted
the Mac computers to be a symbol
of empowerment, ghting against
conformity and to assert originality.
Evidently, the idea of the iPod came
much, much later.
Emperor Caligula assassinated,
horse implicated
On January 24, 41, the Roman
Emperor Caligula was assassinated
by some fairly disgruntled Praetorian
Guards.
Born Gaius Julius Caesar, although
known mostly by his nickname,
Caligula (meaning Little Boots,
referring, supposedly, to a pair of child-
size military sandals that his fathers
legionaries made for him), was known
to be eccentric (putting it nicely), cruel,
and extravagance.
His father, Germanicus, was the
adopted son of the Emperor Tiberius,
and his mother was Agrippina the
Elder. Caligula and his ve siblings
traveled around Germania with their
parents during their fathers military
campaigns there; however, after the
death of Germanicus in 19 CE,
Agrippina and her children returned
to Rome, where she and her two
eldest sons died under mysterious
circumstances.
In 31, Caligula withdrew to the
island of Capri, where he remained
until the death of Tiberius in 37,
who ocially adopted Caligula as his
grandson, and making him the new
Emperor of Rome.
According to some remaining
sources, Caligula was a pretty decent
ruler for the rst two years of his reign.
Unfortunately, after this, the sources
tend to focus on the many scandals
that surrounded the emperor, making
him out to be an insane tyrant.
Many of the things Caligula was
said to have done included killing
for pleasure, spending way too much
money, being a sexual maniac (some
accounts condemn him for committing
incest with his sisters, and delighting
in the company of young boys). At one
point, he attempted to make his horse,
Incitatus, a consul and a priest.
Some of his actions as emperor were
accounted as being hard on the Senate,
the nobility, and the equestrian order.
Because of this, several conspiracies
were formed against Caligula, but they
never seemed to work out, at least until
some fed-up ocers of the Praetorian
Guard eventually managed to stab him
la the rst Julius Caesar, according to
the historian Suetonius.
A weekly compilation by Sarah Robinson
This week in history
Also this week in history:
January 19, 1809: Birth of writer Edgar
Allan Poe.
January 19, 1966: Indira Ghandi is
elected as Prime Minister of India.
January 19, 1969: Jan Palach dies after
setting himself on re to protest the
invasion of Czechoslovakia by the
USSR in 1968.
January 19, 1977: e rst ever
recorded snowfall in Miami, Florida,
and the Bahamas.
January 19, 2007: Death of e Mamas
and the Papas member Denney
Doherty, better known to Canadian
children of the 1990s as the Harbour
Master from CBCs eodore Tugboat.
January 20, 1892: First game of
basketball played at a YMCA in
Massachusetts.
January 20, 1961: JFK inaugurated
as the youngest and rst ever Roman
Catholic President of the United
States.
January 20, 1986: Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday
for the rst time.
January 21, 1189: Phillip II of France
and Richard the Lionheart gather
troops to begin the First Crusade.
January 21, 1789: e rst American
novel is printed in Boston.
January 21, 1905: Birth of fashion
designer Christian Dior.
January 21, 1924: Death of Russian
revolutionary, Vladimir Lenin.
January 21, 2008: e Eyak language
from Alaska becomes extinct when its
last native speaker, Marie Smith Jones,
dies at the age of 90.
January 22, 1788: Birth of Romantic
poet Lord George Byron.
January 22, 1901: Death of Queen
Victoria; her son, Edward VII becomes
king.
January 22, 1905: Unarmed, peaceful
demonstrators gunned down in St.
Petersburg by the Imperial Guard
begins the Russian revolution of 1905;
later known as Bloody Sunday.
January 22, 1946: Creation of the
Central Intelligence Group, which
later becomes the CIA.
January 22, 2008: Death of Heath
Ledger.
January 23, 1533: Anne Boleyn, the
second wife of Henry VIII, nds
herself pregnant with who is later to
become Elizabeth I.
January 23, 1803: Death of Irish
brewer Arthur Guinness.
January 23, 1897: Elva Zona Heaster
found dead in her home; necessitating
the only murder trial in American
history where the apparent testimony
of a ghost helped to nd the guilty
party.
January 23, 1989: Death of surrealist
artist Salvador Dal.
January 24, 76 : Birth of the Roman
Emperor Hadrian.
January 24, 1862: Bucharest named
the capital of Romania.
January 24, 1907: Robert Baden-
Powell founds the Boy Scouts.
January 24, 1924: Petrograd (formerly
St. Petersburg) is renamed Leningrad
in Russia.
January 24, 1927: Alfred Hitchcocks
rst movie is released.
January 24, 1965: Death of Winston
Churchill.
January 24, 1984: As promised by
Apples 1984 style advert, the rst Mac
computer goes on sale.
I f i t exi s t s , you c an f i nd por n about i t
Vision in Blue
Editors disclaimer: This weeks
column is kinda nasty and graphic.
Im serious. Be warned.
Im going to teach you all about Rule
34. For those who arent familiar
with this, it essentially states that if
something exists (furniture, dogs,
Ziploc bags, etc), there will be porn
made about it.
is weeks sexbomb is going to
cover some of the more interesting
kinds of porn out there. If you dont
believe me that these things exist,
you should be able to nd it on the
internet.
Dinosaur porn. Dont laugh,
dinosaurs exist, or at least they did, so
yes, there is porn involving dinosaurs.
is can include people being fucked
by, or fucking, various dinosaur species.
e videos involving Pterodactyls
are particularly amusing: you get to
watch it eating out some chick! Who
wouldnt want to see that? And by the
way, thats a rhetorical question.
Lego porn. Remember the puppet
sex scene from Team America? Well,
this is a similar kind of thing, but
with Lego people, if they can be
called people. Well, you know what
I mean, those weird yellow block-
shaped people, with painted-on faces
and clothes, clip-on hair, and solid
hand shapes. Anyway, its more of a
stop-motion thing (and yes, theres
claymation porn, did you even have
to ask?) and is usually made by people
with way too much time on their
hands.
Vegetable porn. You can guess
where this one is going, right? ere
are a great number of veggies that
are phallic shaped, the most popular
ones being cucumbers, zucchini, and
carrots. However, you can also cut
holes in some vegetables (squash,
tomatoes, melons) and use those as
some kind of female orice substitute.
Just keep it organic.
Bacon porn. is one did mystify
me for a while, and it seems like there
are two versions of this. In one, bacon
is used as clothing (have you heard
of the bacon bra?) and is eaten o
the person before sex as some kind
of foreplay. e second version is
where people actually fuck the bacon.
For those of you who enjoy bacon-
wrapped meat, well, its not just steak
that bacon can be wrapped around.
Its seriously not kosher, though, not
to mention unhygienic.
Anime porn! eres a name for
this one, but I cant remember it, due
to writing this at 3 am. (Ed. note: Its
called Hentai.) ink of any sexual
scenario involving anime characters
drawn out in cartoon style either in
print or on the screen. I was especially
horried by the octopus-like creatures,
which would put a tentacle in each
orice. is gives new meaning to the
term aural sex.
Alien porn. All you foil hat nutbars
must love this one. ey usually involve
various abduction scenarios, and then
youre probed by an alien, but not with
a little implant injected behind your
ear or in your neck or whatever, if you
catch my drift.
Midget porn. Now, Im sure
theres porn with only little people
in it, because, you know, X-rated
entertainment should be one of
the rst frontiers of inclusiveness,
but in this case, Im talking about
porn between little people and, well,
normal sized people. For example, Im
talking about a man under three feet
having sex with a woman thats just
under six feet tall. Dream big, buddy!
But seriously, that little guy can move,
though it is a little weird. Its sort of
like watching a Mexican jumping
bean trying to attack a tree.
Dead people porn. is one is for
necrophiliacs only. Essentially theres a
dead body, and someone has sex with
it. Not only is it disrespectful to the
dead, but seriously disturbing as well.
Stued animal porn. Now this one
is actually funny, but where stued
animals dier from real animals is
that they dont have holes to stick it in,
or reproductive equipment to service
a female. is leads to holes being cut
in, or something hard being stuck into
the teddy bear. Sometimes maybe the
whole stued bear is jammed up there,
I actually dont know, as I stopped
watching this one on account of the
fact that I couldnt stop laughing.
ere are many more examples of
Rule 34 out there, some involving
bobble-heads, others involving
unicorns, and even Jell-O. But Im
going to stop before this list gets too
lengthy.
If you are interested in other
interesting types of porn, I invite you
to do your own research, and if you
come across anything interesting,
please tell me about it. Send all emails
to vision in blue c/o argosy@mta.ca.
Emily Bird
Argosy Correspondent

Everyone has dreamed of an addition
that would accent their wardrobe as
the cherry on top. It may be a gure-
skimming oor length gown, an
incredibly embellished Derby hat, or
that fabulously gem encrusted clutch.
However, growing up we have come
to realize that many wishes and fables
are purely imagination. Yet, just how
many people have noticed that haute
couture can be valued at any price?
One who has long strived to own
a particular staple item should be
prepared to invest slightly more than
usual of that hard-earned paycheck.
Acknowledging that a piece from
a designer collection is created
with precision, care and quality, the
investment is sure to well represent
both the designer and the clientele;
the item will endure much more time
as well as wear.
However, when does one categorize
the price of a designers collection as
unreasonable? Is a brand item, such
as a mega-check Burberry scarf, really
worth $895? Did that value go into
the fabric and making of such a piece?
Many people have begun to question
the logic behind the pricing of designer
and haute couture collections as a
reasonable wardrobe budget does not
coincide with present designer prices.
Haute couture is french for high
sewing and high dressmaking.
e term pertains to custom-tted
clothing; individual customer orders
are fashionable recipes consisting
of expensive high-quality fabrics,
an attention to detail, and quite
often, hand sewn appliques and
embellishments. e result is a
representation of both fashion houses
and the fashion designers who create
both custom-pieces, as well as trend-
setting fashion collections.
e eort it requires to create a
single haute couture garment implies
the care one must take when adorning
oneself in the fashion project. Such a
stylish treasure is usually only worn
to exuberant social events where one
is not required to be physically active,
and the setting is indoors, away from
the danger of dirt, grass, rain, and other
wardrobe predators. At the premiere
of Spiderman 2, Samantha Mumba
radiated light in a nine million dollar
diamond-encrusted dress.
Haute couture is not always worn
by people, but it is also celebrated on
display as a vision of fashion history
as it appears at the Metropolitan
Museum of Arts annual Costume
Institute Gala. One would nd it quite
shocking to see a diamond encrusted
gown worn at the local grocery store.
Haute couture is viewed by some as
a hobby of collection. Similar to any
other collectors item, such as stamps,
haute couture pieces are purchased
by a small group of socialites who all
share a consistent passion.
Couture pieces are treasured as they
are one of a kind; these works of art
are as unique as are the hands and
the minds that crafted them. Buyers
receive a feeling of exclusivity and title
of trend setter, providing a thrill when
sporting the fashionable investment.
Haute couture collections are not
a composition of practicality yet,
they allude to seasonal trends that
transcend into ready-to-wear lines,
as well as department stores. e
untrained eye is unable to perceive the
unique dierences between two similar
pieces that dierentiate in price by
thousands.
Creating a unique look should be
the goal of ones individual style. It
should not be ones aim to imitate the
ensembles of others. Be inspired by the
style of others and of designers but do
not assume that haute couture rises
above ready-to-wear. ey are hybrids
of the same origin, the same mind and
creator.
Fashion cannot be bought, it is
a personal perspective as well as a
collaboration of ones personality
and passion. e important aspect of
personal style is that one feel fabulous
both inside and out, and no price tag
can be placed on that achievement.
When will designer prices plateau?
Corey Isenor and
James Goddard
Argosy Correspondents
Pattersons Family Restaurant
16 Mallard Dr.

Like the majority of restaurants in
Sackville, Pattersons specializes in
standard diner food. It is part of the
cluster of eateries just o the highway,
located next to Pizza Delight and just
down the street from the Irving.
e menu features a large selection
of burgers, sandwiches, sh, and warm
dinners (understood here as meat
and vegetables). e atmosphere is
reminiscent of a cafeteria: sacricing
a bit of character for cleanliness and
good lighting. at said, Pattersons
is one of the top spots for a laid back
breakfast, lunch, or dinner, especially
on Sundays around 12 when the after-
church crowd is out and about.
We arrived around 7:00 on
Sunday evening, and since a storm
was predicted, it made sense that we
were one of only two sets of guests
eating in the entire restaurant and we
were served, quickly. e emptiness
however, emboldened the sta to
vacuum, getting a head start on their
closing chores, and lling the place
with a mildly irritating white noise.
e prompt service Sunday night
is hardly attributable only to the slow
business, on other occasions Corey
and James have found the service at
Pattersons to be both courteous and
quick.
For dinner, James ordered a the club
wrap with soup (turkey rice on that
day), and Corey decided to have the
Bulls Eye Burger with an iced tea.
e burger was pretty good with its
double patties, two kinds of cheese,
bacon, and Bulls Eye BBQ sauce. Also,
the burgers were hand made, which
added to the overall quality of the
meal. With a hefty serving of home-
cut fries and a tasty glass of iced tea,
Coreys meal came to a total of $12.86,
a pretty reasonable price considering
the size and quality of the meal.
James also found the servings to be
generous, enjoying his wrap bursting
with lettuce, bacon, cheddar, tomato,
and sliced chicken (it might have been
turkey). His soup was lling and the
perfect side for such a blustery day. His
meal came to $10.16.
ough the food at Pattersons is
tasty and lling, it is unexceptional.
Corey argues that their milkshakes are
better than Mels, but James isnt so
sure about that.
One thing that does distinguish
Pattersons is the atmosphere, oering
a warm and pleasant if sterile, retreat
from campus life, or break from the
road for those just driving through.
Pattersons is an unthreatening and
safe eating option.
Mels Tearoom is great, but isnt
exactly a family oriented eatery. e
Irving Big-Stop is more welcoming
to that kind of crowd, but is too far
away to be accessible for those living
in Sackville without a car.
is both well-situated and has that
wholesome family restaurant vibe. For
students in particular, it has the added
benet of being just far enough away
that you might be able to enjoy a quiet
meal without running into someone
you know.
Overall, James and Corey nd that
Pattersons is pretty good. ey give
it a one and half thumbs up. It wont
change your life, but it might just oer
the perfect change of pace.
Corey and James eat out
Internet Photo
Evan Rensch
Internet Photo
Kelly OConnor
Argosy Staff
HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis
(TB), pneumonia, diarrhea:
a hit list of some of the most
serious public health challenges
in the developing world today.
e aects of these diseases on a
nations economic capacity, political
stability, and critical indicators which
point to the general quality of life are
well known, yet for some of societys
most vulnerable, how to tackle these
problems remains a huge question mark.
e World Health Organization
(WHO) and its partners are
drawing attention to the fact that
these monumental challenges are
often most dangerous for those
who have yet to celebrate their
fth birthday. rough its Make
Medicines Child Sized campaign,
the WHO aims to raise awareness
and accelerate action to address
the need for improved availability
and access to safe child-specic
medicines for all children under 15.
Launched on December 6, 2007,
the campaign focuses on a range of
medicines, ranging from antibiotics,
asthma, and pain medication to
TB. e WHO is calling for more
medications to be tailored to address
the special health needs of children,
as well as for increased research
into neglected tropical diseases
and combination pills for HIV,
TB, and malaria that would make
treatment easier for children to take.
Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-
General of the WHO, explains:
e gap between the availability
and the need for child-appropriate
medicines touches wealthy as well
as poor countries. As we strive
for equitable access to scientic
progress in health, children must
be one of our top priorities.
Coinciding with the start of the
campaign, the WHO also released
the rst international List of Essential
Medicines for Children. Despite
cataloguing 206 medicines which
are deemed safe for children and
address priority concerns, Dr. Hans
Hogerzeil, Director of Medicines
Policy and Standards at WHO,
admits there is much to be done.
ere are priority medicines
that have not been adapted
for childrens use or are not
available when needed, he says.
e WHO, however, has already got
a jump start on facilitating research
by creating an internet portal to
clinical trials carried out in children.
With about 10 million children
dying each year before their fth
birthday, this research cannot come
soon enough. e ve diseases listed
at the beginning of this article alone
count for over half of these deaths.
Perhaps most concerning is the fact
that about six million of these children
could be alive today if they had been
treated with available, eective,
safe, and aordable medicines.
ese illnesses can be treated, but
many children dont stand a chance
because the medicines are either
not appropriate for their age, dont
reach them, or are priced too high
up to three times the price of adult
drugs, said Dr. Howard Zucker,
WHO Assistant Director-General.
e barriers to treating these
children stem not only from poor
access but also from the physiological
dierences of childrens metabolisms
which lead them to process medicines
dierently from adults. us far,
much research carried out on
priority diseases have concentrated
on adults, leaving a large knowledge
gap in how the same medicines
and doses may aect children.
Even in the developed world,
over half of children are prescribed
medicines not authorized for use in
children, and at adult dosages. e
delivery system of these medicines
Quick Facts:
Pneumonia is the most common cause of death in children under
ve years, taking the lives of more children than AIDS, malaria, and
measles combined.
According to 2006 data, the percentage of children under ve
years with suspected pneumonia who receive antibiotics is dismally
low; in Haiti this proportion is only three per cent.
In sub-Saharan Africa, only 40 per cent of children with suspected
pneumonia are taken to an appropriate health provider.
In 2006, 380 000 children died of largely preventable AIDS-related
causes and only 15 per cent of children received antiretroviral therapy.
must also change in order to
make them palatable for children.
Toddlers, for example, often have
trouble swallowing big tablets.
e reduction of child mortality and
the treatment of major diseases have
already been declared global priorities
under the Millennium Development
Goals (specically goals four and six,
which aim to improve child health
and combat HIV/AIDS respectively),
yet UNICEFs State of the Worlds
Children report for 2009 points out
that those born in the developing
world are 14 times more likely to die
during the rst month of life compared
to those born in the developed world.
By working with governments, the
private sector, academics, and NGOs,
such as Medicines Sans Frontires,
UNICEF, and Save the Children,
the WHO is aiming to improve
these odds. Lets hope they do.
WHO wants to Make
Medicines Child Sized
Vivi Reich
Argosy Staff
Baby boomers. Presumably most of
our parents belong to this category and
before we know it, we will be forced to
gure out where they will live and who
will take care of them. is will be a
problem for most parts of the world,
but in Japan, the problem is severe.
Many countries have implemented
looser immigration laws in order to
x the problems that the baby boomer
generation will leave behind very slow
population growth and large numbers
of jobs that will no longer be lled.
In Japan, where feelings of animosity
towards foreigners is not unusual, these
problems will be harder to prevent and x.
Japans population, according to
the Economist, is set to shrink by
a third in the next 50 years. ere
will be virtually no one left to care
for baby boomers as time goes on.
Conservatives hope to keep women
at home to have more children.
Two-fths of the worlds industrial
robot population has its home in
Japan, and could be a help to some,
especially the elderly, but are obviously
no real replacement for humans.
Conservatives in Japan are reluctant to
expand immigration policies to make up
for this baby boomer problem.Currently,
only 1.7 per cent of the population
are immigrants. e proportion of
immigrants in the past decade is well
below other developed countries.
It is very dicult to receive permanent
residency in Japan one must have
lived in the country for 10 years and
demonstrated the best of behaviour.
e media and some politicians
paint a negative image of foreigners
in Japan, for example, attributing
high crime rates to immigrants.
e leading political party in Japan,
the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
is proposing that the number of
foreigners rise by 10 million over the
next 50 years, and wants the number
of foreign students (currently there
are 132,000) to rise to one million
in that time span. e Democratic
Party of Japan, expresses worry about
what impact immigration will have
on Japanese workers and their pay.
Edward Hugh writes in his article
on Seeking Alpha that increasing
immigration and raising fertility rates is
the key to xing this problem.He believes
a change in the national mindsetis the
best option, and goes on to say that the
problem of a declining population is not
considered important to the Japanese.
e Japan Times cited the example
that bathhouse owners in Japan have
been complaining that foreigners
visiting their enterprises are a
disturbance, mentioning Russian sailors
specically. e Japan Times also notes
that some Koreans and Chinese in Japan
are skilled at picking locks and pockets
of citizens, but when the authorities
try to x this problem, the Koreans
and Chinese claim they are being
discriminated against as foreigners.
Only time will tell what the Japanese
government will choose to do. e
problem is real, and a change must be
made, but coming to a compromise that
everyone can agree with is proving to
be dicult for this small island country.
Immigration to the
land of the rising sun
New campaign calls to increase the availability and access to
child-specic medications for major diseases
Cindy Crossman
Registered Nurse / Educator
National Non Smoking week is January
18-24, 2009. Weedless Wednesday is
on January 21 this year, and is the focal
point of National Non-smoking Week.
On this day, public awareness is raised
about the benets of smoking cessation
and promotes a one-day-at-a-time
approach to quitting smoking. So, take
this opportunity to seriously consider
decreasing the amount you smoke or
even quitting because it is never too
late. If you do not smoke, keep it that
way! Your life is worth more. (Canadian
Council for Tobacco Control, 2002)
After smoking 15 or 20 years it may
seem pointless to quit smoking,but in many
cases the damage done by tobacco can be
reversed. Within minutes of smoking that
last cigarette,the body begins to repair itself.
Within 20 minutes,your blood pressure
will drop to normal, body temperature
increases to normal. By eight hours,
carbon monoxide levels in the blood drop
and oxygen levels increase to normal.
By 24 hours, chance of heart attack
begins to decrease. By 48 hours,
food begins to taste and smell better.
After a week, your body will be free
of nicotine. After one month, your
coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and
shortness of breath will begin to decrease.
By 9 months, walking becomes easier
and smokers cough will be fading away; the
bodys overall energy will increase; circulation
improves; no more cold hands and feet.
At one year, risk of heart disease is
half that of a smoker. After ve years,
your risk of dying from lung cancer
will have dropped by 50 per cent
After 15 years, your risk of coronary
heart disease will fall to that of a
person who has never smoked at all.
Heres some additional information from
the College Tobacco Prevention Resource
websites College Tobacco Facts Section:
(1) Many people start to smoke in
college. Almost 40 per cent of college
students either begin smoking (11 per
cent) or become regular smokers (28 per
cent) after starting college (Rigotti, 2000).
(2) Of the over 70 per cent of
college students who have ever tried
smoking (Rigotti, 2000, and CDC,
199&) 41.5 per cent continue on to
become regular smokers (Everett, 1999).
Events on campus during National
Non Smoking week are: Non Smoking
Awareness Educational Display in
Jennings on Friday January 23 from
12:00 am to 1:00 pm. e members
of the Health Matters Society will be
on hand to help raise awareness by
holding a BUTT IT OUT campaign.
ese prevention initiatives have
been coordinated by the Mount Allison
Student Wellness Centre in collaboration
with the Health Matters Society.
In addition, the Mt. A Nurse/Educator
will be available in the Wellness Centre
to provide pulse oximetre assessments
and the student development counselors
are available to discuss the psychology
of quitting smoking with any student.
Call 364-2163 for an appointment.
National Non-Smoking Week
AP photo by Matt Dunham
Hanne Bak Pedersen of UNICEF speaks at the launch of the Make
Medicines Child Sizecampaign at the Great Ormond Street hospital in
London on December 6, 2007.
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Argosy Correspondant
Mediscene
A weekly leap to the frontiers of medicine
is week, a baby girl was born. is
in itself is hardly breaking news, but
there is something about this little
girl that makes her birth remarkable.
She is the rst child born in the UK
selected to be free of a mutated form
of the BRCA1 gene, which would
have put her at an 80 per cent lifetime
risk of developing breast cancer, and a
50 per cent chance of ovarian cancer.
Dr. Paul Serhal, the fertility
expert who treated the couple at
the University College of London
Hospital, said he and his team were
delighted with the outcome. is
little girl will not face the spectre of
developing this genetic form of breast
cancer or ovarian cancer in her adult
life. e parents will have been spared
the risk of inicting this disease on
their daughter. e lasting legacy is
the eradication of the transmission of
this form of cancer that has blighted
these families for generations.
Everyone has a version of the
BRCA1 gene, and a properly
functioning one can even help
to prevent cancer before it starts;
the problems stem from its
malfunctioning form.
Mutated versions of the BRCA1
gene and a related form of the
BRCA2 gene account for about 5 per
cent of all breast cancer. Women who
discover they have one of these two
genes usually elect to have a double
mastectomy to remove their breasts.
e father of the girl had a strong
record of breast cancer in his family:
his grandmother, mother, sister
and cousin have all been diagnosed
with the disease in their twenties. If
the couple had had a son, he could
have continued the terrible trend by
passing the defective BRCA1 gene
onto his daughters.
e process of selecting a BRCA1-
free embryo starts with vitro
fertilization (IVF). At about the three
day mark, when embryos are at the
eight cell stage of their development,
a small sample is taken to be tested
for the mutated BRCA1 gene in
a process called pre-implantation
genetic diagnosis (PGD). ose
embryos found to be free of the
defective gene are implanted.
PGD, rst introduced as an
experimental procedure in the
1990s, is already a well-established
method for pre-selecting embryos
that contain mutated genes which
would guarantee the inheritance of
diseases such as cystic brosis and
Huntingtons. is is the rst time
PGD has been used to actively select
for a gene which simply raises the
probability of developing a disease,
although doctors have been allowed to
test for other so-called susceptibility
genes since May 2006, subject to
case by case approval by the Human
Fertilization and Embryology
Authority (HFEA). ere is a chance
that breast and ovarian cancer can be
cured if they are caught early, and may
be avoided altogether with the right
environmental conditions.
e potential uses for PGD
continue to expand, however, as the
UKs HFEA has also given the green
light for the method to be used to
screen for an inherited form of bowel
cancer called familial adenomatous
polyposis and a very rare form of
eye cancer known as retinoblastoma
(babies selected to be free of these
genes were born in the UK in the
last two years.) Embryos may also
be selected because they are a tissue
match for a sick sibling.
In order to merit PGD testing for
the BRCA1 gene, patients must have
a very strong family history of cancer
and carry the genetic abnormality.
Professor Peter Braude, director of the
Centre for PGD at Guys Hospital in
London, explains: e decision as
to whether PGD is appropriate for a
couple will be made after a thorough
discussion with knowledgeable genetic
counsellors and clinical geneticists. It
will not be suitable for everyone who
has experience of breast cancer in
their family, nor where the chances of
the IVF needed for PGD has a low
chance of succeeding.
Dr. Lesley Walker, of Cancer
Research UK, emphasizes this point:
is is an exciting step forward in
preventing this inherited form of
breast cancer but very few people have
suciently high risk genes to warrant
this sort of intervention.
is form of genetic pre-selection
has come under re from certain
critics who label the practise as
eugenics. Josephine Quintavalle,
director of the group Comment on
Reproductive Ethics, argued that:
PGD is currently nothing more than
a weapon of destruction, aimed at the
ruthless elimination of any embryo
which does not conform to eugenic
concepts of perfection...we must
not forget the embryos which were
discarded because they did carry the
geneWhat next? It is going further
along the line which ultimately ends
in designer babies.
Rachel Hurst, of Disability
Awareness in Action, contended that:
If you say that its OK to say that you
can eliminate embryos which would
lead to disabled people, youre saying
that disabled people are not people.
And youre saying that their quality
of life is not worth living, which
is discriminatory and extremely
prejudicial.
Kelly OConnor
Argosy Staff
While they may not yet help you leap
tall buildings in a single bound, there is
a certain reminiscence of superheroes
in University of California Engineer
Jacob Rosens latest project. Said project
is a robotic exoskeleton, currently a
pair of robotic arms attached to the
wall of his lab, which would enable
the wearer to lift heavy objects with
relatively little eort.
Rosens focus, however, is on the
application of the technology to help
people who are recovering from strokes
or have degenerative diseases. Rosens
team is working on a technology that
will use signals from the brain to control
the robotic arms. e technology uses
electrodes on the skin to sense brain
activity, meaning that the arms can be
used without surgical implants. It takes
advantage of the natural delay between
the activation of muscles and the
actual movement of muscles. During
this delay, a computer algorithm
will analyse the electromyography
signals, and feed information about
the arms position and velocity to a
computer model. e computer model
predicts joint movement and sends
the information to the exoskeleton,
causing the exoskeleton to act with the
operators arm.
So far, the team has demonstrated
that this technology works for exing
and extending the elbow. Now they are
moving on to more complex joints in
the arm, as well as working on a lower
limb exoskeleton for a persons legs.
Jacob Rosen isnt the only one
working on this concept; last
year, a Japanese company called
CYBERDYNE created an exoskeleton
meant to augment the wearers own
strength or do the work of missing
and ailing limbs. Unlike the arms
Rosen has attached to the walls of his
lab, the Japanese company created an
entire suit, which is more compact and
sleek, and resembles, to great extent, a
Star Wars Storm Trooper, though the
helmet is missing from the ensemble.
Rosens arms, unlike some other
exoskeletons, oer 95 per cent of the
range of movement of an ordinary
human, plus extra strength, of course.
Rosen hopes that with the technology
he is developing, the arms will be useful
for people suering from degenerative
diseases, muscular dystrophy, and
neuromuscular disabilities. Balance,
coordination, movement, and speech
may all be aected by diseases like
Alzheimers or Parkinsons, and the
exoskeleton may help the wearer keep
control of their muscles.
Some of the uses Rosen has in
mind for his exoskeleton dont even
require electrodes and computer
programs to function; in physical
therapy for example, the exoskeleton
could be programmed to help perform
predetermined movements. For
people recovering from a stroke, time
in physiotherapy is often needed to
help recover from damage to the
motor cortex of the brain. Often,
however, their time in physiotherapy
is limited by the availability of the
physiotherapist, potentially slowing
their recovery. With the exoskeleton,
the amount of time spent with the
physiotherapist could be reduced,
and the recovery could be sped up
by spending time working with the
machine instead. Researchers say that
virtual reality games could be used in
conjunction with the exoskeleton to
occupy the wearer both physically and
intellectually while they recover from
a stroke.
Unfortunately, victims of disease and
stroke have a long time to wait before
they can get their hands on these suits.
Developing exoskeletons that respond
to other joint movements need to be
developed, as well as multipurpose
exoskeletons that will equally help
a person suering from elbow joint
problems or from ankle or knee issues.
e exoskeletons currently consume a
signicant amount of energy, and most
arent yet light weight or portable,
though exoskeletons of this type are
also under research. e Japanese suit
weighs 50 lbs, the battery lasts just ve
hours, and the suit stands only ve feet
tall.
So, while they may not be perfect
yet, a new era of medical technology
(and super people?) is well under way.
And who knows, that leaping tall
buildings thing might not be too far
behind!
Exoskeletal arms and super suits
How scientists are helping the disabled move again
Exoskeleton technology holds the promise of better physiotherapy, and of course, iron men.
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Sasha Van Katwyk
Argosy Staff
Never, in the history of the United
Nations, have there been such heavy
demands set on the Peacekeeping
Department, said Alain Le Roy,
head of the UN Peacekeeping
Department (UNPKD), late last year.
We need more troops and civilian
workers, more resources, Le Roy
continued, and there are louder
calls from member-states for our
involvement that go way beyond what
these states have given us to work with.
Indeed, while the world has certainly
been engulfed in more conict than
we see today, never in history has
there been such a demand for specic
humanitarian bodies to help settle
hostilities and rebuild relations.
People are already talking about
the UN expanding missions in
nations that are still inamed in
war, and Ive even seen documents
on Iraq fall on my desk, a BBC
source within the UNPKD said.
Today there are 16 active
peacekeeping operations over
four continents designed to
bring humanitarian aid, training,
and relief to nations coming o
the cusp of conict or, in some
cases, have fallen back into war.
Since the founding of the
United Nations, there have been 63
missions with varying results, some
of which, like Rwanda or Somalia,
have weighed heavily on UNs
reputation for achieving the goals
its member-states set to achieve.
Despite criticisms, the UNPKD
has continued to function in dicult
conditions and has gained credibility
as a serious option for states requiring
dire assistance and the installation of
relative stability following conict.
is branch of the United
Nations is undeniably valuable,
with their presence in areas
often meaning humanitarian aid
and daily life can recommence.
ere are serious problems still
facing the UNPKD, however,
that that should draw hesitance
to the over-reliance of this body.
Reports of physical, psychological,
and sexual abuse by peacekeepers
on the ground have been pouring
in through news networks
and NGOs, such as Save the
Children, for over a decade now.
Its a serious blemish on the UN,
said Nick Birnback of the UNPKD
operations oce in New York, a lot
is being done, a lot is underway. But
the fact is more needs to be done.
Jasmine Whitbread of Save the
Children acknowledges the eorts
being made by the UN to crack
down on the abuses, but says, In
most cases statements of principle
and good intent have yet to be
converted into really decisive and
concerted international action.
In fact, beyond the accusations
of innocent civilian beatings, rapes,
and prostitution through oering
young girls jars of food for sex,
there are greater attacks on the
regional UNPKD oces of inaction
when such reports are received.
A report done by the UN found
that there are endemic failures in the
response to allegations of abuse when
they have been ocially reported.
And beyond ocial reports, its
well understood by those on the
ground that only a small fraction of
violations committed are reported.
Its not just the initial attack,
said Heather Kerr, also of Save the
Children, its the fear of reporting
it, the fear of reprisals, the fear
of stigma from being identied
as someone who has been raped.
e UN Security Council, in
their own examination of abuse
claims, said, We dishonour these
brave men and women when we
fail to prevent or punish those from
within their ranks who victimize
the very people peacekeepers
are meant to protect and serve.
While these accusations fall only
on a handful of the over 100,000
peacekeeping personnel, the
continued heinous actions of those
within a body meant protect, is
something the United Nations has
said it cannot tolerate to any degree.
To look deeper into what is
actually occurring in these abuses
brings to light another major
challenge facing the UNPKD that
isnt as dramatic on nightly news,
but is far more insidious within the
ranks of peacekeeping personnel.
e stress put on a peacekeeper in
these conditions is more than most
active soldiers could ever handle,
said Canadian Lieutenant-General
Romeo Dallaire, former head of
the UN peacekeeping operation of
Rwanda during the genocide in 1994.
e atrocities one must bear
witness to, Dallaire said in an
interview with CBC, and then to
stand in the face of the men you know
did it and beg for their cooperation
so that you may fulll a mission
the outside doesnt understand is
enough to send any man to madness.
ere is no required psychological
analysis or consultation oered to
UN peacekeepers once in the eld as
the current mandate of the UNPKD
stands. Furthermore, one of the most
key demands made on peacekeepers is
to walk the line between suppliers of
aid to all sides and defending those
who may be under attack by men you
just fed the day before. Moreover, a
peacekeeper must do so without the
soldiers luxury of shooting back unless
under nearly impossible circumstances.
Certainly there are some horrible
acts committed by peacekeepers
A black stain on the blue berets
Allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct are signs of deeper issues facing UN peacekeepers
because of their own insubordination,
said Jean-Marie Guhenno, former
head of the UNPKD, but when
you look at the severity of post-
traumatic stress (PTSD), coming
out of combat soldiers, let alone out
of peacekeepers being put under the
same battle circumstances, but with
tighter restriction on behaviour,
some of their violent acts must
be explained by extreme stress.
Indeed, there are some reported
acts by peacekeepers that are so
heinous it goes beyond just despicable
behaviour. e stories of Belgian
and Canadian peacekeepers beating
Somali men to death, locking some
up in shacks for days, and even one
particularly gruesome occurrence
of them roasting a boy alive over
a re, all go beyond maliciousness.
Some of the events we hear about
such as those in Somalia and Haiti
[when a peacekeeper opened re on
a market] are without question the
result of conict-born madness,
says Stanley Krippner, a war trauma
therapist. e level of desensitization
the peacekeepers that see true human
atrocity much go through goes way
beyond our understanding of what war
does to the mindwith little question,
the eects on some of these men and
women go beyond combat PTSD
and are permanently debilitating.
Ultimately, these abuses are
rare and there are continued steps
being taken by both the UN and
watchdog groups such as Save the
Children, but their occurrence at
all is considered intolerable by all
parties involved. We may have to
accept to some degree that atrocious
things will happen in the midst of
chaos, but perhaps an element of the
solution can be not only monitoring
the actions of these peacekeepers,
but their state of mind as well.
If the UNPKD is going to be
considered by member-states as the
Secretariats solution so that they may
wash their hands of the problem,
Department Head Le Roy said,
they must at least know what theyre
getting into and the risks involved.
Certainly there are some
horrible acts committed by
peacekeepers because of their
own insubordination.
- Jean-Marie Guhenno,
former head of the UNPKD
We dishonour these
brave men and women
when we fail to prevent
or punish those f rom
within their ranks who
victimize the very people
peacekeepers are meant to
protect and serve.
- The UN Security Council, in their
own examination of abuse claims
Its the fear of reporting

it, the fear of reprisals, the
fear of stigma from being
identif ied as someone who
has been raped.
- Heather Kerr, of Save the Children
217
Allegations of abuse of girls and
women by peacekeepers in eastern
Congo, noted in a 2006 investigation
1
Number of peacekeepers the report
established proof against, out of 75
63
Number of Peacekeeping
Operations since 1948
54
Estimated total cost of operations
from 1948 to June 2008, in billions
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Rev. John C. Perkin
University Chaplain
e unfolding story of creation forms
the basis of several weeks of reection
for me, both in the chapel and in print
in this column.
In connection with growing
environmental concerns, I have
returned to the Genesis account
of creation to contemplate the
way in which our need for more
environmental action and care is
rooted in the spirituality of the Judeo-
Christian tradition. In this second
column of the new year, I turn to the
second day of creation as told in the
poetic theology of creation in Genesis
chapter one:
And God said, Let there be a dome
in the midst of the waters, and let it
separate the waters from the waters. So
God made the dome and separated the
waters that were under the dome from
the waters that were above the dome.
And it was so. God called the dome Sky.
And there was evening and there was
morning, the second day.
(Genesis 1: 6-8, NRSV)
is is perhaps not the most
dramatic of the days in this poetic
account, but nonetheless a key
image in the bringing together of an
understanding of humanity and God
in relation to the world as a created
order. is passage describes the
creation, in the old King James Version
language, of the rmament, the sky,
the dome that sits over the world in
the ancient cosmology. If the earth
were like a plate, the sky would like
a bowl turned over it, as the ancients
conceptualized their cosmology.
is second day of creation is of the
sky, suggesting also atmosphere, air,
the edges of the earthly sphere. is
piece of scripture suggests that God
is present in the very climate of the
world; Canadians should understand
that we should be among the
most religious people on the face of
the earth if we could share with the
ancients the idea that God is present
in the atmosphere, in the ever-
changing weather patterns, given our
focus on and interest in the weather.
e climate that comes from the
atmosphere is also part of the wonder
of Gods creation, and as I indicated
last week, it should cause us to stop
and be amazed at the beauty and
wonder of Gods presence in the world
around us (although, I must note that
a graduate of Mount Allison who
reads rough Stained Glass online
emailed me last week to tell me she
had to shovel 25 cm of Gods beauty
and wonder o her driveway before
she could get to town).
e focus of the second day of
creation is the sky, the dome, the
rmament which is carefully put in
place. e poem now suggests that
in our spiritual understanding of the
world, and of life, we need to see
that limits and boundaries have been
established.
Our culture tends to react against
limits and boundaries, as our
consumption of fossil fuels and the
earths resources seem to know no
bounds. While it is good to reach
beyond ourselves, to strive to be better,
to try to be more than we thought we
could be, it is also part of the creation
story to realize that there are limits,
ecologically and personally.
It is time in our worlds history for
us to nd the beauty and pleasures
of living within natures limits, not
only for the sake of enjoyment and
meaning, not only as an expression
of our faith, but for the sake of the
fragile planet on which we live.
is guardianship of planet Earth
and its resources is also an expression
of our faith. We must limit our
consumption to a rate that does
exceed natures ability to regenerate.
We must participate in the cycles of
nature, taking care that the things we
take and the things we throw back
into the earth are fully integrated
into the cycle of life. Otherwise our
boundary-crossings lead not only to
the destruction of nature, but of our
essential selves, our souls.
Not only does the atmosphere
and the earth suer from our abuse,
our over-consumption, our failure to
recognize the limits of the earth and
the way we need to live within them
we all suer, as creatures of the earth,
because we are all bound by the cycles
of growth and death, regeneration
and renewal, of water drawn from the
earth and coming back to us again as
rain and snow.
Our plants absorb carbons from
the atmosphere and purify the air as
they grow, but only if we have enough
plants to counter reasonable emissions
of carbon into the air. Toxins in water
supplies, holes in the ozone layer,
illnesses and diseases and warming of
the atmosphere are all signs that we
have pushed beyond the boundaries
of what the earth is capable of
sustaining in its cycle of regenerating
and renewing.
Our response, by living within the
limits of creation, is a spiritual act.
Faith should compel us not only to
restrain our consumption, but to seek
to redeem damage done.
Our beliefs have consequences for
the way we live, for our lives and the
life of our planet. It is time to stop
and look up and around, and see that
what we believe can be shaped by the
world in which we live, the timeframe
of our existence, and the hopes we
want to extend to this world beyond
ourselves.
Only if we learn to live within
the very ends and limits of life and
creation can we truly hope that others
will enjoy a world without end, seen
in beauty and wonder in the changing
weather all around, through stained
glass.
rough stained glass
Argosy Staff
I saw the Kings head go a-rolling by
On January 21, 1793, the National
Convention had the King of France,
Louis XVI, stripped of all his titles,
and then led him to the guillotine.
A lot of people know the general
story of Louis XVI and his famous
queen, Marie Antoinette. Boy is made
to marry girl, boy and girl cant seem
to produce an heir. Old king dies, boy
and girl become King and Queen of
France at a fairly young age, girl has
way too much fun with the seemingly
never-ending supply of money, and
boy barely says anything to girl. Boy
and girl nally create a family, country
slowly turns on boy and girl, and boy
and girl are in big trouble.
Or, people have at least watched
Soa Coppolas version (however
historically inaccurate it is) and saw all
the pretty, lacy, fru-fru bits.
Long story short, by 1789, the
French people were not at all happy
with the monarchy. During the
October Days march on Versailles, the
National Guard and the women, who
had marched there to demand bread for
their families, demanded that the royal
family and the National Assembly be
moved to Paris.
About two years after being moved
to the Tuileries Palace in the centre of
Paris, the royal family attempted to ee
the city; this was highly unsuccessful
due to the fact that the family was a
little tactless in hiding their identities.
On August 10, 1792, a mob,
with support from the new Paris
Commune, attacked the Tuileries
Palace, going for blood this time. e
result: many dead guards, the royal
family imprisoned in Temple fortress
(under false pretenses that it was for
their own safety), and basically the
end of the monarchys absolute rule in
France after the National Convention
declared France a republic.
In December 1972, Louis XVI was
brought before the Convention to
hear the accusations held against him
(of high treason and crimes against
the state). On January 16, 1793, 310
deputies of the Convention voted
to show some mercy for the king,
however, the rest of the deputies (380)
voted for immediate death penalty.
According to some accounts, as
soon as Louiss blood hit the ground,
people rushed towards the scaold
and dipped their handkerchiefs in it.
Big Brother is watching Apple
On January 22, 1984, an Apple
advertisement for their new Macintosh
computers aired during Super Bowl
XVIII.
Directed by Ridley Scott, the advert
was an allusion to George Orwells
famous dystopian novel, Nineteen-
Eighty-Four. It showed an unnamed
heroine, who looked oddly like an
Olympic track and eld star, running
through a futuristic, bleak setting,
followed by a group of riot police
(supposedly the ought Police). is
was cut in between shots of people (all
looking very uniform, making it hard
to tell males from females), marching
in unison, while Big Brothertalked in
the background about the celebration
of unied thoughts and conformity.
e heroine runs towards the room
in which many people are seated
watching Big Brother on a large
telescreen. Wielding a large hammer,
the heroine throws the hammer at the
screen just as Big Brother declares that,
We shall prevail! In a pu of smoke
and sparks, the screen is destroyed and
the people appear to be shocked out of
a daze.
e ad ends by promising that,
On January 24, Apple Computer will
introduce Macintosh. And youll see
why 1984, wont be like 1984.
ought to be an IBM bashing
ad, were IBM was represented by
Big Brother, the actual idea behind
the ad was to show the ght to gain
control over computer technology, the
underdog Apple versus the big guys
at IBM. Apparently, Apple wanted
the Mac computers to be a symbol
of empowerment, ghting against
conformity and to assert originality.
Evidently, the idea of the iPod came
much, much later.
Emperor Caligula assassinated,
horse implicated
On January 24, 41, the Roman
Emperor Caligula was assassinated
by some fairly disgruntled Praetorian
Guards.
Born Gaius Julius Caesar, although
known mostly by his nickname,
Caligula (meaning Little Boots,
referring, supposedly, to a pair of child-
size military sandals that his fathers
legionaries made for him), was known
to be eccentric (putting it nicely), cruel,
and extravagance.
His father, Germanicus, was the
adopted son of the Emperor Tiberius,
and his mother was Agrippina the
Elder. Caligula and his ve siblings
traveled around Germania with their
parents during their fathers military
campaigns there; however, after the
death of Germanicus in 19 CE,
Agrippina and her children returned
to Rome, where she and her two
eldest sons died under mysterious
circumstances.
In 31, Caligula withdrew to the
island of Capri, where he remained
until the death of Tiberius in 37,
who ocially adopted Caligula as his
grandson, and making him the new
Emperor of Rome.
According to some remaining
sources, Caligula was a pretty decent
ruler for the rst two years of his reign.
Unfortunately, after this, the sources
tend to focus on the many scandals
that surrounded the emperor, making
him out to be an insane tyrant.
Many of the things Caligula was
said to have done included killing
for pleasure, spending way too much
money, being a sexual maniac (some
accounts condemn him for committing
incest with his sisters, and delighting
in the company of young boys). At one
point, he attempted to make his horse,
Incitatus, a consul and a priest.
Some of his actions as emperor were
accounted as being hard on the Senate,
the nobility, and the equestrian order.
Because of this, several conspiracies
were formed against Caligula, but they
never seemed to work out, at least until
some fed-up ocers of the Praetorian
Guard eventually managed to stab him
la the rst Julius Caesar, according to
the historian Suetonius.
A weekly compilation by Sarah Robinson
This week in history
Also this week in history:
January 19, 1809: Birth of writer Edgar
Allan Poe.
January 19, 1966: Indira Ghandi is
elected as Prime Minister of India.
January 19, 1969: Jan Palach dies after
setting himself on re to protest the
invasion of Czechoslovakia by the
USSR in 1968.
January 19, 1977: e rst ever
recorded snowfall in Miami, Florida,
and the Bahamas.
January 19, 2007: Death of e Mamas
and the Papas member Denney
Doherty, better known to Canadian
children of the 1990s as the Harbour
Master from CBCs eodore Tugboat.
January 20, 1892: First game of
basketball played at a YMCA in
Massachusetts.
January 20, 1961: JFK inaugurated
as the youngest and rst ever Roman
Catholic President of the United
States.
January 20, 1986: Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday
for the rst time.
January 21, 1189: Phillip II of France
and Richard the Lionheart gather
troops to begin the First Crusade.
January 21, 1789: e rst American
novel is printed in Boston.
January 21, 1905: Birth of fashion
designer Christian Dior.
January 21, 1924: Death of Russian
revolutionary, Vladimir Lenin.
January 21, 2008: e Eyak language
from Alaska becomes extinct when its
last native speaker, Marie Smith Jones,
dies at the age of 90.
January 22, 1788: Birth of Romantic
poet Lord George Byron.
January 22, 1901: Death of Queen
Victoria; her son, Edward VII becomes
king.
January 22, 1905: Unarmed, peaceful
demonstrators gunned down in St.
Petersburg by the Imperial Guard
begins the Russian revolution of 1905;
later known as Bloody Sunday.
January 22, 1946: Creation of the
Central Intelligence Group, which
later becomes the CIA.
January 22, 2008: Death of Heath
Ledger.
January 23, 1533: Anne Boleyn, the
second wife of Henry VIII, nds
herself pregnant with who is later to
become Elizabeth I.
January 23, 1803: Death of Irish
brewer Arthur Guinness.
January 23, 1897: Elva Zona Heaster
found dead in her home; necessitating
the only murder trial in American
history where the apparent testimony
of a ghost helped to nd the guilty
party.
January 23, 1989: Death of surrealist
artist Salvador Dal.
January 24, 76 : Birth of the Roman
Emperor Hadrian.
January 24, 1862: Bucharest named
the capital of Romania.
January 24, 1907: Robert Baden-
Powell founds the Boy Scouts.
January 24, 1924: Petrograd (formerly
St. Petersburg) is renamed Leningrad
in Russia.
January 24, 1927: Alfred Hitchcocks
rst movie is released.
January 24, 1965: Death of Winston
Churchill.
January 24, 1984: As promised by
Apples 1984 style advert, the rst Mac
computer goes on sale.
I f i t exi s t s , you c an f i nd por n about i t
Vision in Blue
Editors disclaimer: This weeks
column is kinda nasty and graphic.
Im serious. Be warned.
Im going to teach you all about Rule
34. For those who arent familiar
with this, it essentially states that if
something exists (furniture, dogs,
Ziploc bags, etc), there will be porn
made about it.
is weeks sexbomb is going to
cover some of the more interesting
kinds of porn out there. If you dont
believe me that these things exist,
you should be able to nd it on the
internet.
Dinosaur porn. Dont laugh,
dinosaurs exist, or at least they did, so
yes, there is porn involving dinosaurs.
is can include people being fucked
by, or fucking, various dinosaur species.
e videos involving Pterodactyls
are particularly amusing: you get to
watch it eating out some chick! Who
wouldnt want to see that? And by the
way, thats a rhetorical question.
Lego porn. Remember the puppet
sex scene from Team America? Well,
this is a similar kind of thing, but
with Lego people, if they can be
called people. Well, you know what
I mean, those weird yellow block-
shaped people, with painted-on faces
and clothes, clip-on hair, and solid
hand shapes. Anyway, its more of a
stop-motion thing (and yes, theres
claymation porn, did you even have
to ask?) and is usually made by people
with way too much time on their
hands.
Vegetable porn. You can guess
where this one is going, right? ere
are a great number of veggies that
are phallic shaped, the most popular
ones being cucumbers, zucchini, and
carrots. However, you can also cut
holes in some vegetables (squash,
tomatoes, melons) and use those as
some kind of female orice substitute.
Just keep it organic.
Bacon porn. is one did mystify
me for a while, and it seems like there
are two versions of this. In one, bacon
is used as clothing (have you heard
of the bacon bra?) and is eaten o
the person before sex as some kind
of foreplay. e second version is
where people actually fuck the bacon.
For those of you who enjoy bacon-
wrapped meat, well, its not just steak
that bacon can be wrapped around.
Its seriously not kosher, though, not
to mention unhygienic.
Anime porn! eres a name for
this one, but I cant remember it, due
to writing this at 3 am. (Ed. note: Its
called Hentai.) ink of any sexual
scenario involving anime characters
drawn out in cartoon style either in
print or on the screen. I was especially
horried by the octopus-like creatures,
which would put a tentacle in each
orice. is gives new meaning to the
term aural sex.
Alien porn. All you foil hat nutbars
must love this one. ey usually involve
various abduction scenarios, and then
youre probed by an alien, but not with
a little implant injected behind your
ear or in your neck or whatever, if you
catch my drift.
Midget porn. Now, Im sure
theres porn with only little people
in it, because, you know, X-rated
entertainment should be one of
the rst frontiers of inclusiveness,
but in this case, Im talking about
porn between little people and, well,
normal sized people. For example, Im
talking about a man under three feet
having sex with a woman thats just
under six feet tall. Dream big, buddy!
But seriously, that little guy can move,
though it is a little weird. Its sort of
like watching a Mexican jumping
bean trying to attack a tree.
Dead people porn. is one is for
necrophiliacs only. Essentially theres a
dead body, and someone has sex with
it. Not only is it disrespectful to the
dead, but seriously disturbing as well.
Stued animal porn. Now this one
is actually funny, but where stued
animals dier from real animals is
that they dont have holes to stick it in,
or reproductive equipment to service
a female. is leads to holes being cut
in, or something hard being stuck into
the teddy bear. Sometimes maybe the
whole stued bear is jammed up there,
I actually dont know, as I stopped
watching this one on account of the
fact that I couldnt stop laughing.
ere are many more examples of
Rule 34 out there, some involving
bobble-heads, others involving
unicorns, and even Jell-O. But Im
going to stop before this list gets too
lengthy.
If you are interested in other
interesting types of porn, I invite you
to do your own research, and if you
come across anything interesting,
please tell me about it. Send all emails
to vision in blue c/o argosy@mta.ca.
Emily Bird

Everyone has dreamed of an addition
that would accent their wardrobe as
the cherry on top. It may be a gure-
skimming oor length gown, an
incredibly embellished Derby hat, or
that fabulously gem encrusted clutch.
However, growing up we have come
to realize that many wishes and fables
are purely imagination. Yet, just how
many people have noticed that haute
couture can be valued at any price?
One who has long strived to own
a particular staple item should be
prepared to invest slightly more than
usual of that hard-earned paycheck.
Acknowledging that a piece from
a designer collection is created
with precision, care and quality, the
investment is sure to well represent
both the designer and the clientele;
the item will endure much more time
as well as wear.
However, when does one categorize
the price of a designers collection as
unreasonable? Is a brand item, such
as a mega-check Burberry scarf, really
worth $895? Did that value go into
the fabric and making of such a piece?
Many people have begun to question
the logic behind the pricing of designer
and haute couture collections as a
reasonable wardrobe budget does not
coincide with present designer prices.
Haute couture is french for high
sewing and high dressmaking.
e term pertains to custom-tted
clothing; individual customer orders
are fashionable recipes consisting
of expensive high-quality fabrics,
an attention to detail, and quite
often, hand sewn appliques and
embellishments. e result is a
representation of both fashion houses
and the fashion designers who create
both custom-pieces, as well as trend-
setting fashion collections.
e eort it requires to create a
single haute couture garment implies
the care one must take when adorning
oneself in the fashion project. Such a
stylish treasure is usually only worn
to exuberant social events where one
is not required to be physically active,
and the setting is indoors, away from
the danger of dirt, grass, rain, and other
wardrobe predators. At the premiere
of Spiderman 2, Samantha Mumba
radiated light in a nine million dollar
diamond-encrusted dress.
Haute couture is not always worn
by people, but it is also celebrated on
display as a vision of fashion history
as it appears at the Metropolitan
Museum of Arts annual Costume
Institute Gala. One would nd it quite
shocking to see a diamond encrusted
gown worn at the local grocery store.
Haute couture is viewed by some as
a hobby of collection. Similar to any
other collectors item, such as stamps,
haute couture pieces are purchased
by a small group of socialites who all
share a consistent passion.
Couture pieces are treasured as they
are one of a kind; these works of art
are as unique as are the hands and
the minds that crafted them. Buyers
receive a feeling of exclusivity and title
of trend setter, providing a thrill when
sporting the fashionable investment.
Haute couture collections are not
a composition of practicality yet,
they allude to seasonal trends that
transcend into ready-to-wear lines,
as well as department stores. e
untrained eye is unable to perceive the
unique dierences between two similar
pieces that dierentiate in price by
thousands.
Creating a unique look should be
the goal of ones individual style. It
should not be ones aim to imitate the
ensembles of others. Be inspired by the
style of others and of designers but do
not assume that haute couture rises
above ready-to-wear. ey are hybrids
of the same origin, the same mind and
creator.
Fashion cannot be bought, it is
a personal perspective as well as a
collaboration of ones personality
and passion. e important aspect of
personal style is that one feel fabulous
both inside and out, and no price tag
can be placed on that achievement.
When will designer prices plateau?
Corey Isenor and
James Goddard
Argosy Correspondents
16 Mallard Dr.

Like the majority of restaurants in
Sackville, Pattersons specializes in
standard diner food. It is part of the
cluster of eateries just o the highway,
located next to Pizza Delight and just
down the street from the Irving.
e menu features a large selection
of burgers, sandwiches, sh, and warm
dinners (understood here as meat
and vegetables). e atmosphere is
reminiscent of a cafeteria: sacricing
a bit of character for cleanliness and
good lighting. at said, Pattersons
is one of the top spots for a laid back
breakfast, lunch, or dinner, especially
on Sundays around 12 when the after-
church crowd is out and about.
We arrived around 7:00 on
Sunday evening, and since a storm
was predicted, it made sense that we
were one of only two sets of guests
eating in the entire restaurant and we
were served, quickly. e emptiness
however, emboldened the sta to
vacuum, getting a head start on their
closing chores, and lling the place
with a mildly irritating white noise.
e prompt service Sunday night
is hardly attributable only to the slow
business, on other occasions Corey
and James have found the service at
Pattersons to be both courteous and
quick.
For dinner, James ordered a the club
wrap with soup (turkey rice on that
day), and Corey decided to have the
Bulls Eye Burger with an iced tea.
e burger was pretty good with its
double patties, two kinds of cheese,
bacon, and Bulls Eye BBQ sauce. Also,
the burgers were hand made, which
added to the overall quality of the
meal. With a hefty serving of home-
cut fries and a tasty glass of iced tea,
Coreys meal came to a total of $12.86,
a pretty reasonable price considering
the size and quality of the meal.
James also found the servings to be
generous, enjoying his wrap bursting
with lettuce, bacon, cheddar, tomato,
and sliced chicken (it might have been
turkey). His soup was lling and the
perfect side for such a blustery day. His
meal came to $10.16.
ough the food at Pattersons is
tasty and lling, it is unexceptional.
Corey argues that their milkshakes are
better than Mels, but James isnt so
sure about that.
One thing that does distinguish
Pattersons is the atmosphere, oering
a warm and pleasant if sterile, retreat
from campus life, or break from the
road for those just driving through.
Pattersons is an unthreatening and
safe eating option.
Mels Tearoom is great, but isnt
exactly a family oriented eatery. e
Irving Big-Stop is more welcoming
to that kind of crowd, but is too far
away to be accessible for those living
in Sackville without a car.
is both well-situated and has that
wholesome family restaurant vibe. For
students in particular, it has the added
benet of being just far enough away
that you might be able to enjoy a quiet
meal without running into someone
you know.
Overall, James and Corey nd that
Pattersons is pretty good. ey give
it a one and half thumbs up. It wont
change your life, but it might just oer
the perfect change of pace.
Corey and James eat out
Internet Photo
Evan Rensch
Internet Photo
Kelly OConnor
Argosy Staff
HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis
(TB), pneumonia, diarrhea:
a hit list of some of the most
serious public health challenges
in the developing world today.
e aects of these diseases on a
nations economic capacity, political
stability, and critical indicators which
point to the general quality of life are
well known, yet for some of societys
most vulnerable, how to tackle these
problems remains a huge question mark.
e World Health Organization
(WHO) and its partners are
drawing attention to the fact that
these monumental challenges are
often most dangerous for those
who have yet to celebrate their
fth birthday. rough its Make
Medicines Child Sized campaign,
the WHO aims to raise awareness
and accelerate action to address
the need for improved availability
and access to safe child-specic
medicines for all children under 15.
Launched on December 6, 2007,
the campaign focuses on a range of
medicines, ranging from antibiotics,
asthma, and pain medication to
TB. e WHO is calling for more
medications to be tailored to address
the special health needs of children,
as well as for increased research
into neglected tropical diseases
and combination pills for HIV,
TB, and malaria that would make
treatment easier for children to take.
Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-
General of the WHO, explains:
e gap between the availability
and the need for child-appropriate
medicines touches wealthy as well
as poor countries. As we strive
for equitable access to scientic
progress in health, children must
be one of our top priorities.
Coinciding with the start of the
campaign, the WHO also released
the rst international List of Essential
Medicines for Children. Despite
cataloguing 206 medicines which
are deemed safe for children and
address priority concerns, Dr. Hans
Hogerzeil, Director of Medicines
Policy and Standards at WHO,
admits there is much to be done.
ere are priority medicines
that have not been adapted
for childrens use or are not
available when needed, he says.
e WHO, however, has already got
a jump start on facilitating research
by creating an internet portal to
clinical trials carried out in children.
With about 10 million children
dying each year before their fth
birthday, this research cannot come
soon enough. e ve diseases listed
at the beginning of this article alone
count for over half of these deaths.
Perhaps most concerning is the fact
that about six million of these children
could be alive today if they had been
treated with available, eective,
safe, and aordable medicines.
ese illnesses can be treated, but
many children dont stand a chance
because the medicines are either
not appropriate for their age, dont
reach them, or are priced too high
up to three times the price of adult
drugs, said Dr. Howard Zucker,
WHO Assistant Director-General.
e barriers to treating these
children stem not only from poor
access but also from the physiological
dierences of childrens metabolisms
which lead them to process medicines
dierently from adults. us far,
much research carried out on
priority diseases have concentrated
on adults, leaving a large knowledge
gap in how the same medicines
and doses may aect children.
Even in the developed world,
over half of children are prescribed
medicines not authorized for use in
children, and at adult dosages. e
delivery system of these medicines
Quick Facts:
Pneumonia is the most common cause of death in children under
ve years, taking the lives of more children than AIDS, malaria, and
measles combined.
According to 2006 data, the percentage of children under ve
years with suspected pneumonia who receive antibiotics is dismally
low; in Haiti this proportion is only three per cent.
In sub-Saharan Africa, only 40 per cent of children with suspected
pneumonia are taken to an appropriate health provider.
In 2006, 380 000 children died of largely preventable AIDS-related
causes and only 15 per cent of children received antiretroviral therapy.
must also change in order to
make them palatable for children.
Toddlers, for example, often have
trouble swallowing big tablets.
e reduction of child mortality and
the treatment of major diseases have
already been declared global priorities
under the Millennium Development
Goals (specically goals four and six,
which aim to improve child health
and combat HIV/AIDS respectively),
yet UNICEFs <i>State of the World
Children</i> report for 2009 points
out that those born in the developing
world are 14 times more likely to die
during the rst month of life compared
to those born in the developed world.
By working with governments, the
private sector, academics, and NGOs,
such as Medicines Sans Frontires,
UNICEF, and Save the Children,
the WHO is aiming to improve
these odds. Lets hope they do.
WHO wants to Make
Medicines Child Sized
Vivi Reich
Argosy Staff
Baby boomers. Presumably most of
our parents belong to this category and
before we know it, we will be forced to
gure out where they will live and who
will take care of them. is will be a
problem for most parts of the world,
but in Japan, the problem is severe.
Many countries have implemented
looser immigration laws in order to
x the problems that the baby boomer
generation will leave behind very slow
population growth and large numbers
of jobs that will no longer be lled.
In Japan, where feelings of animosity
towards foreigners is not unusual, these
problems will be harder to prevent and x.
Japans population, according to
the Economist, is set to shrink by
a third in the next 50 years. ere
will be virtually no one left to care
for baby boomers as time goes on.
Conservatives hope to keep women
at home to have more children.
Two-fths of the worlds industrial
robot population has its home in
Japan, and could be a help to some,
especially the elderly, but are obviously
no real replacement for humans.
Conservatives in Japan are reluctant to
expand immigration policies to make up
for this baby boomer problem.Currently,
only 1.7 per cent of the population
are immigrants. e proportion of
immigrants in the past decade is well
below other developed countries.
It is very dicult to receive permanent
residency in Japan one must have
lived in the country for 10 years and
demonstrated the best of behaviour.
e media and some politicians
paint a negative image of foreigners
in Japan, for example, attributing
high crime rates to immigrants.
e leading political party in Japan,
the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
is proposing that the number of
foreigners rise by 10 million over the
next 50 years, and wants the number
of foreign students (currently there
are 132,000) to rise to one million
in that time span. e Democratic
Party of Japan, expresses worry about
what impact immigration will have
on Japanese workers and their pay.
Edward Hugh writes in his article
on Seeking Alpha that increasing
immigration and raising fertility rates is
the key to xing this problem.He believes
a change in the national mindsetis the
best option, and goes on to say that the
problem of a declining population is not
considered important to the Japanese.
e Japan Times cited the example
that bathhouse owners in Japan have
been complaining that foreigners
visiting their enterprises are a
disturbance, mentioning Russian sailors
specically. e Japan Times also notes
that some Koreans and Chinese in Japan
are skilled at picking locks and pockets
of citizens, but when the authorities
try to x this problem, the Koreans
and Chinese claim they are being
discriminated against as foreigners.
Only time will tell what the Japanese
government will choose to do. e
problem is real, and a change must be
made, but coming to a compromise that
everyone can agree with is proving to
be dicult for this small island country.
Immigration to the
land of the rising sun
New campaign calls to increase the availability and access to
child-specic medications for major diseases
Cindy Crossman
Registered Nurse / Educator
National Non Smoking week is January
18-24, 2009. Weedless Wednesday is
on January 21 this year, and is the focal
point of National Non-smoking Week.
On this day, public awareness is raised
about the benets of smoking cessation
and promotes a one-day-at-a-time
approach to quitting smoking. So, take
this opportunity to seriously consider
decreasing the amount you smoke or
even quitting because it is never too
late. If you do not smoke, keep it that
way! Your life is worth more. (Canadian
Council for Tobacco Control, 2002)
After smoking 15 or 20 years it may
seem pointless to quit smoking,but in many
cases the damage done by tobacco can be
reversed. Within minutes of smoking that
last cigarette,the body begins to repair itself.
Within 20 minutes,your blood pressure
will drop to normal, body temperature
increases to normal. By eight hours,
carbon monoxide levels in the blood drop
and oxygen levels increase to normal.
By 24 hours, chance of heart attack
begins to decrease. By 48 hours,
food begins to taste and smell better.
After a week, your body will be free
of nicotine. After one month, your
coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and
shortness of breath will begin to decrease.
By 9 months, walking becomes easier
and smokers cough will be fading away; the
bodys overall energy will increase; circulation
improves; no more cold hands and feet.
At one year, risk of heart disease is
half that of a smoker. After ve years,
your risk of dying from lung cancer
will have dropped by 50 per cent
After 15 years, your risk of coronary
heart disease will fall to that of a
person who has never smoked at all.
Heres some additional information from
the College Tobacco Prevention Resource
websites College Tobacco Facts Section:
(1) Many people start to smoke in
college. Almost 40 per cent of college
students either begin smoking (11 per
cent) or become regular smokers (28 per
cent) after starting college (Rigotti, 2000).
(2) Of the over 70 per cent of
college students who have ever tried
smoking (Rigotti, 2000, and CDC,
199&) 41.5 per cent continue on to
become regular smokers (Everett, 1999).
Events on campus during National
Non Smoking week are: Non Smoking
Awareness Educational Display in
Jennings on Friday January 23 from
12:00 am to 1:00 pm. e members
of the Health Matters Society will be
on hand to help raise awareness by
holding a BUTT IT OUT campaign.
ese prevention initiatives have
been coordinated by the Mount Allison
Student Wellness Centre in collaboration
with the Health Matters Society.
In addition, the Mt. A Nurse/Educator
will be available in the Wellness Centre
to provide pulse oximetre assessments
and the student development counselors
are available to discuss the psychology
of quitting smoking with any student.
Call 364-2163 for an appointment.
National Non-Smoking Week
AP photo by Matt Dunham
Hanne Bak Pedersen of UNICEF speaks at the launch of the Make
Medicines Child Sizecampaign at the Great Ormond Street hospital in
London on December 6, 2007.
ENTERTAINMENT
Vicky Christina Barcelona (Starring
Scarlet Johanson, Rebecca Hall, Javier
Bardem, Penelope Cruz; Directed by
Woody Allen, 2008)
e release of a new Woody Allen
lm is always an event of great curiosity.
Because his enigmatic persona is
always present in his lms, critics and
audiences are often just as fascinated
with the man as with his work. At the
best of times his personal neuroses
lend a charming energy to his lms;
but they can also lapse into narcissistic
explorations of his own psyche. At age
71, Allen has perhaps realized that
he is a little bit too old for that kind
of thing. Vicky Christina Barcelona
is the 39th lm written and directed
by Woody Allen and it is as mature a
piece of work as it is refreshing.
Set in Barcelona, the lm traces
the summer of two American tourists
with entirely dierent approaches to
life and love. Vicky (Rebecca Hall)
believes in structure and commitment
while Christina (Scarlet Johanson) is
ighty and romantic. Both girls fall for
the same painter, Juan Antonio,( Javier
Bardem) and soon nd themselves
in a complicated love rectangle with
Juan Antonios ex-wife Maria Elena
(Penelope Cruz). Cruz does a great
job giving this woman, who is as
devastating as she is beautiful, a real
human quality.
ere is no judgment passed on the
characters or the way they live their
lives.
Christinas romanticism and Vickys
realism are not pitted up against each
other so much as they are compared.
e characters are intelligent, funny
and a little bit high-strung, which is
common in Woody Allen lms. But
there is something dierent going on
here. Apparently, during the shooting,
Allen did not talk to the actors except
to give them stage directions, and they
come across as their own people, not as
Allens puppets.
Another fun fact: Barcelona oered
to pick up the tab of production costs
if the lm was shot in the city, and
Allen clearly took full advantage of
that. By the end of the movie, even in
the middle of a cold Sackville winter
you feel as if you have spent the past
hour and a half under the hot Spanish
sun surrounded by the citys beautiful
architecture.
e story is narrated, which gives
the lm a fable-like quality. In a way
its like a modern fairy tale, except
there is no happily ever after. e
characters end the same way as they
started, unchanged by the magic of
their summer in Barcelona.
ough the lm is quite lighthearted
and entertaining there is a sadness
about it - it is full of unfullled
possibilities.
Becky Martin
Argosy Contributor
Jocelyn Turner
So you wanna be a big rock star?
Rap mega-star Lil Wayne to record rock album
After conquering the rap world, Lil
Wayne is setting his sights on rock
music; the rapper intends to record a
rock album.
His appeal and output are massive,
selling 6 million units over his 13 year
career with his most recent album, a
Carter III, moving 2.5 million copies
alone. Hes worked with Fat Joe and
has recorded approximately 1,000
songs. According to his ocial site,
he has released more music in the last
two years than the legendary Tupac
Shakur.
However, his foray into the rock
genre is bold new territory for the
prolic and successful rapper. e
theory behind this new project? Hes
gotten a taste for the genre of music
and he lives and breathes the life of a
rock star, so why not record an album
to match this lifestyle?
Although a release date for the album
has not yet been set, the album is to
include a performance from Canadas
own Aubrey Graham, who most would
recognize as Jimmy from Degrassi: e
Allen strikes
Filmmaker less neurotic, more mature
Next Generation, performing under the
stage name Drake.
ose who watch his music videos
know, Lil Wayne is noted for wearing
a guitar, but not for playing it. Hes not
the rst to do this; many Red Hot Chili
Pepper fans have been entertained by
the bands lead singer, Anthony Kiedis,
pretending to jam with a broken guitar.
However, Lil Waynes use of a guitar
as a prop appears to be completely for
show, although the recording process
will reveal his guitar chops.
It seems unlikely that Lil Wayne
will be able to win over rock fans or
his sizable fanbase from his rapping
career. Something tells me that it will
be impossible for Lil Wayne to morph
his sound into decent rock album. Ive
listened to some of his work and I nd
that he doesnt have much of a singing
voice. Rock doesnt necessarily have
much to do with vocal ability, but I can
see this failing.
I must confess that I dont actually
like rap and I am very skeptical about
the potential for Lil Wayne to make a
successful transition between the two
genres. Either way, it will make for an
intriguing product.
www.spin.com
e Savages (Starring Laura Linney
and Phillip Seymour Homan;
Directed by Tamara Jenkins, 2007.)
e holidays are a ne time for
dramedy. All that family, all the good
food and general cheer, has a way of
making you stack up all thats good
and bad in your life in pursuit of some
sort of conclusion - good or bad. Or
maybe thats just me.
e Savages, in any case, follows
that same line of thinking. e lives
of the two main characters, played by
Laura Linney and Phillip Seymour
Homan, are presented at their most
unattering and unromantic to begin
with, and this is just the foundation
upon which the saddening events that
follow are built. Sad, yes, as watching
the mental and physical decline of
a family member should be, but not
without its own light touches. is is
really what makes the lm more than
just a forceful tug at the heartstrings
through all the sheer guilt and
melancholy the characters experience,
theyre able to have a laugh or two at
the absurdity of it all and the audience
is invited to join them. It calls to mind
such overused phrases as bittersweet
or optimistic but realistic, which t
here as well as anywhere else.
What makes the lm so eective
is its balance. Never too much, and
only rarely too little, both in plot and
characterization. Homan is always
Dylan Cunningham
reliable as someone whos enjoyable to
watch regardless of what hes doing,
but special recognition goes out to
Linney for her uncompromising
portrayal of an imperfect woman. Ill
embarrassedly admit here in print that
I have the tendency to be horribly
sexist when it comes to appreciating
female acting, remembering the male
roles line for line while forgetting
which women even appeared. Of
course, I could probably just as easily
blame Hollywood for this, and its
habit of regulating all women to the
background as support or conict when
its needed, while the men take centre
stage. Either way, the in-depth analysis
of a damaged female psyche given here
is a rare ower in the innite murk of
the Hollywood swamp, if you dont
mind a cheesy metaphor.
Additional credit goes to Philip
Bosco in the role of a sick old man
who can barely think or function
anymore. It wasnt until roughly now,
as I type this, that I realized what an
eective portrayal it was. Simply put,
it felt natural. eres no glimmer of
hope or remnant of youthful days left
in the old man - he is simply old and
dying. Its a painful sight, this coming
from someone who has never directly
dealt with that sort of loss. Unsettling
and uncomfortable, the kind of thing
that occasionally makes you want to
just turn and look away. While the
audience can look away, the characters
cant, and that aforementioned light
touch of humour throughout is their
only refuge as they tend to the needs of
a man theyll both miss and be glad to
be rid of, thanks to the implied abusive
tendencies he had when younger.
All in all, e Savages treads close
to allowing the sad to overtake the
pleasant, and to some it may seem
simply too grim to enjoy, especially
if they might be facing recent or
forthcoming loss for themselves. What
it really comes down to is how you
prefer your hope served. If you look for
the clichd rainbow after the storm,
this may be your style, but if you like it
trumpeted from the rooftops that all is
well and always will be, you may want
to look elsewhere. Or, just to continue
the cynicism, if you prefer to dwell on
all the dark things in life at all times,
brooding in a musty basement and
feeding upon rats, it also may be best
to keep clear. And brush your teeth.
Worth seeing.
e savage truth
Despite depressing content, e Savages is worth seeing
Lil Wayne has conquered the rap world with Tha Carter album trilogy and now is taking on the rock genre.
movieweb.com
Internet photo
14 JANUARY 22, 2009 THE ARGOSY ENTERTAINMENT
Stereophonic
January 18 @ CHMA Oces Ruby Jean & the
oughtful Bees, Woodhands
I ended up near the back of the room for Ruby
Jeans set, so I was only able to catch glimpses
of Rebekah Higgs dancing and guitarist Jason
Vautours gold lam suit and awe-inspiring facial
hair. But its the sound that matters most, and the
Bees didnt disappoint. Higgs voice loses nothing
in translation from her solo work to Ruby Jeans
synth-heavy dance punk, a nimble, alternate
universe cross between Death from Above 1979
and Portishead. In tandem with partners-in-
electro Woodhands, Ruby Jean coaxed the crowd
out of their winter wear and made them sweat
in deant retaliation against the bitter cold. But
January 17 @ Sackville United Church John
Wayne Cover Band, Gianna Lauren, Corey
Isenor & e Sackville Citizens Choir, Share.
For rock shows, as with real estate, its all about
location. It was my rst time at the Sackville United
Church, and while it was still expansive enough
to house an imposing pipe organ, it retained the
coziness of a well-worn living room. While all
the acts ourished in this environment, our own
Corey Isenor made the biggest impression. His
songs have an immediate and unfussy lyricism,
with a knack for arrangements that nurture these
qualities instead of overpowering them. is
easily carries over into the live setting, but I think
Coreys biggest strength is his ability to make
you feel like a part of the show, even if youre
not a member of the ever-growing Sackville
Citizens Choir. e between-song banter was
actually quite hilarious, the high point being an
impromptu jam as guitarist and sibling Carson
Isenor went to nd a chair (which ended up being
about as small as his ukelele). e evenings high
point came at the end of the set, when Corey and
January 19 @ Vogue Cinema Steve Field, Pat
LePoidevin, Al Tuck, Julie Doiron, Old Man
Luedecke
One of lifes great pleasures is the sound of a
well-played banjo. As the instrumental base of
a song, it has a simplicity, clarity and seemingly
eortless beauty, compounded by its deep roots
in folk music. Its the perfect compliment to Old
Man Luedeckes songs, direct and unpretentious
celebrations of the important things in life: love,
ursday
Friday
All articles unless otherwise stated by Neil Bonner
All photos by Jessica Emin unless otherwise credited
e little festival that could
a small band performed a Shotgun and Jaybird
classic backed by a small army of Sackville
citizens. Overall the show was a great example
of tight songwriting with an inviting, easygoing-
but-not-sloppy presentation.
Id be remiss if I didnt mention the true stars of
the show the children. For once the term indie
kid could be used literally - during Woodhands
set, two of Sackvilles littlest music fans made
their way to the front of the crowd. Apprehensive
at rst, they were soon lifted above the crowd by
Higgs and were jamming in the front row, giving
the thumbs-up to everyone in the vicinity. Dan
Werb of Woodhands said it best: Electro is for
the childrentheyre the future of electro!
nature, destiny and of course, bacon. Everything
about this show clicked. If you believe in measuring
shows by the crowd participation, consider that
even during the quietest songs, there was an ever-
present tapping of feet coming from the crowd.
e Old Man took requests from the crowd and
stayed on as long as he could before the theater
had to be cleared for the midnight movie. When
I turned around at the end of the show to see
a Vogue-sized lake of people stomping, clapping
and singing along to Proof of Love, it dawned
on me that this is one of the best shows Ive ever
seen here.
As an aside Pat LePoidevins opening set was
the biggest surprise of the festival. He uses loop
pedals, tin whistle and acoustic guitar to create a
sound that draws from Scottish folk music while
pushing past its boundaries. His CD release show
at Georges on March 13 is not to be missed.
Again with feeling by William Gregory
Wednesday
15 JANUARY 22, 2009 THE ARGOSY ENTERTAINMENT
Stereophonic
January 20 @ Georges PheasantCougarBear,
e Stance, e Stolen Minks, Shotgun Jimmie,
e Maynards, Tom Fun Orchestra
If youre going to end a music festival (for a
couple of days, anyway) do it on a high note.
Accordingly, Stereophonic organizers hosted a
grand total of six bands at Georges, so it was hard
to pick a favorite. Along with the mighty Tom
Fun Orchestra and the Stance, no band kept the
energy level high like Halifaxs the Stolen Minks.
eir spiky garage punk, laced with vocals that
January 20 @ Struts West Ave., e
Superfantastics, Calm Down Its Monday, El
Ron Maltan and the Dice
Separately, they are Matthew MacDonald and
Stephanie dEntremont. Together, they are the
Superfantastics. is Haligonian pop duo has
mastered tight, melodic pop music that, for
lack of a better term, is just plain adorable. Its
an aesthetic that carries over to their records:
last years Choose Your Destination EP features
artwork featuring the band ying through space,
viewable through a complimentary set of old-
school 3D glasses, and the liner notes from the
bands debut LP Pop Up Book unfold to reveal
a candy-colored pop-up pastoral. But their live
performance proves that theres a lot of muscle
behind the bright colors. Transferring some of
the embellishments from the recording studio to
their drums and guitar live setup demonstrates
the bands commitment to pure songcraft.
MacDonalds crunchy electric guitar carries all
the hooks from the Superfantastics catalogue;
even e Only One I C++ is U++ a spry,
piano-led ode to computer programmer love
With all due respect to the rest of the shows, the
Saturday night concert for Stereophonic is usually
the best. It is the grand nale of a frantic festival
that puts on about 30 bands in an extended
weekend. Not surprisingly, concert goers are
drained physically and nancially after the hectic
On Saturday
e little festival that could
sounds completely natural live. I was convinced
of their skills when I played their EP at home the
next day, and was convinced that Id heard Turn
on Me somewhere before. It felt like it had been
lodged in my brain for months due to listening to
it non-stop, putting it on mixtapes, etc. Turns out,
I had just heard it the previous night. At the risk
of sounding like a hacky music critic desperately
reaching for a closing bon mot, thats what I call
superfantastic.
balance pep rally chants and punk sneer, are what
youd get if NYC blog favorites Vivian Girls
dropped their self-consciously noisy production
and started having more fun. With two of the
three members decked out in kitten t-shirts,
the Minks blasted through a rapidre setlist of
songs that want to make you move. Truth be told,
I couldnt remember a single song after the fact,
but thats not the point: the Minks came to rock,
and rock they did. It was a fun-packed show that
meshed nicely with Georges homey roadhouse
charm and copious draft beer, and I have to award
extra points to a band that dares tackle a subject
which is too often overlooked in pop music sex
with Batman.
weekend. Instead of trying to encapsulate the
entire Stereophonic experience, I am focusing
on the Saturday night extravaganza that didnt
disappoint.
Hands down the highlight of the night was
Sackvilles own Shotgun Jimmie. He performed
new material that had a hard rocking edge,
but closed with some favorites from e Onlys
Onomatopoeia and Bedhead. Sackville
songstress Julie Doiron, former member of
Shotgun and Jaybird with Shotgun Jimmie, made
a guest appearance for Bedhead. All the songs
were good, and capitalizing on his Sackville
familiarity, coaxed most of the audience to sing
along making for a fun set.
Sydney Cape Bretons e Tom Fun Orchestra
has undergone a bit of a makeover over the past
year. For those who have seen the sprawling
vagabonds on stage before, they could delight
in playing guess the newbies while listening
to familiar tunes. Despite reported upheaval in
the band, the songs and the performance where
not far from the bands performance at last years
Stereophonic nale.
Later that night...
Again with feeling
Vanessa Blackier
Michael Currie
Mount Allison SAC
President
So youre thinking about
running for SAC President?
Awesome!! It is a great
position if you are looking
to have some direct
involvement with all the
portfolios of the SAC,
including but not limited
to, the VP Academics, VP
Externals, VP Finances, VP
Communications and also
working closely with Joy
and Jessie, our lovely SAC
Ofce team! You will also
be expected to work closely
with most other SAC elected
and appointed positions,
to ensure everyone is well
informed and things are
running smoothly.
If elected, you would be
expected to stay in Sackville
for the summer, to start
familiarizing yourself with
more of the behind-the-
scenes stuff of the SAC
and also to start making
contacts with people
throughout the university.
This is a perfect time to do it,
since you are not burdened
with schoolwork; you can
easily set up appointments
and meet with people
in a relaxed atmosphere,
since professors and
administrators are not as
burdened by teaching and
meetings either.
The SAC President position
also comes with a number
of expected commitments,
which include: chairing
the weekly SAC Executive
meetings, attending
the weekly SAC Council
meetings, sitting on Senate
and the Board of Regents (for
more info on the Board of
Regents, read Paul Rasbachs
informative article from
last week!), meeting bi-
weekly with the VP Student
Affairs, sending out weekly
emails to students and also
responding to students
concerns and questions in a
timely fashion. Furthermore,
many hiring committees
and working groups are
established during the year,
where you will be asked to
be a member, since you will
likely have the most frequent
contact with many students
and also be one of the most
knowledgeable students on
how the institution runs.
This is also one of the best
positions for oppurtunities
to make change. You are
constantly meeting with
the people who can make
direct changes, so if you
feel passionately about a
particular issue and the
majority of the student body
supports you or you know it
is in the best interest of the
student body, your voice will
be heard better. Similarly,
many people critique and
have opinions about the SAC,
and this position allows you
to come up with ideas on
how to change the processes
and procedures of the SAC
and see these changes into
fruition during your term.

All of these are important
and formal parts of the job.
They are fantastic ways of
obtaining more institutional
knowledge and conversing
with many administrators
and faculty you might not
otherwise meet, so this in
itself is fun, exciting and
challenging. Yet, there are
some less formal parts of
the job, which are awesome
too. For example, the entire
SAC Executive gets to be
apart of Orientation week,
so you can live vicariously
through the frosh for a
week, by attending all the
activities and having a blast.
Furthermore, you will likely
be invited to most of the
residence house parties
and activities on campus,
which is another great way
of meeting countless people
you might otherwise not
meet.
Overall, the position of
president is exciting and
challenging. If you are
interested in being heavily
involved with the inner-
workings of Mount Allison,
while working on being able
to balance opposing student
views, while remaining
as unbiased as possible,
and also having a totally
different year at Mount A
(most SAC presidents take
a reduced course-load), this
is the position for you. Feel
free to email me at anytime
at sacpresident@mta.ca
if you have any questions
whatsoever. Nominations
open Monday, January 26, so
start thinking about it and
stop by the SAC ofce for
more information.
SAC
Student Administrative Council
Ryan Robski
Mount Allison SAC
VP Academic
Prospective candidates,
the position of Vice-President
Academic Affairs is one
which required a great
deal of time, devotion,
institutional knowledge,
and leadership. Many of
the challenges that my
predecessors and I have
faced are issues which do not
appear in the job description,
or may fall under the very
broad be responsible for the
activities of the Union and
the S.A.C. as they relate to
academic matters.
A few of the perhaps unique
situations Ive found myself
addressing since my duties
began partway through
the fall term were the
Academic Renewal process
and Student Evaluation of
Teaching. Currently were
making great headway with
both of these issues!
The leadership roles factor
into the position in many
ways. The most apparent is
in acting as the leader of the
six senators who have the
power to make signicant
changes to the function of
the university in an academic
sense, for example, changes
to programs, courses, and the
calendar.
As stated, this job is a HUGE
time commitment and
is not something to be
taken lightly. If any of you
should readers be seriously
considering this position,
please take the time to stop
by the ofce and well have
a chat.
A perspective inside the SAC
Vice President of Academic Affairs
President
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The NEW Students Administrative
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(for the positions of President, VP Campus Life, VP External, VP Academic, and Board
of Regents Representative)
Nominations are open:
Monday, January 26, 2009
All Candidates Meeting:
Monday, February 2, 2009
Nominations Close:
Campaigning Stops:
For candidates putting their name in after the all-candidates meeting, we will be com-
piling a list of rules and regulations and require each canididate to read it and sign
it to indicate their knowledge of the procedures. A copy will be maintained at the
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ARTS & LITERATURE
Fine Arts student Sara Williamson gives four reasons as to why attending a
student art show may just do a person some good.
First things rst
Support your local student gallery and artist-run centre! 7 Lorne is a major
hub of activity in the Sackville arts scene. You live in a culturally vibrant little
town; show some support, and take advantage of it!
e second times the charm
What exactly goes on in Mt. As ne arts department? What comes out of
it? So many students seem to graduate without once setting foot in the ne
arts building. ese exhibits are a chance for us to showcase a sampling of the
enormous amount of creative activity that takes place in the mysterious space
behind those walls.
ree is better than two
at being said, student art exhibitions are a big deal for student artists.
is is my rst show, Im a little nervous, and I would love to see your smiling
faces there.
Last, but not least
Opening receptions are exciting events; theyre a wonderful chance to look
at art while eating, drinking, and socializing with the local artistic community.
Dont tell me theres nothing to do in Sackville on a Saturday night.
e is Present Piece of the Landscape opens Saturday, January 24, with
an opening reception and continues until Friday, January 30, at the START
gallery on Lorne Street.
Exactly why you shouldnt miss
her upcoming show at START
At a mention of Robbie Burns, the
reaction might not be immediate. But
for a small group of Sackville denizens,
the name can spark excitement and
dreams of good scotch, good music,
and good things to come. is
Saturday night at Live Bait eatre,
that small group of citizens, to whom
Robbie Burns was more than just the
author of Auld Lang Syne, will be
celebrating the 250th anniversary of
the poets birth with song, drink, food,
and friends.
For those who have not had the
pleasure of a run in with Scotlands
beloved poet, Burns was regarded
a member and trailblazer of the
Romantic movement in poetry. He
is well known for his work with folk
songs and focus on the socialism. Burns
has been honoured by appearing on
stamps, inspiring musical tributes, and
more obviously the Burns suppers.
Traditionally celebrated by those
of Scottish descent, the event has
become something of national event
with guidelines and a specic order
of events. Live Bait intends to honour
I ll have a drink with Robbie
Live Bait celebrates poet Robert Burnss 250th birthday
Julie Stephenson
Argosy Staff
the tradition with a scotch tasting,
bag pipes, poetry, toasts, Highland
Dancers, songs in honour of Burns,
and traditional Scottish fare. Described
as a night that will knock your Argyll
knee-socks o, it promises to be a
raucous and endearing time.
When talking to Meredith Fisher,
there are more culture
vultures per capita in Sackville
than anywhere else I know

ursday Painters Group

January 22
1:30 - 4:00 pm
Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre
$10 per individual session
For more information contact Margaret Myles at
(506)667-8790, or Laurell Hamilton at (902)251-2619.
Fame - e Musical
Presented by Garnet and Gold
January 22-24
8:00 pm
Convocation Hall
$12 tickets, $10 students/seniors
Tickets can be purchased at Rags of Time Books, Tidewater
Books, Mount Allison SAC oce. For more information visit http://www.mta.
ca/fame.
Mt. A Faculty Recital
Wesley Ferreira on clarinet and Stephen Runge on piano.
January 24
8:00 pm
Brunton Auditorium
For more information contact (506)364-2374 or music@mta.ca.
Mt. A Collegium Musicum
Public lecture by Dr. Robert Campbell entitled Do You Like
Rock Music?: e Enduring Attractions, Complexities, and
Frustrations, of Contemporary Popular Music.
January 28
4:00 pm
For more information contact (506)364-2374 or music@mta.ca.
e last time you sat with your family
and read a book was probably also the
last time when your age was expressed
as a singular digit. In a growing society
where kids are more likely to read
instructions on video game screens than
in the physical pages of books, it seems
like a good idea to celebrate Family
Literacy Day. is upcoming Saturday,
the Tantramar Family Resource
Centre (TFRC) will be holding an
event at the Sackville United Church
to help promote families engaging in
early literacy.
While National Family Literacy
Day is an initiative created by ABC
Canada, the TFRC celebrates the
idea with three separate events in
Sackville, Port Elgin, and Dorchester.
Each event is geared towards the
general public but the main group
that shows up is usually families with
young children. In an interview with
Sheelagh Callaghan, the organizer of
the event and Director of Literacy at
the TFRC, Callaghan said that the
event is set up as a drop-in, you can
come and go as you like.
Each year has a theme, such as
last years Reading Camp-Out and
this years Bring Books to Life. e
theme usually comes to life within the
events activities. Previous years have
included story-telling around a faux
campre and locating and drawing
favourite places to read on a map of
Sackville. Callaghan explained that
this years theme aims at encouraging
reading in many dierent forms such
as new media.
Were launching a new project
alongside the days events that helps
to convey the theme of this years
Family Literacy Day, Callaghans
explains. Its a national project called
Scottish poet Robert Burns.
the events primary organizer, it
became clear the night was more about
love for Burns than anything else. [I]
cant say there is really one reason that
Robbie Burns is particularly important
to Sackville, explains Fisher. He
has certainly been a major player on
the world cultural stage, sort of like
Mozart and Picasso and certainly
there are more culture vultures per
capita in Sackville than anywhere else
I know.
Fisher suggests that the amazing
number of people with Scottish roots
in and around Sackville may be part of
the reason as to why the Robbie Burns
Night continues as a tradition in
Sackville. It gives us the opportunity
to gather to celebrate our pride in that
tartan blood which ows in our veins,
remarks Fisher. When asked what the
event was about, Fisher commented
that it was about poetry and paying
Sackville Happenings
Storysacks, that we hope will pick up
momentum here in Sackville.
e campaign focuses on handmade
sacks that are given to children to help
encourage reading and interacting
with family members.Each sack has a
ction book, props that relate to telling
the story, a non-ction book that deals
with an aspect of the ction book, and
instructions, says Callaghan.
e TFRC held a workshop last
October in which they had creators of
storysacks come and teach the group
how to construct them and work
with them. Eventually wed like to
have storysacks available for families
to check out of the library and bring
home, explains Callaghan.
e objective of each sack is to have
children reading and acting out the
story with their families. It is supposed
to promote family interaction while
encouraging numeracy and literacy
activity. Callaghan explained that
Saturdays events would partly be
about teaching children and families
to construct and use the storysacks.
Families will also be able to
participate in other activities such
as forming letters out of bannock to
bake or decorating fabric squares to
form a large collective quilt, and each
child will go home with a book. Many
dierent groups in Sackville have
donated books, such as Mount Allison,
Monaris, and several local businesses,
states Callaghan. Emile Gautreau, an
Aboriginal story-teller, will be telling a
fairly long oral story around 11:00 am
in which children can get involved.
e TFRC held the event in
Dorchester last week, which attracted
a small but interested turnout of three
families. For a small community, thats
not bad, said Callaghan. e event in
Dorchester was a positive preview of
events to come at both the Sackville
and Port Elgin Family Literacy Day
festivities, although Callaghan projects
a bit of a larger turnout from Sackville,
based upon the response to other
events held by the TFRC.
Mt. A students have been particularly
helpful as volunteers for the event in
the past. Callaghan explains that most
Mt. A volunteers often sit and read
books with kids. However, Callaghan
also wanted to make clear that the
event itself is open to everyone in
the community. at means Mt. A
students could come and participate in
the activities if they wished to.
A surprising fact about the TFRC is
that the group has no physical base in
Sackville. e centre is run completely
by volunteers. e TFRC does its
best to run monthly programs that
promote family and literacy. is years
literacy festivities are helped along
by a grant from the town. ere is a
literacy committee dealing with four
factors: healthy living, youth, literacy,
and early learning. e resource centre
tries to bring all areas of Sackville and
the surrounding areas together. e
TRFC also runs programs such as the
Dump and Donate, an initiative for
in campus residences. Recently, United
Way gave the TFRC a grant to hire a
program director for ten months.
We try to partner with other
groups in town, says Callaghan, we
send out invitations to the community.
We dont always get a huge response.
e town library has responded
by trying to achieve a world record
attempt. Robert Munch, a supporter
of World Literacy Day, has organized a
cross-Canada attempt to have a record
number of people reading his books at
one time. e event in Sackville will
take place at 1:00 pm in the public
library.
Sackville. Festivities begin at 10:00
am and go until 12:00 pm on Saturday,
January 24, at the Sackville United
Church. All are welcome.
A family aair
e Tantramar Family Resource Centre presents Family Literacy Day
Julie Stephenson
Argosy Staff
tribute to a young man from common
roots who prolically wrote poetry,
despite maybe not being too nice of
a man and raising a few dollars for
Sackvilles own Live Bait eatre too.
e event is run and orchestrated
by volunteers from both the town
and university community. Volunteers
help to organize and participate in
the event. Notable volunteers include
Virgil Hammock, Robert Lapp, and
Pat LePoidevin. Sandy Burnett will
act as master of ceremonies for the
night. Live Bait and its volunteers are
aiming to make the 250th birthday of
Scotlands beloved poet a party that
remains as unforgettable as the poet
himself.
Fisher made a valid point as she
stated that January in New Brunswick
is one cold, long, dark month when
everyone needs to have their spirits
lifted with a good partyor two.
Doors at Live Bait open at 7:00 pm,
with the Scotch Tasting beginning at
7:15 pm ($10 for sample tastings of
four single malts). e full program
begins at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $25 and
are available at Live Bait eatre.
Jessica Emin
britannica.com
19 JANUARY 22, 2008 THE ARGOSY ARTS & LITERATURE
More than just fteen minutes of Fame
A preview of Garnet and Golds latest production
Jennifer Musgrave
Neither Mount Allison nor Sackville
can be described without mentioning
the emerging and solidly situated
creative talent that lies within both
communities. e Mt. A chapter of the
World University Service of Canada
(WUSC) has tapped into that outlet
with their Altruistic Art Auction. e
student-run group spends part of each
year to raising funds for the Student
Refugee Program (SRP), one of
WUSCs main initiatives. According
to the organization, the SPR makes
it possible for refugee students to
settle in Canada and pursue their
post-secondary education at Canadian
universities and colleges.
A year ago, on a suggestion by one
of their members, the group decided
to hold a 50/50 art auction to raise
funds to bring a refugee student to
Mt. A. After a successful outcome
of approximately $500, WUSC has
decided to try and make the event
annual with a second auction. e
auction brings in Mt. A students, sta,
and community members alike. While
the majority of the art that is donated
comes from Fine Arts students,
some art has been contributed from
professors and other artists.
It is a creative way to get more
people involved, says WUSC co-
president Olivia Charters, especially
those that normally wouldnt be
involved. Charters also mentioned
that the Mt. A WUSC chapter was
not the rst to use art as a medium of
communication between the struggles
of student refugees and the need for
education. Other WUSC committees
have approached the idea in a similar
way as we have. It is a great way to
make use of a creative resource we
have access to through our Fine Arts
department and community.
While the group is not overly
expectant in terms of its fundraising
goal, it would seem that this years
art auction is set to out-do last years.
Four commissioned pieces originally
set to be auctioned o at the ATLIS
conference this weekend have been
added to WUSCs collection. While
the full amount of each pieces sale
will go to ATLIS, Charters says that
the inclusion of the pieces within
WUSCs auction will bring in a larger
number of guests.
Over 80 people have conrmed
attendance on the auctions Facebook
group, says Charters. Combined with
the estimated similar number being
brought by ATLIS, the student group
is a little apprehensive about the size
of the event. Charters acknowledges
that it is important to get recognition
as a campus group, and it is a positive
thing to have so much attention. She
only worries that the space may not be
able to t all the interested people.
e auction will be held at the
START gallery a part of Struts
as it was last year. eyve been
really supportive, says Charters of
the gallerys work with the group. For
allowing the auction to be held within
the space, part of the proceeds of the
auction go the gallery. e compromise
that seems to work for both parties
as Charters admits that having the
auction o campus seems to allow it
to have a certain atmosphere that may
not have been possible if it were held
within the university. We originally
thought of the Pub, but it has turned
out to be easier and more accessible
when held at START.
e work that is auctioned o comes
mainly from donations by students.
Charters explains that while the
artists have the option of taking the
full fty percent of the proceeds they
are oered from the sale of their art,
there are quite a few that prefer to just
donate their art. When they donate,
we seem to get better art. In the end it
brings in better prots for the cause,
says Charters.
Two Mt. A students who have
committed to donating art to this years
auction are Isabel Gertler and Jon
Cleveland. Gertler says that donating
is an easy way for her to contribute
to WUSC while acknowledging the
opportunities she has by being born
a Canadian and having access to a
school like Mount Allison. Cleveland
sees it as a winning solution to all
parties as its for a great cause...the
artist gets a portion [and] so does
the organization. Both artists are
extremely positive about the whole
experience.
Although this year, the group is
concerned about the number of people
donating as the auction is closer to the
Sweetest Little ing event held by the
Owens Art Gallery. Charters explains
their line of reasoning, Its an auction
as well, so people may save their work.
e WUSC auction is a great medium
for people to buy art, it makes it really
accessible. So, we hope people will
donate and bid on art.
e Mt. A chapter of WUSC also
has another reason for promoting their
fundraisers as its possible the group
may go to a referendum within the
Students Administrative Council this
year. Its not set in stone, but it could
happen, says Charters. We hope it
does. WUSC has been supporting
the SPR on campus for almost 15
years, and it has been about that long
since weve been up for referendum.
Essentially, the referendum will ask
whether the student body would like
to keep supporting WUSC on campus
and if it is time to raise the student
levy. Most students dont know that
four dollars out of their SAC fees goes
to support us, reveals Charters, we
want to spread the word about the
issue and get students involved.
WUSC has a refugee student
coming to Mt. A next year and they
are continuing to raise money for that
student and the others they will try
to bring to campus. WUSC tries to
bring a student every other year and
tried to support them with nancial
needs other than just education, says
Charters. e group also works for
many other causes such as raising
funds for AIDS research and help.
e second annual WUSC
Altruistic Art Auction is happening
on Friday, January 23, in the START
Gallery at 7 Lorne Street. Viewing of
the art works begins at 7:00 pm, while
the silent auction begins at 7:30 pm
and ends at 9:00 pm. All are welcome
and encouraged to come.
Artfully making a dierence
WUSC forms a tradition with their art auction to support the Student Refugee Program
Julie Stephenson
Argosy Staff
Students admire the donated artwork at last years silent auction.
Gloria Carnevale
WUSC co-president, Olivia Charters, promoting the auction.
Jessica Emin
Every year Garnet and Gold brings
a musical to life on the stage for all
Mount Allison and the community to
enjoy. Past productions have had great
success, such as last years Cinderella
and the previous years Wizard of Oz.
is year, Garnets choice will be none
other than Fame e Musical.
Jennie Wood, one of the lead
directors of Fame, commented
Ultimately, what Ive wanted is for
this to be very real.
A group of great instructors are
helping to bring the show together.
Jamie Mark, a former Professor of
Music, is helping to direct the show,
and one of Mt. As top choreographers,
Brian Hawkes, keeps the actors together
with the ow and rhythm of the steps
and music. ey, along with numerous
other helpers, both from Mt. A and
the surrounding community, create a
fantastic crew. Wood comments that
the cast is incredibly talented.
Fame is a story about the issues
facing artists, though many people
could probably identify with them,
whether they consider themselves
artists or not.
e play is sure to be a great source
of inspiration, not just for the audience
but for the actors as well. It works
well for university and high school
students because the characters are at
an age that they can identify with,said
Wood. Certainly members of Garnet
and Gold can take from this story
some of the lessons in perseverance
and strength that it teaches. As Wood
puts it, Its nice to do a show about
nurturing artistic talent, while doing
so in the process.
is year the cast will be drawn
from the surrounding community
schools and from Mt. A students of
all disciplines. e large diversity of
the cast is especially suitable given the
nineteen dierent leads in the musical.
Having this many leads creates a lot
of scope to cover, said Wood. Its also
a challenge because I dont have a lot of
experience with theatrical directing.
Overall though, Wood seemed very
pleased with how things were coming
together.
Even in rehearsals, the entire crew
is greatly enthusiastic, making them
truly inspiring to watch. e directors
are also very focussed, and know just
the right advice to give to their young
actors. e show is lled with dazzling
choreography and a combination of
music and dancing that you just cant
help but fall in love with. e music
itself is catchy, accented by the talent
and charisma of Garnet and Golds
singers, and will leave you singing
the songs weeks later. If youre
looking to be exhilarated, thrilled and
overwhelmed with razzle-dazzle, Fame
is the show to see.
is sure-to-be-spectacular
performance will be taking place
January 22-24, beginning at 8:00 pm
in Convocation Hall. Tickets will
be sold at the SAC oce, Tidewater
Books, and Rags of Time, at $10 for
students/seniors and $12 for adults.
Tickets can also be reserved online at
http://www.mta.ca/fame as well.
The stage of Convocation Hall has been transformed into a myriad of
locations including classrooms, dance studios, and practice rooms.
Garnet and Gold
The large cast of Fame includes Mt.A students from several faculties.
Garnet and Gold
HUMOUR
Das Wagenphone ist ein Nuisancephone!
By Madame Starbeam
The Have-You-Ever Edition!
ARIES: (March 21-April 20) Have you ever been walking down the street
and looked down because your shoe was untied and found five bucks? And
then you looked around to see if anyone is near you but you were all alone
so you picked it up and put it in your pocket? And then later on that day, your
best friend tells you that they lost five bucks but you dont say anything cause
you already bought a milkshake with it? No? Just me?
TAURUS: (April 21-May 21) Have you ever gone on a tri p with your family,
and realized you forgot to pack your iPod/a book? So then you tell the person
driving that you forgot something back home and they dont care because youre
already half way to your destination? So then youre stuck talking about mort-
gages and the price of oil for the next four hours? No? Just me?
GEMINI: (May 22-June 21) Have you ever wondered why mortgages has a t
in it? No? Just me?
CANCER: (June 22-July 22) Have you ever sat in class fantasizing about what
your prof would look like naked, and then you realize that youve been staring at
them with this fuzzy look on your face for the last 45 minutes? Then after class
they pull you aside and tell you that if you dont start paying more attention in
class that theyre going to have to give you a zero for partici pation? But then
you accidentally say something about partici pating with them in bed and then
you blush and run out of the room? No? Me neither. Definitely didnt happen
last Monday.
LEO: (July 23-August 23) Have you ever gone swimming and remembered
that you were supposed to pick someone up about an hour ago? Then you run
out of the pool and book it over to where the person was supposed to be but
they arent there? Then you realize that its tomorrow that youre supposed to pick
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CNN thinks everything is
a terrorist attack...
Here at the Argosy, we just
take things too literally...
CNN recently reported an arctic air
invasion in the
northern US...
Trivia CANDIAN STYLE!
1. What did Canada do for the United States in Teheran, Iran in 1979?
2. What famous inventor owned homes in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, and Brantford, Ontario?
3. How many representatives does the Queen have in Canada?
4. Foster Hewitt was famous for coining which familiar sports phrase?
Email your response to ARGOSY@mta.ca and get your name in the paper as a true Canadian!
the person up but now youre all wet, and so is the car and you feel like a
tool? Yeah, sucks huh?
VIRGO: (August 24-September 22) Have you ever made your own hummus?
Can you give me the reci pe?
LIBRA: (September 23-October 23) Have you ever had a crush on someone
and then found out that they actually like your best friend? And your best friend
drunkenly makes out with them and doesnt tell you about it and you find out
from the Pub website? Sucker.

SCORPIO: (October 24-November 22) Have you ever made sweet love to a
lady wearing pearls? Do you want to?
SAGGIE: (November 23- December 21) Have you ever had your ear pierced,
and it got infected? Then it kind of ballooned up and oozed this weird greenish
pus and smelled a bit like feet? And when you went to the doctor, she told you
shes never seen anything like it and said that you were a bit of a freak? No?
CAPPIE: (December 22- January 20) Have you ever bought five boxes of cereal
only to find a huge severed finger in one box, putting you off cereal for life?
You could sue, you know.
AQUARIUS: (January 21- February 18) Have you ever been to Cuba? Its re-
ally rather nice this time of year. Much nicer than the bullshit that passes as an
acceptable non-snow day here on Campus - fuckers wont be happy until they
get sued.
PISCES: (February 19-March 20) Have you ever found yourself singing Britney
Spears at an insane volume outside the pub at around midnight? No, wait, that
was me on Friday night. Whoops.
21 THE ARGOSY HUMOUR JANUARY 22, 2009
Boring SAC Election Campaign is Boring...
No wonder no one voted in the last one...
I||ke, 0exf fo o0e
Q&A With Noah and Stuart
DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed in the advice col-
umn are not the opinions of the Humour Editors, the Edi-
tors-In-Chief, or Argosy Publications, and are hopefully
not the opinions of Stuart or Noah.
Dear Noah and Stuart - its been really cold lately. What is
the best way to keep warm?
Noah, Sports Editor: It has been a little cold
out recently, hasnt it? I have one friend that
is convinced the only way to stay warm is
to do tequila shots. Something about how
it warms you from the inside out, gives you
a rosy glow, and also, helps you make great decisions.
However, any survival expert will tell you, the only way
to get truly warm is to snuggle up close to someone and
share body heat with them. Unless that person puts their
cold feet on you in order to warm themselves up. Thats
just selfish. And rude. For those of us who do not have
a snuggle buddy, what do I recommend? Crying usually
works. I find that my tears often warm up my numb face
after being outside in the cold. God, Im so lonely...
Stuart, Sci/Tech Editor: Beyond the obvious,
dclass concept of simply wearing some
insulating material to conserve your own body
heat, there are many interesting alternative
solutions to this problem. Several friends of
mine (well, strictly speaking, theyre fellow re-
searchers) [actually, the friends he refers to
are prominent scientific figures whom he bothers to such
an extent that a few are taking legal action against him
-editor] have looked into this extensively, and have come
up with such ideas as weaving organically-conductive
materials into clothing and heating them up, or seeding
anaerobic bacteria into a persons skin. That said, I still
hold that detonating nuclear devices above the polar ice
caps is the most effective way to raise global tempera-
ture. As they say, light a man a fire and hes warm for
a day; light him on fire and hes warm for the rest of his
life.
22 THE ARGOSY HUMOUR JANUARY 22, 2009
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Inconsistent Biomix
By Jared Gowen
1. This is a big one.
2. Its long, hard and
pumps like crazy.
3. HARD SUCTION!
4. Firefighters are always in heat.
5. Your hosebed or mine?
6. Shes hot tonight, boys!
7. Being first-in isnt necessarily
a good thing.
8. Taking your girl for a ride
in the pumper.
9. Dressing from head to toe
in rubber.
10. Wanna slide down my pole?
11. Firefighters have the
longest hoses.
12. A quickie is anything under
two hours.
13. We need to hit it with a large,
heavy stream.
14. She was exposed to a nasty
backdraft.
15. Rescuing helpless pussies from
trees.
16. Three words- Front Mount
Pump.
17. WATCH OUT! SHES GONNA
BLOW!
18. Forcing your way into a hot
entrance.
19. Firefighters hump hose all day
long.
20. guys...were gonna a little more
head pressure!
NOTE:One of the Argosy Editors is a member of the
Sackville Fire Department, and can conrm these quotes
can be said.
SPORTS & FITNESS
e mens and womens basketball
Mounties took to their home court on
Sunday and treated the home crowd to
two very dierent games.
e women opened up the
doubleheader with a blowout 82-40
victory over the University of New
Brunswick Saint John Seawolves. ey
wasted no time getting started, building
a quick double-digit lead thanks to
some strong defensive rebounding and
nice passing down low.
Although Kristen Atkins got into
foul trouble early, the tall junior was
an early dierence-maker in the game
for Mt. A, causing turnovers in the
defensive end leading to baskets at the
other end for the home team.
Another dierence-maker for the
Mounties was rookie guard Laura
Chapman, who was probably the best
player on the court in the rst half,
forcing turnovers with her strong
defensive play and driving to the
hoop multiple times, drawing fouls or
resulting in points.
Shannon Parlee led the Mounties
with a game-high 15 points, and added
seven rebounds. Chapman scored 13
points, and had two assists and two
rebounds, while Atkins chipped in
with ten points and four rebounds
for the Mounties. Sarah Trott led the
Seawolves attack with 12 points and 11
rebounds, while rookie Sarah Sullivan
added ve points for the visitors.
e Mens game was very dierent,
with the Mounties scraping out a
narrow 74-69 game that was back and
forth all the way, culminating in an
exciting fourth quarter.
At the conclusion of the rst half,
Mountie forward Kent Matheson
nailed a three-pointer at the buzzer
to put the Mounties ahead 29-28 at
halftime. UNBSJ started the third
quarter quickly, going up by three, but
Matt Sarty got the Mounties going
with a basket as he was fouled, and
then sank the free throw to complete
the three-point play. e Seawolves
pulled ahead again though, up by as
much as eight in the quarter, and Sarty
narrowly missed another buzzer beater
at the end of the third quarter that saw
the teams almost double their scores.
Going into the fourth down 58-50,
the Mounties took it upon themselves
to come back. With the score 65-56
for UNBSJ, the Mounties started an
unprecedented run.
Consecutive uncontested layups by
Sarty and Graham, and then hard work
resulting in two points for Dennis
Hopper pulled the Mounties to within
one. Graham then sank a three-pointer
with the Seawolves defender right in
his face to put the Mounties ahead,
and they never looked back. Graham
made another tough layup to cap o
the 13-0 run for the Mounties.
With 45 seconds left, UNBSJs
Scott Hachey, who played all 40
minutes in the game, missed a pair
of foul shots that would have tied the
game. e play went down to the other
end, where Matheson was fouled and
made both of his foul shots, pushing
the lead to four.
With time ticking down, Sackville
native Stephen Bohan made a huge
defensive rebound to seal the win for
the Mounties with ve seconds left.
Graham and Sarty were the
dierence for the Mounties, with
Graham playing nearly 30 minutes
and scoring 29 points, also hauling
in ten rebounds. Sarty went seven-
for-nine from the free throw line on
his way to 14 points, while Matheson
added 13 points in the victory. Bohan
had a team-high eight rebounds.
Hachey was the Seawolvestop scorer
with 22 points, while Jordan McGill
scored 20. Al Rivers-Bowerman pulled
in a game-high 13 rebounds.
On Saturday, the Mounties traveled
to Holland College. e womens
Mounties won by a score of 64-45
while the men lost 81-72. Matheson
scored 16 points for the Mounties,
while Sarty and Je Sadler each had 11
in the loss. Scorers were not available
for the womens game.
e womens Mounties remain
comfortably in third place with a
four-game lead on Holland College,
and two games behind second-place
Saint omas. e men are clinging
to third-place, but only one game
behind second-place Holland College,
and one game up on Atlantic Baptist
University and Saint omas. e men
also boast the second best oense in
the ACAA, as well as the third-best
defense.
Basketball Mounties defeat UNBSJ
Wray Perkin
Argosy Staff
Far Left: High
ying Josh
Graham soars
towards the
basket against a
UNBSJ defender.
Left: Mounties
Laura Chapman
from Moncton,
drives by the
Seawolves Sophia
Stackhouse .
e Mount Allison womens Volleyball
Mounties cruised to a victory this
weekend against the NSAC Rams in
ACAA womens volleyball league play.
e Mounties swept the Rams
3-0 with set scores of 25-11, 25-13,
and 25-17. Mounties center Sarah
MacDonald led the Mounties with a
66.7 per cent spike eciency rating,
gathering nine kills, three serves aces,
and one dig.
With their latest win, the Mounties
are sitting atop the ACAA in rst
place with a 7-3 record after going 2-1
in their last three matches.
is weekend, they travel to NSAC
on Saturday for a rematch against the
Rams (4-6), and continue on to Halifax
for a match against the Blue Devils of
Kings College, who currently have a
record of 2-7.
With les from Sue Seaborn
Volleyball Mounties win at home
Noah Kowalski
Argosy Staff
Far Left: Sarah McQuaid
goes for the kill against
the NSAC Rams.
Left: Laurie Marchbank
sets the ball with team-
mates Sarah MacDonald,
Vanessa Gray, and Laurel
Carlton looking on.
Below: Calia Henderson
and Sarah McQuaid block
a Rams spike.
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A tale of two games
Crush visiting Rams 3-0
25 THE ARGOSY SPORTS & FITNESS JANUARY 22, 2009
e Mount Allison womens hockey
team played a pair of home games this
past weekend, and although strong
rst periods had them in the game
both times, it was the second periods
that led to both losses.
Saturday against the Dalhousie
Tigers, the Mounties got some great
goaltending from rookie Meghan
Corley-Byrne, who stopped the rst
24 shots she faced, including a point-
blank save on Margot Doucet, who
was left all alone in front. However, in
that span the Mounties only managed
three shots on goal, their best chance
coming halfway through the rst when
Lauren Lighthall rang a shot from the
point o the post.
It was nearly eight minutes into
the second, that the Jocelyn Leblanc
show began. With the Mounties Kate
Ehrhardt in the box, Leblanc walked
out in front and wired a hard wrist shot
through a crowd and past a screened
Corley-Byrne to put the Tigers ahead.
e Mounties fourth line generated
a couple of good chances on the
Tigers, with Sara Reid misring on
a wide open net, sending a shot high
and wide.
Less than two and a half minutes
after that, Leblanc jammed another
goal in, and then got the hat-trick
three minutes after that on a partial
breakaway to put the Tigers up 3-0.
But Leblanc wasnt done there; with
just under four minutes left another
wrist shot gave Leblanc her fourth
goal of the game, and with time
winding down in the second, Leblanc
fed a pass to Kim Carcary who red a
shot stick-side to send the Tigers into
the intermission with a ve-goal lead.
e third period was the Mounties
best of the game, outshooting
Dalhousie 14-10. Meghan Davies
red four shots on net on a single
powerplay for the Mounties, including
a thundering slapshot o the post. e
rst line of Lisa Riley, Jenna Briggs,
and Katelyn Morton also created
some chances down low for the home
squad.
eir (Dals) readiness for this
game was a big factor in the game,
said Mounties coach and athletic
director, Jack Drover. I think we were
fortunate to come out of the rst 0-
0, the third period was our best of the
game. As we got back into it I think
we got better.
Although allowing ve goals,
Corley-Byrne was sharp in net, making
38 saves in the loss. Emilie Ederfors
stopped all 21 shots for the win in net
for the Tigers. e loss evened Corley-
Byrnes record at 3-3 on the season,
while Ederfors improved to 5-3.
24 hours later, the Mounties were
at it again, this time against the 6th-
ranked St. FX X-Women, with the
same kind of result on the scoreboard
at games end.
Once again, the Mounties got
great goaltending, this time from
sophomore Alison Heard, who faced a
season-high 53 shots, but it would all
go to waste.
We played almost a perfect
period in the rst, Drover said. Our
goaltending played well again, but
they managed to wear us down by the
third.
In that almost perfect rst period,
the Mounties were outshot 12-2,
although did manage a couple of
quality chances.
Again, however, a second-period
meltdown put the Mounties behind.
e X-Women scored early in the
period, and then again late to go up by
two following a period that saw a little
of everything.
A scrum around Heard led to a
point shot nding its way into the net
31 seconds in, putting the X-Women
in the lead. Soon after, the Mounties
got a scare when Alison Greene was
upended and fell awkwardly to the ice,
and then went straight to the bench
favouring her leg. She would return,
however, to put a team-high three
shots on goal.
e second period also saw a bit of
choppiness, exemplied by Morton
attening St FXs Catie Gavin along
the boards. e Mounties forward line
of captain Heather Morgan centering
rookies Lauren Oickle and Jenica
Bastarache created multiple chances
around the St. FX net, and Heard
made a nice stop on a 3-on-1 rush.
e X-Women red 23 shots at
Heard in the period, the last one
of which somehow squeaked past
the Mountie netminder and into
the net for the two-goal lead at the
intermission.
e third was much of the same,
as St FX scored four times, including
twice in a 31-second span. Christina
Davis had a hat-trick for the visitors.
e Mounties went 0-4 with no
Hockey Mounties lose pair
Wray Perkin
Argosy Staff
Our goaltending played well
again, but they managed to
wear us down by the third.
shots on the powerplay, and only

mustered nine shots total, compared
to 53 shots by the X-Women. e loss
leaves Heard still without a win in goal
for the Mounties in seven games this
season. Mt. A is now also enduring a
shutout streak of 130:58, which is a
season-high they will try and break on
Friday in Antigonish.
In the two games this weekend, the
Mounties were outshot by a total of
96-30, something they will have to x
by this coming weekend. Friday night
they nish the home-and-home with
the X-Women, and then Saturday
afternoon play host to the last-place
UPEI Panthers.
e Mounties have one of the
youngest teams in the AUS, with 15
players in either their freshman or
sophomore season, and have the fewest
senior year players in the conference,
with their only senior being captain
Heather Morgan.
Mt. A has also been outscored 27-5
in second periods up to this point in
the season, and is the most penalized
team in the AUS. With the playos
not too far away, and the Mounties
battling for a playo spot, these are
things their young players will have
to remedy in order to advance their
season into March.
Far left:
Defender
Andrea
Switalski
moves the
puck against
two St. FX
skaters in
Sundays loss.
Left: First year
Jessica Tays
races past a St.
FX defender.
is coming weekend, Montreals Bell
Centre will host the 57th ocial NHL
All-Star Game. Featuring the most
talented players in the league from the
Eastern and Western conferences, the
All-Star Game is a highly anticipated
event.
Montreal Canadiens fans especially
have a lot to look forward to. For the
Habs, who have played host to the
event eleven times since its inception
in the 1947-48 season, the weekends
festivities will be yet another way
of celebrating the franchises 100th
season. Most fans will have to make do
with watching the event on television,
as tickets were nearly impossible to
purchase and rather pricey.
Fan voting determined the starting
lineup for the game, and the rest of
the rosters were chosen by the NHL,
with input from the teams GMs. e
excitement surrounding the All-Star
Game lead Habs fans to vote four
Montreal Canadiens into the Eastern
Conference starting lineup. ere was
in fact some controversy surrounding
the zealousness of the Montreal fans.
Indeed, only two forwards received
more votes than Habs starting forward
Alex Kovalev. Sidney Crosby and
Evgeni Malkin, both of the Pittsburgh
Penguins, will be his linesmates.
Both starting defensemen, Andrei
Markov and Mike Komisarek, as well
as starting goaltender Carey Price, play
for Montreal. While the head coach
of the Eastern Conference team is
ex-Habs coach Claude Julien, current
head coach, Guy Carbonneau, will be
behind the bench with him. Juliens
team, the Boston Bruins, led the
Eastern conference in point percentage
at the time of the decision.
e Western Conference starting
forwards are Patrick Kane and
Jonathan Toews of the Chicago
Blackhawks, along with Ryan Getzlaf
of the Anaheim Ducks. Brian
Campbell of the Blackhawks and
Scott Niedermayer will start on the
defence. Jean-Sbastien Gigure, also
of the Ducks, will begin in the net. e
San Jose Sharks rookie coach, Todd
McLellan, will be behind the Western
Conference bench.
As well as the All-Star Game itself,
the weekend includes the NHL All-
Star Skills Competition, which will
give the players a chance to showcase
their talents before the big game. e
Breakaway Challenge, inaugurated last
year, is bound to be popular, as fans are
once again invited to participate actively
by casting their vote to determine
which of the ve participants will be
crowned champion. e competition
will end with an elimination shootout,
involving all the players and the six
goalkeepers.
Also noteworthy is the NHL
NHL All-Star weekend preview
Anastasia Llewellyn
Young Stars Game, solely featuring
rookies such as Nicklas Backstrom of
the Washington Capitals and Patrik
Berglund of the St. Louis Blues.
CBC television will be covering the
All-Star Weekend in English.
Sue Seaborn
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Second period meltdowns lead to losses
Montreal players lead the Eastern squad
Fielding teams in each category of
play, the Mount Allison Badminton
Mounties powered to a rst place
nish at the ACAA tournament at
University of Kings College this past
weekend with 101 points.
e Mounties dominated the mens
side with Brent Barkhouse and rookie
Callan Field snatching rst place
in two separate divisions. Karsten
Hempel also notched a rst place
nish in Division I
In mens doubles, the Barkhouse
brothers, Justin and Brent, turned
in a strong performance, defeating
all of their opponents, while the duo
of ales Medeiros-Yokoyama and
Callan Field came in second place
with only one defeat.
In mixed doubles, the team of
Justin Barkhouse and Carrie Murray
took rst place in Division I, while
rookie Heather Murray teamed up
with Karsten Hempel to snag victory
in Division II. In Division III action,
Lori McKnight and Mederios-
Yokoyama placed second, nishing
o the Mounties play with 27 out of a
total 30 points.
On the womens side, rst year
players Alexina LePage and McKnight,
along with senior member Sally Ng,
all took third place in their respective
divisions of womens singles. Womens
doubles saw the rookie tandem of
Badminton Mounties triumph
Murray and LePage take the top spot
in Division II, while Carrie Murray
and Ng placed third in Division III,
giving the Mounties ve out of a
possible ten points.
Universit Sainte Anne was a close
second at the tournament with a nal
point tally of 96. Holland College
nished in third with 60 points, while
Kings nished fourth with 40 points.
e Mounties y into Holland
College on February 1, and then host
their home tournament on Saturday,
February 7. As well, Mt. A will be the
venue for the ACAA championships
in late February.
With les from Sue Seaborn
is past holiday season, the hockey
world was struck with tragedy as 21
year old Don Sanderson of the Whitby
Dunlops passed away on January 2,
three weeks after hitting his head on
the ice during a ght. Sanderson had
been ghting with Corey Fulton, a
forward from the Brantford Blast of
the Ontario Hockey Associations
Senior AAA hockey league, on
December 12, 2008.
Sandersons death reignited the
oldest argument in hockey, what, if
any, purpose does ghting serve in the
game today? ose who are in favour
of ghting in hockey will point to the
respect level that it creates on the ice.
ey note that in the last 15 years, the
steps taken by the NHL to reduce the
amount of ghting in hockey has seen
an increase in avoidable injuries to
players, especially to star players. ey
say ghting serves as a way of players
policing themselves, because going
after another teams top player might
mean having to answer to that teams
enforcer.
ose who wish to see ghting
removed from hockey all together
would say that the idea of respect
should come from the players
themselves, not from the ghting. ey
point to European and international
hockey, where ghting is not part of
the game, where injuries to top players
are no more common than they are in
the North American game.
Personally, I believe that ghting
can have a spot in the game because
it is clear that it can be a deterrent
against cheap shots. However, much
of the ghting that occurs in todays
game seems rather unnecessary, such
as a teams two enforcers lining up
across from each other at a faceo and
then pummeling each other as soon
as the puck hits the ice. I also dont
think players should have to defend
themselves in a ght if what they did
was clean. For example, if a player with
his head down gets attened, it was his
own fault. e player who hit him was
just doing what he is supposed to do
and did it cleanly.
e death of Don Sanderson has
brought the question of ghting back
to the forefront of hockey talk, but it
does seem unlikely that it will be the
beginning of the end of ghting in
hockey. If serious discussions into the
banning of ghting are under taken it
will likely not be until an NHL player
has died in a ght, quite possibly
in a situation very similar to that of
Sandersons.
NHL Commentary
Ryan Esch
Noah Kowalski
Argosy Staff
I thought there were a few truths in
life, solid facts that you could depend
on. e sky will always be blue, the
Yukon will always be cold, and the
Arizona Cardinals will never make it
to the Super Bowl. Simple things that
helped me, as a sports fan, live my life.
All of those truths are out the
window now that the timeless wonder
of Kurt Warner and the Cards have
managed to somehow get into the
Super Bowl.
is year has seen weirder things,
from the Atlanta Falcons and Miami
Dolphins actually making the playos
to the 11-5 Patriots NOT making the
playos. For some reason, the teams
that were dependably good over the
past few seasons decided to stop trying
and the teams that were dependably
bad decided to start. However, there
is always an exception to crazy seasons
and luckily for NFL fans around the
league, the Detroit Lions were, as we
all thought, bad.
is week also saw the opening
round of the Australian Open. A
friend remarked to me the other day
that she cannot accept Rafael Nadal
as the number one seed in tennis,
and I have to agree. After having four
plus years of Federer on the top spot,
having a new face attached to that
number one is confusing. I guess if
there is anything to be learned from
this week, its that nothing can be
taken for granted anymore.
From the Sports desk...
Noah Kowalski
Argosy Staff
Alright, so I had a LOT of things I
wanted to talk about this week. I
politely explained to my editors that
they shouldnt bother with the rest
of the Sports section- Ive got it on
lockdown. ey didnt go for it, and
who suers as a result? You, the reader.
On that note, I just wanted to clarify
to the readers out there that I have
ocially left my post at e Marathon,
a popular Toronto sports rag, to write
full-time here at e Argosy. e
reason? I needed the money. Also,
I want to trot out a Bill Simmons-
esque mailbag sometime soon, so send
any comments, questions or fan mail
or hate mail to dczarum@mta.ca. So
without further ado.
Dunk Contest
Its ocial, the contestants are: Dwight
Howard (I still cant believe he got
robbed by the judges on that sticker
dunk two years ago), Rudy Gay (I
still cant believe that his team traded
Kevin Love, removing all possibilities
of Gay-Love backdoor cut-related
jokes), Nate Robinson, and Rudy
Fernandez. Ive been more excited
for a dunk contest, I wont lie. Cant
we just have a one-on-one tournament
(Ill take D-Wade, plus the points)? Or
how about a gloried pick-up game?
Oh wait, they hold that on Sunday and
call it the All-Star game.
My Team on the Rise:
First o, I should explain that I have
a Miami Heat baseball cap, and I
want to justify wearing it, so I am now
going to proceed to talk myself into
the Heat being a legit team. But heres
the thing. ey are. At this rate, the
Heat are a couple of wins away from
the 4th seed and home court advantage
in the playos. e reason is simple:
e Heat have Dwayne Wade, and he
is better at basketball than you. eyve
also done it without a Centre (sorry,
Jamal Magloire, you no longer count
as a basketball player) and without
Michael Beasley hitting his stride. But
Im calling it now: e Heat are better
than you think.
Did you know?
In honour of Lebron James recent
signing with the Cleveland Browns
(turns out its just a commercial
for State Farm Insurance), heres a
little two-sport history of one of my
favourite players:
Allen Iverson was voted All-State
in high school as a football player.
He played Running Back, a little
Quarterback, and Safety. And he was
GOOD. It shouldnt come as a surprise
the guy is a superior athlete and
tough as nails. Check out his football
highlights on youtube.
Raptors Watch
Okay, when I talked about it last week,
Ill admit that I was mostly joking
about the much-needed ghting
renaissance in the NBA. However,
after watching the Raptors play the
Pacers this weekend, the joke is over.
Someone on this Raptors team needs
to start a ght. A blatant clothesline,
Roko Ukic putting opposing point
guards in a Sharpshooter, a little
Reggie Evans on Chris Kaman
(okay, even I have my boundaries),
Bargnani with his signature Italian
eye-poke. SOMETHING! It doesnt
matter how, or what, the point is
someone on this team needs to show
that they give a shit. Simple as that.
In the aforementioned Pacers/
Raptors tilt, there was a moment
where Chris Bosh and Danny Granger
(who was drafted right after Joey
Graham. Dont you think Granger
would solve all the Raptors problems?
But I digress.) got mixed up under
the basket, and Granger, taking oense,
shoved Bosh.
Well, if this were a proper basketball
team, NOBODY would be touching,
let alone shoving Bosh without some
serious repercussions. is is where the
Raptors really miss Charles Oakley.
Oak would have had Grangers balls in
a vice, like Nicky Santoro in Casino.
But now, in 2009, what happened?
Nothing. Not a thing. Joey Graham
the obvious choice for Enforcer was
standing right there, and watched the
whole thing go down, but all he did
was slowly walk over, and share some
words with Granger before
the referees broke it up. Joey Graham
is literally the strongest man in the
NBA, and probably the most gifted,
physically. I mean, he is just a beast,
but his mentality belies his physicality.
By all accounts, Joeys the nicest guy
around and that is a problem. ere are
far too many nice guys on this team.
In the pre-season, Jermaine ONeal
made a comment along the lines of
were not going to be a team that
helps opponents up o of the oor.
I remember thinking, nally! Finally
some edge to a Raptors team that has
been way too soft for way too long. But
it was all for naught, as JO got injured,
and that edge was sidelined.
Again, there is no way that
anyone shoves Bosh on the court
without experiencing some serious
repercussions. Yet that is exactly what
happened. And without that passion,
the Raps will continue to be what
they are: a bunch of jump shooters,
afraid of any kind of physical contact
whatsoever. Sad, really.
NBA Roundup
David Charles Zarum
Argosy Contributor
Larry Fitzgerald and the Arizona Cardinals rolled over the
Eagles and continued their bafing run to the Super Bowl.
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Commentary on the past week in the league
Capture rst place at Kings tournament oughts on ghting
Reections on the past week in sports
Athletes of the Week
A pair of badminton brothers have been
honoured this time as Mount Allisons
Athletes of the Week for their play during
weekend games at the Atlantic Colleges
Athletic Association (ACAA) tournament at
Kings College.
Both Brent and Justin Barkhouse went
undefeated over the weekend, and led their team
to a 101-96 nish in the ACAA tournament,
beating out second-place Universit Sainte
Anne. Brent dominated the mens singles
category with three straight wins over ACAA
opponents, then paired up with brother Justin,
to win all of the mens doubles games. Justin
also joined forces with teammate Carrie
Murray to take six straight mixed doubles wins.
Residents of Hantsport, NS, both athletes
are former standouts with Horton High and
North East Kings Badminton Club, where they
previously won numerous provincial singles
championships under the tutelage of coaches
Gary McDougall and John Vanderweit.
Brent was Nova Scotias (NSSAF) 2004-
05 singles winner and Canada Games player;
the Badminton Mounties Rookie of the
Year in 2005-06; the Mount Allisons team
MVP in 2006-07; and represented the
conference twice as a national qualier in
2006-08.
Justin joined Mount Allison this past
September and is a former three-time
provincial singles champion in the high
school conference. Head coach Janet
Robinson enthuses that Justin is a great
addition to the team and has the
potential to qualify for national
championships just as his brother has the
past two seasons.
Senior brother Brent is enrolled in
fourth-year psychology, while Justin has
entered into Mount Allisons biology
program.
Other nominees for Mount Allisons
Athlete of the Week were: Je Sadler
(basketball), Laura Chapman (basketball),
Sarah MacDonald (volleyball), and
Lisa Riley (hockey).
Mountie Sports is Week
Brent and Justin Barkhouse
The Ultimate Frisbee players hit the gym Monday night for some late-night Ultimate action. Join them
Friday morning at 6:30 am.
Members of the Mount Allison womens varsity soccer team went
to Amherst this weekend to bag groceries at Sobeys.
Friday, 23 January
Hockey @ St. FX; 7:00 PM
Saturday, 24 January
Volleyball @ NSAC; 1:00 PM
Hockey vs. UPEI; 2:35 PM
Womens Basketball @ NSAC; 6:00 PM
Mens Basketball @ NSAC; 6:00 PM
Swimming @ UNB Double Dual Meet; All
Day
Sunday, 25 January
Volleyball @ Kings; 2:30 PM
Womens Basketball vs. STU; 2:00 PM
Mens Basketball vs. STU; 4:00 PM
Wednesday, 28 January
Womens Basketball vs. ABU; 6:00 PM
Mens Basketball vs. ABU; 8:00 PM
Elissa McCarron
Ben Butler
Ben Butler
Did you know?
e world record for distance run in 24-hours
on a treadmill is held by Arulanantham Suresh
Joachim of Mississauga, Ontario who ran
257.88 kilometres on 28-29 November 2004.

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